Friendly societies (1863) (WA)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO
VICTORL]3 REGINiE
No. G
An Ordinance to regulate Friendly Societies.
• [Assented to Sth July, 1863.
HEREAS societies have been established in the Colony for the PreahlWe
Wthereof in sickness, old age or infirmity and for other purposes of a ,5,87L,‘,:ipt,:,r,purpose of affording relief and maintenance to the members But now see
| and encouragement to such societies and societies having the same LTC" object hereafter to be established, and also to make provisions for the protection of the members against fraud and misapplication of their funds : Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of | provident and benevolent nature, and it is expedient to afford protection this Act, side as consent of the Legislative Council thereof :- |
1. That it shall be lawful for any society already established to be Objects kr
enrolled under the provisions of this Ordinance or for any number of adicei,V,Zit
persons to establish a society or branch of the same under the provisions established
of this Ordinance for the purpose of raising by voluntary subscriptions
of 'the members thereof, with or without the aid of donations, a fund
for any of the following objects, that is to say :—
1. For insuring a sum of money to be paid on the death of a member to his widow, or to the child, or to the executors, administrators, nominee or assigns of such member, or for defraying the expenses of the burial of a member, or of the wife, child or kindred of a member, subject always to the restrictions hereinafter enacted in that behalf.
2. For the relief, maintenance or endowment of the members, their wives, children or kindred in infirmity, old age, sick- ness, widowhood or any other natural state of which the probability may be calculated by way of average.
3. For any purpose which shall be certified to be legal by Her Majesty's Attorney-General, as a purpose to which the powers and facilities of this Ordinance ought to be ex- tended.
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| Ordinance | Provided always that it shall not be lawful for any society or branch |
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societies notestablished under this Ordinance to assure the payment to or on the
| assuring above death of any member, or on any contingency or for any of the purposes | £50 or annuityof k20, or allow- for which the payment of sums may be assured under this Ordinance | ||
| ante of 20,- a | |||
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| surgeon or coroner requiredOrdinance it shall not be lawful for the trustees or other officers of | |||
| before money is such societies to pay any sum of money which may have been insured | |||
| paid on the deathand become payable on the death of any member thereof or of the wife | |||
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or child of any member, unless the party applying for the same shall produce and deliver to such trustees or officer a certificate signed by a qualified medical practitioner or coroner in the form set forth in Schedule A to this Ordinance annexed, except in cases where from the nature of the circumstances it is impossible to procure such cer- tificate.
| Tower to repeal | 3. That it shall be lawful for persons intending to establish or |
| rules and ap-enrol under theprovisions of this Ordinance a friendly society or | or alter | |
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think fit for ordaining, repealing or altering or amending any such rules, and to impose reasonable fines and forfeitures on any member offending against the same, and to form a general committee or board of management, and to delegate to the same all or any of the powers given by this Ordinance, to be executed either with respect to the management of the society or branch, or the enactment, amendment, repeal or alteration of the rules thereof, and in such rules there shall distinctly be set forth :—
1. The name and designation of such society or branch and place where the business thereof is carried on ; the whole of the objects and intentions for which it is founded ; the whole of the purposes to which the funds thereof are applicable, according to the rules and tables thereof ; and the conditions under which any member or party claiming under or by a member may become entitled to any benefit assured thereby.
2. The manner of making, repealing or altering rules ; of appointing trustees, a treasurer and an officer, who shall keep the books and accounts, and prepare the returns required by this Ordinance ; a general board or committee of management and the duties and powers of each.
3. The mode in which the funds shall be invested.
4. The manner in which disputes between the society or branch
and any member thereof or person claiming on account of
or through any member shall be settled.
