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Montana Freemason April 2017 Volume 93 Number 1
Pr oposed Legislation

The proposed legislation presented herein has been reviewed and approved by your Committee on
Jurisprudence. The legislation proposed is in or was placed in proper format for presentation to the Craft. For
complete detailed legislation please see the Advance Proceedings or copies available during Session.

5070. JURISPRUDENCE. The Committee on Jurisprudence shall:
A. Examine and report on all:
1. Questions, documents and papers requiring investigation; and
2. Decisions upon all points of Masonic law;
B. Review proposed resolutions and recommendations to be considered at the next annual
communication, upon receipt of them from the Grand Secretary, and recommendations or decisions of
the Grand Master, or standing committees of Grand Lodge and:
1. Prepare legislation as may be required, together with a brief statement of the purpose and
effect of them on Grand Lodge, and which will carry out the intent of the proponents; and
2. Transmit, within 40 days of receipt of the proposed resolutions and recommendations, a copy of
them, together with the brief statement of purpose and effect of each, to the Grand Secretary;
C. Report to Grand Lodge:
1. Its recommendations as to the legality of decisions and dispensations issued by the Grand
Master; and
2. The legal effect of any proposed amendments; and;
D. When appropriate, prepare supplementary legislation to proposed amendments and prepare
legislation to accomplish recommendations of the Grand Master, or standing committees
of Grand Lodge, and report to Grand Lodge thereon its recommendations.

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