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standing against it in this State, the authority of such agent
shall continue until a substitute is appointed and certified to
the State Tax Commission of Maryland, at the time of filing
the original papers required by this section, every such foreign
corporation shall pay to the State Tax Commission of Mary-
land, for the use of the State a fee of twenty-five dollars, upon
receipt of which the Secretary of the State Tax Commission
of Maryland shall issue to it the certificate setting forth that
it is entitled to do business in this State, and for all such fees
said State Tax Commission of Maryland shall account quar-
terly to the Comptroller and pay the same forthwith to the
State Treasurer for the use of the State.

SEC. 2. 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 designated as Sec-
tion 93A and to follow 93, said new additional section to read
as follows:

93A. Immediately upon the taking effect of this Act it
shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to transfer and
deliver to the State Tax Commission of Maryland all books,
records and papers in his office pertaining to foreign corpora-
tions heretofore filed with him, under the authority of Section
93 of this Article as the same stood before its repeal and re-
enactment by this Act.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect from and after January 1st, 1921.

Approved April 9, 1920.

CHAPTER 236.

AN ACT to add an additional section to Article 23 of the An-
notated Code of Maryland entitled "Corporations,'' sub-
title "Dissolutions," said additional section to be desig-
nated 78A to come in after 78, said new and additional
section prohibiting the dissolution of any corporation un-
til all State taxes have been paid.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That an additional section be and the same is hereby
added to Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, title
"Corporations," sub-title "Dissolutions," said new and addi-