570 THE GROUNDS WELL. 



No 11 That Art. 6 of the Constitution be amended so as to read as follows: 

 The minimum fee for membership in a Subordinate Grange shall be -for men five 

 dollars, and for women two dollars, for the four degrees. 



No 12 That Art. 7 of the Constitution be amended as follows : Strike out the words 

 &quot; or passed to higher degrees,&quot; where they occur at the close of Sec. 2, and add the 

 following osaitf section: - During the quarter, and pay to the secretary of the State 

 Grange one dollar for each man, and fifty cents for each woman, initiated during the 

 quarter; also a quarterly due of six cents for each member; said report to be approved 

 and forvVarded at the first session of the Grange in each quarter.&quot; Strike out the whole 

 of Sec. 3 and of Sec. 4, and substitute therefor the following, to-wit: &quot;The Secretary 

 of the State Grange shall pay to the Treasurer of the State Grange all moneys coming 

 into his hands, at least once every ten days, taking his receipt therefor; and shall re ; 

 port quarterly to the Secretary of the National Grange, the membership in the State.&quot; 



Change the numbers of succeeding sections so as to make them conform to these 



changes. 



No. 13. That Art. 7, Sec. 5, of the Constitution, be amended by striking out the 

 words &quot; in New York,&quot; where they occur in said section, and leaving the name of the 

 place blank. 



No. 14. That Art. 

 word &quot; ten &quot; where it 

 the word &quot;five 



7 Sec 5, of the Constitution, be amended by striking out the 

 t occurs in the last line on page 8, and inserting in lieu thereof 



No. 15. That Art. 7, Sec. 6, of the Constitution, be amended by striking out the 

 word &quot; signed &quot; where it occurs in the third line of said section, and substitute 

 therefor the word &quot; approved.&quot; 



No. 16. That the whole of article 8 be transferred from the Constitution to the By- 

 Laws, and incorporated therein. 



No 17 That Art. 9, Sec. 3, be amended as follows : Insert the words &quot; or Charters &quot; 

 between the words -dispensation&quot; and &quot;shall be,&quot; where those words occur m the 

 first line of Section 3, of said article. 



No -18 That Sec 4, Art. 9, of the Constitution, be amended by striking out the 

 word &quot;ten,&quot; where it occurs in the fifth line of said section, and inserting the word 

 &quot; twenty.&quot; 



No. 19. Strike out Sections 6, 7 and 9, of said Article 9, and substitute in lieu of 

 said section the following sections: 



&quot; Where State Granges are organized, dispensations for the organization of the sub 

 ordinate Granges heretofore issued, shall be replaced by Charter for the National 

 Grange without further fee ; and, thereafter, all applications for Charters for subordi 

 nate granges shall pass through the office of the Master of the State Grange, and 

 must S approved by him before they are issued by the National Grange. When BO 

 issued, thS Charter shall pass through the office of the Secretary of the State Grange, 

 and receive the signature and official seal of that office.&quot; 



No. 20. That Sec. 8, Art. 9, of the Constitution, be amended by striking out the 

 words &quot; (either first, second, third or fourth),&quot; where they occur in said section, and 

 inserting the words &quot;on the same person.&quot; 



No. 21. That the following be inserted and numbered 



ART. xin. The Master of the National Grange and the members ox the Executive 

 Committee shall be empowered to suspend from office any officer of the National 

 Grange who may prove inefficient or derelict in the discharge of his duty, subject to 

 appeal to the next session thereafter of the National Grange. 



ART xiv Amendments. This Constitution can be altered or amended by a two- 

 thirds vote of the National Grange at any annual 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. 



