cation shall be duly submitted to the Supreme Physician within the
time limited therefor, and each applicant who is found acceptable
from the viewpoint of insurability shall be given conditional approval
by the Supreme Physician subject to notification that the applicant
has been initiated, and also subject to receipt of such further evi-
dence of the insurability of the applicant at or immediately before the
time of his initiation as the Supreme Physician may require. In any
such case of conditional approval the insurance shall not take effect
unless or until the application is finally approved by the Supreme
Physician, and all other requirements of the laws have been met.
Amount of Fees
SEC. 118. (a) The initiation fee shall be fixed by the council, provid-
ed however, no initiation fee shall be required of any priest or mem-
ber of a religious community who applies for membership. For mem-
bers entering under 26 years of age, the initiation fee shall not exceed
$10. Before initiation, each applicant shall pay his initiation fee and
the council dues for the month of his entrance and any later months
in the quarter of his entrance and each applicant for insurance mem-
bership shall pay such initial amount of contribution as shall be pre-
scribed by the Board of Directors, upon the certificate to be issued.
Fees for medical examinations in connection with applications for
insurance shall be payable by the Supreme Council except as pre-
scribed in Section 152. In case an applicant is illegally admitted, all
moneys collected prior to initiation shall be refunded by the council,
and if a medical fee for the case has been paid by the Supreme
Council, it shall be refunded by the council to the Supreme Council.
The fee of the medical examiner for examination in connection with
the reinstatement shall be paid by the member.
(b) Dues payable by each member shall be levied annually in
advance in an amount as fixed by the council. The dues for all asso-
ciate and insurance members hereafter admitted shall be the same
and they shall not be less than $5 per year; except that councils may
fix a different rate of dues for insured members under 26 years of age,
but the same shall not be less than $3 per year.
(c) Members who have attained the actual age of sixty-five years
and who have been members of the Order twenty-five consecutive
years, shall be designated as honorary members and on due request
in writing they shall be exempt from general fund charges, except
payment of the sum of State and Supreme Council per capita charges
and levies.
(d) Members who have attained the actual age of 70 years and who
have been members of the Order for twenty-five consecutive years,
and those who have been members of the Order for fifty years regard-
less of age, shall be designated as Honorary Life members, and on due
request in writing they shall be exempt from further payment of dues,
per capita charges and assessments. All priests and members of reli-
gious communities, upon taking the First Degree of the Order, shall
automatically be designated as Honorary Life members and there-
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after shall be exempt from further payment of dues, per capita
charges and assessments.
(e) Any member who is disabled by bodily injuries or disease and
is thereby prevented from engaging in any occupation or employment
for remuneration or profit and shall have been so prevented for a
period of no less than six consecutive months may, on due request in
writing to the Supreme Council and upon certification by evidence
satisfactory to the Supreme Council of such disability, be relieved
from the payment of all council dues and Supreme and State per capi-
ta taxes as of the date of approval of said request and any suspension
of such member for non-payment of such dues and tax shall cease as
of the date of such approval.
Candidates — Where Initiated
SEC. 119. Candidates for initiation must be initiated in the First
Degree of the Order in the council to which they were elected, unless
the council by special vote permits a candidate to be initiated else-
where, which shall only be done, however, when for any reason the
council does not expect to hold an initiation for some unusual length
of time. Initiation to any degree in any other council than the one to
which the member was elected shall be refused by the representative
of the Supreme Council, or the person or persons working such
degree, unless the candidate produces a certificate under seal from
the Grand Knight of his council that he is clear upon the books of his
council and giving his consent, and also that of the District Deputy to
the initiation, and in case of initiation in the First Degree, certifying
the council’s vote. Said certificate shall be filed with the Financial
Secretary of the council in which the initiation occurs, and notice of
the conferring of the degree sent to the Grand Knight of the council
issuing the certificate.
Councils initiating candidates who are members of the armed
forces and who are stationed in nearby camps shall be entitled to
retain three-fourths of the initiation fees.
The foregoing provisions shall not apply to initiation in the Fourth
or higher degrees, admission to which shall be allowed according to
the rules and regulations adopted by the Board of Directors regarding
said degrees.
No Liability Until Initiation
SEC. 120. No candidate elected to the Order in any subordinate
council shall have any claim against the Order of the Knights of
Columbus or any subordinate council of the same, unless initiated as
a member of the Order and the payment of all fees due at the time of
said initiation has been made. This section shall not apply to any
liability the Order may assume under the terms of a binding receipt
issued to such candidate on the form and in the manner approved by
the Board of Directors.
Limited Vote of Associate Members
Associate members shall not debate or vote upon insurance ques-
tions, except in the election of applicants to membership.
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