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shall be known as the Board of Examining Moving-Picture
Machine Operators. The parties so appointed, before entering
upon their duties, shall make oath before a Justice of the
Peace that they will faithfully perform the duties of their
office, and shall give bond in the sum of two thousand dollars,
to be approved by the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City.

SEC. 4. All persons who at the time of the enactment of
this Act are engaged in the business of a "Moving-Picture
Machine Operator" in the City of Baltimore, as described in
Section 2 of this Act, shall within sixty days after the first
day of May, 1910, comply with all the provisions of this Act;
otherwise they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction before a Justice of the Peace or a Police Justice, be
fined a sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty
dollars, for each day. or fraction thereof that they shall pursue
the business of "Moving-Picture Machine Operator" in the
City of Baltimore, and, if said fine is not paid, he shall be sub-
ject to imprisonment for ninety days, or both, at the discre-
tion of the Judge.

SEC. 5. If any such person desires to engage or continue in
said business of "Moving-Picture Machine Operator" after the
passage of this Act he shall apply to the board provided foi
in Section 3 of this Act for a license and submit to an exami-
nation as to his qualification before said board; and, if found
proficient by said board, they shall issue a license; otherwise
they shall refuse to grant a license until such time after an-
other examination he shall show the required skill to be en-
titled to practice the business of "Moving-Picture Machine
Operator." If the said board shall find, after due examina-
tion that the said applicant for a license possesses a reasonable
knowledge of the "Moving-Picture Machine Operator" busi-
ness and electricity, then the said board shall, upon the pay-
ment of the fee herein provided for, issue to said applicant a
license for a term of not more than one year, and shall keep
a record of all licenses so issued; and no person shall be
granted a license who has not reached the age of 21 years and
makes oath to such fact, and has served at least one year with a
licensed moving-picture operator in the business, provided
that each applicant for the license shall pay to the said board
a license fee of ten dollars ($10), said license to be good for a
term of one year, and at the expiration of said term a renewal
shall be issued by said board upon the payment of a fee of
five dollars ($5) for said renewal; no person granted a license
under the provisions of this Act, shall operate a moving-picture
machine or electrical projecting apparatus after the expira-
tion of said license or after said license shall have been sus-