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CHAPTER 608.
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AN ACT to provide for State taxation on the revenues of certain
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foreign corporations mentioned in this act, accruing from busi-
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ness done in the State of Maryland.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
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That every telephone company, electric light or electric construc-
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tion company, parlor, palace or sleeping car company, oil or pipe
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line company, guano, phosphate or fertilizer company, incorporated
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by or under the laws of the United States, or of any other State
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or Territory of the United States, or of any foreign country, and
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wishing to do business in the State of Maryland before proceed-
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ing to transact any business in this State, either through an in-
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dividual agent or agents, or through the agency of any corpora-
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tion organized under the laws of this State, or to open any office
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for the transaction of any business in this State, shall first file in
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the office of the State tax commissioner a certified copy of the
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charter, certificate or act of incorporation, under which it claims
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the power to transact business as a corporation, and shall also file
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in the office of the secretary of State of Maryland, a certificate of
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Certificate
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the appointment by such company or corporation, of at least two
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agents to reside in this State, upon whom legal process issued out
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of any court of this State, may at any time be served in any
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action, at the suit of the State of Maryland, or of any county or
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incorporated city or town of this State, or of any citizen or citi-
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zens of this State, or of any corporation organized under the laws
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of this State, which certificate shall state fully the names of the
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agents to reside in this State and shall be certified by such foreign
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corporation, under the seal of such foreign corporation and the
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signature of its president or other proper officer, and shall when
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received by the secretary of State be recorded by him in a book
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to be kept for that purpose, from which record the said secretary
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of State shall be able to certify the appointment of such agents
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at any time; at the time of receiving such certificate the secretary
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of State shall give to such company a receipt for such certificate,
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which receipt shall enable such foreign corporation to commence
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business in this State.
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SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That any person or
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any officer of any such corporation who shall presume to
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