e *. Nor shall any member be allowed to attend a meeting
when intoxicated; and for every appearance at a meeting in such a
condition, he shall be fined the sum of not less than one nor more
than five dollars, to go into the revenue of the *.

III. Any member may be expelled from the * 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 in any way claim to be a member of the same, he
shall be severely punished. His obligation of secrecy shall be as
binding upon him after expulsion as before, and for any revelation
made by him thereafter, he shall be held accountable in the same
manner as if he were then a member.

IV. Every Grand Cyclops shall read or cause to be read, this Prescript
and these Edicts to the * of his Den, at least once in every three
months,--And shall read them to each new member when he is initiated,
or present the same to him for personal perusal.

V. Each Den may provide itself with the Grand Banner of the *.

VI. The *s of Dens may make such additional Edicts for their control
and government as they shall deem requisite and necessary. _Provided_,
No Edict shall be made to conflict with any of the provisions or
Edicts of this Prescript.

VII. The strictest and most rigid secrecy, concerning any and
everything that relates to the * shall at all times be maintained.

VIII. Any member who shall reveal or betray the secrets or purposes of
this * shall suffer the extreme penalty of the Law.

Hush, thou art not to utter what
I am. Bethink thee; it was our covenant.
I said that I would see thee once again.

L' ENVOI.

To the lovers of Law and Order, Peace and Justice, we send greeting;
and to the shades of the venerated Dead, we affectionately dedicate
the * *

FOOTNOTES:

[55a] See Webster's Unabridged Pictorial.

[56a] "What always, what every where, what by all is held to be true."

APPENDIX II.

REVISED AND AMENDED PRESCRIPT OF KU KLUX KLAN

ADOPTED IN 1868 (?)

REVISED AND AMENDED

PRESCRIPT

OF THE

ORDER

OF THE

*
* *

_Damnant quod non intelligunt._

APPELLATION.

This Organization shall be styled and denominated, the Order of the *
* *.

CREED.

We, the Order of the * * *, reverentially acknowledge the majesty and
supremacy of the Divine Being, and recognize the goodness and
providence of th