Appendix.

10th Day.

No. 2continued.

Branch Funds: How Deposited or Invested.

Misappropria tion of Branch Funds.

Branch Members to make

Committee, they shall give up possession of the collecting books, and any moneys in their hands, with any papers supplied for the duties of the office.

RULE IX.

FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY.

1. Each branch shall, through the trustees, and in the name of the society, deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank, or invest in Government or real securities in Great Britain or Ireland, or on the security of the rates of any county, borough, or parish, authorised to be levied and mortgaged by Act of Parliament, the funds of the society which it has in its possession, excepting a sum sufficient to meet the current demands (but not exceeding £10), which shall be retained by the treasurer. No portion of the society's funds shall be otherwise invested by any branch, and any investment other than in the Post Office Savings Bank shall not be effected until the sanction of the Execucive Committee has been obtained.

2. All moneys received from the members of the society to raise funds for the benefit of those who by these rules may become entitled thereto, shall not be applied otherwise than in the manner prescribed in these rules. The General Secretary shall have power to institute legal proceedings against any person or persons misapplying, withholding, or receiving by imposition, any part of the funds, for the recovery of the same, and the punishment of such person or persons.

Should any branch misapply any part of the funds, good Misappro- or devote them to any purpose not sanctioned by rule, priations. or should it by neglect of rules fail to protect the funds entrusted to its care from misappropriation, the members of such branch shall refund or make good all funds so misapplied or misappropriated, and remain suspended from every benefit until the refundment has been effected.

Trustees of General Funds.

Treasurer to General Funds.

Finance

Committee.

3. Three trustees to the general funds shall be appointed by the Annual General Meeting, each of whom shall hold office during the pleasure of the society, and shall act under the direction of the Executive Committee.

4. The Treasurer to the general funds shall be elected by the Annual General Meeting, and retain office for twelve months, and receive £10 per year as his salary. He shall, with the Finance Committee, see that all moneys of the Society received at the General Office by the Assistant Secretary are weekly deposited with the National Provincial Bank of England, in the name of the society and of the trustees. The treasurer shall be held responsible for the correct keeping of the banker's pass-book. He shall see that the pass-book is made up each fortnight in time for the Finance Committee meeting. He shall, when required by the trustees or the Executive Committee, render a true account of all the society's moneys received and paid by him; and shall, when required by the Annual General Meeting or the Executive Committee, deliver to whom may be appointed all moneys and property belonging to the society.

All withdrawals from the bank shall be made by cheques, signed by any two of the trustees, and countersigned by the Assistant Secretary.

For the supervision of the receipts and expenditure of the general funds there shall be a Finance Committee, consisting of the three Trustees, the General Treasurer, the Assistant Secretary, and two members who shall be appointed by the Annual General Meeting, and shall hold office from January 1st to December 31st. Any branch shall have power of nominating members of the society (who reside within ten miles of the General Office), as candidates for this office. The retiring officers shall not be eligible for re-election.

The Finance Committee shall meet every fortnight at the General Offices, or oftener if specially summoned by the Assistant Secretary. Three (including two of the trustees) shall form a quorum with power to act.

All expenditure of the general funds (except as hereinafter mentioned) must be first approved by the Finance Committee. No expenditure shall be effected otherwise than by cheques drawn on the National Provincial Bank, Bishopsgate Street, London, and no cheques shall be signed by the trustees except by the authority and at a meeting of the Finance Committee.

Every expenditure expressly authorised by the society's rules, or ordered by resolution of the Annual General

Meeting, or of the Executive Committee, must be regarded as already sanctioned, and each and every such authority shall be a sufficient warrant to the trustees to issue cheques: but the Finance Committee will see that all such expenditure has been properly applied.

At each meeting of the Finance Committee the Assistant Secretary shall present statements, showing therein the amount received for the general funds since the preceding meeting, the amount paid into bank, the expended amount of moneys drawn from bank, the balance at the bankers, and at the General Office, and a list of all claims awaiting payment. These statements shall be filed or recorded in a book for reference. The members of the Committee

present at a meeting shall attach their signatures to such statements when approved, and also by their signatures certify the committee's sanction to all expenditure agreed upon.

So far as practicable, each payment exceeding £5 shall be by cheque, drawn in favour of the payee, and to his order. But the Finance Committee shall from time to time sanction the withdrawal of sums from the bank by cheques payable to the Assistant Secretary, sufficient to enable the latter officer to meet the constant claims for wages, travelling expenses, postage, and other sundry disbursements of general management. The Assistant Secretary will render an account to the committee of all money thus entrusted to him.

