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Rh I. O. My Brother, the station to which you have been elected is one of the most important within the gift of the members of this Chapter and your election thereto the highest honor they can confer upon a Brother. From the nature of the Order you are not its chief officer, yet you are expected to have a watchful care over the interests of the Chapter and see that the Laws of the Order are promptly obeyed.

It is your duty to preside during the ceremony of Initiation and at other times when requested to do so by the Worthy Matron; to see that the officers are thoroughly instructed in their duties and that the ritual work of the Order is properly rendered. It is also your duty to have a general supervision over the affairs of the Chapter and act as the constitutional adviser of the Worthy Matron. To do this acceptably, you must make yourself thoroughly familiar with the jurisprudence of the Order, as promulgated in its established rules and regulations.

Sister Marshal, you will invest our brother with the badge of his office.