upon the application and filed with the Supreme Secretary. A list of
rejected applicants together with the reasons for each rejection, shall
be filed by the Supreme Physician in the Supreme Office; but said
Physician shall not be required or permitted to communicate to any
person whomsoever, the cause of rejection of any applicant, save by
express permission of the Board of Directors.
Require Additional Examination
6. Whenever, in his judgment, the interests of the Order or justice
to the applicant shall make it necessary, require an additional or fur-
ther examination, or require an examination in a case where a decla-
ration of insurability has been made in lieu of examination, which
shall be supervised and approved before the insurance applied for
shall become effective.
Make Investigations
7. In the event of a death occurring from a disease indicating care-
lessness or incompetence of a medical examiner, make investigation
thereof and report thereon to the Supreme Knight; and should it
appear that such death was due to causes discoverable at the time of
the medical examination, the Supreme Knight shall have the power to
remove such medical examiner.
Annual Report
8. Make an annual report to the Supreme Council, and a quarterly
report, and such other reports as may be required by the Board of
Directors.
Other Duties
9. Perform such other professional duties as the Supreme Council
or Board of Directors may reasonably require.
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CHAPTER VI
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SEC. 35. The Board of Directors —
Control Property
2. Shall have full supervision and control of all the property of the
Order not specifically belonging to state or subordinate councils, or
to chapters.
Mileage and Per Diem
3. Shall receive mileage at the rate of twenty-one cents a mile round
trip between place of residence and the nearest airport plus round
trip air fare to the airport nearest the place of meeting, and per diem
of $800 a day for each day’s actual attendance at meetings of said
Board or its committees. They shall further receive a monthly retain-
er of $1,200 for each month or part thereof during their service as a
member of the Board of Directors.
Approve Depositories
4. Shall investigate and approve each and every place of deposit of
the funds of the Order, and fix the maximum amount that may be
deposited in each depository.
Examine Reports
5. Shall examine the reports of state and subordinate councils and
officers, and take such action thereon as may be necessary from time
to time and consistent with the laws and welfare of the Order.
Organize Councils
6. Shall by themselves or committee have power to organize new
councils and employ organizers for the purpose of organization, and
to employ representatives, in such places as in the judgment of said
Board may be deemed advisable, and shall have the right to organize
councils in prohibited insurance territories, such councils to be com-
posed wholly of associate members and to be called associate coun-
cils.
Dissolve Councils
7. May dissolve a council and forfeit its charter for misconduct and
nonfeasance under the law, or in the case of the merger of two or
more councils, as provided by law.
Determine Limits of Jurisdiction
8. Shall have the right to determine and define the limits of any
jurisdiction without reference to geographical or political division.
They shall have the right to change or merge existing jurisdictions
whenever the good of the Order, in their opinion, so requires, upon a
three-fourths vote, and such action shall be subject to review by the
Supreme Council. One or more councils outside of the United States
or Canada, may be placed under the supervision of an existing juris-
diction, but in such cases the relations and rights of such council or
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councils to and under such jurisdictions shall be subject to regulation
by the Board of Directors.
Power and Authority
SEC. 36. The Board of Directors shall have full power and authority
—
Insurance and Non-Insurance Territory
1. To determine in what state or locality insurance risks will be
taken by the Order, and what places or localities shall be prohibited
insurance territory.
Determine Occupational Ratings
2. To determine occupational ratings and risks which shall not be
accepted.
Extra Assessments or Contributions
3. And shall when necessary for the payment of matured death or
other claims in full, and to provide for the creation and maintenance
of the funds as required by law or/and to protect the Order and its cer-
tificate holders, or to meet any requirements exceeding regular death
benefit assessments or regular monthly contributions annually, cause
additional, increased or extra assessments or contributions to be
levied upon the insurance certificate holders to meet such deficiency,
which extra assessments or contributions shall be payable sixty days
after notice of same, given as required by law in cases or ordinary
assessments or contributions.
In respect to any insurance or annuity certificate issued by the
Order to a minor, the holder of such certificate shall not be personally
liable for any assessment levied by the Order.
Payment or Credit of Surplus
4. To make payment or credit of surplus to the certificate holders,
by remitting one or more of the regular twelve monthly death benefit
assessments or contributions, payable by the certificate holders in
any one year, or by any other method in the discretion of the Board,
if in their judgment and upon the advice of the actuary, it is deemed
advisable to do so, upon a two-thirds vote of the Board.
When to Designate Beneficiary
5. To determine to whom a death benefit shall be paid when no ben-
eficiary is designated; and should the person insured or the certificate
holder die without having named and having had recorded in the
books of the Supreme Secretary the name of any person or persons
to whom the sum shall be paid, then to determine to whom said sum
shall be paid in accordance with the laws of the Order.
Rules for Administration of Funds
6. To make all necessary rules and regulations relative to all funds
and securities, and the collection and management of such funds and
securities as may not be in conflict with the laws of the Order, and to
make such rules prescribing the qualifications of securities accept-
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