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 THIRTY—SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 119. 1862. 457 and established by the assessor of the proper district at its proper value, hut at not less than the actual rent agreed on by the parties: Provided, Pemlty for ']Qhat if there be any fraud or collusion in the return of actual rent to g;‘;d;,§‘;;;:a,'°` the assessor, there shall be a. penalty equal to double the amount of rent. licenses required by this section, to be collected as other penalties under this act are collected. 12. Eating-houses shall pay ten dollars for each license. Every place Sums to be where food or refreshments of any kind are provided for casual visitors gald *;9"llf“°° and sold for consumption therein, shall be regarded as an eating-house y mm? Wm under this act. But the keeper of any eating-house having taken out a license therefor shall not be required to take out a license as a confectioner, anything in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. 13. Brokers shall pay fifty dollars for each license. Any person whose B’°k°”· business is to purchase or sell stocks, coined money, bank-notes, or other securities for themselves or others, or who deals in exchanges relating to money, shall be regarded a broker under this act. 14. Commercial brokers shall pay fifty dollars for each license. Any Commercial person or firm, except one holding a license as wholesale dealer or bank- b’°k°”‘ er, whose business it is, as the agent of others, to purchase or sell goods, or seek orders therefor, in original or unbroken packages or produce, or to manage business matters for the owners of vessels, or for the shippers or consignors of freight carried by vessels, or whose business it is to purchase, rent, or sell real estate for others, shall be regarded a commercial broker under this act. 15. Land warrant brokers shall pay twenty-five dollars for each license. Land warrant Any person shall be regarded as a land warrant broker within the mean- b’°k°”· ing of this act who makes a business of buying and selling land warrants, and of furnishing them to settlers or other persons under contracts to have liens upon the land procured by means of them according to the value agreed on for the warrants at the time they are furnished. 16. Tobacconists shall pay ten dollars for each license. Any person T,,·,,,w,,,;,,m_ whose business it is to sell, at retail, cigars, snuff; or tobacco in any form, shall be regarded a tobacconist under this act. But wholesale and retail dealers, and keepers of hotels, inns, taverns, having taken out a. license P°·*'iP- 714- therefor, shall not be required to take out a license as tobacconists, any- thing in this act to the contrary notwithstanding. 17. Theatres shall pay one hundred dollars for each license. Every Theatres, cditice erected for the purpose of dramatic or operatic representations, plays, or performances, and not including halls rented or used occasionally for concerts or theatrical representations, shall be regarded as a theatre under this act. 18. Circuses shall pay fifty dollars for each license. Every building, Circuses. tent, space, or area where feats of horsemanship or acrobatic sports are exhibited, shall be regarded as a circus under this act. 19.,Jugglers shall pay for each license twenty dollars. Every person Jugglcm. who performs by sleight of hand shall be regarded as a juggler under this act. The proprietors or agents of all other public exhibitions or shows for money, not enumerated in this section, shall pay for each license ten dollars: Provided, That no license procured in one State shall be held to authorize exhibitions in another State; and but one license shall be required under this act to authorize exhibitions within any one State. 20. Bowling—alleys and billiard-rooms shall pay according to the num- Bowlingslleya ber of alleys or tables belonging to or used in the building or place to be lj";‘£miIu‘“"1' licensed. When not exceeding one alley or table, five dollars for each license; and when exceeding one alley or table, five dollars for each ndditional alley or table. Every place or building where bowls are thrown or billiards played, and open to the public with or without price, shall be regarded as a bowlingalley or billiard-room, respectively, under this act. 21. Confectioners shall pay ten dollars for each license. Every per- Conrad30mm_ VOL. xxx. Pun. --58