Regulation 61 mandates that every Masonic Chapter, through its Scribe E., submits an annual return of its subscribing and Honorary members to the Grand Scribe E. within one month after the subscription year ends in Metropolitan Areas or within three months in other locations. The return must include the dates of exaltation, joining, rejoining, and any changes in membership status, such as death, resignation, or exclusion. Returns must be authenticated by the Treasurer and Scribe E. Additionally, Chapters must register new members promptly, ensuring all details are up-to-date in the Grand Scribe E.'s records. This regulation applies to various jurisdictions, including Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and others listed. Compliance with these procedures is essential for maintaining accurate membership records and fulfilling reporting obligations.
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Regulation 61: Annual Return of Members Every Chapter, by its Scribe E., shall within one month after the end of its subscription year, if the Chapter meets in a Metropolitan Area or in a Province, or three months after the end of its subscription year, if the Chapter meets elsewhere, transmit to the Grand Scribe E, upon a printed form which he will provide, an annual return of the Companions who were during such year its subscribing members.
The date of exaltation, joining or rejoining of every new member shall be given together with the date of election to Honorary Membership, death, resignation or exclusion of any subscribing members whose membership has ceased during the year.
Registration of new members Subject to Regulation 69 every Chapter, by its Scribe E., shall register with the Grand Scribe E. (upon a printed form which he will provide) details of all Companions who have been exalted into, joined or rejoined the Chapter.
All such registrations shall be made as soon as may be convenient, but in no case later than the time when the aforementioned annual return is rendered.
Such returns and forms shall be signed by the First Principal and the Scribe E. It shall be the duty of every Chapter to keep a register of its subscribing members and to enter therein all the particulars required to be specified in these returns and forms.
Regulation 61(Amended): Annual Return of Members Every Chapter, by its Scribe E., shall within one month after the end of its subscription year transmit to the Grand Scribe E, in such format as the Committee of General Purposes shall from time to time prescribe, an annual return of the Companions who were during such year its subscribing and Honorary members.
The date of exaltation, joining or rejoining of every new member shall be given together with the date of election to Honorary Membership, death, resignation or exclusion of any members whose membership has ceased during the year.
Such returns shall be authenticated by the Treasurer and the Scribe E.
Registration of new members Subject to Regulation 69 every Chapter, by its Scribe E., shall register with the Grand Scribe E. details of all Companions who have been exalted into, joined or rejoined the Chapter.
All such registrations shall be made as soon as may be convenient, but in no case later than the time when the aforementioned annual return is rendered.
It shall be the duty of every Chapter to keep up to date the information in the register maintained by the Grand Scribe E. of its subscribing and Honorary members and to enter therein all the particulars required in this Regulation.
*The above and amended Regulation has been applied to the following area(s): Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Cumberland and Westmorland, Cyprus, Derbyshire, Dorset, Eastern Archipelago, East Lancashire, Essex, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, Guernsey and Alderney, Hertfordshire, Hong Kong and the Far East, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, South Wales, Suffolk, Warwickshire, West Wales, Wiltshire and Worcestershire.