The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-03-25

conferred BY this act. and its articles OF IN m
corporation not Inconsistent herewith ana
| snail be subject to the requirements anu pen,
altles OF this act the same as If reincofpor"Ieo
hereunder.
SECT Fraternal beneficiary corporations,
| associations or societies organized inter
LIE laws OF another state or country, no"
lrahsacting business In this state as nerein ,ae
nhed, and which now report or which silan re-
port when requested to the insurance depart
ment may continue such business upon com
plying with the provisions of this aci. FRA
ternal beneficiary corporations, associations
Or, societies. not now business nn IN
| tnle state, which may hereafter desire 10 40 80,
snail nrst obtain license therefor from the IN
suranoe commissioner. Such corporation.
association or society shall furnish tho com
missioner with certified copy Of its charter
ana bylaws. with a statement under oath,
showing its membership and financial cond1-
uon, With power Of attorney. as herelnalt ts
spec1ned, and shall also furnish the conmls.
s1oner with such other information as ne snail
Deem necessary to proper exhibit OF lts pus,
i9e n and standing and plan Of WORKING, Eng
II ne deems 1t expedient, he may license sucn
corporation, association society to DO bus1-
ness 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 dong
or hereafter admitted to do business within
within this state, and not being organized un-
der the laws OF this state, shall appoint In
| writing the insurance commissioner and his
successors in office to be It's true and lawful
attorney, upon whom all lawful process in any
action or proceeding against it may be served,
and In such writing shall agree that any lawful
process against it which is served on said at.
torney shall be of the same legal force and
validity as If served upon tho association, and
that the authority shall continue In force 50
| long as any liability remains outstanding In
this state. Copies of such certificate, certified
by said insurance commissioner. shall be deem
ed sufficient evidence thereof and shall be adj
effect 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
shall within TWO days after such service for
ward In the same manner copy OF the process
served on him to such officer. The plainttn
In such process SO served shall pay to the In
surance commissioner at the time of suoh ser
vice fee Of TIVE dollars, which shall be re-
covered by him as part OF tho taxable costs,
II he prevails In the suit.
SECT. H. No certificate issued by any 1850
citation transacttng business under this act shall
be valid or legal which shall be conditional mp
ON an agreement or understanding that the
beneficiary shall pay the dues and assessments,
or either Of them, for said member. ANY cor
poration authorized to transact business as de-
fined In this act may employ paid agents in
soliciting business. But no person shall act ms
| such an agent until he has first been licensed
therefor by the insurance commissioner in ac-
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 tnree For
| such license the commissioner shall receive
two dollars.
Scot. IL. Every corporation, ASSOCIATION CT
society doing business as herein defined shall
annually, on or before the first dayof March, re-
port to the insurance commissioner the names
and addresses Of its president, secretary and
treasurer, or other Officers answering thereto,
and shall make such further statements of its
membership and financial transaotions for the
year ending on the preceding thirty first day
| Of December, with other information relating
thereto, as said commissioner may deem nee.
essary to q proper exhibit Off 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.
bership for, or in any manner assist in pro.
curing membership In any such corporation or
organization doing business not authorized
by this act. or who shall SOLICIT membership
for or In any manner assist in procuring mem.
bershp in any such corporation or organiza-
ton not authorized, IS herein provided, to do
business as herein defined, In this state, shall
be guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon convio-
ton thereof, shall bs punished by fine of not
less than Fifty nor more than two hundred
dollars.
SECT H. The money or other benefit, char
ity, relief. or aid to be paid, provided or rem.
dered by any corporation. association or so
ciety authorized to do business under this act,
end as herein provided, shall not be liable TO
attachment by trustee, or other process, and
shah not be seized, taken or appropriated, or
applied BY any legal or equitable process, nor
by operation OF law, 70 pay any debt or liability
OF certificate holder, or any beneficiary
thereof.
sRcr; H. Any solicitor, agent OF examining
physician, who shall knowingly or wilfuly
make any false or fraudulent statement or rep
resentation In or with reference to any appn-
| cation for membership, or for the purpose Of
obtaining any money or benefit, In any cor
poration, association or society transacting
business under this act ehall be guilty OF
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shah be
punished by llne OF not less than one hun.
dred nor more than i've hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not less than thirty days nor
more than one year, or BOTH and any person
who shall w1llfuly make false statement OF
any material fact or thing In q sworn state
ment as to the death or disability Of q eertih-
cate holder ins any such corporation, for the
purpose of procuring the payment of the bene-
fit named In the certificate of such holder,
shall be guilty OF perjury, and upon conyio-
ton, shall be punished accordingly.
SECT. 10. Fraternal beneficiary organfza-
tons organized or incorporated under the
laws of any other state or country which do
not operate upon the 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
of eighteen hundred eighty-nine, and acts
| additional to and amcndatory thereof. Tegnla-
ting the admission and conduct of assessment
companies. All such corporations shall be
exempt from the provisions OF tina act ana
shall comply with ard be subject TO all provi
sions Of said statutes relating to assessment
companies.
| SECT. II. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to affect or apply to grand or Sub
ordinate lodges of a::s8oIi5, ODD Fellows,
Knights of Pytntas similar orders, organ
ICED or incorporated under the laws OF this
| state, and which do not have as their princi-
! pal object the issuance OF insurance certi6
| Gates Nor shall anything herein contained
| apply to domestici corporations or voluntary
| associations which limit their membership to
| the employees OF a particular city or town,
| designated firm, business house or corpora
| ton; nor to domestic lodges, orders or associ-
| atoms of purely religious, charitable and
! benevolent description which do not operate
| with a view to profit and which do not provide
| for funeral benefit of more than one hundred
! dollars, 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 certificate providing for the payment
| of benefits shall not be exempt by the pIovis-
| ions of this section, and such associations
| shall comply with all requirements Of this act.
/ The Insurance commissioner may require Of
any association such Information relating to
| its membership and certificates will enable
! him to determine whether it is exempt from