The _Chore-Bursch_ has this peculiar duty; he must settle and determine
with the strange _Kneipe_; that is, when a duel is to be fought with
the weapons of his Chore, he must seek out him who has challenged, in
his _Kneipe_, and announce to him the spot and hour at which the duel
is to take place. One of the _Chore-Burschen_ must always be present at
every duel which is fought with the weapons of their Chore. When the
_Dritte-Chargirte_, that is, the treasurer, is unable, from any cause,
to fulfil the duties of his office, the oldest _Chore-Bursch_ must
officiate for him; so also in cases of similar emergency, the
_Dritte-Chargirte_ steps into the place of the second, and he into that
of the _Senior_. Besides the obligation to appear on the appointed
_Kneipe_ days, the Chore members must also, at the fixed hours, attend
the fencing-school, or pay a pecuniary penalty. The reception of a
_Renonce_ into the Chore, as well as his advancement to the rank of
_Bursch_, is accompanied by certain solemnities, and by the reading of
the constitution of the union. This constitution is held profoundly
secret, and cannot pass out of the hands of the three _Chargirten_, who
received it at the opening of the Chore, from the _Senioren-Convent_,
or official meeting of the _Seniors_ of the different Chores--the
so-called S. C. Every Chore has its weekly _Chore-Convent_, wherein the
_Senior_ presides, and the _Chore-Burschen_ are present. Here the
affairs of the Chore are discussed, and resolutions passed. The
_Consenior_ opens these resolutions to the _Renouncen_, in the likewise
weekly held _Renoncen-Convent_, or official meeting of the _Renoncen_,
which has to carry them into effect, without power to alter them.
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