WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 1259

insurance company, as provided in Sections 83, 90 and 91
of this Article, he shall require the applicant therefor to
satisfy him that he has had sufficient education or experience
in the insurance business and to satisfactorily pass such
examination relating to the kind or kinds of insurance to
which the license may extend as the Commissioner may re-
quire for the purpose of determining whether he is qualified
to receive such license, provided that such examination shall
be given by the Commissioner at least once every thirty days,
at places the Commissioner shall from time to time determine.
The applicant shall pay to the Insurance Commissioner a fee
of Five Dollars ($5. 00) which shall entitle the said applicant
to two such examinations in addition to the first, for license
to write the same class of insurance, should the applicant
require the same, provided that any additional examination
after the first shall be taken within a period of one year from
the date of the first examination, otherwise an additional
license fee of Five Dollars ($5. 00) shall be paid by the
applicant to the Commissioner. An applicant failing to attain
a passing grade after three trials shall be required to wait
six months from the date of his last previous trial before
applying again, and failing to pass after six times, shall be
required to wait one year from the date of. his last previous
trial before applying again. An additional fee of Five Dollars
($5. 00) shall be required for each group of three trials. Any
licensed agent, solicitor, broker or broker's solicitor who had
a license issued by the State of Maryland as insurance agent,
solicitor, broker or broker's solicitor in force on June 1, 1942,
or any person who at the time he was inducted or enlisted
in the Armed Services of the United States held a license
then in force as agent, solicitor, broker or broker's solicitor,
shall not be required to submit to such an examination for a
license to sell the same class of insurance for which he then
had a license, nor shall an examination be required for the
renewal of any licenses, or for additional licenses covering the
same class of insurance, except in cases where the license has
been suspended or revoked as in this Article provided, in
which event the Commissioner may in his discretion require
the applicant to pass an examination before reinstatement or
reissuance of license. The Insurance Commissioner may ap-
point an examiner and such clerk, clerks or clerical assistance
as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this
section, at such compensation and with such expense allow-
ance as may be provided in the Budget.

(b) In the event that the Commissioner denies an applica-
tion or revokes or suspends a license he shall promptly notify
the applicant (or licensee) of his decision; and such applicant