"Persons wishing to become members must first reside on the place as applicants for one month."
"Applicants who have passed acceptably through their term may become candidates, and remain in this new relation a month more, when they may be admitted as Associates."
"Personal property may be received as stock by the Direction of Finance when it shall be deemed advantageous to the Association."
"Persons shall, on becoming residents on the domain, deliver an exact inventory of all the furniture and implements which they may retain as private property, to be filed for reference in the office of the Direction."
"New groups and series may be formed from time to time for the prosecution of different and new branches of industry."
"Three hundred days shall be considered a year's labor. The hours of labor shall be from the first of October to the first of April at least eight hours daily, and from the first of April to the first of October at least ten hours daily, and no person shall be credited for labor beyond that time."
"No debt shall be contracted in behalf of the Association by any person whatever."
"Articles furnished to the Associates shall be charged at cost as nearly as the same can be ascertained."
"The period of education shall extend from birth to the age of twenty years, and shall be divided into three stages: Infancy to six years, Pupilage from six to sixteen years, and Probation from sixteen to twenty. The education during probation shall be in the practical duties of Associates."
"No public meeting for business or amusement shall be protracted beyond the hour of ten P. M."