PHLLLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH, ESQ., GOVERNOR, 1613

nicipal and school tax, other than taxes on real estate and office
equipment.

SEC. 32A. (Penalties.) Any person, officer, member or
examining physician of any association authorized, to do busi-
ness under this act, who shall knowingly or wilfully make any
false or frandulent statement as representation in or with ref-
erence to any application for membership, or for the purpose of
obtaining money from or benefit in. any association transacting
business under this act, shall 'be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less
than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or
imprisonment in the county jail for not less than thirty days
nor more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court,
and any person who shall wilfully make a false statement of
any material fact or thing in a sworn statement as to the. death
or disability of a certificate-holder in any such association .for
the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the cer-
tificate of such holder, and any person who shall wilfully make
any false statement in any verified report or declaration under
oath required or authorized by this act, shall be guilty of per-
jury, and shall be proceeded against and punished as provided
by the statutes of this State in relation to the crime of perjury.
Any person who shall solicit membership for or in any manner
assist in procuring membership in any fraternal beneficiary
association not licensed to do business in this State, or who
shall solicit membership for or in any manner assist in pro-
curing membership in any such association not authorized, as
herein provided, to do business as herein defined in this State,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than
two hundred dollars. Any association or any. officer, agent or
employee thereof neglecting or refusing to comply with, or vio-
lating any of the provisions of this act, the penalty for which
neglect, refusal or violation is not specified in this section, shall
be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars upon conviction
thereof.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That sections 210 to 225, both
inclusive, of Article 23, of the Code of Public General Laws
of Maryland, revision of 1904, title "Corporations," sub-title
"Fraternal Beneficiary Associations," be and the same are here-
by repealed; and also that all other acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.

Approved April 15, 1912.