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Tous les iU>< Grand Constitutio N GRAND STATUTES — OF THK — Grarid Doipain of Britisl;) Coluirjbia Knights of Pythias AS ADOITKn BV THK Grand Lodge of British Columbia -AT THE- ANNUAL CONVENTION OF 1896. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GRAND LODGE. 18 96. DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES. Pythian Kni"-hthood liafl W.. an.l I'vlWas. fr.cncl.h.p exist,,,;, between D.„no„ Friendship, or mutnal confidonee bein,. H,„ , of ,„„on between „,a„ „„d n,.,n .,„j , , ^ ."'° slron^est bond '- - abiding. p,,ee, is ado t i , Zl:T"' '""" ''"""' A.S the ideal Kni,.l,t of olde, ' '" """""'" of all the hi,-ber.-,ndtobl :,„::/"» ''^ P-'-'itlcation 'lidate for K„i,,.l,t|,ood l,-,d ,o , u '"""" """"•'•'• "'" '•"'"- H.V .hose .„: ,.„,„:: " ; ;r tT'T'" "'■ '-'"'''"- loyalty. P' ^'^•^^-^ry, honor, justice and The Order of KniHus of P^■tu^, c Charity and Be„evo,e,tce, l,"' L, r'""^'" '" '-"-'"'"■P. principles -strives to father 1,, P™ ' """• "^ ^'^ '■'ardinal men who appreciate ,h rl '" ''"' """'"-' '''""'•"'^ """"y cautious in word and act h^"'"'' "' '"'""-'^'P ■■ -ho a,- ;'efenc,i„,.i,ht; wh<:le''t;?; ;;;,;:;;•;,"''" -^' "■•"^■^' '■" just,ce will prevent, to the best of "" " ,'; " ""'■" ''"''* "^ word injurious to the worthv ■ I ' •' " P">'°"''l "« or family, to friends, to th <: " , ^ I^d "^l"'*' '" "'""'"'■ '" ority under vvbich thev eniov , " constituted autb- at all ti,„es are prep 'ed t7 )'" '' """-"'"=''. and who others should do umo thet!" """ ""'"" »' ""> "•™l" tha. CONSTITUTION Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, DOMAIN OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Grand l.odi^o, Kiiii,^lns o( rythias, tlio source of all authority in the C^rdor o( Knii^^hls of Pythias, in the Domain of Hritish Columbia, doth ordain and establish this (.RAM) CONSTITUTION, uti.k. This boiiy slia!! ho\ ernment. cMuie ollenses as^ainst the C Par. 7. T and to prescribe penalties therefor 'land La w, .1 provide for the institut Lodges in this Ooma their g'overnment. on of Subordinate 111, and to enact laws for Par. S. To ^rant Charters to Subord within this Dom; inati I-odg for th iin, and to provide bv li es iw tion issue, revocation, suspension, restora- aiul re-issue of such Chart ers. Par. q. To ret|uire from Sub this Don bv law, ordinate Lodj.;es with in lain such reports as may be prescribed C.R.Wn CONSTITL'TION. y letter to >-' day said be held in ^^'^ in this cf any of quorum of an Annual lio (Irand C|uestioiis lection of nient and procedure rs of its hey nia\' 'ine Law. le' (irand for the ?nt. nd Law, lonlinate laws for Lodg-es b}- law restora- ^ within ascribed Par. io. To provide OHicial Seals fiM- the Grand Lodg-e and Ciranii C'haneellor, and prescribe appro- priate desions therefor. Par. II. To enact laws which shall be necessary to carry into execution all powers vested in the Grand Cioverninent by the Supreme Constitu- tion, or any ameralment theieof. Par. 12. To exercise all power and authority not re- ser\ed to the Supreme Cunernment, or pro- hibited thereb)-. Sec". 12. The (irand Lodi^e may by law proxide for the impeachment and remo\ al from otlice of the Ciraiid Chancellor, and for the trial and removal from oilice of any officer of the Gr.-uid LiKli^e, other than the Grand Chancellor; it ma\- define the offenses for which such proceediiii^s, or either of them, will lie, but judgfment in such cases shall not extend beyond remo\ a! from otrice and disqualification to hold oflice in the Order there- after, in all cases, removal " in oHice, or remoxal from and disqualification to hold off]cc, snail require the alVirmative vote, by yeas and nays, of two-thirds of all the members of the Tribunal which shall have been established for the trial thereof; Provided, that conviction shall not preclude or prevent the trial of the party for the same offense in .any other Tribunal of the Order ha\ini^ jurisdiction. Sec. 13. .Ml laws enacted by this CJrand Lodge shall be of cfeneral application, shall be formulated as statutes and shall be styled Grand Statutes, and when introduced and while under consideration sh.all be styled Propositions. Si'X'. 14. \ Proposition shall embrace not more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. Sec. 15. .A I'roposition shall not become a Statute until it shall first have been reported upon by the appropriate committee and passed by the aOirmative majority vote of all members of the Grand Lodge present and entitled to vote. Sei'. 16. The enacting clause of every Proposition shall be as. follows: " /?c it enacted by the Gnind Lodge, Knights of 8 GRAND CONSTITUTION. '»> Pythian, of the Domain of Bntiah Colun.h,-^ >< ^ , ,. Sec. 17. All Statutes shall take effect thirty davs iffPr ,u • enactment, unless therein otherwise provided. ^ ^ Sec. 18. A Journal of the nroceedinjr.. nf ^u^ n . r , "-a., he kept, and published i„ LC:^^^, ^^ t: f may by law provide, and such Journal shd L 1, . *•" evdenca of al. ac. of .he <.rand Ld,e .hti: L'niXd.^""^ ARTICLE IV. THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. Section i. The Executive powers of thi. Tr.. i r Vice-C,::!.:,!: "■ '"^ ^"""^ ^'""' """"- - -"^ ^rand office'"; iahi,ur:fio;h\::r:'cr'''"'f""' r-"-"' '""^ ■ Chanrpllnr M <^hancenor and Grand Vice- mI: pr:;.;!:"'"'"^-'^' ^"^" ^^ •■■"^•^ - "- «™"<' "-od^e „.; Sec. 4. The Grand Chancellor shall enforco th. q and Grand Law,, and .He decrees of .he SuTrle TriLnrr^"^ ^EC. 5. Except when otherwise provided bv law fh« r ^ Sec. 6. The Grand Chancellor may, as provided bv 1= appcn. and commission Deputy Grand Chancdbrf ' '"'' > en.itro/ .h'e GranTudt"","",; "' """ '"'""" ''^■^"'- C™' his official ac.f d:r1ng ,s 'ret "h""' '" '' \-P-' "' all i"f""na,ion in regard .0 .he ^.T f .he OrdT ^Id ■' V""'"^'" -nda.ions as he „,ay deem necessary alfdexpe^-en.' "'°™- Sec. 8. The Grand Chancellor, during the recess of .b. prT^i^tf:;::-''' ^--- --^^---'-ori^rm-jyt: GRAND CONSTITUTION. q Sec. 9. The Grand Chancellor shall receive such compensa- tion as the Grand Lodge may provide by law, ARTICLE V. SUBORDINATE LODGES. Section i. Subordinate Lodges, within this Domain, shall consist of not less than ten members, seven of whom shall con- stitute a quorum; they shall have and exercise subordinate Pythian authority and control over such territory as may be prescribed by law. Two or more Subordinate Lodges ma'y be given concurrent jurisdiction when located in the same city, or town, or other contiguous territor\-. Sec. 2. The official terms of the ritualistic officers of a Subordinate Lodge shall continue for six months from January I St and July ist, in each year, or until their successors are elected and installed. Sec. 3. A Subordinate Lodge mav elect or appoint such Trustees or other non-ritualistic officers as mav be authorized by the Grand Lodge. Sec. 4. Each Subordinate Lodge shall displav its Warrant or Charter in the lodge room whenever in session.' Sec. 5. No meeting for the transaction of business shall be held, and no excursion or entertainment shall be had by a Sub ordinate Lodge on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. Sec. 6. The fees to be charged by a Subordinate Lodge in this Domain, for the Ranks of Knighthood, membership by Transfer or Withdrawal Card, and reinstatement, shall be as prescribed by the Grand Lodge. Sec. 7. Each Subordinate Lodge shall provide for and pay upon the death of a member thereof in good standing, a funeral benefit of not less than twenty dollars; the question of the pay- ment of weekly benefits may be determined by each Subordinate Lodge for itself. Sec. 8. Each Subordinate Lodge shall enact By-Laws for its own government, which shall be in conformity to the Supreme and Grand Law, and the decisions of the Supreme lO '»• '}. GRAND CONSTITLTIOX, Tribunal, but a Subordinate Lodge shall not enact or enforce any By-Law which shall abridge the rights or privileges secured to a member of the Order by the Supreme or Grand Law. ARTICLE VL AMENDMENTS. Section i. Amendments may be made to this Constitution consistent with the Laws of the Supreme Lodge, at anv Annual Regular Convention of the Grand Lodge, bv a two-thirds vote of the members present entitled to vote; Pf-ovu/cr/, that all such amendments shall be proposed in writing, and referred to the Committee on Judiciary for consideration and report before final action thereon, ARTICLE VU. GENERAL PROVISIONS. .Section i. All legislation and decisions of the Grand Lodge in force prior to the adoption ot this Constitution, are herebv continued in full force and effect, except so far as the same ar'e in conflict with the Supreme or Grand Constitution, or super- seded by Statutes. Sec. 2. This Constitution shall take effect upon the adjourn- ment of the Annua! Regular Convention of the Grand Lodge in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-six. t or enforce eges secured d Law. Constitution any Annual )-thirds vote Lhat all such •erred to the before final CIRAND srATLTES. GRAND STATUTES. II rand Lodg-e are hereby le same are n, or super- he adjourn- id Lodge in ENACTI\(i CF.Al'SH. Be it enacted by the Gnmd Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of the Domain of British Coliinibia : That the followini;- Code of Statutes shall constitute and be known as the Grand Statutes of the Order of Knii,^hts of Pythias of the Domain oi British Columbia, and shall be dosiir- nated and cited by the words " (irand Statutes," addin- the number of title, chapter, and section, when necessary; And as such are hereby adopted and shall become the law of the Order, to take effect from and after the adoption of this Lnacting Clause, except such parts thereof as to which a different provf- sion is made therein. All laws of a general nature in force when the Grand Statutes take effect, are hereby repealed, except as follows: The adoption of the Grand Statutes, and the repeal of existing laws therein provided for, shall not effect anv offense or act committed or done, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any right established, accrued or accruing before the Grand Statutes take effect; but when a penalty or forfeiture is mitigated by the Grand Statutes, such provision may be extended and applied to any conviction or judgment pronounced after said repeal ; nor shall such repeal affect any prosecution or charges pending at the time it takes effect, for any offense committed under any of the provisions of a law repealed, except that the proceedings therein shall conform, as nearlv as practicable, to the provisions of the Grand Statutes. When a period of time, prescribed in any law repealed, for acquiring a right or barring a remedy, or for anv other purpose, has begun to run, and the same or a similar I'imitation is pre- scribed in the Grand Statutes, the time of limitation shall continue to run. and have the like effect as if the whole period had begun and ended under the operation of the Grand Statutes. An official copy oi the Grand Statutes shall be deposited and kept in the office of the (Irand Keeper oi Records and Seal, which record shall be an authentic record of such laws. 12 GRAXn STATUTES. 11)11 :ii|i •N» I ltd TITLE l.-THE GRAND LODGE. CHAPTER I. C-.KAND LODGE OFFICERS, THEIR ELECTION AND INSTALLATION 1. rheofcrs Of the Grand Lod^e, as named in Article HI, Secfon ., of the Constitution of the G^and Lodj^e. shall ?odt Th'' each Annual Regular Convention of the Grand K n u T ''^"'" "^ '""'^ ''^^'^^'■^^ «'i^l' be by ballot and s all be the first order of business for the mornin, ses^i'o. of he second day ot sa.d Convention; the vote of a n4ority of all the members of the Grand Lodge present entitled to vote at said election shall be necessary to a choice. 2. At the same time that the Grand Lodge officers, as pre- scribed „, the preceding section, are elected, thfe Grand Lodge s^hall elect Supreme Representatives, as provided by Supreme 3. The installation of the officers of the Grand Lodge shall take place at the last session of the Annual Regular Convention ot the Grand Lodge. 4 Should a Grand Lodge officer-elect be absent at the time of mstal at.on, h.s office shall be declared vacant, and the Grand Lodge shall at once fill the vacancy by the election of some one who Ks present, unless the absent officer-elect has been excused by a vo e of the Grand Lodge, or his absence is caused by llness, then t e Grand Chancellor, or in case it be that officer to be mstalled, the Jun.or Past Grand Chancellor shall have power to mstall such officer during recess, at his convenience. CHAPTER 11. VACANCIES. 5. In case of a vacancy in the office of Grand Chancellor by death, resignation, removal from the Province, or removal from office, the duties of such office shall devolve upon the Grand V ice-Chancellor, who shall immediatelv be installed by GRAND STATUTES. '3 the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal as Grand Chancellor and perform all the duties of such oHice during the remainder of the current term and until said office has been duly filled by election and .nstallat.on at the ensuing Annual Regular Convention of the Grand Lodge, and uho shall be entitled to all the honors privileges aud emoluments of such office, and upon the complel tion of h.s term of office shall be entitled to the honors of a Past Grand Chancellor. 6. In case of a vacancy in the office of (irand V\ce- Chancellor by death, resignation, removal from the Province removal from office, or by having assumed the office of Grand Chancellor as provided in the preceding section, the Grand Chancellor shall uithin thirty days from the time such vacancv occurred appoint a Past Chancellor, a member of this Grand Lodge, to fill said vacancy, who shall be installed by the Grand Chancellor, or some Past Chancellor, a member of this Grand Lodge, appointed by the Grand Chancellor for such purpose. _ 7. If upon the death, resignation, removal from the Pro v.nce, or removal from office of the Grand Chancellor, a vacancv should also exist in the office of Grand \-ice-Chanrellor or \n case ot the death of the Grand Vice-Chancellor. before enterin^r upon the duties of Grand Chancellor, as hereinbefore provided then the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall forthvith notify each office^ of the Grand Lodge of the existence of such vacancies, and shall appoint a time and place when such officers shall assemble for the purpose of filling such vacancies. Such officers, when so assembled, shall choose one of their number for chairman, and the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall be ex-officio Secretary. If four or more Grand Officers be present they shall elect by ballot, from the Past Chancellors upon whom has been conferred the Grand Lodge Rank one to be Grand Chancellor, and one to be Grand Vice-Chancellor- a majority of the votes of those present shall be necessary to 'an election. The Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall forth- with notify each of said officers-elect of his election and such officers shall within ten days thereafter be installed by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, or by some Past Chancellor, a member of this Grand Lodge, appointed by him for such pur- H CRAM) STATITES. 'n>ii ''ill •«»H» I'lm pose. If such ofiicer-elect shall installation be duly installed, then th ot within the time n imed for be vacant, and such vaca :hapt ncy shall be filled office shall be deemed to er. as provided in thi< 8. In case of a vacancy from anv Lodg-e offi «.e, exce cause in anv Grand vacancy pt as hereinbefore provided, such shall be filled by appointment by the Grand Ch officer shall be installed the office, hv the ( member of the Grand l.od^e, appointed bv him fo 9. Should a va ancellor, and such IS soon as he has legally qualified for r, or some Past Chancellor, a r such purpose. irand Chancell Representative from any ca term for which elected, su ment by the Grand Chancell cancy occur in the posit position of Supreme use, other than the expiration of the ch vacancy shall be filled bv or until the next Regular Convention of the CJrand Lod •y appomt- ensuing Annual shall be filled for th ,''e, when such vacan as provided in Section 2 of the C e remainder of the term, bv the Grand [. cv odi irand Statut es. CHAPTKR III. IMPKACHMKNT OK THE GRAND CHAN' CELI.OK OK OTHER 10. A Grand Chancello GRAND OFKICERi ei r or other G shall ,. , , . - urand Otlicer shall tie hable to impeachment for failure to perform his official duties or oblio-at.ons, or for any violation of the crimnal laws of this trovince, or of the Dominion of Canada, or for anv wilful betrayal ot the interests of the Order or of this Grand' Lodge or for any conduct unbecoming a Knight of Pythias. 11. Articles of impeachment may be preferred against th. Grand Chancellor, or other Grand Lodge officer, bv ten or more Grand Representatives, or by four or more Grand Lodge officers and shall specify the oflFense or offenses charged with clearness and precision, and with reasonable detail as to time and place and circumstances, and shall be signed by the parties preferring the same, and shall be filed with the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. 1 a. The Grand Lodge officers other than those preferring the charges, shall be the Tribunal before which such articles of niipeachment shall be tried. no named for ^e deemed to •ided in this any Grand ich vacancy lor. and such qualified for "hancellor, a ich purpose. 3f Supreme ation of the by appoint- ing Annual ich vacancy and Lodf^e, VfHER ;r shall be al duties or ws of this any wilful nd Lodg-e, Lgainst the ;n or more ^e ofTicers, I clearness and place preferring- f Records preferring- articles of GRAND STATLTKS. a:t. When articles of impeachment shall have been pre- ferred agamst t e Grand Chancellor or against anv Cirand Lodge officer and filed, the Grand Keeper of Records "and Seal shal ^rth^th notify the presiding oflicer of the trial Tribunal ihe:':^ ho shall fix a ,,me and place for the trial, and at once notif the other members of the Tribunal of the time and plac'l shall attest and issue a summons, citing the accused to appear before the tr.al Tribunal on the day and at the place so appit d uh.ch summons shall he served upon the accused at least t',' cays pnor to the tu.e set for trial, together with a true copv of he articles of mipeachment duly authenticated bv the Gruul Keeper o, Records and Seal, which shall accompanv U Z^ mons and be left with the accused. Such summons and copy may be served by an>- member of the Order authorized b> the Grand keeper of Records and Seal so to do or by letter ma, ed by the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal to the usual or last known post oDice address of the accused 14. Evidence on the trial of impeachments mav be oral or by depos.t.ons taken upon proper notice. At leas't five davs not.ce of the t.me and place of taking depositions shall be giv^n he adverse party. The Cirand Keeper of Records and Scd, on appl cat.on of the accused, may designate bv order in writ ,.. uh.ch shall be filed with and kept with the papers, the pam- upon whom not.ce to the prosecution may be served. The notic'e may be served either by personal service, or by letter mailed to Ik usual or last known post office address of the person entitled m . .' ')' ]^^ ??"'' Chancellor shall preside at the impeach- ment of a Grand Lodge Officer, unless he be one of those prefer- nng the articles, in which event the officer of the Grand Lod^re highest in rank, not so disqualified, shall preside. 16. In all cases, either party may be represented bv coun- sel of his own selection, who shall be a member of the Order in good standing. 