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 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 1352. 1902. 623 until payment for the same shall have been made. Every license shall I-·*°°”¤°· specify by name the person, firm, or corporation to which it shall be issued, the business, trade, profession, or calling for which it is granted, and the location at which such business, trade, profession, or calling is to be carried on. Licenses granted under the terms of this section may be assigned or transferred on application upon the conditions applicable to granting the original licenses, and the assessor shall issue a certificate of such assignment or transfer upon the payment to the District of Columbia of a fee of fifty cents therefor. All licenses and transfers issued or granted shall be signed by the assessor of the District of Columbia and impressed with the seal of his office. _ PAR. 2. That when more than one business, trade, profession, or ,,,§f§‘f,}§“ *°' °"’°” calling for which a license is herein rescribed shall be carried on by i the same person, the license tax shall, be id for each such business, trade, profession, or calling: Provided, Thdt licenses issued under any {,’[,*gfg°*· of the {provisions of this Act shall be good only for the location desig- ' nated ereon, and no license shall be issued for more than one place of business, profession, or callin, without the payment of a separate tax for each: Pr·0videdjin·t/wr, That no license shall be granted under §$§}§‘c‘;’{§ {mg the provisions of this section, relatin to hotels and theaters, until the uswsafcry. Inspector of Buildings and the chief; officer of the Fire Department have certified in writing to the Assessor that the applicant for license has complied with the laws enacted and the regulations made and promulgated for the rotection of life and property. PAR. 3. That alllicenses issued shall date from the first day of N ovem— T°"“ °[ "°°““”· ber in each year and expire on the thirty-first day of October following, except as hereinafter provided. Licenses issued at any time after the beginning of the license year shall date from the first day of the month in which the license was issued and end on the last day of the license year above prescribed, and payment shall be made of the proportionate _ amount of the annual license tax: Provided, That in cases where the §}§‘§}§§‘i,c€,,S€,_ tax is less than five dollars pler annum the license shall terminate one year from the iirst day of the month in which the license was issued. PAR. 4. That no person holding a license under the terms of this m€“*““‘°· section shall willfully suffer or allow any other person chargeable with a separate license to operate under his license. _ _ PAR. 5. That all licenses granted under the terms of this section c.,€§‘Q],{b'"°" "' "' must be cons icnously poste on the premises of the licensee. Said licenses shall be accessible at all times for inspection by the police or other officers duly authorized to make such inspections. icensces having no located place of business shall exhibit their licenses when regjuested to do so by any of the officers above named. _ An. 6. That no person shall set up, operate, or conduct any busi- ,.,§‘,Q§§‘§,,,,{,‘}{§§l ‘l°` 'ness or device by or in which any person, animal, or living object shall act or be exposed as a target for any ball, projectile, missile, or thing thrown or rojected, for or in consideration of profit or gain, directly or indirectiif. h _ PAR,. T. That apothecaries or drugglists shall pay a license tax of six "°°* °°“"°”‘ dollars per annum. Every person w o sells patent medicines, or manufactures, compounds, sells, or dispenses me icines by prescription or otherwise from a located place ot business shall be regarded as an a thecarv or dru ist. _ . plain. 8.vThat augdoneers shall pay a license tax of one hundred dol- ';;:;;°m' lars r annum. Hereafter the provisions of the Act of Congress en- Vol 1:.5.10. titIedR"An Act to prevent fraudulent transactions on the part of commission merchants." approved March twenty-Grst. eighteen hundred and ninety-two. shall be applicable to all licensed auctioneers. their agents, and em ilovees. . . PAR.¤9. That commission merchants shall pay a license tax of forty r~h(i‘miDm°° mw dollars per annum. Every person. firm, or corporation that acts as agent for others in negotiating sales or purchases of goods. wares. or