Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-06-28

= fi' uiiIl OtltDtT I | HU6. thar
during his term of office as such presi-
dont no received in salary and COM
missions over $2,50c: that during
such term he was deputy insurance
"0nm;T~:cner and received his regular
salary from the state and that short
y after his resignation as president
{. tAe association he wrote letter
"""7"en"i"" the company rs reliable
and that in Sertemher. 1907. the
company went into the hands of re-
c"'7"', that such action Oil the part
OF Schivelr was highly reprehensible
and shows him to be an unworthy
oN.'.Gl
That in April, 1907. J II. Schivelv
received from the Walla Walla Fire
insurance company 5000 for exam
ming the company. and in July of the
same year received like amount.
without rendering the company any
statement of the expenses of the ex-
amlnations; that these charges were
unreasonable, arbitrary and excess
sive and that the company was later
placed in the hands of receiver:
that this is additional evidence of the
rcprchersible practices of the in
surance commissioner.
Pocketed SO Fees.
That J. H. Schively has for a long
time past demanded and received
from insurance companies a fee of SO
for attaching his certificate of publi-
cation to the annual published state
mentS OF insurance companies; that
! the state has never received the fees
so collected; that there IT, no legal
warrant for their collection and that
1t is impossible to ascertain the total
amount of fees so collected.
That Schively has not observed the
law which requires him to examine
dN"estic Insurance companies annu-
ally. which failure has cost the peo-
pie OF the state thousands of dollars
in premiums paid to insurance COM
panies whose licenses should have
beer re; ied.
That Sam II. Nichols has resigned
ana that thereafter the committee did
ret nnrs"e its investigation regard
ing his conduct. a..
CcrrIpt. Unworthy Official.
That fo~ eight years J. Fl. Schivelv
was practically in full control of the
department; that he issued and re-
voked licenses and conducted and
managed the department; that his
wrongful, arbitrary and unwarranted
conduct was not only highly repre-
hensible, but extremely injurious to
the interests of the insuring public:
that his gross neglect has caused in
solvent, irresponsible and Fraudulent
companies to flourish and prosper for
a time; that his failure to perform
the duties imposed upon him has
brought the ireur"H nee department of
Washington into disrepute and that
his practices brand him as corrupt
and unworthy public Official.
Need Reform in Treasurer's Office,
Rega riding the state trcasurcr's Of
flee the committee finds:
That there is not now nor has there
ever been any ledger account kent by
the auditor or the treasurer of the
securities belonging to the several
school or other special funds; that
the treasurer seems to realize the ne
cessity for such set of accounts,
but deems it advisable to await the
action of the accountancy board be-
fore inaugurating one.
That all securities in these funds
have been checked and the commit
tee presents list of all such securi-
ties as should be and are in the
hands of the treasurer
That proceedings should be insti-
tuted to cancel all tide land con-
tracts represented by tide-land notes
in the hands of the treasurer. all of
which notes are long past due.
School Department O. K.
Regarding the office Of superin-
tendent of public instruction the
committee finds:
That all vouchers for two years
have been gone over and found regu-
lar in form and show economical man
agement and a regard for the best
interests of the state
Regarding the deficiency appropri-
alton of $500 made by the 1909 leg
sl0ture, the committee finds that
without it the department woul9 have
been hampered and would have Der
sonally lost $3.50, advanced by him
for postage stamps.
Faults in Medical Lake Asylum.
Regarding the eastern Washington
hospital for the insane the commit
tee finds: