(a) No person shall open, operate or maintain a private employment agency in the State of Alabama without first procuring a license from the Commissioner of the State Department of Revenue of Alabama. Any person who shall open or conduct any such agency without first procuring a license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.

(b) Every applicant for a license shall have been a resident of the state of Alabama for at least two years immediately preceding the filing of such application and shall have had at least two years' experience as a placement counsellor. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply, however, to persons or corporations now licensed in Alabama.

(a) Every applicant for a license shall file with the Commissioner of Revenue a written application stating the name and address of the applicant, the street and number of the building in which the employment agency is to be conducted, the name of the person who is to be responsible for the general management of the office, the names and addresses of those financially interested therein and the name under which the business of the office is to be carried on. Said applicant shall also state on the application whether or not he is at the time of making application, or has at any previous time, been engaged or interested in the business of conducting an employment agency either in this state or any other state; and, if now or at any previous time engaged or interested in the business of conducting an employment agency, he shall state the name and address of the employment agency and the dates he was engaged or interested in said agency; or, if employed by any employment agency now or at any previous time, the applicant for a license shall state the name and address of the agency, the name of the person conducting the agency, the dates employed and in what capacity.

(b) All applicants shall clearly state if they have operated in this state or any other state within the period of the last 15 years, and if so, under what authority, and if ever cited for cause, give final disposition of said breach of law or regulations. If the applicant is found guilty of perjury after issuance of a license by the State of Alabama, revocation of license shall be immediate.

(c) The applicant shall give as reference the names and addresses of at least three persons of reputed business or professional integrity. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall state the names and addresses of the officers and directors of said corporation and shall be signed and sworn to by the president and treasurer thereof. If the applicant is a partnership, the application shall state the names and addresses of all partners therein and shall be signed and sworn to by all of them. Said application shall be duly sworn to before an officer authorized to take oaths.

(a) There shall appear on the license the name of the licensee, the location of the office where the employment agency is to be conducted, the name of the person who is to be charged with the general management and the name under which the employment agency is to be carried on.

(b) The license shall be numbered and dated.

(c) In the event the services of the person charged with the general management of the employment agency terminates within the license year, the licensee shall so advise the Commissioner of Revenue, and the name of the person taking over the management shall be substituted on the license for the name of the person whose services have terminated, so that at all times the name of the person charged with the general management of the employment agency shall be known to the State Department of Revenue and shall appear on the license.

(d) Every license shall remain in force for 12 months next after its issuance, unless sooner surrendered, suspended or revoked.

(e) Application for the renewal of a license shall be made to the Commissioner of Revenue at least 10 days prior to the expiration of the license.

No license granted under the terms of this chapter shall be transferable, but an employment agency may, with the approval of the Commissioner of revenue, at any time, incorporate or admit a partner or partners to the business or profession or make changes in a corporation, but no employment agency shall permit any person not mentioned in the application for a license to become connected with the employment agency, as a partner or as an officer of a corporation, unless the written consent of the Commissioner of revenue shall first be obtained. Such consent may be withheld only for a reason for which an original application for a license might have been rejected, if the person or persons in question had been mentioned therein.

Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall pay an annual license fee of $50.00 upon issuance or renewal of said license, beginning on or before October 1, 1965, and annually thereafter.