ART. 23] MEETINGS——MISREPEESENTATION. 645

1904, art. 23, sec. 218. 1S94, ch. 295, sec. 143 M.

237. Any such association organized under the laws of this State
may provide for the meetings of its legislative or governing body in
any other State, province or territory wherein such association shall
have subordinate bodies, and all business transacted at such meetings
shall be valid in all respects, as if such meetings were held within this
State; and where the laws of any such association provide for the elec-
tion of its officers by votes to be cast in its subordinate bodies, the votes
so cast in its subordinate bodies in any other State, province or terri-
tory shall be valid as if cast within this State.

Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Elchengreen, 107 Md. 612; Supreme
Lodge v. Simering, 88 Md. 284; International Fraternal Alliance v. State, 86
Md. 552; Barton v. International Fraternal Alliance, 85 Md. 31.
See notes to sec. 229.

Ibid. sec. 219. 1894, ch. 295, sec. 143 N.

238. Any person, officer, member or examining physician, who
shall knowingly or wilfully make any false or fraudulent statement or
representation, in or with reference to any application for membership,
or for the purpose of obtaining any money or benefit in any association
transacting business under sections 229 to 242 (both inclusive) of this
article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the city or 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 death or
disability of a certificate holder in any such association for the purpose
of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certificate of such
holder, and any person who shall wilfully make any false statement in
any verified report or declaration under oath, required or authorized
under the provisions of section 229 to section 242 (both inclusive) of
this article, or either of them, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be
proceeded against and punished as provided by the statutes of this
State in relation to the crime of perjury.

Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Elchengreen, 107 Md. 612; Supreme
Lodge v. Simering, 88 Md. 284; International Fraternal Alliance v. State, 86
Md. 552; Barton v. International Fraternal Alliance, 85 Md. 31.
See notes to sec. 229.

Ibid. sec. 220. 1894, ch. 295, sec. 143 O.

239. Any such association refusing or neglecting to make the report
as provided in section 232 shall be excluded from doing business within
this State in procuring new members. The insurance commissioner
must, within sixty days after failure to make such report, or in case
any such association shall exceed its powers, or shall conduct its busi-
ness fraudulently, or shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of
section 229 to section 242 (both inclusive) of this article, immediately
commence an action against such association to enjoin the same from