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registered in England. Notice of the establish 
ment of new branches, and copies of their rules, 
when necessary, are to he given to the Registrar; 
and the rules of a branch may be altered in the 
same manner as the rules of an independent society: 
34. On the other hand, the special powers of 
the Registrar to appoint, with the consent of the 
Treasury, inspectors to examine into the affairs of 
a society,and to call special meetings of a society 
upon application of a certain number of the 
members, do not apply to a society with branches, 
without the consent of the central body of the 
society; and the power to pass special resolutions 
for the purposes enumerated in section 24, does 
not apply to branches. The provisions of section 
25 also relating to the dissolution of registered 
societies, do not apply to a society having 
branches, unless with the consent of its central 
body. 
35. The general effect of these provisions seems 
to be to enable the governing body of an affiliated 
order to maintain the compact upon which their 
union is based more thoroughly than they could 
formerly do. When every branch was ia law a 
separate society, it could easily sever its connec 
tion with the general body. The result was that 
secessions from these affiliated bodies frequently 
took place, new orders being formed, themselves 
liable in their turn to experience the influence of 
disaffection in a similar manner. A branch was 
m that respect in a situation analogous to that of 
an individual member, who could withdraw at his 
pleasure.