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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 r.«i^ir*^m#*j.w»*- CoUectCorv CONSTITUTION — OP THB [GRAND LODGE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA — OF THE- A. 0. U. W. TOOETHElt WITH Constitution for Subordinate Lodges, ^tHtVNC\K^>( \\\i\.^S KHO \_K^*J9 OT TWt Cj^KH^ \ OOQt VICTORIA, B. C. J AS. A. Cohen. Printeb, Fobt Street. 1893. y^ ^^^^ -W ■M \€f\l OBJECTS OF THE A.O.U.W. AS PftOMUL^ATEfi! ^ BY THE SUPREME LODGE. 1. To unite white male pefsons over twenty-one and under fifty yeais of age, regardless of nation ality, political preference, or denominational dis tinctions, into a fraternal brotherhood, the mem - bars of which recognize and believe in thpj existence of a Supreme Being, the Creator anq Preserver of the Universe. % The adoption of such secret work and means! of recognition as will enable the members to make' ti^mselves known to each other wherever thei, Order may exist. 3. To embrace and give equal consideration to all classes and kinds of labor, mental and physi cal: to endeavor to improve the moral, intellectual and social condition of the members, and bj wholesome precepts and fraternal admonitions to inspire a due appreciation of the realties ani responsibilities of life. 4. To hold lectures, read essays, discuss new inventions and improvements, encourage research in art, scieoca and literature, and when practica ble, to establish and maintain libraries for the improvemont of the m3mb3r8. 5. To create funds in aid of members during sickness or other disability, and generally to oara for the living and bury the dead. ' 6. To pledge the members to the payment of a stipulated sum to such beneficiary as a deceased member may have designated, while living, unclen I Buch restrictions and upon such conditions as tli( ]uawa of the Order may prescribe^ ^4^ lULfiATEff ? twenty-one s of nation sitional cli8j| i, the meml we in the| Creator slut : and means jers to make herever the jideration tn 1 and physi . intellectual ers, and by nonitions to realties and^ discuss nev? age research en practioa- iries for the ibers during orally to caret )ayment of * J a deceased living, nndeii L itions as th( ^ CONSTITUTION OP THE Grand Lodse ARTICLE I. TITLE. Section i. This body shall be known as the Grand Lodge op the Ancient Order op United Workmen op British Columbia. It shall possess all the powers and privileges of a Grand Lodge ;'S0 long as it shall act in conformity with the Con- ^stitution and Laws of the Supreme Lodge of the ikOrder. ARTICLE II. HOW composed. Section i. This Grand Lodge shall be com- posed of the following officers: Junior Past Irand Master Workman, Grand Master Work- lan, Grand Foreman, Grand Overseer, Grand Reorder, Grand Receiver, Grand Guide, Three i) Grand Trustees, Grand Inside Watchman, irand Outside Watchman, Grand Medical Ex- iminer, and Supreme Representatives. Likewise: m the duly elected Representatives of the Sub- h'dinate Lodges under its jurisdiction. Likewise: tt all Past Grand Master Workmen who are lembers in good standing of Subordinate Lod^tjs i'4'60'6 under iti juriadiotion. Likewise of the members ^ of the Standing Committees on Finance and on Laws. Seo. 2. At sessionB of the Qrand Lodge each Subordinate Lodge shall be entitled to one vote for its charter, and one additional vote for every fifty Workmen degree members in good standing, as shown by the last Beneficiary report received bv the Grand Recorder immediately preceding sucfi sessions. Subordinate Lodges may elect one Re- presentative for every vote they shall be entitled to, or they may be represented by a lesser number, and the Representative or Representatives preB ent from any Subordinate Lodge may cast the entire vote of the Lodge thev represent. In all other cases every member of the Grand Lodge present at a session shall be entitled to one vote only. Sbo. 3. The Representatives shall be elected at the stated meeting in December each year, to serve for the term of one year. Sso. 4. All Representatives to the Grand Lodgf must be Past Master Workmen, or Workmac degree members who have served three consecu tive years in one Subordinate Lodge as Recorder Financier or Receiver; or, if necessary to fill tht quota, they may be elected for such purpo» from the W. degree members of such Subordinati Lodge, providefl that a Lodge instituted after thi election of Representatives may be represents by the P. M. W. elect. Each Representative nius present credentials as hereinafter provided, pit perly signed and attested, with the seal of th Lodige attached, certifying vhat he is a Reprepei j tative elected in accordance with the foregoin \ pTOi^isions, and that he is in good standing in tL ] Order. Sec. 5. The following shall be the form ol certificate of a Representative to the Gran Lodge: J the members * [lance and on Lodge each d to one vote ote for every ood standing, rt received b v -eceding Bucli elect one Re- ill be entitled eBser number, ntatives pree may cast the esent. In all Grand Lodge )d to one vote 1 be elected at 1 year, to serve J Grand Lodgf or Workmar three consecu :e as Recorder sary to till tht such purpow ;h Subordinati tuted after tb 36 representet sentative mus provided, pro he seal of th is a Represet the foregoiii standing in tb the form oi to the Gran Cwtijioah (nf H%preuntaHv%s To the Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen of British fjoiumbia, Lodge No. , A. O. U. W., sends greeting: This is to certify that Brother, a duly Quaiined Workman Degree Member of our said Lodge, in good standing, was, at a stated meeting thereof, held on the day of . legally elected as a Representative to the Grand Lod^e of Ancient Order of United Workmen of hritish Columbia, to serve from the con- vening of the annual session of said Grand Lodge for one year, unless sooner dit^qualitied, in accord- ance with the laws thereof. Said Brother is a P. M. W., or he is entitled to be made siich by reason of Witness our hands and seal of our Lodge, the day and year first above written. [SealJ M.W. Recorder. Sec. 6. Immediately after the election of Repre- sentatives each Lodge, by its officers, shall execute the proper certificate as set forth in the preceding section, in duplicate, one copy of which shall be forwarded without delay, by mail, directed to the Grand Recorder; the other copy shall be delivered to each Representative elect. Sec. 7. When a vacancy arises in the represen- tation of a Lodge, from any cause, the Lodge may, in its discretion, fill the same, but the elec- tion for filling such vacancy shall not take place until the next meeting after the decision to fill the vacancy has been made; Provided, however, that when on account of such delay there wiii not be sufficient or reasonable time allowed to the Representatives elect to prepare to attend the next ensuing session of tne Grand Lodge, and travel thereto, the Lod^e may fill the vuvUi^c/ forthwith, f Bxo. 8. Past Mfcuiter Workmen in good standing in the Order, who have received the Grand Lodge degree, shall be entitled to Beats in this Grand Lodge, without voice or vote; excepting when the body shall by a majority vote hold secret sessions. The privilege of the floor, to represent a special matter, may be ^ranted to a P. M. W. not a mem- ber of the Grand Lodge by a two- thirds vote. Seo. 9. Past Master Workmen, not officers or representatives, must have certificates in tli. :ol- lowing form, showing their rank and ; "*od stand- ing, to be entitled to seats in this body. Skc. 10. The following shall be the form of the Past Master Workman's certificate: Certificate of Past Master Workman. To the Grand Lodge of Ancient Order of United Workmen of British Columbia, . Lodge No. A. O. U. W., sends greeting: This is to certify that Brother is a legally constituted Past Master Workman of our Lodge, in good standing, having served , and entitled to all the honors and privileges per- taining to his rank in the Order. Witness our hands and the seal of our Lodge, the day and year first above written. [Seal] ,M.W. , Recorder. ARTICLE III. MEETINGS. Section I. This Grand Lodge shall hold an Annual Session in each and every year, commenc- ing at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at such dates as it may at each session determine, and shall con- tinue to meet from day to day consecutively (Sundays excepted) until all the business befor<' it is disposed of. . The place of meeting shall be fixed at each Annual Session. % \ A standing rand Lodge this Grand g when the ret sessions. it a special not a mein- ie vote, i ofBcers or 3 in tli- ^ol- rfood stand- form ot the "kman. ier of United .. Lodge iting: This is is a legally ►f our Lodge, » rivileges per- Witness our the day and , M.W. ier. shall hold an oar, commenc- ; such dates as and shall con- consecatively usiness before leting shall be dftc. 2. At the Annual (^edsion thd toiiowniK reports shall be presented: Reports of the Oranu Master Workman, Supreme Represontativ s, Granil Recorder, Grand Receiver, Grand Medical Examiner and Standing or Special Committees. The officers of tht^ Grand Lodge for the ensuing year shall be nomin ' f^d, elected and installed on the last dav of each annual Session. Sec. 3. Twel^ . R preseilatives, representing not less than ten Ajod^es, ..hall constitute a quorum to transact legislfti ♦> business for this Grand Lodge. ARTICLE IV. JURISDiCmON AND P0VER8. Section 1. This Grand Lodge shall have ex- clusive original jurisdiction over all Lodges of A. O. U. yt, within the Province of British Col- umbia, subject to the provisions of the Supreme Lodge Constitution and Laws and the Right of Appeal. It possesses the right and power to es- tablish rules for conducting its Beneficiary system, to make such assessments for revenue upon its Subordinate iiodges as may be necessary to defray its expenses, and may prescribe penalties for the non-payment of the same. To prescribe the duties of its officers, determine the number and character of its committees and I)rescribe their duties. To heai and determine all matters of centre, versy brought befpre it, by appeal or otherwise- subject to an appeal to the Supreme Lodge. To establish a Board of Arbitration to settle all disputed questions arising between it and the beneficiaries of deceased members, or those claim- ing to be such, and all questions arising between those claiming to be such beneficiaries; and this Grand Lod^e hereby constitutes itself a tribunal of review in all matters determined by such boardj it may determine the modes of procedure *m eucn cascP, and constitiltes itself an arbiter itt all such matters, making its decision conclusive between the parties, subject to an appeal to the Supreme Lodge. To determine when and how its officers shall be elected, and fix their term of office. To establish Subordinate Lodges within its bounds, and may reprove and punish the miscon duct thereof. To adopt for its government a Constitution, Laws, Rules and Regulations, also a Constitution, Laws and Rules for the government of its Subov dinate Lodges, and may alter and amend the sanip as it sees proper. The Constitution, Laws, RuU^s /. and Regulations governing this Grand Lodge, and , 1 the Constitution, ijawa and Rules prescribed bj h it for the government of Subordinate Lodges, am its Beneficiary Rules, as well as all amendments t( either of them, shall have no binding force unti '■' approved by the Supreme Lodge or the Supremi Master Workman. To determine the number of votes to which it members and Lodges shall be entitled respective!} and the manner ia which these votes shall be caB And to generally do all things which it ma ideem right and proper for promoting the honor welfare and perpetuity of the Order within it , , , J jjurisdictional limits. Sec. 2. A majority of the votes present at session shall decide all questions, except such h change the Constitution, Laws or standing Rule of this Grand Lodge, the Constitution, Laws ( Rules of Subordinate Lodges, its Beneficiary Law involve an expenditure or appropriation of money suspend a Lod^e, or remove a Grand Lod^ 'bfficei*; to deterttxine either of which shall requir two-thirds of the votes present at an Ann^'^ Sevrion. \ I an arbiter 111 5ion iconclu8iv(*J 1 appeal to tbo officers shall be res within its; ish the miscon I ConBtitutiori.i a Constitution,; it of its Subor imend the sanip^ 3n, Ijaws, Rule? :and Lodge, and \ prescribed bv ate Lodges, anc amendments t( iding force unti or the Supremf ites to which it tied respectivel} >teB shall be cae' 3 which it ma; oting the honor )rder within it es pt^sent at s, except such a r standing Rule ituticn. Laws ( Jeneficiary Law •iation of money a Grand Lodg rich shall requir it at a» Annui ARTICLE V. OFPICERS. > < I Sbotion 1. The Grand Lodge officers shall be elected as follows : A Grand Master Workman, [rand Foreman, Grand Overseer, Grand Recorder, rrand Receiver, Grand Guide, Grand Medical Ixaminer, three Grand Trustees, Grand Inside 'atchman and Grand Outside Watchman, to be [lected each year. Representatives to the Supremo iodge for the term of one year, shall be elected accordance with the laws of that body, at each Annual session of the Grand Lodge. The Junior *ast Gfand Master Workman present shall fill le chair of the Past Grand Master Workman. .11 officers shall hold their respective positions intil their successors are duly qualified. Seg. 2. Should vacancies occur by death, resig- ition or otherwise, between sessions, the Grand [aster Workman shall appoint a member to fill le vacancy until the next Annual Session of the [rand Lodge. Sec. 3. All elective Grand Lodge Officers shall be istalled. Should aiiy of the Grand Lodge officers lect fail to be present for installation, the Grand "aster Workman may declare such positions leant, and the Grand Lodge may, in such ci^se, foceed to nominate and elect to fill the vacancy. ISec. 4. No member shall be eligible to be elected any office in this Grand Lodge who is not a Lst Master Workman in good standing in some • ibordinate Lodge in and a resident within the ; irisdiction of British Columbia. Permanent [moval from this jurisdiction shall operate as a jignation of any office. ARTICLE VI. MILEAGE AND PER I>IEM. [Sbotion 1. The Grand Lodge shall pay the :^nd Lodge Officers^ the Pa^V Qr^ii^ Wet^f J "HP*" N 10 Workmen, one Representative from each Subordin* ate Lodge, the standing Committees on Finance and Laws $2 per day while in session, and a slip- ulated amount per mile travelled in attending each session of this Grand Lodge as it may at each ses- sion determine ; Provided, that no member shall be entitled to mileage in more than one capacity. ARTICLE VIL DUTIES OP OFFICERS. Section 1, The Past Grand Master Workmen shall install the Grand Lodge officers, and perform such other duties as are enjoined ,by the Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Order, or that may be required of them by the Grand Ijodge, or Grand Master Workman. Sec. 2. The Grand Master Workman shall pre- side at sessions of the Grand Lodge; enforce order and decorum: decide all questions of order with- out debate, subject, however, to an appeal to the Grand Lodge: appoint Grand Lodge officers, pro tem, in case of temporary absence or disqualifica- tion of any Grand Lodge officer; sign all orders drawn upon the Grand Receiver for such sums as may be voted by the Grand Lodge, or authorized by the Finance Committee between sessions, if he concur therein, and such other papers as may require his signature to authenticate them, He shall also exercise a general supervision over the Order in this jurisdiction; appoint all Committees not otherwise provided for. He shall call the Grand Foreman to his chair during the discussion of any question before the Grand Lodge on which he may desire to speak. District Deputy Grand Master Workmen may be appointed by the Grand Master Workma as in his judgment' may be deemed expedient, as provided in Section 13 of this Article. He may fippoint a GraftiJ l^^!5tlAJ;^r« He eh^ll appoint thy the Laws, or that may i liodge, or m shall pre- enf orce order >f order with- appeal to the r officers, pro • disqualiiica- rn all orders 'such Bums as )r authorized sessions, it he apers as may ,te them, He ision over the 11 Committees ahall call the the discussion 3dge on which V^orkmen may •Workma aB expedient, as tide. He may ^\\ appoint X'h^ % (ollowing Standing committedd td 3^rVe iot 6ti^ year: A Committee of Three on Finance. A Committee of Three on Laws. He may recall or revoke such apt)ointments. Ho shall, at the Annual Session, present a report of his acts between sessions of the Grand Lodge. He may hear and decide such appeals and ques- tions of law as may be submitted to him, and all of his decisions shall be binding upon the Order in this jurisdiction, until reversed or modified by this Grand Lodge. He shall have a watchful supervision over the Subordinate Lodges in this jurisdiction, and see that all the constitutional enactments, rules any edicts of the Supreme Lodge and the Grand Lodge are duly and pro- perly observed, and that the work and discipline of the Order are uniform. Among his special prerogatives are the follow- ing: To call special meetings of the Grand Lodge; to install, or cause to be installed, Officers of Sub- ordinate Lodges, and give such instructions and directions as the good of the Order may require, always adhering to the laws of the Order; to cause to be executed and securely to preserve and keep the official bonds and securities of the Grand Recorder, Grand Receiver, and Grand Trustees, ,at his option to grant charters for the institution of new Lodges; Provided, that in a city or town where there are one or more Lodges, the recoin- jmendation of a majority of such Lodges must first be obtained before granting any charter, unless otherwise ordered by the Grand Lodge; to refuse the issuance of a Beneficiary Certificate, when in his judgment such refusal will be bene- ficial to the Order, and to discharge the executive [functions of the Grand Lodge in the interval [between sessions. Sbo. 3. In case of the death, resignation, per* Iman^dnt removal from tluB juri«dictioQ,or inability 13 to act, ot the Girand Master Wurkmtttt, 6t oi A vacancy in his office, the Grand Foreman, the Grand Overseer, and the Junior Past Grand Master Workman shall in succession succeed ti) his pre- rogatives and duties if or cill purposes, and these officers shall perform such other duties as may. from time to time, be required of them by the Grand 1 iodge. In the absence of all these officers the oldest Past officer of the Grand Lodge, according to rank, shall perform the duties with all the power of a Grand Master Workman. Sec. 4. The Grand Foreman shall, in the tem- porary absence of the Grand Master Workman, preside over the Grand Ijodge. and ho shall be ex- officio Chairman of the Committee of Appeals and Grievances. Sec. 5. The Grand Overseer shall, in the tem- porary absence of the Grand Master Workman and the Grand Foreman, preside over the Grand J^:>dge, and he shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Committee on Good of the Order. