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cordance with existing laws. One copy shall then be filed
for record in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court
in the County in which the trust company is to be located,
or in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Balti-
more City, when to be located in said City, and one copy
shall be filed with the Bank Commissioner, who shall issue
his certificate therefor, and one copy shall be filed with
the State Tax Commission. The corporation so formed
shall have no legal existence until all the copies of the
articles of incorporation have been filed for record as herein
directed. The fee for filing such articles of incorporation
with the Bank Commissioner shall be ten ($10. 00) dollars,
and for filing amendments to the articles of incorporation,
five ($5. 00) dollars, all such fees to be collected by the
Bank Commissioner.

44. Upon the receipt of any such organization certifi-
cate at the office of the Bank Commissioner, if it shall not
be in form and substance, or duly and properly acknowl-
edged, as required by this Article, the Bank Commissioner
shall refuse to file such certificate until it shall be amended
in conformity to the provisions of this Article. If such
certificate is in due form and duly executed, according to
the provisions of this Article, he shall forthwith enforce
the same over his official signature, "Filed for Examina-
tion, " with the date of such endorsement.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is here-
by declared to be an emergency law and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and
having been passed upon a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the
two houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take
effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 5, 1933.

CHAPTER 272.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
26 of Article 11 of the Annotated Code of Public general
Laws of Maryland, Edition of 1924, title "Banks and
Trust Companies", sub-title "Banks", as the said section
was amended by Chapter 294 of the Acts of 1931, relat-
ing to the election and qualifications of directors.