and being entrusted with or having in his hands or possession any monies or effects belonging to such Society, or any security relating to the same, shall die, or become a bankrupt, or insolvent, his executors or administrators, assignee or assignees, shall, within forty days after demand made by the order of any such Society, or the major part of them assembled at any meeting thereof, deliver over all things belonging to such Society, to such person or persons as such Society shall appoint, and shall pay, out of the assets or effects of such persons, all sums of money remaining due, which such person received by virtue of his said office, before any of his other debts are paid or satisfied; and all such assets or effects shall be bound to the payment and discharge thereof accordingly.

SECT. 12. That it shall not be lawful for any such Society, by any rule, order, or regulation, at any general meeting or otherwise, to dissolve or determine such Society, so long as the intents or purposes declared by such Society, or any of them, remain to be carried into effect, without the consent and approbation of five-sixths of the then existing members of such Society, and also of all persons then receiving, or then entitled to receive, relief from such Society, either on account of sickness, age, or infirmity, to be testified under their hands, individually and respectively; nor shall it be lawful for such Society, by any rule, order, or regulation, to direct the division or distribution of such stock or fund, or any part thereof, to or amongst the several members of such Society, other than for carrying into effect the general intents and purposes of such Society declared by them, and confirmed by the Justices of the Peace as aforesaid, according to the directions of this act; but that all such rules, orders, or regulations for the dissolution or determination of any such Society, without such consent as aforesaid, or for the distribution or division of the stock or fund of such Society, contrary to the rules, orders, and regulations which shall have been confirmed by the said Justices at their Sessions, and filed in pursuance of this act, shall be void and of none effect.

SECT. 13. That all the rules, orders, and regulations, from time to time made, ordained, and constituted by any such Society, in the manner directed by this act, shall be forthwith entered into a book or books to be kept by one or more of the Members of such Society, to be appointed for that purpose, and shall be signed by the said members, and shall at all seasonable times be open for the inspection of any member of such Society; and such rules, orders, and regulations so entered and signed, shall be deemed original orders, -and shall be received in evidence as such in all disputes and in all trials before any Court in this kingdom.

SECT. 16. That if provision shall be made by one or more of the general rules or orders of any such Society, and confirmed as required by this act, for a reference by arbitration of any matter in dispute between any such Society, or any person or persons acting under them, and any individual members thereof, the matter so in dispute shall be referred to such arbitrators as shall be named and elected in such manner as shall be prescribed by such general rules or orders; and whatever award, order, or determination shall be made by the said arbitrators, or the major part of them, according to the true purport and meaning of the rules and orders of such Society, confirmed by the Justices according to the directions of this act, shall be binding and conclusive on all parties, and shall be final to all intents and purposes, without appeal, or being subject to the controul of two or more Justices of the Peace in the manner herein before prescribed.

From Act 49th Geo. III. cap. 125. (20th June 1809.)

SECTION That if any person having been admitted a member of any Society established under the authority of the said act, shall offend against any of the rules, orders, or regulations of such Society, it shall be lawful for any two Justices of the Peace residing within the county, riding, division, shire, stewartry, city, liberty, or place within which such Society shall be held, upon complaint made on oath by any member of such Society, to issue their summons to such person against whom such complaint shall be made, and upon his or her appearance, or, in default thereof, upon due proof upon oath of the service of such summons, such Justices shall proceed to hear and determine the said complaint according to the rules, orders, and regulations of the said

Society confirmed as directed by the said act, and shall make such order therein as to them shall seem just; and in case the said Justices shall adjudge any sum of money to be paid by such person against whom such complaint shall be made, and such person shall not on notice of such order forthwith pay the sum of money so adjudged to the person or persons, and in the manner, directed by this act, it shall be lawful for such Justices, and they are hereby required by warrant under their hands and seals, to cause the same to be levied by distress and sale of the goods of such person on whom such order shall have been made, together with such costs as shall be awarded by the said Justices, and also the costs and charges attending such distress and sale, returning the overplus (if any) to the owner.

SECT. 3. That if complaint shall be made to two such Justices of the Peace by any member of such Societies, of relief having been refused to him by any such Society, to which he shall be lawfully entitled according to the rules of the Society to which he shall belong, it shall be lawful for the said two Justices of the Peace residing within the county, riding, division, shire, stewartry, city, liberty, or place, within which such Society shall be held, and such Justices are hereby required, upon complaint made by or on the behalf of the person aggrieved thereby, to summon the person, being an officer of the Society against whom such complaint shall be made, and upon his or her appearance, or in default thereof, upon due proof upon oath of the service of such summons, such Justices shall proceed to hear and determine the said complaint, and award such sum of money to be forthwith paid to the said complainant as shall appear to such Justices to be due on such award as aforesaid, together with such a sum for costs, not exceeding the sum of ten shillings, as to such Justices shall seem meet; and if the said sums so to be awarded, together with such costs, shall not be forthwith, and in the presence of such Justice or Justices, paid to such complainant, or to some person or persons there attending on the behalf of such complainant, then such Justices shall, by warrant under their hands and seals, cause such sum and costs as aforesaid to be levied by distress, or by distress and sale of the monies, goods, chattels, securities, and effects belonging to the said Society, together with all further costs and charges attending such distress, or such distress and sale, returning the overplus (if any) to the said Society, or to one of the treasurers or trustees thereof; and in default of such distress being found, then to be levied by distress and sale of the proper goods of the officer or officers of the said society so neglecting or refusing as aforesaid, together with such further costs and charges as aforesaid, returning the overplus (if any) to the owner, and so from time to time as often as complaint shall be made of the non-payment of any sum or sums directed by such order to be paid as aforesaid, such Justices shall by like warrant cause such arrears from time to time to be levied in the manner before directed: Provided always, that whatever sums shall be paid by any such officer or officers, or levied on his or their proper goods in pursuance of the order of any Justices as aforesaid, shall be repaid, with all damages accruing to him or them, by and out of the monies belonging to such Society, or out of the first monies which shall thereafter be received by such Society.

SECT. 4. That all orders made by Justices of the Peace by virtue of the said act or this act, upon the complaint of any person having been admitted a member of any Society established under the said act, who shall be aggrieved by any act, matter, or thing done or omitted to be done by any such Society, shall be made upon the presidents, wardens, stewards, treasurers, trustees, or other principal officers of the Society to which such complaint shall relate, or any one or more of them, or any of them, at the discretion of the said Justices, in the proper name or names of such officer or officers; and every such order may be served upon the officer or officers so named therein, either by delivering a copy of the said order to such officer or officers, or one of them, or leaving the same at his last or usual place of abode; and such service shall be binding on such officer or officers, and on the Society to which such officer or officers shall belong, to do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all and every the matters and things contained in and directed by such order, to be done according to the true intent and meaning thereof.

SECT. 5. That every order, adjudication, or award of any Justice or Justices under this act, shall be final and conclusive to all intents and purposes, and shall not be removed or removable into any court of law, or restrained or restrainable by the injunction of any court of equity.