The Rules
The Oath
Definitions
Some of these rules are different for each Family.But some are used in each.
1.No member must ever upon penalty of death talk about the organization.Or the Family of witch he was made member.Not even within his on home.
2.Ever member must obey without question the orders of his leader above him.
3.No member must ever strike another member regardless of provocation.
4.All grevances to that day he is initiated imagined or real,are to be forgiven & total amnesty granted.
5.Total harmony was to rule both the business & the personal relationships between the families and the members.
6.No member could covet anothers business or anothers wife.
7.No drug dealing upon penalty of death.
8.To introduce a third person who is not a member of the Family but who can be vouched for by a Family member you would say this is a friend of mine.
9.To introduce a third person who is a member of the Family you would say this is a friend of ours.
10.The only way that someone can do business legal or illegal with someone in there Family or another Family is if their capo approves it.
11.Tell your capo everything.
12.A member of one Family could contact a member of another Family only though his own boss.
13.A member must come to the aid of another member in trouble with every means at his command,even at the risk of life or fortune.
14.A member must consider an offense by an outsider against another member as an offense against himself & the entire membership and be ready to avenge it at any cost. 15.When a member go's away he still gets money from projects witch he organized or helped to organize.
16.The organization is always supreme & is something more than the sum of it's parts.All effort is aimed at ensuring the survival of the organization.
17.There is no such thing as the indispensable man;people are only the parts for the larger machine.
18.When someone is inducted the person that brought them inis responsible for them if they do something wrong they have to take care of it anyway necessary.
19.Don't deal in counterfeit money.
20.No kidnapping.
21.Any member could borrow up to $999 from another member without reporting it to his capo.But $1,000 and up you'd have to report it.
22.There is no using of explosives.
23.No facial hair
24.Dress in suit & tie