The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-19

Plttsburg Life and Trust company of Plttsburg has been admitted to do busi- ness in Alabama. The company is capi- talized at $1000, 900; has admitted assets of over $2S 000000 and surplus over liabilities of $729.9S1 .65.
 Recently the company reinsured the Washington Life Insurance company, talk ing over all of the business of that con- cern.
 Sheriff Loses Dogs.
 Tige, Jumbo and Red. three of the most valuable dogs in the state. and the prop erty of Sheriff Horace Hood. were scalded to death this morning in hot water pond on the side of the road In the rear of Hartley's boiler works. but on the prop erty of the Montgomery Ice and Cold Storage company. One is dying
 SheriH Hood and Deputy Sheriffs w H. Rives and Horace Hood, Jr, carried the entire pack of hounds belonging to the sheriff to North Montgomery a re- port having come about chicken thieves This was the first time the entire pack had been carried out together The dogs took the trail immediately and followed 1t to the river. where 1t was discovered that a boat had been taken and the thieves got away, but left pair of shoes
 Insurance Commissioners Report
 Handsomely bound and comprising 7s4 pages the annual report of the insurance commissioner Frank N. Julian has been issued The book covers the months for the year ending December S1. 1908, and Is exhaustive in every detail. |. special feature of the report is the opinions of Attorney General A. M. Gar Der, delivered upon insurance questions during the period mentioned Every re ; ceipt and expenditure of the department is explained at length
 It is shown that the receipts of the department from January 1, 1908. to De- cember 31. 1909, amounted to $1SS, ,131 65, divided as follows: Company licenses, $lI6T; agents licenses, $1S,175 50; pre- mium taxs 522S5.15.
 The expenses of the department amount ed to $6102 20. The total net to the state was $1S2, 029 45, while the percentage of expenses to receipts was 0325. As an addenda to this. the receipts and expenditures for the past Il years are given, in which it Is shown that every year the increase has been a most ma terial one. In 1898, for instance, the total receipts were s45, 532. AS. From that time the ratio of increase has been almost geometric.
 While the full receipts for the year aggregated s1S2,029 45, the aggregate for the time ending March 31. 1909, was s1S5 ! 597.74 with g gain of $3,04S .2S for the same
 
 time last year
 A matter of especial interest is to be found in the commissioner recommen- dations to the governor written in March. These recommendations were granted, al- most in toto. Chief among them are the fire marshal act, the strengthening of agents laws, the publication of state ments and the encouragement of munich pal taxation so as to apply to domestic corporations.
 MT. Julian is of the opinion that the report is the "best yet" He acknowl- edged the valuable aid of Maj A. c. Sex ton, deputy insurance commissioner, in compiling the statistics.
 Journals in Proper Shape. Attorney General A. M. Garber sub mitted to Gov. B. B. Conner a report of his findings after examination of the house and senate journals. He announces that all of the books were correct, so far as he could ascertain, and compli- ments Secretary Kyle and Secretary Brown upon the excellence of the records.