y and indispen-
sable.

Sec. 4. A further source of revenue to Domin-
ions shall be ten per cent. of all the revenue of Pro-

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vinces, and a tax upon Provinces when the Grand
Titan shall deem such tax necessary and indispen-
sable.

Sec. 5. A further source of revenue to Provinces
shall be ten per cent. on all the revenue of Dens,
and a tax upon the Dens, when the Grand Giant
shall deem such tax necessary and indispensable.

Sec. 6. The source of revenue to Dens, shall be
the initiation fees, fines, and a _per capita_ tax, when-
ever the Grand Cyclops shall deem such tax indis-
pensable to the interests and purposes of the *.

Sec. 7. All of the revenue obtained in the man-
ner herein aforesaid, shall be for the exclusive ben-
efit of the *. And shall be appropriated to the
dissemination of the same, and to the creation of a
fund to meet any disbursement that it may become
necessary to make to accomplish the objects of the
*, and to secure the protection of the same.

OBLIGATION.

ART. VIII. No one shall become a member of
this *, unless he shall take the following oath or
obligation:

"I, ---- of my own free will and accord, and in
the presence of Almighty God, do solemnly swear
or affirm that I will never reveal to any one, not a
member of the * * by any intimation, sign,
symbol, word or act, or in any other manner what-
ever, any of the secrets, signs, grips, pass words,
mysteries or purposes of the * * or that I am
a member of the same or that I know any one who
_is_ a member, and that I will abide by the Prescript
and Edicts of the * *. So help me God."

Sec. 2. The preliminary obligation to be adminis-
tered before the candidate for admission is taken
to the Grand Cyclops for examination, shall be as
follows:

"I do solemnly swear or affirm that I will never

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reveal any thing that I may this day (or night)
learn concerning the * *. So help me God."

ADMISSION.

ART. IX. Sec. 1. No one shall be presented for
admission into this *, until he shall have been
recommended by some friend or intimate, who _is_ a
member, to the Inv