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 72d CONGRE SS. SESS. I. CH. 366 . JULY 1, 1932 . 559 require a record to be kept of a il sales of dead ly or dangerous w eap- ons, to prescrib e a form therefo r, and to requir e reports of all such sales to the major and superintendent of police at such time as the commissioners may deem advisable. Detective agencies. " PAR. 41 . (a) Private detectives, or detective agencies, by what- etc. soever name called, shall pay a license tax of $100 per annum : Pro- Provi so . vided, That no license shall be issued under this paragraph without Condition . the approval of the major and superintendent of police . " b For the purpose of this paragraph, the term `detective' or tectivea "Detective," " de- " gency" de- detective agency' shall mean and include any person, firm, or cor- fined . poration engaged in the business of, or advertising, or representing himself, or itself, as being engaged in the business of detecting, dis- covering, or revealing crime or criminals, or securing information for evid ence re lati ng t her eto, or dis cove ring or rev eal ing the ide ntit y, whereabouts, character, or actions of any person or persons, thing, or things. " (c) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business conducting ag enc y, etc., without licenbe, of detective, or operate, manage, or conduct a detective agency, for unlawful. profit or gain, or to advertise or represent his business to be that of a detective, or that of conducting, managing, or operating a detective agency, without first obtaining a license so to do. "(d) The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby pr~ cgb etd ion a to be authorized and empowered to make such reasonable regulations as they deem advisable for the government and conduct of the business of private detectives licensed hereunder, and are further authorized and empowered to revoke the license of a private detective when in their judgment such is deemed advisable in the public interest . " (e) All laws which govern the Metropolitan police force of the rop Law ol3tan police sgovpol ice force District of Columbia in the matters of persons, property, or money made applicable. shall be applica ble to all priva te detectives li censed hereunder, and such detectives shall make like returns and dispositions of such matters as is required by existing law and the rules of the Commis- sioners of the D istrict of Colum bia governing th e Metropolitan po lice department. "PAR. 42. It shall be unlawful for any person to open, keep, Employment agency. operate, maintain, or carry on any private employment agency with out first having obtained a license from the District of Columbia so Fee . to do. The fee for s uch license shall be $1 00 per annum. Any license may be denied, revoked, or suspended for cause by the said Revocationoflicense. commissioners : Provided, That any person whose license shall be P*•j denied, rev oked, or su spend ed by the c ommis sione rs may , wit hin Writ Writoferror. thirty days after such denial, revocation, or suspension, apply to any justice. of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia for a writ of error to review such action . Suc h application sh all not oper- ate as a stay of any ord er issue d in con nection w ith such denial, revocation, or s uspension . " (a) The term `private employment agency' means any business, P~ efined t ent enterprise, or u ndertaking that procures, offers to procure, prom ises agency." to procure, attempts to procure, or aids in procuring, either directly or indirectly, h elp or employmen t for another, f or any fee, remun era- tion, profit, or any consideration whatsoever, promises, paid, or recei ved t heref or, eithe r dir ectl y or indir ectly . It shall also include domestic, commercial, clerical, executive, professional, and g ener al emloyment I bur eau s, and sha ll apply to the at ric al employment agencies and nurses' registry conducted for profit or gain . " (a-1) The term `n urses' r egistry' means a nd inclu des the b u s i- ness of conducting an agency, bureau, office, or other place for the purpose of procuring, offering to procure, promising to procure, 2 So in original.