Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

362 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS /Nov^l8 da 1 Nov. 18, 'lI 1913.
advance, and being elected as provided by local law, upon notice being
sent by the Secretary or Scribe to his Lodge or Encampment, said
Lodge or Encampment shall, unless charges are pending against him,
without ballot and without fee, issue a transfer certificate and send
the same at once to the Secretary or Scribe sending for the same;
and, upon the receipt of the transfer certificate, the member shall
be entitled to sign the Constitution and become a member of the new
Lodge or Encampment without the payment of any admission fee;
provided, that if a physician's certificate is required he must pay the
expenses for the same.
The Secretary or Scribe shall immediately report to the Secretary
or Scribe of the Lodge or Encampment issuing the transfer certificate
the date of signing the Constitution of the new Lodge or Encampment,
and he shall make a record thereof, and the old Lodge or Encampment
shall immediately refund to the member all dues paid in advance of the
date of signing the Constitution of the new Lodge or Encampment.
The issuing of a transfer certificate shall sever membership in
the Lodge or Encampment issuing it; provided, that, if a member
becomes sick or disabled, or should die before the date to which his
dues are paid and before completing his membership by signing the
Constitution of his new Lodge or Encampment, then said transfer
certificate shall be cancelled and returned to the Lodge or Encampment
issuing the same, and said member shall retain his beneficial
standing in his old Lodge or Encampment, the same as though the
transfer certificate had not been issued.
If the member fails to sign the Constitution of the new Lodge or
Encampment within three months after the date of his election, the
transfer certificate shall be cancelled and returned to the Lodge or
Encampment issuing the same and the member shall hold the same
standing in his old Lodge or Encampment as though the transfer cer-
tificate had not been issued.
Provided, That the foregoing shall not extend to or affect the
Quasi-Independent Grand Jurisdictions.
That after a member of a Rebekah Lodge has become sixty years
of age and has been a contributing member for twenty-five consecutive
years, his or her name shall not be dropped from the roll by virtue of
his or her being more than one year in arrears for non-payment of
dues, but he or she shall be retained as a non-contributing member
and as such shall be entitled to the pass words and fellowship of
Lodges and shall have all the privileges of active members, and the
Rebekah Lodge shall not be compelled to pay per capita tax on such
members.