Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-23

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Section II. Section eightv~:wo !,
"ifthdrd hy Str'k'nG GU, IN tho lhird lin,
lncfc"t lhc wor,.S for the liStric." :.
mat said sect,Cn, as amended. shall rc,.
az follows:
\ occtI' n NJ. All exceptions or Questions
Using III any way during the trial o.
criminal cases in either of said supericl
courts. shall be transferred to the law
docket of The supreme judicial court and
nav" daN therein, ard if said exceptions
ne sustained or new tr'ai IS ordered
IN" Gauss shall be demanded to such
Superior court for trial. Motions for :,
new TRIAL in crimina! cases tried in either
OF the superior crIrtS. shah be- heard
and finally determined by the Justice
hcfeo. Improved March 2l.l
Chapter ::.
AN net relating to Fraternal Eenc-
iic!ary OrganiZa tons.
II" X enacted by the Senate and IIons,
OF representatives in Legislature as.
Scmhled. as follows:
section ]. y fra:crnal beneficiary asso-
idtion is hereby defined to be any corpo-
ration society or voluntary association
formed or organized and carried on for
me sole benefit OF its members and then
oencliclarlcS. and not for profit. Each
association shall have a lodge system
win rituaiistic form of work and repro
sentative form of government. and shall
make provision for the pavment Of h, ne
htS in case of DEATH and may make pro-
VISION Tor the payment of benefits in
me case of sickness. temporary OF
permanent physical disability. eitncr as
the result Of disease. accident or old age.
provided the "eriod in life at which pay
mcnt of physical disability benefits ON
account of old age commences, shall not
compliance with it's constitution ard
laws The fund from which the pavmnnt
OF such benefits shall be made and the
fund from which the expenses of such as
ISOLATION shall be betrayed shall be de
rived from assessments or dues collected
from its members. Payments of death
blood relatives. adopted children, adopting
parents, afiiancCd husband or aifianc Il
wiie or. or to persons dependent upon tnt
member such associations shall be gov
erhcd Nv inns act and shall be exempt
rom inc provisions of insurance laws
OF this state. except us herein provided
ana no law hereafter passed shall apply
to them Unless they be expressly desis-
mated therein. Any such fratcrnal benc-
Iciary association may create. maintain.
1 .l.,i"i! ar, ana apply = reserve. or cmcr-
Sutution or bylaws.
section ,. Seven cT more persons resi-
dent OF the state. desiring to form a
lrat"rnal beneficiary corporation for the
purposes above provided. and having
signed an agreement therefor. declaring
therein the purposes of such corporations.
may organize as such in the r,anncr pro
vided in sections one. two and three OF
thapter HftE-tiVc of the revised statutes.
and such corporation shall have all the
powers, privileges and immunitics, and
be subject to all the liabilities named in
said section three.
Section 3 The president. secretary. and
a majority of the directors. or other 'tt-
GERS corresponding thereto. shall forth
with make. ElGn and swear to CERT
tlcate setting forth a true copy of the
agreement and declaration of the pur-
poses of the association. with the names
Of the subscribers thereto. the date Of the
frSt meeting. and the successive al iourn-
lnents. if any. and shall submit such GER
ilicatc and the records of the corpo-
ration 10 the insurance commissioner
who. upon payment of Il fee of five dol
lars shall make such examination and re-
Quirc such evidence as he deems ncccs-
sary; and if it appears that the purposes
If the corporation conform to law. he
shall certify his approval thereof, and the
certificate shall then be filed by said Off
Ger in the Office of the secretary OF state,
who. upon payment OF IL lee oi i've uot-
lars shall cause the same with the en-
iorsCmeTts, to he recorded and shall
ihcreupon Issue a certificate in the fol- |
lowing form:
STATE OF MAINE.
BE it known that whereas thcrc the |
names of the subscribers to the agree |
mont of the aSSCCia tion shall be Inserted. |
have associated themselves with the in |
jcntion of forming a corporation under !
he name of thcre the name of the cor
roration shall be Inserted for the pur- |
pose therc the purpose declared in The |
agreement of association shall 20 in !
serted. and have complied with the
OF the statutes OF this state |
in such case made and provided, as af- |
pears from the certificate of the officers |
VI the corporation. duly approved by thcI
insurance commissioner and recorded in |
this office: now. therefore. ! there the |
namc of the secretary shall be Inserted, |
of the state of Maine, do here |
by certify that said there the names of |
he subscribers to the agreement of aSSo- |
riatiCn shall be Inserted. their associates |
and successors. are legally organized ana |
established as and are hereby made an |
existing corporation under the name of |
here the name of the corporation shall
be insertcd). with the powers, rights and |
privileges. and subject to the limitations. |
1uties and restrictions which by law |
4ppcrtan thereto. Witness my official |
signature hereunto subscribed. and the /
seal Of the state of Maine hereunto af- |
year lin these blanks the day, month |
md tn" year of execution OF the ccrti- |
iCatn shall he Inserted. The secretary |
shall sign the same and cause the sea; |
such certificate shall be conclusive EVIL
iencc Of the existence of such corpo-
ration at the date of such certihcate. HeI
shall cause Il record of such certificate |
to be made. and a certified copy uf sucli |
record may be given in evidence with |
like effect as the original certificate.
l.
the provisions of this act shall he valio |
after one year from its date unless the |
1rga niZati'pn has been completed and bus.
mess begun hereunder, and when any |
domestic corporation has discontinued |
business for the period of one year its |
charter shall become null and void.
Section ). Any fraterndl beneficiary cor |
poration existing under the laws of this |
sta,c and now engaged in trInsactlnG |
business herein. may reinoorp"rafe under |
the provisions of this act; provided. that |
nothing in this act contained snail be |
construed as requiring any such corpo-
ration to rcincorporatc; and any such coy
poratiOn may continue To exercise All |
the rights, powers and privileges con-
ferred BY this act. and its articles OF i
not inconsistent herewith, |
and shall be subject to the requirements |
and penalties of this act the same as IL
hereunder
Section g. No association hereafter or |
caniZed under the provisions of TINS act |
shall incur any liability or ISSUE any ben |
Gift certificate until it has received from
the insurance commissioner certiiicatc |
to the effect that it has compiled with |
IN, requirements Of law and is duly au-
thoriZed to transact business III this |
state. Before such certificate is granted |
the association must present satisfactory |
evidence to the insurance commissioner |
hat il has established mortuary assess |
uent rates which arc not lower than |
those now indicated as necessary by the |
national fraternal congress mortality |
tables and that at least five hundred.
nersons have each paid one advance |
rrnortuary assessment on the rates so cS- |
tabIishcd and become bona iidc member