PBOPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS. 571 



PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE B Y-LA WS. 



The following by-laws were also submitted at the seventh annual session, 

 as amended : 



ARTICLE i. The 4th day of December, the birthday of the Patrons of Husbandry, 

 shall be celebrated as the anniversary of the order. 



ART. n. Not less than the representation of twenty States present at any meeting 

 of the National Grange shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 



ART. in. At the annual meeting of each State Grange, it may elect a proxy to rep 

 resent the State Grange in the National Grange in case of the inability of the Master 

 to attend, and such proxies shall in all cases be Past Masters of their State Granges. 



ART. iv. Questions of administration and jurisprudence arising in 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. v. It shall be the duty of the Master to preside at meetings of the National 

 Grange; to see that all officers and members of committees properly perform their 

 respective duties; to see that the Constitution, By. Laws and Resolutions of the 

 National Grange, and the usages of the Order are observed and obeyed, and generally 

 to perform all duties pertaining to such office. 



ART. vi. 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 deposited by him in the fiscal agency; to countersign all drafts drawn by the 

 Treasurer; to conduct the correspondence of the National Grange, and to perform 

 such other duties appertaining to his office as may be required by the Master and 

 Executive Committee. 



It shall be his duty, at least once each week, to deposit with the fiscal agency hold 

 ing 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 transactions 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. 



He shall give bond in such sum. and with such security, as may be approved by the 

 Executive Committee. 



ART. vii. Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to issue all drafts upon 

 the fiscal agency of the Order, said drafts having been previously approved by the 

 Master and countersigned by the Secretary of the National Grange. 



Sec. 2. He shall report monthly to the Master of the National Grange a statement 

 of all moneys deposited to his credit in the fiscal agency, and of all drafts signed by 

 him during the previous month. 



Sec. 3. He shall report to the National Grange at each annual session a statement of 

 all moneys deposited in the fiscal agency, and of all drafts signed by him since his 

 last annual report. 



Sec. 4. It shall be his duty to collect all interest accruing in investments made by 

 the Executive Committee, and to deposit the same in the fiscal agency. 



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

 such portions of the United States as the Master of the Executive Committee may 

 direct, for which services he shall receive compensation. 



ART. ix. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to exercise a general 

 supervision of the affairs of the Order during the recess of the National Grange. 

 They shall have authority to act on all matters of interest to the Order, when the 



