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 I 
 
 CONSTITUTION, 
 
 FOR THE GOVERNMENT 0:F 
 
 SUBORDINATE DIVISIONS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SONS OF TEMPERANCE, 
 
 INCLUDING BY-LAWS OF 
 
 Division No. 
 
 LOCATED AT 
 
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 REVISED EDITION. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY 
 THE NATIONAL BIVISION OP NORTH AMERICA. 
 
 1888. 
 
REVISED EDITION OF 1887. 
 
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 This edition of the Constitution, Code and By- 
 Laws differs in no respect from that of 1875, except 
 that the Code of Laws has been amended so as to 
 harmonize with the legislation of the Annual Ses- 
 sion of the National Division held at Boston, Mass., 
 in July, 1887. 
 
 R. Alder Temple, Jf. W. S, 
 December 21, 1887. 
 
 Entered according to the Act of Parliament of Canada ^ in the 
 year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-eight, by the 
 National Division^ Sons of TemperancBf of North America^ in 
 the Office of the Minister of Agriculture^ at Ottawa, 
 
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 Certificate of Membership. 
 
 ■♦«•«»■ 
 
 This is to certify that. 
 
 was initiated a Member^ oh the. 
 
 day of.. 
 
 188. 
 
 of 
 
 Division No of the Order of the 
 
 
 
 Sons of Temperance, located in. 
 
 .... and working under a Charter 
 
 granted by the Grand Division of 
 
 In witness ivhereof we have caused this to b$ 
 signed by our Worthy Patriarch and Recording 
 
 Scribe, this day of 
 
 18 „.. 
 
 TT. P. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Preamble 5 
 
 Article I.— Title of Division 5 
 
 II.— Pledge of the Order 5 
 
 III. — Membership 6 
 
 IV.— Officers 8 
 
 V. — Finances 9 
 
 VI.— Offences 10 
 
 VII. — Cards, Pass- words, Ceremonies and Re- 
 galia 12 
 
 VIII. — Resignations and withdrawals 14 
 
 IX. — Surrender of Charter 14 
 
 X. — Protests and Appeals 15 
 
 XI.— Terras 15 
 
 XII. — Amendments 16 
 
 ORDER OF BUSINESS 17 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 Article I. — Meetings 10 
 
 II. — Officers and their dutiee 19 
 
 III. — Fines, Penalties and Dues 20 
 
 IV — Membership 21 
 
 V. — Standing Committees 22 
 
 VI. — Special Committees 23 
 
 VII.^ — Donations ^ , 24 
 
 VII T. — Representatives to the Grand Division. .24 
 IX. — Amendments 24 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 Duties and Privileges of W. P 25 
 
 Motions 26 
 
 Debate 27 
 
 Privileged Questions 28 
 
 Adjournment .28 
 
 Questions not debatable 29 
 
 Taking the Vote 29 
 
 Reconsiderations and Appeals 30 
 
 Cpnimittees and their Repiorts .30 
 
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 Constitution and Code of Laws. 
 
 t^ PREAMBLE. 
 
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 We, whose names are annexed, desirous of form- 
 ing an association to enable us more effectually to 
 protect ourselves and others from the evils of intem- 
 perance, afford mutual assistance, and elevate our 
 characters, do pledge ourselves to bo governed by 
 the following Constitution and By-Laws. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 This Association shall be known as. 
 
 Division, No 
 
 Sons of Tbmpbrance, of the of 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 The name, number or location of a Division f hall be designated 
 and may be changed by the Grand Division. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 THE pleogI:. 
 
 No. member shall make, buy, sell or use as a 
 beverage my Spirituous or Malt Liquora, Wine, 
 or Cid«r. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS, 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 Section 1, — The manufacture, sale and use of cider or wine, 
 fermented or unfermented. or of any kind of spiritiiou'' or mali 
 liquors, or any kind of intoxicatintr drinks, as a beveraire, 
 whether enumerated in the ]>ledge or not, is a violation of the 
 satne, and tiie simple fact of the manufacture, sale or use, of such 
 drinks, by a member shall be prima facie evidence a^rainst such 
 member on a trial for violation of the pledfje, so as to devolve on 
 the accused the necessity of proving: that they were not manu- 
 factured, sold or used as a beverage. 
 
 Skction 2.— a physician's certificate or prescription shall not 
 necessarily relieve a member from a chartre of violation of the 
 pledire, as the iiiternal use of the liquors prohibited by the 
 pledfre is in no way provided for by our laws ; but the Subordi- 
 nate Division in the case shall be the judjre of any wantonness or 
 collusion whi. h may appear in relation to the matter. 
 
 SBcnoN 3 — Any member who makes, buys or sells any of the 
 liquors prohibited by this pledijre, to be used as a beveraffe, for 
 the accommodation of a friend or customer, althouirh he may not 
 desitrn to make any profit thereon, or any member acting as sales- 
 man in such liquors, as a beve asfe, or any member buying or sell- 
 in)jf such liquors in nny manner as a beverage, or lettinjjr buildinefS 
 for making, buying or sellin? such liquors as abeverage, except an 
 agent or officer of the law, acting officially, or an auctioneer 
 required to sell by the terms of his license, violates his pledge. 
 
 Section 4.— In a trial for vitiation ot the pledge, or any other 
 oflfenj^e, it is the duty of the Coniiinitfee to notify the accused of 
 the time and place of meeting for the trial, and a notice by mail 
 after a reasonable t<me, is a legal and sufficient notice. 
 
 Section 5. — A Division shall have no right to require its mem- 
 bers to take any p'edge other than that prescribed by the National 
 Division, neither shall it inflict any penalty for a violation of the 
 pled'jfe except that laid down in the Constitution or Code. 
 
