Constitution 
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 ment 
 
 
 
THE UNIVERSITY OF 
 NORTH CAROLINA LIBRARY 
 
 From the 
 ERNEST HAYWOOD LIBRARY 
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 JNDEPENDENT ORDER OF Ppp FELLOWS, : 
 
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 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 Instituted May 2, 1871. 
 
 
 
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 NICHOLS & GORMAN, BOOK AND JOB @eRINTERS. 
 
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 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. 
 Instituted May 2,1871. 
 
 RALEIGH : 
 NICHOLS & GORMAN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 
 1871. ; 
 
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 Dr. W. H. McKEH, - - Chief Patriarch. 
 PHIL. TATE et - High Priest. 
 
 H. T. CLAWSON, - - Senior Warden. 
 NA. L.. BROWN, - - Scribe. 
 
 H. PORTER, - - - Treasurer. 
 
 W. P. WETHERELD, - - Junior Warden. 
 
 H. J. BROWN, - - - Outside Sentinel. 
 
SSNS UP oO PTiOnN: 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Title. 
 
 This Encampment shall never consist of less than 
 seven members of the Royal Purple degree, and sha!l 
 be known and hailed by the name of McKkE ENCAMp- 
 MENT, No. 15, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of 
 the State of North Carolina, and possess all the pow- 
 ers of Subordinate Encampments of the said Order 
 within this State. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Sessions. 
 
 SrceTion 1. This Encampment shall hold its regu- 
 lar sessions on the second and fourth Fridays of each 
 month, at such hour as may, from time to time, be de- 
 termined. 
 
 Src. 2. Special sessions may be held at such other 
 times as the business of the Encampment, may re- 
 quire, but they shall be confined to the consideration 
 ot such business as they were called to consider. The 
 Chief Patriarch may summon such sessions, in cases 
 
 of emergency, at his own discretion; but it shall be his 
 
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 duty to summon them whenever requested to do so in 
 writing by seven members of this Encampment. 
 
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 Suc. 3. This Encampment shall be opened at the 
 appointed time, and in the absence of the Chief Patri- 
 arch, the Senior Warden shall preside; and in the ab- 
 sence of both of said officers, the Junior Warden may 
 take the chair; and in the absence of each of said of- 
 ficers, then a Past Chief Patriarch shall preside, if one 
 be present, and if not, then such member as may be 
 called to it by a majority of Patriarchs present. 
 
 Sec. 4. This Encampment shall open, elose and 
 transact its business in the Royal Purple degree, (un- 
 less for the trial of members, as prescribed in the first 
 section of the 10th article)and not less than seven Patri- 
 archs of this Encampment shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 ARTICLE IL 
 Membership. 
 
 SECTION 1. Applications for membership must be 
 signed by the petitioner, stating his age, residence and 
 occupation and indorsed by two Patriarchs of this 
 Encampment; and the petition shall be accompanied 
 by a certificate from the Secretary of the Lodge to 
 which the candidate is attached, stating that he is in 
 
 good standing, clear of the books, and has received the _ 
 
 Scarlet degree; and the fee for the degrees shall 
 be deposited with the Scribe at the time of the 
 application. Should the candidate be rejected, the 
 fee shall be refunded. 
 
 SEC. 2. A person who is a non-resident cannot be 
 initiated in this Encampment, without the previous 
 
 assent of the Grand Encampment or Grand Patriarch ~ 
 
 ot the State, in which the person resides, and for ini- 
 
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 tiating non-residents this Encampment is liable to pun- 
 ishment. A brother who is a member in good stand- 
 ing in a Subordinate Lodge in another jurisdiction and 
 at the same time a resident in this jurisdiction is a 
 proper candidate for initiation. 
 
 So. 3. All petitions shall be referred to a commit- 
 tee of three members, whose duty it shall be to report 
 on the character and qualifications of the petitioner at 
 the next regular session; the said report to be made in 
 writing and signed by a majority of the Committee. 
 The applicant shall be balloted for; and, if approved, 
 he may be admitted at that or any succeeding session, 
 within eight weeks from the time he was proposed; 
 but, if the candidate does not present himself for ad- 
 mission within the prescribed time, he shall forfeit the 
 amount enclosed in his petition: Provided, That he be 
 not prevented from appearing by sickness or some oth- 
 er unavoidable cause, which must be proved to the sat- 
 isfaction of this Encampment. 
 
 Src. 4. In balloting for a candidate, should less than 
 three black balls appear, the ballot shall be immediately 
 renewed; when, if less than three black balls shall still 
 appear, the application shall lie over to the next regular 
 session; previous to which the dissenting ‘Patriarchs 
 shall make the Chief Patriarch acquainted with their 
 objections,which the said officer shall report to this En- 
 campment, carefully concealing the source of his infor- 
 mation. A third ballot shall then be taken ; and, ifless 
 than three black balls appear, the candidate shall be ad- 
 mitted: Provided, That if the Patriarchs who deposited 
 the black balls does not make their objections known 
 to the Chief Patriarch before the next regular session, 
 
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 the candidate shall be declared duly elected, without 
 turther balloting. Should thereat any time appear three 
 black balls against the admission of a candidate, he 
 shall be declared rejected. 
 
 Sec. 5. Any Patriarch in good standing desirous of 
 becoming a member of this Encampment, shall send 
 in his withdrawal card from the Encampment of which 
 he was last a member, which shall be referred to a 
 committee of three appointed by the Chief Patriarch, 
 whose duty it shall be to report in writing as to the 
 standing and qualifications of the applicant, at the 
 next or subsequent regular session. ‘The Patriarch 
 shall then be balloted for. and, lf three black balls ap- 
 pear against him; he shall be declared rejected; if less 
 than three black bails appear the ballot shall be imme- 
 diately renewed, and if less than three black balls 
 shall still appear, the application shall lie over 
 to the next regular session; previous to which the 
 dissenting Patriarch shall make the Chief Patriarchs 
 acquainted with their objections, which said officer shall 
 report to this Encampment, carefully concealing the 
 source of his information. A. third ballot shall then 
 be taken and if less than three black balls still appear 
 the candidate shall be admitted: Provided, That ifthe — 
 Patriarchs who deposited the black balls does not make 
 their objections known to the Chief Patriarch before 
 the next regular session, the candidate shall be declared 
 duly elected without further ballotings. 
 
 Sec. 6. An Ancient Odd Fellow may be admitted 
 to membership in this Encampment by application 
 which shall be referred to a committee and be other- 
 wise disposed of as provided for in the case of cards. 
 
