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ions shall nevertheless apply to all other persons who make a
business of brokerage or agency for others in transactions in
real estate, mortgage or chattels real, by solicitation, advertise-
ment, sign or otherwise, with a view to reward or compensa-
tion for such business, whether the same be conducted under
the name of agent, property agent, broker, negotiator, finan-
cier, dealer or any other name so as to evade the provisions of
said sections.

Duty of Sheriff and Clerk of Court.

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 cor-
porate 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 house or
place for any purpose for which a license is made necessary by
this sub-division of this Article, and to return such list to the
Grand Jury of said City at as early a period as practicable after
the first day of May then next ensuing; and the said Sheriff
shall, within the first week of the month of April, cause a
notice to be inserted in the daily papers of the City, cautioning
all persons and bodies corporate or politic whom it may con-
cern, to obtain a license, or renew the same, on or before the
first day of May then next ensuing; and said Sheriff shall be
entitled to receive fifty cents for every license obtained by any
person whose name shall be contained in the list so returned by
him, to be paid by the party applying for each license; but the
failure, of said Sheriff to give the notice herein directed shall
not excuse any neglect to obtain a license as required by the
Public General Laws.

702. There shall be entered in writing by the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas upon the face of all licenses obtained
by individuals, firms or corporations to conduct business as
trades in the City of Baltimore, the name of the street and num-
ber of the house or building, or if there be no number, a full
designation of the location of said house or building for which