The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-08
MEMBERSHIP FEES.

members in the class TO which he or she belongs
to his or her heirs.
MEMBERSHIP FEES.
The membership fees are sir dollars at joining
| (JoT iphich a certificate Of membership I1iU bI
| JtErniShsd) and one dollar and ten cents on this
death OF each member, OF which due notice
will be given. One dollar from each member
goes 10 the widow or heirs of the deceased mem.
Der, and the ten cents for expenses of collecting
This Company is divided into TEN CLASSES
FOR MEN and TEN CLASSES FOR WOMEN.
As soon as these classes are filed, ten new
Glasses will be adopted. Men and women are
not allowed in the same Glasses. Everything
done TO- make each Glass equal.
CLASSES.
A-All persons between the ages OF Is and %
BAH persons between the ages of 30 and IS
CAN persons between the ages of IS and 30
years.
D-All persons between the ages of 30 and So
years.
E-Al persons between the ages of IS and 40
F-An persons between the ages OF 40 and As
years.
G-All persons between the ages of As and 50
years.
Hall persons between the ages of 90 and IS
years.
I-An persons between the ages Of IS and 90
years.
K-AIl persons between the ages of 60 and 65
years.
The Glasses for women are the same as above.
Any one that is found TO give his or her age
wrong will be expelled and the msneys paid
forfeited to the Association. Each Class is lin.
tied to $4,000 members Each person pays s6
upon becoming member, and sll0 each time a
member dies bslOngiag 10 The same Glass he or she
may be q member.
A member Of one Class cannot be assessed tbs
dollar u member Of another Glass dies Each
Class is INDEPENDENT, hdUiHg no connection 1cih
any other.
ILLUSTRATION.
Class "a" has 5000 male members. A man lie9.
The Association pays over within forty days
$1,000 to the widow or heirs, and the remaining
members forward within thirty days one dollar
and ten cents each TO tho Association to rem-
burse it. Failing to send this sun they forfeit
to the Association all moneys paid, and the As
socatiOD supplies new member to fill the place
Of the retiring one.
ADVANTAGES.
The advantages of this Association over ordi.
nary Life Insurance Companies are: No panics
can break it. the fees are 80 small, and required
to be paid at SUI h long intervals, that any man
can secure TO his family competency upon his
death.
HOW TO BECOME MEMBERS.
ANY one desiring to become a member may
apply in person, or must send 80, in check, bank
draft postal order or by express, the eNpressage
being paid by the applicant. Under no circum-
stances lgiH The Association be responsible for
moneys sent but IN this lray Accompanying the
money must be paper giving the applicants
full name, age, birthplace present occupation,
who the policy Is in favor Of pOstoiiice address,
town, county, State. Also a AcdcCl Cert iRcdte,
setting forth the physical condition, and wheth.
er in the opinion of the doctor examining the
applicant 70 a proper person to be insured.
Blank forms of application for membership will
be sent upon application.
Each member ought 10 try 10 make Heio members;
by so dong he bcneHtS himself. No letter VIII be
noticed that does not contain n three cent post.
age stamp TO prepay return postage.
INVESTMENTS.
The bylaws of the Association require that
One.third of the money received as new mem
bershp fees shall be made a sinking fund to
meet payments falling due by the delinqucncies
of members. This fund is held by the
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,
and will be invested in United States Bonds er
Real Estate, or bond and mortgage upon New
York city property, which property shall be
double tho value of tue money so loaned.
THE FUNDS.
The remaining two.thirds, after paying the
expenses of the Association, shall bo invested
in Real Estate in the city of New York ar in
bond and mortgage on property in the city
New York. the interest of which shall 90 TO pay
the current expenses of the Association. If n
deceased member leaves no heirs the money
becomes the property OF the Association, with
the pr9visO that the expenses of burial shalt be
paid ont Of such funds, said expenses, however
not to exceed one hundred dollars.
A member failing to pay his fee OF one dollar
and ten cents within thirty days from date of
notice forfets all claims upon the Association
and also fOrfets all money previously paid In
the Pacific States this time is extended 10 sixty
days. A member having no permanent resi-.
dence must notify the secretary, and appoint a
representative to pay his fees.
When members choose they can send ten 10
lars and fifty cents TO the treasurer 10 prepay
their fees, which sum will pay for ten deaths
thus saving the trouble of sending clio each
time, besides a saving of fifty cents. No man
is so poor that he cannot pay Sc now and SllO
occasionally, thus securing 5000 to his heirs.
The average number of dollars each person will
have to pay to secure 5000 will he $50 per year,
little over fifty cents per week. This makes
this mode of Insurance cost about one-siXth
what they would have TO paw any regular insu-
rance company for $4,000 policy.
All communications should be addressed TO
ROBERT p. NOAH, No. 222 street Wash.
;ngton. d. C.. General Agent for the District OF
Columbia and States of Virginia and West Vir-
gnia, for the Manhattan Cooperative Relief
Association.
The TRUSTEES of the Association are
L. MCMURDY, Esq.
ELSoN T. wRTGhT, Esq, President Star
Metal Company.
W. S. CARMAN, ESQ, President Stuyvesant
Bank, n Y. city.
h W. FORD, Esq, Cashier National Bank of
the Republic
L. W. MURRAY.
The OFFICERS of the Association are;
T. McMURDY, President.
ELSON T. WRIGHT, Vice President.
w. 5. CARMAN Treasurer.
LEWIS SANDERS, Secretary.