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Grand Re corder to record the transactions of the Grand Lodge; to receive, file and safely kee] all papers and' documents of the Grand fiodge; , prepare, sign and certify all instruments emanating from the Grand Lodge, and, when necessary, affix the seal of the Grand Lodge thereto; to keep an accu rate account of all moneys received, and on all warrants drawn on the Grand Receiver, and to report the same by items to the Grand Iiodge at each annual session; also, the Lodges that have neglected to make proper returns and are in arrears; to keep a register of all Beneficiary Cer tificates issued in accordance with the laws of the Order, and the annulling and reinstating of the same. . He shall also keep a register of all P. M W. entitled to seats in the Grand Lodge. He shall collect ail moneys, whether of the General or Beoefteiary Fuq4bi duo trou) the Subordinate la Itt, 6* ol A )reman, the rand Master 1 to his pi*e- aiid these ■ties as muy, )y the Grand 5 officers the e, according vfith all the in the tem- r Workman, ^ shall be ex- Appeals and in the tern- er Workman jr the Grand lirman of the he Grand Re >f the Grand 3ei all papers ?; . //i'epare, ana ting from sary, affix the keep an accu id, and on all jeiver, and to and I «odge at ^es that have 1 and are in jneiiciary Cer he laws of the stating of the er of all P. M idge. He shall le General or ijOdgeft to the Grand Lodff ?, and immediately turn them over to the Grana Receiver, taking his receipt therefor. He shall, on the fifth of each month, make out a detailed statement of all funds received for the month previous, and on what account, and of all disbursements, and on what account, which report shall be verified by the Com- mittee on Finance, and shall cause the same to be printed in the official journal of this Grand Lodge. * He shall prepare and forward all printed forms and documents authorized by the Grand Lodge. He shall conduct the correspondence of the Grand Lodge; attend with all the necessary books and papers under his control on all sessions of the Grand Lodge, and perform such other duties as may from time to time be required of him by the Grand Lodge or the Supreme Lodge. He shall keep a black book, in which he shall enter the names of all persons rejected and members sus- pended or expelled, together with date, name and number of Lodge. He shall keep a full record of all Benificiary Certificates issued, and from the monthly statements of each Subordinate Lodge keep a full record of the status of all W. degree r».embers in this jurisdiction. He shall forward to the Grand Medical Examiner during the first week of each month a warrant for medical examinations passed upon by that officer during the preceding month, which warrant shall amount to fifty cents for each medical examination passed upon, and the sum so paid shall be charged to the several Subordinate Lodges from which such examinations were forwarded to the Grand Medical Examiners. He shall make record of all matter received from the Supreme Recorder in the books of the Grand Lodge. He shall give a good and sufficient bond, in such sum as the Grand Lodge may from time to time determine. He shall be present at the place of holding a BOBsion of the Grand Lodge oue 14 day before the commencement of the session, td meet Grand Lodge officerB and Oommitteti. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Grand Re- ceiver to receive and take charge of all the funds and property of the Grand Ijodge not otherwise dit^posed of; pay all orders drawn on him by the Grand Master Workman, attested by the Grand Recorder with the seal of the Grand Lodge attached, for appropriations made by the Grand Lodge, or bills contracted in accordance with the Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge. He shall render in writing at each Annual Session of the Grand Lodge, and oftener if required by the Grand Lodgp or Grand Master Workman, a true and perfect account of his receipts and disburse- ments, by items, from whom received and to whom gaid, and the amount of funds and property in his andt?; and when required by the Grand Lodge or Grand Master Workman, deliver to the Finance Committee for examination, the books and vouch- ers pertaining to his office. He shall execute a receipt for any moneys coming into his hands, stating therein on what account the same were received. He shall execute and file with the Grand Master Workman an official bond in such sum as the Grand Lodge may from time to time determine ; and should the Grand Receiver fail or refuse, for twenty days after his election, to execute and have approved, his bond herein required, it shall be the duty of the Grand Master Workman to appoint another Grand Receiver, who shall execute such bond as is herein required, *^nd enter upon the duties of the position. The Grand Receiver shall perform such other duties as may be required of him from time to time by the Grand Lodge. He shall be present at the place of holding a session of the Grand Lodge, one day before the commencement of the session, to meet uch Rules, By-Laws and Regulations shall have no binding effect until approved by this Committee. Daring the sessions of the Grand Lodge they shall connider and report upon all proposed amend- meuta qv oUanges in the Ooaatitution of the Gr and 2C- Loclpte, tlie CotiRtittttion for SuboMittftte ijOafifdS, or the Btaudin^ Rules, Rp^ulatioim or Benefioiarj Rules of this Grand Lod^e, aud do such chaufife 0/ amendment shall bo acted upon by this Grand l^dffe until it has b**eu referred to and acted up'»n by said Committee. They shall present a report of their doin^rs at each Annual Session of the Grand Lodge. They shall meet at the place for holding each Annual Sension, one day before the commence- ment thereof, for consultation aud to prepare their report. The Chairman of this Committee shall be selected from among the P. G. M. W. Heo. 3. Board of Arbitration. — The Jjinior Past Grand Master Workman, the Grand Master Workman and the Chairman of the Grand Lodge Committee on Laws, shall constitute a Board of Arbitration, to hear and determine all controverted questions which may arise as to the disbursement of the Benefi.^iary Fund, under the control of this Grand Lodg-» In this Board is vested jurisdiction to hear and deter nriiue all controversies as to the liability of this Grand Lodge for any claim made against it by those claiming to be the beneficiaries of deceased members, and also as to who are entitled as be^eticiaries when conflicting claims are set up, and the decision of a majority of said Board shall be final and conclusive, unless reversed by the Grand Lodge or JSupreme Lodge, it being the purpose and intention of this provision that all these rights shad thus be determined without recourse to courts of law. No member of said Board shall be competent to act in any case in which he is interested, or in any case in which he may be competent to or be compelled to act as a member of tho Board of Arbitration of the Supreme Lodge. In any such case the Grand Master Workman shall name a Past Grand Master Wor^paaa to act oa aaid Board. Said Board may lenefioiary ?h chaDfire hiB Graud loled up«>ii a report OD of the (ling eaob sommeuce- epare their } shall be li^ Junior/ 3d Master nd Lodge 1 Board of ntroverted ibarsement trol of this urisdiction as to the [aim made eneficiaries who are ting claims ity of said 388 reversed e, it being non that all id without )er ot said kuy case in 1 whioh he >o act as a on of the the Graud aiid Master Bourd mfty pfdflcrlbe the mnnn^r in whioh proof shall he taken, and also the rales of prfiOtloe for hearing en uses, and may vary, or altf»r, or amend the same H« circumstances may require, so as to reach the merit** of eaoli ca^e. Tbitj Board sh»ill report its acliun in each case to this Grand Lodge, which n);iy altirm or reverse the same, and m^ke such dir^poiiition of thn matter as a tribunal of review and appeal ap to it may seem proper and just, sub- ject to Hu appeal to the Supreme Lodge. Whenever a claim is presented t)y any person UTider any Beneficiary Certificate issued in this (iiand Lodge or by the Grand Lodge of British (Columbia, for whioh this Grand Lodge might be liable, and it is apparent to the Grand Master Workman that a contliot is likely to rise in the Fettlement thereof, the safue may be referred by the Grand Master Workman to the Board of Arbi- tratifm of this Grand Lodge, a ad whenever any claim under ai.y Beneficiary Certificate issued by this Grand Lodge or by the Grand Lodg« of British Columbia, for which this Grand Lodge might be or might have been liable, and such claim shall be rejected by the Grand Master Workman and Fhrnnoe Committee of this Grand Lodge, be- fore any further proceeding shall be had there- under, it shall be necessary for the claimant or claimants to demand a hearing, and >fifer to submit their claim or claims for the consid- eration of the Board of Arbitration of this Grand Lodge, and if after such offer of submission and hearing thereof, said claimant or claimants are not satifiHed with the conclusions of the Board of Arbi- trHvion, said claimant or claimants must by appeal submit their claim or claims to this Grand Lodge for its consideration, and if such claimant or claimants are not satisiied with the action of this Grand Lodge, such claimant or claimants must by appeal submit their claim or claims to the (Supreme Lodge, Anoieut Order of Uuited Workmen, tor its mm feonsideration and action, as provided h^ ttd general laws of this Order ; and any claimant or claimants seeking to enforce a claim or claims without such submission and appeal shall be estopped by virtue hereof from maintaining any suit or action upon such claim. This Board shall meet at such times and plaO^s as the Grand Master Workmau may order. A majority of said Board shall constitute a quorum. 8eo. 4. At each session of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master Workman shall, at the openin'j of the session, complete Committees as follows: — Distribution, Appeals aud Grievances, Good of the Order, and appoint such other Committees as may be iouod necessary. ARTICLE IX. GRAND LODGE DEGBBE. Section 1. The Grand Lodge must confer the Grand L )ds>e degree, without pecuniary consider- ation, upon any Brother in good standing, in this jurisdiction, who has legally performed tne duties of Master Workman for«me term, or the remainder of a lerm, in a JSubordinaie Lo'lgo, and upon a brother in good standing who has been elected Past Master Workman at the institution of a new Lodge, or in case of his death, resignation or removal from oltice, his successor, who shall have served the remainder of the terra, and may also confer said degree upon Recorders, Receivers and Financiers of Subordinate Lodges who have served as such for thre*^ consecutive years in the same Lodge, when their respective Lodges shall by resolution so request, upon a Workman Degree member elected as a Representative to a session of the Grand Lodge when a Subordinate Lodge has not P.M. W. suUicieut to fill its quota and upon no giber persou. But to entitle a Brother to this ided W tlid cialmaQt or m or claims eal shall be ntaining any js and pla068 3rder. constitute a id Lodge, the fc) opening o! follows: — ces, Grood of jQimittees as st confer the ary conesider ding, ill this ed tne dutits he remainder and upon a been elected ion of a new signation or ho shall have md may also ileceivers and lo have served in the same Jges shall by rkman Decree to a session of te Lodge liHs a and upon no other to this 28 privileffe, he xnuBt present a certificate in the form preForibed by this Grand Lodge. The Orand Lodge degree can only be conferred in open session of this Grand Lodcre, or by authority of this Grand Lodge, in an adjoining room, when the business is such as will not admit of interruption. ARTICLE X. :^BVBNCJB. ' Section 1. The revenue of this Grand Lodge shall be derived from the fees or the organization of the new Subordinate Lodges, the issuing of Beneticiary Certificates, a per capita tax on the membership, and the sale of supplies. Seo. 2. The fee for Beneficiary Certificates shall be one dollar each. Each Subordinate Lodge shall pay semi-annually ( in January and July) to the Grand Lodge such sum of money as the Grand Lodge shall decree, for every member on its roll ; whicli sum of money, together with the semi- annual report, shall be forwarded to the Grand Recorder, who, upon receipt of the same, shall immediately forward to the Lodge the past word of the ensuing term. ARTICLE XI. DELINQUENT AND EXTINCT LODGES. Section 1. Any Lodge may be suspended either by the Grand Lodge in session or by the Grand Master Workman with the concurrence of the Committee on Laws between the sessions of the Grand Lodge. First. — For refusing to obey an order of the Grand Lotjige or Grand Mapter Workman. Second. - For neglecting or refusing to conform to the Constitution or Laws of the Supreme Lodge, Grand Lodge, or general l^ws ^u4 reguiatiopa of tfee Ortler, , 24 ^ Third. — For neglecting or refasing to make its payments of taxes or assesements for the General or Beneficiary Funds to the Grand Lodge. Fourth. — For neglecting to hold the regular stated meetings as provided by law, unless pre- vented from doing so by some uaforseen circum- stanoe. Fifth. — By its membership diminishing so that less than a ooustitutinnal quorum is left. Provided, That a charter shall not be suspended in either of the above cases until the Lodge shall have been duly notified by the Grand Master Workman, and a reasonable opportunity given to answer. 8eo. 2. An impeached Lodge ncirlecting or refusing to answer within a given time, when required to do so by the Grand Lodge» may be tried and suspended for contempt ; provided, ihnt to suspend a Lodge it shall require two-tnirds of all the votes present at a session of the Grand Lodge. Seo. 3. Any Lodge which shall cause to be printed any of the secret work, clearance or final cards of the Order may, upon satisfactory proof thereof, be suspended and forfeit its charter. Seo. 4. "When a Lodge is suspended, or dissolved, it shall be the duty of the last iVf aster Workman of such Lodge, or the senior officer, to deliver up to the Grand Master Workman, or his deputy, all its funds and property, and if any ofKcer or member having custody of any of said property or funds, refuse to surrender the same, he may be expelled and be forever excluded from membership in the Order, even if his liodge be reinstated. Sbo 5. A member of an extinct Ijodge, who is in good standing at the time of dissolution, maybe admitted into any other Lodge after having applied for and received from the Grand Lodcre a card signed by the G. M. W., and countersigned by \\]§ Grand Hegor^er wjtU \^^ m^\ pf t^i^ ^rai^^ as Ijo^pe attnclied. The application for stioh crtA must be accompaDied by the fee of one dollar, and an additional sum of ($2.50j two and a half dollars a« Grand Lodge dues for six months. The mem- ber holdinsr such card must notify the Grand Keoorder of his address from time to lime, and must forward his Beneficiary assessment to the Grand Recorder, as required by the Beneficiary Rules of members ot Subordinate Lodges. He must, before the expiration of six months, deposit said card with some Subo» diuate Lodge, if there be one in the district in which he resides ; but if he be refused admissson to membership on taid card, the Grand Lodge officers Hhall renew his card. Sbo. 6. All funds and property received by the Grand Lodge from a dissolved or suspended Sub- ordinate Lodge, shall be restored in the event of its being feiuBtated, which reinstatement may be done by A mnjority vote of the Grand Loage at any session. ARTICLE XII. OHABTBB APPLICATIONS. Section I. Any fifteen or more persons having the prpscribed qualifications, may petition the Grand Master Workman for a charter for a Lodge. The application must be accompanied with not less than one hundred dollars ($100), for the charter, rituals, odes, blank books, and supplies necessary for the organization of a Lodge, and also by the certificates of a physician as hereinafter provided. