Устав С.-Петербургского Общества взаимного вспоможения на случай смерти

S. – The St. Petersburg Society for Mutual Assistance in Case of Death aims to issue, in the event of the death of a member of the Society, a one-time benefit for the funeral of the deceased. II. Composition of the Society, rights and obligations of its members Persons of both sexes living in the mountains are accepted as members of the Society. St. Petersburg, aged from 20 to 55 years, enjoying good health. Note 1. Persons over 55 years of age may be accepted as members of the Society, as an exception, by a special resolution of the Board; but so that the number of such persons does not exceed 1% of the total number of participants in the groups. Note 2. The founders of the Society and their wives who are over 55 years old may become members of the Society, without a special resolution of the Board. Note 3. The following are not allowed to participate in the Society: a) persons who have not reached the age of majority, with the exception of those with class ranks; b) students of educational institutions; c) lower military ranks and cadets in active service; d) participants of any funeral funds. Those wishing to become members of the Society submit a written application to the Board, indicating in it: 1) the group in which he wishes to participate; 2) copies of the birth certificate, or other document, duly certified, proving his age and 3) to whom exactly the benefit should be given after his death. The last application can be submitted by competent members of the Society in a closed package, but in this case it must be handwritten from beginning to end by the participant, and the envelope must be signed by at least two members of the Society certifying that the application was written in the member’s own hand and presented by him personally. Signatures on applications of illiterate persons must be certified by the police or a notary. Note 1. Spouses submit either one application, signed jointly, or two separate ones, and the wife must indicate if the right to receive benefits in the event of her death is granted to the husband, to whom it should be issued if the husband dies before her. The application can be changed at the request of a member of the Society. Note 2. Persons who do not have permanent residence in St. Petersburg can also be accepted as members of the Society. The determination of cases in which such persons can be admitted to the membership of the Society is provided to the Board, and the number of such persons cannot exceed ¼ of the participants in each group. These persons are required to have a person trusted on their behalf to fulfill for them all the obligations required by this charter. The power of attorney issued to this person is presented to the Board, which issues a receipt upon receipt. Participants who do not live in St. Petersburg are required to pay fees for 5 deaths in advance. The cash desk is divided according to the contributions made by its participants into 7 groups, with a parallel branch for each of them; each group and chapter consists of 210 members. Note 1: Members have the right to simultaneously participate, with the consent of the Board, in several groups. Note 2. Spouses, when they join the membership, as well as when making established contributions, are considered to be one person; but in the event of their death, the funeral benefit is paid from the treasury for each of them separately, in accordance with § 19. Members who wish to participate in the 1st group pay 60 kopecks, in the 2nd group – 1 ruble, in the 3rd group – 3 rubles, in the 4th group – 30 kopecks, in the 5th group – 2 rubles, in the 6th group – 5 rubles, in the 7th group – 10 rubles. Participants in parallel branches pay contributions in the amount indicated above, and persons participating in the initially open groups are not allowed to participate in parallel branches. Applications from those wishing to become members of the Society are accepted at any time, but enrollment in the number of members of the Society is made when a vacancy opens in the group in which the person wishes to enroll, or when a new group is formed. Note. New groups can be opened only with the permission of the Government. A society is considered established upon the formation of at least one group, with any payment contribution (§ 5); but funeral benefits are paid only for a group for which action is open and which has at least 210 members. For parallel branches, the acceptance of contributions and the issuance of benefits are opened only when the full number of members (210) in the branch. Note. In the event of the death of candidates and their wives, benefits are not issued, but, if desired, the entry fee made when registering as a candidate is returned (§ 12). In the event of the death of one of their members, his wife, or a person exempted from paying contributions on the basis of §§ 17 and 18 of this Charter, each of the other members belonging to the same group or department, not excluding the surviving spouse, if he wishes to continue participating in the fund, pays a contribution in the amount assigned to the group (or department). Each person joining the Society must sign an obligation in a form specifically developed by the Board. A member who has declared his unwillingness to continue participating in the Society and has submitted an application to resign from the membership of the Society is considered to have left the Society. Such a member shall receive back that portion of the contributions made by him which, according to the last annual report, would have been due to each member in the event of the closure of the Society (§ 51). No retiring member can receive more than the amount of contributions made by him and not yet repaid (by receiving benefits) and with the exception of the entrance fee and interest. Note 1. Participation