 S ACTION 6. — An acknowledgment personally or in writing, by 
 a mem'xr, of a vio ation of the pledge, is in accordance with the 
 spirit of the Constitution. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 MEMBEBSHIP. 
 
 Section 1. — Persons fourteen years of age and 
 upward, possessing a character for integrity, and 
 who have not been rejected by, or expellb^ firom. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS. T, 
 
 any other Division within six months, shall be eligi- 
 ble to membership ; but no member shall be allowed 
 to vote in the Division, who is under eighteen years 
 of age. Provided^ That females shall not be admitted 
 to membership within the jurisdiction of any Grand 
 Division, unless permission bo first granted by a 
 two-thirds vote of the Grand Division ; nor in any 
 Subordinate Division, unless the Division shall so 
 decide Sy a two-thirds vote, after two weeks' notice. 
 And provided further^ That members between the 
 ages of fourteen and eighteen may be allowed to 
 vote by By-Law of their Subordinate Division, per- 
 mission having first been obtained from the Grand 
 Division for the enactment of such a By-Law. 
 
 THE CODE, 
 
 Shction 1. — ^The Constitution provides the terms of eligibility 
 to membership, and no Divisjion shall have the right to enlarge 
 or prescribe those terms, except that Divisions | aying benefits 
 may require a health qualification to defend them from imposi- 
 tion and loss. 
 
 Section 2. — The name of a candidate for admi-^sion must be 
 proposed by a memj^er in writing, stating age, residence and 
 busmess, which must be entered on the record, and the subject 
 referred to three members for investigation, who shall report in 
 writing at the next succeeding regular meeting, unless granted 
 further time by the Division, when the candidate shall be ba loted 
 for with ball ballots, and if a majority of white balls an i not more 
 than /our black balls appear, shall be declared elected ; but Mfive 
 or more black balls appear, shall be rejected and so declared. In 
 cases where there is not a n)ii jority of white balls, and less than 
 five black balls, the Division, on njotion, may proceed to another 
 ballot. A ballot for a candidate who has been rejected may be 
 reconsidered, and the proposition may be withdrawn b> a majority 
 vote of the Division. 
 
 Section 3. — A proposition for membership shall not be with- 
 drawn after it has been referred to a Committee for investigation, 
 without the consent of a majority of the members present. 
 
 Section 4.— -The name of a person constitutionally rejected, 
 suspended or expelled, shall not be published in any other manner 
 thaa ttM usual ia«tiM to Siviaimi. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION AND CODE OP LAWS. 
 
 Section 5.— The character of a candidate for membership may 
 be discussed in a Division any time after the report of a com- 
 mittee of investitration, and prcviouH to the ballot being taken, 
 but the ballot is a secret vote, and it is improper to call on any 
 member for the reason of his vote. The name to be balloted for 
 should always be read openJy to the Division. 
 
 Skction (J.— Any action of a Division in reference to an indi- 
 vidual proposed for nn mbership therein, without his consent, is 
 invalids and void ; but any person having been proposed after 
 giving educh consent, cannot, previous to election or rejection, be 
 proposioN in any other Division. 
 
 Sect 7.— The name of any person applying for niembership 
 by dep it of card, shall be subject to the same proposition, 
 investig tion and ballot, as a new applicant. 
 
 Section 8.— On the admission of any member to the Division 
 by card, the Recording Scribe shall immediately notify the 
 Division, granting the card, of the fact. 
 
 SscTiON 9. — A candidate may be proposed, balloted for, and 
 initiated at any regular meeting, by the unanimous consent of 
 the members present. 
 
 Section 10.— A suspended member is under the control and 
 jurisdiction of the Subordinate Division, and subject to their 
 judgment during such suspension. 
 
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 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. — The oflScers shall consist of a Worthy 
 Patriarch, Worthy Associate, Recording Scribe, 
 Assistant- Recording Scribe, Financial Scribe, 
 Treasurer, Chaplain, Conductor, Assistant-Con- 
 ductor, Inside Sentinel and Outside Sentinel, all 
 of whom shall be elected by balk every three 
 months, viz., last regular meetings in September, 
 December, March and June ; and installed the 
 first regular meetings in October, January, April 
 and July. 
 
 Section 2. — No member shall be eligible to the 
 ofiiccs of W. P.,W.A., Treas., and Chaplain, who is 
 under twenty-one years of age, except by dispensa- 
 tion from the Grand Diyiston ; providedy that no 
 
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CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS. 
 
 
 
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 person elevated to the office of W. P., by such dis- 
 pensation, shall be elected a representative to a 
 Grand Division until twenty-one years of age. 
 
 Section 3. — Each officer shall perform the duties 
 laid down in his obligation and charge at installa- 
 tion, and such other duties as his Grand or Subor- 
 dinate Division may require of him. 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 Section 1. — If a Division foils to elect or install its officers at the 
 tinie prescribed in Article IV., Sec. 1, of the Constitution, such 
 election or installation may be had 3ul>sequently, by leave of the 
 G. W. P., or his Deputy. 
 
 Section 2.— If a division has no nienfj. r constitutionally quali- 
 fied or willing to accept the office of W. P., it shall be taken 
 charge of by the G. W. P., or his ^ putj. who si ..11 preside over 
 the same until the disability is reu -ved. 
 
 Section 3.— In case of the abt.ence of tie W. P. and W. A. of a 
 L-ivision, the senior P. W. P. present s'taj. preside, which seniority 
 shall be governed by the date of service is W. P. 
 
