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to be entered, and the cause shall stand for trial or hearing and
shall proceed, and judgment shall be rendered as if such corpora-
tion or company had appeared by attorney; and if such corpora-
tion or company shall appear by attorney or agent and either
party shall desire or require a trial by jury, it shall be the duty
of the court to cause issues to be framed and a jury to be empan-
elled for the trial thereof; and if the verdict of the jury shall be
for the State, judgment shall be entered without stay for the
amount of the taxes so due as aforesaid, and the five per cent,
additional as damages with interest and costs, and a fee of fifty
dollars shall be allowed the attorney for the State to be taxed in
the plaintiff's costs in said suit, and execution shall be issued on
such judgment if the same be not paid into the treasury within
thirty days after the rendition thereof.

1890, ch. 559, sec. S

146-7. The certificate of the comptroller under the seal of his
office of the amount of tax so due as aforesaid, and of the said
penalty or damages shall be prima facie evidence to entitle the
State to judgment for said amount of State taxes and said pen-
alty or damages in any case in which suit may be brought for
the recovery of such State taxes as aforesaid.

1890, ch 245, secs. 2-8.

146-8. The provisions of sections 146-1 to 116 7, both inclu-
sive, shall apply in like manner to every telegraph or cable,
express or transportation, and every railroad corporation or com-
pany organized under the laws of the United States, or of any
other State or territory of the United States or of any foreign
country and doing business in this State.

1890, ch. 608.

146-9. Every telephone company, electric light or electric
construction company, parlor, palace or sleeping car company,
oil or pipe line company, guano, phosphate or fertilizer company
incorporated by or under the laws of the United States, or of
any other State or territory of the United States, or of any
foreign country, and wishing to do business in the State of Mary-
land before proceeding to transact any business in this State,
either through an individual agent or agents, or through the