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MODEL RULES. 
MODEL RULES FOR A FRIENDLY SOCIETY. 
The following Form op Rules has heen prepared by the 
■chief registrar for the purpose of assisting new friendly 
societies. 
It is applicable, with slight modifications, to cattle in 
surance societies. 
The blanks may be filled with such numbers as the 
society may decide irpon. 
I.—Constitution of Society. 
The society is a friendly society, composed of persons 
■over sixteen years of age (a). 
II.—Name of Society and Place of Registered Office. 
The society shall bo called “ The (b) 
Its registered office is in England, and is at No. , 
Street, , in the county of 
In the event of any change in the situation of the re 
gistered office, notice of such change shall be sent within 
fourteen days thereafter to the registrar in the form pre 
scribed by the treasury regulation in that behalf.—Friendly 
Societies Act, 1875, s. 14 (1 a). 
III.—Objects and Purposes, Admission of Members, Con 
ditions of Benefit, Sfc. 
(1.) Objects for which the society is established (c).—This 
society is established fro provide, by voluntary subscriptions 
(а) No person under the age of 16 years may be a member of 
a society registered after 1st January, 1876, unless it is one con 
sisting wholly of members under 16. 
(б) State the name, which is not to be that of any existing 
registered society. 
(c) So much of this rule as is not intended to he adopted by 
the society should he omitted, and if the society is to be for any