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SEC. 2. Delegates to the Supreme Council will not 

 be entitled to seats in the body unless settlement of the 

 National per capita dues of 5 cents for each male member 

 has been made by the State Secretary, accompanied by 

 the proper amount of money to the National Secretary, 

 and State Secretaries shall make such remittance and 

 report promptly on or before the ist day of November. 



SEC. 3. The annual election of officers by the 

 Supreme Council shall be by ballot. 



SEC. 4. The President shall appoint from the actual 

 delegates^ the session of the Supreme Council a Chap- 

 lain, Assistant Lecturer, Door-keeper, Assistant Door- 

 keeper, Seargeant-at-Arms, and such other executive 

 officers as the business of the session may require. The 

 term of office for such officers shall expire at the close of 

 the session; such appointed officers to receive nothing in 

 addition to mileage and per diem as delegates. 



SEC. 5. The President shall be the presiding officer 

 of the Supreme Council and shall conduct the business 

 according to the accepted rules of parliamentary usages 

 and the requirements of the ritual. 



SEC. 6. The President shall have authority to call 

 upon any executive officer or committee to make reports 

 and showing of the business entrusted to him at such time 

 as in his judgment it seems best. 



SEC. 7. The President may, when notified of any 

 deriliction of duty or violation of the rules of the Order 

 suspend any officer or committee and summon them to 

 appear before the Judiciary Committee to make showing 

 to the Chairman either by oral or written evidence as to 

 their guilt or innocence of the charges. 



SEC. 8. The President shall have full authority to 

 enforce order and decorum during the sessions of the 

 Supreme Council. 