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 Sec. 7. The name of the applicant for admission 
 may be withdrawn before the report of the investiga- 
 ting committee is made; but not after the report is 
 made, nor after the case shall have been recommitted 
 to the committee, should it be deemed expedient to 
 recommit it, 
 
 Sec. 8. When all the Patriarchs who may cast 
 black balls against an applicant for membership volun- 
 tarily make a motion for a reconsideration of a ballot, 
 the same may be reconsidered and in such case the 
 vote on reconsideration shall be taken by ball ballots ; 
 and, if all the balls cast be in favor of it a reconsidera- 
 tion shall be had. Whereupon the application shall 
 lie over till the succeeding meeting, when another bal- 
 lot shall be had with ball ballots; and, if the same be 
 unanimously in favor of the applicant, he shall thereby 
 be elected, if one or more black balls appear in either 
 ballot, the applicant shall be rejected. Never more 
 than one motion for a revonsideration in the same case 
 shall be allowed. 
 
 Sec. 9. Ifa person should be elected a member of 
 this Encampment through error or fraud, (as to health 
 or otherwise,) and this Encampment shall become sat- 
 isfied of his unworthiness, it may annul such election, 
 and declare it void, by a majority of two-thirds of the 
 members present; but, if the fraud be not discovered un- 
 til after initiation, then the party must be regarded as 
 a member, and can only be expelled upon regular trial. 
 
 Sec. 10. No candidate or applicant for membership 
 who has been rejected in this or any other Hncamp- 
 ment within the State of North Carolina, can be again 
 proposed until after the expiration of six months. 
 
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 Sno. 11. Every member, on being admitted, shall 
 sign the Constitution of this Encampment, and there- 
 by agree to support the same, and pay all legal de- 
 mands against him as long as he remains a member. 
 
 Sec. 12. No Patriarch who is not in regular stand- 
 ing as a member of a Subordinate Lodge working un- 
 der the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the United 
 States shall retain membership in this Encampment ; 
 and the granting of a withdrawal card by a Subordin- 
 ate Lodge to one of its members who is also a member 
 of this Encampment, severs at once his connection 
 with this Encampment; but, on the renewal of his 
 membership in a Subordinate Lodge, his membership 
 in this Encampment is thereby renewed: Provided, 
 Such renewal shall occur within one month from the 
 date of such withdrawal card. And, if not renewed 
 within one month, the proper officers of this Encamp- 
 ment shall furnish the Patriarch with a withdrawal 
 card, provided he is in good standing, and shall have 
 complied with the regulations of this Encampment 
 touching cards. Application, for such a card, is not 
 required to be made in open Encampment, but the of- 
 ficers must furnish the card, and report their act to 
 the next meeting of this Encampment. 
 
 Suc. 13. Applications, for withdrawal cards, shall 
 be made either personally or in writing to this En- 
 campment, and a card shall thereupon be granted, 
 provided the Patriarch applying be clear of the books, 
 and there be no valid objection. A vote of this En- 
 campment granting a withdrawal card to a brother 
 applying therefor, (whether the card be taken or not,) 
 severs the connection of such a brother with this En- 
 
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 campment, and releases it from all liability for benefits. 
 But, if the card be taken, the brother receiving it is 
 entitled to the traveling pass word, in use at the time, 
 and retains the right to visit with that word for one 
 year. Applications, for withdrawal cards, may be 
 withdrawn at any time before a vote is taken thereon. 
 If any Patriarch object to granting a card, the sense 
 of this Encampment shall be taken, and a majority 
 shall decide whether the card shall be granted or not. 
 If it be refused, the objections shall immediately be 
 reduced to writing, and the member shall have a fair 
 trial thereon, in the same manner as is prescribed in 
 the case of members against whom charges are prefer- 
 red; and, if the investigation do not result in suspen- 
 sion or expulsion, the card shall be deemed to be 
 granted as a matter of course. 
 
 Sno. 14. A withdrawal card, which has been grant- 
 ed by this Encampment, cannot be withheld, even, if 
 the responsibility be assumed on the alleged discovery 
 of crime on the part of the intended recipient, and for 
 so doing the withholder is liable to arraignment. 
 
 Sec. 15. <A Patriarch may, by written resignation, 
 withdraw trom this Encampment, and is not bound to 
 take a withdrawal card, provided he is in good stand- 
 ing at the time of such resignation. 
 
 Src.16. A Patriarch holding office in this En- 
 campment vacates said office by taking a withdrawal 
 card from his Lodge, even, if he should renew his 
 membership within a month. A withdrawal card. may 
 be declared void or annulled, but the proceedings in 
 such cases must be conducted in strict conformity with 
 
 the laws of the Order. 
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 Sec. 17. Visiting cards may be granted according 
 to the laws of the Order; and, to obtain such a card, 
 it will be necessary to apply in open Encampment, 
 either personally or in writing, and pay all arrears and 
 dues up to the time for which it is granted. The offi- 
 cers cannot grant cards in the recess. Ifa visiting 
 card be refused, the member shall be tried on the 
 charges which have caused its refusal, in the same man- 
 ner as is prescribed in the case of withdrawal cards. 
 
 Spc. 18. Upon the issuing of a visiting card by 
 this Encampment, the Scribe shall endorse upon it the 
 amount of weekly and funeral benefits allowed by the 
 Constitution and By-Laws of this Encampment, and 
 wad it shall be bound for any relief extended to a Patri- 
 arch holding such eard, tu the extent of the benefits 
 so rendered. When the time has expired for which a 
 visiting card is granted, it must be returned to this 
 Encampment. 
 
 Sec. 19. The rank or degree of a member must be 
 expressed on the face, or endorsed on the back, of all 
 withdrawal or visiting cards, and they must be signed 
 by the holder thereof in the presence of the officer by 
 whom the annual password is sical wade to such 
 holder. | 
 
 Sec. 20. This Encampment may limit itil period 
 for which a visiting card shall be granted. 
 
 Sec. 21. This Encampment has no right to refuse 
 its members visiting cards, or to decline accepting 
 their dues, or paying their benefits, when they purpose 
 a temporary residence in any other place, in which a 
 change of occupation would increase the risk of life 
 and health. 
 
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 ARTICLE IV. 
 Election of Officers. 
 
 SECTION 1. The elective officers of this Hncamp- 
 ment shall consist of a Chief Patriarch, High Priest, 
 Senior Warden, Scribe, Treasurer, and Junior Warden, 
 who shall be elected by ballot, semi-annually, at thelast 
 regular sessions in June and December, and a majority 
 of all the legal votes shall be necessary to a choice. 
 
 Spc. 2. The appointed officers shall be a Guide, 
 Sentinel, Outside Sentinel, and First, Second, Third, 
 and Fourth Watches, who shall be appointed by the 
 Chief Patriarch, and First and Second G.’s of T., who 
 shall be appointed by the High Priest. 
 
