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 MUTUAL 
 
 
 MARRIAGE AID ASSOCIATION 
 
 OF CANADA 
 
 THE DEOLiUATIOH OF IHGO&FOBATION 
 
 (Dated November ^ 1881.) 
 
 -<H8TATE8H^ 
 
 THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION 
 
 AS FOLLOWS : 
 
 The object of this Association is to issue 
 certificates of membership in certain specified 
 amounts and to pay to the party or parties for 
 whose benefit tbe certificates were made from a 
 fund to be raised in each case of a marriage by 
 an assessment of the][members. 
 
BY-LAWS 
 
 *S>le«wei> 9th ^CH^ |amt«-t^, &.. 5). 1883. 
 
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 Name 
 
 lat. — ^Thia Association shall be called and known as 
 " The Mataal Marriage Aid Association of Canada." 
 
 Office 
 
 2nd. — The Head Office of the Association shall be in 
 the City of Hamilton in the Province of Ontario and 
 Dominion of Canada. 
 
 Duration 
 
 3rd. —The proposed duration of the Association per- 
 petual. 
 
 POWEBS 
 
 4th. — The powers the Association have under the 
 Act of Incorporation are, to adopt and have a corpor- 
 ate seal, the same to be altered at pleasure, and in 
 general to exercise the powers of a corporate body and 
 to make such contracts as may be necessary to carry 
 out the objects of the Association on the plan provided 
 for in these By-Laws, to purchase or lease such real 
 estate as may be necessary for a place of business, and 
 for the security of investments. 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
 Membership Qualifications 
 
 5th. — An applicant for membership in the AMOoiation 
 shall not be less than 10 years of age nor more than 75 
 years of age ; he or she shall be unmarried at the date 
 the membership certificate is issued and of good charac- 
 ter. 
 
 Trustee Officers 
 
 6th. — The affairs of this Association shall be managed 
 by a Board of Trustees who shall be not less than five/ 
 in number, and shall be residents of the said City of 
 Hamilton or within 7 miles of the limits thereof. 
 
 Officers 
 
 7th. — There shall be elected from among the trustees 
 a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Assistant Sec- 
 retary, Treasurer, and Auditors. The office of Secre- 
 tary and Treasurer may be filled by the same person if 
 a majority of Trustees consent. 
 
 Meetings 
 
 8th. — The Trustees shall meet semi-annually on the 
 first Tuesday in January and the first Tuesday in July, 
 and at such other times as any two of the trustees may 
 request, and at the mseting in January shall elect from 
 their number the officers of the Association as set forth 
 in By- Law seven. 
 
 Power of Trustees 
 
 9th. — The Trustees shall have the power to fix such 
 rates and adopt such plans and regulations in regard 
 to membership from time to time not inconsistent with 
 the Charter of Incorporation, and introduce such by- 
 laws as they may think proper. 
 
 Compensation 
 
 10th. — The President, Vice-President, Secretary, 
 Treasurer, and other officers or trustees shall receive 
 such compensation as the Board may direct from time 
 to time. 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
 Quorum 
 
 11th. — Three trustees inolnding the President or in 
 his absence the Vice-President shall form a quorum. 
 
 Committees 
 
 12th. — An Executive and Finance Committee con- 
 sisting of three officers or members shall be appointed 
 by the Trustees at their regular meeting in January in 
 each y«ar, and shall be compensated as the Board of 
 Trustees may determine. And any vacancy which 
 may occur shall be filled by the Board of Diic .'lors at 
 the next meeting of the Trustees. They shall be compen- 
 sated as the Board of Trustees may determine, and all 
 actions of the committees shall be subje .^ to tne ap 
 proval of the Board of Trustees. 
 
 13th. — Duties of Officers. 
 
 Sec. I. The President shall preside at all meetings 
 except those of the above Committees, and shall sign 
 all orders, and perform such other duties as may be 
 deemed necessary. 
 
 Sec. II. The Vice-President shall perform all the 
 duties of the President in his absence. 
 
 Sec. III. The Secretary shall keep the minutes and 
 the books, attest all certificates and orders, receive all 
 moneys and pay the same over to the Treasurer as re- 
 ceived, and perform such other duties as pertain to his 
 office, and at the expiration of his term hand over to 
 his successor all the books, papers and property of the 
 Association, and shall give his bonds for such an amount 
 with such security as the Trustees may determine and 
 approve of for the faithful discharge of his duties. 
 
