ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 719

shall be determined upon under the provisions of this Article,
the examiner of the insurance department and such other per-
son or persons who shall be appointed by the insurance com-
missioner for that purpose shall visit such company at its
principal office and make a thorough examination into its
affairs; and if such company shall refuse to permit such exami-
nation, or shall refuse free access to all its books and papers,
or shall in any way prevent or obstruct a thorough examination
into its affairs, he shall not grant a license to such company,
or if a license shall already have been granted, he shall at
once revoke it and publish the fact of such revocation in one
daily newspaper published in the City of Baltimore. The ex-
aminer of the insurance department shall be paid by the com-
pany whose affairs are examined, his traveling and other ex-
penses, and in addition thereto a sum to be approved by the
insurance commissioner, 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 purposes 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 insurance commissioner, for each and every day that he
or they are engaged in any such examination; except that the
insurance commissioner may employ one special examiner on
any examination that in his judgment may require such em-
ployment, 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,
for each and every day that he is engaged in any such examina-
tion; 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 com-
pany organized and located outside of this State and doing busi-
ness in this State, shall be paid by such company his traveling
and other expenses and such reasonable compensation as shall
be fixed by the insurance commissioner, in addition to the sal-
ary paid such official or employee out of the funds of said de-
partment. If the per diem and expenses in any case herein pro-
vided shall remain unpaid after ten days from the completion
of any such examination, the insurance commissioner may sue
therefor. For the purposes of any examination authorized by
law, the insurance commissioner, or the insurance examiner,
shall have power and is hereby authorized to summon any per-