The Somerset reporter., 1897-04-01

! shall be subject to the requirements and pen
hlfcs Of this act the same as II reincorporated
hereunder
! SECT g. Fraiernal beneficiary corporations,
| associations or sucirtfcs or2anized under
| the laws OF another @t1tc country. now
| transactina business ~ this state as herein de.
| fined, and W hich HOW report 81 which shall re
port when requested 10 fh@ in.nr9nce depart
ment, may continue snch business upon com
| plying with the provisions of this act. Fra.
| formal beneficiary corporations, associations
this stata. which may hereafter desire to do 80.
| shall nrst obtain license therefor from tho In
suranoe commissioner. Such corporation,
association or society shall furnish tho com.
missioner with q certified copy of It's charter
and bylaws, with a statement under oath,
showing It's Membership and financial condi-
ton with power OF attorney. as hereinafter
specified, and shall also furnish the commits.
eioner with such other information as he shall
deem necessary to proper exhibit of Its bus.
| meas and standing and plan of working, and
| II he deems IL expedfent, he may license such
| corporation, association or society to do bust.
mesa In this state In accordance with the pro-
visions OF this act. For such license he may
receive fee of twenty dollars.
| Section 10. Each such association now doing
or hereafter admitted to do business within
this state, and not having its principal of1lce
within this state, and not being organized I'M
der the laws Of this state, shall appoint In
| successors In office to be its true and lawful
attorney, upon whom all lawful process In any
action or proceeding against 1t may be served,
and In such writing shall agree that any lawful
process against II which Is served on said at.
torney shall be OF the Same legal force and
validity as II served upon the association, And
that tho authority shall continue in force so
long as any liability remains outstanding In
this state. Copies of such certificate, certified
by said insurance commissioner, shall be deem
cd sufficient evidence thereof, and shall be sd-
nitt ed In evidence with the same force and
cffect as the original thereof might be admitted.
Service upon such attorney shall be deemed
sufficient service upon such association. When
legal process against any such association Is
served upon said insurance commissioner. he
| shall Immediately notify the association OF
such service by letter prepaid and directed
TO its secretary corresponding ofncer, and
shall within two days after such services TOR.
| ward In the Same manner copy of the process
served on him to sueh officer. The plaintiff
In such process so served shall pay to tho In
surauce commissioner at tho time Of suoh ser
vice a fee OF two dollars, which shall be re-
covered by him as part of the taxable costs,
II he prevails In the suit.
Seer. II. No certificate issued by any asso-
citation transacting business under this act shall
be valid or legal which shall be conditional up.
on an agreement or understanding that the
or ei,hsp q for said membsr ANY coT
poration authorized to transact business as do
aned In this act may employ paid agents in
such soif an sgen. untf he has 1rss been licensed
therefor by the insurance commissioner In 60
cordanco with the provisiona OF section sew.
enty three, OF chapter forty nine Of the revised
statutes, and any person violating this pro-
vision shall, upon conviction, be punished as
provided In said section seventy. three. For
Scot H. Every corporation, association or
society doing business as herein defined shall
annually, on or before the FIRST dayof March, re-
port to tho insurance commissioner tho names
and addresses Of its president secretary and
treasurer or other on1cef, answerng thereto e.
membership and financial transactions for the
year ending on the preceding thirty first day
Of Win oahs. resrns
essary to a proper exhibit ofits business and
standing; and the commissioner may at any
other times require any further statement he
may deem necessary TO be made relating to
such corporation.
SECT. ID. Any person who shall solicit nom.
bership for, or In any manner assist In pro.
curing membership In any such corporation or
organisation doing business not authorized
by this act, or who shall solicit membership
for or in any manner assist in procuring mem.
bership In any such corporation or organiZa-
ton not authorised, as herein provided, to do
business as herein defined, In this state, shall
bo guilty of q rnisdemeanor, and upon oonvio-
tion thereof. shall be punished by fino Of not
less than dfty nor moro than two hundred
SECT. IL Tho money or other benefit, shar-
ity. reliet. or Aid 70 be paid. provided or rem
dered by any corporation. association or so.
ciety authorized to 40 business under this act,
attachment by trustee, or other process, and
shall not be seized, taken or appropriated, or
applied by any legal or equitable process, nor
by operation OF law, to pay any debt or liability
of certificate holder, or any beneficiary
thereof
Scot Is Any solicitor, agent or examining
physician, who shall knowingly or w1lfully
10 AXE any false or fraudulent statement or rep
resentation In or with reference to any appli.
cation for membership, or for the purpose Of
obtaining any money or benefit in any cor
poration, association or society transacttng
business under this act, shall be- guilty OF
misdemeanor. and, upon conviction, shall be
punished by nne OF not less than one hun.
dred nor more than FIVE hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not less than thirty days nor
tbot, nr ~ md pf,s
who shall willfully make false statement of
ANY material fact or thing In sworn state
ment as to the death or disability of eertin-
cate holder in' any such corporation, for the
purpose of procuring the payment Of the bene-
ut named In the certificate of such holder,
ss be- of upon 'on0
SECT 10. Fraternal beneficiary organiza-
lions organized or Incorporated under the
not operate upon tho lodge system, as de,
fined In section one Of this act, and which
limit their membership TO the members OF
some particular order, class or fraternity, may
be admitted to transact business In this state
upon complying with the provisions OF chapter
two hundred thirty seven, Of the PUBLIC laws
sdditional to and amendatory thereof, regula-
ting the admission and conduct of assessment
companies. All such corporations shall be
exempt from tho provisions of this act and
shall comply with and be subject to all provi.
sions OF said statutes relating TO assessment
companies.
construed to affect or apply to grand or sub
ordinate lodges OF Ansons, ODD Fellows,
Knights of Pythias or similar. orders. organ.
lied or incorporated under the laws of this
state, and which do not have as their princi
pal object the Issuance of insurance certid-
Gates. Nor shall anything herein contained
| apply to domestie corporations or voluntary
associations which limit their membership to
the employees OF a particular city town,
designated firm, business house or corpora
ton; nor to domestic lodges, orders or associ-
atoms OF a purely religious, charitable and
benevolent description which do not operate
with a view to profit and which DO not provide
| for funeral Deneht OF moro than one hundred
dollars or sick or disability benefits OF more
than one hundred and fifty dollars, to any
person IN any one year. Provided always,
| that any association which has more than three
| hundred members and which Issues to any
person n certificate providing for the payment
! of benefits shall not DO exempt by the proYis.
| ions of this section, aud snch associations
shall comply with all requirements Of this hct
| The insurance commissioner may require Of
any association such Information relating TO
| It's membership and certificates Will enable
him to determine whether II Is exempt from
| the provisions of this act. And no order or
| association which Is exempt by the provisions
| of this section from tho requirements OF this
! act, shall employ paid agents or give or allow
| to any person any compensation for procuring
new members.
| SECT. Is. Tho insurance commissioner, In
| person or by deputy shah have tho power OF
visitation and examination INTO the Affairs Of