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to each of the members at least ten days before said call date. Nobusiness shall be transacted at such called Conclave other than thatspecified in the order. It shall be the duty of the Grand Commander, uponthe request of the majority of the Commanderies, directed to him inwriting, defining the reasons therefore, to call a special Conclave.Section 3. Members Necessary. The Representatives of threeConstituent Commanderies, together with enough permanent membersof the Grand Commandery to make in all not less than nine, arenecessary for the transaction of business.Section 4. Who Presides. In case of absence of the first four PrincipalOfficers at a Conclave of this Grand Commandery the Junior Past GrandCommander shall preside. If there be no Past Grand Commanderpresent, the oldest Past Commander in point of service shall preside.Section 5. Time and Place. If for any reason and for the good of theorder, a regular or special Conclave cannot or may not be held at thetime and place appointed, the Grand Commander may designateanother time, or if necessary a different place, and cause the GrandRecorder to give ten days’ notice thereof to all entitled to be presentthereat, incorporating in the notice the reason therefor.Section 6. Elections. The Officers of this Grand Commandery, exceptthe Grand Sentinel, shall be chosen annually by written ballot, providedhowever that the current Grand Commandery line officers and the GrandRecorder, Grand Treasurer, and Grand Prelate may be elected byacclamation if no objection. Any remaining officer vacancy shall be filledby written ballot without nominations from the floor. Each Grand Officerso elected by a majority of the votes cast shall be installed before theclose of each Annual Conclave, if present, and hold their offices untiltheir several successors are elected and installed. Any elected officer,who may be absent, may subsequently be installed under direction of theGrand Commander at a time and place designated.Each Sir Knight on being elected to office in the Grand Body, or as soonthereafter as practicable, shall furnish for filing in the office of the GrandRecorder, a concise record of his Masonic History, along with otherappropriate data for an historical sketch.Section 7. Bills and Resolutions. All bills and resolutions involving theappropriation of funds or a change in Templary Law shall be submitted tothe Grand Recorder by March 1st.ARTICLE V. DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEESSection 1. Grand Commander. The Grand Commander shall attendand preside over all Conclaves of the Grand Commandery. He shallhave a watchful supervision over all Commanderies in the jurisdictionand see that the Constitution, Rituals, Statutes, and Edicts of the GrandEncampment, and Statues and Regulations of this Grand Commandery,10

are duly and promptly observed. He shall have power and authority,during the recess of the Grand Commandery, to fill all vacancies thatmight occur in the offices thereof and to Grant letters of Dispensationunder provisions of the Statutes to nine or more qualified petitioners,residing within the jurisdiction, empowering them to form and open aCommandery with powers governing Commanderies underDispensation. When empowered to do so, he shall appoint all officers notmade elective, and all Committees authorized by the GrandCommandery, and is empowered to remove them at pleasure andappoint others.It shall be the duty of the Grand Commander, either in person or byproxy to visit each one of the Constituent Commanderies, at least onceduring his term of office, and to carefully note and correct any errors ofirregularities in the same, either in requirement of the GrandEncampment law or laws and regulations of this Grand Commandery, orof evolutions of the tactics adopted and required by the GrandCommandery. On occasions of his visits to Commanderies he shall havethe right to preside and conduct the regular business of same. For allexpenses incident to the duties of his office, he shall have the right todraw his warrant upon the Grand Treasurer and receive reimbursement,not to exceed amount appropriated by Finance Committee and approvedby Grand Commandery.Generally, he shall perform the usual traditional duties of his office aslaid down by the Statutes, Constitution, and Edicts of the GrandEncampment of the United States of America.Section 1.5. Vacancy in Grand Commandery Line. In the event ofthe death, permanent removal from the jurisdiction of the GrandCommandery precluding the performance of the duties of his office,or the permanent disability of the Grand Commander, Deputy GrandCommander, Grand Generalissimo, Grand Captain General, GrandSenior Warden, Grand Junior Warden, Grand Standard Bearer, orGrand Sword Bearer, the Officer of next lower rank, in the ordernamed, shall succeed to such office, its title, prerogatives, andduties and shall be installed. Each Officer of lower rank shalllikewise be advanced and installed. Each Office, or Offices, thusmade vacant at the foot of the line shall remain vacant until the nextAnnual Conclave, provided, however, that theGrand Commander may appoint a Past Grand Commander to fillsuch vacant Office, or Offices, until the next Annual Conclave. Allother vacant Grand Commandery Officer positions shall be filled bythe Grand Commander.11