The committee are empowered to examine at each meeting the cash books kept by the Assistant Secretary, and the banker's pass-book, so as to ascertain that all moneys received have been paid into bank, and all expenditure properly applied. The committee shall also from time to time examine the securities and invested funds, and ensure their safe deposit. All such books and documents, with the bank cheque book, must be submitted to the committee when called for.

The Financial Committee shall give effect to any decision or instructions of the Annual General Meeting, or Executive Committee, in regard to the disbursement or investment of moneys.

Each member of the committee shall receive 3s. 6d. per attendance and third-class railway fare, in addition to payment for all time lost.

Funds in Public

The Executive Committee shall have power to instruct Investment of the Trustees to invest any available balance of the General Securities, tc. Fund in Government securities, mortgages on freehold or leasehold property, railway debenture stock, or on the security of any Colonial Government, or rates of any County, Borough, or Parish, authorised to be levied by Act of Parliament, and the Trustees may, at their discretion or on the direction of the Executive Committee, on lending money to any person being a member of the society on any mortgage security, notwithstanding any rule or statute limiting the powers of trustees in that respect, advance any sum not exceeding five-sixths of the value of the property at the time of making such advance, such value to be ascertained by valuation in the ordinary course of business. The Assistant Secretary shall cause to be given in the yearly financial statement a detailed account of all the society's investments at per cent.

A.G.M.

5. For the support of the General Office and officers General Manand the general management of the society, the expenses includes Legal agement Fund of the Annual General Meeting, for the legal defence of Assistance and members, the assistance of weak branches, and any other Expenses. lawful purpose, there shall be a General Management and Legal Defence Fund, towards which such proportion of the contributions received from the members shall be paid, as is hereinafter stated in clause 10. The fund shall be under the control of the Executive Committee, and used only for such purposes as are sanctioned by rule.

6. The branch secretary shall also forward any levy Levies. which shall be made by the Executive Committee or Annual General Meeting; such levy to be devoted to the purpose specified; the residue, if any, to go to the General Management Fund.

8. The Orphan Fund shall be formed at the General Office, and be supported by a contribution of one halfpenny per member per week, remitted quarterly by the branches, and the donations and subscriptions of the public. From it shall be paid the weekly grants to the orphans of members as per Rule 17. The fund shall be under the control of the Executive Committee.

9. The Protection Fund shall be formed at the General Office, and be supported by a contribution of one penny per member per week, made through the branches, and remitted quarterly to the General Office. From it shall be paid the benefits stated in Rule 16. The fund shall be under the control of the Executive Committee.

10. Each branch shall, within twenty-eight days of the close of each quarter, remit to the General Office the following moneys, and the Assistant Secretary shall place them to the several accounts, viz. :—

SCALE A.

(a) The whole of the contributions of one penny per member per week paid to the Protection Fund.

(b) The whole of the contributions of one halfpenny per member per week paid, and such subscriptions, donations, etc., as have been received for the Orphan Fund.

(c) One penny per week, to be devoted in such proportions as are necessary to General Management, Central and Legal Defence, and the expenses of the Annual General Meeting.

Appendix. 10th Day. No. 2continued.

Members

to pay any contribution within thirteen weeks of the time he was proposed shall forfeit his entrance fee. Any person refused membership shall have his money returned to him. 3. Each and every member in the society, and those Contribution hereafter admitted, shall pay a contribution according to one of the following scales, and be entitled therefore to the benefits of the society (excepting those of the Sick and Funeral Fund) provided by the scale for which the contribution is paid That is to say :

No railwayman shall be eligible to join Scale A after he has attained the age of 50 years.

Any member may be transferred from Scale A to Scale B,

SCALE B.

(a) The whole of the contributions of one penny per week for general Management, Central and Legal Defence, and the expenses of the Annual General Meeting.

(b) One half-penny per week paid to the Protection Fund.

The branch secretary shall remit the foregoing moneys. Should he fail to do so within the time laid down, he shall be fined 2s. 6d. for each omission.

11. Within twenty-eight days of the end of each quarter, each branch secretary shall remit to the General Office the amounts paid by the members as contributions to the Voluntary Sick and Funeral Fund.

12. For the management of each branch there shall be a Branch Management Fund, to which the entrance fees of new members and three farthings of the weekly contributions received from members in Scale A and B shall be transferred. From this fund every management expense of the branch shall be paid, and an account of it shall be rendered to the General Office, and to the members each half-year. Three farthings shall likewise be placed to the credit of the Donation Fund from both scales of contributions.

