The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-02-12

the National Grange.
! SEC. 6. All moneys deposited with
said company shall be paid out only
upon the drafts ofthe Treasurer signed
by the Master, and CcuntersigneG by
the Secretary.
SEC. 3. No State Grange shall be
entitled to representation in the Ma
tional Grange whose dues are unpaid
for more than one quarter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Dis
/ pensations.
/ SEC. !. All charters and dispense
tions issue directly from the National
Grange.
! SEC. 2. Nine men and four women
having received the four Subordinatc
Degrees, may receive a dispensation
to organize Subordinate Grange.
SEC. 3 Applications for dispensa-
tioDs shall be made to the Secretary
of the National Grange, and be signed
by the persons applying for the same
and be accompanied by q fee Of fif-
| teen dollars.
SEC. 4. Charter members are those
/ persons only whose names are upon
the application, and whose fees were
paid at the time of organization.
Their number shall not be less than
nine men and four women, nor more
than twenty men and ten women.
SEC. 5. Fifteen Subordinate
Oranges working in State can apply
for authority to organize State
Grange. ~
SEC. 6. When State Oranges are
organized, dispensations will be re-
I rllonod hrr olaa foznnd rruffhnTf
further fee. . T.
SEC. Z. All charters must pass
through the State Oranges to be re-
corded, and receive the seal and Off
cisl signatures of the same.
SEC. 8. No Grange shall confer
more than one degree at the same
meeting.
SEC. s. After State Grange is or
ganized, all applications for charters
must pass through the same, and be
approved by the Master and Secre-
tary.
ARTICLE IX.-Duties of Office.
The duties of the officers of Nation
al, State, and Subordinate Oranges
shall be prescribed by the laws of the
same.
ARTICLE X.-Treasurers.
SEC. l. The Treasurers of the Ma
tional, State and Subordinate Oranges
shall give bonds, to be approved by
the officers of their respective
| Oranges.
SEC. .. In all Oranges bills must
be approved by the Master, and coun-
1 tersfgned by the Secretary, before the
/ Troacnrc- oarl nov tho
ARTICLE XL.-Restrictions.
Religious or political questions will
not be tolerated as subjects of discus
sion in the work of the Order, and no
political or religious test for member
ship shall be applied. s
ARTICLE XII.-Amendments.
This Constitution can be altered or
amended by a two-thirds vote OF the
National Grange at any annual meet
ing, and when such alteration or
amendment shall have been ratified
| by three-fourths of the State Oranges,
and the same reported to the Seereta-
ry of the National Grange it shall be
OF full force.
BYLAWS.
ARTICLE L.
The fourth day of December, the
birthday of the Patrons of Husband
ry shall be celebrated as the anniver-
sary of the Order.
ARTICLE ..
Not less than the representation of
| ten States present at any meeting of
the National GraTige shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of basi-
nees.
ARTICLE 3.
At the annual meeting Of each
State Grange it may elect q proxy to
represent the State Grange in the Ma
tional Grange in case of the inability
of the Master to attend, but such
proxy shall not thereby be entitled to
the Sixth Degree.
ARTICLE 4.
Questions of administration and ju-
risprudence arising in and between
State Oranges, and appeals from the
action and decision thereof, shall be
referred to the Master and Executive
Committee of the National Grange,
whose decision shall be respected and
Obeyed until overruled by act of the
National Grange.
ARTICLE D.
1t shall be the duty Of the Master to
preside at meetings of the National
Grange; to see that all officers and
members of committees properly per-
form their respective duties 10 see
that the Constitution, Bylaws, and
resolutions of the National Grange,
and the usages of the Order are OBJ
served and obeyed to sign all drafts
drawn upon the Treasury, and gener-
ally to perform all duties pertaining
to such Office.
ARTICLE 6.
1t shall be the duty of the Secretary
to keep a record of all proceedings of
the National Grange; TO keep q just
and true account OF all moneys re-
ceived and paid out by him to cOun- |
tersign all drafts upon the Treasury |
to conduct the correspondence of the
National Grange, and generally to
act as the administrative officer of the
National Grange under the direction
of the Master and the Executive Com
mittee.
1t shall be the duty, at least once a !
month, to deposit with the Fiscal Agen |
cy holding the funds of the National !
Grange all moneys that may have |
come into his hands, and forward a |
duplicate receipt therefor to the
Treasurer, and to make full report |
of all transactions to the National |
Orange at each annual session.
It shall be his further duty to pro-
cure a monthly report from the Fis-
cal Agency, with whom the funds of
the National Grange are deposited,
of all moneys received and paid out
by them during each month, and
send copy of snch report to the Ex-
ecutive Committee and the Master of
the National Grange.
ARTICLE 4.
SEC. l. 1t shall be the duty of the
Treasurer to issde all d RATS upon the
Fiscal Agency of the Order, said
drafts having been signed by the
Master and c0untersigned by the Sec
retary of the National Grange.
SEC. 2. He shall report monthly to
the Master of the National Grange
through the office of the Secretary,
statement of all receipts Of deposits
made by him, and of all drafts or
checks signed by him during the pre-
vious month.
SEC. 5, He shall report to the Ma
tional Grange at each annual session
a statement of all receipts of deposits
made by him, and all drafts or checks
signed by him since his last annual
report.
ARTICLES
1t shall be the duty of the Lecturer
to visit, for the good Of the Or
der, such portions of the United
States as the Executive Com
mittee may direct, for which SER
vices he shall receive compensation.
ARTICLE Q.
SEC. /. Such compensation for
time and service shall be given the
Master, Lecturer, Secretary, Treasur-
er, and Executive Committee, as the
National Grange NAV, from time to