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Grand Master Workman of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia. ** We the undersigned, reside in British Columbia, do respectfully petition you t«) grant us a charter to establish a Lodge of A, O. U. W*» to be located in • British Oolumbia, said Lodge to be known as Lodge Uo. . . . of A. O. U. W. and under your jurisdiction, time of bis examination. (Signed) Sec. 2. No person shall ba admitted to member- ship in such Lodge unless he be a white male, of the full age of twenty-one, and under fifty years at the time of receiving the W. degree, of good moral character, able and competent to earn a livelihoo I fur himself and family, and a believer in a Supreme Being, the Creator and Prenerver of the Universe. Seo. 3. Members of the Order withdrawing from a Lodi^e iu this jurisdictiou for the purpose of starting a new Lodge, may unite in said petition. Tiie cards of such members shall be presented to the instituting otKcer, and by him be deposited in the new Lodge, the Kecorder of which shall, within one week thereafter, notify the Lodge from which the card emanated, of such deposit. Sec. 4. Each applicant on the petition for a charter, except members as provided in the fore- going section, must present therewith a certificate (in the form prescribed by the Grand Lodge) of a regular practicing physician, who must be a mem- ber of the Order when practicable, that the appli- cant is in sound bodily health, and has no defect which, in the opinion of the medical examiner, is calculated to shorten life, which examination shall be paid for by the applicant to the Examiner at the Seo. 5. The petitioners shall meet at the time and place fixed upon by the insiituting offiijer, and under the direction of the Grand Master Work- man, or his deputy, proceed to vote by secret ballot for each other ; if two or more black balls shall appear against an applioaot, his name shall be placed at the foot of the list, and such applicants will retire ; when all the original names have been voted upon, those appending to the list may be agala voted upon by those aooepted, when, if two D^ge 5s o .... iction. I to member- ite male, of ir fifty years ree, of good ,t to earn a a believer in enerver of the irawing from 3 purpose of ;aid petition, presented to deposited iu L snail, within 3 from which letition for a in the fore- h a certificate . Lodge) of a list be a mem- lat the appli- las no defect examiner, is nination shall taminer at the , at the time ng ofiioer, and Master Work- >y secret ballot jk balls shall ame shall be loh applicants mes have been 9 list may be i, when, if two or more black balls appear n gainst any applicant, he shall be declared rejected. Sec. 6. If, after the balloting prescribed in the preceding section, it is found that less than fifteen members have been elected. Ihe Lodge shall not be instituted until the required number is made up. When fifteen or more have been elected, all applicants not members of the Order shall be instructed in the degrees, each paying therefor the sum of not less than eight dollars (S8), after which they shall proceed, under the direction of the instituting oflBcer, to el^ct a Past Master Work- man, a Master Workman, a Foreman, an Overseer, a Recorder, a Financier, a Receiver, a Medical Examiner, and three Trustees. Sec. 7. Any officer instituting a Lodge, shall remain with it, visit it sufficiently often to impart air needed instruction, so that the Lodge may be able t(> conduct its secret work and business matteica in a correct and proper manner. TERMS OF OFFICERS OF A NEW LODGE. Seo. 8. All the oftioers except the Trnstees, elected at the institution of a Lodge, shall serve until the end of the term in which they have been elected ; provided, there are thirteen weeks or more of said term at the time of the election. If I there are less than thirteen weeks of said term, the fofflcers shall serve until the end of the next term, whichever as the case may be, shall be the first terra of said Lodge. Seo. 9. One of the Trnstees shall be elected to serve one year ; one, two years, and one, three years ; and at the end of the term for which th »y were severally elected, their successors shall be elected to serve terms of eighteen months each. Seo. 10. A new Lodge cannot accept rejected material as charter members. Seo. 11. In instituting new Lodges, the applica- tion and Medical Examiner's certificates of the cUarter members thereof, shall be attested m*X laa 28 approved by the inBtituting officer, and in 6t oases both degrees may be oooferred before 1 issuaoce of Beneficiary Certificates, the iostituti officer taking from each new candidate so admiti an agreement in writing, signed by tbe pa agreeing, that his beneficiary shall not be en tit to participate in the Beneficia'y Fiicd of t Order, nor shall the Order be in any degree lia to the beneficiaries named in his application f«> Beneficiary Certificpte, nor to any person or p sons on account of his admission, until bisMp|)lj tion shall be apprtjved by the Grand Medi Fixaminer, and in the event of a rejection by s Grand Medical Examiner, the said party will c sent that his name shall be stricken from the i of the Lodge, and that his connection with Order shall cease and be determined by the re; tion of his application b^ the Grand Medical ] arniner. In case of a rejection of a candidate, shall be repaid all the fees paid by him less fees of the Grand and Local Medical Exami: and as soon as the Lodge is organized the or^ izing officer shall forward to the Grand Med Examiner such applications and Medical E:^ iner's Certificates. He shall also forward to Grand Recorder a full report of his work, inc ing a list of the officers installed and the fees the Grand Lodge and the Grand Medical i: x iner. ARTICLE XIV. CONSOLIDATION OF liODGErt. Section 1. When two or more Lodares in jurisdiction desire to consolidate, they shall app a joint committee of three membeis from Lodge to confer together and arrange terms tl for. If the committees report favorably upon proposition to consolidate, their report shal presented to the Lodges aod lay over ul icust cer, Rnd Id such f erred before the les, the institutiDcr didate so ndraitted )ed by the party all not be entitled a.y Fucd of this' any degree liable J application for a ny person or per- 1, until hisfipi'lica- le Grand Medical rejection by said aid party will con- 3kou from the roil nnection with the lined by the rejec- irand Medical Ex- of a candidate, he i by him less the Medical Examiner, ^anized the or^rao- he Grand Medical id Medical Eiam- ISO forward to the f his work, includ- jd and the fees due Qd Medical ixam- [V. ' ■ ' LODGED. 3re Lodfifes in this te, they shall appoint oembeis from each arrange terms there- i favorably upon the eir report shall be ay over at icu»t oue 1 29 regular meeting night before the same nhall be acted upon. If such report be adopted by the Lodges inter- ested, then the name and number of the Lodge having the oldest charter shall be the name and number of the consolidated Lodge, unless other- wise determined, and the date of such oonsolida- tion shall be such date as shall be agreed upon and reported by such joint Jcommittee. Immediately upon the consolidation of the Lodges, it shall be the duty of the Elecorder of the Ijodge whose charter shall not be continued, to forward the same to the Grand Recorder. The Recorder of the consolidated Lodge shall endorse upon the back of the Beueficiary Certifi- cates of the members of the Lodge whose charter is surrendered, the following : — This is to certify that JJro. became a member of Lodge No on the day of 18 Recorder. And such Recorder shall make note of such transfer upon his beneficifiry register. If such consolidation should take effect at any other time than the end of the term, the acting officers of the extinct Lodge forfeit unearned honors. ARTICLE XV. APPEALS. Section 1. Any member^of fthis Grand Lodge or any party [to an appeal determined by this Grand Lodge, may appeal to the teiupreme Lodge or to the 8iipreme aster Workman, from any action of this Grand Lodge. Notice in writing of Huch appeal luast be given to the Grand Master Workman of the Grnnd Lodge within thiity days from the date of such action and within sixty days from the date of such aclion (unless good cause to Ml' the contrary be shown — not the t<)snlt of any fault or nej?ligence on the part of the appellant), he must fiJe with the Supreme Recorder a full tran- script of all records and proceedir.j^s had, includ- ing the evidence, if any, pertaining to the matter, from the action on which the appeal is taken. This transcript must be prepared by the Grand Re- corder of the Grand Lodge, and for which the appellant must pay in advance, if required, at the rate of twenty cents per hundred words contained therein, which shall be repaid to the appellant if the appeal is sustained by the Supreme Lodge. ARTICLE XVL CODE OF liAWS. Section 1. Laws and rules in conformity with this Constitution and Beneficiary Rules may be made, which shall not be repealed, altered or amended, unless the proposition for such repeal, alteration or amendment, be made at an Annual Session of the Grand Lodge, signed by at least three members of the Grand Lodge (unless recom- mended by the Grand Master Workman, or the Committee on Laws), when it shall be read and referred to the Committee on Laws, who shall report thereon, when said report shall lie over at least one sitting, when the proposition shall be considered, and if agreed to by two-thirds of the votes present, it shall be adopted. The same shall then become of biudmg effect after submission and promulgation, as provided for amendments to this Constitution in Article XVII hereof. ARTICLE XVII. AMENDMENTS. Section 1. No alterations or amendments of this Constitution sliall be made (except the same ai'^ recommended by the Grand Master Workman 51 if Rny fault pliant), he full tran- id, iDolud- he matter, a ken. This GraDd Re- which the ired, at the i contained ppellant if Lodge. rmity with es may be altered or ich repeal, an Annual )y at least less recom- an, or the read and who shall ie over at n shall be irds of the ) same shall submission ndn:ients to of. t)t the doramltiee on Laws) nn least the Same shall be siyrned by at least tiv.^ members of the Urand Lfulf^e, and presented at Hn Arniual Session thereof, wh(Mi the same shall be referred to the Couiinittee on Luwa. AW propose I alterations or amendments must lie over at least one sitting before liaal action there«)n, after the same shall have been reported upon by the Committee on Liws, when, if adopted by two-thirds of hII the votes present at said session of the Grand L >di?e, they shall be submit- ted to the Supreme Lodge or the Supreme Master Workman for approval before becoming operative. If so approved they may be promulgated by the Grand Kocorder in the official j mrnal or other- wise, and the s'ime shall be operatir . and of bind- ing effect ten days from the date of their promul- gation by the Grand Recorder. idments of the same Workm^iu il' BENEFICIARY RULES ■OF THE dBAND L0D6E OF BRITISH COLUMBU. BENEFICIARY RULES. The following rules are prescribed for the gov- erument of this Grand Lod^e Beneficinry Jurisdic- tion in the collection, management and disburoe- metit of the Beneficiary Fund : 1. Medical Examinations. — All Medical Exam- inations of applicants for membership shall be for- warded to the Grand Medical Examiner as soon ns the candidate is proposed. The prescribed fee of fifty cents shall be forwarded for eRch medical examination by the Subordinate Lodge from the fees paid by the applicant. Tlie Grnnd Medical Examiner shall pass upon, and if approved, for- ward the same to the Lodge in which the applicant has applied for membership, upon the same day that he received the medical examiration (provided the prescribed Credential Certificate of the Subor- dinate Lodge Medical Examiner has been approved by him.^ If rejected, he shall forward it to the Grand Recorder, who shall file the same in his office, and notify the Lodge of the rejection fortli witb, 2. Applicaton^-^'EtLoh applicant for membership, upon receiving the Junior Workman degree, ana applying for the Workman degree, shall make application for the rights, privileges and benefits of the Order as follows, which shall be attested by the Recorder of the Subordinate Lodge to which the application is made. Such application shall constitute part of the contract of each member of the Order, and if the applicant shall wilfully make I any erroneous statement therein, or shall inten- tionally conceal or omit to disclose any fact I material thereto, his membership shall be void. FORM OF APPLICATION. I, having made application for the Workman degree in Lodge, No. ..., Ancient Order of United Workmen, lof do hereby agree that compliance on [my part with all tbe laws, regulations and require- jments which are or may be enacted by the Subor- Idinate Lodge to which I may belong, or by the iOrand or Supreme Lodge of said Order, is the lexpress condition upon which I am to be entitled [to have and enjoy all the rights, benefits and )rivilege8 of said Order. I ceriify that the answers made by me to the juestions propounded by the Mediciil Examiner of this Lodge, which are attached to this application, iiid f(jrm a part thereof, are true. I further agree that the Beneficiary (Certificate bo be issued hereon shall have no binding force whatever until I shall have taken the Workman legree of said Order, and until my medical exam- [nation has been approved by the Grand Medical jxaminer. I hereby authorize and direct that the amount to which my beneficiaries may be entitled of the beneficiary Fund of the Order shall at my death I m i I' 4 /\ 84 be paid to , bearing relation to me of .^ [Seal] Attest , Recorder. Applicant, 3. Certificate, — The Grand Lodge shall issue, or cause to be issued, all certificates of the Beneficiary Fund, which certificates shall be as follows : — BENEFICIARY CERTIFICATE. Ancient Order of United Workmen. No. $2,000 This certificate, issued by the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of British Columbia, witnesseth: That Bro. , a Workman degree laember of Lodge, No , of said Order, located at , British Columbia, in entitled to all the rights, bene- fits and privileges of membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and to designate the beneficiary to whom the sum of two thousand dol- lars of the Beneficiary Fund of the Order shall, at his deaib, be paid. This ceiiiificate is issued upon the express condi- tion thii/, said shall, in every particular, comply with all the laws of said Order. He desig- nates as beneficiary under the terms hereof, , bearing to him the relation of in witness whereof, the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen of British Col- umbia, has caused this to be signed by its Grand Master Workman and Grand Recorder, and the seal thereof to be attached this day of , one thousand eight hundred and ,.„.^ LSeall G. M. W. Attest : Grand Recorder. We, the undersigned, M. W. and Recorder of .^ Lodge, No. , do hereby countersign and attach the seal of this Lodge hereto, this day of. ,18........ [Seal Bub. L ] ,M W, , „ ., Recorder, J atioa to mt Applicant. lail issue, or Beneficiary lows : — Icmen, $2,000 id Lodge of Q o£ British ^ , a .Lodge, rigiits\bene- the Ancient lesignate the thousand dol- rder shall, at axpress condi- jry particular, er. He desig- ;erms hereof, on of Lodge of the of British Col- by its Grand Br, and the seal y of ' ':"g.m;w; ^ecorder. i Recorder ot by countersign Breto, this 85 4. Beneficiaries. '^'E^ch member shall deeignate the person or persons to whom the Beneficiary i'und due at his death shall be paid, who sliall in every instance, be one or more raembers of his family, or some one related to him by blood, or who shall be dependent upon him. 6. Order of Payment to Beneflciaries.-li one or more of the beneficaries named in a certificate shall die during the lifetime of the member, the surviving beneficiary or beneficiaries shall be en- titled to the benefits equally, unless otherwise pro- jVided in the Beneficiary Oertificate, and if all the beneficiaries shall die during the lifetime of the ember, and he shall have made no other dircc- ion, the benefit shall be paid to his widow if liv- ng at the time of his death ; if he leave no widow urviving him, then said benefit shall be paid, hare and share alike, to his children, his grand hildren, living at the time of his death, to take he share to which their deceased parents would e entitled if living ; if there be no children or rand children of the deceased member living at he) time of his death, then said benefit shall be paid to his mother, if living, and if she be dead at the time of his death, then to his father, if living, and should there be no one living at the death of the member entitled to said benefit under the provisions hereof, then the same shall revert to the Beneficiary Fund of the Grand Lodge. All Beneficiary Certificates issued by the Grand Lodge of Oregon or Washington, and held by jbembers under the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, directed as payable to "my order," **estate," "will," or in any other manner, not desig- nating payee or payees by name, shall be held to %Q payable only as provided in this section. * 6. Change of Beneficiaries. —Any member de- firing to change his beneficiaries, may do so in the llowing manner: He shall fill out the blank >na ou tli^ bftQk of bis Beneficiary CertifioatOi in I \ ; 1 authorizing the change ; he shall have hi& signa* ture attested by the Recorder of his Lodge and the seal of the Lodge attached thereto, or attested by a civil officer under his official seal, 5vhen the member cannot sign in the presence of the Re- corder. When this is done he shall deliver his Beneficiary Certificate to the Recorder of his Lodge, together with a fee of fifty cents. The Recorder shall forward the said certificate and fee to the Grand Recorder, who shall make a record of the change in the books of the Grand Lodge, and shall issue a new certificate in lieu thereof, payable as directed on the back of the surrendered certificate, provided the same shall be made in compliance with Section 4 of these rules. The new certificate shall bear the same number as the old one, which shall be safely filed and preserved. The provisions hereof relating to attestation only in special cases, may be waived by the Grand Lodge at its option. 