Separate ac-
| counts to be | kept of money4. Provided always that the rules of every such society or branch | |
| paid and received shall provide that all moneys received or paid on account of each and | ||
| for each Parti- every particular fund or benefit assured to the members thereof, their=lax fund or | ||
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payable shall have been adopted, shall be entered in a separate account distinct from the moneys received and paid on account of any other benefit or fund.
| 5. That such society or branch shall not be deemed to be legally established under this Ordinance, nor be entitled to any of the provi- | Society or branch not |
| legally esta- | |
| sions of the same, unless the rules and every amendment of the rules | blished till rules |
| or tables made from time to time thereof shall have been duly confirmed | approved of |
| as hereinafter provided. | |
| 6. That two printed or written copies of all rules and tables adopted by any such society or branch, together with the name and | Governor to con- |
| final | |
| residence of every trustee thereof, signed by three members and countersigned by the secretary, clerk or other officer with all con- venient speed after the same shall be made, altered or amended, and so from time to time after every making, altering or amending thereof, shall be submitted to the Governor for his approval, who may take the opinion of the Attorney-General thereon, and so soon as the same rules shall be found to be framed in conformity with law, and that no rule or part thereof is repugnant to another, and the same are reasonable and proper, it shall be lawful for the said Governor to confirm the same, and in such case one of the copies to be signed by such Governor in confirmation thereof shall be returned to the society or branch, and the other copy signed as aforesaid shall be deposited with the Colonial Secretary of this Colony, without fee or reward ; and all rules, altera- tions or amendments thereof, when confirmed as aforesaid, shall be binding on the several members and all persons claiming by or under them, and be received as evidence in the said Colony. Provided that before the Governor shall confirm the rules of any society, assuring to any member any annuity, the contributions in respect of such annuity shall be certified to such Governor by the Auditor-General. |
7. That on every such confirmation of rules a fee of one guinea Fees to be nett
| shall be paid to the Attorney-General (if such rules shall be referred to Attorney- | al on on- |
| to him as before provided), and a fee of ten shillings and sixpence on Gener | fir | mation |
| every confirmation of rules of any branch of such society, and a fee of | ||
| five shillings on every confirmation of any amendments or alterations | ||
| of the rules of any such society or branch, and a fee of one guinea to the Auditor-General for any certificate of such confirmation as afore- said. |
8. That the rules of such society or branch shall provide for and Funds
direct that the funds of such society or branch, until invested as herein- after provided, shall be deposited in a bank in this Colony, in the name and to the credit of such society or branch, and that such funds shall only be withdrawn at the usual meetings of the committees of such society or branch by cheques, signed by at least three of the trustees, and countersigned by the secretary or steward. And also that such society or branch shall cause their treasurer to give security in the Treasurer to give
| form set forth in Schedule B, with one or more sufficient bondsmen, in | bond |
| such sum as such society or branch may determine, and that it shall be lawful to sue upon such bond in the names of the trustees for the time being. |
a That the trustees for the time being of any such society or Trusteesto '-
branch shall and they are hereby required from time to time, by and Vest
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with the consent of such society or branch, to lay out and invest such part of all such sums of money as shall at any time be collected, given or paid to and for the purpose of such society, as may not be wanted for the immediate use thereof, or to meet the usual accruing liabilities of such society or branch, in the names of such trustees, in and upon any loans raised or guaranteed by the authority of the Legislature of the said Colony, or on mortgage of freehold or leasehold property, such leasehold being for a term of years absolute, of which not less than five
Purchase years shall be unexpired, or in the purchase of any freehold or leasehold
property in the said Colony, such leasehold property having a term of at least twenty years to run, or on loan to any member of such society on the security of any policy of insurance effected on his own life (provided that the amount of such loan shall not exceed the actual estimated value of such policy at the time such loan shall be made) and from time to time with such consent as aforesaid, to alter or transfer such securities and funds, and to make sale thereof respectively ; and all dividends, interest and proceeds, which shall from time to time arise from the moneys so laid out or invested as aforesaid, shall be brought to account by such trustees, and shall be applied to and for the use of such society or branch according to the rules thereof : Pro- vided always that it shall be lawful for the trustees as aforesaid, with
| Sell—exchange— the consent of such society or branch as aforesaid, to purchase, hire or | let |
take upon lease any room or premises for the purpose of holding therein the meetings of such society or branch, or for the transaction of business relating thereto, and to hold the same in trust to and for the use of such society or branch, and to sell, exchange, let and demise the same, in whole or in part.
