Stenographic Report of the Arguments and Proceedings Before the Committee of Three: Appointed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Mil

Excerpt from Stenographic Report of the Arguments and Proceedings Before the Committee of Three: Appointed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

Sec. 3. The Recorder shall have printed on one ticket the names of all Companions properly nominated in accordance with the provisions of Section I, and forward a copy of the same to each Companion with his regular circular of announcements for the May meeting, with the request that he indicate with a cross (x) mark, in ink or with an indelible pencil, the name of the nominee for each office for which he desires to vote, seal the same, write his name on envelope and return the same to the Recorder in the envelope fur nished him for the purpose.

Companions who do not so return their ballots by mail may vote in person at the annual meeting.

Sec. 4. Immediately after the reading of the minutes at the annual meeting, the tellers and clerks shall take a convenient place in or near the assembly room of the Commander y; the Commander shall declare the polls open, and Companions present may then deposit their ballots, and the Recorder shall then deliver to the tellers of all ballots of Companions received by mail, to be counted as ballots cast in person. When a reasonable time has been allowed for the casting of the ballots (to be determined by the Commander, or by the Command-ery, if objection be made to the Commander’s decision) the Commander shall declare the polls closed, after which no ballots Shall be received. The tellers and clerk-s shall then retire to a private room, ascertain the result of the ballot, and report to the Comm’andery; and those having a ma jority of the votes cast for each office to be filled shall be declared by the Commander as duly elected to serve during the ensuing year.(2) On February 4, 1904. Companion Cornelius Cadle filed with the Recorder a so - called. Appeal, requesting that it be forward ed by the Commandery-in - Chi-ef for a decision by that body as to the constitutionality of the mode of voting contemplated by the amended bv - laws, which was forwarded.

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