Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-04-13

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State Oranges, thus far, have failed to ratify
the amendment to reduce the initiation tees.
WHEREAS, Certain amendments to the
| Constitution of the National Grange We're
proposed at it's Ninth Session; and whereas,
it was provided at said session that when
have received official information that any
one or more of said proposed amendments
have been ratified by three-fourths of all the
State Oranges, he shall communicate the
same to the Master of the National Grange,
who shall at once make official proclama-
ton thereof; and whereas, information has
been received of the ratification of numbers
one, three, four, FIVE, six, seven, ten, thir-
teen, and fourteen of said. proposed amend
ments,
Now, therefore, l, John L. Jones, Master
of the National Grange, by virtue of the au-
thority vested in me, do hereby declare num-
bers one, three, four, five, six, seven, ten,
thirteen, and fourteen of said proposed
amendments ratified and in full force as part
of the Constitution of the National Grange.
@ In testimony whereof | hereunto
y set my hand and caused the great
EAL tseal of the National Grange to be
affixed at my office, this 9Th day
- of March, 1876.
John II. JONES, Master.
The following are the amendments rati-
fled
Amend the preamble under the head Of
4" State Grange, by substituting the follow
ing for section /:
"Section /. FyfM Degree. Pomona (Ilope).
Composed of the Masters and Past Masters
of subordinate Oranges, and their wives who
are matrons; provided that Past Masters
and their wives who are matrons shall be
honorary members, eligible to office, but
not entitled to vote, and provided that when
the number. of Subordinate Ora nges in any
State becomes so great as to render it nee
essary, the State Grange may, in such man
ner as it may determine, reduce its repre-
sentatives by providing for the election of
a certain proportion of those entitled to
membership in the State Grange from each:
county, and the members so chosen shall
constitute the voting members of the State
Grange"
3. Amend the. constitution under the
head of reorganization of State Granges,"
in the fourth line ofpage 4, by striking out
the words not to exceed three"
4 Amend the preamble to the constitution
under the head National Grange by in
between the wards !" Master" and
where they occur in the second line of
said paragraph, the words "Past Masters
and their wives" and also by adding at the
of said paragraph the words following,
to-wit +" Provided that only those members
Of. the National Grange who are Masters
Of State Oranges, and their wives who are
matrons, shall be entitled to vote therein
and provided further, that Past Masters
and their wives who have taken the Degree
Of Pomona, and all former members Of the
National Grange, shall be honorary MEM
bers of the National Grange, eligible to Of
ice therein, but shall not be entitled to
5. Amend article L. section l, Of the con-
by insertingthe word District"
the. words Estate and ''or," where
they occur in the secondline of said section.
6. Amend article l, section 2. of the con-
by inserting between the words
'>practicable "and " IN" where they.occur in
the fourth line of said section, the words toll
to-wit: Z" In the District Grange an
nually at such time as each District Grange
may determine
7. .Amend..article l, section 2, of the con
by striking out the word ''three,"'