13. Prayer.
14. Adjournment.
Committee on Laws
SEC. 22. The Committee on Laws and Resolutions may be appoint-
ed by the Supreme Knight from the members of the Supreme Council
prior to the meeting of such Council. Such Committee shall examine
all reports and resolutions of State Councils, and all proposed amend-
ments to the laws of the Order filed with the Supreme Secretary on or
before the 15th day of June of each year, and no resolution or amend-
ment shall be considered by said Council unless so presented (except
upon majority vote of the Supreme Council), and the substance of the
resolution and proposed amendments shall be printed and distrib-
uted to the members of the Supreme Council at least ten days prior
to the date of meeting of the Supreme Council; and said Committee
shall report thereon to the Supreme Council, together with any
amendments or repeals of existing laws deemed expedient for the
progress and welfare of the Order, or necessary to make the laws of
the Order concise or consistent, and all amendments and changes in
the laws proposed for adoption in the Supreme Council shall, before
final adoption, be referred to said Committee for engrossment.
No resolution involving the expenditure of moneys and which
requires an increase in the Supreme Council per capita shall be con-
sidered by the Supreme Council unless such resolution or the sub-
stance thereof shall have been printed and distributed to the mem-
bers of the Supreme Council or it shall have been submitted to the
Committee on Laws and Resolutions and a report thereon made to
the Supreme Council by said Committee.
Committee on Good of Order
SEC. 23. The Committee on the Good of the Order shall report the
condition and progress of the Order and suggest such measures as
they may deem expedient and proper to advance the interests and
welfare of the Order.
Committee on Mileage
SEC. 24. The Committee on Mileage shall determine and certify to
the Supreme Secretary the number of miles traveled by each member
and representative to the Supreme Council.
Other Committees
SEC. 25. All other committees shall act upon and consider such
matters as may be especially referred to them.
Mileage and Per Diem
SEC. 27. All members engaged in services authorized either by law,
by vote of the Supreme Council, or by the Board of Directors, or
Supreme Knight, shall receive, in lieu of all expenses, mileage one
way at the rate of thirty cents per mile for the first fifteen hundred
miles and twenty cents per mile for each additional mile from place
of residence to place of meeting, and per diem of $400 for each day
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actually spent in attendance at committee meetings or in duties
assigned to them, as aforesaid, as the case may be, except where
compensation is otherwise provided therefor by the Supreme Council
or under the Law.
2. Members of and representatives to the Supreme Council and all
standing and special committees thereof, and officers of the Supreme
Council, shall receive, in lieu of all expenses, mileage one way at the
rate of thirty cents a mile for the first fifteen hundred miles and twen-
ty cents a mile for each additional mile from place of residence to
place of meeting, and per diem of $400 for each day’s actual atten-
dance at meetings of the Supreme Council or committees thereof.
3. The Supreme Knight, Supreme Chaplain, Deputy Supreme
Knight, Supreme Secretary, Supreme Treasurer, Supreme Advocate
and Supreme Physician shall receive compensation for services ren-
dered in an amount to be determined by the Board of Directors and
in addition thereto their necessary traveling expenses in connection
with the business of the Order and expenses necessarily incident to
their official positions.
4. All other officers of the Supreme Council whose compensation is
otherwise provided for by said Council or by law, shall be paid in
addition to such compensation only the mileage as hereinbefore pre-
scribed.
5. (a) A member who is 70 years of age or older shall be ineligible
for election as Supreme Director.
(b) Supreme Officers and Assistant Supreme Officers who are
members of the Board of Directors shall be required to retire as
Supreme Officers or Assistant Supreme Officers on the first day of
the calendar month following their 70th birthday. This section shall
not be applicable to the Supreme Chaplain.
(c) A member of the Order who has served three regular terms as
a Supreme Director, shall be ineligible for election as a Supreme
Director. This paragraph (c) shall not be applicable to a member of
the Board during his incumbency as a Supreme Officer or Assistant
Supreme Officer, in which event (b) of this sub-section shall apply.
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CHAPTER V
SUPREME OFFICERS
SUPREME KNIGHT
SEC. 28. The Supreme Knight shall be the chief executive officer of
the Order, and it shall be his duty to enforce all laws of the Order and
regulations of the Board of Directors. He shall —
Inspect Councils
1. Have the power to visit all councils, and inspect their proceed-
ings or direct the visitation and inspection of proceedings of councils
by any officer designated by him.
Sign Charters, Etc.
2. Sign all charters and benefit certificates.
Examine Bonds
3. Direct the examination of the bonds and books of subordinate
councils and officers at such time as he may designate.
Approve Contribution and Assessment Calls
4. Approve contribution and death benefit assessment calls or
notices.
Appoint Member to Perform Supreme Officer’s Duties
5. With the approval of two or more other Supreme Officers,
appoint a member of the Order with authority to perform the duties
of any Supreme Officer who may be temporarily unable to perform
the duties of his office.
Other Duties
6. Perform such other duties as are consistent with his office and
the laws of the Order.
DEPUTY SUPREME KNIGHT
SEC. 29. In case of the death, resignation, disqualification, absence,
refusal or neglect of the Supreme Knight to discharge the duties of his
office, or in case of the temporary disqualification of the Supreme
Knight to discharge the duties of his office, the Deputy Supreme
Knight will perform all duties incumbent upon the Supreme Knight
until the disability is removed, and the Deputy Supreme Knight shall
perform such other duties as may be reasonably required by the laws
of the Order or the Supreme Council.
SUPREME SECRETARY
SEC. 30. The Supreme Secretary shall —
Record Proceedings
1. Keep a true and faithful record of the proceedings of the
Supreme Council and Board of Directors and the Supreme Assembly
of the Fourth Degree or other governing body of said degree, or high-
er degrees, which has been or may be created by the Board of
Directors.
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