Butte record. (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.) 1853-1858, 1855-08-11

business. Special meetings may be cal
led at the discretion of the first three
officers. No meeting shall be deemed
valid, nor will its proceedings be recog-
nized, unless the Charter and Seal of the
wigwam, are in the room. No wigwam
shall exceed three hundred members at
any one time.
ARTICLE Iv-ELEcTIoy OF OFFICERS.
The officers of this wigwam shall be
elected at the last meeting in December
and June, of each year, and shall hold
their office for SIX months. and until their
successors are elected and installed, pro-
vided, however, that all wigwams estab-
lished by the Grand Judge Advocate, or
that may hereafter be established BY
him, shall Il ct their officers one month
after being organized, which officers
shall continue in Office until their sue
eessors shall have been elected and in
stalled at the next following semi>annual
meeting. All officers shall Be elected
separately and BY ballot, and must re-
ceive q majority of all the votes cast :;
any vacancy that may occur by death,
resignation, or otherwise, shall be filed
at the next meeting in manner and form
as provided for
ARTICLE v-DUTIEs OF OFFICERS.
SEC |. The President is to preside in
the "igwam, d enforce a due obser-
vance to the Constitution and Rules of
the rder, which shall be red aloud in
open wlg"am, at least once in every
three months, and oitener if required
and proper respect for the grand wig
wan of the State of California, to see
that all officers perform their respective
duties, to appoint all committees not
over three In number, to announce ali
ballotings to the wigwams, to decide all
questions of order, to give the casting
vote in case cf a tie, to convene special
meetings having the consent Of the Vice
President and Judge Advocate, to draw
warrants on the Treasurer for all sums,
the payment of which, is ordered by the
wigwam, and to perform such other
duties as may be demanded of him by the
ritual Of the Order, to have sole and ex-
elusive charge of the ritual and charter.
SEC 2, The Vice President shall as
sist the President while the wigwam is
in session, and in his absence, shall per-
form all the duties of the President.
SEC. 3. The Judge Advocate shall
assume the Office of President in the
absence of his two superior officers, and
shall perform such duties as may be as
signed him in the ritual, shall decide all
points of law aud principles of the Order
as laid down in the Constitution.
Sec 4. The Secretary shall keep an
accurate record of the proceedings of
the wigwam, he shall write all commumi>
cations, fill out all notices, attest all
warrants drawn by the President. which
warrants, shall be drawn only at regular
meetings of the wigwam, he shall keep
correct roll of all the members of the
wigwam in the Order in which they
have been admitted, together with iheir
place of residence, shall sign all degree
certificates, and deliver them OF pay
ment of % cents each, to parties claim
ing the same by virtue of degrees taken
he shall at he end Of ev ~ month, make
out report of all work done during that
time, which report he will furnish to the
Grand Judge Advocate, and at the ex-
piration of his term, he shall deliver up
all books, papers, &c., belonging 10 the
wigwam, TO his successor in office; the
Seal of the wigwam shall be under his
exclusive charge, and must be in the
wigwam during its sessions; he shall in
form the Grand Secretary of all rejec-
tions or repulsions from his wigwan
Sec. 5 The Treasurer shall receive
and hold all moneys Of the wigwam and
pay all warrants drawn on him by the
President, if attested by the Secretary
and bearing the Seal of the wigwam and
none other; at the end of every month
he shall make report To- the wigwam of
its financial affairs, and at the close of
his term, furnish full slatemen, Of the
affairs of the wigwam, delivering to his
successor in office, all books, p pers,
moneys, &C., in bis hands, appertainiug
to the Treasury of the wigwam, he shall
also hold in his hands all moneys raised
for the use of the Grand wIgHam, which
he shall pay over to the order of the
Grand Treasurer, which order, must in
all cases, bear the impression Of ths
Grand wiswsn.