17. After all the evidence upon the impeachment of the t^rand Chancellor or of a Grand Lodge Officer, shall have been Heard and considered, as hereinbefore provided the euil or i6 C.RAN-D STATITKS. ilirii •ill l(H >»l Mini "in. innocence of the accused shall be determined by the trial Tribunal by vote, by yeas and nays, and the vote shall be entered in full upon the muiutes of its proceedin.^s, a full and accurate record of all of uh.ch shall be kept by the (Irand Keeper of Records and Seal. If two-thirds of all the members shall vote in favor of h.s conv.ct.on, the judgment shall be removal of the accused from office and disqualification to hold anv office in the Order thereafter, or only removal from office, as the trial Tribunal mav determme-and the judgment shall be recorded on the minuted If less than tvvo-th,rds of all the members vote for his conviction the accused shall stand acquitted, and the judgment shall be so recorded on the minutes. • *f: ^^' ''''"'■'' ""^ ^^'^ proceedings of the trial Tribunal, signed by the presiding officer thereof, and attested bv the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, shall be returned to' the Grand Lodge at Its next Annual Regular Convention, and filed in the archives of that Body. 19. If the Grand Chancellor shall be impeached, convicted and removed from office, the duties of the office shall at once devolve upon the Grand Vice-chancellor for the unexpired term of sa.d Grand Chancellor, as provided in Section s of the Grand Statutes. ^ 20. The Grand Chancellor or any other Grand Lodge officer agamst whom articles of impeachment shall have been preferred hereunder, shall be suspended from the exercise of his official duties until his acquittal. When the Grand Chancellor shall be suspended from the exercise of his official duties pend- ing his impeachment as herein provided for. the Grand Vice Chancellor shall discharge the duties of Grand Chancellor pend- ing such suspension. ai. Impeachment and conviction hereunder shall not pre elude or prevent the trial and punishment of the offender for the same offense before any other Tribunal of the Order having- jurisdiction of the party and of the offense. CHAPTER IV. POWERS AND DUTIES OF GRAND OFFICERS. 22. I. It shall be the duty of the Grand Chancellor to have and exercise a general supervision of the Order in this Domain. trial Tribunal .'ntered in full curate record r of Records vote in favor the accused in the Order Tribunal may the minutes, is conviction, It shall be so ial Tribunal, by the Grand .1 the Grand 1 filed in the i, convicted, "lall at once !xpired term '11 5 of the and Lodge 1 have been srcise of his Chancellor uties, pend- jrand Vice ;ellor pend- ill not pre- ider for the der having" C.R.Wn STATirTES. '7 lor to have s Domain, odicK '";; ""^•''-'"""-l •"'1 statutory enacmen,,,. rules and Dor ain is legal and uniform. 2. To preside at all sessions of the Grand Lodge, preserve ord^ theren. and enfbrce the laws and rules ,^:r!:::;;Z 3. To appoint Grand officers ^^ /,,. in case of the temrx.r ury absence or disqualification of any Cirand officer. ^ 4. To render an opinion on all questions of law and us u.. asked .mder sea. of a lodge, or by a Deputy Grand Ch^m^i^r 5. To grant warrants for the organisation of new Subordi- nate Lodges, when pet.t.on therefor has been approved bv him • ;:t t T '" '"^"i- ^^ '' '''-'' ^^^p->- ^^--' ^'-^ - to be b> hn., appouned for that purpose, and to report such VVarrants and uvst.tuting to the Grand Lodge at its next Ann ■ Regular Convention thereafter. ^-^i -vnnual 6. To grant dispensations to Subordinate Lodges in case of emergency, .n all such matters as he may consider to be ,1 ."terest of the Order, not inconsistent with usage or in c nti with the Supreme or Cirand Law. ^ 7- To visit in person or by Special Deputv, to be bv him r;::::!;:"" '"'""' "• '-°''^" -"-e'.oodof .h^'o;::; «. To install i„ person or by I5ep„,v Crand Chancellor or LoXes "'""""°^' "" °'""^^ ='-' of "" ■'^"'-*-te 9- To exemplify ,|,e secret work of the Order himself or bv hTat "dX'" '"""''" "-''--'■ - '"^ ^"- ^» -Hur^^d 1 1 . To sign all orders on the Grand Master of Kxcheauer t:^Z:l - V' """' '■°"«^' """ "" °"'- "-"-ent eTu : ing his official signature. ^ Grand'/r"'"^^'" '^''^ *^"""^' '^'^'''''' Convention of the Grand Lodge, at the opening thereof, a report of the state of i8 GRAND STATl'TfS. ' I >ih| S U him^ »),^ me, st.r^s as ,n h,s op.n.on, the j,.ood of the Order may > generally do :,nd perform all the duties prescribed fcr h.s oftc. hy the laws and resuirements of this (ira„d Lod^^e and the Supreme Lodjfe. '^uu^t .4. To declan. the warrant or charter of a Subordinate Lodge revoked or suspended in all cases provided bv the >*Mpreme or Grand Law for such- revocation or suspension *5. He shall have an official seal, which he shall attach to a 1 ofhua papers, documents, or orders emanatintr from his seal of the Grand Lodge, which may be legallv used by him in impress, or m imprint counterpart. ' 83. The (Jrand Vice-Chancellor shall have supervision of the u.ner door of the Grand Lodge, and perform such duties .s are prescribed tor his office by the Supreme or Grand Law In the absence of the Grand Chancellor he shall preside at the Con ventions of the Grand Lodge. "^atth.Con. ai. The Grand Prelate shall, in addition to the duties nre- scnbed or h.s office in the Ritual of the (irand Lodge, perform such other duties, consistent with his office, as'tle'c^md Lodge may require. shali*b'*: ^ "' '^"'''' °^ '^' ^'■""^ '^''^'' ^^' ^''^'''^^ ^^^ Seal I. To attend each Convention of the Grand Lodge and keep a true and correct record of all its proceedings, and. It the dose of each Annual Regular Convention, have the sime printed .n such number as the Grand Lodge may direct, and transmi one copy to each Grand Lodge officer and Grand Representative and Past Grand Chancellor, four copies to each Suborditte Lod^e m this Domain, two copies to each Grand Lodge of the Order, and two copies to the Supreme Lodge. 2 To keep an office for the transaction of the busiu... o{ his office; provide same with the necessary books, p.pers stationery, etc., for carrying on the work of his office, a th^ expense of the Grand Lodge; conduct its correspondence- 1 GRAND STATITI-S. rmatioii and Order may i prescribed rand Lodge nibordinale led by the nsion. II attach to ,>■ from his the oflicial by him in Jrvision of duties as Law. In It the Con- iiities nre- -N perform lie Grand i and Seal dge, and lui, at the e printed, transmit tentative bordinate ge of the siuess of papet:3, !, at the Jndence; 19 file all papers reh.ting to the business of the (Jran ' Lodge and carefully preserve ail docun, us. books -.nd n . T. thereto. "'' ^ " beh,ng.ng . :.. To I epare and cans, ,0 h, i,,^,.^^ ^ianlv forms for sem.-annual returns of Suhordin.M [ od.r,s ,„d .Zh^u ui„„i... „ . „ 1 *-'f>*--^> ct>«>iir, , ,u. • . „ ''} "c ncctss.it\ obtain correct information of tho work of .1,0 Order in this ■,„.„„)„; ,„, „ p^,;,^, J^^J^ for the use of the (irand l.oU^^e and i-. officers. „ffi ""■ '•'".''"P,"'' "'^'••funts between the Crand l.od.-e an I its ctsH";:' " ;"'?'""^ '■""••'"• """ •'• -"-' ■•"' '^-i ' cies to the drand Lodge. V To lf ti,^ r- i r . time direct. "" ^ ^ '"^'"^ ^'"^^^ to '4- Before entering- upon the duties of ins otlice he shdl t^=:;z;^;::;;Q::rr;i;:;,,:;;\;-;""-? or l,o.d in .n,s. hy ,„e i^^^j','!:^ "" "'■""^'">' ^^''■"«"'^' "' > o„ p„pe, V .ln.v„ l,v ,l,e (iranci Chancellor, and a L d t a™!:, ute tir.:;:' '^-'^"^ -■" ^-'' -^"' "- «^- ■ -' 3. He shall, whenever notified, attend any committee of the Grand Lod^e, and furnish such books and papers in Is n sion. as may be required. ^^ ' " P""'''"^^" 4- At each Annual Re^n.Iar Convention of the (irnnd ..ean.nn..^n,o„.,.„l.y:^-r;:;^;;;t;;:::;;lr' and the amounts paid, numbers of orders and for wlv.. draw,,, and u, w„.„n payable, and sl,„,r';'„',;;:,:';;t~ i c;K.\Mi STATITKS. fiate staiulinj^'- tl properly be I f'Odo-e, and y the laws of rom time to or after his II deliver to roval of his , statioiierv, li may be in ce he shall I Slim as the ble fidelity, 11CSS in the :»rije of the "•aid by the ;i\e charj^-e lon«rinfr to s he may , and from lis hands, t tested by «^'al of the tee of the is posses- lo ( I rand report of in detail t source, purpose ^ books, 21 5- At the expiration of his term nf ,^^1l - . r the Grand I oh \ ' """ "'''"'' ^'''''" authorised by s "'■n init-tt, tlul\ issued bv some roli-.hl,. (^-i .r. "K«., Mien nonu, after approva to bi> nl.,-.>i • ^i hands of the Gr-ind ri, ii Priced in the me urand C hancellor as custodian thereof. m m ord «7. The (irand Master at Arms shall assist in th > • =™ a;:?f s=- X- ii . Jsr, „ r/,0 (,n,„d l.odf.e ,,,,.1 „f ,|,e (;r,„,d Cl.ancellor. door!";i,j;i:; CVUH ',""r '"'■"' '"■"' "--■'•-^-''■".hc inno,- not. password, unles's di^V^I ,,',;': r,T-"' ",",'':"" ""^'"<'" fhall ho held .espo„»„„e ,i: , d U^p^^^ ri'''" ^'''^ ..ewels, and o.h.. p.„pe.,, ,, „„ ..n.uldi;'; •,:,;:;*■;;' ^^ IS in sf>v:« .-.f, f'*' "nne that body ClfAPTl<:R V. SKAI.s. 30. The Seal of the (nand Lodire shall be in -. ^ , with the following- desiini. accordance 22 (".KAND STATUTES. >l)Hik 'V"<* '•ill IJ "»Mh|, "<>1% require his official attestation ^ documents as only his official si^la^T "^ '"'" ""^'"'"""^ «» «-■- require station. 23 r of Records ocumentsas ^^liall be in eel lor, and as require i Domain , number, 'propriate e custody by him in testation. a GRAND STATUTES. CHAPTF^R VI. STANDING COMMITTEES. SS. The Grand Chancellor shall as soon as practicable after h.s ,„s,al a,,on, app.,i„, ,1,,, foUowin,. s.anclinsf commTees o cons,s, o. three n,en,bcrs each, and who shalf serve umlltiew 1. Committee on Credentials. 2. Committee on Judiciary. 3. Committee on State of' the Order and Fraternal Corres- pondence. 4. Committee on Finance. 5- Committee on Grievances and Appeals 6. Committee on Printing and Supplies. »4. The Committee on Credentials shall take charge of -ill documents pertaining, to its duties. It shall examin and p.' upon the regularity of certificates of Past Chancellors ad t.^ correctness of the credentials of Grand Representat v ' c^:;^irr:t'c;r-;Xe;:rrr' unon^^-m ^''' ^'T''''" °" ^''"^'"'"''y -^^^'^ '^''"^i^- -^d report upon all proposed amendments to the Constitution or StatuU^s as may be referred to .t. and recommend such legislation .si n,ay eem expedient in connection therewith, a^d J^^H J matters as may be n^ffrrpH t,^ :. i> * n".! ,v 1 ni, ,, ■^'"■rred 10 It by the l.rand Lodge or the t-irand Chancellor. ^ SC. The Committee on the State of the Order shall reoort upon the condition and progress of the Order ,n this DomI -Hi suggest such measures as will, in ,hejudgn,en. of h cl: m.ttee, conduce to the general welfare of the Order, antl sh^l exam.ne and report t,p„n all petitions of Stdx.rdin^te 1 o Ig organ,.ed under Warrants from the Grand Chanc or td apphcat,o„s for Charters for the same, with their recommend, fens of approval or disapproval, and reports of lodges Z-,g H>»%l .■mil* I •in iJ ■"%> **!»> ••"Miir 24 GRAND STATUTES. under Warrants shall be referred to it f also examine and report upon I 1 ''^^"^'"''^^-"- ^^ shall the Grand I.d.e an'd Havr:!^ 0^^-^:":; ^^^^^^^^ " ''' ^^ 37 Thp r • "-at.rnal correspondence. n».ed as the place of ,he met i'n^ oft , ■•"V"" '"''"''-ig- •en clays prior ,„ each Annual r'1,1 , """ '■"''*•"= '"'>™ Lodife. examine and audi it^ ^'=if"lar Convention of the Grand Records and Sea, and ctn 1,1 r^fV" ,"" """""'' '^-'P- "^ officers, or committees, uho ma k" ;" '"""• »"" "" "'"- ■ or expenditure of funds o Z' gJT7T """ '"' ^"->' ■•eport to the Grand Lodge I, ,,, 1 , '^''' '""* »"'"'"' " mendation of such per c.pi'ta ,lj ""L ""'"""■■' ""'' --e™"!- ■"Hy be necessary to pro r? "''"" ^"""^''"""e Lodges as for the ensuin, .vearrdt;::r:i :„::"'"' :-°"^' -'"»- may deem expedient- ,t .hj-. """"•■-■al measures as it ■natters referred to i't Hy u 'Z'" ^1 '"'"" "" "" ""-™l •HHler the Statutes; it sliall also It . f ' '"' "'="'•-' ''» '"'">■ vention, report the „u„ b tf ", "":'' ''"""■" Regular Con. practicable travelled r„ te bv elch ffi"""'^''' '^^ "^= ^^^'est Grand Lodge entitled to re'ce ve mil" " ,""" """""^ "^ "■= ance thereon, and the ar^ s ^^^^r'tr t'" ^"^»"^'"''- complete pay -,ll of same, includin/.,r . "• "'"''''"S a allowed by the Grand Lodge G t ? R "" '"'" "^ "'"^ "^ mileage from the city i„ whS ,h , , ""P-'^entatives to receive and officers of .he ^G^'d^.^ ;^';^ -P«-n. is located, thereto from the city in u-hich tltev rel'de! """'"' ""'"'" a" a;p:;dJ!;:,d'grr:res";:nT;:d "-" '"-^--^ ^'^" ^-r referred to them\v the G^; odgf: (Tr^d^'cr" 1, '""^^^ report their findinrs with ih. , *^'- "' ''""d Chancellor, and Lodge. But no m":; „ „ '. ,,r""^' '"P''"^'" '° '^e Grand appeal from the lodge of wtich 'he tTrerb;;':'" ""^ °" '"'^ 39. The Committee on Printinir Rnci < .• mtend all printing, and purchasing of T ^"^^"" '^''"^^ '''P'^' mittee shall consist of the G f k '^'' ''' '"^ ''"''"^ <^^^^'"- and two other members of h. Gr 1 I'T" '' ''""'"'^ '^"^ ^-' ' ^rand Lodge residing in the same ation. It shall ;ferred to it by 'I'respondence. tend the finan- ic place desig-- ^-odi,'-e within of the Grand nd Keeper of and all other th the receipt "d submit a t^ and recom- e Lodg^es as ^ge expenses easiires as it ail financial "Je its duty ^gular Con- the shortest fiber of the I for attend- rnaking a as may be to receive is located, rs entitled shall hear of lodges ■ellor, and he Grand ve on any all super- lid Com- and Seal the same GRAND STATl-TES City or town m which the Grand Ke-oer of R«. . situated. J^e.per of Records and Seal is CHAPTER VII OHPUr. CHAXC...OKS; .„.. ,oWHKS AXO DUX.HS. Cl^^^l^JiZi:;::;^''''^' ^'^^ ^'^ ''-^'"--n, the Grand Chancellor of ch s'u iii;;::' 77^'-^'-- ^^ --petent Past cellor for each 1 ni.t t , n 1 ^''' "'^ ^'^'''^ ^'■"-'^ ^^^^^^- ^^^ Gr.n,l^L^Uo,y^:'^'' ■" o'^- d-i".. the term of be sooner revoked '''"'"'"'' """^'^ '''' commission tative"oVl'S:7c?"'.^'*^"""^^^'-^^'^^ ■^^-''" -P— - appointed;a:.d'ri'b?rrpe L':,::;;^'-^^^'^ '^' ''''-' '' - duties shall be as follows- ^^'""^ accordinj,dy ; his tHe o^d^if x:;^;;^^^^^^ and Grand Lodge stktl obs n.; .nJ "^ '" '^"^""^^ 2- He .shall, m the absence of the r.rp,„l i-i,. it the officers of his ln,i<,„ „ i, /"^ ^'^'""' (-'"'"eollor. install therefor, bv ex. , I ll '" '"'' """^ '° ""^ P^P^'y H-'lihed inabint;to\:r; ;"::,' r; "'T' """ "■.•^^- "-" -^ "^^ Past Chancellor to ac' for h'i,,' . ''^P"'"^' '" "'■'""- --'^ 3- Prior to installation of the offi,-.,„ e i . Lodffe, he shall cause the se.-^i 1„„ ? " ■^"''"f''i-«t<^ Grand Lodge nroperlv „. , ' ''"""" »>'-reof to the the assessme ,t or nx due r'' 'Jf'" "'"' "^ •"'— of hands, which e hul in ° , :""" '•""*•"-'• '" "'' P'""" - h- of Re:-ords a ; t^:z:t fTr'' '" "' '''™"" «-p- 26 '••lINkll 'tr"»M :illi|ifl) '% "%i •»iii •«», "tN '''*,, GRAND STATUTES. applicant upon one and the same «f«t«^ emer^^ency therefor exists MrZlu"'''''"^' '''^'" ^" the same person at the sa. ^e^ e^^ ^Ttf ^ "r ^^"' "Pl- over fifty years of a«-e. '^''""^ ^" applicant Uay ^f ^if^n^e^ ;:: IhI ^^^^^"' ,^^--^"-' ^^ ^'^ first and conditions thereo e ; :eir;i:' 'T"'' "^^ ''^ ^^'^^' information and import'incet' ' '"'"""'''^ "^ ^■^"^'■al reports of Subordin t l^s :: Tu T'^'^ '" '^^ ^^^^"'- especially call for; and s ^ 1^ e^^ ^^ f '^T"'^^ "^^^ duties as may be required of him . ' G j'cn'r m" ''''' a fa.lure ^o perform such duties shall TI^^"'' ^.^^^"'''^"^''•, and removal by the Grand Chancellor "'^""'^ '''''''' ^- cautiously ,ive advice, he has t:! 1. tyt. ^Z' J^'''' T' s.ons upon questions of law or usaj>-e ""' ''"'''■ books, documents, or c„ fe ' . l. '" ""= °™"" t^hancellor, all been entrusted to his ca, .or'^u^X ''™''"'^' ""''^'' '"«^- >^^^^ on or'he";: t^'e firstt' '1'? f """ "Tr "^ '^^--"^ ^'^ ■'<-'. ---ernrandt^;----rsrd!-:i:i CHAPTER VIII --.ck; „.v™t..; „„,,„, ,,„ ,^„ ,„^^,^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^_^ EXPENSES. .be f^fo'i"; :r :,i::rt "^''"'' ^-^^^ ^'""' "^ "-'-" f™- by each semi-annu"; "port 1" !, '""'"""• '""'="'■ - ^ho-n ment is n,ade, as " e G™ d I "^ ''!f "^ ''°'' "'"'=" "^ ^— Resrular ConJention ^ '" ""'^ "'"""""'= "' "» Annual i"8f, when an >ne Rank upon it an applicant f, by the first of his lodg-e, ers of g-eneral in the rejruiar ^anceilor may perform such lancellor, and 'lit cause for >o\vers herein ' freely and official deci- resig-nation IS successor, ancellor, all -h may have ds and Seal, each year, a > a member, send of the late Lodge. RIES AND ^rived from tte Lodges as shown he assess- ts Annual GRAND SrATLTEs. 2. Application for Warrant an, I ri,-. » r .. . Books, ,oodTs lorn \l ' '' """"'•'■ •' '-"'"">-" statutes, , Roll Book. , Roster " ' ^"'"""^ Shan be Ctie. „s ma;be S. 'i :T^:Le n::'',- s^'' T'^ .-sued by the Grand Keeper of Records anTsl' r " t me. The r.rm.l i-l„ ,. ,'-'-"™'' •*"" ^^al. Iron, lime to and Seal, :n.?rch 1^: :;■ ti '.\"™"^' "-"- "•• '^--"^ constitute the Commhl c .■ """"«'•''-• "" '• i"ance, shall .He price to I^hrr^ldleTe ':.''^'-' "'"' """^ '" "^ '^' price'th;r^;*;;;r T"''- """ "^ ----panied with the Records :!:s:j'::zzz:t:::"T '•""' '"'"-' ^' bv the cash, except th„, h . ' '^" "°' '":«™Panied Records and Se^r 1^ ^r^L'^dt ^^td': ^r^d^"^ requiring settlement in f„„ at the end of Jach ^on.,', "^ '""^^ mant":.,uttr (""of"'"*"'' '■""^^ "^ '""'""-" --""- from • I V o h r "''■ "•■ '"' ""^ "»'= "f """'her. or obtain o o h 7ar d r;r T °"r '"""'■ ^°°'<»- ">-"<». je«els, Lod5el snch <^ T : """" ' P"""''-'" ''"'■'•'' f--""' Ihe Supreme deeme ,.1 : "^""r '•"^'>- - individual member shall be hereinl:: pirid;: ' '"""' '"= "^"^ """ P"-"«' - Domai^n'o';.;?: Ua'nd'^'l" '^ :' """^"'"'"•^ '•""'•- -'""' "- doubt of the comm.ss.on of the offense, shall prefer ■"! 28 GRAND STATUTES. '•'"«>, 'X 'X penal,, shall be sup^Ln^:^': "f "P™ -'""Cion, .he 'odge may determine. '^"'" ^™'^ "'= O'-''^''. a» the Sup "; Sp;e.eXte''°J,1,%?!7- 'T' ''=P~i«, attendance at anv ret ,ar r site' ^r ^"''""«"-. "> actual ;-oC.c, shall receive :„ii: ,:,".;? a^:":;';*'"" "' "" ""-^^ for each mile actually and IJL , " "''■'"•" P" ■"'!« Grand Lodge Conve ,tt" "^;;"»" J'.'™^""-'' "' going to said three dollar^ per da fo "'.th " """ '"""" ""' '" -^eed ing himself before the dole of.he r ' '^^'P-'''^-"--'"- 'bsent- - ^™.;udge Shall ror.:ifh'iXt:rr:";:rr '- °' 4s. ^ne members of tht^ Fmar. . /- as compensation fbr attend-.nce '"'";^^°"^'^'«-- -^hali receive "^'■ttee at the place des'^n.l I ^ ""'"''"^ ''^ ^^e com- same mi,ea,e l^l^Z^^i^r^l^' I"" ''^'^^ ^7. the ance upon the Con^entionT o^tLt^ I^oZr^" ''' '''-'- and all expenses nece^^arHv t^urTd TP ''T''^ ^"^^^^^'>' of his official duties. ^ '""' '" ^^^ performance od^e may determme at each Annual Convention. CHAPTER IX. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS co„tr?c J:; f ror'-dint rl'd^ '' ^"^^"'"^'^ '^ ^^ ^- ^-^all be assigned to any lodger:;;:: i::^,:;' '"'' '°'"' ora„rM!:;::^tc^-: ^r^iir •" 'r ^- - securities to be furnished hv .h I ""'' '^''^ ^""^ or ense, before iviction, the rder, as the "esentative, f< in actual the Grand s per mile '"§■ to said to exceed B thereon; ve absent- t leave of n. ill receive the com- "1 37< the )r attend- receive a [uarterly, brmance ineration vention. ny debt ict and h lodg-e 5eal or ond or 5f Sec- s after CIR.WD STATLTFS, CHAPTFi:R X. OROER OK BUSKVESS ...Vn Hr.HS OK OROER. '51. Rules of Order and Order nf U., ■ cribed, as follows : business are hereby pre- Rule r. At each Annual Rep-ui^r r, Lod,.e shall be called to order f! ^---"^.on the Grand proper officer, and the bus ne s of th ' '"" "' ''""'' '>' ''' ^.P in the following order, ["^^^^f ^^^^ ^—^-n shall betaken quorum is present the (Z \u""^^ ^-^certained that a legal bers to clothe h m^ -e^ .-' thr^^'""^ •'"" '''''''' ''^ -^^- no member is privilerd T ^''°^"' ■"'""'' "'"^'^^'"^ -'-'^-h a™, with suc,ra::!:^;Lr::;.:;?.