 Section 4.— A vacancy jocurrinj^ dutintr the tenn, may be filled 
 at any time by election and installation. 
 
 Section 5. — ^The seat of any officer may be declared va/»ant for 
 neglect of duty three successive meetings, by a majority vote, 
 
 Srovided one week's notice is given in the Division, and three 
 ays' notice given him personally or by mail, by the R. S. 
 Section 6. — A member joining a Division by card, carries with 
 him and is entitled to all his unforfeited honois. 
 
 Section 7.— A member losing his connection with the Order by 
 suspension, expulsion, or voluntary resignation, cannot claim any 
 honours when he again connects himself with the Order, and any 
 member acknowledging or convicted of a violation of the pledge 
 shall forfeit al' honours previously earned. 
 
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 AKTICLE V. 
 
 FINANCES. 
 
 Section 1. — The minimum amount to be paid 
 for initation fees, and dues or assessments, may be 
 regulated by each G.:.and Division. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION' AND CODE OF LAWS. 
 
 - Section 2. — The question of payment of weekly 
 benefits in cases of sickness, or funeral benefits, 
 and the amount to h& pvild, shall be regulated by 
 each Division. 
 
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 THE CODE. 
 
 Srctton 1.— The initiation fee, quarterly dues, assessments or 
 fines of any member may be remitted by a Vdte of the Division. 
 , Sbction 2. — When a member is six months in arrears for dues 
 and the Financial Scribe shall have duly notified the d«!linquent, 
 and he fail to pay his dues for one month thereafter, the Division 
 may, without charg) or trial, suspend him, or may, after char ff6 
 and trial, expel him. Any member who has been suspended for 
 more than six nxinths^may be admitted as a new member. 
 
 Section 3.— A vote of suspension ehall always be taken by 
 ballot.'* Ui'on tlie reinstatement, by the payment of dues in 
 arrears, of a member who has been suspended for non-payment of 
 dues, the Financial Scribeshall, in open Division, call the attentfiow 
 of the Worthy Patriarch to the matter, and the Worthy Patriarch 
 shall direct the- Recording Scribe to note the fact upon the 
 minutes. All Subordinate Divisions that have been notified of 
 the suspension shall be, notified ol the reinstatement. 
 
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 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 OFFENCES. 
 
 Any member offending against the Constitution, 
 Code, or By-Laws, or who shall be convicted of 
 crime by a judicial tribunal, or be guilty of any 
 conduct unbecoming a Son of Temperance, shall be 
 fined, reprimanded, suspended or expelled, as the 
 law may prescribe,and the nature of the case require 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 Section 1.— Any member convicted of a crime by any Judicial 
 tribunal tnay be suspended or expelled by a. vote of the Division,, 
 without any formal charge, notice or trial. 
 
 ^The NaA^ibnal Division has decided that ball ballota shall bft 
 
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CONSTnCTIOy AKD CODE OT LAWS. 
 
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 Section 2. — If a member acknowledjjes a violation of the pledge, 
 the Worthy Patriarch shall declare forfeited all honours previously 
 earned by such member, and then proceed immediately t(» call 
 for a ballot on the question of expulsion. If a majority ballot in 
 favour, the Worthy Patriarch shpJl declare the member expelled, 
 and order the Financial Scribe to erase the name from the booke. 
 If a majority do not ballot in favour of expulsion, the membership 
 of the offender shall be retained, and no further action shall be 
 taken except that the offender shall be peobli((ated ; provided 
 that in case of failure to appear for re-obli{[fation within thirty 
 days after notification, the vote may be rescinded, and the ballot 
 again taken on the question nf expulsion And tshotUd a member 
 retained on such second ballot fail to appear /or re-obligation 
 within thirty days after suck ballot, then the Worthy Fatrvartdi, 
 shall declare the member expelled. 
 
 SBeTioN 3. — Any member who has good reason to believe that 
 a member has violated the Pledge, proved false to any of the obli- 
 ations of a Son of Temperance, or been guilty of conduct unbe- 
 coming a member of the Order, shall prefer a charge in writing 
 stating the nature of the offence, t^c time, place and clrcum* 
 stances, as near as may be, of its commission. 
 
 Srction 4. — When such charge shall have been prepared the 
 W. P. shall appoint a committee of five members, who shall, aa 
 soon as practicable, summon the accused and witnesses, pro and 
 «0'/}, and investigate the matter. 
 
 Section 5.— The committee shall organize by appointing a 
 chairman and secretary, and they ma3' receive the testimon} of 
 those who are not members. The secretary shall keep a correct 
 record of the proceedings with such testimony as ntay be present- 
 ed ; which record shall be produced to the Division on the call of 
 any member, after the committee have reported. 
 
 SECTION 6. — The committee shall report the chavge **8tistained" 
 or '*not sustained," as is warr nted by the evidence before them. 
 
 Section 7. — If the committee report the ^^charqe not su-tained ," 
 and the Division adopt the report, ail further proceedings shall 
 be stayed. If they report the charge *' sustained," or if there is a 
 majority and minority report, the subject shall be laid upon the 
 table until the next meeting, and the accused notified to be 
 present. 
 
 Section 8. — Upon a final hearing of the case by the Division a 
 bal'ot shall be had, when if a majority rote against austainingthe 
 charge, the case shall be disuissed ; if a majority vote in favour 
 of suHtairaing the charge, the penalty shall be fixed by a vote of 
 the Division, uiilet^s the law prescribes the penalty, in which case 
 it shall be enforced by order of the W. P. 
 
