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BY-LAWS OF

MIZPAH–HADDON HEIGHTS LODGE

NO. 191 F&AM OF NJ

By-laws of Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191 F &AM of the Borough of

Haddon Heights, State of New Jersey, consolidated by and under the authority of the

Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Society of Free and Accepted Masons

ARTICLE I – NAME; MEETING PLACE

Section 1. The name of this Lodge shall be Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge

No. 191, F&AM.

Section 2. The Lodge shall convene at the Haddon Heights Masonic

Temple, 511 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, New Jersey.

ARTICLE II – COMMUNICATIONS

Section 1. The regular communications of this Lodge shall be held on the

first (1st) Wednesday of each month, except for July, August and

December. The Annual Communication of this Lodge shall be on

the third (3rd) Wednesday in November. (12/07)

Section 2. In the event that a Stated Communication of this Lodge shall

conflict with a religious or a national holiday, the Lodge may

determine not to meet on such night, in which event the regular or

Wednesday of such month.

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ARTICLE III – OFFICERS

Section 1.

a. At the annual communication fo this Lodge there shall be

elected the following officers:

Worshipful Master;

Senior Warden;

Junior Warden;

Treasurer; and

Secretary.

Each of these officers shall perform such duties to which he is charged at his installation

in accordance with constitution, by-laws, regulations and edicts of the Most Worshipful

Grand Lodge, and shall further perform such additional duties, not inconsistent with the

duties set forth above, as the Worshipful Master shall direct.

b. The Treasurer and Secretary, in addition to the duties described

above, shall render annual reports to this Lodge at its regular communication in March

of each year.

c. The signatories to all financial accounts shall be the Worshipful

Master, Treasurer, and Secretary, two of whom shall be required to sign any instrument

Section 2. The appointed officers of this Lodge shall consist of:

Senior Deacon;

Junior Deacon;

Senior Master of Ceremonies;

Junior Master of Ceremonies;

Senior Steward; Junior Steward;

Chaplain;

Marshal;

Historian;

Organist;

Tyler.

Each of these officers shall perform such duties to which he is charged at his installation

in accordance with Constitution, By-Laws, Regulations and Edicts of the Most

Worshipful Grand Lodge and shall further perform such additional duties, not

inconsistent with the duties set forth above, as the Worshipful Master shall direct.

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ARTICLE IV – TRUSTEES

Section 1. There shall be a Board of Trustees of this Lodge to be elected at

the Annual Communication, which shall consist of six (6) members, each of whom shall

serve for three (3) years. They shall be elected in such manner that each year two (2)

shall retire and two (2) shall be elected. No Trustee may, at the same time, be a Trustee

of the Mizpah - Haddon Heights Scholarship Fund. (12/07)

Section 2.

a. The Trustees shall have charge of the Haddon Heights Masonic

Temple, inclusive of the real property, its fixtures, and the personal property therein.

The Chairman of the Trustees shall serve on the Budget Committee of the Lodge. He

shall provide the Budget Committee with an itemization of the expenses projected by

the Trustees for the exercise of their duties. These expenses shall be included in the

Lodge budget for submission in June of each year. They shall provide for the

maintenance of the building including its systems, and its continued insurance. They

shall anticipate capital improvements, and see that the use of the Masonic Temple is in

conformance with all local, county, state and federal laws and in conformance with the

statutes that allow the structure to maintain its real estate tax exemption. They shall

further have charge of, conserve and hold all other assets of this Lodge, including its

financial assets, ritual regalia, furniture, furnishings, office equipment and supplies,

archives, books and records. (12/07)

b. The Trustees shall present a report annually, at the regular

communication of the Lodge in February.

c. 1. The Trustees shall by vote, direct the investment of Lodge

assets, which shall be apportioned such that at least 1/3 of all funds utilized by the

Lodge for investment shall be in U.S. Government insured form. Up to 2/3 of all Lodge

investment funds may be invested in income producing bonds, stock based mutual

funds or money market funds. Any Lodge investment funds remaining may be held in

the form of growth stocks or growth mutual funds, but not to exceed 1/3 of all Lodge

investment funds.

2. In the event of the Lodge receiving a gift or endowment of

any income producing or growth oriented asset, whether in the form of personal, real or

mixed property, it shall not be included in calculating the percentages set forth above;

provided however that should such property at any time be sold by direction of the

Trustees, then the proceeds thereof, including any accumulated earnings and any

appreciation in value from the date it was received by the Lodge, shall be included in

the percentages set forth above.

