552 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. any manner from accepting service, and if any citizen or resident of the district shall have any claim by virtue 0 any insurance policy issued by any such company not represented by attorney in the district, va id service may be made on such company by service on the clerk of the district court or any division thereof: Provided, In such case the clerk of the district court shall immediately notify such company and the principal agent for the Pacific coast, inclosing a copy of the service by mail, post id: And prcvidedfurther, In such_ case no jarogeedings shall be hadpgvithin sixty days after such service on the c er . Ec§;gs¤gggtlg;¤ ¤¤¤<>· Sec. 362. All orders or secret societies, such as Masons Odd Fel- “ "lows, Druids, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of United lWorkmen, Modern Woodmen of America and other benevolent, fraternal, or cooperative societies associated or incorporated for the sole plurpose of mutual protection and relief of its members only, and for the pay- ment of stipulated sums of money to the families of deceased members, or for property of its members only destroyed by Bre, are hereby declared not to be Bre or insurance companies in the sense and meaning of this chapter, and they are exempt from the provisions hereof. vgigIj;l;{>l;;¤),·;,b°V¤Pw· Ec. 363. The provisions of this chapter, under either term or des- ` ignation of company, corporation, association, Brm, or individual in either case, where either term or` designation is used, shall aipplg to any insurer, company, corporation, association, Brm. or in 1vi ual engaged as in urers or who may hereafter engage as insurers in the district, or who may en age in offering or affording indemnity against the casualties of Bre ordife. m§$;¤¤l*>‘ f°= V*<>l¤· Sec. 364. Any oiizicer, agent, or employee of any insurance com- ' panly or other person violating any of the provisions of this chapter sha . be Bned not less than one hundred nor more than Bve hun red dollars, and in default of payment of such Bne shall be imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than six months. - ’ Fmfcr mms- Sec. 365. The secretary of the district shall collect from each company or person for the service provided in this chapter the following ees: For Bling certiBcate of qualification, Bve dollars; for Bling power of attorney, Bve dollars; and the secretary shall account for the same in the manner provided by law in the case of other fees collected or received by them. _ F°"¤ °‘°**“¤ Srzc. 366. Every officer in the district for whom a special oath is not provided by) law shall, before entering upon the dut1es'of his office, j take and su scribe to the following oath: -1, —-—, do solemn? swear (or ailirm) that I will defend and support the Constitution o the United States, and perform all the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, and therein do equal right and justice to all men, so help me -God. S Gggggg law ¤¤¤¤¢ Sec. 367. So much of the common lawas is agmplicable and not inconppsistent with the Constitution of the United tates or with any law passedtplr tc;}pe(pa€sed bfyghkesgpngress is adopted and declared to be awwi in e isricto . ‘ wggégfggs gg;§°`;*, of Sec. 368. That in the interpretation of this Act words of the singular number, em. number shall be deemed to include their lplurals, and that words of the masculine $11der shall be deemed to inc ude the feminine, as the case may be. henever a section of this Act refers to another section, a section of the same title is intended, unless the contrary clearly apgears. m§§;§f*$ **8***** ““‘ No person shall be deprived of any existing legal right or reme y by _ · reason of the passage of this Act, and all civil actions or proceedings
- ’°“d‘“¤ ”“°“*· commenced in the courts of the district before or within sixty days
after the alpproval of this Act may be prosecuted to Bnal judgment under the aw now in force in the district, or under this Act. All “"¥’°“‘· gctsband parfsdof Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are ere y repea e . Approved, June 6, 1900.