7. Duplicate Certiiicate.— When a Beneficiary Certificate shall be lost, or it shall not be under control of the member to whom it was issued, he may have a duplicate certificate issued, if he so desire, upon making affidavit of the fact and exe outing a release to the Grand Lod^e of all rights and benefits under the original certificate, in such form and authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed in a blank furnished by *^e Grand Lodge. The same rule shall apply in the pay- ment of beneficiaries who may not be able to pro duce the certificate, and as a further security the Grand Lodge officers may require a bond of in demnity from beneficiaries. 8. Delivery of Beneficiary Certificate, — The Beneficiary Certificate issued to every member by this Grand Lodge shall be crelivered to him as soon as practicable after the Workman degree hae been conferred j provided that, in every Cuse, the dftto ot oou&teroigaing the eaid certifioate by the 91 Is Lr fraudulent misrepresentations. 10. Re-Examination, — If, for any cause, an iplicant for membership shall fail to receive the orkman degree within three months from the ate of his examination by the Medical Examiner »f the Lodge, said applicant must be re-examined, the same manner and form as in the original stance, and the re- examination papers must he ibmifted to the Grand Medical Examiner, and lUst receive his approval previous to the confer- ir»g of the said degree. H. Junior Workman Failing to Advance. — ry Junior Workman failing, for any cause, to re- «feive the Workman degree within three months p *m the date of receiving the Junior Workman flegree, shall not be eligible to receive said Work- l^an degree. The name of such Junior Workman l|ball be stricken from t*ie roll of the Lodge, and * '1 money paid by him into the Lodge Treasury all be forfeited and become the property of the " je. Should he at any future time desire to icome a membe? ot the Order, he must comply ith, and be subject to, all the conditions required an api«ilcant for membership, the same as ough he had never made an application, except at the Junior Workman degree need not again ) conferred. 12. Begister of Beneficiary Certifleaie*--^l!!hB \t9xA BiM^ imU )»«^ i f»pBmtta»4 OSMIwrl ■ipiil :i;|:ii ftecount with each Subordinate Lod^, showing a full register of each Beneficiary Certificate issued, and to whom in each Lodge, and from the monthly reports of the Subordinate Lodges he shall keep a full record of the status and postofflce addresses of the members. 13. Calls and -Assessments.— Whenever the Beneficiary Fund in the Gran^] I '>og9 Treasury shall have been reduced to a en 3 . :a than two thousand dollars, or when, by re-iron of unavoid- able delay in the payment of beneficiary claims, the balance of Beneficiary Fund in the Grand Lodge Treasury wou^d,- by the payment of the said claims, be reduced to a sum less than two thousand dollars, then it shall be the duty of the Grand Recorder to call upon the Subordinate Lodges to forward the Beneficiary Fund in their respective Treasuries, and, at the time of making such call, to make an assessment of one dollar or more upon each member of the Order wbi h^s re- ceived the Workman degree. 14. Calls, When and How Made, -'^.■^K:Ty call made upon Subordinate Lodges to forwa: i Bene- ciary Funds shall be dated upon tne Ua^i ; ^^y of the month ; shall contain a list of all deaths occur- ring since the last call was made ; all necessary in- structions relative to forwarding the funds called for, and shall, in every case, receive the approval of the Grand Lod^e Finance Committee. The publication and issuing of such callt 2 the official journal of this Grand Lodge shall c^ ^titute the < making of a call. ^ 15. -Assessr/iewfSr JFTf*?/? Made, — All assessments < naade upon the mc abers shall be dated upon the^ first day of the n/onth; aiid shall contain a list of J all deaths occurring since the last assessment was« made, and he shall mail a copy of the same to| each member to the last known postoffice addieBei of Buch members, on or before the fifth day of th^^ ., showing ft cate issued, the monthly shall keep a e addresses lenever the 59 Treasury ':a than two I of unavoid- ciary claims, I the Grand rment of the [ess than two e duty of the Subordinate Fund in their me of making ' one dollar or )r wt.,o'>i?^9 re- 3^. -..^>rcTy call li^rwar i Bene-^ iie tiiiii o..:4y or deaths occur- 1 necessary m- e funds called e the approval rlttee. The -» the official c.vr ptitute the .11 assessments iated upon the ^ ontain a list oi assessment was of the same to, stofflce addresflj filth day ol Xm It Xiiwih lo$m Bow Paii*^Vfh»ntV9(t thi ^rand Recorder snail receive oflBicial notice and ^roof of the death of a member in good standing, ititled to all the rights, benefits and privileges of le Order, he shall refer the same to the Grand ^odge Finance Committee, and when approved them, a warrant shall be drawn upon the [rand Receiver in favor of the beneficiary of such iceased member, and the said warrant shall be rwarded by the Grand Recorder to the Recorder the Subordinate Lodge, of which the deceased is a member, with all the necessary instructions. 17. Whenever, from any cause, a Lodge jis un- lle to procure the usual certificate from an tending physician or undertaker in the pre- ribed form for a death report, the case shall be ferred to the Grand Master Workman, with rer to authorize other certificates, to be lepted in lieu of those required by our laws. 8. Payment to Beneficiaries. — Whenever the nd Recorder shall forward a warrant payable the beneficiaries of a deceased member, it shall the duty of the Subordinate Lodge to deliver same to the party or parties entitled to receive see that the Beneficiary Certificate issued to deceased is properly receipted and forwarded he Grand Receiver, with any other papers that be necessary to be executed. Beneficiary Funds, Hoio Remitted and Re- ted For. — All Beneficiary Funds forwarded to Grand Recorder shall be sent by draft or post- e order, payable to the Grand Receiver. The nd Recorder shall make a proper record of the e upon the books of the Grand Lodge, and ard said drafts or postoffice orders to the nd Receiver, who shall receipt to the Lodges he same, and shall forward said receipts to the d Recorder, who shalii countersign and for-^ them to the SuboroUni^te Lodges entitled t^ •hallfOn or oetore the first day of each month, make a full statement of all receipts and disburse- ments of benefioiarr and other funds ; submit the said statement to the Grand Lodge Finance Com- mittee for examination and attestation. 21, Recorders, — It shall be the duty of Record- ers of Subordinate Lodges to notify the Grand Recorder of all candidates who have been rejected by the Medical Examiner of the Lodge, the In- vestigating Committee, or by ballot, immediately after such candidates have been rejected, and when notifying the Grand Recorder of such rejec tion, to forward to him the medical examinations of such candidates and inform him of the manner and date of such rejections ; to forward to the Grand Recorder the medicaJ examinations and applications for Beneficiary Certificates of all | applicants for initiation, immediately after they ^ have received the Junior Workman degree, and with his monthly account forward a fee of one dollar for each and every application. To forward to the Grand Recorder the medical examinations and applications for Beneficiary Cer tificates of all applicants for membership by card, from Lodges in other beneficiary jurisdictions, immediately after they have been elected to mem bership, and with his monthly account forward the prescribed fee of one dollar for eachapplicatioD. To attest all Beneficiary Certificates issued to members of the Lodge, affix the seal of the Lodge thereto, and make a record of the same in the Beneficiary Certificate Register of the Lodge. To record as PUppended on the Beneficiary Cer tifionte Register of the Lod^e all members who faii to pay their assessmeDts on or before the twenty eighth day of the month *a which the assessmeui was made, % •>, To recoxd the Benefiomry 0«rtifioates of all mem \m% wmtitedi ^^9 bayf ^m^ wvuffmSnA^ tan ibi «1 each month, md diflburse- ; submit the finance Com- >n. ty ot Eecord- Eythe Grand been rejected odge, the In- , immediately rejected, and of suchrejec examinations )f the manner jrward to the linations and icates of all sly after they ,n degree, and a fee of one 1. sr the medical sneflciary Cer rship by card, jurisdictions, ected to mem :ount forward ch application, ates issued to of the Lodge e same in the he Lodge, eneficiary Cer nbers who fai re the twenty he assesBmeui tetofaUmem lOn-paTmeDt of Beneiioiai7 Fn&d itSMittiMitt A>r period of six months, to report the faot to the trand Recorder in the next monthly report, and to the Lodge at its first stated meeting thereafter. To make due and proper record of allsuspen- fions, reinstatements, expulsions, transfers of mem* srship into or out of the Lodge, and such other tatters as may be necessary from time to time, the Beneficiary Certificate Begister of the iodge, and to see that the same are recorded, at le proper time, in the monthly report of the Ige. To see that the death reports are made out, upon blanks provided for that purpose by the Grand Ige, upon the death of any members of the >dge in good standing. To notify the Eeoorder of any Lodge whenever ly member of such Lodge has been admitted to tembership upon a clearance card issued by such Ige, and to inform such Beoorder of the date of ich election. To forward the cancelled Beneficiary Certificate all members admitted by card from Lodges in ler beneficiary jurisdictions to the Becorder of ^e Lodge issuing the card, immediately after the imber presenting the card has been elected to ^mbetship, and to inform such Recorder of the ^te of such election. ^o attest the signatures of all members when lling out the blaSik on the back of their Bene- liary Certificates for the purpose of making a iange in their beneficiaries, to affix the seal of le Lodge thereto, and to forwcud the certificates the Grand Recorder, and with his monthly re- }Tt forward a fee of fifty cents therefor. [To mail to the Grand Becorder, on or before the )t day of each calendar month, the monthly re* rt of the Lodge for the month Just dosed. To maks m\t the rttiaittaiioe hhtak wbenivwr it li d^raado Beoordef, to obtaiii frottl the Reoel^t^ A draft or postofHod order for the amount to be forwarded, payable to the Grand Receiver, and for- ward the same to the Grand Becorder, as provided in Sections 37 and 38 of these rules. 22. Financiers.— It shall be the duty of Fin- anciers of Subordinate Lodges to charisre all assess- ments, made against each member liable for the same, under date not later than the eighth day of the month in which the assessment is made. To keep a careful record of the last known post- office address of each member of bis Lodge, and inform the Grand Recorder thereof, as well as of any changes in the same, monthly. To furnish the Recorder, on the day following the twenty-eighth day of the month, with the names of all members who had failed to pay their assessments on or before the twenty-eighth day of the month in which the assessment was made. To notify the Lodge of all applications for rein- statement, and of the fact that the required amount necessary to be paid by such applicant has beeo deposited with him, and to see that all arrearages of Beneficiary Fund paid by members who are duly reinstated are fowarded to the Grand Re- corder. ' To report to the Lod^e at each stated meeting the total amount of money received since the last report was made to the Lodge, specifying the amount collected for each fund. To make out the monthly report of the Lodge upon the blank form provided by the Grand Lodge for that purpose, and deliver the same to the Re eorder on the day following the twenty-eighth day of the month. 23. BeceiverB.—lt shall be the duty of Receiver of Subordinate Lodges to receive from the Finan- oier all moneys received fbr the Lodge, and give ^1b« rioanoiir ft ifceipt fof the nwm. K>unt to be Lver, and for- , as provided duty of Fin- 'pre all assess- liable for the the eighth aent is made, known post- s Lodge, and as well as of lay following ith, with the I to pay their eighth day of ras made, bions for rein- luired amount 3ant has been all arrearages )ers who are e Grand Be- ated meeting since the last pecifying the of the Lodge Grand Lodge me to the He ity-eighth day y of Reoeiverj am the Finan- Mige, and giT< f 4» % \hip % raffol^ and oorrtot ioooukt of bU [moneyB reoeiyed by mkn, and all moneys paid out, reeping eaoh fund separate and distinct. To deliver to the Recorder a draft or postoffioe )rder payable to the Grand Receiver, for the imount of Beneficiary Fund to be forwarded, whenever a call has been made upon said Fund ; le receipt from the Grand Beceiver, through the trand Becorder, shall be his voucher to the ^odge. 24. Liabilities for Assessments, —"Ejeidh Work- lan degree member shall be liable for all assess- lents for the Beneficiary Fund. 25. Penalty for Failure to Pay Assessments. — Luy member failing or neglectinsr to pay all assess- lents made upon him, for the Beneficiary or Be- lef Funds to the Financier of the Lodge of which is a member, on or before the twenty-eighth ly of the month in which said aBsessments ate lade, shall forfeit all his rights as such membefi lall stand suspended from all the rights, benefits id privileges of the Order from and after that ite, and shall not be reinstated except as herein »vided. J6. Reinstated in Three Months,— Any sus- ided member who has forfeited all his rights by >8on of non-payment of assessments for the beficiary or Belief Funds, may be reinstated, if be living, at any time within a period of three )nths from the date of such suspension, upon following conditions, and none other, that is say : AH assessments that have been made during time of suspension shall be paid, including the iding assessments. . The Financier shall report the same to the ^dge at its next stated meeting, a vote of the )dge shall be tQ,ken, and if a majority of the tes cast be in favor of reinstatement, the mem* citft bfild ai in fuU toro9i and a reeoxd at tibi reiostatemeiit shall be made upon the miQutes ot the Lodge. »j 3; After thirty days a certificate of good health shall be furnished by the applicant for reinstate- ment, at the time the assessments are paid, in the manner and upon the blank prescribed herein. 27. Eeinatatement Certificate, — ^The Reinstate- ment Certificate referred to in the preceding section shall be as follows : — To the Orand Lodge of British Columbia, Ancient Order of United Wcrkfnen: 18 I « , to whom Beneficiary Certificate No , was issued, in Lodge, No , of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the of , having been suspended from all the rights, benefits and privileges of the Order, and having forfeited all my rights as a member of the Order by reason of the non-pay- ment of assessments, which suspension and for- feiture occurred within a period of three months Erior to the date of this certificate, and desiring to e reinstated in said Order, as provided by the laws thereof, do hereby certify that I am at this date in sound bodily health, and that I agree that the reinstatement of myself as a member of the Order, based upon this certificate, shall be valid and binding only upon the conditions that the statement herein contained, relating to my bodily health, is true in every respect upon the aay and date hereof. Attest: Financier Lodge, No 28. Reinstatement After Three Months, — Any suspended member who fails to be reinstated with- in tnree months from .lie date of his suspension, may be reinstated upon compliance with the 45 inutee ot )d health reinstate- lid, in the tierein. Elein&tate- preceding a, Ancient ....IB .,.. Certificate je, No , len, of the suspended iges of the rights as a e non-pay- n and for- tee months desiring to led by the am at this [ agree that iber of the ,11 be valid IS that the o my bodily he day and oni/w.— Any istatedwith- Buspension, ce with the He must be examined and recommended for reinstatement by the Medical Examiner of his Lodge, as in the original instance. His medical examination and application for reinstatement must be approved by the Grand Medial Examiner. He must deposit with the Financier of the Lodge, all assessments made during the time that he has been suspended, including the assessments for the non-payment of which he was suspended, and the pending assessments. He must obtain the consent of the Lodge to his reinstatement by a majority vote. 29. Annulment of Beneficiary Certificate, — Any suspended member, who is not reinstated within the period of six months from the date of his sus- pension, shall not be entitled to the privilege of reinstatement under the preceding provisions; his Beneficiary Certificate shall be annulled, and he [Shall not be readmitted to membership except as herein provided. 