The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-02-17

9Th and Ist CIass-GoId Medal.
9TH and End Ciass-SiIver Medal, Civil.
ARTICLE IV.-The number of the Fist
Glass or Grand Crosses shall not exceed
twenty. The number Of the 2nd Class or
Grand Officer shall not exceed twenty-five.
The number of Commanders or 3rd Class
shall not exceed thirty. The number of
Officers that Of thirty-five, and Companions
forty-hve. The Gold Medals are for those
~ho .hsveserved twenty years in the Mill
~. aud the Silver Medals for those who
have served twenty years in the Civil Ser
vice OF the country.
ARTICLE V.-The Decoration of the
Order granted to foreigners shall not be
r~eckonedin the numbers of the above Arti-
eles set forth.
ARIIcLE yI.-The administration OF the
affairs of the Order is committed to an Ex-
ecutive Committee, the nomination OF
which We reserve to Ourselves and Sue
eessOrs. One of the Executive Council
shall be the Grand Chancellor of the Order,
the nomination of whom we reserve to Our
selves and "a Our Successors and there
shall likewise be a Secretary aud Treasurer
nominated by Ourselves or Our Successors
from among the members of the Executive
Committee VIII shah assist the Grand
= tANA NfAE
Secrefafy shall be eqnivaie Il to that of the
chancellor in case OF absence or illness
ARTICLE VU.-Distinctinm OF all Glasses
of the Order shall be granted without nom
~ination, on the personal decision of the
Reigning Sovereign alone. And such tie
cision of the Sovereign to such appointment
NAV be given i'm the Executive Council of
the Order or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII.-The Grand Council shall
consist of all the members OF the Order
resident within the Kingdom, and shall be
convened each year on the 1st day of Janu-
airy, or any other day appointed by the
Sovereign, unless said day shall fall on
Sunday, i'm which ease the mseting shall
take place on the day previous or Oh the
Monday following; and it shall be the duty
of the Cha neelIor to cause due notice to be
given Of the hour and place Of such meet
ing.
ARTICLE IX.-Extraordinary meetings OF
the GrandC Council wfIbbe held atany time
when the Sovereign may desire it; but the
Grand Chancellor will give notice of such
meeting at least twenty days previous to
the day appointed for meeting.
ARrIcLR X.+The Grand Council shall be
the Council OH which the Sovereign will
alter or d to any regulations of the Order
Should IL be found inexpedient for any
reason that the Grand Council should meet
on the LIST day OF January, the Chancellor Of
the Order win give written notice OF the
postponement to all members residing in
the Kfngina. III 1JEJlH 4tt
ARTrcIE XL-Should any member be
guilty of any conduct which may render
his expulsion from the Order advisable, he
shall be Tried before the Grand Council
duly convened. Any person so arraigned
shall have reasonable notice in writing OF
the charges so preferred against him, and
shall nave every opportunity TO defend him.
self, and shall be finally, 10 heebarges pre-
ferred against him be proved, condemned
and depOsed only on q vote of a majority OF
those present voting by ballot
ARTICLE XH.-Should any member, be-
ing within the city of Honol1lu, or within
or where Tie Grand COuncilas called to be
convened, when duly Notified, fail to
attend the Council, or neglect to send' In
writing, y Sufficient cause or excuse there
for. he shall pay TO the Treasurer a fine of
twenty dollar.
Article Xm.-The Chancellor shall be
the Keeper or the Seal of tine Order. which
said Seal shall be impressed upon all
DipIomas of the Order; and the Diplomas
,ban Be eountersigned by the Chancellor,
or in his absence by the Secretary or In case
of the absence of both, by some erson eSpe
ci,IIv aurhorized by the sovereign from
.mono the members OF the Order holding
tba rank of Grand officer to sign Tor the
Chancellor.
Drrc1E XIY.-TheI Insignia of the Order
Ill he for the Grand Cross. a Maltese
r-oss with the Arms OF the Cross enameied
- white. On the shield is a figure OF a
o-owp I'm gold, around the edge OF the shlela
- wo.s3Grder Crown Of Hawait.D Be
- the arms of the Cross and shield are
it, ravs, with a Gordon OF white and
80 ,;bEon and suspended on the end OF
the Gordon under a bow a cross oil the eraue
of Knight Commander
rha INSIGNIA for Grand officer shall be a
80 one quarter of an inch less IN dame
-. the Grand Cross with a Gordon OF
sr.;ta and blue ribbon an inch less In width
- that of the Grand Cross-but without
C-agsusnende from the GORDON
!, In.iania for the Commander shall be
- as described above in gold, SUI
onntod. Inv the effigy of the Hawaiian
DNN--1 insignia of the Officers shall be a
81 Co.'s .butone-eighth smaller than That
commander, worn on the left breast,
: rosette on the ribbon. That of a
-.anion a Cross of the same size as hat
nToars,. Grade, but Of silver, worn on the
oir-oast without the rosette attached to
iei' I- The 9Th and 18th, or the Medal