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4. Medical aid and medicine will be procured for the members of this 

 society and their families, both at Concarneau and Laurioc, nntil the 

 society has no resources wherewith to assist the whole circonscription 

 maritime. 



5. The society is composed of members participating, and honorary 

 members. 



6. The members participating are all the sailors in the quarter of 

 Concarneau. They are admitted from sixteen years of age, and partake 

 of the advantages of the society. 



7. Honorary members are those who contribute to the prosperity of 

 the society. Honorary members are admitted on their simply applying 

 at the office of the society. 



8. Honorary members do not participate in the advantages of the 

 society. 



9. Every sailor desirous of becoming a participating member, will be 

 admitted without right of entrance during the two first years, after 

 which, if he is over twenty-six years of age, he will pay a sum fixed by 

 the council of administration. 



Chapter II. — Administration. 



10. The administration is composed of a president, elected by the Em- 

 peror, and fourteen members selected by the general assembly, half from 

 the honorary members, and the others from the participating members, 

 who will meet together to name their office. 



1 1 . The president watches over and assures the execution of the laws ; 

 he makes the return each year in conformity with the 20th article of 

 the decree regulating relief societies. 



The duties of the secretary are to attend to the correspondence, and 

 to keep the archives. 



The treasurer takes the receipts, and makes the payments of the 

 society upon a vise by the president, or a member with powers for that 

 purpose. 



12. There is every year a general assembly, at which all the honorary 

 members attend, and those of the participating members, as hold any 

 office in the society. 



At this meeting the report of the state of the society is read, and the 

 members pronounce upon any questions submitted to them. 



13. The council of administration meets whenever summoned by the 

 president. 



14. Half of the council of administration is elected anew each year. 

 Those with the majority of votes are elected. 



Chapter III. — Obligations of its Members. 



15. Each member shall, each year, at the close of the Sardine Fishery, 

 pay as follows : — Skippers, 5 francs ; men, 4 francs. 



16. Fishermen that follow any other fishing, or who are engaged in 

 trading as sailors, if they desire to partake of the advantages of the 

 society, must pay the above mentioned sum at the same time. 



17. Any sailors engaged in the navy, will, upon their return to their 

 quarter, have to pay — if they wish to continue as members of the society 

 — the same amount of money as was paid by the other members in their 

 absence. 



18. Honorary members will have to pay as a subscription to the 

 society a sum not less than 5 francs. 



