1582 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [Ch. 814]

upon conviction, before a police justice or in the Criminal Court
of Baltimore City, be fined a sum not less than five dollars, nor
more than twenty-five dollars, for each day or fraction thereof
that they shall pursue the business of moving picture machine
operator in the City of Baltimore; and if said fine is not paid,
shall be subject to imprisonment for thirty days or both at the
discretion of the judge.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any such person
desires to engage or continue in said business of moving picture
machine operator, after the passage of this act, he shall apply to
the board provided for in section 3 of this act, for a license and
submit to an examination as to his qualification before said
board; and, if found proficient by said board, they shall issue a
license, otherwise they shall refuse to grant a license, if the said
board shall find, after due examination, that the said applicant
for a license possesses a reasonable knowledge of the moving
picture machine operator business and electricity, as pertains
to the operation and management of moving picture machine,
then the said board shall, upon payment of the fee herein pro-
vided for, issue to said applicant a license for a term of not more
than one year, and shall keep a record of all so issued; and no
person shall be granted a license who has not reached the age
of 21 years, and makes oath to such fact, and has had at least
one year's experience under a licensed operator or two years'
experience in operating a moving picture machine; provided
that each applicant for the license shall pay to the said board a
license fee of ten dollars ($10.00). Said license to be good for
a term of one year, and at the expiration of said term a renewal
shall be issued by said board upon the payment of a fee of five
dollars ($5.00) for said renewal. No. person granted a license
under the provisions of this act shall operate a moving picture
machine after the expiration of said license or after said license
shall have been suspended or revoked as herein provided, unless
the said license or renewal of same shall have been granted as
herein provided.

SEC. 5A. And be it further enacted, That any person taking
a false oath in reference to his age or time that he has operated
under a licensed operator, or length of time that he has operated
a moving picture machine, shall be deemed guilty of perjury,
and upon conviction in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City
be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than fifty
dollars ($50). Any person failing to pass an examination
within six months from the date of last examination. The board
shall have power to investigate the cause of any fire in a moving
picture parlor or theatre, and to revoke the operator's license