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Grand Lodge of Missouri 9.
Are you in sound bodily health '?
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Do you know of any physical, legal or moral reason which would prevent you from becoming a Freemason?
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Has an indictment or information ever been returned or issued against you or have you ever been convicted of a crime? .
"The applicant represents hereby that he has read aU of the questions contained in the foregoing petition, that all of his answers thereto are in his own handwriting, and that upon his honor he declares his foregoing statements to be true, and should his petition be granted, he promises a cheerful compliance with the rules and regulations of the Fraternity.
Dated
(Applicant should sign here.)" .
"Each of the subscribers, members in good standing of the Lodge to which, by the foregoing petition, the petitioner therein offers himse.lf a candidate for the Mysteries of Freemasol1l'y, hereby certifies that he is personally well acquainted with ....................................... .'.... who has signed the above petition, and believes him to be of regular and upright conduct, fair fame, sober life and well qualified to be Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason."
Dated .. Seven th: It is proposed (pages 182 and 240 of the Proceedings of 1927) that Section 140 of the By-laws be amended by adding above the words "Recommended by" a line for signature of the applicant and the words and parentheses below said line, "(Applicant should sign here)", and by adding at the present conclusion of said Section the following sentence: "Each of the members recommending the petitioner does, by his signature hereon, certify that he is a member in good standing of the Lodge to which, by the foregoing petition, the petitioner therein petitions for membership." so that said Section 140, as so amended, shall read as follows: "Section 140. Form of Petition for Membership. To the Worshipful Master, \Vardens and Brethren of ......................... . Lodge No A. F. & A. M.: The SUbscrib.er, a Master Mason, and late a member of ............................................Lodge No under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of respectfully petitions for membership in your Lodge; if found worthy, he pledges himself to a cheerfUl obedience to your By-laws and the Ancient Usages of Freemasonry: