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MODEL BRANCH RULES.
to receive [one-half] of the money payable at my death as
-aforesaid in lieu of the above named.
Witness.
—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 15 (3.)
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Signature.
XYI.—Voluntary Dissolution.
Voluntary dissolution of branch.—The branch may at any
time be dissolved by the consent of the central body of the
Order and five-sixths in value of the members, including
honorary members, if any, testified by their signatures to
some instrument of dissolution in form approved of by the
■Chief Registrar pursuant to the Treasury regulations, and
also by the written consent of every person for the time
being receiving or entitled to receive any relief, annuity, or
■other benefit from the funds of the branch, unless the claim
of such person be first duly satisfied, or adequate provision
made for satisfying such claim; the value of members to
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.—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 25 (1, 3, 7).
XVII.—Applications for Inspection, Special Meetings, or
Dissolution.
It shall be the right of one-fifth of the total number of
members, or if the number of members shall at any time
■amount to 1,000, and shall not exceed 10,000, it shall be
the right of 100 members, or if the number shall at any
time exceed 10,000, it shall be the right of 500 members,
but with the consent in all cases of the central body of the
Order by an application in writing to the Chief Registrar (a),
signed by them in form approved of by the Chief Registrar
pursuant to the Treasury regulations :—
(a.) To apply for the appointment of one or more
inspectors to examine into the affairs of the branch and to
report thereon.—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 23 (1) ;
(a) If the branch is registered and does business exclusively
in Scotland or Ireland, instead of the words “chief registrar”
insert the words “assistant registrar for Scotland,” or, “for
Ireland,” as the case may be.
