ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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act as such real estate broker by public adver-
tisement, sign or otherwise, without such license
first obtained, or who shall use or attempt to
use the license of another with intent to evade
the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof
shall be subject to and pay a fine or penalty of
not less than two hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars for each offence; one-half
thereof for the use of the state, and the other
half thereof to the person or corporation that
shall first prefer before the grand jury the charge
against such offender ; and any person, co-part-
nership or firm who shall directly or indirectly
act as real estate broker, or shall undertake the
buying or selling of ground rents or other real
estate, or of chattels real, or the leasing of real
estate or chattels real, or the negotiation or sale
of mortgage loans on real estate or chattels real,
or the collection of rents for others, with a view
to reward or compensation for such undertaking,
shall be deemed to be carrying on the business
of real estate broker within the meaning of this
act, and be subject to the fines or penalties herein
prescribed.
SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any person
or persons who has or have obtained such license

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shall die or shall move from and cease to use
and exercise the business of real estate broker,
in the city of Baltimore before the expiration
of the term in said license specified, the benefit
of said license for the unexpired term shall issue
to and be continued in his or their legal repre-
sentative or assignee, upon application to the
proper clerk for that purpose, accompanied by
the oath by the party applying, made before a
judge of a court of record and endorsed on said
license, that the person or persons to whom said
license was originally granted is or are deceased,
or has or have removed from and ceased to use
or exercise the said business in the said city.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That upon said
application and affidavit the clerk shall, by his
endorsement on said license, authorize such legal
representative or assignee to use or exercise the
business of such real estate broker in said city
for the unexpired term in said license named.

Ceasing to
use, etc.