The Republican journal., 1909-04-08

certificate shall be subscribed and sworn
to by Its president, treasurer or clerk.
The officers and directors Of such GER
poration shall be subject to the. same
penalties and liabilities for false and
fraudulent statements and returns as
officers and directors of a domestic cor
poration. Every officer of such cor
poration which fails to comply with the
requirements Of this section and of sec
lions one and six, and every agent there
of who transacts business as such in this
state shall, for such failure, be liable to a
lars. Such failure shall not affect the
validity of any contract with such COR
poration, but no action shall be main
tanned or recovery had in any of the
corporation SO long as 1t fails to comply
with the requirements of said sections.
Section A. The secretary of state shall
refuse to accept or file the charter, certifi-
pointment as attorney for service for,
any such corporation which does bust
ness in this state, the transaction Of
then permitted by the laws of this state.
Section S. All such foreign corporations
shall, within thirty days after the pay
ment in of an increase of capital stock,
upon payment of the fee hereinafter pro-
vided, file in the office of the secretary of
state a certificate of the amount of such
increase and the fact Of such payment
treasurer or clerk. Within thirty days
after the vote of such corporation author
iZing reduction of its capital stock, a
COPY Of such vote signed and sworn to by
the clerk of the corporation, shall, upon
payment of the fee hereinafter provided,
be filed in the office of the secretary of
state.
Section G. Every such foreign corpora
ton shall annually within thirty days
after the date fixed for it's annual meet
ing last preceding the date of such GER
final adjournment of said meeting, but
not more than three months after the
date so fixed for said meeting, prepare
and file in the office of the secretary of
state, upon payment of a fee of ten dol
lars, certificate signed and sworn to by
its president, treasurer or clerk showing
the change or changes. if any, in the
particulars included in the certificate re-
quired by section three made since the
filing of said certificate or of the last
annual report.
which omits to file the certificate required
by section six, shall forfeit to the state
not less than five nor more than ten dol
lars for each day for fifteen days after
named. and not lass than ten nor more
than two hundred dollars for each day
thereafter, during which such omission
Section 8. The secretary of state, upon
the failure of any such corporation to file
the certificate required by section six,
snail forthwith notify such corporation
and the notice shall contain a copy ~
this and the two preceding sections bu,
failure on the part of the secretary of
state to so notify shall not relieve any
bilities imposed thereon by this act
Section 8. The officers of such foreign
corporations shall be Jointly ard severaliy
liable for all the debts aud contracts If
while they are officers thereof il any
statement or report which is required BY
the provisions of this act is nrld.s by
them which is false in any material rap-
resentation and which they know to be
false; but only the officers who sign such
statement or report shall be so liable
Approved March 49,
Chapter ia.
An Act to amend Section forty-eieht of
Chapter eight of the Revised Statutes
relating to taxation Of Insurance Com
panies.
Section forty-eight of chapter eight of
the Revised Statutes is hereby amended
by striking out the whole of said section
and substituting therefor the following:
Section 49, Every insurance company
or association which does business or
collects premiums or assessments in the
state, except those mentioned in section
forty-sIX, including surety companies and
companies engaged in the business of
credit insurance or title Insurance. shall
as hereinafter provided annually pay
tax upon all premiums received, whether
in cash or in notes absolutely payable on
contracts made in the state for insurance
of life, property or interest therein, at
the rate of ona and one-half per cent a
year provided, however, that no tax shall
be required on account of any premium
paid or assessment levied on policies of
insurance issued on farm property
Approved March 19)
Chapter 115.
An Act to revise and consolidate the laws
relating to the collection, examination,
inspection and analysis of Agricultu, al
Seeds, Concentrated Commercial Feed
ing Stums, Commercial Fertilizer, and
Foods and Drugs.
Section l. There shall be appropriated
annually from the state treasury the sum
of nine thousand dollars in favor of the
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station,
and the same shall be expended by the
directors of said station in executing the
provisions of the laws relating to the
collection, examination, inspection and
analysis of agricultural seeds, concen-
trated commercial feeding stuffs, COM
mercial fertilizer and foods and drugs
Payments of said appropriation shall be
made quarterly upon the order of the
governor and council, who shall draw a
of said station shall annually publish in
the reports or bulletins of the station a
classified account of all receipts and ex-
penditures under this act.
Section e Section nineteen Of chapter
thirty-nne of the Revised Statutes is
hereby amended by striking out all of
said section after the word 'fee" in the
thirteenth line, so that as amended said
section shall read as follows:
Section 10. Any manufacturer, i'm.
porter, agent or seller of any commercial
fertilizer, who shall deposit with the
director of the Maine Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station a sample or samples of
fertilizer under the provisions of section
seventeen, shall pay annually to the
treasurer of state an analysis fee as fol-
lows: Ten dollars for the phosphoric
acid, and five dollars each for the nitro
gen and potash, contained or said to be
contained in the fertilizer, this fee to be
and upon receipt of the treasurer's: re-
ceipt for such fee and of the certified
statement named in section seventeen,
said director shall issue certificate of
compliance with this chapter Whenever
the manufacturer or importer of a fer
tiliZer shall have filed the statement made
in section seventeen and paid the analysis
fee, no agent or seller of said manufac-
turer, importer or shipper shall be re-
quired to file such statement or pay such
fee All fines paid under section thirty,
chapter thirty-nine of the Revised Stat
mtes and under section eight of chapter
one hundred twenty-four of the Public
Laws of nineteen hundred and seven may
be used for the enforcement of the laws
regulating the sale and analysis of agri-
cultural seeds, commercial fertilizers,
concentrated commercial feeding stuffs
and food and drugs, and shall be paid
over by the several county treasurers to
whom they shall be paid to the officer