Sec. 1. Annual Communication.

The Grand Lodge shall hold its Annual Communication for the transaction of business in the City of Manila or in any other place as may be authorized by law, commencing on the fourth Thursday of April each year at nine o'clock in the morning subject to the following general rules:

a. No business shall be acted upon at the Annual Communication until after reference to, and report upon it by, the proper committee, except by a demand of two-thirds of the members present.

b. No appropriation of money shall be made until reference to, and report by, the Committee on Finance.

c. No appropriation of money shall be made at any Annual Communication after the election of Grand Officers, except by a demand, and two-thirds vote of, the members present.