 Sao. 3. No Patriarch shall be eligible for Chief 
 Patriarch or for High Priest unless he has previously 
 discharged the duties of some other elective office ; 
 nor shall any Patriarch be eligible to the other elec- 
 tive offices until he has been appointed to and dis- 
 charged the duties of some appointed office; and ail 
 officers shall be eligible for re-election, except the Chiet 
 Patriarch and High Priest, who shall not be eligible, 
 when any qualified Patriarchs are in nomination, until 
 six months after passing the chairs. 
 
 Sac. 4. A Patriarch who resigns an office forfeits 
 his honors, which inure to his successor; and an offi- 
 cer who is absent a majority of the nights of his term 
 will forfeit the honors of his office, even, if he be absent 
 by leave of this Encampment. But an officer who, 
 from sickness, is kept from this Encampment during 
 a majority of the nights of his term, does not thereby 
 forfeit the honors of the office. 
 
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 Src. 5. Nominations for elective offices shall be 
 made only at the regular session immediately preced- 
 ing that of the election, except when the nominees for 
 an office all decline; then they may be made on the 
 evening of the election. No vote shall be valid or re- 
 corded as a part of the poll unless it be for a previously 
 nominated candidate. A blank vote, or a vote cast 
 for a Patriarch not in nomination, cannot be counted 
 as a part of the poll. 
 
 Src. 6. Officers shall be inistalled at the first ses- 
 sion in each term, if unforeseen circumstances do not 
 prevent it. 
 
 Sec. 7. No member shall be installed into office 
 who is indebted to this Encampment. And the offi- 
 cers of this Hneampment shall not be installed, nor 
 furnished with the semi-annual password, unless the 
 reports, returns, and moneys, due from this Encamp- 
 ment to the Grand Lodge of the United States, be ac- 
 tually made and placed in the hands of the proper in- 
 stalling officer. In the absence of the brother deputed 
 to instal the officers, the Chief Patriarch, or any qua- 
 lified brother who is in attendance, may perform the 
 ceremony. 
 
 Sic. 8. All occasions shall be filled at regular ses- 
 sions. Officers so elected or appointed shall serve the 
 residue of the term, and be entitled to the full honors 
 of the term. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 m Duties of Officers. 
 
 _Snorron 1. The Chief Patriarch shall preside at 
 
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 ali sessions of the Encampment, and appoint all sub- 
 ordinate officers and committees not otherwise ordered 
 by law or resolutions. He shall sign all orders on the 
 Treasurer which have been passed by this Encamp- 
 ment, and such other documents as require his signa- 
 ture to authenticate them. He shall enforce this 
 Oonstitution and the various charges, prevent innova- 
 tion, and preserve the strictest decorum. He shall de- 
 eide all questions of order, subject to an appeal by any 
 two members to this Encampment, and give the cast- 
 ing vote whenever there is a tie, except when an ap- 
 peal has been made from his decision, in which case 
 the question shall be considered lost. He shall super- 
 intend all elections, or other transactions of this En- 
 campment, and never allow this Encampment to be 
 opened unless he is satisfied that none are present but 
 qualitied Patriarchs of the Order. And he shall per- 
 form such other duties as may be required by law. 
 
 Sec. 2.. The High Priest shall perform such duties 
 as are enjoined on him by the charges and regulations 
 of the Order. In the absence of the High Priest, if 
 no Past High Priest be present, any Royal Purple 
 member may perform all the duties of that office. 
 
 Suc. 3. The Senior Warden shall assist the Chief 
 Patriarch in preserving order; and, in the absence of 
 that officer, shall preside over this Encampment. And 
 he shall perform such other duties as are required by 
 the charges and regulations of the Order, and the laws 
 of this Encampment. 
 
 Suc. 4. The Scribe shall record accurately the pro- 
 ceedings of this Encampment, and keep the accounts 
 with its members, receive all moneys, and pay the 
 
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 same over immediately to the Treasurer taking his 
 receipt therefor. He shall make out the semi-annual 
 returns of the work and business of this Encampment 
 for the use of the Grand Lodge of the United States, 
 and all other documents and notices, and shall cause 
 notices of all special sessions to be served on the mem- 
 bers of this Encampment. He shall inform the Secre- 
 taries of Subordinate Lodges of the names of such 
 brothers as are members of this Encampment. He 
 shall also notify other Encampments in this jurisdic- 
 tion of the rejection of candidates, and of the with- 
 drawal, suspension, expulsion, or reinstatement of 
 members, and perform such other duties as may by 
 law be required of him. 
 
 Src. 5. The Treasurer shall receive from the Scribe 
 all moneys of this Encampment, giving his receipt for 
 the same; and shall pay all orders drawn on him by 
 the Chief Patriarch and attested by the Scribe, and 
 none others; and he shall give such security for the 
 satisfactory performance of his trust as this Hneamp- 
 ment may require; and perform such other duties as 
 may by law be enjoined on him. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Junior Warden shall assist the Senior 
 Warden in the performance of his duties; officiate for 
 him in his absence; distribute notices of special ses- 
 sions; and perform such other duties as may be re- 
 quired of him by the Chief Patriarch and the charges 
 and regulations of the Order. The Junior Warden 
 may preside in the absence of the Chief Patriarch and 
 Senior Warden. 
 
 SEC. 7. The holding of office does not deprive mem- 
 bers of any of their rights and privileges in this En- 
 campment—such as the right of debate, voting, &c. 
 
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 SEC. 5. The appointed officers shall perform such 
 duties as are prescribed by the charges and regulations 
 of the Order, and as may be required of them by law. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 Dues and Fees. 
 
 SECTION |. Every Patriarch of this Encampment 
 shall contribute six dollars annually, payable in such 
 manner as this Encampment may direct; and in no 
 case Shall the dues of members be remitted, except as 
 provided for in Section 5, Article LX, of this Constitu- 
 tion. Membership and obligation to pay dues com- 
 mence with the reception of the Patriarchal degree. 
 This Encampment may retain dues of sick members 
 out of their benefits. This Encampment may enact 
 by-laws requiring the payment of higher dues from 
 members going out of this jurisdiction, than of those 
 residing in the jurisdiction. The Scribe is authorized 
 to receive all moneys, and it is optional with this En- 
 campment whether it accepts the payment of dues per- 
 sonally made through any other person than the Scribe. 
 
 SEC. 2. The admission fee of this Encampment 
 shall be twenty-five dollars, which shall accompany the 
 petition for membership, and, if accepted, will entitle 
 the candidate to receive the Patriarchal, Golden Rule 
 and Royal Purple degrees. 
 
 Sec. 3. The fee for depositing a card in this En- 
 campment shall be five dollars. 
 
