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Committee of Charity are authorized to expend 

 only a sum equal to the interest derived from said 

 fund ; nor shall the Treasurer advance any sums to 

 be disposed of in charity beyond the actual means 

 derived from said interest." This resolution, how- 

 ever, was subsequently rescinded by a unanimous 

 vote at the quarterly meeting held January loth, 

 1849. 



The feasibility of uniting the British Protective 

 Emigrant Society with this Society was again 

 brought up for discussion at a meeting held May 

 4th, 1848, and a committee appointed to inquire into 

 the subject having brought in a report favoring the 

 amalgamation, it was adopted by a vote of 15 to 5, 

 and the following Articles agreed to : 



Article ist. — That the British Protective Emi- 

 grant Society and the St. George's Society be 

 united. 



Article 2d. — That the functions of the British 

 Protective Emigrant Society be hereafter man- 

 aged by a committee of twelve, and be designa- 

 ted the British Protective Emigrant Committee, with 

 power to form rules and regulations for carrying 

 out the objects for which the British Protective Em- 

 igrant Society was established. 



Article jd. — That the above committee shall con- 

 sist one-half of members of St. George's Society 

 and the other half of members of the British Pro- 



