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ARTICLE III. 



MEETINGS. 



The regular annual meetings of the Supreme Council shall be on the 

 third Tuesday in November in each year. 



ARTICLE IV. 



LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. 



SECTION i. It shall be the duty of the Supreme Council to make laws, 

 rules, and regulations to govern its meetings and usages. 



SEC. 2. The Supreme Council shall be composed of the officers of 

 the organization and delegates from the various State organizations 

 elected by the States upon such basis of representation as the Supreme 

 Council may prescribe. It shall be the duty of the Supreme Council to 

 adopt rules governing such representation : Provided, That the delegates 

 to the Supreme Council shall not be less than twenty-one years of age ; 

 and the basis of representation shall not allow more than two delegates 

 from each State and one additional member for each 10,000 active 

 members or" majority fraction thereof. Active members under this 

 section are such members only as have paid the regular yearly dues of 

 five cents each. 



SEC. 3. The Supreme Council shall elect at each regular annual ses- 

 sion the following officers, who shall hold office until their successors 

 are elected and qualified : A president, a vice-president, and a secretary- 

 treasurer. 



SEC. 4. The president shall be presiding officer of the Supreme 

 Council and the official head of the Executive Department. 



SEC. 5 . The Supreme Council shall provide laws and rules prescribing 

 the powers, duties, and methods of the officers, and may limit the term 

 of office, fix salaries, etc. 



ARTICLE V. 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 



SECTION i. The president shall be the chief executive officer; he 

 shall have power to direct and instruct all executive officers and all 

 executive work in this department, subject to the laws and regulations 

 made by the Supreme Council. , 



SEC. 2. The president shall have authority to interpret and construe 

 the meaning of the laws of the national order by official rulings, and 

 such rulings shall have the force and effect of laws until the next meet- 



