Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-19
CLOSE gH[CH ON THEM.
State Officials Hedeed About With
Reeulations--.Every Penny
Accounted For.
Insurance c Companies Must Tell
Their Kind in Their
Name.
Cheaper For Counties to Give Up
Insane Than TO Conform to
Regulations.
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| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, Feb. 19.-The state Off
Gals are being sufficiently investigated
land watched and hedged about with
rules and regulations and orders to sat
Iisfy the most enthusiastic refoymer.
There is a commission at work by the.
5ear going thru the state offices check
ing over the accounts to see if they are
kept right and this commission virtual
ly covers all the financial transactions
of all the departments at the state CAPT
ltol. Then every official has to account
| Tor every bit of material used or sta
lstionery drawn from the supply depart
lsnent, etc. On top of tnis comes a law
which Was passed last session requiring
that each and every state officer shall.
report 70 the executive council in detail
Tan the financial transactions OF his Of
fee, all fees received and all disburse-
ments made and to whom and what for
lin fact, must make a complete show
ling of the business of his Office. This in.
lscludes the state educational Institutions
and everything not under the board of
control. The blanks were sent 10 the.
state officers today for this information
I They call for a detailed statement for
the period from Jan. ]. 1900, TO June 80
I 1e01. The blanks must be- sworn 10 when:
filled out. The present secretary Of
state and treasurer of state must swear.
Ito what was done last year by their
predecessors. The law Will be strictly
enforced. Every penny must be ac-
counted for; and when the executive
council gets all this information it will
l.be published for the use of the legisla-
tors and all others who are Interested
I The book will be a big one if it contains
it all. Some of the state officials are
studying the law and the blanks fur
lnished and are wondering who will pay
the clerks for working on this Job They
begin to feel that they. are sufficiently
investigated and there is enough pub
licity to their work now.
State Auditor Merriam has found that
there is a tendency on the part of some
of those who are organizing insurance
4 companies in the state to evade that
provision of the law which requires that
4 there shall be apparent in the titles of
insurance companies their exact nature
respectfully a tendency on the part OF
those organizing mutual insurance COM
ipanies to not put the word mutual in
the titles of the companies. Mr.. AIer-
lriam asked the attorney general for an
opinion on the matter and he had de-
hciared that the provision that the word.
mutual" shall appear in the titles of
such companies is mandatory and that
.it shall appear so plain that there can
be no mistake about it, While Your!
department" MIR. A1ullan writes. may
rot be able to designate the manner.
style or type in which the title of an.
insurance company shall be litho-
ltsraphed, engraved or printed. it has the
POWER, in my opinion. to require such
title to SO appear upon the first page of
every policy and renewal receipt that
an ordinary reading of the title OF such
company Will disclose that it is rnu-
tual insurance company Wherever
there is an attempt to evade the plain
provisions of section 1.6Ss by not en-
hodying the word mutual in the title
Hcf the company as required by law or
by having it printed in parenthesis or
III small type or letters. or at an OBJ
sscure place upon the page so that it
would not likely be seensor read upon an
ordinary reading of the title of the com
rany, it is, i'll my opinion, your duty to
at once require such company to fully
comply with the provisions Of section
1853. and upon a failure 10 do so upon
the part of the company its authority
10 transact business within the state
should be revoked.
Attorney General Mullan has also
been called upon by the state fish and
game commissioner to make ruling in
regard 10 the Shipment of game during
the closed season for breeding purposes.
Mr.. Mulan cites the two sections of the
code relating thereto and adds: Under
the provisions of these two sections Of
the code 1t is unlawful to ship either
quail or grouse from any point without
the state TO any point within the state.
except as specifically provided in these
two sections; and any common carrier
transporting any of such birds at any
ether season of the Year than when they
may be lawfully killed would be Liable
10 the punishment provided by section
l,55I. j regret being compelled to mi
this construction upon the present game
and fish law. but no provision has been
made by the legislature for the shipping
or transformation Of birds for propagat-
irg OF breeding purposes; and as the
law now stands upon the statute books
the shipping or tlansportation for any
purpose other than that mentioned inl
section 2.555 and at any other time or
manner than is therein provided. is un-
lawful. and COMMON carrier so doing
is liable under section 2,557"
The smallpox reports are starting ont
hriskly this week There were four re
ceived at the office of the state board of
health Yesterday from Glenwood, Ayo-
ca, near Ayoca and in Paris township.
Howard county. The case at Glenwood
is not in the state institution there. but
was in the engine house where fire.
man got the disease and was inmedi-
ately quarantined. None of the institu-
ton inmates have been exposed and no
trouble is anticipated. DIR. Kennedy.
secretary of the board, went to Newton
yesterday to attend to a case. There
Were about thirty cases reported last
week from different parts of the state
Since the pronunciation of the rules