Property rested 10. That within thirty days after the confirmation of any such
i» trustees rules of any society or branch, a memorial of the names of the trustees
of such society or branch, under the hands of two or more of such trustees, and of the secretary or clerk of the said society or branch, and which memorial shall be verified by the solemn declaration of such secretary or clerk, shall be registered in the office of the Colonial Secretary, and whenever any change shall be made in the trustees of any society or branch, by the death, resignation, removal or inability to act of any trustee, and the appointment of any new trustee, a like memorial of such change and of the names of such new trustee, verified as aforesaid, shall be registered in the said office, and from and after such registration, all hereditaments, moneys, goods, chattels, and effects whatsoever, and all titles, securities for money, or other obligatory instruments and evidence or muniments, and all rights or claims belonging to or had by such society or branch, shall be vested in the trustees or trustee for the time being of the same for the use and benefit of such society or branch and the respective members thereof, their respective executors or administrators, according to their respective claims and interests ; and after the death or removal of any trustees or trustee, shall vest in the succeeding trustees or trustee for the same estate and interest as the former trustees or trustee had therein, and subject to the same trusts, without any assignment or conveyance whatever ; and also shall for all purposes of action or suit, as well criminal as civil, in law or in equity, in anywise touching or concerning the same, be deemed and taken to be and shall in every such proceeding, when necessary, be stated to be the property of the
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person or persons appointed to the office of trustee of such society or branch, for the time being, in his or their proper name or names without further description, and such persons or person shall, and they are hereby respectively authorised to bring or defend, or cause to be brought or defended, any action, suit or prosecution, criminal as well as civil, in any Court of law or equity, touching or concerning the property, right or claim aforesaid, of or belonging to or had by such society or branch ; and such persons shall or may in all cases con- cerning the property, right or claim aforesaid, of or belonging to or had by such society or branch, and such persons shall or may in all cases concerning the property, right or claim aforesaid of such society or branch, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of law or equity, in their or his proper names or name, as trustees or trustee of such society or branch, without other description, and no such suit, action or prosecution shall be discontinued or abate by the death of such person, or his removal from office of trustee, but the same shall and may be proceeded in by the remaining or succeeding trustees or trustee, in the proper name of the person commencing the same, and such remaining or succeeding trustees or trustee shall pay or receive the like costs as if the action or suit bad been commenced in his or their name for the benefit of, or to be reimbursed from, the funds of such society or branch, and a certified copy of any such memorial shall be evidence in any proceedings at law or in equity, until the contrary thereof is shown, that the persons named therein as trustees are such trustees for all the purposes of this Ordinance : Provided always that every treasurer, trustee, and other officer shall only be personally responsible and liable for all moneys actually received by him, on account of or for the use of such society or branch.
11. That the trustees of every such society or branch shall by the Trustees to
rules of the same be compelled to audit the accounts as often as the ,Titigiti
rules express, and every officer in whose charge the accounts of such Governor
society are kept shall once in every year prepare or cause to be pre-
pared a general statement of the funds and effects of such society or
branch during the then preceding twelve months in the form set forth
in Schedule C to this Ordinance annexed, as accurately as such officer
may be enabled to furnish the same, and shall transmit such state-
ment to the Governor on some day before the first day of March in
each year, and every such statement shall be attested by the auditors
and countersigned by such officer, and every member shall be entitled
to inspect such statement without fee at all reasonable times ; and
every officer failing to transmit such statement as aforesaid on or
before the first day of March in any. year or transmitting any fraudu-
lent or wilfully false return shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and a
copy of all such annual returns shall in every year be laid before the
Legislative Council of the said Colony.
