The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-09-26
ANNOYING GEN. POPE
AMERICAN BONDING AND TRUST
COMPANY WITHDRAWS FROM
HIS BOND -
NEW BOND MADE OUT AT ONCE

United States Fidelity and Guaranty
Company Is the Surety on the
New Instrument, Which Was
Filed in the Office of the Gov
ernor Yesterday-Other Officials
May Take Hand.
The American Bonding and Trust COM
pany, of Baltimore, Is no longer on the
bond Of Public Examiner E. M. Pope
nominalIy, the surety to the state Tor
the proper fulflllment of his official du-
ties by Gen. Pope being the United states
Fidelity and Guaranty company.
That the American Bonding and Trust
company of Baltimore, would have been
liable for any losses to the state by rea-
son of official misdeeds on the part OF the
public examiner up to last Saturday there
is no doubt Whether it Is not liable 10
penalties for the sudden withdrawal OF us
bond is a question that Insurance Com
missioner O'Shaughnessy, under whose
department the Baltimore concern holds
a license to solicit business in this state,
is investigating, officially.
Yesterday Gen. e. M. Pope received
from the local agent of the company the
following notification:
To the Hon John Lind, Governor OF
the State Of Minnesota; E. M. Pope, Fuo-
lie Examiner Of the State Of Minnesota
and the Hon. Albert Berg, Secretary OF
State of the State of Minnesota:
You and each of you arc hereby noti-
fed that the American Bonding and Trust
oi%1r INV cal
GELS its bond given pursuant to subdi-
vision no. General Statutes of the state OF
Minnesota for the year 1894; the said Dond
being executed by E. M. Pope as prin-
cipal, and the undersigned said American
Bonding and Trust company, as surety
In the sum of $50, GOO; and said American
RoDding and Trust company, having re-
turned TO said E. NJ. Pope the amount OF
premium for the unexpired term of said
bond, hereby cancels said bond and de-
clares that it will not accept any further
liability thereon.
Dated this 23Fd day of September, A. D.
1899
Without giving The bonding company any
release from it's liability, Gen. Pope, for
the protection of the state, proceeded to
secure the protection of an additional
company, and last evening there was filed
In the Office of Gov. Lind the following
new bond:
Know all men by these presents, That
We Edmund M. Pope, Of st. Paul. b11nn.I
as principal, and the United States FIdel-
ity & Guaranty company, corporanon
organized and created under the laws OF
the state of Maryland and authorized to
do business under the laws Of the State
firmly bound unto the State Of Mime
Sofa in the sum Of fifty thousand dbl
lars ($50,000), good and lawful money OF
the United States Of America, to be paid
to the State of Minnesota for which pay
ment, we'll and truly to be made, we joint.
" and severalIy bind ourselves our heirs,
executors, administrators, assigns and
successors, firmly by these presents:
Signed, sealed and delivered, this 18th
day of September, A. D. 1899 g.s.s
The condition of this obligation IS such,
that, whereas the above bounden, Edmund
NJ Pope, was appoin ed public examiner
of the State of Minnesota on Jan. 10, a.
D. 1899, duly elected public examiner for
Now, if the said Edmund M. Pope shall
in all things relating thereto, we'll and
faithfully discharge his duties as such
public examiner and shall at the expira-
ton of his term Of office deliver to his
successor in Office, all moneys, books and
papers, which he may by law be so re-
Quired to deliver, then this obligation
shall be void, otherwise to remain in full
force and effect.
In witness whereof, said principal has
hereunto set his hand and seal, and the
United States Fidelity & Guaranty COM
pany has caused this bond to be sealed
with its corporate SEAL duly attended by
the signatures of its agent and attorney
in fact, this 25th day Of September, 1899.
EDMUND M POPE: S(Seal)
Witnesses, c. M. Render, Joseph Coyne.
| THE UNITED STATES FIDELITY g.
Al
By Fred S. Bryant,
It's Agent and Attorney in Fact.