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MODEL  BRANCH  RULES.

(5.)  Fines  and  forfeitures  to  be  imposed  on  members.—(a)

III.—Contribution  to  Central  Fund,  and  Control  of  Central
Body.
(1.)  Contribution  to  the  fund  under  the  control  of  the  central
body;  Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875,  s.  29  (2).—This  branch
shall  contribute  [through  the  district]  the  sum  of
to  the  fund  under  the  control  of  the  central  hotly
of  the  Order.
(2.)  Control  of  the  central  body  over  this  branch;  Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  s.  4.—In  all  matters  not  provided  for
by  the  rales  of  the  branch  [and  of  the  district],  the  branch
shall  be  under  the  control  of  the  central  body  of  the  Order,
subject  to  the  rules  of  the  Order.

IV.—Meetings.  Right  of  Voting.  (b)

V.—New  Rules  and  Alteration  of  Rules.
No  new  rule  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or  rescinded,  unless  with  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  the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  branch
specially  called  for  that  purpose.

(a)  Here  is  to  be  stated  the  amount  of  every  fine,  the  cause
for  which  it  is  to  be  inflicted,  and  the  authority  empowered  to
inflict  it.  A  rule  which  imposes  a  fine  or  forfeiture  not  of  a
fixed  or  limited  amonnt  is  not  in  accordance  with  the  Act.
\  (b)  Here  should  be  stated  how  often,  when  and  where,  meetings ­
  are  to  be  held;  what  notice  is  to  be  given  of  them;  by
whose  authority  and  how  meetings  are  to  be  specially  called,  and
upon  what  requisition:  whether  any  and  what  number  of  members ­
  is  necessary  to  constitute  a  quorum,  either  generally  or  in
any  particular  cases;  who  is  to  take  the  chair;  what  are  the
qualifications  of  voters;  whether  votes  may  be  given  by  proxy,
and  how  questions  on  which  there  is  an  equality  of  votes  are  to
be  decided.