^^ T\f ^^^^"^ ^^^ present in the requisite passwc r ^ „k ' '" ''^""''"'^ ^" Chancellor. P'»^MVord, and report to the Grand Ritu^lisS^fV^r' '"'"^ '"''' ^'-" '- -^-^'y opened in -t^i^r^;r;r:~-^^^^ dentials. rcrerrtd to Committee on Cre- 4- Report of Committee on Credentials 5- Introduction of new members -.n,l c ■ Lodg-e Rank. members and confernng- Grand 7- Reports of Grand officers. 8. Petitions presented, and action thereon 9. Communications presented, and action thereon. 30 GRAND STATUTES. ■'KWi >» ''1^ i 10. Reports of Standin^/committees, in the followin.^ order and action thereon : ^ oraer, a. Committee on Judiciary. b. Com.nittee on State of the Order. c. Committee on Finance. d. Committee on Grievances and Appeals e. Committee on Printin^^ and Supplies 11. Reports of Special Committees, and action thereon. 12. Consideration of unfinished business. 13- Resolutions and miscellaneous business. 14- Installation of officers. 15- Appointment of Committees, and confirmation of same. If). Closing- ceremonies. 17- The Order of Business as here arranm^d miv at -m. Rule 2 No nifmber shall he permitted to vote, or sneak unless weanns ajewel appropriate to his Rank and s at „, uti Rule 3. .No n,ember shall speak more than once on the ame subject, until all the ntembcrs present wishing L spel Shan have had an opportunity to do so. nor mora than tvWce '^o.^,.rn,,..,o.Ur.„t,eC,^., concurred in b, the g:;:: Rule 4. Every motion shall be stated hv * , officer; or bein, in „ritin, shal, be hattd^d to ^ Gr;;d7<: "'ef 1 rtan be "h"'"! '' 'r "'' ''""'■' ^■•'- '° -'^^^ "° motion shall be subject to debate, and everv motion shall be reduced to writing should any member so desire be recetv^d'bJIl'fr " '""'"" '' """" """'"' "" "-''"" ^"-" be received but for a recess, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a certain day, to commit or re e"o amend, .0 postpone indefinitely -which several molns shall whi:h'sh:nt:: -d T r^^ '""" """-"• "- «- •"- ° wnich shall be decided without debate. Rule 6. The previous question may be asked and ordered G^r:;;;rod;7"""°" ""^" ''--''" "^ - ntembet^^Ih^ I wing- order, hereon. )n of same. ay, at any e members or speak ation; and 'oper title. ce on the to speak han twice he Grand presiding id Keeper which no 1 shall be tion shall previous refer, to )ns shall three of ORANO STATUTES. Rule 7. When a question is indefinitelv postDoned it hii the lofhrp ,,f tK^ . "''^^ the number of nal'e ""^^ "■""^•" "" ">^' -"- P^'P- -''<' Ws si,. Rule 9. All questions of construclion of U,v Rules „, 1 answered by Ihe Grand Cl.ancellor or the ct-,'nd o^^ referred for answer .0 .he Con,„,i„ee on J die "rv whidf''! "u report its decision to the Grand I „,Ur. f ■''">■ "'"^1' <''"'» adjournment of the Convembn ' '"■""" ""'" '" «-' Rule 10. Every member who shall be in th.> I i vein, „haii .e :::d:;":f„rrt'h:r ^'d r^; di -de:"'^:,:, t: member requesting to be excused from ^^^tin, „ a,', 'l'"' verbal Matemen. of the reason, for n.akin,. such el, 1 „d the questton shall then be voted upon wi.hot. further'dXlu as cha;r:a,;-.Jer:of' '"'°" ""™" "" =' """■-- ■^'■^'" "- «.e Orde. shall be determined in^L'i^dr.t'; ."«;£;:■ Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies. " ordered s of the '•1«%. 32 GRAND STATL-TES. TITLE ll.-SUBORDINATE LODGES. '♦^. •«•. J 'IN. 4j; '•»».,» CHAPTKR I. TO KKOULATE THE .NST.TUT.OX OE SCBOKO.XATE EODOES .16. A petition in the form prescribed hv th^ ^ for . W,.r™„, ,0 establish „ Suh'rdin wt^^^t . ro™, v" shall issue or cause .„ be issued .he Wa™ fl ,7^:""""' .^'^ of such Subordinate I,od<.e in tL ( '"»"l"t,«n Supremo l.od..e ° '''™ P"'''"^^'i by the «». No Warrant or Charter shall be irranted tn . Q u ,• nate Lod.^e to be known by the name or title 1 it L, be the name or title of any living person "°"" '^ '18. When a petition is nresenfprl tn, t-u^ n , ... for VV-artan, to institute a new S. bordi ,ate Ld™" """^""^ town where two or more lodges ^ re .de4'S-'"b"' "'' "' paniedb, a certificate from ^a majo ' • "Z . Ic .tit" '! rd""'" (rnmg their consent to the institution of suci, new l:^^ ''^ •59. When a Warrant for the institution of a „«.. s k .■ nate Lod^je has been issued, the Grand ChLcelLr s nl d", mn,e upon the time when said ,od,.e shall be in t fid d st;; cause the Grand Keeper of Records .,„H e i ' petitioners of the date ?or such l^t . om ItthTtit'd '"' nated ,n said notice, and at the place selected for the snme X Grand Chancellor, or his duly authorized Deputy as r. may be, having examined the hall and satisfieSh mse f % '' adapted for conferring the Ra„Ks, shall call the ti';' ;'! pet,t,oners to order, and in case of a Deputy, sh 7re •■K.WD srATlTKS. 33 commission as Instituting. Officer Ho , n . ^'- ^- the institution of the V "',,^'V'",:''"^- -"eaJ the p.-ti- said petition, and satisfy himself or'n ,' '' ''*' "^""^'^ "P^^" ansuerin^^ such roll call '''' '^''■^"^'^>' ^^^ ^•-^'^ P-son petit*:; j^::::^t;rr^ ^'^^"' ^'-" ->'- ^-n, a„ ti. '- ^'- th,-, Ranks t;r^.:;;7';7"^^he Orde. the f.': He uill th.n require the applic n "" '"'" ^"^ ^'^"'■■- on each name on the i^ b. '• ' '"'" "'' ''''''' '^'»" '^^'"-t '--ver. at his dis :ti ', , r"'"'' T'' ''' ''^'- "^" "->• the entire list, having ^ li'Z l 7r^ 'f'^' ''' '^' ^^'^^^ '^'^ t- black halls appearl I ^ : ^ .I'T ''PP'-"ts that it ;v«n be required on each name th '." •'^'^'"•'"^''^ ^''"^^^ be shall declare all the applicant T"""' ^'''"^" '^^" "'air/' appear, he uill then rec, ^e ^'r ^^ r^'i, " "^'^ ^'^^ ^^''^ -ction. Should anv b reiect d "^m^' ^' '^ P''^'^'^'^^' '" ^''i^ -uch rejected applicants ' '" ''^'^"■" ^be fees paid by ••>"J prococd to conlorthe Rank, „r k' V'T'" """■' ''■'»"«"-'l. ^-"U^tru::; i:::;:;;^ -^-^- -- ^.^ ..„ „„. previously chosen as office s IJ """" "'"' '""•' ^ave heen •o hold ,l,e elecion o offi ;:''f,;" "i'Tr""^ •"■- proceed 'he current term. "' ""'" ■''"h"rdinate Lodge for b>a::;i?:rpt:,.tt:s"ret:;r"^-'---'-p™ed the officers elected. '"^tttututs: officer ,l,a|| i,,,,,,, '.•.!.!■';, J-:.s;;;:';:;;":;L?r" '■"" "'™ -«'-"> "--'-^ ti,e •he Warrant therefor " '" ""■■ C'^-'-'eHor Commander ." ":ch;':::'™^;* °f ;:: ;^^" •^^" P».v -ver .o the Ma. 34 GRAND STAlliICS, 'tH*. '•N. '•«k, ""hi ■»•* •*i e le d «r As soon as practicahlo after (ho institution o( a lod^e K nstm,,,,,^ OllK-er shall ronvard to the C.and Keep. \ f Keeords and Seal, a report slunvini,^ : wi.l/' ,.''';^' 'V'""^';. """^her and location of the lod^^e. toj^ethor uUh a hs ot ,ts on.cers and the date of its institution ^. I ho number of petitioners for the institution of the lod-^e 3- -^ list ofthe names of the applicants rejected on ballot undeH* W-!;;:;:r- ^' ^^•^^^^•'-"^ '---^^ "- >-- instituted nckra Wa.rant .ssued u, accordance uith the provisions of ■s c apter. such Subordinate Lod.e n.a, b, lor.nal vo ^ KM (..and i.od.e, or the issue of a n^^^ Gr dR. "'^•\r"^'" •^"'"' ^^' - the form furnished bv th . .nd keeper of Records and Seal, and shall be si^^ned bv ,1, Chancellor C omn,ander and Keeper of Records and Sea V a ,1 s all be presented to the Cirand Lod,e. in convention ass b " -hen a Charter mav be,. ranted by the (irand F.odov f I;:;::": ;:iu""'*^'- "•' ^— - p-nbedi, t,:; ««• I-P- 'ho issuance of a Charter as provided in the P'--in>..- sect.on, the Warrant shall be vacated and shall ■ once be returned to the (.and Keeper of Records and Seal rO Should the n-arrant or Charter of a Subordinate Uanant to serve m heu of such Warrant or C-harter until th next Convention of the Grand r,od,e. uhon up! .^ /^ M.h Subordmate Lod^e. and at the pleasure of he ., IahI«-o a duplicate Charter may be issued. 11. No Subordinate Lod^^. shall surrender its Warrantor harter so Ion. as seven nuMulvrs slKdl vote against sudt" ':' ;:;;■ :"'^^^ •^^■7^-'-' -^^'- '^ --in^ of tl. convent^, . ( uhKh the proposed surrender is to be acted on shall have been j^-.ven to every member of the lod.^v. 72. Tuo or more Subordinate Lod.i^es uithin this Domain .nay consohdato under the C-harter or W.rrant of either of lem -• under a neu Warrant or Charter; ^..r,,r,, ,„, J^^l;^:;: ^'1 of a lodge, ul KeepcM- of '-Ij,'"^, toj,vther ion. of (ho loJi^o, Ranks were t-l on ballot. i-'ii institiuotl irovisions of i.'il vote poti- lien of such lishocl hv the iirncj In- t|,t> 'hI Soal, and 1 asscnihloti, f-ocl,i,'-e. If ibed by the it-led in the ind shall at id Seal. Mibortlinate nay issue a I" until the petition of tlio (M-aiid kVarrant or t such sur- on\ ention shall have s Domain 'r of them, no Suhor- i;R.\Nn sTATi'Ti:s. 35 of H,e proposed actio;;t:b n::::v^'" ^'^■''^^^'^^-^-'- />rov,Wr.f also, that no Subo.din-.t'; I ^^^ ^'^V"^"^"^- "'-'eof ; aj^^-iinst such consolidation •TV""^"'' ''^"''^'''f •"^'^''" vote bers of Subordinale 2; : ::^S:Tf1 ''T'^ ''''' '"' -- -'■vvoKed u i. luh-au-a. c.:;ds i: :":;:' ^" 'T"^"^ "^'^""^ ^^f •^^'^•'' lodges, shall hold the sanu > r' ' "" "' •^^'■'^n^^"'''^" '-•^^^' - thev- held to Iheir sn I '"'" '" "'^' ^--"solidated consolidation. '-^peCve lod^^es at the date of such P'--'i".secHon. a Jointer' -it t;:^r^^^^^^ members of each of such lod..- . . ,V '^^^^^' '^' ^^"^' or more each of said lod^^es for rali.^-.,' '•'''''"" '''"^' ^"'^""■' '^^ -'"r'^t^ -----:;:'.;:r:::,;;:.-'-' - '• 'he pn^position submitted to .„ i •s;iHl lodi,ros. " '^'' •"'^' approvod by oach of o-^^uk::::;::;:;-::::;:::;::: ■ ^.■-.. ^'pp.o.,,1. ir.-,pp.„ ,;■;', ' "r ! ''^ ^"-'-'i- '•>-.■ i^s --0 ^.s p,-av.cl ,;„■ i„ ,,id , , ' T"" "•"-*'l'"i-" will C-lmr.or of .,1 .,, j ,,;;,' "'^' ■^;" '" --I'. 'Lo W,,„..n „ - "••' Krs oj ail oi 36 GRAND STATUTES. V H, '•■.to r "Hn. .^i.d lodK^es^ shall be surrendered. On receipt by the Grand Keeper o Records and Seal of the above mentioned Ru' aL jewels Warrants or Charters, and fee, the Grand Keepe of Records and Sea shall imn.ediately forward to the K p of Records and Seal of the consolidated lod.^e the articles ofcon sohdafon w,th the order of the Grand' Chancellc^endord" thereon; the remaining copy to be in like manner endorseduh sa.d order and filed in the office of :he Grand Keeper of R:':;': if the name of the lodge has been chang-ed, a new Warrnnt or Charter shall be issued at once. ^Varrant ri The Warrant or Charter of a Subordinate Lod^^e in this Domam may be revoked or suspended • . Order. '^''" '""''' "' ''""^'"^r^"-^'«yal or discreditable to the 2. For neglecting- or refusinjr to conform to, observe or enforce the Supreme Law, or any mandate of t e Su .en^; Tnbunal, or the Supreme Chancellor, or anv law of this "d Lodg-e. or Grand Chancellor, or either of them _ 3- For neglecting- or refusings to hold rega.lar stated meet •ngf-s, as provided by law, except for g^ood caute shou l! 4- lun- neg-lecting: or refusings to make its returns or for non-payment ot dues or taxes to the Grand r.odg.e 5- When the membership of said lodge ha's diminished to less than ten members: P.n,,^,,, no such Warrant or Cut' •shall be suspended or revoked until the lod.-e shall h.v' uiy notified c^ its alleged otiense, and opp.!;:: ' ^ .^^ answer and defense; nor shall any such Warrant or'ctar m- be revoked except by formal vote of the Grand Lodga^ 7.^ Whenever a lodg^e ceases to work, or its Warrant or Charter has been surrendered, suspended or revoked i Xd be he duty of the Chancellor Commander, or if there e no. tth last u,stalled ofiicers in the order of their senioritnllmu once make an inventory of the Warrant or Cln^rter R^l ',' books, jewels, emblems, and secret paraphernalia .^d ^ d^tf the lodga., and forward same to the (Jrand Keeper of Records and Seal, or deliver them to the Grand Chancellor ^ l, authorised Deputy, on demand; all of which being, the p "^p ty 1 ' the Grand led Rituals, 1 Keeper of - Keeper of cles of con- 3r endorsed dorsed with of Records \v VVarrant • ^od^>-e in able to the obser\e or ■ Supreme this Grand Fited meet- II. rns, or for inished to r Charter have been g"iven for barter be firrant or t shall be iione, the ink, to at Rituals, funds of Records his duly property GRAND STATITES. 37 Lod^e. A„, „ffi e ' J X;:;' "^, '"?^'"^'"' "f "- '-""" of, or under his cn.ro '," „r ",' ' "•-"-■ ''""''^' ""»»•-■»-"" refuses ,o surrender "L „" "",' "'"""'' "' ''■f-'^- «'.o officia, s„a„ ,e e.pe;,ed Z "l" Z: ""r,: "i i"^' "^"^^ Charter has been suspended or r., i , '' ^'''^^''' '''^'^^^ and funds restored toTi'eiTst: ;;>"•,"•'' •■ '""" ''" P^"''^'^^>- of forfeiture of its Warrant 'l " " ^-^^ > ears after date be reinstated by TrnZh v^'T' ''"' "'^"'^ ^'''^'^^ '"-' Annual Re^uh. Co.^^^:^ llfr^fT '''''"' '' ^ Grand Chancellor, during rce .^h,-"' 'T'^^ ''' '>■ ^'^ approval of the Grand I od,r. "^ '' ^'''''■^'■^<^< to the the members thereof -.nd -.n' ' '" ''''''' ''^ ''"-''' reinstatement draual cards from or J ''''""'^ ''"^""^^ ---•^^^•"' -ith- ^-^'.e. shall hoid'th: :m: .sr:;\^'' -^'^ ^-^--^'"-e they held thereto at the d^ o h ' ''""■'^'^''^^ '^^^^^^" ^"^ it- Warrant or Charter. ' ""'""'^" ^" suspension of CHAPTER II. «'^'^'^'AK TKRMS AX» kkt.kNs. 7<>. Ihe official terms of ^„n >• Domain shall be semi ann -1 '^'^V;''"''^^^^ '^^d^a-s in this January and July o^ a l" 1 T '''^'" '"' ^'^^' ^'^^ ^- of of June and Dec^^t:::^^::^.::' ''"'' ''^'' -' ^'- "- ^'='>- -tei:;,^.;:;^,:::;::;;:---^^^ furnished bv the (ruid k' ^ ^'' ''''^^" P""''"^^^^' '"^^'""i-s repor. ,nus.-.e ^^^^J::::^:^',:':;;^-: t'^ - '"" closed. Suel, repcrt, loj^elher vvhl, ,h I'e Urn, jus, other assessment due the Grind ^""""'" "f the ,,,v or the InslaMin^. Officer beforeTh ''"'' "'""" "" '" "'^- '"'"I- "f ollicers has been perform d and -T^r,?' "' '""" '- "■^- ""V ■such officers or con m, n c ,i ,h . '" ""' "" ''"''"' '" "-'"H »uch report and tlx r , '„ "r"'"""" ''"""'-I ""'il "1." -sha., nedia,; V ^ i"' , ! '"^'""■■»; ^^-r's hands, "f Records and Sed ,,," '""' '" "« '■''"nd Keeper -"itted bv b a, ' ■ L ' p™::;: "'" "'^- ^--" '-'.-, .oVe 'ea-d letter, and no, o.'herti'si """"^ ™o-.v order, or re,.is. 3« GRAND STATUTES. I ■""n, "*•»*( '"•l, can. CHanceno. J^e^r .r^Hri.l^^::'" ''^^"'•^- CHAPTER in. .MEMBERSHIP. Kni "hoI: ■ :;';!;,t.;L";:' ux: T;;r' t'-^^ "- '^-^^ -^ making, ,l,e same ,1 , '','/"? "PP''"^"''™ « t^^ ti,™ of p^ein, .. I;,;;:' " c -x:r ::::;? °''™'" t"- to apply to a Subordinate Lodge other' ha , h .'""°" r" territorial jurisdiction he 1. .,„ " , , "'"' """ "'"= '" "hose 81. Applications for membersliin c-m nnK. Uo a regular stated meeting of a Sub rd n" ' , ""'TT^ "' -ade in the manner and on the form of r '^' '"' ''''"'' '^ bv Supreme I aw S.. -. application prescribed > iprcmt, Lau . Such apphcation shall be sip-ned in the «nni; cants oun handwriting, and endorsed bv two^" mbe of t loc^a^ in good standing who have attained the R^nT of K' u" and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee ""'' ='.:;?.;» • "".in:™.:,,-;-;:/:; c;,f : riv. ;E;:;t, ;r r:i",;;;;r.;:;s GRAND STATUTES. 39 have recommended the applicant Th . • such steps as ,„e .e.bo.sT,,;: " .i.^d rr::'? "•"' '"'' maybed rectodbvhu- f„ ^w - . • , necessary, or as of L applicant -f^lr.;"" ,"•' T''"""'""' "'" '"-» stated Convention, except -is of h . ^ ' Nubsoquent tion, with recomm;,2^S t; 'r;r T"^''^^'^-' ^^^ ^"^1— applicant. ' acceptance or rejection of the SI. Upon the report of »l, > r whether favorable or other Le s '"T"^""">^ Comn^h.ee, upon by secret ball ball„r T^r hall nT""" ■''"" '^ "■•"'"'«' with a sufficient number of ball. , , "'"" •"= P^'i'l'^^'l modate the ntembers n,^ T \ if "?", ""'"■■■ "' "^■^■""'- the ballot box to the Chancelll r '^''""^ ''''^'" P'"'"-"' cellor for inspec.ioand^ «."'""''" "'"' ^ -■-Ll.an- that the inner tl " ^^ ' Z "uT^ """" '"'''"'^ "— "- Chancellor Con,„ a d i^;':;" ""'". '^^ '' ^""'"^ ' •"'^' Master at Arms will then , ,'''"'" '"' ^"""' ■""' "^'■' when the Chance, ^ C 2,:,^:' ", "' '"^ "" "'= '^"-• the ballot, and the method oinlanreTch''"' k' ''"'""'' "' alvance to the Altar an-'K™ksof »hallbedecl,re r ltd r " '""^ "'"^^ '""» ""I-- '- "Pon the hrst ball t ^ ha t^Xn" " '"" '"'''' """^ ="'''^■- »d if upon the se:.onc; b: L L'L;ir:Vb""",'-'""-'' "ot more than one black b-,n ""• "ahols cast be white, or clared elected to recvtdl «""'.'' ""■ •"""'""" »""" "-■■ ^•-- or more black ball, 1 f""'" '" '^■'if-"l'ood ; but if two clared reie td a,be b' Z f ""'""'' """"' "•■■ »""" "c- de- J-ted. Lubes shall be deemed to be black ball, w i,l,i„ 40 CRAM) STATUTES. "H*, ^1 ""'», "^n K lllliwl i V HI ■"»*, -v-:;^£,:::;;:;:;;::;::„.-:--''-Ha„ce,,„.co...,.„ H->x .shal, be presented .c^'p^rnTi ::;';"'"• T"""' "•Hpec, .he .same and announce to ,1 c anc'e ' " '"•"""" the result of ine ballot Th, a ■ '-''•""-'"•"- >-omniander final, and the resul'tlnno" cetb;.:: ;' elt 'hfr f ," "' by the Chancellor r. " ") ^"^ ^"^eJate shall be dechirod ^ 'c ».iianceiior Lommander to thp l,^r^,v. -n presented ..Inspection as ,n th. s:e.r ::::;:- ::::r -ntission, ^'^^:::::z:;T:r::j:^:s7T- *" f ties of the obiectors shall „„ 'lisclosnisf the l'"iKe, and such nl ' : " ,'' I I'"" '^r'' ?">"-- "> "Pe" stayed. Should the , hi,. ;■ ' '""" "' ""-' eliKhdate shall be n.i.f. then,, wiihi:! ; t d :;h:er:'r'' "-'' .'"^ '-'""'- shall be c-ntered upon the records of n !" "' ' "'""''■"""I initiation shall be v.ctld , I '°''*-"' "'"' ""-' »""• "f the R.anks o Kni;; t^d ^ inr''':' "" '"'"""''' ""'>■ --"- the objections be no, t c t rrjrers'Mi'r" "''" "'"'• '^ halls, and at the first meetin., af r H "''"' °P'='"""^ »" Wack davs the Clnncellor ,","""• "P'ration of such thirty '"I i-iiancellor Conunander shall dt'cl-.r. ,i, . .• rejected. If similar objection to th . •, "Pphcant who has no, attained ,1 e R^k " K '"''■"""'"";•:' "' " '"e"'her theCha„c=llorCon,„,a„de^Xd, '';:'"' "' '''"^"" '" "'""• »h.-." he entered upon the ^^l^ :^t:rZZ"'^ "''"" nient ol the ntember shall be sf.ve 1 If 7| u '"Ivance. Irawn bv the mentbers (il „ ,1 ■ , ""-' °''J'--':""ns be with- then st,ch withdr!, ,?;'::;;:,,::,""" "'r "»•" '--f-, ioU.e, and the sta, of advance;:; "srb':.,:^^ 1 "'^ Objections be no^,r.i ,d' :^:h:":;'.;. wih''^^" '"'■ " "- "-..->•. H secret ban baiio;':^:^;t';:::-;:-r:i:;;:^ ir Commander ^"ot, the ballot 1, and he shall " Commander elate shall be ill he declared le number of se be declared ay have been ore provided. 5 receive the nks has been lodg-e shall ctions to his isclosini>- the ions in open 1 the records late shall be ie members withdrawal ' the stay of may receive en filed. If tte as black such thirty -' applicant a member 't be filed, K'nt, which e adxance- is be with- thereafter, rds of the d. where- thood not • If the ->n of such e manne'' OR.Wn ST.ATL-TES. 41 provided in Section 84 of the CJrand S.a. . be favorable, the member nh,f' '''^"'' ''' '^'' ^^"'^ •^ad been filed, but. i^ I' ,^ T'^'Tf "'^ '' "'^ ^^'^J^^^'"--^ all fees paid by the n e^b:; or R u^r: 'fT 'l ^^'-^^^'^^^ '-^^ shall be at once returned -m/t', '''^^' """■"'^^' '^>- permanentlv staved; p^Z^\,t^ l'"" '-^^-"-'---n shall be date of suci, permane^ v iJ "'^ "" "^^"^'^ ^-- the -•" the lod.^e mrr." ,; '^' ^'^ '"'■^"'^"' '^' ■"" ^^--' standin^^ appiicatio-r^ith ir ■ .^y;trT"' ^^^--p-'^--^ ^^ -such application shall b si I ^^ ^'"1 '"^^^l"''-"' ^y '-v. and provided in Section 8. to 8. V L '"'''"^''""" ""^ ^^'"^^t as the result is favorable he '' ''""' ''^''^"^^^•'^' -"-• -'f the member shall Z^W^TTT''' :'''' ^^'^'' '-" ™'ted. and attained, as if „o ^ ^tl ^ J^^t ^'' ^f"'^^"-^' ^^^ already unfavorable, the Chi, - ,r( ''^'\^'^^= ^^'^ ■'<' the ballot be ber rejected fo^ 'j/ '"^'"^''' ''^"'' ^^^'^'a''^' the mem- advanim:nt:^:„t:^r'^r "v^'^^^^^'^^^^^^^'-^ ^- Pi-ion of si. months fron::rz:;t:;^t:i:;r'' ^'^^-- P-vided in th:'prr> C^^^^^' ""^ ^^'--^^- "^^ - rcdec^: !^its^^^^::r;'^^ i^^ "^^-'^^ ^^ ^-^^'^^'^-^ ^e be at once return d to hin" '"'''''''"' '''' ^^''"'^'^ ■^'-^" received from sue "^i ted 7 '" "''"" ^^"P'-'-'^tion shall be -nths from .bel:^ rijif!:^:;;;,:"^" ^^^ ^^^'^^'^^-^ ^'^" ^'^ at all aftefr ;:.:,,,: r:T'-V^^ ''' """^^^'^-^ P— - "- tothelodc^e No 1 -^ "^^ '""^"^'"^'^^ '^'^-^ been read ^ iuu^e. ^>o discussion of the r.