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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 THE CONSTITUTION, BY-LAWS AND RULES OP^ 
 
 ORDER OF THE GRAND LODGE 
 
 OF ONTARIO, 
 
 and the constitution and rules of order f^or 
 subordinate lodges, and the rules of 
 procedure on trials, and nu- 
 merous decisions of the 
 Crand lodge. 
 
 Compikb anb JPublisheb bu ^uthoritg of the 
 
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 rORONTO : 
 PRESS OF THE DOMINION ODDFELLOW. 
 
 1891. 
 
Entered according: to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year 
 of our Lord one tliousand eij^ht hundred and ninety-one. bv 
 J. B. Kino, Grand Secretary, at the Department of Aaricul"- 
 ture. 
 
 MAR 20 1974 
 
ORIGINAL CHARTER. 
 
 Ill* 
 
 Cops of tbe iSrlgtnai Cbattec of tbe 
 
 (5tan& Xo&oe. 
 
 the 5'ear 
 y-one, by 
 Agricul- 
 
 INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD-FELLOWS. 
 
 To All Whom it May Concern:— ^e, Wilmot G. 
 DeSaussure, Most Worthy Grand Sire of the Grand 
 Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows of the 
 United States of North America, and the Jurisdiction 
 of the Order thereunto belonging : — 
 
 Friend, hip, Love and Truth. 
 
 Know ye. That by virtue of the powers in us vested, 
 we do hereby authorize and empower our trusty and 
 well beloved Lodges— Brock Lodge, No. 9 ; Union 
 Lodge, No. 16; Eureka Lodge, No. 30; Chatham 
 Lodge, No. 29; Elgin Lodge, No. 32; Erie Lodge, 
 No. 33; Ontario Lodge, No. 12; Gore Lodge, No. 
 34; Industry Lodge, No. 25; Victoria Lodge. No. 27; 
 Morpeth Lodge and their successors duly and legally 
 elected, to constitute a Grand Lodge in the Province 
 of Canada West, to be known and hailed by the title of 
 
 The Grand Lodge of Canada West, 
 
 and we do further authorize and empower our said 
 trusty and well beloved Grand Lodge to hear and de- 
 termine all and singular matters and things relating to 
 the Order within the Jurisdiction of the said Grand 
 Lodge according to the rules and regulations of the 
 Grand Lodge of the United States, provided always 
 that the said Grand Lodge pays due respect to the 
 

 IV. 
 
 ORIGINAL CHARTER. 
 
 I 
 
 Grand Lodge of the United States and the ordinances 
 thereof; otherwise this Dispensation to be of no force 
 or effect. 
 
 Given under our Hand and Seal at the 
 ' ^. City of Baltimore, in the State of Mary- 
 
 Seal ■ ^^"^' ^^^^ twenty-seventh day of July, 
 
 J Anno Domini, one thousand eight hun- 
 
 — . — ' dred and fifty-five, and of our Order 
 
 the Thirty-Seventh. 
 
 Signed, 
 WILMOT G. DeSAUSSURE, 
 
 i\o T nTT^^T^,, Grand Sire. 
 
 JAS. L. RIDGLEY, G S. 
 
1 
 
 DECLARATION OF INCORPORATION. V. 
 
 declaration of 5ncorporatton. 
 
 ■I- 
 
 The undersigned William Fitzsimmons, of the Town 
 of Brockville, in the County of Leeds, Esquire, Most 
 Worthy Grand Master of the Society hereinafter re- 
 ferred to as the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Ontario 
 of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows ; Henry 
 Edwin Buttery, of :he City of London, in the County 
 of Middlesex, Salesman, Right Worthy Deputy Grand 
 Master of the said Society; John Thomas Horni- 
 BROOK, of the City of Toronto, in the County of York, 
 ire. Bookkeeper, Right Worthy Grand Warden ot the said 
 
 Society ; Josiah Brown King, of the Town of Brant- 
 ford, in the County of Brant, Hatter, Right Worthy 
 Grand Secretary of the said Society , George Irwin, 
 of the town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, Engine 
 Driver, Right Worthy Grand Treasurer of the said 
 Society, and James Woodyatt, of the said Town of 
 Brantford, Town Clerk, and John Barr, of the City of 
 Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth, Commission 
 Merchant, Right Worthy Grand Representatives of the 
 said Society to the Grand Lodge of the United States 
 of the Independent Order of Odd-Fellows ; the said 
 several persons constituting the Executive Board and 
 Office Bearers for the time being of the said Society do 
 hereby declare — 
 
 1. That a Society known as the Right Worthy Grand 
 Lodge of Ontario (formerly Canada West) of the Inde- 
 pendent Order of Odd-Fellows has been established and 
 in existence in the Province of Ontario since the year 
 one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and such 
 Society does still exist. 
 
 2. The several persons whose names and descriptions 
 
VI. 
 
 DECLARATION OF INCORPORATION. 
 
 >:, 
 
 are hereinbefore set forth are, at the presen,t time, the 
 Executive Board and Office Bearers of the said Society, 
 and they do hereby declare that it is the desire of the 
 said Society to become incorporated according to the 
 provisions of the Act passed by the Legislature of the 
 Province of Ontario in the thirty-seventh year of the 
 reign of- Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act 
 respecting Benevolent, Provident and other Societies." 
 
 3. The intended corporate name of the said Society is 
 " The Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Ontario of 
 THE Independent Order of Odd-Fellows." 
 
 4. The purpose and object of the said Society is for 
 the mutual relief and protection of its members by mak- 
 ing provision, by means of dues, contributions, subscrip- 
 tions and donations, against sickness, misfortune and 
 death, and for relieving the widows and orphan children 
 of members deceased. To govern by sound laws and 
 regulations the branches of the said Society which are 
 subordinate to it, with a view of ensuring co-operation 
 and uniformity of action, and of securing more effectu- 
 ally the permanence of the blessings to be derived from 
 the right exercise of those ennobling and heaven-born 
 principles of Friendship, Love and Truth, on which the 
 Society is founded. 
 
 5. Annexed hereto is a copy of the Constitution and 
 By-Laws of the said Society, and by which it is governed. 
 
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 11^ 
 
 Signed, WM. FITZSIMMONS, 
 
 Signed, H. E. BUTTERY, 
 
 Signed, J. T. HORNIBROOK, 
 
 Signed, J. B. KING, 
 
 Signed. GEO. IRWIN, 
 
 Signed, JAMES WOODYATT, 
 
 Signed, JOHN BARR. 
 
DECLARATION OK INCORPORATION. 
 
 Vll. 
 
 time, the 
 1 Society, 
 re of the 
 ig to the 
 ire of the 
 ar of the 
 "An Act 
 ocieties." 
 society is 
 
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 2ty is for 
 by mak- 
 subscrip- 
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 children 
 aws and 
 hich are 
 peration 
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 ed from 
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 This Declaration was duly signed and made by the 
 several persons therein named before me, at the City of 
 Toronto, in the County of York, on the nineteenth day 
 of November, 1874, except by J. T. Hornibrook, who 
 made and signed the same the seventh of January, 1875. 
 
 Signed, G. DUGGAN, 
 
 Judge County Court, County 
 of York. 
 
 Toronto, January 7th, 1875. 
 
 I, George Duggan, Judge of the County Court of the 
 County of York, do hereby certify that the documents 
 hereto annexed, being a declaration by the Office Bearers 
 of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of Ontario of the 
 Independent Order of Odd-Fellows, and the Constitu- 
 tion and By-Laws of the said Society, appear to. me to 
 be in conformity with the fifth section of an Act passed 
 in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Her Majesty 
 Queen Victoria by the Legislature of the Province of 
 Ontario, intituled "An Act respecting Benevolent, Pro- 
 vident and other Societies." 
 
 Signed, G. DUGGAN, 
 
 Judge of the County Court of 
 the County of York. 
 
 Note.— By an order of His Honor, Joseph E. Mc- 
 Dougall, Judge of the County Court of the County of 
 York, made on the twenty-sixth day of October, 1887, 
 the name of the Grand Lodge was changed, and it was 
 ordered that the Grand Lodge should henceforth be 
 known by the name and style of 'The Grand Lodge 
 OF Ontario of the Independent Order of Odd- 
 Fellows." 
 
Vlll. 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTKK. 
 
 3. ®. ©. if. 
 
 At the Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, 
 held at Toronto on the 15th day of August, 1890, it was 
 decided by the Grand Lodge that a Committee should 
 be appointed by the Grand Master to have the Book of 
 Laws compiled in the form of a Digest, and that, after 
 the same should be approved by the Grand Master, an 
 edition of one thousand copies should be printed and 
 sold at the usual advance on cost, (yountal, 1890: p. 
 4922.) • 
 
 Whereupon the Grand Master was pleased to appoint 
 Hros. CI. T. Campbell, Henry Robertson and J. B. King 
 as such Committee. 
 
 
 Attest : 
 
 J. B. KING. 
 
 (iron (I Secretary. 
 
 SEAL 
 
 r I tiiVitMiMliiUiUIUlllltBiti 
 
 wiiiii^Sl^Hiiill 
 
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 COMMITTEE S REPORT. 
 
 IX. 
 
 3. ®. Q. If. 
 
 Ontario, 
 3, it was 
 i should 
 Book of 
 at, after 
 Lster, an 
 :ed and 
 890 : p. 
 
 appoint 
 fi. King 
 
 iary 
 
 TO JOHN ORMISTON, ESQ., 
 
 Grattd Master of the Grand Lod^re of Ontario, 
 
 Dear Sir and Brother:— The undersigned having 
 been honored by you with the appointment as a Com- 
 mittee to prepare a Digest of the Laws of Odd-Fellowship 
 m this jurisdiction, beg leave to submit the following as 
 the result of their labors 
 
 This compilation includes all the provisions of the 
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge and the 
 Constitution for Subordinate Lodges, together with such 
 of the Notes in the " Book of Laws" of 1882, and such 
 of the Decisions and Resolutions of the Grand Lodge 
 fromn882 to 1890 inclusive, as have been found suffici- 
 ently important and applicable to our present laws to 
 be inserted, th*^ intention being to make this work 
 (coupled with "White's Digest") a full and complete 
 guide to the Laws of Odd-Fellowship in Ontario. 
 
 Your Committee present this Digest for your confir- 
 mation, as being in accordance with the Laws of the 
 Order, and for the government of the Lodges and Mem- 
 bers of the Order throughout this jurisdiction. 
 
 HY. ROBERTSON, 
 CL. r. CAMPBELL, 
 J. B. KING. 
 
 March 24th, 1891. 
 
X. 
 
 PUBLICATION AUTHORIZED. 
 
 5. ©♦ ©♦ 3f . 
 
 Office of the Grand Master 
 
 OF THE Grand Lodge of Ontario. 
 
 Gananoque, March 28th, 1891. 
 
 To All to Whom These Presents Shall Come : — 
 
 Fraternal Greeting, 
 
 Whereas Brothers Cl. T. Campbell, Deputy Grand 
 Sire; Henry Robertson, Past Grand Master and 
 Grand Representative, and J. B. King, Grand Secre- 
 tary, were duly appointed by me, under the authority 
 of the Grand Lodge, to prepare a Digest of the Laws 
 of Odd- Fellowship in Ontario, and they having reported 
 the following Digest as the result of their labors, and 
 that the various provisions therein contained are in 
 accordance with the laws of the Order, and the same 
 having been examined by me and confirmed, 
 
 Theiefore, by the authority of the Grand Lodge, I do 
 hereby certify and declare that the said Digest is pub- 
 lished for the information and government of the Order 
 
 in this Jurisdiction. 
 
 JNO. ORMISTON, 
 
 Grand Master, 
 
 \ SEAL I 
 
 Attest, 
 
 J. B. KING, 
 
 Grand Secretary 
 
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ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Hb&repiatlons^ 
 
 G. L. C — Grand Lodge Cons<^itution. 
 G. L. By.— Grand Lodge By-laws. 
 S. L. C. — Subordinate Lodge Constitution. 
 The numbers refer to the Sections. 
 
 ft 
 
 jfour. — Grand Lodge Journal of Proceedings. 
 The numbers indicate the year and page. 
 'Dig.— White's Digest of 1889. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 ndeiretttUttt j)dcv of ffltl(l-j[4lotC0 
 
 
 OF THE 
 
 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 
 
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DIGEST OF LAWS. 
 
 ABSENCE. 
 
 1. In the Grand Lodge in the absence of 
 the Grand Master the Deputy Grand Master 
 shall preside ; in the absence of the Deputy 
 Grand Master the Grand Warden shall preside; 
 in the absence of the above named officers the 
 Junior Past Grand Master shall take the chair; 
 and if no Past Grand Master be present, a 
 representative shall be chosen by open vote to 
 preside during the meeting, or until the arrival 
 of the proper officer.— G. L. By. lo. 
 
 2. Any office in a Subordinate Lodge, the 
 occupant of which may have been absent with- 
 out satisfactory excuse from three successive 
 regular meetings, may be declared vacant by 
 vote of the Lodge, on a motion to that effect, 
 provided notice of such motion has been given 
 at the regular meetmg previous to that at 
 which the vote is to be taken.— S. L. C. 30. 
 
 3. In the absence of the Noble Grand, Vice 
 Grand and all Past Grands a Lodge cannot be 
 opened.— Jour. 1874: p. 739. 
 
DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 ACCOUNTS. 
 
 4. It shall be the duty of the Grand Lodge 
 Auditors to examine the books, accounts, 
 vouchers, etc., of the Grand Secretary and 
 Grand Treasurer prior to each annual session 
 of the Grand Lodge, and report upon the same. 
 — G. L. By. 36. 
 
 5, The Grand Lodge Committee on Finance 
 shall consist of seven members, whose duty it 
 shall be to examine, at each regular session » 
 the reports of the Grand Secretary and Grand 
 Treasurer, the accounts of the Grand Lodge, 
 and all other claims and matters laid before 
 them, and report thereon ; and to suggest such 
 measures of finance as they may deem to be 
 expedient and necessary.— G. L. By. 39. 
 
 6, All claims against the Grand Lodge 
 shall be first placed in the hands of the Grand 
 Secretary, and by him submitted to the Finance 
 Committee, who shall examine and report on 
 the correctness of the same. No claim will be 
 considered unless in the form of a definitely 
 itemized account. — G. L. By. 56 
 
 7. When such claims have been reported 
 correct and approved by the Grand Lodge^ 
 
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OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 iccounts, 
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 e Grand 
 Finance 
 eport on 
 a will be 
 iefinitely 
 
 reported 
 Lodge, 
 
 the Grand Master shall issue an order on the 
 Grand Treasurer, attested by the Grand Secre- 
 tary, for the payment of the same, which pay- 
 ment shall be duly entered in the books of the 
 Grand Lodge by the Grand Treasurer. — G. L. 
 
 By. 5/- 
 
 8. In case of urgency, during the recess of 
 the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master may, at 
 his discretion, issue such order, making report 
 thereof to the Grand Lodge at its next regular 
 session. — G. L. By. 58. 
 
 ADVISORY BOARD. 
 
 9. The Elective Grand Officers and Grand 
 Representatives shall constitute an advisory 
 board, who shall meet on the summons of the 
 Grand Master, and whose duty it shall be to 
 render assistance and advice to the Grand 
 Master on such matters as he shall deem it 
 necessary in the discharge of his official duties 
 to introduce and submit to their notice and 
 consideration during the recess of the Grand 
 Lodge. — G. L. C. 12. 
 
 10. The Advisory Board has power to 
 appoint a special committee to carry out any 
 particular work it may deem necessary. — Jour. 
 1880 : pp. 1922, 1986. 
 
DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 AMALGAMATION. 
 
 {See Mergement.) 
 
 11. A Subordinate Lodge may surrender 
 its Charter and be merged into another Lodge; 
 or two or more Lodges may be amalgamated 
 under the terms and conditions prescribed in 
 the By-laws of the Grand Lodge. — G. L. C. 24. 
 
 1 3. When two or more Lodges desire to be 
 united, each Lodge shall present a petition to 
 that effect to the Grand Lodge, or during 
 recess, to the Grand Master ; such petition 
 shall set forth that the question of union had 
 been affirmatively voted upon after due notice 
 sent each member, and that there were not 
 five members able and willing to retain the 
 Charter and work the Lodge ; and shall also 
 give a statement of the funds and effects, and 
 assets and liabilities of the Lodge, and a list of 
 members, with their rank and financial stand- 
 ing and P. O. address.— G. L. By. 74. 
 
 13, On receipt of said petition the Grand 
 Lodge, or during recess, the Grand Master, 
 may grant the prayer and authorize the amal- 
 gamation of the petitioning lodges. — G. L. 
 
 By. 75' 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 urrender 
 Lodge ; 
 gamated 
 :ribed in 
 L. C. 24. 
 
 jire to be 
 
 tition to 
 
 during 
 
 petition 
 :iion had 
 le notice 
 vere not 
 tain the 
 ball also 
 jcts, and 
 
 a list of 
 il stand- 
 
 i Grand 
 
 Master, 
 
 le amal- 
 
 -G. L. 
 
 14. When the union of said petitioning 
 Lodges has been approved, the Grand Master 
 shall cause notice to be sent to each unsus- 
 pended member of the several Lodges at least 
 one week prior to the date fixed for effecting 
 such union, and shall summon him to be 
 present in person at the time and place ap- 
 pointed for that purpose ; and shall also notify 
 the officers of the several Lodges to produce 
 and surrender at said time and place all the 
 funds, effects, books, papers and Charters of 
 the said Lodges. — G. L. By. 76. 
 
 I 5. On the production and surrender of all 
 the said funds, effects, books, papers and 
 Charters, the Grand Master shall issue a dis- 
 pensation for a Lodge to the members of the 
 several Lodges present and desiring to be 
 united, and shall, in person or by deputy, 
 mstitute the same ; and shall transfer to it, as 
 soon as instituted, all the funds, effects, books 
 and papers of the united Lodges ; and said 
 Lodge shall therewith assume and pay all the 
 liabilities and responsibilities of the several 
 Lodges out of which it has been formed, and its 
 members shall have such rank and standing as 
 the books of the uniting Lodges shall show. — 
 G. L. By. 77. 
 
<s 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 16. Any member of any of the uniting 
 Lodges who shall fail to be present at the 
 institution of the united Lodge may, on appli- 
 cation to the Grand Secretary, receive a With- 
 drawal Card, as provided for members of 
 extinct Lodges, and should he apply for ad- 
 mission by such card to the united Lodge 
 within six months from the date of its institu- 
 tion, the vote necessary for his election to 
 membership shall be a majority vote by ballot 
 of those present and voting. — G. L. By. 78. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
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 17. The Constitution of the Grand Lodge, 
 or any part thereof, shall not be altt.ed, 
 amended, suspended or annulled, unless by 
 the votes of two-thirds of the Representatives 
 present at an annual session of the Grand 
 Lodge, and upon notice of such alteration or 
 amendment, in the exact terms of the amend- 
 ment proposed, being given at the annual 
 session next preceding, and a copy thereof 
 being sent to each Subordinate Lodge by the 
 Grand Secretary at least three months previous 
 to the Session at which the vote is taken ; pro- 
 vided that all changes which may be required 
 
 
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OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 to make the Constitution and the By-Laws of 
 the Grand Lodge conform to such laws, rules 
 and regulations as may be made by the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge, shall be ordered at 
 any annual session. — G. L. C. 27. 
 
 I 8. The By-Laws of the Grand Lodge m^y 
 be amended, altered or repealed at any session 
 of the Grand Lodge by a two thirds majority 
 of the members present and voting, on a notice 
 given at a previous sitting. — G. L. By. iii. 
 
 1 9. The Constitution and the Rules of 
 Procedure on Trials, and Rules of Order for 
 Subordinate Lodges or any part thereof, shall 
 not be altered, amended, suspended or an- 
 nulled, unless by action of the Grand Lodge 
 of Ontario, and then only by a two-thirds vote 
 of the Representatives present and voting. — 
 S. L. C. 71. 
 
 ANOIENT ODD-FELLOW. 
 
 (See White's Digest, 758.) 
 
 20. Any brother or Ancient Odd-Fellow, 
 desirous of joining a Lodge, must present a 
 Withdrawal Card or Dismissal Certificate from 
 the Lodge of which he was previously a mem- 
 
lO 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 ber, and his application shall then be disposed 
 of according to the regulations governing can- 
 didates, provided that, in case of the applica- 
 tion of a brother, who, within six months 
 previous to such application, has been a mem 
 ber of a Lodge which has merged into or 
 united with the Lodge applied to, the vote 
 necessary to receive shall be a majority vote 
 by ballot. — S. L. C. 6. 
 
 ANNUITY. 
 
 ^1. Every Lodge shall make such disposi- 
 tion of its Widows' and Orphans' Fund for the 
 relief and benefit of the widows and orphans of 
 deceased members of the Lodge, who were in 
 good standing as required by the By-Laws at 
 the time of their decease, as it shall see fit, 
 except by annuity. -S L. C. ^^. 
 
 APPEALS. 
 
 See Courts of Law. 
 
 2^. Upon the investigation of any appeal 
 the Grand Lodge has full power and jurisdic- 
 tion to dismiss the appeal ; approve the pro- 
 ceedings ; affirm the decision appealed from ; 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 II 
 
 reverse, modify or change the decision or 
 sentence; remove any suspension or expulsion; 
 restore any brother to his full rights and privi- 
 leges ; inflict a penalty where the Lodge has 
 failed to do so ; set aside the proceedings for 
 informality or irregularity ; remand the case 
 for further proceedings; order a new trial, or 
 give such directions as may seem proper. — G. 
 L. C. 26. 
 
 33. The Grand Lodge Committee on Ap- 
 peals shall be composed of seven members, to 
 whom shall be referred all appeals and griev- 
 ances from Subordinate Lodges, or from mem- 
 bers thereof (unless in the case of charges 
 against members of the Grand Lodge), on 
 which they shall report without delay, recom- 
 mending such action as they may consider 
 necessary. No member of this Committee shall 
 act as such on any appeal to which he himself 
 may be a party. — G. L. By. 40. 
 
 24. Any Lodge or brother may appeal to 
 the Grand Lodge against any decision or order 
 of a Lodge, or of any officer of a Lodge, or of 
 any officer of the Grand Lodge. — G L. By. 105. 
 
 25. An appeal to the Grand Master or to a 
 District Deputy Grand Master shall contain a 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 full record of the facts in the case certified 
 under the seal of the Lodge interested, to- 
 gether with the text of the decision, if any 
 rendered, and a statement of the grounds upon 
 which the appeal is based. — G. L. By. io6. 
 
 36. All appeals shall be made in writing 
 and filed with the Grand Secretary within two 
 months from the decision or order appealed 
 against. A transcript of the proceedings 
 properly certified shall be sent with the appeal, 
 and a copy of the appeal shall be served on 
 the opposite party within the same two months. 
 — G. L. By. 107. 
 
 37. If the appeal is against the decision of 
 a Lodge, the Lodge shall, on demand and on 
 receiving the proper costs and charges thereof, 
 furnish the appellant with a copy of all pro- 
 ceedings in the case, duly certified, and in the 
 event of the appeal being sustained, all such 
 costs and charges shall be refunded by the 
 Lodge to the appellant. — G. L. By. 108. 
 
 28. In case an appeal is sustained the 
 brother is thereby restored to his former rights, 
 privileges and membership, unless the Grand 
 Lodge orders otherwise. — G. L. By. 109. 
 
 lis 
 
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 13 
 
 5^9. Where the penalty adjudged by any 
 Lodge is suspension or expulsion, the accused 
 brother may apply to the Grand Master for an 
 arrest of judgment. This application must be 
 made within the time allowed for appeal, and 
 a copy thereof shall be sent to the Lodge at 
 the same time. If the application is granted, 
 and pending the decision of the Grand Master 
 thereon, the proceedings in the case shall be 
 stayed until the appeal is decided by the Grand 
 Lodge, and the standing of the accused brother 
 in his Lodge shall not be affected in the interim 
 unless he shall fail to perfect his appeal within 
 the proper time, or the Grand Master shall 
 refuse the application. — G. L. By. no. 
 
 30, Any member interested shall have the 
 right of appeal to the Grand Lodge of Ontario, 
 provided such appeal be forwarded to the 
 Grand Secretary within two months from the 
 date of the action of the Lodge on the matter 
 to be appealed against, said appeal to be pro- 
 secuted in the manner prescribed in the By- 
 Laws of the Grand Lodge ; and no member 
 shall carry the case to any of the Civil Courts 
 until after the same has been adjudicated upon 
 by the Grand Lodge of Ontario, and, on further 
 appeal by the Sovereign Grand Lodge. — 
 S. L. C. 64. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 31, No member should take legal proceed- 
 ings against his Lodge until his case has been 
 carried before the tribunals of the Order, and 
 there adjudicated upon. — Jour. 1878, pp. ig, 76. 
 
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 APPLICATION. 
 
 See Candidates. 
 
 3^. Every application for membership to a 
 Subordinate Lodge must be submitted in writ- 
 ing in the form provided by the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge, and must be accompanied by a 
 reference to at least two other members of the 
 Lodge, and a certificate of good health from a 
 physician selected by the Lodge, on the form 
 provided by the Grand Lodge. — S. L. C. 3. 
 
 33. The application so made shall be re- 
 ferred to a committee of three members, two 
 of whom shall be appointed by the N.G., and 
 one by the V.G., who shall report thereon at 
 the next regular meeting unless excused by a 
 two-thirds vote of the members present, or 
 unless the application be withdrawn by the 
 proposer. — S. L. C. 4. 
 
 34. A motion to receive the report is not 
 necessary. — Jour. 1873, pp. 579, 617. But 
 
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OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 15 
 
 when the report is submitted, and before the 
 ballot is taken, any member has a right to speak 
 on it, either for or against the candidate. — 
 Jour. 1873, p. 661. 
 
 APPOINTMENTS 
 
 35. The appointed officers of the Grand 
 Lodge shall be : Grand Marshal, Conductor, 
 Guardian, Chaplain and Herald, to be appointed 
 b}^ the Grand Master immediately after his 
 installation, subject to the approval of the 
 Grand Lodge.— G. L. C. 8. 
 
 36. The appointed officers of a Subordinate 
 Lodge shall be W., C, O.G., LG., R.S.N. G., 
 L.S.N. G., R.S.V.G., L.S.V.G., R.S.S. and 
 L.S.S. , and the Lodge may at its option add a 
 Chaplain. — S. L. C. 24. 
 
 37. These officers shall be appointed by 
 the N.G., immediately after his mstallation, 
 except the R.S.V.G. and L.S.V.G., who shall 
 be appointed at the same time by the V.G. — 
 
 38. All members appointed a*; officers must 
 be in good standing and must have attained to 
 the Third Degree. — S.L.C. 26. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 39. The N.G., with the consent of the 
 Lodge, may appointed as O.G. a brother of 
 the Third Degree belonging to any other Lodge 
 in this jurisdiction. — S. L. C. 27. 
 
 ARREA.RS. 
 
 See Dues. 
 
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 iii 
 
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 ARREST OF JUDGMENT. 
 
 40. Where the penalty adjudged by any 
 Lodge is suspension or expulsion, the accused 
 brother may apply to the Grand Master for an 
 arrest of judgment. This application must be 
 made within the time allowed for appeal, and 
 a copy thereof shall be sent to the Lodge at 
 the same time. If the application is granted, 
 and pending the decision of the Grand Master 
 thereon, the proceedings in the case shall be 
 stayed until the appeal is decided by the 
 Grand Lodge, and the standing of the accused 
 brother in his Lodge shall not be afifected in 
 .the interim unless he shall fail to perfect his 
 appeal within the proper time, or the Grand 
 Master shall refuse the application. — G. L. 
 B5^. no. 
 
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 17 
 
 ASSESSMENT. 
 
 41. In the case of failure or deficiency in 
 the funds of the Grand Lodge, the amount 
 required may be suppHed by an assessment 
 upon the Lodges under its jurisdiction, appor- 
 tioned according to the number of unsuspended 
 members in each Lodge, as reported in its last 
 semi annual return. But the Grand Lodge 
 shall not create any debt or incur any liability 
 requiring a larger amount than can be paid 
 out of its funds on hand, without thu sanction 
 previously obtanied of at least two-thirds of the 
 vSubordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction. — 
 G. L. C. 17. 
 
 43. Whenever the available cash assets of 
 a Lodge shall be reduced below an amount 
 equal to ten dollars for each unsuspended 
 member, the Lodge may, either by by-law or 
 by resolution adopted after two weeks' notice, 
 assess its members equally in a sum sufficient 
 to increase the funds to the amount required to 
 make up the deficiency. — S. L.C. 50. 
 
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 AUDITORS. 
 
 43, There shall be two Grand Lodge Audi- 
 tors, one of whom shall be appointed b}' the 
 Grand Master, and the other shall be elected 
 at the annual session of the Grand Lodge, and 
 shall hold office until his successor is elected ; 
 should any Auditor during recess die, resign, 
 refuse or neglect to act, or become incapaci- 
 tated, his place shall, from time to time, as 
 occasion rises, be supplied by appointment of 
 the Grand Master. — G. L. C. lo. 
 
 44. It shall be the duty of such Auditors to 
 examine the books, accounts, vouchers, etc., of 
 the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer 
 prior to each annual session of the Grand 
 Lodge, and report upon the same. — G. L. 
 By. 36. 
 
 BALLOT. 
 
 45. In balloting for Representatives to the 
 Grand Lodge only one name should be written 
 upon the ballot ; and no one shall be declared 
 elected unless he has received a majority of all 
 the votes cast. — G. L. By. 3. 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 46, Should there be no choice upon any 
 ballot, the name of the candidate having the 
 lowest number of votes shall be dropped on 
 proceeding to a new ballot. — Jour. 1869 : p. 
 371. If more than one Representative is to be 
 chosen, in commencing to ballot for a second, 
 all others previously nominated will be con- 
 sidered in nomination. — Jour. 1873 ' P- 621. 
 In case of a tie between two or more of the 
 lowest (three or more being in nomination), a 
 ballot should be immediately taken to deter- 
 mine which of those tieing should be dropped : 
 in no case should the Noble Grand give a 
 casting vote>. — Jour. 1871 : p. 468. 
 
 4 7. A ballot shall be taken on every appli- 
 cation for membership immediately after the 
 presentation of the report of the Committee on 
 character, when, if less than three black balls 
 be found, the candidate shall be accepted ; if 
 three or more, he shall be rejected, and so de- 
 clared ; and any proposition fee prepaid by 
 him shall be returned. — S. L. C. 5. 
 
 4 8. The ballot should be taken immediately 
 after each report of a committee on character, 
 where more than one, and not all read first. — 
 Jour. 1890 : p. 4718. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 49. The ballot cannot be postponed after 
 the committee's report has been presented — 
 Jour. 1872 : p. 548. 
 
 50. During the ballot members should not 
 be prohibited entering the room.- -Jour. 1874: 
 
 P- 733- 
 
 5 1 . While the ballot is progressing a mem- 
 ber in arrears can pay his dues, and ihen 
 becomes qualified to vote on the application* 
 — Jour. 1881 : pp. 2061, 21 18. 
 
 52. Every member previous to his receiv- 
 ing any of the degrees shall present a certifi- 
 cate from the P.S. ihat he is not in arrears to 
 the Lodge, and that he has paid all charges 
 for the said degree ; after which he shall be 
 balloted for. Balloting shall be had when the 
 Lodge is open in the Third Degree, and one 
 ballot shall be taken for all the degrees for 
 which he has applied. — S. L. C. 14. 
 
 53. If, on such ballot, three or more black 
 balls appear, the applicant shall be rejected, 
 otherwise he shall be considered eligible, and 
 shall be admitted to the degree or degrees ap- 
 plied for. In case of rejection he shall not be 
 again balloted for to receive the degrees unless 
 
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 21 
 
 two weeks' notice is given immediately pre- 
 ceding the meeting at which such ballot is 
 taken. — S. L. C. 15. 
 
 54. At elections of officers in Lodges, a 
 majority of all the legal votes cast shall be 
 necessary to election. Should there be no 
 choice of an officer on any ballot, a new ballot 
 shall forthwith take place, and after each ballot 
 the name of each -.'.indidate who may have re- 
 ceived the smallest number of votes, as well as 
 those who shall receive no votes, shall be with- 
 drawn.— S. L C. 23. 
 
 BENEFITS. 
 
 55. Every n^ember, qualified as required 
 by the By-Laws, if rendered incapable of fol- 
 lowing his usual or other attainable occupation 
 by sickness or disability (not occasioned by 
 drunkenness or other immoral conduct on his 
 part) or by reason of infirmity from old age, 
 having no available means of support, shall be 
 entitled to receive from the General Fund such 
 weekly sick benefit as may be fixed by the 
 By-Laws, provided such weekly benefit shall 
 not exceed one-half the amount of the annual 
 receipts per member, from dues and permanent 
 
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 investments. The Lodge shall not be held to 
 pay such benefit for any term of sickness 
 shorter than one week ; but after one week's 
 sickness the brother shall be entitled to bene- 
 fits for each additional day or days that he 
 may be ill. — S. L. C. 51. 
 
