Constitution, 1899, sec. 65.
The Society of Carpenters, founded at Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 18, 1798, provided in its constitution that all members of twelve months' standing, if sick and confined to bed, should receive two shillings per week; if able to walk about but unable to work, they should receive such a sum as the Society thought wise (Constitution, 1798, [MS.]).
Proceedings of the Sixth General Convention, Chicago, 1890 (Philadelphia, 1890).
The Carpenter, Vol. 16, October, 1896; Vol. 18, October, 1898, p. 8.