3. The Trustees may elect whether earnings from such

investments shall accumulate or be payable to the general fund of this Lodge. All

investments shall be held in the name of Mizpah-Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191.

4. The investment of Lodge funds into uninsured form shall

be done only on advice of a qualified investment counselor or broker, who may be a

member of the Lodge, but who shall not be a Lodge Trustee. He shall be selected by

the Trustees as advisor. Investment of Lodge funds into uninsured form shall be

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allowable only in companies or funds having a reliable experience of success, traded on

recognized markets or exchanges. Lodge assets shall not be invested in highly

speculative form such as “Penny Stocks”, “junk bonds”, in individual stocks or in high

risk investment.

5. All investments shall be made in recognized banking or

savings institutions and through brokerage houses holding seats on major exchanges.

Section 3.

a. The Trustees shall meet not less than once annually; their

regular meeting to be in the second week of January. The Worshipful Master of this Lodge

shall be ex-officio to the Trustees and shall receive notice of all Trustees’ meetings and be

entitled to attend the same, but without any voting power. The Trustees shall at their

required annual meeting elect a chairman and a secretary.

b. The chairman of the Trustees or the Worshipful Master of

this Lodge may call a special meeting of the Trustees at such time or times as he or they

deem necessary. Notice of time, date and place of regular or special meeting shall be by

mail, telephone, or personal notice.

c. Four (4) Trustees shall constitute a quorum. All votes shall

be by majority of the members present.

d. The Trustees may adopt such by-laws, not inconsistent with,

these or those of Grand Lodge, for the efficient administration of their duties.

Section 4. In the event of a vacancy amongst the Trustees, such seat shall

remain vacant until the next Annual Communication, at which time the person elected to

succeed the vacating member shall serve only until the end of the term of that Trustee who

vacated his office.

ARTICLE V – PROXY

At the Annual Communication, there shall be elected a Proxy to the Grand

Lodge to serve for one year.

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ARTICLE VI – ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

Section 1. The Worshipful Master of this Lodge may appoint a Soloist,

Kitchen Warden and such committees and committee chairmen as required by Grand

Lodge or these By-Laws, or as he deems in the interest of effectuating the efficient

administration of this Lodge. The appointment of such officers and committees shall be

announced at the Annual Communication of this Lodge and the duties inherent therein

shall commence at the time of the Proclamation by the Installing Marshal and until a

successor is appointed to such post or upon dissolution of the respective office or

committee. No formal method of installation shall be necessary as to these additional

officers and committee members, but is optional with the Worshipful Master.

Section 2. The Worshipful Master shall appoint the following committees:

a. A Relief Committee of three (3), who shall officiate as

almoners, it being understood that monies disbursed in the course of their activities

shall come only out of the capital Lodge’s Permanent Charity Fund, as set forth below.

b. An Auditing Committee of three (3), none of whom shall

hold any other office in this Lodge during the period covered by their audit. It shall be

their duty to examine the books, accounts and reports of the Treasurer, Secretary and

Trustees, and report, in writing, upon the correctness of the same at the regular

communication in March.

c. A Budget Committee of three (3) who shall, with the

assistance of the Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Treasurer and Secretary, present

a budget at the regular June communication, which budget shall fairly anticipate the

revenues and expenses of this Lodge and provide recommendations to the Lodge for

the forthcoming year.

ARTICLE VII – ELECTION OF OFFICERS

Section 1. The nomination and election of Officers shall take place at the

Annual Communication. The installation of Officers, and the duties of all Officers, shall

commence at the Installation in December, which may be by proxy.

Section 2. At the Annual Communication, immediately after the opening

of the Lodge, the Secretary shall place the ballot box upon his table, wherein any

member of the Lodge may place nominations for all elective officers, which nominations

shall be read for the information of the Lodge, before proceeding with the election.

Section 3. No brother shall be eligible for any office unless he be in good

standing in this Lodge and be present or act by proxy to signify his acceptance thereof.

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ARTICLE VIII – FEES AND DUES

Section 1.

a. The Initiation Fee of this Lodge is Two Hundred Twenty

Five Dollars ($225.00) plus any sum assessed by the Grand Lodge upon the initiation

of a new member which latter sum shall immediately be paid over to the Grand Lodge

by the Treasurer. The candidate shall tender Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00) of this

sum, which shall be refunded to the candidate only if he is unable to be elected to

membership, the balance of which shall be paid before he may receive his first degree.

b. The Annual Dues of the Lodge are Eighty Four Dollars

($84.00) plus Grand Lodge assessments heretofore, or hereafter, levied, payable in

advance, provided however that, upon granting a Dimit, the Lodge shall remit any

portion of the dues as shall be unearned.

