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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Yrbruary as, 1959
Bon. 8. L. AnI.1, Tatmary M, 19'59,PagT@t
lM&ua~ g4mlu peymont. Thlr $soo.oo
08 8hS11 8SUOS1 ll1 UIOti8&
1 1 .88
M d l804S~lltS ph0.d 46SailI8tth484
pollelS8 held by Tht Rote Yedein. -That
th4M 8hdl h4 BO 18OrSS88.Q? =d\rotiO8 b
#8 rata am peld bJ tbo Tlat Rate Member,
hUt that tt 8hS11 ?OSI&l S8 t8.*
*oh umloty &all k hold te k la@-
1~ 8Ob4ut 10 10~6a8 the fund8 in it8 pO88-
8881Ollln lQUAl tQ W in 8X0888 Of it8 matarad
liebilltio8....m biW8'Of ruoh W4i8ty ahall
proddo that if th8 8ktSd p~rbdioal Sontrl-
btrtlonr or th 0wmb438 lra h8urri0ht
to pay
all matured death and dlmblllty alala In full,
ad to provide for the oraatlon and 6alntearnos
Of the fund@ nqulrod by It8 1~18 additional, .
laoroauad or lr tb ar et4 8
of ooatribotloa 8hall
b 8ollsoted frCa th4 14Pbbr8 to m8.t 8uoh d6-
ri0i4noy; end 8UOh laws ma7 prorlda upou that*
the rrltten appllostlonor aonaent of the mom-
bar, his osrtifioatemay bs oherged with Its
proportion or lny d4ri0h0y dlaoi084d by
valaatioa,rith Interest not exossdlag ilrs
p4r oentus par 8mum.~
Tha by-lawa of thr organlrationlawfully edopt-
ld p r o v1 d.r
lA0848884nt8mod otllar p8ymenta may be
levied by thS arand Lodge upoa the mmboraof
the hiOWE.~t h~artE4llt tQ met dOii4i8llOf
in the 8ndMSt itmd Snd meld SSSSSMSSt8
8h411 b4 lori4d la the nannor provided by the
Sraternel b4nari0hry lm18 Or thr stat0 or
?SXS~.*
ph. paw? Of & korrlola~ 88SOShltiOS to nqulra
eytwnt Oi dUS8 Snd r8SS8SMOSt8.b ordimrill ronforrod
t J it8 8OMtitutlOn and bplrw8 and under 8-o OlrO~n-
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lieu.1. L. DmIe1, ?*brawy 25, 19s9, Peg. 5
&48008 tb UOUUt Or (048 OT 888088WtS 11b3jk ia-
UO88Sd. It la rirrly 8Stsbl~8had th a t l beaarlelal
ltih tiOn
Uy Vdid,lf bOl-MO8 it8 ht88 Or l8aSS8-
Hnts and suthor$tJ to Iaorsa8o la 8Omti84
lxpr488ly
8
?t84?Vd iS tb 8OSStitUti~. m.ttWr Of UOt ?&48
8ha11 k inOl’44845 18 l Utkr of ~8tUd8etiOa by the
&OWniR( kdj, Oi tb4 8OOiSty and, it thS $8OrSe8. $8
lvS8oSebl0, 8uoh dSknl8etlos dll 8ot be Interiere4
with. The manner ln wlileban Inero88e may be made or
uoar.6 18 likowiw loft to the raa8Onable llwntloo
or ttlo8oTeniry body. o;tinlJ 8rrpr8MLobb, Itni@ht8
Of @thi”aV~.$3 16’1 m m; girts f8e &T8I’8i$S
8. 0. w., .
%S ;IItUMi &id8 Or ilrwm bOa8r;t &
S$8t$S8 Us 8Suallf ~o+OrMd by the 8On8tltUtIOE and by-
lsri. By-law sbvul4 &a r31 ut8rhl raspeats k roe-
roneble \nd lh o ultl aOt Ubdy 8 npudiatlas Of khatit
Oe~iriMt48 laaue,Uprior to thslr laaotment. alting
~U&UW~ 0OUll841 f8e httle, 79 = be9; Matkln V8e &Ip?~e
bdgo ai@iht8 Of ffODO?, 18 a 306; TeTlt.
tur.Vol. 6, page
404.
The 4464, &sari110 Potual &nerolent Aaaoole-
tioa ~8. tranklin at al, SS SU I&nd) 859 holds, la dfeot,
that lutnel sld 88aoeIetiona are not authotlrod ta ohan
lontraot 80 a8 to irp8Ir bemerits to whloh lnaumd was
entitled uuder polloy.
In peaslag upon l llsllar question in the oaeo,
Rookwell vs. Inights lesplar and Ueaonio Yutusl Aid Aaao-
olatloo 119 How York, Supp. 515, the oourt used the fol-
loul!l~i*agueget
lR veroorporatloa
y hss l right to make
*ml ohaqa It8
In a 8eaner not in-
bpl8ws
8o??airkntiith law end luoh right doer not
glra it the power to obange It8 written
8ontreat or lmpoae 99~~ a perty aontraotlng
rlth it obligation8 whioh were Mter a8aumd.g
lawo$Stlon8 uy
Eetaetlolel wna thlr oonatl-
tut$on and et will, provided thr emondamnt8 60 mot
bplSu8
rlolat~ the teden COU8titUtiOU or the 14W8 oi the 8t~t~
OS do not, wIthOut his OOnSSpt, deprive 8 ulbor Of the
Substantial d&t oonremd b,t hla oertIiIe6ta er oaatraot
or laaursnoe mid PrWldsb also the l4DdmatS 8re r44801)-
Xou. 9. L. Danid, Iobruary S6, 1666, ?a68 4
able. cit1B& suprau.Ledga xB1ghtr of Pythlaa vs.
Ill=, RO4 8 891) 9.r. Jmr., Tel. 6, pa6a 606.
k aro usable to ttnd any otatuta or d8elrien
lxthorlriaguy fratorml knatlt 8oelotl88 to r&w0
the kuflt of tbelr uole8 a8 ut forth in pur ln-
m-3. Wo do not be1r ova that mob rmdrretlonrooid k -
roawnabl* lB this lBataBo0.
Yoa are nepootfully adtiM that it 18 the
oplalm of thlr Departunt that the Oran& Lode of Oolord
Xalghtr of Pythlaala nuo nlilao
t the hwaflt Of all flat
rat. polldrr from hOO.00 te &OO.oO by vlrtw of lta
by-lnvman4 the rwolutloa hareinabote 4rrsrlbed.