 Sbction 9. — If the accused is found guilty of violating the 
 pledge, the W. P., after declaring forfeited all honours previously 
 «arned by such member, shall proceed to ballot as in section 2iid 
 of this chapter. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS. 
 
 Section 10.— In case of expulsion, the vote shall always be taken 
 by ballot, and in no case shall a member be present when a vote 
 or ballot is taken on his case, under this chapter, either by the 
 committee or the Division. 
 
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 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 CARDS, PASS- WORDS, CEREMONIES AND REQALIA. 
 
 The Cards, Pass- words. Ceremonies and Begalia 
 prescribed and established by the National Division 
 shall be the onlj ones recognized, or ^ised by the 
 Division. 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 'Sbction 1.— Before a member shall be entitled to a Travelling 
 Card, or an Associate Member's Card, he must pay all dues in 
 advance for the full time such card is desired, not exceeding five 
 years, and the fee for the card. 
 
 SKCTI05 2. — A member with a Travelling Card, or an Associate 
 Meirber's Card, shall be allowed to visit on his giving the Travel- 
 ling Pass-word which was in use at the time of its issue. 
 
 Section 3. — A Withdrawal Card must be applied for in open 
 Division, personally or in writing?. The application shall lay upon 
 tae table for one week, when, if there is no charge against the 
 member, and he is clear on the books of the Financial Scribe, 
 and has paid the fee for the card, the Worthy Patriarch shall 
 direct his card to be issued, and his membership shall cease in the 
 Division. The Division shall, however, have jurisdiction over the 
 conduct of a member to whom a card is granted until he shall have 
 become a member of another Division, and for sufficient cause 
 may revoke the same. 
 
 Section 4.— If a Subordinate Division surrenders or forfeits its 
 charter, or is suspended, the Grand Division having Jurisdiction 
 shall have the right to grant a Clearance Card to each of the mem- 
 bers of said Division making written application for the same who 
 may be deemed worthy by said Grand Division ; and said card 
 shall be of the same value and liable to the same Jurisdiction as a 
 Withdrawal Card. 
 
 Section 6.— If 4^ member in possession of a Clearance Card shall 
 be guilty of an offence, a charge shall be made to the G. W. P., or 
 his Deputy, who shall transfer the same to a Subordinate Division 
 in the vicinity of the accused, for trial in the usual form ; and in 
 case of a conviction, the 0> D. granting such oardslum be notifled 
 of the action. 
 
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CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS. 13 
 
 Section 6. — A member who has taken a Withdrawal or Clear- 
 ance Card is not entitled to the Pass-word, nor can he olaim a 
 ,^ rigfht to enter a Division. 
 
 Section 7. — Visitint? members not bein^ able to give the Quar- 
 terly' Pass- word, may be admitted, if vouched for, as prescribed in 
 the fi. B. ; but a Division shall ha\ e the right to refuse admission 
 ^ to a visiting member who can work his way upon being satisfied 
 
 \^ that he has lost his membership, or been irregularly admitted, or 
 
 has previously deported himself improperly in the Division. 
 
 Section 8. — The Pass- word may be withheld from a member 
 against whom a charge has been preferred. 
 
 Section 9.— A W. P. may communicate the Quarterly or Travel- 
 ling Pass-word to a travelling brother, when requested so to do by 
 the W. P. of his Division, in writing under the seal of the Division. 
 Section 10.— Every member, during the session of the Division, 
 shall be clothed in appropriate regalia unless excused by a vote of 
 the Division. The Representatives to the G. D. and N. D. present 
 may wear the regalia of their respective bodies unless they are 
 serving in some office, in which case they must be clothed in the 
 , proper official regalia. 
 
 W Section 11.— The mourning badge shall be a rosette, such as is 
 
 I worn on Subordinate Division regalia, having a border of black 
 
 crape, to be worn on the left arm or side of the coat. The official 
 badges, emblems and staffs of office may be draped in mourning. 
 
 Section 12. — Portions of the ceremonies of initation may be 
 omitted by a two-thirds vote of the Division ; provided that in no 
 case shall the obligation be dispensed with. 
 
 Section 13 — A member desiring to retain membership in the 
 Order, and at the same time to be relieved from assessments and 
 the active duties of a member, on application, personally or in 
 writing, and a majority vote in favor, shall receive an Associate 
 member's Card, good for a time not exceeding five years, by pay- 
 ing in advance a sum to be fixed by the Division, which shall not 
 be less than fifty cents a year for the time such card is to run, and 
 twenty -five cents for the card. A Division issuing an Associate 
 Member's Card shall retain the name of the member receiving it on 
 its books until the expiration of the card, and pay per capita tax 
 on the same to the Grand Division ; provided, such member shall 
 be liable to any penalties for any offence, but shall not be required 
 to pay any additional dues or assessments or be eligible to speak, 
 vote or hold office in the Subordinate Division. 
 
 Section 14. — A member holding an Associate Member's Card may 
 use the same as a Travelling Card for the purpose of visiting Divi- 
 sions, or for a Withdrawal Card for the purpose of joining a Divi- 
 sion ; but if used as a Withdrawal Card it shall be surrendered to 
 the Division, and the member shall have no further claim on the 
 same. Any Division receiving such card shall immediately notify 
 the Division granting the card of the fact, the same as required in 
 the case of receiving a Withdrawal Card. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION AND CODF OF LAWS. 
 
 Sbctiox 15.— The provisions in regard to Associate Members* 
 Cards shall not go into effect in the jurisdiction of any Qrand 
 Division until accepted by such Qrand Division. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
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 BESIGNATIONS AND WITHDRAWALS. 
 
