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CHAPTER XXV. 



THE LAWS OF THE ORDER. 



Constitution and By-Laws of the Order Preamble Organization Degrees- 

 Officers Meetings Laws Ritual Membership Fees for Membership 

 Dues Requirements Charters and Dispensations Duties of Officers 

 Treasurers~"JBestrictions Amendments Birth-day of Ceres to be observed 

 By-Laws. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF PATRONS OF 

 HUSBANDRY, AND BY-LAWS OF THE NATIONAL 

 GRANGE, 



Adopted at the Sixth Annual Session of the National Grange, 

 January 1873. 



P R EAMB L E. 



HUMAN happiness is the acme of earthly ambition. Individual 

 happiness depends upon general prosperity. 



The prosperity of a nation is in proportion to the value of its 

 productions. 



The soil is the source from whence we derive all that constitutes 

 wealth ; without it we would have no agriculture, no manufactures, 

 no commerce. Of all the material gifts of the Creator, the various 

 productions of the vegetable world are of the first importance. The 

 art of agriculture is the parent and precursor of all arts, and its 

 products the foundation of all wealth. 



The productions of the earth are subject to the influence of nat- 

 ural laws, invariable and indisputable ; the amount produced will 

 consequently be in proportion to the intelligence of the producer, 

 and success will depend upon his knowledge of the action of these 

 laws, and the proper application of their principles. 



Ileruce, knowledge is the foundation of happiness. 



