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i6 If the conditions which shall arise at any future time call for 

 an addition to or change of this law, the case shall be carefully 

 considered and if a new beam seems necessary or beneficial, the 

 proposed change shall be voted upon and if adopted it shall be 

 called, "Added to the Rafters." (48-XLVII, TLL). 



Rights, duties and qualifications of Lords 



17 A bunch of a certain number of shell (wampum) strings each 

 two spans in length shall be given to each of the female families 

 in which the Lordship titles are vested. The right of bestowing 

 the title shall be hereditary in the family of females legally possess- 

 ing the bunch of shell strings and the strings shall be the token 

 that the females of the family have the proprietary right to the 

 Lordship title for all time to come, subject to certain restrictions 

 hereinafter mentioned. (59-LIX, TLL). 



18 If any Confederate Lord neglects or refuses to attend the 

 Confederate Council, the other Lords of the Nation of which he 

 is a member shall require their War Chief to request the female 

 sponsors of the Lord so guilty of defection to demand his attend- 

 ance of the Council. If he refuses, the women holding the title 

 shall immediately select another candidate for the title. 



No Lord shall be asked more than once to attend the Confederate 

 Council. (30-XXX, TLL). 



19 If at any time it shall be manifest that a Confederate Lord 

 has not in mind fhe welfare of the people or disobeys the rules of 

 this Great Law, the men or the women of the Confederacy, or both 

 jointly,^ shall come to the Council and upbraid the erring Lord 

 through his War Chief. If the complaint of the people through 

 the War Chief is not heeded the first time it shall be uttered again 

 and then if no attention is given a third complaint, and warning 

 shall be given. If the Lord is still contumacious the matter shall 

 go to the council of War Chiefs. (66-LXVI, TLL). The War 

 Chiefs shall then divest the erring Lord of his title by order of 

 the women in whom the titleship is vested. When the Lord is de- 

 posed the women shall notify the Confederate Lords through their 

 War Chief, and the Confederate Lords shall sanction the act. The 

 women will then select another of their sons as a candidate and the 

 Lords shall elect him. Then shall the chosen one be installed by 

 the Installation Ceremony. (123-XLI, EUC), (Cf. 42-XLII). 



^ See sections 94 and 95 for right of popular councils. 



