Ohio Code § 1715.43

§ 1715.43.

Any unincorporated lodge or other subordinate body of any society or order, which

is chartered by its grand lodge or body, may take and hold real estate for its own

use and benefit, by lease, purchase, grant, devise, gift, or otherwise;  may loan

its funds and secure such loans, or any unpaid purchase money, by mortgage on otherwise

unencumbered real estate;  and may borrow money, and execute and deliver notes or

bonds, and mortgages on real property of the lodge to secure such notes or bonds,

in the name and by the number of said lodge or other subordinate body according to

the register of its grand lodge or body. The presiding officer of such lodge or other such lodge or other subordinate body,

together with the secretary or officer keeping its records, may make conveyances,

leases, or mortgages of any real estate belonging to such lodge or other subordinate

body, when authorized to do so by a vote of the members present at a regular meeting

held by said lodge or other subordinate body, after at least ten days' notice has

been given to all members thereof by mailing a written notice of said proposed action

to the last known post-office address of each such member, under the regulations of

such lodge or other subordinate body, and not in conflict with the regulations prescribed

by the respective grand lodge or body. All such conveyances, leases, or mortgages shall be in the name of the lodge, shall

be attested by the presiding officer and the secretary or other officer in charge

of its records, and shall have affixed the seal of such lodge or other subordinate

body.  Any mortgage taken by such a lodge or other subordinate body in its name and number

may, when paid and satisfied, be released by the presiding officer and the secretary

or officer keeping its records, and such release shall be attested by the seal of

the lodge or other subordinate body.