The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-05-29

ImOnIhIy dues shall be ten cents from eac
member, and each Grange may otherwis
Regulate its own dues.
See. ,. The Secretary of each Subordin
ate Grange shall report quarterly to tn
ISecretary OF the State Grange the name
lef all persons initiated or passed to highe
degrees.
See. 3. The Treasurer of each Subordin
lte Grange shall report quarterly. and pa
o the Treasurer of each State Grange tn
sum of one dollar for each man. and fift'
cents for each woman initiated during tina
tuarter; also, quarterly due of six cent
or each member.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of each Stat
trange shall report quarterly to the Score
Pry of the National Grange the mem Der
| nip in his State, and the degree conferred
curing the quarter.
Sec. 5. The State Treasurer of each State
| Grange shall deposit to the credit of tn,
rational Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
| With some Banking or Trust Company, il
| sew York Ito be selected by the Executive
| (oRmittee), in quarterly instalments, tht
annual due of ten cents for each member in
| lis State, and forward the receipts for the
/ same to the Treasurer of the National
| Grange.
| Sec. 6. All moneys deposited with said
company shall be paid out only upon the
crafts of the Treasurer, signed by the Mas
er, and countersigned by the Secretary.
Sec. Z. No State Grange shall be entitled
| 10 representation in the National Grange
whose dues are unpaid for more than one
quarter.
ARTICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC
Section l. Reports from Subordinate
FRANCES relative TO crops, implements,
stock, or any other matters called for by the
National Grange, must be certified to by
he Master and Secretary, and under seal of
the Grange giving the same.
Sec 2 All printed matter, on whatever
subject, and all information issued by the
National or State to Subordinate Oranges,
shall be made known to the members with
ont unnecessary delay.
Sec. g. If any brothers or sisters of the
Order are sick, it shall be the duty of the
Eatrons to visit them, and see that they are
well provided with all things needful.
Sec. 4. Any member found guilty of wan
ton cruelty to animals shall be expelled
from the Order.
Sec. ). The officers of Subordinate Oranges
shall be on the alert in devising means by
which the interests of the whole Order may
be advanced; but no plan OF work shall be
adopted by State or Subordinate Oranges
without first submitting it to, and receiving
the sanction OF the National Grange.
ARTICLE Ix.-cHARTERs AND DIsPENs ATOMS
Section l. All charters and dispensations
Issue directly from the National Grange.
Sec. :. Nine men and four women. having
received the tour Subordinate Degrees,
may receive a dispensation to organize a
Subordinate Grange.
Sc. 3 Applications for dispensations
shall be made TO the Secretary of the Ma
titnal Grange. and be signed by the person
appl, ing for the same, aud be accom- panied
ty fee 81 five collars.
Sc. i. Charter members are those persons
only whose names are upon the application,
and whose fees were paid at the time of or
ganization. Their number shall not be less
than nine men and four women, nor more
than twenty men and ten women.
Sec. B. Fifteen Subordinate Oranges
working IN State can apply tor authority
to organize State Grange.
Sec g. When. State Oranges are organ
lied, dispensations will be replaced by char
tiers, issued without further fee.
Sec. Z. All charters must pass through
tn State Oranges for record. and receive
the seal and official signatures of the same.
Sec; s. No Grange shall confer more than
one degree (either First, Second, Third or
ourth) at the same meeting.
See, u After State Grange is organized.
All Applications Tor charters must pass
through the same and be approved by the
Master and Secretary.
ARTICLE x.--DUTIEs OF OFFICERS.
The duties of the officers of the National,
State and Subordinate Oranges shall be pre-
scribed by the laws of the same.
ARTICLE xI.--TREAsURERs.
Section /. The Treasurers of the National
State and Subordinate Oranges shall give
bonds, to be approved by the officers of
their respective Oranges.
Sec, g In all Oranges bills must be an
proved by the Master, and countersigned by
the Secretary, before the Treasurer can pay
the same.
ARTICLE XII.-REsTRICTIONS.
Religious or political questions will not
be tolerated as subjects of discussion in the
work of the Order, and no political or re-
ligious tests for membership shall be ap-
piled.
ARTICLE xIIT-AMENDMENTs.
This Constitution can be altered or amend
ed by two-thirds vote of the National
Grange at any annual meeting, and when
such alteration or amendment shall have
been ratified by three-fourths of the State
Oranges, and the same reported to the Sec
rotary of the National Grange, it shall be of
full force.