 Seo. 4. The fee for the admission of an Ancient 
 Odd Fellow shall be ten dollars. 
 
 Sno. 5. The annual dues of this Encampment may 
 
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 be increased for a specified time to meet cases of exner- 
 gency, provided the motion for increase be made, sec- 
 onded, and recorded at least one session previous to 
 its being acted upon. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 Committees. 
 
 SECTION 1. The Chief Patriarch shall appoint, on 
 the evening of his installation, a Committee of Finance. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Committee of Finance shall consist of 
 three members. It shall be their duty to examine in- 
 to the correctness of all claims against this Encamp- 
 ment previous to payment; to exercise a general 
 supervision over the flnancial affairs of this Encamp- 
 ment; and to report in detail the amount of receipts 
 and the items of expenditure at the close of each term. 
 
 Sec. 3. All reports of committees must be made in 
 writing, and signed by a majority of the committee. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 Benefits and Relief. 
 
 SECTION 1. Every Royal Purple Degree Patriarch — 
 who is a member of this Encampment, and is not at 
 the time disqualified by other provisions of this Con- 
 stitution, shall, if sick, and unable to pursue his ordi- 
 nary occupation, or some other business whereby he 
 may obtain a livelihood, be entitled to receive four dol- 
 lars and fifty cents per week during his disability, pro- _ 
 vived that such sickness or disability does not proceed 
 from intemperance or other immoral conduct, and that 
 
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 no Patriarch shall be allowed more than three weeks’ 
 benefits anterior to the time of his being reported sick 
 to this Encampment: and provided further, that no 
 member who is three months in arrears at the time 
 he is taken sick or becomes disabled, shall be entitled 
 to the above-named benefits; nor shall he be entitled 
 thereto for three months after his dues shall have been 
 paid up. 
 
 Src. 2. A Patriarch who is suffering with a chronic 
 complaint, but is yet able to go to his place of busi- 
 ness, superintend it, and participate in it to a degree, 
 is prima facie not entitled to benefits as a sick mem- 
 ber, although the presumption may be rebutted by 
 positive evidence. 
 
 Src. 3. When benefits are reported to be due to 
 a member, and he does not receive them, the amount 
 should be placed to his credit, as an offset to that 
 amount of dues; but a sick member who was In ar- 
 rears at the time he was taken sick, cannot be permit- 
 ted while he continues sick to pay his dues, so as to 
 entitle him to benefits. 
 
 Src. 4. A Patriarch cannot be denied sick benefits 
 by this Encampment on the ground that he is in ar- | 
 rears for dues, so long as the Encampment is indebted 
 to such brother on account of prior sickness to an 
 amount sufficient to place him in good standing. Nor 
 can a member be suspended for non-payment of dues 
 whilst this Encampment is indebted to him for unpaid 
 benefits, reported to be due, of sufficient amount to 
 reduce the indebtedness of the member within the 
 limit of the constitutional provision. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Chief Patriarch, High Priest, Senior 
 
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 Warden, Junior Warden, Treasurer, and such other 
 officers as this Encampment may appoint for that pur- 
 pose, shall constitute a Standing Committee of Visi- 
 tation and Relief; to either of whom, in the recess of 
 this Encampment, Patriarchs may be reported sick; 
 and it shall be the duty of this committee to have 
 such services rendered as the nature of the case may 
 require; and the Treasurer shall pay to the invalid, 
 punetually, the weekly benefit appropriated by law, 
 and report the same at the next session of this En- 
 campment. <A sick brother is not entitled to benefits 
 for the fraction of a week. 3 
 
 Suc. 6. In case of the death of a Patriarch, who 
 shall be qualified as provided in the first section of this 
 Article, there shall be allowed thirty dollars to defray 
 the expenses of his burial; which shall be paid to his 
 nearest relatives, or otherwise disbursed by the Chief 
 Patriarch, who, in the absence of competent relatives, 
 shall take charge of the funeral. Ifa member of this 
 Encampment commit suicide, his family are, never- 
 theless, entitled to the funeral benefits. This En- 
 campment is not required to pay funeral expenses when 
 the same have not been actually incurred. 
 
 SEC. 7. Temporary absence from the State of North. 
 Carolina shall not disqualify a Patriarch trom receiv- 
 ing benefits, provided he is not otherwise disqualified, 
 and provided, also, that he shall have paid his dues in 
 advance, and taken with him a traveling card duly 
 granted. In the case of an absent Patriarch demand- 
 ing benefits, who has not been under the special charge 
 of an Encampment in the place where he sojourns, it 
 will be necessary for him to send to the Chief Patri- 
 
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 arch a true statement of his case, certified by a respec- 
 table physician under oath, before a magistrate, or 
 other judicial officer; and, if it be satisfactory, the 
 benefits shall be forwarded as this Encampment may 
 direct. 
 
 Seo. 8. If a Patriarch, in distress, shall apply for 
 temporary relief to this Encampment. his application 
 shall be referred to a Committee of three Patriarehs, 
 who shall investigate his circumstances, and report 
 thereon to this Encampment, when, on motion, a sum 
 not exceeding five dollars may be voted for the relief 
 of the applicant; and, in no case shall any donation 
 exceeding that amount be granted to a Patriarch of 
 another Encampment, except by the unanimous vote 
 of this Encampment. 
 
 Sno. 9. When this Encampment is applied to for 
 relief by a sick brother holding a card, it shall require 
 the certificate of a respectable physician, showing the 
 time that the brother has been sick, and this Encamp- 
 ment shall take a draft upon his Encampment for 
 whatever amount he may haye received, which, with 
 the certificate, shall be forwarded for payment: Pro- 
 vided, That in the event of the death of a brother, 
 and his being buried by this Encampment, it shall only 
 be necessary to forward the Physician’s  certifi- 
 cate, or that of some other respectable citizen, together 
 with his card, and a proper voucher for the amount so 
 advanced; payment of the same shall, in all cases, be 
 promptly made. 
 
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 ARTICLE IX. 
 Penalties. 
 
 SgeoTron 1. The elective and appointed officers, as 
 well as members of committees, who shall be inatten- 
 tive to or neglect any of the duties required of them 
 by the laws of this Encampment or the regulations of 
 the Patriarchal Order, or who shall be absent at roll 
 call from the sessions of this Encampment, without 
 reasonable excuse, shall be lable to fine and impeach- 
 ment, or such other penalty as this Encampment may 
 impose at a regular session. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any member of this Encampment who 
 shall be guilty of conduct unworthy of a Patriarch shall 
 be fined, reprimanded, suspended, or expelled, at the 
 discretion of this Encampment. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any Patriarch who is indebted to this En- 
 campment to the amount of three months’ dues shall 
 not be entitled to visit this or any other Encampment, 
 and shall, in addition, be disqualified from receiving 
 any benefits, nor, in case of death, shall the usual fu- 
 neral honors of this Order be paid to him; and any 
 Patriarch who is indebted to an amount exceeding — 
 twelve months’ dues shall, after four weeks shall have 
 elapsed from the date of notice thereof given him by 
 the Scribe, stand suspended from membership during 
 the pleasure of this Encampment, and until duly rein- 
 stated by a two-thirds vote of the members present. 
 
