EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1649

In cities or towns of less than 8, 000 inhabitants', for
each place of business............................. $ 5. 00

In cities or towns of 8, 000 inhabitants, or over, for
each place of business............................. $ 10. 00

PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS.

183. Each person, firm or corporation, not holding a trader's
license, operating or conducting the business of a plumber or
gas fitter, shall before doing so, take out a license therefor, and
shall pay an annual license fee for each place of- business so
operated, graduated as follows:

In cities or towns of less than 5, 000 inhabitants, for
each place of business............................. $ 5. 00

In cities or towns of more than 5, 000 inhabitants, and
less than 10, 000 inhabitants, for each place of business. $ 10. 00

In cities or towns of more than 10, 000 inhabitants,
for each place of business.......................... $ 15. 00

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS OR COMPANIES.

184. Any person, firm or corporation accepting orders or
contracts for doing any work on or in any building or structure,
requiring the use of paint, stone, brick, mortar, wood, cement,
structural iron, or steel, sheet-iron, galvanized iron, metallic
piping, tin, lead, electric wiring or other metal, or any other
building material, or who shall accept contracts to do any pav-
ing or curbing on sidewalks or streets, public or private prop-
erty, using asphalt, brick, stone, cement, wood or any composi-
tion, or who shall accept an order for or contract to excavate
earth, rock, or other material for foundations or any other pur-
pose, or who shall accept an order or contract to construct any
sewer of stone, brick, terra-cotta, or other material, shall be
deemed to be carrying on the business of construction.

Each foreign construction company, firm or person with
its chief office outside of this State, operating or doing business
in this State, directly or by agent, or by sub-letting contract,
shall before doing so, take out a license therefor and pay an
annual license fee of $50. 00 if operating in the City of Balti-
more, and the like amount of $50. 00 in each county of this
State in which said person, firm or corporation shall operate.

Each resident person, firm or domestic construction company
and each foreign construction company, having its chief office
in this State, who shall carry on the business of construction as
mentioned in this section, shall before doing so, first take out a