Chapter 199. To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.” February 5, 1901. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia
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CHAP. 199.— An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia.” February 5, 1901. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, District of Columbia. Masonic Mutual Relief Association. Vol. 15, p. 335. That the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as amended by the Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘AnVol. 27, p. 164.
Act to incorporate the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of the District of Columbia,’ approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,” approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, be amended by striking out sections six and seven of said Aid and substituting for the fifth section of said Act the following: Sec. 5. That the said board of directors may be increased from timePowers of directors. to time to a number equal to the number, for the time being, of Masonic lodges in the District of Columbia, and the said board shall be capable of taking and holding the funds, property, and effects of said corporation, which funds, propertv, or effects shall never be divided among the members of the said society or corporation, but shall descend to their successors, duly elected in the manner heretofore specified, for the promotion of the principles of the said corporation and the benevolent purposes of the society which they represent; but this provision shall not prevent the said board of directors fromPayments to widow, etc., of deceased members. carrying out the principles of the society or corporation, namely, the immediate payment to the widow, orphans, heir, assignee, or legatee of a deceased member as many dollars as there are members in good standing on the books of the corporation, not exceeding one thousand—limit. dollars, or the amount specified in the certificate of membership held by said member: *Provided, however*, That no certificate of membership*Proviso.*Limit amount of certificate of membership. shall be issued by said corporation for an amount exceeding two thousand dollars.
Approved, February 5, 1901.