PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR. 1609

branches, and all business transacted at such meetings shall be
as valid in all respects as if such meetings were held in this
State. But its principal office shall be located in this State.

SEC. 19A. (No personal Liability.) Officers and members
of the supreme, grand or any subordinate body of any such
incorporated association shall not be individually liable for the
payment of any disability or death benefit provided for in the
laws and agreements of such association, but the same shall be
payable only out of the funds of such association and in the
manner provided by its law.

SEC. 20A. (Waiver of the Provisions of the Laws.) The
constitution and laws of the association may provide that no
subordinate body, nor any of its subordinate officers or members
shall have the power or authority to waive any of the provisions
of the laws and constitution of, the association, and the same
shall be binding on the association and each and every member
thereof, and on all beneficiaries of members.

SEC. 21A. (Benefits Not Attachable.) No money or other
benefit, charity or relief or aid to be paid, provided or rendered
by any such association shall be liable to attachment, garnish-
ment or other process, or be seized, taken, appropriated or
applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law
to pay any debt or liability of a member or beneficiary or any
other person who may have a right thereunder, either before
or after payment.

SEC. 22A. (Constitution and Laws—Amendments.) Every
association transacting business under this act shall file with
the Insurance Commissioner a duly certified copy of all amend-
ments of or additions to its constitution and laws within ninety
days after the enactment of the same. Printed copies of the
constitution and laws, as amended, changed or added to, certi-
fied by the secretary or corresponding officer of the association,
shall be prima facie evidence of the legal adoption thereof.

SEC. 25A. (Examination of Domestic Associations.) The
Insurance Commissioner, or any person he may appoint, shall
have the power of visitation and examination into the affairs
of any domestic association. He may employ assistance for the
purpose of such examination, and he, or any person he may
appoint, shall have free access to all the books, papers and docu-
ments that relate to the business of the association, and may
summon and qualify as witness under oath and examine its
officers, agents and employees or other persons in relation to the
affairs, transactions and condition of the association.