1911.] INJURY TO PUBLIC PROPERTY IN HIGHWAYS or parks. [House Bill No. 806.] CHAPTER 27. An Act amending an Act concerning Injury to Public Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: 1283 Jury to public SECTION 1. Section 1172 of the general statutes as Penalty for inamended by chapter 26 of the public acts of 1907 is hereby property. amended by inserting after the word "gutter" in the sixth line thereof the words "or any tree, herbage, or shrubbery growing on any public square or grounds", so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Every person who shall wilfully injure any statue, monument, chair or other seat, or any lamp or lamp-post, constructed or being in any highway, public space, or park, or any railing or fence erected for public use or inclosing any such space or park, or any walk or crossing for foot passengers, or any sewer, curbing, or paved gutter, or any tree, herbage, or shrubbery growing on any public square or grounds, shall be fined not more than two hundred and fifty dollars, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both. SEC. 2. Section 1171 of the general statutes is hereby repealed. Approved, April 6, 1911. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 76.] CHAPTER 28. An Act concerning the Appointment of Special Policemen for State Institutions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: compensation of for state institu The governor may, from time to time, upon the applica- Appointment and tion of the chief executive officer of any state institution, special policemen commission, during his pleasure, one or more persons, desig- tions. nated by such executive officer, to act as policemen in the buildings and upon and in the vicinity of the grounds of such institution. The compensation of such policemen shall be fixed by the governing board of such institution, and every policeman so appointed may arrest any person within his precincts for any offense committed therein and present such person before some proper authority. When the commission of any such policeman is issued or revoked, the executive secretary shall notify the clerk of the superior court of the county in which it is intended that such policeman shall act. Approved, April 6, 1911. Applicant for a liquor license to file a bond. [House Bill No. 193.] CHAPTER 29. An Act amending an Act concerning the Bond filed by an Intoxicating Liquors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 2661 of the general statutes as amended by chapter 236 of the public acts of 1909 is hereby amended to read as follows: No person shall receive a license for the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors until he shall have filed with the county commissioners a joint and several bond to the treasurer of said county in the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, with sufficient surety, conditioned for the due observance of all provisions of the law relating to the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors; and also conditioned that, in case he shall apply for a renewal of his license, he shall pay to the county commissioners, upon the final determination of such renewal application, an amount of money equal to the cost of his old license for so much of a license year as shall elapse from the expiration of his old license until the final determination, by the county commissioners, or upon appeal, of his application for a new license; and no person shall be a surety upon such bond who is himself a licensed dealer in spirituous and intoxicating liquors, while the bond upon which he is principal is in force. Whenever a person so licensed shall be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of the laws relating to the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, and no appeal is pending, said bond shall thereupon become forfeited, and the treasurer of said county shall, in his own name, institute suit upon said bond for the benefit of said county, and upon due proof of said conviction the court before which suit is brought shall render judgment in favor of said treasurer for the entire amount of said bond, with costs. In all cases where there has been a conviction for a violation of any of the laws relating to the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, and an appeal has been taken to a higher court, the county commissioners may require an additional bond of five hundred dollars upon the same conditions as prescribed in the original bond. Approved, April 11, 1911. [Substitute for House Bill No. 604.] CHAPTER 30. An Act concerning Loitering about Saloons and the Procuring of Liquor by Minors and other Persons to whom the Sale of Liquors is forbidden. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in or intoxicating li SECTION 1. Any minor, any female except she be the pro- Loitering of minors, prohibited prietor or an employee of the proprietor, or any person to where spirituous whom the sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors is by quors are sold. law forbidden, who shall loiter on the premises where spirituous and intoxicating liquors are sold or reputed to be sold to be drunk on the premises, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. statements made procuring liquors. SEC. 2. Every minor and every person to whom the sale Penalty for false of spirituous and intoxicating liquors is by law forbidden who for purpose of shall enter any place where spirituous and intoxicating liquors are sold or reputed to be sold to be drunk on the premises, or who shall purchase or attempt to purchase such liquors, or who shall make any false statement for the purpose of procuring such liquors, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. No person accused of a violation of this section, and no person accused of selling