Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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all committees not required to be raised by ballot and appoint all
District Deputy Grand Sires, fill by appointment all vacancies in office
that may occur during the recess of the Sovereign Lodge, from resigna-
tion, sickness, disability, or other cause, such appointments to last
until filled by election or otherwise as provided by law for the election
or appointment of such officers. During the recess of this Sovereign
Lodge he shall have general superintendence of the interests of the
Order. He may hear and decide such questions as may be submitted
to him by the several Grand Lodges and Grand Encampments, or by
the Grand Masters or Grand Patriarchs thereof, or by Grand Repre-
sentatives, or by the Subordinate Lodges or Encampments under the
immediate jurisdiction of this Sovereign Lodge. And his decision upon
all questions so submitted to him shall be binding upon the bodies
or persons submitting the same until reversed by this Sovereign Lodge.
He shall be empowered to receive petitions and grant warrants for the
opening of new Lodges and Encampments, Grand or Subordinate, or
Rebekah Lodges, in places where Grand Bodies established by this
Sovereign Lodge may not exist; and all warrants so granted by him
shall be of force until recalled by this Sovereign Lodge. He shall
perform such other duties as may be devolved upon him by the
Sovereign Lodge by law, resolution or enactment. At every communi-
cation of this Sovereign Lodge he shall make a report in writing of
all his official acts and decisions during recess.
Sec. 2. Cannot Hold Any Other Office.—During his term of service
he shall not hold any office in any Grand or Subordinate Lodge or
Encampment.
Sec. 3. Case of Death, etc., Deputy Grand Sire to Act.—In case of
the death, resignation or removal from office of the Grand Sire, or in
case he should absent himself for six months or upwards beyond the
limits of the United States and the British North American possessions,
or in case of his inability, from physical causes, to discharge the duties
of his office, the Deputy Grand Sire shall act in his place and shall be
forthwith installed as Grand Sire by a Past Grand Sire, who shall make
proclamation of his action, which shall be attested by the Grand
Secretary under the seal of the Sovereign Lodge: and the Deputy
Grand Sire so installed shall, at the completion of the term, be entitled
to rank as a Past Grand Sire. In case of the death, resignation, removal,
absence, or inability of both the Grand Sire and Deputy Grand
Sire, all said duties and powers shall be exercised by the Junior Past
Grand Sire competent to fill said office, and at the first communication
thereafter the Sovereign Lodge shall proceed to elect and install a
Grand Sire for the unexpired term, and to fill any vacancy that may
be occasioned thereby; provided, however, that a mere temporary or