 Sec. IV. The Treasurer shall keep a correct account 
 of all moneys received and paid out, and when desired 
 by the Trustees shall deposit all moneys to the credit 
 of the Association in such Bank or Banks as the said 
 Trustees shall see fit, pay all orders properly signed 
 by the President and attested by the Secretary, but 
 
 
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 shall pay out no money ex^^ept on such orders, shall 
 permit at all times the inspection of his books and 
 papers by the Trustees, ana give sucr : information of 
 his ofificial acts as they may require, and shall hand 
 over all books, papers, moneys, and other property of 
 the Association to his successor when duly elected or 
 sppointed. He shall before entering upon his duties 
 give his bond with security approved of by the Trus- 
 tees of not less than One Thousand Dollars, which 
 amount may be increased at any regular meeting of the 
 Trustees. 
 
 Sec. V. In the event of, as heretofore provided, that 
 the office of Secretary and Treasurer being filled by 
 one and the same person, then the duties as given in 
 sections 3 and 4 of the 13th By-Law shall bo combined, 
 and that one approved bond shall be sufficient for the 
 performance of said duties. 
 
 DUTIE8 OF EXBCUTIVB AND FINANCE CoMMITTEBS. 
 
 Sec. VI. The duties of the Executive and Finance 
 Committees shall be to meet once every week or oftener 
 on such days and hours as the Committees may deter- 
 mine, and to examine all applications for membership, 
 and approve or reject the same, order all printing ojf 
 circulars, books, &c., and all advertising for the As- 
 sociation and agents, tc examine all marriage proofs of 
 members and recommend their payment if approved, 
 examine and audit all bills of printing and other ex- 
 penses and order their payment, and to attend to all 
 other business not attended to by other committees or 
 officers, and to keep a record of ail its proceedings. 
 
 Sub. Sec. VI, The Executive Committee may froizi 
 tiue to time appoint any person or persons in such 
 localities as they shall think proper to be a^ent or agents 
 of the Association for the purpose of soliciting applica- 
 tions for membership in the Association, and may can- 
 cel any such agency when they think proper, and may 
 pay or allow such agent or agents out of the general 
 expense fund of the Association such commission or 
 other remuneration as they shall determine, and they 
 
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 shall deem sufficient for the due performance of his 
 duties or any of them, and further, these Committees 
 shall also audit the accounts of the Secretary and 
 Treasurer, examine the whole financial management 
 of the Association, and make report of the same to the 
 Trustees at their regular meeting or of tener if required. 
 
 14th. — Applications fob Membership. 
 
 Each applicant Tor membership must sign the applica- 
 tion f umisiied by the Secretary or agent of the Associa- 
 tion, state age, residence and such other facts and par- 
 ticulars as the nature of the application demands, or 
 the Association may from time to time deem proper, 
 and he or she shall agree with the Association in form 
 and|manner following : 
 
 It is hereby agreed that the application and the state- 
 ments and declarations therein made shall be the basis 
 of the contract by and between the applicant and the 
 Mutual Marriage Aid Association of Canada, and the 
 said applicant hereby consents and agrees that any 
 fraudulent or untrue statements made, or his or her 
 suspension, or the voluntary severing of his or her con- 
 nection with the Association, or his or her failure or 
 neglect to pay any assessment or annual payment 
 when due shall forfeit the right of himself or herself or 
 their assignee to all benefits and privileges of member- 
 ship assured by said Association, and all moneys which 
 shall have been paid shall be forfeited, and time is 
 made the essence of this contract. 
 
 15th. — Certificates of Membership. 
 
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 Sec. I. All certificates of membership shall be 
 such form as the Trustees from time to time approve, 
 and shall be signed by the President and Secretary of 
 the Association or in case of the absence or illness of 
 eithar by two other Trustees in their place, and be 
 sealed with the corporate seal of the Association. 
 
 Sec. II. The Association shall be under no liability 
 until said certificate of membership has been issued. 
 
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 16th. — Entrance Fee. 
 
 Ssc. I. No application for membership shall be 
 received or accepted unless accompanied by the proper 
 membership fee according to the following scale, viz. : 
 
 For one thousand dollar certificate $ 6.00 
 
 For two thousand dollar certificate 12.00 
 
 For three thousand dollar certificate 18.00 
 
 For four thousand dollar certificate 24.00 
 
 For five thousand dollar certificate 30.00 
 
 Sec. II. Each application for membership shall 
 state the amount of benefit desired. 
 
 17th. — Application fob Second Benefit. 
 