Section 2. Deputy Grand Commander. The Deputy Grand Commanderat all times shall perform such duties as may be assigned him by theGrand Commandery or Grand Commander.Section 3. Grand Generalissimo and Grand Captain General. TheGrand Generalissimo and Grand Captain General at all times, shallperform such duties as may be assigned them by the GrandCommandery or the Grand Commander as are traditionally appropriateto their respective stations.Section 4. Grand Treasurer. The Grand Treasurer shall receive allmoneys due the Grand Commandery from the Grand Recorder, and fromany other source authorized and shall keep it on deposit in a bank to beselected as the depository with the approval of the Grand Commander,and pay out same under such regulations as may be provided. He shallpresent at each Annual Conclave, or whenever required by the GrandCommandery, an account of his receipts and disbursements, togetherwith his vouchers, and a full statement of the condition of the finances.He shall be the custodian of the Charter, Standard, and Jewels of thisGrand Commandery, and have the same present at each regular orcalled Conclave. He shall also be the custodian of all such relics,mementos, or other property, as the Grand Commandery may, from timeto time own, unless, provided, the Grand Commandery shouldspecifically direct otherwise, accepting only such records and seals asproperly appertain to the office of the Grand Recorder.The Grand Treasurer shall file with the Grand Commander a bond in thesum of ten thousand dollars, or such other amount as may be fixed bythe Finance Committee, conditioned upon the faithful performance ofduties of that office, such bond to be approved by the GrandCommander. The cost of this bond shall be paid by this GrandCommandery.The Grand Treasurer shall receive for his services such sum as thisGrand Commandery may, from time to time, determine.Section 4.5. Investment Money. All funds and investment monies heldin charge of the Grand Treasurer shall be invested in accordance withthe investment guidance of such investment fund manager or trustmanager as may from time to time be selected by the PermanentEducational Foundation Committee of Grand Commandery.Section 5. Grand Recorder. The Grand Recorder shall keep a properrecord of all transactions of the Grand Commandery. He shall receive thedues from the Constituent Commanderies and such other moneys asmay traditionally be paid to him for the Grand Commandery, and pay itover to the Grand Treasurer, and have his books and accounts inreadiness for examination at each Annual Conclave, or wheneverrequired by the Grand Commandery. He shall keep the seal of this12

Grand Commandery, and shall affix his attestation to all documentsauthorized by this body, and to all Dispensations issued by the presidingofficer, requiring same. He shall report all unfinished business at orbefore each Annual Conclave, and perform such other duties as may beassigned by the Grand Commandery or its presiding officer. He shallalso perform the duties belonging to Committee on CorrespondenceHe shall cause the proceedings of this Grand Commandery to be printedas soon as practical after the Annual Conclave. Such publication may beprinted in book format, compact disk, or other available media. And heshall send one copy to each Commander, Generalissimo, and CaptainGeneral of each Commandery and one copy to each of the GrandCommandery officers. Also one copy to the Grand Master and GrandRecorder of the Grand Encampment of the United States and one copyto each of the Grand Recorders of other Grand Jurisdictions. He shallalso cause to be bound in two volumes whenever there are enough tomake a volume, the proceedings of this Grand Commandery, and shallkeep one in his office subject to the order of the Grand Commandery,and in addition he shall keep copies of each Annual Proceedings onhand.He shall forward all expense bills for printing, postage, office rent, andgenerally such items as are necessary for the conduct of his office, afterapproving same, to the Grand Treasurer for payment. The regulationPast Grand Commander’s Jewel, adopted on May 6, 1915, or anothertoken of equal value, shall be purchased by him, and he shall have sameready at proper time for presentation.The Grand Recorder shall file with the Grand Commander a bond in thesum of five thousand dollars, or such other amount as may be fixed bythe Finance Committee, conditioned upon the faithful performance ofduties of that office, such bond to be approved by the GrandCommander. The cost of this bond shall be paid by this GrandCommandery.He shall keep all bonds and official documents belonging to this GrandCommandery. All bonds and official documents shall be subject toinspection by the Grand Commander and by the auditor employed tomake the annual audit of Grand Commandery accounts.The Grand Recorder shall receive for his services such sum as thisGrand Commandery may, from time to time, determine.Section 6. All Grand Officers. All Grand Officers shall perform all suchduties, and be entitled to all such rights and privileges as are conferredand extended by usage, and the traditions of the order, and theConstitution of the Grand Encampment of the United States of Americaand the Statutes and the Regulations of this Grand Commandery.13

