The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-07

the executive board shall be located
at the headquarters of the order in
the city of Washington, and be ex-
oficio- chairman of the legislative
committee.
Sec. l6. 1t shall be the duty of the
executive board to require and pass
upon the bonds of secretary and treas
urer, to audit all bills and accounts,
to examine and audit the secretary
and treasurer's books, and in a general
way perform detail of executive work.
Sec. II. The secretary of the execu.
tive board shall be the crop statistician
of the entire order, and shall make such
crop reports to the President as he
may require.
Sec. l8. Each State body in this jur
isdiction is requested to select and re-
port, by the first day of January,
State crop statlstician, who shall re-
quire such reports from county statis-
ticians and make such reports himself
as may be required by the secretary
of the executive board.
Sec. 19. The regular term of Office for
members of the executive board shall
be three years, but of the board first
elected one shall be for one year, one
for two years and one for three years,
and thereafter one shall be elected
each year.
Sec. 20. The eligibility clause of the
constitution is hereby declared to apply
to persons of the following classesand
conditions as herein expressed: Per
sons engaged in farming, who live
upon their farms and whose greatest
interest is that of farming, may be sd-
mitted and retained as members, even
though they conduct a small mercan-
tile establishment located upon the
farm, which receives the support and
Endorsement of the nearest sub-union,
and be controlled by an executive
board of sub unions. Farmers, in
fact, who are personally engaged in
farming shall not be debarred from
membership, even though they may
own stock in a banking or other cor
poration as means of investment, but
in no wise devote their personal at,
tention to the business of such cor
poration; provided that the bank stock
owned shall not exceed more than
one fifth of agricultural investment.
Persons selected to buy and sell as
agents of the order are eligible, but
persons engaged in the practice of
law, banking, insurance, railroading,
manufacturing, specializing, merchan-
dising, brokerage or commission are
not eligible Merchandising under
this section shall mean such persons
as give their personal attention to
mercantile pursuits as means of
profit and leading source of revenue,
as distinguished from those who con-
duct stores on the farm for the bene-
fit of those in the neighborhood, and
controlled by board of the order.
Land agents, canvassers and all kinds
of solicitors for machinery or com
modities, or purchasers of farm pro-
duce for speculative purposes are in
eligible.
Sec. 81. All persons who are ineligible
for mem bership who make application
should be notified of the facts in the
case, and no ballot or action taken.
When members of the order engage
in an occupation that would have rem
dered them ineligible before initiation,
they shall upon sufficient evidence be
Immediately dismissed by motion of
the President i'll open lodge, and shall
be granted withdrawal card.
Sec. %. EachSupreme Council shall
when convened fix the mileage and
per diem of it's members, subject to
the restrictions of the constitution.
Sec. %. The salary of the President of
this organization shall be $4,000,
Office expenses and 5000 for stenog-
rapher, with headquarters at Wash
ington, D. c., and travelling expenses.
Sec "a. The salary of the Secretary
shall be $4,000 and Office expenses.
Sec. 25. The salary of the Treasurer
shall be $500.
Sec. &c. The salary of theLecturer shall
be $4,000 and actual travelling ex
penses.
Sec 27. The salary of the chairman of
the executive board shall be $4,000.
Sec. %. The salary of members Of the
executive board shall be $500 each,
and actual expenses while in actual
service.
Sec .29. No State organization or mem
Der of this order shall under any cir
cumstances be allowed to print or dis
tribute the rituals of the order, except
as the executive board shall cause
them to be, and they shall be dis
tributed as the President may direct.
Sec. 80. All charters for State, county
or subordinate bodies in unorganized
States must emanate from and contain
the signature of the national President,
and those for bodies under State jur-
isdiction shall be issued by the presi-
dent and secretary of the State body