APPENDIX C

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Far East Lodge No. 1, F.&A.M. is a tenant activity of the Masonic Temple located at No. 3, Bluff, Yamate-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan; and

WHEREAS, there are presently three such tenant units sharing the use of the Masonic Temple, being, in addition to Far East Lodge No. 1, F.&A.M., Lodge Star In The East No. 640 on the rolls of the Grand Lodge of Scotland and Star of The Orient Chapter No. 2, Order of Eastern Star; and

WHEREAS, these bodies share equally in the cost of maintenance, upkeep and payment of property taxes to the city of Yokohama through a Committee known as the Yokohama Masonic House Committee (YMHC); and

WHEREAS, Far East Lodge No. 1's share of these expenses is no less than YEN 300,000 per annum and would be considerable more if:

1. One or both of the other Bodies were to go dark.
2. The Yokohama Masonic House Committee were to be deprived of revenue being earned by means other than assessment of the using Bodies, currently approximately YEN 1,500,000 per year.
3. Major repairs and/or renovations were required to the Temple and/or Caretaker's house.
4. A natural disaster, such as an earthquake or typhoon, were to destroy or seriously damage the Temple or grounds, thereby denying use of the Temple and grounds for Masonic purposes; and

WHEREAS, Far East Lodge No. 1's share of these expenses are being paid from and amount to a considerable drain on the General Fund of the Lodge and effectively precludes the Lodge from fulfilling it's Masonic duties and obligations and could potentially be unbearable; and

WHEREAS, IT IS THE FIRM DESIRE OF THE Members of this Lodge that the Lodge be free from the present excessive and potentially crippling financial burden of supporting the Temple and property from the General Fund, thereby enabling the Lodge to fulfill it's Masonic duties and obligations and avoiding the necessity of continuously increasing dues and fees and/or resorting to emergency appeals for donations in time of financial poverty; and

WHEREAS, it is the firm desire of the Members of this Lodge that the Lodge shall continue "ad finim" to insure the perpetuation of Freemasonry in the city of Yokohama; and

WHEREAS, the Temple building is more than fifty (5) years old and requires major maintenance to the roof, externals and internals; and

WHEREAS, the Caretaker's house will soon require additional maintenance and renovations; and

WHEREAS, the property taxes and other mandatory operating costs can be expected to increase annually; and

WHEREAS, the Yokohama Masonic House Committee has exhausted all sources of additional income, other than assessment of the using Bodies; and

WEREAS, additional funds, when and as required, will have to be provided by the using Bodies; and

WHEREAS, any increase in the assessment currently being paid by the Lodge would only aggravate the existing problem and increase the drain on the General Fund, to the further determent of the Lodge's ability to fulfill its proper Masonic duties and obligations; and

WHEREAS, it is deemed prudent and wise to provide for all real contingencies in-so-far as it is realistically possible:

NOW, THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED;

1. That a TEMPLE TRUST FUND is hereby established in accordance with the wishes and desires of the Members of this lodge.
2. That the Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Treasurer and Secretary and their successors in office be constituted a Standing Committee to administer the TEMPLE TRUST FUND.
3. That the source of funds for the TEMPLE TRUST FUND shall be by solicitation of donations from the Members of this Lodge; such donations to be given freely within the means and limits of each member's ability to give, in accordance with the dictates of each Member's conscience and ability.
4. That the sum of YEN 397,155 BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE General Fund of the Lodge and transferred to the custody and control of the Standing Committee, such funds being the excess of funds donated by the members of this Lodge to effect repairs to the Temple roof in 1974, and that henceforth no funds designated as TEMPLE TRUST FUNDS shall be intermingled with Lodge funds.
5. That the Standing Committee shall establish and maintain records which shall show the receipt, use and disposition of the TEMPLE TRUST FUND and shall render annually in January of each year a complete report to each member of the Lodge all transactions which transpired during the preceding year.
6. That the Standing Committee shall cause all donations, hereinafter referenced to as the Principal, to the TEMPLE TRUST FUND to be invested at all times in reputable stocks and/or bonds. Such Principal to remain intact and unusable, except as may be provided for herein.
7. That the Standing Committee shall be free to disburse interest earned on the Principal to pay the lodge's share of maintenance, upkeep and taxes on the existing property or such other property as the Lodge may in the future acquire, rent, or use for Lodge purposes.
8. That all interest earned on the Principal in excess of that required to pay the Lodge's share of expenses shall be added to and invested with the Principal and will not be used for purposes other than as may be provided for herein.
9. That the Standing Committee shall be empowered to use the Principal of the TEMPLE TRUST FUND only:
   1. To pay the Lodge's share of expenses when interest earned is insufficient for that purpose, but only when sufficient funds are not otherwise available.*
   2. To acquire ownership of existing property or other suitable property for the purpose of perpetuating the Lodge and Freemasonry in the city of Yokohama, Japan.
   3. To extend loans to the Yokohama Masonic House Committee when deemed essential for the purpose of making improvements to the existing building and/or grounds which would result in the YMHC deriving additional income or when determined necessary to pay temple maintenance or repair costs which may be temporarily unavailable from the other using Bodies. All such loans, when approved by the Standing Committee, must provide for the payment of interest at the prevailing rate of interest that would be realized if the funds were to remain invested in reputable stocks and/or bonds.
10. That no funds can be withdrawn from the TEMPLE TRUST FUND for any other purposes, except as provided for in paragraphs 7, 8, and 9 of this RESOLUTION, unless and until two-thirds (2/3rd) of all the members of the Lodge shall have consented.

*Recommended by Brother Frederick M. Barberie and adopted by the Committee on 11 April 1977.

Submitted by: THE TEMPLE TRUST FUND COMMITTEE
Adopted by the Members: 14 April 1977