Masonic Educational Quiz #4A
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The following educational quiz is a part of the continuing program of the Masonic Education Committee of the Grand Lodge to provide a monthly educational program for lodge use. The leader simply reads the questions and lets various members provide answers until all the points are covered.
1. MAY A LODGE HOLD ELECTIONS OTHER THAN IN DECEMBER?
Every chartered Lodge shall elect its officers once a year, said election to be held during the months of November or December.
2. WHAT IS THE LATEST DATE A LODGE CAN INSTALL ITS OFFICERS WITHOUT A SPECIAL DISPENSATION?
The officers elected shall be installed by a Master or Past Master on or before the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist (Dec. 27) and said officers shall remain in office until the successors are duly elected and installed. Any election held
subsequent thereto without a dispensation from the Grand Master is null and void.
3. MAY ONE HOLD OFFICE IN TWO OR THREE LODGES AT THE SAME TIME?
Any member of a Lodge under this Grand Jurisdiction, wherever residing, may be elected to any office in his Lodge except that of Master, and any member wherever residing who has served as Warden, even for a part of a term, may be elected Master, but the ability of the officer to attend meetings and perform his duties should be seriously considered. All officers elected or appointed must be able to speak, read and write the language used
by the Lodge.
No Brother may serve as one of the three principal officers (Worshipful Master, Senior Warden or Junior Warden) of more than one Constituent Lodge at the same time. A Brother who serves as a principal officer of a Constituent Lodge may serve as Secretary or Treasurer of another Lodge at the same time.
No Brother may serve as Secretary for more than one Constituent Lodge at the same time, nor serve as Treasurer for more than one Constituent Lodge at the same time but, may serve as Secretary and Treasurer of two different Constituent Lodge at the same time.
4. MAY THE W.M. REMOVE (fire) THE ELECTED SECRETARY OR TREASURER?
The Master has the power to suspend from office any elective or appointive officer of the Lodge except the Wardens who can be suspended from office only by the Grand Master. After such suspension, the Master may appoint a member to the appointive office, or a temporary successor to the elective office until a dispensation is obtained from the Grand Master and an election held. The Grand Master has the power on his own initiative to
suspend a Master from office.
5. IF A MEMBER OF THIS LODGE WAS MURDERED, COULD THE LODGE PUT UP A REWARD FOR THE MURDERER?
No Lodge shall offer financial reward for the apprehension of a
criminal; such is not a Masonic act.
6. MAY A MEETING THAT IS CALLED FOR THE EXAMINATION OF AN ENTERED APPRENTICE AND CONFERRAL OF THE FELLOW CRAFT BE OPENED IN THE FELLOW CRAFT DEGREE?
The proficiency of the candidate can be considered only in a Lodge of Master Masons
7. THERE ARE 2 SPECIFIC TIMES WHEN A LODGE MAY NOT MEET. WHAT ARE THEY?
All Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction are prohibited from holding any
communications (funerals excepted) during the session of the Grand Lodge.
No Masonic services or meeting shall be held between 10:00 a.m.
and 12:00 noon on Sundays, so as not to interfere with the members of the
Fraternity attending their regular church services.
8. MAY A STATED MEETING BE OPENED WITH 7 PAST MASTERS PRESENT?
There must be present at least five members of the Lodge, which must include at least one of the principal officers, for the transaction of all business of the Lodge; however if all three principal officers are absent, the lodge may be opened by a Past Master of that Lodge, after securing the permission of the appropriate District Deputy Grand Master to do so.
9. MAY A LODGE EVER BE OPENED WITH LESS THAN 5 MEMBERS PRESENT?
A Lodge may be opened with less than five of its members present provided that one of the three principal officers or a Past Master is present and no business of the Lodge is transacted until a quorum is present.
10. WHEN IS A DISPENSATION REQUIRED FOR AN ELECTION?
Any vacancy which may occur in any elective office of a Lodge may be filled by election upon dispensation from the Grand Master. The Master may fill any vacancy which may occur in any appointive office of a Lodge.
Any officer-elect who neglects or refuses to present himself for installation shall be deemed to have refused the office, after which a second election may be held upon dispensation from the Grand Master.
The officers elected shall be installed by a Master or Past Master on or before the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist and said officers shall remain in office until the successors are duly elected and installed. Any election held subsequent thereto without a dispensation from the Grand Master is null and void.
If necessary to hold an election on a date other than the date specified by the lodge’s by-laws presents itself the Grand Master may grant permission to hold the election at a later date by dispensation.
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