PATTERN FOR A VETERINARY ANNUITY FUND. 
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Rules. 
1. That a society be established for granting annuities to su- 
perannuated or disabled members of the medical profession, their 
widows and orphans; and that it be called “The General Medical 
Annuity Fund.” 
2. That the appointment of the officers of the General Medical 
Annuity Fund be vested in the Provincial Medical and Surgical 
Association. 
3. That the General Medical Annuity Fund be under the ma- 
nagement of a president and sixteen directors, who shall be sub- 
scribers to the fund. The officers shall consist of a president, who 
shall be the president of the Provincial Medical and Surgical As- 
sociation for the time being; four trustees, a treasurer, and a 
managing director, who shall be permanent officers ; ten annually 
elected directors, and a paid secretary. The trustees shall invest 
the funds of the society in government securities. The treasurer 
shall, by his banker, receive subscriptions from the secretary, and 
shall pay over the same to the trustees as soon as they amount to 
£100; and he shall pay the annuities as the same may be granted 
and become due. The managing director shall conduct the general 
business of the society ; shall countersign all receipts for subscrip- 
tions; transmit to the directors, ten days prior to their annual 
meetings, the names of the applicants for annuities ; prepare the 
annual report, and call special meetings of the officers of the fund, 
at when the same may be required. The elective ma- 
nagers shall, with the other officers of the fund, direct the manage- 
ment of the business of the institution, and determine upon all 
applications for annuities. The secretary shall receive all sub- 
scriptions and donations, shall give proper receipts for the same ; 
shall pay over the money in his hands to the banker of the trea- 
surer, as soon as it shall amount to the sum of £25 ; shall keep 
the books of the institution, preserve all letters and papers ad- 
dressed to the society, and shall retain copies of all papers and 
documents issued from the office ; moreover, he shall attend upon 
the treasurer or his bankers when required; and appear at all 
meetings of the directors, with all the books, papers, and necessary 
documents. 
4. That any legally qualified medical practitioner in the united 
kingdom may become a member of the General Medical Annuity 
Fund by the payment of an annual subscription of one guinea; 
the same to be paid in advance, and to be due on the 1st of July 
in every year. Subscriptions will be received from new sub- 
scribers any time prior to the 30th day of June in each year, when 
the annual accounts will be made up ; but every subscription must 
be renewed within three months after the 1st of July in each year. 
