Sixpence—is paid for each share on the decease of every member for whose funeral the society has any disbursement to make; and each member above twenty-one years of age (excepting women) pays, at each yearly meeting, one shilling for dinner and liquor: but no member is obliged to be at any expence at monthly or other meetings. A deposit of two shillings and sixpence is made on proposing any person to become a member, which, if the person be not admitted, is returned. Any member, under forty-five years of age, may increase his or her original share, on contributing according to his or her age, at the time of making such increase.
BENEFITS.
To men[1] in sickness, lameness, or infirmity.
For one share, and so in proportion for half a share:
Six shillings a week, when confined in
- ↑ Women are not entitled to benefit in sickness.
