Board of examiners; licenses, etc. (L. 1903, ch, 632). §§ 9-11. the secretary of said board, setting forth his or her name, place of business, post office address, the length of time he has been engaged in the business of a barber, and pay to the treasurer the sum of one dollar, for the certificate provided for in this act. § 9. Card of authority to practice.- Said board shall furnish to each person to whom a certificate of registration is issued, a card or insignia bearing the seal of the board and the signatures of its president and secretary, certifying that the holder thereof is entitled to practice the occupation of a barber in this state, and it shall be the duty of the holder of such card or insigna* to post the same in a conspicuous place in the shop or place where he is working, where it may be readily seen by all persons whom he or she may serve. § 10. Revocation of certificate.- Said board of examiners shall have power to revoke any certificate of registration granted by it under this act, for (a) conviction of felony: (b) habitual drunkenness for six months immediately preceding a charge duly made: (c) gross incompetence or (d) the use of unclean towels, cups or any other unclean utensils used by barbers which are liable to spread contagious or infectious diseases; provided, that before any certificate shall be so revoked the holder thereof shall have notice in writing of the charge or charges against him or her, and shall at a day and place specified in said notice at least ten days after the service thereof, be given a public hearing and full opportunity to produce testimony in his or her behalf or to confront the witnesses against him or her. Any person whose certificate has been so revoked, may, after the expiration of three months, apply to have the same regranted, and the same shall be regranted to him or her upon a satisfactory showing that the disqualification has ceased. § 11. Report of board. The board shall cause to be made and filed with the state comptroller, on or before the first day of December of each year, a report showing the receipts and disbursements of said board and the balance in the hands of the treasurer of said board, together with a statement of the amount of such balance necessary to be held in the hands of the said treasurer to *So in the original. Board of examiners; licenses, etc. (L. 1903, ch. 632), §§ 12-15. meet the expenses of the ensuing year. The comptroller shall thereupon make and file in his office an estimate of the amount of such balance necessary to be held by said board for the purposes herein before stated, which sum may be retained by said board for said purposes and the balance of said surplus paid by the treasurer of said board into the state treasury. § 12. When shop may be declared public nuisance. Upon the report of a member of the state board of examiners duly appointed as herein provided, or of a member of a sub-board of examiners in any city or village of the state, that a barber shop is in an unsanitary condition, said state board of examiners shall be empowered to call upon the state or local board of health, to declare such shop a public nuisance, and should the proprietor of said shop fail to abolish said nuisance within a period of thirty days after notice to do so by either the state or local board of health, the board of examiners provided for in this act shall be empowered to call upon the aforesaid board of health to abolish the aforenamed public nuisance. § 13. Occupation of barber defined. To shave, trim the beard, or cut the hair of any person for hire or reward, received by the person performing such service, or any other person, shall be construed as practicing the occupation of a barber within the meaning of this act. This act shall not in any way apply to or affect any person who is now occupied or working as a barber in this state, nor any person employed in a barber shop or an apprentice, except that a person so employed less than three years prior to the passage of this act, shall be considered an apprentice, and at the expiration of such three years of such employment shall be subject to the provisions of this act. $ 14. Violation of act. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. § 15. When in effect. This act shall take effect ninety days after the passage thereof. Benevolent Orders Law (L. 1896, ch. 877), § 2. BEES. See Agriculture. BEET SUGAR. See Agriculture. BENEVOLENT ORDERS. The Benevolent Orders Law. (L. 1896, ch. 377.) § 2. Organization. Either of the following orders: 1. A lodge of Free and Accepted Masons duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of New York; 2. A chapter of Royal Arch Masons duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the state of New York; 3. A council of Royal and Select Masons duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the grand council of Royal and Select Masters of the state of New York; 4. A commandery of Knights Templar duly chartered by and instituted according to the general rules and regulations of the Grand Commandery of the state of New York; 5. A consistory, chapter, council or lodge duly chartered by and instituted according to the general rules and regulations of the supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the northern jurisdiction of the United States; 6. A lodge of Odd Fellows, duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the state of New York; 7. A temple of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine duly chartered by and instituted according to the general rules and regulations of the Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for the United States of America; 8. A lodge of the Knights of Pythias, duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the state of New York; 9. A post of the Grand Army of the Republic, chartered and installed according to the regulations of that organization; Benevolent Orders Law (L. 1896, ch. 377), § 2. 