13. Should any branch fail or refuse to remit to the General Office the proportion of its funds required by these rules, or should it be known that there is any intention to apply the funds of the branch otherwise than is provided in these rules, then the Executive Committee, through the General Secretary, shall appeal to the Registrar of Friendly Societies (in case of savings-bank deposits) or take proceedings in a law court to order the moneys deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank, or elsewhere invested in the name of such branch, to be paid to the trustees of the general funds for the purposes named in these rules.

RULE X.

CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP.

1. Any person permanently employed, or extra men continuously employed for a period of twelve months, on a railway in Great Britain or Ireland, who is proposed and seconded by two members at a meeting of the branch and who is acceptable to the branch, shall be admitted a member of this society on the condition hereinafter mentioned. Men employed on private railways not authorised by Act of Parliament for the conveyance of goods and passengers shall not be eligible for membership. 2. The entrance fee shall be one shilling, to be paid before proposal for membership. Any member failing

the higher scale for a period of six months from the date of transfer, after which date he shall come under the benefits of Scale B. Any member transferring from Scale B to Scale A shall not be entitled to the additional benefits until after the periods specified by the rules have elapsed.

4. The membership of a member shall date from the time Date of the first money was paid, his contributions dating there- Membership. from.

5. Each member shall be supplied with a copy of the Rules and rules, for which he shall pay threepence. Annual reports

to be supplied free, and minutes of Executive Committee meetings to be suppllied to branches (only) on order, at cost price. All orders for annual reports to reach general Office by January 31st, and to be issued to the branches ordering them not later than March 31st.

Reports.

Service.

6. Any member leaving the employ of a railway com- Leaving the pany, and following any other kind of employment, shall be entitled to all benefits of the society, excepting that of the Protection Fund, as long as he remains a member and acts in conformity with these rules. When permanently absent from Great Britain and Ireland a member is suspended from all benefits.

7. Any member owing more than thirteen weeks' contributions shall not be entitled to donation or the benefits of the Protection Fund, but shall be entitled to receive donation as soon as he has paid his arrears; if owing more than sixteen weeks' contributions, he shall not be entitled to any benefits of the society (nor his children to the Orphan Fund allowance), and he shall remain out of benefit until three months after the arrears are paid, as though he was not a free member; should he owe more than twenty-six weeks' contributions he shall cease to be a member, and thereby be expelled the society, unless he can show that he has had domestic affliction, or unless it can be proved that negligence is attached to the branch officers in not receiving his payments. All fines, levies, and moneys not paid when due shall be considered arrears of contributions; part payment of which may or may not be taken, as the branch may decide.

8. Any member clear on the books requiring to be transferred shall apply to the secretary of the branch he wishes to join, who shall apply to the secretary of the branch he is leaving, for which the member shali pay twopence to the H.M. Fund of the branch he transfers to. If he is entitled to a clearance it shall be forwarded within seven days of receipt of application, failing which the branch secretary shall be fined one shilling. If a transfer member becomes entitled to any donation benefit within six months after transfer, it shall be paid by the branch from which he was transferred.

Arrears of Contributions.

Clearances.

9. Any member who has paid a second contribution Right of Voting. shall have power to speak or vote on any business of his

Appendix.

10th Day. No. 2continued.

Admission to Branch Meetings.

Appeal of Members.

Expulsion of Members.

Hon. Members.

FOR OLD AGE.

Exception to Clause 1:

branch, but shall not have the right to vote on any business affecting him as an individual. Members of either scale are entitled to an equal share in the government of the society.

10. Any member shall be able to claim admission to the meetings of any branch on producing his card of membership. He shall have no vote, and shall not speak at such meetings, except by the consent of the chairman.

11. Any member dissatisfied with the decision of his branch can appeal to the Executive Committee. Should he be dissatisfied with the decision of the Executive Committee, he shall be entitled to an appeal to the Annual General Meeting, whose decision shall be final.

12. Any member or members found guilty of attempting to injure the society, or to break it up otherwise than as allowed by these rules, and the same being proved to the satisfaction of the Executive Committee, the Committee shall expel him or them from, the society, and he or they shall forfeit all claims on the funds and benefits of the society.

RULE XI.

HONORARY MEMBERS,

Any person subscribing 10s. 6d. or more per annum may be enrolled as an honorary member by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a branch meeting properly convened for such a purpose; the subscription so paid to be equally divided between the Orphan Fund and the Branch Benevolent Fund or Home Management Fund. An honorary member shall have the right of attending any meeting of the society and speaking, but not voting, on any matter connected therewith. He shall be eligible for the office of vice-president, and his name, with the branch to which he belongs, shall be inserted in the Annual Report of the society;

RULE XII;

SUPERANNUATION;

1: Any member in Scale A (excepting those hereinafter mentioned in Clauses 2 and 3) being over sixty years of age, and who has been a member twenty years, and is rendered permanently incapable of following his usual employment through old age or by reason of infirmity, on the same being certified by a medical certificate, shall be entitled to a sum of twenty pounds.

