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 OP 
 
 COKSTITXITIOM 
 
 OF 
 
 THIE O-iP^^IiTHD LOIDGhE 
 
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 • IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 
 
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 J. J. MASON, Grand Secretary. 
 
 HUNTER, ROSE & CO., PRINTERS. 
 
 1891. 
 
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(5ranb Xobge of Canaba, 
 
 IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 
 
 The Grand Lodge having resolved : 
 
 That a new edition of the Book of Constitution, 
 with all necessary corrections and alterations thereto- 
 fore made by the Grand Lodge, be forthwith printed ; 
 the Grand Secretary has, in accordance with that 
 resolution, superintended the publication of this 
 edition, including all corrections and alterations to 
 the present time. 
 
 Grand Secretary. 
 
 GRAND SECRETARY'S OFFICE, | 
 Hamilton, Ont., December, 1890. j 
 
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REFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
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 Title 1 
 
 Sanction 3 
 
 The Charges of aJjFreeniason iw 7 
 
 The General Heads of Charges, &c 8 
 
 I. — Concerning God and Religion 9 
 
 11. — Of the Civil Magistrate, supreme and subordinate 9 
 
 III.— Of Lodges 10 
 
 IV.— Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows and Apprentices 10 
 
 V. — Of the Management of the Craft in working 11 
 
 VI. — Of Behaviour, viz.: 
 
 1. In the Lodge when constituted 13 
 
 2. Behaviour after the Lodge is over and the Breth- 
 
 ren not gone 13 
 
 3. Behaviour when Brethren meet without strangers, 
 
 but not in a Lodge formed . . . : 14 
 
 4. Behaviour in presence of strangers not Masons.. . . 14 
 
 5. Behaviour at liome and in your neighborhood 14 
 
 6. Behaviour towards a strange brother 15 
 
 Summary of the Ancient Charges and Regulations 16 
 
 Constitution of the Grand Lodge 18 
 
 Regulations for the Government of the Grand Lodge during the 
 
 time of business 26 
 
 Of Grand Master 28 
 
 Of Deputy Grand Master 30 
 
 Of District Deputy Grand Master 31 
 
 Of Grand Wardens 33 
 
 Of Grand Chaplain 33 
 
 Of ^Grand Treasurer ... 34 
 
 Of Grand Registrar 34 
 
 Of Grand Secretary 34 
 
 Of Grand Deacons, Grand Superintendent of Works, Grand 
 Director of Ceremonies, Assistant Grand Secretary, Assist- 
 ant Grand Director of Ceremonies, Grand Sword Bearer, 
 Grand Organist, Assistant Grand Organist, Grand Pursuiv- 
 ant, Grand Stewards, Grand Standard Bearers, and Grand 
 
 Tyler : • 36 
 
REFERENCE TABLE OP CONTEXTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Of Board of General Purposes 37 
 
 Of Private Lodges 40 
 
 Of Masters and Wardens of Lodges 51 
 
 Of Tylers 54 
 
 Of Members and their duties 54 
 
 Of Honorary Members 56 
 
 Of Proposing Members 56 
 
 Of the Lodge Seal 61 
 
 Of Lodges of Instruction 61 
 
 Of Visitors 62 
 
 Of CviTtificates 62 
 
 Of Public Processions 64 
 
 Of Appeal 64 
 
 Of Fees 65 
 
 Of Masonic Clothing and Insignia 66 
 
 Of Aprons 66 
 
 Of Collars 68 
 
 Of Jewels 68 
 
 Of Constituting a New Lodge 71 
 
 Prayers 73 
 
 Charge to Newly Initiated Candidate 74 
 
 Charge to Newly Passed Candidate 77 
 
 Charge to Newely Raised Candidate 78 
 
 Rules respecting Benevolence Grants 79 
 
 Rules respecting Masonic Trials 82 
 
 Ceremonies 95 
 
THE 
 
 CHARGES OF il FREE MilSON. 
 
 EXTRACTED FROM THE 
 
 ANTIENT RECORDS OF LODOES THROUGHOUT 
 
 THE WORLD. 
 
 FOR THE USE OF LODGES. 
 
