Arizona republican., 1921-09-30
ORDER |S HARD BLOW II
 BOOZE TRAFFIC
Motor Cars Now Cannot Be Insured Against Con- fiscation - To Revoke Licenses of Bootlegging Taxicab Drivers

What is declared to be one of the hardest blows ever aimed at the H. legal traffic in intoyicantS in Arizo- na since the adoption of the national prohibition amendment was delivered yesterday by the state corporation commission when 1t issued an order prohibiting every insurance company doing business in the state from writ ing policies covering the risk of con fiscation of vehicles for the violation of the national prohibition laws.
 The order was issued yesterday aft- ernoon by Commissioners Amos A. Betts, David F. Johnson and Lauren Vaughn after a conference with Mi- chael E. Cassidy, state prohibition director, and Thomas A. Flynn, Unit ed States district attorney. During the conference Director Cassidy pre- sented a clause in certain insurance contracts in which, for an additional premium, vendors of automobiles are insured against direct loss or dam age which they may sustain by the confiscation of an automobile sold in conditional sales contract for vio- lation of the prohibition laws. This clause reads as follows:
 "In consideration of the sum of
 additional premium, this com pany, subject to all the terms and conditions stated herein, and to all terms and conditions of the below mentioned policy (insofar as the same do not conflict with the provisions of this endorsement) also insures the said vendor against all direct loss or damage which Ee may sustain (not exceeding the amount named in said policy) caused by the confiscation of said automobile by reason of the vio- lation otherwise than by said ven- dor) of the provisions of the national prohibition act, or other laws of the United States relating to the trans- portation of intoxicating liquors or other articles subject to restricted 1 sale'
 The Order
 The order of the corporation com
 mission prohibiting the foregoing l form of insurance was issued imme- l diately after the conference and will | be sent to every insurance company l in the state today, Commissioner ! Betts said yesterday. The order fol- lows in full:
 "To all insurance companies au- thorized to transact the business of l insurance in the State of Arizona:
 Tt having been made to appear | lLdEt CtItttlIi4 iIlSQidilCc COlk R<< -lltc l duly authorized to transact the busi- I ness of insurance within the state
 of Arizona have been issuing policies insuring the owners of certain ve- hicles against the risk of confisca- tion through the due process of the courts in declaring forfeited any ve- I hicles unlawfully carrying intoxicat- I ing liquors, the transportation of which is prohibited by the laws oi
 this state and of the federal gov
 ernment Of the United States ot I America: and
 \ Tt appearing that such practice is prejudicial to the welfare of the gen.
 eral public and detrimental to the
 public morals; and
 Tt further appearing that under , the decision Of the district court oi
 the United States in and for the dis
 trict of Arizona. the innocent owner
 of vehicle unlawfully used in tho
 transportation of such intoxicating
 liquors has no recourse against the
 confiscation of such vehicle, ever though the illegal usage is per
 formed contrary to his desires ana without his knowledge; and Incentive to Law Violation Tt further appearing that such in
 surance is an incentive to the vio- lation of law and is of material as-
 sistance to those who aid and abe in the commission of forbidden act. all of which is contrary to the pol icy of the State of Arizona, as mad,
 and declared;
 Now, therefore, by virtue of tn, authority vested in the Arizona cor poration commission,
 'It is ordered that. effective i'm.