EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1211

location of the principal office of the corporation) by whom the
same shall again be recorded. At the time of receiving such
certificate of incorporation for record, the State Tax Com-
mission shall collect recording fees of ten dollars; three dollars
and fifty cents of the recording fees so collected shall be paid
by it to the Secretary of State; one dollar and fifty cents
thereof shall be paid by it for recording such certificate of in-
corporation to the Clerk of the Circuit or Superior Court to
whom the same shall be transmitted for recording as aforesaid;
and for the balance it shall account quarterly to the Comp-
troller and pay the same forthwith to the State Treasurer for
the use of the State.

5. When such certificate of incorporation has been delivered
to the State Tax Commission with the fees provided for in Sec-
tion 4 of this Article and the bonus tax, if any payable, and
not before, the incorporators, their successor and assigns, shall
according to the purposes, conditions and provisions in such
certificate of incorporation contained, become and be a body
corporate by the name therein stated. A duly certified copy of
a certificate of incorporation, from the records of the Secre-
tary of State, the State Tax Commission, or the Clerk of the
Circuit or Superior Court, shall be evidence of the existence
of the corporation and of its right to exercise the powers
therein mentioned. The recording by the State Tax Commission
of the certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence
of the payment of the recording fees and the bonus tax, if any,
required by law to be paid to it, and of the existence of the
corporation, except in a direct proceeding by the State.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That Section 6 of Article
23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland be and the same is
hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That a new and addi-
tional section be and the same is hereby added to Article 23
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, to be known as Section &
and to follow Section 5 thereof, said new additional section to
read as follows:

6. It shall be lawful for all of the incorporators of any cor-
poration having capital stock, before any subscriptions to stock
have been accepted by the board of directors, to amend the cer-
tificate of incorporation in the following manner:

An amended certificate of incorporation shall be signed by
all of the incorporators who signed the original certificate of