2. Any member who joined the society before January Members join 1st, 1873, and has continued a member from that time, or

ing in 1872.

For Disablement by Accident.

Allowance at Accidental Death.

£20 not to be twice granted.

Definition of Terms.

any member who has joined between December 31st, 1872, and April 1st, 1878, who has been for ten consecutive years a member of the society, and in either case is over fifty years old, and is rendered permanently incapable of following his usual employment through old age or by reason of infirmity, shall be entitled to a sum of twenty pounds;

3. Any member of Scale A who, when on or in the execution of his duty, meets with an accident which permanently disables him from following his usual employment, and who, at the date of his accident, had been twelve clear consecutive calendar months in the society, shall furnish to the Executive Committee (through his branch) a statement of his claim for superannuation, with the necessary medical and other certificates required of him: Should the Executive Committee be satisfied with the validity of his claim, and that the accident was not occasioned by drunkenness or by gross neglect of duty of the member, it shall grant to him the sum of twenty pounds. Should the accident result in death within a period of one month, then the above grant will not apply, but a sum of five pounds shall be paid to the widow, or the nearest relative of the deceased member, and in case of death from natural causes, the sum of five pounds shall be paid to the widow or nearest relative of the deceased member, as determined by the Executive Committee.

4. A member having received the grant of twenty pounds under any one clause, shall not be entitled to the grant again under any other clause of the rule.

5; The term accident" shall mean an unforeseen event connected with the machinery, appliances, or conditions of a member's occupation, but shall not mean

any unusual event or misfortune arising from the member's bodily or mental condition, or from the natural result of disease. The term "on duty" shall include that time a member is occupied in going to, or coming from, his work over the company's premises.

6. Any member of Scale A claiming superannuation Form of shall make his application to the Executive Committee Application. in the manner laid down by them, on the form provided for that purpose, stating thereon to whom the superannuation benefit shall be paid in the event of his death before the claim has been granted.

7. In the event of the Executive Committee refusing a Right of Appeal, member's application for superannuation, it shall state to the member's branch its reason for such refusal. The branch to which the member belongs may, on the member's behalf, appeal against the decision of the Executive Committee to the Annual General Meeting.

Assistance.

1. Should any member who has paid six months in the Legal society and is clear on the books be prosecuted for an offence or offences alleged to have been committed by him in the execution of his duty, or be unjustly dismissed from his employment with or without forfeiture of wages, or be in any manner illegally dealt with by his employers or their agents in connection with the carrying out of his duties, or have withheld from him by his employers any moneys to which he is entitled, or if in any way it is necessary for his protection or for the obtaining of any just claim from his employers that any legal proceedings should be taken, the committee of the branch to which he belongs shall have power, should they deem it a fair case, to instruct a local solicitor to institute legal proceedings on such member's behalf, and at once forward to the General Secretary a full statement of the case undertaken. Should the branch committee doubt the advisability of proceeding with any case, they shall confer at once with the General Secretary thereon.

Appendix.

10th Day.

No. 2continued.

108. Weekly to Reduced Members.

Manner of Claim.

Absence or

be proved.

Benefit WithMembers.

per week from the Protection Fund (in addition to donation) until he again obtains employment. Should he be unable to again obtain employment equivalent to that from which he has been discharged, the Executive may, in lieu of the weekly allowance, grant to the member in Scale A, a lump sum not exceeding £50, and in Scale B a lump sum not exceeding £25.

If weekly payments have been made to a member, then the lump sum shall be reduced by the total amount of the weekly payments received by the member, but the payment of a lump sum shall not interfere with a member's right to donation benefit.

2. In the event of a member obtaining employment at a reduced rate, or being reduced in the service for the cause above-named, an allowance shall be made to him not exceeding 10s per week, but this shall not be continued for a longer period than one year.

3. A member discharged from his employment, or reduced in the service for the causes which are named in this rule, shall state to the secretary of his branch, in writing, the full circumstances within four days of the date of his discharge. The branch secretary shall call together the branch committee, who shall investigate the case, and send a report of the facts to the Executive Committee, accompanied by the member's own statement.

4. In either case it must be proved beyond doubt that no Misconduct to misconduct or neglect of duty of any description on the part of the member justified his discharge or reduction. In the event of a member in receipt of weekly payments held from Idle failing to seek for employment, or refusing to accept the same when offered to him, the branch to which he belongs shall, immediately on proof thereof, suspend him from the benefit of this fund, and report the same to the Executive Committee.

