794 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 267

thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph or section thereof, so found unconstitu-
tional and invalid.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That all laws, whether
general or local, except as provided in this Article, be and they
are hereby repealed.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1929.

Approved April 11, 1929.

CHAPTER 267.

AN ACT to add four new sub-sections to Section 123 of
Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924
Edition), title "Insurance, " sub-title "Mutual Insurance
Companies, " said new sub-sections to b© known as sub-
sections (g), (h), (i) and (j), and to follow immediately
after sub-section (f), providing conditions under which
foreign insurance companies which neglect to secure author-
ity of the State Insurance Commissioner to transact business
in this State may accept as members citizens of this State.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That four new sub-sections be and they are hereby
added to Section 123 of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1924 Edition), title "Insurance, " sub-title "Mu-
tual Insurance Companies, " said new sub-sections to be known
as sub-sections (g), (h), (i) and (j), to follows immediately
after sub-section (f), and to read as follows:

(g) Any mutual insurance company organized outside of
this State, which is authorized to transact the business of
insurance on the mutual plan, which neglects to comply with
the requirements of this section, which accepts citizens of this
State as members, and issues certificates or policies thereto
after the first day of June in the year 1929, shall issue said
certificates or policies subject to the following conditions:

(h) That the company consents that the State Insurance
Commissioner of Maryland is its agent for the service of pro-