624 CORPORATIONS. [ART. 23

1900, ch. 740, sec. 143 B.

200. Any person applying for the same and paying to the
insurance commissioner the sum of one hundred dollars for the
use of the State, and an additional sum of one dollar as a fee to
the said commissioner for issuing said license, may obtain a
license for carrying on the business of an insurance broker, and
no license shall be issued to permit more than one person or
the members of a bona fide copartnership to act thereunder;
provided, that any person or firm residing in any of the counties
of the State may, upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars,
obtain a license to act as broker as to risks situated in the
county only within which he or they may reside; and if such
license be granted for a portion of any year, a ratable sum shall
be charged therefor up to the first day of May next succeeding.

1894, ch. 377 1900, ch. 740, sec. 143 C.

201. Any person who shall use or exercise the business or
occupation of an insurance broker without having procured a
license therefor, as required by sections 199 and 200 of this
article, shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars for
each offense, one-half for the use of the State, and the other
half to the informer.

Ibid, sec 143 D.

202. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the city of Balti-
more and the sheriff of each county throughout the State to
furnish the insurance commissioner, prior to the first day of
May in each and every year thereafter, the names' of all per-
sons conducting the business of "Insurance Broker" within
the respective jurisdiction of each of said sheriffs, for which
he shall receive a fee of fifty cents for each license issued by
the insurance commissioner.

Fire Marshal.

1894, ch 248, sec. 1.

203. The governor shall, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, biennially appoint an officer to be known as the
State fire marshal, who shall hold his office until his successor
shall have been duly appointed and qualified; he shall be a
citizen of the State, and be subject to removal for cause at any
time by the governor; and in the event of the death, resigna-
tion, refusal to act or removal of said officer during a recess of
the legislature, the governor shall appoint some one to fill said
office for the unexpired term; and before entering upon the