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[Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com>]

I would think the society would hardly be 'secret' if you have to put
that big sign out front!

Though there is a big sign in front of the Grand Lodge of the Free
Masons or something like that in Raleigh, so I guess they're in
compliance with this statute!

--Jeremy

On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 09:56, machett AT ibiblio.org wrote:

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> 
> § 14-12.6.  Meeting places and meetings of secret societies
>        regulated.
>   Every secret society which has been or is now being
> formed and organized within the State, and which has members
> within the State shall forthwith provide or cause to be provided
> for each unit, lodge, council, group of members, grand lodge or
> general supervising unit a regular meeting place in some
> building or structure, and shall forthwith place and thereafter
> regularly keep a plainly visible sign or placard on the
> immediate exterior of such building or structure or on the
> immediate exterior of the meeting room or hall within such
> building or structure, if the entire building or structure is
> not controlled by such secret society, bearing upon said sign or
> placard the name of the secret society, the name of the
> particular unit, lodge, council, group of members, grand lodge
> or general supervising unit thereof and the name of the
> secretary, officer, organizer or member thereof who knows the
> purposes of the secret society and who knows or has a list of
> the names and addresses of the members thereof, and as such
> secretary, officer, organizer or member dies, removes, resigns
> or is replaced, his or her successor's name shall be placed upon
> such sign or placard; any person or persons who shall hereafter
> undertake to form and organize any secret society or solicit
> membership for a secret society within the State shall fully
> comply with the foregoing provisions of this section before
> forming and organizing such secret society and before soliciting
> memberships therein; all units, lodges, councils, groups of
> members, grand lodge and general supervising units of all secret
> societies within the State shall hold all of their secret
> meetings at the regular meeting place of their respective units,
> lodges, councils, group of members, grand lodge or general
> supervising units or at the regular meeting place of some other
> unit, lodge, council, group of members, grand lodge or general
> supervising unit of the same secret society, and at no other
> place unless notice is given of the time and place of the
> meeting and the name of the secret society holding the meeting
> in some newspaper having circulation in the locality where the
> meeting is to be held at least two days before the meeting.
> (1953, c. 1193, s. 5.)
> 
> 
-- 
Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com>