2. _Returning Officers' Expenses._--Twenty-five per cent. of the Returning Officers' net expenses shall be paid to the Candidates, subject to the provisions of the preceding clause, so long as the total sum so expended does not exceed twenty-five per cent. of the Fund. 3. _Administration._--Five per cent. of the Annual Income of the Fund shall be transferred to the General Funds of the Party, to pay for administrative expenses of the Fund. THE INDEPENDENT LABOR PARTY: CONSTITUTION AND RULES, 1910-1911 NAME _The Independent Labor Party._ MEMBERSHIP Open to all Socialists who indorse the principles and policy of the Party, are not members of either the Liberal or Conservative Party, and whose application for membership is accepted by a Branch. Any member expelled from membership of a Branch of the I.L.P. shall not be eligible for membership of any other branch without having first submitted his or her case for adjudication of the N.A.C. OBJECT The Object of the Party is to establish the Socialist State, when land and capital will be held by the community and used for the well-being of the community, and when the exchange of commodities will be organized also by the community, so as to secure the highest possible standard of life for the individual. In giving effect to this object it shall work as part of the International Socialist Movement. METHOD The Party, to secure its objects, adopts-- 1. _Educational Methods_, including the publication of Socialist literature, the holding of meetings, etc. 2. _Political Methods_, including the election of its members to local and national administrative and legislative bodies. PROGRAM The true object of industry being the production of the requirements of life, the responsibility should rest with the community collectively, therefore:-- The land being the storehouse of all the necessaries of life should be declared and treated as public property. The capital necessary for the industrial operations should be owned and used collectively. Work, and wealth resulting therefrom, should be equitably distributed over the population. As a means to this end, we demand the enactment of the following measures:-- 1. A maximum of 48 hours' working week, with the retention of all existing holidays, and Labor Day, May 1st, secured by law. 2. The provision of work to all capable adult applicants at recognized Trade Union rates, with a statutory minimum of 6d. per hour. In order to remuneratively employ the applicants, Parish, District, Borough, and County Councils to be invested with powers to:-- (_a_) Organize and undertake such industries as they may consider desirable. (_b_) Compulsorily acquire land; purchase, erect, or manufacture buildings, stock, or other articles for carrying on such industries. (_c_) Levy rates on the rental values of the district, and borrow money on the security of such rates for any of the above purposes.