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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

other office as directed in this act, such corporation shall for

such offence forfeit and pay to the State of Maryland an addi-

tional amount of ten per centum as penalty or damages to be

added to the said taxes so due and unpaid, and it shall he the

duty of the comptroller to add the same to the said account, and

Penalty
for failure

forthwith to make out said account and certify the same under

to pay tax

the seal of his office, and to cause suit to he brought for said tax

in the circuit court of the county where the principal office of the

said corporation in this State is located, or in the superior court
for Baltimore city, if such principal office be located in said city,

and the said suit shall stand for trial at the first term, after ser-

vice of the writ shall have been made on said corporation or com-

pany, and service of the writ aforesaid on any officer, agent or

employee of such corporation, shall be deemed and taken as a suffi-

cient service on such corporation.

SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That if upon the return of

the writ issued against such corporation, and such corporation

being duly summoned as aforesaid, such corporation shall fail to

appear by attorney or agent upon the call of the docket, it shall

be the duty of the court to cause the personal appearance of said

corporation to be entered, and the cause shall stand for trial or

The trial.

hearing, and judgment shall be rendered as if the said corporation

had appeared by attorney; and if such corporation shall appear .

by attorney or agent, and either party shall desire a trial by jury,

it shall be the duty of the court to cause issues to be framed, and

a jury to be empanneled for the trial thereof; and if the verdict

of the jury shall be for the State, judgment shall be entered with-

out stay, for the amount of tax so due as aforesaid, and ten 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 said judgment, if the same be not paid into the treasury

within twenty days after the rendition thereof.

SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That the certificate of the

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comptroller, under the seal of his office, of the amount of tax so

facie.

due and damages as aforesaid, shall be prima facie evidence to

entitle the State to judgment for said amount, and said penalty do

damages as charged.

Effective.

SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect

from and after the date of its passage.

Approved April 8, 1890.