BALTIMORE CITY. 1183

such real estate broker in said City, unless a separate license be procured
for each and every such office or place of business, or for each and every
branch office where the business of said person, co-partnership, association
or corporation as such real estate broker in said City is carried on or
located; and any person or corporation who shall violate the provisions
of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be subject to the same fine and penalties as are imposed by
the provisions of Section 690 of this Article, but nothing herein shall be
so construed as to prevent any such person, co-partnership, association or
corporation, legal representative or assignee, from holding at the same
time with the license as real estate broker in said City, provided for by
Section 695 of this Article a license or licenses for any other kinds of
brokerage business permitted by the laws of this State, upon paying to
the clerk the several sums by law prescribed for such license or licenses.

1918. ch. 493.

699A. It shall be unlawful for any person, corporation or co-partner-
ship of persons to carry on the business of real estate broker in the City
of Baltimore without first obtaining such license as is prescribed by Sec-
tion 695, of this Article. Any person, corporation or co-partnership who
shall in Baltimore City on behalf of another for reward or remunera-
tion of any kind undertake to purchase, sell, lease, mortgage, exchange
or deal in real estate or any interest therein, shall be deemed to be carry-
ing on the business of real estate broker within the contemplation of this
Article. And every contract, agreement or undertaking hereafter made
by any person to pay such unlicensed person, corporation or co-partner-
.shlp a commission, or other remuneration of any kind for such under-
taking shall be unenforceable and void.

Walking v. Ensor, 138 Md. 496. Kolb v. Burkhardt, 148 Md. 539.

1918. ch. 493.

699B. Any person or corporation who in Baltimore City without hav-
ing first obtained such license, shall undertake on behalf of another, for
a consideration or with a view to remuneration, to purchase, sell, lease,
mortgage, exchange, acquire or dispose of any real estate or interest
therein; or who shall attempt to carry on the business of a real estate
broker, or who shall by private solicitation or representation, or by public
advertisement, sign or designation or in any other manner hold himself
or itself out, or represent himself or itself to be a real estate broker, or
who shall use or attempt to use the license of another with intent to evade
the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred
($100.00) dollars, nor more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars, or to
imprisonment for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6)
months, or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion, of the
Court. And the solicitation, or advertisement or sign or designation, in
any manner, by any person or corporation in holding himself or itself out