516 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 255

itors of insurance companies shall expire at midnight on the
thirty-first day of December next ensuing the date of issue; )
for each abstract of their annual statement for publication, two
dollars; for every copy of any paper filed in the Insurance
Department, the sum of twenty cents per folio, and for affixing
the official seal to such copy and certifying the same, one dollar;
for valuing policies of life insurance companies thirty dollars
per million of insurance or any fractional part thereof; for
official examination of companies under this Article, the
charges specified in Section 178 of this Article. The certificates
of authority issued to any agent or solicitor of an insurance
company doing the business of insurance in any of its branches,
shall have specified upon its face the name of the company for
which said solicitor is authorized to act. Provided that nothing
contained herein shall amend or repeal sections 187 to 191,
both inclusive, of Article 23 of Bagby's Annotated Code of
Public Civil Laws, or Chapter 541 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of Maryland of 1910.

184A. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as agent
or solicitor in this State for any insurance company, as defined
in Section 192 of this Article, without first having applied for
and obtained a license, or permit therefor, as provided by this
article, and complying with all the provisions of Sections 184,
184A, 184B, 184C, 184D and 184E of this Act, relating to
such agents or solicitors.

184B. Before any license or permit shall be issued to any
insurance agent, (general, special or state) or solicitor in this
State, the said agent or solicitor applying for such license or
permit and the company for which the said agent or solicitor
desires to act as agent or solicitor shall apply for such license
or permit on forms to be prescribed and prepared by the State
Insurance Commissioner, and said Company shall pay the
license or registration fees prescribed by this Article. The
application of each such agent or solicitor shall be addressed
to the Insurance Commissioner in writing and shall be signed
by him, shall set forth in full the name and address of the
applicant; that he has not wilfully violated any of the Insur-
ance Laws of this State during the past year and that he will
not violate any such law during the term of the license applied
for, if issued; that he has not dealt unjustly with or deceived
any citizen of this State or misrepresented the conditions of
any insurance policy or contract; whether or not he has mis-
appropriated or withheld from any insurance company or gen-