700 ARTICLE 3.

entertainment, show or public exhibition of any kind without a license for
that purpose had and obtained from the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Bal-
timore County under a penalty of fifty dollars for each and every offense,
which said license shall express for what it is granted and the time it is
to continue; and the following tax shall be imposed and laid upon each
license granted as aforesaid, which tax shall be paid to the Clerk of the
Circuit Court for Baltimore County on the granting of such license as
follows, to wit: For the holding of moving-picture exhibitions, theatrical,

dramatic or other shows in any room, hall, building or other structure or

enclosure with a seating capacity for not more than 100 persons, twenty-
five dollars per year; for holding such exhibitions or shows in any room,
hall, building or other structure or enclosure having a seating capacity
for more than 100, but not more than 500 persons fifty dollars per year;
for holding such exhibitions or shows in any room, hall or other building
or enclosure with a seating capacity for more than 500, but not more than
800 persons, seventy-five dollars per year; and for holding such shows
or exhibitions in any room, hall or other building or enclosure having a
seating capacity for more than 800 persons, one hundred dollars a year;
for circuses, exhibitions or horsemanship and other shows held in whole
or in part under canvas tents, fifty dollars for each performance; for other
exhibitions or entertainments for gain, five dollars per week, except as
hereinafter provided.

1914, ch. 545, sec. 2. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 416. 1928, sec. 500.

500. All licenses granted under the authority of Section 499 of this
subtitle shall expire on the first day of May next ensuing the date of their
issue.

1914, ch. 545, sec. 3. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 417. 1928, sec. 501.

501. Any person desiring to obtain a license to hold moving-picture
exhibitions shall file an application in writing with the Clerk of the Cir-
cuit Court for Baltimore County in which shall be stated: First, the
name and residence of the applicant and how long he has resided there;
second, the place of birth of the applicant, and if a naturalized citizen
when and where he was naturalized; third, the name and owner of the
premises upon which the business licensed is to be carried on; fourth,
the particular place where the business is to be conducted under the license
sought, specifying the same by definite designation and description, which
said application shall be verified by the affidavit made before the clerk of
the said court of the applicant, and if any false statement is made in any
part of said application the applicant shall be deemed guilty of perjury
and, upon indictment and conviction, shall be punished accordingly.

1914, ch. 545, sec. 4. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 418. 1928, sec. 502.

502. There shall be annexed to said application a certificate signed
by at least ten reputable taxpayers, bona fide residents of the neighbor-
hood in which the applicant proposes to conduct the business under the