3D. Reinstatement After Annulment. — Any sus- ipended member, whose Beneficiary Certificate has peen annulled, desiring to be reinstated, shall [make application in the same manner and form as Ithat prescribed for admission to membership, and (shall comply with and be subject to all the condi- tions necessary thereto, except that, in lieu of initiation fees, he shall pay the sum of seven dol- lars for the Grand Lodge Beneficiary Fund, in idditiontothe usual one dollar for the Subordinate Lodge Beneficiary Fund. A new Beneficiary Cer- tificate need not be issued in such cases, but the reinstatement shall revive the Beneficiary Certifi- jate originally issued to such member, if in pos- jiession of the member, otherwise anew certificate Qust be issued with beneficiaries named, as pro- rided in Section 4 hereof. Such reinstatement may be made only by the )dge of which the applicant was a member at the late of his eus|>enBiQU| v^ulese e\aQb lio^ ^ 46 defunct, or the applicant is a suspended member dt another beneficiary jurisdiction, and has been BO suspended more than two years, and has resided one year within the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which application is made. 31. Reinstatements to be Reported. — Whenever any suspended member shall be reinstated, in accordance with the laws governing such rein- statement, the reinstatement certiiScate, or medical examination, as the case may be, shall be for* warded immediately to the Grand Recorder, and the reinstatement shall be recorded, under its proper head, in the next monthly report of the Lodge. 32. Rejection.-ln the event of any applicant for reinstatement being rejected, the fees deposited \yith the Lodge, pending the result, shall be returned to the applicant, except fees paid for n^edical examinations. 33. When Rights are Forfeited.-When a member shall be suspended or expelled from the Order, for any cause whatever, he forfeits all rights, benefits and privileges, and his beneficiaries thereby lose all right to any portion of or claims under the Beneficiary Fund. 34. Transfer of Membership, — Any member transferring his membership from one Lodjj/j to another by clearance card, shall pay the asses- ments pending at the time of the transfer to the Lodge from which he received his clearance card, and it shall be one of the dunes of the Invebtigat- ing Committee to ascertain that the pending assessments are paid to the Lodge issuing the card, previous to making report to the Lodge upon the application referred to them, and the said assessments shall be forwarded to the Grand Re- corder by the Lodge collecting the same in the usual manner. 35. Assessment Notices,-^When an assessment hfts lueeD mad^ xi|Km the xnembere by 1;be Qrmid 4T Beoorder, It shall be the duty of the Iiodge to see that the asBeBsment Ib duly collected from each member who has received the Workman degree. 36. Funds to he Kept Separate. — All moneys col* lected of the members by Subordinate Lodges shall be placed in their respective Funds, and it shall be the duty of each Subordinate Lodge to see that the various Funds in its possession are kept separate and distinct. 37. Beneficiary Fund to be Forwarded. — When a call is made by the Grand Recorder on the Beneficiary Fund in the Treasuries of the Subordi- nate Lodges, it shall be the duty of such Subordi- nate Lodge to forward said Beneficiary Fund to the Grand Recorder within two days from the re- ceipt of the notice issued by said Grand Recorder, calling for said Fund to be forwarded. 38. Two or More Calls^ — Should it be necessary for two or more calls to be made on the Subordi- nate Lodge for Beneficiary Fund at one and the same time, the money on hand shall be forwarded as required by law in response to the first call, and the amount due on all remaining calls shall be forwarded to the Grand Recorder on or before the first day of the following month. 39. Failure to Forwar ' -Any Subordinate Lodge failing to forward the Beneficiary Fund due from it within the time specified for said Fund to be forwarded, shall again be notified by the Grand Recorder, and should the amount of Beneficiary Fund due fail to be forwarded to the Grand Recorder within one week from the date of said second notice, all the members under the jurisdiction of such Lodge shall stand suspended from all the rights, benefits and privileges of the Order until said Fund is received by the Grand Recorder. 40. Second Notices. — When a Subordinate Lodge is notified a eecond time to forward the Benefici^ tt the Master Workman, Forem; .ud Itecorder of Buch delinquent Lod^e, as may appear from the last report of such Lodge, filed in the office of the Grand Recorder.* 41. Entry on Minutes. — Whenever the Benefi- ciary Fund in the Treasury of any Subordinate Lodge is forwarded to the Grand Recorder, a record of the fact shall be made on the records of the Lodge at its next meeting. 42. Monthly Report. —It shall be the duty of each Subordinate Lodge to make a monthly re- port to the Grand Lodge, which report shall be closed and shall be sent to the '' \nd Recorder on the first day of the succeeding nth. 43. Contents of Monthly Reports. — The monthly report required to be made by each Subordinate Lodge shall contain the following information : The amount collected from each member on cur- rent or back assessments ; all suspensions, deaths, withdrawals, annulments of Beneficiary Certifi- cates, reinstatements and initiations ; Past officers, address of all new members, of members restored and all changes, if any, in former addresses of members of the Lodge before reported, and in case of suspension for non-payment of assess- ments ; the last known postoffice address of the member suspended. This record shall be furn- ished by the Financier and attested by the Re- corder, on a blank provided for that purpose on the report. 44. When a member has been reported as sus- E ended for non-payment of assessments, it shall e the duty of the Grand Recorder, to send by registered mail a notice to such member, notify- ing him that he has been suspended. 45. Forwarding Reports. — The monthly report shall be made by the Financier, upon the regular blank provided for that purpose, and shall be mailed b^^ the Recorder to the Grand Recorder Hn Vm mst day ot each calendar mcmthi an4 should Bald report fail to reaeh the QrandRe* corder on the fifth day of said month, it shall be the duty of the Grand Recorder to call upon the Recorder of each delinquent Lodge, by tele- gram or otherwise, to forward said report forth- with. Should the report of any ijoage fail to reach the Grand Recorder by the tenth day of the month, it shall be the duty of the Grand Recorder I to notify the Grand Master Workman. 46. Failure to Forward Reports. — Anv Subordi- Inate Lodge failin^r to make its monthly report, I when required to do so by the Grand Master [Workman, shall have its charter suspended by the Grand Master Workman, with the approval of the Committee on Laws, and he may reinstate tho charter at any time within three months, pro* jvided the cause of delinquency has been removed. 47. Members to be Notified. — Whenever any [Subordinate Lodge shall have its charter sus- [pended for failure to make its monthly reports, or jto pay assessments, or calls made upon it as re- [quired, it shall be the duty of the Grand Master [Workman to cause each member of the Lodge to )e notified of the fact by letter mailed to the last [nown postoffice address of each member. 48. Relief Call. — Whenever the Grand Master ^orkman shall receive a relief call from the )roper officers of the Supreme Lodge, after the ^ear 1892, it shall be his duty to order the same to )e paid at once out of the Beneficiary Fund of this Grand Lodge, without levying any assess- lent therefor on the Subordinate Lodge mem- )ers, the amount to be so paid to be ascertained )y the Grand Recorder and Finance Committee. 49. Agency of Ojpcers.— The officers of Subordi- late Lodges shall be and are the agent 4 of the aembers of the Lodge to which they belong, in |;he transaction of all the official business required )f them by the beneficiary rulee^ mi Wi8 liot ttff 10 to; It id htint)^ deolatcd that in all the IbMgfO* ing beneficiar^r rulecs tim« is of their essence, and ^ the several limits fixed and provided within which any act is required to be performed, are hereby declared to be mandatory and not direct- 01/ only. m CONSTITUTION •OF Subordinate Lodges -OP THE A, 0. U, W. OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. FBEAMBLE. For the purpose of effecting uniformity in the idministration of the privileges, honors and bene- ita of the Order within this jurisdiction, the Grand jodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen >f British Cohimbia, adopts the following as the ^constitution of Subordinate Lodges : ARTICLE L TITIiB, STO. The Lodge shall be known as and entitled........ . . .„ ^ Lodge, No. the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of the [xuie^iosiimpCJintish Columbia, l^alwliooxwt liiSOti^ 5« o! ant leni than five members (inoindins one quali- fied to preside at its meetiDgs), and shall possess the full powers and privileges of a Sahordinate Lodfire holding a legal unreolr.imed and valid char- ter, duly granted and formally presented 'by the Grand Lodge of the v ^risdictiou of British^Col- nmbia. ARTICLE n. MBMBEBSHIF, Seotiom 1. No pfiiaaa shall be admitted to mem- bership in t^is Lodge unless he be a white male, of good moral character and standing, of the full age of twenty-one years, and under fifty years of age at the time of receiving the W. degroe, and unless he be in sound bodily health, with no maim or defect calculated to shorten life, or render it more uncertain, and competent to earn a liveli- hood for himself and family, and a believer in the existence of a Supreme Being, the Creator and Preserver of the Universe. Sec. J, Applications for membership in this Lodge, either by initiation or card, must be pre- sented by a member, in writing, signed by the applicant, stating his age, occupation and resi- dence, " together with the proposed beneficiary or beneficiaries, the same to be as provided in 8ec- tiOD 4 of the Beneficiary Laws,*' and the applicant must be recommended by two members of the Lodge in good standing, whi^^h shall be in the form prescribed in the Beneficiary Article. 8bo. 3. Each application by initiation must be accompanied by the sum of not less than three dollars (^), and the certificate of a reputable physician, in a manner and form as directed by the Grand Lodgn, and the same shall be endorsed by the Medical Examiner, showing his fees paid. The application shall be read at a stated meeting of the Lodge, entered im the minutes, if the Medi- 9<4 |}»a n ; » » »ef 9 cerMfteate be favoirable^ said ap()U^ tk oatioa ihell thea be iorwarded to the Grand MedU oal Examiner and the Grand Master Workman. No farther action shall be had by the Lod^e on said application until after its approval by the Grand Medical Examiner and Grand Master Workman. When the application is returned approved hy the Grand Medical Examiner and the Grrand Master Workman, it shall be referred to a committee of three for investigation. It shall be the duty of the Lodge Committee to inquire and report at the next stated meeting of the Lodge as to the character and fitness of the applicant to become a member (except in a case of withdrafiral of the application by consent of two« thirds of all the members present, entitled to vote), when a ballot shall be taken, provided the report of the committee is favorable, and if the balls are all white, or only one black ball appears, the appli- cant shall be declared elected. If the report of the committee be unfavorable, or if there shall appear two or more black balls, the applicant shall be declared rejected, and no other action on the same application shall take place for the space of six months thereafter. A favorable ballot may be reconsidered at any time prior to admission. Beo. 4. Should an applicant be rejected, the [proposition fee only, after deducting the Medical Examiners' fees, without any documents, shall be returned immediately to the applicant by the Becorder, and this shall be deemed a suthoient botice of rejection. When an appli(^ant for mem- Ibership has been rejected, notice of the same shall Jbe immediately sent by the Becorder to the office ►f the Grand Elecorder, and where there are two or lore Lodges in the same district, notices of all rejections shall be furnished each Lodge. iSeo. 5. An applies t who has been elected shall )e notified of his election by the Becorder within I mfmrn* Si t0 ptmeni bdbseU fbr initlailoii for t^ mcmiibB after beinfr daly notified of his election, unless prevented by sickness or some other unavoidable oconrrenoe, he shall forfeit his application fee. Sbo. 6. A Brother of the Order wishing to trans- fer his membership from one Subordinate Lodge to another in this jurisdiction, must confbrm with the following regulations : He shall present his clearance card from the Lodge of which he is a member. If the Lodge be satisfied of the correctness of the card, the appli- cation shall be referred to a committee of three, whose duty it shall be to inquire, through the Becorder of the Lodge granting the card, if all assessments and dues that have been leviea, including any that may be pending, have been paid by the Brother holding the card. When the foregoing have been complied with, the committee shall report at the next stated meet- ing of the Lodge, if practicable, as to the fitness of the applicant for membership. If the report be favorable the applicant shall be balloted for, and if only two black balls appear, he shall be declared elected to membership ; if more than two black balls appear he shall be declared rejected, and his application shall not again be entertained by the same Lodge for three months. If elected he shall silKn the roll of tnis Lodge within one month thereafter. The Becorder of the Lodge in which the Brother deposits his card shall immediately notify the Becorder of the Lodge which issued the card of such Brother's transfer by election, when said Lodge shall immediately forward all beneficiary money standing to the credit of the Brother to the Lodge to which his membership is transferred. No member shall be balloted for after his card has expired, nor until official knowledge is in |K)98e^oQ of tl^Q hodffe^ tbat ^bo applicant ba^ I kT:35 paid bU MM0tm«nti and daat owlnflf the Lodge grantini; the card. Sec. 7. A member of the Order holding a clear- ance card from another jurisdiction, shall make application in the same manner and be subject to the same requirements as an applicant for initia- tion, except having degrees conferred and must be under fifty years of age. Provided^ he shall not be required to pay any degree fees, but shall be required to pay one dollar for a Beneficiary Certificate and one dollar bene- ficiary deposit, together with the Medical Examin- er's fees and the fee for membership by card, as required by the by-laws of the Lodge to which he makes application. If he be elected to membership he shall immedi- ately cancel and deposit with the Lodge his Bene- ficiary Certificate issued by the jurisdiction from which he has withdrawn, and from the time of his election he shall be entitled to all the benefits of the beneficiary laws of this jurisdiction, and he shall sign the roll of his Lodge within one month of his election. The Recorder of the Lodge shall immediately forward to the Grand Recorder the application for a Beneficiary Certificate which shall be issued in ,the same manner that other Beneficiary Certifi- cates are issued in this jurisdiction, and the Re- corder of the Lodge shall immediately forward the cancelled Beneficiary Certificate to the Subordi- nate Lodge, granting the clearance card. If the applicant be rejected, the fees shall be returned to him, except those of the Medical Examiners. Seo. 8. Any Brother who shall be concerned in organizing, or who shall countenance or support, or who shall, knowingly, visit any Lodge in this jurisdiction purporting to be an A» O. U. W., and not pOBBeesing a legal, unreolaimed and valid char« ^K duly granted or eonfirmed by this Grand aad fsudi Broihm, upon trial and contietioii, ehall be suspended or expelled, at the option of the Lodge of which he is a member, and any Brother 80 suspended or expellea shall not be reinstated unless this Grand Lodge assents thereto. Seo. 9. A person gaining admission to the Order illeffally, shall be compelled to withdraw. His Loo^e may grant him a card, setting forth the fact of his withdrawal, with the reason thereof, or it may, aiter due trial and conviction, expel him. It shall be an offence for a person to first be- come a Workman by joining a Subordinate Lodge out of the district in which he resides, if there be a Lodge in such district, unless upon dispensation of the Grand Master Workman, which dispensa- tion shall only be granted upon recommendation of the Lod^e nearest his place of residence, and a Lod^e receiving such e person without such per- mission shall, for the tirst offence, be liable to reprimand from the G. M. W., and for the second, to be dealt with as the Grand Lodge may deter- mine ; but the standing of the members in the Order, by reason of the offence, shall not be so far impaired as to debar thom from any of its pecuni- ary benefits ; provided, where there is more than one district in a city or to,/n, applicants may peti- tion any Lodge in such city or town. All Lodges within a district shall immediately notify each other in the same district of all rejections, suspen- sions and expulsion. ' Seo. 10. Whenever a member holding a final card shall desire to rejoin the Order, he shall make application in the same form and manner as that prescribed for admission to membership, and shall comply with and be subjected to all the conditions necessary thereto, except that in lieu of initiatioii fee0« and receiving tke degrees he