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councils, must be approved by their respective State, district, or territorial councls. June,

formation of Constitutions, shall work underline Constitution of the national council of the United States. Gune, 1S54) RULE FoUR.-In all cases where, for the con- venlence of the organization, two States or ter ritorial councils may be established, the two councils together shall be entitled to but thir- teen* delegates in the national council of the United States; the proportioned number of de- legates to depend on the number of members in the organizations; provided that no State shall be allowed to have more than one State coun- cil, without the consent of the national council of the United States. Gune, 1954)
 RULE FIvE.-In any State, district or terri tory, where there may be more than one organi- zatou working on the same basis, (to wit, the lodges and councils,' ) the same shall be required to combine; the officers of each organi- zaton shall resign, and new officers be elected ; and thereafter these bodies shall be known as State councils, and subordinate councils, and new charters shall be granted to them by the national council Gune, 1854)
 RULE sIx.-It shall be considered penal offence for any brother, not an officer of a sub- ordinate council to make use of the sign or summons adopted for public notification, ex- cept by direction of the President or for officers of a council to post the same at any other time
 
 break, and this rule shall be incorporated into the Bylaws of the State, district or territorial councils. June, 1854)
 RULE sEvEN.-The determination of the ne- cessity and mode of issuing the posters for public notification shall be entrusted to the State, district or territorial councils (June 1954)
 RULE EIGHT.-The respective State, district or territorial councils shall be required to make statements of the number of members within their respective limits, at the next meeting of this national council, and annually thereafter, at the regular annual meetings. Gune, 1854 )
 RULE NINE.-The delegates to the national council of the United States of North America, shall be entitled to three dollars per day for their attendance upon the national council, and for each day that may be necessary in going and returning from the same; and five cents per mile for every mile they may necessarily travel in going to, and returning from, the place of meeting of the national council to be comput. ed by the nearest mail route; which shall be paid out of the treasury of the national coun- cil. (November, 1854)
 RULE TEN.-Each State, district or territo- rial council, shall be taxed four cents per an- mum, for every member in good standing be- longing to each subordinate council under its jurisdiction on the first day of April, which shall be reported to the national council and paid into the national treasury, on or before the first day of the annual session, to be held in June; and on the same day in each succeeding year. And the first fiscal year shall be consid- cred as commencing on the first day of De- cember, 1854 and ending on the fifteenth day of May, 1855. (November 1854)
 RULE ELEvEN.-The following shall be the key to determine and ascertain the purport of any communication that may be addressed to the President of Slate, district or territorial council by the President of the national coun- cil, who is hereby instructed to communicate knowledge of the same to said officers: A B c D E F c II J K L 13 19 p 2 14 20 26 3 9 NJ N o P Q R s T U V w X 15 21 4 10 Is 22 5 II r 23 6 12 Y z
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 RULE TwELvE.-The clause of the article of the Constitution relative to belief in the Su- preme Being is obligatory upon every State and subordinate council, as well as upon each individual member. (June, 1854)
 RULE THIRTEEN.-The following shall be the compens aton of the officers of this council:
 1st. The Corresponding Secretary shall be paid two thousand dollars per annum, from the l7th day of June, 1854.
 2d. The Treasurer shall be paid five hundred dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854
 Sd. The Sentinels shall be paid five dollars for every day they may be in attendance on the sittings of the national council
 4th. The Chaplain shall be paid one hundred dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854.
 5th. The Recording Secretary shall be paid five hundred dollars per annum, from the l7th day of June, 1854.
 9th. The Assistand Secretary shall be paid five dollars per day, for every day he may be in attendance on the sitting of the national coun- cil. All of which is to be paid out of the na- tona treasury, on the draft of the President. (Novembcr, 1954)
 Special Voting.
 VoTE FIRsT-This national council hereby grants to the State of Virginia, two State coun- cils, the one to be located in eastern and the other in western Virginia, the Blue Ridg Mountains being the geographical line between the two jurisdictions. (June 1854)
 VoTE sEcoND-The President shall have power till the next session of the national council, to grant dispensations for the fo,ma- ton of State, district or territorial councils, in form most agreeable to his own discretion, upon proper application being made. (June, 1954.) )
 VOTE THIRD.-The seats of all delegates to and members of the present national council shall be vacated on the first Tuesday in June 1855, at the hour of six o'clock n the forenoon; and the national council convening in annual ses- sion upon that day, shall be composed exclusive. ly of delegates elected under and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, as amended at the present session of this national council; provided that this resolution shall not apply to the officers of the national councl.- (November, 1854)
 VOTE FoURTH.--The Corresponding Secreta- " of this council is authorized to have printed the names of the delegates to this national coun- cil; also, those of the Presidents of the several State, district and territorial councils, together with their address, and to forward copy of the same to each person named; and further the Corresponding Secretaries of each State dis trict and territoy, are requested to forward a copy of their several Constitutions to each other (November, 1854.)
 VoTE FIFTH.-In the publication of the Con- stitution and Ritual, under the direction of the committee-brothers Deshler, Damrell and Ste- phens-the names, signs, grips and passwords of the order, shall be indicated by ***, and a copy of the same shall be furnished to each State, district or territorial council, and to each member of that body. (November, 1854.)
 VoTE sIxTH-A copy of the Constitution of each State district and territorial council shall be submitted to this council for examination (November, 1854.)
 VoTE sEvENTH.-It shall be the duty of the Treasurer at each annual meeting of this body, to make report of all moneys received or ex- pended in the interval. (November, 1854)
 VoTE EIGHTH.-Messrs. Clifford, of Pa.; Bar ker, of N Y; Deshler, of N. J.; Williamson, of Va, and Stephens, of Md; are appointed a committee to confer with similar committees that have been appointed for the purpose of consolidating the various American orders, with power to make the necessary arrangements for such consolidation-subect to the approval of this national council, at its next session. (No- vember, 1S54)
 VoTE NINTH.-On the receipt of the new l.x tl tb oil