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ment the proper discharge of his duties require it, visit the
county town or city where such fires occurred.

1894, ch. 248, sec 6.

208. The fire marshal shall, at the request of the board of
fire commissioners of the city of Baltimore or the county com-
missioners of any county, or the municipal authorities of any
incorporated city or town in this State, make to them a written
report of the examination made by him regarding any fire hap-
pening within their respective jurisdictions.

Ibid. sec. 7.

209. It shall be the duty of each fire insurance company or
association doing business in this State, within ten days after
the adjustment of any loss sustained by it, to report to the fire

marshal, upon blanks by him furnished, such information
regarding the amount of insurance, the value of the property
insured and the amount of claim as adjusted, as in the judg-
ment of said fire marshal it is necessary for him to know.

Fraternal Beneficiary Societies, Orders or Associations.

1894, ch. 295, sec. 143 E.

210. A fraternal beneficiary association is hereby declared
to be a corporation, society or voluntary association, formed or
organized and carried on for the sole benefit of its members and
their beneficiaries, and not for profit. Each such association
shall have a lodge system, with ritualistic form of work and a
representative form of government, and shall make provision
only for the payment of benefits in case of sickness, disability
or death of its members, subject to their compliance with its
constitution and laws. The fund from which the payment of
such benefits shall be made and the fund from which the
expenses of such association shall be defrayed shall be derived
from fees, assessments and dues collected from its members.
Payments of death benefits may be made only to the widow,
children, grandchildren, mother, father, brother, sister, grand-
parent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin, next of kin who
would be distributees of the member's personal estate if he
died intestate, to an affianced husband or affianced wife of the
member, or to persons dependent upon the member for food,
lodging, clothing or education, and to none other; provided,
that payment can only be made to a beneficiary by reason of