 56, Every Lodge may provide by its By- 
 Laws for the reduction of the weekly sick 
 benefit payable to any member after such mem- 
 ber has received benefits for twelve months of 
 continuous sickness, and such By-Law shall 
 apply to any member who may be receiving 
 benefits at the time of its adoption. — S. L. C. 
 
 52. 
 
 57. In case of the death of a member, 
 qualified as required by the By-Laws, there 
 shall be paid to his widow, children, or other 
 relatives who may at the time of his death 
 have been depending on him for support, a 
 Funeral Benefit, in such sum as may be fixed 
 by the By-Laws of the Lodge. In the event 
 
 of the deceased member leaving no such de- 
 pendent relative, the said Funeral Benefit, or 
 as much thereof as may be necessary, shall be 
 applied by the Lodge to defraying his funeral 
 expenses — if any are incurred. — S. L. C. 53. 
 
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 58, Every Lodge may, by its By-laws, make 
 such provisions as shall seem meet for the relief 
 of members in a state of pecuniary distress. — 
 o, i-/. v^t 54* 
 
 59, Every Lodge shall make such disposi- 
 tion of its Widows' and Orphans' Fund for the 
 relief and benefit of the widows and orphans of 
 deceased members of the Lodge, who were in 
 good standing as required by the By-Laws at 
 the time of their decease, as it shall see fit, 
 except by annuity. — S. L. C. 55. 
 
 60, Every Lodge may, by By-Law, fix the 
 time after admission at which a member shall 
 become entitled to benefits, but a member 
 admitted on an unexpired Withdrawal Card 
 shall be entitled to benefits immediately upon 
 his admission to membership. — S. L. C. 56. 
 
 61, A member in arrears cannot be made 
 good on the books and entitled to benefits by a 
 vote of the Lodge. — Jour. 1880; p. 1978. 
 
 62, The fact of a Lodge having paid bene- 
 fits to a member while not in good standing is 
 no ground upon which to base a claim for a 
 continuance of payment. — Jour. 1870: p. 411. 
 

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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 f>3. If the By-Laws of a Lodge provide that 
 notice of sickness must be given within a Hmited 
 time, and such notice is not given, the Brother, 
 in such a case, will not be entitled to benefits 
 during that illness. — Jour. 1873 : p. 618. 
 
 64. A member can be disqualified from 
 benefits after he is one week in arrears, if the 
 By-Laws so provide. — Jour. 1878: pp. 19, 76. 
 
 65. A Brother receiving sick benefits, if 
 legally elected and instructed in the degrees 
 while receiving benefits, would be entitled to 
 the increased sick pay pertaining to the degree 
 to which he had attained. — Jour. 1873 : p. 616. 
 
 66. A member who is taken sick on the first 
 meeting night of the quarter, prior to opening 
 of the Lodge, and has not an opportunity to 
 send in his dues, is entitled to benefits, he not 
 being thirteen weeks in arrears. — Jour. 1877: 
 p. 1994. 
 
 67. The By-Laws of a Lodge provide that 
 a member in arrears shall be disqualified from 
 benefits for six weeks after such arrears are 
 paid. If a member took sick during these six 
 weeks of disqualification, it was held that he 
 would be entitled to benefits for any portion of 
 
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 time he might be sick after the six weeks had 
 expired. — Jour. 1879: p. 1863. 
 
 68. A Lodge cannot by vote make a dis- 
 qualified member good on the books, so as to 
 entitle his widovv- to benefits. — Jour. 1880: p. 
 1978. 
 
 69. A member of the Lodge not entitled to 
 pecuniary benefits is yet entitled to atteutive 
 benefits ; that is, the sympathy, visitation and 
 watch-care of the Lodge, in so far as these do 
 not involve the expenditure of Lodge funds. — 
 Jour. 1879: p. 1864. 
 
 BOOK-KEEPING. 
 
 70. The followmg forms for Lodge Book- 
 keeping were approved by the Grand Lodge. 
 {See Jour. 1890: pp. 4904, 4905, 4913.) 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 BUSINESS. 
 
 71. No business shall be transacted at any 
 regular or special meeting of a Lodge, unless 
 at least five members of the Lodge be then 
 present, nor otherwise than according to the 
 Rules of Order annexed to the Constitution. — 
 S. L. C. 36. 
 
 73. The Grand Lodge does not deem it 
 advisable to enter into the settlement of diffei- 
 ences in business between members of the 
 Order, or between Subordinate Lodges and 
 other parties ; but in such cases the parties 
 interested are advised to submit their disputes 
 to the arbitration of qualified members of the 
 Order. — Jour. 1880: p. 408. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 73, The Grand Lodge Committee on Laws 
 of Subordinate Lodges shall consist of five 
 members, who shall be appointed by the Grand 
 Master at the close of the annual session, to 
 whom shall be referred all By-Laws of Subordi- 
 nate Lodges sent in for approval. It shall be 
 the duty of the Committee, at the earliest pos- 
 
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 OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 29 
 
 sible opportunity, to notify such Lodges, through 
 the Grand Secretary, of their approval or dis- 
 approval of the By-Laws submitted, pointing 
 out all regulations therein (if any) which may 
 violate or conflict with the Laws and Usages of 
 the Order. All By-Laws so approved will be 
 operative upon the Lodge until next session of 
 Grand Lodge, and no By-Laws shall be opera- 
 tive until so approved. The Committee shall 
 make a full repoit to the Grand Lodge at its 
 next session. — G. L. By. 41. 
 
 74. The Grand Lodge will not interfere 
 w^ith By-Laws adopted by a Subordinate, or 
 refuse approval, unless they conflict with the 
 Laws and Usages of the Order; and will not 
 be responsible for any damage or inconvenience 
 the Lodge may sufifer on account of an}^ ambi- 
 guity or imperfection therein. — Jour. 1881 : p. 
 2109. (This position was sustained by the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge on appeal, in the case 
 of Excelsior Lodge, No. 44. — See Jour. S. G. L. : 
 pp. 8640, 8706.) 
 
 75, The By-Laws of the Grand Lodge may 
 be amended, altered or repealed at any session 
 of the Grand Lodge by a' two-thirds majority 
 of the members present and voting, on a notice 
 given at a previous sitting. — G. L. By. iii. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 76. Notice of motion to amenci a By-Law 
 having been regularly made, when the matter 
 comes up for action no new amendment thereto 
 can be acted on without similar notice. — Jour. 
 1876: p. 1678. 
 
 77. Every member of a Lodge shall sign 
 the Constitution and By-Laws of his Lodge on- 
 his admission thereto, but such signature shall 
 not be necessary for the authentication of the 
 contract between the member and the Order, 
 which contract is complete by the member's 
 initiation or admission bv card, such admission 
 by card dating always from the time that he 
 has been accepted by vote of the Lodge ; and 
 every member shall be subject to the said laws 
 as aforesaid, although he may not have signed 
 his name thereto. — S. L. C. 13. 
 
 78. Every Lodge shall stand fully invested 
 with the power to adopt, from time to time, 
 such By-Laws and resolutions as may be 
 deemed expedient, and to repeal, alter or amend 
 the same ; provided they do not in anywise 
 contravene any part of the Constitution of 
 Subordinate Lodges, the Constitution and By- 
 Laws of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, or the 
 laws, principles or customs of the Order. — 
 S. L. C. 69. 
 
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 31 
 
 79 All such By-Laws shall be immediately 
 forwarded in duplicate to the Grand Secretary, 
 authenticated by the seal of the Lodge and the 
 signature of the N.G. and Secretary, one copy 
 to be retained by the Grand Lodge and the 
 other to be returned to the Lodge, certified as 
 approved, or otherwise, as the case may be ; 
 and no such By-Laws shall be operative until 
 approved by the Grand Lodge, or, in its recess, 
 by its Committee on Laws of Subordinates. — 
 S. L. C. 70. 
 
 CANDIDATE. 
 
 80. Candidates for membership, by initia- 
 tion, in any Lodge, must be free, white males, 
 of not less than twenty-one years of age, of 
 good moral character, and in sound health, and 
 resident within the jurisdiction of the Lodge. — 
 
 81, Any candidate requiring admission 
 more than thirteen weeks after his election 
 must be again proposed and balloted for, as in 
 the case of a new candidate.— S. L. C. 7. 
 
 S2, No proposition for membership, either 
 by initiation or by card, shall be received or 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 acted upon, if the applicant's residence be out 
 of this jurisdiction (without the consent of the 
 Grand Master of the jurisdiction in which he 
 resides), nor if his residence be nearer to any 
 other Lodge by the nearest travelled route, 
 unless consent of the latter be obtained ; and 
 in the event of the vio^ ^tion of this clause, the 
 Lodge shall pay ovei all fees received from 
 such applicant to the Lodge within whose 
 jurisdiction he resided, and shall also be liable 
 to suspension by the Grand Lodge or Grand 
 Master. — S. L. C. ii. 
 
 83, An agnostic, or one who professes him- 
 self unable either to affirm or deny the exist- 
 ence of a Supreme Being, is not eligible to be 
 admitted into the Order. Every candidate is 
 required to avow his belief in the existence of 
 a Supreme, Intelligent Being, the Creator and 
 Preserver of the Universe. If one should 
 obtain admission by falsely answering this 
 question in the affirmative, he could be pro- 
 ceeded agamst for fraud, and expelled on a 
 charge for conduct unbecoming an Odd-Fellow. 
 If he has changed his opinions after his initia- 
 tion, his plain duty would be to retire from a 
 society with whose principles and teachings he 
 does no longer agree. — Jour. 1883 : p. 2379. 
 
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 84, All candidates for admission into the 
 Order in this jurisdiction are required to pass 
 a uniforr/i medical examination. Every Lodge 
 must appoint a Medical Examiner, whose duty 
 it is to examine each candidate and report to 
 the Recording Secretary on the form supplied 
 by the Grand Lodge. — Jour. 1889: p. 4581. 
 
 CARDS. 
 
 S5. Members of an extinct Lodge, upon 
 payment of all arrears due by them at the 
 time of the dissolution of the Lodge, may 
 receive a card from the Grand Secretary which 
 shall have all the force and effect of an expired 
 Withdrawal Card ; and the Grand Lodge, or 
 during recess thereof the Grand Master, may 
 direct the issue of cards to such members 
 without the payment of arrears, or upon pay- 
 ment of such portion thereof as may be deemed 
 sufficient, upon satisfactory reasons therefor 
 being shown ; provided always, that the Grand 
 Master and Grand Secretary shall be satisfied 
 that the applicant was not implicated in the 
 breaking up of the Lodge, or in any illegal 
 distribution or use of the funds of the same. — 
 G. L. By. 67. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 86. Any member of any uniting Lodges 
 who shall fail to be present at the institution of 
 the united Lodge may, on application to the 
 Grand Secretary, receive a Withdrawal Card, 
 as provided for members of extinct Lodges, and 
 should he apply for admission by such card to 
 the united Lodge within six months from the 
 date of its institution, the vote necessary for 
 his election to membership shall be a majority 
 vote by ballot of those present and voting. — 
 G. L. By. 78. 
 
 87. Any member in good standing and 
 clear of the books, desiring to withdraw from 
 his Lodge, may signify such desire either per- 
 sonally in open Lodge or by a letter addressed 
 to the Secretary, whereupon the Lodge shall 
 proceed to a ballot, with ball ballots, and a 
 majority vote of the members present shall be 
 necessary to the granting of such Withdrawal 
 card. If a majority of the members present 
 refuse to grant such card, the applicant there- 
 for may tender a written resignation of his 
 membership, and shall be entitled to receive 
 from the Secretary, under the seal of the 
 Lodge, a certificate that he has resigned mem- 
 bership, and such certificate shall be sufficient 
 evidence that the member was in good stand- 
 
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 ing at the time of his resignation ; provided 
 that, upon the refusal of the card, the member 
 applying for the same shall have the right of 
 appeal to the Grand Lodge. — S. L. C. i6. 
 
 88. Any member of a Lodge in good stand- 
 ing and free from all charges shall be entitled 
 to a Visiting Card on payment of all dues for 
 the period for which said card is required, and 
 of a fee not exceeding fifty cents. During 
 recess of the Lodge such card may be issued 
 by the N.G. and Secretary. — S. L. C. 17. 
 
 89. The fee for a Withdrawal or Visiting 
 Card shall not exceed fifty cents, and may be 
 applied to the general fund or any special fund, 
 as the Lodge may provide by its By-Laws. — 
 S. L. C. ^o. 
 
 OERTIPTCATE. 
 
 90. The Grand Secretary shall keep a 
 register of the Past Grands of this jurisdiction. 
 Whenever any member of a Subordinate 
 Lodge attains to the rank of Past Grand a 
 certificate to that effect shall be immediately 
 forwarded under the seal of the Lodge to the 
 Grand Secretary, and each semi-annual return 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 L 'I 
 
 of a Subordinate Lodge shall contain a full 
 list of all Past Grands in good standing be- 
 longing to the Lodge. — G. L. By. 8. 
 
 91. Any member in good standing and 
 clear of the books, desiring to withdraw from 
 his Lodge, may signify such desire either per- 
 sonally in open Lodge or by a letter addressed 
 to the Secretary, whereupon the Lodge shall 
 proceed to a ballot, with ball ballots, and a 
 majority vote of the members present shall be 
 necessary to the granting of such Withdrawal 
 Card. If a majority of the members present 
 refuse to grant such a card, the applicant 
 therefor may tender a written resignation of 
 his membership, and shall be entitled to re- 
 ceive from the Secretary, under the seal of the 
 Lodge, a certificate that he has resigned mem- 
 bership, and such certificate shall be sufficient 
 evidence that the member was in good standing 
 at the time of his resignation ; provided that^ 
 upon the refusal of the card, the member ap- 
 plying for the same shall have the right of 
 appeal to the Grand Lodge. — S. L. C. i6. 
 
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 CHAIRMAN. 
 
 1)3. The first named member of a commit- 
 tee shall be the chairman thereof, unless other- 
 wise ordered by a majority of the committee. 
 At all meetings of committees the Rules of 
 Order shall be observed as far as practicable, 
 except the rules respecting the writing and 
 seconding of motions, limiting the number of 
 times a member may speak, recording the yeas 
 and nays, and calling the previous question. 
 A majority of a committee shall constitute a 
 quorum. — G. L By. 51. 
 
 I 
 
 OHARGES. 
 
 93. Whenever charges affecting the char- 
 acter or standing of any member of the Grand 
 Lodge shall be submitted to the Grand Lodge 
 in writing, by one or more members thereof, 
 the same shall be immediatel}^ referred to a 
 committee of five members, to be elected by 
 ballot, who shall, with as little delay as pos- 
 sible, examine carefully into the charges, and 
 report the result of such examination to the 
 Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 5. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE . aWS 
 
 94. The Grand Lodge, after having heard 
 the member thus charged, in his defence, shall 
 proceed to determine the case, by the acquittal, 
 reprimand, suspension from his seat m the 
 Grand Lodge, or expulsion therefrom of the 
 implicated member, as the Grand Lodge may 
 deem fit and proper. G. L. By. 6. 
 
 95. Whenever any mc. jr shall be so 
 suspended or expelled, intimation of the same 
 shall be forthwith given to the Noble Grand of 
 his Lodge, and the Grand Lodge may require 
 that he be tried by the Subordinate Lodge to 
 which he belongs. — G. L. By. 7. 
 
 96. No member of a Lodge shall be put 
 on trial, unless charges duly specifying his 
 alleged offence shall be first submitted to the 
 Lodge in writing by one or more members of 
 the Order in good standing. — S. L. C. 59. 
 
 97. Any charge or charges so preferred 
 shall be referred to a committee of five mem- 
 bers, to be chosen by ballot, three of whom 
 shall be a quorum ; which committee shall, 
 with as little delay as the case will admit, 
 summon the parties, and examine and deter- 
 mine the matter in question, in accordance 
 with the Constitution and Rules of Procedure 
 
 
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 on Trials. In selecting this committee only 
 one name shall be written upon any ballot. — 
 S. L. C. 60. 
 
 98, Charges may be preferred against a 
 brother holding an unexpired Withdrawal 
 Card. — Jour. 1875: p. 141 1. 
 
 CHARTER. 
 
 See Forfeiture, Mergement, Restoration, 
 
 Surrender. 
 
 99. The Charter Fee to Grand Lodge for 
 a Subordinate Lodge is $30 ; for a Degree 
 Lodge, or Rebekah Degree Lodge, $5. — 
 G. L. C. 16. 
 
 100. Upon the written application of pro- 
 perly qualified members of the Order, accom- 
 panied by certificates of qualification and the 
 Charter fees, the Grand Lodge will grant 
 Charters to Subordinate Lodges, Degree Lodges 
 and Rebekah Degree Lodges, subject to the 
 terms and conditions imposed by the Consti- 
 tution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. 
 During the recess of the Grand Lodge the 
 Grand Master at his discretion may issue 
 
40 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 dispensations for the institution of such Lodges. 
 — .,T. L. C. 1 8. 
 
 101, The appHcants fur a Charter for a 
 Subordinate Lodge must be at least five in 
 number ; and in a locahty where a Lodge 
 already exists, not less than ten ; and must be 
 in possession of the Third Degree, and holders 
 of Withdrawal Cards or dismissal certificates. 
 For a Charter for^ajDegree Lodge there must 
 be not less than ten applicants of the Third 
 Degree, two of whom must be Past Grands ; 
 and for a Rebekah Degree Lodge the appli- 
 cants must be not less than five brothers of the 
 Third Degree and five sisters possessing the 
 R. D., or qualified by their relationship to 
 members of the Order to receive the same — 
 G. L. C. 19. 
 
 102. Where it is deemed advisable to 
 institute a Lodge in any locality not less than 
 ten miles from any other Lodge — the approval 
 of the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master hav- 
 ing been first obtained — it shall not be neces- 
 sary for the applicants to be members of the 
 Order ; and the Grand Master, or his duly 
 commissioned deputy, shall have power to 
 initiate and confer the Degrees on a sufficient 
 number of applicants to constitute such new 
 
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 Lodge, provided that such persons shall hav'e 
 first made application to the nearest Lodge, 
 and been accepted upon ballot, as in the 
 case of other applicants for membership. — 
 G. L. C. 20. 
 
 103. The funds and properties of Subor- 
 dinate Lodges are by the provisions of their 
 Charters and the laws of the Order held only 
 in trust for charitable purposes ; donating them 
 for other than such purposes, or in any manner 
 dividing them among the members individually, 
 is a violation of such trust and the law — the 
 penalty for which is expulsion ; and any mem- 
 ber participating in such illegal diversion of 
 Lodge property from its legitimate objects will 
 be held personally responsible for the money 
 or effects so diverted, and will be liable to 
 prosecution by the Grand Lodge in the Civil 
 Courts. If a Subordinate Lodge shall fail 
 from any cause to work, all monies and pro- 
 perties, together with the Charter, shall be 
 surrendered to the Grand Lodge, to be held in 
 trust and applied as hereinafter provide.]. — 
 G. L. C. 21. 
 
 104. Any Subordinate Lodge failing to 
 make the returns and pay the dues required by 
 iis Constitution, for twelve months, sliall be- 
 
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42 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 come liable to the forfeiture of its Charter, 
 which may thereupon be recalled by the Grand 
 Master, or by vote of the Grand Lodge at any 
 regular session. In tne event of any Lodge 
 failing to meet for three consecutive months, 
 it shall thereby become extinct ; and it shall 
 be the duty of the officers and members of 
 such Lodge to transmit to the Grand Lodge 
 the Charter, books, funds and other property 
 of said Lodge. — G. L. C. 22. 
 
 105, A Subordinate Lodge may surrender 
 its Charter and be merged into anothei Lodge ; 
 or two or more Lodges may be amalgamated 
 under the terms and conditions prescribed in 
 the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. — G. L. C. 24. 
 
 106, At the institution of a Lodge, the 
 instituting officer would be justified in remov- 
 ing from the dispensation the name of a pro- 
 posed Chartered Member who was not present. 
 — Jour. 1872 : p. 549. But after the Lodge 
 has been instituted the name of a member 
 cannot be erased from the charter on account 
 of his expulsion. — Jour. 1871 : p. 471. 
 
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 CLAIMS. 
 
 107 • All claims against the Grand Lodge 
 shall be first placed in the hands of the Grand 
 Secretary, and by him submitted to the 
 Finance Committee, who shall examme and 
 report on the correctness of the same. No 
 claim will be considered unless in the form of a 
 definitely itemized account. — G. L. By. 56. 
 
 108. When such claims have been reported 
 correct and approved by the Grand Lodge, 
 the Grand Master shall issue an order on the 
 Grand Treasurer, attested by the Grand Secre- 
 tary, for the payment of the same, which pay- 
 ment shall be duly entered in the books of the 
 Grand Lodge by the Grand Treasurer.-G. L. 
 
 By. S7' 
 
 109. In case of urgency, during the recess 
 of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master may, 
 at his discretion, issue such order making 
 report thereof to the Grand Lodge at its next 
 regular session. — G. L. By. 58. 
 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 V. HI 
 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
 110, The following Grand Lodge Standing 
 Committees shall be appointed from among the 
 Representatives or Past Grands by the Grand 
 Master, at or before the opening of each annual 
 session, to serve until their successors shall be 
 appointed, unless sooner discharged by vote 
 of the Grand Lodge, y'lz. : on Credentials, 
 on Distribution, on Finance, on Appeals and 
 Grievances, on Laws of Subordinates, on 
 Printuig and Supplies, on Legislation, on State 
 of the Order, on Judiciary, on Election Re- 
 turns, on Mileage and Per Diem, on Petitions 
 and Correspondence, on Districts, on Fraternal 
 Relations, on Degree of Rebekah ; whose duty 
 it shall be to consider and report on such 
 matters as may be referred to them under the 
 By-Laws or by resolution of the Grand 
 Lodge. — G. L. C. 13. 
 
 111. The first named member of a com- 
 mittee shall be the chairman thereof, unless 
 otherwise ordered by a majority of the com- 
 mittee. At all meetings of committees the 
 Rules of Order of the Grand Lodge shall be 
 observed as far as practicable, except the rules 
 respecting the writing and seconding of motions, 
 
 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 45 
 
 limiting the number of times a member may 
 speak, recording the yeas and nays, and calling 
 the previous question. A majority of a com- 
 mittee shall constitute a quorum. — G. L. By. 51. 
 
 11^. The reports of all committees must 
 be made in writing and shall be laid on the 
 table, to be printed by the Grand Secretary, 
 and copies thereof placed before the members 
 at the next sitting of the Grand Lodge, when 
 action shall be taken thereon ; provided that 
 this By-Law may be suspended by a majority 
 vote of the Grand Lodge whenever its opera- 
 tion would be impracticable or unnecessary. — 
 G. L. By. 52. 
 
 113. In all cases where matters are re- 
 ferred to Special Committees to be reported on 
 at a subsequent session of the Grand Lodge, 
 such report or reports must be sent to the 
 Grand Secretary in time to be printed, and a 
 copy thereof sent to each Subordinate Lodge 
 at least one month prior to the opening of the 
 Grand Lodge, and to each representative, as 
 soon as his name is known to the Grand 
 Secretary. — G. L. By. 53. 
 
 114. A committee appointed to perform 
 certain specified duties for a Lodge , and failing 
 
46 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 to do SO in a reasonable time, may be dis- 
 charged by vote of the Lodge and a new one 
 appointed. — Jour. 1889 : p. 4506. 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 115. The Constitution of the Grand Lodge 
 of Ontario contains the fundamental ground- 
 work of its organic law ; its title, powers, 
 membership, officers, committees, sessions and 
 revenues. It can only be amended by a two- 
 thirds vote after a 5^ear's notice. — G. L. C. 27. 
 
 govern 
 
 I 16. The Constitution for the 
 ment of Subordinate Lodges is enacted by 
 the Grand Lodge, and is uniform for all Lodges 
 under its jurisdiction. It contains the law by 
 which each Lodge is to be governed in the 
 transaction of its business. It may be amended 
 by the Grand Lodge at any time by a two- 
 thirds vote without notice. — S. L. C. 71. 
 
 117. The Constitution for the government 
 of Subordinate Lodges, and the By-Laws and 
 Rules of Order made thereunder, and the Con- 
 stitution and By-Laws and Rules of Order 
 of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, shall con- 
 stitute the contract between the Order and 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 each member thereof ; and every member from 
 the time of his initiation or admission by card, 
 and so long as he continues in membership 
 in the Order, shall be bound by every clause 
 and article therein contained, and shall be sub- 
 ject thereto in every particular. — S. L. C. 12, 
 
 118. Every member shall sign the Consti- 
 tution and By-Laws of his Lodge on his admis- 
 sion thereto, but such signature shall not be 
 necessary for the authentication of the afore- 
 said contract, which contract is complete by 
 the member's initiation or admission by card, 
 such admission by card dating always from the 
 time that he has been accepted by vote of the 
 Lodge ; and every member shall be subject to 
 the said laws as aforesaid, although he may 
 not have signed his name thereto. — S.L.C. 13. 
 
 ¥>§ 
 
 CONTINGENT FUND. 
 
 119. The receipts and disbursements on 
 account of any special fund shall be kept 
 separate and distinct from the general fund, 
 and any money appropriated to a Widows' 
 and Orphans' Fund shall be used only for the 
 payment of benefits and relief to the widows 
 and orphans of deceased members of the Lodge. 
 
48 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 No portion of the regular dues, initiation or 
 degree fees of the Lodge shall be applied to a 
 contingent fund or special fund provided for 
 amusement or entertainment purposes, or for 
 any purpose other than the payment of benefits, 
 relief and general maintenance. — S. L. C. 45. 
 
 CONTRACT. 
 
 120, The Constitution for the government 
 of Subordinate Lodges, and the By-Laws and 
 Rules of Order m.ade thereunder, and the Con- 
 stitution and By-L^'ws and Rules of Order of 
 the Grand Lodge of Ontario, shall constitute 
 the contract between the Order and each 
 member thereof ; and every member from the 
 time of his initiation or admission by card, and 
 so long as he continues in membership in the 
 Order, shall be bound by every clause and 
 article therein contained, and shall be subject 
 thereto in every particular. — S. L. C. 12. 
 
 131. Every member shall sign the Consti- 
 tution and By-Laws of his Lodge on his 
 admission thereto, but such signature shall not 
 be necessary for the authentication of the afore- 
 said contract, which contract is complete by 
 the member's initiation or admission by card, 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 such admission by card dating always from the 
 time that he has been accepted by vote of the 
 Lodge ; and every member shall be subject to 
 the said laws as aforesaid, although he may 
 not have signed his name thereto. — S.L.C. 13. 
 
 OORRESPONDENOE. 
 
 (5^^ Fraternal Relations, Petitions.) 
 
 COURTS OF LAW. 
 
 13^, The following decisions have been 
 made in cases tried and determined in the 
 Canadian Law Courts : — 
 
 '• Where an Association has a code of laws, as also 
 rules for the government of members, which point out 
 what course a member shall pursue if he finds himself 
 aggrieved ; he must exhaust the remedies thus provided 
 before applying to the Courts of Law for redress." — 
 Field vs. Court Hope, 26 Chcy., 467. 
 
 " Membersofcharitibleand*provident Societies should 
 not be allowed to litigate their grievances within the 
 Society in Courts of Law until they have exhausted every 
 possible means of redress afforded by the internal regula- 
 tions of their Societies." — Essery vs. Court Pride, 2 O. R., 
 596. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 ■I 
 
 In the case of Wright vs. Incorporated Synod of the 
 Diocese of Huron, ii S.C.R., o",, it was held that the 
 Trustees of a Clergy Reserve Commutation Fund had 
 power, from time to time, to pass By-Laws regulating 
 the fund, and making a different appropriation of it ; 
 that the plaintiff, who had been in receipt of a specified 
 sum under a former By-Law, came under the operation 
 of the new By Law, and that he had no vested right 
 which could entitle him to object, the fund being a por- 
 tion of the income derived from, year to year, the amount 
 of which was liable to vary, as investments were more or 
 less productive, and as one after another of the commut- 
 ing clergy ceased to be recipients, and it being a fund 
 which had no existence except in anticipation until real- 
 ized by the periodical payment of interest. 
 
 The two following cases were decided in the 
 United States courts : — 
 
 A Society altered its By-Laws so that a widow who 
 should have received twenty-five cents per day during 
 her widowhood was afterwards to receive that sum only 
 until it aggregated !$200, although her husband died before 
 the change in the By-Law was made. The Court sus- 
 tained the By-Law on the ground that the Constitution 
 contained a clause allowing changes in the By-Laws, and 
 because the Society might, in times of great sickness and 
 numerous deaths, becom^ unable to pay at all, if it were 
 not allowed to reduce its liabilities by the change which 
 it made. — Fiigure vs. Mutual Society of St. Josephs, 46 
 Vermont, 362. 
 
 A member of a Society is not in the position of a 
 creditor, and can claim only such benefits as are pre- 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 scribed by the By-Laws existing at the time he applies 
 for relief. — St. Patrick's Benevolent Society vs. McVey, 92 
 Pa., 510. 
 
 An English case is mentioned in the Canada Laiv 
 yournal for June, i88g (25 L. J., 338), as having been 
 decided in the Chancery Court of Lancashire between 
 the L O. O. F., Manchester Unity, and the members 
 of Lodge No. 52. The members had divided part of the 
 funds of the Lodge among themselves, and the Court held 
 .lat such an appropriation was a breach of trust, and 
 that the defendants were personally liable to make 
 good the sum so divided. An injunction was granted, 
 and the defendants were ordered to repay the amount 
 divided and thf; costs of the suit. 
 
 CREDENTIALS. 
 
 1^3. Immediately upon the opening of the 
 Grand Lodge in the prescribed form, the 
 Grand Master shall appoint a Committee on 
 Credentials, who shall consider and report 
 upon the credentials of new Representatives 
 and Past Grands with as little delay as possi- 
 ble ; and no other business shall be transacted 
 by the Grand Lodge until the report of said 
 Committee has been acted upon. — G. L. By. 12. 
 
 1^4, The Committee on Credentials shall 
 be composed of three members, of whom the 
 Grand Secretary shall be one, who shall report 
 
52 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 to the Grand Lodge, without delay, on the 
 quahfication of brothers claiming admission as 
 Representatives or Past Grands, and on the 
 validity of their credentials. — G. L. By. 37. 
 
 12*y. The Secretariesof Subordinate Lodges 
 are required to forward the Credentials of Rep- 
 resentatives elect to the R. W. Grand Secretary, 
 at least two weeks prior to the annual meeting 
 of the Grand Lodge. — Jour. 1871 : p. 475. 
 
 DECISIONS. 
 
 See Courts of Law. 
 
 13(>. In the event of any dispute arising 
 under the laws of Odd-Fellowship, or of any 
 doubts as to the intent and meaning of any 
 part of the Constitution, By-Laws, Rules or 
 Resolutions of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, 
 or ol the Constitution and By-Laws of its 
 Subordinate Lodges, or of any of the laws or 
 usages of the Order, the Grand Lodge shall 
 have power to interpret and decide thereon ; 
 and its decision in the case shall be of full force 
 and effect, and binding upon all members of 
 the Order in Ontario, unless the same should 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 be at any time reversed on appeal, by the Sov- 
 ereign Grand Lodge, whose judgment therein 
 shall be final. — G. L. C. 3. 
 
 127. The Grand Lodge Judiciary Com- 
 mittee shall consist of seven members, to whom 
 shall be referred the decisions of the Grand 
 Master made during the recess, and all ques- 
 tions relating to the interpretation or construc- 
 tion of the laws and usages of the Order. — 
 G. L. By. 44. 
 
 128. The Grand Master's decisions during 
 the recess should be in writing, and in answer 
 only to written questions. — Jour. 1870: pp. 
 417, 418. 
 
 129. Lodges desiring answers to any ques- 
 tions must, in all cases, submit such questions 
 first to the District Deputy Grand Master 
 before sending the same to the Grand Master, 
 — Jour. 1890: 4916. 
 
 DEFUNOT LODGE. 
 
 130. Members of an extinct Lodge, upon 
 payment of all arrears due by them at the time 
 of the dissolution of the Lodge, may receive a 
 card from the Grand Secretary which shall 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 have all the force and effect of an expired 
 Withdrawal Card ; and the Grand Lodge, or 
 during recess thereof the Grand Master, may 
 direct the issue of cards to such members with- 
 out the payment of arrears, or upon payment 
 of such portion thereof as may be deemed 
 sufficient, upon satisfactory reasons therefor 
 being shown ; provided, always, that the Grand 
 Master and Grand Secretary shall be satisfied 
 that the applicant was not implicated in the 
 breaking up of the Lodge, or in any illegal 
 distribution or use of the funds of the same. — 
 G. L. By. 67. 
 
 131, Upon the application to the Grand 
 Lodge of five or more members of an extinct 
 Lodge which has not been merged into or 
 amalgamated with any other Lodge, for the 
 restoration of such Lodge to fellowship, such 
 applicants as the Grand Lodge may approve, 
 may be restored to fellowship in said Lodge, 
 together with the Charter and effects belonging 
 to such Lodge at the time of its extinction, 
 unless such effects shall have been disposed of 
 as provided in By-Lav/ 66. — G. L. By. 68. 
 
