RSA 274
Chapter 274: Employment Offices
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274:1 Unlicensed.
Whoever, without a license therefor, establishes or keeps an intelligence office for the purpose of obtaining or giving information concerning places of employment for servants or other laborers, or for the purpose of procuring or giving information concerning such persons for or to employers, or for the purpose of procuring or giving information concerning employment in business, shall be fined $10 for each day such office is so kept.
Source. 1901, 60:1. PL 179:1. RL 217:1.
How it has changed
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- 1901 Laws of 1901, chapter 60
274:2 Power to License.
The mayor and aldermen of a city or the selectmen of a town may, for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section, grant licenses to suitable persons, subject to the provisions hereof, and may revoke the same at pleasure.
Source. 1901, 60:2. PL 179:2. RL 217:2.
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- 1901 Laws of 1901, chapter 60
274:3 Licenses.
Licenses granted to keepers of intelligence offices shall be signed by the clerk of the city or town in which they are granted, and every such license shall be recorded by him in a book kept for that purpose, before being delivered to the licensee. Such license shall set forth the name of the person licensed, the nature of the business and the building or place in which it is to be carried on, and shall continue in force until May first next ensuing, unless sooner revoked.
Source. 1901, 60:3. PL 179:3. RL 217:3.
How it has changed
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- 1901 Laws of 1901, chapter 60
274:4 Fee.
The board issuing such a license shall receive for the use of the city or town for each license such sum, not less than $2, as the board shall deem reasonable.
Source. 1901, 60:4. PL 179:4. RL 217:4.
How it has changed
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- 1901 Laws of 1901, chapter 60
274:5 Effect.
No license issued as aforesaid shall be valid to protect the holder thereof in a building or place other than that designated in the license, unless consent to removal is granted by the mayor and aldermen or selectmen.
Source. 1901, 60:6. PL 179:5. RL 217:5.
How it has changed
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- 1901 Laws of 1901, chapter 60
274:6 Revocation.
When such license is revoked, such clerk shall note the revocation upon the face of the record of the license, and shall give written notice to the holder thereof by delivering the same to him in person or leaving it at the place of business designated in the license.
Source. 1901, 60:7. PL 179:6. RL 217:6.
How it has changed
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- 1901 Laws of 1901, chapter 60
274:7 Repealed Repealed by 1991, 296:1, eff. Aug. 19, 1991.