Chap. 426.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4278 of the Code of 1919.
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S B 225]
Approved March 24, 1922.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That sec-
tion forty-two hundred and seventy-eight of the Code of Virginia
of nineteen hundred and nineteen, relating to beneficiaries of fraternal
beneficiary societies, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
ollows:

Sec. 4278. Beneficiaries—Payment of death benefits shall be con-
fined to wife, husband, relative by blood to the forth degree, father-
in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepfather, step-
mother, stepchildren, children by legal adoption, to a person or per-
sons dependent upon the member, or to a fraternal charitable institu-
tion, or sanitorium. Within the above restrictions each member shall
have the night to designate his beneficiary, and, from time to time,
have the same changed in accordance with the laws, rules or regu-
lations of the society, and no beneficiary shall have or obtain any
vested interest in the said benefit until the same has becume due and
payable upon the death of the said member; but any society may,
by its laws, limit the scope of beneficiaries within the above classes.
Provided, however, that where any member of a fraternal beneficiary
society shall have designated as his beneficiary any such fraternal
charitable institution or sanitorium, that the premium, assessment
and charge therefor shall not be paid out of any funds belonging to
the local chapter, lodge or camp to which such member may belong,
but must be paid, if at all, by such member himself or some other
person for him.