12. That the provisions of an Act passed in the thirty-ninth year Provisions of
| of the reign of King George the Third, intituled 'An Act for the | :9,macy, |
| more effectual Suppression of Societies established for Seditious and nt.ciisi!ott | a |
| Tre |
sonable Purposes and for better preventing Treasonable and Vielets?„,11";1) year of the reign of King George the Third, intituled An Act for
Seditious Practices,' and also another Act passed in the fifty-seventh this Act
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the more effectual preventing Seditious Meetings and Assemblies,' shall not extend to any society or branch established or enrolled under this Ordinance or to any meeting of the members or officers thereof
| Disputes between | 13. That if any dispute shall arise between the members or or branch established under this Ordinance and the trustees, treasurer or other officer or committee thereof, it shall be settled in such manner as the rules of such society or branch shall direct, and the decision so made shall be binding and conclusive, but if such dispute shall be of such kind that for the settlement of it, according to the laws now in force, recourse must be had to the equitable jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, it may be referred at the option of either party to any Court established for the recovery of small debts which shall be nearest to the city or town where such society or branch shall hold its meetings, which Court shall proceed ex parte on notice in writing to the other of the said parties being left at his usual place of residence or abode ten days previously; and such Court is hereby authorised to require of all parties who are or may have been members, trustees or officers of such society or branch to produce before it all books or other documents relating to the concerns of such society, and there- upon, if such Court shall so think fit, it shall be lawful for such Court to determine such dispute and displace any such trustee or officer, or to make such order as the justice of the case in the opinion of such Court may require, and such decision or order shall be binding and conclusive. |
| tnistees to be | persons claiming under or on account of any member of any society |
| settled according | |
| to rules |
society and
roe for rain-
14. That it shall be provided by the rules of such society or branch
stCrilsIZIploT,ted that disputes which may arise between any member thereof and the
by rules trustees, committee or officers on the part of such society or branch
shall be settled by arbitration ; the number of arbitrators and mode of selection shall be stated in the rules, and in case any of such arbi- trators shall at any time neglect or refuse to act, the members of such society or branch at a general meeting or general committee thereof are hereby required forthwith to elect and appoint some other person to be an arbitrator in his place, and the rules shall direct in what manner such arbitrators or any of them shall proceed to determine such disputes, and the award so made by them or so many as may be appointed for the purpose according to the rules shall be final and binding on all parties, without appeal, and shall not be removed to any Court of Law or Equity, and if either of the said parties shall refuse or neglect to comply -with or conform to the decision of the said arbitrators or the major part of them it shall and may be lawful for the nearest Resident or Police Magistrate to the place within which such society or branch shall be established, upon good and sufficient proof being adduced before him of such award having been made and of the refusal of the party to comply therewith, upon com- plaint made by or on behalf of the party aggrieved, to summon the party against whom such complaint shall be made to appear at a time and place to be named in such summons, and upon his or her appearance, or in default thereof upon due, proof upon oath of the service of such summons, to make such order thereupon as may to him seem just, and if the sum of money awarded, together with the costs of and attending such order, shall not be paid according to the
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tenor of such order, then such order shall be enforced in the same Resident or
manner as any conviction of such Resident or Police Magistrate may alLeeLl,io„,
by law be enforced : Provided always that if there are not at the time award
of enforcing such order any moneys, goods or chattels of any such
society or branch by means whereof any sum of money by such order
directed to be paid by such society or branch, with costs, can be
satisfied, that then such order may be enforced by seizure and sale of
the moneys, goods and chattels of the party or of the officer of the
said society so neglecting or refusing as aforesaid : Provided always
that whatever sum shall be paid by any such officer or levied on
his or her property or goods in pursuance of the award of arbitrators
or order of any such Resident or Police Magistrate, shall be repaid
with all damages accruing to him or her by and out of the moneys
belonging to such society or branch, or out of the first money which
shall be thereafter received by such society or branch.
