RULES OF ORDER

RULES OF ORDER

Rules of Order - Motions and Questions - Voting - Rights and Duties of Members

1. When the Lodge shall be opened in due and Ancient form, the business shall be taken up in the
following order, via:

      A.   The record of the last regular and intervening meetings read and acted on.

      B.   Unfinished business called and acted on.

      C.   Petitions received and referred.

      D.   Reports of Committees on petitions acted upon.

      E.   Reports from other Committees.

      F.   New business, resolutions and motions.

      G.   Work Provided, however, that the Lodge may at anytime change the above order of business
at its option.

      2.    It is the duty of the W. Master to preserve order, and in all cases of a tie to cast the deciding
vote. He may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all questions of
doubt as to law of order without debate, except by his permission.

      3.    He shall appoint all Committees, and the same shall consist of three members, the first to act
as Chairman. Provided the Lodge shall have power to elect any Committee by ballot or otherwise when
it may on motion be deemed of sufficient importance, and such Committee may consist of any number
desired, and may elect their own Chairman.

4. He shall state all questions to the Lodge after the same shall be regularly moved and announce
the result.

5. He shall not participate in the debate, in any other capacity than as Master for the Lodge, but
shall state all matters of fact within his knowledge and inform the Lodge on all points of order, or the
course of proceeding when he may deem it necessary.

Motions and Questions

      6.   When a motion has been made, seconded and stated, it becomes a question for the decision of
the Lodge, and shall be deemed to be in its possession, and cannot be withdrawn without its consent;
and while such question is pending, no other motion shall be in order except:

1.)   Question of privilege and order.

2.)   To lie on the table.

3.)   Previous question.

4.)   To postpone to a day certain.

5.) Indefinite postponement.

6.) To commit.

7.)   To amend; and these shall have precedence in the order here stated.

      7.   The motion to lie on the table, and the previous question shall each be decided without debate and
cannot be postponed, committed or amended, nor can they be applied one to the other.

      8.   The motions to postpone, commit or amend may each be amended or laid on the table, but cannot
be postponed or committed without the principle question to which they are attached.

      9.   The previous question shall not be put unless moved and seconded and a vote taken thereon by the
Lodge; if sustained by a majority, the principle motion together with the amendments shall be put to vote
without further debate and in the order of their precedence; if not sustained, the debate may continue as if
the previous question had not been called.

     10.   When a question has been indefinitely postponed, it shall not be again called up during that of the
succeeding meeting.

     11. No motion for the reconsideration of a vote, shall be in order unless made by a brother who voted
with the majority, and then only when made at the same meeting that the vote was taken which it is proposed
to reconsider.

     12. The affirmative of a question is first put to vote, then the negative, but in matters of form, such as
reading reports, petitions, communications or papers, withdrawing motions, the W. M. may assume the
consent of the Lodge, if no objection is expressed, but if objected to, the question shall be determined by a
vote of the Lodge.

     13. The W. M. or any other brother may require a motion to be reduced to writing before submitting the
same to vote and any member may call for a division of the question where the same is susceptible of division.

     14.    When blanks we to be filled, and different sums, numbers or times are proposed, the question shall
be put, commencing at the extremely likely to unite the fewest votes and advance or recede until a sum,
number or time is reached which will unite the majority. No new motion which totally changes the subject
matter of the original question shall be admitted under color of amendment.

15. No new motion which totally changes the subject matter of the original question shall be admitted
under color of amendment.

Voting

16. Every member present shall vote on all questions before the Lodge unless excused there from for
special reasons; provided that no brother shall vote in any matter when he is personally interested, nor
when he was not present when the vote was commenced being taken.

17. The W. M. or any member doubting the decision of the Lodge, may call for a count of the votes.

18. The vote on any question may be taken by ballot on the request of two brethren.

Rights and Duties of Members

     19.    No member shall speak on any question before the Lodge or make any motion until he rises from
his seat and respectfully addresses the W. M.; he shall confine himself to the subject under debate while
speaking, and if he transgress the rules of the Lodge, the W. M. or any brother may call him to order, when
he shall resume his seat until the question of order is settled.

     20.   While the W. M. is addressing the Lodge or putting the question, or a brother is speaking, no brother
shall entertain any private discourse, pass between the speaker and the chair, make any motion or otherwise
interrupt the W. M. or disturb the speaker.

     21.   No member shall speak more than once upon the same question until every member present who
desires to speak may have an opportunity, and no brother shall be permitted to speak more than twice except
by unanimous consent of the Lodge, and if two or more members rise at the same time the W. M. shall decide
which is entitled to the floor.

     22.   No member shall use language that shall have a tendency to wound the feelings of a brother or to
arraign the motives of an advocate of any question, and when a brother is called to order for words spoken,
the objectionable words shall be taken down by the Secretary, if so required, and the brother held amendable,
at the discretion of the Lodge.

Communications and Committees

     23.   Before any communication or other paper can be received and read, a brief statement of its
contents shall be made by the W. M., the Secretary or the brother presenting it.

     24.    When a resolution is referred to a special committee, the mover and the seconder of the resolution
or at least two brothers known to be in favor of its adoption, should, if practicable, be first named on the
committee.

     25.    All committees shall make their report in writing, when proper to be written, signed by at least a
majority, unless excused from so doing by the lodge, and no committee shall be discharged until after
making a full report in writing of all debts contracted by it, together with written bills of the same, which
shall be filed by the Secretary.

     26.    When a committee has been appointed, the Secretary shall make a list of the members, together
with a copy of the instructions under which they are to act, and give them to the members first named on
the committee.