FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR,

twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment in the city or county jail not less than thirty
days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 143 P. Any person who shall act within this State as an

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officer, agent or otherwise in procuring new members for any
association which shall have failed, neglected or refused to
comply with or shall have violated any of the provisions of
sections 143 E to section 143 RE (both inclusive) of this article,
or shall have failed or neglected to comply with the provisions
therein, preliminary to transacting business as provided for by
said sections, or either of them, shall be subject to the penalty
provided in the last preceding section for the misdemeanor
therein specified.

SEC. 143 Q. Fraternal beneficiary societies, orders or associa-

Acting as
agent for
society vio-
lating this
sub title.

tions as described in section 143 E, may be incorporated in the
manner provided for the formation of corporations under this
article; provided, that no such society, order or association
incorporated in another State, province or territory, nor any
council or branch, or component part thereof, can be incor-
porated under the laws of this State.

SEC. 143 E. Any association entitled to do business in this

Incorpora-
tions under
this article.

State under the provisions of sections 143 E to section 143 R
(both inclusive) of this article, which shall so conduct its
affairs or shall in any manner change its charter, constitution
or laws, so that it shall not answer to the description of a
fraternal beneficiary association as set forth in section 143 E,
shall thereupon cease to be entitled to the privilege of said
section.

SEC. 2. The insurance commissioner of this State shall

Changing
charter or
constitu-
tion.

notify the supreme secretary of each of the said associations
now doing business in this State, of the passage of this act,
and enclose a blank for the report of its operations for the
year ending December 31st, 1893; and every association
receiving such notice and blank shall file such report in the
manner provided in section 143 H, not later than three months
from the date of the receipt of such notice and blank, under
the like penalties as provided in section 143 p for not tiling a
report.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained
shall apply to lodges or orders of a purely religious, charitable

Societies to be
notified of;
the passage
of this act.