Bylaw Amendments year and until their successors have been elected and installed. The Almoner shall serve in all Bodies following his election (or appointment) in the Lodge of Perfection.
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8° - Intendant of the Building - Charity and Benevolence are the key lessons of this degree. Educating the orphan, comforting the sick and aged, and healing the distressed are duties to all Freemasons. The ritual of this degree tells of how, due to the death of Hiram Abiff, labor temporarily ceased on the Temple of Solomon. King Solomon in order to move forward appointed five superintendants - one for each of the departments of architecture.
D2) Article VII Section 7 Shall Be Revised As: Section 7. Almoner. The Almoner shall make disbursements from the Almoner's fund for charitable purposes. He shall work independently of the Bodies, reporting only to the Personal Representative in this Valley and giving an annual accounting to the Auditing Committee or auditor, showing receipts, disbursements, amounts on hand and any investments. Disbursements from the Almoner's fund shall be made by check, signed by the Almoner. The Almoner shall submit a written monthly report of all transactions and balances in his care, for review 9° - Elect of the Nine - The principle at the monthly officer’s meeting. lesson of this degree is to be cautious lest E) BYLAWS OF TACOMA CONSISTORY E1) Article VI Section 1 Shall Be Revised As: Section 1. Elective Officers. The elective officers of this Consistory shall be the Master of Kadosh, Prior, Preceptor, Chancellor and Minister of State, who shall be elected at the stated meeting in December each year and installed in person within 35 days thereafter. They shall serve for a period of one year and until their successors have been elected and installed. The Almoner shall serve in all Bodies following his election (or appointment) in the Lodge of Perfection. E2) Article VII Section 7 Shall Be Revised As: Section 7. Almoner. The Almoner shall make disbursements from the Almoner's fund for charitable purposes. He shall work independently of the Bodies, reporting only to the Personal Representative in this Valley and giving an annual accounting to the Auditing Committee or auditor, showing receipts, disbursements, amounts on hand and any investments. Disbursements from the Almoner's fund shall be made by check, signed by the Almoner. The Almoner shall submit a written monthly report of all transactions and balances in his care, for review at the monthly officer’s meeting.
our zeal for a cause let us take matters into our own hands. The ritual is built around the story of how Solomon selected nine masons by lot to investigate a situation so that the offenders may properly be brought to justice. 10° - Elect of the Fifteen - The lesson in this degree is that fanaticism will never win out over justice and freedom - that the unerring eye of justice will discover the guilty and mete out fit punishment. The ritual is a continuation of the degrees that recount the arrest and punishment of the assassins who murdered Hiram Abiff. 11°- Elect of the Twelve - To the Mason who receives this degree comes the lesson that the true and faithful Brother Mason will sooner or later reap his reward and that we must at all times be honest, earnest and sincere. The ritual tells of the reward given to twelve of the fifteen who sought the prosecution of Hiram's murderers. (Continues in March Edition)
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