Masonic Code Course #4

Masonic Code Course #4
Grand Lodge F&AM of Ohio

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Enter your member number (found on your Ohio dues card).

Any proposed alteration or amendment to the Code must be sponsored by not less than [?] members of The Grand Lodge.

5
25
10
20

Any proposed amendment to the Code, in proper form, may be acted upon immediately if no more than [?] members of the Grand Lodge object.

5
25
20
10

The provisions of the Masonic Code governing Masonic Offenses governs all Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, York Rite, Eastern Star and Shrine bodies
located in Ohio.

True
False

If an Ohio dimit is held longer than six months and restoration is desired in the
issuing lodge, an application for affiliation with the dimit attached may be submitted at any stated meeting and upon [?] said applicant shall be restored to full membership.

a majority voice vote
a 2/3 majority voice vote
a majority written vote
a 2/3 majority written vote

The Grand Master's authorization by dispensation is required before Lodges may appear in public as a lodge to celebrate St. John's Day.

True
False

The fee for an Endowed Membership is [?].

15 x annual Lodge dues
$800
$850
$600

It is proper to post in Lodge ante-rooms a list of those members who are currently suspended for nonpayment of dues.

True
False

Members of Lodges chartered under the Grand Lodge of Ohio are hereby prohibited from becoming members of any other fraternal organization which confers degrees in accordance with a prescribed ritual unless such organization was in existence in the jurisdiction of Ohio on January 1, 1955 or unless such organization shall be hereafter authorized by action of the Grand Lodge of Ohio or the Grand Master.

True
False

It shall be unMasonic conduct for a member to be in possession of any ritual not authorized by the Grand Lodge.

True
False

The habitual use of intoxicating liquors may subject a brother to a charge of unMasonic conduct.

True
False

A brother who tells a non-member that he "would make a good Mason" and that he "would be proud to sponsor him for membership in a symbolic lodge" is guilty of solicitation, which is considered unMasonic conduct.

True
False

Any conduct that is unbecoming a good man and true may subject a Brother to a Masonic trial and punishment.

True
False

A Lodge may issue a Certificate of Good Standing to [?].

A Master Mason
A Fellow Craft or Master Mason
An Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft or Master Mason
A Master Mason, only after he has returned his examination

Before a Lodge may participate in a civic or patriotic demonstration, it must first receive authorization by Dispensation of the District Deputy Grand Master.

True
False

Annual dues are due on or before [?].

the meeting for the installation of officers
the stated meeting for election of officers in November
the last day of December
the last day of October

A brother who belongs to two Ohio Lodges is called a [?].

plural member
dual member
double member
multiple member

Honorary members of a Lodge are not [?].

permitted to hold office
entitled to vote
obligated to pay dues, entitled to vote or permitted to hold office
obligated to pay dues

A Lodge may confer the distinction of honorary Past Master upon a Master Mason who is a member of such Lodge who has rendered long and eminent service to Masonry.

True
False

A Lodge may confer the distinction of honorary membership upon any Master Mason not a member of such Lodge who has rendered long and eminent service to Masonry.

True
False

Lodges are not permitted to grant Life memberships.

True
False

The first and second section of the Entered Apprentice Degree must be conferred in its entirety on each candidate individually.

True
False

The Grand Master may allow the conferral of all three Symbolic Lodge Degrees in one day at a Grand Master's Class one time during his term of office.

True
False

The annual return of each Lodge shall show all persons who have been [?], and that the necessary fees have been collected from such new members and included in the return.

initiated
initiated, passed and raised
initiated and passed
passed and raised

The proficiency exam for a Degree must be returned within two months after his obligation.

True
False

A brother whose primary Lodge is under the authority of a foreign jurisdiction who also belongs to an Ohio Lodge is called a [?].

multiple member
plural member
dual member
double member