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 United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” 
 
 Organized, January 1, 1851. 
 
 NEW YORK : 
 
 THE CONCORD PRINTING COMPANY, 
 104 Elm S treet, Corner Canal. 
 
 1900. 
 
ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 M President declares the Branch open at ap¬ 
 pointed time. 
 
 2. Fill all offices where officers may be ab¬ 
 sent. 
 
 3; Reading of minutes and action thereon. 
 
 4. Reading of income and expenditure up to 
 and including the last meeting and ac¬ 
 tion thereon. 
 
 5. Propositions for membership. 
 
 6. Admission of candidates. 
 
 7. Communications and bills. 
 
 8. Any Brother wishing to claim donation. 
 
 sick or superannuation benefit. 
 
 9. Report of Sick Steward. 
 
 10. Report o<f Committees and Delegates. 
 
 11. Unfinished business laid over from last 
 
 meeting. 
 
 12. New business. 
 
 13. Any known vacancy, or likely to be, 
 
 please report. 
 
 14. Good and welfare of the Branch or So¬ 
 
 ciety in general. 
 
 15. Declare the Branch closed at appointed 
 
 time. 
 
 ELECTION OF OFFICERS FIRST 
 MEETING IN MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEM¬ 
 BER, AND LAST MEETING IN NOVEM¬ 
 BER. 
 
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 RULES. 
 
 RULE I. 
 
 1} The Society shall consist of members be¬ 
 longing to the following trades or branches:— 
 Smiths, shipsmiths, angle iron smiths, fitters, 
 turners, roll turners, pattern-makers, machin¬ 
 ists, millwrights, mechanical draughtsmen, 
 planers, borers, slotters. machine drillers, 
 milling machine workers, shapers and other 
 machine men; brass finishers and copper¬ 
 smiths employed in the engineering and ship¬ 
 building trades; electrical engineers, mechan¬ 
 ical and scientific instrument makers; ma¬ 
 chine joiners employed in the construction of 
 cotton, silk, flax or other machinery; die sink¬ 
 ers, press tool makers and stampers or drop 
 hammer forgers in the engineering and kin¬ 
 dred trades who are in receipt of the rates of 
 w r ages fixed for such branches of trade by the 
 District Committee. 
 
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 RULE II. 
 
 Admission of Full Members. 
 Initiation fee shall be if not U. S. A. Canada 
 
 exceeding the 
 
 age of. .22 yrs. 
 
 $1.50 
 
 $1.25 
 
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 3.00 
 
 2.50 
 
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 3.75 
 
 3.13 
 
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 4.50 
 
 3.75 
 
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 5.25 
 
 4.38 
 
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 Not exceeding the age of .28 
 
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 U. S. A. CAN. 
 
 6.00 5.06 
 
 66 
 
 “ “ ..29 
 
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 6.90 
 
 5.75 
 
 66 
 
 “ “ ..30 
 
 n 
 
 7.80 
 
 6.50 
 
 66 
 
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 8.70 
 
 7.25 
 
 6ft 
 
 “ “ ..32 
 
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 9.60 
 
 8.00 
 
 66 
 
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 10.80 
 
 9.00 
 
 66 
 
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 12.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 66 
 
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 13.20 
 
 11.00 
 
 66 
 
 “ ” ..36 
 
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 14.10 
 
 11.75 
 
 66 
 
 “ “ ..37 
 
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 15.00 
 
 12.50 
 
 66 
 
 “ “ ..38 
 
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 15.90 
 
 13.25 
 
 6 6 
 
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 16.80 
 
 14.00 
 
 6 6 
 
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 18.00 
 
 15.00 
 
 66 
 
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 19.80 
 
 16.50 
 
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 21.60 
 
 18.00 
 
 Candidates 
 
 for admission 
 
 in 
 
 this section 
 
 shall not be over 40 years old, excepting such 
 as have been members before, who can be 
 admitted up to 45. They shall be proposed 
 and seconded by two members of the same 
 department of trade, where such is practica¬ 
 ble. At least two tveeks before admission 
 $1.50, with 10 cents for constitution, must be 
 paid in with application, $1.50 on night of 
 initiation. The balance must be paid within 
 fourteen weeks, excepting candidates of 35 
 years of age and upward, who shall be al¬ 
 lowed twenty weeks. In Canada $1.25 with 
 application and 8 cents for constitution, and 
 $1.25 on night of admission when over 23 
 must be paid; all other questions same as 
 above. 
 
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 Any person agreed to be admitted shall en¬ 
 ter within fourteen weeks from such time or 
 forfeit what he has paid in. 
 
 (See general rule No. XX.) 
 
 RULE III. 
 
 Dues. 
 
 Every full member shall pay at the rate of 
 30 cents per week, unless otherwise provided 
 for (in general rules), but when the funds are 
 reduced to $18 per member the dues shall be 
 increased to such sum per week as will sus¬ 
 tain the funds at not less than that amount. 
 (The dues are at present 45 cents per week.) 
 Any member neglecting to pay on the Branch 
 meeting night when he owes $3 dues will be 
 suspended from benefit. In Canada regular 
 dues 25 cents per week. (Now 37% cents 
 till ordered otherwise). Members neglecting 
 to pay when owing $2.50 dues will be sus¬ 
 pended from benefits. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXV.) 
 
 RULE IV. 
 
 Unemployed Benefit Full Member. 
 
 1. Should any member of ten years’ stand¬ 
 ing be discharged or leave his employment 
 under circumstances satisfactory to the 
 Branch to which he belongs, and not disenti¬ 
 tled to benefits in accordance with general 
 rule XXV., he shall be entitled to benefit at 
 the rate of $3 per w’eek for fourteen weeks; 
 $2.10 per week for thirty weeks, and $1.80 per 
 
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 week as long as he remains out of employ¬ 
 ment, but in no case shall he receive more 
 than $119.00 in any period of fifty-two 
 weeks. In Canada $2.50 per week for fourteen 
 wreeks, $1.75 per week for thirty weeks and 
 $1.50 per week as long as out of employment, 
 but in no case to receive more than $99.50 in 
 fifty-two weeks. 
 
 2. Member less than ten years and more 
 than five years in the Society shall be enti¬ 
 tled to $3j?er week for fourteen w’eeks; $2.10 
 for fourteen weeks, and $1.80 for thirty-four 
 w T eeks, when this benefit shall terminate. In 
 Canada, $2.50 per week for fourteen weeks; 
 $1.75 per week for thirty weeks, and $1.50 
 per week for thirty-four weeks, when this 
 benefit shall terminate, they being exempt 
 from payment of dues until again commencing 
 work. And in no case shall a member of less 
 than ten years standing receive more than 
 seventy-eight weeks benefit in succession. 
 
 3. Members of less than five years stand¬ 
 ing shall be entitled to $3 per week for four¬ 
 teen w r eeks; $2.10 per week for fourteen 
 weeks, and $1.80 per week for tw r enty-four 
 w r eeks, w r hen this benefit shall terminate. In 
 Canada, $2.50 per w'eek for fourteen weeks; 
 $1.75 per week for fourteen weeks, and $1.50 
 per week for twenty-four weeks, when this 
 benefit shall terminate, they being exempt 
 from payment of dues till again commencing 
 work. And in no case shall a member of less 
 than five years’ standing receive more than 
 
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fifty-two weeks’ benefit in succession. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXVI.) 
 
 RULE V. 
 
 Sick Benefits Full Members. 
 
 1. Any full member not disentitled to ben¬ 
 efit in accordance with general rule XXV~, 
 when visited by mental disease, bodily sick¬ 
 ness or lameness (not occasioned by drunken¬ 
 ness or disorderly conduct, or any disease im¬ 
 properly contracted) must within two days 
 from the time of his indisposition give notice 
 to the Secretary in writing. 
 
 2. Members of ten years’ standing shall be 
 entitled to $3 per week for twenty-six 
 weeks; $1.50 per week for twenty-six weeks, 
 and $ 1.20 per week as long as he continues 
 sick, making a total of $117 in the first fifty- 
 two weeks. In Canada, $2.50 per week for 
 twenty-six weeks; $1.25 per week for twenty- 
 six weeks, and $1 per week as long as sick¬ 
 ness continues. 
 
 3. Members under ten years’ standing and 
 over five years shall be entitled to $3 per 
 week for twenty-six weeks; $1.50 per week 
 for twenty-six weeks, and $ 1.20 per week for 
 fifty-two weeks, when this benefit shall ter¬ 
 minate. In Canada, $2.50 per week for twen¬ 
 ty-six weeks; $1.25 per week for twenty-six 
 weeks, and $1 for fifty-two weeks, when this 
 benefit shall terminate. 
 
 4 . Members under five years’ standing shall 
 be entitled to $3 per week for twenty weeks; 
 
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 and $1.50 for thirty-two weeks, when this 
 benefit shall terminate. In Canada, $2.50 per 
 week for twenty w T eeks, and $1.25 per week 
 for thirty-two weeks, when this benefit shall 
 terminate. Members whose?" benefits have 
 terminated will be exempt from dues until 
 they commence work again. 
 
 5. Members on recovery from sickness 
 must notify the Secretary in writing within 
 tw r o days or be fined 30 cents. No member 
 shall receive benefit for less than three days. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXVIII.) 
 
 RULE VI. 
 
 Accident Benefit. 
 
 1. Any full member of one year’s standing 
 who is not more than $4.80 (Canada, $4.00,) 
 in arrears, who by losing a limb or having 
 one disabled by accident or otherwise, or 
 through blindness, imperfect vision, apo¬ 
 plexy, epilepsy or paralysis, may be rendered 
 permanently unable to follow any of the de¬ 
 partments of trade mentioned in Rule I., pro¬ 
 viding such was not the result of intemper¬ 
 ance or other improper conduct, shall receive 
 the sum of $600 (in Canada, $500,) on produc¬ 
 tion of medical and other testimony of such 
 permanent disablement, which must be sat¬ 
 isfactory to the Executive Council. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXX.) 
 
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 RULE VII. 
 
 Superannuation Benefit. 
 
 1. Any full member 55 years of age who 
 has been twenty-five years successively in 
 the Society, who is not out of benefit through 
 arrears, and who through old age or infirm¬ 
 ities is unable to obtain the ordinary rate of 
 wages, shall present his claim in accordance 
 with general rule No. XXXI. If the claim 
 be granted they shall receive per week for 
 
 U. S. A. Canada. 
 
 25 years’ membership. .. .$2.10 $1.75 
 
 30 “ “ 2.40 2.00 
 
 35 “ “ 2.70 2.25 
 
 40 “ “ 3.00 2.50 
 
 Superannuation Reserve Fund. 
 
 2. Each full member, except those whose 
 benefits have terminated, shall pay 30 cents 
 (in Canada 25 cents) assessment per quarter 
 for the purpose of raising a Superannuation 
 Reserve Fund. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXXI.) 
 
 RULE VIII. 
 
 Admission of Apprentices. 
 
 1. Any apprentice who has worked two 
 years at any of the trades mentioned in Rule 
 I., and who is not less than 17 or more than 
 20 years of age, providing he is of good moral 
 character, good health and of average prom¬ 
 ise as a workman, may make application. 
 
 2. He shall pay an admission fee of 60 
 
 
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 cents; 30 cents shall be paid with application, 
 with 5 cents for constitution, and 30 cents 
 on night of admission. In Canada, admission 
 fee of 50 cents; 25 cents with application and 
 4 cents for constitution. 
 
 3. He shall pay as dues 7% cents per week, 
 or 15 cents every tw’o weeks; and should he 
 neglect to pay any meeting night when he 
 owes 90 cents he shall be suspended from 
 benefit. In Canada, dues 6 cents per tveek. 
 Will be suspended from benefit when owing 
 75 cents. 
 
 4. Any apprentice who shall have been in 
 the Society at least twelve months shall be 
 entitled to sick benefit as follows: $1.50 for 
 twenty-six weeks, 75 cents for fifty-two 
 w 7 eeks. In case of death his nominee or next 
 of kin shall receive the sum of $30. In Can¬ 
 ada, $1.25 per w T eek for twenty-six -weeks; 60 
 cents for fifty-two weeks, and $25 in case of 
 death. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXII.) 
 
 RULE IX. 
 
 Loss of Tools. 
 
 1. Any member being a pattern-maker, 
 millwright or machine joiner, losing tools by 
 fire or water, shall receive compensation for 
 the loss sustained, if satisfactorily proven to 
 the Branch Committee, such compensation 
 not to exceed sixty dollars ($60). Canada, $50. 
 
 2. If an apprentice to the aforementioned 
 
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 trades lose tools through fire or water and 
 gives satisfaction to the Branch Committee, 
 he shall receive compensation not to exceed 
 thirty dollars ($30). Canada, $25. 
 
 (See general rules Nos. XXII. and XXVI.) 
 
 RULE X. 
 
 Railroad Fare. 
 
 1. Any Secretary on receiving notice from 
 the General Secretary, Vacant Bookkeeper, 
 any of the Branch ''Secretaries, Secretary of 
 any recognized mutual aid, or any member or 
 employer, that men are wanted in any par¬ 
 ticular district, shall, immediately on receiv¬ 
 ing such notice, send any member in receipt 
 of Donation or Contingent Benefit, or non- 
 free members whom he considers qualified, 
 that are out of employment. They shall re¬ 
 ceive as railroad fare a sum not exceeding 
 nine dollars ($9). Canada, $7.50. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXIX.) 
 
 RULE XI. 
 
 Trade Members’ Initiation Fee. 
 
 Initiation fee shall be if not exceeding the' 
 age of 
 
 U. S. A. Canada. 
 
 31 vears.$4.35 $3.62 
 
 32 “ 4.80 4.00 
 
 33 “ 5.40 4.50 
 
 34 “ 6.00 5.00 
 
 35 “ 6.60 5.50 
 
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 F. S. A. CAN. 
 
 36 years . 7.06 5.87 
 
 37 “ 7.50 6.25 
 
 38 “ 7.95 6.62 
 
 39 “ 8.40 7.00 
 
 40 “ 9.00 7.50 
 
 2. Every person joining this section must 
 have been employed for seven years consecu¬ 
 tively at one of the trades mentioned in Rule 
 I., and must not be less than 30 nor more 
 than 40 years of age. The initiation fee is 
 taken from the above and paid as follows: 75 
 cents with application and 10 cents for a con¬ 
 stitution; 75 cents on date of admission and 
 the remainder within fourteen weeks from 
 date of admission. (Canada, 60 cents, 8 cents 
 and 60 cents. 
 
 3. Dues shall be 20 cents per w’eek. but 
 when the funds are reduced to $18 per member 
 the dues shall be increased by such sum per 
 week as will sustain them at not less than 
 that amount. (The dues at present are 30 
 cents per week.) In Canada. 16 cents; at pres¬ 
 ent, 25 cents per week. 
 
 Out-of-Work Benefit. 
 
 4. Any member leaving his situation under 
 circumstances satisfactory to his Branch shall 
 be entitled to $3 per week for fourteen weeks, 
 $2.10 for fourteen weeks and $1.50 for twenty- 
 four weeks, when this benefit shall terminate. 
 In Canada, $2.50 per week for fourteen weeks. 
 $1.75 per week for fourteen weeks, and $1.25 
 for twenty-four weeks. 
 
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 5. Members of this section shall participate 
 in Contingent, Benevolent, Emergency and 
 Legal Assistance Fund, and pay all assess¬ 
 ments imposed for these purposes. They 
 shall secure funeral benefit and be exempt 
 from dues while sick. Any member neglect¬ 
 ing to pay on the meeting nights when he 
 owes $1.50 dues shall forfeit his claim to ben¬ 
 efit. When sick are exempt dues. 
 
 (See general rule No. XXIII.) 
 
 RULE XII. 
 
 Trade Protection Members. 
 
