1252 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 733

tence, word, phrase, or part of this Act shall be declared
to be in violation of any provision of the State or Federal
Constitutions, the remainder of said Act shall stand and
be effective notwithstanding. To the extent, and only to the
the extent, of a judicial declaration of unconstitutionality
or invalidity as to a given person, firm, or corporation, or
as to a given factual situation, the provisions of the law
prior to the passage of this Act shall remain in full force
and effect solely for the enforcement of rights as to such
person, firm, or corporation, or as to such factual situa-
tions.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency law and necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public health and
safety and being passed by a yea and nay vote, supported
by three-fifths of the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1943.

CHAPTER 733.
(Senate Bill 494)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sub-
section (d) of Section 111 of Article 23 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Corporations",
sub-title "Process", relating to service of process upon
certain foreign corporations.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Subsection 111(d) of Article 23 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edition*), title "Cor-
porations", sub-title "Process", be, and it is hereby re-
pealed and re-enacted, with amendments, said subsection
to read as follows:

(d) If any corporation of this State, or any foreign cor-
poration required by any statute of this State to have a
resident agent, or any foreign corporation subject to suit
in this State under Section 119 (d) of this Article,
has not a resident agent, or has one or more resident
agents and two unsuccessful attempts have been made
on different business days to serve process upon each
of its resident agents, such corporation shall be conclu-
sively presumed to have designated the State Tax Commis-