INDEX. 
BALANCE-SHEET, 
form of, to be prepared, 55. 
to be hung up at office, 67. 
of a collecting society, when to be open for inspection, 21,107. 
BANK OF ENGLAND (or IRELAND). 
when stock stands in books of, in name of trustee, who if 
absent or bankrupt, or removed from office, &e., chief 
registrar may order funds to be transferred, 72,162. 
BANKRUPTCY, 
of officer, debts due to society payable before other debts, 
32, 73, 210. 
BARRISTER, 
appointed to certify rules, 7. 
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES, 
definition of, 53 (n), 17- 
may be registered, 26, 53. 
cannot divide funds, nominate, or hold more than one acre 
of land, 26. 
model rules for, 258. 
BIRTH, 
society may be established for payment on, 17, 52. 
BOND, 
given by officers of society under former Acts, good, 51. 
officer to give, with surety to the trustees of the society, 83. 
forms of bond, 122, 188. 
may be sued upon by trustees for the time being, 84. 
free from stamp duty, 70. 
BOOKS, 
may be inspected by persons interested, 31, 67, 157. 
to be produced in case of dispute, 87. 
BRANCHES, 
definition of, 18, 49. 
now more under control of central body of society than 
before, 19. 
registry of 29, 103. 
consent of central body of society necessary for dissolu 
tion, 98. 
or for application under special powers of regis 
trar, 89. 
effects of, to be vested in their own trustees, 77. 
model rules for, 246.