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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 45 STAT. · December 12, 1928 · Chapter 24

Chapter 24. Amending section 764 of Subchapter XII, fraternal beneficial associations, of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia

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Chap. 24: Amending section 764 of Subchapter XII, fraternal beneficial associations, of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia. 1928-12-12 24 Chapter 45 Stat. 1021 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 70 2 public Chapter 24.— An Act Amending section 764 of Subchapter XII, fraternal beneficial associations, of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia.
December 12, 1928.[[H. R. 10869](/us/bill/70/hr/10869).][[Public, No. 633](/us/pl/70/633).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That section 764 ofDistrict of Columbia Code.Fraternal beneficial associations.Vol. 31, p. 1316, amended. Subchapter XII, fraternal beneficial associations, of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, be amended to read: " “Sec. 764. This law not to apply to associations for profit.—Law not applicable to associations for profit, etc.
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 gain, and it shall only apply to fraternal beneficial associations as defined by section 749, and nothing in this subchapter contained shall be construedFurther exceptions. 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, designated firm, business house, or corporation, or department or branch of 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 grand or any subordinate lodge of the Knights of Pythias, nor the National Council or any subordinate council of the Junior Order United American Mechanics, nor the national council or any subordinate council of the Daughters of America, nor the supreme council of the Knights of Columbus or any subordinate council thereof, or similar orders, associations, or societies that do not have as their principal object the issuance of benefit certificates of membership in case of death or the payment of sick, funeral, or death benefits exceeding in amount $100.
” " Approved, December 12, 1928.
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