 Members can dissolve their connection with the 
 Division or the Order, only in such manner as may 
 be prescribed by law. 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 Section 1.— A member may dissolve his connection with the 
 Order by paying all demands aerainst him on the books of the Divi- 
 sion, and tendering his written resignation ; such resignation shall 
 lay upon the table one week, when, if not withdrawn, the request 
 shall be granted, unless there be a charge preferred against him, 
 or notice given that such will be done at that or the following 
 meeting. 
 
 Sbction 2. — A member who has resigned may be •restored to 
 membership by the usual ballot, without inititation, within three 
 months, by re-signifying the Constitution, and paying the initiation 
 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 SURRENDER OF CHARTER. 
 
 A proposition to surrender the Charter of a Divi- 
 sion shall lie on the table at least four weeks, the 
 memllf&rs being duly notified, and the ch;irter shall 
 not be surrendered, aa long as seven members will 
 sustain the Division. 
 
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CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS. 
 
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 ARTICLE X. 
 
 PROTESTS AND APPEALS. 
 
 Every member Bhall have the right to respectfully 
 protest against the action of the Division, or appeal 
 from its decision to the Grand Division, and 
 through the G. D to the National Division. All 
 decisions of the acting body shall, however, be and 
 remain in force, until reversed by the superior body 
 in the case. No appeal shall be taken after one 
 year from the date of the fction appealed from. 
 
 ARTICLE XI. 
 
 TERMS. 
 
 Regular Quarterly Terms shall commence on the 
 first of October, January, April and July. Mem- 
 bers holding office at the close of the term, shall be 
 entitled to the full honours of the term. 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 Sbotiok 1. — If applicants for a Charter fail to present themselves 
 for initiation within three months after the organization of the 
 Division, their names shall he erased from the Charter and the 
 first names signed to the Constitution after the Charter members 
 shall be inserted in place thereof, in case the constitutional 
 number is deficient. 
 
 Sbctiok 2.— The name of a regularly admitted member shall in 
 no event be erased from the Charter. 
 
 Skotion 3.— At the opening of a new Division, the officiating 
 brother shall be authorized to add to the number of the Charter 
 members, at the request of the applicants, returning the names 
 BO added in his report. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION AND CODE OF LAWS. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 This Constitution may be altered and amended 
 by a two-thirds vote of the National Division, to be 
 taken by Grand Divisions, in regular annual ses- 
 sion ; but By-laws which do not conflict with the 
 Constitution and the Code, or the established 
 Rules and usages of the Order, may be enacted by 
 each Division. 
 
 THE CODE. 
 
 This Code of Laws shall not be repealed or amended, nor any 
 part thereof, except by a two-thirds vote of National Division. 
 
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 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 t. 
 
 1. Opening of the Division. 
 
 2. Roll of Officers called. 
 
 3. Reading of Records of last meeting. 
 
 4. Report of Committees on Candidates for Membership. 
 
 5. Balloting for Candidates. 
 
 6. Initiation of Candidates. 
 
 7. Are any of the members sick ? 
 
 8. Reports of Visiting Committees. 
 
 9. Have all Members maintained their pledge inviolate ? 
 10. Reception and disposal of communications and Bills. 
 
 INTERMISSION. 
 
 . Reports of Committees. 
 
 12. Are any of the Members four months in arrears. 
 
 13. Proposals for Membership, by Initiation or by Card 
 
 14. Unfinished Business. 
 
 15. New Business. 
 
 16. Good of the Order. 
 
 17. Report of Financial Scribe. 
 
 18. Closing the Division. 
 
 The " Order of Business " may be changed to suit cir- 
 cumstances by the presiding officer, but no item can be 
 omitted without a majority vote of the Division. 
 
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 OBDEB OF BUSINESS. 
 
 Election op Officers — last regular meetings in March 
 June, September, and December. 
 
 Installation of Officers— first regular meetings in 
 January, April, July, and October. 
 
 General Election of Representatives to the Grand 
 Division- -first regular meeting in October, annually. 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 Section 1. — The regular meetings of this Divi- 
 sion shall be held on Evening of each 
 week, and the Division shall be called to order at 
 8 o'clock, from April lat to August 31st, and at 7^ 
 o'clock, from September 1st to March 31st. 
 
 Section 2. — Special meetings may be called by 
 the W. P., on the written request of five members ; 
 and notice of a special meeting for the transaction 
 of business shall be given at least twenty-four hours 
 before such meeting is to be held. 
 
 Section 3. — Seven members shall constitute a 
 quorum for the transaction of business. 
 
 Section 4. — The W. P. shall take the chair pre- 
 cisely at the time appointed for the meeting of the 
 Division, and shall call the members to order ; and 
 on the appearance of a quorum shall proceed to 
 business in the order hereinafter specified. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 officers and their duties. 
 
 Section 1. — The officers and their duties shall be 
 such as are designated in the Constitution and 
 these By-Laws ; and each officer must be free from 
 all charges upon the books at the time of his or her 
 installation. 
 
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 BY-LAWS 
 
 Section 2. — The R. S. shall notify all persons 
 of their election to membership and of the time they 
 are expected to present themselves for initiation. 
 
 Section 3. — The F. S. shall keep a correct list 
 of members in good standing, to be used on a call 
 for yeas and nays, and shall at all elections of OfSi- 
 cers, prepare a list of members entitled to vote, and, 
 if required by the Division, call the same and check 
 the name of every member voting. 
 
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 ARTICLE III. 
 
 FINES, PENALTIES AND DUES. 
 
