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all such worship derogatory 10 universal poSsr, and
injurious TO The rational faculties Of man.
SECTION FOURrH.


.. SECTION FOUkTH.
GOusT,.nsal eflhe uaiOns aad d.liSs The e0gleiI
Is. Each union shall be governed in its home de-
partment by general council, composed Of all the
members between the ages Of thirty and forty; and
zach department shall be under the Immediate dIrec-
ll0n OF committee formed OF members OF the gene
raj councils chosen by the latter in the order 10 be de-
'sfmined upon and governed IN lis external or for
eign department by all its members from forty to
sixty years of age.
~ AFTER all the members of the union shall have
oeeh reaeered capable Of taking their full share OF
me duties 10 iPe<general council Of government
Ohce.
20 All the members at thirty v..,. ~ 80. ~.h7
shall have been trained G the tnt1na fr,.H tgI4r.rv
shall DO officially called upon Il u8daFstle INV En
share Of the duties Of manageusa, - ,is korua dy-
partmenti and at forty they shall be excused from
performing them officially but at forty they will
be officially called upon to undertake the duties Of
the external or foreign department. and sixty they
will be excused from officially attending 10 them.
81. The duties Of the general council Of the
home department shall be 10 govern all the circum
stances within the boundaries Of its unoni 10
ganizethe various departments Of production, dis
ributon, and formation Of character; TO remove all
those circumstances the least favorable 10 happiness
and TO replace them with the best that can be de-
yised among themselves, or Of which they can OBJ
tain knowledge from any source.
~. The duties Of the general council Of the ex-
ternal or foreign department, will DO TO receive
yisers or delegates from other unions--to COM
municate with other similar unions-to visit
them-and 10 arrange with them the best means Of
forming roads and OF conveying surplus produce to
each other to travel, TO give and receive informa
ton Of Inventions, discoveries, and Improvements,
and ofeyery other kind Of knowledge than can be
useful and aso TO regulate and assist in the esab
lishment OF new unions 10 be composed Of the sur
plus population OF unions when they have attained
their maximum in number and TO send delegates
to the circle Of unions, to which their union shall be
federatiyely attached.
%, The general councils, home and foreign, shall
have full power Of government, IN all hings Under
their direction, long they shall act in accordance
with the laws Of God, which shall be their sols
guidance upon all occasions.
"a. All who arc trained, educated, and placed IN
conformity with the laws Of God, must, OF neces-
sity, think and act, at all times, nationally, except
when they become physically, mentally, or morally
diseased; in which case, the council shall remove
them into the hospital for the Of bodily, mental,
or moral inyaids, in which they shall remain under
confinement, or otherwise, the case may require,
until they shall be recovered by the mildest treat
ment that can effect a
IS. The council, whenever il shall be necessary,
shall call It's aid the practical abilities and advice
Of any Of the members not in the councils.
SECTION NTH.
Annual rsvis0 Of the gopsrmsni and adjustment Of all
dtDreness.
%. To prevent injurious differences OF opinions
or feelings arising among the adult members Of the
union, and TO maintain permanently all the laws Of
God in full purity, meeting shall be held annually
in each union, on the first day.in the year, at ten
o'clock in the morning, composed OF the elders who
have passed the councils, and OF those who have
been trained from birth within the union, above
eighteen years Of age, who have not entered the
councils, to hear read Official written report pre-
pared by the councils, and presented from them by
the senior member OF each council containing
correct narrative Of their respective proceedings for
the past year. After the reports shall have been
read the meeting shall well consider them, and when
it shall come to general understanding respecting
them, committee Of the three junior elders, and OF
the two senior juniors shall draw up their report upon
the reports Of the councils, and state especially
whether or not the laws Of God have been MAIN
tanned during the past year In all their purity IN
practice And they shall also state, in the genuine
spirit Of truth and charity, their opinion upon any
measure which TO them may appear in any manner
10 contravene those all-wse and unchanging laws.
These reports to be registered preserved, and print
ed for the use Of the members, and to be sent to
other unions.
81. All differences, IL indeed il be possible for
any to exist in these unions, shall be amcaby adj
usted between the parties by the decision Vt a ma.
orty Of the three members who have .ist passed
the general council Of the foreign department
Mode efinrsSscisg The nsp constitution to supsssds the
old.
%. That the present constitution of the State
New York with any alterations and additions which
may be made by this convention and accepted by the
people, shall govern the State while the unions shall
be in progress; and the new constitution shall COM
nence and be in force in each union when complete
and in full action.
90. That the old constitution shall and die its
natural death these scientific federative, sef-sup
porting, self-empoying, self-educating and self
governing unions increase anS become themselves
I'D e n.1,. H.
general laws Of federation.
80. That the occupers OF these unions shall be at
first tenants upon lease TO the State government and
who shall engage to conduct their union in perfect
cordance with the laws of the constitution and
the declaration ofindependence and to pay, from and
after the first year Of occupation rent or interest,"
half yearly, at the rate of per cent. per annum;
and, after the termination of two years. addition
al per centage annually to redeem the capital in
years. I ...|
81. That until the interest shall be paid, and the
capital shall be redeemed, the unions shall be UNI
der the inspection of two three commissioners
appointed by the State government, and who shall
annually report TO the government the progress and
condition Of each union.
80. That when the interest and capital shall have
been finally settled between any union and the
State government, that union shall become itself
free federave state, governed by its own population
without control from any other authority except the
general federative laws which may be mutually
agreed upon between the confederaed unions. Ihis
confederation may extend in increasing circles of
unions until, as they no doubt will extend to the
whole Of this western hemisphere, each union hav-
ing full sovereignty within its own boundaries, yet
indissolubly united with the surrounding unions by
the all efficient laws of God.
80. That the State governs the unions parentaly,
and that the unions govern their respective popula-
tons parentally, family, on the principle that
pure democratic government will be impartial to all
the governed, and be equally interested in the we'll
doing and happiness of each, insurng equal educa-
ton, occupation, and condition, according to age
and capacity, to all. ..........
"a. That the land shall be held in perpetuity by
the State, and the unions possess in perpetuity the
| use of it within their own boundaries, on paying
- contributions for the support of the State gov
eminent in lieu of all other taxes.
IS. That the public lands in the State Of New
York shall be invested in the State forever and tina,
the unions be first established these lands, upon
such land as the present owners may desire to give
and relinquIsh for the benefit of the unions; or the
State may purchase. ..
II SO. That ten unions constitute federative county
and