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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. 1293 sions, compensation, gain, or profit, without first having obtained a license as an insurance agent or broker from the superintendent of insurance of the District. Every such license certificate shall have printed conspicuously upon its face the words "General insurance icense," and for such license the sum of fifty dollars shall be aid annually in the month of March to the collector of taxes of said lDistrict. All licenses for insurance companies, their agents, or solicitors, —d¤*¤¤¤¤ Ofwho may apply for permission to do business in the District of Columbia shall date from the first of the month in which application is made and expire on the thirtieth day of April following, and payment shall be made in proportion. No person, firm, or corporation, or association shall allow or pay any commission, rebate, or compensation whatever, directly or indirectly, to, for, or in behalf of any person, firm, or corporation doing business in the District of Columbia not licensed as herein provided. Any violation of this section shall be a P¤¤¤1trmisdemeanor and, on conviction in the police court of said District, be subject to the penalties provided in section six hundred and forty- eight aforesaid for the misdemeanors therein described: Provided, gggzgé to mm That licenses to firms, corporations, or associations shall be held to em.,exieiim. S` extend only to the bona fide copartners, not exceedingtwo in one firm, and to the secretary and one assistant secretary of each cor oration or association so licensed, any one of whom may be held anci) dealt with on behalf of such firm, cor oration, or association for any violation of ‘ the provisions hereof: And)procidedfurthe7·, That all moneys paid as e`}Q§§*§§§;Q°g*,gQ ***°**· fines under the provisions hereof shall be turned over to the proper` " custodian of the relief or pension fund of the fire de artment of the District, to be used and accounted for agreeably to the then existing rules for the use of such relief or pension fund. Sec. 655. FRATERNAL Assoc1A·r1oNs, AND so rontrn. —Nothing t,(§;°°{_{*é*,§tS “,§;°§;j herein contained shall be held to interfere with or abridge the rights of, abrkiged. ` or apply to, any fraternal beneficial societies, orders, or associations under the act of Congress entitled "An act regulating fraternal bene- V°1·29»P- 6*0- ficial associations in the District of Columbia," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, the provisions of which are embodie in subchapter twelve of this chapter, except that the superintendent of insurance herein provided for shall be substituted for and perform all the duties in Said act of Congress assigied to the assessor of the District of Columbia: Provided, That any insurance company or agent glrgxffiféesolicitom licensed to do business in the District of Columbia may employ solic- ` itors, and the license fee to be paid for each solicitor so employed shall ·“°****S€ 0*- be Eve dollars per year, payable in the month of March, and such license shall have printed on its face the words “Insurance solicitor’s license," and shall contain the name of the company for which such solicitor isemployed, and no other: Provided, That nothing herein m}&d**S***‘*l **5**** contained shall be held to prevent any life or fire insurance company ` from carrying on the business commonly known as industrial insurance, and the license fee to be paid for solicitors for such industrial insurance ·S°“¤i*°¤*’ licenseshall be two dollars for every such solicito1·, to be paid in the month of March in each year. Such license certificate shall have., cons icuously printed on its face "Industrial insurance license,” and shall also express upon its face the name of the company for which such solicitor is employed; and any certificate of license granted under this _ section or the next preceding section may be assigned, u on application ,,g*j§§§?§§§¤§§_ °°" to the superintendent of insurance, by canceling the .olai)cert1ficate and issuing a new one of like tenor to the assignee for the unexpired term, for which assignment a fee of twenty-five cents shall be paid to the collector of taxes; and any person who shall act as solicitor for any such P°’*““Y· insurance company, without having first procured such license therefor, or shall solicit for any company other than the one named in such license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof in