SECRETARY

Updated
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07/31/08

DUTIES REQUIRED:

A.         CMC Section 2548:

  1. To record all proceedings at each meeting proper to be written, under the direction of the Master, and to transcribe the same in a minute book to be kept for that purpose, and at the next Stated Meeting to submit the minutes so transcribed to the Lodge for approval or correction, and after the same are so corrected and approved, to present the same to the Master for his signature;
  2. To present to the Lodge at each August and February Stated Meeting a statement of income and expenditures, assets and liabilities, for the six months periods ending on the preceding June 30th and December 31st of each year, respectively, and to submit a copy thereof to the Inspector of the District to which the Lodge is assigned;
  3. To prepare and transmit a copy of such record, or of any part thereof, to the Grand Lodge, when required;
  4. To collect and receive all moneys due the Lodge and pay them over to the Treasurer;
  5. To keep the seal of the Lodge and to affix the same, with his attestation, to all papers issued under its authority or in obedience to all the requirements of the Constitution and Regulations of the Grand Lodge;
  6. To transmit to the Grand Secretary, immediately after each election in the Lodge, a certificate thereof;
  7. To transmit to the Grand Secretary monthly and annual reports, in such form as shall be provided;
  8. To transmit to the Grand Secretary with the annual report, the number of life members borne on the roll, the amount of the fund thus created and the manner in which said fund is invested;
  9. To transmit to the Grand Secretary with the annual returns the names, dates of initiation, passing and raising, and the dates of death of all permanent members of Grand Lodge as are enumerated in Section 8 of the Constitution;
  10. To report to the Grand Secretary, immediately after their occurrence, all rejections for the degrees, expulsions, suspensions and restorations, in the forms provided; and
  11. To furnish to the Masonic Homes Endowment Board such information pertaining to matters affecting or relating to his Lodge as may be requested from time to time.

B.         CMC Section 2552:

To keep the following books of the Lodge, in such forms as may be provided: Record Book, Book of Bylaws, Roll Book, Register and Account Books as may be necessary; to preserve the Books of Constitutions and Regulations of the Grand Lodge, together with all the printed Proceedings thereof as promulgated by its order.

C.        CMC Section 2300:

A revolving fund, of not more than $150.00, may be established for the use of the Secretary for his incidental expenses.

DUTIES SUGGESTED:

  1. To serve on the Budget and Finance Committee; and
  2. To attend all Lodge functions (Stated and Special Meetings, Lodge social events and other Lodge functions).

RITUAL REQUIRED:

  1. To attend District Officers' Association meetings (CMC Section 1122-3rd); and
  2. To be qualified to give the work of the Secretary in the First Degree.