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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 be not less 

 than 2 1 years of age ; and the basis of representation shall 

 not allow more than two delegates from each State and 

 one additional delegate 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 5 cents each. 



SEC. 3. The Supreme Council shall elect at each 

 regular annual session the following officers, who shall 

 hold office until their successors are elected and qualified: 

 A President, a Vice- President, a Lecturer, a Secretary, 

 and a Treasurer. 



SEC. 4. The President shall be presiding officer of 

 the Supreme Council and the official head of the Execu- 

 tive 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 sal- 

 aries, etc. 



ARTICLE V. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 



SECTION i . The President shall be the chief execu- 

 tive officer; he shall have power to direct and instruct all 

 executive officers and all executive work in this depart- 

 ment 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 

 Order by official rulings, and such rulings shall have the 

 force and effect of laws and be promptly presented to the 

 Judiciary Department for consideration, and if the Judici- 



