Grand Knight Handbook

REFERENCE
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hours of the degree ceremony using the Membership
Document (#100). Submission of a Form 100 should not
be delayed awaiting reception of higher degrees of the
Order. It is the First Degree that establishes membership,
and the recording of that degree is required to
continue new insurance applications in force. However,
after receipt of the Second and/or Third Degree, a subsequent
Form #100 (or other listing with the required
information and the degree[s] date[s]) is to be submitted
as necessary.
All candidates must accept or decline the annuity offer
in Section 5 on the front of the Form #100. If the candidate
is married, he must do the same for his wife. If the
annuity offer is declined for both parties, the original
copy of the Form #100 is sent directly to the Supreme
Council office and the duplicate is sent to the general
insurance agent. The council copy is retained for local
council records.
If the candidate accepts the annuity offer, he completes
the ten sections on the reverse side of the original copy
of the Form #100. If the candidate’s wife accepts the
insurance offer, she completes the ten sections on the
reverse of the duplicate copy. Note that the candidate
must sign as applicant for the annuity for his wife. For
legibility, the duplicate copy of the Form #100 should
be detached before the wife completes the reverse
side. The financial secretary collects from the candidate
or the proposer the initial deposit for each proposed
annuitant. The financial secretary shall retain all copies
of the Form #100 and the annuity payments until the
candidate receives his First Degree.
Immediately following the First Degree, the financial
secretary will send to the general insurance agent both
the original and duplicate copies of the Form #100, the
annuity payments, and the general agent copies of
Transmittal Form (#175FS). This is done if either the
candidate, his wife, or both accept the annuity offer.
(NOTE: The field agent may pick up these documents