all call and appoint the time
and place for said convention; which, when as-
sembled, shall proceed to make such modifica-
tions and amendments as it may think will
promote the interest, enlarge the utility, and
more thoroughly effectuate the purposes of the
Order.

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ARTICLE IX.

INTERDICTION.

The origin, mysteries, and Ritual of this Order
shall never be written, but the same shall be
communicated orally.

ARTICLE X.

EDICTS.

1. No one shall become a member of a distant
Den, when there is a Den established and in ope-
ration in his own immediate vicinity; nor shall
any one become a member of any Den, or of this
Order in any way after he shall have been once
rejected, upon application for membership.

2. No Den, or officer, or member, or members
thereof, shall operate beyond their prescribed
limits, unless invited or ordered by the proper
authority so to do.

3. No member shall be allowed to take any
intoxicating spirits to any meeting of the Den;
nor shall any member be allowed to attend a
meeting while intoxicated; and for every ap-
pearance at a meeting in such condition, he shall
be fined the sum of not less than one nor more
than five dollars, to go into the revenue of the
Order.

4. Any member may be expelled from the
Order by a majority vote of the Officers and
Ghouls of the Den to which he belongs; and if
after such expulsion, such member shall assume
any of the duties, regalia, or insignia of the Or-

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der, or in any way claim to be a member of the
same, he shall be severely punished. His obli-
gation of secrecy shall be as binding upon him
after expulsion as before, and for any revelation
made by him thereafter, he shall be held ac-
countable in the same manner as if he were then
a member.

5. Upon the expulsion of any member from
the Order, the Grand Cyclops, or the officer act-
ing in his stead, shall immediately report the
same to the Grand Giant of the Province, who
shall cause the fact to be made known and read
in each Den of his Province, and shall transmit
the same, through the proper channels, to the
Grand Dragon of the Realm, who shall cause it
to be published to every Den in his Realm