The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

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Identifikator:: 875232663

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-2698

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Title:: The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

Place of publication:: with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index$gTenth edition, revised and enlarged

Publisher:: Shaw and Sons

Year of publication:: 1881

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 303 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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20 INTRODUCTION. 36. Societies receiving contributions by means of collectors at a greater distance than ten miles from their registered office, are made subject to special provisions, which must be set forth in their rules («). Such a society— 1. Must furnish every member or family with a copy of its rules for one penny, and a printed policy for one penny (b). 2. Cannot enforce forfeiture of a policy or benefit without written or printed notice given at least 14 days before forfei ture (c). 3. Cannot transfer a member to another society or company without his written (a) The Commissioners reported that their opinion was decidedly adverse to this form of society. The radical evil of the whole system appeared to them to be in the employment of collectors otherwise than under the direct supervision and control of the members, a supervision and control which they feared to be absolutely unattainable in burial societies that are not purely local. The method of collection from house-to-house is not a vicious one in itself, and is appro priate and economical, indeed virtually indispensable, where the individual contributions are reduced to a minimum as they are when confined to the purpose of securing burial benefits : but in the general burial societies the employ ment of collectors, from being a mere method of getting in revenue, had become the pivot of the whole system ; the collector was the society, the members were merely pawns whom he moved about at will on the chess-board. [Fourth Eeport, par. 545.] (b) In some societies, they had previously charged a price for the rules equal to six weeks’ subscriptions. [Ibid. 496.] (c) This provision is intended to protect the member against being thrown out of benefit by the collector not calling upon him. “ Societies, in many cases, absolutely maintained themselves by their lapses.” [Ibid. 503,]

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