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once a fortnight during the continuance of the indispoiiticn
unless otherwise ordered by the Directors.

X. ALIMENT RESTRICTED AT THE END OF TWO YEARS.
—Whenever any Member shall have received the full al-
lowance of One Pound per week, for two years in succes-
sion, his aliment shall be red..:ced to Fifteen Shillings, and
remain at that rate se long as his indisposition continues ;
but no aliment shall be paid for any pericd exceeding seven
days prior to app'icat'on. 111o:curer, if any Member shalt
have received the ani.a.int of Twenty Shiliino per week,
for a less period lbw] two years, he shall not In allowed to
begin his two years over again on the renewal of bicknot,
until he shall have ceased to receive any pay whatever on
account of sickness for six calendar months ; but if he
shall fall ill within that time, he shall be placed in the same
situation as when he ceased to receive any relief Born tin;
Society. No Member shall he entitled to any tile:;chheQ
sickness, until he shall have di.ehariei All •
'orrears duq tip
him to the Society.
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FQA 13Uglr:,-;s.—Members neeillentally mtitilatA, to) as NI
be rendered unfit to follow their usual employment, but.
so as to prevent them from pursuing 'some other vocA!lion
for which they may be qualified, shall only he
receive the full allowance of One Pound weel::„, until it
suitable occupation be obtained ; but so.-
,posing
nevertheless,-
,posing no Such
occupation to be obtained, said Merul" er shall,
on the lapse of one year, bO 'reduced to the restricted
aliment of Fifteen Shilling; per week, and continue at that.
rate so long as the disability remains.
XII.—APPEAL COMPETENT WHERE ALIMENT REF-UP",-.
—lt shall be competent for Members whose appli%a:"
ions
for aliment have been refused by the Preses, 'or whose
t,e days,
aliment may have been suspended, to appeal tc,
tors, who shall dispose of the appeal the Direc-
-1 h
ieure
upon a verbal hearing of the appellant .or autnoi
rnAn-
datory ; and it shall also be compe.ve,.
to bring the Direc-
Arbiters, by lodging a.
nt
review
ofs
of the Secretary, within ten
tors' decision under
minute of appeal in the
clays of the date the 07„i5100.
XIII,-.—ALLOWA.NtE FOR FUNERAL CHARGES.--
1%.t. the
(loath of a free Met.aher resident within the Parli'
bounds of amentary
the City of Glasgow, •the friend or relation taking
charge of his funeral shall, on applying to the President or
Treasurer of the Society, receive Tea Pounds sterbrr, as
the ar.-iount due by the Society for funeral charges ; any
arrears due to the Society, to ho deducted from this sum.
Should the Member be non-resident in Glasgow, a certifi-
cate of his death, attested by a surgeon and a justice of the
peace, or a parish minister, or other satisfactory evidence,
and bearing that the applicant is the pror;er person, must.
be transmitted to the President before the allowance c,an
be paid. Such certificate or evidence to b 6 produccAl in
six months from the date of the decease, otherwise the
claim shall be fcrfeited.
XIV. IVIA.N4t."CAMENT OF THE SOCIETY, HOW VESTED.
mt,:,ian-bcment of the Society shall be vested in a Pre-
cident, Vice-President, Treasurer, and twelve Directors
ebo3en from amongst the Members, as laid down in Rule
XVI., vNith power at any future period, should it be consi-
dered proper by a majority of the Members present at. a
regularly constituted meeting of the Society, to admit ?our,
cut of the twelve Directors, to be chosen from arnorAgst the
Honorary Members.

XV. HONORARY MEMBERS.—Every person, contribut-
ing by benefaction not less than One Pound, or any sum
upwards, shall become an Honorary Member ; but not so
as to be entitled by such benefaction or subscription, to
any benefit or emolument from the funds of the Society, or
he eligible for any office except that of President—for
which office, Honorary Members shall be eligible.
XVI. GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD ANNUALLY,
ON THE 10TH JANUARY.—A General Meeting of the So-
ciety shall be held annually, on the 10th day of Janue'ry, or
on the first lawful day thereafter, at such time and place,
within the City of Glasgow, as the Directors veay appoint,
when the Board of Management ;hall be formed, and Office
bearers appointed in manner following ;—The four Mem-
bers first on the, list of Directors shall retire, and be re-
placed by each of the Members present handing- to the Se-
cretary a writing, subscribed by themselves, bea.eing, the
names of four eligible Members, to fill said vacancy ; and
at not later than thirty minutes after the hoer of meeting,
the Secretary, assisted by the Auditors of the Society, shall
proceed to make up the election, when the lour Members
holding the greatest number of votes shall .be declared to
be elected, The board of fifteen shall be completed by
the meeting, in like manlier, individually handing to the
Secretary the name of the Members desired as President,
Vice-President, and Treasurer, when the nominees holding
the
-the greatest number of votes shall be declared as
elected to said offices re.,pectively ; real in case
of at
equaLty of votes, or a majority teat being obtained,
nominees shall be formed into n. leet, excluding the lowest,
noon whom the meeting stall again vote until a majority
of the Members prescnt he obtained for one individual,
The said Office-bearers shall hold their respective offices
for the ensuing period of twelve mouths ; declaring that no
Member who has not been at least one year enrolled in the
Society, and who does not either reside or possess a place of
business within the prescribed boundaries, shall he eligible
for office, Office-bearers rethieg may lee imaiediately re-
elected.
