nions when the
Grand Dragon shall deem such tax necessary and indispensable.

Sec. 4. A further source of revenue to Dominions shall be ten per
cent. of all the revenue of Provinces, and a tax upon Provinces when
the Grand Titan shall deem such tax necessary and indispensable.

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, whenever the Grand Cyclops shall deem
such tax indispensable to the interests and purposes of the *.

Sec. 7. All of the revenue obtained in the manner herein aforesaid,
shall be for the exclusive benefit 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 whatever, 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 administered 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 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 Investigating Committee, which shall be composed
of the Grand Cyclops, the Grand Magi and the Grand Monk, and who shall
investigate his antecedents and his past and present standing and
connections, and if after such investigation, they pronounce him
competent and worthy to become a member, he may be admitted upon
taking the obligation required and passin