New-York tribune., 1867-07-24
FIRE INSURANCE.
NEw-YORK BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS VS..
GOV. FENTON.

NEW-YoRK BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS VS..
Gov FENTON
Yesterday afternoon the Board received q
nroposed code and to be discussed at the next
meeting The Board Of Pre Underwriters, although COM
posed of the Presidents Of the various city fire insurance
companies IS unlike the old Board Of Fire Insurance
Companies in several respectsthe most important DIFF
ference being that while the old body voluntary
organization for self protection mutual benefit the
body Is egalzed corporation with certain denned
der the net which was passed on tie eth Of May last every
rensurance company is entitled Misrepresentation and
the majority Of the whole number may decide
upon the question of sustaining patrol OF men, and
competent person TO act superintendent TO discover
and prevent fires and provide suitable apparatus 10 save
and preserve property or life after any fire, and
under the Underwriters direction the superintendent OF
or which may be in danger taking other build
ings but he Is not empowered 70 lnteere WIN the me-
their subordinate The are anth9rIed to'
all insurance companies IN the ratio Of their pre-
mums for the support OF such fire patO but IN no event
can the assessment exceed per centum on the aggregate
OF premiums. Eightyone companies are represented Id
the Board. A., a
Previous TO the passage OF the act incorporating the
Board Of Fire Underwriters the old Board OF IRE lsur
Savage James II Pinkney F. A. Conkling, and-Drggs,
a Committed 20 menloralize the Legislature for The
passage OF laws for the protection OF life and property
against fire. and this Commtte invited by the Legis-
ative Committee TO offer suggestions and submit drafts
they framed several bills and the same 10 Albany
among them the bill under wbeh they have Just organ
lied, But among the bills whose passage they recon-
mended were two which, although enacted by the Senate
and Assembly, have yet been held by the Governor.
They entitled IAN act creating the Office OF Metro
poltan Fire Marshal, and prescribing It's powers and
duties and An act to create Bureau Tor the PTeye
acts gives the Metropolitan Police Commissioners the
appointment Of Metropolitan Fire Marshal, and clothes
HIM with magsteral powers His duties ere defined In
the following extracts from the law:
into the cause Circumstance. and orn Of sies by
sny buildings vessel; yehees or any taabs Prona piopV V o
pAs and into all causes and circumstance. which may have been
bsn onght 10 have oeured al or from such ire 10 especially inquire
and eIsne whether The Gre vas the result or s 5 S
bung vessel vehicle burned Of the nature character Of
snne inquire whether provided BY the public for eu
s, ' SS % Tss G'td 1Gd M Rpa sS. % % & 6
the Metropolitan, Police Department and O6eeg
the n,aisTce patrol or other oe under the control
tive duties TsoT fidelity ssd diligence .By Of them
% RsS RsSs % e s @oSy on o of al Seou.
20 be nt Of es TO have q LHSwese ~ relation
the be reduced ~rlg verified and transmitted 70 The
opinion and conclusions ia relation matter
hs be the duty q The he,oPosn Ere n.nAsg shsu,ysL be
With the crime Of 20 e,e each peos be arrested sd charged
ofg With the Of vinss'es AUd al The Information obtained hI
him. ueons copy Of pertinent and mAlsT, nony ita TIE
sse and be sss ns,t gSset ,os GO IN ,hs Is q sub
P'1I,o P d Ae az tS t y yhPh P Gov T,on has not
signed authorizes the metropolitan Board of Fire Under
nayn as tbe Bnrean for the Prevention OF Fires and
under the act the superintendent OF the Bureau may reg
uate the manufacture storage and sale OF gunpOwdcr
in NewYork City and harbOr, Of crude petroleum. kerO-
benzne naphtha or Of any other cOnburtibe ma
eral including chemicals, cotton, hay straw, carpe
ers shayngs etc IL is provided that person shall,
under penalty Of s0 kndle any nre IN any street or on
pier except under such regulations shall be estab
Fires, and that the owner Of any premises
whose chimney, stoyepipe, or hue may take
fire shall forfeit e5. The act further empowers
the officers OF the Board 20 enter aud examine any build
ing or vessel impose no Of s25 for any neglect
comply with their written notification requiring the
owner to remedy any defects FROM which there may be
danger Of fire; and further penalties provided 10 IN
sure obedience the Boards orders The officers OF tho
Board had the act been signed by the Governor would
have drawn their respective salaries at the Controllers
office, but the insurance companies would have borne
the entire expense.
The TRIBUNE has thus far been unable 20 get any but
parfe allegations with respect 90 the difference be-
tween the insurance companies and the Governor; but
when the Underwriters publish they will, the
report of their COMMITTEES, which received and
adopted yesterday, possibly some now light may be
thrown upon the subject