fihiUlpaytheaumef not toit thin aeven dollars (7) and shall Uw^llgatwi The ttifitaram of 0, the Order raw. His ;h the fact reof , or it 3I him. bo first be- ate Liodge If there be spensation dispensa- [nendation >nce, and a ; such per- )e liable to ;he second, may deter- bers in the )t be so far its pecuni- more than s may peti- M\ Lodges lotify each ms, suspen- ing a final )r, he shall manner as ershiD, and to ail the that in lieu degrees he yen dollars Bisiatunof Medloal BxamineTi tt.50j Qiimd Medloal 8x< aminer, 50 cents; Beneficiary Certificate, 91; Beneficiary Fund, 81; General Fund, 82; pro* videc^ that no one shall be thus admitted unless he be under fifty (50) years of age at the time of his reobligation. ARTICLE III. MEETINGS. Section 1. The stated meetings of this Lodge shall be held every week (unless special permis- sion be granted by the Grand Lodge, or Grand Master Workman, to meet semi-monthly), at the place and on the day it shall provide in itsbjr-laws, and which by-laws shall not be changed without the approval of th*> Committee on Laws of this Grand Lodge. The hour of meeting shall be prescribed in the by-laws. Sec. 2. Five Workmen degree members, includ- ing either the M. W., Foreman, Overseer, or a P. M. W. in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Lodge shall be opened at the time prescribed in the by-laws, if a quorum be present. In the absence of the M. W. F. and O., the Junior P. M. W. present shall take the chair, and all business except conferring the J. W. degree shall be transacted when open in the W. degree. Sec. 3. Special meetings may be called in such manner as this Lodge bhall by its by-laws direct. Sec. 4. No Lodge-room or any Subordinate Lodge under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge shall be established, and no meetings of any Lodge shall be holden in a room where intoxicating liquors are sold, uuder penalty of forfeiture of chartw, ■ XIYITUTION FBB8. ' SxOTiON 1. The initiation fee, and fees for con- ferring the several degrees, shall not be less*than 17, as follows : Three dollars ($3) for proposition fee: one dollar ($1) for the J. W. degree; one dollar |f$l) for tne Beneficiary Oertiflcate; one dollar (j^l) for the W. degree, and one dollar ($1) for the Beneficiary Fund. Each Lodge shall pay the Grand Medical Examiner the sum of fifty cents. Seo. 2. Each member, before making applica- tion for the W. degree, shall conform to all the requirements set forth in the beneficiary rules of this Grand Lodge, and no member shall be ad- vanced to the W. degree until each and all of said requirements have been fully complied with. Seo. 3. No Subordinate Lodge shall charge £^jiaore than IhvM dollars iftSj to a member who de- posits his clearance card and is elected to mem- bership therein, nor more than one dollar {$!) for the issuing of a clearance card. fE-^ ARTICLE V. DEGREES. Beotion 1. The degrees of the Order shall only be conferred at stated meetings of the Lodge, un- less by dispensation, and not more than one degree shall be conferred on any candidate at the same meeting without authority by a dispensation. Seo. 2. Any Junior Workman of good standing in the Lodge, desirous of being advanced, shall cause an application to be made for his advance- ment at a stated meeting of the Lodge, when a ballot shall be taken, and if the balls be all white, or not more than two black balls shall appear, his application shall be granted; if more than two black balls shall appear, his application shall not be entertained for the ^a(?e of owe wofttU there- aftert i 6x0. d. Vo degree ehali be eonfefted on a Brother who is a non-resident of the jurisdiction, or who ie a member of another Lodge, without first obtaining permission of the Lodge to which the Brother is attached. ARTICLE VI. OFFICERS. Section. 1. The officers of a Lodge shall be a Past Master Workman, Master Workman, Fore- man, Overseer, Recorder, Financier, Receiver, Guide, three Trustees, Inside Watchman, Outside Watchman, and Medical Examiner or Examiners; and they shall be elected, with the exception of the Past Master Workman, Guide, Inside Watch man and Outside Watchman. The Past Master Workman shall be elected only on the institution of new Lodges, or when the sitting Master Workman is re-elected to any office, when he shall be elected from the Past Master Workmen, if any. but if there be none, then a Past Master Workman shall be elected from the W. degree members of the Lodge. The Guide, Inside Watchman, and Outside Watchman shall be appointed by the Master Workman on the night of installation, and he shall have full power to fill all vacancies in said offices, if any should occur. The Medical Examiner or I Examiners shall, if practicable, be members of the [Order. In the election of Trustees, one shall be elected [to serve six months longer than the first, and one [to serve twelve months longer than the first, and it the end of the term for which they were sever- illy elected, their successors shall be elected to serve eighteen months each. 8eo. 2. To qualify a member for the office of Laster Workman, he mu*";t have served for the last half of tbf) tuU term ia some SvbcnrcU&ate mm vtl m elective office other than Medical Examiner or Trustee. Seo. 3. If any officer shall absent himself for three successive stated meetings of the Lodge Tunless prevented by sickness of himself or family) ihe Looge may, by a two- thirds vote, declare his office vacant. An officer may apply for leave of absence. Sec. 4. Any officer may be removed for inatten- tion to his duties or conduct unbecoming an officer of the Order by a two- thirds vote ; and vacancies occuring by reason of death, resignation or other- wise, shall be filled in the manner of the original selection, except in the case of Master Workman or Foreman, whose place shall be filled by the Fore- man and Overseer, respectively, without election, to seive the remainder of the term; but in case of a vacancy in other offices, nominations, election and installation may take place at the same meet- ing of the Lodge. Sec. 5. When a P. M. W. degree member is a charter member of a newly instituted Lodge, he alone shall be eligible to the chair of the G.M. W. Sec. 6. Every officer against whom charges are preferred shall have a fair and impartial trial, in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations of the Order, and unless otherwise ordered by the Lodge, he shall officiate until the charges prefer- red against him shall have been determinea. ARTICLE VII. NOMINATIONS. Section 1. Nominations for candidates for elect- ive offices shall be made at the stated meeting immediately preceding the election, and the pre- siding officer shall not close the nomination until everv member present has had an opportunity to speak. A member who is duly qualified may be m oiiner ot mseU for le Lodge or family) eclare his r leave of )r inatten- g an officer vacancies a or other- le original Workman y theFore- it election, t in case of IS, electior same meet- 3mber is a Iiodge, be he GKM.W. charges are Lai trial, in ffulations of ired by the tges prefer- [mined. kes for elect- fted meeting knd the pre. Ination until aortunity to Jed may be Seo. 2. No nomination for any office shall be made on the night of the election, unless a majority of the Lodge consent thereto. Sec. 3. At the time of the nominations of officers the Master Workman or presiding officer shall appoint a committee of five to select and recom- mend for election one or more Medical Examiners, who shall if praticable, be members of the Order in good standing, which committee shall report to the Lodge at the stated meeting for the election of officers. ARTICLE VIII. ELECTIONS. Section. 1. All of the elective officers of the Lodge shall be elected with their own consent at the last stated meetings in the months of June and December, except where Lodges meet semi- monthly, in which case the term shall be one year, and their officers shall be elected at the last stated meeting in December. Provided, That when either of said days fall on a legal holiday, the election may be held on the next regular meeting preceding the said last meet- ing in June and December. Sec. 2. When an election is held for an officer, or officers, the presiding officer shall act as judge, and shall appoint two members who have received the Workman degree as tellers, who shall assist in conducting the election in a just and impartial manner ; they shall keep a register of all votes polled, and should it appear that there are more votes polled than there are legally qualified voters present, the presiding officer shall declare the bal- lot illegal and void, and direct another ballot to be [taken immediately. Seo. 3. In case there are three or more candi- [dates for any office, neither of whom have received ~ majority ot ail the valid votes «ast| tho oano 9( «3 the candidate who reoeived the lowest number of votes shall be withdrawn, and another ballot taken, continuing in like manner until an election is had. Votes polled for members who have not '»8enduly nominated shall be counted as blanks. Sec. 4. Roprosentatives to the Gra^'d Lodge shall be elected annually at the second stated meeting in January, as provided in the Constitu- tion of the Grand Lodge. ARTICLE IX. INSTALLATION. Section 1. Officers of the Lodge wLo have been duly elected, sha" be installed at the nr^i stated meetings in the months of July and January; pro- vided^ when such day falls on a legal holiday, the installation can be differed one meeting, except when a Lodge is first instituted, in which case the installation shall take place immediately after the election, and any officer who has been duly elected, ana notified thereof, failing to present himself for ini^KUation (unless prevented by sickness of him- self 6r family, or other unavoidr^l^^ occurrence), the 6fflce to which he hap be n eiected shall be declared vacant. No I shall b*^ entitled to have its officers instalK until the semi-annual report to the Grand Loa^, sh 11 have been pre- sented to, examined and appr jved by the instal- ling officer. ARTICLE X. DUTIES OF OFFICERS* Section 1. The Past Master Workman shall assist in conducting the ceremonies and conferring the degrees, prefer charges against any member of his Lodge for violation of law when brought to his notice, and perform such other duties as are enjoined by the laws, rules and regulations of the Ord^r. Tbe Se&ior F. M. W. proMati UQt «toot»d imber o! ot taken, )n is had. .sen duly d Lodge id stated Oonstitu- iiave been Ltji stated lary; pro- liday, the ig, except ;h case the y after the ly elected, limself for ss of him- currence), shall be ntitled to mi- annual been pre- le instal- t>0! man shall conferring member of ught to his es as are Ions of the to any other ofloe In the Lodge, ih«ll b tKe absence of the O. M. W. or a deputy, inetall the % officers. Sbo. 2. The Master Workman shall preside at all meetings of the Lodge, preserve order therein, and enforce the laws, rules and regulations of the Lodge, ^nd those of the Supreme and Grand Lodges, decide all questions of order (subject to an appeal to the Lodge), act as judge of all elec- tions, and declare the result to the Lodge. He ihall appoint all committees unless otherwise ordered by the Lodge ; he shall sign all orders on the Receiver for such moneys as may be ordered by vote of the Lodge to be paid ; he shall not be entitled to vote except on the election of officers, or on balloting for candidates, and when the mem* bers are equally divided on other questio:2S, he shall have the carting vote; he shall open and close the Lodge in due form ; he shall call special meetings of the Lodge when requested to do so by five W. degree members in good standing, in writing. On the night of his installation he shall ippoint three members iu good standing in the iodge tu ^cr^A as a Business Committee, and a finance or Auditing Oommittee, which shall also consist of three members in good standing. He jhall hold all bonds given by Subordinate officers. "Te shall also perform such other duties appertain- ig to his office as are required by the laws, rules md regulations of the Order. Seo. 3. The Toreman shall assist the Master ^orkman in preserving order, aid him in con- lueting the ceremonies, have charge of the inner loor, and in the absence of the Master Workman, ihall preside in his stead, aod perform such other luties as are required by the laws, rules and regu- ations of the Order. In case of the death, resig- lation or inability of the Master Workman to erve, he shall ml his termi at the expiration of rhichhegitiaUJ9e^tdtl^i«?.th9J^t^<^o(F. M^W^ 1 ' t PS ^ ' flio. 4. The Orinier fball perform tooh dntleii as are required of bim by tbe laws, rules aud regru- lations of tbe Order, and in tbe absence of tbe Foreman, sball fill bis place, and in tbe absence of tbe M. W. and Foreman, sball preside at tbe meetinfir of tbe Lodge. Sbo. 5. Tbe Recorder sball keep accui^te min- utes of tbe proceedings of tbe Lodge, wbicb be sball record in a book provided for tbat purpose ; be shall attest all orders drawn od tbe Receiver ; make nut tbe semi-annual report of tbe work and business of tbe Lodge for tbe Qrand Lodge, for- ward tbe same to tbe Grand Recorder, properly signed and attested, witb tbe seal of tbe Lodge attaobed ; be sball, on or before tbe first day of eacb montb, notify tbe Grand Recorder of all re- jeotioDs of candidates, expulsions and suRpen- sions^of membership; of the suspending, annulling or canceling of Beneficiary Certificates, or rein- statement of the same, and the date of counter- signing and recording Beneficiary Certificates of members admitted during tbe preceding month ; be sball conduct tbe correspondence and have charge of the seal and leconls of tbe Lodge ; lie shall not'fy all applicants who have been elected tii membership; heHhall notify the Grand Recorder of all transfers of membership into or out of the Lodge ; be shall enter the name, Rge, occupation and residence of all candidates upon the minutes, stating whether they joined by initiation or de- posit of card ; be shall enter a brief statement of j all communications, petitions and memorials uponi tbe records ; keep a black book, in which he shall | record tbe names of all persons rejected, members j expelled or suspended, and those who may cease | to be members for non-payment of dues, as well- as those reported by the Grand Recorder, statinsf. date, cause, etc.; and sball perform such otherl dutiea as are required of bim by tbe beneficiary Tolee; and beyejius bgojui wxitt«u up ixfxjm 65 Auditing Committee within twenty-four hour* after the last meeting in each term, and deliver np to his successor all lK)oks, papers and other proper- ties belonging to his olSice, and shall perform such other duties as are required by the laws, rules and regulations of the Order. Sbo. 6. The Financier shall keep a full and cor- rect account between the Lodge and each mem- ber ; receive all moneys for the Lodge and pay the same to the Receiver immediately, taking his re- (jeipt therefor; he shall notify all members in arrears to the amount of three months' dues, and when a member is in arrears to the amount of six months' dues, he shall notify the Mapter Work-^ man of the fact ; he shall, at the time of the elec- tion of officers, furnish the Master Workman with a list of the members of the Lodge in good stand- ing, and entitled to vote ; he shall make out the semi-annual returns of the finances of the Lodge ; he shall make out the report for the semi-annual tax due by the Lodge to the Grand Lodge ; he shall perform such duties as are required of him in the beneficiary rules, and at the end of each term he shall furnish the Recorder with a list of all the members and their standing in the Lodge,, and shall furnish the Grand Recorder with the postoffioe address of every member of the Lodge, and of all changes therein, on or before the first day of every month, and have his books written up for the Finance Committee within twenty-four [hours after the last meeting in each term, and de- [liver to his successor all books, papers and other [properties belonging to his office, and perform IBUch other duties as are required by the laws, lies and regulations of the Order ; he shall give >nd in such sum as the Lodge may require for 16 faithful performance of his duties. Sio. 7. The Receiver shall receive from the rinancier all moneys received for the Lodge, giving is receipt therefor ; pay aU orders drawn on him H 66 loy the Master Workman, attested by tbe Recorder; be aball keep a regular and correct account of all moneys received and paid by him; he shall keep a separate and distinct account of the Berte^ciary Fund, and shall, immediately upon the receipt of notice from the Grand Lodge, procure and deliver to the Recorder a money order or a draft, payable to the order of the Grand Receiver for the amount of the Beneficiary Fund ; a receipt from the Grand Recorder for the fund, as forwarded, shall be his voucher to the Lodp^e. When two or more notices are received by the Lodge at the same time, he shall forward the Beneficiary Fund AS provided in tbe beneficiary rules. He shall, if required, give the Lodge a monthly statement of its funds, and shall have his accounts ready for settlement within twenty>four hours after the last stated meetings of June and December, and his books written up for the Auditini? Committee; and shall at the expiration of his term of office, deliver to his successor all moneys, books, papers and vouchers in his hands. Before entering on the duties of his office, he shall give to the Lodge his bond, with approved security, for such amount as the Lodge may require for the faithful perform- ance of his duties. Seo. 8. The Guide shall have charge of the badges of the Lodge, and shall report to theM.W. any injury done to the same; he shall place the badges for the use of the officers and members at the opening of the Lodge, and at the close care- fully collect and replace them ; he shall not lend or dispose of any article belonging to the Lodge for any purpose or any occasion without a vote of the Lodge to that effect. When directed by the M. W. he shall canvass all votes on motions and resolutions. He shall be the messenger of the Lodge during its meetings, and perform such other duties as may be required by the Lodge and as pertain to his office. 