§ 534-g. Stevedores. 1. No person shall act as a stevedore within the\nport of New York district in this state without having first obtained a\nlicense from the commission or previously, from the bi-state commission,\nand no person shall employ a stevedore to perform services as such\nwithin the port of New York district in this state unless the stevedore\nis so licensed.\n 2. Any person intending to act as a stevedore within the port of New\nYork district in this state shall file in the office of the commission a\nwritten application for a license to engage in such occupation, duly\nsigned and verified as follows:\n (a) If the applicant is a natural person, the application shall be\nsigned and verified by such person and if the applicant is a\npartnership, the application shall be signed and verified by each\nnatural person composing or intending to compose such partnership. The\napplication shall state the full name, age, residence, business address,\nif any, present and previous occupations of each natural person so\nsigning the same, and any other facts and evidence as may be required by\nthe commission to ascertain the character, integrity and identity of\neach natural person so signing such application.\n (b) If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed\nand verified by the president, secretary and treasurer thereof, and\nshall specify the name of the corporation, the date and place of its\nincorporation, the location of its principal place of business, the\nnames and addresses of, and the amount of the stock held by stockholders\nowning five percent or more of any of the stock thereof, and of all\nofficers, including all members of the board of directors. The\nrequirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision as to a natural person\nwho is a member of a partnership, and such requirements as may be\nspecified in rules and regulations promulgated by the commission, shall\napply to each such officer or stockholder and their successors in office\nor interest.\n (c) In the event of the death, resignation or removal of any officer,\nand in the event of any change in the list of stockholders who shall own\nfive percent or more of the stock of the corporation, the secretary of\nsuch corporation shall forthwith give notice of that fact in writing to\nthe commission certified by said secretary.\n 3. No such license shall be granted:\n (a) If any person whose signature or name appears in the application\nis not the real party in interest required by subdivision two of this\nsection to sign or to be identified in the application or if the person\nso signing or named in the application is an undisclosed agent or\ntrustee for any such real party in interest;\n (b) Unless the commission shall be satisfied that the applicant and\nall members, officers and stockholders required by subdivision two of\nthis section to sign or be identified in the application for license\npossess good character and integrity;\n (c) Unless the applicant is either a natural person, partnership or\ncorporation;\n (d) Unless the applicant shall be a party to a contract then in force\nor which will take effect upon the issuance of a license, with a carrier\nof freight by water for the loading and unloading by the applicant of\none or more vessels of such carrier at a pier within the port of New\nYork district in this state;\n (e) If the applicant or any member, officer or stockholder required by\nsubdivision two of this section to sign or be identified in the\napplication for license has, without subsequent pardon, been convicted\nby a court of the United States or any state or territory thereof of the\ncommission of, or the attempt or conspiracy to commit, treason, murder,\nmanslaughter or any crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term\nexceeding one year or any of the misdemeanors or offenses described in\nparagraph (b) of subdivision three of section five hundred thirty-four-f\nof this article. Any applicant ineligib
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