Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1855-03-03


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Article VIII The Grand Coercl may alter OF
amend this Constitution, at any regular annual
meeting by a two thirds vote of the members pres
EN-: proriled srch smename Mt shall be ADDICTED 10y
two thirds vote Of the GranJ Council ct It's neAt
su ceeding annual meeting
On page II commences the 'General Rules ana
Regulations" which occupy pages IL, Il and l3,
and are as follows:
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS.
RULE l. Each State, District or Territory, in
which there may exist five or more Subordinate
Councils working under dspensaiions from the
Grand Council ofthe United States of North Amer
lea under regular dispensations from some State,
District or Territory, duly empowered TO estab
sh themselves into State, District Territorial
Council and when 50 established to forrnfor them
selves Constitutions and Bylaws for their govern
ment in pursuance Of and in consouance with the
| Constitution of the Grand Council of the United
States; Provided hotUever, that all District or Ter
ritora Constitutions shall be subject to the approval
of the Grand Council of the United States.
RULE 2. All State, District or Territorial Coun-
cls when established, shall have full power and au
thority to establish all Subordinate Councils within
their respective limits and the Constitutions and
| Bylaws of all such Subordinate Councils must be
| approved by their respective State District Ter
ritorisl Councils
RULE g. All State District or Territorial Coun-
| els, when established and until the formation Of
Constitutions shall work under the Constitution Of
the Grand Council of the United States
RULE T. In all cases where, for the convenience
of the organization two State or Territorial Coun-
ellis may be established the two Councils together
shall be entitled to but thirteen delegates in tie
Grand Council of the United States-the proper
toned number of delegates to depend on the num-
Der of members in the organisation; provided, that
no State shall be allowed to have more than one
State Council without the consent of the Grand
| Council of the United States
RGLE s. In any State, District or Territory whe e
| there may be more than one organization working
on the same basis (to-wit: Lodges and "Coun-
cils y the same shall be required to combine; the
officers of each organization shall resign, and new
officers be elected and thereafter these bodies shall
be known as State Councils and Subordinate Coun-
cs and new charters shall be..granted to them by
the Grand Council.
RULE 6. 1t shall be considered penal offense for
any Brother not an officer of Subordinate Coun-
Gil, to make use Of the sign summons adopted for
public notification, except by direction the Pres
dent; or for the officers Of Council to post the
same at any other time than from midnight to one
hour before daybreak and this rule shall be incor-
porated into the Bylaws of the State District and
| Territorial Councils.
RULE z. The determination of the necessity and
| mode of issuing the posters for public notification
shall beentrusted to the Judgment of the State, Dis
trict, or Territorial Councils
RULE 8. The respective State, District or Terri
toria Councils shall be required to make statements
of the number of members within their respective
limits at the next annual meeting of this Grand
Council, and annually thereafter at the regular an
| nual meeting.
RULE 9. The Grand Council of the United States
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of its members in attendance upon its sessions
RULE TO- Each State District and Territorial
Council shall be taxed ten dollars per annum for
each Subordinate Council under its jurisdiction;
said tax to be paid in semi-annual instruments of
five dollars each, payable in the months of June
/ and December.
RULE II. The following shall be the key to de-
termine and ascertain the purport Of any commu
ncation that may be addressed to the President of
State, District or Territorial Council by the Pres
ident of the Grand Council who is hereby instruct
ed to communicate knowledge Of the same to said
| officers.
|
Rule r. The clause of the article of the Consti.
| Ggatory upon every State and Subordinate Coun-
| Gil, as well as upon each individual member.
Pages Is and l6 treat of Special Votes, viz:
| SPECIAL VOTES.
FIRST. This Grand Council hereby grants to the
State of Virginia two State Councils-the one to
be located in Eastern and the other in Western
| Virginia the Blue Ridge mountains being the geo.
| graphical line between the two jurisdictions.
SECOND The President shall have power, till the
next session of the Grand Council to grant dispeu-
sations for the formation of State, District or Ter
ritorla Councils in form most agreeable to his
| discretion upon application being made.
| THIRD-The delegates from the several States,
Districts or Territories who were elected for, or in
| attendance upon, this Grand Council shall hold
their seats for year. and the State District and
! Territorial Councils are hereby authorized to fill
up their respective delegations provided, that when
there are two or more organizations in any one
State, District or Territory the delegation shall he
| chosen after their union, as provided for by the
| Constitution of this Grand Council
FoURTH.-The next meeting of the Grand Coun-
Gil shall be holden at Cincinnati on the third We'd
nesday of November, 1854, at o'clock, P. NJ.
| FFTH.-Messrs. D., of New jersey D.,
| and s. of Massachusetts, are appointed Com
| mittee to examine, revise correct and prepare for
| publication. the Constitution, General Rules and
Regulations, and Special Votes of the Grand Couu
Gil, with list of the officers and members and
their autograph address in full and the States, Dis
tricts or Territories they represent and such other
necessary matters may be deemed eXpedient
and judicious to publish, and forward the same to
the printer; when issued to the number of five
hundred copy to be sent to each member of this
Grand Council, and the residue to be placed at the
disposal of the President
CONCLUSION TOMORROW.
FROM CUBA
New ORLEANS, Feb. ga Havana paper saws
that arms had been taken AWAY from several Creoles