15. That if the rules of any friendly society or branch shall not if no arbitrators
have provided for settlement of matters by arbitration as aforesaid, or a.7a1);'1"tV:'
| no arbitrator shall have been appointed or no award shall have been Conic | shall have provided for the settlement of disputes by arbitration, b u. Justiets may | |
| made within forty days after such complaint has been made to the officers of such society or branch, or if the rules shall have directed that any dispute between the members and the trustees or other officer on the committee of management shall be settled by Justices of the Peace, then all such matters and disputes shall be referred to and decided by the aforesaid Court established for the recovery of small debts. | ||
| 16. That in case any member of any such society or branch shall In ease a men/- have been expelled from such society and the award of the arbitrators obxerpottglY | ||
| or the order of the said Court shall direct that he shall be reinstated, trzrscoorAmall it shall be lawful for such arbitrators to award or said Court to order, mayttureot soot in default of such reinstatement, such a sum of money to be paid to ',.',1,tattlobte,„1 such member by the trustees of such society or branch, as to such in default may arbitrators or Justices may seem just and reasonable, which such sum '1,7 ,1",(0,',`,2110," of money if not paid shall be recoverable from the said society or | ||
| branch or the treasurer, trustee or other officer in the same way as any money awarded by the arbitrators is recoverable under this Ordinance. | ||
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| the ordinary judgments of such Courts are enforced ; but where the order of the said Court shall be for the doing of some act not being for the payment of money, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate so ap- pointed as aforesaid of such Court in his said order to order the party to do such act, or that in default of his doing it he shall pay a certain sum of money, and in case he refuse or neglect to do the act required upon demand in that behalf, the sum of money or penalty in the said order may then be recovered in the same manner as a judgment for debt or damages in such Court ; and it shall not be lawful to remove the same by certiorari or other writ or process in the Supreme Court. |
| 18. That for the more effectually preventing fraud and imposition ma caroni | of tread |
on the funds of such societies or branches if any officer, member or or inn osition on
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| the funds Jus- other person being or representing himself to be a member of such | ' |
| Mille | tie's "'ay | society or branch, or the nominee, executor, adminstrator or assignee of any member thereof or any other person whatever shall in or by any false representation or imposition obtain possession of the moneys, securities, books, papers or other effects of such society or branch, or any part thereof, or having the same in his or her possession, shall withhold or misapply the same, it shall and may be lawful for any two or more Justices of the Peace upon the complaint of any trustee of such society or branch, the secretary or clerk thereof, to hear and determine the matter of such complaint in a summary way, and upon |
| Justices may | due proof of such fraud to convict the said party and award double |
""ard ""bl° the amount ob.the amount of the money so obtained or withheld, to be paid to the weed, ece. treasurer to be applied by him to the purposes of the society or branch,
and order the said securities, books, papers or other effects to be delivered to the society or branch, together with the costs as shall be awarded by the said Justices not exceeding the sum of twenty shillings, and any such order shall and may be enforced in the like manner as any fine or penalty awarded against any defendant : Provided never- theless that nothing herein contained shall prevent the said society or branch from proceeding by indictment, information or complaint if a previous conviction for the same offence has been obtained under this Ordinance.
