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duplicate copies prepaid and directed
to lis secretary or corresponding
officer ut the head office of the assocla-
ton.
Sec. II. No money or benefit,
charity or relief or aid to be paid, pro-
vidcd or rendered by any such assncla-
ton, shall be liable to attachment,
garnishment or other process, or he
seized, taken, appropriated or applied
10y any legal or equitable process or
operation Of law to pay any debt or
liability of a member or beneficiary, or
of any person who may have a light
Hereunder, either before or after pay
ment.
Sec. IS. Evry association tran
sacting business under this Act shall
file with the Insurance Commissioner
n duly certified copy of all admend.
nents Of or additions TO its constltu-
ton and laws within ninety days after
the enactment of the same. Printed
copies Of the constitution and laws
and OF additions or amendments there
10, certified 10y the secretary or cor
responding Office of the association,
shall be prima facie evidence OF the
legal adoption Thereon.
Sec. iG. Every association tran
sacting brsiucss in this State shall an
nually, on or before The 3l>t day OF
March, file with the Insurance Com
ni~issioner, in such form az he shall
prescribe. a statment, under oath, or
its president or secretary or c)rrespon-
ding officers, Of its condition ana
standing on The 3lst day OF December
next proceeding and of it's transactions
for The year ending on said 3l5t day
of December.
Sec. II. The Insurance Commits
siorer, or any person whom hr may ap-
poiut, may examine any folrign asso-
citation %transarting or applying for adj
mission to transact business in this
State. The said Insurance Commission
er may employ assistants for Il pur-
nose O such examination and he or any
other person whom he may appoint
shall have free access to all books, pa
pers and documents that relate to the
business of tie association, and may
summon and qualify AS witnesses un-
der oath and examine its officers, agents
employees and other pr rsons IN rela-
tioil to the affairs, transactions and
conditions of the association. DE
may, in his discretion, accept in lieu
of such eXamina ion the examination
Of the Insurance Department of State,
Territory, district, province or u
try where such association. is organlz-
ed. All examinations made under the
provisions of this section shall he
made at the expense of the association
examined. Ifany sIch association or
its officers refuse 10 submit To inch
examination, or to. .cGmFiy with the
provisions vi the section relating there
10, tic authority OF such association to
write new business in this State shall
be revoked until satisfactory evidence
is fu; nished the commissioner relating
to the condition and Affairs # the rs
ISOLATION, and durin, ,EIH L. c:';On
the association shall not write any
new business in this State: Provided
No such revocation shall be made un.
til after at least thirty days notice is
given such association of the proposed
revocation.
See. Is. Any person., officer,
member or examining physician Of
any association authorized TO do bust
ness under this Act who shall know
ingly or wilfully make any false or
fraudulent statement or representa-
ton in or with reference to auy appli-
cation for membership, or for the pur-
pose of obtaining money from or bene-
fit in any association ~transacting bust
ness under this Act, shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by a fine Of
not less than ore hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars or inn
prisOnment in the county Jail for not
less than thirty days nor mGie than
one year, or both, in the discretion Of
tie Court. And any person who shall
wilfully make u false statement Of any
material fact or thing in q sworn state
nlent as toihe death or disability OF a
certificate holder in any such assOcla-
ton for the purpose of procuring pay
ment Of benefit named in the ceitii-
cate of such holder, and any lersOn
who shall wilfully make auv false
in any verified report orde-
claration under oath required or
authorized by this Act, shall he guilty
of perjury, and shall he proceeded
against and punished as provided by
the statutes of this Stale in relation TO
the crime ofperjuIy. Any person who
shall solicit membership for or in any
manner assist in procuring member
ship in any association not authorized
to do business in this State, or who
shall solicit. membership for or in
any manner assist in procuring
membership in any such asso-,,
citation not aulhoriz d as h. rein pro-
videh to do business az herein defined
this State, shall be guilty Of a mis-
aud upon conviction there
Of, shall be punished by a fine of not
more than one hundred dollars or inn
orisonment not longer than thirty days
Any association or any t%fticer, agent
or employee thereof, neglt cling or re-
to comply with, or violating
any of the provision of this Act, the
for which neglect, refusal or
violation is not specified in this sec
ion, shall be fined not exceeding one
hundred dollars upon conviction there.
If, or may be imprisoned not more
han thirty days.
Sec. 10 This Act shall not apply
% associations or lodges organized for
social, literary or patriotic pur.
poses, which issue no certificates Of
insurance or make no contracts of it,
1emnity with its members. But the
Insurance Commissioner may require
rom any association or lodge such in
formation as will enable him to deter
mine whether such society is exempt