1)    The gavel may NOT be captured by any Visiting Lodge which is already in possession of another state-wide Traveling Gavel.

2)    The gavel is only available for capture after it has been in possession of a Capturing Lodge for twenty-eight days.

3)    The gavel may NOT be captured and taken out of the State of Oklahoma.

4)    Requires five or more members of a Visiting Lodge to attend a Stated Meeting of the Lodge in possession of the gavel to capture it.

5)    If two or more Visiting Lodges are in attendance at a Stated Meeting of the Lodge in possession of the gavel and have the required minimum of five or more members present, then the award of the gavel will be determined in the following order:

1. Visiting Lodge with the most members present captures the gavel.
2. If still unable to determine the winner, then the Visiting Lodge which has traveled the furthest distance (Google Maps is final authority) will win the gavel.

6)    The Capturing Lodge must complete the Log of Possession which accompanies the gavel.

7)    The Capturing Lodge must notify Myrtle Lodge #145 and the OKMasonMail newsletter of the capture of the gavel within three days of capture and include the date of capture.

8)    Should the Capturing Lodge obtain another state-wide Traveling Gavel after the capture of Myrtle Lodge’s Traveling Gavel, then the Myrtle Lodge Traveling Gavel must be returned as soon as possible to Myrtle Lodge #145.

9)    The Traveling Gavel must be returned to Myrtle Lodge #145 if it has been in possession of a Capturing Lodge for six months since the date of capture.