Proceedings of the
38 By-Laws. 194.
[Sept.
See Decision No.2, Grand Lodge Proceedings '1915, page
10. R. W. Brother J. M. Carnahan, D. D. G. M. Forty-seventh District, submitted the following question:
"Last ~all a Brother Master Mason died and the Lodge was unable to conduct his funeral. His widow nO'N desires us to hold Masonic services at his grave." R. W. Brother Carnahan ruled that he knew of no Masonic law that would authorize the Lodge to hold funeral services as requested. That it was his understanding that the funeral services of a Masonic brother must be conducted at the time of the interment. I approved this ruling. Section 257, Grand Lodge ByLaws, authorizes a Masonic funeral service in connection with the burial of a deceased Master Mason in good standing. I find nothing in the law which would authorize the holding of funeral services over the grave of a deceased brother after his burial, nor any service adapted to such an occasion. 11. Is a petitioner for the degree who has a wooden leg with a flexible knee joint, and who is able to conform to the ceremonies, eligible? This question was sUbmittB~ to R. W. Bro. Emsley C. James, D. D. G. 1'1., who ruled that th'e petitioner was eligible. This ruling is approved. .' 12. Is a Roman Catholic eligible to petition for the degrees in Freemasonry? Answer. Freemasonry makes no religious test except the petitioner must be an unfeigned believer in the one living and true God. 13. Zalma Lodge No. 545, having a small hall, requested a dispensation to hold a sess~of the Lodge in the I. O. O. F. hall for the purpose of conferring degrees and serving a basket dinner, at which it was expected there would be a large number in at路 tendance from other Lodges. A dispensation was refused, it having been ruled that a Lodge can not legally meet and work in a building that has not been dedicated and consecrated to Masonic purposes. See Proceedings 1916, page 216. This seems to be the construction heretofore placed on Section 82 of the Grand Lodge By-Laws. .,' .
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Jacksonville Lodge No. 541 requested my consent and