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MODEL  BRANCH  RULES.

affairs  of  the  branch  since  the  last  ordinary  meeting,  and  of
their  then  condition.  Such  auditors  shall  have  access  to
all  the  hooks  and  accounts  of  the  branch,  and  shall  examine
every  balance  sheet  and  annual  return  of  the  receipts  and
expenditure,  funds  and  effects  of  the  branch,  and  shall  verify
the  same  with  the  accounts  and  vouchers  relating  thereto,
and  shall  either  sign  the  same  as  found  by  them  to  be  correct, ­
  duly  vouched,  and  in  accordance  with  law,  or  shall
specially  report  to  the  meeting  of  the  branch  before  which
the  same  is  laid  in  what  respects  they  find  it  incorrect,
unvouched,  or  not  in  accordance  with  law.

X.—Annual  Returns.

1.  Every  year  before  the  1st

the  committee  of

management  shall  cause  the  secretary  of  this  branch  to  send
to  the  secretary  of  the  Order  an  annual  return,  in  the  form
prescribed  by  the  Chief  Registrar  of  Friendly  Societies,  of
the  receipts  and  expenditure,  funds  and  effects  of  the  branch,
and  of  the  number  of  members  of  the  same,  up  to  the  31st
December  then  last  inclusively,  as  audited  and  laid  before
a  general  meeting,  showing  separately  the  expenditure  in
respect  of  the  several  objects  ot  the  branch,  together  with  a
copy  of  the  auditor’s  report,  if  any.
2.  Such  return  shall  state  whether  the  audit  has  been
conducted  by  a  public  auditor  appointed  under  the  Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  and  by  whom,  and  if  such  audit  has
been  conducted  by  any  persons  other  than  a  public  auditor,
shall  state  the  name,  address,  and  calling  or  profession  of
each  of  such  persons,  and  the  manner  in  which,  and  the
authority  under  which,  they  were  respectively  appointed.

XI.—Quinquennial  Returns.

Within  six  calendar  months  after  the  expiration  of  every
five  years  succeeding  the  31st  December,  1880,  the  committee ­
  of  management  shall  cause  a  return,  in  the  form  prescribed ­
  by  the  Chief  Registrar,  of  the  sickness  (a)  and
mortality  experienced  by  the  branch  during  the  five
years  preceding  the  31st  December  then  last  past  to  be
sent  by  the  secretary  of  the  branch  to  the  secretary  of  the
-Order.

(a)  If  the  branch  does  not  insure  against  sickness  the  words
■“  sickness  and  ”  to  be  left  out.