Education Acts Comyilation.

Registration of soci ties. 1895, No. 48, sec. 4

Application.

Particulars to accompany application.

Registrar to register society when Act complied with and fee paid. Ibid, sec. 5

Certificate of incorporation. Ibid, seo. 6

Power to make rules. Ibid, sec. 7

What rules to provide for.

Evidence of rules. Ibid, sec. 8

Powers of incorporated society. Ibid, sec. 9

Effect of resignation of member. Ibid, sec. 10

Incorporation. 187. Any society consisting of any number of teachers, not being less than ten, who reside in any one education district, and are assoc i a t e j f or any l aw ful purpose connected with their profession (not being for purposes of gain), may be registered under this Act on 5 compliance with the following provisions : — ( a -) An application for registration, stating the name of the proposed society, and signed by two or more officers thereof, shall be made to the Inspector-General of Schools (hereinafter called " the Registrar "). 10 {b.) Such application shall be accompanied by— (i \ _&_ hst of the members and officers of the society; . copy of a resolution passed by a majority of the members present at a meeting of the society specially called for that purpose only, and desiring registration 15 under this Act; (iii.) An address (to be called the " registered office ") at which the business of the society is conducted. 188. On being satisfied that the provisions of the last precedig n se ction have been complied with, and on payment of a fee of one 20 pound, the Registrar shall register the society in a book to be kept for the purpose, and thereupon the society shall become a body corporate by the name mentioned in such application, with the addition of the word " registered," which shall be its corporate style and title. 25 189. The Registrar shall issue to such society a certificate of incorporation in the prescribed form, and such certificate shall be evidence that the society named therein is duly incorporated under this Act. 190. The members of a society incorporated under this Act, 30 and their successors, in general meeting assembled, may make rules f or tne government of the society, and alter and annul any such rules, and, in particular, may by such rules provide, inter alia, for— (a.) The qualifications and subscription for membership; (£ ) jhe method of election of new members; 35 (c.) The number and designation and the powers of the officers; (d.) The control, investment, and disposition of the funds and property of the society; (c.) The method of enforcing observance of the rules by members of the society; 40 (/.) The control and use of the common seal. 191. Prima facie evidence of the rules shall be afforded by the production of what purports to be a copy thereof, if sealed with what purports to be the seal of the corporation, and signed by the President or Chairman thereof. 45 192. Every society when incorporated shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and, in its corporate style and title, may no | Q i an( j djgpose of real and personal property, and may sue and be sued, and may recover any moneys due to the corporation by any person whether a member thereof or not. 50 193. Any member who resigns, or in any other way ceases to be a mem ker of the corporation, shall, unless the rules of the society

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