1.7.24 Communication and candidate limits

No subordinate lodge shall hold more than one communication for business on the same day, and no subordinate lodge shall confer the first degree on more than five candidates at the same communication. The first section of the degree of Entered Apprentice, up to and including his bringing to light, shall be conferred upon but one candidate at a time.
Amended November 16, 1996.
See Decision No. 73; Standing Order No. 43.1.

Related Decisions 

No. 73. Number Of Entered Apprentice Initiated

Decision: I ruled that Article VII, Section 1.7.24. forbids the initiation, by any lodge, of more than five Entered Apprentices on the same day.

Constitution, Article VII, Sec. 1.7.24. November 19, 1945. (Crowell, GM)

Related Standing Orders

No. 43.1. Omission Of Stated Communications

Ordered: That the subordinate lodges may, by a majority vote, at the next regular communication preceding the 15th day of June, in each year, dispense with the regular communications appointed by its by-laws, to be held between said 15th day of June and the 15th day of September next ensuing. Likewise, after a regular vote of the lodge and with the permission of the Grand Master, a lodge may dispense with its January and February communications and hold communications in July and August.

Constitution, Art. VII, Sec. 1.7.24. November 17, 1880.

Amended May 19, 1980.

Re-designated from No. 26 November 16, 1996.