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MODEL RULES 
requisition in writing of any members sent to the- 
secretary, stating therein the purpose of such meeting;: 
and six clear days’ notice in writing shall he sent to the 
address of each member, specifying the time, place and 
objects thereof; and at any such meeting no other business 
can be transacted than the business specified in the notice 
convening it. Each meeting shall choose a chairman, who- 
shall be one of the said committee, if any are present, who,, 
if at any meeting the votes are equal, shall have the cast 
ing vote. All questions shall be decided in the first 
instance by a show of hands, unless five members present 
demand a ballot, in which case a ballot shall be taken, but 
no proxies shall be .admissible. Each member shall have, 
only one vote. 
5. —Making or altering Rules. 
That no new rules shall be made, nor any of the rules 
herein contained or hereafter to be made shall be amended,, 
altered, or rescinded, unless with the consent of a majority 
of the members present at a general meeting of the society 
specially called for that purpose. 
6.—Registration of Shares. 
A share register book shall be kept by the secretary,, 
in which shall be entered the following particulars :—The 
Christian and surname, place of residence, profession or 
business, and date of entrance of each member of the 
society, the number of shares held by each member, with 
the number and value of each share, the date when the 
member became such, and the date at which he ceased to- 
be a member in respect of any share. If several persons 
are registered as joint holders of any share, any one of such 
persons may give effectual receipts for any profits payable 
in respect of such share. [All transfers of shares shall be: 
registered in a similar way.] 
7 (a).—Transfer of Shares. 
Shares shall be transferable [or as the case may he.] 
Any member may, with the consent of the committee of 
management, transfer all or any of his [transferable] shares 
to any other member of the society, or to any other person, 
upon giving one calendar month’s notice in writing to the 
secretary, such notice to contain the Christian and surname, 
(a) This rule is to be adopted only if the shares or some of 
them are to be transferable.