ART. 23] FOREIGN CORPORATIONS. 579

Section 411 of the code of 1904, held to have no application to insurance
companies (see section 182). Oland v. Agricultural Ins. Co., 69 Md. 249.

Section 411 of the code of 1904, referred to in construing section 182—see
notes thereto. Ben Franklin Ins. Co. v. Gillett, 54 Md. 215; Carstairs v.
Mechanics' Ins. Co., 13 Fed. S24.

Section 411 of the code of 1904 cited but not construed in B. & O. B. R. Co.
v. Adams Express Co., 22 Fed. 408.

Sections 99 to 104 of article 75 of the code of 1860 cited but not construed
in State v. German Savings Bank, 103 Md. 202; B. & O. R. R. Co. v. Glenn,
28 Md. 320.

Cross references.

See sec. 412, and notes to sec. 87.

As to service of process upon foreign insurance companies, see sec. 182.

As to process upon insurance and surety companies, see also art 75, sec. 23.

As to service of process upon telegraph and express companies, see also,
art. 56, sec. 124.

As to proceedings against a defendant corporation as though it were a
non-resident, if neither the president nor any of its directors, officers or
agents, reside in Maryland, see art. 16, sec. 128.

As to process in general, see art. 75, sec. 144, et seq.

1904, art. 23, secs. 137 and 138. 1898, ch. 270, sec. 109 and 109 B.
1908, ch. 240, sec. 68.

93. Every foreign corporation which has a usual office or place of
business in this State, except insurance companies hereinafter pro-
vided for, but including any corporation which is engaged in this
State permanently or temporarily, and with or without a usual place
of business therein, in the construction, alteration, erection or repair
of any building, bridge, railroad, railway or structure of any kind,
shall, before doing business herein, file with the secretary of State, who
shall record the same, (1) a certified copy of its charter or certificate
of incorporation; (2) a certificate to be renewed annually before the
first day of April in every year, subscribed and sworn to by its presi-
dent or treasurer, or a majority of its board of directors and accom-
panied by the annual fee of one dollar for recording such renewal,
showing (a) the corporate name; (b) the names and addresses of its
president, treasurer, secretary and the members of its board of direc-
tors; (c) its principal office in this State and in the State of incorpora-
tion; (d) the amount of its capital stock authorized and issued, the
number and par value of the shares and the amount paid in thereon,
and the names and addresses of its shareholders in this State, and the
number of shares held' by each, and the amount of its capital employed
in this State; (e) the name and address of its agent, resident in this
State, and authorized to accept service of process upon it; and (f) its
willingness that so long as any liability remains outstanding against
it in this State, the authority of such agent shall continue until a sub-
stitute is appointed and certified to the secretary of State. At the time
of filing the original papers required by this section every such foreign
corporation shall pay to the secretary of state for the use of the State,
a fee of twenty-five dollars, upon receipt of which he shall issue to it
the certificate setting forth that it is entitled to do business in this State,
and for all such fees said secretary of state shall account quarterly to
the comptroller and pay the same forthwith to the state treasurer for