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 5. Any member of Subordinate lodges persisting in using unseemly language, or in an indecent manner giving offence to a brother member, or by offensive conduct, shall be fined one dollar for the first offence, and if he still persists in the unmanly use of such language, he shall be excluded from the lodge room, and not permitted to re-enter during the meeting.

6. The Chairman of any committee failing to report at the time required, unless further time be granted, shall be fined one dollar. Such fine, however, shall be remitted when satisfactory explanations are given.

7. Any member entering a Subordinate Lodge under the influence of liquor, shall for the first offence be fined one dollar, and double the sum for every subsequent offence.

8. Any member of a Subordinate Lodge violating his obligation to this Order, shall be liable to a fine of not less than three dollars, reprimand, suspension, or expulsion, according to a decision of his lodge, on a two-thirds majority.

9. Any Corresponding Representative failing or neglecting to prepare and forward the quarterly report of his lodge, or to attend to such other duties as pertain to his office, shall be fined two dollars.

10. All fines thus imposed, if not paid at the time, shall be charged by the Financial Secretary to the person from whom due, and shall stand against such person as regular dues, and must be liquidated to entitle him to any privileges or benefits of this Association.




 * The Declaration of Independence says:—

"...But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce