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 642 SIXTIET H CONGRESS. Sess. II. Cris. 166, 167. 1909. · seamen), or for the purpose of procuring or giving information concerning such person for or to employers, shall be as follows: _ _ Amounwncremi- "Employment agents or agencies shall be entitled to rece1ve in advance from an employer, for male or female emplovees, two dollars pmam, each: Provided, That such fee shall entitle said employer to at least “"°"°“”’“°"’°°· thirty days’ service from said male or female emplgyee, or from other employees at the same rate of wages to·be furnis by said employ- ment agent or agencies. _ _ Remrn of cnelnlf "Employment agents or` agencies shall be entitled to receive in °f i" advance from the ap licant for work or employment, either male or female, one dollar each, one-half .0f which‘is to be returned on demand if such a plicant is not secured a fair opportunity of employment with1n gpm; fifteen dgys after the receipt of said original fee of one dollar: Pro- Additional nie. · vided, That where the male or female employee receives employment at a rate of wage of twenty~five dollars per month or more, said employment agent or agency shall, on obtaining employment for such p§f§{j{‘;},n°f,x,fc'$_;':‘ em loyee, receive an additional one dollar from said employee: Prom.vieid, That the whole fee and any sums paid by the app icant for transportation in goin to and returning from such employer shall be refunded within four (gays of demand, if no employment of the kind mmm a plied for was vacant at the place to which the applicant was directed: sind provided fur!/cer, That It shall be unlawful or any employment agent or agency to receive more than the fees set forth in this Act in t e business aforesaid. B°°°*P'*· "1t shall be the duty of such licensed person to give to every applicant for employment from whom a fee shall be received a receipt in which shall be stated the name of said applicant, the date and amount of the fee, and the purpom for which it was paid, and to every applicant for help a receipt stating the name and address of said applicant, the date and amount of the ee., and the kind of help to be provided. Every such receipt, excepting only those given by theatrical and teachers’ agencies and those procuring technical, clerical, sales, and executive positions for men only, shall have printed on the back u{,’}§,‘{°" °"°°‘ "°` thereof a copy of this section in the English language. No such licensed person shall divide fees with contractors or their agents or other employers or anyone in their employ to whom applicants for ,,.$.}:`2§_*°' ‘"’"' employment are sent. Every such licensed person shall give to each applicant for employment a card or printed paper containing the name of the applicant for employment, name an address of such employ- ment agency, and the written name and address of the .rson to whom the applicant is sent for employment. Every such licensed person shall post in a congpicuous place in each room of such agency a plain and legible copy o this Act, which shall be printed in large type." Approved, February 20, 1909. [ am?:;;  gan \ct I·or the investigation, treatment,andpreventionoftrachoma c. No. 250. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repr·caentatives of the United fgggshlum m States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, pmem. ere. spi-can appro riated out of any moneys in the Treasury of the United States "“"“”°"‘° ""°“* not otherwise appropriated, the sum of twelve thousand dollars, to be immediately avai b e to enable the Commissioner of Indian Aiiairs to investigate, treat, and prevent the spread of the disease of trachoma among the Indians. Approved, February 21), 1909.