The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-02-04
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

eight hundred and sixty-nine, and thence
~continuesby divers APPOINTMENTS TO The
twenty first day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sinty-nine: s
AN ACT TO BETTER fnoTEoT HOLDERS OF M
suRAsGE POLICIES IN THIS STATE.
SaoTIoN 1. Belt enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State OF
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
eral Assembly, and by iii authority of the
same: No Company or Association which
is now organised, or which may be hereaf-.
ter organized in this State, to carry on the
business of insurance of any kind or kinds,
shall proceed further with business las the
case may be) until they have deposited with
the Comptroller General Of this State bonds
or stocks of this State tequalt to the sum OF
My thousand dollars par value for each Life
insurance Company or Association, and
twenty thousand dollars par value for each
other Insurance Company or Association.
The Comptroller General shall hold such
bonds or stocks as security for policy holders
in Tho Company or Association /; but, so long
as my Company or Association so depositing
shall continue solvent, tho Comptroller Gem
eral may permit such Company to collect
and receive the interest on such bonds or
stocks 80 deposited.
SIC. 2. Whenever any Company or Asso-
citation is, or shall become fully organized,
and the said Company or Ass citation have
deposited with the Comptroller General the
requisite amount of State bonds or stocks, it
shall become his duty to furnish the Corpora
ton or Association with q certificate of such
deposit, which certificate or duplicate thereof
certified by the Comptroller General, may be
used in aud be evidence for aud against the
Corporation.
SIC. 3, 1t shall not be lawful for any per-
son or persons, Corporation Of Corporations,
Association or Associations TO act within this
State as agent, or otherwise, in receiving CT
procuring applications for insurance Of any
kind or kinds, or in any manner to aid in
transacting the business of insurance Of any
kind or kinds for any Company or Associa
ton Incorporated by, or organized under the
laws of this or any other State Government,
or any foreign Government, until such Com
pany or Association have deposited with the
Comptroller General of this State, for the
benefit of the policy holders of such Com
pany or Association, citizens or residents of
the United States, bonds or stocks of this
State equal to the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars par value tor each Life Insurance COM
pany or Association, and. twenty thousand
dollars par value for each other Insurance
Company or Association; but, SO long as any
Company or Association SO dcpositing shall
continue solvent, the Comptroller General
may permit such Company or Association to
collect and receive the interest on such bonds
o. stocks so deposited, ands hare appo;nted
an Attorney in this State on whom process of
law can be served; and said Attorney shall
have filed with the Comptroller General II
certified copy of the charter of said Com
pany or Association, and also a certified copy
of the vote or resolutions Of the Trustees or
Directors OF such Company or Association APP
pointing him the Attorney Of such Company,
which appointment shall continue until
another Attorney lie substituted which
shall be done upon the death, removal or in
capacity to act of such Attorney, or may be
done by such Company or Association at any
time. When the foregoing requirements,
and such other requirements as now are, or
may hereafter be required by law, shall be
complied with tao Comptroller General shall
give q certificate to TINT effect, and also state
the acme of the Attorney, which certificate,
when filed in the County Clerks Office of the
County where the agency is TO be located,
shall be the authority 10 commence business.
SEQ. 4. Every violation of this Act shall
subject the Company or Association, or agent
or agents, violating, jointly and severally, TO
a penalty of five hundred dollars for each
violation, which shall be sued for and recov.
cred in n joint or several civil action, in the
name of the State Of South Carolina, by the
Solicitor of ne Circuit in which the Com
pany or Association, or agent or agents so
violating, Shall be situated one-haif of such
penalty when recovered shall be paid into
the County Treasury OF such County, and
the other half to tho informer of such viola
tion and, in case Of the non-payment of
such penalty, the person or persons SO offend
ing shall be liable TO Imprisonment for o Pc
riod not exceeding one year in the discre-
ton Of the Court having cognizance thereof.
SEQ. B. The Comptroller General shall
safely and separately keep the bonds or
stocks of each Company or Association, and
shall return the identical bonds or stocks re-
ceived and during the usual office hours,
shall keep the bonds or stocks, subject to the
examination Of the representative of any Com
pany or Association having made o deposit,
as required by this Act and the State shall
be responsible for the return of all said
bonds or stocks dy the Comptroller General.
S== 2 -; :Gia ana paris u acts incon-
sistent or conflicting with this Act are here
by repealed.
SEC. 7. This act shall take effect sixty
days after it's passage.
In the Senate-Housc, the twenty-f first day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty nine.
(Signed) c. w MONTGOMERY,
President pro tempore of the Senate.
tSigned) FRANKLIN j. MOSES, Jr.,
Speaker ofthe House Of Representatives.
(Signed) ROBERT X. SCOTT
Governor.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
0yyicE SpCRrTlRyo or STITr.