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and between State Granges, and appeals from the action and decision 

 thereof, shall be referred to the Master and Executive Committee of 

 the National Grange, whose decision shall be respected and obeyed 

 until overruled by action of the National Grange. 



ART. 5. It shall be the duty of the Master to preside at meet- 



and the usages of the Order, are observed and obeyed ; to sie;n all 

 drafts drawn upon the treasury, and, generally, to perform all duties 

 pertaining to such office. 



ART. 6. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of 

 all proceedings of the National Grange ; to keep a just and true 

 account of all moneys received and paid out by him; to countersign 

 all drafts upon the treasury; to conduct the correspondence of the 

 National Grange, and, generally, to act as the administrative officer 

 of the National Grange, under the direction of the Master and the 

 Executive Committee. 



It shall be his duty, at least once each month, to deposit with the 

 Fiscal Agency holding the funds of the National Grange, all moneys 

 that may have come into his hands, and forward a duplicate receipt 

 therefor to the Treasurer, and to make a full report of all transac 

 tions to the National Grange at each annual session. 



It shall be his further duty to procure a monthly report from the 

 Fiscal Agency with whom the funds of the National Grange are 

 deposited, of all moneys received and paid out by them during each 

 month, and send a copy of such report to the Executive Committee 

 and the Master of the National Grange. 



ART. 7. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to issue all drafts 

 upon the Fiscal Agency of the Order, said drafts having been pre 

 viously signed by the Master and countersigned by the Secretary of 

 the National Grange. 



He shall report monthly to the Master of the National Grange, 

 through the office of the Secretary, a statement of all receipts of de 

 posits made by him, and of all drafts or checks signed by him during 

 the previous month. 



He shall report to the National Grange, at each annual session, a 

 statement of all receipts of deposits made by him, and of all drafts 

 or checks signed by him since his last annual report. 



ART. 8. It shall be the duty of the Lecturer to visit, for the good 

 of the Order, such portions of the United States as the Executive 

 Committee may direct, for which services he shall receive compen 

 sation. 



ART. 9. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to ex 

 ercise a general supervision of the affairs of the Order during the 



