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68 GENERAL AND SPECIAL LAWS.
of Labor at Austin, Texas, as is herein provided, and such other
information as may be required by such printed forms, and the
application shall be accompanied with a license fee, such remittance
to be in such form as by law provided for other remittances
to such offer, and such license fee shall be Five Dollars
($5.00) for each boxer or wrestler and Fifteen Dollars ($15.00)
for each manager of a boxer or wrestler, and Fifteen Dollars
($15.00) for each matchmaker for a promoter of Boxing and
Wrestling or otherwise for a boxer or wrestler. And it is further
provided that each manager shall file with the Commissioner
of Labor a copy of each and every contract entered into
with a boxer or wrestler, and any person acting or performing
without so registering and remitting such license fee shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor swindling and shall be punished
accordingly.
"It is further provided that before any person may perform
or act as second to a boxer or wrestler, or timekeeper at a
boxing or wrestling contest, or referee of boxing and wrestling
contests or exhibitions, such person shall file with the Commissioner
of Labor at Austin, Texas, on such form as may be furnished
by said Commissioner, a verified declaration or application,
setting forth the true name, age, present actual residence
and length of time thereof, place where and party with whom
filed if other than with the Commissioner of Labor at Austin,
Texas, as is herein provided, and such other information as
may be required by such printed forms, and the application
shall be accompanied with a license fee, such remittance to be
in such form as by law provided for other remittances to such
officer, and such license fee shall be Ten Dollars ($10.00) for
such referee, and Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) for each
second and each timekeeper, and any person so acting or performing
without so registering and remitting such license fee
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor swindling and shall be
punished accordingly."
SEC. 7. That Section 9, Chapter 241, Acts of the Regular
Session of the 43rd Legislature, page 843, is hereby amended
so as to hereafter read as follows:
"Section 9. All license fees herein provided shall be effective
for one year after the date received or fixed as that of the first
performance by the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, and a
receipt for the license fee paid shall be evidence of the payment
of same until said license is issued by the Commissioner of
Labor Statistics; provided that any duly registered promoter
may accept the application and license fee for such boxer,
wrestler, manager, matchmaker, timekeeper, second or referee
and issue his receipt therefor, and any duly registered promoter
shall secure from such boxer, wrestler, manager, referee,
matchmaker, timekeeper or second, who has not complied with
Section 8 of this Act, said registration or application and fee,
and issue his receipt for the fee so collected, before permitting
such boxer, wrestler, manager, referee, matchmaker, timekeeper
or second to perform, act or appear in contests staged by
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Gammel, Hans Peter Mareus Neilsen. The Laws of Texas, 1934-1935 [Volume 29], book, 1935; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth17292/m1/78/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .