2.2.3 Fees for the three degrees
No subordinate lodge shall confer the three degrees of Freemasonry for a less sum than sixty-five dollars, to be apportioned as follows: namely, twenty-five dollars for the Entered Apprentice, twenty dollars for the Fellow Craft, and twenty dollars for the Master Mason degree, to be paid in each case before the degree in conferred.
See Decision Nos 10, 57; Standing Order Nos. 91, 91.2.
Related Decisions
No. 10. Refund Of Fee For Previous Degree.
Decision: That when a brother is denied advancement to the second degree, no part of the amount paid for the first degree can be refunded to him.
General Regulations, Article II, Sec. 2.2.3. November 27, 1865. (Ballou, GM)
No. 57. Refund Of Fees Prior To Removal
Decision: A lodge has not the right to remit the initiation fee of a Mason who receives the degrees in a lodge, and shortly after removes from the jurisdiction.
General Regulations, Article II, Sec. 2.2.3. May 20, 1907. (Presbrey, GM)
Related Standing Orders
No. 91. Fees For The Three Degrees
Resolved: That no subordinate lodge shall confer the three (3) degrees of Freemasonry for a sum less than sixty-five dollars to be apportioned as follows: namely, twenty-five dollars for the Entered Apprentice, twenty dollars for the Fellow Craft and twenty dollars for the Master Mason degree, to be paid in each case before the degree is conferred, together with any and all assessments by the Grand Lodge.
Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2.2.3.
No. 91_2. George Washington Memorial
Ordered: That no person applying for the degrees of Masonry to a lodge in this jurisdiction shall receive the Entered Apprentice degree until he shall have paid, in addition to the required fee, the sum of one dollar for the Masonic Home Fund and three dollars for the Endowment Fund of the George Washington Masonic Memorial, a total of four dollars and no person from another jurisdiction applying for affiliation shall be permitted to sign the by-laws until he shall have paid, in addition to the affiliation fee, the sum of one dollar for the Masonic Home Fund. The amounts so collected shall be promptly forwarded to the Grand Secretary.
May 20, 1946.
Amended May 21, 1979.
Re-designated from No. 79 November 16, 1996.