724 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 430

insurance only, or life insurance in conjunction with either
or both of health and accident insurance.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Mary-
land, That a new section be and the same is hereby added to
Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Insurance", sub-title "Agents and Brokers", said
new section to be known as Section 92A, to follow immediately
after Section 92, and to read as follows:

92A. Qualification of Fire and Casualty Agents, Solicitors,
and of Brokers and Broker's Solicitors.

(a) Before the Insurance Commissioner shall issue a certifi-
cate of authority or license to any person to act as agent,
solicitor, broker or broker's solicitor, except to sell life insur-
ance only, or life insurance in conjunction with either or both
of accident and health insurance as provided in Sections 83,
90 and 91 of this Article, he shall require the applicant there-
for to satisfy him that he has had sufficient education or experi-
ence in the insurance business and to satisfactorily pass such
an examination relating to the kind or kinds of insurance to
which the license may extend as the Commissioner may require
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
as 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 three
such examinations should the applicant require the same. Any
licensed agent, solicitor, broker or broker's solicitor who shall
have a license issued by the State of Maryland as insurance
agent, solicitor, broker or broker's solicitor at the time of the
enactment of this section, shall not be required to submit to
such an examination for a license to sell the same class of in-
surance for which he then has a license, nor shall an examina-
tion be required for the renewal of any licenses, or for addi-
tional 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 be-
fore reinstatement or reissuance of license. The Insurance
Commissioner may appoint an examiner and such clerical
assistance as may be necessary to comply with the provisions
of this section, at such compensation and with such expense
allowance as may be provided by the Budget. The Insurance
Commissioner may appoint an examiner and any clerk or clerks
which may be necessary to comply with the provisions of this
section, the compensation of such person or persons to be