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140 CORPORATIONS. [ART. XXIII
authority to solicitors of fire and marine insurance companies of this
State, in all of which cases the same fees shall be charged for certifi-
cates of authority issued to the solicitors of such companies as the home
States of such companies charge such solicitors of companies chartered
under the laws of this State; and for each certificate of authority issued
to a solicitor of any insurance company other than one transacting fire
or marine business, by request of such company or of the general agent
thereof in this State, the sum of two dollars; (all certificates of author-
ity issued to agents or solicitors of insurance companies shall expire at
midnight on the thirty-first day of December next ensuing the date of
issue;) for each abstract of their annual statement for publication, two
dollars; for every copy of any paper filed in the Insurance Department,
the sum of twenty cents per folio, and for affixing the official seal to
such copy and certifying the same, one dollar; for valuing policies of
life insurance companies thirty dollars per million of insurance or any
fractional part thereof; for official examination of companies under
this Article, the charges specified in Section 178 of this Article. The
certificates of authority issued to any agent or solicitor of an insurance
company doing the business of insurance in any of its branches, shall
have specified upon its face the name of the company for which said
solicitor is authorized to act. Provided that nothing contained herein
shall amend or repeal sections 187 to 191, both inclusive, of Article 23
of Bagby's Annotated Code of Public Civil Laws, or Chapter 541 of
the Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland of 1910.
That a traverser might be liable under this section and section 192 relat-
ing to solicitors for insurance companies is immaterial where he has been
indicted under sections 218 and 219 relating to solicitors for brokers. State
v. Geddes, 127 Md. 169.
See notes to this section in volume 1 of the Annotated Code.
1916, ch. 255, sec. 184A.
184A. It shall be unlawful for any person to act as agent or solic-
itor in this State for any insurance company, as defined in Section 192
of this Article, without first having applied for and obtained a license
or permit therefor, as provided by this Article, and complying with all
the provisions of Sections 184, 184A, 18413, 1840, 184D and 184E of
this Article, relating to such agents or solicitors.
1916, ch. 255, sec. 184B.
184B. Before any license or permit shall be issued to any insurance
agent, (general, special or state) or solicitor in this State, the said
agent or solicitor applying for such license or permit and the company
for which the said agent or solicitor desires to act as agent or solicitor
shall apply for such license or permit on forms to be prescribed and
prepared by the State Insurance Commissioner, and said Company shall
pay the license or registration fees prescribed by this Article. The
application of each such agent or solicitor shall be addressed to the
Insurance Commissioner in writing and shall be signed by him, shall
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