Records of the Department of Commerce and predecessor agencies, 1944-1956.

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Records of the Department of Commerce and predecessor agencies, 1944-1956.

Insurance Bureau: Records relating to the "Escott" rating plan accumulated by the Commissioner, who also served as Chairman of the Interstate Rating and Irregular Underwriting Practices Committee, National Association of Insurance Commissioners. 1944-1950 (1 ft., 3 in.). Letters in, carbons of letters out, testimony of hearing in Lansing, Michigan, October 18-19, 1950, and in New York City, December 5, 1944. Includes photographic exhibits, 1950; decision by New York Insurance Department, 1950; memoranda; statements of fact, and reports and minutes of proceedings of various committees relating to a rating plan, called the Escott Plan, for use in connection with the rating and writing of multiple location fire insurance on commercial buildings. Public Service Commission: Testimony of hearings in application for original common restricted authority, intrastate, 1956. (1 ft., 8 in.). Typewritten testimony transcribed for matters involving application of United Parcel Service of Detroit, Inc., 1956; New York Central Railroad Company, 1957; Red Arrow Bus Line, 1951; Clairmont Transfer Company, 1951; and Alberta Motor Transport Association of Canada, 1953, for original common restricted authority, intrastate. Arranged chronologically.

7 mss. boxes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7943007

State Archive of Michigan

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Michigan. Dept. of Commerce.

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The Michigan Public Service Commission was created by Act 3 of the Public Acts of 1939. The Securities Bureau was created under Act 13 of the Public Acts of 1935. And the Industry Division, under the Office of Economic Expansion, was established by Act 116 of the Public Acts of 1963. All were transferred to the Department of Commerce by the Executive Organization Act of 1965. From the description of Records of the Department of Commerce, [1946-1965]. (State Archive of Michigan). Worl...

Michigan. Insurance Bureau

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Michigan. Public Service Commission

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