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Section __ GRAND MASTER'S LODGE. The Grand Master's Lodge is a special classification of Constituent
Lodge which shall be subject to all provisions of this Code applicable to Constituent Lodges, except as
follows:

A. There shall be only one Grand Master's Lodge in this Jurisdiction, and it shall be chartered without the
requirements of Section 710, and without a Lodge number;

B. The officers of the Grand Master's Lodge shall be the Grand Master as Master, the Senior Grand Warden
as Senior Warden, the Junior Grand Warden as Junior Warden, the Grand Treasurer as Treasurer and the
Grand Secretary as Secretary, each of whom shall serve in this
office ex-officio;

C. Membership shall consist only of:
1. As ex-officio members, the Grand Master, The Deputy Grand Master, the Senior Grand Warden, the
Junior Grand Warden, the Grand Treasurer and the Grand Secretary; and
2. Those Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts and Master Masons of a constituent Lodge of this Jurisdiction
at the time the Lodge's charter is surrendered or revoked who are not at the time a plural or dual member
in another Lodge;

D. Membership in the Grand Master's Lodge shall cease for any member upon taking a Dimit therefrom or
by a plural or dual membership in another Lodge;

E. The Grand Master's Lodge shall hold no meetings nor confer any degrees but may request courtesy work
for its Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts in another Lodge;

F. Its Charter shall be issued without charge by Grand Lodge;

G. The provisions of the Code dealing with By-Laws and Dispensations shall be adopted insofar as the
provisions may be applicable to the Grand Master's Lodge, except as required to comply with the provisions
of this section;

H. The Grand Master's Lodge shall not be entitled to representation in Grand Lodge or any vote therein;

I. Dues for the operation of the Grand Master's Lodge shall be established by the Grand Master each year
in an amount sufficient to offset any cost to Grand Lodge for the operation of the Grand Master's Lodge,
imposing no burden on the per capita. These dues shall be sufficient not only to pay the costs of the operation
of the Grand Master's Lodge, but also the per capita due Grand Lodge each year.

J. The life members of a constituent Lodge at the time that the Lodge’s charter is surrendered or revoked who
become members of the Grand Master’s Lodge shall be life members of the Grand Master’s Lodge and shall
be forever exempt from the payment of dues in the Grand Master’s Lodge. Any other provision of this Code
to the contrary notwithstanding, no such life member shall be entitled to payment of his interest in the Life
Membership Fund of the dissolved Lodge. His interest in the Life Membership Fund of the dissolved Lodge
shall be kept by Grand Lodge in a separate fund, and the interest or dividends paid in cash on such fund shall
be used to offset any cost to Grand Lodge for the operation of the Grand Master’s Lodge. If his membership
in the Grand Master’s Lodge shall cease for any reason, his life membership in the Grand Master’s Lodge
shall cease also; and

K. All other actions requiring the consent or vote of the Lodge shall be effected by the Grand Master acting
alone.

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