2.5.9 Assessment of candidates

Each candidate for the degrees of Freemasonry shall be assessed Five ($5.00) dollars for the maintenance of the Forums of Masonic Education. This fee shall be collected by the subordinate lodges and be paid within twenty (20) days thereafter, to the Grand Secretary.
The money so raised shall be transmitted to the Grand Treasurer and shall constitute a fund from which, upon order by the Grand Secretary and approval of the Grand Master, bills approved and submitted by the Committee on Masonic Education shall be paid.