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SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sm III. Cris. 25, 26. i913. 657 "That it shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of any wharf m“!,gQ_¤gngg{;;; or dock, any captain or master of any vessel, or any other n or r¤L' persons to cast, throw, deposit, or drop in any dock or in the waters of the Potomac River or its tributaries in the District of Columbia any dead fish, Hsh offal, dead animals of any kind condemned oysters in the shell, watermelons, cantaloupes, vegetables, fruits, shavings, hay, straw, or filth of any kind whatsoever. ‘That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to interfere mgg¤;m,*yu£,g;’eg: with the work of improvement in or along the said river and harbor under the supervision of the United States Government. _ _ "That an rson ogdpersons violating any of the provisions of this 1,§$h"‘°°"°' "°` section shall lifdeem guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the court." ' Approved, February 3, 1913. GEAP. 26.-—A.n Act To regula to the business of leaning` mone on sec¤nty` ol Y*¤¤•¥!¢· N13- ingykhndubgtmmm, _Err_ns, and corporattions ers, companies, sa , rulding amen , an · Pubuc,.Ro.$¤¤. estate brokers in the District of Elumbia. an [ I Be it enacted by the Se·nateundHm:se3 of the United States d America in Congress , t hereafter it shall be ,,,1;"“'*°‘ °* °°“‘“‘ unlawful and illegal to engage in the District of Columbia in the ¤¤¤¤r-1¤¤¤i¤¤ business of leaning money upon which ai rate of interest greater than '°fi]$§gT; 4..; N. six per eentum per an.num recharged on any security of any kind, 9“*'°“· direct or collateral, tangible or intangible, without procuring 'cense; and all persons, firms, voluntary associations, joint-stock companies, incorporated societies, and corporations engaged in said business shall pay a license tax of five hundred dollarpeser annum to the District of Columbia. No license shall be gran to any person, firm, pclgfjs gm '”"’°“' or voluntary association unless such person and the members of any ' such firm or voluntary association shall be bona fide residents of the District of Columbia, and no license shall be granted for a period °°'P°“"·‘°'“ longer than one year, and no license shall be granted to any jointstock company, incorporated society, or coglporation unless and until such company, society, or corporation sh in writing and in due form, to be first approved by and filed with the Commissioners of the District of Colum ia, aplpomt an agent, resident in the District of Columbia, upon whom judicial and other process or legal notice directed to such company, society, or corporation may be served. And in the case of the death, removal from the District or any legal disability or disqualification of any such agent, service of such Iprocess or notice may be made upon the assessor of the District of Co umbia. do { Sec. 2. That applications for license to conduct such busines must u°{'§£E,°‘ "' °' be made in writing to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, '~`°¤*•¤** and shall contain the full names and addresses of applicants, if natural persons, and in the case of Hrms and voluntary associations, the full names and addresses of all the members thereof, and in the case of joint-stock companies, incorporated societies, and corporations, the full names and addresses of the officers and directors thereof and under what law or laws organized or incorporated, and the place where such business is to be conducted, and such other information as the said commissioners may require. Every license granted shall T¤¤¤· °'*’· date from the first of the month in which it is issued and expire on the thirty-first day of the following October, and such license shall be kept conspicuously displgyed in the place of busines of the licensee. Every application all be filed not less than thirty days H°‘"“g"°““