Pamphlets on Insurance, Volume 1

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1872 - Insurance
 

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Page 10 - The torch shall be extinguish'd which hath lit My midnight lamp— and what is writ, is writ; Would it were worthier; but I am not now That which I have been — and my visions flit Less palpably before me — and the glow Which in my spirit dwelt is fluttering, faint, and low.
Page 4 - Such as shall have been purchased at sales upon judgments, decrees or mortgages obtained or made for such debts; and it shall not be lawful for any company incorporated as aforesaid to purchase, hold or convey real estate in any other case or for any other purpose...
Page 32 - ... premiums shall have been paid on such policy, it shall cease or become void solely by the non-payment of any premium when due...
Page 3 - It shall be lawful for any insurance company incorporated under the laws of this State, for any purpose other than life insurance, to invest its capital, and the funds accumulated in the course of its business, or any part thereof, in bonds and mortgages on real estate worth fifty per cent more than the sum loaned thereon...
Page 1 - A change of air is less valuable than a change of scene. The air is changed every time the wind is changed. 7. Mould and decaying vegetables in a cellar weave shrouds for the upper chambers.
Page 20 - Large, 1 12,) provides in its third section, " that if any person or persons shall within any fort, arsenal, dock-yard, magazine, or in any other place or district of country under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, commit the crime of wilful murder, such person or persons, on being thereof convicted, shall suffer death.
Page 4 - Such as shall have been mortgaged to it in good faith, by way of security for loans previously contracted, or for moneys due : or, 3.
Page 19 - Clause of the 6th Article declares that 'this Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, shall be the Supreme Law of the land.' "The clause which gives exclusive jurisdiction is unquestionably a part of the Constitution, and, as such, binds all the United States. Those who contend that acts of Congress made in pursuance of this power do not, like acts made in pursuance of other powers, bind the Nation, ought to show some safe and clear rule which shall...
Page 19 - District as shall become the seat of government. This power, like all others which are specified, is Conferred on Congress as the legislature of the Union : for, strip them of that character, and they would not possess it. In no other character can it be exercised. In legislating for the District, they necessarily preserve the character of the legislature of the Union ; for, it is in that character alone that the constitution confers on them this power of exclusive legislation. This proposition need...
Page 20 - That any company may declare dividends not exceeding ten per cent. on its capital stock in any one year, that shall have accumulated, and be in possession of a fund, in addition to the amount of its capital stock, and of such dividend, and all actual outstanding liabilities, equal to one half of the amount of all premiums on risks not terminated at the time of making such dividend.

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