A full statement of the transactions of the Society for
the past year, with an account of the existing state of the
funds, prepared at sight of the Directory, and prepared
and attested in terms of the provisions of the 33d section of
the Friendly Society Act, shall he laid before the meeting,
and a printed copy of the same delivered to each Member,
or to his Agent, within fourteen days after the meeting.
XVII.—POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTORS.
—The whole affairs of the ' Society shail be under the
management of the Directory appointed as in the preced-
ing Article, who shall i eccive all proposals for altering the
Rules ofthe _Society, take cognizance of the funds thereof,
and attend to the investment of its surplus capital, as law
directs. The Directory shall also specially attend that the
Rules be duly enforced, and the requisites of the Acts of
Parliament complied with, They shall have power to
compromiie all claims for the aliment of Members partially
disabled from followire; their usual occupation, as mentioned
in Article XI. ; and except in the case oF a permanent
settlement of' such claims, tsi alter or vary the rate of such
aliment as occasion may require. They shell meet annually
on the sixth day of January, or first lawful day thereafter,
and on the same days of every alternate month (with power
to adjourn), for transacting the ordinary business of the
Society. At their meeting in January, they shall-awlit the
Treasurer's account of intromissions, and make up a distinct
statement of the funds, as' accords with law and these Re-
gulations. They shall also meet at the close of the elec-
tion of office-bearers, or on the following lawful day, to
nominate the Surgeon, Actuary, and Secretary of the So-
ciety, appoint two of their number Auditors, and choose
the Collector and Officer. These and all other acts of
the Directors, to be regularly entered in the Minute-book,
subject at all times to the review of the Society ; declaring
always, that not less than one-third of the Directors shall
constitute a meeting, and that in all cues of parity of vot-
ing, the President, besides a deliberative shall have the de-
ciding vote.
XVIII. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PitESIDENT.—The Pre-
sident or Vice-President shall convene and preside at all
seceders of the Directors, and General Meetings of the
Society ; interrogate, if he think fit, all applicants for ad-
mission, and on being s &stied with claims for aliment,
shall, within forty-eight hours from the date thereof, order
payment, during which interval he shall use every means
within his power to ascertain the correctness of the claim,
by personally visiting the claimant, or directing managers
to visit, or otherwise, as he may deem proper ; which
powers he shall exercise at discretion. during the continu-
ance of the claim. He may also call extraordinary meet-
ings of the Directors, endeat the requisition of at least one-
-fifth of the whole Members, he shall, within eight days,
convene a Meeting of the Managers or of the Society, as
, the requisitionists may require. He shall be custodier of
the Society's Box, which he shall not open, nor suffer to
opened, except in the presence of the Treasurer or Se-
cretary, or their substitutes ; declaring that the Vice-
President shall at all times perform the duties of President.
XIXe-TREASUREII.—The Treasurer shall, as often as
he may think proper, demand from the Collector whatever
money he may have collected ; pay such aliment and
funeral charges as the President shall order, and apply the
'surplus funds as the Managers may direct, at no time re-
taining above Twenty Pounds in his hands for more
than ten days, under the penalty of twenty per cent.
interest on the excess, He must also be prepared
at each meeting of the Society, or Directors, to
'A nibit an account of his intromissions ; and he
shall close his accounts as ut 31st December, annually, but
continue in office until the election of his successor, when
lie shall deliver over to him all the Society's bonds, cash,
and other property which he may have under his charge ;
and in case of default, a prosecution shall be immediately
*nstituted against hint and his cautioners, at the instance of
the Society, in name of the officer appointed thereto, in
terms of the 14th Section of the Friendly Society's Act.
XX.—SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall keep the
Minute-book of the Society, and enter therein the minutes
of their meclings and those of the Directors ; supply En-
trants with a copy of the Articles ; keep a roll of the Mem-
sze., distinguishing those in
hers, their designations, agee,
the management ; record rejections and expulsions ; act as
Accountant to the Society in checktnetlic
countersign Treasurer's a
ac-
counts and periodical balances, which le-ie will
haying been duly examined and subscribed by the Auditors,
and read the reports to the General Meetings. Ho shall
tlsa write notices to the Members in arrear, and generally
:eat as Clerk to the Society, in all that the management
may require, He shall likewise transmit to the Advocate
appointed to certify the Rules of Friendly Societies, at the
,41d of every fifth year, the returns required in the Schedule
annexed to the Act 10, Geo, IV., cap. 56, of ,vhich a copyl
is tkgieet) appended, rick %.hail, if appointed by the Directors