1184 AETICLE 4.

or representing himself or itself to be a real estate broker shall be prima
facie evidence of the engagement of such person or corporation in the
business of a real estate broker within the meaning of this Article.

1888, ch. 495. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 663. 1918, ch. 493.

700. The seven preceding sections shall not aply to transactions of
attorneys at law nor to the transactions conducted by its officers or em-
ployees on behalf of a licensed corporation, nor to the transactions con-
ducted on its behalf by the members or employees of a licensed co-part-
nership, but their provisions shall nevertheless, apply to all other persons
who make a business of brokerage or agency for others in transactions in
real estate, mortgages or chattels real by solicitation, advertisement, sign,
or otherwise, in Baltimore City and who undertake for others the pur-
chase, sale, lease, exchange, or mortgage of real estate, or any interest
therein, with a view to reward or compensation for such business whether
the same be conducted under the name of agent, property agent, broker,
negotiator, financier, dealer, or any other name so as to evade the pro-
visions of said sections.

Kolb v. Burkhardt, 148 Md. 539.

STEVEDORES.

1898, ch. 506. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 668A.

700A. Before any person or body corporate shall transact the business
of a master stevedore in the City of Baltimore, he or it shall first obtain
from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in said city a State's license,
authorizing him or it to carry on said business in the said city, for which
said license he or it shall pay the sum of twenty-five dollars, and any
stevedore who shall violate this section by failure to obtain the license
as aforesaid, though continuing to transact the business of a stevedore,,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof
in the Criminal Court of Baltimore City, be fined the sum of one hun-
dred dollars, or be imprisoned in the City Jail for the term not exceeding
six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Steenken v. State, 88 Md. 708.

The Act 1898, ch. 505, was construed by the Court in re Steenken v. State, 88 Md.
708, and the provisions relating to the bond required under the terms of said Act
were declared unconstitutional and void, but the validity of the remaining provi-
sions of the Act upheld. The Act as embodied in section 700A has been modified
to conform to the decision of the Court.

DUTY OF SHERIFF AND CLERK OF COURT.

1866, ch. 151. 1888, ch. 372. P. L. L. (1888), Art. 4, sec. 669.

701. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Baltimore City annually,
in the month of April, to make or cause to be made an alphabetical list
of the names of all persons or bodies corporate or politic in each ward
of the City of Baltimore who shall be exercising, pursuing any business,
or be doing any act or thing, or shall be in the use or occupation of any