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sary returns for the State and National Granges ; to report to the 

 Treasurer at the end of each quarter the amount due the State 

 Grange ; to keep accounts of members with the Grange ; to receive 

 and pay over to the Treasurer all moneys, taking his receipt there 

 for ; to draw and countersign all orders voted by the Grange, and to 

 perform such other duties as may devolve upon that office. 



Sec. 8. Gate Keeper. It shall be the duty of the Gate-Keeper to 

 see that the Gates are properly guarded, and to perform such other 

 duties as may be required. 



ARTICLE V. Applications for Membership. Applications for mem 

 bership must be made in the form prescribed by the National Grange, 

 and when made shall be announced in open Grange, and referred to 

 a Committee of Investigation, consisting of three brothers or sisters, 

 two appointed by the Master and one by the Overseer, which shall 

 take the application in charge, and report at the next regular meet 

 ing. 



ARTICLE VI. Fees and Dues. Section- 1. The fees for conferring 

 four degrees, for males, in this Grange shall be two dollars for the 

 First degree, and one dollar for each subsequent degree, which shall 

 accompany the petition. 



The fees for conferring the four degrees on women shall be fifty 

 cents for each degree, the money to accompany the petition in all 

 cases. 



Sec. 2. The regular dues of this Grange shall be ten (10) cents per 

 month for each member. 



ARTICLE VII. Committees. Section 1. All special committees, 

 unless otherwise ordered, shall consist of three members each. 



Sec. 2. The Master, on the night of his installation, shall appoint 

 a standing Committee on Finance, to consist of three members. 



Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Committee on Finance to audit 

 all bills and accounts previous to their being passed upon by the 

 Grange, and they shall be authorized to examine the books and ac 

 counts of any officer, or member of any committee of the Grange, 

 whenever they think proper, and shall report, as speedily as possible, 

 on all matters they may have on hand. 



Sec. 4. At the first regular meeting in each year there shall be 

 elected by ballot three Trustees, who shall have charge of all prop 

 erty of the Grange, as well as all business in which the Grange shall 

 have an interest. 



ARTICLE VIII. Charges. Section I. If at any time it shall ap 

 pear that a member, by his or her general conduct, either morally 

 or otherwise, shall be working against the best interests of the Order, 

 charges may be preferred against the offending member, in accord 

 ance with the provisions of the following article, and they may be 

 expelled, or subjected to such penalties as a majority of the Grange 

 may direct. 



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