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A_ny member not paying his subscription will be declared as having 

 resigned. 



19. The subscriptions of honorary members will be paid to the trea- 

 surer in July of each year. 



Chapter IV. — Obligations of the Society to its Members. 



20. The council of administration will be called upon to decide the 

 amount of money to be distributed as help, and that within the limits of 

 the resources of the society. 



21. Independently of the care stated in articles 3 and 4, participating 

 members alone, will be allowed 1 franc a day whenever sickness will have 

 prevented their working during four consecutive days. This payment 

 will cease when the doctor thinks it no longer required. 



22. Help in either money or kind can be equally given in certain 

 cases, viz., in case of death or loss. 



23. As soon as a participating member or one of his family is taken 

 sick, or has met with an accident, he is to inform the doctor accordingly, 

 as also the treasurer, who should immediately give the sick person a 

 card with their name on it, upon which the name of the sickness, and 

 the prescriptions given by the doctor should be written. 



24. The doctors will be chosen by the administration, and their fees 

 will be paid by subscription. 



25. The administration will make arrangements with one or several 

 apothecaries, for the furnishing of medicines, or with the doctor, if there 

 be no apothecary in the locality. 



26. No medicines at the expense of the society will be allowed to be 

 delivered unless accompanied with a voucher signed by the doctor. 



27. No help is allowed for sickness caused by debauchery or intem- 

 perance, nor for any injuries received by a member in a fight, when it is 

 proved that he was the aggressor • nor for injuries received in public 

 rows, in which he has voluntarily taken a part. 



28. In case of death, indigent participating members will be buried at 

 the expense of the society. 



29. Every year a funeral service will be said for those dead. The 

 administration and all the members will be invited to take part in this 

 religious ceremony. 



30. The president will name, according as the society requires it, a 

 certain number of members, taken in turn from the roll of participating 

 members, who shall be called " visitors," and whose duty it will be to 

 see the sick, to watch that they receive exactly the help due to them, 

 and to give them their own help if it is required by the sick persons or 

 their families. 



Chapter Y. — Social Funds, and their placing of Fund. 



31. The social fund is composed of: — 



1. Subscriptions of members participating. 



2. Subscriptions of members honorary. 



3. Help of the State Department and Commune. 



4. Gifts and private legacies. 



32. When the funds of the society exceed 1,000 francs, the surplus 

 will be placed in the reserve fund of Quimper. 



