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THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 78. 1865.
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prescribed by the commissioner of internal revenue, that all their transactions are made for a commission;"Insurance agents, &c.
Ante, p. 254.
Peddlers.
by striking out the proviso at the end of paragraph "twenty-eight;" by adding to paragraph thirty-two the following proviso: "Provided, further, That no man between the ages of twenty and forty-five who is not enrolled for military duty, or regularly exempted from enrolment or draft for physical disability, shall be entitled to a license as a peddler."

By striking out all of paragraph "forty-nine," and inserting in lieu thereof the following, to wit:—

Licenses.
Miners.
"Forty-nine. Miners shall pay for each and every license the sum of ten dollars. Every person, firm, or company who shall employ others in the business of mining for coal, or for gold, silver, copper, lead, iron, zinc, spelter, or other minerals, not having taken out a license as a manufacturer, and no other, shall be regarded as a miner under this act: Provided,Proviso. That this shall not apply to any miner whose receipts from his mine shall not exceed annually one thousand dollars.

Express-men. "Fifty. A license of ten dollars shall be required of every person, firm, or company engaged in the carrying or delivery of money, valuable papers, or any articles for pay, or doing an express business, whose gross receipts therefrom exceed the sum of six hundred dollars per annum. But one license fee of ten dollars shall be required from any one person, firm, or company in respect to all the business to be done by such person, firm, or company on a continuous route, and the payment of such license fee shall cover all business done upon such route by such person, firm, or company, anywhere in the United States; and such license fee shall be required only from the principal in such business, and not from any subordinate.

Substitute brokers. "Fifty-one. Substitute brokers shall pay one hundred dollars for each and every license, and in addition thereto ten dollars for each substitute procured by him and actually mustered into the military service of the United States. Every person who shall furnish or offer to furnish for pay, fee, or reward, volunteers, representative recruits, or substitutes for men drafted or liable to be drafted, for the military or naval service of the United States, shall be deemed a substitute broker under this act: Provided, however,Proviso. That persons appointed by any state, county, city, township, or district, or the officers thereof, to procure the enlistment of volunteers or substitutes to fill the quota of such state, county, city, township, or district, for the military service of the United States, under the call of the President of the United States, shall not be considered substitute brokers: And provided, further,Proviso. That such person or agent shall receive no compensation except that which is given by such state, county, town, city, or district.

Insurance brokers. "Fifty-two. Insurance brokers shall pay twenty-five dollars for each license. Any person who shall negotiate or procure insurance in behalf of another person or party for which he shall receive any pay, commission, or compensation, shall be regarded as an insurance broker under this act," and the licenses herein provided for shall take effect on the first day of May next.

Ante, p. 258. That section eighty-one be amended by striking therefrom the words "seventy-three," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "seventy-four," and by striking out the words "to vinters," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "nor to vintners."

Manufacturers That section eighty-three be amended by inserting after the words "within his district, monthly," the words "within ten days from the twentieth day of each month," and by inserting after the words "such duties within" the word "said," and by striking out after the words "ten days," following the words "after demand in writing delivered to him in person, or left at his house or place of business, or manufactory, or sent by mail."

That section eighty-four be amended by striking out the words "eighty