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PUBLIC LAW 8 5 - 2 8 2 - S E P T. 4, 1957

joint venturer shall be required to obtain a license where the annual gross receipts of the partnership, association, or joint venture in the District of Columbia were, during the prior calendar year, less than $5,000: And provided further, That every person who, during any calendar year, commences as an individual, sole proprietor, partner, associate, or joint venturer, to engage in or conduct a trade, business, or profession in the District of Columbia without having so engaged in the prior calendar year, shall, within fifteen days after the date in said commencement year on which such trade, business, or profession attains gross receipts of $5,000, make application to the Assessor, accompanied by a license fee of $25, for the license required by this subsection for the calendar year during which the trade, business, or profession was commenced, and any person who, during the prior calendar year, although engaged in a trade, business, or profession, did not attain gross receipts of $5,000, shall, within fifteen days after the date within the calendar year on which such trade, business, or profession attains gross receipts of $5,000, make application to the Assessor, accompanied by a license fee of $25, for the license required by this subsection for the calendar year during which the trade, business, or profession, attained gross receipts of $5,000. "No license shall be required (1) of any registered nurse or practical nurse for the purpose of engaging in or conducting a trade, business, or profession of registered nurse or practical nurse in the District of Columbia, (2) of any person licensed under chapter II, section 26, of the 'Life Insurance Act', approved June 19, 1934 (48 Stat. 1125, ch. 672; sec. 35-425, D. C. Code, 1951), for the purpose of acting within the District of Columbia for any life insurance company as a general agent, agentj or solicitor in the solicitation or procurement of applications lor insurance, or (3) of any person engaged in the ministry of healing by prayer or spiritual means alone and who is a member of a church or denomination whose tenets and teachings include the practice of such healing. No officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or the government of the District of Columbia, and no individual in private or public employment who is compensated for services performed by him as an employee for his employer shall, for such employment, be required to obtain a license and, in the case of a partnership, association, or joint venture, no license shall be required of any partner, associate, or joint venturer who does not himself engage in or conduct the trade, business, or professional activities of the partnership, association, or joint venture m the District of Columbia. The license required to be obtained under the provisions of this subsection shall be in addition to all other licenses, fees, and permits required by law." SEC. 8. The amendments made by sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this Act shall be applicable to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1956. The amendment made by section 6 of this Act shall be effective on July 1 next following the date of approval of this Act. The amendment made by section 7 of this Act shall be applicable to the calendar year 1958 and subsequent calendar years. Approved September 4, 1957.

Nurses.

Applicability. Effective date. Applicability.

Public Law 85-282 AN ACT To authorize the exchange of certain land in the State of Missouri.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, notwith-

September 4, 1957 [H. R. 580]

State of MissoLiri. Conveyance.

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