DUTIES REQUIRED:

A.         CMC Section 2538:

1. To assist the Master in the performance of his duties;
2. To discharge all those duties which ancient usage has assigned to the station of the Junior Warden; and
3. During the absence of the Master and the senior Warden, to succeed to and be charged with all the powers and duties of the Master.

B. CMC Sections 3320, 3322, 3330:

1. To prefer charges against a Mason guilty of un-Masonic conduct if, for a period of thirty days following the bringing of facts concerning the un-Masonic conduct to the Junior Warden, no Master Mason in good standing shall have preferred charges against such Mason; and
2. To present such charges to the Master of the Lodge.

DUTIES SUGGESTED:

1. To be responsible for all dinners held at the Lodge;
2. To keep itemized receipts for all dinner expenditures and records of all income (a revolving fund of not more than $250 may be established for the use of the Junior Warden or Stewards in providing refreshments for all regular Lodge functions - CMC Section 2300);
3. To keep attendance records for all dinner functions;
4. To work with the Stewards Committee at all dinner functions;
5. To prepare a summary of monthly bills and present them to the Secretary at least one week prior to the Stated Meeting;
6. To serve as Chairman of the Constitution observance Committee;
7. To prepare the Junior Warden's Trestleboard articles;
8. To serve as an ex-officio member of the Budget and Finance Committee;
9. To attend all Lodge functions (Stated and Special Meetings, Lodge social events and other Lodge functions);
10. To attend the Annual Communication of Grand Lodge;
11. To begin to plan the calendar for his year as Master;
12. To begin considering officer appointments for his year as Master;
13. To begin considering committee chairmen and member appointments for his year as Master; and
14. To begin collecting articles and information for use in Trestleboard articles during his year as Master.

RITUAL REQUIRED:

1. To attend District Officers' Association meetings (CMC Section 1122-3rd); and
2. To be qualified to give the work and lectures of the First Degree; to have a certificate of proficiency in the Candidate's Lecture of the Degree of Master Mason and to be thoroughly proficient in those portions of the Constitution and Regulations of the Grand Lodge which relate to the government of a Lodge (CMC Section 2518).

RITUAL IMPLIED:

1. To learn the work and lecture of the Second Degree and the ritual required to be qualified as Senior Warden;
2. To be qualified to give the work of the Senior Warden in the Second Degree;
3. To be qualified to give the work of the Junior Warden in all three degrees;
4. To take charge of all First Degrees; and
5. To attend all degree practices designated by the Master.