CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



GOVERNING LOCAL UNIONS OF THE AMERICAN 

 SOCIETY OF EQUITY OF N. A. 



Article I. Name. 



This union shall be known as the Union of 



the American Society of Equity of (To save 



confusion all unions must bear the postoffice name, and not 

 more than one union bear the same name, except where the 

 territory is too large for one union others may be formed and 

 must be designated by numbers, as Riverside Union No. 2 or 

 No. 3, etc.) 



Article II. Membership. 



Any person, of good moral character, male or female, of the 

 age of fourteen years or over, who is engaged in any branch 

 of agricultural work; also all persons not engaged in agri- 

 cultural work but a friend of agriculture may become members 

 of the American Society of Equity by paying the required fees. 



Proviso I. A person may be a member of the National 

 Union and enjoy all the general benefits of the society until 

 there are a sufficient number of members to form a local 

 union, but no person shall be a member of a local union with- 

 out supporting the National Union. All members of the Na- 

 tional Onion are required to affiliate themselves with a local 

 union as soon as one is organized in the neighborhood, and in 

 this way carry out the complete plan of the society. 



Proviso 2. Any young persons between the ages of 14 

 and 21, who are children of members of the society, and wives 

 of members, also old men and women (75 years or older), 

 whose life has mainly been spent on a farm, may become com- 

 plimentary members, without any membership fee or dues. The 

 object being to ( ncourage the youths to start aright and to 

 smooth the pathways of the old people who have become aged 

 in the service of agriculture. Such members must be indicated 

 when reports are sent in. 



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