INVITATION TO SIT IN THE EAST

The Master of the Lodges has the unquestionable right to invite any person to sit in the East with him. The Master of the Lodge has unlimited powers over his Lodge. He is responsible only to the Grand Master, the Grand Master’s deputy or the Grand Lodge. His actions are restricted only by the Constitution, General Regulations, Edicts of the Grand Lodge and the By-Laws of his Lodge.

There is nothing in the Constitution, Rules or Regulations of this Grand Lodge that prohibits the Master from inviting anyone to sit beside him in the East. The general practice in this jurisdiction is to invite Officers of the Grand Lodge and Past Masters to sit in the East, but the Master has the right to invite Speakers, or visiting Chaplain or any distinguished visitor that he may choose to sit with him in the East. (Proc. 1950)