REGULAR SESSIONS IN 1917. The legislatures of the following States were in regular session during 1917, but nearly all have adjourned (March 20, 1917): Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Porto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Georgia legislature will convene June 26, 1917, limit of session, 50 days. Florida legislature will convene April 3, 1917, limit of session, 60 days. First regular session of Sixty-fifth Congress convenes December 1, 1917. Special Session of Sixty-fourth Congress called for April 3, 1907. TOTAL 46 STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. United States Congress: Second regular session of Sixty-fifth Congress begins December 1, 1918. TOTAL, 12 STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. Second Session of Sixty-fifth United States Congress ends March 4, 1919. First Regular Session of Sixty- sixth United States Congress starts December 1, 1919. Total 48 States and the United States Congress. COMPLETE AUTOMOBILE COVERAGE LAWS REGULATING FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Compiled by Deputy Superintendent Henry D. Appleton for the National Convention of Insurance Commissioners. Massachusetts No No Aetna Accident and Liab. Co. None Michigan insurance Only company or- Only company or- American Automobile Ins. Co. ganized solely ganized solely of St. Louis and several dofør automobile for automobile insurance mestic mutuals and reciprocals Reciprocal ex - Reciprocal e x - Pennsylvania Ind. Exchange changes only changes only All insurance No official deci- None companies are sion reached organized under special charter South Carolina Yes Yes None *The items herein have in each case been verified by the respective departments con cerned. in the United States THE WEEKLY UNDERWRITER. THE WEEKLY UNDERWRITER was established in 1859, the first number appear. ing on May 28 of that year; the founder, the late Joseph B. Ecclesine. Known to the insurance business first as The Wall Street Underwriter, and as a weekly purveyor of insur. ance news, it remained under the same control nearly twenty years, the latter half of which in a monthly issue, as The New York Underwriter. It was purchased by the late A. DeLancey Brigham in November, 1878, and from him by the Underwriter Printing and Publishing Company in January, 1880, when it resumed the original periodicity of issue and assumed the title of the THE WEEKLY UnderwritER. Mr. Henry R. 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