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 1130 Compensation. seal. sealed inst ruments. Public office and rec- ords. Annual report. Attendance, n ational conventions of insur- ance commissioners. Fees and charges. Payment and de- posit . Taxes . Deter mination of as- sessment. 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 672. JUN E 19, 1934 . mad e by C ongres s for said Depart ment. Th e comp ensati on of the Superintendent, Deputy Superintendents, and other personnel shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. In case of the absence or inability of the Superintendent, or in the event of the removal of the Superintendent, and pending the appointment of his successor, one of the Deputy Superintendents shall perform the duties of the Superintendent. The Commission ers shall pro vide the Depa rtment with an official seal, which shall be the seal of the District of Columbia surrounded by a border in which shall appear " Department of Insurance of the District of Columbia ." Every certificate and other document or paper executed by such Superintendent, or his deputies, in pursuance of any authority con- ferred upon him by law and sealed with the seal of his office, and all copies of papers certified by him or by his deputies and authenti- cated by said seal, shall, in all cases, be evidence equally and in like manner as the original thereof and shall have the same force and effect as would the original in any suit or proceeding in any court of this District. The office of the Superintendent shall be a public office, and the records, books, and papers thereof on file therein shall be public records of the District, except as it may be provided otherwise her ein. The Superintendent shall report annually to the Commissioners his official transactions, and shall include in such report abstracts of the annual statements of the several companies and an exhibit of the financial condition and business transactions of the same as shown by their annual statements. He shall also include therein a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the Department for the preceding year and such recommendations relative to insurance and the insurance laws of the District as he shall deem proper. The Superintendent is authorized to attend and participate in the meetings of the national convention of insurance commissioners and of the committees thereof ; he is also authorized to visit the insurance departments of the various States when in his judgment such visits are necessary for the proper conduct of his official office and he may require such of his assistants as he may designate to attend and p articipate in such meeting s, all subject to the prior approval of the Commissioners. The actu al expe nse of such attendance by the Superintendent and his assistants shall be paid in like manner as other expenses of the District are paid. SEC. 2 . FEES AND CHARGES .-All charges and fees provided for in this section shall be paid to the collector of taxes of the District of Columbia and deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District. For filing charter or articles of incorporation or association, or deed of settlement or copy thereof required by law, $10 ; for each company certificate of authority, $10 ; for license of each general agent, $50 ; for license of each agent or solicitor, $5 ; for license of each broker, $50. All licenses for brokers, insurance companies, their agents or solicitors, who may apply for permission to do business in the District of Columbia, shall date from the first of the month in which application is made and expire on the 30th day of April following, and payment shall be made in proportion. SEC. 3 . TAXES .-Every company shall pay to the collector of taxes for the District of Columbia a sum of money as taxes equal to 11/2 per centum of its net premi um receipts f rom business d one in the