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

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 operation 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 appearance 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 Order, 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.

5. Upon the expulsion of any member from the Order, the Grand Cyclops,
or the officer acting 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,
and shall notify the Grand Dragons of contiguous Realms of the same.

6. Every Grand Cyclops shall read, or cause to be read, this Prescript
and these Edicts to h