HARRY W. NICE, GOVERNOR. 589

agent in this State until (1) he shall pay to the said Com-
missioner a license fee of $25. 00 for a full year or pro
rata for less than a full year, provided, however, that the
fee shall not be less than $10. 00, (2) and shall also deposit
with the said Commissioner a bond in the penal sum of
$1, 000 signed by the applicant for the license as principal
and by a Surety Company authorized to do business in this
State as surety, payable to the State of Maryland as obligee
and conditioned on the compliance of such applicant with
the provisions of Sections 232 and 232-1, inclusive, and the
payment by such applicant of all damages occasioned to any
person by reason of any misstatement, misrepresentation,
fraud or deceit forbidden by said sections of such applicant
or his agents or employees. All licenses granted by the
said Commissioner shall, irrespective of the date of issue,
expire on the first day of May next thereafter. No license
shall be issued by the said Commissioner unless the appli-
cant for such license shall have an office within the State
at which such applicant carries on, or proposes to carry on,
business as an employment agent. The said Commissioner
is hereby authorized to refuse to issue a license to any
applicant whose license has been suspended or revoked as
hereinafter provided, unless and until it shall be shown to
the satisfaction of said Commissioner that the applicant
will not be guilty of the offense for which such prior license
was suspended or revoked.

232C. The Commissioner of State Employment and
Registration is hereby authorized, at any time and from
time to time, after a public hearing (notice of which shall
be given as hereinafter in this section provided), to make
and publish rules and regulations for the regulation of em-
ployment agents not inconsistent with the provisions of
Sections 232 to 232-1, inclusive, of this Article, and in like
manner to repeal or amend such regulations from time to
time. The Commissioner shall give notice of any such
public hearing at least ten days in advance thereof by mail-
ing a notice thereof to all licensed employment agencies in
the State and in addition by publishing such notice in two
daily newspapers of general circulation published in Balti-
more City. The said Commissioner is hereby authorized to
revoke or to suspend for such period as he shall think
proper the license of any employment agent violating any
of the provisions of Sections 232A to 232-1, inclusive, or of
any rule or regulation made and published pursuant to the
provisions of this section.