52 LAWS OF MARYLAND.

hereinafter provided for, but including any corporation which
is engaged in this State permanently or temporarily, and with
or without a usual place of business therein, in the construc-
tion, alteration, erection or repair of any building, bridge,
railroad, railway or structure of any kind, shall, before doing
business herein, file with the Secretary of State, who shall
record the same, (1) a certified copy of its charter or certifi-
cate. of incorporation; (2) a certificate to be renewed annually
before the first day of April in every year, subscribed and
sworn to by its president or treasurer, or a majority of its
board of directors and accompanied by the annual fee of one
dollar for recording such renewal, showing (a) the corporate
name; (b)the names and addresses of its president, treasurer,
secretary and the members of its board of directors; (c) its
principal office in this State and in the State of incorporation;
(d) the amount of its capital stock authorized and issued, the
number and par value of the shares and the amount paid in
thereon, and the names and addresses of its shareholders in
this State, and the number of shares held by each, and the
amount of its capital employed in this State; (e)the name and
address of its agent, resident in this State, and authorized to
accept service of process upon it; and (/) its willingness that so
long as any liability remains outstanding against it in this
State, the authority of such agent shall continue until a sub-
stitute is appointed and certified to the Secretary of State.
At the time of filing the original papers required by this sec-
tion every such foreign corporation shall pay to the Secretary
of State for the use of the State, a fee of twenty-five dollars,
upon receipt of which he shall issue to it the certificate setting
forth that it is entitled to do business in this State, and for all
such fees said Secretary of State shall account quarterly to the
Comptroller and pay the same forthwith to the State Treasurer
for the use of the State, less the costs and the expenses of
recording the same.

Penalty.

SEC. 69. Every officer of any such foreign corporation which
fails to comply with the provisions of the preceding section,
and every agent of such non-complying corporation, who trans-
acts business for it in this State, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and liable to a fine of two hundred dollars. Such fail-
ure shall not affect the validity of any contract made with such
non-complying corporation, 'but no suit shall be maintained in
any of the courts of this State by any such corporation until
it has complied with the requirements of this article.