610 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

ance company in this State, shall only be required to pay for
these respective certificates of authority the sum of two dollars ;
for each abstract of their annual statement for publication, two
dollars; for every copy of any paper filed in the insurance
department, the sum of twenty cents per folio, and for affixing
the official seal to such copy, and certifying the same, one
dollar; for valuing policies of life insurance companies, thirty
dollars per million of insurance or any fractional part thereof;
for official examination of companies under this article, the
charges specified in the sixth paragraph of section 160 of this
article; provided, the filing of the papers with the insurance
commissioner, as required by this article, shall be in lieu of all
papers formerly required by law to be filed with the comptroller
and clerk of the superior court of Baltimore city, and the cer-
tificate of authority issued to any solicitor of a foreign insur-
ance company, whether he be a solicitor for a life insurance
company or a fire insurance company, or for an insurance com-
pany doing the business of insurance in any of its branches,
shall have specified upon its face the name of the company for
which said solicitor is authorized to act.

1900, ch. 512, sec. 126 A.

168. No corporation or association, whether organized under
the laws of the State of Maryland or otherwise, and no copart-
nership or individual, and no agent or employe of any com-
pany, individual, association or firm, whether such person be
a licensed broker or otherwise, shall, directly or indirectly, pay,
except to the lawful agent or solicitor of such company, and
to him solely upon the premiums on policies issued by the
company for which he may be licensed agent or solicitor, or
to an insurance broker licensed by the State of Maryland, any
commission, reward or rebate in consideration of procuring, or
influencing others to procure, insurance from such company,
association, individual or firm, nor collect or agree to collect
from any person, whether or not the same may be the owner
of the property insured, or his agent, or other person, any
amount less than that expressed in the policy or policies as
being the premiums therefor; and any person violating any of
the provisions of this section shall be subject to the fines
imposed by section 188 of this article.

Ibid. sec. 126 B.

169. No corporation or association authorized to transact
business in this State, and no copartnership or individual,