ORGANIZATION OF AERIES AND AUXILIARIES

STATE AND PROVINCIAL AERIES

            Section 35.3. Each State or Provincial Aerie shall have power to regulate its own internal affairs in such manner as it shall see fit not inconsistent with the Constitution and Statutes of the Order. Each State or Provincial Aerie shall at all times be amenable and subject to the supervision and control of the Grand Aerie and its properly qualified officers. No State or Provincial Aerie shall have or exercise any legislative, executive or judicial functions except concerning its own internal affairs. It shall have no jurisdiction over the internal affairs of Local Aeries of which it is composed, except that it shall be authorized to conduct an annual cursory audit of the Local Aerie using a form provided by the Grand Aerie. Each State or Provincial Aerie shall have the power to fix by provisions in its By-Laws the amount of annual Per Capita Tax for membership therein.