 Sec. 4. Suspension is only a temporary punish- 
 ment, and does not sever a member’s connection with 
 the Order; so that, a member under such disability, 
 whether it be for improper cond uct, or for non-payment 
 
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 of dues, is still responsible for criminal or unworthy 
 conduct, and also liable for the payment of dues. 
 
 Sec. 5. This Encampment, in reinstating members 
 for non-payment of dues, may remit, in whole or in 
 part, the dues accuring during the suspension of such 
 member. 
 
 Sno. 6.. When a Patriarch is suspended for a spe- 
 cified time, whether it be for non-payment of dues or 
 any other cause, he cannot be restored to membership 
 until the expiration of such time, unless by the action 
 of the Grand Lodge of the United States or Grand 
 Hneampment; tbat is, members who are thus sus- 
 pended for non-payment of dues, cannot be restored 
 by action of the subordinate, upon the payment of the 
 dues, until the full time of suspension has elapsed. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 Trial. 
 
 Srorron 1. All charges preferred against a Patri- 
 arch shall be reduced to writing, and signed by the 
 Patriarch or Patriarchs ‘preferring the same. The 
 question shall then be put, ‘ Are the charges cogniza- 
 ble by the rules of the Order?” And, if two-thirds of 
 the Patriarchs present entitled to vote shall declare — 
 that they are so cognizable, they shall be entertained 
 and tried in the highest degree of which the accused 
 is a member. Ifa member refuse to stand trial upon 
 charges duly preferred, he cannot, in his absence, be 
 tried, but may be expelled for contempt, which is de- 
 fined to be the refusal or wilful neglect of a member 
 to appear and answer to charges preferred against 
 him, and for such conduct he is liable to punishment. 
 
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 Sec. 2. Members, under penal charges, may par- 
 ticipate in the work of this Encampment. The only 
 effect of undecided charges being to deprive members 
 of their right to take a traveling card, to vote on their 
 own cases, and when the charges bear upon the right 
 to benefits, to suspend the payment thereof until the 
 final decision; but, if an investigation shall not result 
 in suspension or expulsion, then all arrears of benefits 
 that may have accrued during the pendency of such 
 charges shall be paid. 
 
 Sec. 3. When charges are preferred against a sus- 
 pended member, he must be temporarily admitted to 
 this Encampment for the purpose of making his de- 
 fence. 
 
 Sec. 4. A member, under charges in this Encamp- 
 ment, if he plead guilty, may receive the penalty with- 
 out a trial. 
 
 Src. 5. Accusations shall be brought forward at a 
 regular session of this Encampment, and, if this En- 
 campment determine to entertain them, a committee 
 of three members shall be appointed, the Encampment 
 being opened in the Royal Purple degree, to make in- 
 quiry into the subject, and to state all the facts which 
 _tInay come within their knowledge, in writing, at the 
 next regular session. x parte statements are suffi- 
 cient evidence to warrant this Encampment in placing 
 a Patriarch on his trial, but cannot be used as testimony 
 at the trial. A wife is not qualified to testify against 
 her husband... If a woman be divorced “a vincule 
 matrimonti” she is a competent witness against her 
 former husband; but, if the divorce be “a mensa et 
 thora,” the separation is not complete, and she cannot 
 
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 testify. It is not competent for this Encampment to 
 try a deceased member. 
 
 Sec. 6. Hvery accused Patriarch shall have, if pos- 
 sible, a notice of at least two weeks given him of such 
 accusation, toenable him to make his defence; which, 
 if not ready when required by this Encampment, (un- 
 avoidable cause of prevention excepted,) or being 
 made, not deemed satisfactory, and there being suffi- 
 cient proof of improper conduct, he may be thereupon 
 reprimanded, suspended, or expelled, two-thirds of the 
 legal votes present concurring in an affirmative vote, 
 to be decided by ballot. In voting on the question ot 
 expulsion all are counted, although some members 
 inay be excused from voting—those excused from vot- 
 ing, in effect, vote in the negative. ‘The question shall 
 first be taken on expulsion, and, if decided in the nega- 
 tive, shall recur on motions for suspension, (the vote 
 being first taken for the longest period proposed,) and 
 then for reprimand, in the order herein set forth. 
 
 Sno. 7. It shall be the duty of all members faith- 
 fully and punctually to attend summonses issued by 
 this Encampment, or any of its committees. 
 
 ARTICLE XI. 
 Reinstatement. 
 
 Snorron 1. Any member who may have been sus- 
 pended or expelled, and who may wish to be reinstated, 
 shall notify this Encampment in writing at a regular 
 ieeting, which shall be referred to a committee of 
 three, and reported upon as in case of a petition. A 
 ballot shall then be taken, and if two-thirds of the 
 
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 members present shall favor his reinstatement, it shall 
 be so ordered. 
 
 Src. 2. No application, for reinstatement, shall be 
 considered until all demands against the applicant 
 shall be paid; and, if the applicant is not reinstated, 
 the money shall be returned to him. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 Prohibitions. 
 
 Section 1. The degrees shall be conferred but on 
 one candidate at a time; and no candidate shall re- 
 ceive more than one degree at the same session, unless 
 ordered by a vote of two-thirds of the Patriarchs pre- 
 Sent. 
 
 Sec. 2. This Eneampment cannot confer degrees 
 upon a member of another Encampment without the 
 consent, given under its seal, of the Encampment to 
 which the brother belongs. If the preceding law be 
 violated, this HKneampment is required to pay the 
 amount of the fees to the Encampment of which the 
 recipient of the degrees was a member. 
 
 Seo. 3. The charge of the Royal Purple degree, 
 succeeding the obligation, cannot be conferred on more 
 than one Patriarch at the same time. 
 
 Snc. 4. The delivery of lectures on Odd Fellowship 
 is prohibited, unless authorized. 
 
 Sec. 5. When a withdrawal card of a brother is 
 presented for deposit, in this Encampment, it has not 
 the right to mutilate said card by endorsing the word 
 “rejected ” thereon. | 
 
 SEC. 6. A brother, holding a withdrawal card, has 
 
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 no right to join a procession of this Encampment with- 
 out its consent. 
 
 SEC. *7. Officers of this Encampment cannot use 
 the seal of this Encampment unless ordered to do so, 
 or unless it be used in compliance with an enactment 
 of this Encampment. 
 
