Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-31

state doing or seeking TO do bushes.
in this state; and che auditor of stat,
shall enforce the provisions of thi:
section, and in doing so may refuse OF
| revoke the certificate of such Other
state. and it shall be unlawful for the
auditor OF state to impose upon com
| panles or associations organized under
chapter seven of this title any rules OF
| regulations. requirements or imita-
tions that shal not be imposed witt
I equal force upon like companies or as
soeiations from other states doing 9
| like business in this state"
/ Acting under the provisions of the
above quoted sections. the examiner
and his assistants, With the full know
| ledge of the department, charged per
diem equal to that which WAS charged
or would have been charged by the eX-
aminerS of other states for doing sim
liar work in Iowa This l believe is per-
mitted and contemplated by the law
quoted. Mileage charges We're made
under the same provisions where APP
plicable. When more than ore exani-
nation was made at any one place on
the same trip, the mileage was divided
between the companies examined as
nearly as practicable to equaline the ex-
pense. When exanina lions We're made
in distant or nearby places on the same
trip, the same rule was otter. applied,
although full mileage was usually
charged each company in such cases,
believing that such charge vas fully
justified In that the examiners of other
states did THE same and in further re-
cognition of the undisputed right of
peace officers and others in the practice
of the same privilege.
The companies filed their 1902 an
nual statements as usual, the COM
panies .'other than life" on OR before
February LIST, and the life companies
on or bafore March 1st of that year
Mr.. Beehler, at my request and without
expense to the state, came to Des Moi
mes and aided the department in pass
ing upon the statements as was, his GUS
tom.
In making these Investigations, the
companys statements which for any
reason needed further attention or con-
sideration at the hands of the depart
mpellt were laid aside and When deemed
necessary the company was later noti-
fled that the examiner would call at the
home office for the purpose OF verify
ing the annual statement and making
such further investigation, as circunl-
stances developing at the time of the
examination might warrant. All but a
few of the companies examined in 1902
We're notified in April of that year, as
the committee may determine by an ex-
animation of the letter book in the au-
ditor's office. ! most emphatic ally de-
ny that there was any thought or at
tempt at ''wholesale" exa1nina tons of
companies for the fees that such pro-
ceedings might yield the examiner or
examiners as has been charged.
For the investigation of some feat
ures of certain statements made by
companies to the department and for
the investigation of the companies
writing the railroad risks in Iowa.
determined to accompany the examiner
as his assistant in certain investiga-
lions. In this Undertaking / vas de-
layed until it became too late. in the
year and this fact accounts for the APP
parently hasty trips and examinations.
The criticism in this matter must be
that there was the appearance, rather
than the fact OF Wholesale" e,iamina
lions. In passing upon these questions
I ask the committee to please remem-
Der that these companies. wee, with
few exceptions, notified of the proposed
examination in April, 1902. and that a
report for each examination made is
on file in the auditors office. Said re-
ports are the best evidence of the care |
full, painstaking and thorough work of |
the examiners in that they frequently |
show the discovery of errors n COM
panys' books, or Irregularities III state /
ments fled With the department: and in |
some instances show a failure to pay |
taxes in the amounts due the state.
The Complaints.
Prior to December. 1902, the DEPART |
ment was in receipt of not TO exceed |
-hree or four complaints regarding the |
examinations made by its examiners.
The suddenness and rapidity with |
which the complaints materialized, Is
probably best explained by a reading |
If the following letter sent out by |
irm of Des Moi,les lawyers:
Gentlemen. kindly advise us a your
"a rIiest convenience as to whe ther or
aot the Insurance. department of this I
state has made an examination of your
company during the last four years. II
10. we have something of cons derable
and interest to colnmuni-
,ate to you. Awaiting your early reply.
Yours very truly,
"(Signed)