The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-20


whatever, or IN any manner to aid in the
transaction of the business OF amy .nsur-
ance company without irst procuring
certificate OF authority from the commits
sioner of insurance, 4 submit that the Of
iicers, agents and solicitors OF this COM
pany, having failed to. secure the commits
sioncr's certificate of authority as re-
qured. have violated the law and there
fore are amenable to the fines and penal
ties in such cases made and provided.
section /, chapter 50, acts 1879, and ar
| ticle 37S chapter s, of penal code, supply
| the remedies, and to which your attention
| is respectively directed.
Having proved conciusively that the as
| ISOLATION In question is not such an or
| der as is exempt from supervision. hut
| that from its methods and practices is
| an insurance company conducted Tor
| profit, | shall touch briefly upon one 9TH
| err feature OF its management and con
| duct OF It's officers and agents, and be
! licve that In the presentation of this lat
| ter phase of the associations WORKINGS
there is greater reason than in any, other
| count or charge against them why an
immediate prosecution should be begun.
| have already alluded to mlsrepresen-
| tatons on the part of the agents OF the
company. and a failure to pay It's obll-
cations. sick and accident benefits, etc.
AS to mlsrepresentalons, cite you again
| McMaster's letter In which they say:
! Their agent represented to us that the
company y. has had on deposit IN your Nhis)
| CURED by law" This is a Nllfu and ma
licious misstatement o.. facts. done TO
! give color ana responsibility 10 the orueI
failure to pay lts opllgatlons On
ms count, beg TO reter you 10 letters
Of NJ futile Of Houston' I Ttxns Mr. , rs;
| u letter signed by the Security Benevo-
lent association, and having the impress
| of the company seal thereon The Tut
tie and rernan letters establish non-pay-
OF funds -ith which to pay, as also
| disposition to avoid payment of an ac-
| crUed claim upon return of premium re-
/ ccivcd and surrender by the assured of
| his cert ficate
Frcm tho foregoing we deduce and prove
| nisreprcseutatious and inability or dis
posit on TO evade payments Justly due
/ and for this. If for no other reason. pros
ccutioa should lie had, and its agents
held strictly accountable to the law. If
THIS association were conducted In ig-
uorauoe OF the law. leniency might he
/ shown and ignorance pleaded In ext snua-
ton OF tho violation This department
can not believe Ignorance has aught TO
do with this case since under date Of
October rs we addressed the association
a letter asking for copy Of charter
: core.it ution hv,avs and coptes OF certifi-
Gates issued "a conipiiance on Novern-
her we again addressed a letter to them
SecurItv RenAvolent Association. Hous-
Ge,,tloINSn This aepartr,ont addressed
Il letter to you some days since asking
i0r COPY or your cons,ltuIt,lon' Dyta D,,1
~, aud E1ur settet atS t,splieu niiat UilI1
the paapers IN charge was SICK 99a mere
lore tHe, necessary papSrs tou'u not ne
tirnlshed. we are under the ntcesslly
OF again asking Tor a copy or these pa
pcrs that ms department may make IN
examination ana det,rnlne upon your
rgAts 10 do business. PIciSe give the mat
ter carry attention ana oDi.Se' NouVs re-
specuuily
n. j. Rose, commissioner.
No response. on November ~ another
letter as follows; ,-.,
/ Security Benevolent Association, Hous-
ton, Texas
! Gentlemen:-I would respectfully call
your attention to request contained IN
my letter OF November T. asking, for con-
! stitutlon, charter ana bylaws OF your
I Hssocia' ION. nv attention to this matter
/ you Will possibly save yourselves the IN
aSrce2nie auty. OF entorGT,hE drtcln 1p@t
~, t,9 ~ e., Soio %otb a,ticIes
. being IN chapter . OF title 80 Of Revised