 Sec. 8. This Encampment cannot adjourn, but a 
 motion to that effect, (that is to close,) whilst a dis- 
 cussion is in progress, is in order. 
 
 Sec. 9. Ifan unworthy person be admitted, the 
 initiation cannot be declared void. Ue can only be 
 expelled after a proper trial. 
 
 SEC. 10. Differences between members which are 
 merely of a pecuniary nature, are not legitimate sub- 
 jects for the action of this Hitedaipinient, unless with 
 the consent of all parties concerned. 
 
 Suc. 11. No subject of a sectarian, or personal, or 
 political nature shall be introduced before this En- 
 campment. 
 
 Sec. 12. This Encampment shall not attend any 
 public procession, or other public display of the Order, 
 that is not duly authorized by the proper authority ; 
 nor shall its members pervert the use of any of its em- 
 blems by placing them on signs, handbills, cards, or in 
 any other manner that indicates an appeal to the Or- 
 der as a distinct community. 
 
 Sxc. 13. No By-Law or other proceeding which 
 conflicts with the laws of the Grand Lodge of the Uni- 
 ted States, will be regarded as having any force or 
 authority whatever. 
 
 Sno. 14. This Hncampment is restricted to the 
 powers, conferred in its charter, and has no legislative 
 
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 power except to make by-laws for its internal govern- 
 ment. 
 
 Sec. 15. No refreshments, other than water, shall, 
 at any time, be allowed in this Encampment, or in any 
 apartments thereunto belonging. 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 General Provisions. 
 
 SECTION 1. All laws, regulations, or rules of the 
 Grand Lodge of the United States for the government 
 ot Subordinate Encampments, or the officers and mem- 
 bers thereof, shall be deemed to be a part-of this Con- 
 stitution, and equally binding as any other article of it. 
 
 Sec. 2. A Subordinate Encampment viclating the 
 laws laid down by the Grand Lodge of the United 
 States, and refusing to observe such laws, may be ex- 
 pelled theretor. 
 
 Sec. 3. A member of the Order who resides in one 
 jurisdiction, and is a contributing member of an Hn- 
 campment in an adjoining jurisdiction, (he having been 
 initiated in the nearest Encampment to his residence, 
 by the consent of the Grand Encampment or Grand 
 Master of the State jurisdiction in which he resides, ) 
 is entitled to the same privileges and honors to which 
 members are entitled who belong to Hncampments 
 located in the State jurisdictions in which they reside. 
 
 Sno. 4. An Encampment may visit a sister En- 
 campment in a body, when accompanied by one of 
 their first two officers, who may introduce them in the 
 manner provided for the introduction of visitors by 
 the Elective Grand Officers. 
 
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 Sec. 5. A member of an Encampment who has re- 
 ceived only the Patriarchal degree, or the Patriarchal 
 and Golden Rule degrees, is entitled to the semi-an 
 nual pass word. 
 
 Suc. 6. The Chief Patriarch of an Encampment 
 has not the right to admit a member belonging to an- 
 other Hncampment in this jurisdiction without the 
 term password, but he may admit members of his 
 own Encampment without said word, if they be not in 
 arrears to an amount that would disqualify them from 
 receiving it. 
 
 Stic. 7. It is the duty of a Chief Patriarch to con- 
 fer the traveling password upon a visiting brother 
 who presents*a letter of request to that effect from his 
 Encampment together with his traveling card, both 
 being under seal and in due form of law. 
 
 Src. 8. Presiding officers of Grand and Subordin- 
 ate Knecampments are not allowed to introduce visitors 
 into such bodies prior to opening, as the law contem- 
 plates the reception of visitors in open Encampment. 
 
 Sec. 9. Subordinate Enecampments have clearly 
 the right to examine a visitor whenever he presents 
 himself, and, when examined, he must be introduced 
 by the committee. After a visitor has been once re- 
 cognized, the examination and introduction in form 
 may be subsequently dispensed with, if the Hncamp- 
 ment is so minded: Provided, The presiding oificer 
 shall find the card of the visiting brother to be in date. 
 
 Sec. 10. It is proper for an Encampment to report 
 to a sister body, which has granted a card, any impro- 
 per conduct on the part of the holder. 
 
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 ARTICLE XV. 
 By-Laws. 
 
 SECTION 1. This Encampment may adopt such By- 
 Laws and Rules of Order as two-thirds of the Patri- 
 archs present shall concur in at a regular session, after 
 having been proposed in writing at a previous regular 
 session; and may amend, alter or annul the same in 
 like manner: Provided, That such By-Laws and Rules 
 of Order are not contrary to the provisions of this Con- 
 stitution. 
 
 Sec. 2. When doubts arise as to the intent and 
 meaning of any part of this Constitution, or of the By- 
 Laws, the question may be submitted by seven Patri- 
 archs, or by any Past Officer having a seat in the 
 Grand Encampment, to the decision of that body, 
 whose judgment thereon shall be final. 
 
ee PAWS. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Sessions. 
 
 SHotron 1. This encampment shall hold its regu- 
 lar sessions on the second and fourth Fridays of each 
 month. The hours of meeting shall be as follows: 
 From September to April, inclusive, at 7 1-2 o’clock, 
 P. M., and from May to August, inclusive, at 8 o’clock, 
 P.M. Special sessions shall be held at such hour as 
 may be designated by the Chief Patriarch. At an 
 adjourned or special session no business shall be trans- 
 acted (excepting always reports from the visiting com- 
 inittee) except such as may be designated by the mo- 
 tion of adjournment, or specified in the notice to 
 members 
 
 Sec. 2. The elective and appointed officers shall 
 attend every regular and special session of this en- 
 campment, unless sickness or other reasonable excuse 
 shall prevent. 
 
 Src. 3. Every patriarch shall be clad in full rega-_ 
 lia, indicated by rule, charge, or usage, during his pre- 
 sence in the encampment. 
 
 ny, ARTICLE I. 
 Elective Officers, and Mode of Election. 
 
 Srorton 1. The elective officers of this encamp- 
 
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 ment shall consist of those enumerated in Section 1, 
 Article IV, of the Constitution, whu shall be chosen 
 separately, by a majority of the valid votes given. 
 
 Src. 2. At the time of holding any election of of- 
 ficers, the Chief Patriarch shall officiate as an inspec- 
 tor thereof; and shall appoint two tellers for the pur- 
 pose of receiving and canvassing the votes, who shall 
 be stationed in front of his chair. 
 
 Src. 3. The tellers shall, in no case, count or reck - . 
 on as a part of the poll, any blank vote, or vote cast for 
 any person who is not at the time in regular nomina- 
 tion for the office for which it is cast. 
 
