1154 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 551

any notice to the corporation may, in his absence, be left
with any designated person or persons (a) at the principal
office of the corporation in this State in the case of a
corporation of this State, or (b) at the place designated
as the address of such resident agent according to the rec-
ords of the State Tax Commission in the case of a foreign
corporation; and any service of process made on or notice
delivered to a person so designated shall be equivalent to
personal service on or delivery of notice to such resident
agent.

107. (1) In addition to any other method provided by
law, service of process may be made in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, in any proceeding at law
or in equity, upon any corporation of this State or upon
any foreign corporation qualified, to do business herein or
having a resident agent appointed pursuant to Section SS1/!
of this Article, if two unsuccessful attempts be made during
usual business hours on different business days (a) to serve
process upon the resident agent of a corporation of this
State at its principal office and such principal office shall be
closed or the resident agent shall be absent therefrom and
there shall be no one in such office authorized in the manner
provided in Section 106 of this Article to accept such
process, or (b) to serve process upon the resident agent of
a foreign corporation qualified to do business in this State
or having a resident agent appointed pursuant to Section
331/2 of this Article at the place designated as his address in
the records of the State Tax Commission and such place
shall be closed or the resident agent shall be absent there-
from and there shall be no one thereat authorized as afore-
said to accept such process. Thereupon, in any such case the
return of the officer attempting to serve such process shall
set forth the dates and hours when such service of process
was attempted and other facts meeting the conditions here-
inabove provided, and the corporation shall be conclusively
presumed to have designated the State Tax Commission as
its true and lawful attorney authorized to accept on its be-
half service of such process, and service thereof upon the
corporation may then be effected in the manner following:

Service upon any such corporation shall be made by
leaving a copy of the process with a fee of two dollars in
the office of the State Tax Commission with any member
of the Commission or with its Secretary and such service
shall be sufficient service upon the said corporation and of
full force and effect in any court and before any justice
of the peace of this State; provided, however, that notice