Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

358 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Nh^l^*?
I Nor. 18. 1913.
Sec. ?>. Bills Shall Contain but One Subject.—No bill shall contain
more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.
Sec. 4. Bills Originate How.— Bills shall be proposed at a regular
communication of the Sovereign Lodge and shall be required to lie
over at least one day, and shall be acted upon at the same session.
See. 5. Yea and Nay Vote.—No bill shall become a law unless
upon its passage the vote be taken by yeas and nays, the names of the
Grand Representatives voting for and against the same to be entered
on the journal and a majority of two-thirds of the Grand Representa-
tives to be recorded thereon as voting in its favor.
Sec. G. Laws Amended, How.—No existing law shall be amended
by providing that designated words thereof be inserted, or that designated
words thereof be stricken out and others inserted in lieu there-
of; but the words to be stricken out, or the words to be inserted, or
the words to be stricken out and those inserted in lieu thereof, together
with the section amended, shall be set forth in full as amended.
Sec. 7. Laws Take Effect. When.—All laws passed by the
Sovereign Lodge shall become effective on the first day of January
next succeeding their enactment, unless in case of an emergency
(which emergency shall be expressed in the preamble or in the body
of the act) the Sovereign Lodge shall, by vote of two-thirds of all the
Grand Representatives, otherwise direct; said vote to be taken by yeas
and nays and entered upon the journal.
ARTICLE XVI.
Supreme Law. .
Section 1. Constitution and Laws Supreme).—This Constitution,
and the laws which shall be made in pursuance thereof, shall be the
supreme law of the Order and be binding upon all branches and departments
of the Order.
ARTICLE XVII.
How Amended.
Section 1. Constitution, How Amended.—This Constitution shall
not. be altered or amended except by a proposition therefor made in
writing at a regular annual communication by one or more Repre-
sentatives from three different Grand Bodies which shall be entered
on the journal and lie over until the next regular annual communi-
cation. At the next regular annual communication, after being offered,
such proposed alteration or amendment may be considered, and if
agreed to by a vote of three-fourths of the members present, on a call
of the yeas and nays, such proposed alteration or amendment shall