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lect to assign or transfer any property of the branch as the
committee of management shall direct, he shall (if lie be a
member) be expelled the branch, and shall cease to have any
claim on it on account of any contributions paid by him,
without prejudice to any liability to prosecution which he
may have incurred.
VIII.—Copies of Rules.
It shall be the duty of the committee of management to
provide the secretary with a sufficient number of copies of
the rules, to enable him to deliver to any person on demand
a copy of such rules on payment of a sum not exceeding
Is. [(«) for non-members, and 6d. for members], and of the
secretary to deliver such copies accordingly.—Friendly
Societies Act, 1875, s. 13 (5).
IX.—Keeping and Auditing of Accounts.
(1.) The committee of management shall cause the
accounts of the branch to be regularly entered in proper
books.
(2.) Separate accounts shall be kept of all moneys
received or paid on account of every particular fund or
benefit assured by the branch, for which a separate table
of contributions payable is adopted, distinct from all
moneys received and paid on account of any other benefit
or fund.
(3.) A separate account shall also be kept of the expenses
of management of the branch, and of all contributions on
account thereof.
(4.) The committee of management' shall once at least in
every year submit such accounts, together with a general
statement of the same and all necessary vouchers up to the
31st December then last, for audit, either to one of the
public auditors appointed under the Friendly Societies Act,
1875, or to two or more persons appointed as auditors by
the members at a meeting next before each yearly meeting
of the branch, and shall lay before every such meeting a
balance sheet showing the receipts and expenditure, funds
and effects of the branch, together with a statement of tin'
(a) If no distinction is intended, the words in brackets may
be omitted. Any other figures not exceeding Is. may be.
inserted.
