Full text: The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

MODEL RULES FOR A BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 259' 
2. Purposes for which the funds shall he applicable.—All 
moneys received on account of contributions, donations, 
admissions, fines, or otherwise, shall he applied towards 
carrying out the objects of the society, according to the 
rules and tables (if any) thereof. Any officer misapplying 
the funds shall repay the same and he excluded, without 
prejudice to his liability to prosecution for such mis 
application. 
3. Terms of admission of members (d).— 
4. Members may become entitled to benefits on the following 
conditions [state the conditions, or say, “ members shall not 
he entitled to benefits”], 
5. No fine or forfeiture shall be imposed on any member 
[or as the case may be]. 
IV.—Meetings. Eight of Voting (e). 
V.—Neic Rules and Alteration of Rules. 
No new rule shall be made, nor any of the rules herein 
contained or hereafter to be made shall be amended, altered, 
or rescinded, unless with the consent of a majority of the 
members present at a general meeting of the society 
specially called for that purpose. 
VI.—Appointment and. Removal of Committee of Manage 
ment, Treasurer, Trustees, and other Officers. 
At a special meeting of the society to he called as soon ns 
practicable after the registry of the society there shall be 
elected by a majority of the members then present a com 
mittee of management, consisting of ten persons, a treasurer,. 
(d) Hero should be stated whether, and in wliat manner, a 
candidate for membership is to be proposed and elected; what 
class of persons, if any, are not to be eligible for membership, &c. - 
(e) Here should be stated how often, when, and where meet 
ings are to be held, what notice is to be given of them, by whose 
authority and how meetings are to be specially called, and upon 
what requisition, whether any and what number of members is 
necessary to constitute a quorum, either generally or in any 
particular cases, who is to take the chair, what are the qualifi 
cation of voters, whether votes may be given by proxy, and 
how questions on which there is an equality of votes are to be 
decided.
	        
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