 Any member who has subscribed for one or more 
 certificates may at any time thereafter make applica- 
 tion for an additional membership benefit provided he 
 or she is unmarried, and provided also that the certifi- 
 cates held by the member and the number he or she has 
 made application for does not in the whole exceed five 
 thousand dollars. 
 
 18th. — Application Under By-law 17. 
 
 Sec. I. All applications under the seventeenth By- 
 law shall be in writing, and in the form furnished by 
 the Association, and shall be dealt with as original 
 applications for membership. 
 
 Sec. II. Additional certificates of membership issued 
 to members in the manner above described shall in no 
 way interfere with the member's original certificate, 
 and the benefit to be derived from the additional cer- 
 tificate shall be treated as if the applicant was a non- 
 member at the time of the application, and all such 
 times shall elapse and all conditions be fulfilled in ac- 
 cordance with the by-laws of the Association before the 
 benefit on the additional certificate shall mature. 
 
 19th. — Fee Thereon. 
 
 Applications under by-law 17 shall be accompanied 
 by the regular membership fee as if he or she were 
 iken applying for membership. 
 
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 ■ ' 20th.— Loss OF Certificate. 
 
 Where a certificate of membership is lost and a dupli- 
 cate is required by a member the same shall be furnish- 
 ed by the Association on receipt of a fee of $1.00. 
 
 21st. — Annual Dues. 
 
 The annual dues sViall be four dollars for each thous- 
 and dollars of certificate for the first four years, and 
 two dollars per thousand annually thereafter during 
 single life. Annual dues will be collected as they 
 mature. If any member shall marry before the first 
 four annual payments are made the amount remaining 
 unpaid thereon shall be deducted from the amount of 
 certificate. 
 
 22nd. — Payment to Benefit Fund. 
 
 Each member shall for each one thousand dollars of 
 his or her certificate or certificates pay assessments as 
 set forth in the following table which shall be known 
 as marriage assessments and which shall be levied per- 
 suant to the By-law in that behalf made and provided. 
 
 Marriage assessments are graded according to age at 
 time of application for membership, as set forth in the 
 following table based on a one thousand dollar certifi- 
 cate. 
 
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 will be double the above table and on a three thousand 
 dollar certificate three times, and so on in the same 
 ratio. 
 
 23rd.— Marriage Assessment. 
 
 Upon the bonajide marriage of any member entitled 
 to one or more benefits upon their certificates, then 
 when and so oiten as any such marriage may occur 
 among the members, if the Board of Trustees declare 
 an assessment to be payable therefor, each and everv 
 member of the Association who at the time of sucn 
 declaration is a subscriber for one or more certificates 
 of membership (which shall have been issued not less 
 than 30 days previously) shall on each such assessment 
 and in respect of each membership to which he or she 
 (that is such other member) is entitled, and according 
 to his or her age at the time of his or her application 
 for each such benefit pay to the Secretary of the As- 
 sociation an assessment or sum according to the said 
 scale set out in the next preceding article. 
 
 24th. — A Marriage Notice and Assessment. 
 
 Upon the marriage, as hereinafter defined, of any 
 member being a subscriber to the Benefit Fnnd written 
 notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the Secretary 
 of the Association, and proof of such marriage shall be 
 made to the satisfaction of the Executive Committee 
 in such form and authenticated in such way and with 
 such particulars as they shall reasonably require. And 
 if they require it, then also as to the age of such mem- 
 ber, unless his or her age shall have been formally ad- 
 mitted in writing by the Committee. 
 
 Should a member for auy reason not satisfactory to 
 the Trustees refaae or neglect to properly fill out or 
 sign any paper relating to his or her marriage proof, 
 and return said marriage proof to the Secretary of the 
 Association, then such member shall be withheld from 
 such benefit or benefits until such time or times as the 
 Trustees authorized to look into said proofs shall be 
 satisfied of the validity of such marriage. 
 
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 25th.— Notice of Assessment. 
 
 Whenever upon the marriage of a member entitled 
 to a benefit or benefits, an assessment therefor sball be 
 declared by the Board of Trustees, the Secretary 
 shall at once send or cause to be sent by mail postpaid 
 to each member of i he Association at his last post office 
 address as furnished to the Secretary in writing a notice 
 giving the number or other designation of such member, 
 and stating the amount cf the assessment payable by 
 the member to whom such notice is mailed or delivered, 
 and every such notice mailed in any of Her Majesty's 
 post offices or post letter boxes directed to such addresa 
 as aforesaid of any member, shall be deemed duly 
 served upon such member on the day of such mailing 
 and the thirty days allowed for the payment of the 
 same shall include such day of service. 
 