 Section 1. — Should any oflScer be absent for 
 more than three successive meetings, without suffi- 
 cient excuse, the seat may be declared vacant by a 
 vote of the Division ; but a motion to that effect 
 shall be made at least one week before action is 
 taken upon it, and notice thereof shall be given to 
 the delinquent officer by the R. S. 
 
 Section 2.— The regular dues of this Division 
 shall be for male members cents per quarter, 
 
 and for female members cents, payable at the 
 
 last meeting of each term, to entitle them to the 
 password and a vote in the Division. 
 
 Section 3. — Every member who shall be the 
 means of depriving the Division of the use of its 
 regular books, papers, or necessary furniture, at a 
 regular meeting, shall be fined, suspended, or ex- 
 pelled, at the discretion of the Division. 
 
 Section 4. — Any member who shall bring charges 
 against a member without sufficient evidence, ot 
 who shall knowingly propose an unsuitable person 
 for membership, shall be subject to fine, suspension 
 or ezpaLBion. 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
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 Section 5. — Any member divulging the name of 
 a member who shall think proper to speak or vote 
 against a candidate for membership, or making 
 public any business which should be confined to 
 the Division, shall be subject to be fined, suspended, 
 or expelled, at the pleasure of the Division. 
 
 Sbction 6. — Every member who shall change his 
 place of residence must notify the R. S. of the same. 
 An elected or appointed officer should not leave 
 the Division before the close thereof, without per- 
 mission of the W. P. 
 
 Section 7. — Any member who shall in the Divi- 
 sion make use of any improper language, or refuse 
 to obey the commands of the W. P. when called to 
 order, or use disrespectful expressions towards the 
 officers or members of this Division, shall be sub- 
 ject to reprimand, suspension or expulsion, at the 
 pleasure of the Division. 
 
 Section 8. — It shall be the imperative duty of 
 the W. P. to enforce all penalties provided in these 
 By-Laws ; and nothing but a majority vote of the 
 members present at a regular meeting shall relieve 
 the delinquent of the consequences. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 MKMBSBSHIP. 
 
 Section 1. — The initiation fee to this Division 
 shall be for m^les, and for females to be paid 
 to the F. S. previous to signing the constitution.* 
 
 Section 2. — A candidate for membership who 
 neglects to appear for initiation within three months 
 
 * The better custom is for the F. S. to accompany the W. A. 
 and collect the initiation fee in the Ante-Room before the Candi- 
 
 dates enter. 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
 after election, must be again proposed in order to 
 become a member. 
 
 Section 3,— In balloting for menibera the ballot 
 box shall be placed in full view of the W. P., who 
 with the W. A. shall examine the ballots after the 
 poll is closed and declare the result. The Conduc- 
 tor must not see. 
 
 SECTion 4. — Every member on being admitted 
 jhall sign the Constitution and By-Laws, and 
 thereby agree to support the same and to pay all 
 legal demands against him or her so long as he or 
 Bhe remains a member. 
 
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 ARTICLE V. 
 
 STANDING COMMITTEES. 
 
 ISection 1.— Four standing Committees shall be 
 appointed by the W. P. on the first evening of each 
 term, viz. ; a lady Visiting Committee, a gentleman 
 Visiting Committee, consisting of seven each ; a 
 Fmance Committee , and a Committee on the Good 
 of the Order. 
 
 Section 2 —The W. P. shall designate the day 
 for each member of the Visiting Committee tt> serve. 
 It shall be their duty to visit the sick members 
 within twenty-four hours subsequent to the report 
 of such sickness bting received, and render them, 
 during their illness, such assistance as tue By-Laws 
 provide. If necessary, the W. P. shall have power 
 to notify members, whose duty it shall be to attend 
 in person, or by substitute, each sick member dur- 
 ing the night, provided the disease be not conta- 
 gious, of which a respectable physician may judge. 
 
 Section 3. — The Finance Committee shall consist 
 of three members. It shall be tlieir duty to super- 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
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 intend the financial concerns of the Division ; to 
 inspect and audit, at the close of each quarter, the 
 accounts of the F. S. and T., and at all times those 
 of officers and committees charged with the receipt 
 or expenditure of the moneys of t'ue Division ; and 
 all bills presented to the Division shall be subject 
 to their approval previous to being paid, except 
 the per capita tax due the Grand Division, which 
 shall be paid before installation, to the deputy, 
 without action by tht committee. They shall be 
 authorized to examine the books and accounts of 
 any officer or member of committee of the Division, 
 whenever they shall think proper, and shall report 
 as speedily a« possible on all matters they may 
 ha^ 3 on hand. 
 
 Section 4. — The Committee on the Good of the 
 Order shall consist of the W. P. and two n embers. 
 They shall have entire charge of the social exercises 
 of the Division. 
 
 Section 5. — It shall be the duty of every mem- 
 ber of a committee to attend upon its meetings, and 
 B^rform such services as are required, and the chair- 
 man shall report all delinquents to the Division. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
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 SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 
 
 Section 1.— Special Committees may be ap- 
 pointed by the W. P. or the Division, as circum- 
 stances may require, with such authority and duties 
 as may be officially given to, or required of them. 
 
 Section 2. — At the election of officers the W. P. 
 shall appoint three tellers to receive and canvass 
 such votes as shall be legally offered ; and they shall 
 report the result to the W. P., by whom it shall 
 be announced to the Division. 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
 ARTICLE VIT. 
 
 DONATIONS. 
 
 No donation shall be made from the funds of 
 the Division, nor shall money be appropriated or 
 used for other purposes than defraying the neces- 
 sary expenses of the Division, except by a three- 
 fourths vote of all members voting, the motion 
 having been made one week previous to action on 
 the same. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 BBPRMSKNTATIV15S TO THB GRAND DIVISION— HOW 
 AND WHEN ELVCTED. 
 
