The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-30

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alties of this act the same as if rencorporated
hereunder.
SECT 0. Fraterna beneficiary corporations,
associations or societies organized under
the laws of another state or country, now
tfansacting business in Ibis state as herein de-
lined, and which now report OF which shall re-
port when requested to the insurance depart
ment may continue such business upon COM
plying with the provisions of this act. Fra
ternal beneficiary corporations, associations
or societies, not now transacting business in
this state, which may hereafter desire to do so,
shall first obtain license therefor from the in
surance commissioner. Such corporation,
association or society shall furnish the CON-
missioner with certified copy of its charter
and bylaws, with a statement under oath,
showing its membership and financial condt
ton, with power of attorney, as hereinafter
specified, and shall also furnish the commits
sioner with such other information as he shall
deem necessary to proper exhibit OF Its bus
mess and standing and plan of working, and
Ii he deems 1t expedient, he may license such
corporation, association OF society to do bust
ness In this state in accordance with the pro-
visions of this act. For such license he may
receive a 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 office
within this state, and not being organized I'M
writing the insurance commissioner and his
successors in Office to be its true and lawful
attorney, upon whom all lawful process in any
action p, or proceeding against II may be served
process against it which is served on said at.
torney shall be of the same legal force and
validity as If served upon the association, and
that the authority shall continue in force SO
long as any liability remains outstanding in
this state. Copies of such certificate, certified
by said insurance commissioners, shall be deem
ed sufficient evidence thereof, and shall be adj
mitted in evidence with the same force and
effect as the original thereof might be admitted.
Service upon such attorney shall be deemed
sufficient service upon such association. When
legal orOraGa apa1OSt Huch association is
served upon said insurance commissioner, he
shall Immediately notify the association of
such service by letter, prepaid and directed ed
shall within two days after such service for
ward In the same manner copy OF the process
served on him to such officer. The plaintiff
in such process SO served shall pay to the in
surance commissioner at the time OF such SER
vice fee of two dollars, which shall be re-
covered by him as part of the taxable costs,
if he prevails in the suit.
Sect IL. No certificate issued by any asso-
citation transacting business under this act shall
be valid or legal which shall be conditional up.
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
such an agent until he has first been licensed
therefor by the insurance commissioner in &C.
cordance with the provisions 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
such license the commissioner shall receive
SECT. u. Every corporation, association or
society doing business as herein defined shall
on or before the first dayyo March, re-
port to the insurance commissioner the names
and addresses of Its president, secretary and
or other Officers answering thereto,
and shall make such further statements of its
and financial transactions for the
year ending on the preceding thirty-f1rst day
of December, with other information relating
thereto, as said commissioner may deem nee.
essary to proper exhibit Of its 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. i3. Any person who shall solicit mem.
bership for, or in any manner assist in pro.
curing membership In any such corporation or
by this act, or who shall solicit membership
for, or in any manner assist in procuring mem
bership In any such corporation OF organiza-
ton not authorized. as herein provided, to do
business as herein defined, in this state, shall
be guilty of a mtsdemeanor, and upon convic-
ton thereof, shall be punished by fine of not
less than fifty nor more than two hundred
dollars.
SECT. II. 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,
and as herein provided, shall not be liable TO
attachment by trustee, or other process, and
shall not be seized, taken or appropriated, or
BY any legal or equitable process, nor
Of a certificate holder, or any beneficiary
thereof.
SECT. is. Any solicitor, agent or examining
physician, who shall knowingly or wilfully
make any false OF fraudulent statement or rep
in or with reference to any appli.
cation for membership, or for the purpose Of
association or society transacting
business under this act, shall be guilty of a
and, upon conviction, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hun
bred nor more than five hundred dollars, or by
not less than thirty days nor
more than one year, or both; and any person
who shall willfully make false statement of
any material fact or thing In q sworn state.
ment as to the death or disability of eertif-
cate holder in any such corporation, for the
purpose OF procuring the payment of the bene-
shall be guilty of perjury, and upon conyie-
ton, shall be punished accordingly:
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
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 p PUBLIC big laws
additional to and amendatory thereof, regula-
ting the admission and conduct of assessment
All Sucn corporations Snail be
exempt from the provisions of this act and
shall comply with and be subject to all provi-
sions of said statutes relating to assessment
companies.
SECT. IT.. Nothing herein contained shall be
construed to affect or apply to grand or sub
ordinate lodges of Masons, 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 certi1-
Gates. Nor shall anything herein contained
apply to domesticl corporations or voluntary
associations which limit their membership to
the employees OF particular city or town,
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 view to profit and which DO not provide
for funeral benefit of more 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 certificate providing for the payment
Of benefits shall not be exempt by the provis-
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 as will enable
him to determine whether 1t is exempt from
the provisions of this act. And no order or
association which is exempt by the provisions
of this section from the requirements OF this
act, shall employ paid agents or give or allow