 26th. — Disposal of Assessments. 
 
 Sec. I. Five thousand dollars shall be the highest 
 amount paid by this Association on the marriage of a 
 member. 
 
 Sec. II. A person must be a member of the Associa- 
 tion one year before he or she can receive any benefit 
 therefrom, and for each $1,000 of his or her certificate 
 or certificates shall if married during the first or second 
 year be entitled to $250, if during the third year $500, 
 if during fourth year $750, and if subsequent thereto 
 $1,000, provided that euch beneficial paymeitts shall not 
 at any time exceed an amount equal to $1.00 for each 
 member who shall pay his assessment for the end pro- 
 vided to be paid herein, nor shall such beneficiary at 
 any time be entitled to more than the face of his or her 
 certificate represents, and moneys payable by the As- 
 sociation in respect of marriage benefits shall not be- 
 come due and payable until 90 days after proof of 
 marriage of a member, or 90 days after he or she shall 
 have been a membpr of the Association for one year, 
 whichever event shall last happen. 
 
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 27th. — When Liabilities Cease. 
 
 The liability of a member of the Association to pay 
 assessments shall cease only upon the surrender of his 
 or her certificate at the date Benefits are payable as 
 given in the next preceeding article. 
 
 28 bh. — Reserve. 
 
 If at any time there shall be a surplus of $1,500 in 
 the Treasury of the Association it shall be optional for 
 the Board of Trustees to cause an assessment to be made 
 upon the marriage of a member, and they shall not 
 cause an assessment to be made if and while such sur- 
 plus in the Treasurj^ exceeds five thousand dollars. If 
 any benefit shall be paid out of the Fund without any 
 direct assessment therefor, then in the notice of the 
 next assessment the Secretary shall state for the infor- 
 mation of the members the number of benefici; ry and 
 such other particulars regarding such disposal as he 
 may think necessary. 
 
 29fch. — Paid up Certificates. 
 
 Sec. I. Should a member wish to withdraw from 
 paying assessments after being a member of the Associa- 
 tion for three years the Board of Trustees may provide 
 such member with a paid up certificate of the amount 
 paid by him or her during their membership, less the 
 annual dues and membership fee which shall be payable 
 according to the following table, or upon marriage, pro- 
 vided the original certificate is surrendered according 
 with its terms after the said annual payments are 
 made. 
 
 Table of Maturity. 
 
 Age from 10 to 17 matures in 16 years. 
 
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 . !i I 34 to 41 11 II 13 If 
 
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 Sec. II. The member who has received a paid up 
 certificate under the first section hereof shall not be 
 liable for assessments but shall remain a member until 
 such time as his or her benefit may mature or rpon 
 marriage, and be subject to the conditions of such paid 
 up certificate. 
 
 30th. — Assignments. 
 
 Sec. I. In case of serious illness threatening the life 
 of a member before having received any benefit he or 
 she can assign his or her certificate to their next single 
 friend who has the same privalege as the original ap- 
 plicant ; but notice must be given to the Association of 
 such assignment, when it shall be acknowledged by the 
 Secretary upon the payment of three dollars. 
 
 Sec. II. A member may assign his or her interest 
 or any part thereof in their certificate of membership 
 to any person with the consent of the Association, but 
 not otherwise and this Association shall pay the assignee 
 such benefit only on surrender of said certificate. All 
 assignments must be accompanied by a fee of three 
 dollars before approval by the Association. 
 
 Sec. III. Should a member of this Association die 
 before having legally transferred his or her membership 
 certificate as provided in the first section hereof, then 
 such membership certificate and all benefits to be de- 
 rived therefrom shall be void and of no e£fect, and all 
 moneys whieh shall have been paid by such member 
 shall be forfeited. 
 
 Sec. IV. In the event of a member being married 
 and should die before his or her benefit becomes due and 
 payable then the amount so accruing due and payable, 
 shall be held in trust for the wife or husband of such 
 member by the Trustees of this Association, provided 
 that the said dependant shall assume and pay all dues 
 and assessments due on such certificate of membership 
 within the times as are allowed by the by-laws of this 
 Association for such payment, and any failure to meet 
 such payment by such dependant shall forfeit all priv- 
 ilege of membership in said Association. 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
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 3l8t. — When Payable. 
 