 1 3^, Any money in possession of a member 
 of a resuscirated Lodge, accepted by him when 
 the Lodge became defunct, would have to be 
 
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 paid to the Grand Lodge, and not to the resus- 
 citated Subordinate. — Jour. 1876: p. 1676. 
 
 133. The funds belonging to defunct Lodges 
 are to be invested by the Grand Treasurer 
 (subject to the approval of the Executive), in 
 mortgage on real estate, or deposited in some 
 chartered bank in the Provmce, in savings bank 
 branch, or on deposit receipt, the interests 
 received to be credited to the several accounts. 
 — Jour. 1888 : 4410. 
 
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 DEGREE LODGES. 
 
 134. Whenever it may appear to the mem- 
 bers of any Lodge or Lodges in any city or 
 town under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge 
 of Ontario that it would be consistent with the 
 interests of the Order to establish a Degree 
 Lodge in such place, it shall be proper for 
 them to authorize at least ten Brothers of the 
 Third Degree to make a written application to 
 the Grand Lodge to that effect. 
 
 135. Such application shall be signed by 
 the full number of the Brethren so authorized, 
 and shall be accompanied by the Charter Fee, 
 $5 ; by a certificate from the District Deputy 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 Grand Master that the petitioners are properly 
 quahfied, and by a certificate over the seal of 
 the Lodge or Lodges with which they are con- 
 nected that they are members in good standing, 
 and that they have been duly authorized by 
 their Lode^e or Lodges to apply for such 
 Charter. 
 
 136. As soon as the necessary authority 
 shall have been obtained from the Grand Mas- 
 ter, the District Deputy Grand Master shall 
 summon all Third Degree members in good 
 standing in their Lodge or Lodges, and pro- 
 ceed with the institution of the Lodge and the 
 election and installation of officers after the 
 manner and form prescribed for the same. 
 
 137. A Degree Lodge shall be composed 
 of members in good standing in the Order, of 
 the Third Degree, resident within the jurisdic- 
 tion of the Degree Lodge, and all business 
 ^except tha*^ of conferring the First and Second 
 Degrees of this Order) shall be transacted when 
 open in the Third Degree, and five members 
 shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 138. Loss of good standmg, suspension or 
 expulsion from membership in a Subordinate 
 Lodge shall at once similarly affect the mem- 
 
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 ber's standing in the Degree Lodge, and 
 reinstatement in the Subordinate shall work 
 reinstatement in the Degree Lodge. 
 
 139. The Elective Officers of a Degree 
 Lodge shall be a Degree Master, Deputy 
 Degree Master, Secretary and Treasurer, who 
 shall be elected annually by a majority of the 
 votes, polled for that purpose. 
 
 140. Nominations for Elective Officers 
 shall be made upon the last two meetings in 
 December, and the election shall be held upon 
 the last regular meeting in December, and the 
 Installation of Officers shall take place on the 
 first regular meeting of the succeeding January. 
 
 141. The appointed officers shall be a 
 Warden, Conductor and Outside and Inside 
 Guardians, First, Second, Third and Fourth 
 Assistant Degree Masters, to be appointed by 
 the Degree Master upon the night of his instal- 
 lation. 
 
 14^. No brother shall be eligible for the 
 office of Degree Master, or Deputy Degree 
 Master, who is not a Past Grand in good 
 standing in some Subordinate Lodge of the 
 Order m Ontario. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 143. The Degree Master shall occupy the 
 place of the Noble Grand in a Subordinate 
 Lodge, the Deputy Degree Master that of the 
 Vice Grand ; the First and Second Assistants 
 thereof Right and Left Supporters of the Noble 
 Grand ; the Third and Fourth Assistants, those 
 of Right and Left Supporters of the Vice 
 Grand ; and these and all other officers of the 
 Degree Lodge, in addition to the special duties 
 imposed upon them by the Ritual, shall per- 
 form the duties and exercise the power of the 
 officers holding corresponding positions in a 
 Subordinate Lodge. 
 
 144, The application of a brother for any 
 Degree, with the fee for the same, must be 
 received by his Subordinate Lodge, in which 
 Lodge he shall be balloted for ; all balloting 
 shaP take place when the Lodge is open in the 
 Thiru Degree, and a single ballot may be taken 
 for all the Degrees for which the brother has 
 applied. If three or more black balls appear, 
 he shall be declared rejected ; otherwise he 
 shall be deemed eligible, and a certificate to 
 that effect shall be granted him, which certifi- 
 cate, on being presented to the Degree Lodge, 
 shall be its authority for conferring the Degree 
 or Degrees applied for. 
 
 
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OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 59 
 
 . 
 
 145. A Degree Lodge may, with the con- 
 sent of two-thirds of the members of the Sub- 
 ordinate Lodge or Lodges connected with it, 
 present and voting at a regular meeting of such 
 Subordinate Lodge or Lodges, charge its mem- 
 bers an entrance fee and stated dues. Should 
 no fees or dues be charged, the expenses of the 
 Degree Lodge shall be borne by the Subordi- 
 nate Lodge or Lodges to which the Degree 
 members belong. 
 
 146. A Subordinate Lodge may provide by 
 its By-Laws for the payment to the Degree 
 Lodge of a part or the whole of the regular 
 charge for the Degrees. 
 
 147. Any Degree Lodge shall have power 
 to adopt necessary By-Laws, rules and regula- 
 tions for its government, conformable to this 
 Constitution and to the Constitution and Laws 
 of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, and the Laws 
 and Usages of the Order. 
 
 148. Degree Lodges shall be subject to all 
 the laws applying to Subordinate Lodges in 
 the matters of sessions, terms, returns, trials 
 and penalties, and forfeiture of Charter in so 
 far as the same may be applicable, except that 
 their terms shall be annual, and that they shall 
 
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 not be required to pay per capita tax to the 
 Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 70 to 93. 
 
 149. A member of a Degree Lodge cannot 
 wear Encampment regalia therein. — Jour. 1879 : 
 p. 1862. 
 
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 DEGREES. 
 
 (See Degree Lodges, Grand Lodge Degree, 
 
 Rebekah.) 
 
 150. Every member previous to his receiv- 
 ing any of the Degrees shall present a certificate 
 from the P. S. that he is not in arrears to the 
 Lodge, and that he has paid all charges for the 
 said Degree ; after which he shall be balloted 
 for. Balloting shall be had when the Lodge 
 is open in the Third Degree, and one ballot 
 shall be taken for all the Degrees for which he 
 has applied. — S. L. C. 14. 
 
 151. If, on such ballot, three or more 
 black balls appear, the applicant shall be re- 
 rejected, otherwise he shall be considered 
 eligible, and shall be admitted to the Degree or 
 Degrees applied for. In case of rejection he 
 shall not be a^rain balloted for to receive the 
 
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 Degrees unless two weeks' notice is given 
 immediately preceding the meeting at which 
 such ballot is taken. — S. L. C. 15. 
 
 152, The fees for Degrees shall not be at a 
 less rate than $2 for each Degree. — S. L. C. 46. 
 
 153. A Subordinate Lodge may confer 
 Degrees upon a member of any other Lodge, 
 without fee, upon presentation of a request 
 from said Lodge so to do, accompanied by a 
 certificate that the person applying is quaUfied 
 to receive the Degree applied for. — G.L.By.6i. 
 
 DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
 154, The Deputy Grand Master shall act 
 as the assistant of the Grand Master, and, 
 during the absence of that officer, shall be in- 
 vested with all his powers. In the event of 
 the death, resignation, or removal from office 
 of the Grand Master, he shall, ex-officiof be- 
 come Grand Master until the next regular 
 session thereafter. — G. L. By. 24. 
 
 1 55, The Grand Master, or Deputy Grand 
 Master, shall not hold office in a Subordinate 
 Lodge while holding either of those offices. — 
 G. L. By. 35. 
 
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 DISPENSATIONS. 
 
 156. The Grand Lodge, or in its recess 
 the Grand Master thereof, shall have power 
 to issue dispensations, countersigned by the 
 Grand Secretary, to any Lodge under this 
 jurisdiction, to exempt it, in any particular 
 case, from the operation of any of the various 
 regulations other than financial, by whicli it is 
 governed, or to enable it to proceed in any 
 matter with other than the usual and pre- 
 scribed formalities, whenever the Grand Lodge 
 or Grand Master deem it for the interest and 
 welfare of the Order to do so. — G. L. C. 23. 
 
 157. The Grand Master may grant dis- 
 pensations to open new Lodges, and for the 
 mergement or amalgamation of existing Lodges 
 and petitions of a Subordinate Lodge to rein- 
 state an expelled member. — G. L. By. 23. 
 
 158. It is not legal to issue a dispensation 
 in blank. — Jour. 1875: p. 1398. 
 
 159. A dispensation cannot be granted by 
 a D. D. G. M., except on the night of the insti- 
 tution of a new Lodge, to receive application, 
 refer to committee, ballot and initiate on the 
 same night. — Jour. 1877 : pp. 1870, 1957. 
 
 1 60. The Grand Master cannot grant a 
 continuous dispensation to enable the mem- 
 
 
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 bers of a Lodge to appear in regalia on several 
 occasions. Each dispensation must state the 
 date and occasion for which it is granted. — 
 Jour. 1889 : p. ^507. 
 
 DISTRIBUTION. 
 
 161. The Grand Lodge Committee on Dis- 
 tribution shall consist of five members, to whom 
 shall be referred the reports of the Grand 
 Master, Grand Secretary, and Grand Repre- 
 sentatives, in order to distribute the various 
 matters embraced in them to appropriate 
 committees. — G. L. By. 38. 
 
 DISTRICTS. 
 
 162. The Grand Lodge shall group the 
 Lodges in the Province of Ontario into Dis- 
 tricts, making such arrangements thereof from 
 time to time, as circumstances may suggest 
 and require, and as shall seem most fit and 
 expedient. — G. L. C. 25. 
 
 163. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Districts shall consist of seven members, whose 
 duty it shall be to divide the jurisdiction into 
 Districts. — G. L. By. 48. 
 
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 164, In every District in the jurisdiction 
 there shall be a District Committee, which 
 shall consist of the Past Grands duly elected 
 thereto by the several Lodges in the District at 
 their last meeting in each year. — G. L. By. 98. 
 
 1 65. Each Lodge in the District shall be 
 entitled to one Representative on the Com- 
 mittee, when the number of unsuspended 
 members on the night of election shall be less 
 than fifty; two Representatives when the num- 
 ber shall be fifty, and one Representative for 
 each additional fifty. — G. L. By. 99. 
 
 166, The District Committee shall hold its 
 ordinary sessions monthly, quarterly, or at 
 special dates, as it may determine. But an 
 annual session shall be held on the second 
 Wednesday of June in each 3^ear, or any subse- 
 quent day in said month, at such time and 
 place in the District as may be previously 
 selected at an ordinary meeting of the Com- 
 mittee, or, in default thereof, by the District 
 Deputy Grand Master for the District. — 
 G. L. By. 100. 
 
 167, Each District Committee shall have 
 power to make rules for its own government, 
 subject to the approval of the Grand Lodge ; 
 
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 to make such recommendations to the Sub- 
 ordinate Lodges ir district, and to the 
 Grand Lodge, as i^ . j think for the advan- 
 tage of the Order ; to nominate at its annaal 
 session a suitable person for the office of 
 District Deputy Grand Master, such nominee 
 to be chosen by ballot ; to provide for the 
 necessary expenses of its ovv^n meetings ; to fix 
 a fee or fees payable by the Subordinate Lodges 
 in the district for the visits of the District 
 Deputy Grand Master ; and to perform such 
 other duties, and exercise such other powers 
 as are consistent with the Constitution of the 
 Grand Lodge and the laws of the Order. — 
 G. L. By. loi. 
 
 168. The District Committee shall be pre- 
 sided over by the District Deputy Grand 
 Master, who shall, as such presiding officer, 
 have similar powers and privileges to those 
 belonging to the Grand Master when presiding 
 over the Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 102. 
 
 169. Each District Committee shall, at its 
 annual meeting, or whenever vacancies occur, 
 elect a Secretary, who shall, in addition to the 
 usual duties of such an officer, send to the 
 Grand Master, through the District Deputy 
 Grand Master, before the annual session of 
 
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 the Grand Lodge, a report of the proceedings 
 of the Committee, inchiding the nomination 
 for the District Deputy Grand Master, and 
 certify to the Grand Lodge, or any Committee 
 thereof, such proceedings of the District Com- 
 mittee, and such papers in his possession as 
 may be required. He shall also act as Trea- 
 surer in the receipt and disbursement of such 
 moneys as may be required to meet the expenses 
 of the Committee and of the District Deputy 
 Grand Master. — G. L. By. 103. 
 
 170. The Grand Master shall, from the 
 reports supplied him by the District Com- 
 mittees, make a list of the several nommees 
 for the office of District Deputy Grand Master, 
 and communicate the same to his successor 
 immediately after the latter has been elected. — 
 G. L. By. 104. 
 
 DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
 171. The Grand Master shall, as soon after 
 his installation as may be, appoint, subject to 
 the approval of the Grand Lodge, a District 
 Deputy Grand Master for each District under 
 the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, and within 
 
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 which one or more Subordinate Lodges may 
 be in operation. — G. L. C. 9. 
 
 IK 2. Each District Deputy Grand Master 
 shall act as the agent of the Grand Master, 
 with the Subordinate Lodge or Lodges situated 
 within the District over which he may be ap- 
 pointed ; it shall be his duty to see that the 
 work of the Order is performed therein uni- 
 formly and correctly ; and to install the officers 
 of such Lodge or Lodges, or cause the same to 
 be done by a competent officer ; he shall be 
 entrusted with the charge of, and shall counter- 
 sign and issue all dispensations granted to any 
 Lodge in this District ; he shall report to the 
 Grand Master, at least two weeks previous to 
 each regular Session, such dispensations as may 
 have passed through his hands, together with 
 all other matters coming within his sphere of 
 duty ; and he shall remit forthwith to the Grand 
 Secretary all dues, charges, and other funds, 
 which may have been received by him on 
 account of the Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 34. 
 
 173. The District Committee shall be pre- 
 sided over by the District Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter, who shall, as such presiding officer, have 
 similar powers and privileges to those belonging 
 
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 to the Grand Master when presiding over the 
 Grand Lod^e. — G. L. By. 102. 
 
 174. Each District Committee shall, at its 
 annual meeting, or whenever vacancies occur, 
 elect a Secretary, who shall, in addition to the 
 usual duties of such an officer, send to the 
 Grand Master, through the District Deputy 
 Grand Master, before the annual session of the 
 Grand Lodge, a report of the proceedings of 
 the Committee, including the nomination for 
 the District Deputy Grand Master, and certify 
 to the Grand Lodge, or any Committee thereof, 
 such proceedings of the District Committee, 
 and such papers in his possession as ma}' be 
 required. He shall also act as Treasurer in 
 the receipt and disbursement of such mone3^s 
 as may be required to meet the expenses of the 
 Committee and of the District Deputy Grand 
 Master. — G. L. By. 103. 
 
 175. Th3 Grand Master shall, from the re- 
 ports supplied him by the District Committees, 
 make a list of the several nominees for the office 
 of District Deputy Grand Master, and commu- 
 nicate the same to his successor immediately 
 after the latter has been elected. — G. L. By. 
 104. 
 
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 176. It is the dut} of every District Deputy 
 Grand Master to visit each Lodge in his Dis- 
 trict at least once annually. — Jour. 1876: p. 1681. 
 In visiting officially he should announce him- 
 self as District Deputy Grand Master; if he 
 does not so ann«^unce himself, he cannot give 
 a decision without being appealed to in his offi- 
 cial capacity. — Jour. 1869 : pp. 338, 369. 
 
 177. All questions relative to the v/orking 
 of a Lodge should be sent to the District 
 Deputy Grand Master, and in the event of his 
 being unable to answer the same he shall sub- 
 mit them to the Grand Master — Jour. 1874, p. 
 741 ; he should not give a decision before the 
 Noble Grand has had an opportunity to pro- 
 nounce thereon--Jour. 1872 : p. 528; but, hav- 
 ing given his decision, the Noble Grand can- 
 not appeal to the Lodge to sustain him, the 
 Noble Grand, in opposition to the Disv'rict 
 Deputy Grand Master — Jour. 1872: p. 527; 
 the District Deputy Grand Master's decision 
 is binding on the Lodge until reversed by 
 higher authority — Jour, i860 : p. 84 ; ail appeals 
 to him should be sent through the Lodge, and 
 the answer sent to the Lodge, and not to the 
 brother making the appeal. —Jour. 1879: pp. 
 1785. 1864 
 
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 178. A District Deputy Grand Master 
 should not communicate the Pass- Word to any 
 person except the Noble Grand or acting^ Noble 
 Grand. — Jour. 1879 : pp. 1785, 1864. In doing 
 so, he does not give the Noble Grand the 
 cypher, but interprets it himself and then com- 
 municates the Pass-Word to the Noble Grand. 
 — Jour. 1881 : p. 2113. 
 
 179. A District Deputy Grand Master 
 would not be justified in infusing to instal a 
 duly qualified and elected brother — Jour. 1869: 
 pp. 337, 366 ; nor could he declare an installa- 
 tion void because it was performed by a visiting 
 Past Grand — Jour. 1869: pp. 338. 367; because 
 in his absence a Lodge may instal its officers 
 without waiting for his permission — Jour. 1876: 
 p. 1679 5 (^''^ ^^^'^ cannot be done if lie has pre- 
 viously refused to instal. — See Jour. S. G. L. : 
 p. 6351). A Lodge, however, should always 
 notify the District Deputy Grand Master if it 
 purposes having a special meeting for installa- 
 tion. — Jour. 1879: pp. 1786, 1864. 
 
 180. Should a District Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter persist ir installing an officer, protested 
 against on account of his being in arrears for 
 dues, the proper method to deal with him would 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
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 be to prefer charges against him, and place him 
 on trial. — Jour. 187^ : p. 529. 
 
 181. A District Deputy is empowered to 
 issue a dispensation for tiie purpose of electing 
 a member of the Degree of Truth to the office 
 of Noble Grand, all regularly qualified brothers 
 being absent. — Jour. 1872 ; p. 527. 
 
 182. A Grand Officer having announced 
 himself in his official capacity, and having been 
 received with " The Honors," it would not be 
 consistent for him upon that occasion to claim 
 that he was not visiting in his official capacity. 
 — Jour. 1 871 : p. 468. 
 
 DUAL MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 183. No person shall be admitted to honor- 
 ary membership in any Lodge, nor hold mem- 
 bership in two or more Subordinate Lodges in 
 this Order at the same time. — S. L. C, 10. 
 
 DUES. 
 
 184. The Grand Lodge shall be entitled to 
 receive from each Subordinate Lodge such sum 
 per capita as may be fixed by the By-Laws of 
 
 
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 the Grand Lodge, which shall be payable half- 
 yearly, for each unsuspended member on its 
 books, as shown by its semi-annual return. Its 
 revenue shall be further drawn from charter 
 fees of lodges instituted, which shall be for a 
 Subordinate Lodge, $30 ; for a Degree Lodge, 
 $5 ; and for a Rebekah Degree Lodge, $5 ; and 
 from the sale of supplies to Lodges. — G. L. 
 C. 16. 
 
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 185, Any Subordinate Lodge failing to 
 make the returns and pay the dues requirec? 
 by its Constitution, for twelve months, shall 
 become liable to the forfeiture of its Charter, 
 which may thereupon be recalled by the Grand 
 Master, or by vote of the Grand Lodge at any 
 regular session. In the event of any Lodge 
 failing to meet for three consecutive months, it 
 shall thereby become extinct ; and it shall be 
 the duty of the officers and members of such 
 Lodge to transmit to the Grand Lodge the 
 Charter, books, funds arl other property of 
 said Lodge. — G. L. C. 22. 
 
 186. The Grand Lodge shall be entitled to 
 receive from eacn Subordinate Lodge the sum 
 of fifty cents per annim, payable semi-annually, 
 for each unsuspended meir'ber on its books as 
 
 
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 shown by its semi-annual rc'urns. — G. L. 
 By. 54- 
 
 187. The contribution of each member to 
 the general fund of his Lodge shall be deter- 
 mined by By-Law, provided it be not less than 
 ten cents per week ; and the Lodge may re- 
 quire the same to be paid quarterly in advance. 
 — o. J-/. v_/. 47* 
 
 188. No member who has been dropped 
 from membershio for non-payment of dues, 
 except members of defunct Lodges and those 
 possessing dismissal certificates, shall be again 
 admitted to membership in any Lodge of this 
 Order without the consent of the Lodge from 
 which he was expelled or dropped ; and in no 
 case shall he be readmitted without compliance 
 with all the forms for new applicants, except- 
 ing the ceremony of initiation, and excepting 
 also that in the case of a non-resident, he shall 
 not be required to resign the Constitution — 
 S. L. C. 67. 
 
 189. Any member of a Lodge who is in 
 arrears for dues for one year, shall be reported 
 to the Lodge by the Permanent Secretary, and 
 on such report shall be dropped from member- 
 ship, unless the Lodge, by resolution, extend 
 
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 the time of payment, which extension shall in 
 
 no case exceed six months ; provided that a 
 member under suspension for any cause for a 
 definite period shall not be dropped from mem- 
 bership until the expiration of his term of 
 suspension. — S. L. C. 68. 
 
 190. Dues can be paid to the Permanent 
 Secretary at any time, unless the By-Laws 
 forbid. — Jour. i88o: pp. 1925, 1979. 
 
 191, Even if the By-Laws of a Lodge 
 require the Permanent Secretary to notify all 
 members in arrears for dues, the negligence of 
 thit officer will not excuse any brother from 
 payment of his dues at the time lequired by the 
 By-Laws. — Jour. 1S87 : p. 4075. 
 
 193. A Lodge cannot donate a member a 
 sufficient sum to pay his dues without observ- 
 ing all the formalities required by the By Law 
 providing for relief of brothers m distress. — 
 Jour. 1877 • P- 1946. 
 
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 ELECTION. 
 
 Of Officers of Grand Lodge. 
 
 193, The elective officers of the Grand 
 Lodge shall be Grand Master, Deputy Grand 
 Master, Grand Warden, Grand Secretary, and 
 Grand Treasurer, who shall be elected by the 
 Past Grands in good standing voting in their 
 several Subordinate Lodges as provided by 
 By-Law. — G. L. C. 6. 
 
 194, The Grand Representative or Repre- 
 sentatives to represent the Grand Lodge in the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge shall be elected in 
 accordance with the constitution and laws of 
 the said Sovereign Grand Lodge, and in the 
 form and manner herein prescribed for the 
 nomination and election of Grand Officers. — 
 G. L. C. y. 
 
 195. The nominations for the election of 
 officers of the Grand Lodge, and for Repre- 
 vSentatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, shall 
 take place on the last day of the annual session. 
 — G. L. By. 15. 
 
 196. The Grand Secretary shall transmit 
 to each Past Grand nominated a notice of his 
 
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 nomination, on or before tlie first day of Ma)' 
 following, requesting his acceptance or declina- 
 tion of said nomination on or before the fif- 
 teenth day of May. The Grand Secretary 
 shall, not later than the first day of June, 
 transmit to the several Lodges in the jurisdic- 
 tion the names of all the nominees who have 
 accepted the nominations, stating the several 
 offices for which they were nominated. — G. L. 
 By. 1 6. 
 
 19'<. At the last regular meeting of the 
 Subordinate Lodges held in June, all Past 
 Grands m good standing and present shall, in 
 open Lodge, proceed to vote by ballot for 
 Grand Officers. The Noble Grand and Secre- 
 tary shall immediately thereafter count the 
 vote and announce the result to the Lodge, and 
 the Secretary shall record the same in the 
 minutes. They shall also make a record on a 
 a printed form, provided by the Grand Lodge 
 for that purpose, of the number of votes cast 
 for each candidate, sign the same and affix the 
 seal of the Lodge, and immediately transmit 
 the same by mail in a sealed envelope, regis- 
 tered, to the Grand Secretary, marked '* Elec- 
 tion Returns for Grand Lodge Officers, from 
 Lodge, No. ."' A duplicate return 
 
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 shall also be placed in the hands of the Lodge 
 Representative. — G. L. By. 17. 
 
 198. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Election Returns shall meet on the evening of 
 the first day of the session of the Grand Lodge, 
 and unseal the envelopes and count the ballot 
 in the presence of any of the elective Grand 
 Officers, the candidates or their agents, who 
 may choose to attend. The first order of 
 business after opening the Grand Lodge on 
 the second day of the session shall be the 
 reception of the report of the Committee of 
 Election Returns ; and if the Committee report 
 any informalities or irregularities in the returns 
 of any of the Lodges, the same niay be cor- 
 rected by a majority vote of the Grand Lodge. 
 No vote shall be counted as part of the poll 
 unless it be for a candidate regularly nominated. 
 — G. L. By. 18. 
 
 199. In the election for such office, the 
 candidate having a majority of the votes cast 
 shall be declared elected by the Grand Master. 
 In case no candidate receives a majority of the 
 votes, the Representatives present in Grand 
 J^odge shall immediately proceed to ballot 
 upon the candidates in nomination ; and after 
 
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 each ballot the candidate who shall have re- 
 ceived the least number of votes shall be with- 
 drawn. — G. L. By. 19. 
 
 ^00. Should all the candidates for any office 
 decline the nomination, or be disqualified by 
 removal from the jurisdiction, loss of member- 
 ship, or other cause, the nomination and elec- 
 tion for such office shall take place at the 
 annual session of the Grand Lodge following ; 
 and the voting thereon shall be confined to the 
 Representatives present in Grand Lodge. — 
 G. L. By. 20. 
 
 ^01. Should any officer elected fail to pre- 
 sent himself for installation at the time duly 
 appointed for the ceremony, his office shall be 
 declared vacant, and the Representatives pre- 
 sent shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy 
 by nomination and election : provided, that if 
 satisfactory cause for such absence be shown, 
 the installation of such absent officer may take 
 place at such time and in such manner as the 
 Grand Lodge may direct. — G. L. By. 21. 
 
 20^, At an election for Grand Officers m 
 any Subordinate Lodge, a Past Grand not a 
 member of such _^.odge shall be permitted to 
 vote, on presenting a certificate from the Secre- 
 
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 tary of his own Lodge that he is in good stand- 
 ing and entitled to vote at that election ; which 
 certificate shall be attached to the election 
 return of the Lodge in which said Past Grand 
 votes, and be transmitted therewith to the 
 Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 22. 
 
 Of Representatives to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 203. Every Lodge within the jurisdiction 
 shall, at its last meeting in the month of June, 
 annually elect by ballot from amongst its Past 
 Grands in good standing, a Representative or 
 Representatives as follows, that is to say : one 
 Representative where the number of members 
 to be returned in the semi-annual report of. the 
 current term shall be 100 or less ; over 100 and 
 under 200, two Representatives ; 200, or more, 
 three Representatives. Any Lodge not having 
 in membership a properly qualified Past Grand 
 may choose one so qualified from any other 
 Lodge in the jurisdiction as its Representative. 
 — G. L. G. 5* 
 
 204-. In balloting for Representatives to 
 the Grand Lodge only one name should be 
 written upon the ballot ; and no one shall be 
 declared elected unless he has received a ma- 
 jority of all the votes cast. — G. L. By. 3. 
 

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 his office as Representative must be addressed 
 in writing to the Noble Grand of his Lodge, 
 which shall proceed at its first opportunity to 
 consider the same, and either accept or refuse 
 the resignation, as may seem expedient ; and 
 if such resignation be accepted, the Lodge may 
 at once proceed to elect another qualified mem- 
 ber to fill the vacancy. — G. L. By. 4. 
 
 Of Subordinate Lodge Officers. 
 
 306. The Elective Officers of a Lodge shall 
 be Noble Grand, Vice Grand, Recording Sec- 
 retary, Permanent Secretary and Treasurer. — 
 S. L C. 19. 
 
 307. No brother shall be eligible for the 
 office of Noble Grand until he has served a 
 term as Vice Grand, nor of Vice Grand until 
 he has served a term in some inferior office, 
 except that of Chaplain, has attained the Third 
 Degree and is in good standing. All officers 
 shall be eligible for re-election. — S. L. C. 20. 
 
 308. Nominations for the Elective Offices 
 shall be made only at the two meetings next 
 preceding that fixed for the elections thereto, 
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 not signified his willingness to accept the office 
 for which he may be named. — S. L. C. 21. 
 
 209. The election of Officers shall take 
 place at the last regular meeting in each term. 
 If for any elective office, or for the office of 
 Representative to the Grand Lodge, onl}^ one 
 member shall be in nomination, such member 
 shall be declared elected by acclamation ; should 
 there be two or more candidates duly nomi- 
 nated, the members present shall proceed to 
 elect one of such candidates by ballot ; and 
 only members in good standing shall be enti- 
 tled to vote. — S. L. C. 22. 
 
 210. A majority of all the legal votes cast 
 shall be necessary to election. Should there 
 be no choice of any officer on any ballot, a new 
 ballot shall forthwith take place, and after each 
 ballot the name of each candidate who may 
 have received the smallest number of votes, as 
 well as those who shall receive no votes, shall 
 be withdrawn. — S. L. C. 23. 
 
 211. Blank votes are to be counted in 
 making up the total of the ballot. — Dig. loog. 
 
 212. Every Lodge may at any time elect 
 a Physician, Solicitor, or other officer, required 
 
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 for the operation of the legitimate work of the 
 Lodge, but the person so elected, shall not, as 
 such officer, be subject to any of the laws of 
 the Order relating to membership, qualification, 
 or honors, and may be elected under a by-law, 
 resolution, or in any manner and at any time 
 that the Lodge may decide.— S. L. C. 28. 
 
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 EXPULSION. 
 
 ^13. Should the Trial Committee report in 
 favor of suspending or expelling the member 
 under trial a motion to that effect shall be sub- 
 mitted to the Lodge by two or more of their 
 members, in their name. — S. L. C. 62. 
 
 214. Any motion for the suspension or 
 expulsion of a member shall be announced at 
 the two regular meetings previous to that oil 
 which it is to be decided, which last meeting 
 the member under charge shall be summoned 
 to attend : and at the time so appointed, 
 whether the implicated member be present or 
 not, the Lodge may proceed to consider and 
 determine the question, and may either alter, 
 amend, adopt or reject the motion made on be- 
 half of the Trial Committee. — S. L. C. 63. 
 
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 EXTINCT LODGE 
 
 See Defunct Lodge. 
 
 FAILURE. 
 
 See Candidate, Fines, Installation, Returns 
 
 Surrender. 
 
 FEES. 
 
 315. The Grand Lodge shall be entitled to 
 receive from each Subordinate Lodge such 
 sum per capita as may be fixed by the By-Laws 
 of the Grand Lodge, which shall be payable 
 half-yearly, for each unsuspended member on 
 its books, as shown by its semi-annual return. 
 Its revenue shall be further drawn from char- 
 ter fees of Lodges instituted, which shall 
 be for a Subordinate Lodge, $30 ; for a Degree 
 Lodge, $5 ; and for a Rebekah Degree Lodgu, 
 $5 ; and from the sale of supplies to Lodges. — 
 G. L. C 16. 
 
 316. The Initiation Fee of every Lodge 
 must be paid, in every case, previous to the 
 
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 admission of the candidate, and shall not be 
 less than five dollar: ; and the fees for Degrees 
 shall not be at a less rate than two dollars for 
 each of the three Degrees.— S. L. C. 46. 
 
 217. The contribution of each member to 
 the general fund of his Lodge shall be deter- 
 mined by By-Law, provided it be not less than 
 ten cents per week ; and the Lodge may require 
 the same to be paid quarterly in advance. — 
 S. L. C. 47. 
 
 218. The fee for a Withdrawal or Visiting 
 Card shall not exceed fifty cents, and may be 
 applied to the general fund or any special fund, 
 as the Lodge may provide by its By-Laws. — 
 
 o. i-/. l^. 40. 
 
 219. The proposition fee prepaid by any 
 candidate must be returned to him if he is 
 rejected. — S. L. C. 5. 
 
 FINANCE. 
 
 220. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Finance shall consist of seven members, whose 
 duty it shall be to examine, at each regular 
 session, the reports of the Grand Secretary and 
 Grand Treasurer, the accounts of the Grand 
 
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 Lodge, and all other claims and matters laid 
 before them, and report thereon ; and to sug- 
 gest such measures of finance as they may 
 deem to be expedient and necessary. — G. L. 
 
 By. 39- 
 
 221, All claims against the Grand Lodge 
 shall be first placed in the hands of the Grand 
 Secretary, and by him submitted to the Finance 
 Committee, who shall examine and report on 
 the correctness of the same. No claim will be 
 considered unless in the form of a definitely 
 itemized account. — G. L. By. 56. 
 
 FINES. 
 
