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ARTICLE 912. PRIVATE DETECTIVES f~'.~ DETECTIVE AGENCIES. Section 912~1, Definitions, Section 912.2. License required. Section 912_3~ Application~ Section 912.4. Inves-~igation by chief of police. Section 912~5. Issuance of license~ Section 912~6. Bond required. Section 912~7. Revocation of license. Section 912.8. Penalty. Section 912.1. Definitions: A private detective agency is any person~ firm or col~oration who conducts or carries on, or holds himself or itself out a~ conducting or carrying on, a detective agency, detective bureau, or detective se£~ vice. A private detective is any person who does detective work for hire on his own account, and not as an employee of any detective agency. Section 912.2.. License required: No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of private detective or establish, conduct, maintain or operate a detective agency in the city without having first obtained a licemse so to do, as hereinafter provldedo Section 912,3o Application: Any person, firm or corporation now operatin~ or conducting, or intending to establish o~ conduct, the business of a private gactzve or a detective agency, shall file with the director of finance a written application for a license upon such forms as he may prescribe. If the application is for a license as a detective agency, it shall show the location of the principal office of said business, the names of the owners or operators thereof, and the names of the operatives to be employed in such business; if for a private detective it shall show the name and ~,ddress of the iiceu~ee, his experience in such work, to- gether with such additienal information as may be required~ Section 912,4. Investigation by chief of police: Ail applications for a license as a detective agency oz private detactlve shall be referred to the chief of police, who shall investigate the moral character and fitness of the applicant or applicants, their experience in such business, the character of service they expect to perform, and the manner in which said business is to be carried on, and who shall obtain such other information concerning the applicant as he may deem necessary in order to determine his fitness and qualifications for the conduct of such business, Section 912.5. Issuance of license: If the chief of police shall app:c'" the application, the director of finance shall issue the license therefor, upo[ receipt of a bond as hereinafter provided and the payment of the following Licens% fee: Detective agency employing not more than five persons, one hundred dolla~ per year; Detective agency employing more than five persons, two hundred dollars per year; Private detective, twenty-five dollars per year. All iicense~ sc issued may be renewed annually upon application and payment of the fee therefor, as required by this sections,