Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

Tuesday, ? GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS, I. O. O. F. 337
Nov. IS, 1913. S
of a Rebekah Lodge in good standing. Under Art. Ill of the Rebekah
Code as amended, 1907 Journal, 250, 299, 309, it is provided that the
Grand Master shall be the installing (instituting) officer, who may,
however, appoint for that purpose any Past Grand or Past Noble
Grand, who is in good standing in a Rebekah Lodge.
Dec. 34. Question.—Is Resolution 25, pages 58 and 59, Daily Jour-
nal of 1912, to be construed as a general law and mandatory, requiring
all reports from Rebekah Assemblies to be received from Secretaries
thereof direct to the Grand Secretary of the Sovereign Grand Lodge,
or is said resolution to be construed as permissive only where au-
thority is granted by the Grand Lodges respectively to so report?
In other words, should reports for Rebekah Lodges in Jurisdictions
having Assemblies be received by the Grand Secretary of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, some from the Secretaries of Assemblies and some from
Grand Secretaries of Grand Lodges?
Answer.—The resolution referred to is not mandatory.
Dec. 35. Statement.—There are two Rebekah Lodges in the same
town and each have candidates ready for initiation. The degree Staff
of one of the Lodges is to put on the work at a district meeting in the
same town.
Question.—Can that degree staff initiate candidates for both
Lodges?
Answer.—A degree staff at a district meeting can only exemplify
the degree and cannot confer it by initiation. Candidates must be
initiated in the Lodge electing them to membership, but such Lodge
may invite the degree staff of another Lodge to confer the degree in
the Lodge electing the candidate.
Encampment Decisions.
Dec. 36. Question.—In the absence of the Chief Patriarch, High
Priest, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Secretary and Treasurer, and
there being no Past Chief Patriarch present, who would have the
authority to open the Encampment?
. Answer.—An Encampment can not be opened without some member
present qualified to preside. Your statement shows that there
was no member present so qualified, hence, no legal meeting could be
held.
Dec. 37. Question.—Are Grand Honors only conferred upon the
Grand Officers in the branches to which they belong as such officers?
Answer.—Yes.
Dec. 38. Statement.—At it session in 1895, the Sovereign Grand
Lodge provided that Grand Encampments might so legislate as to permit
Subordinate Encampments within its Jurisdiction to be non-