^siilf ,^f 1 n merits or demerits of-. • r . ^ '' ^'^Mot or of the an.l T' ; ^^"^^^""^''"ate Lodye ,nav confer the Ran'-s of F.' • and knip^ht. or eirhf>r ,^f *-i ' '^an..s of I'.squire Has atuhH.j e r' k o, , ""' Z" ""■""''" '" ""■■ "^"^ "'■» 42 GRAND STATUTES. K "^, ""■«, I" '"llWll jj mum, K4\ "«"•., the request of such other lod^-e under seal Th. «; u ,• I^odf^e which shall have conferred a R t • ^"'^"•■^'"^^te this Section shall immediate otifv thriodl': ^^T"f "" ""''' the request therefor, of the date upon Jhtfs: l^ R^^"' conferred. Uoon recpinf ,^f ... i • '^"'^ ^^'^'^ 90. One week must elanse befwppn tu^ r • 91. No Rank shall be conferred until the lee therefor I,,. received, except upon wntten dispensation therefor. 93. When an applicant has been balloted for th. K of Records and Seal shall send :o him uotil of h L '.."'" rejection. VVithdr-.u-.l r . election or -companvinJ I aopi'ii "r' ■'' ''"'"'"" '""'s^' Cards, been r^eJ.edt :hl I'b Id^rre^^'f "''■" ""'' "''- without any indorsement thereof '' ""' '■■™'""»'^''. fails ff ■ ■^" "''!'""'"' ''"■ "^'•■'""ership who has been elected and n:;:c oTrii :::r::,,rrf " ^i^"- '"^^ -"""?- I"m; />n--A t the lo' ' : :V^ ""J""^' '"^ '" P-" "^ the time of forfeiture *" • '"' ^''°'' """"' ■■^'"">"' ""^"1 »«. An application for membershio in tl,;„ n , ■ provided in this Chapter must be made lotle lo te": :::' t;;! res,denceo, the applicant, by the shortest tra t- ,e7" r .ic:^ ri".^:: :ri:;:er:h.r;:'e"'''^'' •"-^•'■- -- ■-- application may be m'::e teith: of ^r'" '""""''°" '"' Tran!f!; crrd'r'""'^ '". ""=■""-»'"? ^y Withdrawal Card, ■ransfcrCard, Grand or Supreme Lodge Card, shall be made e Subordinate :cordance with •liich preferred ch Rank was lereof shall be errinjr of any : four conven- permitted by therefor has i<-led, donated /ided in this e application ion at which lerefor. the Keeper ' election or ^dge Cards, :h may have inmutllated, elected and lonths after fee paid by own extend )omain, as nearest the hould the hold or Supreme Lodge Card d er of a Withdrawal Card. ;i (, with any Subordinate Lod^r application to such lodge in th esire at any time to beco us Donr rand me affiliated lin, he must make ter and a'lach his card t ; " *' ^''^" '"^ <-«irti to such app of th,s Chapter shall apply to such e manner provided in this Ch such applicatio "■ All the provi case of rejection th a diff. e application mav be application, sions except that i n eient Subordinate Lodge, aft renewed to th e same or of said rejection. If th er one month from the d ite duty of the Keeper of Records and ^ tify the lodge iss e applicant be elected it shall be the no of th ie appl 9§. A uing such card th. Seal of such lodj 'cant shall date f reof, :e to at once n a rom such electio pplication for membership bv d md the membership card in any Subordinate Lodg panied by such card and subj hereinbefore provided in th ;e in this Dom leposit of transfer lin, shall b ect to the invest 'e accom- elected, hi; cease and determi IS Chapter. If the 'Ration and ballot membership in the lodge of applicant bt application is made shall be e, and his membership in th issue shall thereupo n lodge t Seal of the lodge of d '"• The Keeper of R hy mail the coupo leposit shall at on o which ecords and ce add ress the t n notice of such election to the lod ;uid f brward ransfer card. Upon receipt of « ge issuin g: ssue, it shall be read in , made by the Keeper of Record pt of such notice by the lodge of open lodge, and record thereof shall be upon the books of the lodge. If th transfer card shall be filed in the loclge and no similar a •' " by that lodge fo s and Seal and M appl ister of Finance pplicat leant be rejected, the to which it is add ■on bv that applicant shall be r nuiety days from the d ressed, considered Law »». A S- •'-ordinate Lodg ate of the card. s, requirt e may by a provi to furnish a cei,.icate of ■y applicant for membersh sion in its Bv- ip or re-instatement. condition of his mental and bodil ■some reputable physician as to ippi too. The membersh leant for admission b y health. p and obligation to the IS initiated. y initiation, commences at th pay dues of a n e time he 44 GRAND STATL^TES. "*». ■N... J On,., il"' V "• »j) ■""••, CHAPTHR IV. O'-F.CERS. THE.K ELECTION' AND INSTAM. X r.OV lOI. The Ritualistic Officers nf ■, < u ,■ consist „r „ Chancellor Co^v.nl V "'■,;''"'''^' '•""'■"= "'•"" Master of the Work K-l? ^^ '"'"'"ccllor, Prolate, Finance, Master^^^^E^tT: ," Mart; ^v'" '1' *"- "' and Outer Guard who .uJi ''"'"' '""^^'' Guard '-t -ted Conv:!;ti:n :r the c^; • r:;; --^'----^'b- at the November of each vear to .. , ' "'""'^'' ''^ ^^■''' ^nd term, and unti he " ll 'T'""' ''' succeeding, official installed. -cces.sors have been duly elected and lOa. The Non-Ritualistic Officers nf ■, < u ,• shall be a Board of Tn,«f„« ^^^^^rs of a Subordinate Lodge »'«.'! Haee attait^^i,:"^:,: •:;--;;f :;:::.r ."'^""T^ «•- three vears ■ n "' . -""' ''''^'^^ ^^"^^ '^''"-^^^^^ ^^ serve official ten. tr t'r a^d"^ the e.vpiration of the second service of e.ch ^' expiration of such term of c or each, h,s successor shall be elected for -, f« three years All ,.„ • • cicciea ror a term of .ho laws'ofth ;:„';', "f" """ l""*-"^- i"™rpora.ed under T™stees,and.,c.tir.re;:jo;';r":,r'^ "-^ ■'-^^ - -n:^^Se^;:t;rt:h!r;:r:^;:':-- member. '*^'*-'f>«^ or which he is a 'o%e next-precelt t ^.^^ZTI'^ ^''"'^"■"" ^^' ^^« tion of such officers ' ^^' "^' ^'"^^ ''^ ^he elec. '**• N""^''"ations and election of offi^-ersshMlih. , • the order of their seniorifv .... •, , ^^^^ ■^"''" be made m 10« 411 Z r^ prescribed in the Ritual. ORAM) STATITES. 45 .ATIO.V. iHte [.oclj,re shall icellor, Prolate, ■^eal, Master of s, Inner Guard iiniially, at the IS of May and :eedinj,'- otticial ly elected and 'rdinate Lodg-e members who n ^'-ood stand- res^ular stated istee to serve and qualified, eive until the one until the of the second such term of or a term of rrustee shall ion, to serve :»rated under le Boird of Jinate Lodge lich he is a Subordinate 'ition of the of the elec. be made in il. ? separately ■ or. The Chancellor Command^^r wI,..m bers of the lod^r, ,, tellers I T h . '''^^'""' ''''' '"^^"^- after the poll is ,1^^ i. ' """^" ^'"' ''''"^^'■^> --' -eKeep:ofKec:r::;s:;^---^^^^^^^^ the re.dt. and register same upon the minutes: " ' """"""^^ nu.i^^r m :b:::;:e:::r"'T^^^'r''"^^^'^^ -'^^^ — ^ ^'- --iared.id::x:^:;-ir:r::;i:--'^---'^^ I05>. VVhene\er thor.^ m-.,. . -u I "-" "^""^ ''^ complied vvitl., and /,™,„V/„/ also thaV'l' ^ " " "■" """ i"»>allo' "'"" '" '- If anv such officer ele , ,, , " ' !"™=;:7 "■•'""•'■• 'h-' accrued, shall' be absen „ 'T ''."^1"'-*''^-J ^r !"s.alla,i„n, or ■-.ailing Offi r u less r ., '7"'"^"" '" "-'alla.ion, ,„e vote of 'he lod^L t, de. ■■■"" "' ""'"" '^ '■"^'"^" 'vjuj^e, sn.iii declare a vacanrv in tu . n- vacancy shall at once be f.IIed bv e e'ti^n M ^'' "'"^'^ assume the duties of his office un i H^s h , ^^"'"^ r'^^'" 'nstalled. Anv officer ^]^.t i ^^'" regularlv .-aiiaeion, ai.d x?e' 1:':":;;- , v.''^^^"' 't: "■^- -»■"■■- ";ay be insealled a, a sub^e^ue, "te , ,1 r:,?'^- "'' '°"^-' 01 .l.e lod^e and of the Installinsj Oil er S, , """.•■•"'^■"^■••■ timi for anv cause not he helH =,, ,u '''' ""^ "'stalla- then it shail take ph^Vu hi e '"'■'"'"*^ ""'■••"" "-Vnated. the convenience of tl die .n":;'"'",""^' '^"-^'- »'-h alio-, but in such ca etht-Kep^r o",. '""."'"''' """^ "'" notify all officers elect ,o be pr e, at T """ ^"" '^'""' oc present ,,t such nieetutg. Installa- 46 GRAND STATUTES. '*•••. X, •mil ""^i.. J |4i tion of officers of a Subordinate LodL^e shall he in th ■ 118. The Honor of Past Chancellor can onlv be -.t,,;,, I by service as Chancellor Commander, „„., at he insit ,', r char,.es and duties pertaining, to his office, by memori.ini h. the Instalhn,. Qrt.eer. prior to installation, may examine each officer there.n, in open lod,a>. and if anv officer shaH " "ass a satisfactory examination, the Inst illin'.r Offl "«* Pass a '-"V" •" -nice, and report'^hfllf ^';,;™:„ -f'^, - -ay thereupon declare the office vacant, and imm dt.eK fi n.o':ffi:?io''fi;^''7'' ""' "" ""''' -' ^"°- »■"' i-' " " >nio ottice to fill such vacancy must perfect himsolf -. • . required, within one month thereafter in d e auT trT shall be removed from office by the kx^ ' "'"'' '" 115. The duties of the several officers of . < u •• '.odge shall he as defined in the Ritna o, he OrcL; 'fs "" and Grand ,.„., and as ma.v, Trom time to tfn^he r' t'T:; the Subordinate Lodge u hen not conflicting therewith ^ absenT'from TT """' '" ""°^"'' ''""' "«=' f^ -"<"'-d absence from lodge conventions or inattention to his official du.es or conduct unbecoming his standing in the Order bv a vote of two-thirds of the members v oting thereon at ,P Stated Convention of the lodge; ..^^/t^rtht de,';t:: ^' in the manner the established luse produced, tion, and such ice of thelodg-e n and installed ?rm, and shall, installation as emed to have ancellor Com- incellor. y be attained institution of riy be elected n election and Icdjj-e of the morizing- the e orally; and examine each II not pass a ay refuse to odjre, which mediately fill md installed elf as above of which he Subordinate he Supreme directed by th. r continued his official 3rder, by a i^ Reg-ular delinquent OR.Wn STATUTES. 47 has been notified bv the Kt.pn..^ ,«• n Trustee shall have ch-.r^lT. „ , ' '"'''''" "'" '^""■■'1 >'f per.yof ,he ,ou,e, a:,';':!-,:,; ;^' T ^r:,,:"". t"--' ''-"- condition, and .shall have eon.rol " '"■''" '" i-'""J lod^^., of all „,oneys se apa "" '" ""■" "'■''" "f 'I'- the same in .such m annlrT ', """""^'"'' and -Lail mana^je resolution or .notion »,„^ • ,^"' 'ailed upon so to do hv official .er,„, a : ;: 'l:""'-"""^"^- '"'" "- close o, each ■"i't- a ful repot of its t a '"'";•''''"'•■'''''■''''"''"*■' ^■""'- k, 1 ^ transactions, top-ether witl, ..n v books, papers, notes, mort^^a.^es etc ^^ / '\ " Auditing Committee shall examin / . . "'^' '^'' thereon to the lod^re .t ! ' """^ "'^''^'^ ^■"'' '^P^^^ LUC loug-t, at Its next RcL'-ular St-.^.i n . ■hcrealter. i, shall perfor,,, „,,h t^he d , '^°'""""" "ith the official posV „, ■' """^'^^"'""■■S consistent -ribed b> la„. and as the Id, Z:"r"'' "^ "^'^ "- -lircct. Each „,en,he, o, the H -ud , T ' """■■ '" "'"■' in such sun, and «ith su h ,r t ,s tJ-TT" "'^'"- """" •He faithful perforntance of .:" :ffi::al dutief ""'' "'""■ "" CHAPTER V. RELATING TO GRAND REPRESENTATIVES. 11§. Grand Representatives shall be elerrpH . •. .. Article JII, Sections s and 6 of the Gr 1. r '"'^''"'''' '" '" case of a vacancv occurring fL^ ''''"'"" = ^''^"'^^^^^ Grand Representative:::, hllf't::^:!^;;:' ;: ;h^ T '' Regular Convention of the Grand Lod^^! t^: a^lr ^1 48 ORAND STATL'TES. "OH, 'N Nhi X.„ •"111 I ■J manner of ,|,e ori„i„a' seleci™ ' "" "" ""•'""'^^ "' "-' .he cl'a'n;,'i:z"?::t';rr;;'r"-^'' ^'*^^- "-■"■--ion.o follows: ■^""' ■' ^•'■"leruial in fern, as ''""^'.";"' Lodfre^No... K.ofP. has h r,'" t'""'> """ ''"»' Chancellor has been liii v e ected i f:r-in.i p suoi. the Grand l.od,.e, ,o se v ' i .f "dav'Ti "' '"'» '•""*."■■ '" the r.rsl dav of Jannarv ,H ,1,.V , •• "^ J""""0. iX. until wh:^viv';^.;::!;;-'«--''''-'^'";paSd:,/d:::':;^ (Seal of the Lodg-e. ) ' ' " ;•■... C. C. shall'' V dr::::;":;'i;r '-"«- ■■' ;''^'''-- --nX!f -.PPohued, and .h ' o e ,. ^ ' , 7""'-":"','^ ^"'^^^'> "' ofK_,n,d.eai.o,i,eiL:::;'Lt;n;rr::3^ nie ,l,e (in,:,d r..;:;;;. "-^^ ""■' ■^•■"•" ""^ "-' n--ousl, CHAPTKR VI. HK..A,,Xc; TC. PAST CHANCELLOR'S CKRT.K.CATKS anU Keeper of Keeord» andVe^ I'l^T^ trTrT ^.".-d ,„ere,o and shall he in one of ,he ron.XZ^'"''' nccllor of the t when occur- ,''uhtr Conven- 'acancy in the admission to 'ilo with the I in form as • K. of l\ iS. .. olunibid : !iis f.oclg-e to fv, i8. .until bt^r in ^"-ood 'id chiims of dj^o anixcd, C. C. 'f K. and S. :opy thereof oloctod or fho Keeper s and Seal, it It a Past previously cs. becomiiiir -I as Chan- institution" cate as a It lionor, "iiniander the lodj^i-e ny: GRAND STATUTES. Castle Hall r i . •• Lodg-e No . . . . K. of P. To the Gmnd Lodm; Knhrh,, 'fn'],'. /^"^ '«■ • • This is to ce^ti V thtt » ,^ " "^ ''''''''' '-l'--b^a: been duly c,ualified^.^^ , ^Ji:^ Cl'm^l'"" r '^^"^ of h.s lod.^e. K.-n.- Jloar of 1 Uook^^^^^^^^ Commander's chair VVitness our sip-nitnr,.. . ■ *^"and JA)dp-e of I^ C "« 'lay and date Hrs^'ab';;::.;';-!;!;^' "■■" "^ ="^- '"^^'- "'"-'i (Seal of tho lodg-e.) C. C. K. of R. and S. Castle Hall.. . . r , . ., To ,i,rG.,„, u,,,,.^ K:,!,,;,;,,f p^i,,,,^^;";; — -r ■;« ■ • lliis IS to certifv th-.f P w'. • ' '^"'•^'' < "I'lnih/a .- been elected on;;:;'^,,:"; J ;^ .^^^'r^l;- ■ „ has and bem^r clear of the books -.,; ^^ ""^^'''"^ "f this Iodide quahfied to become a memle; o he r'' ^ .'^''''^'^ '^ ^"^'''v Columbia. ^' "^ "i'^ ^^^rand Lod-e of J^ritisii .1.0 ^^::^cZi:s'z:::x:^ '-' "' "- '-'^^ -"-^i (Seal of the lodg-e. ) .' ' ^ C. C. ReccJd: „!;d"^:;'' ::;,t :r"'«^-"'^: ."-'■ -'.^ (^^nd'^K!;."'' !f IHAI'TKR \n. "'irtl>= ler,„, ,,Hl ,„„il ,1,.. ';" '^"'f.''"' •" »e,vc dur- bills against ,l,e ..,j„, , , Z ""'-""" ^"■''- "PPoinlc.d. Al report ,l,ere„n a fl.e ne-^l , , '"^ ™"""'"^'^' '="' '" ""^^ ■akesuchactiontle :,:":"'"'■ 'T''"'-'"'"'''''^-""'' ereon as m.i, be required. It shall also o.„. 50 GRAND STATUTES. X. '•»u, •"Hill ^ •^^ sider and report upon such other financial matters as may be referred to ,t from time to time by the lodge. ^ 124 At the last Regular Stated Convention of ^he lodge m eac officuU term, the Chancellor Commander shall appot an Aud.t.ng Comm.ttee, consisting of three members who have attamed t e Rank of Knight, who are entirely disintere ted to examme the books and audit the accounts of the officers of 'tl e lodge, and .t shall be the duty of said committee to make a t ue t.on. It shall carefully examine the books of the Master of t. nance, see that they are correctly kept, that the ledger is properly posted, and that the receipts of the Master of Exchecmer correspond w.th the amount received as shown by the c- the Grand inmediately 2 Master of 2 time and y made the the Audit- e properly render to its duties, ust in con- ated Con- :h hour as :1 Conven- n granted GRAND STATUTES. duty to do so upon the wri.cen ," « 'f™' ""^ " ■^'-" ^' '"» have attained the Rank of K„2VL '"^'"»'*^>' «ho distinctly tite business to be tr.n , , '''''''""' "'"'" »'■•"<> -■.ich the Convention sha ,;:■':: "I ,•;;;" '"^ "">, """ '— »nd call shall be delivered ln\u t *■'''""""'• "« "'"l'''--^ who shall notity the ^e e Tba^'"":' ''""'' ""^ ■'^-'' published notice, and shall Vn^b'u •"""'■■"• P""'"' - "Pon the minutes of the lodge '''"" '"'" ""' '" '"» Ran "rKniS,!:,::;;::::;^::, ^-^-^ w^^- have attained the business. constitute a quorum for (he transaction of 126. If no quorum be nrespnt ^^ e. vention of the lod^e the Ke „ r d '"■'" ■"■ ^P'""' <-'""- upon the minutesti ; lf,7J,f "'"'"''' ""'' «-' ^'-all note Ran. :Jp:^:r^cttrcrf:: -ti^^'T : "- ---- Es^iuire, or on the trial of u ''■■'"'" "^ P"*.'^' "■• Esquire, ,, „ the be 'ZT" "' '"= «""^ "^ 'V'O or R-K at,.,:, ..„: by the membe: ™ triV"""^'"'"' '" '"^ "'«'-' "on '^; ':,':; r i:'^;,^:;;":;r?.'" t ""-'"' '""-- ■ !>» 411 ■ "^P'^""''') "'atcd in the call therefor, and Closed t'l^i^'i^S ?„1«"^"'""- '-'--- -mis. he opened CHAPTER IX. a s, iirjin'?: u;d;;:^''::d''r:H';'" '^ "- "^-"^^ ""-" ^^ shall be his duty .. pr;.s"de ■ all ( '" '" "" """^'^ ''» »-■"' i' 'he event of his absen e a ^l^- "■""";'" "'' ""'^ '"''»•"•• '" Convention to ord or i , ' . """ "' '""' '■"■■ '"■"""•».' a ^c-fuses to call the lodj , ,'" '''""" ^" ""-' '""c' »"'! •i- fixed by la^i-roVe „ ; ::,c:^:;r" "'^""!" -■ -he J- i, me lodge, and a quorum is present, 52 GRAND STATUTES. X '•I*, h the Vice-Chancellor shall take the chair, and perforn., for the time being-, the duties of Chancellor Commander. If both these officers are absent, or are present and neglect or refuse to pre- side, the members present shall proceed to select, bv vote some one from among themselves to preside, voting fir'st upon the Past Chancellors, and, in case of failure to secure a presiding officer fron. among them, then upon those who have received the Rank of kn.ght. The person so selected to preside shall have, wh.le m th. cha.r, the same power to conduct the business of he lodge a. d to preside while the Rank are being conferred, that IS devolved by the law upon a Chancellor Commander. CHAPTER X. RELATING TO I'EES. 131. The fee for the Ranks of Knighthood shall be as prescribed m the By-Laws of the Subordinate Lodge; p.ovM, that .n no case shall such fees be less than fifteen dollars; p.o- z'u/ed funhor, that at the institution of a new lodge the fee shall be as prescribed in Section 60 of the Grand Statutes, and prom^ed further, that not less than one-third of the total amount ot the fee prescribed for the Ranks of Knighthood must be paid into the exchequer of an existing lodge before an applicant for membership therein bv initiation .an be legal y elected to receive the Ranks of Knighthood; and . one-tnird ot the prescribed fee shall be paid prior to the confer- nng oi t e Rank of Es.^uire or Knight ; and p.ovM.i further, that the Grand Chancellor shall have power and authority to grant a dispensation to any Subordinate Lodge to confer the Ranks ot Knighthood for a given period, to be fixed bv the Grand Chancellor, for a less amount than the prescribed fee but in no case shall the total amount charged for the three Ranks be less than ten dollars. 132. The fee for affiliation by withdrawal card, Grand or Supreme Lodge card or transfer card, shall be such as a Subor- dinate Lodge may prescribe which must accompany the appli- cation. ■^ '^ l»3. The fee to be charged by a Subordinate Lodge for re-instatement to membership therein of a member suspended GRAND STATUTES. , 53 tor non-pavment of arrearai^es v^h-.n u^ less than one year's duls '" """"^' ^^"^' ^^^ "^^^ be on!"oZ': "^ "^^ '" '^^"^^"^^ °^ ^^ -^''^'-- --' shail months dues, mi advance, and one dollar. CHAPTER XI. ■ .««. liie amount of dues reauin^.I f , i, •, , member of a Subordinate locL h7h ' '''"' '-' ^^^""'^ that, „ a member receive a transfer card I, sh.' h . "" unpaid .. mid„i,h. of .„e la.e da,- of .,ch peHo'd' A sj rl "a e I.ods-e may collect dues in advance, but a n,e,.,be I i A,,,H,aM as. VV„,d because o, tadtue to n.ake such payment in ri, ''"*■.*," ''""*' "'"=" ""'' assessments provided in this Chapter shall be due and payable on or before ,1 e ast st , mcetu,,. ,„ the months of March, June, Septemb a , I, . ^^ be of each calendar year. ,t shall be the dutv of the \a er "f i'. nance, at least two weel■ '■-= P"- '" action J he lodge thereon. pr„„V,.,,, the amount so tendered shall be Z east e,ua, to three months' dues. If, at a Co, v '.