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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 arbitrators
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).