 Sno. 4. If there shall be no choice on the first bal- 
 lot the balloting shall be continued until an election is 
 effected. | 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Appointed Officers, and their Duties. 
 
 Srctron 1. The appointed officers shall consist of 
 those enumerated in Section 2, Article IV, of the Con- 
 stitution, who shall be appointed semi-annually, as 
 therein indicated. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Sentinel shall attend at the door of 
 the Encampment, and permit none to enter without 
 being fully satisfied, nor allow any to depart without 
 the consent of the Senior Warden. 
 
 Src. 3. The Outside Sentinel shall have charge of 
 the ante-room and outer door, preserve order therein, 
 and permit none to enter but those entitled to do so. 
 For the faithful performance of his duties he shall re- 
 ceive the sum of ten dollars per quarter. 
 
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 Sec. 4. . All other appointed officers shall perform 
 such duties as are prescribed for them by the regula- 
 tions and charges of their offices. 
 
 SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Committee of 
 Visitation and Relief to ascertain the names, ages, and 
 residence of the widows and children of deceased Patri- 
 archs of this Encampment, and to register the same, 
 with any change that may take place in their situa- 
 tion, in a book to be kept for that purpose, to be open 
 for the inspection of members, officers and comiittees 
 of the Hneampr:ent; they shall watch over the inter- 
 est of such widows and children with parental care, 
 visit them at least once a month, and report to the 
 Kucampment their situation and circumstances at the 
 end of each term, or oftener should occasion require. 
 The Committee of Visitation and Relief, and their suc- 
 cessors in office, shall continue proper care and watch- 
 fulness over the widows and orphans of deceased Patri- 
 archs of this Encampment, so long as the former shall 
 remain in widowhood, and until the latter shall have at- 
 tained a lawful age, provided such widows and orphans 
 maintain during such period a respectable moral char- 
 acter. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Dues and Fees. 
 
 Section 1. Every Patriarch of this Encampment 
 shall contribute to the general fund six dollars annual- 
 ly, in quarterly payments. 
 
 Sno. 2. The admission fee of this Encampment 
 salili be at the rates prescribed in Section 2, Article 
 
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 VI, of the Constitution; which fee must be paid in 
 all cases previous to the candidate being admitted. 
 
 Sec. 3. The fee for a withdrawal card from this 
 Encampment shall be fifty cents, and for a visiting 
 card, twenty-five cents. ; 
 
 Sec. 4. When a funeral benefit has been paid, or 
 the Encampment made liable therefor, each Patriarch, 
 if there be less than two hundred dollars in the trea- 
 sury, shall be assessed in such sum, not exceeding fifty 
 cents, as may be directed by a vote of two-thirds of 
 the Patriarchs present: Provided, The proposition be 
 submitted to the Encampment at least two weeks pre- 
 vious to its action thereon. 
 
 ARTICLE VY. 
 Benefits and Relief. 
 
 SucTION 1. The Standing Committee of Visitation 
 and Relief shall consist of the officers enumerated in 
 Section 5, Article VIII, of the Constitution, together 
 with the 1st and 2nd G. of T. The Chief Patriarch 
 - shall have a correct roll of the members of the En- 
 campment for the use of said Committee, and if eir- 
 cumstances require it this Committee shall notify two 
 of the members in rotation, as they stand on the roll, 
 to attend to each sick member during the night, to 
 administer such assistance as may be in their power. 
 
 Sec. 2. The widows and orphans of deceased Patri- 
 archs of this Kncampment in good standing, who may 
 be in need of pecuniary aid, shall be entitled to receive 
 from the treasury such sums as may be appropriated 
 from time to time by a vote of two-thirds of the Patri 
 
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 archs present, if reported worthy by the Committee of 
 Visitation and Relief, whose duty it shall be to ex- 
 amine into such cases when they occur. 
 
 Seo. 3. On the death of an unmarried Patriarch 
 of this Encampment in good standing upon whom has 
 devolved during his life time the charge of supporting 
 a widowed mother, or unmarried sister, who, at the 
 time of his death, were dependent on him for support, 
 and who shall be left in need of the continuance of 
 such support, said mother or sister shall be entitled to 
 receive the beneficial aid prescribed in the preceding 
 section, subject to the same conditions. 
 
 Sec. 4.. Whenever it shall be made known to the 
 Encampment that one of its members has been re-_ 
 duced to a state of pecuniary distress by some sudden 
 and unlooked for dispensation, his case shall be refer- 
 red to a committee of three, who shall examine into 
 the same and report thereon, when a sum not exceed- 
 ing twenty dollars may be voted to the relief of the 
 Partriarch, provided two-thirds of the Patriarchs pre- 
 sent concur. 
 
 Sno. 5. Patriarchs who may become aged and in- 
 digent, but who do not properly become entitled to 
 benefits as sick members, shall receive from the trea- 
 sury such sums as the Encampment shall, from time 
 to time, direct. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 Penalties. 
 
 Srorion 1. Any elective or appointed officer ab- 
 senting himself for more than four successive Sesslons, 
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 his seat may be declared vacant by a vote of the En- 
 campment. 
 
 Seo. 2. Members of committees, other than the 
 Committee of Visitation failing to attend to the duties 
 of their appointment, shall be fined fifty cents, unless 
 excused by the Encampment. Members of the Com- 
 mittee of Visitation neglecting their duties, shall be 
 fined one dollar for each offence. 
 
 Src. 3. Any elective or appointed officer having 
 any keys, the want of which deprive the Encampment 
 of the use either of their regalia, books, or papers, W&c., 
 and absenting himself from the regular sessions of the 
 Hncampment, or from special sessions provided he re- 
 ceives notice thereof, without sending the same to the 
 Kneampment, shall be fined one dollar. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any member of this Encampment divulg- 
 ing the name of a Patriarch who shall think proper to 
 speak or vote against a candidate for membership, or 
 any member making public any business which should 
 be confined to the Encampment, shall be fined, repri- 
 manded, or suspended, at the discretion of the En- 
 campment. | 
 
 Seo. 5. Any member who shall make use of im- 
 proper language in the Encampment, or refuse to obey | 
 the commands of the Chief Patriarch when called to 
 order, or use disrespectful expressions towards the of- 
 ficers or Patriarchs of the Encampment, shall be repri- 
 inanded, or subjected to a fine not exceeding two dol- 
 lars, to be determined by action of the Encampment. 
 
 Sec. 6. Every member who has been notified to 
 attend a sick Patriarch during the night, and shall 
 neglect the duty, or omit to provide a substitute from 
 
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 among the members of the Encampment, shall be sub- 
 jected to a penalty of one dollar; nor shall any excuse 
 be deemed sufficient, unless two-thirds ot the members 
 present shall, by their votes, pronounce it so. 
 