 222. On or immediately after the first meet- 
 ing in January and July of each year, each 
 Subordinate Lodge shall make a return to the 
 Grand Lodge of its work and condition for the 
 six months immediately preceding. Should 
 any Lodge fail to forward its returns promptly 
 to the Grand Lodge, as required by its Consti- 
 tution, the Grand Secretary shall, immediately 
 upon receipt of such return, enter to the debit 
 of such Lodge a fine of two dollars per month 
 for the time which may have elapsed since such 
 
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 return was due. After the 25th day of July in 
 each year, an additional fine of fifty cents per 
 day shall he imposed on any Lodge failing to 
 send its returns to the Grand Secretary until 
 said returns are received by him ; and in no 
 case shall this fine be remitted.— G. L By. 64. 
 
 333. A fine of two dollars shall be payable 
 by every Lodge for every month that may 
 elapse after the close of any semi-annual term 
 and until the returns required by the preceding 
 clauses are placed in the possession of the 
 Grand Lodge, and a further fine of fifty cents 
 per day, for every day that shall elapse after 
 the 25th day of July, until the returns for the 
 term preceding are sent to the Grand Secretary. 
 — S. L. C. 42. 
 
 334. Fines are to be charged and collected 
 the same as dues ; arrears for fines legally 
 imposed would be the same as arrears tor dues, 
 and would have the same effect m disqualifying 
 a member in the matter of benefits.— Jour. 
 1877: p. 1992. (So would assessments legally 
 imposed.) 
 
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 FORFEITURE. 
 
 325. The funds and properties of Subordi- 
 nate Lodges are by the provisions of their 
 Charters and the laws of the Order, held only 
 in trust for charitable purposes ; donating them 
 for other than such purposes, or in any manner 
 dividing them among the members individually » 
 is a violation of such trust and the law — the 
 penalty for which is expulsion ; and any mem- 
 ber participating in such illegal diversion of 
 Lodge property from its legitimate objects will 
 be held personally responsible for the money or 
 effects so diverted, and will be liable to prose- 
 cution by the Grand Lodge in the Civil Courts. 
 If a Subordinate Lodge shall fail from any 
 cause to work, all moneys and properties, 
 together with the Charter, shall be surrendered 
 to the Grand Lodge, to be held in trust and 
 applied as hereinafter provided. — G. L. C. 21. 
 
 236. Any Subordinate Lodge failing to 
 make the returns and pay the dues required by 
 its Constitution, for twelve months, shall become 
 liable to the forfeiture of its Charter, which 
 may thereupon be recalled by the Grand 
 Master, or by vote of the Grand Lodge at any 
 
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 rejL^ailar session. In the event of any Lodge 
 failing to meet for three consecutive months, it 
 shall thereby become extinct ; and it shall be 
 the duty of the officers and members of such 
 Looge to transmit to the Grand Lodge the 
 Charter, bocks, funds and other property of 
 said Lodge. — G. L. C. 22. 
 
 ^^7. Should any Lodge, or the officers 
 thereof, fail to make the returns required by 
 the Constitution for twelve months, it shall 
 thereby become liable to the forfeiture of its 
 Charter, and it shall be the duty of the last 
 installed officers to transmit or surrender to the 
 Grand Master, on requisition from him to that 
 effect (or to such other brother as may be 
 appointed by the Grand Lodge or Grand Master 
 to receive the same), the Charter, books, papers, 
 furniture and funds of the Lodge. — S. L. C. 43. 
 
 FORMS. 
 
 See Trials. 
 
 
 FRATERNAL RELATIONS. 
 
 228, The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Fraternal Relations shall consist of one mem- 
 ber, who shall be appointed by the Grand 
 

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 Master at the close of each annual session, 
 whose duty it shall be to review the proceed- 
 ings of the several jurisdictions and report to 
 the Grand Lodge on all matters appearing 
 therein concerning the state of the Order, 
 legislation proposed, and questions of interest 
 affecting Oddfellowship. — G. L. B3\ 49. 
 
 FUNDS. 
 
 229, The Grand Lodge shall be entitled to 
 receive from each Subordinate Lodge such 
 sum per capita as may be fixed by the By- 
 Laws of the Grand Lodge, which shall be 
 payable half-yearly, for each unsuspended 
 member on its books, as shown by its semi- 
 annual return. Its revenue shall be further 
 drawn from charter fees of Lodges instituted, 
 which shall be for a Subordinate Lodge, $30 ; 
 for a Degree Lodge, $5 ; and for a Rebekah 
 Degree Lodge, $5 ; and from the sale of sup- 
 plies to Lodges. — G. L. C. 16. 
 
 ^30. In case of failure or deficiency in the 
 funds of the Grand Lodge, the amount required 
 ma}^ be supplied by an assessment upon the 
 Lodges under its jurisdiction, apportioned 
 according to the number of unsuspended mem- 
 
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 bers in eacli Lodge, as reported in its last 
 semi-annual return. But the Grand Lodge 
 shall not create any debt or incur any liability 
 requiring a larger amount than can be paid 
 out of its funds on hand without the sanction 
 previously obtained of at least two-thirds of the 
 Subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction.— 
 G. L. C. 17. 
 
 33 I. The funds and properties of Subordi- 
 nate Lodges are by the provisions of their 
 Charters and the laws of the Order held only in 
 trust for charitable purposes ; donating them 
 for other than such purposes, or in any manner 
 dividing them among the members individually, 
 is a violation of such trust and the law — the 
 penalty for which is expulsion ; and any mem- 
 ber participating in such illegal diversion of 
 Lodge property from its legitimate objects will 
 be held personally responsible for the money 
 or effects so diverted, and will be liable to 
 prosecution by the Grand Lodge in the Civil 
 Courts. If a Subordinate Lodge shall fail 
 from any cause to work, all moneys and pro- 
 perties, together with the Charter, shall be 
 surrendered to the Grand Lodge, to be held in 
 trust and applied as hereinafter provided. — 
 G. L. C. 21. 
 
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 232. The funds of the Grand Lodge shall 
 be invested in Canadian securities, in the 
 names of the Grand Master and Grand Secre- 
 tary ; but such moneys as are retained in tlie 
 custody of the Grand Treasurer for the imme- 
 diate purposes of the Grand Lodge shall be 
 deposited by that officer in some banking 
 institution at his own discretion, and immedi- 
 ately on his receipt thereof, unless otherwise 
 ordered by the Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 59. 
 
 233. Upon the suspension or expulsion of 
 a Lodge, or surrender of its Charter it shall be 
 the duty of its last installed officers and mem 
 bers having the custody of the Charter, books, 
 papers, properties and funds of the Lodge, to 
 assign, transfer and deliver the same on de- 
 mand to the Grand Mc^ster, or to the District 
 Deputy Grand Master of the District, or to 
 such Past Grand as may be specially deputed 
 by the Grand Master or Grand Lodge to re- 
 ceive the same ; and the same shall be held 
 subject to the order of the Grand Lodge. Any 
 officer or member having such properties in 
 custody, refusing such demand, shall be forever 
 excluded from membership or fellowship in the 
 Order, notwithstanding such Lodge should 
 afterwards be restored to good standing ; and 
 
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 shall be liable to prosecution in the Civil 
 Courts. — G. L. By. 65. 
 
 284. All efifects or funds received by the 
 Grand Lodge from any Subordinate or Degree 
 Lodge under the preceding clause shall be held 
 in trust : first, for the benefit of any brother 
 and widow or orphans entitled to benefits in 
 accordance with the By-Laws of such Lodge 
 at the time of the dissolution or suspension of 
 the same ; and the balance, if any, to be re- 
 turned to such Subordinate Lodge should it be 
 reinstated, or upon the expiration of the period 
 of its suspension ; provided, however, that 
 should said Lodge not be restored to fellow- 
 ship within five years, the funds and properties 
 of said Lodge ma}^ be disposed of or used 
 under the direction of the Grand Lodge in 
 aiding or assisting any working Lodge, or pro- 
 posed Lodge needing assistance, or for such 
 other charitable purposes as in the judgment 
 of the Grand Lodge may be deemed advisable. 
 — G. L. By. 66. 
 
 23"5. In every Subordinate Lodge there 
 shall be one general fund for the payment of 
 all benefits, charity and expenses of main- 
 tenance ; but a Lodge may provide, by its By- 
 Laws, for the institution oi a special fund or 
 
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 funds, for any of the benevolent purposes con- 
 templated by the Order. — S. L. C. 44. 
 
 336. The receipts and disbufsements on 
 account of any special fund shall be kept sep- 
 arate and distinct from the general fund, and 
 any money appropriated to a Widows' and 
 Orphans' Fund shall be used only for the pay- 
 ment of benefits and relief to the widows and 
 orphans of deceased members of the Lodge. 
 No portion of the regular dues, initiation or 
 degree fees of the Lodge shall be applied to 
 a contingent fund or special fund provided for 
 amusement or entertainment purposes, or for 
 any other purpose than the payment of benefits, 
 relief and general maintenance. — S. L. C. 45. 
 
 237. Interest derived from the investment 
 of any particular fund (as the Widows' and 
 Orphans' Fund), should be placed to the credit 
 of that fund. — Jour. 1880: p. 1967. 
 
 338. The fee for a Withdrawal or Visiting 
 Card shall not exceed fifty cents, and may be 
 applied to the general fund or any special fund, 
 as the Lodge may provide by its By-Laws. — 
 S. L. C. 48* 
 
 339. Such moneys in the possession of the 
 Lodge as may not be required for immediate 
 
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 use may be invested in stock, debentures, or 
 securities of the Government of Canada, or of 
 the Province of Ontario, or in securities which 
 are a first charge on lands held in fee simple ; 
 but in no case shall they be loaned to mem- 
 bers of the Order, nor shall they be loaned 
 to individuals on personal security, or invested 
 in private enterprises of any kind.- S. L. C. 49. 
 
 340. Whenever the available cash assets 
 of a Lodge shall be reduced below an amount 
 equal to ten dollars for each unsuspended 
 member, the Lodge may, either by by-law or 
 by resolution adopted after two weeks' notice, 
 assess its members equally in a sum sufficient 
 to increase the funds to the amount required 
 to make up the deficiency.— S. L. C. 50. 
 
 
 FaNERAL. 
 
 241, Lodges have the privilege of making 
 any amicable arrangements they choose with 
 kindred societies in conducting the funeral of a 
 deceased brother, being careful, while avoiding 
 all arrogant assumptions and uncharitable ex- 
 clusiveness, to maintain those rights which the 
 dignity of our Institution demands, and to per- 
 form those duties which our laws impose. — 
 Jour. 1878 : p. 24. 
 
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 FUNERAL BENEFITS. 
 
 242. In case of the death of a member, 
 qualified as required by the By-Laws, there 
 shall be paid to his widow, children or other 
 relatives who may at the time of his death 
 have been depending on him for support, a 
 Funeral Benefit, in such sum as may be fixed 
 by the By-Laws of his Lodge. In the event 
 of the deceased member leaving no such de- 
 pendent relative, the said Funeral Benefit, or 
 as much thereof as may be necessary, shall be 
 applied by the Lodge to defraymg his funeral 
 expenses— if any are incurred. — S. L. C. 53. 
 
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 GRAND LODGE. 
 
 343. The Grand Lodge shall be known and 
 hailed by the name, style and title of " The 
 Grand Lodge of Ontario of the Independent 
 Order of Odd-Fellows." — G. L. C, i. 
 
 Powers. 
 
 244. The Grand Lodge shall have jurisdic- 
 tion in Odd-Fellowship within that section of 
 
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 the Dominion of Canada called and known as 
 the Province of Ontario, being the Superior 
 Tribunal of all Subordinate Lodges in the said 
 Province, and having within its jurisdiction the 
 sole right and power of granting, suspending or 
 annulling charters for proper cause ; of enact- 
 ing a form of Constitution and Rules of Order 
 for the government of its Subordinate Lodges ; 
 of receiving, hearing and determining appeals 
 from the decisions of said Subordinate Lodges, 
 and the officers thereof, and of redressing all 
 grievances arising therein ; of framing By-Laws 
 rnd Rules for its own government ; of regulating 
 the means of its own support ; and of perform- 
 ing all such other acts and things as shall have 
 for their object the promotion of the true and 
 best interests of Ixie Order, or shall appertain 
 to it by ancient usage or custom, and are not 
 in violation of the laws of the land or the regu- 
 lations of the Order. — G. L. C. 2. 
 
 ^45. In the event of any dispute arising 
 under the laws of Odd-Fellowship, or of any 
 doubts as to the intent and meaning of any 
 part of the Constitution, By-Laws, Rules or 
 Resolutions of the Grand Lodge of Ontario, or 
 of the Constitution and By-Laws of its Subor- 
 dinate Lodges, or of any of the laws or usages 
 
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 of the Order, the Grand Lodge shall have power 
 to interpret and decide thereon ; and its decision 
 in the case shall be of full force and effect, and 
 binding upon all members of the Order in On- 
 tario, unless the same should at any time be 
 reversed, on appeal, by the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge, whose judgment therein shall be final. 
 — G. L. L. 3* 
 
 Membership. 
 
 '44:6. The Grand Lodge shall be composed 
 of all duly qualified Past Grands within its 
 jurisdiction, who shall be entitled to all the 
 privileges pertaining to their rank, as prescribed 
 by the usages and laws of the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd- 
 Fellows ; and of its Past Grand Masters and 
 Representatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, 
 who shall have the right of debating and making 
 motions. But its legislative functions shall be 
 vested in and exercised solely by such Repre- 
 sentatives as shall be elected and appointed in 
 the manner prescribed by the Constitution and 
 the By-Laws adopted by the Grand Lodge. — 
 G. L. C 4* 
 
 347. Every Lodge within the jurisdiction 
 shall, at its last meeting in the month of June, 
 
 
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 annually elect by ballot from among its Past 
 Grands in good standing, a Representative or 
 Representatives as follows, that is to say : One 
 Representative where the number of members 
 to be returned in the semi-annual report of the 
 current term shall be loo or less ; over loo and 
 under 200, two Representatives ; 200 or more, 
 three Representatives. Any Lodge not having 
 in membership a properly qualified Past Grand 
 may choose one so qualified from any other 
 Lodge in the jurisdiction as its Representative. 
 — G. L. "C. 5. 
 
 248. A Representative cannot represent 
 more than one Subordinate Lodge in the Grand 
 Lodge at the same session. — Jour. 1870 ; p. 410. 
 
 249. The Grand Lodge shall meet annually 
 on the second Wednesday in August in each 
 year, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, at such 
 place as may be appointed at the preceding 
 session thereof ; but the Grand Master shall 
 have the power to convene special sessions of 
 the Grand Lodge for the transaction of extra- 
 ordinary business, which must be stated in the 
 call, provided that two weeks' notice shall be 
 given to each Subordinate Lodge and Repre- 
 sentative of the time and object of such session ; 
 and at such session no business shall be trans- 
 
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 acted Other than that stated in the call.— G. L. 
 C. 14. 
 
 250. To constitute a regular or special ses- 
 sion of the Grand Lodge, there must be in at- 
 tendance a majority of the Representatives of 
 a the Lodges wit^Mn the jurisdiction ; and all 
 work shall be transacted in the Grand Lodge 
 Degree. Thirty Representatives shall form a 
 quorum for the transaction of business. — G. L. 
 C. 15. 
 
 251. Any Past Grand, on presenting a cer- 
 tificate of his official services, and after satis- 
 factory examination m the Degrees pertaining 
 thereto, shall be entitled to receive the Grand 
 Lodge Degree. 
 
 252. No Past Grand shall be admitted as 
 a Representative in the Grand Lodge unless 
 duly certified as having been elected thereto ; 
 nor until he has been instructed in the Grand 
 Lodge Degree, and has signed a promise faith- 
 fully to support, maintain and abide by the 
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 253. In balloting for Representatives to 
 the Grand Lodge only one name should be 
 written upon the ballot ; and no one shall be 
 
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 declared elected unless he has received a 
 majority of all the votes cast. 
 
 /i54. The resignation by any member of 
 his office as Representative must be addressed 
 in writing to the Noble Grand of his Lodge, 
 which shall proceed at its first opportunity to 
 consider the same, and either accept or refuse 
 the resignation, as may seem expedient ; and 
 if such resignation be accepted, the Lodge may 
 at once proceed to elect another qualified mem- 
 ber to fill the vacancy. 
 
 !^55. Whenever charges affecting the char- 
 acter or standing of any member shall be 
 submitted to the Grand Lodge in writing, by 
 one or more members thereof, the same shall be 
 immediately referred to a committee of five 
 members, to be elected by ballot, who shall, 
 with as little delay as possible, examine care- 
 fully into the charges and report the result of 
 such examination to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 ^56. The Grand Lodge, after having heard 
 
 the member thus charged, in his defence, shall 
 
 proceed to determine the case, by the acquittal, 
 
 reprimand, suspension from his seat in the 
 
 nd Lodge, or expulsion therefrom of the 
 
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 implicated member, as the Grand Lodge may 
 deem fit and proper. 
 
 ^57. Whenever any member shall be sus- 
 pended or expelled, intimation of the same shall 
 be forthwith given to the Noble Grand of his 
 Lodge, and the Grand Lodge may require that 
 he be tried by the Subordinate Lodge to which 
 he belongs. 
 
 258. The Grand Secretary shall keep a 
 register of the Past Grands of this jurisdiction. 
 Whenever any member of a Subordinate Lodge 
 attains to the rank of Past Grand a certificate 
 to that effect shall be immediately forwarded 
 under the seal of the Lodge to the Grand 
 Secretary, and each semi-annual return of a 
 Subordinate Lodge shall contain a full list of 
 all Past Grands in good standing belonging to 
 the Lodge. 
 
 Sessions of Grand Lodge. 
 
 359. The Grand Lodge shall be opened at 
 the time specified in the Constitution for its 
 meeting, and if a quorum be present shall pro- 
 ceed to business. If there be no quorum 
 present within one half-hour, the Grand Master 
 or the presiding officer may adjourn the meet- 
 
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 ing from time to lime until a quorum shall 
 appear. 
 
 2iiO, In the absence of the Grand Master 
 the Deputy Grand Master shall preside ; in 
 the absence of the Deputy Grand Master the 
 Grand Warden shall preside ; in the absence 
 of the above named officers the Junior Past 
 Grand Master shall take the chair ; and if no 
 Past Grand Master be present, a Representa- 
 tive shall be chosen by open vote to preside 
 during the meeting, or until the arrival of the 
 proper officer. 
 
 2G1. Should there be present less than a 
 quorum of qualified members, the Grand Master 
 shall direct the Grand Lodge Degree to be 
 conferred on such Representatives as are in 
 attendance and not in possession of said Degree, 
 but presenting certificates showing they are 
 entitled to it. 
 
 26!<3. Immediately upon the opening of the 
 Grand Lodge in the prescribed form, the Grand 
 Master shall appoint a Committee on Creden- 
 tials, who shall consider and report upon the 
 credentials of new Representatives and Past 
 Grands with as little delay as possible ; and 
 no other business shall be transacted by the 
 
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 Grand Lodge until the report of said committee 
 has been acted upon. 
 
 *463. Immediately on the adoption of the 
 report of the Committee on Credentials the 
 new members and Representatives will be ad- 
 mitted and instructed, the minutes of last 
 annual session read, and the roll of officers and 
 Representatives called. The Grand Master 
 will then appoint the Standmg Committees for 
 the session (except where otherwise provided) 
 and the reports of Grand Officers and com- 
 mittees appointed during recess will be read ; 
 after which the Grand Secretary will submit 
 all petitions, communications, appeals and 
 accounts, and the roll of Lodges will be called 
 for the presentation of questions of business. 
 All such reports, communications, petitions, 
 accounts, appeals, questions, and other busi- 
 ness shall be referred by the Grand Master as 
 soon as received to appropriate committees un- 
 less in any case the Grand Lodge otherwise 
 orders. 
 
 !364. The business of the Grand Lodge 
 shall be transacted in the Grand Lodge Degree, 
 and shall be conducted in the manner pre- 
 scribed in t^ e Rules of Order. In any case 
 where there is no rule applicable, the Grand 
 
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 Lodge shall be governed by Canadian Parlia- 
 mentary Practice. — G. L. By. i to 14. 
 
 2G5, The Grand Master is authorized, by 
 precedent, to appoint a messenger, and the 
 Grand Secretary to appoint an assistant. — 
 Jour. 1 881 : p. 2056. 
 
 
 GRAND OFFICERS. 
 
 See Officers. 
 
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 HOLIDAY. 
 
 ^66. Should any regular meeting of a Lodge 
 fall upon any legally established or recognized 
 holiday, the Lodge may, by resolution passed 
 at the preceding regular meeting, omit such 
 meeting ; and any business that should by law 
 or resolution be transacted at that time shall 
 be taken up at the regular meeting following. 
 — S. L. C. 2)5' 
 
 HONORARY MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 267. No person can be admitted to honor- 
 ary membership in any Lodge in this jurisdic- 
 tion. — S. L. C. 10. 
 
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 INITIATION. 
 
 See Candidate. 
 
 ^68. The fee for initiation shall not he less 
 than five dollars. It must he paid previous to 
 the admission of the candidate. — S. L. C. 46. 
 
 369. Initiation commences when the Out- 
 side Conductor retires to introduce the candi- 
 date ; previous to that the Lodge is only " pre- 
 paring for initiation," and members may be 
 allowed to enter or retire. --Jour. 1878 : pp. 
 19, 76. 
 
 270. Initiation is not finished until the 
 candidate has been introduced as a brother. — 
 Jour. 1876: p. 1681. And from the time the 
 Lodge is placed in charge of the Vice Grand 
 until then, no one can be admitted into the 
 room. — Jour. 1875: p. 1407. 
 
 INSTALLATION. 
 
 371. Should any Grand Lodge Officer 
 elected fail to present himself for installation at 
 the time duly appointed for the ceremony, his 
 office shall be declared vacant, and the Repre- 
 
 
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 sentatives present shall forthwith proceed to 
 fill the vacancy by nomination anj election ; 
 provided, that if satisfactory cause for such 
 absence be shown, the installation of such 
 absent officer may take place at such time and 
 in such manner as the Grand Lodge may direct. 
 — G. L. By. 21. 
 
 37^. The officers of every Lodge shall be 
 installed at the first regular meeting- in the term 
 for which they have been elected or appointed, 
 except that the installation of an officer chosen 
 to fill a vacancy may take place on the night 
 of his election or appointment. An officer re- 
 elected or re-appointed must be again installed. 
 
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 2113. No brother can be installed into two 
 offices. — Jour. 1872: p. 527. 
 
 214. Brothers in arrears cannot be installed 
 into office. — Jour. 1879 : pp. 1785, 1864. And, 
 if installed, the installation is illegal and void. 
 — Jour. 1880: pp. 1924, 1979. 
 
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 21 5. An installing officer can instal without 
 being himself in possession of the term Pass 
 Word. — Jour. 1876: p. 1679. 
 
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 /J 7 6. Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdic- 
 tion may ir.stal their officers in pubHc, on 
 receivnig a dispensation for that purpose from 
 the Grand Master or the District Deputy Grand 
 Master of the District in which the Lodge is 
 situated. — Jour. 1884: p. 2662. 
 
 INSTITUTION. 
 
 See New Lodge. 
 
 277. On receipt of a properly signed appH- 
 cation from the constitutional number of quali- 
 fied persons, the Grand Master may issue a 
 dispensation for the opening of a Subordinate 
 Lodge, and in person, or by deputy, proceed 
 with the institution thereof. All the necessary 
 books and blank forms for the new Lodge shall 
 be supplied at such rates as may be fixed by 
 the Grand Lodge, and the necessary expenses 
 of the officer instituting shall be paid by the 
 Lodge at the time of its institution. — G. L. 
 Hy. 60. 
 
 INSURANCE. 
 
 218. It is the duty of every Lodge to have 
 its property insured, — Jour. 1880: p. 1971. 
 
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 INVESTMENTS. 
 
 379. The funds of the Grand Lodge shall 
 be invested in Canadian securities, in the names 
 of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary ; 
 but such moneys as are retained in the custod}^ 
 of the Grand Treasurer for the immediate pur- 
 poses of the Grand Lodge shall be deposited 
 b}' that officer in some banking institution at 
 his own discretion, and immediately on his 
 receipt thereof, unless otherwise ordered by the 
 Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 59. 
 
 380, Such mone3^s in the possession of a 
 Lodge as may not be required for immediate 
 use may be invested in stock, debentures, or 
 securities of the Government of Canada, or of 
 the Province of Ontario, or in securities which 
 are a first charge on lands held in fee simple ; 
 but in no case shall they be loaned to members 
 the Order, nor shall they be loaned to individ- 
 uals on personal security, or invested in private 
 enterprises of any kind. — S. L. C. 49. 
 
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 JOINING. 
 
 381. Any Brother or Ancient Oddfellow, 
 desirous of joinnig a Lodge, must present a 
 Withdrawal Card or Dismissal Certificate from 
 the Lodge of which he was previously a mem- 
 ber, and his application shall then be disposed. 
 of according to the regulations governing candi 
 dates, provided that, in case of the application 
 of a brother, who, within six months previous to 
 such application, has been a member of a Lodge 
 which has merged into or united with the 
 Lodge, the vote necessary to receive shall be a 
 majority vote by ballot. — S. L. C. 6. 
 
 JUDICIARY. 
 
 383. The Grand Lodge Judiciary Com- 
 mittee shall consist of seven members, to whom 
 shall be referred the decisions of the Grand 
 Master made during the recess, and all ques- 
 tions relating to the interpretation or construc- 
 tion of the laws and usages of the Order.— 
 G. L. By. 44. 
 
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 ^83. Every Subordinate Lodge shall have 
 authority to initiate and receive into member- 
 ship persons resident within its jurisdiction, 
 which snail extend half way to the Lodge 
 nearest located in any direction ; and it may 
 also confer Degrees upon a member of any other 
 Lodge, without fee, upon presentation of a 
 request from said Lodge so to do, accompanied 
 by a certificate that the person applying is 
 qualified to receive the Degree applied for. — 
 G. L. By. 61. 
 
 384. No proposition for membership, either 
 by initiation or by card, shall be received or 
 acted upon, if the applicants residence be 
 out of this jurisdiction (without the consent 
 of the Grand Master of the jurisdiction in 
 which he resides), nor if his residence be nearer 
 to any other Lodge by the nearest travelled 
 route, unless consent of the latter be obtained ; 
 and in the event of the violation of this clause 
 the Lodge shall pay over all fees received from 
 such applicant to the Lodge within whose 
 jurisdiction he resides, and shall also be liable to 
 suspension by 
 Master. — S. L. C. 11. 
 
 the Grand Lodge or Grand 
 
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 LAWS. 
 
 See By-Laws, Legislation. 
 
 
 LEGISLATION. 
 
 285. The legislative functions of the Grand 
 Lodge are vested in and exercised solely by 
 the Representatives. — G. L. C. 4. 
 
 286. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Legislation shall consist of seven members, to 
 whom shall be referred all questions pertain- 
 ing to the making or amending of laws. — 
 G. L. By. 43. 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 287. Money may be appropriated from 
 the General Benefit Fund of a Lodge to pay 
 salaries and other expenses incidental to the 
 maintenance of a library. — Jour. 1878 : p. 106. 
 
 LOANS. 
 
 288. Such moneys in the possession of a 
 Lodge as may not be required for immediate 
 use may be invested in stock, debentures, or 
 
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 securities of the Government of Canada, or of 
 the Province of Ontario, or in securities which 
 are a first charge on lands held in fee simple ; 
 but in no case shall they be loaned to members 
 of the Order, nor shall they be loaned to indi- 
 viduals on personal security, or invested in 
 private enterprises of any kind. — S L. C. 49. 
 
 LODGE. 
 
 See Charter, New Lodge, Returns, Terms. 
 
 ^89. A Lodge shall be constituted of at 
 least five members of the Third Degree, or 
 Degree of Truth, and shall be hailed and 
 entitled Lodge No. I.O.O.F., 
 
 of Ontario, and shall possess the full powers 
 and privileges of a Subordinate Lodge, holding 
 a legal, unreclaimed and valid Charter, duly 
 granted and formally presented by the Grand 
 Lodge of Ontario — S. L. C. i. 
 
 ^90. Every Lodge shall hold its meetings 
 weekly or semi-monthly, on such evening and 
 at such time as may be provided by its By- 
 Laws, provided always, that if its terms are 
 semi-annual, twenty-six nights' service shall 
 constitute the term of office, and if yearly not 
 less than twenty-four. — S. L. C. 33. 
 
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 MEDICAL EXAMINATION. 
 
 See Candidate. 
 
 MEETINGS. 
 
 Of Grand Lodge. 
 
 2f) 1 . The Grand Lodge shall meet annually 
 on the second Wednesday in August in each 
 year, at nine o'clock in the forenoon at such 
 place as may be appointed at the preceding 
 session thereof; but the Grand Master shall 
 have the power to convene special sessions of 
 the Grand Lodge for the transaction of extra- 
 ordinary business, which must be stated in the 
 call ; provided that two weeks' notice shall be 
 given to each Subordinate Lodge and Repre- 
 sentative of the time and object of such session ; 
 and at such session no business shall be trans- 
 acted other than that stated in the call. — 
 G. L. C. 14. 
 
 ^9^* To constitute a regular or special ses- 
 sion of the Grand Lodge, there must be in 
 attendance a majority of the Representatives 
 of all the Lodges within the jurisdiction ; and 
 all work shall be transacted in the Grand 
 
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 Lodge Degree. Thirty Representatives shall 
 form a quorum for the transaction of busi- 
 ness. — G. L. C. 15. 
 
 293. The Grand Lodge shall be opened 
 at the time specified in the Constitution for its 
 meeting, and if a quorum be present shall 
 proceed to business. If there be no quorum 
 present within one half-hour, the Grand Master 
 or the presiding officer may adjourn the meet- 
 ing from time to time until a quorum shall 
 appear. — G. L. By. 9. 
 
 Of Subordinate Lodges. 
 
 )^94. The terms of a Subordinate Lodge 
 shall be semi-annual or annual as its By-Laws 
 may provide ; where terms of Lodge are semi- 
 annual its meetings shall be held weekly, but 
 if annual they may be bi-weekly or semi- 
 monthly. — G. L. By. 63 
 
 295. Every Lodge shall hold its meetings 
 weekly or semi-monthly, on such evening and 
 at such time as may be provided by its By-laws, 
 provided always, that if its terms are semi- 
 annual, twenty-six nights' service shall consti- 
 tute the term of office, and if yearly not less 
 than twenty-four. — S. L. C. 33. 
 
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 296. Special sessions may be called by the 
 Noble Grand, or, in the absence of that officer 
 from the place, b}' the Vice-Grand, such notice 
 therefor bein<^ given as may be required by the 
 By-Laws of the Lodge. The notice shall con- 
 tain the particular reason for calling the same, 
 and no business but that expressed in such 
 notice shall be entered upon at such special 
 meeting. It shall be the duty of the Noble 
 Grand to call a special meeting when requested 
 in writing so to do by not less than five mem- 
 bers. — S. L. C. 34. 
 
 ^97. Should any regular meeting fall upon 
 any legally established or recognized holiday, 
 the Lodge may, by resolution passed at the 
 preceding regular meetmg, omit such meeting ; 
 and any business that should by law or resolu- 
 tion be transacted at that time shall be taken 
 up at the regular meeting following. — S. L. C. 
 
 35- 
 
 298, No business shall be transacted at 
 any regular or special meeting, unless at least 
 five members of the Lodge be then present, 
 nor otherwise than according to Rules of Order 
 annexed to the Constitution. — S. L. C. 36. 
 
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 MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 See Candidate. Grand Lodge. 
 
 In Grand Lodge. 
 
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 290. Any Past Grand, on presenting a 
 certificate of his official services, and after 
 satisfactory examination in the Degrees per- 
 taining thereto, shall be entitled to receive the 
 Grand Lodge Degree. — G. L. By. i. 
 
 300. No Past Grand shall be admitted as 
 a Representative in the Grand Lodge unless 
 duly certified as having been elected thereto ; 
 nor until he has been instructed in the Grand 
 Lodge Degree, and has signed a promise faith- 
 fully to support, maintain and abide by the 
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand 
 Lodge. — G. L By. 2. 
 
 30 1. The Grand Lodge shall be composed 
 of all duly qualified Past Grands within its 
 jurisdiction, who shall be entitled to all the 
 privileges pertaining to their rank, as pre- 
 scribed by the usages and laws of the Sove- 
 reign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order 
 of Odd-Fellows ; and of its Past Grand Mas- 
 
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 117 
 
 ters and Representatives to the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge, who shall have the right of de- 
 bating and making motions. But its legislative 
 functions shall be vested in and exercised 
 solely by such Representatives as shall be 
 elected and appointed in the manner pre- 
 scribed by this Constitution and the By-Laws 
 adopted by the Grand Lodge. — G. L. C. 4. 
 
 il 
 
 In Subordinate Lodges. 
 
 303. Candidates for membership, by initia- 
 tion, in any Lodge, must be free, white males, 
 of not less than twenty-one years of age, of 
 good moral character, and in sound health, 
 and resident within the jurisdiction of the 
 Lodge. — S. L. C. 2. 
 
 303. Every application for membership 
 must be submitted in writing in the form pro- 
 vided by the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and 
 must be accompanied by a reference to at 
 least two other members of the Lodge, and a 
 certificate of good health from a physician 
 selected by the Lodge, on the form provided 
 by the Grand Lodge. — S. L. C. 3. 
 