 TO BE READ AT THE MAKING OF NEW RRRTHRVM ab 
 WHEN THE MASTER SHALL ORdIr™^' ^^ 
 
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 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE 
 GRAND LODGE. 
 
THE GENERAL HEADS OF THE CHARGES 
 
 OF A FREEMASON. 
 
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 I. Of God and Religion. 
 
 n. Of the Civil Magistrate, supreme and subordi- 
 nate. 
 HI. Of Lodges. ' 
 
 IV. Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows and Apprentices. 
 
 V. Of the Management of the Craft in Working. 
 
 VI. Of Behc -^'our, viz.: 
 
 1. In the Lodge while constituted. 
 
 2. After the Lodge is over and the Brethren 
 
 not gone. 
 
 3. When Brethren meet without strangers, 
 
 but not in a Lodge formed. 
 
 4. In the presence of strangers not masons. 
 
 5. At home and in your neighborhood. 
 
 6. Towards a strange brother. 
 
 VII. Antient Charges — To the Master-Elect. 
 
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 €§e C^av^te of a ^^mmaeon, ^c. 
 
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 I.— CONCERNING GOD AND RELIGION. 
 
 A Mason is obliged by his tenure to obey the moral law, 
 and if he rightly understand the art he will never be a 
 stupid atheist nor an irreligious libertine. He, of all men, 
 should best understand that God seeth not as man seeth : 
 for man looketh at the outward appearance, but God looketh 
 to the heart. A mason is, therefore, particularly bound 
 never to act against the dictates of his conscience. Let a 
 man's religion, or mode of worship, be what it may, he is 
 not excluded from the order, provided he believe in the 
 architect of heaven and earth, and practice the sacred duties 
 of morality. Masons unite with the virtuous of every per- 
 suasion, in the firm and pleasing bond of fraternal love ; 
 they are taught to view the errors of mankind with compas- 
 sion, and to strive by the purity of their own conduct to 
 demonstrate the superior excellence of the faith they may 
 profess. Thus, Masonry is the centre of union between 
 good men and true, and the happy means of conciliating 
 friendship amongst those who must otherwise have remained 
 at a perpetual distance. 
 
 IL— OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE, SUPREME AND 
 
 SUBORDINATE. 
 
 A Mason is a peaceful subject to the civil powers wher- 
 ever he resides or works, and is never to be concerned in 
 plots and conspiracies against the peace and welfare of the 
 nation, nor to behave himself undatifully to inferior magis- 
 trates. He is cheerfully to conform to every lawful author- 
 
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 AKTIENT CHARGES. 
 
 ity ; to uphold, on every occasion, the interest of the com- 
 munity, and zealously promote the prosperity of his own 
 country. Masonry has ever flourished in times of peace, 
 and been always injured by war, bloodshed and confusion, 
 so that kings and princes in every age have been much dis- 
 posed to encourage the craftsmen on account of their peace- 
 ableness and loyalty, whereby they practically answer the 
 cavils of their adver mries, and promote the honor of the 
 fraternity. Craftsmen are bound by peculiar ties to pro- 
 mote peace, cultivate harmony, and live in concord and 
 brotherly love. 
 
 III.— OF LODGES. 
 
 A lodge is a place where Freemasons assemble to work 
 and to instruct and to improve themselves in the mysteries 
 of their ancient science. In an extended sense, it applies to 
 persons as well as to place ; hence every regular assembly, 
 or duly organized meeting of masons, is called a lodge. 
 Every brother ought to belong to somr^ lodge, and be sub- 
 ject to its by-laws and the general regulations of the craft: 
 A lodge may be either general or particular, as will be best 
 understood by attending it, and there a knowledge of the 
 established usages and customs of the craft may be acquired. 
 From antient times no master or fellow could be absent from 
 his lodge, especially when warned to appear at it, without 
 incurring a severe censure ; unless it appeared to the mastv<3r 
 and wardens that pure necessity hindered him. 
 
 The persons made masons and admitted members of a 
 lodge must be good and true men, free born, and of a ma- 
 ture and discreet age and sound judgment, no bondsmen, no 
 women, no immoral or scandalous men, but of good report. 
 
 IV.—OF MASTERS, WARDENS, FELLOWS AND 
 
 APPRENTICES. 
 
