"_Section 4._ A further source of revenue to Dominions shall be ten per
cent of all the revenue of Provinces, and a tax upon Provinces when the
Grand Titan shall deem such tax necessary and indispensable.
"_Section 5._ A further source of revenue to Provinces shall be ten per
cent of all the revenue of Dens, and a tax upon Dens when the Grand Giant
shall deem such tax necessary and indispensable. (_Dat Deus hisquoque
finem._)
"_Section 6._ The source of revenue to Dens shall be the initiation fees,
fines, and a _per capita_ tax, whenever the Grand Cyclops shall deem such
tax necessary and indispensable to the interests and objects of the Order.
"_Section 7._ All the revenue obtained in the manner aforesaid shall be
for the _exclusive_ benefit of the Order, and shall be appropriated to the
dissemination of the same and to the creation of a fund to meet any
disbursement that it may become necessary to make to accomplish the
objects of the Order and to secure the protection of the same.
ARTICLE VII
ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP
"_Section 1._ No one shall be presented for admission into the Order until
he shall have first been recommended by some friend or intimate who _is_ a
member, to the Investigation Committee (which shall be composed of the
Grand Cyclops, the Grand Magi, and the Grand Monk), and who shall have
investigated his antecedents and his past and present standing and
connections, and after such investigation, shall have pronounced him
competent and worthy to become a member. _Provided_, no one shall be
presented for admission into, or become a member of this Order, who shall
not have attained the age of eighteen years.
"_Section 2._ No one shall become a member of this Order unless he shall
_voluntarily_ take the following oaths or obligations, and shall
_satisfactorily_ answer the following interrogatories, with (_Cessante
causa, cessat effectus_) his right hand raised to heaven, and his left
hand resting on the Bible.
PRELIMINARY OBLIGATION
"I ---- solemnly swear or affirm that I will never reveal anything that
may this day (or night) learn concerning the Order of the * * * and that I
will true answer make to such interrogatories as may be put to me touching
my competency for admission into the same. So help me God."
INTERROGATORIES TO BE ASKED
"_First._ Have you ever been rejected, upon application for membership in
the * * * or have you ever been expelled from the same?
"_Second._ Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Radical
Republican party, or either of the organizations known as the 'Loyal
League' and the 'Grand Army of the Republic'?
"_Third._ Are you opposed to the principles and policy of the Radical
Party, and to the Loyal League, and the Grand Army of the Republic, so far
as you are informed of the character and purposes of these organizations?
"_Fourth._ Did you belong to the Federal Army during the late war, and
fight against the South during the existence of the same?
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