in the Society of those mentioned in this § is terminated even if, in accordance with the above rules, being excluded from the number of participants in the Society, for some reason they do not receive the money following them. This rule also applies to the wives of the said persons, if they continue to participate in the Society after the death of their husband. Note 2. A member who left the Society, or was excluded from its membership before the preparation of the annual report, receives back the contributions he made in the current year, after the preparation and approval of the report for this year. If a retired member takes advantage of the benefit (§ 16), then, upon approval of the report for the year during which he ceases to participate in the Society, only the contributions made by him after receiving the benefit are returned to him. When becoming a member of the Society, an entrance fee is paid in the amount of the fee of the group in which the applicant wishes to be enrolled and at the same time the first membership fee is made in case of death. From these contributions (2‒x) a pooled capital is made up, from which benefits are issued in accordance with § 16. The pooled capital, as it is spent, is replenished with subsequent contributions from members, in accordance with § 8, and all other receipts. Note. Interest on the share capital and proceeds listed in § 29 are included in the entrance fee and are not subject to payment on the basis of § 10. In the event of the death of one of the members of the Society or his wife, the Board immediately informs the members of the group or department in which the deceased participated about the payment of payments due from them. If the payment is not made within the time specified in the agenda (2 weeks), then the overdue person is subject to a fine of 25% of the payment due and a new reminder is sent to him by the Board. In case of non-payment of the contribution with penalty money and after 2 weeks, the defaulting payer is subject to a secondary fine in the amount of 50% of the contribution and is excluded from the membership of the Society; Moreover, from the amount returned to him (§ 10), all fine money is withheld. These rules also apply to the contribution of money for expenses related to the Management of the Company (§ 29). Note. All members of the Society are obliged to immediately notify the Board (at its location) in writing of any change of their place of residence. The capital formed from the contributions of members of the Society, by resolution of the Board, in whole or in part, is converted into State or Government-guaranteed interest securities deposited in the State Bank, or, by resolution of the Board, in one of the banks or credit institutions, in a special current account. The Chairman of the Board may receive money in the current account as needed, but not otherwise than with the permission of the Board, signed by at least three of its members. This permission must be heard by a journal decision. The capital of the Company and benefits issued from it cannot be subject to any extraneous claims not related to the goals of the Collection Society. The benefit, in the event of the death of one of the members of the Society, or his wife, is paid by the company according to the following calculation: The number of contributions made in accordance with §§ 8 and 12 of this art. The amount of benefit payable in the event of the death of a member of the society, or his wife, who is listed in the group, consisting of. Made from 210 people in proportion to size and number. deceased contribution. A member of the Society who has made 170 contributions is exempt from further payments, while enjoying all the rights acquired by the contributions he has made, for which he receives a special certificate from the Board. Note. With each exemption from payments, a vacancy opens for a candidate to become a member of this group. A retiring member of the Society who has made 50 or more contributions and has not yet received benefits from the cash register has the right to leave the contributions he has made in storage in the Society for distribution after his death without any deduction to the person specified in the application, or to grant the Board the right to spend them on his funeral. The widow of a deceased member, or a husband who has survived his wife, having received benefits, has the right to remain a member of the Society, subject to the payment of his dues as before. In the event of the death of such a widow or widower, his heirs are given an amount corresponding to the number of contributions made by him after receiving the benefit (§ 16). In the event of marriage of a member of the Society, the right to receive benefits extends to both the wife and the spouse in an amount corresponding to the number of contributions made from the time one of the spouses joined the fund, with the exception of the case where the marriage took place after exemption from payment of contributions (§ 17). Upon remarriage, a widower or widower member pays for his second wife or his second husband an entrance fee in the amount specified in § 12. In the event of the death of the second wife or second husband enrolled in the membership, the benefit is calculated according to the number of contributions from the time of participation of the deceased or deceased in the Society. The funeral benefit is paid, at the will of the deceased, to the person who is listed in the application, or to the family or heirs of the deceased no later than 24 hours after the Board receives the official document on his death. Without a document, benefits will not be issued. III. Management of the Company's affairs The affairs of the Society are managed by: a) the Board and b) the Meeting of Commissioners. The Board consists of 12 members and 6 candidates for them, elected by the Meeting of