 304* The application so made shall be re- 
 ferred to a committee of three members, two 
 
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 of whom shall be appointed by the Noble 
 (irand, and one by the Vice Grand, who shall 
 report thereon at the next regular meeting 
 unless excused by a two-thirds vote of the 
 members present, or unless the application be 
 withdrawn by the proposer. — vS. L. C. 4. 
 
 305. A ballot shall be taken on the appli- 
 cation immediately after the presentation of 
 such report, when, if less than three black balls 
 be found, the candidate shall be accepted ; if 
 three or more, he shall be rejected, and so 
 declared ; and any proposition fee prepaid by 
 him shall be returned. — S. L C. 5. 
 
 306. No person shall be admitted to hon- 
 orary membership in any Lodge, nor hold 
 membership in two or more Subordinate 
 Lodges in this Order at the same time. — S. L. 
 
 C. TO. 
 
 307. A brother suspended is still a member,, 
 though debarred of benefits and privileges ; a 
 brother who has "ceased membership" is no 
 longer a member in any sense. — Jour. 1876: p. 
 1677. 
 
 308. Suspended members should be count- 
 ed as such in the Lodge returns. — Jour. 1876: 
 p. 1678. 
 
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 •^09. Suspended members are liable to 
 assessments. — Jour. 1878: pp. 19, 76. 
 
 MERGEMENT. 
 
 310, A Subordinate Lolge may surrender 
 Its Charter and be merged into another Lodge ; 
 or two or more Lodges may be amalgamated 
 under the terms and conditions prescribed in 
 the By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. — G. L. C. 24. 
 
 311. A Lodge desiring to surrender its 
 Charter and be merged into some other 
 Lodge, shall present to the Grand Lodge, or 
 during recess to the Grand Master, a petition 
 over Its seal and the signature of its Noble 
 Grand and Recording Secretary to that effect, 
 showing that the question of Mergement had 
 been voted upon and approved, after due notice 
 sent each member ; and that there are not five 
 qualified members able and willing to retain 
 the Charter and work the Lodge ; and giving 
 a statement of the amount of its funds and 
 effects, and of its assets and liabilities. There 
 shall also accompany the petition a certified 
 statement from the Lodge into which the peti- 
 tioners desire to be merged, setting forth its 
 willingness to receive the members and assume 
 
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 DIG P: ST OF THE LAWS 
 
 1. 
 
 the liabilities and responsibilities of the peti- 
 tioning Lodge, and further certifying that the 
 names of said members have been submitted to 
 an Investigating Committee, have been re- 
 ported upon, and have been severally approved 
 and accepted by a majority vote by ballot. 
 
 31!^. On the receipt of said petition and 
 resolution, the Grand Lodge, or Grand Master 
 during recess, may grant the prayer of the 
 petition, and authorize the local District 
 Deputy Grand Master, or a Special Deputy, to 
 superintend the proposed mergement. 
 
 313. The said petitioning Lodge shall, 
 within one month after the granting of its peti- 
 tion, transfer, convey and deliver up to the 
 Lodge into which it proposes to merge, all its 
 assets, funds, furniture, regalia, books, papers 
 and effects, except its Charter, which shall be 
 delivered up to the District Deputy Grand 
 Master or a Special Deputy ; and the names 
 of all its members who had been previously 
 balloted for and accepted by the Lodge into 
 which it proposes to merge, shall be at once 
 entered upon the roll of membership of the 
 last mentioned Lodge, which shall thereupon 
 assume all the liabilities and responsibilities of 
 the said merging Lodge ; and the members so 
 
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 121 
 
 received shall have such rank and standing as 
 the books of said merging Lodge shall show. 
 
 314, From and after the entry of their 
 names upon the roll, as aforesaid, each and 
 every member whose name shall have been so 
 entered, shall be deemed and taken to be a 
 member of said Lodge, and subject to the same 
 laws and entitled to the same rights, benefits 
 and privileges to the like extent as if he had 
 joined said last mentioned Lodge by card, and 
 as provided in the terms of the preceding 
 clauses. 
 
 315. Upon the completion of the Merge- 
 ment, the District Deputy Grand Master or 
 Special Deputy shall immediately make report 
 thereof to the Grand Master, certifying that he 
 has witnessed the transfer of assets by the one 
 Lodge, and the entry of the names of members 
 on the roll of the other Lodge ; and he shall 
 return the Charter of the Lodge which has been 
 merged, together with the names and standing 
 of those members who have not entered into 
 the Mergement, if there should be any such ; 
 and said members may, upon application to 
 the Grand Secretary, receive a card, as pro- 
 vided for in the case of members of extinct 
 lodges. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 31.G. When two or more Lodges desire to 
 he united, each Lodge shall present a petition 
 to that effect to the Grand Lodge, or during 
 recess, to the Grand Master ; such petition 
 shall set forth that the question of union had 
 been affirmatively voted upon after due notice 
 sent each member, and that there were not five 
 members able and willing to retain the Charter 
 and work the Lodge ; and shall also give a 
 statement of the funds and effects, and assets 
 and habilities of the Lodge, and a list of mem- 
 bers, with their rank and financial standing 
 and Post Office address. 
 
 317. On receipt of said petition the Grand 
 Lodge, or during recess, the Grand Master, 
 may grant the prayer and authorize the amalga- 
 mation of the petitioning Lodges. 
 
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 318, When the union of said petitioning 
 Lodges has been approved, the Grand Master 
 shall cause notice to be sent to each unsus- 
 pended member of the several Lodges at least 
 one week prior to the date fixed for effecting 
 such union, and shall summon him to be present 
 in person at the time and place appointed for 
 that purpose ; and shall also notify the officers 
 of the several Lodges to produce and surrender 
 
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 at said time and place all the funds, effects, 
 books, papers and Charters of the said Lodges. 
 
 819. On the production and surrender of 
 all the said funds, effects, books, papers and 
 Charters, the Grand Master shall issue a dis- 
 pensation for a Lodge to the members of the 
 several Lodges present and desiring to be united, 
 and shall, in person or by Deputy, institute the 
 same ; and shall transfer to it as soon as insti- 
 tuted, all the funds, effects, books and papers 
 of the united Lodges ; and said Lodge shall 
 therewith assume and pay all the liabilities 
 and responsibilities of the several Lodges out of 
 which it has been formed, and its members 
 shall have such rank and standing as the books 
 of the uniting Lodges shall show. 
 
 3^0. Any member of any of the uniting 
 Lodges who shall fail to be present at the insti- 
 tution of the united Lodge may, on application 
 to the Grand Secretary, receive a Withdrawal 
 Card, as provided for members of extinct 
 Lodges, and should he apply for admission by 
 such card to the united Lodge within six 
 months from the date of its institution, the vote 
 necessary for his election to membership shall 
 be a majority vote by ballot of those present 
 and voting. — G. L. By. 69 to 78. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 MILEAGE AND PER DIEM. 
 
 8/21. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Mileage and Per Diem shall consist of seven 
 members, whose duty it shall be to arrange a 
 table of the mileage and per diem of the officers 
 and representatives and the Junior Past Grand 
 Master in accordance with such resolutions as 
 may be adopted from time to time fixing the 
 rate of such mileage and per diem.— G. L. 
 By. 46. 
 
 3^2. Mileage and per diem is not to be 
 paid any one leaving before the close of the 
 session without the consent of the Grand 
 Lodge. — Jour. 1858 : p. 50. 
 
 MINUTES. 
 
 323. The minutes of a meeting being cor- 
 rectly recorded cannot be declared incorrect 
 because it is supposed the proceedings recorded 
 were illegal. — Jour. 1870 : pp. 404, 408 ; nor, 
 having been confirmed, could the minutes be 
 amended. — Jour. 1880: p. 1980. 
 
 324. When the Minutes of a Lodge are 
 properly recorded, it is not competent for the 
 
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 125 
 
 Noble Grand t > declare them incorrect because 
 he deems the action of the Lodge illegal. — Jour. 
 1870: pp. 404, 408. 
 
 NEW LODGE. 
 
 See Charter. 
 
 325, On receipt of a properly signed appli- 
 cation from the constitutional number of quali- 
 fied persons, the Grand Master may issue a 
 dispensation for the opening of a Subordinate 
 Lodge, and in person, or by deputy, proceed 
 with the institution thereof All the necessary 
 books and blank forms for the new Lodge shall 
 be supplied at such rates as may be fixed by 
 the Grand Lodge, and the necessary expenses 
 of the officer instituting shall be paid by the 
 Lodge at the time of its institution. — G. L. 
 By. 60. 
 
 826. Upon the written application of pro- 
 perly qualified members of the Order, accom- 
 panied by certificates of qualification and the 
 Charter fees, the Grand Lodge will grant 
 Charters to Subordinate Lodges, Degree 
 Lodges and Rebekah Degree Lodges, subject 
 to the terms and conditions imposed by the 
 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 
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 Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Lodge. 
 During the recess of the Grand Lodge, the 
 Grand Master at his discretion may issue dis- 
 pensations for the institution of such Lodges. 
 — G. L. C. 18. 
 
 3^7. The appHcants for a Charter for a 
 Subordinate Lodge must be at ^ ist five in 
 number ; and in a locaUty where a Lodge 
 already exists, not less than ten ; and must be 
 in possession of the Third Degree, and holders 
 of Withdrawal Cards or Dismissal Certificates. 
 For a charter for a Degree Lodge, there must 
 be not less than ten applicants of the Third 
 Degree, two of whom must be Past Grands ; 
 and for a Rebekah Degree Lodge the appli- 
 cants must not be less than five brothers of the 
 Third Degree and five sisters possessing the 
 Rebekah Degree, or qualified by their relation- 
 ship to the members of the Order to receive the 
 same. — G. L. C. ig. 
 
 338. Where it is deemed advisable to in- 
 stitute a Lodge in any locality not less than ten 
 miles from any other Lodge — the approval of 
 the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master having 
 been first obtained — it shall not be necessary 
 for the applicants to be members of the Order; 
 and the Grand Master, or his duly com- 
 
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 127 
 
 missioned deputy, shall have power to initiate 
 and confer the Degrees on a sufficient number 
 of applicants to constitute such new Lodge, 
 provided that such persons shall have first 
 made application to the nearest Lodge, and 
 been accepted upon ballot, as in the case of 
 other applicants for membership. —G. L. C. 20. 
 
 ;i^9. Charter Members of new Lodges 
 should pay the regular fees for deposit of card, 
 as provided by the By-Laws of the new Lodge. 
 — Jour. 1 87 1 : p. 469. 
 
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 NOMINATIONS. 
 
 
 In Grand Lodge. 
 
 330. The nominations for the election of 
 officers of the Grand Lodge, and for Repre- 
 sentatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, shall 
 take place on the last day of the annual session. 
 — G. L. By. 15. 
 
 381. The Grand Secretary shall transmit 
 to each Past Grand nominated a notice of his 
 nomination, on or before the first day of May 
 following, requesting his acceptance or declina- 
 tion of said nomination on or before the fifteenth 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 ti-M 
 
 day of May. The Grand Secretary shall, not 
 later than the first day of June, transmit to the 
 several Lodges in the jurisdiction the names of 
 all the nominees who have accepted the nomi- 
 nations, stating the several offices for which 
 they were nominated. — G. L. By. i6. 
 
 33/i, Should all the candidates for any 
 office decline the nomination, or be disqualified 
 by removal from the jurisdiction, loss of mem- 
 bership, or other cause, the nomination and 
 election for such office shall take place at the 
 annual session of the Grand Lodge following ; 
 and the voting thereon shall be confined to the 
 Representatives present in Grand Lodge. — 
 G. L. By. 2G. 
 
 333. Should any officer elected fail to pre- 
 sent himself for installation at the time duly 
 appointed for the ceremony, his office shall be 
 declared vacant, and the Representatives pre- 
 sent shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy 
 by nomination and election ; provided, that if 
 satisfactory cause for such absence be shown, 
 the installation of such absent officer may take 
 place at such time and in such manner as the 
 Grand Lodge may direct. — G. L. By. 21. 
 
OV ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 I2y 
 
 In Subordinate Lodgks. 
 
 •i«:{4. Nominations for the Elective Offices 
 in Subordinate Lodges shall be made only at 
 the two meetings next preceding that fixed for 
 the elections thereto, and no nominee shall be 
 balloted for who has not signified his willing- 
 ness to accept the office for which he may be 
 named. — S. L. C. 21. 
 
 335. Nominations for Representative must 
 be made before proceeding to election — Jour. 
 1870 : pp. 404, 408 ; but it must be on the 
 night of election, not on the regular night of 
 nomination for elective officers. — Jour. 1874 • 
 p. 728. 
 
 NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. 
 
 336. No suspended member shall be rein- 
 stated until he shall have paid any arrearages 
 against him at the time of his suspension, and 
 all dues and assessments that may have accrued 
 since that date, except in case of a member 
 dropped for non-payment of dues. 
 
 337. No member who has been dropped 
 from membership for non-payment of dues. 
 
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 DIGEST OK THK LAWS 
 
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 except members of defunct Lodges and those 
 possessing dismissal certificates, shall be again 
 admitted to membership in any Lodge of this 
 Order without the consent of the Lodge from 
 which he was expelled or dropped ; and in no 
 case shall he be readmitted without compliance 
 with all the forms for new applicants, excepting 
 the ceremony of initiation, and excepting also 
 that in the case of a non-resident, he shall not 
 be required to re-sign the Constitution. 
 
 •338. Any member of a Lodge who is in 
 arrears for dues for one year shall be reported 
 to the Lodge by the Permanent Secretary, and 
 on such report shall be dropped from member- 
 ship, unless the Lodge, by resolution, extend 
 the time of payment, which extension shall in 
 no case exceed six months ; provided that a 
 member under suspension for any cause for a 
 definite period shall not be dropped from mem- 
 bership until the expiration of his term of 
 suspension. — S. L. C. 66 to 68. 
 
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 131 
 
 OFFENCES. 
 
 See Trials. 
 
 331). Every member charged with an offence 
 involving reprimand, suspension or expulsion 
 (unless for non-payment of dues), shall be en- 
 titled to a fair trial, in accordance with the 
 Constitution, and of the Rules of Procedure 
 on Trials adopted by the Grand Lodge. — 
 o. J-«. C ^o. 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 See Election, Installation. 
 Of Grand Lodge. 
 
 340. The elective officers of the Grand 
 Lodge shall be Grand Master, Deputy Grand 
 Master, Grand Warden, Grand Secretary and 
 Grand Treasurer, who shall be elected by the 
 Past Grands in good standing, voting in their 
 several Subordinate Lodges as provided by 
 By-Law. 
 
 341. The Grand Representative or Repre- 
 sentatives to represent the Grand Lodge in 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 the Sovereign Grand Lodge shall be elected in 
 accordance with the Constitution and Laws of 
 the said Sovereign Grand Lodge, and in the 
 form and manner herein prescribed for the 
 nomination and election of Grand Officers. 
 
 34^. The appointed officers of the Grand 
 Lodge shall be : Grand Marshal, Cor ^uctor, 
 Guardian, Chaplain and Herald, to ap- 
 
 pointed by the Grand Master immediately 
 after his installation, subject to the approval of 
 the Grand Lodge. 
 
 343, The Grand Master shall, as soon 
 after his installation as may be, appoint, sub- 
 ject to the approval of the Grand Lodge, a 
 District Deputy Grand Master for each District 
 under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, 
 and within which one or more Subordinate 
 Lodges may be in operation. 
 
 344. There shall be two Grand Lodge 
 Auditors, one of whom shall be appointed by 
 the Grand Master and the other shall be 
 elected rt the annual session of the Grand 
 Lodge, and shall hold office until his successor 
 is elected ; should any Auditor, during recess, 
 die, resign, refuse or neglect to act, or become 
 incapacitated, his place shall, from time to 
 
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 133 
 
 time, as occasion rises, be supplied by appoint- 
 ment of the Grand Master. 
 
 345, Should a vacancy occur in the office 
 of Grand Representative, Grand Warden, 
 Grand Secretary or Grand Treasurer, by death, 
 resignation or otherwise, during the recess of 
 the Grand Lodge, such vacancy shall be filled 
 by a member of the Order to be chosen by a 
 majority of the remaining Elective Officers and 
 Grand Representatives, provided always that 
 the member so chosen shall serve only until 
 the next annual session of the Grand Lodge, 
 when in the event of the term of the vacant 
 office being still unexpired, the Representatives 
 present shall elect by ballot a member to serve 
 for the remainder of such unexpired term. — 
 G. L. C. 6-1 1. 
 
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 Election and Installation of Grand Lodge 
 
 Officers. 
 
 346. The nominations for the election of 
 officers of the Grand Lodge, and for Represen- 
 tatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, shall 
 take place on the last day of the annual session. 
 
 347. The Grand Secretary shall transmit 
 to each Past Grand nominated a notice of his 
 
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 134 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 'i' 
 
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 nomination, on or before the first day of May 
 following, requesting his acceptance or declina- 
 tion of said nomination on or before the fif- 
 teenth day of May. The Grand Secretary 
 shall, not later than the first day in June, trans- 
 mit to the several Lodges in the jurisdiction 
 the names of all the nominees who have accepted 
 the nominations, stating the several offices for 
 which they were nominated. 
 
 348. At the last regular meeting of the 
 Subordinate Lodges held in June, all Past 
 Grands in good standing and present shall, in 
 open Lodge, proceed to vote by ballot for 
 Grand Officers. The Noble Grand and Secre- 
 tary shall immediately thereafter count the vote 
 and announce the result to the Lodge, and the 
 Secretary shall record the same in the minutes. 
 They shall also make a record on a printed 
 form, provided by the Grand Lodge for that 
 purpose, of the number of votes cast for each 
 candidate, sign the same and affix the seal of 
 the Lodge, and immediately transmit the same 
 by mail in a sealed envelope, registered, to the 
 Grand Secretary, marked " Election Returns 
 
 for Grand Lodge Officers, from Lodge, No. 
 
 ." A duplicate return shall also be placed 
 
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 135 
 
 •'549. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Election Returns shall meet on the evening of 
 the first day of the session of the Grand Lodge, 
 and unseal the envelopes and count the ballot, 
 in the presence of any of the elective Grand 
 Of^cers, the candidates oV their agents, who 
 may choose to attend. The first order of busi- 
 ness after opening the Grand Lodge on the 
 •second day of the session shall be the reception 
 of the report of the Committee of Election Re- 
 turns; and if the Committee report any infor- 
 malities or irregularities in the returns of any 
 of the Lodges, the same may be corrected by a 
 majority vote of the Grand Lodge. No vote 
 shall be counted as part of the poll unless it be 
 for a candidate regularly nominated. 
 
 350. In the election for such office, the 
 candidate having a majority of the votes cast 
 shall be declared elected by the Grand Master. 
 In case no candidate receives a majority of the 
 votes, the Representatives present in Grand 
 Lodge shall immediately proceed to ballot upon 
 the candidates in nomination ; and after each 
 ballot the candidate who shall have received 
 the least number of votes shall be withdrawn. 
 
 35 1 . Should all the candidates for any office 
 decline the nomination, or be disqualified by 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 removal from the jurisdiction, loss of member- 
 ship, or other cause, the nomination and elec- 
 tion for such office shall take place at the 
 annual session of the Grand Lodge following; 
 and the voting thereon shall be confined to the 
 Representatives present in Grand Lodge. 
 
 ti*y^^. Should any officer elected fail to pre- 
 sent himself for installation at the time duly, 
 appointed for the ceremony, his office shall be 
 declared vacant, and the Representatives pres- 
 sent shall forthwith proceed to fill the vacancy 
 by nomination and election ; provided, that if 
 satisfactory cause for such absence be shown, 
 the mstallation of such absent officer may take 
 place at such time and in such manner as the 
 Grand Lodge may direct. 
 
 •^58. At an election for Grand Officers in 
 any Subordinate Lodge, a Past Grand not a 
 member of such Lodge shall be permitted to 
 vote, on presenting a certificate from the Sec- 
 retary of his own Lodge that he is in good 
 standing and entitled to vote at that election ; 
 which certificate shall be attached to the elec- 
 tion return of the Lodge in which said Past 
 Grand votes, and be transmitted therewith to 
 the Grand Lodge. 
 
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 DuTiRS AND Powers of Grand Lodgf 
 
 Officers. 
 
 354. The Grand Master shall preside at all 
 meetings of the Grand Lodge when present ; 
 he shall preserve order and decorum therein, 
 and decide all questions of order, subject, how- 
 ever, to an appeal to the Grand Lodge ; he 
 shall have the casting vote upon all occasions 
 when the Grand Lodge is equally divided, 
 except in cases decided by ballot ; he shall 
 appoint all officers and committees whose 
 appointment is not otherwise provided for by 
 the Grand Lodge ; sign all requisite orders on 
 the Grand Treasurer, and all regular documents 
 requiring his signature ; and transmit, or cause 
 to be transmitted regularly, previous to the 
 conjmencement of each term, to each Subordi- 
 nate Lodge within this jurisdiction, the pass- 
 words necessary ; he shall be, ex-officio, a 
 member of all committees of the Grand Lodge 
 whose meetings he may choose to attend ; he 
 may grant dispensations to open new Lodges, 
 and for the mergement or amalgamation of 
 existing Lodges, and petitions of a Subordinate 
 Lodge to reinstate an expelled member ; and 
 he shall, in person, or by deputy, visit and 
 inspect the books, proceedings and work of 
 
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 each Subordinate Lodge within this jurisdic- 
 tion, whenever he may deem it necessary in the 
 trtherance of their interests; the necessary 
 expense incurred in making such visits to be 
 defrayed b}^ the Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 15 
 to 23. 
 
 355. The Grand Master's decisions during 
 the recess should be in writing, and ii; answer 
 only to written questions. — Jour. 1870: pp. 
 417,418. 
 
 356* The Grand Master is authorized, by 
 precedent, to appoint a messenger, and the 
 Grand Secretary to appoint an assistant. — 
 Jour. 1881 : p. 2056. 
 
 357. The Deputy Grand Master shall act 
 as the assistant of the Grand Master, and, 
 during the absence of that officer, shall be 
 invested with all his powers. In the event of 
 the death, resignation, or removal from office 
 of the Grand Master, he shall, ex-officio, be- 
 come Grand Master until the next regular 
 session thereafter. 
 
 358, The Grand Warden shall preside in 
 the absence of the Deputy Grand Master and 
 Grand Master ; he shall assist the Grand 
 
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 Master in the ceremonies of the Order, and in 
 the preservation of decorum in the Grand 
 Lodge ; he shall confer the Grand Lodge 
 Degree on all Past Grands qualified to receive 
 it ; and shall, subject to the Grand Master, 
 have charge of the Lodge-room during all meet- 
 ings of the Grand Lodge. And in the event 
 of a vacancy in the office of Deputy Grand 
 Master, he shall perform the duties of that 
 office until the first regular session thereafter. 
 
 359. The duty of the Grand Secretary 
 shall be to attend in person every meeting of 
 the Grand Lodge, ind when absent to trans- 
 mit the books and records thereof; he shall 
 keep a just and true record of all proceedings, 
 and intimate to each Subordinate Lodge such 
 portion thereof as may affect it ; he shall also 
 keep a just and true account between each 
 Subordinate Lodge and the Grand Lodge, and 
 also of the affairs of the Grand Lodge ; he 
 shall preserve all books and fyle all documents 
 belonging to his office ; attest all orders drawn 
 on the Grand Treasurer, and pay over to him 
 monthly all moneys coming into his hands on 
 account of the Grand Lodge ; receive all docu- 
 ments relative to the Grand Lodge, and subn it 
 the same to the Grand Master, or the Grand 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 Lodge, if in session ; conduct all correspon- 
 dence on behalf of the Grand Lodge ; furnish 
 all committees with such official documents as 
 may be necessary for their reference ; transmit 
 to the Sovereign Grand Lodge a regular report 
 of the Order, made up to the 31st December 
 in each year ; notify all Subordinate Lodges of 
 each regular or special session of the Grand 
 Lodge, at least two weeks previous to its com- 
 mencement ; prepare all Charters granted by 
 the Grand Lodge ; affix the Seal of the Grand 
 Lodge to such Charters, and to all other 
 documents requiring it ; perform all the duties 
 of the Grand Treasurer in his absence, and 
 attend to all other business not herein enume- 
 rated, and coming properly within the duties 
 of his office. He shall have his books properly 
 closed before the annual session, and shall 
 have a sufficient number of his annual report 
 prmted for the use of the Grand Lodge. Prior 
 to installation he shall execute in favor of the 
 Grand Lodge a satisfactory bond of a Guaran- 
 tee Company for the faithful performance of 
 his duties, and shall receive such salary as may 
 be fixed upon at each annual session. 
 
 360. The Grand Treasurer shall receive 
 and take charge of the moneys of the Grand 
 
 
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 141 
 
 Lodge, investing or depositing the same as 
 directed by the Grand Master, and counter- 
 signed by the Grand Secretary, and none 
 other ; he shall keep his accounts in a fair, 
 clear and legible manner, exhibiting, in as far 
 as possible, the resources of all receipts, and 
 the destination of all disbursements, with the 
 amount of both ; he shall have his accounts 
 closed immediately before every regular ses- 
 sion, and submit them thereat to the Grand 
 Lodge ; and shall, prior to the installation, 
 execute in favor of the Grand Lodge a satis- 
 factory bond of a Guarantee Company for the 
 due and faithful performance ot his duties. 
 
 361, The Grand Representatives shall at- 
 tend the meetings of the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge, and act thereat on behalf of this juris- 
 diction ; they shall be furnished with certifi- 
 cates of election in the form required by the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge. They shall also 
 attend the meetings of the Grand Lodge, and 
 submit a synopsis of the proceedings of the 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge at the sessions thereof 
 attended by them, to appear in the annual 
 printed proceedings of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 36^. The Grand Chaplain shall open and 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 close every meeting of the Grand Lodge with 
 prayer. 
 
 •^68. The Grand Marshal shall examine 
 Past Grands applying for the Grand Lodge 
 Degree, and shall otherwise assist the Grand 
 Master in the ceremonies of the Grand Lodge, 
 according to his office. 
 
 364. The Grand Conductor shall assist 
 the Grand Marshal in the Ceremonies of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 iiG5, The Grand Herald shall securely 
 guard the outer door of the Lodge-room ; he 
 shall permit no one to enter without examina- 
 tion and receiving from him the semi-annual 
 Pass-Word ; he shall receive the cards of tra- 
 velling brothers desiring to visit the Grand 
 Lodge and deliver the same to the Grand 
 Guardian to be laid before the Grand Lodge. 
 
 366, The Grand Guardian shall have the 
 charge of the inner entrance of the Grand 
 Lodge-room, and permit none to enter or depart 
 without the usual formalities. 
 
 367. Each District Deputy Grand Master 
 shall act as the agent of the Grand Master, 
 with the Subordinate Lodge or Lodges situated 
 
 
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 within the District over which he may be ap- 
 pointed ; it shall be his duty to see that the 
 work of the Order is performed therein uni- 
 formly and correctly ; and co instal the officers 
 ot such Lodge or Lodges, or cause the same to 
 be done by a competent officer ; he shall be 
 entrusted with the charge of, and shall counter- 
 sign and issue all dispensations granted to any 
 Lodge in his District ; he shall report to the 
 Grand Master, at least two weeks previous to 
 each regular Session, such dispensations as 
 may have passed through his hands, together 
 with all other matters coming within his sphere 
 of duty ; and he shall remit forthwith to the 
 Grand Secretary all dues, charges, and other 
 funds which may have been received by him 
 on account of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 368, The Grand Master, or Deputy Grand 
 Master, shall not hold office in a Subordinate 
 Lodge while holding either of those offices. 
 
 369. It shall be the duty of the Grand 
 Lodge Auditors to examine the books, ac- 
 counts, vouchers, etc., of the Grand Secretary 
 and Grand Treasurer prior to each annual 
 session of the Grand Lodge, and report upon 
 the same. — G. L. By. 24 to 36. 
 
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 ELECTIVE OFFICERS. 
 
 370. The Elective Officers of a Lodge 
 shall be : Noble Grand, Vice-Grand, Record- 
 ing^ Secretary, Permanent Secretary, and Trea- 
 surer. 
 
 371. No brother shall be eligible for the 
 office of Noble Grand until he has served a 
 term as Vice-Grand, nor of Vice-Grand until he 
 has served a term in some inferior office, except 
 that of Chaplain, has attained the Third De- 
 gree, and is in good standing. All officers 
 shall be eligible for re-election. 
 
 373. Nominations for the Elective Offices 
 shall be made only at the two meetings next 
 preceding that fixed for the elections thereto, 
 and no nominee shall be balloted for who has 
 not signified his willingness to accept the office 
 for which he may be named. 
 
 373. The Election of Officers shall take 
 place at the last regular meeting in each term. 
 If for any elective office, or for the office of 
 Representative to the Grand Lodge, only one 
 member shall be in nomination, such member 
 
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 shall be declared elected by acclamation ; 
 should there be two or more candidates duly 
 nominated, the members present shall proceed 
 to elect one of such candidates by ballot ; and 
 only members in good standing shall be en- 
 titled to vote. 
 
 374. A majority of all the legal votes cast 
 shall be n cessary to election. Should there 
 be no choice of an officer on any ballot, a new 
 ballot shall forthwith take place, and after each 
 ballot the name of each candidate who may 
 have received the sma.Uest number of votes, as 
 well as those who shall receive no votes, shall 
 be withdrawn. 
 
 375. The appointed Officers of a Lodge 
 shall be : Warden, Conductor, Outside Guard, 
 Inside Guard, Right Supporter Noble Grand, 
 Left Supporter Noble Grand, Right Supporter 
 Vice-Grand, Left Supporter Vice-Grand, Right 
 Scene Supporter and Left Scene Supporter, 
 and the Lodge may, at its option, add a 
 Chaplain. 
 
 376. These officers shall be appointed by 
 the Noble Grand, immediately after his install- 
 ation, except the Right Supporter Vice-Grand 
 and Left Supporter Vice-Grand, who shall 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
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 be appointed at the same time by the Vice- 
 Grand. , 
 
 377. All members appointed as officers 
 must be in good standing, and must have at- 
 tained to the Third Degree. 
 
 378. The Noble Grand, with the consent 
 of the Lodge, may appoint as Outside Guard 
 a brother of the Third Degree belonging to any 
 other Lodge in the jurisdiction. 
 
 371). The Lodge may at any time elect a 
 Physician, Solicitor, or other officer, required 
 for the operation of the legitimate work of the 
 Lodge ; but the person so elected shall not, as 
 such officer, be subject to any of the laws of 
 the Order relating to membership, qualifica- 
 tion, or honors, and may be elected under a 
 by-law, resolution, or in any manner and at 
 any time that the Lodge may decide. 
 
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 INSTALLATION. 
 
 380. The Officers of the Lodge shall be in- 
 stalled at the first regular meeting in the term 
 for which they have been elected or appointed, 
 except that the installation of an officer chosen 
 to fill a vacancy may take place on the 
 
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 night of his election or appointment. An offi- 
 cer re-elected or re-appointed must be again 
 installed. 
 
 VACANXIES IN OFFICH. 
 
 881* Any office, the occupant of which 
 may have been absent without satisfactory ex- 
 cuse from three successive regular meetings, 
 may be declared vacant by vote of the Lodge, 
 on a motion to that effect, provided notice of 
 such motion has been given at the regular 
 meeting previous to that at which the vote is 
 to be taken. 
 
 382, Any vacancy in office by resignation, 
 death, or otherwise, shall be filled by election 
 or appointment, as the case may be. In the 
 case of elective officers, the election may take 
 place on the second night of nomination ; and 
 the members so elected or appointed shall be 
 entitled to the privileges and honors of the 
 office, provided they complete the term. 
 
 DUTIES AND POWERS OF OFFICERS. 
 
 383. The Officers of the Lodge sliall per- 
 form such duties and be invested with such 
 powers as are prescribed by the Charge Books 
 
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 and Usages of the Order, the Laws of the 
 Grand Lodge of Ontario and of the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge, and the By-Laws and Resolu- 
 tions of the Lodge. — S. L. C. 19 to 32. 
 
 384, It is imperative on all officers to com- 
 mit to memory the charges of their several 
 offices as soon as practicable after installation. 
 — Jour. 1868 : p. 320. 
 
 385, If an officer is absent at roll-call, his 
 subsequent assumption of his chair should be 
 recorded on the minutes, and the Noble Grand 
 can so instruct the Secretary. — Jour. 1886 : p. 
 2978. 
 
 386. The Noble Grand's rights in the 
 matter of voting are as follows : In an election 
 by ballot (of a candidate or an officer) he can 
 vote the same as other members, but has no 
 casting vote ; when the vote is an open one he 
 has only a casting vote in cases of tie. — Jour. 
 1875: p. 1469; Jour. 1880: p. 1924, 1979. 
 
