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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. UH. 382. 1897. 631 shall be shown to be conducting its business in accordance with the provisions of this Act; for which purpose the assessor may personally, E¤¤¤¤i¤¤ti¤¤ by ¤¤~ or by some person to be designated by him, examine into the condition, °°°s°r' affairs, character, and business methods, accounts, books, and investments of such association at its home office; which examination shall be at the expense of such association, and shall be made within thirty days after demand therefor; and the expense of such examination shall be limited to fifty dollars. Sec. 4. That every such association doing business in said District S°é_gj*;g§>t*;g*{°¤¤ shall, on or before the first day of March of each year, make and iile s` °` with the assessor of said District a report of its ailairs and operations during the year ending on the thirty—Iirst day of December immediately preceding, which annual report shall be in lieu of all other reports required by any other law. Such report shall be upon blank forms to be provided by the assessor, or may be printed in pamphlet form, and shall be verified under oath by the duly authorized onicers of such association, and shall be published, or the substance thereof, in the annual report of the assessor, under a separate part entitled "Fraternal Beneficial Associations/’ and shall contain answers to the followingquestions: First. Number of certificates issued during the year or members Contents. admitted 1 Second. Amount of indemnity eifected thereby"! Third. Number of losses or benefit liabilities incurred? Fourth. Number of losses or beneiit liabilities paid? Fifth. The amount received from each assessment for the year"! Sixth. Total amount paid members, beneficiaries, legal representatives or heirs"! Seventh. Number and kind of claims for which assessments have been made? Eighth. Number and kind of claims compromised or resisted, and brief statement of reasons"? Ninth. Does association charge annual or other periodical dues or admission fees? Tenth. If so, how much on each one thousand dollars, annually or per capita, as the case may bei Eleventh. Total amount received, from what source, and the disposition thereof ‘i Twelfth. Total amount of salaries paid to officersi Thirteenth. Docs association guarantee in its certificates fixed amounts to be paid regardless of amount realized from assessments, dues, admission fees, and donations? Fourteenth. If so. state amount guaranteed and the security of such guaranty. Fifteenth. Has the association a reserve or emergency fund? Sixteenth. lf so, how is it created, and for what purpose, the amount thereof, and how invested"! Seventeenth. Has the association more than one class? Eighteenth. If so. how many, and the amount of indemnity in each case ? Nineteenth. Number of members in each class"! Twentieth. If voluntary so state, and give date of organization. Twenty-first. If organized under the laws of said District, under what law and at what time, giving chapter and year, and date of passage of the Act? Twenty-second. lf organized under the laws of any State, country, province, or Territory, state such fact and the date of organization, giving chapter and year, and date of passage of the Act. Twenty-third. Number of certificates of beneficial membership lapsed during the year? _ _ Twenty-fourth. Number in force at beginning and end of year ; if more than one class, number in each class? - Twenty-nfth. Names and addresses of its president, secretary, and treasurer, or corresponding officers"!