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vening in annual session upon that day, shall be composed exclusively of
delegates elected under and in accordance with the provisions of the con-
stitution as amended at the present session of the national council:
Provided, That this resolution shall not apply to the officers of the na-
tional council. [November, 1854.]

Vote Fourth.—The corresponding secretary of this council is author-
ized to have printed the names of all the delegates to this national
council; also, those of the presidents and corresponding secretaries of
the several State, district, and territorial councils, together with their
address, and to forward a copy of the same to each person named; and
further, the corresponding secretaries of each State, district, and terri-
tory are requested to forward a copy of their several constitutions to each
other. [November, 1854.1

Vote Fifth.—In the publication of the constitution and ritual, under
the direction of the committee—Brothers Deshler, Damrell, and Ste-
phens—the name, signs, grips, and pass-words of the order shall be
indicated by stars (***), and a copy of the same shall be furnished to
each State, district, and territorial council, and to each member of this
body. [November, 1854.]

Vote Sixth.—A copy of the constitution of each State, district, and
territorial council shall be submitted to this council for examination.

Vote Seventh.—It shall be the duty of the treasurer, at each annual
meeting of this body, to make a report of all moneys received or ex-
pended in the interval.

Vote Eighth.—Messrs. Gifford, of Pa., Barker, of New York, Desh-
ler, of N. J., Williamson, of Va., and Stephens, of Md., are appointed
a committee to confer with similar committees that have been or may be
appointed for the purpose of consolidating the various American orders,
with power to make the necessary arrangements for such consolidation,
subject to the approval of this national council at its next session.

Vote Ninth.—On the receipt of the new ritual by the members of
this national council who have received the third degree, they, or any
of them, may, and they are hereby empowered to confer the third de-
gree upon members of this body in their respective States, districts, or
territories, and upon the presidents and other officers of their State,
district, and territorial councils. And further, the presidents of the
State, district, and territorial councils shall, in the first instance, confer
the third degree upon as many of the presidents and officers of their
subordinate councils as can be assembled together in their respective
localities, and afterwards the same may be conferred upon officers of
other subordinate councils, by any presiding officer of a council who
shall have previously received it under the provisions of the constitution.

Vote Tenth.—To entitle any delegate to a seat in this national coun-
cil at its annual session in June next, he must present a properly au-
thenticated certificate that he was duly elected as a delegate to the same,
or appointed a substitute in accordance with the requirements of the
constitutions of State, territorial, or district councils; and no delegate
shall be received from any State, district, or territorial council which
has not adopted the constitution and ritual of this national council.