Chap. 211.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4200 of the Code of Vir-
ginia. [H B 370]
. Approved:-March 16, 1920.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion four thousand two hundred of the Code of Virginia be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Sec. 4200. Definitions.—As used under this title of this Code:
The words “insurance company” or “insurance companies” shall be
held to mean and include any association, society, company, corpora-
tion, joint stock company, individual, partnership, trustee or receiver
engaged in the business of assuming insurance risks upon persons or
property in this State (except fraternal benefit orders, associations or
societies, as defined and regulated by chapter one hundred and seventy-
one), and any bond investment company, association, or society, con-
ducting a business including any of the features or principles of
insurance.

And the words “guaranty,” “indemnity,” “fidelity” or “security,”
or any combination of these words coupled with the word “company,”
“corporation,” “incorporated,” “association,” or “society,” shall be
held to mean and include any association, company, society, corpora-
tion or joint stock company, partnership, trustee, or receiver, having
for its purpose to become surety for the faithful performance of any
trust, duty, contract, agreement, or bond, public or private, official
or otherwise, or to assume any debt or obligation of a like nature,
as principal or otherwise, or to become fiduciary, and other like com-
panies. |

And the word “domestic” shall be held to apply to corporations,
companies, associations, societies or orders incorporated under the
laws of the State of Virginia. |

The word “foreign” shall be held to apply to corporations, com-
panies, associations, societies, or orders, incorporated by any other
State or territory of the United States.

And the word “alien” shall be held to apply to corporations, com-
panies, associations, societies or orders incorporated by any country
other than the United States, or some State or territory thereof.

But nothing herein contained shall be construed to include within
the provisions of this act the business of examining and guaranteeing
titles to real and personal property.