172 THE GROUNDSWELL. 



Sec. 5. Fifteen Subordinate Granges, working in a State, can apply 

 for authority to organize a State Grange. 



Sec. 6. When State Granges are organized, dispensations will be 

 replaced by charters, issued without further fee. 



Sec. 7. All charters must pass through the State Granges for re 

 cord, and receive the seal and official signatures of the same. 



Sec. 8. No Grange shall confer more than one degree (either First, 

 Second, Third, or Fourth) at the same meeting. 



Sec. 9. After a State Grange is organized, all applications for char 

 ters must pass through the same, and be approved by the Master and 

 Secretary. 



ARTICLE X. Duties of Offers. The duties of the officers of the 

 National, State, and Subordinate Granges shall be prescribed by laws 

 of the same. 



ARTICLE XI. Treasurers. Section 1. The Treasurers of the Na 

 tional, State, and Subordinate Granges shall give bonds, to be ap 

 proved by the respective Granges. 



Sec. 2. In all Granges, bills must be approved by the Master and 

 countersigned by the Secretary, before the Treasurer can pay the 

 same. 



ARTICLE XII. Restrictions. Religious or political questions will 

 not be tolerated as subjects of discussion in the work of the Order, 

 and no political or religious tests for membership shall be applied. 



ARTICLE XIII. Amendments. This Constitution can be altered 

 or amended by a two-thirds vote of the National Grange at any an 

 nual meeting, and when such alteration or amendment shall have 

 been ratified by three-fourths of the State Granges, and the same 

 reported to the Secretary of the National Grange, it shall be of full 

 force. 



BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE 1. The fourth day of December, the birthday of the 

 Patrons of Husbandry, shall be celebrated as the anniversary of the 

 Order. 



ART. 2. Not less than the representation of ten States, present at 

 any meeting of the National Grange, shall constitute a quorum for 

 the transaction of business. 



ART. 3. At the annual meeting of each State Grange, it may elect 

 a proxy to represent the State Grange in the National Grange, in 

 case of the inability of the Master to attend, but such proxy shall 

 not thereby be entitled to the Sixth degree. 



ART. 4. Questions of administration and jurisprudence, arising iu 



