wear a conspicuous badge, with the words, 'licensed emigrant runner' inscribed thereon, with their names and the numbers of their licenses. The Health Officer having inspected the vessel, the Commissioners can authorize approved persons to board Emigrant vessels, for the purpose of putting the passengers on their guard against fraud and imposition. No person or persons shall exercise the vocation of booking emigrant passengers, or taking money for their inland fare, or for the transportation of the luggage of such passengers, without keeping a public office for the transaction of such business, nor without the license of the Mayor of the City in which such office shall be located." Sec. 7. "No scales or weights shall be employed in such office or place for weighing luggage, but such as have been sealed and inspected by the City Inspector of Weights; it shall be open to the Commissioners or their agents; it shall contain a list of prices or fares of passage, and the price per 100 lbs. for the transportation of luggage to the principal places to which the proprietors undertake to convey passengers; these prices must be conspicuously posted in the English, German, Dutch, French and Welch languages. Tickets must be issued, signed by the name of the person or persons in whose name the establishment is conducted, which shall state the time and place of such issue, the number of persons so paying, the distance in miles to the place for which pay is received, the amount so received, the number of pounds of baggage and the price per hundred pounds for its transportation." Sec. 7. "No government officer of the United States, of the State of New York,
