Grandview Lodge By-Laws
ARTICLE I
COMMUNICATIONS
THE STATED COMMUNICATONS OF GRANDVIEW LODGE SHALL BE HELD AT 7:30 PM, ON THE FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS OF EACH MONTH.
SECTION 1:
IF A STATED COMMUNICATION FALLS ON A HOLIDAY OR A HOLIDAY EVE, THERE WILL BE NO MEETING.
SECTION 2:
IF MAUNDY THURSDAY FALLS ON A STATED COMMUNICATION NIGHT, THERE WILL BE NO MEETING.
ARTICLE II
OFFICERS: ELECTIONS AND SALARIES
SECTION 1:
ALL ELECTIVE OFFICERS SHALL BE CHOSEN ON THE LAST REGULAR MEETING NIGHT OF AUGUST OF EACH YEAR AND SHALL BE INSTALLED AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE BEFORE THE GRANDLODGE INSTALLATION.
SECTION 2:
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER ELECT SHALL APPOINT A CHAPLAIN, MARSHAL, SENIOR AND JUNIOR DEACON, SENIOR AND JUNIOR STEWARD, AND TYLER. NO OFFICE BELOW JUNIOR WARDEN SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS BEING IN THE “LINE FOR ADVANCEMENT”, BUT WILL BE APPOINTED FOR A ONE YEAR TERM ONLY.
SECTION 2.3:
AN HONORARIUM WILL BE PAID TO THE SECRETARY AT THE RATE OF $50.00 PER MONTH.
SECTION 2.4:
TO ESTABLISH A TEMPLE BOARD AND BE INCOPORATED AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION TO HANDLE ALL OF THE PROPERTY OF THE LODGEAND TO BE ELECTED AS FOLLOWS;
SECTION 2.4A:
MEMBERS: TWO (2) FOR A THREE YEAR TERM EACH YEAR AT THE ELECTION PRESCRIBED IN h2. ARTICLE II, h4. SECTION 1. THE TERM OF OFFICE SHALL RUN FROM JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31 THREE YEARS HENCE. THE JUNIOR PAST MASTER SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A MEMBER FOR THE NEXT ENSUING YEAR.
SECTION 2.4B:
THAT THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE TEMPLE BOARD SHALL, SUBMIT IN WRITING, REPORTS AS REQUIRED IN h4. SECTION 9.090 OF THE GRAND LODGE BY-LAWS DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY OF EACH YEAR.
SECTION 2.5
THAT THE EXPENSES OF THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER, SENIOR AND JUNIOR WARDENS, AND THE SECRETARY OF GRANDVIEW LODGE # 618 BE PAID OUT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE ANNUAL COMMUNICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSOURI.
ARTICLE III
FEES
SECTION 3.1
A PETITION FOR THE DEGREES SHALL BEAR THE RECOMMENDATION OF TWO (2) MEMBERS IF THE LODGE IN GOOD STANDING AND BE DELIVERED TO THE SECRETARY WITH THE SUM TOTAL OF $150.00, OF WHICH $20.00 IS FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE MASONIC HOME AND $5.00 FOR THE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. SHOULD THERE BE SOME GOOD AND VALID REASON AGREEABLE TO THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER. SENIOR AND JUNIOR WARDENS, THE PETITIONER ELECT MAY CHOOSE TO PAY $90.00 WITH THE PETITION AND THE BALANCE TO BE PAID PRIOR TO THE CONFERRING OF THE THIRD DEGREE.
ARTICLE IV
DUES
SECTION 4.1
EVERY MEMBER SHALL PAY ANNUAL DUES IN THE AMOUNT OF $28.50 PLUS THE PER CAPITA TAX ASSESSED BY THE GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. OF MISSOURI, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL BE DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR AND BECOME DELINQUENT ON THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL.
