The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1855-02-08
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sT4-r oy ONO, ArDsroE OF sTArEs oTTIcE,
CoLuzBU5. February /, 1855.
Wle-sGs, Tins Aetna Insurance COMPANY. OF Hart
ford, Conn located ct Hartford, III lis stale OF Con
necegI, hassd IN this Office sN oTD siaiement 0i Us
condition. required by the rsi sseIion O ths act
TO fogaie tle Agencies Oi Insurance toiBpahiss nos
Incorporated b. ths Stale Of ohio,' passed May, J.
md yyhsrsqs Said Comrauy has furnished the un-
dersnrd, satisfactory evidence tIt II - possessed o.
hundr red iou and dollars OF actual capital
Invested in stocks Ofat least par value, or IA Iohus or
innF uees Of dnnelnrsred real estate worth dO11lo
th aIno. .int for which tho Sans l. nioftgased.
ASD WHEREAS. - Il COMPANY has Eied ia tsis oaiec
written Instrument under lis eor3oras seal. signed
10y the President and Secretary thefeo nominating ELd
nnpoiuting p VAN TRUMP. of Lancaster, is A.
gent for the transaction Of the business Of EscRAScE,
and fully unrosefyedy authorizing him 10 gekh"Ni-
edge service prOcessfOr ard OF behalf ofslid con-
ny. ronEslng That service Of process upon him, The
said Agent shall be taken and held to be as valid as
served upon the company, according 10 te laws OF this
State, of any othsr STATE ard waving all claim C
ere! by reason Of sIeh service:
Now, THEREFORE,. In pursuance Of the fret section OF
the 'aet 10 reguais The Agencies of Insurance Compa-
MES not Incorporated by tne State OF Oho' passed
May J, 1sj4 WILLIAM u. MOtsAs, Auditor OF SAM
State, HEREBY CERTIFY, thHt the said r. VAN
Tau MP is auth fzsd IS Agent for the said Comps
ny, To transact the business Of ISsuRANcE in this
STATE. until the tIy-aTs day OF July, in the Year
one tholsaud eight hundred aud fy-ave 50 far as hs
may be legally empowered to do By hisieer of a-
poiUtmsHt and ths instructions which may be given TO
hiia by the said company.
.. my name. and causedthe seal Of my Office TO
/ be aaINed- this Ist day Of January. ia
L. S. the OF our Lord one thousalid eIgl nun
drcd End ffty-fye.
WILLIAM D. MORGAN, -sEsjtor
All that have propertytn Insure. viii please Inspect
ana srrutinze the presiding reliable expose Of thi'
old and long tried Cooperation, Forusefulness, secu
rty and ptitids II has stood first in its line
FOR ability Hnd means will atirac
the attention of the insuring public to confirm thei
confidence la it,. The statement IS prepared any
can contrast its condition with local and State lns9r
snce Offices IL disposed Its Investments arc or iha
solid charAceras not be materially affected By III
, lafe depression in that class ofassets
The increase of its capital stock TO SjBeOO Is bon
fda cash addition the strength Of the corporation
aad permanen investmsEtfor the pledge aad sseu
Tty OF lis policies.
The necessity aud real benefits ofnsurance are wei
exempfed in the fact that ;e company has paid cas-
losses during the past yearat its Western Brunch OF
fcs alone, in Cincinnati. TO the sum Of $2i65O9 tc
most of which has been paid considerably in advane
OF tn time legally due aud il has had no suit or tga
tion. Ifa any Of these Facts are Inducements TO th
Continuance of its valuable Pa,naEe, or its ihcreHse
they will find its agents ready to attendto the de
inands OF business sheretOfore, with promrtitnde
US favorable and terms, security to all permits
e p. VAN TRUMP, agent
: February. g, 1855.