 All preferment among masons is grounded upon real 
 worth and personal merit only, that so the lords may be 
 well served, the biethren not put to shame, nor the royal 
 
ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 craft despised ; therefore no master or warden is chosen by 
 seniority, but for his merit. It is impossible to describe 
 these things in writing, and therefore every brother must 
 attend in his place, and learn them in a way peculiar to this 
 fraternity. Candidates may, nevertheless, know that no 
 master should take an apprentice, unless he has sufficient 
 employment for him ; and unless he is a perfect youth^ hav 
 ing no maim or defect in his hody^ that may render him in- 
 capable of learning the art, or serving his master's lord, and 
 of being made a brother and then a fellow-craft in due time, 
 after he has served such a term of years as the custom of 
 the country directs ; and that he should be descended of 
 honest parents, that so, when otherwise qualified, he may 
 arrive to the honor of being a warden, and then the master 
 of the lodge, the grand warden, and at length the grand 
 master of all the lodges, according to his merit. 
 
 iSTo brother can be a warden unless he has passed the part 
 of a fellow-craft, nor a master until he has acted as warden, 
 nor a grand warden until he has been master of a lodge, 
 nor a grand master until he has been fellow -craft before his 
 election, who is also to be notably born or a gentleman of 
 the best fashion, or some eminent scholar or some curious 
 architect, or other artist, descended of honest parents, and 
 who is of singularly great merit in the lodges. 
 
 These rulers and governors^ supre\r e and subordinate, of 
 the ancient lodge, are to be obeyed in their respective 
 stations by all the brethren, according to the old charges and 
 regulations, with all humility, reverence, love and alacrity. 
 
 N,B. — In antient times^ no brother^ however skilled in the 
 craft, was called a master mason until he had been elected into 
 the chair of the lodge. 
 
 V.^OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CRAFT IN 
 
 WORKING. 
 
 All mapons should work honestly on working days, that 
 they may live creditably on holy days ; and the time ap- 
 
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 pointed by the law of the land, or confirmed by custom, 
 shall be observed. 
 
 The most expert of the fellow-craftsmen shall be chosen 
 or appointed the master, or overseer, of the Lord's work, 
 v/ho is to be called master by those who work under him. 
 The craftsmen are to avoid all ill language, and call each 
 other by no disobliging name, but brother or fellow ; and to 
 behave themselves courteously within and without the 
 lodge. 
 
 The master, knowing himself to be able of cunning, shall 
 undertake the lord's work as reasonably as possible, and 
 truly dispend his goods as if they were his own ; nor give 
 more wages to any brother or apprentice than he really may 
 deserve. 
 
 Both the master and the mason receiving their wages 
 justly shall be faithful to the lord, and honestly finish their 
 work, whether task or journc / j nor put the work to task 
 that hath been accustomed to journey. 
 
 None shall discover envy at the prosperity of a brother, 
 nor supplant him or put him out of his work if he is cap- 
 able to finish the same ; for no man can finish another's* 
 work so much to the lord's profit, unless he be thoroughly ac- 
 quainted with the designs and draughts of him that began it. 
 
 When the fellow-craftsman is chosen warden of the work 
 under the master, he shall be true both to master and fellows, 
 shall carefully oversee the work in the master's absence, to 
 the lord's profit ; and his brethren shall obey him. 
 
 All masons employed shall meekly receive their wages 
 without mumuring or mutiny, and not desert the master till 
 the work be finished. 
 
 A younger brother shall be instructed in working, to pre- 
 vent spoiling the materials for want of judgment, and for 
 increasin ^ and continuing of brotherly love. 
 
 All til J tools used in working shall be approved by the 
 grand lodge. 
 
 No labourer shall be employed in the proper work of 
 masonry ; nor shall freemasons work with those who are 
 
ANTIENT (.'HAKGES. 
 
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 not free, without an urgent necessity ; nor shall they teaoh 
 laborers, or unaccepted masons as they should teach a 
 brother or a fellow. 
 
