(a) The sum of money for which any foreign fire insurance company is chargeable under § 19-2, may be recovered of it, or of its agents, by an action in the name of and for the use of the village, as for money had and received.
(B) Nothing in this chapter shall be held to affect liability on insurance contracts or to exempt any person, from indictment and conviction under the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to Enable Cities, Towns and Villages, Organized under Any General or Special Law, to Levy and Collect a Tax or License Fee from Foreign Insurance Companies for the Benefit of Organized Fire Departments," in force July 1, 1895.
(1929 Code, § 525)