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company for six thousand dollars ($6,000); the expense of such bond to be paid by the State Council and the bond deposited with the State Deputy.
     The State Treasurer shall pay all orders regularly drawn upon him by the State Secretary when countersigned by the State Deputy and no other.
     He shall furnish to the State Deputy and the State Secretary monthly statements of all receipts and disbursements and showing the amount on hand. Duplicate deposit slips shall be furnished to the State Secretary.

     Section 18. STATE ADVOCATE. The State Advocate shall be the legal adviser of the State Council and of the State Officers in all matters pertaining to the Order.
     He shall make an annual report to the State Council of his acts and of matters referred to him.

     Section 19. STATE CHAPLAIN. The State Chaplain shall conduct all religious exercises of the State Council. He shall receive the annual reports of each Subordinate Council Chaplain, which he shall submit with his annual report to the State Council. He shall freely advise and counsel the State Council and members thereof in all matters of Catholic practice and procedure, and from his decisions there shall be no appeal.

     Section 20. STATE WARDEN. The State Warden shall act as Warden for the State Council, guard the doors thereof, and perform such other duties as the State Deputy may require.

     Section 21. OFFICERS TO DELIVER PROPERTY TO THEIR SUCCESSORS. All state officers shall deliver to their successors in office all moneys, books, papers, records and property belonging to the State Council.
     The robes of office of the State Secretary, Treasurer, Advocate, Chaplain and Warden are the property of the State Council and shall be delivered to their successors.

     Section 22. WHEN ASSESSMENTS PAYABLE. All assessments made by the State Council shall be due and payable in equal installments within sixty days after the first day of July and the first day of January following the State Cenveotion. (sic) Assessments' shall be based on the membership as of record on July 1 and January 1 and the State Secretary shall send to each Council due notice thereof, and shall append to such notice extracts from Sections 57 and 157 of the Supreme Laws and Rules setting forth the penalties for failure to pay said assessments.

     Section 23. TO WHOM AND HOW MONEYS PAID TO STATE COUNCIL. All money due to the State Council shall he paid to the State Secretary by draft, check or money order made payable .ç Nebraska State Council, Knights of Columbus. .
     Upon receipt of a proper payment the State Secretary shall immediately enter the same in his records, issue a receipt therefor to the Grand Knight of the Subordinate Council, and forward the payment to the State Treasurer.

     Section 24. ORDER OF ELECTION. The nomination of candidates for, and the election of the State Deputy, shall first be held and the result declared. The other state officers in order shall then be nominated and elected and the result declared. Then shall follow

the nomination and election of representatives to the Supreme Council and the declaration of results. Insurance delegates shall be nominated and elected first. The associate delegates shall then be nominated and elected.

     Section 25. NOMINATING SPEECHES. Speeches presenting candidates for election shall not exceed ten minutes in length.
     When nominations are seconded, the members doing so shall not add any other remarks.

     Section 26. FORM OF BALLOT. A ballot shall be prepared by the State Secretary, upon which the name or names of candidates to be voted for shall be written.

     Section 27. TELLERS. The State Deputy or presiding officer shall appoint three or more members to act as Tellers, to receive, sort and count the votes, and report the result to the chair.

     Section 28. GENERAL BALLOT. When only one candidate is presented for a state office, or only the number of candidates equal to the number of representatives or alternates to be elected to the Supreme Council is presented, the State Council may direct some State officer to cast the unanimous ballot of the State Council for such candidate and candidates, who may then be declared duly elected.

     Section 29. INDIVIDUAL BALLOT. When more than one candidate is presented for a State office, or more candidates for representatives or alternates to the Supreme Council than the number to be elected is presented, the election shall be by individual ballot, and the procedure shall be as follows: The Secretary shall call from the permanent roll the names of those entitled to vote, and as each name is called the individual will step forward and deposit his ballot.

     Section 30. MAJORITY TO ELECT. EXCEPTIONS. In all cases of election to any office in the State Council, a majority of all votes cast shall be necessary to elect; except when several of equal degree are to be elected, as representatives or alternates, a majority shall not be necessary, but all shall vote on their ballots the number of places to be filled, and those receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected to the places to be filled in the order of number of votes received. Any ballot not conforming to this rule shall be rejected.

     Section 31. ANNUAL COMMUNION. Each subordinate Council in the State shall receive Holy Communion in a body on a Sunday to be designated by the Chaplain of the Subordinate Council. The arrangements therefor shall be made by the Grand Knight and Chaplain of each Council. Proper records of attendance should be kept and promptly forwarded to the State Secretary.
     The first Sunday in November each year shall be Memorial Sunday, when each Council shall hold services as provided in the Ritual.

     Section 32. ROBERTS' RULES OF ORDER TO GOVERN. Except as otherwise provided herein and in the absence of a standing rule of the State Council, Roberts' Rules of Order shall govern the proceedings of State Council sessions.

     Section 33. AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS; TWO-THIRDS VOTE REQUIRED. All proposed amendments to these By-Laws shall follow the procedure required by Section 12. Proposed changes presented on. the floor of the State Council shall not be considered unless

consent is given by sixty per cent of the members present and voting. These By-Laws may be amended at any regular session of the State Council by a two-thirds vote.