 Every assessment for the Benefit Fund shall be pay- 
 able within thirty days from the day of mailing the 
 assessment notice as hereinbefore provided, and if any 
 member shall make default in paying any such assess- 
 ment within such thirty days, he or she shall forfeit 
 all benefits, rights and privileges of themselves or their 
 assignees or beneficiaries to the benefit assured by the 
 Association, and his or her said membership and all 
 moneys paid thereon shall be forfeited, provided how- 
 ever the Board of Trustees shall have the discretion to 
 waive any such forfeiture and reinstate said member on 
 payment of all arrears, and on such terms as under the 
 circumstances they may consider equitable. 
 
 32nd. — Where Payable. 
 
 All assessments and annual dues shall be payable to 
 the Secretary of the Association at the office thereof 
 in the City of Hamilton. 
 
 33rd.— Conditions of Payment of Benefits. 
 
 No claim in respect of any benefit shall be enforceable 
 against the Association unless all times shall have 
 elapsed and all conditions of the Association complied 
 with. 
 
 34th. — Notice of Marriage. 
 
 Notice of marriage shall be delivered to the Associa- 
 tion within 15 days thereafter, and shall be accompanied 
 with a fee of one dollar for registering such notice of 
 marriage. If notice of such marriage shall not be given 
 to the Association within said 15 days, then the Com- 
 mittee on such claim may demand the reason of such 
 delay, and if not satisfactory the member's claim shall 
 be void, and membership forfeited. 
 
 35th. — Members Must State P. 0. Address. 
 
 Every member shall in his or her application state 
 their post office address to which all notices to them 
 may be sent and if at any time or times his or her post 
 office address shall be changed he or she shall forth- 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
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 with notify in writing the Secretary of the Assooiation 
 of such change in his or her address, and until 
 such notice has been given all notices may be sent to 
 said member at his or her last post office address as 
 stated in application or subsequently, the last furnished 
 to the Secretary aforesaid, and all notices so addressed, 
 or addressed to any such member at his or her actual 
 post office address and mailed (post paid) at any of Her 
 Majesty's Post Offices shall be deemed to be served on 
 said member on the day of mailing. 
 
 36th. — General Meetings. When and Where Held. 
 
 A seneral meeting of the members of the Association 
 shall De held yearly on such day in the mouth of Janu- 
 ary each year, and at such hour and place in the said 
 City of Hamilton as may be determined by the Trus- 
 tees. 
 
 37th. — Ordinary and Special. 
 
 The above general meetings shall be called ordinary 
 meetings, all other general meetings shall be called 
 special. 
 
 38th.— Special. 
 
 The Trustees may when 
 special general meeting. 
 
 they think fit convene a 
 
 39th.— Notice. 
 
 Ten days notice at least of such general meeting 
 specifying the place, the day and the hour of meeting, 
 and in case of special meeting the general nature of the 
 business for which such meeting is called shall be given 
 the members by notice in manner hereinafter mention- 
 ed, but the non-receipt of any such notice shall not in- 
 validate the proceedings of any general meeting. Such 
 notice may be given by advertising the same by one 
 insertion in some paper published in the City of Hamil- 
 ton, or by mailing notice thereof to the members as the 
 Board of Trustees may direct. 
 
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 40th.— Quorum. 
 
 No business shall be transacted at any general or 
 special meeting unless a quorum of members is present 
 at the commencement of such business, and such quorum 
 shall consist of not less than three members present in 
 person. 
 
 If, within one hour from the time appointed for the 
 meeting a quorum of members is not present, the meet- 
 ing shall stand adjourned to the same day in the follow- 
 ing week at the same time and place, and if at such 
 adjourned meeting a quorum of members is not present 
 or represented as aforesaid, it shall be adjourned sine 
 die, 
 
 41st.— Chairman. 
 
 The President of the Association or in his absence 
 the Vice-President shall preside as Chairman at every 
 meeting of the Association. If there be no President 
 or Vice-President or if at any meeting neither of them 
 aie present at the time of holding the same, then the 
 next senior officer present shall preside at such meeting. 
 In case of an equality of votes at any meeting the Chair- 
 man in addition to his original vote shall have a cast- 
 ing vote. 
 
 42nd. — Adjournment, 
 
 The Chairman may with the consent of the meeting 
 adjourn any meeting from time to time and from place 
 to place in the said City of Hamilton, but no business 
 shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other 
 than the business left unfinished at the meeting from 
 which the adjournment took place, 
 
 43rd. — Vote. 
 
 At any general meeting unless a po71 is demanded 
 by at least five members present or represented by proxy 
 a declaration by the Chairman that a resolution has been 
 carried or lost and an entry to that effect in the books 
 of the Associttion shall be sufficient evidence of the 
 
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 fact without proof of the Dnmber or proportion of the 
 members who may be in favor of or against snoh resolu- 
 tion. 
 
