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a foreign corporation arising out of an accident or collision in which such
foreign corporation was involved if such foreign corporation has no resident
agent.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 106. 1935, ch. 551, sec. 106.

112. Any resident agent appointed pursuant to any provision of this
Article may file with the State Tax Commission an instrument in writing
consenting that any process directed to be served on such resident agent
or any notice to the corporation may, in his absence, be left with any
designated person or persons (a) at the principal office of the corporation
in this State in the case of a corporation of this State, or (b) at the
place designated as the address of such resident agent according to the
records of the State Tax Commission in the case of a foreign corporation;
and any service of process made on or notice delivered to a person so
designated shall be equivalent to personal service on or delivery of notice
to such resident agent.

1937, ch. 504, sec. 107.

113. (a) In cases in which any corporation of this State or any for-
eign corporation is presumed, as provided in Section 111 of this Article,
to have designated the State Tax Commission as its true and lawful at-
torney authorized to accept on its behalf service of process, service of such
process may be made by leaving two copies of the process with a fee of
five dollars in the office of the State Tax Commission with any member
of the Commission or with its Secretary. Such service shall be sufficient
service upon such corporation and of full force and effect in any court and
before any justice of the peace of this State.

(b) The fee of five dollars paid by the plaintiff to the State Tax Com-
mission at the time of service of process in accordance with the provisions
of this section shall be taxed in the costs of the proceeding. The State
Tax Commission shall account quarterly to the Comptroller for the fees
collected by it under this Section and shall pay the same forthwith to the
State Treasurer for the use of the State.

1937, ch. 504, sec. 108.

114. When service of process upon any corporation of this State or
upon any foreign corporation is made by leaving copies of the process in
the office of the State Tax Commission as provided by Section 113 of this
Article,

(a) it shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission forthwith to record
the day and hour of such service and to forward by registered mail one
copy of the process with a notice of such service, addressed to such corpora-
tion at its mailing address, if it has a mailing address on file with the Com-
mission, or, if it has not a mailing address on file with the Commission,
addressed to it at its principal office, if it has a principal office, or, if it has
neither a mailing address on file with the Commission nor a principal office,
addressed to it in care of the Secretary of State or the corresponding
official of the State or place under the statute or common law of which it
was formed or is existing, if known to the Commission; and

(b) the court in which or the justice of the peace before whom the mat-
ter is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford
the corporation a reasonable opportunity to defend the action.