1056 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 504

of full force and effect in any court and before any justice of
the peace of this State.

(b) The fee of five dollars paid by the plaintiff to the State
Tax Commission at the time of service of process in accord-
ance with the provisions of this section shall be taxed in the
costs of the proceeding. The State Tax Commission shall
account quarterly to the Comptroller for the fees collected by
it under this Section and shall pay the same forthwith to the
State Treasurer for the use of the State.

108. When service of process upon any corporation of this
State or upon any foreign corporation is made by leaving cop-
ies of the process in the office of the State Tax Commission as
provided by Section 107 of this Article,

(a) it shall be the duty of the State Tax Commission forth-
with to record the day and hour of such service and to forward
by registered mail one copy of the process with a notice of such
service, addressed to such corporation at its mailing address,
if it has a mailing address on file with the Commission, or, if it
has not a mailing address on file with the Commission, ad-
dressed to it at its principal office, if it has a principal office,
or, if it has neither a mailing address on file with the Com-
mission nor a principal office, addressed to it in care of the
Secretary of State or the corresponding official of the State or
place under the statute or common law of which it was formed
or is existing, if known to the Commission; and

(b) the court in which or the justice of the peace before
whom the matter is pending may order such continuances as
may be necessary to afford the corporation a reasonable oppor-
tunity to defend the action.

109. Any notice required by law to be served upon any
corporation of this State, or upon any foreign corporation
required by any statute of this State to have a resident agent
in this State, by personal service upon a resident agent or
any other agent or officer of such corporation, may be served
upon such corporation in the manner provided in Section 107
of this Article for the service of process under the same cir-
cumstances in which process is permitted to be served there-
under, and such service shall be equivalent to personal
service upon a resident agent or other agent or officer of such
corporation.

FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.

116. As used in this Article, the phrase "foreign corpora-
tion" shall mean every corporation, association or joint stock
company formed or existing under the statute or common law
of any state (other than this State), territory, district,
possession or foreign country, or the United States.