Lodges are required to maintain a Minute Book, which serves as an official record of key activities and membership details. The Master or Secretary must regularly document the names of individuals initiated, passed, or raised, including their proposal and admission dates, ages, addresses, titles, and professions. Additionally, the Minute Book must include the names of all members present at each meeting, along with visiting Brethren, their Lodge names, numbers, and Masonic ranks. Minutes of all Lodge proceedings are to be recorded, and at the subsequent regular meeting, these minutes must be read and confirmed as an accurate record, unless a copy has been distributed to all members prior to the meeting. This systematic documentation ensures transparency, accountability, and continuity within the Lodge's operations.
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Every Lodge shall keep a Minute Book in which the Master or the Secretary shall regularly enter from time to time: (i) The names of all persons initiated, passed, or raised in the Lodge, or becoming members thereof, with the dates of their proposal, initiation, passing, and raising or admission respectively, together with their ages, addresses, titles, and professions or occupations. (ii) The names of all members present at each meeting of the Lodge, and of all visiting Brethren with the names and numbers of their Lodges and their Masonic ranks. (iii) Minutes of all the proceedings of the Lodge. The minutes of each meeting of a Lodge shall at the regular meeting next following be read (unless an exact copy has been sent to each member of the Lodge with the summons to the meeting) and submitted for confirmation as a true record of fact.