220 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 102

Section 177 of said Article, to be known as Section 177-A,
and to read as follows:

177-A. The Insurance Commissioner and the Deputy In-
surance Commissioner shall have the power to administer oaths
to all witnesses who appear before them, or either of them, in
connection with any examination, investigation or hearing, the
violation of which oaths shall constitute perjury; and also to
require agents and brokers to produce any books, policies or
papers in their possession that may be needed in connection
with any hearing, examination or investigation of such agents
or brokers.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after June 1, 1918.

Approved April 10th, 1918.

CHAPTER 102.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments sub-section
Tenth of section 178 of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, title "Corporations, " sub-title "Insurance Depart-
ment, " so as to require the Insurance Commissioner to ac-
count quarterly for certain moneys received by him.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That sub-section Tenth of section 178 of Article 23
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title "Corporations, " sub-
title "Insurance Department, " be and the same hereby is re-
pealed and re-enacted with amendments so as to read as fol-
lows:

Tenth. The insurance commissioner shall preserve in per-
manent form a full record of his proceedings, and a concise
statement of the condition of each company visited or exam-
ined, and report annually to the Governor, on or before the first
day o"f June, his official acts; and shall, on the thirty-first day
of December, the thirty-first day of March, the thirtieth day of
June and the thirtieth day of September, in each and every
year, report to the Comptroller and pay into the State Treasury
all moneys received by him from all sources, save and except
the moneys received by him as the fees of his office; and shall,
on the first day of December, annually, report to the Comp-
troller the fees received and expenses of his department for the
year then to end, and pay into the treasury all excess of re-