Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-05-20

any business Of insurance in thfs State, to file in
The Office Of the clerk Of the court Of common
pleas Of the county in which he or they may de-
sire TO establish an agency for any such insur-
anee company, q, copy Of the statement requir-
ed 10 be filed with the Auditnr Of State As afore-
said together with the certificate Of said auditor
which shall be carefully preserved for public in
spection by said clerk; and also to cause said
statement and certificate 20 be published in some
newspaper Of general circulation in said county,
Tor three successive weeks.
See. 4. The statement and evidence of in
vesiment required by this act, shall be renewed
,emi-annually, in the months Of January and
July in each year; the first statement to be made
in the months Of July next; anl the auditor Of
State on being satisfied that the capital, securi-
ties and investments, remain secure as at first,
shall furnish a renewal Of certificate. as afore-
said; and the agent or agents obtaining such GER
tihcate. shall iilc the same, together with the
statement on which it was obtained. or renewed,
in the office of the clerk of the court Of common
pleas Of the county in which such agency is es-
tablished, and shall cause the same TO be pub
Inhed in at least one newspaper Of sa d county.
See. .. Whenever any loss shall occur, Of any
property insured y any company authorised TO
take risks under this act, it shall be the duty Of
the agent by whom the insurance was made, to
retain in his possession all moneys belonging TO
such company which may then be or may there
after come into his possession, until such loss is
adjusted and paid; Prorid,d that if suit shall
be commenced by the party insure against such
company, the agent may deposit in court double
the amount mentioned in the policy, to abide
the event ofthe suit or if the party insured shall
not commence suit within ninety days after tho
agent shall have given written notice TO such par
ty that the loss will not be paid, the agent may
thereafter pay over TO persons entitled, the mon
eys of said company. And if any person insur-
ed by such company meeting with loss, shall
notify any other agent of such company, thereof
II shall be the duty of such agent to retain all
moneys belonging to such company. which may
then be or may thereafter come into his possess
ion. as herein before required of the agent with
whom the insurance was effected.
! Sec. g. That copies of all papers requircdhy
this act to he deposited in the Office of the Audi
tor of State, certified under the hand Of such
Auditor to be true and correct copies of such pa
pers shall be received as evidence in all courts
and places, in the same manner, and have the
same force and effect, as the original wouldhare
if produced.
Sec. I. Any person or persons violating the
provisions of this act. shall, upon conviction
thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction,
he fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand
lollars. or imprisonment in the county Jail not
more than thirty days, and fed on bread and wa
ter only or both, at the discretion Of the court.
Violations of the provisions of this act. may be
prosecuted by information filled by the prosecu-
ting attorney Of the proper county, or by indict-
ment of the grand jury.
T. c. LIE BLOND.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBT. LEE,
President of the Senate, pro teln'
| May lst, 1854.