SEC. 5. The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the maximum fund as the increase in the membership may demand.

ARTICLE 8

SECTION I. A member to be entitled to benefits must be a member for thirty days before date of sickness.

SEC. 2. Any member of the Association unable to attend to his duties must notify the President or Secretary at once of date and cause of sickness or disability and after the expiration of six days from Idate of such notice the member shall be entitled to receive from the Association, if he be a holder of a full certificate, the sum of eightythree and one-third cents per day; and if he be a holder of a half certificate he shall receive the sum of forty-one and two-thirds cents per day, for every day of his sickness or disability, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, for a period not exceeding twelve weeks or seventytwo days.

SEC. 3. Any member having drawn benefits for the full term of twelve weeks or seventy-two days shall not be entitled to further benefits for sickness or disability until after the expiration of six months from date of notification of sickness.

SEC. 4. Any member being sick for two weeks or more shall receive benefits from date of sickness.

SEC. 5. A visiting committee shall be appointed by the President in writing, whose duty it shall be to visit any sick member.

SEC. 6. The visiting committee shall make a report in writing to the President or Secretary at once and said report shall be signed by each member of the committee.

SEC. 7. The reports of visiting committees shall be confidential in the strictest sense of the word and the Secretary shall keep all such reports on file.

SEC. 8. For the first week of any sickness or disability the case shall be visited by the committee and reported on as usual, but for any week or part of week thereafter the member to be entitled to benefits must provide and forward to the Secretary in time for the weekly meeting of the Board of Directors a medical certificate, otherwise the case for that week will not be considered unless the Board of Directors shall decide otherwise.

SEC. 9. Any member in case of sickness or disability while absent from city must, in order to receive benefits, send a physician's certificate weekly so the case can be considered by the Board of

Directors at their weekly meeting; if a member should fail to do so he shall not be entitled to benefits.

SEC. 10. The Board of Directors may employ some competent physician to visit a sick member should they deem it necessary, to examine and report the facts in the case of sickness or disability referred to them.

SEC II. Any member being discharged or dropped from the payroll of the Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co. Trimming Department, may retain membership as long as he or she is in the city of South Bend, Ind., and does not engage in any occupation that is any more hazardous than their present occupation.

SEC. 12. Members appointed to serve on visiting committee must do so unless excused by officer appointing them. All members refusing to serve shall lay themselves liable to a fine of fifty cents for the first offense and one dollar for the second offense. If he refuses to pay such fines he may be suspended from all benefits for such a period as the Board of Directors may decide or he may be expelled from the Association if the Board of Directors so order.

SEC. 13. No benefits shall be allowed for chronic cases-cases likely to re-occur from time to time. The history of the case with or without a medical certificate shall be evidence enough for the Board of Directors to determine the merits of the case.

SEC. 14. No benefits shall be allowed for any sickness or disability arising from intemperance or criminal or immoral acts on the part of any member.

SEC. 15. If any member shall be guilty of frequenting saloons or any disreputable places or found intoxicated while securing benefits from this Association he may be suspended from benefits or expelled from the Association if the Board of Directors so order.

SEC. 16. Members expelled from this Association cannot be again re-instated.

SEC. 17. Members dropped from the register for arrears may be re-instated only as new members.

SEC. 18. Members feigning sickness or disability or otherwise attempting to obtain benefits from this Association by fraudulent means may be tried by the Board of Directors sitting as a court and this court shall have the power, if the attempt is proven, to inflict the penalty of suspension from benefits or expulsion from the Association.

ARTICLE 9

SECTION 1. All questions in dispute between the Board of Directors and the members of this Association may be settled by arbitration. SEC. 2. The Board of Arbitration shall consist of three men, not members of this Association.

SEC. 3. Any member wishing to appeal from the decision of the Board of Directors shall state his case, in person, if possible, or in writing, to the President or Secretary.

SEC. 4. When an appeal is taken from the Board of Directors, the President shall appoint one arbitrator, the aggrieved one, and these two only shall appoint the third.

SEC. 5. The Board of Directors shall furnish the Board of Arbitration with a copy of their proceedings in the case in question.

SEC. 6. The member taking an appeal shall furnish the Board of Arbitrators with a full statement of his case in writing and may appear in person or by council.

SEC. 7. All decision of the Board of Arbitrators shall be considered final.

ARTICLE IO

SECTION I. The Constitution and By-laws can be changed or amended only by a two-third majority vote of all members present at any regular or called meeting.

RULES

Cushing's Manual shall be used in governing all meetings.

APPENDIX M

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS MUTUAL

BENEFIT ASSOCIATION

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I

SECTION I. This association shall be known as "The University of Chicago Press Mutual Benefit Association," and shall not have power to dissolve itself while there are ten dissenting members.

SEC. 2. The object of this association is to establish a fund for the payment of benefits to sick or quarantined members, and a funeral benefit to the family of a deceased member.

SEC. 3. Membership in this association shall be limited to the employees of the University of Chicago Press earning seven dollars or more per week.

ARTICLE II

SECTION I. The elective officers of this association shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Board of Directors consisting of five members, one of whom shall be the President, ex-officio, and a Committee on Membership, consisting of three members, and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and have qualified. Any vacancy occurring shall be temporarily filled by the Board of Directors, to take effect until the next stated meeting; at which time an election shall be held to permanently fill the vacancy.

ARTICLE III

SECTION 1. President: It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the association and to enforce order and a strict observance of the constitution and by-laws; indorse all orders of the Relief Committee; appoint all special and standing committees, including a Relief Committee, which shall be appointed for each case, and shall consist of three members; fill all vacancies unless herein otherwise provided; and transact such other business as may by custom appertain to his office. All reports shall be made to him. Applications for sick benefits shall be addressed to him, or, in his absence, to the Vice-President, and such application shall be forth

with referred to a Relief Committee, whose duty it shall be to visit the applicant and report upon his case at once. The President shall, ex officio, be a member of the Board of Directors and of each standing committee.

SEC. 2. Vice-President: The Vice-President shall, in the absence of the President, perform the duties and possess all the powers of the President.

SEC. 3. Secretary: The Secretary shall receive all moneys paid to the association and turn them over to the Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. At the January meeting he shall make a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements of the association and a report of all members in arrears for dues or otherwise. It shall also be his duty to record the proceedings of the association in a book to be especially provided for that purpose, to read all papers addressed to it, and notify members of all special meetings. The books kept by him shall at all times be open to inspection by the Board of Directors. At the end of his term of office he shall surrender all books and papers belonging to the association to his successor. He shall receive all applications for membership, keeping a record of the same; and shall turn such applications over to the Committee on Membership. All necessary expenses incurred by him in the discharge of his official duties shall be defrayed by the association. He shall be allowed such compensation for his services as may be prescribed by the association, which, however, shall at no time exceed 10 per cent. of the current income of the association.

SEC. 4. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all moneys belonging to this association. At the January meeting and also at the end of his term of office he shall make a report of all moneys received and disbursed by him, and the amount of all funds on hand, loaned, or invested. He shall deposit all funds of the association in a bank to be designated by the Board of Directors, to the credit of the association, and all checks against such deposit shall be drawn on the order of the Board of Directors through the Secretary, and signed by himself as Treasurer, and countersigned by the President. He shall give a surety bond to the association in the sum of $1,000, acceptable to the Board of Directors, the cost of such bond to be defrayed by the association.

SEC. 5. Board of Directors: In the Board of Directors shall be vested authority to execute all the by-laws and orders of the association, provided, however, that in all cases appeal may be made to the