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 658 SIXTY·SECOND CONGRESS. Sass III. Ch. 26. 1913. r·ior· to the of such license, and notice of the Bling of such ii lication    the omce of the assessor; of the said Iggtrict and be published twice a week_foz·_ three successive weeks rn a daily newspaper published m the District of  Protest ma bemadeby anypersonto  and when such protests are Bled with the  comrmssnoners the latter shagegrve public notice of and hold a public  upon auch protests ore issuing such license. _The said commissioners shall have the power to reject any application for license_after a hearing rmi such protest or for failure on the part of the to observe Act, or when such appliciahnt shall ve v1otllp°¤ its pbrgvisrons. _ b be d to sem: requires. Sec. . at phca  Y * ¤ _ the District of Oolumga in the penal sum of _ e thousand dollars, with two or more sufficient suretres, and conditioned that the obligor will not violate any law  to such busmess. The execution of any such bondtgy a Bdelrty or surety company authorized by the. laws of the Um States to transact business therem shall be equivalent to the execution thereof by two suretres,_and such company, if excepted to, shall justify in the manner r urred by law of fidelity aesuuenuas. and surety companies. any person sl§l be aggrieved b_y the misconduct of any such, firm, voluntary association, » joint-stock comgany, mcorpora society, or corplpratron, or by his their, or its vio tron of any law relating to such usmess, and shall recover a  thuefor, such person or his personal representas tive or heirs or drstnhutees may, after a return unsatisfied either in whole or in_part of any execution issued u n such judgment, maintain an actronmlusownnameuponsucbobond herein uiredin any court  jurisdiction of the amoimt claimed. sioners of the District of Columbia shall finnish to an one applying therefor a certified copy of any such bond Bled with tliem, upon the Egyrncnt of a fee of twenty-five cents, and such certified cop shall prima facie evidence in any court that such bond was dug executed and delivered by the person, Brm, voluntary association, jointstock company, iréiiaporated society, or co ration whose names nt.¤,¤.-_ appear thereon. bond dull be renewnidw and retiled annually in October·_of each year, or the licensed person, Brm, voluntary association, _]OlI1t»·Siz0Ck company, incorporated society, or corporation shall, within thirty days thereafter, cease doing business, and their license shell be revoked by the said commissioners but said bond until renewed and refiled as aforesaid shall be and remain in full force and eliect. sesame: rmts Sec. 4. That every (person, firm, voluntary association, joint-stock “’ “’ "°"‘- compm incorporate society, or corporation conducting such business s _ keep a register, approved by said commissioners, showing, rn English, the amount of money loaned, the date when loaned and when due, the person to whom loaned, the property or thing named as security for the loan, where the same is located and in whose possession, the amount of interest, all fees, commissions, cha es and renewals charged, under whatever name. Such register shallrie bpen for inspection to the said commissioners, their officers and a ents on every day, egtcetpt Sundays and legal holidays, between theghourh of rw:;·m¤1r.aa¤c». nme o’clock rn e forenoon and five 0’clock in the aftemoon. Every such person, Brm, voluntary association, joint-stock company incor- Epi-ated society, or corporation conducting such business shall on or fore_ the twentieth day of January of each year, make to tlie said commissioners an annual statement in the form of a trial balance of its books on the thrr·ty-first day of December in each year specifying @18 girffcrcnt kinds of its liabilities and the different kinds of its assets tagigmit of each, together with such other infomation as