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in any county in this State, pay to the clerk of the circuit
court for such county, thirty dollars for one year, or one dollar for
each exhibition, at his or their option.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 56, sec. 94. 1845, ch. 374, sec. 1.

91. Every person, or company of circus riders or equestrian
performers, who shall exhibit for a reward in any county in this
State, shall pay to the said clerk, the sum of thirty dollars for a
license therefor for one year.

Ibid. sec. 95. 1841, ch 194, sec. 2.

92. Every person or company who shall exhibit for a reward
any animal or animals, or natural or artificial curiosities of any
kind, (except models of useful inventions,) shall pay to the said
clerk the sum of fifteen dollars for a license therefor for one year.

Ibid sec. 96. 1841, ch. 194, sec. 2.

93. Every person, or company of stage players, ventriloquists,
sleight-of-hand performers, rope dancers, tumblers and wire
dancers, or company of circus riders or equestrian performers, and
each or every person or company who shall exhibit any animal or
animals, or artificial or natural curiosities of any kind or sort, (ex-
cept models of useful inventions,) in the city of Baltimore, for a
reward, shall, in addition to the tax imposed by the ordinances of
said city, pay to the clerk of the court of common pleas for a
license therefor, the following tax, to wit: for license for theatri-
cal exhibitions, three dollars for each night of performance; for
license to exliibit as ventriloquists, sleight-of-hand performers,
rope dancers, tumblers and wire dancers, ten dollars for each
week; for circus or equestrian performers, three dollars for each
night of performance; for license to exhibit any animal or ani-
mals, or artificial or natural curiosities of any kind, ten dollars for
each week.

Ibid. sec. 97. 1841, ch. 194, sec. 8.

94. Each license shall contain a list of the personal perfor-
mance, or animals, or other articles or things to be exhibited.