The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-16

urea uoiarSi ana The insurance com
 missioner or deputy commissioner may
 make formal complaint of the act of such witness 10 the judge of any court
 of record of the county in which the
 Investigation is being held and if 1t
 shall then appear that the witness IS guilty of a violation of this section, he
 shall, unless good cause be shown to 1 the contrary, be imprisoned In the county
 Jail until he purges himself of the con
 tempt. tD. The Insurance Commissioner,
 or deputy commissioner, shall have the
 authority at all tunes of the day and
 night, in the performance of the duties i imposed by the provisions of this act, to enter upon and examine any building or pre en.ises where any fire has occurred and
 other buildings and premises adjoining or
 near the same (5). All investigations held by, or under the direction of the Insur- I ance Commissioner, may in his discretion
 be private and persons other than those
 required to be present bX the provisions of
 this act may be excluded from the place
 where such investigation is held, and
 witnesses may be kept separate and apart from each other, and not allowed to com
 muricate with each other until they have
 been examined
 Sec ?. The Insurance Commissioner may
 within thirty days after the approval of this act appoint a deputy commissioner of
 insurance, in addition to the deputy now provided by law, who shall be required by the insurance commissioner to perform all neces saary duties as prescribed by this
 at, ano said deputy commissioner shall i be removable at the pleasure of the in- suranee commissioner, and said deputy in- | sultIce commissioner shall be a citizen and qualified voter of this State: he l shall be required to give bond with a ] guaranty company or personal sureties in { the sum of five thousand dollars (s5O0a),
 for the faithful performance of his duties. i and said bond must be filed with and ap- proved by the Insurance Commissioner | Before entering upon his duties said dep- ] uty insurance commissioner must sub
 scribe to and file with his bond the fol- | lowing oath; "State of Alabama, County l of -; l, do solemny 1 swear that I will support the Constitu- ton of the United States and the Consti- l tuition and laws of the State of Alabama | so long as l continue citizen thereof,
 and that will faithfully and honestly 1 discharge the duties of the office upon
 which l am about to enter with the best
 Of my ability. So help me God"
 Sec. B. The deputy commissioner ap- pointed under the provisions of this act
 shall receive a salary of two thousand
 dollars &2Q0Ao0) per annum. payable monthly. and his actual expenses while engaged in the discharge of the duties | imposed by this act
 Sec. 4. The deputy insurance commits
 sioner. as provided under this act, shall have and exercise all the powers as are given the insurance commissioner by the | provisions of this act.
 | Sec. ,. For the purpose of defraying the 1 expenses incident to the provisions of this
 act and the salary of the deputy conn
 missioner, every fire insurance company ! doing business in the State of Alabama 1 shall pay to the insurance commissioner
 annually in addition to the taxes now required by law to be paid by such com
 panies one-hfth d-5) of one per cent on 1 the gross premium receipts of such com ! panies. less return premiums, Oh all busi- 1 ness done in Alabama the year next pre- l ceding, shown by their annual state | ments under oath to the insurance de- ] partment. The Insurance Commissioner ! shall cover the money so received into the | State treasury as a special fund for the | expenses incident to this act. including
 the salary of the deputy commissioner. l Such portion of such special fund remain | ing unexpended at the end of any year,
 as the insurance commissioner may certi- | fy Is not needed for the purposes herein | specified. shall be transferred to the gen. eral fund of the State; and every fro
 insurance company doing business in this 1 State shall be charged with the tax | above specified from the first day of Sep | tember, 1909, and shall remit same when
 the annual statement is filed | Sec. 6. That In order to carry out the | provisions of this act, whenever 1t shall l become necessary to provide funds for tho | expenses to be incurred or salary of tho
 deputy commissioner, the State Auditor
 shall draw his warrant upon the State l Treasurer, upon the certificate of the In- surance Commissioner certifying that such
 amount of funds is necessary for the 1 purposes herein and the State Treasurer shall pay the same out of any funds now or hereafter collected by the insur-
 ance department.
 Sec. [ The Insurance Commissioner or 1 deputy may require the sheriff of the l several counties of the State to attend and
 assist the Commissioners in investigations
 as provided by this act, and the sheriff l shall serve all necessary summons, make
 arrests and perform all duties necessary;
 and every chief of police or marshal, when required by the Insurance Commits
 sicrei, Or deputy commissioner, shall at- | tend and assist In investigations, and shall serve all necessary summons and make | arrests and perform all duties neces- | sary.
 | Sec. &. The Insurance Commissioner or deputy commissioner, when in the opinion i of either of them it is necessary may re- | quest the county or circuit solicitor to aid in the investigations. and said solicitors, or
 either of them. shall represent the Insur- | snca Commissioner and his deputy com
 mi. sioner, in any investigations or ex-
 animation that may be made under the
 provisions of this act.
 | Sec. g. Any officer who refuses to aid
 the Insurance Commissioner or deputy l commissioner in carrying out the pro-
 visions of this act. shall be deemed guilty
 Of wilful neglect of duty and dealt with
 accordingly.
 Sec. 10. The Insurance Commissioner or deputy commissioner shall pay to the
 chief of police marshal sheriff for any
 services performed under this act. the
 fees for like service as are now allowed by law
 Ser. II. The provisions of this act shall
 go into effect within thirty days after its | approval by the Governor.
 Approved Aug. 21, 190s
 Official
 Frank N. Julian,
 Secretary of State.
 No 1861 AN ACT IS l0
 To amend Section a549 of the Code of
 Alabama.
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legisla- ture of Alabama, That section 3549 of the
 Code of Alabama be amended so as to
 read as follows: '3549: The Governor of i the State shall appoint state bank ex-