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(6) To apply for the calling of a special meeting of the 
branch.—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 23 (2) ; 
Either such application to he made upon such notice to 
the branch, and to he supported hy such evidence for the 
purpose of showing that the applicants have good reason for 
requiring such inspection to be made or meeting to he 
called, and that they are not actuated hy malicious motives 
in their application, as the Chief "Registrar shall direct; 
(c.) Or to apply for an investigation into the affairs of 
the branch with a view to the dissolution thereof. 
Such application as last aforesaid to set forth that the 
funds of the branch are insufficient to meet the existing 
•claims thereon, or that the rates of contribution fixed in 
the rules of the branch are insufficient to cover the benefits 
assured, and the grounds upon which such insufficiency is 
alleged.—Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 25 (8). 
XVIII.—Disputes. 
1. If any dispute shall arise between a member, or person 
•claiming through a member, or under the rules of the 
■branch, and the branch, or any officer thereof, it shall be 
referred to arbitration. 
2. At the second meeting of the branch after the registry 
•of the same, five arbitrators shall be elected, none of them 
being directly or indirectly interested in the funds of the 
branch; and in each case of dispute the names of the arbi 
trators shall be written on pieces of paper and placed in a 
box or glass, and the three whose names are first drawn out 
by the complaining party, or by some one appointed by 
him or her, shall be the arbitrators to decide on the matter 
in difference. In case of a vacancy, or vacancies, another 
arbitrator, or other arbitrators, shall be elected at a general 
•meeting. 
Or, 
If any dispute, &c. (as above) it shall be referred to 
justices pursuant to the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, 
s. 22 (c).