Local Committees and Local Branches. ^9 



honorary ofl&cers. The Provisional Committee shall, as soon as may be convenient, 

 summon a General Meeting of all Fellows and Associates resident within the district. 

 The meeting shall proceed to the election of a Committee, which shall thereafter be 

 recognised as the Local Committee, and the appointment of honorary officers, who shall 

 be subject to the approval of the Council. 



3. Once a year the Local Committee shall summon a General Meeting of the Fellows 

 and Associates resident within the district for the election of a Committee and officers 

 for the ensuing year. 



4. Not later than February 1st in each year the Honorary Secretary of the Local 

 Committee shall submit to the Council a tentative programme of work to be undertaken 

 in the current year and an estimate of expenditure. A financial allowance may be 

 made by the Council towards such expenditure, having regard to the nature of the 

 work to be undertaken by the Local Committee and approved by the Council in each 

 case. The allowance shall normally not exceed the sum of Five Shillings per head of 

 Fellows and Associates resident within the district. 



5. The Secretary of the Local Committee shall forward to the Secretary of the 

 Institute, not later than February 1st, a report on the work of the Committee for the 

 past year, together with an audited statement of income and expenditure. 



6. The Council shall not be responsible for the defaults, financial or otherwise, of a 

 Local Committee, or for any acts which are contrary to the aims or regulations of 

 the Institute. 



7. The Council may at its discretion, and on giving not less than six months, 

 notice in writing, revoke the Certificate, which shall then be returned to the Secretary 

 of the Institute, together with all monies standing to the credit of the Committee after 

 all liabilities have been discharged. 



II. — Local Branches. 



1. The application of any Local Committee for authority to found a Local Branch 

 shall set forth (a) the area proposed to be included, (6) the population within that area, 

 (c) the number of Fellows and Associates resident within that area and the estimated 

 probable increase, {d) the scheme for the acquisition and maintenance of Institute 

 premises, including any special offers for this purpose by local residsnts or others, and 

 (e) any other circumstances in support of the application. The Council, if they grant 

 the application, will issue a Warrant of Incorporation as well as a Certificate defining 

 the area. The area may subsequently be varied. The Warrant will define the financial 

 relations between the Institute and the Branch. 



2. A Local Branch may be organised with such officers, honorary or otherwise, 

 as the Council may in each case approve. The Secretary of the Local Branch will 

 generally undertake the duties of Honorary Corresponding Secretary of the Institute. 



3. A Local Branch may make regulations for the conduct and support of the 

 Branch, such regulations to be passed at a General Meeting and to be subject to the 

 approval of the Council. The regulations may provide for the collection of an addi- 

 tional subscription towards the maintenance of the local Institute or its activities. 

 But refusal to pay such additional subscription shall not impair the general status 

 or privileges of an Associate or Fellow of the Institute, as defined in the Eules and 

 Regulations of the Institute. 



4. A Local Branch shall be deemed to include all Fellows and Associates resident 



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