The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1894-05-18

Its business fraudulently or shall fail to
comply with any of the provisions of
Sections 143E to Section 143R (both in
clusiYe) of this article, Immediately COM
mence an action against such associa
ton to enjoin the same from carrying
on any business. And no injunction
against any such association shall be
granted by any court, except on applica-
ton as set forth in this section. No
association so enjoined shall have
authority to continue business until such
report shall be made, or overt act or
violation complained of shall have been
corrected, nor until the costs of such
action be paid by it, provided that the
court shall find that such association
was in default as charged, whereupon
the Insurance Commissioner shall rein
state such association, and not until then
shall such association be allowed to
again do business in this State. Any
officer, agent or person acting for any
association or subordinate body thereof,
within this State, in procuring new
members, while such association shall
be so enjoined or prohibited from doing
business pursuant to this section shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not less than twenty-five
dollars nor more than two hundred dol
lars, or by imprisonment in the city or
county Jail not less than 80 days or more
than one year, or by both such fine and
Imprisonment in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 143P. Any person who shall act
within this State as an officer, agent or
otherwise in procuring new members for
any association which shall have failed,
neglected or refused to comply with, or
shall have violated any of the provisions
of Sections 143E to Sections 143R (both
inclusive) of this article, or shall have
failed or neglected to comply with the
provisions therein preliminary to trans
acting business as provided for by said
sections, or either of them, shall be SUBJ
ject to the penalty provided in the last
preceding section for the misdemeanor
therein specified.
Sec. 1880. Fraternai beneficiary So
cieties, orders or associations, as de-
scribed in Section 143E, may be incor-
porated in the manner provided for the
formation Of corporations under this
article, provided that no such society,
order or association incorporated in
another State, province or territory, nor
any council or branch or component part
thereof can be incorporated under the
laws of this State.
Sec. 143R. Any association entitled to
do business in this State under the pro-
visions of Sections 143E to Sections 143R
(both inclusive) of this article, which
shall so conduct its affairs or shall in
any manner change its charter, consti-
tuition or laws, so that it shall not
answer to the description of fraternal
beneficiary association, as set forth in
Section 142E, shall thereupon cease to
be entitled to the privileges of said sec
ton.
Sec 2. The Insurance Commissioner
of this State shall notify the Supreme
Secretary of each of the said associations
now doing business in this State of the
passage of this Act, and enclose blank
for the report Of its operations for the
year ending December 31st, 1898, and
every association receiving such notice
and blank shall ile such report in the
manner provided in Section 143H, not
later than three months from the date
of the receipt of such notice and blank,
under the like penalties as provided in
Section 143P for not filing report.
Section 3. And be it enacted, That
nothing herein contained shall apply to
lodges or orders of purely religious,
charitable or benevolent description,
paying exclusively sick, funeral or death
benefits to members, their family or de-
pendents, and not operated with view
to profit, nor shall any such organiza-
ton be required to make any report I'M
der this or any other sections of the in
surance laws; and provided further. that
no society. lodge or body of any secret
or fraternal society, or association of en-
ployees of any particular trade, firm or
corporation, organized in this State, pay
ing only sick benefits not exceeding $3.50
in the aggregate, to any one person in
any one year, or funeral benefit to those
dependent on a member, not exceeding
three hundred and fifty dollars, shall be
required to make any report thereof I'M
der this Article, or under any other Art
icle of the insurance laws; provided fur
ther, that certificates issued by the I'm
proved and Independent Or5ers B mai
Birth may be made payable to chart
table institution, as now provided in its
bylaws.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That all Acts and parts of Acts incon-
sistent with this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed to the extent of
such inconsistency, and that this Act
shall take effect from and after the date
of It's passage.
Approved April 6, 1894.
FRANK BROWN, Governor.
JOHN WALTER SMITH