ART. 23] FEES——PAYMENT OF COMMISSION. 623
otherwise, doing business in this State, the following fees to the
insurance commissioner to defray the expenses of executing the pro-
visions of this article: upon filing the declaration or certified copy of
charter hereafter admitted to do business in this State twenty-five dol-
lars; upon filing each annual statement, twenty-five dollars; for each
certificate of authority which each agent or solicitor of every insurance
company not organized under the laws of this State and doing herein
the business of insurance in any of its branches is hereby required to
obtain the sum of ten dollars; provided, however, that sub-agents or
solicitors, who may be appointed by the general agent of any life or
accident insurance company in this State shall only be required to pay
for these respective certificates of authority the sum of two dollars;
for each abstract of their annual statement for publication two dol-
lars; for every copy of any paper filed in the insurance department, the
sum of twenty cents per folio and for affixing the official seal to such
copy and certifying the same, one dollar; for valuing policies of life
insurance companies, thirty dollars per million of insurance or any
fractional part thereof; for official examination of companies under
this article, the charges specified in section 178 of this article; and
the certificate of authority issued to any solicitor of a foreign insurance
company, whether he be a solicitor for a life insurance company or a
fire insurance company, or for an insurance company doing the business
of insurance in any of its branches shall have specified upon its face
the name of the company for which said solicitor is authorized to act.
For a case construing the act of 1878, ch. 106, section 31, see State v. Insur-
ance Co. of North America, 55 Md. 493.
Cited but not construed In State v. Applegarth, 81 Md. 304.
1904, art. 23, sec. 168. 1900, ch. 512, sec. 126 A.
185. No corporation or association, whether organized under the
laws of the State of Maryland or otherwise, and no copartnership or
individual, and no agent or employe of any company, individual, asso-
ciation or firm, whether such person be a licensed broker or otherwise.
shall, directly or indirectly, pay, except to the lawful agent or solicitor
of such company, and to him solely upon the premiums on policies
issued by the company for which he may be licensed agent or solicitor,
or to an insurance broker licensed by the State of Maryland, any commis-
sion, reward or rebate in consideration of procuring, or influencing
others to procure, insurance from such company, association, individual
or firm, nor collect or agree to collect from any person, whether or not
the same may be the owner of the property insured, or his agent, or other
person, any amount less than that expressed in the policy or policies as
being the premiums therefor; and any person violating any of the pro-
visions of this section shall be subject to the fines imposed by section
205 of this article.
Ibid. sec. 169. 1900, ch. 512, sec. 126s.
186. No corporation or association authorized to transact business
in this State, and no copartnership or individual, resident or non-resi-
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