Commissioners from among the members of the Society who are not commissioners, for three years, two members and two candidates from each group. In place of persons retiring from the Board, members of the Board and candidates to them must be elected from the very groups to which the retirees belonged. Note 1. Members who have retired from the Board and candidates for them may be re-elected if they agree to do so. Note 2. On the same basis, members of the Board and candidates for them and from parallel branches are elected to the Board. Members of the Board, through closed voting, elect from among themselves: the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary and determine which of the members of the Board pays in cash and money. Matters on the Board are decided by a simple majority of votes. In case of equality of votes, the opinion favored by the Chairman is adopted. For the validity of meetings of the Board, the presence of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman and at least two thirds of the total number of members of the Board, or candidates replacing them, is required. Note. Meetings of the Management Board must be convened as needed and, in any case, at least 6 times a year. A member of the Board who is unable to attend the meeting notifies the candidate elected from the same group, who replaces him in the meeting of the Board. For the expenses of managing the affairs of the Society, annually, in the month of January, members of the 1st group pay 60 kopecks, 2nd - 1 rub., 3rd - 3 rubles, 4th - 30 kopecks, 5th - 2 rubles, 6th - 5 rubles. and 7th – 10 rubles. Participants in parallel branches make contributions in the same amount. All other income, such as: interest on capital, fine money are included in the capital of entry fees (§ 12). Any remaining balances from the expenses of the Management, by resolution of the Meeting of Commissioners, are distributed among the personal accounts of members of the Society, or spent, by resolution of the same Meeting, on the needs of the Society. The Board of the Company is located in St. Petersburg. The Company's clerical work is carried out by the Secretary, elected by the Board from among its members. Members of the Board are liable with all their property for losses caused to the Company and for actions contrary to these charter. Note. The cash books and money of the Society must be checked by members of the Board on a monthly basis. Every year, on December 31, the Board of the Company draws up a detailed report on cash turnover and each member of the Society is given an extract from his personal account, showing the number of all contributions made by him up to December 31 of the reporting year and the amount that he could receive, in the event of leaving the Society, during the following reporting year. The annual report on the activities of the Society, approved by the Meeting of Commissioners, is submitted, for information, through the St. Petersburg Mayor, to the Economic Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and, at the discretion of the same Meeting, may be published in timely publications. In the event of printing of this charter, seven copies of it are submitted to the same Department. Detailed rules for the conduct of business, accounting and reporting for the Company are determined by special instructions drawn up by the Board and approved by the Meeting of Commissioners. The Board of the Company has a seal with its name depicted on it. B. Meeting of Commissioners Meetings of authorized representatives can be ordinary or extraordinary. Ordinary Meetings are convened at the beginning of each year, and extraordinary Meetings are convened, if necessary, by resolution of the Board of the Society, as well as at the written request of at least ½ of the authorized representatives or 100 members of the Society. Note. A Commissioner who fails to appear from the Meeting three times in a row and fails to send written notice of the legal reason for his non-arrival at the Meeting is considered to have left and is replaced by a candidate. The delegates are notified of the day, place and subjects to be discussed at the Meeting in a manner that, on the recommendation of the Board, will be considered the most convenient by the Meeting. The same is brought to the attention of the St. Petersburg Mayor in advance. Note. At the Meetings of Commissioners, only issues that are directly related to the activities of the Society defined by the charter, appearing in the invitations authorized to the Meeting, and only those whose consideration has been brought to the attention of the St. Petersburg Mayor, can be discussed. The election of authorized representatives is made on a day predetermined by the Board, but later than one month before the day of the Meeting, authorized representatives by notes addressed to the Board, enclosed in closed envelopes, or personally by each member, placed in a box specially arranged for this purpose, located in the Board under the seal and lock of the members of the Board. After the Board of the Company has opened the said envelopes and box and counted the votes cast by voters, the persons who received the largest number of such groups by group are recognized as elected to the Commissioners, which is entered into the minutes and not less than a week before the Meeting of Commissioners, and is communicated by special summons to the persons elected as Commissioners. Illiterate persons cannot be elected as commissioners. Note. In the election notes, members of the Society write as many persons as should be elected to the commissioners. Representatives elected in the manner specified in § 38, 15 persons from each group, participate in the Meetings of Commissioners. In case of absence due to illness or any other reasons of the authorized persons, their duties are performed by candidates elected in the same