 1. Persons over the age of 21 years follow¬ 
 ing any of the branches of trade mentioned 
 in Rule 1 may be admitted members of this 
 section, providing they have worked at least 
 four years at any of the branches of trade 
 mentioned in Rule 1, and are not eligible to 
 join as full members under Rule XX of Gen¬ 
 eral Rules. 
 
 2. Candidates shall pay an admission fee of 
 $2.25, 75 cents to accompany application and 
 10 cents for a constitution, 75 cents on date of 
 admission, and the balance within four weeks 
 of date of admission. They shall pay as dues 
 10 cents per week. In Canada, $1.88, 60 cents 
 and 8 cents for constitution, with application; 
 60 cents when admitted. Balance in four 
 weeks. Dues, 8 cents per week. 
 
 3. In event of any member leaving his sit¬ 
 uation by order of the District Committee or 
 Executive Council, or being locked out for re- 
 
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 fusing conditions which are considered un¬ 
 satisfactory by those bodies shall be entitled 
 to dispute benefit at the rate of $3 per week 
 for fourteen weeks, $2.10 for fourteen weeks 
 and $1.50 for twenty-four weeks. In Canada, 
 $2.50 per week for fourteen weeks, $1.75 per 
 week for fourteen weeks, and $1.25 for twen¬ 
 ty-four weeks. But no member will be en¬ 
 titled to benefit whose arrears of dues are 
 ninety cents ($ .90). Canada, 75 cents. 
 
 4. Members of this section shall receive 
 Contingent, Emergency. Benevolent and Le¬ 
 gal Assistance Funds, and shall pay all as¬ 
 sessments for those purposes. WHEN SICK 
 OR UNEMPLOYED THROUGH SLACK 
 TRADE THEY SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM 
 DUES. 
 
 FUNERAL BENEFIT. 
 
 U. S. A. Canada. 
 
 Full members.$72 $60 
 
 Wives . .. 30 25 
 
 Apprentices. 30 25 
 
 Trade members. 30 25 
 
 Trade Protection members join¬ 
 ing under age of 55. 30 25 
 
 Trade Protection members join¬ 
 ing over the age of 55. 15 12.50 
 
 Benevolent grants as may be decided. 
 
 Contingent or Strike Benefit. 
 
 Full members, $1.50 per week for 52 weeks. 
 Canada, $1.25. 
 
 Apprentices. 75 cents per week for 52 
 weeks. Canada, 60 cents. 
 
 This is in addition to out of work benefit. 
 
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 NOTICE. 
 
 Full members must reduce their arrears be¬ 
 low $3 on the last meeting in June and De¬ 
 cember or be fined 30 cents. Canada, $2.50. 
 to be fined 25 cents. 
 
 Trade members must reduce their arrears 
 below $1.50 on the last meeting night in June 
 and December or be fined 30 cents. Canada. 
 $1.25, to be fined 25 cents. 
 
 Trade Protection members must reduce 
 their arrears below 90 cents on the last meet¬ 
 ing night in June and December or be fined 
 15 cents. Canada, 75 cents, or be fined 15 
 cents. 
 
 All members must be 52 weeks in the So¬ 
 ciety before they can receive benefit, unless 
 specially granted by Executive Council. 
 
 ALL .MEMBERS ARE EXEMPT FROM 
 PAYMENT OF DUES WHEN IN RECEIPT 
 OF BENEFITS OR WHEN WORKING 3 
 OR LESS DAYS PER WEEK. 
 
 See General Rules for Further Information. 
 
 ALL THE FOREGOING BENEFITS ARE 
 PAID PROMPTLY AND CONTINUOUSLY. 
 
 THE A.S.E. HAS EVER BEEN ABREAST 
 OF ITS LIABILITIES, AND ITS FINAN¬ 
 CIAL STABILITY IS ASSURED BY THE 
 FACT THAT THE FUNDS OF ITS 612 
 BRANCHES, SCATTERED ALL OVER 
 
THE WORLD, WITH AX AGGREGA1 
 MEMBERSHIP OF 86,000, ARE AT TH 
 DISPOSAL OF EACH BRANCH. 
 
 OR TO THE OFFICE OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN-CANADIAN COUNCIL, 
 137 EAST 13TH ST., NEW YORK.