Article 1

NAME AND OFFICERS

Section 1. This Lodge shall be known by the name of Daylite Lodge No. 44, of Free and Accepted Masons, and it's officers shall consist of a Master, a Senior Warden, a Junior Warden, a Treasurer, a Secretary, three Trustees, a Chaplain, a Senior Deacon, a Junior Deacon, a Marshal, two Stewards, a Tyler, an Organist and such other officers as the Lodge may deem proper to appoint.

Article II

ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

Section 1. The Master, the Senior and Junior Wardens, the Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected by ballot in conformity with the Constitution of the Grand Lodge; also one Trustee shall be elected each year for a term of three years in conformity with Article 5, Section 5.010, Subsection 2. The other officers shall be appointed by the Master, except the Junior Deacon who may be appointed by the Senior Warden.

Article III

MEETINGS OF THE LODGE

Article IV

INITIATION AND MEMBERSHIP

Section 1. All petitions for initiation or affiliation must be signed by the petitioner and be recommend by two members, in good standing, of the Lodge.  Every such petition shall be referred to a committee of three, whose duty it shall be to report thereon at the next Stated Communication, (unless further time be granted) when the applicant may be balloted for and be received or rejected, or the ballot may postponed until the ensuing Stated Communications, as the Lodge may determine.  Fees must accompany the petitions.

Section 2. If an applicant elected to receive the degrees in this Lodge, does not come forward to be initiated within three months thereafter, the fee shall be forfeited, unless the Lodge shall otherwise direct.

Section 3. Every person raised to the degree of Master Mason in, or elected a member of the Lodge, shall sign its by-laws thereof.

Article V

THE TREASURER

Section 1. The Treasurer shall receive all money from the Secretary, shall keep an accurate and just account thereof, and shall pay the same out only upon an order signed by the Master and countersigned by the Secretary. He shall, at the Stated Communications of the Lodge in JANUARY of each year, submit a report in full, of the monetary transactions of the Lodge. The Lodge may also, at any time when considered necessary, cause him to present an account of his receipts and disbursements and of the amount of funds on hand.

Section 2. The Treasurer shall deposit the receipts of the Lodge in a Bank Account in a Bank designated by the Lodge.

Section 3. He shall, if required by the Lodge, execute a good and sufficient bond to the Lodge for the faithful performance of his duties.

Article VI

THE SECRETARY

Section 1. The Secretary shall keep a faithful record of all proceedings proper to be written, shall transmit a copy of the same to the Grand Lodge when required, shall keep a separate account for each member of the Lodge, shall report at the Stated Communication in January the amounts of money due by each, shall receive all monies due the Lodge and pay the same to the Treasurer. He shall also make semi-annual reports to the Lodge in writing at the Stated Communications of JUNE and JANUARY of each year, showing all monies received and disbursed and balance on hand, and shall perform such other duties as may properly pertain to his office.

Section 2.  He shall receive for his services, such compensation as the Lodge may direct.

Section 3.  He shall, if required by the Lodge, execute a good and sufficient bond to the Lodge for the faithful performance of this duties. 

Article VII

TYLER

Section 1. The Tyler in addition to necessary duties of this office, shall serve all notices and summonses, and perform such other services as may be required of him by the Lodge.

Section 2. He shall receive Ten Dollars ($10.00) per meeting for his services.

Article VIII

TRUSTEES

Section 1.  There shall be three (3) Trustees.  Each year, elected at the Annual Communication of the Lodge, there shall be elected in the same manner as the other officers are elected, ONE TRUSTEE, who shall serve for THREE YEARS, and should a vacancy occur by death, deprivation, or removal from office, said vacancy shall be filled as provide in accordance with ARTICLE 5, SECTION 5.244 of the Grand Lodge Code.

Section 2. The Board of Trustee shall enter upon the discharge of their duties at the same time that the other officers are installed. The Secretary of the Lodge shall be ex-officio Secretary of the Board.

Section 3.  The Board of Trustees will act as the business agents of the Lodge.  They have charge of the finances of the Lodge, and in behalf of and in the name of the lodge, sign, execute, seal, acknowledge and deliver all contracts, notes and other instruments in writing appertaining to the Lodge.

Section 4.  The Board of Trustees shall make its annual report at the Stated Communication in JANUARY, or oftener if required by the Lodge.

Section 5.  Bonds for the Trustees, if any are required, shall be equal, the amount of the Bond to be determined by the Lodge.

Section 6.  In the case of any of the Trustees thus elected should habitually neglect to attend to the duties of such office, or should absent himself from the State for over three months, his office may be declared vacant by vote of the lodge and the remainder of this term to be filled as provided in accordance with ARTICLE 5, SECTION 5.244 of the Grand Lodge Code.

Article IX

FEES

Section 1. The initiation fee for the three degrees in this Lodge shall be One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) and this amount shall accompany the petition.

Article X

DUES

Section 1. The dues of each member of this Lodge shall be Forty Dollars ($40.00) per year, plus Grand Lodge Per Capita Fee. The Per Capita Fee to be determined by the Grand Lodge. The entire amount is due January 1st of each year, except in the case of new members who's dues shall be pro-rated from the date of signing the By-Laws for the remainder of the year.  Life Membership members are exempt from any Grand Lodge assessments. The cost of Life membership is 21 times Lodge Dues, plus 21 times Grand Lodge assessment.

Section 2.  A member of the Lodge against whom charges are not pending and whose dues and indebtedness to the Lodge are paid may withdraw from membership by presenting a written application therefore at a Stated Communication.  The Lodge shall grant the request of the Brother by dropping his name from the rolls and his membership shall be terminated.

Section 3. Any member who shall have been suspended for non-payment of his dues shall be restored to membership upon the payment of all arrearages, except a member standing suspended for non-payment of his dues for over five years must petition for reinstatement.  The petition to be referred to an investigating committee and if the report of the committee is favorable the member may be restored by a majority vote of the members present at a Stated Communication.

Article XI

COMMITTEES

Section 1.  The Master, Senior and Junior Wardens shall constitute a charity committee with power to draw upon the Treasurer for any amount not exceeding ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) at any time for the relief of distressed worthy Brother, his wife, widow or orphan(s).

Article XII

REPRESENTATIVES TO GRAND LODGE

Section 1.  The Master, Senior and Junior Wardens, and such other representatives shall be authorized by the Lodge to attend the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge, shall receive such sum as the Lodge may direct to assist in defraying the expenses of such.

Article XIII

JEWELS

Section 1.  Any Master Mason, in good standing, in Daylite Lodge No. 44 F. & A. M. and having been a Master Mason in this or any other Lodge or Lodges, for TWENTY-FIVE consecutive years or longer, shall be presented with a jewel by the Lodge in commemoration of thereof. Said jewel to denote such period of service.

Article XIV

REVEALING THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE LODGE

Section 1.  When a candidate for initiation or affiliation is accepted or rejected, or a Brother reprimanded or expelled, no member or visitor shall reveal either directly of indirectly, to any person, any transaction which may have taken place on the subject, nor shall any proceeding of the Lodge, not proper to be made public, be discussed outside thereof, under penalty of reprimand, suspension or expulsion as the Lodge may determine.

Article XV

OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS

Article XVI

OF AMENDMENTS

Approved April 13, 2000 By:

Grand Master George P. "Pat" Williams

Includes all previous revisions to this date.