Rule 12.—The clause of the article of the constitution relative to belief in the Supreme Being is obligatory upon every State and subordinate council, as well as upon each individual member. (June, 1854.)
Rule 13.—The following shall be the compensation of the officers of this council:
1st. The Corresponding Secretary shall be paid two thousand dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854.
2d. The Treasurer shall be paid five hundred dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854.
3d. The Sentinels shall be paid five dollars for every day they may be in attendance on the sittings of the national council.
4th. The Chaplain shall be paid one hundred dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854.
5th. The Recording Secretary shall be paid five hundred dollars per annum, from the 17th day of June, 1854.
6th. The Assistant Secretary shall be paid five dollars per day, for every day he may be in attendance on the sitting of the national council. All of which is to be paid out of the national treasury, on the draft of the President. (November, 1854.)
SPECIAL VOTING.
Vote 1st.—This national council hereby grants to the State of Virginia two State councils, the one to be located in Eastern and the other in Western Virginia, the Blue Ridge Mountains being the geographical line between the two jurisdictions. (June, 1854.)