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 634 FIFTY-FOURTH CON GRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 382. 1897. holding property of every kind, the same as natural persons, and a copy of said articles of association duly certiiied to by the recorder of deeds, in whose possession they are, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and places of the existence and the due incorporation of such subordinate body. Conmpcs to pay SEO. 10. That no contract with any such association shall be valid $‘,§}'{*’°"'“'“°““‘°“" when there is a contract, agreement, or understanding between the member and the beneficiary prior to or at the time of becoming a member of the association that the beneficiary, or any person for him, shall pay such member’s assessment and dues, or either of them. B¤¤·¤¤ Mt te b¤ Sec. 11. That the money or other benefit, charity, relief, or aid to be °t°°°h°d‘ °°°' paid, provided, or rendered by any association authorized to do business under this Act, shall not be liable to attachment, garnishment, or other process, and shall not be seized, taken, appropriated, or applied by any legal or equitable process, or by operation of law, to pay any debt or liability of a certificate holder or of any beneficiary named in a certificate, or any person who may have any right thereunder. tbf,‘g§;§;,°°°°*‘° Sec. 12. That any such association organized under the laws of said ` District may provide for the meetings of its legislative or governing body in any State, country, Province, or Territory wherein such association shall have subordinate bodies, and all business transacted at such meetings shall be valid in all respects, as if such meetings were held within said District; and where the laws of any such association provide for the election of its officers by votes to be cast in its subordinate bodies, the votes so cast in its subordinate bodies in any State, coun try, Province, or Territory shall be valid, as if cast within said District. _§“,e',§,*f,{‘,{';,°§f,{°'f““ Sec. 13. That any person, officer, member, or examining physician who shall knowingly or willfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to any application for membership or for the purpose of obtaining any money or benefit in any association transacting business under this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the United States jail in said District for not less than thirty days or more than one year, or both, in the discretion of the court; and any person who shall willfully make a false statement of any material fact or thingin a sworn statement as to the death or disability of a certificate holder in any such association for the purpose of procuring payment of a benefit named in the certiticate of such holder, and any person who shall willfully make any false statement in any verified report or declaration under oath required or authorized by this Act, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be proceeded against and punished as provided by the statutes of the United States in relation _ to the crime of perjury. w£'Q_}'l}e°;Q';f °“ "“‘ SEO. 14. That any such association refusing or neglecting to make the report as provided in this Act shall be excluded from doing business within said District. Said assessor 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 fraudulently, or shall fail to comply with any of the provisions of this Act, give notice in writing to the attorney for said District, who shall immediately commence an action against such association to enjoin the same from carrying on any business. An injunction against any such association may be granted by any court on application by the attomey for said District at the request of the assessor. No association so enjoined shall have authority to continue business until such report shall be made, or overt act Pr _ or violations complained of shall have been corrected, nor until the R,,§’,Y$3,,,,,,,,,_ costs of such action be paid by it: Provided, That the court shall und that such association was in default, as charged, whereupon the P md t um assessor shall reinstate such association, and not until then shall such m insgz ais, eign association be allowed to again do business in said District. Any officer, agent, or person acting for any association or subordinate body