938 LICENSES. [ART. 56.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 56, sec. 98. 1841, ch. 194, sec. 3.

95. Every itinerant stage-player, ventriloquist, sleight-of-hand
performer, rope dancer, tumbler or wire dancer, or company of
circus riders, or equestrian performers, or exhibitors of artificial
or natural curiosities, (except the exhibition of models of useful
inventions,) who shall perform or exhibit in any county in this
State, or in the city of Baltimore, without having paid the tax
herein directed, shall forfeit sixty dollars, to be collected by the
sheriff by distress and sale of the property of each delinquent,
and to be applied, one-half to the use of the State and the other
half to the use of the sheriff.

Ibid. sec. 99. 1841, ch. 194, sec. 4.

96. It shall be the duty of the persons enumerated in the
preceding section to exhibit their licenses to any justice or
constable who may demand a view thereof; and if they or any of
them refuse or neglect so to do, they shall forfeit and pay the
sum of twenty dollars for every such neglect or refusal; and if
any such neglect or refusal shall occur before a justice of the
-peace, it shall be his duty forthwith to issue his warrant in the
name of the State against the offender, and upon return, to enter
judgment and issue execution for the said sum of twenty dollars
and costs, for the use of the State; and if such refusal or neglect
shall happen before a constable, he shall arrest the person
so refusing or neglecting, and carry him before a justice
of the peace, who shall give judgment and issue exe-
cution as aforesaid, one-half to the constable and the other
half to the use of the State; provided that in either case
the defendant shall have the right to stay execution, or appeal
from such judgment on giving security, as in other cases of

Ibid sec 100. 1845, ch. 374, sec 2.

97. No lecturer upon science, literature, morality or religion,
shall be required to pay any license whatever.

Ibid. sec. 101. 1845, ch. 374, sec 3.

98. Every entertainment, exhibition or performance given for
charitable objects, shall be exempt from taxation or license.