67 Ssa 9. The Inside and Outeide Watchmen shall perform such duties as are required of them by the laws, rules and resrulations of the Order. Sbo. 10. The Trustees shall have a genera supervision of the property of the Lodge ; they shall invest such sums as are ordered to be drawn from the Receiver for that purpose. They shall have the custody of all securities of the Lodge for money loaned or invested ; they shall collect or realize all sums when so directed by the Lodge ; they shall oolleet all interest, rents and other moneys arising from all investments belonging to the Lodge, and pay all moneys collected by them to the Financier ; they shall at tue last stated meeting at the close of every term report their transactions to the Lodge, and make an inventory of all properties of the Lodge ; they shall keep a book, in which they shall enter in full, a correct account of all ncioneys, stocks, notes, and other property received by them belonging to the Lodge and disposition made of the same, and at the expiration of their term of office they shall turn over to their successors, or such person or persons as the Lodge may direct, all books, papers and property of every kind in their possession belong- ing to the Lodge. Before entering upon the duties of their office, they shall each give bond, with ap- proved security, for such sum as the Lodge may require, for the faithful performance of their duties. Sbc. 11. The securities on all bonds required to be given by all officers named in this Article shall justify the same, as is required by sureties on official bonds of Government officers in the Province of British Columbia, and no bonded officer shall be- come security on the bond of another officer. Seo. 12. Medical Examiners shall make critical and thorough examination of all applicants for membership, according to the forms provided by the Grand Lodge, and they shall report the result I - 68 of Biicb examination to the Lodge, together ^ith their opinion ns to the character of the person pro- posed ; provided^ that in case of the inability of the Medical Examiners to discharge their duty, the Lodge shall have the power to fill the place pro tern, for such examination and report. Each candidate ^^hall pay not less than two ($2) dollars to the Medical Examiner as his fee for making an examination, also fifty cents as a fee for the Grand Medical I' xaminer for each and every examination made, and the Grand Medical Examiner's fee shall be paid into the Lodge when the application is pre- sented. No person shall be elected as such Medical Ex- aminer unless he is a reputable practicing physi- cian, graduate of some reputable school of medi- cine and no other; and it shall be the duty of such Medical Examiner to file with the Grand Medical Examiner a certified copy of his diploma or col- lege certificate, authorizing him to practice, or a certificate from the proper ofiScer that the law has been complied with, as recorded in the office of the Clerk of his district, within two weeks after such election, unless he had pre- viously filed such copy or certificate by reason of a Sreyious appointment in the same Lodge, and no ledical Examiner's Certificate shall be entertained by the Lodge until said certified copy has been filed, and his appointment approved as provided. Subordinate Lodges may choose one or more physicians to examine applicants, but such Ex- aminers shall, in all respects, be governed by the requirements of this Article, and all Examiners shall, as far aa practicable, be members of this Order. The Lodge may, for good cause, remove, by a two-thirds vote of those present at any regu- lar meeting, a Medical Examiner, and elect another in his stead to fill the unexpired term ; provided^ that a motion in writing for such removal shall be submitted at a stated meetingr of the Lodge, at least one week before such vote is taken. 8bo. 13. If any Medical Examiner shall recom- mend an applicant laborintr under chronic disease, or if any death shall occur from such chronic dis- ease within the space of six months after exami- nation, it shall be the duty of the Grand Medical Examiner to immediately investigate and carefully consider all the facts and circumstances connected with the case that may reflect on the Subordinate Examiner, and if he shall find that proper care and prudence were n^^t observed in making the aforesaid examination, be shall suspend said Ex- aminer until after the next meeting of the Grand Lodge, which shall determine whether snch sus- pension shall be final ; and in cases in which there can be no doubt of negligence, the Grand Lodge may remove such Medical Examiner, and such removal shall debar a Subordinate Examiner from acting in a professional capacity for the Order for- ever, or until his disability is removed by the Grand Lodge. Seo. 14. Any Lodge Examiner who shall have favorably passed an applicant upon his statement of family or personal history or condition, and who shall subsequently ascertain that said appli- cant has misstated or concealed any material fact in relation thereto, shall refer the matter to the Grand Medical Examiner, who shall at once pro- ceed to investigate the matter, and shall report to the Subordinate Lodge of which said applicant is a member, the result of his investigation ; and should said report of the Grand Medical Examiner warrant it, the member shall be tried, as provided by law, and if found guilty he shall be expelled, [from the Order* 70 ARTICLE XI* OOMMITTEES. 8EOTION 1. The BnsiseBs Committee sball serve for the term, and it eball be their duty to do all in their power to find employment for those who are without it. All members who are out of, and de- sire employment, should notify the Business Com- mittee to that effect. Seo. 2. The Master Workman, Foreman and Overseer shall constitute the Belief Committee, of which the Master Workman shall be Chairman. Their duty shall be to visit the sick and disabled 'members of the Ledge, acd report at each stated meeting the condition of such members, and in such Cflses as Ibey may deem necef sury they may suggest to the Lodge such pecuniary assistance as they believe is needed. b£0. 3. The Finance or Auditing Committee ehall audit all bills against the Lodge, and examine the books and vouchers of the Becorder, Financier and Beceiver, and make report in writing of such examination at the end of the term» or whenever directed by the Lodge. ABTICLE XIL DUBS, GOOD STANDINQ, BEINSTATEMBNTS. Section 1. Fach member of the Lodge shall |)ay into the funds thereof, as dues, such sums as ^hall be prescribed by the by-laws, which shall in ko case be less than twenty-five cents per month, to commence with the date of his receiving the J. "W. degree. Sec. 2. Any member who neglects or refuses to pay the dues, as fixed by the by-laws of the Lodge, for the period of three months, shall not be entitled to vote, nor to the 8. A. pass word^ and shall be disqualified from holding office ; and if neglecting or refusing to pay for the period o| six months, he 71 shall be reported to the Lodge by the FinaDoier^ and the Master Workman shall, unless otherwise directed by the Lodge, thereupon declare such member suspended from the Order. Sec. 3. Dues shall be construed to include any indebtedness to the Lodge other than the Bene- ficiary Fund. Sec. 4. Any member who has been suspended from all the benefits and privileges of the Order, by reason of non-payment of dues or arrearages of Beneficiary Fund, applying to be reinstated, shall conform to all requirements of the beneficiary rules. He shall apply in writing to be reinstated, which application shall be referred to a committee of three, whose duty it shall be to investigate his character and fitness for membership, and report their opinion in writing at a subsequent meeting of the Lodge, whereupon a ballot shall be taken under the same rules and restrictions as upon the first application for membership. If rejected, the aforesaid amount of arrearages shall be returned, Seo. 5. A Brother who has been suspended from the Order for six months and over, and who has passed 50 years of age, cannot be reinstated. Sec. 6. Any member who has been indefinitely suspended or expelled by the Lodge (except for non-payment of dues or assessments), shall not b© restored to membership except by permission from the Grand Lodge, or in case the Grand Lodge is not in session, by permission of the Grand Master Workman. He shall also comply with the requirements of the beneficiary rules. ARTICLE XIII. BENEFITS. This Lodge may pay such weekly sick benefits and such funeral benefits as may be prescribed by its by-laws. 72 ARTICLE XIV. DISPUTES AND GRIEVANCES. Any miembers of the Lodge between whom may arise any disputes, difficulties and grievances, may specify the same to the presiding omcer in writing, who shall appoint a committee of three members who have attained the W. degree, whose duty it shall be to examine the parties, their proofs and witnesses, fairly and impartially, and report their decision to him ; he shall communicate the same to the parties concerned, when, should the dissatis- faction continue, the whole matter shall be brought before the Lodge, and undergo a regular form of trial ; provided, however, that a member having alleged a dispute, difficulty or grievance against another which shall be proved malicious, he shall for the first offence be fined a sum not less than three ($3), and for the second offence be expelled as a dangerous disturber of the peace and "harmony of the Lodge, after due trial and convic- tion in accordance with the laws, rules and regu- lations of the Order. ARTICLE XV. CHARGES AND TRIALS. Section 1. Any member violating any of the obligations, established principles, laws, rules or regulations of the Order, disregarding the require- ments of the Constitution or by-laws, disclosing the secret work, or private business transactions of his own or any neighboring Lodge to any one not a member of the Order ; divulging the name of a member who has reported unfavorably on an applicant, or opposed his becoming a member ; feigning himself sick or disabled ; practicing, aid- ing or abetting any other misrepresentation, false pretense or fraud ; guilty of drunkenness, immor- al or criminal conduct of any kind ; entering the 73 Lodge in a state of intoxication ; using profane or improper language in a Lodge ; wilfully persist- ing in disturbing the peaceful and harmonious workings of the Lodge, shall be liable to expul- sion, suspension, fine or reprimand, as the Lodge may determine, charges having first been preferred in accordance with this Article. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to conflict with any provision of Section 4 of this Article. Sec. 2. In all cases of charges against any officer or member of the Lodge for violation of any law or requirement of the Lodge or the Order, or for improper or immoral conduct, the same shall be proceeded with and trial had in the manner and form prescribed in this Article. . Seo. 3. Should any officer or member be found guilty of any charge, it shall be the duty of the Lodge to prescribe the punishment ; provided, that to remove an officer or suspend or expel a member, shall require a vote of two- thirds of all the members present entitled to vote. Sec. 4. Any officer or member of a Lodge of this jurisdiction, who shall knowingly and wilful- ly convert or appropriate to his own use, or to the use of any other person, contrary to the laws and regulations of the Order, any moneys belonging to the General or Beneficiary Funds ; or who shall expose in any public manner, in his own house, office or place of business, or who shall report any part of the ritualistic or secret work of this Order, to any person or persons not members thereof ; or who shall obtain admission to the Order by means of any false or fraudulent representation or pre- tense, shall be tried, and if found guilty of the [charge shall, in addition to any civil or c.iminal Eroceedings that may be instituted against him, e expelled from the Order, and be forever debar- red from becoming a member of the Order. I I I i'-n i I 1 74 Sec. 5. Any oflOicer or member of a Lodge of this jurisdiction, who may be charged with im- moral or unbecoming conduct, shall be tried in accordance with the Taws of the Order in the Sub- ordinate Lodge of which he is a member. Sec. 6. Every member shall be entitled to a fair trial for any offence involving reprimand, suspen- sion, fine or expulsion. No member of the Order shall be put on trial for any offence, unless charges be preferred in writing, and a copy thereof, under the seal of the Lodge, be served upon him, and he have the opportunity of defending himself before a committee appointed to hear the case who shall report to the Lodge having jurisdiction. He shall have the privilege of defending himself by counsel, provided the counsel shall be a mem- ber of the Order in good standing. Sec. 7. Such charges shall be referred to a com- mittee of five members. Such committee shall, without unnecessary delay, summon the parties and try the case, and the full committee of five must be present during the trial. If a witness be a member of the Order, he shall give his evidence on the honor of a Workman ; if he be not a mem- ber, then oath or affirmation, and the proceedings must state that such obligation or oath was ad- ministered. No testimony shall be taken without notice, or opportunity for cross-examination oy the opposing party. Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the committee to whom a charge has been referred, to examine the parties, their proofs and witnesses, carefully and impartially ; and shall give due notice of the time and place of trial, and give fair opportunity for accuser and accused to be present, and to have counsel, if they so elect ; provided, such counsel are members of the Order. But one witness at a time shall be allowed to be present. The com- mittee shall keep a correct journal of the proceed- ings, reduce the testimony received to writing, Si t] 81 76 odge of ith im- tried in he Sub- to a fair Buspen- le Order J charges Df , under a, and he himself the case isdiction. r himself )e a mem- to a com- tee shall, le parties pe of five vitness be s evidence ot a mem- foceedings h was ad- 3n without nation by nmittee to samine the refully and of the time ntunity for id to have ch counsel itness at a The corn- he proceed- to writing,' and after the evidence ie closed, reduce to writing their opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused upon each separate charge, and present the same, together with the record of their pro- ceedings, and the testimony received, to the Lodge at as early a day thereafter as practicable. The journal and testimony shall be read on the call of five members. Upon the report of the committee being made, notice thereof shall forthwith be given by the Recorder to the party against whom the report is rendered, and he shall have two weeks in which to file his objections. When ob- jections to the report of the committee are filed as above provided, the Lodge may determine upon its merits, and either sustain the report of the committee, or grant another trial. Il the Lodge deems the objection not well taken, it shall pro- ceed to pronounce its judgment and afl&x the pen- alty. If no objections are filed within two weeks, the Lodge shall proceed to pronounce judgment upon the report and affix the penalty. Sec. 9. If a specific penalty for an offence be provided in the Constitution and By-laws, the M. W. shall enforce it. If none be so provided, the Lodge shall decide by paper ballot whether the penalty shall be explusion, suspension, reprimand or fine. During the ballot the accused Brother shall withdraw from the Lodge room. Sec. 10. Each penalty shall be voted upon separately, beginning with the lowest. A two- thirds vote of all the members present at the meet- ing shall be necessary to fix a penalty. If repri- mand is decided upon, then the accused shall be reprimanded in open Lodge by the M. W.; if fine is determined upon, then the Lodge shall fix the amount, not exceeding ten dollars ($10). If sus- pension shall be determined upon as the penalty, the Lodge shall proceed to fix the duration of such suspension, which shall take effect at once. If neither expulsion, suspension or fine be determined ir I ^ m TO Upon by the Lodge, the penalty shall, if the accused has pleaded guilty, or been convicted of an oflfence other than those prescribed in [Section 4 of this Article, be reprimand. Sec. 11. When a member shall be subject to a reprimand, he shall be summoned to attend some stated meeting to be fixed by the M. W., to be reprimanded from the chair of M. W., and unless he so attend at such stated meeting to be repri- manded, he shall be suspended from all benefits and privileges of membership from the close of eaid meeting until he shall so appear for repri- mand, unless it be shown by the certificate of a reputable physician that he was prevented from attending said meeting by actual sickness of him- self or family ; in which event he shall appear at the first stated meeting thereafter when a like