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 passing through the ceremonies of initiation. _Provided_, That no one shall be admitted into this * who shall have not attained the age of eighteen years. Sec. 2. No one shall become a member of a distant * when there is a * established and in operation in his own immediate vicinity. Nor shall any one become a member of any * after he shall have been rejected by any other *. ENSIGN. ART. X. The Grand Banner of this * shall be in the form of an isosceles triangle, five feet long and three wide at the staff. The material shall be Yellow, with a Red scalloped border, about three inches in width. There shall be painted upon it, in black, a Dracovolans, or Flying Dragon[55a] with the following motto inscribed above the Dragon, "QUOD SEMPER, QUOD UBIQUE, QUOD AB OMNIBUS.[56a]" AMENDMENTS. ART. XI. This Prescript or any part or Edicts thereof, shall never be changed except by a two-thirds vote of the Grand Dragons of the Realms, in Convention assembled, and at which Convention 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 appoint the time and place for said Convention; which, when assembled, shall proceed to make such modifications and amendments as it may think will advance the interest, enlarge the utility and more thoroughly effectuate the purposes of the *. INTERDICTION. ART. XII. The origin, designs, mysteries and ritual of this * shall never be written, but the same shall be communicated orally. REGISTER. 1st--Dismal. 7th--Dreadful. 2nd--Dark. 8th--Terrible. 3rd--Furious. 9th--Horrible. 4th--Portentous. 10th--Melancholy. 5th--Wonderful. 11th--Mournful. 6th--Alarming. 12th--Dying. II. I--White. IV--Black II--Green. V--Yellow III--Blue. VI--Crimson VII--Purple III. 1--Fearful. 7--Doleful. 2--Startling. 8--Sorrowful. 3--Awful. 9--Hideous. 4--Woeful. 10--Frightful. 5--Horrid. 11--Appalling. 6--Bloody. 12--Last. EDICTS. I. The Initiation Fee of this * shall be one dollar, to be paid when the candidate is initiated and received into the *.