The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-01-08

Oranges snotiiu establish ana put Oil
record the centre of their jurisdiction,
taking care to place it not nearer than
! four miles from the center of any other
! Grange territory. and meetings may be
held at any point within such juris ic-
/ ton.
/ The name of Grange may be chang
/ ed bv a majority vote. one months no.
ticc having been given. But notice
must al once be given TO both Secreta-
nv of the State Grange and Secretary
of the National Grange.
| Two or more Oranges NAV CONSOLE
date on permission of the Master Of
the State Grange. One Grange should
then vote to receive the members of
the other Grange or Oranges en- masse,
| and the others should vote to surrender
their charter and consolidate with the
first. y copy of each vote, duly au-
thentica'ed, should be sent to the Sec
rotary of the State Grange. and Char
ter retained TO the Secretary Of the
National Grange. properly endorsed by
the Secretary Of State Grange.
Every member who shall be in the
room when a question is put must
vote, unless the Grange for special rra-
son, shall excuse him, but the motion
20 excuse must be made before the
Grange divides or before a call of the
yea, and nays are commenced.
\ motion to lad journ' is not in or
der IN a Subordinate Grange. but a
motion 10 "close' j. The Master
should, however. proceed to close as
soon a. The time has arrived, or the
| business of the meeting been conplct-
ed. without a motion. \ motion to
close j. not in order while a member
| is speaking TO a question, while pa
per is being read for information.
while vote is being put, or during
the ceremony of initiation.
The Master or acting Master Is alone
competent TO give instruction in the
secret work.
Neither the Master nor any other
| officer can instruct a member of anoth-
er Grange.
\ visitor should first send in his
name and the name and location of his
Grange, to the Master. who if satisfied
that all is correct, will invite him
through the a. ). to make his way in.
And as soon a. the salute is finished
the Master will formally Introduce him
to the Grange en- masse.
Ii person desires to leave the room
duriag the session. they should give
the salute nc same as when entering.
except that the gates are free. But no
person should be permitted TO enter
or depart during the opening or clos
ing of the Grange, or when engaged
in comforting the Degrees, except in
the performance of duty.
The 5. or \. :. takes charge Of the
ballot, first showing the box to the
Master. then TO the Oversecr TO see
that il is clear. Care should be taken
that no one secs how another votes.
When the ballot is finished the box is
first shown to the Ovcrsecr. then 10
the Master. WHO announces the candl-
date elected or not, as the case may be.
If il shall appear at any time that a
member. by his or her general conduct
-hall morally or otherwise bc working
against the best interests of the Order,
charge, may lac preferred against the
Offending member. and they be eXpell-
ed or subjected to such penalties as a
majority of the Grange may direct.
Charges may be OF two kinds: lst.
Violation of obligation. ID. Specific
misconduct. The penalty for violation
of obligation is fixed by the obligation
Itself.
The Grange may as a body try the
case. after giving the accused due no
lice Of the time: or they may appoint
a committee for the purpose aud act
on the report.
Ia case charges are preferred against
"A Master. they must be forwarded to
the State Grange. because. as he is q
member of that body. he must be tried
there. In thi, case the Oyerseer will
| be the presiding officer in the Subordl-
| nate Grange
Charge, against a member must bo
preferred in writing in the following
form:
CHARGE First.
u. member of---t.rangc,
charge brother or sister 18th
conduct preiudicial e. the best inter
est, Of he Order OF Patrons of Has
I.aadry.
Specification FirSf. In lhis, that on
81 about thc---dav of-(hcrc specify
the ohiccr) and ash that Che or shc) he
uied hy this Grange ia fair aud i'm
partial manner, in accordance with the
u>agcs OF the order.
Great care should be taken 20 avoid
amy publicity in cases o. this kind
D0c- PAYABLE from Subordinate
Oranges to Stale Oranges are of two
kinds: 1s'. Membership dues. al.
Quarterly dues. Membership dues
are one dollar for every man and fifty
GEMS tor each woman initiated after
tie first full quarter subsequent to TIN"
date of organization.
Thus a Grange organized ut any time
between the LIST of Oct. and the LIST of
Jan. make no report until March 3lst.
which report includes Quarterly and
Degree dues from Jan. LIST.
Monthly dues from a member 10 his
Grange commence on the first of the
month Immediately following the ini-
tiation
If during the examination the Stew
ard find, n person without the word.
facing the Master they report Nv. NJ,
az. or Sis without the word. :
The Master will ask. Can any one
vouch for (B. or S.(-? II any pres
cnt knew them To be n member in good
standing in that Degree, they will so
state If the Master is satisfied, he
viii invite the member forward to re-
ccivc instruction; but should it be the
annual word required, he will first sat
isfs himself that they are clear of the
books rs 10 monthly dues.
Vouchers should not b. given for
persons claiming 10 be members of
other Garages. but they should be
required to comply with the rules for
visitors. or he excluded, except that
travelling cards should always BE- re-
spccted.
After close of opening song, all being
standing. The Master will say, ''B. and
:. | am about TO open the Grange in
thc--Dcgrce. will you assist me Z"
With ,hc-he leads of with the
in silence, or giving at each-thc sig
MITIGATION, in which all JON, both in
and word.
The Master call, down, and still
standing himself. says, Nv. =, inform
The G.. X. that we are now ut work in
the Degree" lie then declares the
Grange open.
y Grange is finally closed in amy
Degree. using only the---of that De-
gree.
In passing from higher to a lower
Degree the Grange is called up, closed
and opened in the usual form.
But in passing from a lower to a
higher. examination must be had be-
fore opening in the higher.
Ia Tie first Degree, when the candi-
date was ready for obligation. the
OvcrSeor calls up and calls down when
it j. finished
The Masters instructions should be
plain and impressive. including the