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(5.) Registry of instrument of dissolution.—The instrument
of dissolution and all alterations therein shall he registered
in manner herein provided for the registry of rules, and
shall he binding upon all the members of the society (d).
(6.) Notice of dissolution.—The registrar shall cause a
notice of the dissolution to be advertised at the expense of
the society in the manner provided by this Act for adver
tising an award of the registrar for dissolution; and un
less within three months from the date of the Gazette in
which such advertisement appears, a member or other per
son interested in or having any claim on the funds of the
society commences proceedings to set aside the dissolution
of the society, and such dissolution is set aside accord
ingly (e), the society shall be legally dissolved from the
date of such advertisement, and the requisite consents to
the instrument of dissolution shall be considered to
have been duly obtained without proof of the signatures
thereto.
(7.) Special provisions as to friendly societies.—As respects
friendly societies—
(a.) The value of members shall be ascertained by giving
one vote to every member, and an additional vote
for every five years that he has been a member,
but to no one member more than five votes in the
whole:
(£>.) No instrument of dissolution shall direct or contain
any provision for a division or appropriation of
the funds of the society, or any part thereof, other
wise than for the purpose of carrying into effect
the objects of the society as declared in the rules
thereof for the time being, unless the claim of
every member or person claiming any relief, an-
(d) See note (a), p. 94, ante.
(e) Provision for notice to the central office of proceedings
and orders to set aside dissolutions is made by sect. 11 of the
Act of 1876. See Treasury regulation 69 and Forms AT,
A Z.