Under the Code requiring a license to practice the business of a broker, and imposing a penalty for the violation thereof, a contract of an unlicensed real estate broker to sell real estate for another is not absolutely void. Cobb v. Dunlevie, 63 W. Va. 398, 60 S. E. 384; Smith v. Sharp (Ala. Sup. '09), 50 S. 381; Manker v. Tough, 98 P. 792, 79 Kan. 46, 19 L. E. A. (N. S.) 675, 17 Ann. Cas. 208; Sullivan v. Duratt, 109 P. 777, 83 Kan. 799; Hughes v. Snell, 115 P. 1105, 28 Okl. 828, 34 L. E. A. (N. S.) 1133, Ann. Cas. 1912 D, 374; Calhoun v. Egunbach, 124 P. 978, 34 Okl. 185. See also Sec. 576.