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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Yrbruary as, 1959 
Bon. 8. L. AnI.1, Tatmary M, 19'59, PagT@ t 

lM&ua~ g4mlu peymont. Thlr $soo.oo 

08 8hS11 8SUOS1 l l1 UIOti8& 

1 1 .88 M dl 804S~lltS ph0.d 46SailI8t th484 

pollelS8 held by Tht Rote Yedein. -That 

th4M 8hdl h4 BO 18OrSS88.Q? =d\rotiO8 b 

#8 rata am peld bJ tbo Tlat Rate Member, 

hUt that tt 8hS11 ?OSI&l S8 t8.* 

*oh umloty &all k hold te k la@- 

1~ 8Ob4ut 10 10~6 a8 the fund8 in it8 pO88- 

8881Oll l n l QUAl tQ W in 8X0888 Of it8 matarad 

liebilltio8 . . ..m biW8'Of ruoh W4i8ty ahall 

proddo that if th8 8ktSd p~rbdioal Sontrlbtrtlonr or th0 wmb438 l ra h8urri0ht to pay 

all matured death and dlmblllty alala In full, 

ad to provide for the oraatlon and 6alntearnos 

Of the fund@ nqulrod by It8 1~18 additional, . 

laoroauad or l r tb a r et4 8 of ooatribotloa 8hall 

b 8ollsoted frCa th4 14Pbbr8 to m8.t 8uoh d6- 

ri0i4noy; end 8UOh laws ma7 prorlda that* upou 

the rrltten appllostlon or aonaent of the mombar, his osrtifioate may bs oherged with Its 

proportion or l ny d4ri0h0y dlaoi084d by 

valaatioa, rith Interest not exossdlag ilrs 

p4r oentus par 8mum.~ 

Tha by-lawa of thr organlration lawfully edoptl d pro v1 d.r 

l A0848884nt8 mod otllar p8ymenta may be 

levied by thS arand Lodge upoa the mmbora of 

the hiOWE.~t h~artE4llt tQ met dOii4i8llOf 

in the 8ndMSt itmd Snd meld SSSSSMSSt8 

8h411 b4 lori4d la the nannor provided by the 

Sraternel b4nari0hry lm18 Or thr stat0 or 

?SXS~.* 

ph. paw? Of & korrlola~ 88SOShltiOS to nqulra 

t 

eytwnt Oi dUS8 Snd r8SS8SMOSt8.b ordimrill ronforrod 

J it8 8OMtitutlOn and bplrw8 and under 8-o OlrO~n- 
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lieu. 1. L. DmIe1, ?*brawy 25, 19s9, Peg. 5 

&48008 tb UOUUt Or (048 OT 888088WtS 11b3j k iaUO88Sd. It la rirrly 8Stsbl~8had th a t l beaarlelal 

l tih tiOn Uy Vdid,lf bOl-MO8 it8 ht88 Or l 8aSS8- 

Hnts and suthor$tJ to Iaorsa8o la 8Omti8l 4xpr488ly 8 

?t84?Vd iS tb 8OSStitUti~. m.ttWr Of UOt ?&48 

8ha11 k inOl’44845 18 l Utkr of ~8tUd8etiOa by the 

&OWniR( kdj, Oi tb4 8OOiSty and, it thS $8OrSe8. $8 

lvS8oSebl0, 8uoh dSknl8etlos dll 8ot be Interiere4 

with. The manner ln wlileb an Inero88e may be made or 

uoar.6 18 likowiw loft to the raa8Onable llwntloo 

or ttlo 8oTeniry body. 

Of @thi”aV~.$3 

o;tinlJ 8rrpr8M Lobb, Itni@ht8 

16’1 m m; girts f8e &T8I’8i$S 

8. 0. w., . 

%S ;IItUMi &id8 Or ilrwm bOa8r;t & 

S$8t$S8 Us 8Suallf ~o+OrMd by the 8On8tltUtIOE and bylsri. By-law sbvul4 &a r31 ut8rhl raspeats k roeroneble \nd l h o ultl aOt Ubdy 8 npudiatlas Of khatit 

Oe~iriMt48 laaue,U prior to thslr l aaotment. alting 

~U&UW~ 0OUll841 f8e httle, 79 = be9; Matkln V8e &Ip?~e 

bdgo ai@iht8 Of ffODO?, 18 a 306; TeTlt. tur.Vol. 6, page 

404. 

The 4464, &sari110 Potual &nerolent Aaaooletioa ~8. tranklin at al, SS SU I&nd) 859 holds, la dfeot, 

that l utnel sld 88aoeIetiona are not authotlrod ta ohan 

l ontraot 80 a8 to irp8Ir bemerits to whloh lnaumd was 

entitled uuder polloy. 

In peaslag upon l l lsllar question in the oaeo, 

Rookwell vs. Inights lesplar and Ueaonio Yutusl Aid Aaaoolatloo 119 How York, Supp. 515, the oourt used the folloul!l~ i*aguege t 

l R veroorporatloa y hss l right to make 

*ml ohaqa It8 bpl8ws In a 8eaner not in8o??airkntiith law end l uoh right doer not 

glra it the power to obange It8 written 

8ontreat or lmpoae 99~~ a perty aontraotlng 

rlth it obligation8 whioh were Mter a8aumd.g 

Eetaetlolel l awo$Stlon8 uy wna thlr oonatltut$on and bplSu8 et will, provided thr emondamnt8 60 mot 

rlolat~ the teden COU8titUtiOU or the 14W8 oi the 8t~t~ 

OS do not, wIthOut his OOnSSpt, deprive 8 ulbor Of the 

Substantial d&t oonremd b,t hla oertIiIe6ta er oaatraot 

or laaursnoe mid PrWldsb also the l 4DdmatS 8re r44801)- 
Xou. 9. L. Danid, Iobruary S6, 1666, ?a68 4 

able. cit1B& suprau.Ledga xB1ghtr of Pythlaa vs. 

Ill=, RO4 8 891) 9.r. Jmr., Tel. 6, pa6a 606. 

k aro usable to ttnd any otatuta or d8elrien 

l xthorlriag uy fratorml knatlt 8oelotl88 to r&w0 

the kuflt of tbelr 

r 

uole8 a8 ut forth in pur lnm-3. Wo do not be1 ova that mob rmdrretlon rooid k 

roawnabl* lB this lBataBo0. 

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Yoa are nepootfully adtiM that it 18 the 

oplalm of thlr Departunt that the Oran& Lode of Oolord 

Xalghtr of Pythlaa l a nuo nlilao t the hwaflt Of all flat 

rat. polldrr from hOO.00 te &OO.oO by vlrtw of lta 

by-lnvm an4 the rwolutloa hareinabote 4rrsrlbed.