Section 7. Grand Orator. A Grand Orator may be selected annually bythe Grand Commander to deliver an address upon such subject as hemay elect, but appropriate to Templary, and such Orator so selectedneed not necessarily be a member of this Grand Commandery but mustbe an affiliated Knight Templar. He shall pay his own expenses forattendance.Section 8. Inspectors. Inspectors shall be appointed by the GrandCommander to inspect all Commanderies he may not be able to inspecthimself, by or before March 1st each year. The Inspector shall make awritten report to the Grand Commander, on blanks furnished by theGrand Recorder, of information concerning the work, and pertaining tothe affairs of the Commandery Inspected.Section 9. Finance Committee. The Committee on Finance shallconsist of three Sir Knights appointed by the incoming Right EminentGrand Commander, one of whom he shall designate as chairman of thecommittee. Two members of the committee shall constitute a quorum forthe dispatch of business. The Committee on Finance shall meet at leastonce annually.The Committee on Finance shall prepare a full and complete report ofthe financial condition of the Grand Commandery and shall present abalanced budget proposal for the next year to be acted upon by theGrand Commandery at its annual Conclave.Section 10. Memorial Committee. A Permanent Memorial Committeeconsisting of three members, shall be appointed at each AnnualConclave, or as soon thereafter as practicable, by the newly electedGrand Commander, who shall also name the Chairman of saidCommittee for the Templar year. It shall be the duty of this Committee tosubmit a Memorial report at the Grand Conclave in respect to thememory of the Templar dead during the year, of this and other GrandJurisdictions; and generally to perform such business as may beappropriately assigned to it by the Grand Commander or GrandCommandery.Section 11. Jurisprudence Committee. A Permanent JurisprudenceCommittee of five members, as now organized on terms of one, two,three, four, and five years, (the newly elected Grand Commander afteradjournment of each Grand Conclave, appointing to the vacancy causedby the term expiration, a member for the term of five years, and at sametime designating and appointing for the Templar year the Chairman ofsaid Committee) shall consider and report upon all matters which may beproperly referred to them; generally questions of Templar law andregulations, on the occasion of Grand Conclaves or which may be askedof them by the Grand Commander during his administration.14

