ART. 23] LICENSE FEES. 625

1904, art. 23, sec. 173. 1902, ch. 1, sec. 126 F.

190. Any such company, corporation or association failing to com-
ply with the requirements of the three preceding sections before engag-
ing in any of the classes of insurance herein mentioned, shall be subject
to the penalties imposed in section 11)2 of this article, and the issuing
of each policy of insurance without compliance herewith shall be
deemed a separate offense.

Ibid. sec. 174. 1902, ch. 1, sec. 126 G.

191. No license fee shall be hereafter required of or collected from
any company, corporation or association chartered, incorporated or
organized under the laws of any of the States of the United States
other than the State of Maryland, or under the laws of the District of
Columbia or of any of the territories belonging to the United States as
a condition of granting to such company, corporation or association a
license to carry on any of the classes of insurance business known as
surety, liability, fidelity, accident, boiler, plate glass, health, burglary,
sprinkle leakage, credit indemnity, or casualty insurance; provided,
however, that sections 187-191 shall not be construed to relieve any
insurance company, corporation or association of any kind whatsoever
of or from the obligation to pay the tax upon its premiums mentioned
in section 184, or any other tax or charge now imposed by law, saving
and except the license fee heretofore charged for carrying on said busi-
ness; provided further, that when by the laws of any other State, terri-
tory or District of Columbia incorporating the company of the character
described in section 187 of this article a license fee is required to be
paid by the like company, corporation or association incorporated in
the State of Maryland, then in such case the insurance commissioner
of the State of Maryland shall require of such non-resident company
the same license fee, if any there be, as the State or government of its
incorporation would require of a like Maryland company, before such
non-resident company shall be entitled to do business in the State of
Maryland.

Ibid. sec. 175 1888, art. 23, sec. 127. 1860, art. 56, sec. 32. 1858, ch. 432,
sec. 4. 1872, ch. 388. 1874, ch. 400. 1876, ch. 248. 1878, ch. 106.
1880, ch. 387. 1888, ch. 424. 1894, ch. 258.

192. Any person, body politic or corporate, partnership or associa-
tion, who or which shall make, negotiate or solicit within this State any
contract of insurance, or shall effect an insurance or insurances, or
pretend to effect an insurance or insurances, or connect any other person
or persons with them in any policy they may at the time hold, or shall
do any business of insurance of any kind, or make any guaranty, con-
tract or pledge for the payment of annuities or endowments or money,
whether the amount thereof be fixed or contingent, to the families or
representatives of any policy or certificate holder, or the like, or shall
advertise or circulate any card, circular, notice, or open or keep any
office for the transaction of said business, except an insurance broker,
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