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the same store, stall, or premises: Provided, further, That butchers whose annual sales do not exceed one thousand dollars, and butchers who retail butchers' meat exclusively by themselves or agents, and persons who sell shell or other fish, or both, travelling from place to place, and not from any shop or stand, shall be required to pay five dollars only for each license, any existing law to the contrary notwithstanding; and having taken out a license therefor, shall not be required to take out a license as a peddler for retailing butchers' meat or fish, as aforesaid. And no license shall be required of persons who sell shell or other fish from handcarts or wheelbarrows exclusively.

Thirty-seven. Proprietors of theatres, museums, and concert-halls receiving pay as entrance-money, shall pay one hundred dollars for each license. Every edifice used for the purpose of dramatic or operatic or other 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: Provided, That when any such edifice is under lease at the passage of this act, the fee for license shall be paid by the lessee, unless otherwise stipulated between the parties to said lease.

Thirty-eight. The proprietor or proprietors of circuses shall pay one hundred dollars for each license. Every building, tent, space, or area, where feats of horsemanship or acrobatic sports or theatrical performances are exhibited, shall be regarded as a circus under this act: 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.

Thirty-nine. Jugglers shall pay for each license twenty dollars. Every person 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.

Forty. Bowling-alleys and billiard-rooms shall pay ten dollars for every alley or table in the building or place to be licensed. 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 bowling-alley or billiard-room, respectively, under this act.

Forty-one. Proprietors of gift enterprises shall pay fifty dollars for each license. Every person, firm, or corporation, who shall sell, or offer for sale, any article of merchandise of any description whatsoever, with a promise, express or implied, to give or bestow, or in any manner to hold out to the public the promise of gift or bestowal of any article or thing for and in consideration of the purchase by any person of any other article, or thing, shall be regarded a proprietor of a gift enterprise under this act: Provided, That no such proprietor, in consequence of being thus licensed, shall be exempt from paying any other license or tax required by law, and the license herein required shall be in addition thereto.

Forty-two. Owners of stallions and jacks shall pay ten dollars for each license. Every person who keeps a male horse or a jack for the use of mares, requiring or receiving pay therefor, shall be required to take out a license under this act, which shall contain a brief description of the animal, its age, and place or places where used or to be used: Provided, That all accounts, notes, or demands, for the use of any such horse or jack without a license, as aforesaid, shall be invalid and of no force in any court of law or equity.

Forty-three. Lawyers shall pay ten dollars for each license. Every person who, for fee or reward, shall prosecute or defend causes in any