The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-10
INSURANCE BULLETIN OUT
TELLS OF DEPARTMENTAL WORK
 DURING MONTH.
work Under New Fire Marshal Law is Interesting Feature of Monthly state Bulletin of In-
 Hurance.

Raveaifng the work of the state ih- surance Department for the past montn the monthly bulletin of the Depart ment has been Issued for DecemDer. The most interesting iniormatioh that regarding the workings or the new fire marshal law, under which one inyestieation has been made. The re- port, in part, Is:
 aTJnder authority of an act approved August 9f. 1909, providing for the in- yestigation of fires, etc, the Depart ment was called upon to investigate ire which occurred at the store or Harper Williams Mercantile company located at 2i5 North Twentieth street Birmingham Ala, on November It, 1909.
 'srhe investigation was held in the circuit court room in the county coLrt house on November 22, 1909, under the pefsonal supervision of State Fire Mar shaI Lorrie Rice The matter was gone into very thoroughly. the testimony Tn the case was reduced to writing and h now on file. Several previous nres have occurred at the place named ano while there was not sufficient evidence to justify the Fire Marshal in causing arrests in this case. the character or the testimony suggested that the hre was of incendiary origin.
 Conpa niea Admitted
 srhe American Life Association, a mutt,al assessment company, organized under the mutual aid laws of the state through the Probate office at Birming- ham. Ala. was licensed to begin bust ness on November le.
 Undergoing Examination.
 "An examination Of the Guarantee TJfe Insurance Company. of Houston. rex. Is being made by the Insurance Denartments of Alabama and Texas iointly. The investigation is in charge of J. F. Roche, for the Texas De- partment together with H. Y. Brooke, of the Alabama Department.
 "The Department recently made an investigation of certain features of the international Life After a thorongh investigation certain rec0nmendations were made to the management which have, according to assurances received from the company, been put into ef- feet
 Halted states Assistant Attorney Gen. eFml Readers opinion.
 "The matter of Surety Companies transacting the business Of writing of. acIaI bonds for the United States gov- arnment in States where such compa- nies have not qualified under State laws has been recently agitated, re- 1 sulting in an opinion by Hon. Wade H Ellis. Assistant Attorney General of the | United States, upon the subject. The | Insurance Department of the state oi | Washington developed the subject to | the point of action by United States of | hciais. The following paragraph con | tains the substance of the opinion: | 'The Supreme Court has repeatediS held that 1t Is a matter entirely with. | fin the power of each State to prescribe the conditions under which corpora l tIon incorporated in another state may ! do business within It's borders" | One of the requirements of Alabama | law upon surety companies Is tha | $50, 900 shall be deposited with thu | treasurer of the State before officia | bonds can be written.
 1 Fire NlarshaPs Report.
 Under the operations of the law re gently passed by the Alabama Lesis iature, providing for the investigation | off fires, the Insurance Department ha I complied the following statistics an information from reports made to tn l Department during the months of oc tober and November.
 October.
 sNuuabeF of fires reported to the de partment 100; value of buildings, Si92.