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stepfather, stepmother, step-children, children by legal adoption, or to a
person or persons dependent upon the member; provided, that if after the
issuance of the original certificate the member shall become dependent
upon an incorporated charitable institution, he shall have the privilege,
with the consent of the association, to make such institution his beneficiary;
and provided further, that any fraternal beneficiary association authorized
to do business in this State, and which shall as to all or any class of certifi-
cates or contracts accumulate and maintain the assets required for the pay-
ment, of benefits upon such certificates or contracts, when valued by mor-
tality and interest standards which provide reserves not less than those
based upon such mortality tables and interest rates as are permitted by the
Insurance Commissioner for fraternal beneficiary associations or life in-
surance companies, or upon any higher standard, may as to such class enter
into such contracts with such persons upon such showing of eligibility in
such forms and granting such benefits payable to such persons and bene-
ficiaries within the above restrictions under such conditions as its consti-
tution and laws may provide. Within the above restrictions, each member
shall have the right to designate his beneficiary, and, from time to time,
have the same changed in accordance with the laws, rules or regulations of
the association, and no beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest
in the said benefit until the same has become due and payable upon the
death of the said member; provided, that any association may, by its laws
limit the scope of beneficiaries within the above classes.

237. Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 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 (this footnote).

238. Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 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 (this foot-note).

239. This section does not supersede the remedies given by secs. 367 and 376 of
art. 23 of the Code of 1904 (see secs. 97 and 104 of art. 23), nor does it interfere with
the general power of equity to grant injunctions, the word "injunction" as used in this
section, referring only to injunctions to restrain the company "from carrying on its
business." Barton v. International Fraternal Alliance, 85 Md. 31.

Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 107 Md. 612; Supreme Lodge v.
Simering, 88 Md. 284; International Fraternal Alliance v. State, 86 Md. 552.

See notes to sec. 229 (this foot-note).

24.0. Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 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 (this foot-note).

241. Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 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 (this foot-note).

242. This section referred to in construing art. 23, secs. 193 and 229, An. Code, 1912—
see notes thereto (this foot-note and foot-note at beginning of this article). International
Fraternal Alliance v. State, 86 Md. 557.

Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 107 Md. 612; Supreme Lodge v.
Simering, 88 Md. 284; Barton v. International Fraternal Alliance, 85 Md. 31.

See notes to sec. 229 (this foot-note).

243. Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 107 Md. 612; International
Fraternal Alliance v. State, 86 Md. 552.
See notes to sec. 229 (this foot-note).

244. Cited but not construed in Himmel v. Eichengreen, 107 Md. 612; International
Fraternal Alliance v. State, 86 Md. 552.

See notes to sec. 229 (this foot-note).

244A. As to process against corporations, see art. 23, secs. 109 and 119, and cross-
references.