170 TH GROUNDStVELL. 



Sec. 5. The officers of the respective Granges shall be addressed as 

 &quot; Worthy.&quot; 



ARTICLE II. Meetings. Section 1. Subordinate Granges shall 

 meet once each month, and may hold intermediate meetings as may 

 be deemed necessary for the good of the Order. All business meet 

 ings are confined to the fourth degree. 



Sec. 2. State Granges shall meet annually, at such time and place 

 as the Grange shall from year to year determine. 



Sec. 3. The National Grange shall meet annually, on the first 

 Wednesday in February, at such place as the Grange may from year 

 to year determine. Should the National Grange adjourn without 

 selecting the place of meeting, the Executive Committee shall ap 

 point the place, and notify the Secretary of the National Grange 

 and the Masters of State Granges, at least thirty days before the 

 day appointed. 



ARTICLE III. Laws. The National Grange, at its annual session, 

 shall frame, amend, or repeal such laws as the good of the Order may 

 require. All laws of State and Subordinate Granges must conform 

 to this Constitution and the laws adopted by the National Grange. 



ARTICLE IV. Ritual. The Ritual adopted by the National 

 Grange shall be used in all Subordinate Granges, and any desired 

 alteration in the same must be submitted to, and receive the sanction 

 of, the National Grange. 



ARTICLE V. Membership. Any person interested in agricultural 

 pursuits, of the age of sixteen years (female), and eighteen years 

 (male), duly proposed, elected, and complying with the rules and 

 regulations of the Order, is entitled to membership and the benefit 

 of the degrees taken. Every application must be accompanied by 

 the fee of membership. If rejected, the money will be refunded. 

 Applications must be certified by members, and balloted for at a 

 subsequent meeting. It shall require three negative votes to reject 

 an applicant. 



ARTICLE VLJ^ees for Membership. The minimum fee for mem 

 bership in a Subordinate Grange shall be, for men five dollars, and 

 for women two dollars, for the four degrees, except charter members, 

 who shall pay men three dollars and women fifty cents. 



ARTICLE VII. Dues. Section 1. The minimum of regular monthly 

 dues shall be ten cents from each member, and each Grange may 

 otherwise, regulate its own dues. 



Sec. 2. The Secretary of each Subordinate Grange shall report 

 quarterly to the Secretary of the State Grange the names of all per 

 sons initiated or passed to higher degrees. 



Sec. 3. The Treasurer of each Subordinate Grange shall report 

 quarterly, and pay to the Treasurer of his State Grange, the sum of 



