The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-27
BAR And INSURANCE
LAWYERS OPPOSE FEDERAL
REGULATION.
Association Votes Down Proposition
4 Amounting Virtually to That at the
Portland Convention.

PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. 2Z-The pro-
gram for the two meetings today of the
American Bar Association was devoted
exclusively to the reading Of reports
of standing and special committees
The most important of these was the
report on Insurance law, which was
prepared by special order Of the last
annual convention, and which already
| has been published and widely COM
mented upon throughout the country.
Other reports prepared for presenta-
ton at the morning meeting were on
jurisprudence and law reform, judicial
administration and remedial procedure,
legal education and admissions to the
bar, commercial law, grievances,
obituaries, law reporting and digest
ing. patent, Trademark and copyright
law, taxation and uniform State laws.
The sections of legal education and
of patent, trademark and copyright
law were assigned to meet this after
noon at 3 O'clock.
About forty European delegates have
arrived to attend the convention of
the international Law Association,
which opens Thursday and lasts three
days. The number of members in at
tendance at the American Bar Associa-
ton convention was augmented today
by many new arrivals.
At the morning session Ralph ". Breck-
inridge. of Omaha, committee chairman.
presented the report of the standing COM
mittee on Insurance. The recommendations
were as follows:
That this association dlsapproves and
condemns the prevalent custom which
makes State Insurance commisslonerships
| nniiffnal nriyng ta hn dIEfrihutQ6 as GnHn.
without regard to fitness or knowledge OF
the insurance business.
That all companies created under tne
laws of foreign countries be required to
make a deposit In at least one Of the States
before transactlng business anywhere In
The repeal Of the valued policy laws.
The creation in each State Of the office
of fire marshal.
The enactment Of o. Federal statute for
bidding the use of the malls to persons,
ASSOCIATIONS, cop~artnerships or corpora
lions conducting any Kind of insurance
business In the United states VINO are
the State wherein such persons, associa-
tons, copartnerships or corporations are
domiciled or under whose laws any sucn
corporations are credited.
The apportionment and contingent dls-
trfbution of the deferred dividend surplus
rs a condition precedent to the transaction
of business outside OF the home states
of the several companies.
The first four articles of the resolutions
were adopted without discussion or change.
The fifth paragraph brought out a spirited
contest. The committees report recom-'
mended the approval of the following act,
which was discussed in connection with
the fifth article:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States OF
| America In Congress assembled, that tue
use of the mail service and the p.ostaI
facilities Of the United States be and the
same is hereby forbidden to any ana All
persons. associations, copartnerships or
Corporations conducting any kind of In
surance business in the United states, I'M
less every such person, association, CO.
partnership or corporation SHAH OBTAIN a
license or permit to conduct its business
from the proper officer Of the United
States or of the State where such person,
association. copartnership or corporation
any such corporation shall be createdi
provided that this act shall not apply 70
any insurance company created unaer une
laws of any foreign nation that snail
! comply with any acts of Congress- regu,
lating insurance, or that shall be licensed
by any state.
The members favoring the recommended
ton and the proposed act commended that
the purpose was to afford protection
against the wild cat insurance COM
ranies which organize in some States with
out any intention of doing a legitimate
business in that State, and then go ana
commit fraud in other States. Those OPP
posed contended that II was only another
fern of the attempt 10 secure Fedefai
regulation in preference to state control.
The resolution was lost when put to a
vote.
Congressman Charles e. Littlefield. of
Maine, who Is a director Of the Equitable
Assurance Society. vigorously opposed the
sixth article calling for the "apportionment
and contingent distribution Of the deferred