Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-05
ORDINANCE NO. 421.

An Ordinance to Regulate the Bust
ness OF Employment or Intelligence
Agents.
BE 1t ordained by the City Council OF
the City of Durango;
Section THAT II shall be unlawful
Tor any person or persons to open
establish or carry on, within the cor.
porate limits OF the city of Durango.
any intelligence or employment of.
flee. for the purpose of procuring or
obtaining for money or other valuable
consideration. either directly or indi.
rectly any work, employment or oc.
cupation for persons seeking the
same, or to otherwise engage in the
business or in any way to act as q
broker between employers and per.
sons seeking work, without first hav.
ing obtained license as in this ordin-
ance provided. Any person violating
amy of the provisions OF this section
shall. on conviction thereof be fined
dred dollars.
Section ANY person or persons
applying for a license under the pro
visions of this ordinance snail make
application in writing TO the city coun
ell through the city clerk for the same
and shall deposit with the city treas
urer in advance the annual license fee
and said city treasurer shall Issue to
such applicant a receipt for such fee
which said receipt shall be endorsed
upon said application. II the city
council refuses to order the issuance
of such license the sum so deposited
| shall be returned TO the applicant
without any further action of the city
council. Such applicant shall. at the
time of depositing the license fee, de
post with said treasurer bond in
the penal sum of Two Thousand Dol
lars, payable to the city of Durango.
with two or more sureties to be ap-
proved by said treasurer, conditioned
that the person, persons, company
or corporation applying for the license
will comply with an act Of the General
Assembly of the State of Colorado. en-
titled "An Act to regulate the bust
ness Of employment or Intelligence
agents and repeating others acts" ap-
proved April 9. 1891. and ali amend.
ments thereto, and shall pay all dam
ages occasioned to any person by rea-
son of any misstatement or misrepre-
sentation or fraud or deceit OF any per-
son or persons, their agents OF EN-
ployes. In carrying on the business
for which they were licensed. Upon
the presentation of said application,
receipt and bond, the city council may
order the city clerk to issue such IL
cense.
Section 3.--All licenses Issued un-
der this ordinance shall be issued for
a term of one year and the license fee
therefor shall be twenty-five dollars
per annum, payable In advance.
Section 4.-If at any time In the
opinion of the mayor and city treasur-
er. the sureties. or any of them, on
any bond given under the provisions
OF this ordinance shall become ire
sponsible, the persons or persons hold
ing sucn license shall, upon notice in
, writing from the city treasurer, give
; a new bond to be approved as herein
before provided. Failure to give q
new bond within ten days after such
notice shall operate as a revocation
Of such license and the license shal
be Immediately returned to the city
Z treasurer. who shall destroy the same
Section 5.-Licenses granted undel
this ordinance may be transferred by
2 order of the city council but before
0 such transfer shall be authorized tbs
a applicant for the same shall deposi
with the city treasurer the sum o
a five dollars, which deposit shall be en-
e dorsed upon the application and th'
o person or persons TO whom such II
Il cense Is transferred shall also depOsi
/. such bond as IL required of an appll
} cant for an original license as In tni
# ordinance prescribed, such bond to b.
g approved In the same manner as Ii
s case OF an application for original Il
l. cense.
: |. C. l.. Russell city clerk Of the cit
5 OF Durango, Colorado, do hereby Gel
s tify that the above and foregoing o.
o dinance No. 421 was introduced an
read on the Sd day Of October, A. /
1905, the same being regular NEE
y ing of the city council Of Durangt
o. Colorado, and was ordered publishe
in the Durango Herald. newspape
s of general circulation published
@ said city Of Durango, Colorado, purs,
v ant to Sec. / of An Act concerning tf
D Introduction. adoption and publicatic
r of ordinances Of cities, page 692. Be
r sion Laws of 1901.
Witness my hand and official SCI
of the city Of Durango, Colorado. tn
le Atm day OF October, A. D. 1908.
an (SeaL) G. L. RUSSELL.
ali City Clerk.
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