^ ,f '., lodge he d after the expiration of the time specified in su not, e the member so notified shall not have' made pavn en slu I notdy the lodge to that effect and that the notice required by h,s Sect,o„ has been s.nt. The account of said ,nember -hall thereupon be read, when, if obiecion be made to the account such objection shall be fully stated and hi ,,, I ad or after the heanng thereon, if objection be made thereto the que, , on whether or not the member i, i„ arrears for an amo „ equa to one year's due, shall be submitted to vote of t eT2e and ,f the lodge shall vote that the ,nen,her i, ,o in ar e . fhe Chancellor Commander ,l,all thereupon declare him suspended from the lodge and the Order, and such suspension shilt GRAND STATUTES. dress of such the Supreme •vide for the mbers, which tblo upon the nd their non- e member in er; provided, ith preceding hie shall not date for the I arrears for »f one year's hwith notify ooks of the ■earag-es are >tice, he will The Master be tendered to action of shall be at tion of the ed in such Je payment oi Finance ce required lid member ade to the earing had le account, hereto, the an amount the lodge, rrears, the suspended II shall be 55 entered upon the records of the lodge; but such declaration by th Chancellor Commander shall in no case be made unless thl no ce hereu. reqmrod shall have been sent, nor unless the lodg shall previously determine by formal vote that the member i in arrears for an amount equal to one year's dues, which f.ct must be made of record upon the books of the lodge ; fZd^ hat sa.d member shall not be so declared suspended h' at t le time he is under charges. ^ 142. A member who shall be suspended under the provis- and shall have no clau.i upon the Order nor anv lodge thereof l^fiTr """^'-r""':: ^^ ^^-^ ^^^-. f- any-pyth'an right, benefit or pnvdege whatsoever, until after he shall have been dues fine " '""''' '• '"" "^ ■^'^" "'^^ ^'^ ^^''-^'-^'^^ -^h dues, fines or assessments during the period of his suspension. ae-ainst d;.'o T'"'? "^"'^P^"^'^^ member shall commit an offense hft 1. ^^^'-;/';--^'es may be preferred against him either in the lodge by wh.ch he was suspended, or in any lodge within whose terntorial jurisdiction the ofTense was comn.ittcd ; where- upon the person so charged shall be summoned before such lodge and tnal shall be had in the manner provided bv law for offenders who are members of the Order. If he shall be con- victed o the offense charged, the trial lodge shall thereupon be T ^'\r f •" ^"^"'^^' ''-'"' ^''^ ^^^^-- --' 'f --'h lodge be other than that by which he was suspended, notice of its r:z:^^:^t "' ^''^^ '^^ '-''- ''-^^ ^'^ ^^-p- ^^ Ml. A member suspended from membership for the non- payment of arrearages, who desires to be restored to member- ship, may make application therefor to the Subordinate Lod.^e by which he was so suspended. Such application shall be accompanied by the amount of his indebtedness to the lodge at he time of his suspension, or such sum as the Bv-Laws of such lodge may prescribe for re-instatement. which amount shall be equal to one year's dues. 144. Such application shall be read in open lodge, at a Stated Convention thereof, and referred to an Investigating 5^ GRAND STATUTES, V X Committee of three a^ in tU^ , r Ranks of Kn^.^^>z::^ ):z:iz:''^T: T "- applicant sh .''''Lt'ec, lIX'' T'f '1'" "= "'"'^' '"^ one-third of the ballj '^'-" '■'atecl ; but should n.ore than u immnn.itelj. should two-thrds or more of th. holl deposited on the second ballot be white th, declared re-instated ■ b,„ ',,,"""*• ""= applicant shall be rejected, and no further apphcation for the re-instatement of f h. -- . be biac. bri,::;t:i:;tr -i-o. t^- tet:. '^ with any dues accrued durin Jth trio I o his ''"'"' with any assessments impose'd durC'ruc;:;:^;:^'^"""- "°^ chapt':r XII. 14«. I he penalty of suspension from the Order for offenses agamst it may be either: I. For a term fixed by the lodg-e at the timp ..f ,u -n, which shall be know^ as ..defni;e i;;;,"!";. t: ^""'^"- ••ind:nn1tVsu?p'er;:."^ '"^ ""'^'' -''•'" ''^" ^' •<--' a. ••defin*r;"'!,r''.M;:i:f,„";te°"::a,n° """", ■"''""'''"■ '•''" , '""'^""'*^e, shall have no cla m upon the Ordp.- nor upon any lodge or member thereof, for any P, "h.Wi ghl; c;rand statutes. 57 privilege or benefit whatsoever unfil -.ft u- have been ,er„,i„,„ed as pn vi^'V .^ ,7:^;"^,°" ^ ' charg-eable with dues or . ^ "- '''''^" "^^^ be suspension. — sn^ents during the period of his expi^:*; tfT:;rt; :?"'" "^^^"^'^"" ^'-"- - ^^^ instated to the stand". h>Mh .•"■'^'""^"' '^''""^^ ''-' ^^ - Without .r.a. r :^"^.^^;:tr r :i::^T'"-' be sub ect to all tu^ ^.ui- ■ "^"K*-' 'i"" shall thereupon pe«ai,ij ,r.:"h t :n^;:"'""^ •■'"" ^"''"'■'' - ■■"' •'- "•^'- or •■indJiinl:'.!':;::;; :'"; '^ '-'---P-^io,,, ei.,,e. ..Cennite" of this r)„n,.,i, fo " Z;" '"■"""°" ""-■ '^'■''"'' Chancellor ins.a.emen,. H si,*^, """" '" ""^'-^ '" -"h lol.-e for re- the Grand Chmcellor M ■ I'""'™ '"•' S''™""''' hv application " the "LJ '^r;;^:; '"•''•^ '"--P- -aKe -hich-acio "hereon I trV; ""•■' l""^'" °' "- --•-^' at ies. than e.o.thir:,:';ri^::::;:; r;t'Uc^•:''^^""^ and enmled .o vote, shall vote in favor thereof "^ "ot expired, H^'^L ^ZT'll^lT ^ ""'" '"'^ re-instatement in the Order hi ■ '"'"°" '■'^"'''"' 'or for pern,issio,; o :p ; tZ 'suhrd""" 'T^ '''"'""'■ whose territorial jurisdicU n I Ld . t't-,, st ,*"" """" membership in the Order- „l,« . '^'""•'■'tenient to shall .ake such i^ ^ tiga'ti n rr" '"^ """"' '''""""- necessirv •,« ,„ ,1 ""«"""" as he may deem advisable and subn it tri^,t,: t7;r'^ "'r"''"'- '-^ p^"""-' »"^ »"■■■" to the GrLf;';' :■ 'fr'^!,::™! •''^ --" -f hisinvest.,ation, Lodge at Its next Convention. Sh ould the Gnind 58 GRAND STATUTES. 'X Locly:e g:rant the petition the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal and shall f,Hve the petitioner official printed or written notice thereof, m the manner and form as prescribed by the Supreme Statutes. CHAPTER XIII. TO DEFINE GOOD STANDING IN SUBORDINATE LODGES. 1*3. A Page, Esquire or Kni^fht shall be considered to bo m good standing in the Subordinate Lodge of which he is a member. 1. If he is not under suspension from membership for the non-payment of arrearages or for other causes. 2. If he is not under trial in a Subordinate Lodge for the violation of Pythian Laws or other offenses punishable by suspension or expulsion from membership. 3. If he is not subject to charges duly made and filed, as provided by law. 4. If he has not renounced the Order. CHAPTER XIV. RELATING TO FUNERAL BENEFITS. lai. Each Subordinate Lodge in this Grand Domain shall pay a funeral benefit of not less than twentv dollars upon the death of a member thereof, of any Rank, who was in good standing at the time of his death, such payment to be made as provided in the By-Laws of the lodge. 14.5. A Subordinate Lodge which provides for the pay- ment of a larger sum than twenty dollars, as a funeral benefit may prescribe in its By-Laws the person or persons to whom the amount in excess of that sum is to be paid, or it may provide that the amount in excess thereof shall be expended u'nder the direction ot the lodge toward defraying the funeral expenses of the deceased member. To be entitled to the privileges conferred by this Section, a Subordinate Lodge must take advantage thereof by the adoption of such provisions in its By-Laws as will secure them. 146. When a Subordinate Lodge provides in its By-Laws that the amount of its funeral benefits in excess of twenty'dollars GRAND STATfTES. 59 )ership for the ; and filed, as , K l''^ '""""■'' ""= P"-""^"' "f •■""••■■•al expenses i, simn be the .sole judge as ,o what portion of said exee"^- , be expended for that purpose; and the rights of t "pt entitled under the By-Laws of a lod^e to the twen.v !T twentv dollars has been paid to such party. ordinl"Vod'p 'f "' f " ""="""' ""■" ""' '•^'^-- "- Sub. funrr.:i be •:fif. "°'" '"^ '"""'"' "^ '^= '-">■ "o""- as CHAPTliR X\'. RE1.,1TI.\G TO WEEKLV llli.VBKITS. l«8. Every Knight in good standing in his Lodge incm-, ..ated by s.cktjess or other disability. L caused by hi own sucrbeth s .,:: ;:x ro,::h" -^ "- "'"'' -">■ ^^"^"-^ ., , . "tg-in rrom the commencement of disihilitv iT;'""": '^' "'"■« "f »-b disability shall be g ve , t l^s be paM for .'" "" ',T '""' ''"■'■ -"— en,ent. ,u,d sha oe paid for a period less than one %reel<. CH.APTEK XVI. RELATIKG TO ARR[!,lRs AXT> DISABILITV Of th';?'n,o)uhs T"'"' '" ""'"" '° ""= ""'^■^ '° '"^ — "' woe',; benefits. ' "' ™"' ■^"^'" *""' -^P-""' f-'" for/*"; -^ ™'""'" »' 'aken sick or disabled when in arrears for dues ,o the amount of three months, cannot, b, the p" e, lodge, become m arrears so as to debar hin, therefron, ■ the Z::: lo^T"'" '^ '"""--■" ■« p-.v - -be Ma,s;;r , bi:rbe:ri:i":t::z:: ""-" '- "-- "--'■'-■ ^' -- - ^-p abl.l""' '^ "'*'^''" '-■»""°' 'Wbtfully claim benefits when dis- but b : t'o '"'""' "''" '■"'" •■""""■'"« '- "-"' --Pa.ion. any diase ■"■""; '"'"' ""'-"" ''"''"^•-' "- when disabled b any d.sease or infirmity with which he was afflicted pr,., i % 6o GRAND STATUTES. VV his initiation or admission into the lod^'e ; nor from anv sickness or other disability ori^nnatinff from intemperance, Vicious or immoral conduct, nor while charges are pending against him. I««. When, after due trial, a member has been acquitted all rights to benefits, possessed by him, are revived as of the time charges were preferred if otherwise entitled. I«:i. The Chancellor Commander, Vice-Chancellor and Master of Exchequer of a Subordinate Lodge shall constitute a Relief Committee. The Relief Committee shall at each Stated Coi.ent.on, make a report o( their acts of the previous week • stating what brothers have been reported to them as needing attention, and what has been done or is necessary to be done in each case ; and it shall be the duty of the Chancellor Commander to pay over to the sick such weekly benefits, if any, as thev may be entitled to. I«l. A Subordinate Lodge may By-Law provide for the employment of a nurse for a sick or disabled broth at the expense of the lodge, when the necessity thereof exists. lO.'J. Subordinate Lodges shall have power, bv a two- thirds vote of all the members present at any regular Conven- tion, to make appropriations in such sums as thev shall determine, for the relief of any brother, or widow or family of a brother. A lodge is not responsible to another lodge for moneys advanced for a brother without its authority. CHAPTER XVII. RELATING TO C.ENERAL RELIEF BUREAU. 160. In all cities and towns where there are two or more lodges, each lodge may at the last Regular Convention in June and December of each year elect one member for a term of one year to serve as member of a General Relief Bureau of the Knights of Pythias. The members of such Bureau shall organize with a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, and shall have full power to adopt rules of Order and By-Laws for the purpose of facilitating its operations. ler. It shall be the duty of this Bureau to extend such relief as may be deemed expedient to transient brothers who GRAND Sl.vjL TES. 6i may make application therefor, or to brothers who mn h - . to .t from a Lod^e that is represented on the ^.'11^ ' 16S. Ail applicants shall be required to prove to th . safsfacfon ot the bureau that thev are entitled -lief The Secretary shall no.^ the ::^V\:^Z t brother .s a member of the amount of relief .^rtnted. 1«». For the purpose of supplying- the necessarv funds for he carry.n,. ,nto operation the duties and objects of this But -nBel...if.e Bureau has one h.:;;:;:.^^^ I>0. The (ieneial Relu-r Bureau ^h-,11 !,,.„ minutes or their trausaetions „ .,1 : k ' ■'"'"'■"'; reports of the several UH,,-e.s repre. Jil,^tj"lTT meeting, of each .ffieia, .er n/dehv..- t h i Lt, rj'',!; books, papers and moneys be.„ ,:,i„B. , , ,|,e Bureau iri. The Bureau shall !,>..(, ,. roster in some suif,We place tor unemployed members of the Order of ,„e K Ra,,k. m ,ooU standing, to register their „an,e, occt.p^tior.^ld CHAPTER Will. KELATtXG TO TH,-: tssuii OP TRANSfER cARDS I»«. Any member in s;ood standin^^ in a Subordinate Lodt^e, who n,ay desire to chan,.e his ntembership to ut h r odge, may trtake application in writin,, over his own TigZure for a Trans er Card. Such application shall state thtn'me number and location of the lodge to which such member d'e^ U> ransfer h,s membership, and shall be accompanied by a " and assessments accrued, and dues in advance tor ninety davs from the date of the presentation of such applicativ: u, :L I»3. An applicrtion for a Transfer Card shall be read in open lodge, and a record of such fact made upon the m n't" of such lodge, and the further consideration of the matte "hd be postponed until the next Regular Convention of th odt ^1 62 C.KAM) STATUTES. lam* at which time, if no charoos are pendinj^ a^Miiist the applicant, and he is in ^ood stantlinj,- in the lodj,-e, the Chancellor Com- mander shall order the Transfer card to be issued without any vote of the lod^^'. When the issue of such card has been ordered by the Chancellor Commander, the Keeper of Records and Seal shall forthwith prepare the same and cause it to be duly sii,Mied by the Chancellor Commander and attested by himself, and shall deliver it to the member requesting,' it, either in person or by mail, to his address as it appears on the' books of the lodge. 171. The Transfer Card shall be addressed to the lod^e which the applicant has desijrnated in his application, shall certify the Rank of Knij,rhthood which he may have attained, and his jrood standing- in the Iodide of issue, and shall recite the holder desires to become alliliateil with the Iodide to which it is addresseil. CHAPTl-.R XIX. RKI.ATIM; to ISSIMC 0\- WITIIDKAWAI. lAROS AMI l-.UANn \.Oin,K t.'AK|)S. 17.%. Any member of the Order who is not indebted to his lodo-e, and is not under charges, may apply to his lodge in writing over his own signalme for a Withdrawal C"ard. The lee to accompany such application shall be one dollar. I7«. Such application shall be read in open lodge, where- upon the Chancellor Commander shall enquire whether objec- tion exists to the issuance of such card, and if no objection be made, he shall, except as provided in Section iSi of the (ir.uul Statutes, at once order its issue without formal vole of the lodg-e thereof. H objection be made, the Chancellor Com- m.inder shall at once require the objection to be formulated in writing", as charges ag-;iinst the applicant for card, which charps shall take the course provided by law, unless the applicalion be withdrawn; and if upon final hearing- the defend- ant be convicted, the applic.ilion shall be denied, and no further application from him for such C:ux\ shall be received or con- sidered until the penalty following such conviction shall have been fully discharged. If the applicant be acquitted, the c applicant, icollor Com- A-itlunit any d has been o( Rccowls ISO it to be attested by IK"" it, either I) tlio books o tile iodj^-e ippiication, may liave \ and siiall le lodf^v to AND LOIIC.E bled to liis ■< lodf^e in ard. The ^e, wiiere- her objec- ijection be tile (I rand oto o( tile ilor C'oni- udateil in "d, wliieii niless tine le detend- w further d or con- liall liave tted, tlie (".K.\NI> STATUTKS, ^Uteste by the Keeper ot- Keeords and Sea >: 7. . Chancellor Commander, and delivered immedia^elv to ^MToanttheretor; either in person or bv mail, ,oh^.l.. as shown on the books of the lod^e. ''UUicss 177. A det member o( a Subord ocome detunct, may make application t\ mate lodj^e which shall h, i\ I C'artI to the C irand fhancellor u I Ih satisfactor)- priuif of I i^i' a (ir.-nd I,od . -accompanyirif^- his applical I.odf^e when th lis j^ood standini,r i„ his Subord ion one dollar c same became defunct, toyetl mat< order whereupon the (irand t'hancellor si KM- with the fee of upon the applicat lal Kectirds aiul Se.d t Card. ion, duectin*'- the lir, o issu > (o tlu cntli>rse his Keepei- of applicant a (irand l.od. II N. A mem! become defunct, w 1 dues, ma\ m.i|. cr of a Subordinate F.od-e which shall I lo is under suspension to ia\e !■ nonpayment ot lii and C'hancell one dollar for the c.inl. and tl i<^- application tor a (irand I.^ci-e C\u-d to ih i-'\\ accompanyini4 ''is applicat ion with the I ee oi ret 111. ted by the lodj-e at the d.at.' of 1 10 amount of oiu \c.tr's ihu ;is the (irand Chancellor si lal tion, and diail lis suspension ; whereup endorse his onler upon the appi cause .1 (.r.uul l.od^c Card u, | leiivered to Ihe applicant, as provided in tl l»J». rpi>n the order of the Chancell on ici- ^c issued and ic preceiliii';- sect! on. is sue of a Withdrawal Card. or Commander for tl issue of ;, (irand l.odKV Card, tli l■■ applicant therefor shall bi ilotermine Pphcant ill his |odj4e and in the Order sh except ;is hereinafter provided, and iiul the membership of ill cease •and position held by h previously attained by him shall b im shall thereupon be an\ )ni cial eonie vacant; but lu nors e retained. He shall I i;i\e no 64 GRAND STATUTliS. -^ claim upon the Order or upon any lodge thereof for any Pythian privilcf^e or benefit whatsoever. IWO. if an ex-member, as defined in the preceding- section, shall commit an offense against the Order, which, if committed by a member of the Order, would subject the offender to the penalties prescribed for such offenses, then, and in that case, such ex-member may be proceeded against as if he were a mem- ber of the Order, and upon conviction of the offense as charged, the Withdrawal Card or Grand Lodge Card held by such ex-member shall stand revoked and annulled, and the holder of such Card shall thereupon be perpetually prohibited from gaining membersnip in any lodge of the Order. I«l. Should any such Card be lost 'or destroyed, the holder thereof may apply in writing to the source of issue for a duplicate, which, upon satisfactory proof of such loss and upon payment of one dollar, shall at once be issued and delivered to him. If a Card has been mutilated or defaced, the holder may surrender such Card to the source of issue, and upon his request and payment of one dollar, a duplicate shall be issued and delivered to him. There shall be written or printed in red ink across the face of any card issued under the provisions of this section, the word " Duplicate." IH'i. No Subordinate Lodge shall issue a card to a Past Chancellor, or Past Grand Chancellor, or Past Supreme Chan- cellor who may be under charges in his Grand Lodge or in the Supreme Lodge; and should such Card be issued, it shall not be pleaded in bar of the proceedings under the charges, nor of the findings upon the same. IW3. The Cards provided for in this Chapter and With- drawal Cards heretofore issued may be revoked or annulled as in this chapter hereinbefore provided for the revocation or annullment of Withdrawal Cards, Grand Lodge Cards or Supreme Lodge Cards; and until so revoked, annulled or deposited, they shall be valid. CH.APTHR XX. RELATING To vhm, IN SUBORDINATE LODGES. I« I. A majority of all the valid votes cast shall decide all elections or motions not otherwise provided for; but questions r any Pythian I GRAND STATUTES. ^ 05 that in-olve an appropriation or expenditure of money sh.Il requ.re the concurrence of two-thirds of all the valiZtes ctt. CHAPTKR XXI. RESUlRINc; KEEPER OK RECORDS AND SI-Ar TO Vght Rank, and having the same read at three regular Con! the vahd votes cast concurrmg, they shall be adopted. 194. When an amendment to By-laws is upon its passage or add to the original proposed amendment. ^ 194. Before any By-Laws or amendments thereto cm become operative, a copy must be sent to the G.and Chancellor and receive his approval. 'rfnceiior CHAPTER XXV. RELATING TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS AND RULES OK ORDER IN SUBORDINATE LODGES. I»6. The following shall be the ■• Order of Business " in a Subordjnale Lodge, and may be transposed by the Chan cellor Conimander, or by vote of the lodge, after passing order Opening ceremonies. Calling the roll of officers. Reading the minutes of the last Regular or Special Convention. Reading Official Communications. Report of the Relief Committee. Does any Brother know of a Knight, or the family of a Knight in distress ? Presentation and reference of bills. Presentation and referring of petitions for membership 9- Second reading of petitions, report of Investigating Committees, and balloting thereon. 10. Application for Ranks. 11. Payment of dues to the Master of Finance. Does any Brother desire insurance in the Endowment Rank ? Reports of Officers. Reports of Committees. Communications. t. 2. 3- 4- 6. 7- 8. 12. '3- 14. '5 68 GRAND STATUTES. f ^ \ ^ f***^ 1 6. 17- 1 8. 19. 20. 21. 22. Report of Trustees. Unfinislied Business. New Business. Got d ftf the Order. Nc' (nations for office and elections. Initiation and conferring of Ranks. Announcenient of receipts in detail by the Master of Finance. 23. Announcement of disbursements in detail by Keep . r oi Records and Seal. 24. Closing in due form. 197. The business shall be proceeded u'lih as pre icribed in the proceeding section, except in the case of official visitation from Lhe Supreme or Grand Lodge Officers, wht-n a!' business, except where a Rank is being confci ed, shai! be laid aside, until ijo. object of the visit is accomplished. 