SECTION 4.2
WHEN A MEMBER OWING DUES SHALL FAIL TO PAYSAME ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF APRIL OF ANY YEAR, IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE SECRETARY TO NOTIFY SAID MEMBER IN WRITING OF HIS DELINQUENCY WITHIN TEN DAYS, AND IF SAID MEMBER SHALL FAIL TO PAY HIS DUES ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1ST THEREAFTER, HE SHALL BE AUTOMATICALLY SUSPENDED FOR NONPAYMENT OF DUES, AND SUCH SUSPENSION SHALL BE RECORDED ON THE MINUTES OF THAT MEETING ON THAT DATE OR AT THE FIRST STATED MEETING OF THE LODGE THEREAFTER.
SECTION 4.2A
IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE SECRETARY TO NOTIFY BY WRITTEN NOTICE, WITH SUFFICIENT POSTAGE THEREON, ALL MEMBERS AUTOMATICALLY SUSPENDED FOR NONPAYMENT OF DUES. SAID NOTICE TO BE GIVEN WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER SUSPENSION.
SECTION 4.3
MEMBERS SHALL BE EXEMPTED FROM PAYMENT OF DUES ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS AND NO OTHER, TO WIT.
SECTION 4.3A
BECAUSE SUCH MEMBER HAS BEEN A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING IN THE LODGE CONTINUOUSLY FOR FIFTY (50) OR MORE YEARS, OR
SECTION 4.3B
BECAUSE OF OUTSTANDING MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE LODGE OR FRATERNITY, WITHOUT LENGTH OF MEMBERSHIP, BUT BY APPROPRIATE RESOLUTION IN WRITING WHICH SHALL BE HELD OVER UNTIL ITS NEXT STATED COMMUNICATION FOR ACTION. NO MEMBER SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PER CAPITA TAX OF THE GRAND LODGE, OR
SECTION 4.3C
BECAUSE OF A PURCHASE OF A “LIFE ENDOWMENT” FROM THE GRAND LODGE AF&AM OF MISSOURI IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE h2. ARTICLE 22 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF SUCH GRAND LODGE.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES
SECTION 5.1
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER, SENIOR AND JUNIOR WARDENS SHALL BE COMMITTEE ON CHARITY. SHALL ATTEND TO ALL APPLICATIONS FOR RELIEF, SEE THAT ALL TRUE WORTHY BROTHERS, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, IN SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, ARE AIDED AND ASSISTED AND REPORT THEIR ACTION TO THIS LODGE.
SECTION 5.2
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER, SENIOR AND JUNIOR WARDENS SHALL BE TRUSTEES OF THE LODGE. THE DUTIES OF SAID TRUSTEES SHALL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE GRAND LODGE.
SECTION 5.3
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER SHALL APPOINT A COMMITTEE KNOWN AS THE AUDITING COMMITTEE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED. WHO SHALL EXAMINE THE PROPERTY OF THE LODGE AND THE BOOKS OF THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER AND REPORT IN WRITING AT THE SECOND COMMUNICATION AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
SECTION 5.4
IT SHALL BE THE DUTIES OF THE SENIOR AND JUNIOR DEACONS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE COACHING IN THE SEVERAL DEGREES TO ALL CANDIDATES, TO FOLLOW UP ON EACH CANDIDATE, BY PHONE OR PERSONAL CONTACT AND REPORT AT EACH STATED COMMUNICATION OF THEIR PROGRESS.
SECTION 5.5
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER, SENIOR AND JUNIOR WARDENS, TREASURER AND SECRETARY SHALL BE A COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET. AN OPERATING BUDGET, FOR THE TERM OF THE PRECEEDING WORSHIPFUL MASTER, WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE LODGE AT THE SECOND STATED MEETING AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS.
SECTION 5.6
THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER SHALL APPOINT A “DELINQUENT DUES COMMITTEE”, AS OUTLINED IN h4. SECTION 9.160 OF THE GRAND LODGE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED. THIS COMMITTEE SHALL PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES AS PRESCRIBED IN THE GRAND LODGE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS AND REPORT ON ALL ACTIONS, TAKEN IN THIS CAPACITY, IN WRITING TO THE SECRETARY AND MEMBERSHIP OF THIS LODGE.
