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(f) If at the expiration of five minutes after the time appointed for the holding of any meeting of the General Committee neither the President nor any Vice-President of the Society shall be present, the Committee shall proceed to choose one of their members to be Chairman at the meeting.
(g) The General Committee shall :-
(1) Receive and consider the report of the Executive Committee on work done during the year. (2) Approve and, if thought fit, pass the Annual Balance Sheets or Statement of Accounts sub- mitted by the Executive Committee.
(3) Discuss the financial position of the Society and consider any recommendations with respect to the same.
(4) Consider any matter which the Executive Com- mittee or any member of the Society may bring before the Meeting.
(5) Appoint a qualified person to andit the accounts
of the Society.
(h) The General Committee shall have the power to co-opt to membership of that Committee any person whom they shall think fit.
Rule VII Executive Committee.
(a) At the first meeting of the members of the Society Executive Committee, consisting of members of the Society, shall be appointed by those present at the meeting and shall come into office forthwith.
(b) A new Executive Committee shall be appointed at cach Annual General Meeting of the Society and shall come into office immediately at the close thereof.
(c) Any member of the General Committee and any member of the Society shall be eligible for election as a member of the Executive Committee.
(d) All getiring members of the Executive Committee shall be eligil for re-appointment.
(e) Five members of the Executive Committee shall form a quorum.
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(f) The Executive Committee shall meet as often as occasion shall require but not less than once in each month.
(g) If at the expiration of five minutes after the time appointed for the holding of any meeting of the Executive Committee neither the President or any Vice-President of the Society shall be present, the Committee shall proceed to choose one of their members to be Chairman at the meeting.
(b) The Executive Committee shall:—
(1) Receive, examine into and deal with all cases of complaint of ill-treatment of children or young persons reported by Inspectors or mem- bers of the Society or any other persons and take such steps as the Committee shall think fil for the warning or advising of parents or those in charge of such child or young person or for the prosecution of offenders under anv law in the Colony for the time being in force for the protection of children or young persons,
(2) regulate finances and submit a Statement of
same to the General Committee,
(3) frame Rules and Regulations as to the Manage- ment and Administration of the affairs of the Society, procedure at Meetings and the duties and functions of Secretaries and Inspectors and from time to time to alter or amend the same, (4) issue instructions to Inspectors and other mem- bers of the Staff as to the manner in which cases reported shall be dealt with,
(5) publish, print and distribute pamphlets having for their object the educating of the Public in regard to the welfare of the young, the explain- ing of the laws for the protection of the young and the penalties attached thereto, and (6) transact all administrative and other business of
the Society.
(i) The Executive Committee shall have the power to co-opt to membership of that Committee any person whom they shall think fit.
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