estigating Committee, which
shall be composed of the Grand Cyclops, the Grand
Magi and the Grand Monk, and who shall investi-
gate his antecedents and his past and present stand-
ing and connections, and if after such investigation,
they pronounce him competent and worthy to become
a member, he may be admitted upon taking the ob-
ligation required and passing through the ceremo-
nies of initiation. _Provided_, That no one shall be
admitted into this * who shall have not attain-
ed the age of eighteen years.

Sec. 2. No one shall become a member of a dis-
tant * when there is a * established and in
operation in his own immediate vicinity. Nor
shall any one become a member of any * after
he shall have been rejected by any other *.

ENSIGN.

ART. X. The Grand Banner of this * shall be
in the form of an isosceles triangle, five feet long
and three wide at the staff. The material shall be
Yellow, with a Red scalloped border, about three
inches in width. There shall be painted upon it,
in black, a Dracovolans, or Flying Dragon[55] with
the following motto inscribed above the Dragon,

"QUOD SEMPER, QUOD UBIQUE, QUOD AB OMNIBUS."[56]

AMENDMENTS.

ART. XI. This Prescript or any part or Edicts
thereof, shall never be changed except by a two-

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thirds vote of the Grand Dragons of the Realms, in
Convention assembled, and at which Convention
the Grand Wizard shall preside and be entitled to a
vote. And upon the application of a majority of
the Grand Dragons, for that purpose, the Grand
Wizard shall appoint the time and place for said
Convention; which, when assembled, shall pro-
ceed to make such modifications and amendments as
it may think will advance the interest, enlarge the
utility and more thoroughly effectuate the purpo-
ses of the *.

INTERDICTION.

ART. XII. The origin, designs, mysteries and
ritual of this * shall never be written, but the
same shall be communicated orally.

REGISTER.

1st--Dismal. 7th--Dreadful.
2nd--Dark. 8th--Terrible.
3rd--Furious. 9th--Horrible.
4th--Portentous. 10th--Melancholy.
5th--Wonderful. 11th--Mournful.
6th--Alarming.