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308 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3438. 1906. address of such employment agency, and the written name and address of the person to whom the applicant is sent for employment. Every such licensed person shall post in a conspicuous place in each room of such agencya plain and legible copy of this Act, which shall be printed in large type. v Y EMPLOYMENT ooiwrimotr. uw’°Vm°“' °°°‘ Sec. 9. That no such person shall induce or attempt to induce any domestic employee to leave his employment with a view to obtaining other employment through such agency. Whenever any licensed person, or any other acting for him, agrees to send one or more persons to work as contract laborers in any one place outside the city in which such agency is located, the said licensed person shall give to the applicant for employment, in writing, the name and address of the employer, name and address of the employee, nature of the work to be performed wages offered, destination of the person employed, and terms of transportation. onanacrrin or EM1>LoYnR——F11Am>. mfgylgvtgmifefim- Sec. 10. That no such licensed person shall send, or cause to be ‘ pmmi31mf’ sent, any female as a servant or inmate or performer to enter any place of had repute, house of ill fame, or assignation house, or to any house or place of amusement kept for immoral urposes, or place resorted to for the pu se of `rostitution, or gambling house. the character of which suchqlicensedp person could have ascertained upon reasonable inqplry No such licensed person shall knowingly (permit any person of character, prostitutes, gamblers, intoxicate persons, or procurers to frequent such agency. No such person shall procure or olier to procure help or employment in rooms or- on premises where intoxieating liquors are sold to be consumed on the premises, whether or not dues or a fee or privilege is exacted, char ed, or received directly or §’,°Qj§;§;m_ indirectly: Promkled, That proprietors og barrooms shall have the right to em loy bartenders through employment agents or agencies, and bartendhrs shall have the right to procure employment `in barrooms through such agents or agencies: And proczded further-, “‘,{“,j°“°*‘°d °*"“` That it shall be unlawful for employment agents or agencies to send applicants for employment to employers other than those who ,,,¥f”‘"’ ‘°' ‘"'°"' have applied to such agents or agencies for help or labor. For the violation of any of the foregoing provisions of this section the nalty shall be a line of not more than two hundred dollars and in delfult in payment thereof by imprisonment in the workhouse for a period of

  • ""°"‘“°“‘°“‘“· not more than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. No

such licensed person shall publish or cause to be published any false or fraudulent or misleading notice or advertisement. All advertisements of such employment agency by means of cards, circulars, or signs, and in newspaplers and other publications, and all letter heads, receipts, and blanks s all contain the name and address of such employ- ment agency, and no such licensed person shall give any false information, or make any false promise or false representation concerning Employment to any applicant who shall register for employment or e p. · nNr0ucnMm·rr. ,n§f‘*°’°°‘“°“* °* tm Sec._1Ll. That the enforcement of this Act shall be intrusted to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Complaints against any such licensed persons shall be made orally or in writin to the said Commissioners, and reasonable notice thereof, not less tghan one day, shall be given in writing to said licensed person by serving upon him