| Treasurer to | 19. That every person who shall have or receive any part of the |
| and demand and moneys, effects, or funds of or belonging to any such society or branch, | render accounts | |||
| Pay ever moneys, or shall in any manner have been or shall be entrusted with the | ||||
| Sm., to party ap- | ||||
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| Minors may In | ||||
| members21. That a minor may become a member of any such society or | ||||
| and have legal branch, and he is hereby empowered to execute all instruments and |
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| to give all necessary acquittances. Provided always that such minor authority to nee | shall not be competent, during his minority, to hold any office as °tort to bola |
| director, trustee, treasurer or manager in such society or branch. |
22. That it shall not be lawful for the members of any such society Consent lures-
or branch, by any rule or resolution or order, to dissolve or determine 22;
such society or branch, so long as the intents and purposes declared by
the rules of such society or branch or any of them remain to be carried
into effect, without obtaining the votes of consent of five-sixths in
value of the then existing members, to be ascertained in manner here-
inafter mentioned, and also the consent of all persons then receiving
or entitled to receive relief, either on account of sickness, age or in-
firmity, to be testified under their hands individually and° respec-
tively, and for the purpose of ascertaining the votes of such five-sixths
in value every member shall be entitled to one vote, and an additional
vote for every five years that he may have been a member : Provided
also that no one member shall have more than five votes in the whole,
and in all cases of dissolution the intended appropriation or division of
the funds or other property shall be fairly and distinctly stated in the
proposed plan of dissolution prior to such consent being given ; and it
shall not be lawful for such society or branch, by any rule, to direct
the division or distribution of such stock or fund or any part thereof
to or amongst the several members of such society or branch other
than for carrying into effect the general intents and purposes declared
by the rules originally confirmed, and all such rules for the dissolution
or termination thereof, without such consent as aforesaid, or for the
distribution or division of the stock or funds contrary to the rules,
shall be void and of none effect ; and in the event of such division or
misappropriation of the funds, without the consent hereby declared to
be requisite, any trustee or other officer or person aiding or abetting
therein shall be liable to the like penalties as are in this Ordinance
provided in cases of fraud : Provided always that it shall be lawful
for any two or more societies or branches to become united or incor-
porated in one society or branch, upon such terms as shall be approved
by the major part of the trustees and board of management of both
societies or branches.
23. That all rules, alterations of rules, transcript or copy of or Rules approval
| extract from all rules and alterations of rules, and all awards, writings ,,,,f | .„titr„.:Dird |
and documents of what nature or kind soever, relating to any society ° f Signat"re ture thereto.
or branch directed by any Ordinance to be certified and approved
shall, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, be received in all
24. That if any person appointed to any office in any society or Executors or
the keeping of the accounts or having in his hands or possession by socie ty beforebranch established under this Ordinance, and being entrusted with ,,",floie;(t)fl
virtue of his said office or employment any moneys or effects belong- Tgargars ing thereto, or any deeds or securities relating to the same, shall die or plays niter tl?".nand in anima become insolvent, or have any execution, or attachment or other
process issued against his land, goods, chattels or effects, or shall make any assignment, disposition or other conveyance thereof for the benefit of his creditors, his heirs, executors, adminstrators or assignees, or other person having legal right, or the Sheriff, Official Assignee or
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other Officer executing such process shall, within forty days after demand made in writing by the trustees of any such society or branch, or by any three or more of the committee of management assembled at any meeting thereof, deliver and pay over all moneys and other things belonging to such society or branch to such person as such trustee or committee shall appoint, and shall pay out of the estates, assets or effects of such person all sums of money remaining due which such person shall have received by virtue of his said office or employ- ment before any other of his debts are paid or satisfied, or before the other money directed to be levied by such process as aforesaid is paid over to the party issuing such process, and all such assets, lands, goods, chattels, property, estates and effects shall be bound to the payment and discharge thereof accordingly.
