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INTRODUCTION. 
society whose rules were certified before 23rd July, 
1855, a militiaman may be required to pay an 
extra "contribution during the time he shall be 
■serving out of the United Kingdom, or his claim 
on the society may be suspended, if the rules con 
tain a clause against the enrolment or service of 
any member in the militia. 
43. Although a member may, unless the rules 
of his society provide to the contrary, belong to 
any number of societies, he cannot receive in 
the aggregate an assurance of more than £200, 
or an annuity of more than £50 from such 
societies collectively, and must, before receiving 
any such benefit, make a declaration to the effect 
that the total value of any benefit accruing to him 
does not exceed the limited amount. 
44. With respect to payments on the death of 
children, not more than £6 («) can be insured, 
cither in one or more societies, on the death of a 
child under five years of age, nor more than £10 
under ten years of age. To provide for the en 
forcement of this restriction, certificates of the 
death of children, obtained for the purpose of 
claiming money from a burial society, are to be 
specially indorsed, and a medical certificate or other 
(a) In the House of Lords the limit of assurance on a 
child under three years of age was reduced to £3, on the 
motion of Lord Aberdare, but this amendment was dis 
agreed with by the House of Commons. The object desired 
of restricting the amount insured to the actual cost 'of burial 
would, we think, have been better attained if the amend 
ment had been adopted. On this point some valuable 
information was collected by the Chief Registrar in his 
Report for 1875, pp. 20-25.