Pennsylvania State Camp, P. O. of A.'s Application

Citations

• 261 Pa. 184
• 104 A. 590
• 1918 Pa. LEXIS 710

Syllabus

<p>Beneficial associations — Application for charter — Act of April 29,187k, P• L. 78 — rActs of April 6,1898, P. L. 7 and 10 — Construction — Intention.</p> <p>1. A beneficial association operating on the supreme and subordinate lodge plan can not lawfully be incorporated under tbe Act of April 29, 1874, P. L. 73, and an application for a charter under such act to the Court of Common Pleas will be refused.</p> <p>2. An application for the incorporation of such a society, should be made under the Act of April 6, 1893, P. L. 10, which provides an exclusive method for the incorporation of societies operating on the supreme and subordinate lodge plan.</p> <p>3. Two acts being in pari materia and passed at the same session of the legislature are to be construed with reference to each other.</p>