 387. The Noble Grand's powers as to 
 allowing members to enter or retire from the 
 room are largely discretionary ; he is not re- 
 quired to prevent them retiring at any time, 
 except during initiation — Jour. 1868: p. 369; 
 
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 and even then he may allow a brother to retire 
 if the case is one of urgency — Jour. 1881 : p. 
 21 13; during " preparation for initiation" lie 
 can use his own discretion — Jour. 1875 : p. 
 1408 ; during " opening " and ■' initiation " he 
 cannot allow any one to enter — Jour. 1875 : p. 
 1398 ; but at no other time should he refuse ad- 
 mission to any brother in good standing.— Jour. 
 1874: pp. 725, 733. 
 
 •588. It is customary, but not imperative, 
 for the Noble Grand to rise when putting a 
 motion to the Lodge.— jour. 1875 : p. 1398. 
 
 389. The Noble Grand can rule a motion 
 out of order, subject to an appeal to the Lodge. 
 — Jour. 1875 : p. 1408. 
 
 390. It is the prerogative of the Noble 
 Grand to appoint the Vice-Grand, or any Past 
 Grand, to act as Outside Conductor. — Jour. 
 1878 : pp. 19, 76. 
 
 ORDER. 
 
 See Rules of Order, State of the Order. 
 
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 PAST GRANDS. 
 
 391. Past Grands in good standing are 
 members of the Grand Lodge. — G. L. C. 4. 
 
 39!5i. Only Past Grands are eligible for 
 election as Representatives to the (jrand 
 Lodge. — G. L. C. 5. 
 
 393. Only Past Grands can vote at the 
 election of Grand Officers. — G. L. C. 6. 
 
 394. Any Past Grand, on presenting a 
 certificate of his official services, and after 
 satisfactory examination in the Degrees per- 
 taining thereto, shall be entitled to receive the 
 Grand Lodge Degree. — G. L. By. i. 
 
 395. The Grand Secretary shall keep a 
 register of the Past Grands of the jurisdiction. 
 Whenev^^' any member of a Subordinate Lodge 
 attains to the rank of Past Grand a certificate 
 to that effect sliall be immediately forwarded 
 under the seal of the Lodge to the Grand 
 Secretary, and each semi-annual return of a 
 Subordinate Lodge shall contain a full list of 
 all Past Grands in good standing belonging to 
 the Lodge. — G. L. By. S. 
 
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 396. At the last regular meeting of the 
 Subordinate Lodges held in June, all Past 
 Grands in good standing and present shall, in 
 open lodge, proceed to vote by ballot for Grand 
 Officers. The Noble Grand and Secre- 
 tary shall immediately thereafter count the 
 vote and announce the result to the Lodge, 
 and the Secretary shall record the same in the 
 minutes. They shall also make a record on a 
 printed form, provided by the Grand Lodge 
 for that purpose, of the number of votes cast 
 for each candidate, sign the same and affix the 
 seal of tlie Lodge, and immediately transmit 
 the same by mail in a sealed envelope, regis- 
 tered, to the Grand Secretary, marked " Elec- 
 tion Returns for Grand Lodge Officers, from 
 
 Lodge, No. ."' A duplicate return 
 
 shall also be placed in the hands of the Lodge 
 Representative. — G. L. By. 17. 
 
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 397. At an election for Grand Officers in 
 any Subordinate Lodge, a Past Grand not a 
 member of such Lodge shall be permitted to 
 vote, on presenting a certificate from the 
 Secretarv of his own Lodge that he is in good 
 standing and entitled to vote at that election ; 
 which certificate shall be attached to the elec- 
 tion return of the Lodge in which said Past 
 
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 Grand votes, and be transmitted therewith to 
 the Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 22. 
 
 398, A Past Grand's seniority dates from 
 the time he first became a Past Grand, 
 whether in the Lodge to which he now belongs 
 or some other. — Jour. 1876 : p. 1679. 
 
 399. In the Grand Lodge a Past Grand has 
 no right to move or second a motion, or debate 
 on any subject, unless he is a Past Grand 
 Master. — Jour. 1865: p. 220. 
 
 40(). On the death of a Past Grand, his 
 Lodge should send official notice of his death 
 to the Grand Secretary. — Jour. 1879 : pp. 1805, 
 1867. 
 
 PAST GRAND MASTER. 
 
 401 • Past Grand Masters in good standing 
 are members of the Grand Lodge and have the 
 right of debating and making motions, but 
 have no right to vote in Grand Lodge. — 
 G. L. C. 4* 
 
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 PENALTIES. 
 
 40^. Any member who shall violate any of 
 the laws, principles or practices ot the Order, 
 or any part of the Constitution or By-Laws 
 of his Lod^e, shall be subject to be fined, 
 reprimanded, suspended or expelled, as the 
 By-Laws may direct, ancient usage require, or 
 the Lodge determme. — S. L. C. 57. 
 
 PER CAPITA. 
 
 403. The Grand Lodge shall be entitled to 
 receive from each Subordinate Ledge such sum 
 per capita as may be fixed by the By-Laws of 
 the Grand Lodge, which shall be payable half- 
 yearly, for each un suspended member on its 
 books, as shown by its semi-annual return. — 
 G. L. C. 16. 
 
 404. The Grand Lodge shall be entitled to 
 receive from each Subordinate Lodge the sum 
 of fifty cents per annum, payable semi-annually, 
 for each unsuspended member on its books as 
 shown by its semi-annual returns. — G. L. By. 
 
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 405. Suspension of a Lodge does not relieve 
 it from payinf^: to Grand Lodge per capita tax. 
 — Jour. 1877 : pp. 1848, 1965. 
 
 PETITIONS. 
 
 4:06. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Petitions and Correspondence shall consist of 
 seven members, to whom shall be referred all 
 petitions, and all official correspondence of the 
 Grand Master and Grand vSecretar}. — G. L. 
 By. 47. 
 
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 407. Every Lodge may at any time elect a 
 Physician, Solicitor, or other officer, required 
 for the operation of the legitimate work of the 
 Lodge, but the person so elected, shall not, as 
 such officer, be subject to any of the laws of 
 the Order relating to membership, qualification, 
 or honors, and may be elected under a by-law, 
 resolution, or in any manner and at any time 
 that the Lodge may decide. — S. L. C. 28. 
 
 4-()8. Every application for membership 
 must be submitted in writing in the form pro- 
 
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 vided b}' the Sovereign Grand Lodge, and must 
 be accompanied by a reference to at least two 
 other members of the Lodge, and a certificate 
 of good heahh from a physician selected l)y the 
 Lodge, on the form provided by the Grand 
 Lodge. — S. L. C. 3. 
 
 POWERS. 
 
 See Appeals, "Grand Lodge, Oi-eicers. 
 
 PRINTING. 
 
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 409. Tlie Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Printing and SuppHes shall be composed of the 
 Grand Secretary and two other members, who 
 shall be appomted by the Grand Master at the 
 close of each annual session. During the recess 
 of the Grand Lodge the Committee shall super- 
 vise all matters relative to the printing required 
 by the Grand Lodge, the purchase of all sup- 
 plies, and the expenditure connected with the 
 Grand Lodge Offices. Purchase shall be made 
 by tender wherever practicable. The Com- 
 mittee shall make a report to the Grand Lodge 
 at each annual session. — G. L. By. 42. 
 
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 PROCEDURE. 
 
 See Trials. 
 
 PUNISHMENT. 
 
 See Penalties. 
 
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 QUALIFICATIONS 
 
 See Candidate, Officers. 
 
 QUORUM. 
 
 410. To constitute a regular or special 
 session of the Grand Lodge, there must be in 
 attendance a majority of the Representatives 
 of all the Lodges within the jurisdiction ; and 
 all work shall he transacted in the Grand 
 Lodge Degree. Thirty Representatives shall 
 form a quorum for the transaction of business. 
 — G. L. C. 15. 
 
 411, The Grand Lodge shall be opened at 
 the time specified in the Constitution for its 
 meeting, and if a quorum be present shall pro- 
 
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 ceed to business. If there be no quorum 
 present within one half-hour, the Grand Master 
 or the presiding officer may adjourn the meet- 
 ing from time to time until a quorum shall 
 appear. — G. L. By. 9. 
 
 41^. Should there be present less than a 
 quorum of qualified members, the Grand Master 
 shall direct the Grand Lodge Degree to be con- 
 ferred on such Representatives as are in attend- 
 ance and not in possession of said degree, 
 but presenting certificates showing they are 
 entitled to it. — G. L. By. 11. 
 
 413, The first named member of a com- 
 mittee shall be the chairman thereof, unless 
 otherwise ordered by a majority of the com- 
 mittee. At all meetings of committees the 
 Rules of Order shall be observed as far as 
 practicable, except the rules respecting the 
 writing and seconding of motions Hmiting the 
 number of times a member may speak, record- 
 ing the yeas and nays, and calling the previous 
 question. A majority of a committee shall 
 constitute a quorum. — G. L. By. 51. 
 
 414, No business shall be transacted at any 
 regular or special meeting of a Lodge, unless 
 at least five members of the Lodge be then 
 
 
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 present, nor otherwise than accordiniif to Rules 
 of Order annexed to tlie Constitution. — S. L. 
 C. 36. 
 
 415. Any charge or charges preferred 
 against a member shall be referred to a com- 
 mittee of five members, to be chosen b\' ballot, 
 three of whom shall be a quorum ; which com- 
 mittee shall, with as little delay as the case will 
 admit, sunnnon the parties, and examine and 
 determine the matter in question in accordance 
 with the Constitution and Rules of Procedure 
 on Trials. In selecting this committee, only 
 one name shall be written upon any ballot. — 
 S. L. C. 60. 
 
 RE-ADMISSION. 
 
 4 IG. Should any member receiving a With- 
 drawal (^ard from a Lodge apply withni twelve 
 months thereafter to be re-admitted to member- 
 ship and be accepted, the Lodge may remit in 
 his favor the entrance fee, or any portion 
 thereof. — S. L. C. 18. 
 
 417, No member who has been dropped 
 from membership for non-payment of dues, 
 except members of defimct Lodges, and those 
 
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 possessing dismissal certificate shall hv again 
 admitted to membership in r _^odge of this 
 Order without the consent ol ihe Lodge from 
 which he was expelled or dropped ; and in no 
 case shall he be re-admitted without compliance 
 with all the forms for new applicants, excepting 
 the ceremony of initiation, and excepting also 
 that in the case of a non-resident, he shall not 
 be required to re-sign the Constitution. — S. L. 
 C. 67. 
 
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 418. Rebekah Degree Lodges ma}' be insti- 
 tuted on the application of ten or more persons, 
 five of whom shall be Third Degree members 
 in good standing of some Subordinate Lodge 
 or Lodges in this jurisdiction, and five female 
 relatives of Third Degree members in good 
 standing in the Order, and all in possession of 
 the Rebekah Degree, or qualified to receive the 
 same. Such application shall be signed by the 
 applicants, and shall be accompanied by the 
 charter fee of $5, by certificates of qualification 
 from the Lodges to which the applicants or 
 their male relatives belong, and by a recom- 
 mendation from the Lodge or Lodges in the 
 city or town from which the application comes. 
 
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 411). Kcbekali Degree Lodges shall have 
 power to receive into membership by initiation 
 Third Degree members in good standing in 
 Subordinate Lodges, and their wives and such 
 other female relatives as are qualified by the 
 general laws to be admitted to the Degree ; and 
 also to receive on deposit of card qualified 
 members of the Degree of Rebekah from other 
 Lodges. All applications for admisison shall 
 be submitted to the consideration of a com- 
 mittee appointed by the Noble Grand ; and on 
 the Committee's report a ballot shall be taken, 
 and if not more than three black balls appear, 
 the candidate shall be eligible for admission. 
 
 4^0. Rebekah Degree Lodges shall have 
 power to adopt such Dy-Laws and Rules of 
 Order as they may see fit ; provided always 
 that no such By-Laws or Rules of Order shall 
 become operative until after they have been 
 approved by the Grand Lodge of Ontario, or, 
 in its recess, by its Committee on Laws of 
 Subordinates. 
 
 4^1. Rebekah Degree Lodges shall be sub- 
 ject to all the Laws applying to Subordinate 
 Lodges in the matter of sessions, terms, elec- 
 tion and appointment of officers, returns, trials 
 and penalties, and forfeiture of Charter, in so 
 
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 far as the same may be applicable ; exceptin 
 that tliey shall not be required to pay a per 
 capita tax to this Grand Lodge. — G. L. By. 
 
 94 to 97- 
 
 4:22. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Degree of Rebekah shall consist of seven 
 members, to whom shall be referred all matters 
 connected with the Degree of Rebekah in this 
 jurisdiction. — G. L. By. 50. 
 
 4t23, A District Deputy Grand Master 
 cannol: instal the officers of a Rebekah Degree 
 Lodge unless he is a member of a Lodge of 
 that degree. — Jour. 1890: 4719. 
 
 434. A member of a Rebekah Degree 
 Lodge cannot wear his Encampment regalia 
 therein.— Jour. 1879: p. 1862. 
 
 REDUCTION OF BENEFITS. 
 
 See Benefits. 
 
 REGALIA. 
 
 4:25. The Noble Grand is authorized to 
 compel Officers to wear their official regalia 
 while in Lodge. — Jour. i8t)8: p. 328. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 ^*<iC>. Grand Lodge disapproves of the 
 wearin<; of regalia in outside parades. — Jour. 
 1874: pp. 672, 726. 
 
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 See Past Grands. 
 
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 REINSTATEMENT. 
 
 4^7. When any member suspended for a 
 definite period, for any other cause than non- 
 payment of dues, desires to be reinstated before 
 the expiration of his suspension, cr, having 
 been expelled, desires reinstatement, his case 
 shall be referred to a committee of five mem 
 bers, who, after due investigation, shall report 
 at the next regular meeting, and if a majority 
 of the members then present shall vote in his 
 favor, he shall ther^^upon be declared eligible 
 for reinstatement, and, with the consent of the 
 Grand Lodge, may be reinstated. — S. L. C. 65. 
 
 4/^8. No member shall be reinstated until 
 he ah: '1 hav'ci ^aid any arrearages against him 
 a- the time of his suspension, and all dues and 
 assessirients that may have accrued, since that 
 
 
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 date, except in case of a member dropped for 
 noP- payment of dues. — S. L. C. 66. 
 
 429. A Brother having ceased membership 
 for non-payment of dues, cannot reinstate him- 
 self by merely paying his arrears to the Secre- 
 tary. His arrears having been so paid and 
 received by the Secretary, would not give hhii 
 or his widow any claim to benefits in case of 
 his sickness or death.— Jour. 1871 : p. 471. 
 
 430. A suspended member can apply for 
 reinstatement in his own Lodge, although 
 resident within the jurisdiction of another 
 Lodge ; the application to be in writing.— 
 jour. 1879: pp. 1785, 1864. 
 
 482. A Brother who had ceased member- 
 ship, on being remstated, would not require 
 to be re-obligated, but would have to sign the 
 Constitution Jour. 1875: p. 1410 ; except he 
 be a non-resident. -Jour. 1883 : 2445 
 
 433. A member expelled, on being rein- 
 stated, would be liable for dues accruing during 
 time of expulsion.— Jour. 1876: p. 1674; (^"<^ 
 the Lodge has power to compromise.) 
 
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 434. A ballot shall be taken on every appli- 
 cation for membership immediately after the 
 presentation of the report of the Committee on 
 Character, when, if less than three black balls 
 be found, the candidate shall be accepted ; if 
 th.cie or more, he shall be rejected, and so 
 declared ; and any proposition fee prepaid by 
 him shall be returned. — S. L. C. 5. 
 
 435. The rejection of any candidate for 
 membership shall be immediately intimated to 
 every Subordinate Lodge in the city, town or 
 village in which such rejection takes place. — 
 S. L. C 8. 
 
 436. No candidate fo'' membership by in- 
 itiation, who has been rejected can again be 
 proposed until at least six months after his 
 rejection. — S. L. C. 9. 
 
 437. If, on a ballot for Degrees, three or 
 more black balls appear, the applicant shall 
 be rejected, otherwise he shall be considered 
 eligible, and shall be admitted to the Degree 
 or Degrees applied for. In case of rejection 
 he shall not be again balloted for to receive 
 
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 the Degrees unless two weeks' notice is given 
 immediately preceding the meeting at which 
 such ballot is taken. — S. L. C. 15. 
 
 RELIEF. 
 
 II 
 
 See Benefits. 
 
 REPORTS. 
 
 See Trials. 
 
 438. The reports of all Grand Lodge com- 
 mittees must be made in writing and shall be 
 laid on the table, to be printed by the Grand 
 Secretary, and copies thereof placed before 
 the members at the next sitting of the Grand 
 Lodge, when action shall be taken thereon ; 
 provided that this By-Law may be suspended 
 by a majority vote of the Grand Lodge when- 
 ever its operation would be impracticable or 
 unnecessary. — G. L. By. 52. 
 
 439. In ail cases where matters are referred 
 to Special Committees to be reported on at a 
 subsequent session of the Grand Lodge, such 
 report or reports must be sent to the Grand 
 Secretary in time to be printed, and a copy 
 
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 thereof sent to each Subordinate Lodge at 
 least one month prior to the opening of the 
 Grand Lodge, and to each Representative, as 
 soon as his name is known to the Grand Secre- 
 tary. — G. L. By. 53. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 440, The Grand Lodge shall be composed 
 of all duly qualified Past Grands within its juris- 
 diction, who shall be entitled to all the privi- 
 leges pertaining to their rank, as prescribed by 
 the usages and laws of the Sovereign Grand 
 Lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows; 
 and of its Past Grand Masters and Represen- 
 tatives to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, who 
 shall have the right of debating and making 
 motions. But its legislative functions shall be 
 vested in and exercised solely by such Repre- 
 sentatives as shall be elected and appointed in 
 the manner prescribed by this Consatution 
 and the By-Laws adopted by this Grand Lodge. 
 — G. L. C. 4* 
 
 441, Every Lodge withiii the jurisdiction 
 shall, at its last meeting in the . lontli of June, 
 annually elect by ballot from am.ongst its Past 
 Grande in good standing, a Repvesentative or 
 
 
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 Representatives as follows, that is to say : one 
 Representative where the number of members 
 to be returned in the semi-annual report of the 
 current term shall be 100 or less ; over 100 
 and under 200, two Representatives ; 200, or 
 more, three Representatives. Any Lodge not 
 having in membership a properly qualified 
 Past Grand may choose one so qualified from 
 any other Lodge in the jurisdiction as its Repre- 
 sentative. — G. L. C. 5. 
 
 44^. No Past Grand saall be admitted as 
 a Representative in the Grand Lodge unless 
 duly certified as having been elected thereto ; 
 nor until he has been instructed in the Grand 
 Lodge Degree, and has signed a promise faith- 
 fully to support, maintain and abide by the 
 Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Loage. 
 
 443. In balloting for Representatives to 
 the Grand Lodge only one name should be 
 written upon the ballot ; and no one shall be 
 declared elected unless he has received a 
 majority of all the votes cast. 
 
 444. The resignation by any member of 
 his office as Representative must be addressed 
 in writing to the Noble Grand ol his Lodge, 
 which shall proceed at its first opportunity to 
 
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 consider the same, and either accept or refuse 
 the Tesignation, as may seem expedient ; and 
 if such resignation be accepted, the Lodge may 
 at once proceed to elect another quahfied mem 
 ber to fill the vacancy. — G. L. By. 2 to 5. 
 
 445. A Representative cannot represent 
 more than one Subordinate Lodge in the Grand 
 Lodge at the same session. — Jour. 1870 : p. 410. 
 
 446. A Representative to Grand Lodge is 
 not an officer of his own Lodge by virtue of 
 being Representative. — Jour. 1872 : p. 551. 
 
 447. The Secretaries of Subordinate Lodges 
 are required to forward the Credentials of Re- 
 presentatives elect to ^he Grand Secretary, 
 at least two weeks prior to the annual meeting 
 of the Grand Lodge. — Jour. 1871 : p. 475. 
 
 448. Nominations for Representative must 
 be made before proceeding to election — Jour. 
 1870: pp. 404, 408; but it must be on the 
 night of election, not on the regular night of 
 nomination for elective officers. — Jour. 1874 • 
 p. 728. 
 
 449. In electing Representatives, the roll 
 of members must be called, if demanded by a 
 
 
 
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 member in good standing, before the ballot is 
 taken. — Jour. 1874; p. 724. 
 
 450. In balloting for Representatives only 
 one name should be written upon an}^ ballot 
 paper, and a majority of the ballots cast shall 
 be necessary to a choice. Should there be no 
 choice upon any ballot, the name of the candi- 
 date having the lowest number of votes shall 
 be dropped on proceeding to a new ballot. — 
 Jour, 1869: p. 371. If more than one Repre- 
 sentative is to be chosen in commencing to 
 ballot for a second, all others previously nomi- 
 nated will be considered in nomination. — Jour. 
 1873 : p. 621. In case of a tie between two or 
 more of the lowest (three or more being in 
 nomination), a ballot should be immediately 
 taken to determine which of those tying should 
 be dropped ; in no case should the Noble 
 Grand give a casting vote.— Jour. 1871 . p. 468. 
 
 451. A Lodge may elect as Representative 
 a Past Grand who is absent at the time of 
 election, even though he has sent no excuse 
 for absence, nor expressed his wiUingness to 
 accept the position. — Jour. 1871 : p. 462. 
 
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 RESIGNATION. 
 
 452. The resignation by any member of 
 his office as Representative must be addressed 
 in writing to the Noble Grand of his Lodge, 
 which shall proceed at its first opportunity to 
 consider the same, and either accept or refuse 
 the resignation, as may seem expedient ; and 
 if such resignation be accepted, the Lodge may 
 at once proceed to elect auother qualified mem 
 ber to fill the vacancy. — G. L. By. 4. 
 
 458, Any member in good standing and 
 clear of the books, desiring to withdraw from 
 his Lodge, may signify such desire either per- 
 sonally in open Lodge or by a letter addressed 
 to the Secretary, whereupon the Lodge shall 
 proceed to a ballot, with ball ballots, and a 
 majority vote of the members present shall be 
 necessary to the granting of such Withdrawal 
 Card. If a majorit}- of the members present 
 refuse to grant such Card, the applicant there- 
 for may tender a written resignation of his 
 
 
 
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 membership, and shall be entitled to receive 
 from the Secretary, under the seal of the Lodge, 
 a certificate that he has resigned membership, 
 and such certificate siiall be sufficient evidence 
 that the member was in good standing at the 
 time of his resignation ; provided that, upon 
 the refusal of the card, the member applying 
 for the same shall have the right of appeal to 
 the Grand Lodge. — S. L. C. 16. 
 
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 RESTORATION. 
 
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 ment. 
 
 RETURNS. 
 
 454. It shall be the duty of the Noble 
 Grand and Permanent Secretary to prepare 
 and forward to the Grand Secretary im- 
 mediately on the expiry of their term of 
 office, a regular return of the work of such 
 term, with the result of election of officers, etc., 
 in accordance with such blank form of semi- 
 annual or annual return as the Grand Lodge 
 may from time to time direct to be used. 
 
 
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 455. Such semi-annual return sliall be 
 accompanied by the amount due the Grand 
 Lodge, the same being twenty-five cents for 
 each unsuspended member on said return. 
 
 456. A fine of two dollars shall be payable 
 by the Lodge for every month that may elapse 
 after the close of any semi-annual term and 
 until the returns required by the preceding 
 clauses are placed in the possession of the 
 Grand Lodge, and a further fine of fifty cents 
 per da}', for every day that shall elapse after 
 the 25th day of July, until the returns for the 
 term preceding are sent to the Grand Secretary. 
 
 457. Should any Lodge, or the officers 
 thereof, fail to make the returns required by 
 the preceding clauses for twelve months, it 
 shall thereby become liable to the forfeiture of 
 its Charter, and it shall be the duty of the last 
 installed officers to transmit or surrender to 
 the Grand Master, on requisition from him to 
 that effect (or to such other brother as may be 
 appointed by the Grand Lodge or Grand 
 Master to receive the same), the Charter, books, 
 papers, furniture and funds of the Lodge. — 
 S. L. C. 40 to 43. . • 
 
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 make the returns and pay the dues required 
 by its Constitution, for twelve months, shall 
 become liable to tlie forfeiture of its Cliarter, 
 which may thereupon be recalled by the Grand 
 Master, or by vote of the Grand Lodge at 
 any regular session. In the event of any Lodge 
 failing to meet for three consecutive months, it 
 shall thereby become extinct ; and it shall be 
 the duty of the officers and members of such 
 Lodge to transmit to the Grand Lodge the 
 Charter, books, funds and other property of 
 said Lodge. — G. L. C. 22. 
 
 459. On or immediately after the first 
 meetmg in January and July of each year, each 
 Subordinate Lodge shall make a return to the 
 Grand Lodge of its work and condition for the 
 six months immediately preceding. Should 
 any Lodge fail to forward its returns promptly 
 to the Grand Lodge, as required by its Consti- 
 tution, the Grand Secretary shall, immediately 
 upon receipt of such return, enter to the debit 
 of such Lodge a fine of two dollars per month 
 for the time which may have elapsed since 
 such return was due. After the 25th day of 
 July in each year, an additional fine of fifty 
 cents per day shall be imposed on any Lodge 
 failing to send its returnn to the Grand Secre- 
 
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 460. District Deputy Grand Masters are 
 not to instal the officers elect of Lodges until 
 the returns, including all moneys due to the 
 Grand Lodge, have been placed in their hands, 
 or proof shown to them that the same have 
 been forwarded to the Grand Secretary. — 
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 461. The Grand Lodge shall be entitled 
 to receive from each Subordinate Lodge such 
 sum per capita as may be fixed by the By-Laws 
 of the Grand Lodge, which shall be payable 
 half-yearly, for each unsuspended member on 
 its books, as shown by its semi-annual return. 
 Its revenue shall be further drawn from Charter 
 fees of Lodges instituted, which shall be for a 
 Subordinate Lodge, $30 ; for a Degree Lodge, 
 $5 ; and for a Rebekah Degree Lodge, $5 ; and 
 from the sale of supplies to Lodges. — G. L. C. 
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 may be supplied by an assessment upon the 
 Lodges under its jurisdiction, apportioned 
 according to the number of unsuspended mem- 
 bers in each Lodge, as reported in its last 
 semi-annual return. But the Grand L'-dge 
 shall not create any debt or incur any liability 
 requiring a larger amount than can be paid 
 out of its funds on hand, without the sanction 
 previously obtained of at least two-thirds of 
 the Subordinate Lodges under its jurisdiction. 
 — G. L. C. 17. 
 
 463. The Grand Lodge shall be entitled 
 to receive from each Subordinate Lodge the 
 sum of fifty cents per annum, payable semi- 
 annually for each unsuspended member on its 
 books as shown by its semi-annual returns.— 
 G. L. By. 54. 
 
 464. All rituals, books and blank forms 
 necessary for the proper working of Lodges 
 shall be provided by the Grand Lodge ana 
 sold to Subordinates at a uniform advance of 
 twenty-five per cent, on cost. All orders for 
 supplies must be over the seal of the Lodge, 
 and must be accompanied by the amount 
 required to pay the same— G. L. By. 55. 
 
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 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 465, The business of the Grand Lodge 
 shall be transacted in the Grand Lodge Degree, 
 and shall be conducted in the manner pre- 
 scribed in the Rules of Order following. In 
 any case where there is no rule applicable, the 
 Grand Lodge shall be governed by Canadian 
 Parliamentary Practice : 
 
 I. After each adjournment the Grand Lodge 
 shall be opened in the manner prescribed in 
 the Order of Business, and the Minutes of the 
 preceding sitting shall be read and approved. 
 
 n. During the continuance of the session 
 the most decorous order shall be observed, no 
 one leaving the room without the permission 
 of the Grand Master, nor entering without the 
 consent of the Grand Warden. 
 
 The order of procedure, after opening 
 adjourned sittings, shall be as follows : 
 
 1. The calling of the Roll of Officers and 
 Representatives. 
 
 2. The consideration of any excvises which 
 may be offered by absentees from previous 
 sittings. 
 
 3. The receiving and consideration of any 
 reports from the Committee on Credentials, on 
 
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 claims for admission as Representatives or 
 
 Members. 
 
 4. The admission and instruction (when 
 
 requisite) of new Members. 
 
 5. The reading by the Grand Secretary of 
 the Minutes of last sitting, the consideration of 
 any objections which may be made to any part 
 thereof, and their approval, with or without 
 amendment, as the case may require. 
 
 6. Reading of accounts, petitions, and other 
 communications. 
 
 7. Reports of Standing Committees m the 
 
 following order 
 
 On Distribution. 
 Finance. 
 
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 Appeals and Grievances. 
 
 Laws of Subordinates. 
 
 Printing and Supplies. 
 
 Legislation. 
 
 State of the Order. 
 
 Judiciary. 
 
 Mileage and Per Diem. 
 
 Petitions and Correspondence. 
 
 Districts. 
 
 Election Returns. 
 
 Rebekah Degree. 
 
 Fraternal Relations. 
 
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 8. The receiving of any reports from Special 
 Committees, in the order of their seniority, 
 g. New business. 
 
 10. Unfinished business, in order of priority 
 at previous sittings. 
 
 11. Closing or adjournment (as the case may 
 be) of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 III. Notwithstanding the Order of Business 
 in Rule II., the Grand Lodge may, by resolu- 
 tion, make the consideration of any matter 
 coming before it a special order for any par- 
 ticular hour or day. 
 
 IV. No question, unless regularly moved and 
 seconded, and submitted in writing, shall be 
 put to the Grand Lodge by the Presiding 
 Officer. 
 
 V. No question shall be open for considera- 
 tion until regularly put from the chair ; and 
 when so put, no other motion shall be receiv- 
 able, unless it be a motion — 
 
 1. To adjourn ; 
 
 2. To lay on the table ; 
 
 3. To put the previous question ; 
 
 4. To postpone ; 
 
 5. To refer ; or 
 
 6. To amend. 
 
 The several motions, if made, shall have pre- 
 cedence in the order above stated, and the first, 
 
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 second and third thereof shall be decided 
 without debate. 
 
 VI. The previous question shall be put from 
 the chair, only after it shall have been ascer- 
 tained that the call therefor is sustained by a 
 majority of the Representatives of the Grand 
 Lodge present' and then shall always be put 
 in the words following : '* Shall the question be 
 now put ? " which words shall be understood 
 to have reference to whatever question may be 
 pending immediately before such call for the 
 previous question may have been made. 
 
 VII. If the vote of the Grand Lodge, taken 
 pursuant to such call for the previous question, 
 be in the affirmative, the Presiding Officer shall 
 thereupon put forthwith to vote the question so 
 pending immediately before such call, and shall 
 not allow any amendment or further debate 
 thereon. 
 
 VIII. Before taking the vote on any motion, 
 the Presiding Officer shall ask : ** Is the Grand 
 Lodge ready for the question P " and, should no 
 member stand up to speak, the Presiding Officer 
 shall rise to take the vote, after which no 
 member shall have a right to speak on the 
 question. 
 
 IX. After any question, except that of inde- 
 finite postponement or the previous question, 
 
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 may have been decided, any two members, 
 having voted in the majority, may, at the same 
 or next sitting, move for a re-consideration, but 
 no discussion on the main question shall be 
 allowed upon such motion. 
 
 X. Any Representative may require the divi- 
 sion of the question, when the sense will admit 
 of it. 
 
 XI. When a blank is to be filled, the question 
 shall first be taken on the highest sum or 
 number, or on the longest or latest time pro- 
 posed. 
 
 XII. The Yeas and Nays shall be taken and 
 recorded on the call of any three Represen- 
 tatives. 
 
 XIII. Every Representative present may.be 
 required to vote on any question, unless excused 
 by the Grand Lodge, personally interested in 
 the result, or otherwise incapacitated. 
 
 XIV. Any member intending to speak on a 
 question shall rise in his place and respectfully 
 address the Presiding Officer, confining himself 
 to the question under debate, avoidmg all per- 
 sonality and indecorous language, as w^ell as 
 reflection on the Grand Lodge or its members. 
 
 XV. No Representative shall speak more than 
 once on the same question, until every member 
 entitled to speak shall have had an opportunity 
 
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 permission of the Presiding Officer. 
 
 XVI. Should more than one member rise to 
 speak at the same time, the Presiding Officer 
 shall determine which is entitled to the floor ; 
 and no member shall interrupt the business of 
 the Grand Lodge, or in any manner disturb 
 another in his speech, unless to call him to 
 order for the words spoken, or rules infringed. 
 
 XVII. Any member called to order while 
 speaking shall resume his seat, and the debate 
 shall forthwith be suspended until the point of 
 order thus raised be determined ; nor shall any 
 member speak upon such point of order unless 
 it be to make necessary explanations, or appeal 
 from the decision of the chair. 
 
 XVIII. The decision of the Presiding Officer 
 on questions of order shall be without debate, 
 unless, entertaining doubts on the point, he 
 should invite it ; and on such questions alone 
 shall he have the privilege of speaking from 
 the chair. 
 