 ■^ Section 1. — The Division, at the first regular 
 meeting in October, annually (and at any other 
 intermediate term throughout the year, if need be) 
 shall ballot separately, and with ball ballots, for 
 Representatives to the Grand Division. The W.P. 
 and all P. W. P's shall be eligible to be elected to 
 represent this Division in the Grand Division. 
 
 Section 2. — The Division may pay to one or 
 more Representatives to the Grand Division a 
 sufficient sum to pay all necessary expenses. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 No part of these By-Laws shall be repealed or 
 altered, unless a proposition to that eflFect in writ- 
 ing be presented to the Division at least two weeks 
 previous to action thereon, when, if two- thirds of the 
 members present vote in favor of the same, it shall 
 be adopted ; provided, however> it shall b« in the 
 
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RULES OF ORDER 
 
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 powdl* of the Division to suspend any article of the 
 By-laws by a two-thirds vote of the members pre- 
 sent, excepting this article ; but such suspension 
 shall in no case go beyond the meeting of the 
 Division at which it is suspended. 
 
 RULES OP ORDER. 
 
 DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF W. P. 
 
 1.— It shall be the duty of the W .P. to preserv 
 order, and to conduct all business before the Divi- 
 sion to a speedy and proper result. 
 
 2.— He shall state every question properly pre- 
 sented to the Division ; and, before putting it to 
 vote (if the question is debatable,) shall ask '*Is 
 the Division ready for the question ?" Should no 
 member offer to speak, he shall rise and put the 
 question. 
 
 3. — ^Th© W. P. shall have a casting vote when- 
 ever his vote will change the result, but otherwise 
 shall not vote, except in' case of a Ballot he may 
 vote when others vote, but not otherwise. He 
 shall announce all votes and decisions. His de- 
 cisions on points of order shall not be debatable, 
 unless, entertaining doubts on the subject, he invite 
 discussion. 
 
 4. — He may speak to points of order in prefer- 
 ence to other members of the Division, rising from 
 his seat for the purpose ; and shall decide questions 
 of order, subject to an appeal to the Division l^ any 
 
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 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 two members. On such an appeal no member shall 
 speak more than once. 
 
 6. — When an appeal is made from the decision 
 of the W. P., he shall put the question thus — 
 ** Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained I" 
 
 6. — It shall be the duty of the presiding officer, 
 and the privilege of any member of the Division, 
 to call a member to order who violates a Rule of 
 Order. 
 
 MOTIONS. 
 
 7. — A motion must be seconded, and afterwards 
 repeated from the chair, or read aloud, before it is 
 debated. A motion shall be reduced to writing, if 
 required by five members. 
 
 8.— All resolutions shall be submitted in* writing. 
 
 9. — Any member having made a motion may 
 withdraw it, with leave of his second, before it is 
 debated ; but not afterwards, without leave of the 
 Division. 
 
 10. — A motion to amend an amendment shall 
 be iti order, but to amend an amendment to an 
 amendment shall not be entertained. 
 
 11. — An amendment destroying or altering the 
 intention of a motion shall be in order ; but an 
 amendment relating to a different subject shall 
 not be in order. 
 
 12. — On a motion to ** strike out and insert,* 
 the parapraph to be amended shall first be read as 
 it stands, then the words proposed to be struck 
 out, and those to be inserted, and finally, the para- 
 graph as it would stand if so amended. 
 
 13. — On the call for a division of the question 
 the majority ihall decide. The call ean only be 
 
 
RULES OF OBDKR. 
 
 granted when the dinsion called for will leave dis* 
 tinct and entire propositions. 
 
 DEBATE. 
 
 14. — When a member speaks, or offers amotion^ 
 he shall rise in his place, and respectfully address 
 the W. P., confine himself to the question under 
 consideration, and avoid personality and unbeconi' 
 in^ language 
 
 15. — When a member is called to order, he shall 
 take his seat until the point is determined. 
 
 16. — When two or more members rise to speak 
 at the same time, the presiding officer shall decide 
 who is entitled to the floor. 
 
 17. — No member can speak more than twice,ner 
 longer than ten minutes each time, on any ques- 
 tion, without leave of the Division, which leave 
 shall be granted or refused without debate. 
 
 18. — While a member is speaking, no one shall 
 interrupt him, except for the purpose of calling him 
 to order, or asking of the presiding officer leave to 
 explain. A member allowed ** to explain " shall 
 only have the right to explain an actual misunder- 
 standing of language,and shall be strictly prohibited 
 from going into debate on the merit of the ease. 
 
 19. — For anv member in speaking to impeach the 
 motives of a fellow -member, or treat him with per-i 
 sonal disrespect, or pass between him and the chair 
 while he is speaking shall, be deemed a violation of 
 order, which may incur the censure of the presiding 
 officer of the Division. 
 
 20. — If any member shall deem himf elf personally 
 aggrieved by a decision of the chair, he may appeal 
 from aaid decision. 
 
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 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 21. — Any conversation by whispering or other- 
 wise, which is calculated to disturb a member 
 while speaking, or hinder the transaction of business 
 shall be deemed a violation of order, and, if per- 
 sisted in, shall incur censure. 
 
 PRIVILEGED QUESTIONS. 
 
 22. — When a question is before the Division, the 
 only motions in order shall be : 1, to close ; 2, the 
 previous question ; 3, to lay on the table ; 4, to 
 postpone indefinitely ; 5, to postpone to a definite 
 period ; 6, to refer ; 7, to divide, if the sense will 
 admit of it ; or 8, to amend— to take precedence 
 as herein arranged, and the first three to be decided 
 without debate. 
 
