PLATE GLASS INSURANCE.
Senator Chapman's bil [S. 368] supplemental to an act regarding foreign Insurance Companies, prescribing the duties of agents, etc., was read the third time.
Mr RYAN said: I have an opinion of the Attorney General, certified to by a certificate of the present Attorney General, stating that the opinion was written by the Attorney General on the 8th of May, 1879, in which the Insurance Company was told it was an illegal organization, and had no right to do business in the State. I have a certificate also, made by the Auditor of State, in which he says the application for license was not made until July, 1879, so that these gentlemen who are in Court now asking for this privilege, have gone on since that time, knowing- page: 170[View Page 170] ly acting in violation of law. The Attorney General decided that the Company had no right to do business in Indiana, and since they run against the ragged edges of the law, members are here trying to suspend the rules and rush this measure through, seeking to enforce this act over the head of the Legislature? Why is this necessary? Why not let it take the regular course of legislation? I hope this bill will not pass, because it is against the interests of the people of Indiana.
