v. Whittaker, 16 Wis. 220; Foster v. Charles Betcher Lumber Co., 5 S. D. 57, 58 N. W. 9, L. R. A. 490, 49 Am. St. Rep. 859.—Private agent. An agent acting for an individual in his private affairs; as distinguished from a public agent, who represents the government in some administrative capacity.— Public or, rag An agent of the public, the state, or the government; a person appointed to act for the public in some matter pertaining to the administration of government or the public business. See Hla Ag. § 302; Whiteside v. United States, 88 U. S. 254, 23 L. Ed. 882. —Real-estate agent. Any person whose business it is to sell, or offer for sale, real estate for others, or to rent houses, stores, or other buildings, or real estate, or to collect rent for others. Act July 13, 1866, c. 49; 14

v. Standard Oil Co., 50 W. Va. 611, 40 S. B. 591, 56 L. R. A. 804. 88 Am.

56 N. H. 417; Goldsmith v.

(D. GC.) 5 Fed. 606; U.S. v. Burlington, etc., Ferry Co. (D. C.) 21 Fed. 336.