Auditor to examine affairs of company.

SEC. 13. The auditor of public accounts, either personally or by a committee appointed by him, consisting of one or more persons not directors, officers, or agents of any surety company doing business in this state, may at any time examine into the affairs of any surety company incorporated by or doing business in this state. The officers or agents of such company shall exhibit its books to said auditor or committee, and otherwise facilitate such examination, and the auditor or committee may examine under oath the officers and agents of any such company in relation to its affairs; and said officer shall, if he deems it for the best so to do, publish the result of such investigation in one or more newspapers published in the state. Whenever it shall appear to the said auditor from the statement or from an examination of the affairs of any surety company, not incorporated under the authority of this state, that such company is insolvent, or is conducting its business fraudulently, or refuses or neglects to comply with the laws of the state relating to surety companies, it shall be the duty of said auditor to revoke the certificate of authority issued to the agent or agents of any such company and he shall cause a notice thereof to be published in one or more newspapers published in this state, and the agent or agents of such company after such notice, shall transact no further business in this state. All the expenses of an examination made under the provisions of this section shall be paid to the auditor by the company examined.

to attorney

business.

SEC. 14. The auditor of public accounts shall Auditor report report to the attorney general any violation of general. the provisions of this chapter which shall come to his knowledge, and the attorney general shall institute the proper legal proceedings in the name of the state against any person violating any such provision. SEC. 15. Every surety company not incorpo- Costs of being in this state, applying for admission to transact business therein, shall pay to the auditor of public accounts for the use of the state for filing copy of its charter or deed of settlement, the sum of thirty dollars; for filing statement preliminary to admission, and for filing each annual statement after admission, the sum of twenty dollars, and for each agent's certificate annually the sum of two dollars. Approved March 7th A. D. 1885.

CHAPTER 24.

AN ACT to authorize the incorporation of detective asso-
ciations, to provide for bonds of collection of fees and re-
wards by, to prescribe their powers, duties, and liabilities,
prevent frauds by, and punish false pretenders.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Nebraska:

incorporated.

SECTION 1. Whenever any number of per- How sons associate themselves together for the purpose of carrying on the detective or secret service business for pay, they shall make a certificate in writing subscribed and verified by

Bonds to be given.

the oaths or affirmations of all the members thereof showing the full name and place of residence of each. The name and style by which such association shall be called, and the name of the town and county where their principal office shall be located, which certificate shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state to be by him preserved and recorded in his office in the manner hereinafter provided.

SEC. 2. Within thirty days from the date of filing the certificate as provided in section one of this act, the members of such association shall execute and deliver to the secretary of state a bond for the state of Nebraska in the penal sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars signed by all the members of such association with a number of sureties equal to two for each member of said association, which sureties shall severally justify in sums aggregating the sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars as hereinafter provided, coneitioned for the faithful performance by such association of all the duties of their employment as prescribed in this act, and each member of such association shall make an oath or affirmation to be endorsed on such bond and subscribed by him before some officer authorized to administer oaths and by him certified thereon, that he will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the State of Nebraska, and will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties of a detective as prescribed in this act. Upon the receipt of such bond by the secretary of state

incorporation.

he shall file the same to be preserved in his
office and shall certify in writing that such
association has complied with the law author-
izing the incorporation of detective associa-
tions and affix thereto the great seal of the
State of Nebraska, attest the same and record
such certificate together with the certificate Certificate of
and bond filed by such association in a book
to be kept for the purpose, and shall within five
days thereafter deliver said certificate issued
by him to some member of said association or
mail the same properly sealed, stamped, and
addressed to said association at the town
where their principal office is located, and up-
on receipt of such certificate it shall be the
duty of such association before transacting any
business, other than to meet for such purpose
to elect a chief and secretary, who shall con-
tinue in office until their successors are elected
and qualified.

of sureties.

SEC. 3. The justification of sureties on the Justification bond required by section two of this act shall be an oath or affirmation endorsed on such bond to the effect that each of said sureties is a resident, and freeholder of the state of Nebraska and is worth at least the sum in which he justifies over and above all debts and liabilities by him owing, and all property exempt by law from levy and sale on execution, which oaths or affirmations shall be subscribed by the sureties and taken before and certified to by some officer authorized to administer oaths. SEC. 4. When any detective association Body shall be incorporated under the provisions of

corporate.

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the three preceding sections of this act such association is authorized to engage in the secret service or detective business, through and in the name of such association; and shall be deemed a body corporate limited without successors, and they may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts of law and equity in and by their corporate name, and may have a corporate seal and may alter the same at will and may acquire and hold such property as they may deem expedient or necessary whether it be real, personal, or mixed for the uses and purposes of their employment as defined in this act, and may employ any number of persons to assist them, but it shall be the duty of such association to deliver to every person employed by them a certificate showing the date of their employment the name of the association and the time for which such person is employed, which cetificate shall be signed by the chief and attested by the secretary of such New members. association; Provided, however, That whenever

May employ help.

any person shall be admitted to such association as a member and not an employe, such association shall file a new certificate and bond in the office of the secretary of state, and at the expiration of every five years from the date of the last certificate issued to such association they shall make and file in the office of the secretary of state a new bond and certificate, and in either case such new certificate and bond shall be in all respects the same as that required by the first three sections of this act and verified and recorded in the same

manner.