The age-herald., 1900-12-16

make provisions for the payment of bene- fits in case of death, sickness, temporary or permanent physical disability, either the result of disease, accident or old age, pro- vided the period of life at which payment for old age commences shall not be under seventy years. Any such order or associas ton shall also accumulate, maintain, ap- ply or disburse among its membership a reserve, emergency or other funds as may be provided in it's constitution and laws, provided, however, that no profit or gain shall be added to the payments made by a member. The funds from whhich the payment of benefits shall be made, and the funds from which the expenses shall be defrayed, shall be derived from assess ments, dues other payments collected from It's members, as may be provided by the constitution or bylaws of such order or association and such constitution and bylaws shall be printed clearly and fur nished with each certificate of membership, and all amendments to the same when en- acted, shall be furnished to each member and also to the Insurance Commissioner within thirty days after the enactment of the same. Payment of death benefits shall be to families, heirs, blood relatives, affi- ance husband or affianced wife of or to persons dependent upon the member, as may be designated by the member. Such orders or associations shall be governed by this act, and shall be exempt from the provisions of the insurance laws of this State, and no law hereafter passed shall apply to fraternal, beneficiary orders or associations unless it be expressly desig- mated therein.
 Sec ?. Any fraternal, beneficiary order, association or society of this or any other State, district province or territory, now having members, or any lodge, chapter, council or subordinate branch duly estab- lished and organized in this State may con- tinue it's operations and business in this State, provided that it hereafter complies with the provisions of this act regulating annual reports, and the designation of the Insurance Commissioner or such person as he may designate as the person upon whom process may be served, as hereinafter pro- vided. Provided, further, that such cor poration, order, society or association shall have not less than five hundred bona fide members.
 Sec. 8. Any fraternal, beneficiary order, association or society, coming within the description as set forth in section 1 of this act, organized under the laws of any other State, province, district or territory, not now having lodges, councils or other bod fes, or members in this State shall be per mftted to do business within this State when 1t shall have filed with the insurance commissioner certificate from the official in charge of insurance matters in its home State of incorporation, that 1t Is authorized to transact business therein as fraternal beneficiary order or association, also a duly certified copy of the constitution and laws, certified to by Its secretary or correspond ing officer, together with the appointment of the insurance commissioner or such per son as he may designate as the person upon whom legal process may be served, as hereinafter provided.
 Sec. f. Every such corporation, society, order or assocati ton doing business in this State, shall on or before the first day of March each year, make and file with the insurance commissioner, a report of it's af- fairs and operations during the year ending the thirty-first of December immediately preceding, which annual report shall be in lieu of all other reports required by any other law, such reports shall be made on DlanKS prONlueu Dy lHe soner and shall be verified under oath by the duly authorized officers of any such or der and shall be published, or the substance thereof, in the annual report of the insur- ance commissioner under a separate head entitled "Fraternal Beneficiary Societies."
 Sec. 5. Each such corporation, society, or association now doing or hereafter admit ted to do business within this State and not having it's principal office within this State and not being organized under the laws of this State shall appoint in writing the insurance commissioner, or such person as may be designated by him or his suc- cessors in office to be its 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 attorney, shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the order or association, and that the authority shall continue in force so long as any liability remains out standing in this State, and such service in this State shall alone be legal service. Copies of such certificates certified by said insurance commissioner, shall be deemed sufficient evidence thereof, and shall be
 
 admitted 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 as- socation, when legal process against any such order is served upon said insurance commissioner, he shall immediately notify the order of such service by letter, prepaid and directed to it's secretary or correspond ing officer, and he shall after such service, forward in the same manner, copy of the process served upon him to such officer. The insurance commissioner shall keep a record of all processes served upon him, which record shall show the day when such service was made, and by whom made.
 Sec G. The insurance commissioner shall, without undue delay, upon the application of any order, society or association hay ing the right to do business in this State,
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