Provisions of
| this Ordinance | 25. And whereas several benevolent and charitable institutions, |
| may be applied | societies and associations are formed by voluntary subscriptions and |
| to benevolent | |
| and charitable | benefactions for the purpose of relieving the physical wants and neces- |
| societies formed | |
| by voluntary | sities of persons in distressed circumstances, and it is expedient to |
| subscription, if | afford some protection to the funds thereof : Be it therefore enacted |
| rules are regis. | |
| tered ill ptlr. | that if the rules of any such institution, society, or association, and all |
| seance of this | alterations and amendments thereof, shall be registered under the |
| Ordinance | provisions of this Ordinance, then and in that case the clauses and provisions herein contained so far as the same relate to the giving of security from any treasurer or other officer or person, and to the vesting of the effects in the trustees for the time being, and to their suing and being sued, and as to the liability of the treasurer or trustee or other officer, and to the protecting, securing or recovering the funds vested or being in such treasurer or trustee and for enforcing the ren- dering of accounts by him or them, shall be extended to all and every such institution, society or association which shall have and enjoy and be entitled to the benefit of this Ordinance with respect to the several matters as aforesaid as fully and effectually as any friendly society or branch registered or enrolled under this Ordinance can or may have or enjoy the same. |
| Construction of | |
| terms | 26. That in the construction of this Ordinance, unless there shall be something in the subject matter or context repugnant thereto, the word society' shall include every branch thereof. |
J. S. HAMPTON,
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
SCHEDULES REFERRED TO
A
FORM OF MEDICAL CERTIFICATE
| I hereby certify that | late of |
| died the | day of | and I have no reason to |
attribute his death to poison, violence, or criminal neglect.
(Signed) A. B.
Profession. Residence.
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FORM OF CORONER'S CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that I have held an inquest on the body of
| late of | who was found dead, and the jury have returned |
the following verdict and it does not appear to me that he has been deprived of life by means of any person beneficially interested in obtaining burial money from any Society.
| Dated the | day of |
A.B.,
Coroner.
B
| FORM | OF BOND |
Know all men by these presents that we A. B. of
| Treasurer (or Steward, &c.) of the | Society established at |
| in the Colony of | and C. D. of |
| and E. F. of | as sureties on behalf of the said A. B. are jointly and |
| severally held and firmly bound to G. H. of | and J. K. of |
the Trustees of the said Society in the sum of to be paid to the said G. H. and J. K. as such Trustees, or their successors, Trustees for the time being, or their certain Attorney, for which payment to be well and truly made, we jointly and severally bind ourselves and each of us binds himself, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents. Sealed with our
| seals. Dated the | day of | in the year of our Lord |
Whereas the above bounden A.B. bath been duly appointed Treasurer (or Steward) of the Society, established as aforesaid, and he, together with the above bounden C. D. and E. F. as his sureties, have entered into the above written bond subject to the condition hereinafter contained : Now therefore the condition of the above written bond is such that if the said A.B. shall and do justly and faithfully execute his office of Treasurer or Steward, &c., of the said Society, established as aforesaid, and shall and do render a just and true account of all moneys received and paid by him, and do and shall pay over all the moneys remaining in his hands, and assign and transfer or deliver all securities and effects, books, papers and property of or belonging to the said Society, in his hands or custody to such person or persons as the said Society shall appoint, according to the rules of the said Society together with the proper or legal receipts or vouchers for such payments, and likewise shall and do in all respects well and truly and faithfully perform and fulfil his office of Treasurer or Steward, &c., to the said Society, according to the rules thereof ; then the above written bond shall be void and of no effect, otherwise shall be and remain in full force and virtue.
| A.B. | ( | a.s.) |
| Sealed and delivered} | C.D. (a.s.) |
| in the presence of | E.P. (n.s.) |
HEADS OF INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED YEARLY TO THE
GOVERNMENT EY EVERY SOCIETY
| Return of | Society established at | for the year |
| ending | 18 . |
Date of balancing books in each year.
MEMBERS.
Number admitted since last balance.
Number died since last balance.
Number withdrawn or expelled.
Number of members at this date including honorary members.
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SICIINESS.
Number of members sick in the year.
INCOME.
Donations and honorary subscriptions.
Entrance money.
Contributions for sickness and death.
Contributions for endowments—widow and orphans' fund.
Interest received.
Total income.
Total capital. (Here state where the same is placed.)
EXPENDITURE.
Sick pay or allowances.
| Death of members. | wives. |
Endowments.
Extra expenditure.
Total expenditure.
OBSERVATIONS.
| Dated the | day of | in the year of our Lord |
To be signed by two Trustees, and Secretary, Treasurer or other Officer.
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