1»». A mciiihcr shall not speak more than once (in the same question, unn! Ui ho wish to speak have had an oppor- tunity, nor more thni twice without the permission of the presiding ofiicer; anc" ^m ery n-ember speaking shall designate the officer or nu*raber spoken of by his proper Rank or title. 19». When a question is before a lodge, no motioii shall be in order, except it be to proceed to close, for the pre\ ious question, to htv on tfie table, to postpone indefinitely, to post- pone for a certain j^me, to divide, to re-commit, or to amend, 'vhich motions shall severally have precedence in the order herein arranged. The first three shall be decided without debaU?. 900. On the call of two members, a majority of the lodge may demand the previous question, which shall always be put in this form, " Shall the main question be now put?" and until It is decided, shall preclude all amendments and all further debate. •201. The person first named on a committee shall act as Chairman thereof. aoa. Any member may excuse himself from acting on a committee, if, at the time of his appointment, ho is a member GRAND STATUTES. 5^ of another committee. A member when appointed on a com- mittee during his absence from the lodge cannot claim excuse if properly notified by the Keeper of Records and Seal. 203. The Chairman of a committee shall notify the mem- bers thereof to meet at such time and pla • as he 'may desiir- nate. ^ 901. When a committee is appointed without specific date for report, it is its duty to make report at the next convention of the lodge, and no committe shall be finally discharged until all debts contracted by it shall haye been liquidated. 205. When a question is indefinitely postponed, it shall not be acted on again during the Conyention at which it was postponed. 206. If the reading of any paper be called for, and if it be objected to by any member, the question shall be determined by vote of the lodge without debate. 20y. On the call for the "yeas" and "nays" by fiye of the members present, immediately preceding a vote, the name of each member voting, and whether yea or nay. shall be entered on the minutes. 208. Every member who shall be in the lodge room when a question is put, shall give his vote, unless' the lodge for special reasons, shall excuse him. .All motions to excuse a member from voting shall be made before a lodge divides or before the call of the yeas and nays is commenced, and any member requesting to be excused from voting may make a brief verbal statement of the reasons for making suc'h request and the question shall then be taken without further debate. 200. .Any member has a right to protest against any pro- ceedings or action of a lodge or its officers, and to have his protests entered in the minutes of the lodge. 210. Any member may appeal from the decision of the presiding otHcer to the lodge, in which event the question shall be: "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the lodge ?" and if a majority of the members present shall vote «n the affirmative, the decision of the chair shall bo snstnin,.,! i 70 GRAND STATUTES. 1 ail. All points of order or practice not herein provided for, or established by the laws and usages of the Order, shall be in accordance with " Roberts' Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies." GRAND STATUTES. 71 TITLE MI-SEMI-ANNUAL PASSWORD. CHAPTER I. REGULATING THE PROMULGATION, ISSUANCE AND USE OF THE SEMIANNUAL PASSWORD. 912. The Grand Chancellor shall, through the (irand Keeper ot Records and Seal, on or before the first dav of June and December of each year, transmit the Semi-Annual Pass- word to the Deputy Grand Chancellor or other Installing Officer of each Subordinate Lodge within this Domain, not under suspension: Provide,/, that such Semi-Annual Password shall not be transmitted to any Deputy Grand Chancellor or other Installing Officer who shall not have filed during the then current semi-annual term in the office of the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal a certificate of the Subordinate I odge of which such Deputy or Installing Officer is a member, that he has paid all dues or indebtedness to his lodge to the beginning of such term, and that he is in good standing in such Subordin- ate Lodge. In the transmission of the Semi-Annual Password, the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall use such cipher as the Grand Chancellor may direct. 913. The Semi-Annual Password shall be communicated by the Deputy Grand Chancellor or other Installing Officer, to the Chancellor Commander of each Subordinate Lodge under his charge, at the time and in the manner provided in the Installation Ceremony. 914. Each Chancellor Commander shall, upon application therefor, personally and orally communicate the current Semi- Annual Password to any member of the Order who has attained the Rank of Knight, who is in good standing in the Subordin- ate Lodge over which such Chancellor Commander presides, and to none others, except as provided in this Statute. 915. Any member of the Order who has attained the Rank of Knight, and who is in good standing in his Suhordin- >lj :ii 72 GRAND STATLTES, ate LodK'e, who shall be unable to obtain the Password for the current seaii-annua! term personally and orally from the Chancellor Commander of his Subordinate Lodge, shall be entitled to an order addressed to any Chancellor Commander to whom the same may be presented, requesting him to com- municate to the member named therein the Password for the semi-annual term in which .-^uu', uruc is dated. \o order for the Semi-Annual Passwo- 1 sh;-!I h , Jjd unless upon the blank form prescribed by the Supreme Lodge. ^ a 10. No order U^r the Semi-Annual Password shall be issued to a member of a Subordinate Lodge at a time during a period when such Subordinate Lodge shall be uit^ >Mt the word and not entitled to the promulgation ther.^i. «IT. Upon the presentation of an order for the Semi- Annual Password, upon an official blank dated in the current semi-annual term, and properly signed and sealed, together with the oflicia' receipt de.scribed therein, to any Chancellor Commander, by one who shall by personal identification or examination in the secret work, or both, prove himself to be the person designated in such order and official receipt, then such Chancellor Comn,ander shall personally and orally com- municate tc him the Semi-Annual Password described therein- Ptov,c/c^, that should the person presenting such order and official receipt be intoxicated or insane, then surh Chancellor Commander shall refi se to communicate to him the Semi- Annual Password; but in such case he shall at once notify the Chancellor Commander issuing the order of his action, and his reason therefor. When a Chancellor Commander shal. un est a Brother with the Semi-Annual Password under the nrovisions of this section, he shall in every case immedately take up and destroy the order therefor. ai«. The use of the Semi-Annual Password shall be at all times strictly limited by the provisions of the Rituals of the Order. GRAND STATUTES. 73 TITLE IV. OFFENSES. CHAPTHR I. TO DEFINE OFFENSES AGAINST PENALTIES WHICH MAV BE INFLICTE THh ORDER AND PRESC RIBE THE pledgi ai». Any member of the Ord t) THEREFOR. •e contained in the obiif,rations of er who shall violat( anv any Rani< of Knij^hthood, e may have received, shall bt or of any legislative rank which h deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and shall be ^^T^r'-'- there^r. to expulsion, 'or susp^nli^T -iao. Any member of the Or.' who shall violate any law of th state or country of his residence, or any of the rules o'f repu - Kni.r' H ' '""""' ^"''^>' ^' ^-""^'--^ unbecoming V Knight and upon conviction thereof may be punished by repri- mand, by suspen ,,on, or by expulsion, and not otherwise as nvu be determined by the Subordinate Lodge before whom his ;:i h_been established. The certified record of any court of this land before whom the member has been convicted of such uT T "''^ "' ''''''"'' '" h'-'^ ^'■'«' bv the lodge but shall no! be conclusive of his guilt. ' a i. An^ member of the Order wl- . shall defraud or atteinpt to d. ,.d the Supreme Lodge, or .. Grand L^ o who shall p. ucly attack or scandalize the Supreme Lod^e or Grand Lodge, or any officer thereof as such, or the Supreme Tribunal or Grand Tribunal, or any Supreme Tribune or Grand Tnbuneassuch. shall be deemed guilty of an offense a^^ainst the Carder, and upon conviction thereof shall be punisi . bv reprimand, by suspension, or by expulsion. a-2a. Any member of the Order who shall refuse r ne^rlect o obey the Supreme or Grand Law or any part thereof, or who shall neglect or refuse to obey any legal mandate .r order of the Supreme or Grand Chancellor, .hall he deemed guilty of an s ♦ 74 GRAND STATl TES. Ik Offense ag^ainst the Order, and upon conviction thereof, may be punished by reprimand, by suspension, or by expulsion. 228. Any member of the Order who shall wilfullv violate any law or By-law of his Subordinate Lodj^c, or who shall defraud or attempt to defraud such lodge, or who shall publicly attack or scandalize such lodge, or the Order or any member thereof as such, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by repri- mand, by fine, by suspension, ,t by expulsion from the Order. 22 1. Any member of the Order who shall wilfully abandon his wife, or his tamil; , or shall fail to contribute to the support ol his wife or his family, shall be deemed guilt v of an offense against the Order, and upon conviction thereof may be punished by reprimand, by suspension, or by expulsion from the Order. 22.V. Any member of the Order who violates any criminal statute ot this Province or of the Dominion of Canada', shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and upon con- viction thereof may be punished by reprimand, by suspension, or by expulsion from the Order. 226. Any member of the Order who shall make false or malicious charges against a member of the Order, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and upon con- viction thereof may be punished by reprimanu by suspension, or by expulsion from the Order. _ 227. Any member of the Order who shall hereafter engage in either of the occupations known as professional gambler saloon keeper, bar tender, or retail dealer of spirituous liquors,' wme, ale or beer (except as a bona fide hotel keeper or drug- gist), shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order and upon conviction thereof, shall be suspended or expelled from the Order. 9a§. Any officer of the Grand Lodge or of any Subordinate Lodge, who shall be guilty of any malfeasance in office, or of wilful neglect or refusal to promptly and faithfullv discharge the duties of such office, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the Order, and upon conviction thereof mav be removed from ORANO STATUTE" office, or suspended from the bod be y ill which he holds 75 such mem- rship, or expelled from the body or from the Order ««». Wilful failure or refusal to abide by or perform mv judgment, mandate or decree of the Supreme Tribllna Grand Lod^e by any party thereto, is herebv declared an Hon, shall be as follows: Order. ^^ ^" '''^'"' "' "'""'''"' "^ ''^' ^'''''' '^''P"'-^'" f*"^-" the Charter'' ' ^"'^^'■^'""'^ ^^^^^'^'' revocation of its Warrant or aao. To resist, or wilfully obstruct the due execution or e^^ orcement o any Jud^^ment, mandate or decree of the SupremJ L n f ," T ;■■?' '"'^"' '" ^'^ ''' ''' ■'^''^' -'«tf>- - so the pena ty for which, upon conviction, shall be as follows • I. f a member of the Order, expulsion from the Order Charter ' ^"^^'"'^'""'^^ '^^^^«^^'' --evocation of its Warrant or ever'sh-m '\7;"^^'- ^^ ^^e Order who from any cause what- e sha 1 w-.lfu ,y renounce the Order or th. obli,.ations thereof, shall be deemed ^nnlty of an offense a^^ainst the Order, and upon conv.ct.on thereof, shall be expelled from the Order. 232. For the purpose of trial and punishment, the words .em er of the Order." as used in this chapter, shall be held to apply to ex-members of the Order, suspended members and aTaral^r "''"'^"" ''' ^'"^^ ""'''' ^'^^^ non-payment of a33. No Subordinate F,odf,.e of this Domain, nor any mem- ber thereof afhiiated or non-amiiated. shall use the name of the Order, or any term derived therefrom or germane thereto, or any emblem, motto or device belonging- thereto, f «r the promotion of any ottery. g.ft. enterprise, raffle, or other scheme of chance The Warrant or Charter of any Subordinate Lodge violating the provisions of this section shall be revoked or suspended Any member of the Order who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be suspended or expelled from the Order 76 GRAND STATUTES. I s i IHB^ i31. No member of the Order, affiliated or non-affiliated. shall use the name of the Order, or any term derived therefrom or germane thereto, or any emblem, motto or device belonLnntr thereto, as a trade mark, or in connection with anv advertise- ment or circular, or in any other manner for his pecuniary bene- fit or business purposes, except in advertising the manufacture or sa e of Pythian ^^oods, publications or supplies. Anv mem- ber of the Order violating the provisions of this section ^shall be subject to suspension or expulsion. 29'i. No Subordinate Lodge in this Domain, nor anv mem- ber thereof, affiliated or non-affiliated, shall use the nam^ of the Order, nor any term derived therefrom or germane thereto, or to either of its branches, or shall display or cause to be displaved aiiy flag, colors, emblem, motto. Credential or Diploma of 'the Order, in, over or upon any place of business. The Warrant or Charter of any Subordinate Lodge violating the provisions of this section shall be revoked. Any member of the Order violating the provisions of this section shall be expelled from the Order. «3«. No member of the Order shall, at any time, while clothed in the uniform of the Order, or while wear'ing anv jewel or Rank or office in the Order, knowingly enter any public bar devoted to the sale of spirits, wines or malt liquors, or any gaming house, or any house or other place of notorious disre- pute. Any member of the Order violating the provisions of this section shall be expelled from the Order. ajiy. No Subordinate Lodge, nor any member thereof affiliated or non-affiliated, nor association of such members' shall use the name of the Order, or any term derived therefrom' or germane thereto, or any emblem, motto, device, banner or colors tb rcof, in connection with any demonstration, excursion meeting, ball, concert or other entertainment given on the first day of the week commonly known as Sunday, or in any ad\ er- t.sement, circular or other printed matter or announcement relating thereto, or for the promotion thereof. The Warrant or Charter of any Subordinate Lodge violating the provisions of this section shall be revoked. Any member of the Order violat- ing the provisions of this section shall be suspended or expelled GRAND STATUTES. 'i3W. No Subordinate Lodg-e, association of such all nor any member thereof 77 nor members, affiliated or non-affiliated. shall low or permit the sale or gift of spirits at any excursion, d emonstration, ball. , wmes or malt liquors ^„- ^ . "■■'""''' '^'^"^■ert or any other enfPi-- .a,nn,c„, ,.ven L, then,, and a. which the name of hTo d or any ,erm derived .herefrom or ^.ermane Ihere,, „; mono, devic^ hanner, e,„h,ems or coirs of .he Or j ZuZ vioh.inJ,h ""' "■■ '-'"""■"■ °f ^"y Subordinae u2l >iola Mng the provisions of .his secion shaH be revoked Am member of .he Order, who, by himself or in ,he ,a"oda.io„ c^' viola.e the provisions of this section sivdl h. expelled. action, sliall be suspended or a:l9. Should the (irand Chancellor become co.-ni^an. of any violation or infraction, direct or indirect of ,1, ,*• "' of this Chapter or any of them, he shallt mul e '.' ^r',': be ,ori„„,a,e.h the necessary comp ,t or char^^' , Ja Tuch offender or offenders. If the offender he a .Stibtrdint" I , ," the C harKos sh.ill be preferred in the (irand l,od..e . i d ^^i Subordinate I,od„e shall be subject to notice, s.nnmo " SI I I ■ • ■^"^"•''"""•'- l-o'lces. and if adjud^-ed tfuilty i, shall be subject to the penalty provided in .his chapL. ^ I- It the ollender or ollenders be ollicers or imllvl..,, I et,;'!,;':; T:; "'"-"";' .- "-'--"•-VtV:tr:;''cZ: tenor shall file the complamt or char.-es in tl, . w u r ..od«e with Which they a^e c ected', iiiti ':;„.:i'i"or ".;;';:;.',;■ ol he ollender or offenders i„ .he manner provided lor o.l e vio,a.io„s o, .he Supreme or cirand Law, and in case o „ .'hi:';.;:;;;:::'-'^-^ ■^' '^ -""-' - '"^ ^'-"^" p-v.ueu'i; 2 In case a S.ibordinate Lodge shall refuse to hear and try t.e charf;es so prelerred by the (irand Chancellor, he shaM ...once suspentl the Warrant or Charter of such S^bor.lii!;;;" .V If the Subordinate Lodge shall, after .rial, fail or refuse to convic, a member agains, whom such complain, and charge have been hed. nnv .,, k„. .u .• , ' ^".h^^ls , any member thereof or the Grand C'hancell lor V 78 may, in his discretioi GRAND STATUTES. appeal to the Grand Lodge. If c 1 , . . , • • ■ ' " '■'»"-«s'-' " upon final hfiar.ng the offender or offenders be convicted of the offense charged, and the Subordinate Lodge shall still fail or refuse to mfl.ct the penalty prescribed by this chapter, and ordered to be .mposed by the Tribunal of Hnal hearing in the case, the Grand Chancellor of th,s Domain shall at once suspend the Warrant or Charter of such Subordinate Lodge; p.ov/a'a/, that should a majority of the members of such Subordinate Lodge, prior to the next Annual Regular Convention of the Grand Lodge peti- tion the Grand Chancellor for permission to rescind the action t-pon which suspension was based, he may authorize such Sub- ordmate Lodge to take the action proposed in the petition, and upon compliance by such Subordinate Lodge with the orders or judgment made in the case, he shall revoke his order suspending the Warrant or Charter of such lodge. 4. When the Warrant or Charter of a lodge is suspended under Paragraph 2 or 3 of this Section, the Cirand Chancellor shall at once prefer charges in the Cirand Lodge again.t such Subordmate Lodge, setting forth clearly the offe.ise with which It IS charged and for the alleged commission of which the suspon- s.on was ordered, specifying the time, place and other material circumstances, and file such charges in the office of the (Irand Keeper of Records and Seal of said Grand Lodge. A copy of aa.d charges shall be sent by the (irand Keeper of Records and Seal by registered mail to the Chancellor Commander of such odge. together with a summons requiring the lodge to appear before said Grand Lodge at a named time and place to answer the same. If upon hearing the evidence produced bv the parties respectively, the Grand Lodge shall Hnd the Subordinate Lodge yui My of the offense charged, the penalty shall be revocation of • ts Warrant or Charter, or the further suspension thereof for such time as the Grand Lodge may determine. If the said charges be not sustained, the order of suspension theretofore made by the (Jrand Chancelh^r shall stand revoked. aiO. In all trials arising under this chapter, the Grand Chancellor may designate and commission any Knight, or Knights m good standing to represent him as attorney or counsel .n the prosecution of such complau.t or charges, and such i\: GRAND STATUTES. 79 attorney or counsel shall be and is hereby empou-.Tcd to perform any ac^ or th.n^ usually done or performed by attornevs L sudT tTe f:. ': ;7 n "^"-^"^^ ^^ ^•^^ ^^-^'--^ -^ said "na: : d • the f.Il and final hearmg of all facts, pleadings and issues All ev.dence taken in such trial shall be reduced to wr tin^ -m entered on the records of the trial body. ^ 241. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a member of the Order in good standing, other than the' a char""'';:; -'"—--%' and prosecuting complaints and Charges tor the offenses herein enumerated. 8o GRAND STATUTES. TITLE V. -TRIALS. CHAPTER I. RELATING TO THI- PKOCEDt'RE ,N TRIALS OP MEMBERS AND OI-KICERS OK SUHOROINATl- LODGES. a4a. Officers and members of a Subordinate Lodge in this Grand Domau,, who may be accused of official misconduct or offense against the laws of the Order, «hall be charged and tried as in this Title provided. . ** CHAPTKR H. RELATING TO THE TRIAL OK A CHANCELLOR COMMANDER. . r *^u* t ^^f^^"'^^'"^^'- Co.?imander of a lodge shall be tried before the Tr.al Tribunal of the CJrand Lodge for official mis- conduct, and offenses against the laws of the Order ; jurisdiction tor that purpose being hereby conferred on said Tribunal. a 1 1. For any such offense committed by a Chancellor Com- mander charges may be preferred by two or more .nembers of the Order m good standing in the lodge to which he belongs The charges shall specify the offense charged, and in whafii consists, w.lh clearness and precision, and with reasonable deta. as to t.me. place and circumstance; shall he made under he pledge of honor of the accusers, and shall be filed with the tirand Keeper of Records and Seal. a.|.1. After the charges are filed the case shall proceed, and the same shall be tried and conducted in the same manner, and with all the nghts of the partic. as provided in Title I.. Chapter ni. ot the (.rand Statutes relating to the original and exclusive lurmd.ct.on of the Trial Tribunal, and regulating the procedure tlierein. *!«. The Grand Keeper of Records and Seal shall, i.pon the determination of such trial, forward to the lodge whence the charges originated, a certi.ied copy of the order and findings of the I nal 1 nbunal. which shall bo read in open lodge and spread upon the records, and shall be binding upon all parties. C.RAND STATUTES.- 8i CHAPTER III »uch lodge, h.s officers and members all f T '" ''''•"""■'" laws and principle, of the O 7 k v.olai.ons of ehe no. elsewhere, etep. o'l'lp^:;!:;:' '^ '"^■'' '" "' """ '^•^'•- -" »'t». Prosecution., may be commenced ai;ai„,t such ,n; or member n, two ways, openly or privately '"" rs:r„rth:'i-r;:;:::: ■:i^'- -^ "--""- •- •He charges and^s^lC o ''ir'suT^In-t'i: ::"i" ""'''■" " Form A," as follows: '""-l-'ntial compliance with FORM A. CHARGK,S AND SPECIFICATIONS. ^°':;,. ''"''^''■^ ^"- • K. o\- p.- i.oag.c .\o. . . does hereby charge Hrother . principles oMf:^^d^:the:r.H'ndsor''''7^ f the laws' and contrary to the laws and usaJ,a^s of the Order Dated at ^ ' •_ 1 8 , . . . Which shall be entered on reco^d'Ty the Keeper of Records md .en..ntbeaccuscd,the™:;-l;:-- — -S Commander. The '"h'..v«.. . /- , ^"^ »^ "anccilor i.ie wh...i„ef(..., Commander .^hall forthwith 82 GRAND STATUTES. \ \ privately refer a copy of such notice and list of witnesses, con- cealing the name of the informant, to an Investifrating Com- mittee of three, who shall proceed without delay to determine whether there is just grounds for presenting charges. The Committee shall report in writing and. in case the same is in favor of the accused, the report shall he substantially as indi- cated by " Form B," as follows: lOKM H. To the C. C. of Lodge No .... K. of P. : Your Committee would respectfullv report that it has fully investigated the complaint against Brother and is of the opinion that justice does not require the preierrintr of charges. Dated at Chairman of Investigating Committee. Such report, in the discretion of the Chancellor Commander, or at liie request of the accused, may be spread upon the minutes of the lodge. If the Committee be of opinion that charges should be preferred, it shall report substantially as indicated by " Form C," as follows : KORM C, To I^odge, No K. of P. : Your Committee would respectfully report that, after due investigation, it is of the opinion that charges should be pre- ferred against Brother and accordinglv the foliowim- charges and specifications are herewith submitted : Your Committee does hereby charge Brother °f Lodge No ... , with violation of the laws and prinl ciples of the Order; the grounds of such charge being more fully set forth in the following specifications, to-wit : I. For that he, the said , did on the. . . .day of. . . ., i8. at (SiK'cify the offeiLse and circiim.stances, and conlinue with further siHJciti- oalion.s. bach separate violation of the law to l.e a specifiratioii.) contrary to the laws and usages of the Order. Dated at Chairman oi' Investigating Committee. Such report, together with the charges and specifications, signed by the Chairman, shall be presented at an early Regular C on- as GRAND STATUTES. q vention of the L„dge, after due notice to the accused , , " charges and specifications shall be onto eel ' JT "'" Keeper of Records and Seal. "^ ^""^"' ""•-"rd by the .hree*:i*'a:e''::rri::::.:^:';7^'-^' - "-' '-•"-- -' prosecution, selected fr'rX 'Lllry;:^:;?'!;; " d' officer „ex. in rank no, u I; -t r«r.^ ^^^ "" .""^ ,"> '<'^ nm.ee the charges shall be referred Th^cl:.:"', '""" shall desi,.,ate the chairman ol s. ch co,,!,i"t ,'""""':"" of which shall constitute a cuorum "'"""'""■ "™ "'-"'-» "es ::'";■' P*"" "^ '^°'""' "« f'-secutor of : iharKcs. and such Prosecutor, or the accused mav ,-l,.,M IS sustained, the officer mikin.r fi, . • «-haIIen«re atolv ,n..L.. ^'"^^'^ making' the appointment shall immedi- atclv make another appointment in lieu of the member rei. t when the challen^^e mav be renewed -ind "\"'\'"^^'^;*->'^»^'J. proper Committee is secured: .^ a ^Ir^u'^'r ,:''"'' '' cause of challenge and rulings thereo.::;;:;! ^ X:':^''" J*''"- The Keeper of Records and Seal shall affix ,he sod ..nd serve, or cause the same to be served, upon tl^ accu^d lORM I). NOTICE OK CIIAKUI.; TO TML' AlVUSKD. ,, ., Dated at ,u lirother it • , , lo. . . . an;. spea,i.a,ions preferred a',! -r^our'"'" ''T' "' ^'Z^ iSo... I he same was refen-...! t.^ .. ' -.. "' ''OUf,^e, was rertrjcU to a committee consistinir of 84 C.RAND STATUTES. ^ • • • • (Give names.) You are hereby required to he your answer to said charge and specifications, according to the form prescribed, withm two weeks from the service of this notice, with the undersigned, who will notify you of the time and place of trial. Fraternally, (Seal of the lodge, ) K. of R. and S. «.5a. Two weeks notice in writing shall be deemed "due notice " under this code, and all such notices should be endorsed, showing the manner of service. Such notice may be served in either of three ways : 1. F^v delivering a true copy of the notice to the accused, or his counsel. 2. By leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of residence or business. 3. By sending a copy through the registered mail to his post office address as last furnished to the lodge. a«3. The endorsement on notices shall be substantially in one of the three ways indicated in " Form E," as follows : FORM E. 1. I hereby certify, on my Knightlv honor, that I served a true copy of the within notice upon Brother. . ?" ^^'^ ;,^'''>' of 18. . ., by delivering the same' to him personally. (Signed) 2. I hereby certify, on my Knightly honor, that I served a true copy of the within notice on Brother on the . ... day of. . . 18. . , , by leaving the' same at his usual place of residence, (or business), not being able to see him personally. (Signed( 3. I hereby certify, on my Knightlv honor, that I served the within notice upon Brother '. on the. day of. . . . . 18. . . by .sending a true copy to him, postage paid, registered, through the post office, to his last known address as follows: (Here state address. ) (Signed) «.11. The accused shall, within two weeks from the service of notice and copy of the charges and specifications upon him, file his plea or answer to the same with the Keeper of Record.s and .Seal, according to the following "Form F." and such answer or plea may be by either one or more answers shown therein : GRAND STATUTES. o FORM F. preferred ■„,;-.heV,:;davo7"""' '" '""^ '^j^''^^-"'^ specification dici;,;, Jt'tUtC"^' ""'"'""" '' ""' ^"^'''■' '"«••" i-- 2. I am not guilty. 3- Cuilty. offent.' ^''"'" "^' *"'' ''^''=''' ^"' ^^'^ J"-'^^'^- »ho alleK^ed 5. The complaint is frivolous. Or any other proper plea. rP ^.- ; r\I , """" ''^ '^' '^'■'^' Committee shall, on ece.pt of the p eas or answers of the accused, or at the e d of the tm.e f„ven for filinj. the same, cause a meeting of his Com m.tlee to be called, of which meetin,. the Prosecutor and accusTd shall be served with notice, which shall be according to " Form C», m substance as follows : To FORM C. Dated at ,g „■,' ■ ■ ■ (One to each partv. ) case maV'be ) ^^''"^^^"'^ ""' ^^^^"^ ^he same, as^he By order of the Trial Committee. K. of R. and S. And the Chairman of the Trial Committee shall, at the same time, ,au,e to be served upon the three highest ritualistic officers ot the odge. not mterested in the case, and not under charges, the following notice, "FormH:" To, and FORM H. Dated at ,g T.. ™ . , ,^ (Naming the three officers.) against ^^'"^"^'^^^^^ on charges and specifications made ^^•^'"J:^ will meet at on the the .same." ' ' ' / '^- ' '^ ■ ■ ^^'^-'^ck M. . to hear and determine II I 86 GRAND STATUTES, 1 1 You are requested to be oresenf tr. u ... ^ challenges of the Trial (crmmheTe is t" T ''''''? T" '^f'' party. ""miie as m.i; be iiiade hy either Fri.terniiMy jours, (Seal of the lodije. ) „ , „ »««. At the meeting, of th,. Tr Committee, called by the Cha,r„,a„ thereof, as provided in the precedin./sect on upon due no,,ee from the Keeper of Records Ld Seal' i d be e duty „l the hrst three ollicers, as stated i„ Section .40 to be present, and a majority of such ollicers shall constitute a^u'oum Thereupon when the hour for hearing the cause has trZd' anot er time may be o„i,:v, by the majority ol the e *es hereinbefore referred ,... and upon the reconvening of adoHicers, ogether w„ -. „k vombers of the Trial Committee :^^:^r"'':' •"'"''" *f-»".vappointedordi,rer ; ate reTrd If'^'n^'iT' "' """7™' C-^-iXee shall keep an accur- ate record of all the proceedings in the matter of challenges and the same slia be considered a nan „f ,1,. . • "^es, and ..V iisiucrfcu a part ot the record in the cause a.l9. The Tritil Committee shall hear the cause and, where -he charges are sustained, shall lix the punishment, the Concur! and. ■" case the Committee shall he unable to reach a erdict by .he concurrence ol two members, it shall so state in writing, and ^K '^ I. KAMI STATUTES. ^. 'Uir'b'' f "''r^'^^' ^"^ '"--P-^ a neu- Trial C.-nmittel ^^1 ^e selected .n the same manner, and the caus. .-„, H a«0. The Keeper of Records and Seal shall he c K ,f the Tnal Comnmtee and :eep a record o( all its proceeding. Pro- ru/e,, that m case the Keeper of Records and Sea' be the accused, then and in that case, the Chancellor Commander sh, j*61. Char^^es and specif.cations. answers and all other P c.uhn,.s anu papers in the case, n.ay be amended by lea v o the C omnmiee at any time before the close of the trial. a««. After commencement of the trial, the T ommittee may. by a majority vote, adjoun- ,he proceeding. ,„ time to time, and witnesses prev.ously summoned shall 1 reuuired to appear .U the acUourned meetings without f^arther citation^ under the same penalties as in the first instance ««3. When the Trial Committee has reached a verdict it shall reduce the same to writing with its finding, on each ^ c hcat^n and charge, substantially according t ^'Vor^. ^''l I'OKM I. Dated at ^. '^'^ I.odge, Xo . . . . K. of P. : The undersijrned Trial Committee, appointed to frv fl, • Charges and Specihcations preferred a^^, nst Khel * ' respecthdly report as follows: 'brother 2 Illr "'"T.l'" ^''""''"^'"" -'' «"IPPLIED IIVHGE 165J East Main SIreel Rochesler. Ne» York U609 iisa (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288 -5989 -Fox 88 GRAND STATUTES. \ t evidence taken duringr the trial, which shall be filed in the lodge within twenty days after the case has been closed. '261. The minutes of the Committee shall show: 1. The date and place of e-.ch meeting-, and tiie parties present, or means taken for notifying- them to be present. 2. Exceptions taken by either party, and the decisions thereon. 3. Parol evidence in full, subscribed by the witnesses, unless sig-natures be waived by the parties. 4. All documentary evidence marked as exhibits. ae.S. So much of the report only of the Trial Committee as shows the findings and verdict shall be entered in the lodge minutes by the Keeper of Records and Seal, who shall forthwith notify both parties that the report has been submitted, and all parties interested shall be entitled to make a copy thereof at their own expense. 266. At the Regular Convention of the lodge, to be held two weeks after the findings and verdict of the Trial Committee has been returned to the lodge, the Chancellor Commander or presiding officer shall read and declare said verdict and findings, and thereupon the same shall become the verdict and findings ot the lodge, and shall be and become binding upon the lodge and all persons intere ed. And it shall then be the duty" of the lodge and its officers to enforce, and of the members to obey, submit to and observe the same. It shall be the duty of the accused, to be present at such meeting and to submit to and obey the verdict and findings of the Trial Committee as declared, until the same is reversed or modified by the proper authorities': provided, that if the accused shall be found guilty, and the pun- ishment fixed by reprimand, the lodge shall, upon the request of the accused, grant ten days in which to perfect an appeal which in that case, when perfected, shall act as a stay. 267. At all trials and committee meetings herein provided for, either party shall have the right t,i be present, in person and by counsel, and in case either party is represented by counsel, service of any notices upon such counsel shall be equivalent to service of notice upon such party. GRAND STATUTES. 268. Any member of a lodge desiring to nrefe 89 ir a cha agramst a member of another lodge, must prese u the same through h.s own lodge to the lodge of which the accused is a member The charge shall be attested by the Keeper of Records and Seal, under seal of the lodge in which presented, and shall be sent or delivered to the lodge of which the accused is a member. _ 269. It shall be the duty of the lodge of which such accused .s a member to proceed without delay, and conduct the case substantially as m this Code provided; and the Brother Knight preferring the charge, or the lodge in which the charge was ongmally presented, shall have the privilege of being represented at the trial by counsel. 270. A prosecutor, the accused, or any member mav appeal from the decision of the Trial Committee to the Grand Lodge within sixty days from the filing of the verdict and findings with the k,dge by the Trial Committee. The lodge shall transmit to the Grand Keeper of Records and Seal a copy of all the proceed- ings, regularly certified, upon receiving the costs of mailing and charges for copying the same, which shall not exceed ten cents per folio of one hundred words, from the party appealing. 2»1. The Keeper of Records and Seal of the lodg-e in making up the record for the appeal, will make copies of'ali charges, pleas, notices, evidence, and the like, and substantiallv observe the following " Form J:" FORM J. T ^^j,- x; ^ • Y • • Keeper of Records and Seal of ^°''§^f f'^ do hereby certify that the following is a true -md complete copy of all reports, minutes, reports of Comn ttees evidence and papers filed with me pertainin'g to or relating to the ''^'^ °^ ^-"dg-^ No. . . .versus Brother or Brother ; • prosecutor, versus Brother defend-mt l-,< the case may be.) atrcnuant, (as follows :) ^""^"""^''-'' ''^'^ "« ">''""- "f l'roceecli„«, and corclude the record as n..ni" ^^^^!"}''Py that the foregoing is a complete record of all matters pertaining to the case of .... vx-rsus day of .° ''' '"^' ^Ts^ '"at """''''' '''^ '"''' "'^ '''''^ '"''^'' '^'^ ' ' " • ,,.K. of R. ;uHi S. 90 GRAND STATUTES. A N \ ■ ^ . *'*• '^^^ evidence competent to be admitted before the 1 rial Committee shall be: 1. P^fol evidence, i.e., testimony of livin^r witnesses before the Lommittee. 2. Depositions, produced as hereinafter set forth. 3. Reg-ularly certified minutes of lodge. 4. Rej,nilarly autlicnucated documentary evidence. Here- say evidence cannot be received. 2T3. The Committee will determine the admissibility of evidence offered, subject to an exception by either party the exceptions so taken shall be noted by the Committee upon its minutes. 2? 1. Members of the Order shall testify under their obliira- tion as Knights to be administered by the Chairman of the Committee, and according to the following " Form K:" FORjk K. the nvatVr'or''^'' ''''''"''• '^^' '^' "^''^^'^'^^ >-°" -^^all give in he mattei of against „ow pending, ^hall be the tru h, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth TI us vou delare on your honor as a Knight. - 275. In taking oral testimony, a stenographer may be employed by the parties, by agreement, or by either party, who may be sworn by an officer competent to administer oaths, or obligated upon honor by the chairman of the Trial Committee as the case may be, to truly take and transcribe the same in all cases; />rovu/ed, that in those cases pertaining to, or involving the ritualistic or secret work of the Order, onlv a stenographer who IS a member of the Order shall be er. ed, 276. Depositions of absent witnesses .«.nall be procured by interrogatories and cross interrogatories, subject to objection by either party, to be determined by the Trial Committee. 277. In all trials before the Trial Committee, the record of a conv.ct.on had in the .Supreme Tribunal, or the Grand Lodge shall, when the offense charged was also an offense against the Subordinate Lodge, or cognizable by the Trial Committee, be competent evidence and shall be conclusive of the guilt of the accused. And the record of conviction of the same offense charg-ed, by any court GRAND STATUTES, in the land, shall be 91 ot conclusive evidence. ' ''""" "^ ^^'^P-^^nt, b. cutinro* If" r" ' '"'f' "•■ "'""''■ -'^^•■^"^' -h-' P-- imlh ^'/f "^••"^: ^^ ^•'^='^^-' «>- any person authorized to nt oduce test.mony m any proceeding, shall desire to tai''"^ ^'^^ ^'^-^-' '- deposition may be taKen in the following; manner : the kJ''" ^Tl ''"'''■'"'•' '" ""'" "'^ deposition shall file with Ic used '" r"''' "'" ''"" "' ""^ '""^"^ °f "I-" the accused ,s a member, m duplicate, the interroffatoHos he wishes .0 propotmd to the witness or witnesses, naming then,. Thl K per of Records and Seal of such lodge shalt immediate ,• de ..er or cause to be delivered, ,0 the opposite partv a copy of rvi:rz"7'"^ "' '•'"" ''"'■ ""'"' ''■' *'>■»■ f™- '-^ Recrds::^ «'^;;o"n'er.