 XIX. In all cases where a member may 
 appeal from the decision of the chair, he shall 
 use the words following, and none other, unless 
 it be for necessary explanation : " Grand Master, 
 I respectfully appeal from the decision of the 
 Chair to the Grand Lodge,' and the Grand 
 
 
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 Lodge shall, after such explanation as the Pre- 
 siding Officer may deem necessary, proceed 
 forthwith to consider and vote upon the ques 
 tion : *' Shall the decision of the Chair stand as 
 the judgment of the Grand Lodge / " 
 
 XX. Any member who may have been 
 been ruled out of order for manifestation of 
 temper or improper feeling, must apologize to 
 the Grand Lodge or to any aggrieved party if 
 required to do so by the Presiding Officer, and 
 shall not speak again on the impending ques- 
 tion, except to explain and apologize, unless 
 specially permitted to do so by the Presiding 
 Officer. 
 
 XXL Visiting Past Grands, not members 
 of this Grand Lodge, may address the Grand 
 Lodge on receiving permission to that effect 
 from the Presiding Officer. 
 
 XXI L These Rules of Order, or any part 
 thereof, shall only be altered, amended, sus- 
 pended or annulled, by a vote of two-thirds of 
 the members of Grand Lodge present and 
 voting. — G. L. By. 14. 
 
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 466. 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 For Lodges vSubordinate to the Grand 
 Lodge of Ontario. 
 
 I. As soon as the Presiding Officer shall 
 have taken the chair the officers and brothers 
 present shall take their respective stations, 
 and the Lodge shall th^a be opened in ancient 
 form. 
 
 IL The order of procedure after opening, 
 shall be as follows : 
 
 1. The calling of the roll of officers. 
 
 2. The reading by the Secretary' of the min- 
 utes of the last Lodge night ; the consideration 
 of any objections which may be made to any 
 part thereof, and their approval, with or with- 
 out amendment, as the case may require. 
 
 3. The consideration of any excuses which 
 may be offered by absentees from previous 
 meetings. 
 
 4. The receiving and consideration of any 
 reports from the Visiting Committee, or from 
 other brothers who may have to report the 
 fact of any brother being sick or in distress. 
 
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 5. 'I'he nomination or election of oHicers, 
 on the evening designated for such nomination 
 or election, 
 
 6. The receiving: and consideration of reports 
 of Committee on Character, and balloting 
 thereon. 
 
 7. The initiation of candiv ^tes for memher- 
 *ship. 
 
 8. The receiving of propositions for mem- 
 bership, and their reference to Committees on 
 Character. 
 
 9. The receiving and consideration of any 
 reports of officers or Standing Committees, 
 which may require to be made in pursuance of 
 the B3^-Laws. 
 
 10. The receiving and consideration of any 
 reports of Special Committees, in the order of 
 their seniority. 
 
 11. The reading and consideration of ac- 
 counts and other communications in the hands 
 of the Secretary. 
 
 12. Good and welfare: being^rst, unfinished 
 business, m order of priority at former meet- 
 ings ; and secondly, new business. 
 
 13. The closing of the Lodge. 
 
 III. An}^ member offaring a motion must do 
 so in writing, if a request to that effect be made 
 
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 by the Secretary, the Presiding Officer, or the 
 Lodge. 
 
 IV. No question shall be put by the Presid- 
 ing Officer, unless regularly moved and sec- 
 onded ; nor be open for consideration until so 
 put; and, when put, no other motion shall be 
 receivable, unless it be a motion — 
 
 1. To adjourn ; 
 
 2. To lay on the table ; 
 
 3. To put the previous question ; 
 
 4. To postpone ; 
 
 5. To refer ; or 
 
 6. To amend. 
 
 These several motions, if made, shall have 
 precedence in the order above stated, and the 
 first, second and third thereof, shall be decided 
 without debate. 
 
 V. The Previous Question shall be put from 
 the Chair, only after it shall have been ascer- 
 tained that the call therefor is sustained by a 
 majority of the members of the Lodge present, 
 and shall then always be put in the words fol- 
 lowing : ''Shall the question be now put?'' 
 which words shall be understood to have 
 reference to whatever question may be pend- 
 ing immediately before such call for the pre- 
 vious question may have been made. 
 
 VL If the vote of the Lodge, taken pursuant 
 
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 to such call for the previous question, be in 
 the affirmative, the Presiding Officer shall 
 thereupon forthwith put to vote the question 
 so pending immediately before such call, and 
 shall allow no amendment or further debate 
 thereon ; and if, on the other hand, the vote 
 of the Lodge be in the negative, the Presiding 
 Officer shall be thereby precluded from putting 
 to vote, during the remainder of the current 
 tL.m, the question pending as aforesaid. 
 
 VII. Any member may require the division 
 of a question, when the sense will admit of it. 
 
 VIII. When a blank is to be filled, the ques- 
 tion shall first be taken on the highest sum or 
 number, or longest or latest time proposed. 
 
 IX. The Yeas and Nays shall be taken and 
 recorded on the call of any member, duly 
 seconded. 
 
 X. After any question, except that of indefi- 
 nite postponement or the previous question, 
 may have been decided, any two members, 
 having voted in the majority, may, at the same 
 or next regular meeting, move for a recon- 
 sideration thereof; but no discussion on the 
 main question shall be allowed upon such 
 motion. 
 
 XI. Any question decided by the Lodge shall 
 not again be brought before it, otherwise than 
 
 
OF ONTARIO, 1. O. O. H. 
 
 187 
 
 by reconsideration, as provided in the foregoing 
 rule, unless notice thereof shall have been given 
 at the meeting immediately preceding; and 
 such notice shall not be received during the 
 term in which the question has been decided. 
 
 XII. Every member shall have the privilege 
 of speaking twice on any question, but not 
 oftener, unless by permission of the Presiding 
 Officer. 
 
 XIII. Any brother intending to speak on a 
 question shall rise in his place and respectfully 
 address the Presiding Officer, confining himself 
 to the question, and avoiding personalities ; 
 and should more than one brother rise to speak 
 at the same time, the Presiding Officer shall 
 determine which is entitled to the floor. 
 
 XIV. The Presiding Officer, or any member, 
 may call a brother to order while speaking ; 
 and, in such case, the debate shall be forthwith 
 suspended, and the brother so called to order 
 shall not proceed until the point of order thus 
 raised be determined, nor speak upon such 
 point of order unless it be to make necessary 
 explanation or appeal from the decision of the 
 Chair. 
 
 XV. In all cases where a member may 
 appeal from the decision of th*^ Chair, he shall 
 use the words following, and none other, unless 
 
1 88 
 
 DIGKST Ol" THE LAWS 
 
 m 
 
 it be for necessary explanation : *' Noble Grand ^ 
 I respectfully appeal frcwi the decision of the Chair 
 to the Lodge,'' and the Lodge shall, after such 
 explanation from the Presiding Officer as he 
 shall deem necessary, proceed forthwith to 
 consider and vote upon the question : " Will 
 the Lodge sustain the decision of the Chair ? " 
 
 XVI. Any Brother who may have been called 
 to order for manifestation of temper, or im- 
 proper feeling, must apologize to the Lodge, or 
 to the aggrieved party, if required to do so by 
 the Presiding Officer, and shall not speak again 
 on the pending question, except to explain or 
 apologize, unless speciall}^ permitted to do so 
 b}' the Presiding Officer. 
 
 XVIL The Presiding Officer of the Lodge 
 may, at any time, require all members present 
 to vote upon any pending question, or may 
 excuse any member or members from so doing. 
 
 XVI I L Brothers, not members of the Lodge, 
 may address the Lodge on receiving permis- 
 sion to that effect from the Presiding Officer. 
 
 XIX. No brother shall retire while the 
 Lodge is open, without the permission of the 
 Presiding Officer. 
 
 XX. A motion to suspend or alter the 
 Order of Procedure, as contained in Rule II. 
 for the remainder of a meeting, may, at any 
 
or ONTARIO, I. O. O. h. 
 
 189 
 
 time, be carried by a vote of not less than two- 
 thirds of the members present and voting 
 thereon ; but no motion to suspend or alter 
 such Order of Procedure for a longer term 
 shall at any time be put to vote. 
 
 XXI. These Rules, or any part thereof, shall 
 only be altered, amended, suspended, or 
 annulled (except in the case provided for by 
 Rule XX.), by action of the Grand Lodge of 
 Ontario. 
 
 467, The Noble Grand decides all points 
 of order, subject to an appeal to the Lodge. 
 Where there is nothing m our own Laws, Rules 
 of Order, or Usages, upon which to base a 
 decision, the practice of the Canadian Parlia- 
 ment should be taken as a guide. — Jour 1876 : 
 p. 1676. 
 
 468, Usage requires the Presiding Officer 
 to rise when putting a motion, but it is not im- 
 perative. — Jour. 1875 • P- 1398. 
 
 469, A motion to receive a report, prior to 
 a motion to adopt or amend, is not necessary. 
 — Jour. 1875 • P- 1407- 
 
 470, An amendment to a resolution already 
 carried cannot be received. — Jour. 1879: 
 pp. 1786, 1864. 
 
 mA 
 
190 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 471. Amendments may be submitted at 
 any time previous to putting the original 
 motion, unless the previous question is moved, 
 — Jour. 1876: p. 1676. 
 
 47^. An amendment carried against a 
 motion is not in force until it has been carried 
 as a separate motion. — Jour. 1880 : pp. 1925, 
 1979. (That is to say, an amendment having, 
 been carried, it must again be voted on as the 
 original motion so amended.) 
 
 473. A motion is not required to enable a 
 Lodge to consider a subject postponed from a 
 previous meeting. — Jour. 1879 • PP- 1786, 1864. 
 
 474. When any motion comes up for con- 
 sideration which, according to law, has required 
 previous notice, no amendment that would 
 cover more than the original motion can be 
 received (as for example, if notice is given to 
 appropriate $30, when the motion comes up 
 for decision an amendment to appropriate $40 
 would be illegal.) — Jour. 1876: p. 1677. 
 
 475. When any motion comes up for con- 
 sideration, notice of which had to be previously 
 sent to each member, it may be postponed till 
 another night, and it is not then necessary that 
 
OF O'TARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 191 
 
 iitted at 
 
 onginaJ 
 
 ' moved. 
 
 ainst a 
 
 ^*arried 
 
 P- 1925, 
 having^ 
 
 " as the 
 
 nabJe a 
 from a 
 
 D, 1864. 
 
 or con- 
 -quired 
 would 
 ^an be 
 ven to 
 »es up 
 te$4o 
 
 r con- 
 ousJy 
 id till 
 ' that 
 
 the members should be again notified. — Jour. 
 1879 : pp. 1785, 1864. 
 
 476. It is not optional with the Noble 
 Grand to assent or refuse, even if the call for 
 the yeas and nays was not made prior to the 
 declaration of the vote. — Jour. 1878 : p. 79. 
 
 47 7. A motion carried at one meeting can- 
 not be declared out of order at the next ; the 
 question can only come up o^ a motion to 
 reconsider. — Jour. 1880 : pp. 1924, 1979. 
 
 RULES OF PROCEDURE ON TRIALS. 
 
 See Trials. 
 
 SEAL. 
 
 478. Every Subordinate Lodge shall have 
 a suitable seal, a proof impression of which 
 shall be deposited with the Grand Secretary, 
 and all reports, certificates and communica- 
 tions shall, in addition to being signed by the 
 Noble Grand and Secretary, be authenticated 
 by the seal being printed or pressed on the 
 body of the document, and not merely attached 
 thereto. — G. L. By. 62. 
 
192 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 I 
 
 SESSIONS. 
 
 479. The Grand Lodge shall meet annu- 
 ally on the second Wednesday in August in 
 each year, at nine o'clock in the forenoon at 
 such pla 3 as may be appointed at the preced- 
 ing session thereof; but the Grand Master 
 shall have the power to convene special sessions 
 of the Grand Lodge for the transaction of 
 extraordinary business, which must be stated 
 in the call ; provided that two weeks' notice 
 shall be given to each Subordinate Lodge and 
 Representative of the time and object of such 
 session ; and at such session no business shall 
 be transacted other than that stated \n the call. 
 — G. L. L. i4» 
 
 480. To constitute a regular or special 
 session of the Grand Lodge, there must be in 
 attendance a majority of the Representatives 
 of all the Lodges within the jurisdiction ; and 
 all work shall be transacted in the Grand 
 Lodge Degree. Thirty Representatives shall 
 form a quorum for the transaction of business. 
 — G. L. C. 15. 
 
 481. Should there be present less than a 
 quorum of qualified members, the Grand Mas- 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 193 
 
 t annu- 
 gust in 
 loon at 
 preced- 
 Master 
 essions 
 tion of 
 
 stated 
 notice 
 ?e and 
 f such 
 s shall 
 e call. 
 
 pecial 
 
 he in 
 
 atives 
 
 ; and 
 
 rrand 
 
 shall 
 
 ness. 
 
 an a 
 blas- 
 
 ter shall direct the Grand Lodge Degree to be 
 conferred on such Representatives as are in 
 attendance and not in possession of said 
 Degree, but presenting certificates showing 
 tliey are entitled to it. — G. L. By. 11. 
 
 48^. Immediately upon the opening of the 
 Grand Lodge in the prescribed form, the 
 Grand Master shall appoint a Committee on 
 Credentials, who shall consider and report upon 
 the credentials of new Representatives and 
 Past Grands with as little delay as possible ; 
 and no other business shall be transacted by 
 the Grand Lodge until the report of said Com- 
 mittee has been acted upon. — G. L. By. 12. 
 
 483, Immediately on the adoption of the 
 report of the Committee on Credentials the 
 new Members and Representatives will be 
 admitted and instructed, ihe minutes of last 
 annual session read, and the roll of Officers and 
 Representatives called. The Grand Master 
 will then appoint the Standing Committees for 
 the session (except otherwise provided) and 
 the reports of Grand Officers and Committees 
 appointed during recess will be read ; after 
 which the Grand Secretary will submit all peti- 
 tions, communications, appeals and accounts, 
 and the roll of Lodges will be called for the 
 
194 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 presentation of questions of business. All such 
 reports, communications, petitions, accounts, 
 appeals, questions, and other business shall be 
 referred by the Grand Master as soon as 
 received to appropriate committees unless in 
 any case the Grand Lodge otherwise orders. — 
 G. L. By. 13. 
 
 i m 
 
 SIGNING. 
 
 484. Every member shall sign the Consti- 
 tution and By-Laws of his Lodge on his admis- 
 sion thereto, but such signature shall not be 
 necessary for the authentication of the contract 
 between the member and the Order, which 
 contract is complete by the member's initiation 
 or admission by card, such admission by card 
 dating always from the time that he has been 
 accepted by vote of the Lodge ; and every 
 member shall be subject to the said laws as 
 aforesaid, although he may not have signed his 
 name thereto. — S. L. C. 13. 
 
 SIOK BENEFITS. 
 
 See Benefits. 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 195 
 
 /\11 such 
 :counts, 
 shalJ be 
 ioon as 
 iless in 
 ders. — 
 
 SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 
 
 See Committees. 
 
 SPECIAL FUNDS. 
 
 See Funds. 
 
 Consti- 
 admis- 
 not be 
 )ntract 
 
 which 
 tiation 
 y card 
 s been 
 
 every 
 lws as 
 ed his 
 
 SPECIAL MEETINGS. 
 
 See Meetings. 
 
 SOLICITOR. 
 
 485. Every Lodge may at any time elect 
 a Physician, Solicitor, or other officer, required 
 for the operation of the legitimate work of the 
 Lodge, but the person so elected shall not, as 
 such officer, be subject to any of the laws of 
 the Order relating to membership, qualifica- 
 tion, or honors, and may be elected under a 
 by-law, resolution, or in any manner and at 
 any time that the Lodge may decide.— 
 S. L. C. 28. 
 
V 
 
 196 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 STATE OF THE ORDER. 
 
 486. The Grand Lodge Committee on the 
 State of the Order shall consist of seven mem- 
 bers, to whom shall be referred all matters 
 concerning the condition and prospects of the 
 Order. — G. L. By. 45. 
 
 ^11! ! 
 
 SUPPLIES. 
 
 487. All rituals, books and blank forms 
 necessary for the proper working of Lodges 
 shall be provided by the Grand Lodge and 
 sold to Subordinates at a uniform advance of 
 twenty-five per cent, on cost. All orders for 
 supplies must be over the seal of the Lodge, 
 and must be accompanied by the amount 
 required to pay the same. — G. L. By. 55. 
 
 488. The Grand Lodge Committee on 
 Printing and Supplies shall be composed of 
 the Grand Secretary and two other members, 
 who shall be appointed by the Grand Master 
 at the close of each annual session. Durmg 
 the recess of the Grand Lodge the Committee 
 shall supervise all matters relative to the print- 
 ing required by the Grand Lodge, the purchase 
 
 1 ,: ^ 
 
OF ONTAWIO, I. O. O. K. 
 
 197 
 
 of all supplies, and the expenditure connected 
 with the Grand Lodge Offices. Purchase shall 
 be made by tender wherever practicable. The 
 Committee shall make a report to the Grand 
 Lodge at each annual session. — G. L. By. 42. 
 
 SURRENDER. 
 
 See Charter, Funds, Mergement. 
 
 SUSPENSION. 
 
 See Charter, Trials, Membership. 
 
 489. It is recommended by Grand Lodge 
 that before a Subordinate Lodge exercises its 
 rights and powers in suspending members for 
 non-payment of dues, each individual case 
 should be referred to a Select Committee, with 
 instructions to use every possible justifiable 
 means to save suspension ; and that the report 
 of said Committee should be made to the Lodge 
 before final action on the general question. — 
 Jour. 1878 : p. 93. 
 
 490. During a term of suspension on 
 charges a member cannot be suspended for 
 
"I 
 
 1 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 I . 
 
 198 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 non-payment of dues accruing during said 
 term. — Jour. 1877: pp. 1870, 1957. 
 
 491. Suspension of a Lodge does not 
 relieve it from paying to Grand Lodge per 
 capita tax. — Jour. 1877 : pp. 1848, 1965. 
 
 TERMS. 
 
 49^. The terms of every Lodge shall be 
 semi-annual or annual, as provided by its By- 
 Laws, and shall commence on the first regular 
 meetings in July and January respectively, if 
 semi-annual, and on the first regular meeting 
 in January if annual. 
 
 493. Every term shall be held to close on 
 the day on which the succeeding one may com- 
 mence, and at the moment the Lodge opens. 
 — S. L. C, 38, 39. 
 
 494. The terms of a Subordinate Lodge 
 shall be semi-annual or annual as its By-Laws 
 may provide ; where terms of Lodge are semi- 
 annual its meetings shall be held weekh^ but 
 if annual they may be bi-weekly or semi- 
 monthly. — G. L. By. 63. 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 199 
 
 ing said 
 
 loes not 
 )dge per 
 
 >5- 
 
 shall be 
 y its By- 
 t regular 
 ;tively, if 
 
 meeting 
 
 close on 
 lay com- 
 ;e opens. 
 
 3 Lodge 
 5y-Laws 
 re semi- 
 ikly, but 
 )r semi- 
 
 TITLE. 
 
 495. The Grand Lodge shall be known and 
 hailed by the name, style and title of *' The 
 Grand Lodge of Ontario of the Independent 
 Order of Odd-Fellows."— G. L. C. i. 
 
 496. Every Lodge shall be constituted of 
 at least five members of the Third Degree, or 
 Degree of Truth, and shall be hailed and 
 entitled Lodge No. LO.O.F., of 
 Ontario, and shall possess the full powers, and 
 privileges of a Subordinate Lodge, holding a 
 legal, unreclaimed and valid Charter, duly 
 granted and formally presented by the Grand 
 Lodge of Ontario. — S. L. C. i. 
 
 TRIALS, 
 
 See Courts of Law. 
 
 497. Every member charged with an 
 offence involving reprimand, suspension or ex- 
 pulsion (unless for non-payment of dues), shall 
 be entitled to a fair trial, in accordance with 
 the provisions of the Constitution, and of the 
 Rules of Procedure on Trials adopted by the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
200 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 :5:i 
 
 ItlJl 
 
 498. No member of a Lodge shall be put 
 on trial, unless charges duly specifying his 
 alleged offence shall be first submitted to the 
 Lodge in writing by one or more members of 
 the Order in good standing. 
 
 409. Any cnarge or charges so preferred 
 shall be referred to a committee of five membe, s, 
 to be chosen by ballot, three of whom shall be 
 a quorum ; which committee shall, with as little 
 delay as the care will admit, summon the 
 parties, and examine and determine the matter 
 in question, in accordance with the Constitution 
 and Rules of Procedure on Trials. In select- 
 ing this committee, only one name shall be 
 written upon any ballot. 
 
 500. Should the report of the Trial Com- 
 mittee not recommend the suspension or ex- 
 pulsion of the member under trial, it shall be 
 acted upon by the Lodge on the night it is pre- 
 sented, unless objection is taken by any member, 
 in which case action shall be deferred until 
 the next regular meeting. Should the Lodge 
 adopt the report of the committee, such action 
 shall be final, unless appeal is taken to the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 501. Should the Committee report in favor 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F 
 
 20I 
 
 11 be put 
 ying his 
 d to the 
 mbers of 
 
 )referred 
 lembe. s, 
 shall be 
 1 as little 
 mon the 
 e matter 
 stitution 
 n select - 
 shall be 
 
 ial Com- 
 n or ex- 
 shall be 
 it is pre- 
 member, 
 ed until 
 e Lodge 
 :h action 
 1 to the 
 
 in favor 
 
 of suspending or expelling the member, a 
 motion to that effect shall be submitted to the 
 Lodge by two or more of their members, in their 
 name. 
 
 502, Any motion for the suspension or 
 expulsion of a member shall be announced at 
 the two regular meetings previous to that on 
 which it is to be decided, which last meeting 
 the member under charge shall be summoned 
 to attend : and at the time so appointed, 
 whether the implicated member be present or 
 not, the Lodge may proceed to consider and 
 determine the question, and may either alter, 
 amend, adopt or reject the motion made on 
 behalf of the Trial Committee. 
 
 503. Any member interested shall have the 
 right of appeal to the Grand Lodge of Ontario, 
 provided such appeal be forwarded to the Grand 
 Secretary within two months from the date of 
 the action of the Lodge on the matter to be 
 appealed against, said appeal to be prosecuted 
 in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of 
 the Grand Lodge ; and no member shall carry 
 the case to any of the Civil Courts until after 
 the same has been adjudicated upon by the 
 Grand Lodge of On<-ario, and, on further 
 
m 
 
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 '^ ■ I 
 
 hi 
 
 I 
 
 202 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 
 h\l 
 
 S 
 
 appeal, by the Sovereign Grand Lodge. — S. L. 
 C. 58 to 64. 
 
 504. The trial of a member under charges 
 who has only attained the First Degree should 
 take place while the Lodge is open in the First 
 Degree. — Jour. 1883 * P- 2378. 
 
 505. When a Trial Committee brings in a 
 report that a brother is not guilty, the Lodge 
 has the power to reverse their finding, and de- 
 clare him guilty. — Jour. 1883 : p. 2378. 
 
 506. The vote on a trial should be taken 
 by open vote and not by ballot. A two-thirds 
 vote is not required ; a majority is sufficient. — 
 Jour. 1883 : p. 2378. 
 
 507. A District Deputy Grand Master 
 should not be a member of a Trial Committee. 
 — Jour. 1883 : 2378. 
 
 508. Unless charges have been preferred, 
 it would be illegal to appoint a committee to in- 
 vestigate reports about a member's character — 
 Jour. 1875 : 141 1 ; but this would not prohibit 
 the appointment of a committee to investigate 
 a member's sickness. — Jour. 1880: pp. 1923, 
 1979. 
 
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 ill 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 203 
 
 509. A decision by civil law should not be 
 held as a reason for not entertaining a charge 
 properly preferred. — Jour. 1879: pp. 1784, 
 1864. 
 
 510. Members of the Degree of Truth are 
 eligible to serve on committees to try Past 
 Grands. — Jour. 186S : pp. 298, 327. 
 
 511. Members of a Trial Committee should 
 be in good standing. — Jour. 1880: pp. 1923, 
 1979. 
 
 512. A member of a Trial Committee has 
 no right to appear as a witness to give evidence 
 in the matter. — Jour. 1879 : pp. 1786, 1864. 
 
 513. A Trial Committee has no right to 
 demand the Lodge Minute Book for evidence, 
 as properly certified copies of the Minutes 
 should be in their possession. — Jour. 1879: pp. 
 1786, 1864. 
 
 514. A Lodge has no right to take evi- 
 dence, either to prove* or disprove statements 
 made against a brother, otherwise than through 
 a Trial Committee. — Jour. 1879 : pp. 1786, 
 1864. 
 
 515. Evidence can be taken from persons 
 
M 
 
 204 
 
 DIGEST OF THL LAWS 
 
 ; 
 
 .if/: j i 
 
 li- 
 
 'i 
 
 not members of the Order. — Jour. 1877 : pp. 
 1870, 1937. 
 
 516, If the punishment is fixed as " repri- 
 mand," the adoption of the report is the repri- 
 mand. — Jour. 1877: pp. 1870, 1957. 
 
 517. It is not obhgatory on the Trial 
 Committee to recommend a penalty. — Jour. 
 1881 : pp. 2061, 2118. 
 
 518, The evidence taken before the com- 
 mittee can be discussed in open Lodge when 
 the committee's report is under consideration. 
 — Jour. 1877: p. 1995. 
 
 519. The Lodge may refer the report back 
 to the committee for further evidence. — Jour. 
 1876 : pp. 1682, 1697. 
 
 530. In case of alleged frauds by a mem- 
 ber in business transactions outside the Lodge, 
 the Lodge should not convict unless the frauds 
 are such as a court of justice will take cogni- 
 zance of. — Jour. 1880 : pp. 1924, 1979. 
 
 531. On a trial for fraud, a member who 
 was absent at his trial could not be suspended 
 for fraud ; he could only be punished for con- 
 tempt — Jour. 1870: p. 411 ; that is, if he wil- 
 
OF OlStTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 205 
 
 fully absented himself, after notice sent him. 
 If service of notice was impracticable, trial for 
 fraud might proceed. {See Digest 357. Jour. 
 S. G. L. : pp. 2507, 2522, 2531, 5494, 5541.) 
 
 533, A member cannot be tried a second 
 time for the same offence, where no appeal has 
 been made — Jour. 1879 : pp. 1786, 1864 ; but 
 the member could demand a second trial, on 
 the ground that notice of charges and trial 
 had not been received. — Jour. 1880 : pp. 1924, 
 1979. 
 
 523. 
 
 Rules of Procedure on Trials. 
 
 ist. All charges against members of this 
 Order shall be drawn substantially in the man- 
 ner prescribed in " Form A," and be submitted 
 direct to the Lodge of which the accused is a 
 member, in duplicate, signed by a member of 
 the Order in good standing. The general 
 charge shall be an averment of " Conduct 
 unbecoming an Oddfellow," followed by speci- 
 fication or specifications, stating the time, place 
 and circumstances of the offence or offences. 
 
 2nd. The Lodge shall, immediately after the 
 reading of the jharge, choose by ballot a com- 
 
 m 
 
2o6 
 
 DIGEST OF THE J-AWS 
 
 m 
 
 w 
 
 F! 
 
 mittee of five, as near as possible from among 
 the peers of the accused, three of whom shall 
 be a quorum, to whom the charge shall be 
 referred. In selecting this committee only one 
 name shall be written upon any ballot, and the 
 first elected shall be the Convener thereof. 
 
 3rd. The accused or accuser, or any member 
 of the Lodge acting for either of them, ma}'^ 
 challenge, for cause, any name appearing on 
 the ballot. The grounds of challenge shall be 
 stated and considered by the Lodge, and a 
 majority vote shall be necessary to sustain the 
 objection made. 
 
 4th. The Secretary shall affix the seal of the 
 Lodge to one copy of the charge and speci- 
 fications, and certify it substantially according 
 to " Form B," and serve or cause the same to 
 be served upon the accused, either personally 
 or by leaving it at his usual place of residence. 
 The Secretary shall also certify under seal the 
 duplicate charge and deliver it to the Convener 
 of the Committee, with the notice, according 
 to ** Form C," of these rules. 
 
 5th. The accused shall, within one week 
 from the receipt by him of the charge and 
 specifications, serve his plea or answer to the 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 
1 
 
 
 OF ONTARIO, 1. O. O. F. 
 
 207 
 
 same upon the Convener of the Committee, by 
 either or several of the answers shown in 
 ''Form E." 
 
 6th. The Convener of the Committee shall, 
 on receipt of the plea in detciice, or at the 
 expiration of the time limited therefor, with 
 reasonable diligence, call a meeting of the 
 Committee, to attend which the accuser or 
 accused shall be served with personal notice, 
 if they can be found, or by leaving the same at 
 their usual place of residence, according to 
 " Form D," at least one week prior to the time 
 fixed for trial. 
 
 7th. At the meeting, a Chairman and Secre- 
 tary shall be appointed and the trial proceed 
 by examination of the parties and witnesses 
 on their behalf. Either party may amend their 
 proceedings by leave of the committee. 
 
 8th. The report of the committee shall state 
 their finding on each specification of the charge, 
 according to - Form F," and shall be accom- 
 panied by an accurate record of their proceed- 
 ings, rulings and decisions, together with the 
 original evidence taken during the trial, which 
 shall be submitted to the Lodge within a reason- 
 able time after the case has been submitted to 
 
208 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 them. Should there be a minority report, it 
 may be presented in a similar manner at the 
 same time. The minutes of the committee 
 should show : — 
 
 I. The date and place of each meeting, and 
 the parties present. 
 
 II. The exceptions taken by either party, 
 and the decisions thereon. 
 
 III. Parol evidence in full, subscribed by 
 the witnesses. 
 
 IV. All documentary evidence, marked as 
 exhibits. 
 
 9th. The finding of the committee shall be 
 entered in the minutes by the Secretary, who 
 shall forthwith notify both parties that the 
 report has been submitted, and all parties shall 
 be entitled to a copy thereof. 
 
 loth. The Lodge shall take up the report for 
 consideration at the regular meeting to be held 
 two weeks after it has been submitted, and 
 may amend, affirm or reverse the finding of 
 the committee upon any one or all of the alle- 
 gations in the charge or their ruling thereon. 
 
 nth. The final decision of the Lodge shall 
 be notified to both parties by the Secretary, 
 immediately. 
 
 
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 .- '-i-TirnWrjiia»iaiMftBiiilil 
 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 209 
 
 it 
 he 
 ee 
 
 nd 
 
 1 2th. Either party may appeal from the de- 
 cision of the Lodge to the Grand Lodge within 
 two months from the action of the Lodge thereon . 
 The Lodge shall transmit to the Grand Secre- 
 tary a copy of all the proceedings regularly 
 certified, upon receiving the costs and charges 
 of copying and mailing the same. 
 
 Form A.— CHARGE AND SPECIFICATIONS. 
 
 To Lodge, No I. O. O. F. : 
 
 The undersigned, a member in good standing of 
 
 Lodge, No , does hereby charge Bro. 
 
 A. B. , of Lodge, No. . . . , with conduct 
 
 unbecoming an Odd-Fellow ; the grounds of such charge 
 being more fully set forth in the following specifications, 
 to wit : — 
 
 Tst. For that he, the said A. B., did, on the 
 
 day of 18 . . , at the [Specify the offence and 
 
 circumstances, and continue with further specifications. 
 Each separate thing in violation of law to be under a sepa- 
 rate place in the charge. ) 
 
 Contrary to the laws and usages of the Order. 
 
 [Date] (Signed) B. B. 
 
 
 Form B.— NOTICE OF CHARGE TO THE 
 
 ACCUSED. 
 
 [Date) 18.. 
 
 Bro ,1 hereby enclose a copy of charge 
 
 and specifications preferred against you by 
 
 of The same was referred to a committee^. 
 
 consisting of [g^'"^ names) You 
 
 are required to file your answer to the charge and speci- 
 fications, according to the form prescribed, within one 
 
It! 
 
 i. 
 
 > 
 
 •l;l 
 
 2IO 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 week from the service of this notice, with the first-named 
 member of the committee, who will notify you of the 
 time and place of trial. 
 Fraternally, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Form C— NOTICE TO CONVENER OF COM- 
 MITTEE. 
 
 {Date) i8 
 
 To Bro 
 
 I enclose you a charge preferred by 
 
 against which charge was referred to 
 
 {^ivi names) for trial, of which 
 
 committee you are convener. The accused was served 
 
 with a copy of the charge on the day of 
 
 , and notified to file his answer thereto 
 
 with you within one week, when you will cause the com- 
 mittee to meet and proceed with the trial. 
 Fraternally, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 
 Form D.— NOTICE TO AlCCUSER OR A.CC:USED. 
 
 (Date) i8.. 
 
 To A. B. or C. D. [as the case may be, one to each party) ; 
 The Committee on Trial of the charge and specifica- 
 tions made by against 
 
 will meet at on day of 
 
 at o'clock p.m., to hear and deter- 
 mine the same. You are required to attend with your 
 witnesses, and [pyosecute or defend the same, as the case 
 may be.) 
 
 I am yours fraternally, 
 
 Convener of Committee. 
 
