ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1157

for each and every day that he shall be engaged in any such
examination; and such other person or persons who may be
appointed by the insurance commissioner for any of the pur-
poses mentioned herein shall each be paid by the company
whose affairs are examined their traveling and other expenses,
and in addition thereto, a sum to be approved by the insur-
ance commissioner, not exceeding, however, ten dollars ($10)
per day for each and every day that he or they are engaged
in any such examination; except that the insurance commis-
sioner may employ one special examiner on any examination
that in his judgment may require such employment, who shall
be paid by the company whose affairs are examined his
traveling and other expenses, and in addition thereto, a
sum to be approved' by the insurance commissioner, not ex-
ceeding, however, twenty-five dollars ($25) per day, for each
and every day that he is engaged in any such examination
and provided, further, that any official or employee of the
insurance department who shall be directed by the insurance
commissioner to assist in the examination of any insurance
company organized and located outside of this state and doing
business in this state, shall be paid by such company his
traveling and other (expenses and such reasonable compen-
sation as shall be fixed by the insurance commissioner, in
addition to the salary paid such official or employee out of
the funds of said department. If the per diem and expenses
in any case lierein provided shall remain unpaid after ten
days from the completion of any such examination, the insur-
ance commissioner may sue therefor. For the purposes of
any examination authorized by law, the insurance commis-
sioner, or the insurance examiner, shall have power and is
hereby authorized to summon any person or persons being
within this state, and to administer to him or them the proper
and necessary oath, and to examine him or them, under oath,
in relation to the affairs and conditions of any insurance
company. In order that the public may be fully informed as
to the condition of all companies doing business in this state,
the result of the offcial examination of any such company,
in such condensed form as shall show the true condition of the
company examined, shall be published within thirty days there-
after by the insurance commissioner, at the expense of said
company, in .'one daily newspaper published in the city of
Baltimore. Should any insurance company organized under
the laws of this state refuse to permit its affairs to be examined
as herein provided, or refuse free access to its books or papers.