20 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Committee for their endeavors to make this meeting interesting 

 and profitable. 



The proposed amendments to the Constitution were taken up 

 for consideration with the following result: 



1. Amend the preamble, under the head of " State Grange," 

 by substituting the following for section 1 : 



"Section 1. Fifth Degree. Pomona (Hope). Composed of the Masters 

 and Past Masters of Subordinate Granges, and their wives who are ma- 

 trons shall be lionorary members, eligible to office, but not entitled to vote ; 

 and provided that when the number of Subordinate Granges in any State 

 becomes so great as to render it necessary, the State Grange may, in such 

 manner as it may determine, reduce its representatives 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 consti- 

 tute the voting members of the State Grange." 



Adopted. 



2. Amend the preamble, under the head of "State Grange," by 

 adding the following: " The wives of the delegates elected to the State 

 Grange as provided for in the preceding section, if matrons, shall be vot- 

 ing members of that body." 



Rejected. 



3. Amend the Constitution, under the head of "Organization op 

 State Grange," in the fourth line of page 4, by striking out the words 

 " not to exceed three." 



Adopted. 



4. Amend the preamble to the Constitution under the head " JSTational 

 Grange" by inserting between the words " Master" and "of," where they 

 occur in the second line of said paragraph, the words " Past Masters and 

 their wives," and also by adding at the close of said paragraph the words 

 following to wit: "Provided that only those members of the National 

 Grange who are Masters of State Granges, and their wives who are mat- 

 rons, 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 members of 

 the National Grange, and eligible to office therein, but shall not be en- 

 titled to vote." 



Adopted. 



5. Amend article 1, section 1, of the Constitution by inserting the word 

 " District" between the words " State" and " or," where they occur in the 

 second line of said section. 



Adopted. 



6. Amend article 1, section 2, of the Constitution, by inserting between 