     Section 34. WHEN BY-LAWS EFFECTIVE. The Nebraska State Council, Knights of Columbus, in State Council assembled at Hastings, Nebraska, June 1st and 2nd, 1925, hereby repeal the By-Laws adopted by the State Council and all amendments thereto as now existing, and enact the foregoing By-Laws, the adoption of which shall become effective, and the above repeal in force, upon the approval of the Supreme Advocate or Supreme Board of Directors.
     The foregoing constitute the By-Laws prepared and offered by the Committee. In order that the matter may come before the Convention for its consideration, as Chairman of the committee, I move that the By-Laws just read be adopted as the By-Laws of the Nebraska State Council of the Knights of Columbus; that the adoption of the same shall become effective and the repeal provided in said By-Laws shall be enforced upon the approval of the By-Laws by the Supreme Advocate and the Supreme Board of Directors.

Respectfully submitted,

J. E. FITZPATRICK, JOHN J. GROSS, W. J. DONAHUE

     At this time the Worthy State Deputy presented Supreme Advocate Luke E. Hart of St. Louis, who addressed the convention at length.

     The State Deputy announced the next order of business, the election of State Officers for the ensuing year.

     The State Deputy appointed the following Tellers:

Harry J. Reardon, O'Neill.
B. H. Patterson, Kearney.
W. J. Donahue, Albion.
J. H. Pieper, Albion.

     Nominations were made as follows:
     For State Deputy--W. M. Whelan of Hastings; nominated by F. M. Colfer, McCook.
     John H. O'Malley, Greeley; nominated by J. M. Lannigan.
     John W. Guthrie, Alliance; nominated by Maurice B. Griffin.

     The first ballot resulted as follows: Whelan, 53; O'Malley, 15; Guthrie, 11.
     On motion of Brother Guthrie it was voted to elect W. M. Whelan to the office of State Deputy by unanimous ballot.

     On motion of Brother Bogan of Lincoln it was voted that the State Deputy cast the unanimous ballot of the convention for the following State Officers to succeed themselves:
     State Secretary--Dr. Edmund G. Zimmerer, Lincoln.
     State Treasurer--J. Howard Heine, Fremont.
     State Advocate--John Gross, West Point.
     State Warden--Dr. J. C. Tighe, Madison.

     On motion of Brother Maurice B. Griffin it was voted that Brother George Baumann of Grand Island be elected an Insurance Representative to the Supreme Council in accordance with the recommendations of the Financial Secretaries' Association.

     Nominations for Insurance Representative to the Supreme Council were made as follows:

Anthony Uphoff, St. Paul.
Wm. Laughlin, Grand Island.
John Hopkins, Omaha.
John Bogan, Lincoln.
John Erwin, Norfolk.

     John Bogan was elected Insurance Representative on the fourth ballot.

     The following were. then nominated for Associate Representative to the Supreme Council:

John Hopkins, Omaha.
Wm. J. Donahue, Albion.
John Gross, West Point.
P. M. Theiss, Hartington.
Frank M. Kelley, Broken Bow.
John E. Erwin, Norfolk.
Wm. Laughlin, Grand Island.
Thos. A. Engles, Auburn.
Anthony Uphoff, St. Paul.
E. J. Lambe, Beaver City.
O. N. Miller, York.
Dan Chaney, Falls City.
James Lanigan, Greeley.

     On the first ballot the following were elected Associate Representatives to the Supreme Council:

Edward J. Lambe.
James M. Lanigan.
William J. Donahue.
Thomas A. Engles.

     On motion of J. Howard Heine alternates were elected as follows:

To State Deputy-elect, J. H. Pieper, Albion.
To State Deputy, Herman Welding, Albion. Insurance:
To Bro. Baumann, Anthony Uphoff, St. Paul.
To Bro. Bogan, L. Romillard, Chadron. Associate:
To Bro. Lambe, Wm. Laughlin, Grand Island.
To Bro. Lanigan, Dan Chaney, Falls City.
To Bro. Donahue, John Hopkins, Omaha.
To Bro. Engles, John Gross, West Point.

     The Worthy State Deputy then presented the following resolution, which on motion was unanimously adopted:
     Be It Resolved, that the State Council appropriate the sum of $50 per month to defray the office and other incidental expenses of the State Deputy.

     On motion of the State Deputy-elect, Wm. H. Whalen, the following resolution was adopted:
     Be It Resolved, that the Nebraska State Council, Knights of Columbus, in annual convention assembled, hereby express the thanks and appreciation of the officers and delegates to the Fox Film Cor-

poration for the special courtesy shown us in permitting a private pre-release exhibition of the wonderful picture story, "As No Man Has Loved."
     And Be It Further Resolved, that a copy of this resolution be sent the Fox Film Corporation.

     On motion of State Advocate Gross it was voted that the Financial Secretaries' Association be continued for one year more.

     Brother Ragan of Columbus invited the State Council to hold its next convention in that city.

     On motion of Brother O'Malley it was voted that the next meeting of the State Council be held at Columbus at such time as the State Officers shall determine,

     State Deputy-elect Whelan announced the re-appointment of the Rt. Rev. Mons. L. A. Dunphy as State Chaplain, and the appointment of the Rev. Anton Link of Sidney as Acting State Chaplain for the coming year.

     There being no further business the Acting State Chaplain offered prayer and the convention adjourned on motion of State Treasurer Heine at 6:15 P. M.
     The convention closed with a bounteous banquet tendered by the Hastings Council, as a final mark of the splendid hospitality exhibited throughout the convention.

Attest:
EDMUND G. ZIMMERER,
State Secretary.

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