The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-12
LEGAL

arise. Cancellation by anv connan,, ~ ,.s
nrn, OF insurance shall be made llpon
proper notice to the poIicyho1ders ~ ~
premium. GU VI the uhearned
Sec - No hail insurance cor,n.-,,- .,,a,,
6t, or receive, directly or indirectIv
q higher OF greater rate or n-enIi,,r, ~,
bt In against destruction or damae,
thar - VI n, any property within the state
e. nn IL charges for other risks In tbis
state OF the same kind or class tsLint.
IiIto consideration the local hail loss rHa9
thereof iiSA' the hazards
sec %. 1t shall be unlawful for snv
a. ~ company, or corporate to trans
Do o ,,,e BUSINESS of hail insurance or to
W any ACT toward transactiny such busi-
ness unless the said person. connnany ~.
III ol Porduon shall have been duly author
act s unueL inc laws of this state to trans
act such business and shall have received
proper written authority from tha sinner.
!htcndent of insurance in conformity with
me provisions of the laws of this state
eiaIlNe 10 nan insurance; and any person
company or corporation violating the pro-
VISIONS OF this section shall be liable 10 a
pehaIty, payable to the state Of Eansas
III the sum of five hundred dollars o.
each ohense to be collected bv a civil
a ti IN any court of competent iurisdic-
tioh. EVERY violation of the provisions Of
the insurance laws of this state shall sub
Ject the party violating the same TO a men
1 aitH OF 1lve hundred dollars for each VIC
iduon, which shall be sued for and re-
covered in the name of the state Of Kan
sds py the county attorney of the county
IN which the company is located or the
agent or agents so violating shall reside
OF may be summoned; and In addition
thereto. the person so violating the said
l sl' IN TINS state shall be guilty of a mis-
oeneanor, and upon prosecution and con-
Vlction in any court of competent iu,-is-
d1ction shall be punished by a fine of NOT
,ess imam ility dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment in
the county Jail for not exceeding six
months, or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment
Sec "A. 1t shall be unlawful for any
mutual hail insurance company organized
under the laws of any other state to trans
act any business directly or Indirectly in
thls state and 1t shall be unlawful for
any mutual hail insurance company or
Sanlzed under the laws of this state TO re-
insure It's business with any mutual hail
insurance company organized under the
laws of any other state
Sec %. The superintendent of insurance
personally or by one designated by him
may at any time he deem wise and ex.
pedfent make examination of the az
fairs OF all such hail insurance corpora
tons resident within the state the com
pensation for which shall be ten dollars
per day for each day actually occupied
in going to. returning from and examin-
ing the books, records and accounts of
such associations together with the actual
necessary travelling hotel and board eN-
penses incurred by such superintendent
or his examiner.
Sec. Is. Any member of a company or
ganized under the provisions of this act.
who shall sue such company for loss or
damage claimed to be due him under his
policy, who shall recover Judgment in
such action for amount larger than
may have been rendered him by such
company in settlement of his claim, shall
be entitled to recover from such company,
in addition to such loss or damage, a rea-
sonable attorneys fee, which shall be in
cluded in such judgment and be collected
and paid as part thereof.
Sec. 81. For filing the original papers
and for the issuing of the certificate OF
authority, each company shall pay to the
superintendent of insurance a fee of TWEEN
ty five dollars.
Sec. IS. That chapter 1853 of the laws
of 1909 be and the same is hereby re-
Sec. 29. This act is to take effect from
and after it's publication in the official
state paper. ~ %.
mated in the House and passed that body
March 3, 1918.
W. l.. BROWN,
Speaker of the House.
GEO. f. ROGERS.
Chief Clerk of the House.
Passed the Senate March I. 1913.
l.. p. KING.
Pres. Pro Tenn. of the Senate.
BURT L. BROWN,
Secretary of the Senate
Approved March 10. 1913.
GEO. II. HODGES,
Governor.
State of Kansas.
Office of the Secretary of State
I. CHAS. H. SESSIONS, Secretary of
State of the State of Kansas. do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is a
correct copy of the original enrolled bill
now on file in my office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name
[Seal1 and affixed my official seal.
this 18th day of March, 1913.
CHAS. II. SESSIONS
Secretary of