300 
PRESENT AND PROPOSED BYE-LAWS. 
from time to time cause such part of the 
funds in the hands of the Treasurer as 
may not, in their judgment, he required 
for carrying on the business of the So¬ 
ciety, to be invested in Government or 
real securities in the corporate name of 
the Society. 
2 . All property belonging to the So¬ 
ciety now held, laid out, or invested by, 
or in the names of Trustees, and includ¬ 
ing both the General and the Benevolent 
Funds, shall be conveyed, assigned, and 
transferred, so as to become vested in 
the Society, in its corporate name and 
capacity. 
3. The property and funds of the So¬ 
ciety, other than monies from time to 
time in the hands of the Treasurer or 
Secretary, shall not be disposed of, or 
otherwise dealt with, except in pursu¬ 
ance of an order of the Council of the 
Society, signed by six Members, at the 
least, in Council assembled. 
from time to time cause such part of the ^“ ea 36 * 
funds in the hands of the Treasurer as b0 ' 
may not, in their judgment, be required 
for carrying on the business of the So¬ 
ciety, to be invested in Government or 
real securities in the corporate name of 
the Society. 
2 . The property and funds of the So- 
ciety, other than monies from time to 225 ~ 
time in the hands of the Treasurer or 
Secretary, shall not be disposed of, or 
otherwise dealt with, except in pursuance 
of an order of the Council of the Society, 
signed by six Members, at the least, in 
Council assembled. 
SECTION XIX, 
SECTION XIX. 
BENEVOLENT FEND. 
BENEVOLENT FUND. 
1 . The Benevolent Fund shall consist 
of donations and subscriptions towards 
the particular objects of such Fund, in 
addition to the sum already invested in 
respect of the same Fund. 
2 . Donations in aid of the Benevolent 
Fund shall be invested in Government 
or real securities; and no part of the in¬ 
vested capital of such Fund shall be 
distributed among the recipients of re¬ 
lief. 
3. The interest to accrue from the in¬ 
vested portion of the Benevolent Fund, 
together with annual subscriptions in aid 
thereof, shall be applicable, at the discre¬ 
tion of the Council, towards the relief of 
distressed Members or Associates of the 
Society, and their widows and orphans 
respectively; and any unapplied surplus 
shall be annually added to the invested 
capital of the same Fund. 
4. Persons eligible for relief from the 
Benevolent Fund shall be such necessi¬ 
tous Members or Associates of the So¬ 
ciety whose connection with the Society 
shall be of not less than four years’ date, 
and such widows and orphans of Mem¬ 
bers or Associates as shall be in necessi¬ 
tous circumstances. 
1. The Benevolent Fund shall consist Charter, 
of donations and subscriptions, and such line 210 * 
grants as may from time to time be made 
by the Council from the General Fund 
towards the particular objects of such 
Fund, in addition to the sum already in¬ 
vested in respect of the same Fund. 
2. Donations in aid of the Benevolent Charter, 
Fund shall be invested in Government or iine 212 * 
real securities; and no part of the in¬ 
vested capital of such Fund shall be dis¬ 
tributed among the recipients of relief. 
3. The interest accruing from the in¬ 
vested portion of the Benevolent Fund, 
together with annual subscriptions and 
grants made from the General Fund 
in aid thereof, shall be applicable, in the 
discretion of the Council, towards the 
relief of persons eligible to receive the sec * "* 
same according to the provisions of the 
Act, 1868, and any unapplied portion of 
the same in any year may be invested and 
thenceforward form part of the invested 
Fund. 
