Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-09
TOREVOKEC
III. Hushbach Presents Bills Repeating
Those Of Fine Insurance Companies.
ALL ARE IN ALEXANDRIA.
Fact. a. to who Made Application
for the Articles of Incorpora-
ton and by What Judges
Granted.
Granted.

Mr.. Mushbach yesterday introduced IN
the Senate nine bills. revoking the char
tiers OF that number Of insurance COM
panies in Alexandria city. The compa-
mics are as follows:
The Planters Insurance Company,
OF Alexandria. the charter OF which was
granted by the Corporation Court Of that
city May %, 1899. upon the application
OF c. NJ B. Harris. James r. Wilson.
Edward v. Mcclure. James +. Lantry,
and Grenville Gaines.
The National City Fire Insurance Com
pany, the charter of which was granted
by the Corporation Court OF Alexandria
March 49, 1894. upon application OF the
Northwestern Investment Company, as an
amendment to its charter.
The Potomac Insurance Company. OF
Alexandria, the charter of which was
granted by the Corporation Court OF that
city on March %, 1893. upon applca-
ton of o. C. Whittiesey. Magnus Schiller
c. o. Slpple. l.. G. Estes, and +. A.
Shanklin.
The Old Dominion Fire Association, or
Alexandria, the charter of which was
granted in the Circuit Court Of the city
Of Alexandria by Judge Charles e. Nicol.
on November 6, 1895, upon application OF
Isaac II. Evans Walter B. Smith. Charles
H. Burroughs, Malcolm c. Thompson, and
William A. Ross.
The Potomac Fire and Marine In
surance Company. of Alexandria. the
charter of which was granted by the
Corporation Court OF that city on January
"A, 1895. upon application OF Jerome SIN
ton, Lewis Smith, Roy West. Edmund
b. Briggs. and John Il. Sykes.
The United Fire Insurance Company.
the charter Of which was granted In the
Corporation Court OF Alexandria by Judge
j. X. NJ. Norton on April 2. 1884. upon
application of James A. Noon. George w.
Albaugh Andrew BANNER, George Perry
Clark, Charles NJ. Newton. and Morgan
ID. Boyer
The Phoenix Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company, OF Alexandria, the char
ter Of which was granted in the Corpora
ton Court of that city by Judge ]. X. NJ.
Norton on March rs, 1886. upon applica-
ton of John ii. -. Jenkins, David X.
Riley o. II. Chamberlain, George {.
Montgomery. and Zach. NJ. Knott.
The Farmers and Mechanics Insu-
rance Company. Of Alexandria, the char
ter of which was granted In the Corpora
ton Court OF that city by Judge J. X. NJ.
Norton on March %. 1892. upon applica-
ton OF l.. G. Estes. James II. Mander-
willie, William Small j. S. Hunter. and
Thomas b. Keogh.
The Farmers and Mechanics Fire Insu-
rance Company, of Alexandria county.
the charter of which was granted In the
County Court of Alexandria by Judge
Charles +. Nlcoll In January, 1895, upon
application of Llewllyn Il. Estes, Alexan-
Ger Garden. p. Bruce Anderson. Level
Ign w. Estes. and Louis Mckenzie.
THE SENATOR'S EXPLANATION.
The above corporations sprung into life
under the provisions of section lli5 Of tho
Code, which states that the Circuit and
Corporation courts. and the judges there
OF, have the right TO grant charters 10
any five or more individuals for the pur-
pose of transacting any business which
may be lawfully conducted by an indi-
vidual. except that OF constructing a rail-
road or establishing a bank of circua-
ton, &C Under this section Of the Code.
IL Is claimed. parties from distant places
outside of Virginia, Washington city
chiefly have been using the courts OF
Virginia for the purpose OF charterlng
insurance companies, who Issue policies
OF insurance, chiefly In other States.
When Mr.. Iushbach was seen by
Dispatch man last night as to the OBJ
jects Of his bill he said they were TO re-
peal the charters of these companies,
which, he declared. were composed large
ly of men who were not bona fide citi-
zens OF Virginia. Such concerns, he said,
had done more to bring the name OF the
Commonwealth OF Virginia into disrepute
and infamy than the two race-tracks, or
the green-goods or gold-brick game. The
Senator asserted that he was acting Of
his own accord I'm the matter Of breaking
them up, and hoped that his efforts would
result in general success In such a move
ment all over the State.