The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-05-18

doing business in this State, may con-
tinue such business, provided that it
hereafter. comply with the provisions Of
Sections 143 H and 143 l, regulating an
nual reports, and the designation of the
Commissioner of Insurance as the per-
son upon whom process may be served
as hereinafter provided: and shall file
with the Commissioner of Insurance
duly certified copy of its charter or act
of incorporation, its form of benefit GER
tificate, also a certificate of the proper
officer of such Stale, province or ter
ritory, certifying that such association is
authorized to conduct its business there
in, where the laws of such State, prov
ince or territory require an annual re-
port of the operations of such assocla-
ton, or where its laws authorize such
certificate, and thereupon said Commits
sioner of Insurance shall issue certlti-
cate to said association, authorizing it
to continue to do business in this State,
for which he shall receive the sum of
twenty-five dollars; but if said asso-
citation be incorporated under the laws of
this State, or if it be foreign corporation
and by the laws of the State of its incor-
poration shall not be required to make
report, or the certificate referred to in
this section shall not be authorized by
such law, then the Commissioner of In
surance shall make examination of its
affairs in manner as provided in the next
succeeding section Section 1850 in like
case, before issuing such certificate, and
until a certificate is refused after exam
ination had as provided, such association
shall continue to do business in the State
as heretofore. Immediately upon the
passage of this Act the Commissioner of
Insurance shall notify the Supreme Sec
rotary and the State Secretary of all asso-
Citations described in Section 143E now
doing business in this State of the provi-
sions of this and the following section,
and said association shall file the papers
in this section required to be filed within
two months after receiving said notice.
The expense of the examination required
under this section for associations incor-
porated under the laws of this State shall
not exceed fifty dollars.
Section 143 G. ANY such association
coming within the description of Fra
ternal Beneficiary Association, as set
forth in Section 143 E of this Article,
under the laws of any other
State, Province or Territory, and not
now doing business in this State. shall
be admitted to do business within this
State when it shall have filed with the
of Insurance duly certi-
fed copy of its charter and articles of
and a copy of its constitution
or laws, certified to by its secretary, or
officer, together with an
of the Commissioner of In
surance of this State as person upon
whom process may be served, as herein
after provided; and shall pay said Com
missioner of Insurance fee of twenty
FIVE dollars for filing said charter, copy
of constitution and laws and appoint
ment of attorney; and provided, that
such association shall be shown by GER
tificate to be authorized to do business
in the State, Province or Territory in
which it is incorporated or organized in
case the laws of such State, Province or
Territory shall provide for such author
ization; and in case the laws of such
State, Province or Territory do not pro
vide for any formal authorization to do
business on the part of any such associ-
alton, then such association shall be
shown to be conducting its business in
accordance with the provisions of Sec
tons 143 Z to Sections l43 r (both in
clusive) of this Article, for which pur-
pose the Commissioner of Insurance of
this State may personally, or by some
person to be designated by him, exam
Inc into the condition, affairs, character
and business methods, accounts, books
and investments at its home office,
which examination shall be at the ex-
pense of such association, and shall be
made within thirty days after demand
and the Commissioner of In
surance shall be paid by said association
for such examination the actual travel
ing expenses, and not more than ten
dollars per day for each day actually
in such examination, not to
exceed fifty dollars in the aggregate.
The Commissioner of insurance shall
issue a certificate to such association
qualified as required in this section, au
it to do business within this
State, for which certificate said associa
ton shall pay to said commissioner the
fee of twenty-five dollars.
Sec. 143H. Every such association do
ing business in this State shall, on or
before the last day of March of each
year, make and file with the Insurance
of this State report of
its affairs and operations during the year
ending on the 3lst day of December i'm
preceding, which annual re-
port shall be in lieu of all other reports
required by any other law. Such re-
ports shall be upon appropriate blank
forms to be provided by the Insurance
Commissioner and shall be verified I'M
der oath by the duly authorized officer