260  MODEL  RULES  FOR  A  BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY.:

secretary,  [two  auditors  (a)],  and  three  trustees.  The  committee ­
  of  management,  treasurer,  and  secretary  shall  continue ­
  in  office  until  the  general  annual  meeting  of  the
•society,  unless  previously  removed  by  a  resolution  of  the
major  part  of  the  members  present  at  any  meeting  called
for  that  purpose  ;  and  at  every  annual  meeting  a  committee
of  management,  treasurer,  and  secretary  shall  be  appointed
for  the  ensuing  year,  or,  in  failure  thereof,  those  last
appointed  shall  be  considered  as  again  appointed  ;  and  in
case  any  member  of  the  committee  of  management,  treasurer,
•or  secretary  shall  die  or  be  removed  prior  to  such  annual
meeting,  the  committee  of  management  shall  appoint  a
person  to  fill  the  vacancy.  The  trustees  shall  continue  in
office  during  the  pleasure  of  the  society,  and  be  removable
at  a  general  meeting  ;  and,  in  case  of  a  vacancy,  another
shall  be  elected  by  a  majority  of  the  members  at  a  meeting
called  for  that  purpose.  A  copy  of  every  resolution  appointing ­
  a  trustee  shall  be  sent  to  the  registrar  within  fourteen
days  after  the  date  of  the  meeting  at  which  such  resolution
was  passed,  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the  Treasury  regulation ­
  in  that  behalf.

VII.—Powers  and  Duties  of  Officers.
1.  The  committee  of  management  shall  meet  on  every
,  at  the  hour  of  .  Any  (six)  of  the
committee  of  management  duly  assembled  at  any  such
meeting  shall  form  a  quorum,  and  shall  have  full  power  to
superintend  and  conduct  the  business  of  this  society  according ­
  to  the  rules  provided  for  the  government  thereof,  and
shall  in  all  things  act  for  and  in  the  name  of  this  society;
and  all  acts  and  orders  under  the  powers  delegated  to  them
shall  have  the  like  force  and  effect  as  the  acts  and  orders  of
this  society  at  any  general  meeting.  Every  question  at
such  meeting  shall  be  decided  by  a  majority  of  votes,  and
if  the  votes  are  equal,  the  chairman  shall  have  a  casting
vote.  Any  (two)  of  the  committee  of  management  may
call  a  special  meeting  thereof,  by  giving  (seven)  clear  days’
notice  in  writing  to  the  secretary,  but  at  such  special  meeting ­
  no  other  business  than  that  specified  in  the  notice  shall
be  taken  into  consideration.  The  committee  of  management ­
  shall  convene  all  the  meetings  of  the  society,  on  such
requisitions  as  are  herein  mentioned.

(a)  Auditors  nceduotbe  appointed  f  the  accounts  are  audited
by  a  public  auditor.