4^6 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



SEC. 2. Nine men and four women, having received the four 

 Subordinate Degrees, may receive a dispensation to organize a 

 Subordinate Grange. 



SEC. 3. Applications for dispensations shall be made to the Sec- 

 retary of the National Grange, and be signed by the persons apply- 

 ing for the same, and be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. 



SEC. 4. Charter members are those persons only whose names are 

 upon the application, and whose fees were paid at the time of 

 organization. Their number shall not be less than nine men and 

 four women, nor more than twenty men and ten women. 



SEC. 5. Fifteen Subordinate Granges working in a State can 

 apply for authority to organize a State Grange. 



SEC. 6. When State Granges are organized, dispensations will 

 be replaced by charters, issued without further fee. 



SEC. 7. All charters must pass through the State Granges for 

 record, and receive the seal and official signatures of the same. 



SEC. 8. No Grange shall confer more than one degree '(either 

 First, Second, Third, or Fourtli) at the same meeting. 



SEC. 9. After a State Grange is organized, all applications for 

 charters must pass through the same and be approved by the 

 Master and Secretary. 



ARTICLE X. Duties of Officers. 



The duties of the officers of the National, State, and Subordinate 

 Granges shall be prescribed by the laws of the same. 



ARTICLE XI. Treasurers. 



SECTION 1. The Treasurers of the National, State, and Subor- 

 dinate Granges shall give bonds, to be approved by the officers of 

 their respective Granges. 



SEC. 2. In all Granges bills must be approved by the Master, and 

 countersigned by the Secretary, before the Treasurer can pay the same. 



ARTICLE XII. Restrictions. 



Religious or political questions will not be tolerated as subjects 

 of discussion in the work of the Order, and no political or religious 

 tests for membership shall be applied. 



ARTICLE XIII. Amendments. 



This Constitution can be altered or amended by a two-thirds 

 vote of the National Grange at any annual meeting, and when 