manner and for the same period as the authorized ones (§ 38). Commissioners and candidates for them are elected for 2 years. A meeting of authorized representatives is considered to have taken place if at least ⅔ of authorized representatives are present. In case of failure of the above-mentioned number of authorized representatives, a secondary Meeting is convened no later than a month later, which is considered to have taken place, no matter how many authorized representatives appear at it, of which they are informed when convening the Assembly. In such a Meeting, only issues that were subject to discussion in the failed Meeting can be discussed. The Assembly of Commissioners is chaired by a person elected by the Assembly. Each representative has the right to one vote, which cannot be transferred to anyone. The Meeting of Commissioners can only discuss issues that are directly related to the activities of the Company defined by the charter and appear in the list of items to be considered by the Meeting compiled by the Board, which is why members who wish to raise any issue must, in advance, declare this in writing to the Board of the Company, which includes the raised issue in the list compiled by it. A member of the Society who has raised an issue to be discussed at the Meeting of Commissioners, having declared this in writing to the Board, has the right to participate in the Meeting, but without the right to vote, if he is not an authorized representative. Matters at the Meeting of Commissioners are resolved by a simple majority of votes of the present participants of the Meeting, with the exception of issues of amending the current Charter of the Company and its closure, then a majority of ²/³ votes of the present participants of the Meeting is required. Voting is carried out by open or closed ballot, depending on how the Assembly decides. The responsibilities of the Meeting of Commissioners include: 1) verification of the powers of the commissioners; 2) election of members of the Management Board; 3) review of the annual report; 4) approval of cost estimates; 5) approval of instructions for the Management Board, the Audit Commission and the Company’s office work and changes thereto; 6) consideration and resolution of proposals from the Board and members of the Society, as well as all matters exceeding the powers of the Board; 7) consideration and resolution of complaints against members of the Management Board; 8) consideration of proposals from the Board to amend, if necessary, this Charter and closure of the Society and 9) election, at the proposal of the Board, as honorary members of persons who have provided special services to the Society or made significant donations to it. Note. The election of honorary members is carried out by the Meeting of Commissioners, consisting of at least ½ of the authorized representatives and by a majority of ⅔ votes of the existing participants of the Meeting. When opening the activities of the Society, temporarily until the convening of the General Meeting and the election of the Board, the Board is elected by the founders of the Society from among themselves. All resolutions of the Meeting of Commissioners are recorded by the Secretary of the Board in a protocol signed by the Chairman, members of the Board and several participants of the Meeting of Commissioners, after which all resolutions under this protocol are carried out. The resolution of the Meeting of Commissioners is binding on all members of the Society. Proposals for changes or additions to this Charter approved by the Meeting of Commissioners, by a majority of ²/³ votes of the present participants of the Meeting, are submitted for approval to the Government in the prescribed manner. The audit of the statements, as well as the books and documents of the Company, is carried out by the Audit Commission, elected by the Meeting of Commissioners from among the participants who do not hold any positions in managing the affairs of the Company. The commission consists of 4 members and is elected for one year; The Audit Commission verifies the books and documents of the Company with the cash capital of the Company, reports the results of the audit no less than a week before the day of the Meeting of Commissioners to the Board, which brings the consequences of the audit to the attention of the commissioners. The Audit Commission is guided by instructions approved by the Meeting of Commissioners. The activities of the Company may be terminated by a resolution of the Meeting of Authorized Representatives consisting of at least ²/³ of its members and by a majority of ²/³ votes of the present participants of the Meeting. In the event of the closure of the Society, its cash capital is divided among the members in proportion to the contributions made by each of them. The resolution of the Meeting of Commissioners on the liquidation of the Company’s affairs and the conditions of this liquidation are carried out after their approval by the St. Petersburg Mayor. The closure of the Society is published in the Government Bulletin and brought to the attention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, through the St. Petersburg Mayor. The activities of the Society can also be terminated by order of the Mayor, by virtue of the right granted to him by law (Article 547 Vol. II of the St. Law of the General Provincial Establishment of 1876) to close the Society if anything contrary to State order, public safety and morality is discovered in them. Regardless of this, the Mayor has the right to close the Society whenever he considers it necessary based on information that has reached him about unrest or violation of the Charter, which he brings to the attention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The board is located: Pushkinskaya, no. 10, apt. 46 Open, except holidays and working days, from 4½ to 7 pm.