Sec. 3. Among its duties to its members and other brother masons are the following:

a. To maintain due order and propriety and observe proper decorum in all its meetings;

b. To grant a demit to a member in good standing upon his request;

c. To relieve its distressed members, their widows and orphans;

d. To perform Masonic funeral services for a member when requested and bury him when necessary;

e. To perform Masonic funeral services for any mason in good standing who dies within its jurisdiction, bury him when requested and to pay the burial expenses if his financial circumstances are insufficient, which however, shall be reimbursed by the lodge of which he was an actual member. No lodge shall fix in advance the amount to be paid for burial. A lodge may, at its discretion, perform funeral services for a brother who was suspended for non-payment of dues, if there is no other Masonic offense established against him. The Master and Wardens shall determine the propriety of burying a suicide with such honors;

f. To conduct orientation lectures to the candidates before they are initiated, passed, and raised to the sublime degree; and

g. To furnish all newly raised Master Masons with the following:

1. Masonic Law Book, latest edition;

2. Monitors;

3. Masonic Demeanor and Proper Decorum Manuals; and

4. By-Laws of their respective Lodges.