Section 2. The Initiation Fee of this Lodge, set forth in subparagraph 1.a,

and the Annual Dues, of this Lodge, set forth in subparagraph 1.b, may be amended in

the following manner:

a. Upon presentation of the annual budget at the June

Communication, a proposal to amend the Initiation Fees, the Dues, or both, may be

made, in writing, to the Secretary of the Lodge, which proposal shall be published in the

Trestleboard for the month of September. If such a proposal to amend is made, it shall

be acted upon the Regular Communication in September. A majority hand vote of the

members of the Lodge present at such Communication shall be required for passage.

Upon approval by the Lodge, the Secretary shall affix his signature and the seal of the

Lodge to the approved amendment and submit it in duplicate to the Grand Secretary for

final approval by the Grand Master or the Deputy Grand Master in his stead.

b. Any proposal to amend the Initiation Fee or the Dues

shall state the amount payable to the Lodge shall also include the amount of the Grand

Lodge Assessment and shall be payable in advance.

c. Any amendment to the Initiation Fee or the Dues shall be

effective immediately following approval by the Grand (or Deputy Grand) Master.

d. Any amendment to the Initiation Fee or the Dues shall be

kept with the Lodge By-Laws and shall be available for inspection by any member of the

Lodge or appropriate Grand Lodge Officer.

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ARTICLE IX – PERMANENT CHARITY FUND

There shall be established a Permanent Charity Fund in accordance with

the charitable aims of Freemasonry. Such Fund shall maintain a principal balance of no

less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), which sum and the use of its earnings

shall be under the governance of the Lodge Trustees. The principal sum may be

increased above ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) by donations and investment

earnings, but not by the use of other Lodge funds. The earnings upon such funds may

accumulate or be used for Masonic Relief or for the giving of a scholarship to a worthy

graduating student from the Haddon Heights High School as the Lodge trustees shall

determine.

ARTICLE X – MIZPAH - HADDON HEIGHTS SCHOLARSHIP

COMMITTEE

Section 1. There shall be established a Mizpah-Haddon Heights

Scholarship Committee for the purpose of awarding scholarships or grants to graduating

high school seniors, to be used toward books, board, tuition, or any combination

thereof, at an accredited college, university, nursing or technical or art school, meeting

the requirements of Section 170 (A)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor

statute). All payments shall be made by the Scholarship Committee to the educational

institution on behalf of the recipient.

Section 2. The membership of the Scholarship Committee shall consist of

the voting members of the Lodge, each of whom shall be entitled to vote for the election

of Scholarship Trustees.

Section 3.

a. The Scholarship shall be administered by Eight (8) duly

elected Trustees, each of whom shall serve for four (4) years. Elections of said

Trustees shall be held in each year at the Annual Communication of this Lodge such

that two (2) members shall complete their term of office and two (2) shall be elected to

office.

b. The Trustees of the Scholarship Committee shall elect a

Chairman and a Secretary/Treasurer, each of whom shall have served at least one year

as a member of the Committee prior to election to such positions, but the

Secretary/Treasurer need not be a current Trustee.

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Section 4.

a. The Trustees of the Scholarship Committee shall meet

annually, in December, to determine the following issues:

1. To elect a Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer and

attend to any reporting or record keeping;

2. To review the finances of the Scholarship

Corporation, including gifts received during the year, interest earned, and grants or

scholarships given, and the investment of Scholarship funds;

3. To allocate those gifts received and net funds

raised during the course of the year as between the Permanent Fund and the funds

available to be given in grants or scholarships;

4. To decide if money will be available for the giving

of grants or scholarships in the forthcoming year and, if so, to decide in what form and

in what amounts they shall be given;

5. To decide on a selection process.

b. The recipient(s) shall be selected based on financial need

and scholastic ability. No person who has received a scholarship from the Permanent

Charity Fund through Haddon Heights High School shall also receive a scholarship

award through the Mizpah-Haddon Heights Scholarship Fund. Neither the selection nor

disqualification of any student shall be as a result of any form of discrimination based on

race, religion, gender, age, or physical or mental handicap.

