Proceedings of the ... Biennial Convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

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Page 181 - ... any changes, additions or amendments to said charter or articles of incorporation, or articles of association, if a voluntary association, constitution or laws duly made or enacted subsequent to the issuance of the benefit certificate shall bind the member and his beneficiaries, and shall govern and control the agreement in all respects the same as though such changes, additions or amendments had been made prior to and were in force at the time of the application for membership.
Page 182 - Seven or more persons, citizens of the United States, and a majority of whom are citizens of this State, who desire to form a fraternal benefit...
Page 184 - That the money or other benefit, charity, relief, or aid to be 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...
Page 185 - Act who shall knowingly or wilfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to any application for membership, or for the purpose...
Page 184 - ... be served, and in such writing shall agree that any lawful process against it which is served on said attorney shall be of the same legal force and validity as if served upon...
Page 180 - Within the above restrictions each member shall have the right to designate his beneficiary, and from time to time have the same changed in accordance with the laws, rules or regulations of the society, and no beneficiary shall have or obtain any vested interest in the said benefit until the same has become due and payable upon the death of the said member ; provided, that any society may, by its laws, limit the scope of beneficiaries within the above classes.
Page 180 - Every society transacting business under this Act shall provide for the payment of death benefits, and may provide for the payment of benefits in case of temporary or permanent physical disability, either as the result of disease, accident or old age; provided, the period of life at which the payment of benefits for disability on account of old age shall commence, shall not be under seventy years, and may provide for monuments or tombstones to the memory of its deceased members and for the payment...
Page 182 - The purpose for which it is formed which shall not include more liberal powers than are granted by this act : Provided, That any lawful, social, intellectual, educational, charitable, benevolent, moral or religious advantages may be set forth among the purposes of the society and...
Page 262 - The President shall direct the chief executive officers of three national or international unions, at least ten days previous to the holding of the annual convention, to appoint one delegate each from their respective delegations-elect, who shall compose the Auditing Committee.
Page 179 - Any such society shall be deemed to have a representative form of government when it shall provide in its constitution and laws for a supreme legislative or governing body, composed of representatives elected either by the members or by delegates elected directly or indirectly by the members, together with such other members as may be prescribed by its constitution and laws...

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