The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-02-09

second reading by vote of II TO 6S.
THE INSURANCE BILL.
Act TO provide for the revocation Of
the license of any insurance company
which shall apply for removal of any
action at law from a court of this State
to court of the United states; and to
amend the Craig law so that it will not
lapply to insurance companies.
Judge Graham said he had no doubt
that the general provisions of the bill
were correct. but he had heard that
the object of the bill was to get the
companies who had left the State in
1899 to come back into the State. If
these companies want to do business
in North Carolina they ought TO sub
NIT to the laws of the State ! think
this bill ought to be amended so that
the Insurance Commission shall issue
no license to any insurance company
doing business in North Carolina prior
TO the law of 1899, which withdrew its
business and agents from this State in
consequence of the passage of said act
until said insurance company shall
have paid two per cent. upon the
amount of the gross receipts of prem
iums paid by policy holders in this
State since said insurance company so
removed from the State.
Mr.. Wright said he thought the bill
was simply to relieve the companies
from demonstrating in the State and to
| prevent them from carrying cases to
the Federal courts. The amendment
offered by Mr.. Graham seemed unjust
as the companies had not done business
| in the State during his time.
Judge Alien favored the bill without
| Mr.. Graham's amendment. The gross
| income tax was paid for the privilege
of soliciting business and this they
/ could not 90 under the Craig act. If it
| were that the companies were trying
| to avoid back taxes, / should favor the
amendment, but they have simply been
collecting annual premiums. and the
citizens of North Carolina holding poll
cies certainly did not wish to have their
policies cancelled. That would have
been a gross injustice to the policy
holders.
Mr.. WiIlard said the bill had not been
understood properly. and he explained
it fully He said his principal idea was
| to secure for the State the revenue of
twelve to fifteen thousand dollars that
had been lost to the State by the with
drawal of the companies. He referred
it to the great expense they would be
put TO in coming back into the State,
and said he was certainly opposed to
making them pay back taxes.
MONEY TAKEN OUT OF STATE.
Judge Graham said it was never his
idea to make the companies pay taxes
on business they had not done in the
State, but to pay taxes on the money
taken out of the State. Some gentle
men take the ground that they have
not done business in the State, but they
most certainly have.
Mr.. Craig explained that the object
of his original act was to prevent for
eign companies from carrying cases to
the Federal courts. He expressed him
| as being in favor of the passage of the
present bill. Now. as to the amend
ment, shall we tax these people for bust
ness they have not done?
Judge Graham: Has not money been
taken from the State since that time?
Mr.. Craig: None of it was collected
i'm North Carolina. | think we ought to
deal with these insurance companies
with the same justice with which we
deal with all other companies.
| Mr.. Britain: ! yelled SO much against
the trusts in Randolph that the women
and children could not sleep at night
Now find measure hitting at one Of
the biggest trusts in existence. Bat
| don't think it right to make the in
surance companies pay taxes for buSi-
ness the bill did not permit them 10 do.
Mr.. Winston; No one seems to be OPP
posed to the bill The only question is:
shall these companies be made to pay
back taxes on business they have not
done, and for doing which some one
would have been put in Jail?
Mr.. Rountree: Ought we not TO let
these companies come back into the
State, and thus get the benefit of that
$I2 900? But don't let us tax them on
business they have not done in the
State.
Mr.. Hayes, of Chatham, favored the
bill, but opposed the amendment.
/ The question was then called by Mr..
| Craig, and the amend Inent was lost by
vote of 3 to SIS.
The ayes were: Messrs. Garrett. Cat
It's, Graham, Russell and Whitaker, of
Forsyth. The Noes We're: Messrs. Alex
ander, Allen, of Columbus, Allen, of
Wayne, Ardrey, Barco, Barnhill, Beas-
ley, Beddingfield, Blount, Blythe, Brit
tam, burnett, NsdlOWdy, 1dil, (di away +,
Carson, Collins, Craig, Curtis, Daniels.
Of Vance, Daughtridge,. Dees, Duls,
! Duncan, Ebbs, Ellen, Gather Green
Hall, Harris. Hartley, Hayes, Hoey
Hood, Lawrence, Little, Long, Mauney
McCulloch, Mcintosh, Mclean, Morgan
, Morphew, Oliver Page, Patterson, Pc
, tree, Reinhardt, Richardson, Robinson,
| Rothrock, Rountree, Shannonhouse,
Stewart. Stubbs, Taylor, Thompson,
j Watts Weaver, Welch, Whitaker of
Guilford, Willard Wilson, Winston,
| Wright, Zachary.
The bill then passed it's second and
third readings, and was ordered sent
to the Senate without engrossment.
THE Jim CROW LAW.
The bill to amend Chapter 1884, Pub
lie Laws of 1899, relating to the sep
aration of the races on Railroad trains,
so as to include all mixed trains carry
ing both freight and passengers under
the law, was the next thing on the cal
endar
Mr.. Blount spoke for his bill. He
made powerful plea against any white
/ person being compelled to ride IN the
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