The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-02-24

" -Tbe number of the 4
c-.Dd Crosses shall not exc
-. TI%N-sOV1eet. honolulu
--Sasy. are or the Ind Class or
Grand Officer shall not exceed twenty-five.
The number of Commanders or 3rd Glass
shall not exceed thirty The number of
Officers that Of thirty-five, and Companions
forty-hve. The Gold Medals are for those
who have served twenty years i'm the Mill
tary. and the Silver Medals for those who
nave served twenty years in the Civil Ser
vice Of the country
ARTICLE V.-The Decoration of the
Order granted to foreigners shall not be
reckoned in the numbers of the above Arti-
cles set forth.
ARTICLE VI.-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
cessors. One of the Executive Council
d. shall be the Grand Chancellor of the Order,
the nomination Of whom we reserve To Our
selves and tn Our Successors; aud there
shall likewise be a Secretary aud Treasurer
nominated by Ourselves or Our Successors
from among the members of the Executive
ommitte VIII shall assist the Grand
Chancellor; and the signature of the said
Secretary shall be equivalent tn that OF the
Chancellor in case of absence or illness.
ARTICLE VII.-Distinction of all Classes
OF the Order shall be granted without NOM
ination, on the personal decision of the
Reigning Sovereign alone. And such de-
cision of the Sovereign to such appointment
may he given in 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 case the meeting shall
take place on the day previous or OH the
Monday following; and it shall be the duty
of the Chancellor to cause due notice to be
given of the hour and place of such meet
ing.
ARTICLE IX.-EXtraOrdinary meetings OF
the Grand Council will be held at any time
when the Sovereign may desire 1t; but the
Grand Chancellor will give notice of such
meeting at least twenty days previous TO
the day appointed for meeting.
ARTICLE X.-The Grand Council shall be
the Council OH which the Sovereign will
alter or add to any regulations of the Order.
Should it be found inexpedient for any
reASOU LAlaL LhC Aai O0aACA
ON the LIST day of January. the Chancellor of
the Order will give written notice of the
postponement to all members residing in
the Kingdom.
ARTICLE XI.-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 have every opportunity to defend him.
self. and shall be finally, il the charges pre-
ferred against him be proved, condemned
and deposed only on a vote of a majority OF
those present voting by ballot.
ARTICLE Xu.-Should any mGmber, be-
ing within the city of HOnolUlut or within
or where the Grand Council is called to be
convened, when duly ndiified, fail to
attend the Council, or neglect to send, III
writing, a sufficient cause or excuse there
for, he shall pay toIEhe Treasurer a fine OF
twenty dollaSk.
ARTICI EvTu.-The Chancellor shall be
the Keeper of the Seal of tae Order wh'en
said Seal shall be impressed upon all
Dinloncas of the Order; and the Diplomas
shal q. countersigned by the Chancellor
or i,,t'O1 ABSENCE by the Secretary, or in case
( hS5sence of both, by some person espe-
=: Aseauthorized by the Sovereign from
Mn the members OF the Order holding
~ rank of Grand Officer to sign for the
chancellor.
ARTICLE XIv.-The Insignia of the Order
.bau be for the Grand Cross. a Maltese
Cross. with the Arms of the Cross enameled
I'm white. On t.--shield is a figure OF n
crown in gold, around the edge of the shield
the words, sfOrder Crown of Hawaii" Be-
twaen the arms of the Cross and shield are
silver rays, with a Gordon OF white anu
hl1s ribbon, and suspended on the end OF
The Gordon under a bow a cross OF the grade
of Knight Commander.
The Insignia for Grand Officer shall be a
tor of one quarter of an inch less in diane
-, The Grand Cross, with a Gordon of
-. md bIue ribbon an inch less in width
tban that of the Grand Cross-but without
nross suspended from the Gordon.
T1,e Insignia for the Commander shall be
- Gross as described above in gold, sur
-orntad by the effigy of the Hawaiian
60 Insignia of the Officers shall be a
AZ. Cross. but one-eighth smaller than that
= - commander, worn on the left breast,
- a rosette on the ribbon. That OF a
WIZ a Gross of the same size as that
- 0aacers' grade, but OF silver, worn on the
n-aaat. without the rosette attached to
= The 9th and 18th, or the Medal