Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-08-04

The people OF the State of Wisconsin,
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section l.. The provisions of section
22l5a OF the statutes are hereby ex-
tended to include every instrument in
writing made prior to the first day of
March, 1911.
Section 2. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after it's pas
sage and publication.
Approved May 26, 1911. Copy Law.
No 356, 81 Published May 27, 1911.
CHAPTER PIG, LAWS OF 1911.
AN ACT to create section 1856, subsec-
lions 3, 10, and II of section 1857,
subsections IS, 16, and II of section
1858, and subsections, 22, "a, rs, 81,
%, and 80 of section 1859; to renum-
Der sections 1860, 1853, 1851, and
1955k, to be respectively subs ectiOn
of section 1851 and subsections %,
26, and 20 of section 1859; and to re-
peal sections 1S55b, 1864, 1955e,
-955f, 1955h, 1851, 1851, 1955m, 1955n,
and 1978x, relating to fraternal bene-
nj tit or mutual be- benefit societies.
represented in Senate and Assembly,
do enact as follows:
Section L.. There are added to the
statutes three new sections to read
ciety, order, or voluntary aid assOcia-
ton, without capital stock, organized
and carried on solely for the mutual
benefit of it's members or their bene-
ficiaries, and having lodge system with
ritualistic form of work and represen-
tatiVe form OF government, and which
makes provision for the payment of
death or disability benefits, or for both.
is hereby declared to be a "fraternal
benefit society,"" which shall be held to
be Synonymous with a mutual bene-
fit society,"" Domestic societies liz
censed to do business in this state as
fraternal benefit societies on the first
day of May, 1911, shall be considered
within this subsection.
2. Any such society having SUI
preme governing or Legislative body,
and subordinate lodges or branches by
whatever name known, into which
members shall be elected, initiated, and
admitted in accordance with it's con-
stitution, laws, rules, regulations, and
prescribed ritualiStic ceremonies, which
subordinate lodges or branches shall
be required by the laws of such society
least once in each month, shall be
deemed to be operating on the lodge
system.
deemed to have a representative form
of government when it shall provide in
its constitution and laws for a supreme
Legislative or governing body, COM
posed of representatives elected either
by the members or by delegates elected
directly or indirectly by the members,
together with such other members as
may be prescribed by its constitution
and laws: CD Provided that the elect
i've members shall constitute major
ity in number, and have not less than
tWO-thirds of the votes nor less than
the votes required to amend it's COnSu-
tuition and laws; and 90 Provided, fur
Their, that the meeting of the supreme
or governing body and the election of
officers, representatives or delegates
shall be held as often as once in four
years.
b. The members, officers, representa-
tiVes, or delegates of fraternal bene-
fit society shall not vote by proxy.
Provision
by mail.
4. Unless express reference is made
to this subsection, no law now in force
or hereby or hereafter enacted shall
include or apply to: q. Societies which
limit their membership to any one haZ-
ard0us occupation.
lodges of a society now doing business
in this state which provides: % death
benefits not exceeding three hundred
dollars to any one person; CD disability
benefits not exceeding three hundred
dollars in any one year to any one per
son; go or both.
c. Nor to any contracts of re-insur
ance business on such plan in this
. d d. Nor to domestic societies which
limit their membership. to the. en-
ployees of: % a particular city or
town; (2) a designated firm, business
house, or corporation.
e. Nor to domestic lodges, orders, or
associations of a purely religious, char
Which do not provide: III for death
benefit of more than one hundred dol
lars; ~ or for disability benefits Of
more than one hundred and fifty dol
lars to any one person in any one year.
5. But, (a) any such domestic order
or society which, % has more than
tive HUNDRED members 81 and hI,o pro to.
ydes for death or disa6 iodo een ordey
or society which issues to any person
certificate providing for the payment of
benefits; shall not be exempt by the
comply with all the requirements Of
the law relating to fraternal benefit
societies.
s, The commissioner of insurance
may require from any society such in
formation as will enable him to deter
mine whether such society is exempt
from the provisions of this act.
7. No society shall be exempt by the
provisions of subsection of this sec
ton if it shall give or allow, or promise
to give or allow, to any person any
compensation for procuring new mem
berS.
s. Any fraternal benefit society, here
tofOre organized and incorporated and
operating within the definition set
s sec tit H. 5a) PROVIDING for benefits in
case of death or disability resulting
solely from accidents, (b) but which
does not obligate itself to pay death or
sick benefits, may be licensed under the
provisions of the law relating to fra
ternal benefit societies and shall have
all the privileges and shall be subject
to all the provisions and regulations Of
such law, except that the provisions of
such law requiring medical examina-
tons lions Valuations Of benefit certificates,
and that the certificate shall specify
the amount of benefits, shall not apply
to such society.
8. Unless express reference is made
to this subsection. or unless expressly
designated til erein, no law now in force
ar a shall TO
fraternal benefit society or mutual ben
eft society.
10. The word assessment" as used
in any law applicable to any fraternal
benefit society, shall mean that the
usual method employed by any organi-
cation within such provisions to meet
it's death losses is by assessments upon
it's surviving members, or that the
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