The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-02
Among State Officials
on Craig Law.
TIME LIMIT OF CHARTERS
Conceded 10 Com .,auies by the Insure
ance Commissioner-NOr Fire and
Life Companies File Charters, Gener>
ally Under Protest Bids for the mus
scum Annex Opened-Sentenced for
COunterfeiting-The POstOffice Em-
beZZiemeDt Cases.
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Raleigh, N. c., May S1.-The build
ing committee of the board Of agricul-
ture today opened bids for the addition
to the state museum. There were six
bids The plan of the building accepted
is the same as that accepted last win
ter There was some discussion by
members of the board as to the office
of commissioner of immigration. The
attorney advised that this office could
possibly not be created, but it would
be best to appoint an assistant secre-
tary and charge him with the duties
as to immigration.
The jury in the Pittman postoffice
case failed to agree and was discharg-
ed. The case goes over to next De-
cember
The case of ex-Postmaster Hargett
was called today and continued to De-
cember He was admitted to bail in
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1t is learned at the adjutant generals
office that as soon as the First regi-
ment is organized 500 rifles can be is
sued it.
The following life insurance compa-
MES filed charters today, but the Sec
retary Of state has not had time to ex-
anime them and see whether they are
correct: Carolina Benevolent Associa-
ton, Sun Of Canada, Equitable, Bank
ers Guarantee Fund, Washington of
New York, Phoenix Mutual, Aetna and
Travellers
The following fire companies sent in
charters Aetna, London Assurance,
Corporation, Niagara, Hartford, Nor
wich Union, Agricultural, Hartford
Steam Boiler, Insurance Company of
North America, Springfield Fire and
Marine. Sun, Scottish Union and Ma
tional, Lion, Georgia Home, Madge-
burg, Caledonia, United States and
Orient.
One company, the Union Central, last
week filed it's charter, but it's bylaws
were not certified, so it was not do
mesticated. Today it notified it's gen.
eral agent to inform the secretary Of
state that it would do no further bus
mess in North Carolina. AS it's domes-
tication is not complete, it has no trou-
BILE in withdrawing.
1t is to be noted that most of the
companies file charters under protest
| and many Of them designate one year
; as the time, but the secretary Of state
! pays no attention to these matters. So
far as he is concerned it is "once in,
always in.''
The commissioner of Insurance holds
that companies can file charters for
! limited time, and has so told and writ
| ten them. His view is different from
| that Of the secretary of state. The
! secretary Of state was asked if no COM
/ panies can domesticate after today and
! rqlblied that he knew of nothing in law
! to bar them.
The Sanford cotton mill at Sanford
! will organize June 10th, with 100000
capital. William II. Ramseur president
Of a mill at Columbia, N. c., is to be
president.
! There was quick conviction today in
the federal court in the counterfeiting
case from Nash county. An old man,
Ben King, was sentenced to eighteen
months in the penitentiary here. His
brother was convicted of moonshining
and sentenced to a year and a day in