26 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

Process.

1900, ch. 21.

296. Process issued by any court or justice of the peace of
this State against any corporation incorporated under its laws
may be served on any president, director, manager, ticket agent
or persons selling tickets other than conductors for passengers of
any railroad company or other officers of such corporation, and if
neither the president nor any of the directors, managers, ticket
agents or other officers of such corporation reside in this State,
such process may be served anywhere within this State on any
agent, attorney or other person in the service of such corporation;
provided, that in every case the officer serving process shall leave
a copy of such process with the person upon whom the same is
served. And whenever any trust or guarantee company which
shall be authorized and empowered under the laws of this State
to insure the fidelity of persons holding places of trust or
responsibility in, to or under any State, county, city corporation,
company, person or persons whatsoever, or to become security for
the faithful performance of any trust, office, duty, contract or
agreement, and to supersede any judgment or to go upon any
appeal or other bond, then any such trust or guarantee company
shall be liable to be sued in any of the counties of this State or
in the city of Baltimore whenever any such bond shall be given
or liability incurred by such trust or guarantee company, and pro-
cess shall be served upon any such trust or guarantee company,
as is hereinbefore provided for by this section, and any such pro-
cess shall be issued to the sheriff of any county or the city of
Baltimore, and shall be made returnable to the clerk of the
court of the county or city of Baltimore from which the same
issued; and whenever any corporation which has been or may
hereafter be incorporated under the general corporation laws
of this State shall carry on any regular business, or shall habit-
ually engage in any avocation or employment in another county
than that in which its certificate of incorporation is required to
be and has been recorded, it may be sued either in the county
where its certificate is recorded or in the county where
it transacts business as aforesaid, whether before a justice of
the peace or in a court of law or equity, and process shall be
served upon such corporation in the same manner as provided