 44th.— Poll. 
 
 If a poll be demanded as aforesaid the same shall be 
 taken in such a manner and at i3uoh time as the Chair- 
 man directs, and the result of suc'^i poll shall be deem- 
 ed to be the resolution of the A^>iociation in general 
 meeting. 
 
 45th. — VoTB OP Members. 
 
 Each member shall have one vote for each $1,000 of 
 his or her certificate. 
 
 46th.— Proxy. 
 
 Votes may be given at all general meetings of the 
 Association personally or by proxy. No person shall 
 be appointed or act as proxy who is not a member or 
 officer of the Association. 
 
 47th. — Appointment of a Proxy. 
 
 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be under 
 the hand of the appointor, and shall be attested by one 
 or more witnesses ; it shall be deposited or held in the 
 hands of the Secretary not less than five days before 
 the time for holding the meeting at which the person 
 named therein as proxy proposes to vote. The instru- 
 ment appointing a proxy shall state the time such 
 person is authorized to vote thereon. 
 
 48th. — Length of Time in Office. 
 
 The Tru8\<ees and all officers of the Association shall 
 remain in office until removed or changed, as herein- 
 after provided. 
 
 49th.— Defects. 
 
 All acts done by any meeting of Trustees, or of a 
 committee of Trustees, or by any person acting as a 
 Trustee, shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
 discovered that there was some defect in the appoint- 
 ment of any snch Trustee or person acting as aforesaid, 
 or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as 
 valid as if every such person was duly approved and 
 duly qualified to be a Trustee. 
 
 60th. — Bemovals. 
 
 The Trustees may, in the event of any of them beins 
 guilty of such misconduct as, in the opinion of all 
 the other Trustees, renders his continuance in office 
 injurious to the Association, by the unanimous vote of 
 all such other Trustees at two successive meetings of 
 the Board of Trustees, with an interval of not less than 
 seven days between them, declare such Trustee to be 
 removed from his office of Trustee, and also if he hold 
 the office of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Sec- 
 retary, Assistant Secretary or Auditor, then, from such 
 office. Provided, always, that notice of the intention 
 to introduce such a resolution at each such meeting 
 shall be given to each Trustee in the notice of calling 
 such meeting. 
 
 The Trustees and Officers may be changed or vacan> 
 cies filled at any meeting of the Society called for that 
 purpose. 
 
 6 Ist. —Acting During Vacancies. 
 
 The continuing Trustees may act notwithstanding 
 any vacancy in their body. 
 
 52nd.— How Funds are Disposed of. 
 
 The Trustees shall, out of the f^eneral expense fund 
 of the Association, which shall consist of all member- 
 ship fees and annual dues, pay all rents and salaries, 
 fees, allowances and commissions to officers, agents and 
 Trustees, and for all other expenses and outgoings 
 whatever of the Association, other than marriage claims 
 and cost of collection. 
 
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 53rd. —Minutes. 
 
 The TrasteeB shall oanse minutes to be made in 
 books provided for the purpose. 
 
 1st. Of all appointments of officers made by them. 
 
 2nd. Of the names of the Trustees present at each 
 meeting of Trustees or Committee of Trustees. 
 
 3rd. Of all resolutions and proceedings of meetings 
 of the Association, and of the Trustees and Committees 
 of Trustees. 
 
 54fch. — Contracts, by Whom Siqnbd. 
 
 The Trustees may empower the President and Secre- 
 tary to sign all contracts in the name and on behalf of 
 themselves and the Association, and to fix the in- 
 corporated seal thereto, and in general to exercise the 
 powers given the Association by their Act of Incorpora- 
 tion. 
 
 ' 55th. — Repeal. 
 
 All former By-laws of the Association are hereby 
 repealed, except in so far as anything has been done 
 under any of them before, but all existing funds, 
 officers, etc., are continued, and nothing herein shall 
 be held to invalidate any certificate of membership 
 heretofore issued, or anything heretofore issued by the 
 Association. 
 
 Moved by James G. Clark, of Nor^h Ridge and 
 seconded by W. A. Karn, of Woodstock, that the By- 
 laws as read over and amended to-day, the 9th of 
 January, 1883, be the By-laws of the Association, and 
 the Secretary of the Association do have the same en- 
 grossed and printed, and that the corporate seal of the 
 Association be affixed thereto. 
 
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