The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-27

Louis, in the chair This was S. r. 80,
introduced by Senator Johnson Dem },
of Nicollet. 1t gives the superintend-
ent OF any insane hospital and the sec
rotary Of the board of trustees the
right to discharge patients who, in the
superintendent judgment. are fit for
discharge. Hitherto the law has re-
quired the concurrence of three men,
bers of the board, with the result that
patients who were much improved
were kept in the hospitals under con-
ditions not desirable.
TO GUARANTEE HAIL POLICIES.
s. F. No. 36, by Mr.. Greer, amends
the law Of 1885 governing hail insur-
ance companies, provides that every
policy holder in any such company
shall be in force and effect member
Of the company while the policy con-
tinues, and shall be eligible to vote
for directors. He shall be liable to the
corporation for his pro rata share Of
all the losses and damage by hail, tor
nadoes. cyclones and hurricanes sus-
tanned by other members, and for his
share of the expenses Of the manage
ment and guaranty fund.
The corporation shall by it's bylaws
provide for the terms Of said Insurance.
and may provide for a guaranty fund
from which. when the total amount Of
losses and expenses in the hail depart
ment in any one year exceed the net
amount collected from a full assess
ment duly made in that year, a sum
sufficient to pay the losses and ex-
ses in full. but not to exceed rs per
cent of that fund. No bylaw shall
exempt the corporation from the pay
ment of it's losses in full. and if any
company fails to pay in full its legiti-
mate losses. it shall be deemed inSol-
vent and the commission shall be en-
powered to proceed as against other
companies.
fail to reply promptly and truly to any
inquiry made by the insurance COM
missioner, or if any such company
shall carry on it's business in a frau
dulent, extravagant and unsafe man
ner and SO as not to afford it's policy
holders protection against loss, the
commissioner is empowered to revoke
the authority Of said company. When
ever he shall have any reason to doubt
the solvency of such a corporation he
may examine It's books and papers at
it's own expense, and If the examina-
ton satisfies him that such corpora
ton Is not financially sound, or is con-
Quoting it's business fraudulently, he
shall institute proceedings to close 1t
up.
FORGOT ITS OWN RULE.
The senate became tangled up in it's
own rules in a discussion Of the bill
changing the period of desertion neces-
sary to the granting of a divorce,
which did not reach the merits Of the
bill. The judiciary committee was
unanimous in the judgment that one
year was long enough. and recon-
mended that it be not passed. The
custom has been not to print bills
thus recommended on general orders,
but in this case Senator Wilson raised
the point that all bills not recon-
mended for indefinite postponement
were entitled to place on general or
ders.
After a fifteen minutes dissection of
the philosophy of parliamentary prac-
tice, the senate decided to place the
bill on general orders under Rule 80.
WILL WEIGH ROBERTS FATE.
The house joint resolution protesting
against Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah.
occupying his seat in congress was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.