ART. 23.] FRATERNAL BENEFICIARY ORDERS. 633

1894, ch 295, sec. 143 N.

219. 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 appli-
cation for membership, or for the purpose of obtaining any
money or benefit in any association transacting business under
sections 210 to 223 (both inclusive) of this article, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be pun-
ished 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 pro-
curing 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 210 to
section 223 (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.

1894, ch. 295, sec. 143 C

220. Any such association refusing or neglecting to make
the report as provided in section 213 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 business fraudu-
lently, or shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of
section 210 to section 223 (both inclusive) of this article,
immediately commence an action against such association to
enjoin the same from carrying on any business. And no
injunction against any such association shall be granted by
any court, except on application as set forth in this section.
No association so enjoined shall have authority to continue
business until such report shall be made, or overt act or viola-
tion complained of shall have been corrected, nor until the
costs of such action be paid by it; provided, the court shall
find that such association was in default as charged; where-
upon the insurance commissioner shall reinstate such associa-
tion, and not until then shall such association be allowed to