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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  insurance ­
  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  registered ­
  office,  notice  of  such  change  shall  be  sent  within
fourteen  days  thereafter  to  the  registrar  in  the  form  prescribed ­
  by  the  treasury  regulation  in  that  behalf.—Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  s.  14  (1  a).
III.—Objects  and  Purposes,  Admission  of  Members,  Conditions ­
  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  consisting ­
  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