INSURANCE 2187

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 examiner of the insurance department 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 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 Commissioner
for any of the purposes mentioned herein shall each be paid by the com-
pany whose affairs are examined, their traveling and other expenses, and
in addition thereto, a sum to be approved by the Commissioner, for each
and every day that he or they are engaged in any such examination;
except that the Commissioner 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
Commissioner, 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 Commissioner ,to
assist in the examination of any company organized and located outside
of this State and doing business in this State, shall be paid by such com-
pany his traveling and other expenses and such reasonable compensation
as shall be fixed by the 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 herein provided shall remain unpaid after ten
days from the completion of any such examination, the Commissioner
may sue therefor. For the purposes of any examination authorized by
law, the Commissioner, 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 company. The result of the official examination of any
such company may, at the discretion of the Commissioner, be published
within thirty days thereafter at the expense of said company in one daily
newspaper published in the City of Baltimore in such condensed form as
shall show the true condition of the company examined. Should any
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, or in any manner whatever prevent a thorough examina-
tion, the said Commissioner shall proceed against said company in the
manner provided in Section 229 of this sub-title.
See sec. 51.

1931, ch. 530, sec. 194.

228. (Production of Books, etc.) No person shall be excused from testi-
fying or from producing any books, papers, contracts, agreements or docu-
ments at the trial or hearing of any person or company charged with
violating any provisions of this sub-title on the ground that such testimony
or evidence may tend to incriminate himself, but no person shall be prose-
cuted for any act concerning which he shall be compelled so to testify or
produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, except for perjury com-
mitted in so testifying.