The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-01-14
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Eminent Of an Insurance Department.
Such departments are III successful GRE |
ration in several ncighbcring States, by
means Of which the Insurers are guarded
aud promoted So careful Il supervision
is la | over the transactions OF insurance
couspsnies that fra ud, are rendered almost
lmnossiblc, aud spurious companies can
have no existence. The result of the
,.ro;ec;ien thus afforded, is, that whist
foreign companies, thus projected, do lni
lneuse business In this State. so little con-
iideuce is had IN those Of Pennsylvania
that their business is almost entirely con-
filei ni;biu the State limits aud lately
some OF them have Withdrawn their agen
cips from other States, because no risks
will be takco, in consequence of the in-
slcqucnco ct the laws 10 afford protec
ton e. insurers To this delect, more
over. r.ay De attributed the operations of
the uu,eber OF worthless companies which
have sHlicaly sprung up, without any
sclid basis, and as suddeul y expired, To
the injury Of ali whose confidence they
obtained. and to the dishouor Of the Conl
rnonweaith. Whist Pennsylvania insur
outside oi the State, it is alleged that fore
jgn lie insurance companies alone paid
faxcs last year on three million eight hun
dreI thousand dollars of premiums receiv
@ in Pcnnsy lvania, great proportion OF
which could &c confined to this State If
the slme protection was given by law to
i.s citizens as is afforded by other States.
The report Of the Insurance Department
of New York, published in 1867, shows
hat the companies which were doing
business N 1866. in PenDsy lvania, and
n.so iG New York, had risks in force for
rao-e than fsc thousand million Of dol
lars and it is teiived that the risks in
vcnusylvan companies, which, for want
q. proper Insurance Department, can
not be obtained, would swell the amount
To over SIX thousand million.
Ia view Of these facts, aud Of the cost
y experience Of the people who have
been imposed upon and deiraudei by IN,
substantial and ephemeral companies, |
repca: tie recommendation made to the
Legislature at its last session, that an IN,
sgrance Department be established, and Il
superintendent appointed by law, who
shaii have supervision and control over
al insurance companies allowed to trans
aat business within the State, and annual.
J., publish, under oath, full reports Of
Jacir transactions. The community is
deeply interested in this matter, and de
m-n4s the protection which can thus on
j. BE- a4crded.
$EW HOSPITAL FOR TIE INSANE.
The Commissioners appointed by an
set Of tho last session ':to establish an ad
d.tional State Hospital for the Insane" +"
have notified NE that they will present Il
report Of their proceedings sometime dur
ing the present month, which will be
communicated when received.
rAz.ACEs BY RAIDS.
Ia accordance with an act OF the las:
session, providing for an investigation
OF the cilims Of citizens Of several couu-
i.es whose property was destroyed, dam
agel or appropriated for the public ser
wee. aud in the common defence in the
,gas - suppress the rebellion com
Uiission OF three competent gentlemen was
appointed, who have performed the allot-
riai duties, and viii soon make full re
post ot their transactions.
PARIS IMPOSITION.
! have received through the Secretary
,of Stale Of the United States, bronze
medal aud diploma from the Imperial
Commissioners Cor the best specimens OF
Pennsylvania au,hrate coal exhibited at
1he Paris Exposition in 1867. These
tributes TO aD important branch Of the in
EernaI resources Of Pennsylvania have
teen assigned q place among other valua-
bie relies in the Executive Chamber.
STATE COAT or ARMS
Diiigent but unsuccessful search has
been repeatedly made for the coat of arms
oi the State, and for the authority under
which the present design was establish
ed. Ii seems that for years past no trace
# either the original authority or design
could anywhere be found, and it is re
commended that the Legislature take the
necessary steTs to supply the omission,
by such means as they in their wisdom
shail determine.
STATE BENEFICIARIEs.
4 number Of benevolent. charitable
md other similar institutions annually re-
ceive appropriations from the State for
their support. These appropriations, in
most, if DOt in all cases, appear to have
been adequate for the purposes to which
it WAS intended they should be applied
and are as liberal as can reasonably be
expected in the present condition of the
Treasury Of the State.
THE sUsQUEBANNA FISHERIES.
\ preliminary report On the Susque-
hanna fisheries has been submitted by
cel. James Worrall, Civil Engineer, Com.
missioner under the act of the Legisla-
1ure in reference thereto. There are
some facts which should be embodied In
me rpr0rf hut which can nn+ ho ,eoor