 23. — When the previous question is moved and 
 seconded, it shall be put in this form : ** Shall the 
 main question be now put ?" If this is carried, all 
 further motions, amendments, and debate shall be 
 excluded, and the question be put without delay. 
 If the question has been amended, the question 
 shall be taken on the amendment first. If more 
 than one amendment has been made, the last made 
 amendment in order shall take precedence in the 
 vote. It shall not be in order to reconsider the 
 agreement to take the previous question. 
 
 24. — When a motion is postponed indefinitely, it 
 shall not come up again during the term. 
 
 ADJOURNMENT 
 
 25. — A motion to adjourn shall always be in order 
 except — 1st, when a member is in possession of the 
 floor ; 2nd, while the yea« or nays are being called ; 
 drd, when the members are voting ; or 4th, when 
 
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BULKS OF ORDER. 
 
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 it ha« been decided that the previous question shall 
 be taken. 
 
 26. — A motion to adjourn simply cannot be 
 amended, but a motion to adjourn to a given time 
 may be, and is open to debate. 
 
 QUESTIONS NOT DEBATABLE. 
 
 27. — 1st, A motion to adjourn, when to adjourn 
 simply. 2nd, A motion to lay on the table, when 
 claiming privilege over another motion. 3rd, A 
 motion for the previous question. 4th, Questions 
 of order, whilst the previous question is pending. 
 
 TAKING THE VOTE. 
 
 28. — When the presiding oflScer has commenced 
 taking a vote, no further debate or remark shall be 
 admitted, unless a mistake has been made ; in 
 which 3ase the mistake shall be rectified and the 
 presiding officer shall re-commence taking the vote. 
 
 29. — When the decision of any question is doubt- 
 ed the presiding officer shall direct the Conductor 
 to count the vote in the affirmative and negative, 
 and report the same to him. 
 
 30.- -The yeas and nays upon any question before 
 the Division may be called for by two members, 
 and upon the assent of one-third of the members 
 present shall be so taken. They may be called for 
 at any time before a peremptory decision of the 
 vote by the chair. 
 
 31. — In taking the yeas and nays, the F. S. shall 
 call the roll and record the yeas and nays : after 
 Uie roll is called, the result shall be read aloud to 
 reoitify mi»ti^ei» if Any» after which the F. S. iJM 
 
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 RULES or ORDER. 
 
 hand the record of the vote to the W. P., who shall 
 announce the result. 
 
 32. —In voting by yeas and nays, all present, in 
 regular standing, and entitled, must vote, unless 
 excused by the Division ; but no member shall vote 
 who was not in the room at the time the question 
 was put. A motion to excuse shall be decided with- 
 out debate. 
 
 RECONSIDERATIONS AND APPEALS. 
 
 33.— A question may be reconsidered at any time 
 during the session, or at the first regular session 
 held thereafter ; but a motion for reconsideration 
 being once made and decided in the negative, shall 
 not be renewed. 
 
 34. — A motion to reconsider must be made and 
 seconded by members who voted in the majority, 
 except in the case of a rejection of a candidate by 
 the black balls when it shall be competent for any 
 member to move and second a reconsideration. 
 No question shall be reconsidered more than once, 
 nor shall a vote to reconsider be reconsidered. To 
 reconsider any resolution, &c., the decision of which 
 has OFFICIALLY passcd out of the Division, shall not 
 be in order. 
 
 35. — A motion to repeal or rescind a resolution 
 shall be offered in writing, and announced at a 
 regular session one week before action shall be taken 
 on the same. 
 
 COMMITTEES ^AND THEIR REPORTS 
 
 1 
 
 36. — The member first named on the appoint- 
 /'-vm of a oommittee shall be chairman of the samei 
 
RULES OF ORDER. 
 
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 and shall call the conimittee together at such time 
 and place as he may select ; but when thus con- 
 vened, any committee may elect its own chairman 
 and scribe. 
 
 37.— All reports of committees, except reports of 
 i)rogress, shall be made in writing. 
 
 38. — When a majority report is followed by a 
 report from the minority of a committee, the 
 former, after being read, shall lie upon the table 
 until the latter is presented ; after which, on 
 motion, either may be considered. 
 
 39.— When a report has been read, it shall be 
 considered as properly before the Division without 
 a motion to accept. 
 
 40. — All discussion of a political or sectarian 
 character is strictly prohibited in the Division. 
 
 41. —All questions not provided for by these By- 
 Laws and Rules shall be determined by a majority 
 of votes. 
 
 NoTjB. — To avoid ambiguity of expression through 
 out this book, the mascuJine form of the pronoun 
 is used, but it is in all cases to be construed as 
 referring to either sex, according to the circum- 
 stances. 
 
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 BLAN K FO RMS. 
 Proposition. 
 
 I propose • 
 residence — 
 member of -- 
 Temperance. 
 
 (Date) 
 
 D E — 
 
 P G — 
 
 age , occupation 
 
 -, as a proper person to become a 
 , Division No. , Sons of 
 
 (Signed) 
 !■ References. 
 
 A. 
 
 B. 
 
 To the W. P. of- 
 
 Charge, 
 
 — Division No,- 
 
 'S. of T. 
 
 I charge Brother (or Sister)- with violating 
 
 Article II. of the Constitution. 
 
 Specification, 
 
 In drinking intoxicating liquors at , on 
 
 evening, , 18 , between the hours of and 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 [A copy of this charge should be given or sent to 
 the implicated brother or sister immediately after 
 the investigation committee has been appointed.] 
 
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