758 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 351

applicant, and he shall be authorized to perform all of the
functions of a real estate broker only for and on behalf of the
said applicant.

(b) Each and every member or officer of a partnership, as-
sociation, or corporation, who will perform or engage in any
of the acts specified in 285 (a) of this sub-title, other than the
designated member or officer by the partnership, association
or corporation in the manner above provided, shall be re-
quired to make application for and take out a separate broker's
license in his or her own name individually; provided, how-
ever, that the license issued to any such member or officer of
a partnership, association, or corporation shall entitle such
member or officer to act as real estate broker only as officer or
agent of said partnership, association, or corporation, and not
on his or her own behalf.

(c) Each application for a broker's or salesman's license
shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in Section 296.

292. Non-Residents—Reciprocity, (a) A non-resident of
this State may become a real estate broker or a real estate
salesman by conforming to all of the conditions of this para-
graph and this sub-title.

(b) In its discretion the Commission may recognize in lieu
of statements required to accompany an application for a
license, the license issued to a non-resident broker, or sales-
man in such other State, upon payment of the license fee and
the filing by the applicant with the Commission of a certified
copy of applicant's license issued by such other State:

(c) Provided that such applicant, if a broker, shall main-
tain an active place of business in the State by which he is
originally certified.

(d) Provided further that every non-resident applicant shall
file an irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be com-
menced against such applicant in the proper court of any
county of this State in which a cause of action may arise or
in which the plaintiff may reside, by the service of any process
or pleading authorized by the laws of this State on the Sec-
retary of the Commission, said consent stipulating and agree-
ing that such service of such process or pleadings on said
Secretary shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid
and binding as if due service had been made upon said appli-
cant in the State of Maryland. Said instrument containing
such consent shall be authenticated by the seal thereof, if a
corporation, or by the acknowledged signature of a member
or officer thereof, if otherwise. All such applications, except