Section 12. Charters and By-Laws Committee. A Permanent Chartersand By-Laws Committee, of three members shall consider and reportupon all matters which may be properly referred to them; generallyhaving reference to granting of Charters or Dispensations to form newCommanderies, at the occasion of Grand Conclave, or which may bereferred to or asked of them by the Grand Commander during hisadministration; it being clearly understood nevertheless, that the grantingof a Dispensation during the interim to form a new Commandery, is theprerogative of the Grand Commander, after considering from whateversource, the merits of petitioners. The Committee shall, when required,examine and pass upon the By-Laws of Constituent Commanderies.Section 13. Triennial Committee. A Permanent Triennial Committee ofthree members (who are members of Grand Encampment) shall beappointed by the incoming Grand Commander at the first Annual GrandConclave after the Triennial Conclave. This Committee is to havecomplete charge of all details relative to the next meeting of the GrandEncampment, including Entertainment propaganda, Transportation, etc.The Committee shall serve until after the next Triennial, and they shall beauthorized to draw on the Grand Treasurer for any necessary expensesfrom funds authorized by Grand Commandery to be expended forTriennial expenses.Section 14. Educational Foundation Committee. There shall be apermanent Educational Foundation Committee composed of five trusteesof the Knights Templar Educational Foundation of Georgia, Inc., saidtrustees to be elected by the Grand Commandery of Georgia as providedin the charter of incorporation of said Knights Templar EducationalFoundation of Georgia, Inc., as granted by the Judge of the SuperiorCourt of Fulton County, Georgia on the 22nd day of March, 1940. It shallbe the duty of this Committee to work with and under the plans of theGrand Encampment Educational Foundation of the Division of the GrandCommandery of Georgia. The members of this Committee shall beelected and hold office as provided in the charter.This Committee shall have in charge funds formerly in the hands of theEducational Committee and the Treasurer of the Grand Commandery,known as the George B. Whiteside Templar Memorial Fund; the LucyRussell Educational Fund; the W. C. Cantrell Fund; the Thank OfferingFund, and the Mollie S. Moseley Eye Foundation Trust of Ga., Inc. andthey are hereby placed in the hands of the trustees of Knights TemplarEducational Foundation of Georgia, Inc., to be invested in accordancewith the investment guidance of such investment fund manager or trustmanager as may from time to time be selected by the permanentEducational Foundation committee. All Funds shall be administered bysaid trustees in accordance with the terms as expressed by the donors15

in making said gifts. A separate set of books will be kept in connectionwith the administration of these funds.A separate set of books is to be kept in connection with theadministration of these funds. (Pro. 1940)Section 15. Relief Committee. There shall be a Permanent ReliefCommittee consisting of five (5) members, namely the Deputy GrandCommander, Grand Generalissimo, Grand Treasurer, Grand Recorder,and the Chairman of the Finance Committee who shall have authority incases of extreme emergency to draw upon the funds of the GrandCommandery an amount not to exceed 500.00 during any TemplarYear. This Committee shall make an annual report at each GrandConclave.Each applicant for Relief must be a Knight Templar in good standing orin the case of a widow, her husband must have been in good standing atthe time of his death. All applications to be investigated by a person orpersons trained in this work, and when the investigator certifies to theCommittee that the applicant is worthy, the Constituent Commandery ofwhich he is a member, or in the case of a Widow the ConstituentCommandery of which her husband was a member in good standing atthe time of his death shall be invited to pay one half of the amountallotted by the Committee, and the rest to be paid from the Relief Fund. Ifthe Committee is satisfied that the Constituent Commandery is unable topay one half of the recommended amount, then the Committee shall beauthorized to pay the full amount recommended from the Relief Fund.(1978)Section 16. Knights Templar Eye Foundation. A permanent EyeFoundation Committee of three members on terms of one, two, and threeyears in office shall be maintained in this Grand Commandery byappointment by the incoming Grand Commander, of members to fill thevacancies at each Grand Conclave. The Grand Commander shall alsodesignate the Chairman for the ensuing year. The geographical locationof the committee members should be such as to best promote andadvance our Eye Foundation work throughout the State of Georgia. Allmembers of this committee shall diligently work to support the EyeFoundation program and the Committee shall make a report annually tothe Grand CommanderySection 17. Patriotic and Civic Activities. The Committee on Patrioticand Civic Activities shall consist of three members to be appointed by theGrand Commander. The Committee shall foster and supervise activitiesof a patriotic and citizenship nature, whether in peacetime or in warfare,and shall present its recommendations for civic responsibility by KnightsTe

TEMPLAR UNIFORM 24 Section 1 1. Full Dress 2. Fatigue Dress . 5 3. Full Dress Coat 4. Fatigue Blouse 5. Trousers 6. Baldric 7. Fatigue Caps 8. Sword 9. Belt 10. Chapeau 11. Commanders And Past Commanders 12. Shoulder Straps . Knights Templar of the State of Georgia, and its territorial