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 1316 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 854. 1901. of this subchapter applies thereto. It shall not be unlawful for any organization under section seven hundred and forty-nine to continue . the operation of its lodges or branches except in securing new members. ,,,§;,‘}§?Q,{§‘,§§,§‘}(§§*’,*}}§,§{’f Sec. 764. Tms LAW Nor T0 APPLY TO ASSOCIATIONS Fon Paor1r.—— Nothing in this subchapter Shall be construed to apply to any corporation, society, order, or association carrying on the business of life, health, casualty, or accident insurance for profit or ain, and it shall only apgly to fraternal beneficial associations as defined by section seven hundre and forty-nine, and nothing in this subchapter contained shall be construed to affect any grand or subordinate lodge or branch of any such fraternal beneficial societies, orders, or associations which limits its certificate holders to a particular religious denomination or to the employees of a particular town or city, desi nated firm, business house, . or corporation, or department or branch og the United States Government, nor the grand or subordinate lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, nor any grand or subordinate lodge, or other body of Free and Accepted Masons, nor the rand or any subordinate lodge of the Knights of Pythias, or similar or%lers, associations, or societies that do not have as their principal object the issuance ofbenefit certificates of membership in case of death or the payment of sick, funeral, o1· death benefits exceeding in amount one hundred dollars.-. miuq or pi-svmpsiy vIoUsLY EXISTING CORPOR.ATION.—TI1B provisions of this subchapter °m°mg °°"’°m“°"‘ shall not extend to nor apply to any association or individual who shall, in the certificate. filed with the recorder of deeds, use or specify a name or style the same as that of any previously existing incorporated fraternal beneiicial association in the District of Columbia. . SUBCHAPTER THIRTEEN. aéliiiimug °°rp°"` EXISTING CORPORATIONS. R€°’g““*’““°"· Sec. 766. .REoReAN1zATIoN.—Any* corporation heretofore existing or doing business in the District of Columbia may come under and avail itself of the provisions of this chapter by giving to its stockholders, members, or associates notice as prescribed in section six hundred and thirty-five of subchapter four thereof and pursuing the same procedure and complying with the same requirements as are prescribed in said subchapter in respect to increase or diminution of capital stock; and upon ii ing its certificate of reorganization in such case, such company shall be entitled to the rivileges and provisions and be subject to the liabilities of the class of) corporations to which it belongs, as provided in and by this chapter. D m§l°}{)·;¢c,$,{ngg>1g§g¤· Sec. 767. No·r1oE or APPLICATION Fon GHARTER, AND so Eon·m.—— D ’Whoever, not being a Senator or Representative in Congress, intends to present to Congress a bill for an act of incorporation, or for an alteration or extension of the charter of a corporation in the District of Columbia, or of any special privileges in said District, shall give notice of such intention by publishing a copy of the bill at least once a week for four successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the District of Columbia, the last of said publications to be made at least fourteen days prior to the presentation of such bill. Such newspaper shall be designated by the erson proposing the bill and approved by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. SUBCHAPTER FoUa·rEEN. p0’Q;§§‘g£f*°“ °‘ °°" ·DISSOLUTION OF CORPORATIONS. V°l““““>'· SEc. 768. VOLUNTARY, WHEN.—Wh€H a majority of the trustees, directors, or other officers having the mana ement of the concerns of any corporation in the District, or stockholders representing not less
 * ¤‘gj1d'g;,gl§§,<ggi*§;?,§§‘ Sec. 765. Non TO ASSOCIATIONS on INDIVIDUALS USING NAME or PRE-