REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OP INSURANCE.


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for and recovered by the Commissioner of Banking and Insur-
ance, or by any citizen of this State and paid to the State Treas-
urer.
(Chap. 85, Laws of 1.913.)
NEW YORK
RATE-MAKING ASSOCIATIONS
Section 141. Every corporation, association or bureau which
now exists or hereafter may be formed, and every person who
maintains or hereafter may maintain a bureau lor office, for the
purpose of suggesting, approving or making rates to be used
by more than one underwriter for insurances, including surety
bonds, on property or risks of any kind located in this state,
shall file with the superintendent of insurance a copy of the
articles of agreement, association or incorporation and the by-
laws and all amendments thereto under which such person,
association or bureau operates or proposes to operate, together
with his or its business address and a list of the members or
insurance corporations represented or to be represented by him
or it, as well as such other information concerning such rating,
organizations and its operations as may be required by ther
superintendent.
EXAMINATION BY INSURANCE COMMISSIONER
Every such person, corporation, association or bureau,
whether before or after the filing of the information specified
in the last preceding paragraph, shall be subject to the visitant
tion, supervision and examination of the superintendent of in-
surance, who shall cause to be made an examination thereof as
often as he deems it expedient and at least once in three years.
For such purpose he may appoint as examiners one or more
competent persons, and upon such examination, he, his deputy
or any examiner authorized by him shall have all the powers
given to the superintendent, his deputy or any examiner aun
thorized by him by section thirty-nine of this chapter, including
the power to examine under oath the officers or agents and..all
persons deemed to! have material information regarding the busi-
ness of or manner of operation by every such person, corpora-