SECTION 5.7
THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE SHALL CONSISTIST OF THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER, SENIOR WARDEN, JUNIOR WARDEN, TREASURER, AND SECRETARY. THEY SHALL REVIEW AND SELECT FROM THE APPLICANTS, ONE GRANDVIEW GRADUATING SENIOR TO RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP AS OUTLINED IN THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION.
ARTICLE VI
DUTIES OF MEMBERS
SECTION 6.1
IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF EACH MEMBER TO NOTIFY THE SECRETARY IN WRITING OF ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER.
SECTION 6.2
EACH MEMBER AND VISITING BROTHER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AT EACH COMMUNICATION OF THIS LODGE WHICH HE ATTENDS, IN THE OFFICIAL REGISTER, AND SUCH OFFICIAL REGISTER SHALL BE PART OF THE LODGE RECORDS.
SECTION 6.3
EACH LODGE CHARTERED BY THE GRAND LODGE OF AF&AM OF MISSOURI SHALL ADOPT BY-LAWS, WHICH SHALL CONFORM, BUT NEED NOT BE APPROVED BY THE GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND LODGE. A LODGE, BY ITS BY-LAWS, FIXES THE TIME OF THE STATED COMMUNICATION, THE FEES FOR THE SEVERAL DEGREES, THE ANNUAL DUES OF THE MEMBERS AND THE TIME FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
h4. SECTION 6.4
IT IS UN-MASONIC TO IMPROPERLY SOLICIT PETITIONS OF CANDIDATES FOR THE DEGREES.
h4. SECTION 6.5
WHEN A BALLOT IS TAKEN, ALL ELIGIBLE MEMBERS OF THE LODGE PRESENT MUST VOTE.
h4. SECTION 6.6
THE BALLOT MUST BE FREE AND SECRET, AND NO BROTHER SHALL DISCLOSE THE MANNER IN WHICH HE VOTED.
ARTICLE VII
AMMENDMENTS
SECTION 7.1
ALL AMMENDMENTS TO THESE BY-LAWS MADE BY THE LODGE SHALL BE IN WRITING AT A STATED COMMUNICATION AND BEING REREAD AND SECONDED, SHALL BE HELD OVER UNTIL THE SECOND STATED COMMUNICATION THEREAFTER. AFTER WHICH, IF APPORVED BY TWO THIRDS (2/3) OF THE MEMBERS PRESENT AT A STATED COMMUNICATION, IN OPEN LODGE, THEY SHALL BECOME A PART OF THESE BY-LAWS. ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE NOTIFIED BY UNITED STATES MAIL, IN A SEALED ENVELOPE, WITH SUFFICIENT POSTAGE THEREON, AT LEAST FIVE (5) DAYS PRIOR TO VOTING OF SUCH AMMENDMENTS.
ARTICLE VIII
REPEAL
SECTION 8.1
ALL BY-LAWS OR PART OF BY-LAWS HERETOFORE ENACTED AND NOT EMBODIED IN THIS CODE, OR THAT ARE IN CONFLICT WITH THIS CODE, OR THE GRAND LODGE BY-LAWS ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
ADOPTED AUGUST 15, 2002
BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
h4. WB ROBERT JAMES SW
h4. WB WILLIAM HUFF JW
h4. WB SCOTT PEOPLES SD
ORDER OF BUSINESS
- READING OF UNAPPROVED MINUTES
- CORRESPONDANCE
- BILLS
- PETITIONS PRESENTED
- REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON PETITION
- REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEES
- REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEES
- REPORT OF THE SICK
- UNFINISHED BUSINESS
- NEW BUSINESS
- BALLOTING
- WORK
- GOOD OF THE ORDER
- 14. GOOD NIGHT WORSHIPFUL!