300             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 9,

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That before the Comptroller
shall issue the license hereinbefore provided for, he shall be
satisfied by a certificate from the State's Attorney of the city
or county wherein the person or persons applying for the
licence reside, that said applicant or applicants is or are not
in default under any of the provisions of the act passed at
December session, eighteen hundred and forty-six, chapter
three hundred and fifty-seven, and no license to act as the
agent of any individual or association of individuals, or cor-
porations, as aforesaid, shall be granted to any person or per-
sons, until the said Comptroller shall in like manner be satis-
fied that all and any other agent or agents by whom the said
individuals, association or corporation has or have been, at
any time heretofore represented, has or have paid the license
and tax provided for and required by the act of eighteen hun-
dred and forty-six, chapter three hundred and fifty-seven.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the
Comptroller to ascertain from time to time whether any of
the provisions of this act have been violated, and to give
notice of such violation to the State's Attorney of the city or
county where the person or persons violating the same shall
reside, and it shall be the duty of the said State's Attorney
to give notice of the requirements of this act to the person or
persons violating the provisions of this law, and unless the
said person or persons shall, within thirty days after said
notice obtain a license as hereinbefore provided, it shall be
the duty of the said State's Attorney to proceed to enforce
the penalty as provided for in the third section of this act,
and to give notice by public advertisement that all policies
issued, or insurances made by said agent or agents after the
expiration of said thirty days are absolutely null and void.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That in all cases in which any
person or persons shall be sued or prosecuted for any violation
of this act, it shall be sufficient to prove on behalf of the
State, either that the said person or persons, did advertise or
hold himself or themselves out by any publication, card or
circular, as agents for the said individual, associations or cor-
poration, or that he or they kept an office or other place for
the transaction of such business, or that he or they did make
insurance or receive or transmit an offer or offers for insurance
to his or their principals, or that he or they did receive or
deliver a policy or policies of insurance, or an instrument or
instruments of the tenor and effect thereof; and it shall be
sufficient to prove that the name of the corporation set forth
in the suit or indictment is, that under and by virtue of which
the said agent or agents has or have professed to act, and the
burthen of proof that such incorporation is not incorporated
by the State of Maryland, but is incorporated by some other