Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1847-05-13
LAWS OF MARY Nd.

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s NO. 357.
s 4 N ACT, relating to Foreign Corporations and
~ their Agencies in this State.
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ais corporations not Incorporated and authdHz.
by the laws of this State, to make assurances =
marine fire risks, or assurances on lives other
assurances, or to receive or transmit offers for in
surance to their principals, receive deliver po-
cies of insurance, although such individualor as
ISOLATION of individuals may be Incorporated for
these purposes by the laws of any other State Dis
trict Territory of the United States, or by the
laws of any foreign Kingdom, State or Nation, to
effect assurances, without first obtaining license
therefor, in the manner hereinafter required.
Sec. 2. find be 1t enacted, That license for the
purpose Of effecting assurances, or receiving or
transmitting offers for insurance. orreceving de-
livering policies of insurance, expressed in the
preceding section, shall be granted by the Treasur
er OF the State to any person or persons, body or
bodies corporate polite, who shalapply therefor
and pay to the said Treasurer the sum of one hum
dred dollars for the of this State, which license
shall authorize the person persons, body or bodies
corporate polite, to whom the same shall be
granted to effect assurances to receive and trans
init offers for insurance. or to receive and deliver
policies of insurance as aforesaid from the day of
its date for the period of twelve months thereafter
and no longer
Sec 3. find be 1t enacted, That any person per-
sons, body or bodies corporate politic acting
agent agents as aforesaid shall pay to the Trea
surer, haliyeary the of three dollars per cent
UNI, upon the amount of all premiums received by
such agent or agents, or any other person or per-
sons, for him or them, or which shall have been :
greed to be paid for any insurance effected agreed
to be effected, procured by him or them, as agent
or agents as aforesaid,, and such agent agents
shall, halfyearly, on the first Monday in January
and the first Monday of July, furnish ON his or their
affidavit affirmation, true list and account of
all such premiums to the said Treasurer, and shall
at the same time pay over to the said Treasurer,
the said sum of three dollars in every hundred dol
lars Of such premium, and in all cases where the
said agent shall be body corporate or polite, the
said oath affirmation shall be made by the Presi-
dent of said body corporate or polite.
Sec. a. find be 1t enacted, That before any agent
or agents as aforesaid Shall act as such in this State
he or they shall give bond with sureties, to be APP
proved by the Attorney General or his Deputy, for
the county or district in which said agent or agents
may reside in the penalty of five thousand dollars,
to render true list of such premiums to the said
Treasurer, and to pay to him the said of three
dollars on every hundred dollars of said premiums,
on the days above mentioned, which said bond it
shall be the duty Of the said agent agents to trans
NIT to the said Treasurer to be flied in the Treasury
office, and any agentor agents offending against
the provisions of this section, shall forfeit the sum
of five hundred dollars for every such offence, re-
coverable other fines and forfeitures; Prorided,
that Notwithstanding such forfeiture and payment
thereof the said agent agents shall be personally
liable for the payment of the said sum of three dol
lars on every hundred dollars of such premiums to
the Treasurer aforesaid; find provided further that
the principles of such agent agents, and their
property shall be also responsible for payment of
said tax, and shall and may be proceeded against by
suit, attachment Or otherwise as the case may re-
quire.
Sec 5. find be 1t enacted That in case any agent
or agents aforesaid shall fail to give bond
quired by the fourth section of this act shall after
giving bond fail to return to the Treasurer the list
of premiums, to pay the per centage on said
premiums as required by the third section of this