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Lodge Officers Training Course Module II - Lesson IIClick Here For The Study Guide PETITIONS NAME LODGE NO. OFFICE HELD SCORE GRADED BY
1. Whose duty is it to assign an investigating committee?
2. The Petitions Committee shall consist of not less than and not more than members.
3. The petition of a person who has been convicted of a felony and had his full civil rights restored may be received by a Lodge.
4. There must be two recommendations on a petition for the Degrees. They are:
5. A ballot spread, inadvertently or otherwise, upon any petition for initiation before the Investigating Committee reports, is null and void and proceedings abate.
6. Life of a Dimit is not limited but privileges and benefits of Masonry expire after:
7. A petitioner who has been previously rejected may not petition the same Lodge, one of concurrent jurisdiction or any other until after months from the date of rejection.
8. Jurisdiction resolved, information on petition must go to Petitions Committee before it is received by the Lodge.
9. After a petition has been received by the Lodge, it must lie over at least for the Brethren to make due inquiry into the character and standing of the candidate.
10. Every candidate for initiation should read the By-Laws of the Lodge.
11. A petitioner who has reached the age of sixty (60) years is not eligible for resident or non-resident relief.
12. A dual member is vested with all rights and privileges, except the right to hold elective office, and the office of Senior Deacon.
13. Dual members cannot hold office in a Memorial Lodge.
14. A member of a Lodge suspended for a definite time becomes a member in good standing again at the expiration of that time without action of the Lodge.
15. A Lodge may petition Grand Lodge for reinstatement of a person who has resigned after a period of:
16. When a Brother has resigned from Freemasonry, it will take the unanimous consent of the Lodge and the consent of the Grand Master before he may be restored to membership in the Lodge.
17. Petitions for dual membership .
18. A Dimit shall be issued to a dual member desiring to withdraw from membership.
19. A Lodge can properly refuse to receive a petition for affiliation.
20. The Dimit of a Brother petitioning the Lodge becomes the property of the Lodge.
21. A Mason with a Dimit can affiliate with any regular Lodge that will receive him.
22. All Lodges in the same District have concurrent jurisdiction.
23. A petitioner who resides outside the district of the Lodge, the Lodge will
24. A Lodge cannot waive jurisdiction on a non-Mason or any one over whom it has assumed jurisdiction, except by unanimous ball ballot at a Stated Communication.
25.An Investigation Committee is necessary on requests for Waivers of Jurisdiction.
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