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 368 FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 47 -49. 1887. aforesaid, in fee, discharged of said trust and free of all charge or incumbrance whatsoever; and if any conveyance shall be made of the lands thus allotted, or any contract made touching the same, before the expiration of the time above mentioned, such conveyance or contract Exempt from shall be absolutely null and void; and such lands, during such time, Approved, January 26, 1887. CHAP. .—-An act to re al rts of an act relatin to tax on the business of Lealmt§ents Bn Elie Diftgictgf Columbia, appmvedgJune twentieth, eighteen un seven y- wo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House af Representatives of the United T¤¤ ¤¤ rw! ¢¤· States of America in Congress assembled, That so much of clause thirty- "‘;’€“§:f;“i¥former eight of section twenty-one of the act of the legislative assembly of the mx ,,1;,,] ;,0,,d_ District of Columbia entitled “An act imposing a license on trades, bus- (mws D. C., 1 iness, and professions practiced or carried on in the District of Colum- Us- A¤¤¤¤¤-,1>P·9i bia,” approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, gg'; 999 g3I;°g·A" requiring real-estate agents to pay twenty-five dollars annually, and in " p`addition a monthly tax of one—fourth per centum on gross receipts, as amended by the act amendatory thereof, approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as requires real-estate agents in said District to pay a tax of one per centum on their commissions in lieu of said monthly tax of one-fourth per centum on gross receipts, and so much of section fifteen of said act approved August twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as requires said realestate agents to give bond to said District, and all other laws and acts, or parts _, thereof, inconsistent herewith, be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and from and after the passage of this act real-estate agents in the Dis- Li¤¢¤¤¤-fw im- trict of Columbia shall pay a license-fee of hfty dollars per annum, to P°“d· be collected as other licenses are collected in said District. Approved, January 26, 1887. Jan. 26, 1857. CHAP. 49.—An act to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to -—····———————-·· make police regulations for the government of said District. P Y l_ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United mm‘;_‘°f)i;tfcQ f);. States of America an Congress assembled, That the Commissioners of the C,,;,,,,,r,,,,_ District of Columbia be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered Commissioners to make, modify, and enforce usual and reasonable police regulations in ¤¤¤l·¤riz¤d¢¤¤¤=¤k•¤ and for said District as follows: I•*gll;lIltl0Il8 C 0 D · °“f,",Q'Q§{, b r 0km_ First. For causing full inspection to be made, at any reasonable times, junk .;.,3;,,,,,, ,,,,4 of the places where the business of pawnbroking, Junk-dealing, or zlcjlgxgnslyhhrsg n cl second-hand clothing business may be carried on. nmnrmnisbnesnb- Second. To regulate the storage of highly inilammable substances in °*“"°°”· the thickly populated portions of the District. · Street veneers. Third. To locate the places where licensed vendors on streets and public places shall stand, and change them as often as the public interests require, and to make all the necessary regulations governing their conduct upon the streets in relation to such business. Carriage stands. Fourth. To make needful regulations for the orderly disposition of carriages or other vehicles assembled on streets or public places, and to require vehicles upon such streets and avenues as they deem necessary to pass along on the right side thereof.
 * ¤¤¤¤i°¤- shall not be subject to taxation, alienation, or forced sale, under execution or otherwise."