10. Any lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks duly chartered by and installed according to the regulations of that organization; 11. Any subordinate lodge, tribe or other body of any benevolent or fraternal order or society incorporated under and pursuant to the laws of this state; 12. A council of the Knights of Columbus chartered and instituted by the national council of the Knights of Columbus, pursuant to the constitution and laws of said order; 13. Any high court, subordinate court, or companion court of the Independent Order of Foresters chartered and instituted by the supreme court of the Independent Order of Foresters pursuant to the constitution and laws of said order; 14. A tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men, duly chartered by and instituted according to the general rules and regulations of the great council of the Improved Order of Red Men of the state of New York; 15. The supreme council of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, or a subordinate grotto duly chartered by and instituted according to the general rules and regulations of said supreme council, May elect at any regular communication, convocation, encampment or other regular meeting thereof, by whatever name known, held in accordance with the constitution and general rules and regulations of such grand lodge, chapter, commandery or council, or other governing body to which it belongs, or with which it is connected, and in conformity to its own by-laws, if it has any, three trustees of such lodge, chapter, commandery, consistory, council, temple, post, court, tribe or grotto who shall be members thereof in full membership and in good and regular standing therein; and may file in the office of the secretary of state, a certificate of such election, signed and acknowledged by the first three elective officers of such lodge, chapter, commandery, consistory, council, temple, post, court, tribe or grotto, stating the time and place of such election and that the same was regular, the names of such trustees, and the term severally for which they are elected to serve, and the name of the lodge, chapter, commandery, consistory, council, temple, post, court, tribe or grotto for which they are elected. (Amended by L. 1898, ch. 464, L. 1899, ch. 684, L. 1902, ch. 390, and L. 1903, ch. 10, in effect March 3, 1903.) Benevolent Orders Law (L. 1896, ch. 377), § 7. § 7. Joint corporations. Any number of masonic bodies within the state, chartered by the grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of New York, the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the state of New York, the grand council of Royal and Select Masters of the state of New York, the grand commandery of Knights Templars of the state of New York, the supreme council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the northern Masonic jurisdiction, United States of America, or the imperial council of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, United States of America; any lodges, encampments and cantons within the state chartered by the grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the grand encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, or by the sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; any lodges or other bodies of the Knights of Pythias, duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias of the state of New York, any post of the Grand Army of the Republic, chartered and installed according to the regulations of that organization; any lodges or other bodies of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks duly chartered by and installed according to the regulations of that organization, any lodges of other bodies of the Deutcher Orden der Harugari duly chartered and installed according to the general rules and regulations of the grand lodge of the Deutcher Orden der Harugari of the state of New York, or of the sovereign grand lodge of the Deutcher Orden der Harugari of the United States, any councils or other bodies of the Knights of Columbus chartered and instituted by the national council of the Knights of Columbus pursuant to the charter, constitution and laws of said order, and any number of trades unions, trades assemblies, trades associations or labor organizations, and any number of subordinate lodges, tribes or other bodies of any benevolent or fraternal order or society incorporated under and pursuant to the laws of this state may unite in forming a corporation for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and managing a hall, temple or other building, or a home for the aged and indigent members of such order and their dependent widows and orphans, and of creating, collecting and maintaining a library for the use of the bodies uniting to form such corporation. Each body hereafter uniting to form such corporation shall annually at a regular meeting thereof, held in accordance with its constitution and gen |