174 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



14. There shall be elected by the Supreme Council an Executive 

 Board composed of three members, who shall be an advisory board of 

 the president, and shall represent the Supreme Council during recess. 

 The chairman of the Executive Board shall be located at the official 

 headquarters of the order in the city of Washington. 



15. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to require and pass 

 upon the bonds of the secretary-treasurer, to audit all bills and accounts, 

 to examine and audit the secretary's books, and in a general way per- 

 form detail of executive work. 



1 6. The regular term of office for members of the Executive Board 

 shall be three years, but of the board first elected, one shall be for one 

 year, one for two years, and one for three years, and thereafter one shall 

 be elected each year. 



1 7. All persons who are ineligible for membership, who make applica- 

 tion, should be notified of the facts in the case, and no ballot or action 

 taken. When members of the order engage in an occupation that would 

 have rendered them ineligible before initiation, they shall, upon sufficient 

 evidence, be immediately dismissed by motion of the president in open 

 lodge. 



1 8. Each Supreme Council shall, when convened, fix the mileage and 

 per diem of its members, subject to the restrictions of the constitution. 



19. The salary of the president of this organization shall be $3000, 

 office and travelling expenses, and $900 dollars for a clerk, with head- 

 quarters at Washington, District of Columbia. 



20. The salary of the secretary- treasurer shall be $2250 and office 

 expenses. 



21. The salary of the lecturer shall be $2000 and actual travelling 

 expenses. 



22. The remuneration of the members of the Executive Board shall 

 be three cents per mile each way for actual necessary travel, and five 

 dollars per day for actual time employed. 



23. No State organization or members of this order shall under any 

 circumstances be allowed to print or distribute the rituals of the order, 

 except as the Executive Board shall cause them to be, and they shall be 

 distributed as the president may direct. 



24. All charters for State, county, or subordinate bodies in unorgan- 

 ized States must emanate from and contain the signature of the national 

 president, and those for bodies under State jurisdiction shall be issued 

 by the president and secretary of the State body having jurisdiction 

 over them. 



25. It shall be the duty of the Executive Board to secure from each 