„terro,a,ories with the said Keeper of 2. At the expiration of said time or sooner, if =0 mter- .nterrogatones have been filed, the Keeper of Records an" Seal of such l„d,.e shall forthwith forward the interrogatories and near the w.tness, with a request to take the deposition of the w,tness or w.tnesses named, or to have the same taken by some competent member of the Order, requirin,, that every it ro- gatory be propounded to the witness, and the answer to each deposmon ,s completed, cause the witness to sign the same ouiredt" :-f """1:" '"'"'^ ""= "^p"^"-" «"'" »'- 1=- : qu. ed to certify to the same having been duly taken, verifving and he Keeper of Records and Seal and the seal of the lodge to orward' A ,'-"-"\''"''7 "'"■'-■'' '^= interrogatories te^ forwarded. .A deposition thus taken and certified maj be read m evidence in the case to which it relates. and sholhf '7T '? f '" '''=P°-'i™» i" <"l'er Domains can -Jie dut. of the Chancellor Commander of any lodge in tl s Domain .0 whom s.ich request ,0 take a deposi ion may come 'fi 92 GRAND STATUTES. \ h cheerfully to perform the labor with promptness and dispatch and return at once the deposition so taken to the lodge making the request. ° a»9. A citation to appear as a witness, stating- the time and place of trial, when issued by either the prosecuting attorney or the defendant or his attorney, and signed bv the Chairman of the Trial Committee, shall be binding upon anv member in this Domam, and failure to appear at the time and place specified shall subject the member so cited to proceedings for contempt unless excused by the unanimous vote of the Trial Committee' Such citation shall be considered as legally served when directed to the last known address of the member cited, and deposited in the post office at least twenty-four hours before the time set for trial; provided, that citations addressed to members residing outside of the limits of the town or city where the trial is held and within the jurisdiction of the lodge in which such trial is had, must be mailed at least forty-eight hours previous to the time set for trial. 280. Any member c ' the Order refusing or neglecting to give evidence or produce documentary evidence in his posses- sion, upon the application of the party requiring his testimony, shall then be required by the Trial Committee to give such evidence, and if he still refuses, after being so required, to give or produce such evidence, he shall be reported to his lodge which lodge shall take such action as it may deem necessary to compel the production of the evidence required. GRAND STATUTES. 93 TITLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS. CHAPER I. TO REGULATE APPEALS FOR AID BV GRAND LODGES, SUBORDIN LODGES, OR MEMBERS OF THE ORDEr' ATE 2§1. Appeals for aid, within this Grand Dom in behalf of a Subordinate Lodge may be issued and Lodg-e only by per an, or of a member or circulated within the Domain of nission of thi members thereof, this Grand Chancellor thereof. " ' ^'"''^ ^°''^''' "'' '^' '^'^^^ a§a. Appeals for aid by sister Grand Lodges or bv Snh ordmate Lodges within their Domain, or by a m^e:.ber o It bars thereof as such, shall not be issued, circulated, or rea in any ,od,.e of t e Order in this Domain, except by permiss o Z the Grand Lodge or the Grand Chancellor thereof. 2«3. Appeals for aid in behalf of Subordinate Lodges or of me,.bers thereof, not within the Domain of a Grand Lge shall not be ,ssued, circulated, or read in any lodge in the Or^e.' .n the Doma.n of this Grand Lod^^e, except by peLiss o of ,:^ Grand Lodgre or the Grand Chancellor thereof. the i!f ** ^""-'''J •" '^'" ^'"'"'^ ■'^'^"" ^' '^^"■^^'■"^d to prohibit the ssun.g-, c.rculat,ng, or reading, appeals for aid. in case of publ.c calam.ty or disaster, when emanating from the Supreme Chancellor, or for purposes duly approved by the SupreL CHAPTER II. DEFINING THE FISCAL YEAR. 285. The term -fiscal year" whenever used in these Statutes shall be held to mean the period of twelve calendir mon hs begnnnmg May xst, and ending April 30th, of the suc- ceeding calendar year. ^ 94 GRAND STATUTES. i1 •( CHAPTER III. RELATING TO INSURANCE OF LODGE PROPERTY. 986. Insurance of paraphernalia and other property held by a Subord.nate Lodge, shall be in the name of the Subordinate Lodge or its Trustees. CHAPTER IV. FUND FOR MEETING HALL. 2§y. A Subordinate Lodge desiring to own its Hall or place of meet.ng may incorporate under the laws of the Province of Br,t,sh Columbia. The funds with which to purchase and pay for the necessary Real Estate, and for building a Hall, or or he purchase of a Hall already built, may be raised in Inv legitmiate way, such as by giving entertainments, balls, getting blir^'^H' r"'"'' -Ascriptions, receiving donations and of thef r f V:"' "^' ''"'' "' '""^''^ °f ''-^^- «"t none of the unds of the Lodge, which have been raised from initiation and adm.ss.on fees, dues, fines, assessments for weekly or funeral benefits, or the income from such funds, shall ever be used ,n purchasmg such property, nor for building purposes nor for paymg uUerest or principal on any dobt created for such purposes. The Grand Lodge shall have no claim to any Hall property wh.ch has been bought or built in accordance with the provisions of this Section, and shall never have anv interest in the proceeds of the sale of such property. BY-LAWS FOR SUBORDINATE LODGES. BY-LAWS OF LODGE, No. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, OF THE GRAND DOMAIN OF BRITISH COLU MBIA. ARTICK I. -Name. I n . ^''J''''' '• '^'^'^ ^^^'^^^^^ '^'^"" ^^" '^"^^-" -"^' hailed as ARTICLE II.-Location. Section 2. This Lodge shall be located in the City of B. C. ARTICLE III.~-Meetings. be held'oT "~'^'' -S:">-;^tated meetings of this lodge shall DC ntia on eveninir of each Tu^ u c . , ,, , - , *" cav,ii 1 he hour of meetino- s an be. fro. the first day of April to the first day of Oc e"' dlv'of"Aprn at " f I'"' ''' ''' ^^^"^^^ '" ''^ fi-t ZL J.^ at .... o clock, and the lor^^e shall be opened withm fifteen minutes of the appointed tin, ... ^ -Fees and Dues. ARTICLE IV. Section i. Page Rank.-The fee for the Initiatorv R.ni, f Page shall be as follows : if the applicant is no ^ ^o years o age. .dollars; if over 40 and not over fifty. . . .dX s and .... dollar additional for each year over fifty ' !vl,!le°a n.emb"; IS speakmg. 'iiciiioer Members violating any of the provisions of this article shall be fined m such sums as the lodge may direct. ARTICLE X. — Amendments. SECT.ON ,. No alteration shall be made in the.se Bv-Laws unless the san. ,all be proposed in writing three regulaV stl^d conventions pr.or to the vote taken .hereon, and shall hen requ.re a .wo-th,rds vote of all the members qualified to vote a such convention to adopt the same, and shall then remain .noperative until approved by the Grand Chancellor mi 98 CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION. t\ CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION. N \ Castle Hall, Lodge, No. B. C. 189. vention held the day of •'""P^ed at the regular con 189.. Attest.. [seal] C. C. K. R. S. '•N»EX TO GRAND COXSTITL'TION. 99 INDEX TO CONSTITUTION. A.MENDMKNTs— ~ To Constitution, how made '^'■*- Appropriations— ^^ (irand Lodge has [wwer to make RKNKPns— ^'f VV^ekly, to IH. determined hy each Sufx,rdinate Lod.e v^ 1' uneral, not less than $20 ^ ^ By-Laws of StiBORi„.VArE Lodges- ^' COMPKNSATION— ^ Of Grand Chancellor Constitution— '^ Takes effect when When and how may be amended ...'.'.'.'.'.' ^" Conventions— ^ ^ Annual Reg.dar, tin,e an|»k for, m,,,tl» approved by 'Jrand Chancellor 281 ,fo ,K, Must be made in si.xty days From decision of Trial Con.mi'.iee' [.k,„ '.o'the G™,! V^dge' ' ' ' III 80 Ballot on, for new Lodge Must reside in Domain six months " ^ ^^ If r*ident within jurisdiction of ano'ther Lodge ^ ^f It non-resident of Domain '^ ^^ Objected to after election, how may' be sloppy', ! ! .' .' ." .' '^ f Elected, forfeits fee after three months .... ^ '*° AMPLICATION— '^"^ 42 Fees must accompany Can only be presented at' regular meeting ^'' 'f ''^ ^2 Must be referred to Investigating Con.mitt^e.".'.'. '' \' Committee must report on, when "^ ^ Must be balloted on [[ ^3 38 Ballot on, how taken ^4 39 Ballot on, cannot be reconsidereil ^"^ ^^ Rejected, fees must be returned ^^ ^i New, from rejected applicant, when ^^ '^^ Cannot be withdrawn after report of Corn'mit'tee! ' ! ll ^' tor Transfer Card, how made. *^ ^i For membership by Transfer Card! "how'maile '^ ^' \i '^"^ I'NOKX TO GRAND STATUTES. I'or Withdrawal Card, how made ^^'-'''- P^^e I".>r mc„,.,ership .>>• deposit of Card, 'how'niade ^^ '^^ ^' Must h,. made to nearest Lt.dge ^6, 97 42-43 Notice must be given lo other Lodges ^5 42 Al'I'ROVAI.— ^2 38 What Constitutes Asse^tnents added to duJs! '.nay'pu; men^^x.;; in '^^ " Member .n, shall be suspended, when '^o 54 Penahy for 141 54 Paid during sickness does not entitle to V.enefits 'f ^9 ASSESS.MKN'TS— '"° 59 May be levied May be added to dues and 'caiise'suJiK.isi..; '^o 54 Attok.nkv— '59 59 Ma) -e appointed, when Ballot— ■* 240 ys On ap)ilicants for new Lodge Must be taken on application f^;; \ninMion '. ^° ^^ Mode of taking 84 39 Who challenges, i,; case of controversy ^^ 39 Cannot be reconsidered or renewed . . ^'* -^9 Kesult of must not be discussed ^^ 41 Penalty for becoming Benefits— 227 74 Lodges nu.s. pay funeral, not less tl.an $20 VV hen n.ore than minimum, how may be expended '^^ ^^ LoKR- May call special Conv entions of lodge. Shall declare members suspended, when -sexecutiveofficer, being absent, who si .250 124 141 Must have custody of th^ '^^I^:^^ " "" ^'^" '"''^''^ '30 Shall not pernnt Rituals to be taken frimi Vh,."T " 1 '^' May transpose '• Order of Busines:," Z, " '"'^"•^""'" '^^ Sha i receive semi-annual passwor.i from Deputy ''' hhall commumcate S.A.I'. \V or „r,I..r ,k r ', ^'-^ Shall take up and destroy orde: thlrir th ^ ^^'^" ^'^"^'^ ^'■ May be tr.ed for official misconduct, ho^- ^'^ Charges against, must be preferred by tw^'members '^^''^^ W^. tned by Trial Tribun.,, Lodg^ ,0 be^ ;^^"- " ^^ Appoints majority of Trial Committee, when Charc;e.s— led of verdict . .246 249 8.? «3 SI 54 51 66 66 67 71 72 72 80 80 80 83 II TrJni (' ■ "mter, may be commenced privatelv -, c Trial Committee on, how appointed ^ ^"^^ An.'- • 14 80 81 81 '^nswer to, must be filed within two weeks ''^^"'-'° ^^ And specification . may l,e amen *•«««: Sfnli !-,« • . ^"^ancl Chancellor . . . snail be commissioned by the (Innrl r^, I'owers and Duties Chancellor Deposition OfAbsem Witness, Admitted, sul^ect to ol,ection. 40 41 40 41 DiSI'EXSATIONS— May be granted by the Grand Chancello, To con er more than one Kank at same c '^'^ct and initiate on the same To To Dues— - Kv convention ; permit lodges to meet at longer inte^^,: .276 ,278 22 41 41 than one week ,23 ery member shall pay Shall be payable quarterly. .......' ^3^ 107 Pngre 4S "9 48 When n arrears for, procedure previous to 139 Stat..s of member sus^endiJi;^:'^^'""^ "'^^^"^'"" ^i pay three months, in advp ance. 142 172 22 23 Applicant for Transfer Card must Duties ok Officers— (Jrand Chancellor Grand \ice Chancell.jr. . Grand Prelate Grand Keeper of Records ami Seal ^^ Grand .Master of Exchequer 25 Officers of Subordinate Lociges ...'..'.' 26 Electio.ns — ' 115 OfGnand Officers, how conducted.... Officers of Subordinate Lodges, when heid ' Of Trustees of .Subordinate Lodge '°i Of Officers of Subordinate Lod.r,. u. " " ,' 102 Tn fill ,-., • J-ocige, how conducted . ^ Ku.:;:^;;.r"^^- ^--Oinate Lodge, how condt!-^,;;;;;.;:^-;:^ ''''.l Any Knight in good standing, eligible to any office t.MBi.EMS OK THE Order.., '°3 Must not be displayed in, etc 23s 76 40 28 25 25 25 25 90 91 17 25 25 so S3 53 54 55 61 16 r8 18 18 20 46 12 44 44 44 io8 INDEX TO GRAND STATUTES. IS3 Enactinc; Clause— '''^^'■ Endowment Kank - Expulsions and Suspensions reported to .c Esquire— In good standing, w hen Evidence — On trial of impeachments, how taken , On trial of Grand Officer, how taken. . . .,'......... "* Competent before Trial Committee '"^ Admissibility of, determined by Committee." 27? Record of conviction in Supreme Tribunal, compc-tent 277 ^rem^)er refusing to give, subject to discipline ' ' 280 ExI'ENSES — Nt necessary, of Grand Keeper of Records and Seal, to be paid . E.Xl'l'I.SION — Penalty for member violating pledges Penalty for members violating laws of Country. Penalty for scandalizing (Jrand Lodge, etc. Penalty for refusing to obey (Irand Lodge law, etc Penalty for violating Subordinate laws, etc Fee^ • 25 .219 .220 . 221 .222 Penalty for becoming gambler, saloon-keeper, etc . 227 Penalty for malfeasance in office i Penalty for refusing to obey mandates of CJrand Lodge.! 229 I'enalty for obstructing mandates of (Irand Lodge " ' .,,0 Penalty for renouncing the Order ",, Penalty for using name of Order for lotteries, etc! ! . . Penalty for using name of Order for advertising, etc. ." Penalty for using name of Order in place of business . 2"^ s Penalty for wearing uniform in disreputable places, etc " " a'Je Penally for Sunday Excursions, Entertainments, etc 2^7 Penalty for using wines, liquors, etc., at Entertainments, e 231 233 234 L>tC. 237 238 42 For Warrant to institute a lodge For applicants for a new lodge ^ Must accompany application for Ranks g Must be returned in case of rejection ■ ■ • • \\ o Ft.r Ranks may be forfeited, when No part of, to lie refunded ^"^ For issue of Transfer Card ^' For Withdrawal Card [[[[ '^^ For Grand Lodge Card Ur '"^"^ ft For Ranks of Knighthood '.............." ' " ''''' For Ranks, must be paid in advance , Belonging to general fund ^^ ISO Paffe II 65 5« IS IS 90 90 90 92 19 7i 73 73 73 74 74 74 75 75 75 75 76 76 76 76 77 26 33 38 41 42 42 S3 S3 63 S2 S2 6S INDEX TO C.RAND STATUTES '09 i' EES — Continucii. For affiliation on Withdrawal Card ''*''^- f'-->Ko '■."'■ affiiliation on Transfer Card. . . '32 S2 Kor reinstatement IJ2 52 Finance— iJJ 52 Committee on, appointed Duties of. . . . 2 J 21 r^ -^^ J Compensation of • },7 24 Fiscal Vear— 4^ 28 Term defined Fraternal Corresi-onden t- ^^'^ 93 Correspondent ^ijwinted '^""es of. 33 2i Forms and Hi.anks- - 36 23 For I'ast Chancellor's Certificate tor C;ran,l Representative's Credential '"^^ 48-49 l-or application for membership. . "9 48 ••or petition for warrant 81 ^s For charges when ],rosecuted openly ^6 32 I^or report of Committee on investiir-iti.'.n nV 'k ,'• ^^8 Si For charges prepared hy Investi^ t g C :^:- :;n "" ^^''' '''^ '^ or en.iorsement of service of notice tot 7 '""" " ^ '' '^^^ «^ l-ornotice to acciLsed 253 X4 For notice to officers of lodge ' Forn". ''' Vl" '' ^^ I 83 '*'"• answer to charges . . 255 85 Notice of n,eeting of Trial Conimittee; Forn.' ''G'' '^^ ^^ for verdict of Trial Committee, " I " ^55 85 Finds— ' 263 87 Hxpemlitures of Grand Lodge, how made... Ut .>5iil)or(linate Lodge, how deriv,.,i . " ' ', 26 20 Special, n>ay he estd.lishel . ' ""P°" ^"' "•^^' •"■ '86 65 Special, how may be used ^^7 65 S])ecial, how accumulated . '88 65 Special, ifdiscominucd, to b^'Jreditod' to Gene;,! '**^ ^^ for meeting hall ^^tneral j^^ ^^ FUNERA,. Kenek.ts, (see Benefits.) '^^ ^4 ('A.MBI.ER, I'ROKESSIONAI.— Cannot be admitted to the Orrler. . Penalty for becoming 79 38 Ca.\ibi.in(; House— 227 7^ Penalty for entering in Uniforn,, Jewels, etc t'iKT Enterprise— 236 76 Penalty for t.sing the name of the Order in etc ' 233 75 '53 33 22 Page 58 23 17 "° •>"'OEX TO GRAND STATUTES. Goon Standim; — In Suhordinale Lodge defined ''*"'' Granu Cha.ncki.i.or — Must appoint Standing Commitleus Must appoint S(H.-ml Committees, when \ acaney in office of May t)e impeached, when 57 12-13 Shall preside on imiw.n„i, r ,'"'*.' I " '.' IO-14 i^.jg "fi^ccr ,c 16 16 15 17 25 25 25 17 32 56 32 77 7S 14 14 '5 20 20 '7 nnaii presule on mipeachment of Crand Lod^e , Uhen m.peached sh.,11 he .suspended from office. . ShjUI fill vacancy in Tribunal in case of in.peachn.em'." T«o.th.rc s vote re.p.ired to convict when impeached . . May grant d.s,.en.sati„ns, ,„r what purposes . Shall appoint Deputy Grand Chancellors " May remove his Deputy 40 Shall commission his Deputies ^° Shall have an Ofliicial Seal .... ^o Shall issue warrants for and initilutV SuhonlmatV Lodg« " May reinstate n,e.:-.l.er of defunct lodge, how ^6 May grant warrants for new lodges, when \ ' ^ ' ' ' ^' Shall prosecute ofrenders for breaking the laws ^^ May commis.sion any Knight to act as Counsel, when ?^ Shall fill vacancy in tJrand Lodge office ^'*° Shall hll vacancy in .Supreme Representative,' when .■.'.■.■.■ ^ Grand Cou.vcn,— ^ Officers .,f Grand Lodge to be convened in, when Tnne and place of meeting, .quorum 7 Shall elect G. C. and C. ^^ C. , when ^ 13 13 Grand Keki-rr ok Record.s AND Skal- examined annually. 37 Accounts of, to be Member of Committee on Supplie Secretary of the CJran.l Council, e.x-.iffid,', .' ^9 «ond and installation of 7 Failure to furnish bond 25 Duties of S3 7 30 185 Shall a.ssemble Grand officers, when Shall be the Custodian of Seal of (Jrand" Lodge Shall notify lodges of sus]5ension, etc Grand Lod(;e Offkkks— May be called in council, when May fill vacancy, when . " 7 May be removed from office, when ^ Who may try 1 1 -2 1 How elected- 12 I 24 24 13 19 28 25 18-19 13 21 65 13 13 14-16 14 12 'N^EX TO GRAND STATITES Accou,,, of, to i. examined annually . Sec. p,,, H"nrdinate Lodges, directions for iNSTi-niTiNc Officer- ■ 56-71 32-34 Shall collect fees from charter members Exclude from hall... '' 60 •Declare lodge duly ins.itu'fed '. 6, 3^ install officers 5, Report of institution^; ;■■■.■■ . 64 35 Insurance— 67 J Of lodge property JouRN.M. OF Proceedings- 286 94 Official Record, to be compiled by G. K of K , « Ji'DiciARY— > ^ • ^- "t K. andS ^^ Committee on, appointed. Duties of. ... -, 33 23 Keeper of Records AND Sfaf- 35 23 Duties of slall r'ri 'i'"'""'' '^-"kand'c! K. R." & S "of F ' ' V • ' ' " -''-"^ 38-46 ^hall be Clerk of Trial Committee Expulsions, etc. 185 65 Liquors— 260 87 Dealer in not admitted Penalty for becoming dealer in .' .' 79 38 LOTTEKY— 227 74 Penalty for using name of Order for promotion, etc ^33 75 Jli 113 INDEX TO ('.RAND STATUTES. M IRK Al nut. liT'^s. Arms — •t , Hon. f , Dulles ■ I Accounts of, to be audited Master of Finance — Bond of Duties of 115 Accounts of, to Ix audited IIHKK M. Examination — Muy l)e required of applicant 99 Member— In arrears, penalty for I41 Taken sirk when in arrears cannot become Ijeneficial when j6o Cannot claim benefits, when . . 161 Acquitted after trial, restored to previous standing 162 Obtains S. A. P. W. from Chancellor Commander of his lodge. .214 Obtains S. A. I'. W. on order therefor, when 215 Not entitled to order for S. A. I'. W., when 216 Violating obligations of Ranks, guilty of an offense 219 \'iola ing laws of his country, guilty of an offense 220 Attempting to defraud or scandali/e (jrand Lodge, an oflense. . . . 221 Neglecting or refus'g to obey Supreme or Grand Law, an offense. 223 \'iolating laws of Subory mem' ^ - '•'"■"- ^^^ May rcjuire applicant to furnish )er of another lodge 269 v^ung;:: :;'r ';"'.:" '"""' ''''''-''''' -^^-^^ "-'^^ ,; Suicide- No cause for refusing funeral benefits. Sunday— Lodg SUPI'I.IES 184 '57 Lodge forbi.lden to give Sunday e.xcursions, picnics, etc. 3,, 'LIES— •'' Obtainable only from the Grand Lo.Ige, list of 1 enalties for procuring illerall v . Page 67 72 75 76 76 77 77 89 43 64 59 76 ng illegally, I'rices of, fixed by Committee on Supplies 42-44 26-27 45-46 27 „, , . , '•' — •">-'-"" ouppiies ,^ , 1 o be in charge of (J. K. of R. ar^ for Sec. Pa^^e Ten ai)j)licant.s re(jiiired for. ... 42 26 tiranted hy Grand Chancellor,' when ^6 J2 Shall not be is.sued under name of living jx^Vson ^^ ^' V acate when Charter issued . 57 32 When lost or .iestroyed, how may he duph^ated" ^^ ^^ It """"'""' '^■^^'^- -■-bers'votc gain's; ^° ^^ When suspended, ,h,ty of officers of lodge ^I 34 Of lodge guilty of disloyal or disreputably conduct' s'u's'n'' ' i ' ' ;.' ' ' ^^ ^^ Cannot he suspended except after trial ' ''^'"- ^4 36 May be restored by the C]rand Lodge ^4 36 When restored, status of men.bers of lodge ^^ 36 \V hen susj,ende ."" ^^ ^' ^^ 36 ^hal. be revoked H.r hollh.^ ^.^i^y t: i^l^^ ^^"-'^ ^^S ;; Shall be revoked for using ,i,uors at entertaiumJnts ''I '' WEEK..V BENEKms, (see Benefits.) '^^ 77 Withdrawal Card- Application for, must be in writing Must be granted unless objection be made ' ^^ 62 Member of defunct lodge applies to Cr-.n,! nl' " " ' ,', '^6 62 S;^pendedmemberof.U.^i;X^ t^^^^^ ''' ^3 Holder of, subject to discipline, when '^9 63 lolder of, can regain membership, how '^° ^4 I-st or destroyed, may proa.re duplicate "^^ « Shal not be issued to nu-mber under chargei ''' ^4 ^ ahd, ,mtd revoked, annulled or deposited '^' ^^ WiTNKSSKS— 183 64 Re