c. Prior to payment of any amount, the recipient shall

provide the Scholarship Committee with an itemization of the expenses which the

recipient seeks to be paid by the scholarship or grant.

d. No less than 50% of all donations and the net monies

realized through fund raising shall be placed in the permanent fund.

e. No amount allocated to the permanent fund may be used

for any other purpose than as a base upon which to earn income (except upon the

dissolution of the Scholarship fund). The interest earnings of the monies in the

permanent fund, along with the amount allocated by the Trustees from annual gifts and

fund raising shall be used for the scholarships or grants.

f. In the event of the dissolution of the Scholarship

Committee, the principal in the permanent fund shall be paid out in scholarships or

grants as directed by the Scholarship Trustees, such that no part of any monies

contributed to the Scholarship Committee shall be used to any other purpose than the

generating of income used for, or in the giving of, scholarships or grants.

g. All monies received by the Committee shall be deposited

in the name of the Mizpah-Haddon Heights Scholarship Fund, Inc., a Corporation not

for Profit, in Government Bonds and Debentures, and other insured investments,

provided, however, that, should the Committee receive by gift, any stocks, bonds, or

other uninsured financial asset, then it may retain such asset in that form. Any interest

or dividends derived from such asset shall be deposited in the insured Scholarship

Committee account(s) and be made use of in the same way and manner as all other

monies received by the Committee. However, if such uninsured asset is sold or

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otherwise converted, then the proceeds therefrom shall be deposited in any of the

Scholarship Committee insured accounts or insured investments.

Section 5. The workings of the Scholarship Committee shall be through

the Mizpah-Haddon Heights Scholarship Fund, a Corporation Not for Profit as

incorporated in the State of New Jersey on April 3, 1991. The said corporation is

authorized to receive tax deductible gifts. The voting membership of the Mizpah-

Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191 shall be the membership of said corporation. The

Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer of the Scholarship Committee are hereby

designated to act as officers of the corporation to execute all documents and handle all

finances necessary to effect the purposes of the financial dealings of said corporation.

Section 6. At the first regular communication in January of each year, the

Scholarship Committee shall report to the lodge the number and amount of the grants to

be awarded for that current year, as well as a statement on the condition of the

Scholarship Committee. At the first regular communication following the Scholarship

Committee’s selection of a recipient or recipients, the Scholarship Committee shall

announce the name(s) of the recipient(s) to the membership.

Section 7. These By-Laws shall not become effective until approved by

the Internal Revenue Service as to the Sec. 503 (c) status of the Scholarship Fund.

ARTICLE XI – HADDON HEIGHTS MASONIC TEMPLE

ASSOCIATION

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1. Pursuant to a vote of the membership of the Haddon Heights

of November, 2006, the Officers of the Haddon Heights Masonic

Temple Association shall execute such deed and accompanying

documentation so as to convey title to the Haddon Heights Masonic

Temple to Mizpah-Haddon Heights Masonic Lodge No. 191 F&AM. They shall

further convey all the property of the Haddon Heights Masonic

Temple Association, including all financial assets, and all

physical property to Haddon Heights Masonic Lodge No. 191 F&AM.

2. The officers shall then file such documentation with the State

of New Jersey so as to cause the dissolution of the Haddon

Heights Masonic Temple Association, a Corporation of the State of

New Jersey, not for profit. (12/08)

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ARTICLE XIII – HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

Grand Lodge By-Laws 35-04) ballot to confer the title of Honorary Member upon such

brother or brothers, in good standing as Free and accepted Masons recognized by the

Grand Lodge of the State of New Jersey. The title shall carry neither voice or vote in

the affairs of the Lodge, not subject the such brother to dues or assessments by the

Grand Lodge of the State of New Jersey, beyond such as are due and payable from his

own Lodge.

Section 2. Upon presentation of a brother’s name for Honorary

Membership, the Worshipful Master shall appoint a committee or five (5) Past Masters

to investigate and report their findings to this Lodge before a ballot on the issue is taken.

Section 3. Upon election a membership card shall be issued and will be

confined to the regulation membership card issued and authorized by the Grand Lodge,

with the wording honorary member thereon.

Section 4. All honorary members of Haddon Heights Lodge No. 191 and

Mizpah Lodge No. 245 as of the date of dissolution of such lodges’ respective charters

shall automatically be honorary members of Mizpah-Hadon Heights Lodge No. 191.

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