spirituous and intoxicating liquors to Testimony not to any such person, shall be excused from testifying before any be used to incrimcourt in this state in any case for the reason that he may thereby incriminate himself; but no testimony so given by him shall be used in any prosecution against him for any such offense, nor shall he be prosecuted for any offense so disclosed by him. inate witness. SEC. 3. Chapter 217 of the public acts of 1907 and sec- Repeal. tion 2711 of the general statutes are hereby repealed. Approved, April 11, 1911. Application of the act. commissioner [Senate Bill No. 229.] CHAPTER 31. An Act concerning Proceedings against and Liquidation of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. This act shall apply to all domestic companies, corporations, and associations which, in accordance with the general statutes of this state, are now or may come under the supervision of the insurance commissioner, any provisions of law as to any such companies, corporations, or associations to the contrary notwithstanding; and the word "corporation" or "corporations" herein shall also include all such companies and associations. When insurance SEC. 2. Whenever any such corporation (a) is insolvent; cor- or (b) has refused to submit its books, papers, accounts, or affairs to the reasonable inspection of the insurance commissioner, or his actuary or examiner; or (c) has neglected or refused to observe an order of the insurance commissioner to make good, within a reasonable time, any deficiency, whenever its capital, if it be a stock corporation, or its reserve, if it be a mutual corporation, shall have become impaired; or (d) has, by contract of reinsurance or otherwise, transferred or attempted to transfer substantially its entire property or business, or entered into any transaction the effect of which is to merge substantially its entire property or business, in the property or business of any other company, corporation, or association, without having first obtained the written approval of the insurance commissioner; or (e) is found, after an examination, to be in such condition that its further transaction of business will be hazardous to its policyholders, or to its creditors, or to the public; or (ƒ) has wilfully violated its charter or any law of the state; or (g) whenever any officer thereof has refused to be examined under oath touching its affairs; or (h), if such corporation be organized under the provisions of chapter 208 or chapter 209 of the general statutes, its condition is found, after examination, to be such that it could not meet the requirements for incorporation and authorization specified in such chapters, respectively, the insurance commissioner may, the attorney-general representing him, apply to the superior court or any judge thereof in the county in which the principal office of such corporation is located for an order directing such cor poration to show cause why the insurance commissioner should not take possession of its property and conduct its business, and for such other relief as the nature of the case and the interests of its policyholders, creditors, or stockholders, or of the public may require. injunction, and to be taken by SEC. 3. On such application, or at any time thereafter, Court may issue such court may, in its discretion, issue an injunction restrain- order possession ing such corporation from the transaction of its business or the commissioner. the disposition of its property until the further order of the court. On the return of such order to show cause, and after a full hearing, the court shall either deny the application or direct the insurance commissioner forthwith to take possession of the property and conduct the business of such corporation, and retain such possession and conduct such business until, on the application either of the insurance commissioner, the attorney-general representing him, or of such corporation, it shall, after a like hearing, appear to the court that the ground for such order directing the insurance commissioner to take possession has been removed, and that the corporation may properly resume possession of its property and the conduct of its business. Insurance com property rights corporation. SEC. 4. If, on a like application and order to show cause, missioner to be and after a full hearing, the court shall order the liquidation invested with of the business of such corporation, such liquidation shall and contracts of be made by and under the direction of the insurance commissioner, who may deal with the property and business of such corporation in his own name as insurance commissioner or in the name of the corporation, as the court may direct, and shall be vested, by operation of law, with title to all of the property, contracts, and rights of action of such corporation, as of the date of the order so directing him to liquidate. filing or recording of such order in any record office of the state shall impart the same notice that a deed, bill of sale, or other evidence of title duly filed or recorded by such corporation would have imparted. The missioner may SEC. 5. For the purposes of this act, the insurance com- Insurance commissioner shall have power to appoint, under his hand and employ assistants. official seal, one or more special deputies as his agent or agents, and to employ such counsel, clerks, and assistants as may by him be deemed necessary, and to give each of such persons such powers to assist him as he may consider wise. The compensation of such special deputies, counsel, clerks, and assistants, and all expenses of taking possession of and conducting the business of liquidating any such corporation, shall be fixed by the insurance commissioner, subject to the approval of the court, and shall, on certificate of the insurance |