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of this State, the officers of such society or association,
such as the board of control, trustees, directors, council,
executive council, or by whatever name known, when
thereunto duly authorized by its supreme representative
or governing body, by whatever name known, shall file
with the Insurance Commissioner of this State a copy of
its articles of incorporation or charter under which it is
then operating, a copy of its constitution and laws and a
copy of its financial statement and valuation certified to
by its actuary together with a petition verified by its
president and secretary or corresponding officer asking
that such fraternal beneficiary association be incorporated
as a fraternal beneficiary association of this State. Upon
the filing of the same with the Insurance Commissioner
of this State, if he shall determine that the facts stated
in the petition and exhibits are true, upon the paying of a
fee of five hundred ($500. 00) dollars therefor, such fra-
ternal beneficiary association shall immediately thereby
become incorporated as a fraternal beneficiary association
of this State, and the Insurance Commissioner shall issue
to it a Certificate of Incorporation as a fraternal bene-
ficiary association of this State under such name or names
as it may have selected, which will not conflict with the
name of any other incorporation of the State. Such asso-
ciation shall maintain an office in this State, but may
maintain other offices and other places of business else-
where.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, if any provi-
sion of this Act, or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act,
and the application of such provision to other persons or
circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That all Acts, or
parts of Acts of the General Assembly, heretofore passed,
that may be in conflict or inconsistent with any of the
provisions of this Act, be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency with
the provisions of this Act.

Approved May 17, 1935.

CHAPTER 289.

AN ACT to add a new section to Article 81 of the Anno-
tated Code of Public General Laws of Maryland, 1929
Supplement, title "Revenue and Taxes, " sub-title "Tax