ART. 23] MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. 635

doing business in this State of sections 210-223, and enclose
a blank for the report of its operations for each year ending
December 31; and every association receiving such notice and
blank shall file such report in the manner provided in section
213, not later than three months from the date of the receipt
of such notice and blank, under the like penalties as provided
in section 220 for not filing a report.

1894, art. 295, sec. 3.

225. Nothing contained in sections 210-223 shall apply to
lodges or orders of a purely religious, charitable or benevolent
description, paying exclusively sick, funeral or death benefits to
members, their family or dependents, and not operated with a
view to profit, nor shall any such organization be required to
make any report under this or any other sections of the
insurance laws; and provided further, that no society, lodge
or body of any secret or fraternal society, or association of
employes of any particular trade, firm or corporation organized
in this State, paying only sick benefits not exceeding two hun-
dred and fifty dollars in the aggregate to' any one person in
any one year, or a funeral benefit to those dependent on a
member not exceeding three hundred and fifty dollars, shall be
required to make any report thereof under this article or under
any other article of the insurance laws; provided further, that
certificates issued by the Improved and Independent Orders of
B'nai B'rith may be made payable to charitable institutions as
now provided in its by-laws.

Manufacturing Companies.

1888, art. 23, sec. 143. 1868, ch. 471, sec. 137.

226. Any corporation formed under this article for manu-
facturing purposes may change or extend its business to any
other manufacturing business, subject to the provisions and
liabilities in this article prescribed, with reference to such cor-
porations; and whenever any such corporation shall desire to
change or enlarge its business, it shall take such steps and pro-
ceed in all respects as in sections 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 and 89 of
this article provided in reference to the increase or diminution
of the capital stock of corporations; and if the assent of two-
thirds of all the holders of shares of stock in the said corpo-
ration shall be obtained to the said proposed change, in the
manner set forth in the said sections of this article, then upon
the making out and recording, in the manner therein directed,