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INDEX TO THE PUBLIC LAWS.
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Chap.
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Sec.
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FOREIGN
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CORPORATIONS— Any person who shall
act as agent &c. within this State for any in-
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dividuals, &c not incorporated by this State,
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to make insurance, &c. shall pay to the trea-
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surer Western Shore two dollars per cen-
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tum upon the amount of all premiums re-
ceived by such agents, &c. such agents to
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furnish annually on 1st Monday of January
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on his affidavit, &c. a true list of all such
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premiums to the treasurer aforesaid, and at
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the same time pay over to said treasurer
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the said sum of two dollars, &c.
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Bond to be given by said agents before
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acting with securities to be aproved by trea-
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surer, &c. to render a true list of said pre-
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miums, &c. and any agent offending against
the provisions of this section, to forfeit
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$500 for every offence, &c. such agent, &c.
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notwithstanding such forfeiture and payment
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to be personally liable for the payment of
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said sum of two dollars, &c.
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The principals of such agents, &c and
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their property, also responsible for pay-
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ment of said tax,
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Foreign corporations such as do not de-
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rive their charter from the State, but from
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some other one of the United States, &c.
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Corporations as aforesaid which may in-
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vest to the amount of $75, 000 in any of
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the loans of this State, &c. upon having
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the same certified by commissioner of
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loans, &c. shall be permitted to make con-
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tracts of insurance, £c. without making
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the payments provided for in the 1st sec-
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tion,
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Before making contracts of insurance &c.
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agents to give bond, #c. to be approved
by any judge, &c. for the continuance of
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said investment, &c and for the payment
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of all losses, &c. creditor to have right of
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action on such bond, as if separate bond
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were given for each creditor, &c.
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The giving such bond not to prevent a
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creditor from pursuing any remedy he may
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have had if no such bond had been given;
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such bond to be recorded by the clerk of
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