1 68 HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



SEC. 19. 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. 



SEC. 20. The eligibility clause of the Constitution is 

 hereby declared to apply to persons of the following 

 classes and conditions as herein expressed: Persons 

 engaged in farming, who live upon their farms and whose 

 greatest interest is that of farming, may be admitted and 

 retained as members, even though they conduct a small 

 mercantile establishment located upon the farm, which 

 receives the support and endorsement of the nearest Sub- 

 Union, and be controlled by an Executive Board of Sub- 

 Unions. Farmers, in fact, who are personally engaged 

 in farming shall not be debarred from membership, even 

 though they may own stock in a banking or other cor- 

 poration as a means of investment, but in no wise devote 

 their personal attention to the business of such corpora- 

 tion; provided, that the bank stock owned shall not 

 exceed more than one-fifth of agricultural investment. 

 Persons selected to buy and sell as agents of the Order are 

 eligible, but persons engaged in the practice of law, 

 banking, insurance, railroading, manufacturing, speculat- 

 ing, merchandising, brokerage or commission are not 

 eligible. Merchandising under this section shall mean 

 such persons as give their personal attention to mercantile 

 pursuits as a means of profit and leading source of revenue, 

 as distinguished from those who conduct stores on the 

 farm for the benefit of those in the neighborhood, and 

 controlled by a Board of the Order. Land agents, can- 

 vassers and all kinds of solicitors for machinery or 

 commodities, or purchasers of farm produce for specula- 

 tive purposes are ineligible. 



SEC. 21. All persons who are ineligible for member- 