Misrepresentation Punished by Expulsion.

Labour Movements to be Assisted through E.C.

Movements to be under the direct control of the General Secretary.

A Committee of seven members to be elected to approach employers, etc.

Delegates' fees and fares.

The Executive Committee shall have power to withhold further payment of the grant if the report of the branch of the circumstances be correct, or if from other reliable resources it is proved that the member burdens the fund when employment is obtainable.

5. Any member who obtains, or endeavours to obtain, the benefit of the fund by misrepresentation, or by false pretence, shall be expelled the society by the Executive Committee.

SECOND OBJECT: PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND

LABOUR OF BODIES AND MEMBERS.

6. In any movement against a reduction of wages or an increase of hours, not justified by events, or in any movement for obtaining a justifiable increase of wages, or a reduction of hours, the society shall assist the members concerned in the conduct of such movement through the Executive Committee, whose sanction must be first obtained.

7. Every movement which receives the sanction of the Executive Committee shall be under the direct control of the General Secretary, who shall, in the first instance, give permission for the holding of a delegate meeting of the grade or grades concerned, for the purpose of deciding upon a programme of the demands to be put forward. copy of every such programme to be forwarded to the General Office of the society.

A

The basis of representation to the delegate meeting shall be one member for every 100 members of the grade or grades concerned, upon any particular line of railway.

The delegate meeting having formulated a programme, it shall then elect a committee of seven members, who shall arrange for the presentation of the demands to the company or companies, and have the general conduct of the movement preparatory thereto. After the first meeting of this committee (of which the General Secretary must be apprised) subsequent meetings may be held, as necessary, with that officer's sanction.

Each delegate and committee-man shall receive 12s. 6d. for each day's attendance, and the time actually necessary for travelling to and from the place of meeting, and be allowed third-class railway fare.

Second delegate 8. In the event of the committee's efforts failing to meeting General obtain the concessions asked for within a reasonable period, Secretary to be present. a second delegate meeting shall be held to consider the advisability of ceasing work. At this meeting the General Secretary shall attend and assist in the deliberations. The Executive Committee shall take a ballot of the men before deciding to cease work or issue notices.

Duty of E.C. and Members

In the event of a withdrawal from work, it shall be the when Sanction paramount duty of the Executive Committee to use every withdrawal is given for lawful means to assist the men in their struggle. from Work of Men.

9. Should the delegate meeting decide not to cease work, or should the Executive Committee decide to take a ballot of the men and the majority of votes given be adverse to ceasing work, or should the Executive Committee decide to issue notices to leave work, and sufficient number be not forthcoming to warrant their being handed to the company or companies, with a reasonable prospect of success, then the sanction of the Executive Committee shall have been considered to have been withdrawn, and no further expense shall be defrayed from the society's funds in connection therewith. But this shall not prevent an application for sanction being again made, when better organisation prevails, accompanied by a firmer determination for united action.

12. Each member in receipt of the Weekly Protection Recipients to» Fund Benefit shall report himself to the branch every selves, Report themweek, or, if necessary, oftener. No member shall receive the benefit of this fund until he has been six months a member, nor if he allows his contribution to become more than thirteen weeks in arrears.

13. Each branch shall pay the weekly benefit by an Mode of Payment order on the treasurer signed by the secretary. Any member unable to attend personally and receive his payment shall state the reason, and, if satisfactory, the allowance shall be sent to him.

14. The total amount received by each branch for the Fund kept at Protection Fund shall be remitted to the General Office General Office.. with the quarterly dues. All payments of benefits or for movements as above shall be paid from the General Offices, and only with the authority of the Executive Committee. 15. The Protection Fund benefits shall be embodied in Community of the Trade Union benefits, and be part of the common fund of the society, but a separate account of the fund shall be kept and published.

RULE XVII.

THE ORPHAN FUND.

Funds.

Fund

1. For the support of the orphan children of members of Object of the the society, who die from accident or from natural causes, an Orphan Fund shall be established and maintained in connection with the society.

Fund.

2. The Orphan Fund shall be supported (1) by a weekly Means of Sup contribution of one half-penny, to be paid by each and porting the every member of the society in Scale A; (2) by donations and subscriptions obtained from the public; and (3) by the proceeds of branch anniversaries, entertainments, collections, etc.

3. Each member of the society in Scale A shall con- Members' Contribute a sum equal to one half-penny a week (or 2s. 2d. tributions to

tae Fund.