EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1285

business in this State may be sued and the manner in which
the process may be served.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section is hereby added to Article 73 of the
Code of Public Civil Laws of Maryland (Bagby's Edition), title
"Partnerships-Limited, " to follow Section 22 of said Article
and to be known as Section 23, and to read as follows:

SEC. 23. Any person or corporation, whether a resident or
non-resident of this State, may sue the Adams Express Com-
pany or any other unincorporated Stock Company regularly
doing business in this State, in the name in which they regu-
larly carry on business, in any cause of action. Such suit may
be brought in any county or in the City of Baltimore, as the
case may be, where its principal office is located or where it
regularly transacts business, or in a local action, where the
subject matter thereof lies. Process may be directed to the
sheriff, constable or other proper officer of any county or of
Baltimore City, returnable to the Clerk of the Circuit Court
out of which or the Justice of the Peace by which the same
was issued, and may be served as follows: If the said Adams
Express Company or other unincorporated Stock Companies
authorize and prepare to accept service as provided by Section
93 of Article 23 of Bagby's Annotated Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, such process shall be served upon him; if there is
no resident agent so authorized and prepared, process may be
served upon any president, manager, director or agent, or other
person in the service of the said Adams Express Company or
other incorporated Stock Company aforesaid. In all cases,
however, a copy of the process shall be left with the person
upon whom it is served; and where process is served upon any
person other than the resident agent, president, director or
other officer of the Adams Express Company or other unin-
corporated Stock Company, a copy of the process shall also be
left at its principal office, if any, in the State.

Approved April 18th, 1916.

CHAPTER 610.

AN ACT to regulate license fees and the operation of motor
vehicles to be used in the public transportation of pas-
sengers for hire, operating over State, State Aid, improved