Part II: Insurance and Thrift 



CANADA. 



MUNICIPAlv INSURANCE AGAINST HAIL IN SASKATCHEWAN. 



OFFICIAL SOURCES: 



An act respecting hail Insurance by Municipalities (Canadian Legislature) 1915, c. 22. 



An Act to Amend the Statute Law, ibid : 1916, c. 37. 



A Review of the work of the Municipal hail Insurance Commission for the years 



1913, 1914, 1915. Regina (Saskatchewan) October 1915. 

 Report of the Work of the Municipal Insurance Commission of Saskatchewan for 



YEAR ENDING 29 FEBRUARY 1916, Regina, March 1916. 



OTHER SOURCES : 



The Agricultur.'^l Gazette of Canada, Ottawa, September 19 16. 



The Grain Growers' Guide, Winnipeg, 8 November and 13 December 1916. 



The Public Service Monthly, Regina, Vol. V, No. 5, December 1916. 



§ I. The scheme as initiated in 1912. 



a) The Hail Insurance Commission. 



In Saskatchewan there is a system of municipal insurance against 

 hail based primarily on the Municipal Hail Insurance Act of 1912. This 

 created a Hail Insurance Commission which has three members of whom the 

 chairman is appointed by and holds office at the pleasure of the Lieutenant 

 Governor in Council, and the other two members are nominated at a meet- 

 ing of the reeves of the municipalities affected by the Act and are in office 

 for two years. The Lieutenant Governor in Council has however power 

 to fill all vacancies temporarily. 



The constitution of the Commission was intended to secure it from 

 political influence while making it responsible to the people, and to give it 

 continuity. The Commissioners receive salaries fixed by the Lieutenant 

 Governor in Council and their travelling expenses are reimbursed to them ; 

 and they appoint a secretary -treasurer who is paid for his services as they 

 decide. They form a legal corporation. All salaries of the Conmiission 

 and its officers are paid out of the funds held b}' it under the Act. 



