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attorney's affidavit of compliance herewith shall be filed with the Clerk
of the Court in which the said proceedings are pending. The Court in
which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be neces-
sary to afford the defendant a reasonable opportunity to defend the action.
The fee of $2. 00 paid by the plaintiff to the Secretary of State at the
time of service, shall be taxed in the costs of the proceedings and the
Secretary of State shall keep a record of all such processes which shall
show the day and hour of service, and he shall account for all funds so

coming into his hands from such services, to the proper officer or depart-
ment of this State.

1931, ch. 498, sec. 187D.

187D. Proof of ability to respond in damages, when required by this
sub-title, may be evidenced by the written certificate or certificates of any
insurance carrier duly authorized to do business within the State, that it
has issued to or for the benefit of the person named therein a motor vehicle
liability policy or policies in the form hereinafter prescribed, which, at
the date of the certificate or certificates, is or are in full force and effect,
and designating therein by explicit description or by other adequate refer-
ence, all motor vehicles to which the policy or policies apply. The Com-
missioner shall not accept any certificate or certificates unless the same
shall cover all motor vehicles then registered in this State in the name of
the person furnishing such proof. Additional certificates, as aforesaid,
shall be required as a condition precedent to the registration of any ad-
ditional motor vehicle or motor vehicles in the name of such person
Required to furnish proof as aforesaid. Said certificate or certificates shall
certify that the motor vehicle liability policies therein cited shall not be
cancelled or expire except as hereinafter provided. If such person be a
non-resident, a certificate, as aforesaid, of an insurance carrier authorized
to transact business in the State or Province in which the insured resides,
shall be accepted if such carrier shall (a) execute a power of attorney
authorizing the Commissioner to accept service of notice or process in
any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in this State, and (b)
its governing executive authority shall duly adopt a resolution providing
that its policies shall be deemed to be varied to comply with the law of this
State relating to the terms of motor vehicle liability policies issued therein,
and (c) agree to accept as final and binding any final judgment duly

rendered in any action arising out of a motor vehicle accident in any
court of competent jurisdiction in this State; provided, however, that the
provisions of this section shall be operative as to such insurance carriers
(organized and existing under the laws of such State or Province and not
licensed to transact business in this State) only to the extent and under
the same terms and conditions that under the laws of such State or
Province where such motor vehicle is registered or in which the insured
resides, like recognition, if a law of like effect is in force and effect, is

granted to certificates of insurance carriers organized and existing under

and by virtue of the laws of this State. If, under the laws of such State
or Province, in which a law of like effect is in force and effect, certificates