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Sections 3 and 4 of this article, may designate and appoint an Acting
Deputy Insurance Commissioner for the period covering the absence and/or
disability of such Deputy Insurance Commissioner.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 6. 1922, ch. 492, sec. 7. 1927, ch. 394, sec. 6. 1935, ch. 273, sec. 6.

6. Examiner. There shall be an examiner of the insurance department,
who shall be appointed by the Commissioner and whose duty it shall be
to examine, under the direction of the Commissioner, the condition and
affairs of every insurance company of this State and such other companies
doing business in this State as the Commissioner may direct, in order
that the Commissioner may know whether or not such companies are
solvent and in compliance with the laws of this State. Said examiner shall
receive an annual compensation as fixed and provided by the budget and
the per diem provided by Section 50, to be paid by the companies examined
by him, provided, however, that the total amount of salary and per diem
fees shall not exceed forty-five hundred dollars ($4, 500. 00) in any one
year.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 7. 1922, ch. 492, sec. S. 1927, ch. 394, sec. 7. 1935, ch. 273, sec. 7.

7. Actuary. The Commissioner shall also appoint an actuary for the
department, who shall receive an annual compensation as fixed and pro-
vided by the budget, and the fees provided by Section 40, to be paid by the
companies whose policies he shall value as required by law, provided, how-
ever, that the total amount of salary and per diem fees shall not exceed
forty-five hundred dollars ($4, 500. 00) in any one year.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 8. 1922, ch. 492, sec. 8. 1927, ch. 394, sec. 7. 1935, ch. 273, sec. 8.
S. Auditor. The Commissioner shall also appoint an auditor for the
department, whose duties it shall be to examine and audit the annual
statements of all insurance companies authorized to do business in this
State, the books, accounts and affairs of the insurance department, and do
such other auditing as the Commissioner may direct. He shall also, when
so directed by the Commissioner, assist in the examination of companies,
and shall receive an annual compensation as fixed and provided by the
budget, and when engaged in the examination of companies, the per diem
provided by Section 50, to be paid by the companies examined by him,
provided, however, that the total amount of salary and per diem fees shall
not exceed four thousand dollars ($4, 000. 00) in any one year.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 10. 1922, ch. 492, sec. 11. 1935, ch. 183.
10. General Powers and Duties of Commissioner. It shall be the duty
of the Commissioner to see that all the laws of this State governing insur-
ance companies or relating to the business of insurance are faithfully exe-
cuted. He shall keep on file in his office duly certified copies of the charter,
declaration of organization or deed of settlement of every insurance com-
pany authorized to do business in this State, and all other certificates and
documents required by this Article to be filed with him, and shall furnish