 1 
 
 Mti 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 211 
 
 < 
 
 Form E.- PLEAS IN DEFENCE. 
 
 T A. B., mentioned in the charge and specifications 
 preiferred by B. B. on the day of 
 
 *^ist~That the offence in the charge mentioned is not 
 within the legal jurisdiction of the Lodge. 
 2nd. That I am not guilty. 
 
 4th.' I admit the fact stated, but justify the alleged 
 
 offence. 
 
 5th. The complaint is frivolous. 
 
 Form F.-REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRIAL. 
 
 (Date) i8.. 
 
 To Lodge, No 1. O. O. F. : 
 
 The undersigned (a majority of the) committee ap- 
 pointed to investigate the charge and specifications pre- 
 ferred by against .........; re- 
 
 soectfully report as follows: {State the finding on each 
 specification.) The minutes of the committee, evidence 
 taken, and papers pertaining to the trial are submitted 
 
 herewith. 
 
 (Signed by the committee.) 
 
 Form G.-DECLARATION OF WITNESS. 
 
 You sincerely declare, upon your honor as an Odd- 
 Fellow that the evidence you shall give in the matter ot 
 against now pend- 
 ing,' shah' be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but 
 the' truth. Thus you declare. 
 
 (The following additional forms ^ recommended by 
 .1 Qov^rpmn Grand Lodge as are mte submitted, modi- 
 
 the Sovereign Grand Lodge 
 
212 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 fied to suit the laws and usages of this jurisdiction. No- 
 tices to accused and to witnesses should, if possible, be 
 delivered personally, and should be endorsed on the 
 back as delivered over the signature of the person so 
 delivering; and the receipt thereof should be acknow- 
 ledged over the signature of the person to whom it is 
 delivered. — Jour. S. G. L., pp. 6542, 6590.) 
 
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 Form H.— SUBPCENA. 
 
 Lodge, No I. O. O. F. 
 
 To 
 
 You are hereby notified and required to appear before 
 the committee heretofore appointed to try the charges 
 
 preferred by Bro at 
 
 on the day of 18 . . , at 
 
 o'clock of that day, to testify as a wit- 
 ness therein on behalf of said Bro 
 
 By order of committee, 
 
 Sec. Com. 
 
 Form I.— NOTICE OF FILING REPORT. 
 
 Lodge, No. 
 
 1. O. O. F. 
 18.. 
 
 To 
 
 Sir and Bro. — Take notice that the committee hereto- 
 fore appointed to try the charges preferred against you 
 
 by Bro. . have this day filed their report 
 
 thereon, which will be considered by the Lodge at the 
 
 meeting to be held on the evening of the 
 
 day of 18. .. 
 
 Yours in F., L. and T., 
 * Rec. Sec. 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 213 
 
 Form J.— NOTICE OF APPEAL. 
 
 To Lodge, No , L O. O. F. : 
 
 Take notice that the undersigned hereby appeals from 
 the action and judgment of this Lodge in the matter of 
 
 charges preferred against him by Bro 
 
 on the following grounds: — 
 
 ist. The evidence was insufficient to sustain such 
 charges or the report of the committee thereon, in this : 
 {Here insert wherein the evidence ivas insufficient). 
 
 2nd. Errors committed at the trial, and by the Trial 
 Committee, as follows : {Here insert errors complained of.) 
 
 Dated at the day of 18 . . 
 
 Evidence and Witnesses. 
 
 1. The evidence competent to be admitted 
 before the Committee on Trial shall be : — 
 
 a Parol evidence (i.e., testiinony of living 
 witnesses before committee). 
 
 h Depositions procured in the manner pre- 
 scribed by the Sovereign Grand Lodge. 
 
 c Regularly certified minutes of the Lodge. 
 
 d Regularly proved documentary evidence. 
 Hearsay evidence cannot be received. 
 The committee will determine the 
 admissibility of evidence offered, subject 
 to exception by either party. The 
 exceptions so taken shall be noted by 
 the committee upon its minutes. 
 
 2. Members of the Order shall testify under 
 their obligation, as Odd- Fellows, according to 
 
214 
 
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 y 
 
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 *' Form G," to be administered by the chairman 
 
 of the committee. 
 
 In case either the party making a charge 
 or the party against whom a charge has been 
 made, desires to have the evidence of any 
 person not a member of the Order, the same 
 shall be taken as follows : 
 
 The party giving the evidence shall make 
 a statutory declaration of all the facts relat- 
 ing to the matter withing his own knowledge, 
 in the manner provided for the taking of 
 statutory declarations by chapter 141 of the 
 Revised Statutes of Canada (1886), and to 
 be taken before any of the persons therein 
 authorized to take such declarations ; and 
 such declarations when so taken shall be 
 received by the committee appointed to try 
 the case ; provided always, that the party 
 procuring such declaration to be taken, shall 
 give to the opposite party forty-eight hours' 
 notice in writing of the time and place where 
 and when such declaration will be taken, 
 and the party receiving such notice shall 
 have the right to attend at the time and place 
 appointed, for the purpose of asking such 
 questions as he may wish of the party mak- 
 ing such declaration, and the replies to such 
 questions shall be embodied in the declara- 
 
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OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 215 
 
 man 
 
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 been 
 
 tion ; and in case such notice as is herein 
 required shall not be given, such declaration 
 shall not be received by the committee in 
 evidence. Should the party so notified not 
 attend at the time and place appointed, the 
 declaration shall be taken in his absence, and 
 shall be received by the committee as if the 
 said party had been present. 
 2. Depositions of absent witnesses shall be 
 procured by interrogatories and cross-interro- 
 gatories, in the form prescribed by the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge, subject to objection by either 
 party, to be determined by the committee. 
 
 4. The attendance of witnesses must be pro- 
 cured by the party desired to call them. 
 
 5. Any member of the Order refusing or 
 neglecting to give evidence or produce docu- 
 mentary evidence in his possession, upon the 
 application of the party requirmg his testimony, 
 shall then be required by the committee to give 
 such evidence, and if he shall refuse, after being 
 so required by the committee to give or pro- 
 duce such evidence, he shall be reported to his 
 Lodge, which Lodge shall take such action ar 
 they may deem necessary to compel the pro- 
 duction of such evidence. 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 TRUST. 
 
 See Courts of Law. 
 
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 524. The funds and properties of Sub- 
 ordinate Lodges are by the provisions of their 
 Charters and the laws of the Order, held only 
 in trust for charitable purposes ; donating them 
 for other than such purposes, or in any manner 
 dividing them among the members individually, 
 is a violation of such trust and the law— the 
 penalty for which is expulsion ; and any 
 member participating in such illegal diversion 
 of Lodge property from its legitimaie objects 
 will be held personally responsible for the 
 money or effects so diverted, and will be liable 
 to prosecution by the Grand Lodge in the Civil 
 Courts. If a Subordinate Lodge shall fail from 
 any cause to work, all moneys and properties, 
 together with the Charter, shall be surrendered 
 to the Grand Lodge, to be held in trust and 
 applied as hereinafter provided. — G. L. C. 21. 
 
 525. All effects or funds received by the 
 Grand Lodge from any Subordinate or Degree 
 Lodge which has ceased to work shall be held 
 in trust : first, for the benefit of any Brother 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 217 
 
 anv 
 
 and Widow or Orphans entitled to benefits in 
 accordance with the By-Laws of such Lodge 
 at the time of the dissolution or suspension of 
 the same ; and the balance, if any, to be 
 returned to such Subordinate Lodge should it 
 be reinstated, or upon the expiration of the 
 period of its suspension ; provided, however, 
 that should said Lodge not be restored to 
 fellowship within five years, the funds and 
 properties of said Lodge may be disposed of 
 or used under the direction of the Grand Lodge 
 in aiding or assisting any working Lodge, or 
 proposed Lodge needing assistance, or for such 
 other charitable purposes as in the judgment of 
 the Grand Lodge may be deemed advisable. 
 — G. L. By. 66. 
 
 UNION. 
 
 5^6. When two or more Lodges desire to 
 be united, each Lodge shall present a petition 
 to that effect to the Grand Lodge, or during 
 recess, to the Grand Master ; such petition 
 shall set forth that the question of union had 
 been affirmatively voted upon after due notice 
 sent each member, and that there were not five 
 
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 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 members a^ leand willing to retain the Charier 
 and work ihe Lodge ; and shall also give a 
 statement of the funds and effects, and assets 
 and liabilities of the Lodge, and a list of 
 members, with their rank and financial stand- 
 ing and P. O. address. 
 
 537. On receipt of said petition the Grand 
 Lodge, or during recess, the Grand Master, 
 may grant the prayer and authorize the amalga- 
 mation of the petitioning Lodges. 
 
 528, When the union of said petitioning 
 Lodges has been approved, the Grand Master 
 shall cause notice to be sent to each unsus- 
 pended member of the several Lodges at least 
 one week prior to the date fixed for effecting 
 such union, and shall summon him to be 
 present in person at the time and place 
 appointed for that purpose ; and shall also 
 notify the officers of the several Lodges to pro- 
 duce and surrender at said time and place all 
 the funds, effects, books, papers and Charters 
 of the said Lodges. 
 
 539. On the production and surrender of 
 all the said funds, effects, books, papers and 
 Charters, the Grand Master shall issue a dis- 
 pensation for a Lodge to the members of the 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 219 
 
 several Lodges present and desiring to be 
 united, and shall, in person or by Deputy, 
 institute the same ; and shall transfer to it, as 
 soon as instituted, all the funds, effects, books 
 and papers of the united Lodges ; and said 
 Lodge shall therewith assume and pay all the 
 liabiUties and responsibilities of the several 
 Lodges out of which it has been formed, and 
 its members shall have such rank and standing 
 as the books of the uniting Lodges shall show. 
 
 530. Any member of any of the uniting 
 Lodges who shall fail to be present at the 
 institution of the united Lodge may, on appli- 
 cation to the Grand Secretary, receive a With- 
 drawal Card, as provided for members of 
 extinct Lodges, and should he apply for admis- 
 sion by such caid to the united Lodge within 
 six months from the date of its institution, the 
 vote necessary for his election to membership 
 shall be a majority vote by ballot of those 
 present and voting.— G. L. By. 74 to 78. 
 
220 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 VACANCY. 
 
 531. Should a vacancy occur in the office 
 of Grand Representative, Grand Warden, 
 Grand Secretary, or Grand Treasurer, by 
 death, resignation, or otherwise, during the 
 recess of the Grand Lodge, such vacancy shall 
 be filled by a member of the Order to be chosen 
 by a majority of the remaining Elective Officers 
 and Grand Representatives, provided always, 
 that the member so chosen shall serve only 
 until the next annual session of the Grand 
 Lodge, when in the event of the term in the 
 vacant office being still unexpired, the Repre- 
 sentatives present shall elect by ballot a mem- 
 ber to serve for the remainder of such unexpired 
 term. — G. L. C. ii. 
 
 53^. In the absence of the Grand Master 
 the Deputy Grand Master shall preside ; in the 
 absence of the Deputy Grand Master the 
 Grand Warden shall preside ; in the absence 
 of the above-named officers the Junior Past 
 Grand Master shall take the chair ; and if no 
 Past Grand Master be present, a Represen- 
 tative shall be chosen by open vote to preside 
 during the meeting, or until the arrival of the 
 proper officer. — G. L. By. lo. 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F, 
 
 221 
 
 533. The Deputy Grand Master shall act 
 as the assistant of the Grand Master, and, 
 during the absence of that officer, shall be 
 invested with all his powers. In the event of 
 the death, resignation, or removal from office 
 of the Grand Master, he shall, ex-officio, become 
 Grand Master until the next regular session 
 thereafter. — G. L. By. 24. 
 
 534. The Grand Warden shall preside in 
 the absence of the Deputy Grand Master and 
 Grand Master ; he shall assist the Grand 
 Master in the ceremonies of the Order, and in 
 the preservation of decorum in the Grand 
 Lodge ; he shall confer the Grand Lodge 
 Degree on all Past Grands qualified to receive 
 it ; and shall, subject to the Grand Master, 
 have charge of the Lodge-room during all 
 meetings of the Grand Lodge. And in the 
 event of a vacancy in the office of Deputy 
 Grand Master, he shall perform the duties of 
 that office until the first regular session there- 
 after. — G. L. By. 25. 
 
 535. The resignation by any member of 
 his office as Representative must be addressed 
 in writing to the Noble Grand of his Lodge, 
 which shall proceed at its first opportunity to 
 
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 consider the same, and either accept or refuse 
 the resignation, as may seem expedient ; and 
 if such resignation be accepted, the Lodge 
 may at once proceed to elect another quahfied 
 member to fill the vacancy. — G. L. By. 4. 
 
 536, Any office in a Lodge, the occupant of 
 which may have been absent without satisfac- 
 tory excuse from three successive regular 
 meetings, may be declared vacant by vote of 
 the Lodge, on a motion to that effect, provided 
 notice of such motion has been given at the 
 regular meeting previous to that at which the 
 vote is to be taken. — S. L. C. 30. 
 
 537. Any vacancy in office in a Lodge, by 
 resignation, death, or otherwise, shall be filled 
 by election or appointment, as the case may 
 be. In the case of elective officers, the elec- 
 tion may take place on the crcond night of 
 nomination ; and the members so elected or 
 appointed shall be entitled to the privileges 
 and honors of the office, provided they com- 
 plete the term. — S. L. C. 31. 
 
 VALUATION TABLES. 
 
 538. The following Valuation Tables, com- 
 piled by Bro. A. McGregor, Actuary (Past 
 
OF ONTARIO, 1. O. O. F. 
 
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 for the purpose of enabling any Lodge to make 
 a valuation of its financial standing, were 
 approved by the 'Grand Lodge in i8go. — {See 
 Jour., p. 4918): — 
 
 In the compilation of the accompanying tables it is 
 assumed in every case that there is but one general fund 
 m the Lodge. By putting all the assets into one fund, 
 or assuming that there is but one fund, it is so simplified 
 that any good Permanent Secretary or other experienced 
 member can, with the aid of the tables and examples, 
 make the valuations without difficulty. 
 
 The basis upon which the reserves or values are com- 
 puted, is a low basis, or a kind of mimimum system. It 
 will therefore be proper for Lodges to enact a by-law, 
 which will enable them to call upon members to make 
 good a deficiency, if there should be one. 
 
 Ihe followmg form of by-law would be a very proper 
 one : — 
 
 " If, after a valuation of the assets and liabilities of 
 the Lodge has been made, as directed by the Grand 
 Lodge, it is found that the fund on hand is below the 
 line of solvency, it shall be the duty of the Noble Grand 
 to instruct the Permanent Secretary forthwith to raise 
 by an assessment, to be levied in equal proportion upon 
 every member of the Lodge, the amount necessary to 
 bring the fund up to the required standard of solvency." 
 
 If the impairment of the funds of the Lodge be very 
 great (say I2.00 or more per member) it would be better 
 to make a by-law increasing the dues to such a degree 
 that the impairment may be made good in two or three 
 years. Making assessment is not generally a good way 
 
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 to raise funds ; assessment is not a good term, and 
 should only be applied when there is but a small deficit. 
 If the amount to be raised is small, it is more convenient 
 to raise it by an assessment than by any other way but 
 members will pay increased dues more willingly and 
 agreeably than they will pay assessments. 
 
 This testing of the Lodge's solvency is for the use of the 
 Lodges only ; and the Lodges may keep the result of the 
 valuation to themselves, or they may let the Order know 
 the result by sending it to the Grand Secretary ; and 
 it appears to me that provision might be made for 
 inserting the valuation statement in the Grand Lodge 
 Journal. 
 
 If the Lodges make valuations of their assets and 
 liabilities from time to time, and show that they are 
 worthy and competent to manage such an important 
 trust as the funds of our excellent institution — Odd-Fel- 
 lowship — in Ontario, we would be likely to have our own 
 way undisturbed ; but if we are lax and indifferent as to 
 future results of our maturing obligations, the govern- 
 ment would be likely to place our Lodges under strict 
 supervision, which would be both costly and inconveni- 
 ent to the Order. 
 
 The Reserves in the tables are carried through from 
 the age at initiation to age 75 ; and the ages at initiation 
 are from 21 to 55. 
 
 If it should be that a Lodge has any considerable num- 
 ber of members who have attained a grea<^er age than 
 75, an additional five or ten years' Reserve can be added 
 to the Valuation Tables. 
 
 There are about thirteen hundred and thirty Reserves 
 or values in the tables. 
 
 The graded dues system requires the whole table for 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 225 
 
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 the purpose of making valuations ; the level dues system, 
 only the Reserves that are opposite age twenty-one, 
 fifty-five in number. 
 
 In making up the assets of the Lodge, the unpaid dues 
 should in every instance be considered a valid asset ; for 
 if the dues are not paid, and the member suspended, the 
 Reserve or fund forfeited by the member is always 
 greater than the unpaid dues could be. 
 
 How to value Lodge furniture, is an open question. I 
 think Lodge furniture should not generally be considered 
 an asset. But if a furnished Lodge room is producing 
 a revenue by being let on vacant nights to other Lodges, 
 or Orders, then, in that case, the furniture should be 
 valued as an asset. 
 
 But if a Lodge which is barely solvent should include 
 in its assets its furniture, ten per cent, of the purchase 
 money should be counted off for each year that it has 
 been in use. 
 
 If a Lodge, in making its valuations, should find that 
 one or more of its members are more than 75 years old, 
 an approximate estimate can be made from the values 
 immediately preceding that age. 
 
 The valuation tables are : — For sick benefits ^4 a 
 week; funeral benefit ^40, and widow's benefit ^100. 
 The promises of some Lodges may be more than the 
 above, and some less; in the meantime we will have to 
 use the tables as submitted, without any variation, on 
 account of greater or lesser benefits being promised by 
 the different Lodges. Possibly all the Lodges of the 
 jurisdiction may yet come to see the necessity of having 
 a uniformity of benefits and fees and dues. 
 
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 and when the name, present age, and degree attained is 
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 member of the Lodge, and for each age and year of 
 membership. 
 
 Example. — The age at entry is 30, and the year of 
 membership is 10; the figures under the loth year in the 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 239 
 
 table is ^27. 36, and if the year of membership is 40, the 
 figures under the 40th year should be put in the column 
 under " Fund required," and so on. And when the 
 values belonging to each member is filled in, place the 
 footings in their proper place in " Form 3," under the 
 heading " Liabilities." 
 
 If there be any beneficiary widows, they are a separate 
 present liability. 
 
 The valuation figures in the Tables are in every case 
 for the beginning of the year. 
 
 The reserves or values in the Tables include the initi- 
 ation and degree fees ; it is assumed, in every case, that 
 the initiation fee is ^6.00, and the degree fee is ^10 00, 
 making ^16.00, and the increasing reserve added to the 
 $16.00 makes each member's liability to the Lodge. 
 
 If there be to the credit of each member in Lodge the 
 amounts stated in the Tables, according to his age at 
 entry and year of membership, new members coming 
 into the Lodge and paying the assumed initiation and 
 degree fees, and assuming the dues which his age calls 
 for, he is then on an equality with each member of the 
 Lodge, and the other members of the Lodge neither 
 gain nor lose by the new entrant. And another Lodge 
 taking over such a Lodge as the above, and assuming 
 their liabilities, if they are equally solvent, neither gains 
 nor loses by such an amalgamation. 
 
 It is assumed, in making the values, that the degrees 
 are paid for ; where they are not paid, or not paid in 
 full, deduct the unpaid portion from the values. 
 
240 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 FORM NO. I. 
 
 FORM TO BE FILLED BY THE PERMANENT 
 
 SECRETARY. 
 
 For Graded Does. 
 
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 NAME. 
 
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 Smith . . . 
 Brown . . 
 Chisholm 
 Hamilton 
 Clarke . . . 
 Williams 
 McGill .. 
 Munro . . 
 
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 July, 1880 
 
 3 
 
 loth 
 
 127.36 
 
 (1 (1 
 
 3 
 
 loth 
 
 42.31 
 
 July, i8go 
 
 3 
 
 ISt 
 
 16.00 
 
 II II 
 
 Initiary 
 
 I St 
 
 6.00 
 
 II II 
 
 2 
 
 ISt 
 
 12.00 
 
 July, 1850 
 
 3 
 
 40th 
 
 74.91 
 
 II 11 
 
 3 
 
 40th 
 
 T01.34 
 
 July, 1889 
 
 3 
 
 2nd 
 
 16.72 
 
 II It 
 
 3 
 
 2nd 
 
 19.31 
 

 
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 OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 FORM NO. 3. 
 
 Valuation Statement. 
 
 Valuation Statement of Lodfrc No. 
 
 Assets — 
 
 Investments and cash on hand 1> 
 
 Unpaid dues ^ 
 
 241 
 
 , I.O.O.F. 
 
 Liabilities — 
 
 The sum of the Reserves that should 
 
 be to the credit of the members % 
 
 Liabilities on account of present 
 widow s, if any ^ 
 
 % 
 
 Surplus over Liabilities * 
 
 Deficit (if any) 
 
 VISITING CARD. 
 
 . 539. Any member of a Lodge in good 
 standing and free from all charges shall be 
 entitled to a Visiting Card on payment of all 
 dues for the period for which said Card is 
 required, and of a fee not exceedmg fifty cents. 
 
 If 
 
242 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 During recess of the Lodge such Card may be 
 issued by the Noble Grand and Secretary. — 
 S. L. C. 17. 
 
 540. The fee for a Visiting Card shall not 
 exceed fifty cents, and may be applied to the 
 general fund or any special fund, as the Lodge 
 may provide by its By-Laws. — S. L. C. 48. 
 
 ft 
 
 
 VISITOR. 
 
 541. Members of other Lodges may be 
 admitted as Visitors, provided they give the 
 Pass-word for the term, present a proper card, 
 or are introduced by an elective Grand Officer, 
 or by any Representative to the Sovereign 
 Grand Lodge from the Grand Lodge or Grand 
 Encampment of Ontario. — S. L. C. 37. 
 
 54^. The decisions and laws of a Lodge 
 are binding on visitors as well as members (so 
 far as practicable.) ; and visitors are sub- 
 ject to charges if they refuse obedience to the 
 Noble Grand and the Lodge. — Jour. 1871 : pp. 
 468, 469, 476. 
 
 543. A visitor presenting an order for the 
 Term or travelling Pass-word should receive 
 the same from the Noble Grand — Jour. 1880: 
 
pp. 1923, 1979; and should not be submitted 
 to amy examination further than is necessary to 
 establish his identity.—Jour. 1878: pp. 19, 76. 
 
 544, Visiting brothers, when ill, are entitled 
 to the same care and attention as members of 
 the Lodge in whose jurisdiction they may be 
 taken ill.— Jour. 1879 : p. 1864. 
 
 WIDOWS AND ORPHANS. 
 
 545. The receipts and disbursements in a 
 Lodge on account of any special fund shall be 
 kept separate and distinct from the general 
 fund, and any money appropriated to a Widows' 
 and Orphans' Fund shall be used only for the 
 payment of benefits and relief to the widows 
 and orphans of deceased membe::s of the Lodge. 
 No portion of the regular dues, initiation or 
 Degree fees of the Lodge shall be applied to a 
 contingent fund or special fund provided for 
 amusement or entertainment purposes, or for 
 any purpose other than the payment of benefits, 
 relief and general maintenance.— S. L. C. 45. 
 
 546. Every Lodge shall make such dispo- 
 sition of its Widows' and Orphans' Fund for 
 the relief and benefit of the widows and orphans 
 
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 244 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 of deceased members of the Lodge, who were in 
 good standing as required by the By-Laws at 
 the time of their decease, as it shall see fit, 
 except by annuity. — S. L. C. 55. 
 
 547. A Lodge may limit the period for 
 which benefits shall be paid to widows or 
 orphans to a certain number of years. — Jour. 
 1875 : p. 1407. 
 
 548. In the event of the widow of a de- 
 ceased bona fide member becoming immoral, 
 any benefits accruing to her should be discon- 
 tinued — and paid to the children. — Jour. 1877 : 
 p. 1994. (Considerable caution would have to 
 be exercised in acting on this decision, especially 
 if the Lodge was incorporated ; unkoS the 
 immorality of the widow was established to the 
 satisfaction of a Civil Court, her benefits could 
 not be transferred to other parties.) 
 
 549. The child of a deceased member is an 
 orphan, in the terms of the By-Laws, when 
 they specify benefits to children up to fourteen 
 years — even though the mother has re-married. 
 — Jour. 1877: p. 1992. 
 
 550. A widow having assigned her benefits 
 to her children, the latter would be entitled to 
 receive the amount just so long as the widow 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F, 
 
 245 
 
 
 herself would have been entitled to them luul 
 she not so assigned.— Jour. 1878: p. 79. 
 
 55 1. In voting money to the widows and 
 orphans of brothers not m good standing at the 
 time of death, the law providing for relief in 
 special cases must be strictly followed.— Jour. 
 1870 : pp. 417, 418, 
 
 55!^. A Lodge cannot by vote make a dis- 
 qualified member good on the books, so as to 
 entitle his widow to benefits. — Jour. 1880: p. 
 1978. 
 
 WITHDRA.WAL. 
 
 551^. Any member in good standing and 
 clear of the books, desiring to withe' aw from a 
 Lodge, may signify such desire either personally 
 in open Lodge or by a letter addressed to the 
 Secretary, whereupon the Lodge shall proceed 
 to a ballot, with ball ballots, and a majority 
 vote of the members present shall be necessary 
 to the granting of such Withdrawal Card. If 
 a majority of the members present refuse to 
 grant such Card, the applicant therefor may 
 tender a written resignation of his membership, 
 
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 lij 
 
 246 
 
 DIGEST OF THE LAWS 
 
 i. 
 
 I 
 
 and shall be entitled to receive from the Secre- 
 tary, under the seal of the Lodge, a certificate 
 that he has resigned membership, and such 
 certificate shall be sufficient evidence that the 
 member was in good standing at the time of his 
 resignation ; provided that, upon the refusal of 
 the card, the member applying for the same 
 shall have the right of appeal to the Grand 
 Lodge. — S. L. C. i6. 
 
 554. The fee for a Withdrawal Card shall 
 not exceed fifty cents, and may be applied to the 
 general fund or any special fund, as the Lodge 
 may provide by its By-Laws. — S. L. C. 48. 
 
 55 o. Should any member receiving a With- 
 drawal Card from a Lodge apply within twelve 
 months thereafter to be readmitted to mem- 
 bership and be accepted, the Lodge may remit 
 in his favor the entrance fee, or any portion 
 thereof. — S. L. C. 18. 
 
 5!y(y, Every Lodge may, by By-Law, fix 
 the time after admission at which a member 
 shall become entitled to benefits, but a member 
 admitted on an unexpired Withdrawal Card 
 shall be entitled to benefits immediately upon 
 his admission to membership. — S. L. C. 56. 
 
OF ONTARIO, I. O. O. F. 
 
 247 
 
 557. When a member takes a Withdrawal 
 Card, if his account with the Lodge is overpaid 
 (dues paid in advance), he should be r(;funded 
 thebalancesooverpaid.— Jour. 1878: pp. 19,7^- 
 
iiil 
 
 
I 
 
 INDEX 
 
 
 A. 
 
 Absence 3 
 
 Accounts 4 
 
 Advisory Board 5 
 
 Agnostic 32 
 
 Amalgamation 6 
 
 Amendments 8, 189 
 
 Ancient Odd-Fellow.. 9 
 
 Annuity 10 
 
 Appeals 10, 2og 
 
 Application 14 
 
 Appointments 15 
 
 Arrears 16, 20, 23 
 
 Arrest of Judgment. . . 16 
 
 Assessment 17 
 
 Auditors 4, 18, 143 
 
 B. 
 
 Ballot 18 
 
 Benefits 21 
 
 Book-keeping 25 
 
 Business 28 
 
 By-Laws 9, 28 
 
 c. 
 
 Candidate 14, 31 
 
 Cards 33 
 
 Certificate 35 
 
 Chairman 37 
 
 Chaplain 14^ 
 
 Charges 37, 205, 209 
 
 Charter 39 
 
 Claims 4, 43 
 
 Committees 37-44 
 
 (Conductor 142 
 
 Constitution 8, 46 
 
 Contingent Fund 47 
 
 Contract 48 
 
 Correspondence 49 
 
 Courts of Law 49 
 
 Credentials 31 
 
 D. 
 
 Debt, Grand I^odge .. 17 
 
 Decisions 49, 52, 69 
 
 Defunct Lodge, 53 
 
 Degree Lodge 55 
 
 Degrees Co 
 
 Deputy Grand Master 
 
 61, 138, 143 
 
 Dismissal Certificate. . 36 
 
 Dispensations 62 
 
 Distribution 63 
 
 D. D. G M.. .66. 142, 202 
 
 Districts 63 
 
 Donation 74 
 
 Dual Membership.... 71 
 
 Dues 71 
 
 Duties 137, 147 
 
 B. 
 
 Election 21, 75, 133 
 
 Evidence. .203, 204,207,213 
 
 Flxpulsion 82 
 
 Extinct Lodge, . .33, 53, 83 
 
 F. 
 Failure ^7- 83 
 
1 •. 
 
 1 . 
 
 250 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 I-'ees 83 
 
 Finance 4, 84 
 
 Fines 85 
 
 Forfeiture 87 
 
 Forms 88 
 
 !• raternal Relations . . 88 
 
 Funds 17. 55. 89 
 
 Funeral 94 
 
 I'uneral J-Jenefit 22, 95 
 
 G. 
 
 Grand Fodf^e. .95, 113, n6, 
 
 127, 131, 176 
 
 Grand Master. 131, 137, 143 
 
 Cirand Officers 104 
 
 Grand Representatives 141 
 Grand Secretary .. 13S, 139 
 (irand Treasurer. .... 140 
 
 Cirand Warden 138 
 
 Guardian 142 
 
 H. 
 
 Herald 142 
 
 Holiday 104 
 
 Honorary Membership 104 
 
 I. 
 
 Initiation 105 
 
 Installation ...70, 105, 133 
 
 Institution 107 
 
 Insurance 107 
 
 Interest 93 
 
 Investments 108 
 
 J. 
 
 Joininj^ 109 
 
 Judiciary 109 
 
 jurisdiction i to 
 
 L. 
 
 Laws 49, III 
 
 Legal Proceedings ..14, 49 
 
 Legislation iii 
 
 Library iii 
 
 Loans 1 1 1 
 
 Lodge ..112, 114, 117, 129, 
 144, 183, 198 
 
 M. 
 
 Marshal 142 
 
 Medical Examination. 
 
 33. 113 
 Meetings 113 
 
 Membership. ... 14, 71, 97, 
 
 104, 116 
 
 Mergement 6, 119 
 
 Messenger 138 
 
 Mileage 124 
 
 Minutes 124 
 
 N. 
 
 New Lodge 125 
 
 Noble Grand .... 148, 189 
 
 Nominations 127 
 
 Non-payment of Dues. 129 
 Notice . .209, 210, 212, 213 
 
 o. 
 
 Ofifences 131 
 
 OfHcers ..3. 15,75. 13^. i44 
 
 Opening Lodge 3 
 
 Opening Grand Lodge. 3 
 Order 149, 176, 19G 
 
 P. 
 
 Past Grands . 150 
 
 Past (rrand Master. . . 152 
 
 
INDEX. 
 
 251 
 
 Penalties i53 
 
 Per Capita i53 
 
 Per Diem 124 
 
 Petitions i54 
 
 Physician i54 
 
 Powers.. .95. 137. 147. 155 
 
 Printing i55 
 
 Procedure 156 
 
 Proposition 14, il^ 84 
 
 Punishment i53' ^5^ 
 
 Q. 
 
 QualitiCitions 31, 156 
 
 Questions ^9 
 
 Quorum 28, 156 
 
 R. 
 
 Re-admission 15^ 
 
 Rebekah 159 
 
 Reduction 161 
 
 Regalia 161 
 
 Register 150. 1^2 
 
 Re-instatement 162 
 
 Rejection 1^4 
 
 Relief 23, 165 
 
 Reports 45- 165, 211 
 
 Representatives . . .79. 
 
 Residence no, 
 
 Resignation 
 
 Restoration 162, 
 
 Returns i7^ 
 
 Revenue ^74 
 
 Rules of Order . ..176, 183 
 
 Rules of Procedure . 191 , 205 
 
 166 
 170 
 170 
 171 
 
 s. 
 
 Seal 191 
 
 Sessions loi, 192 
 
 Signing i94 
 
 Sick Benefits 21, 194 
 
 Special Committees 45, 195 
 
 Special Punds 92, 195 
 
 Special Meetings. . 113, T15, 
 
 195 
 
 Solicitor i95 
 
 State of the Order 196 
 
 Supplies 196 
 
 Surrender i97 
 
 Suspension I97 
 
 T. 
 
 Terms 198 
 
 Title 199 
 
 Trials 49. ^99 
 
 Trust 49. 216 
 
 U. 
 Union 0, 217 
 
 V. 
 
 Vacancy 220 
 
 Valuation Tables 222 
 
 Visiting Card 241 
 
 Visitor 242 
 
 w. 
 
 Widows 243 
 
 Withdrawal 245 
 
 Witnesses 211, 213 
 
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