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for this an order upon the Treasury of the respective Subordinate 

 Granges equal in amount to a mileage of five cents going and re 

 turning from place of meeting of State Grange, and $2.00 per day 

 during time of attendance, and going to and returning from the 

 same. 



Sec. 3. That these orders shall be cashed by the Treasurers of 

 Subordinate Granges, and received from them by the Treasurer of 

 the State Grange in lieu of cash in their quarterly reports. 



ARTICLE IX. Miscellaneous. Smoking within the hall is forbid 

 den while the Grange is in session. 



COUNTY COUNCILS CONSTITUTION, ETC. 



In some of the States where the Order of Patrons of Hus 

 bandry has become strong, it has been found advisable to 

 organize County Councils. In Iowa and Missouri, as well 

 as in some other States, the By-laws of the organization 

 provide for such. One of the principal objects of the Granges 

 is the more perfect transaction of business, especially buying 

 and selling. 



It is lawful for these Subordinate Granges to form them 

 selves into associations, to be called Councils, for the purpose 

 of facilitating the transaction of business of buying, selling, 

 and shipping, and for such purposes as may seem for the 

 good of the Order. They are governed, and the member 

 ship decided, by such laws as the Council may from time to 

 time make, not in conflict with the Constitution of the Na 

 tional and State Granges. They elect business agents to act 

 in concert with the Executive Committee, a part of whose 

 duty it is to inform the Master of the State Grange of any 

 irregularities practiced by Deputies within their jurisdic 

 tion. Subjoined are the Constitution and By-laws of the 

 Scotland County, Missouri, Council of Patrons of Hus 

 bandry, which are the most comprehensive that have come 

 under my notice. 



