636             JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Feb. 27,

Section 9, line 16, strike out all after the word "act;"

Which was assented to.

Mr. Stirling proposed the following amendments :

Strike out the sixth section of the substitute reported by
the committee of Ways and Means, and insert the following
as the sixth section :

"Section 6th. And be it enacted, That no license shall be
issued to any person or persons as hereinbefore provided for,
who has or have heretofore acted or held himself or them-
selves out as agent or agents for any individual or association
of individuals or corporation, not incorporated by the laws of
this State as aforesaid, until such person or persons shall have
paid into the treasury the sum of one hundred dollars per
annum for every year during which said person or persons
acted, professed, or held himself or themselves out to act as
such agent or agents, and no license shall be granted to any
person or persons to act as agent or agents under this act for
any individual, association, or corporation, not incorporated
by the State, until the Comptroller shall be duly satisfied that
all or any other agent or agents, by whom the said individual
association or corporation shall have been heretofore repre-
sented as the agent or agents thereof has or have paid into the
treasury the annual license of one hundred dollars, provided for
and required by the act of 1846, chapter 357, for every year
during which the said agent or agents acted or held himself
or themselves out to act as agent or agents of said individual,
association, or corporation;

Which was assented to.

Section 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect from its passage;                                                 

Which was assented to.

Mr. Harrington proposed the following amendment:

Section 12. And be it enacted, That the Comptroller be and
is hereby authorised to issue his order on the treasurer, for
the amount when ascertained, the amount paid Foreign
Agents of Foreign Companies licensed by this State to pro-
cure insurance in this State for the three per cent, that has
been paid, as is believed to be unconstitutional as declared by
Chancellor Kent and others;

Which was not assented to.

The substitute then as amended, was read the second time;
and ordered to be engrossed for a third reading.
On motion of Mr. Stirling,