 Sec. 7. The Encampment may, in new business, 
 remit, either in whole or in part, any of the fines or 
 penalties. enumerated in these By-Laws, by a vote of 
 two-thirds of those present at a regular session, except 
 in the case provided for in Section 6. Sickness or ab- 
 sence from the city shall in all cases be deemed a suf- 
 ficient excuse for non-attendance. 
 
 ARTICLE VIL. 
 Funeral. 
 
 Section 1. In case of the death of a Patriarch in 
 good standing, not disqualified by Section 3, Article 
 IX, of the Constitution, information shall be commu- 
 nicated to the Chief Patriarch, who shall direct the 
 Scribe to call a meeting of the Encampment to make 
 arrangements for the funeral, and also to notify the 
 Patriarchs severally to attend the same. 
 
 Src. 2. The Chief Patriarch shall appoint a Mar- 
 shal for the occasion, who shall form and have charge 
 of the procession. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 Reinstatement. 
 
 Section 1. A Patriarch who has been suspended 
 for non-payment of dues, and desires to regain his 
 former standing in the Encampment, must send in his 
 
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 application, in writing, at a regular session, accom- 
 panied by the amount due the Encampment at the 
 time of suspension, together with the amount which 
 may have accrued since suspension and up to the time 
 of his application for reinstatement: Provided, That 
 any Patriarch whose dues and arrears shall amount to 
 more than the sum of ten dollars, may be admitted on 
 payment of that amount. 
 
 Sno. 2. Every application for reinstatement shall 
 be referred to a committee of three Patriarchs, who 
 shall examine and report as in the case of anew mem- 
 ber, at the next succeeding regular session of the En- 
 campment. A ballot shall then be had, when, if two- 
 thirds of the votes given be in favor of the applicant, 
 he shall be declared duly reinstated to all his former 
 rights and privileges in the Hnocampment. If less than 
 two-thirds be in his favor, he shall be declared ejected. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 Of Amendments. 
 
 SECTION 1. A motion to alter, amend, or annul 
 these By-Laws, or any part of them, must be submit- 
 ted in writing at a regular session only, and consider- 
 ed at the next regular session, and should two-thirds 
 of those present be in favor thereof, the same shall be 
 adopted and have full force as part of these Laws: 
 Provided, That any By-Law may, on urgent occasions 
 only, be suspended by unanimous consent. — 
 
 Sec. 2. This Encampment has power to adopt such 
 Rules of Order as a majority shall concur in at a regu- 
 lar session, after having been proposed in writing ata 
 
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 previous regular session; and to amend, alter or annul 
 the same in like manner. But a motion to suspend a 
 Rule of Order for a particular occasion, may be adopt- 
 ed at any time by a vote of two-thirds of the members 
 present. 
 
RULES ar 6 Re Ty ae 
 
 1. No question shall be stated unless moved by two 
 members ; nor be open for consideration until stated 
 by the Chair. And when a question is before the 
 Encampment, no motion shall be received except to 
 adjourn ; to lay on the table ; the previous question; to 
 postpone toa certain day ; to postpone indefinitely ; to 
 refer ; or toamend; which shall have precedence in 
 the order of arrangement: the first three of which 
 shall be decided without debate. 
 
 2, All resolutions shall be submitted in writing, and 
 be signed by the Patriarch offering the same. 
 
 3. When a blank is to be filled, the question shall 
 be first taken on the highest sum or number, and on 
 the longest time proposed. 
 
 4. Any member may call for the division of a ques- 
 tion, when the sense will admit of it. 
 
 5. Seven members calling for the yeas and nays, 
 they shall be ordered by the Chief Patriarch, and re-~ 
 corded. 
 
 6. After any question, except one of indefinite post- 
 ponement, has been decided, any two members who 
 voted in the majority may, at the same time, or next 
 session, move for a reconsideration thereof. But no 
 discussion of the main question shall be allowed unless 
 reconsidered. | 
 
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 7. All questions, unless otherwise provided, shall be 
 determined by a majority of votes. And all Patri- 
 archs shall be deprived of the privilege of voting on 
 questions in which they are personally interested. 
 
 8. Every member of the Encampment shall have 
 the privilege of speaking twice on any question under 
 consideration, but not oftener unless by permission of 
 the Encampment. 
 
 9. When a Patriarch intends to speak on a question 
 he shall rise in his place and respectfully address 
 his remarks to the Chief Patriarch, confine himself to 
 the question, and avoid personality. Should more 
 than one member rise to speak at the same time, the 
 Chief Patriarch shall determine who shall first have 
 the privilege. 
 
 10. The Chief Patriarch, or any other ember, may 
 call a patriarch to order while speaking, when the de- 
 bate must be suspended until the question of order 
 shall be determined. Should the Chief Patriarch con- 
 firm the call, any Patriarch can appeal to the Encamp- 
 ment, which appeal must be submnitted without debate, 
 
 11. The Chief Patriarch, while presiding, shall state 
 every question coming betore the Encampment, and 
 immediately before putting it to vote, shall ask: “Is 
 the Encampment ready for the question?” Should 
 no member rise to speak, he shall rise to take the 
 question; and after he has risen, Lo member shall 
 speak upon it, unless by consent of the Chief Patri- 
 arch. | 
 -. 12. During the continuance of the meeting, the most 
 decorous silence must be observed: the officers and 
 members retaining their respective seats, and no one 
 
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 shall leave the room without permission of the Chief 
 Patriarch. 5 
 
 13. The previous question can be called for by five 
 members, if seconded by a majority, and shall be put 
 in this form: ‘Shall the main question be now put ?” 
 If carried, all amendments, not already adopted, shall 
 be precluded, and the main question taken without. 
 further debate. 
 
 14. No member shall be permitted to vote or speak 
 unless clothed in full regalia appropriate to his rank 
 and station. 
 
 15. No motion shall be subject to action until sec- 
 onded and stated by the Chair; and, at the desire of 
 any member, shall be reduced to writing. 
 
 16. Any member protesting against the proceed- 
 ings of this Encampment, may, if in respectful language 
 have the same noted in the minutes, which shall be 
 done without. debate. 
 
 17. No member shal] speak on any question more 
 than ten minutes, unless by permission of the Encamp. 
 ment. 
 
 18. No visitor shall be allowed to speak on any 
 subject before the Encampment without the permiss-_ 
 ion of the Chief Patriarch. | 
 
 19. A motion to adjourn is not in order until after 
 the regular business has been gone through. And it 
 is no adjournment until the Encampment closes in due 
 form. 
 
 20. All questions of order not provided for by these 
 rules, must be determined by the discretion of the En- 
 campment, and by ancient usage. 
 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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