rea- son of his absence shall not exist. Sec. 12. If the accused refuse or neglect to stand trial when duly summoned, and the committee have before it evidence of the service of summons upon said accused, and a sufficient time has elapsed for an appearance or a reply to said summons, the committee shall report the facts, with their docu- mentary evidence, to the Lodge, and if the com- mittee presenting to the Lodge such report shall so recommend, the offender may be adjudged to be in contempt of the Lodge, if a two- thirds vote of the Lodge concur in the findings, and the Lodge shall proceed to fix a penalty. Sec. 13. Any member considering that injustice has been done by the decision of the Lodge, may, within one month thereafter, appeal in writing to the G. M. W., or Grand Lodge, if in session, stating his reasons. Immediately upon making his appeal, he must notify the Lodge from whose decision the appeal is taken, of the fact, and said Lodge shall, within one month thereafter, forward to the G. M. AV., or Grand Lodge, if in session, a copy of all minutes relating to the subject, together with the 77 ccused :)ffence of this ict to a d some ., to be I unless •e repri- benefits close of )r repri- ate of a ed from 5 of him- tppear at like rea- t to stand Dmmittee mmmons l3 elapsed mons, the leir docu- the com- port shall udged to lirds vote he Lodge t injustice >dge, may, writing to ou, stating his appeal, Scision the ,dge shall, . the G. M. copy of all 5r with the journal and testimony taken by the committee, cer- tified under the seal of the ijodge. The member making the appeal must certify to the Grand Master Workman, or Grand Lodge in session that he has notified his Lodge of the appeal. Should either party neglect these requirementP, the appeal may be dismissed to the disadvantage of the Lodge or Brother at fault. Sec. 14. Any Lodge desiring to take an appeal, shall do so in the same manner and form as above prescribed, and if no appeal is taken, the judgment of the Lodge shall be final. Sec. 16. Any member indefinitely suspended or expelled under the penal provisions of the Order,. . cannot be restored to membership except by per- mission of the grand Lodge, or between the ses- sions of said body, by the Grand Master Work- man. Seo. 16. When a Brother has been expelled from the Order under a misapprehension of facts, and such error becomes known to the Subordinate Lodge by whose decision he was expelled, such Lodge may, with the onsent of the Grand Lodge^ or Grand Master Workman, between the sessions of the Grand Lodge, reinstate such Brother, or order a rehearing in the case ; provided^ that before such brother can be reinstated, he must comply with the provisions of the beneficiary rules. Sec. 17. When a member is expelled or sus- pended, under the penal provisions of the Order, from all benefits and privileges of the Order, the Recorder shall notify the Grand Recorder, and forward to him the entire record of the case. The Grand Recorder shall then refer the case to the G. M. W. for his approval, and no penalty shall {become final until approved by the G. M. W. change of venue. Sec. 18. Any member believing that he cannot [obtain justice in his own Lodge, may present his ssan 78 case to the Grand Master Workman, who may allow the defendant a change of venue when he presents facts to him that cause him to believe that the defendant cannot obtain justice in his own iiodge. ARTICLE XVI. NOTICE. Every member shall record with the Financier Ms address, and such record shall be deemed his address until he directs a change of record. Notices or ofllcial journal sent by postal or usual methods to the recorded address, shall be deemed legal service and a bar to any plea of want of notice. ARTICLE XVII. TERMS, RETURNS AND DUES. Section 1. The semi-annual terms shall com- mence on the first regular meetings in July and January. Sec. 2. At the close of each term the Lodge shall report to the Grand Lodge the number of initiations, and the names of the Brothers admitted by card, suspended or expelled, and the cause thereof, rejected and deceased; the number of Brothers relieved with the amount appropriated for that purpose ; the amount of receipts, specify- ing the fund ; the total amount on hand invested and the result of the election of oflBcers, according to the form furnished by the Grand Lodge, which report shall be properly attested by the M. W. and Recorder, with the seal of the Lodge attached, and the Recorder of the liodge shall deliver the same with a warrant for tf. e due to the installing ofii- cer previous to the ir^vailation. 79 ARTICLE XVIII. ancier sd his Notices eth-ods d legal tice. lU com- uly and OFFICIAL SEAL. The Lodge shall have an official seal with an appropriate de\i'0, which shall be affixed to all official documenl^s and papers issued by and under the authority of the Lodge, an impression of which shall be deposited in the office of the Grand Recorder. ARTICLE XIX. * BY-LAWS. Section 1. By-laws in conformity with thia Constitution may be made, and from time to time altered or amended, by submitting the same to the Lodge in writing, signed by two members of the W. degree, and having them read at two stated meetings of the Lodge previous to being acted upon, when, by a two- thirds vote of those present they shall be adopted ; provided, they do not con- flict with the laws or the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, or the Constitution of this Lodge, or the principles of the Order ; and provided, that nc fine shall be imposed without a triai and con- viction ; also, they may be submitted to the Com- mittee on Laws of the Grand Lodge, and are ap- proved by said committee. One copy of such by-laws, when approv d. shall be filed with theG. M. W., and one with tlie Grand Recorder. Sec. 2. When doubt arises as to the true mean- ing of any of these Articles, it shall be determined by the M. W., his determination being subject to an appeal to the Lodge, and its determination be Bubject to an appeal to the Grand Lodge or to the Grand Master Workman. w r r 90 ARTICLE XX. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION. J ^r,t ahall be made in No alteration or a>>^entoent ena^ proposed in tbiB CoMtitution, "^l^tetogTthe G?anS Lodge, writing at an annual meeting o^^^ , „ffi Tigned by not leBS than bve r p ^^^^ t^^.^ ^^"^^ cere ot the Grand I;"^J V W or Committe« on are submitted by the G. ^- y^tions may be sub- K Amendments or aWeratio ^^^ mttted at any Annual Seswon ^^ ,,ig6,on8 Subject to the same conditions a ^ ^^^. ^ItrtT^onetit^tiro^^^ Grand Lodge. r I 'il aade in oeed in [Lodge, 8 or offi- le same ittetj on be sub- sd upon nseionB ainend- :jodge. GENERAL LAWS -OP THE- GRAND LODGE -OP- BRITISH COLUMBIA. Law 1. In consideration of the transfer of alle- giance of the membership of the A. O. U. W. belonging to Subordinate Lodges in British Col- umbia from the Grand Lodge of Washington to the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, and of an agreement on the part of said membership, indi- vidually and collectively, to become a part of the said Grand Lodge of British Columbia and sub- ordinate thereto, and to be bound by its Constitu- tion and Laws, its Beneficiary Rules and its Con- stitution for Subordinate Lodges as the same are now enacted, and may be hereafter amended, changed and altered, which said agreement shall be deemed assented to by the said membership remaining in good standing in the Subordinate Lodges now or hereafter to be under the control of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, and pay- ing dues and assessments th'^rein. The Grand Lodge of British Columbia hereby assumes for itself and in behalf of its Subordinate Lodges and the individual membership therein, the payment of all claims which may lawfully arise under and by virtue of the Beneficiary Certificates in force at the date it shall be set apart as a separate bene- ficiary jurisdiction, issued by the Grand Lodge of Washington or Oregon, and there held by members in good standing in Subordinate Lodges within the Province of British Columbia and subordinate to the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, A. O. U. W. If *! M h 92 Provided, That in the adjustment and settle- ment of all such claims, the same shall be made by and in conformity to and subject to all then existing laws in force, governing certificates and membership under and by virtue of the Laws, Constitution and Beneficiary Rules of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia ; Provided, further. That all restoration of sus- pended members in Subordinate Lodges in British Columbia, who may hold certificates issued by the Grand Lodge of Washington, shall be made in conformity with the Laws, Constitution and Beneficiary Rules of the Grand Lodge of British Columbia, and members so restored shall have all the rights and privileges of members regularly trans- ferred in good standing, and the beneficaries shall in like manner be protected by the Grand Lodge of British Columbia. Law 2. No intoxicating liquors shall be used at any banquets or other entertainments given in the name of the Order. Law 3. All resolutions, petitions, reports of committees and officers shall be in writing and signed by the authors thereof before they are pre sented to the Grand Lodge. Law 4. Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the parliamentary practice of the Grand Lodge and its Subordinate Lodges. Law 5. In the Order of Business of all Subor- dinate Lodges in this jurisdiction, the Master Workman shall, on the night of the first stated meeting in each month, inquire under the head of Unfinished Business, of the Recorder : " Has the monthly report been sent to the Grand Recorder?'' On the night of the second stated meeting of the Lodge, under the head of Unfinished Business, of the Receiver : *' Have all the assessments due thai Grand Lodge been transmitted, accompanied byj the usual remittance report ? " i 83 settle - 5 made 1 tben e8 and Liaws, Grand of sus- British ued by e made -ion and I British have all rly trans- ries shall d Lodge Q used at ven in the sports of ting and >y are pre ill govern ad Lodge lU Subor- le Master Lrst stated :he bead of "Has the ;iecorder?" ting of the business, of , axs due the npanied by ORDER OP BUSINESS OF THE GRAND LODGE. Law 6. The presiding officer having taken the chair, the officers and members shall take their respective seats, and at the sound of the gavel there shall be general silence, and the business shall proceed as follows : — 1. Opening Ceremonies. 2. Calling Roll of Officers and Representatives. 3. Report of Committee on Credentials and Conferring Grand Lodge Degree. 4. Reading of Journal. 5. Reports of Grand Lodge Officers. 6. Report of Committee on Finance. 7. Report of Committee on Laws. 8. Report of Committee ( n Distribution. 9. Report of Committee on Appeals and Griev- ances. 10. Report of Committee on Good of the Order. 11. Report of Special Committees. 12. Unfinished Business. 13. New Business. 14. Good of the Order., 15. Closing Ceremonies. Law 7. The death report to be made in the case of the death of a member of the Order belonging to this jurisdiction shall be in the following form: A. O. U. W.~DEATH REPORT. B. a, 189.. To Grand Recorder A, O. U. W. of British Columbia. Dear Sir and Bro., We, the undersigned, officers of L^^dge, No do hereby certify to the following facts, relative to the death of Brother a Workman degree member of this Lodge. 1st. That he died on the day of 189., 2nd, That his death was caused by ra-HSiw u 3rd. That at the time of hiB death his age was years, months days. 4th. That at the time of his death he was in good standing, having paid all assessments due and not being indebted to the Lodge for six months' dues. 5th. That the last assessment he paid was as< sessment No 189 . . 6th. That he joined this Lodge by on the day of 189.. 7th. That his Beneficiary Certificate is payable to his B^^ Give FULL NAME and age of each child. I ■' i M. W. [Seal] Financier. Recorder. A. O. U. W.—PROOFS OF DEATH. physician's certificate. The undersigned was the attending physician in the last sickness of of in the of who died at in the of >n the ,. day of 189 . And for further information of the Order the undersigned answers as follows : — How long have you known the deceased? Were you his attending physician prior to his last illness? How long was deceased sick? , . . . Of what disease did he die? Have you stated all the material facts relating to the sickness and death of deceased? M. D. Personally appeared before me, the above named and made oath that the forego 8& was B in due • six 3 as- • • • • • yable Lid. [.W. Lcier. rder. icianin ho died Lou the der the ,r to hie jiating to ing statements and answers made by him are true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. Sworn and subscribed before me, this day of 189.. .at UNDERTAKER'S CERTIFICATE. I do hereby certify that I am an undertaker, residing at and as such undertaker I attended the funeral of and that he was interred in , on the day of 189.. Undertaker. Sworn and subscribed before me, this day of 189.. Notary Public. The acknowledgments should be taken before a Justice of the Peace or a Notary Public. When the acknowledgments are taken by a No- tary, the certificate of the Government Agent as to the standing of the Notary must be attached. LiAW 8. The application and Medical Examiner's blank for use in this jurisdiction shall be as pro- vided by the Grand Lodge. NOTE THIS. Correction. — Page 21, 2nd paragraph, 3rd line, instead of "Grand Lodge" or by the, read " Grand Lodge of British Columbia." And also the same errpr occurs in line 11 of same paragraph. 86 INDBX. Amendments, section 1 80 Appeals, sec. 1 29 Application, membership, sec. 2, 3, 4, 5, 52 Application, membership 33 Assessment, notice of, sec. 35. „ 46 Assessment, notice of, sec. 13, 14, 15 38 Beneficiaries, how designated, sec. 4, 5 35 Beneficiaries, change of, sec. 6,,,, 35 Beneficiary fund, sec. 19 89 Beneficiary fund, sec. 36, 37 47 Bonds, Grand Recorder, sec. 6 12 Bonds, Grand Receiver, sec. 1 14 Bonds, Grand Trustees, sec. 11 15 Bonds, Financiers, sec. 6 67 Bonds, Receiver, sec. 7 67 Board of Arbitration, sec. 3 20 Board of Arbitration, sec. 1 7 By-laws, sec. 1, 2 79 Calls, sec. 38 47 Calls, relief, sec. 48 49 Card, clearance, sec. 6 54 Card, clearance, sec. 7 55 Card, final, sec. 10 56 Certificates, beneficiary, fees for, sec. 2 23 Certificates, delivery of, sec. 8 36 Certificates, reinstatement, sec. 27 44 Certificates of P. M. W., sec. 10 6 Certificates of Rep. to G. L., sec. 5 4 Charters, application for, sec. 1 25 Charters, application for, sec. 11 27 Charters suspended, sec. 46, 47 49 Charges and trials, sec. 6 72 Charges and trials, sec. 1 78 Change of venue, sec. 18 .77 Committees, business, sec. 1 70 Committees, relief, sec. 2 70 Commit tees on trials, sec. 7, 8, 74 'i % ii-\ .80 .29 .52 .33 .46 .38 .35 .35 .89 ..12 ..U ..15 ..67 ..67 ..20 ... 7 ..-79 •••*! ...49 ...54 ...55 •••^ 23 .36 • .44 ••• 6 ••• 4 ■"25 .... ..27 .49 72 ■"■'.78 "\77 " .70 •*" 70 "".74 87 Committees, finance and auditing, sec. 2 70 Committees, finance, G. L., sec. 1 19 Committees on law, G. L. sec. 2 19 Consolidation of lodges, sec. 1 28 Death losses, how paid, sec. 16, 17 39 Degrees, G. L., law 6 Degrees, Sub. Lodge, sec. 1, 2, 3 58 Delinquent lodges, sec. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 23-24-25 Disputes and grievances, article 14 72 District deputies, art. 13 16 Dues, sec. 1, 2, 3 70 Duties of Officers 63-69 Elections, officers, G. L., sec. 1 9 Elections, officers. Sub. L., sec. 1, 2, 3, 4 61 Fees, initiation, sec. 1, 2, 3 58 Fees, charter, (see charter) Final Card (see card) Financiers, sec. 22 42 Financiers, sec. 6 65 General laws 81-85 Guide, G. L., sec. 9 15 Guide, Sub. L., sec. 8 66 Installation, G. L. officers, sec. 3 9 Installation, Sub. L. officers, sec. 1 62 I. W. and O. W. G. L., sec. 10 15 I. W. and O. W. Sub. L., sec. 9 67 Liabilities for assessments, sec. 24 . . 42 Meetings, sec. 1 57 Meetings, quorum of, sec. 2 57 Medical Examiner, Grand, sec. 15 17 Medical Examiner, Sub. Lodges, sec. 12, 13 .,67 Medical examinations, sec. 1 32 Mileage and per diem, sec. 1 9 Nominations, G. L. officers, sec. 2 7 Nominations, Sub. L. officers, sec. 1, 2, 3 60 Notice, of assessments, sec. 1 8 Notice, second, sec. 40 47 Notice of change of address, art 16 78 Officers, Grand Lodge, sec. 1 3 Officers, Sub. Lodges, sec. 1 59 88 Officers, agency of, sec. 49 49 P.M. W., see. 5 60 P. M. W., sec. 13 16 Payments to beneficiaries, sec. 18 39 Penalty for failure to pay, sec. 25 43 Penalty for offences, sec. 9, 10, 11, 12 75 Receivers, Grand, sec. 7 14 Receivers, Sub. Lodges, sec. 23 42 Recorders, Grand, sec. 6 12 Recorders, Sub. Lodges, sec. 21 40 Reinstatements, sec. 26, 28, 30 43 Reinstatements, report of, sec. 31 46 Register, beneficiary certificates, sec. 12 37 Register, beneficiary certificates, sec. 5 64 Rejections, sec. 32 46 Removal from office, sec. 18 , . 18 Reports, monthly, sec. 42, 43 48 Reports, forwarding, sec. 45 48 Reports, failure to forward, sec. 46 49 Representative to Supreme Lodge, sec. 1 9 Representatives to Supreme Lodge, sec. 12 .... 16 Representatives to G. L., sec. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 4 Representatives to G. L., sec. 4 62 Revenue, G. L., sec. 1 23 Sessions, G. L., sec. 1 6 Sessions, quorum of, sec. 3 7 Suspensions, sec. 4, 5, 6 71 Suspensions, sec. 15 77 Seal, art . 18 79 Statements, monthly, sec. 20 40 Transfers (see clearance card), sec. 34 46 Terms, officers G. L., sec. 17 18 Terms, officers Sub. L., sec. 1 61 Terms, semi-annual, sec. 1, 2 78 Terms, officers of new lodges, sec, 8 . .27 Vacancies, officers G. L., how filled, sec. 3 11 Vacancies, officers Sub. L., sec. 3, 4 60 '^m