 VI.— OF BEHAVIOUR, Viz : 
 
 I. — IN THE LODGE WHILE CONSTITUTED. 
 
 You are not to hold private committees or separate con- 
 versation, without leave from the master, nor to talk of 
 anything impertinently, or unseemly, nor interrupt the 
 master or wardens or any brother speaking to the master ; 
 nor behave himself ludicrously or jestingly while the lodge 
 is engaged in what is serious and solemn ; nor use any un- 
 becoming language upon any pretence whatsoever ; but to 
 pay due reverence to your master, wardens and fellows, 
 and put them to worship. 
 
 If any complaint be brought, the brother found guilty 
 shall stand to the award and determination of the lodge, 
 who are the proper and competent judges of all such controver- 
 sies (unless you carry them by appeal to the grand lodge), 
 and to whom they ought to be referred, unless a lord's work 
 be hindered the meanwhile, in which case a particular re- 
 ference may be made ; but you must never go to law about 
 what concerneth masocry, without an absolute necessity ap- 
 parent to the lodge. 
 
 2. — BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE LODGE IS OVER AND THE BRETHREN 
 
 NOT GONE, 
 
 You may enjoy yourself with innocent mirth, treating 
 one another according to ability, but avoiding excess, or 
 forcing any brother to eat or drink beyoud his incliration, or 
 hinder him from going when his occasions call him, or doing 
 or saying anything offensive, or that may forbid an easy 
 and free conversation, for that would blast our harmony 
 and defeat our laudablt; purposes. Therefore, no private 
 piques ^r quarrels must be brought within the door of the 
 
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 ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 lodge, far less any quarrels about religion, or nations, or 
 state policy, we being only as masons of the universal religion 
 above mentioned ; we are also of all nations, tongues, kind- 
 dreds and languages, and are resolved against all politics, as 
 what never yet conduced to the welfare of the lodge, nor 
 ever will. 
 
 3. — BEHAVIOUR WHEN BRETHREN MEET WITHOUT STRANGERS, 
 BUT NOT IN A LODGE FORMED. 
 
 You are to salute one another in a courteous manner as 
 you will be instructed, calling each other brother, freely 
 giving mutual instruction as shall be thought expedient, 
 without being overseen or overheard, and without encroach- 
 ing on each other, or derogating from that respect which is 
 due to any brother, were he not a mason ; for though all 
 masons are as brethren upon the same level, yet masonry 
 take^ no honor from a man that he had before ; nay rather 
 it adds to his honor, especially if he has deserved well of 
 the brotherhood, who must give honor to whom it is due, 
 and avoid ill manners. 
 
 4. — BEHAVIOUR IN PRESENCE OF STRANGERS NOT MASONS. 
 
 You should be cautious in your words and carriage, that 
 the most penetrating stranger thould not be able to discover 
 or find out what is not proper to be intimated ; and some- 
 times you may divert a discourse and manage it prudently 
 for the honor of the worshipful fraternity. 
 
 5. — BEHAVIOUR AT HOME AND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
 
 Yon are to act as becomes a moral and wise man, par- 
 ticularly not to let your family, friends and neighbors know 
 the concerns of the lodge, &c. ; but wisely to consult your 
 own honor, and that of your ancient brotherhood, for rea- 
 sons not to be mentioned here. You must also consult your 
 liealth, by not continuing together too late or too lorg from 
 home after lodge hours are passed ; and by avoiding of 
 
ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 gluttony or drunkenness, that your family be not neglected 
 or injured, nor you disabled from working. 
 
 6. — BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS A STRANGE BROTHER. 
 
 You are p^^'^tioned to examine him in such a manner as 
 prudence shaii direct you, that you may not be imposed upon 
 by an ignorant false pretender, whom you are to reject with 
 contempt and derision, and beware of giving him any hints 
 of knowledge. 
 
 But if you discover him to be a true and genuine brother, 
 you are to respect him accordingly ; and if he is in want 
 you must relieve him if you can, or direct him how he may 
 be relieved. You must employ him some days or else re- 
 commend him to be employed. But you are not charged to 
 do beyond your ability ; only to prefer a poor brother and a 
 good man and true before any other people in the sime 
 circumstances. 
 
 Finally — All these charges you are to o>)serve, and also 
 those that shall be communicated unto you in another way ; 
 cultivating brotherly love, the foundation and cape stone, 
 the cement and glory of this ancient fraternity ; avoiding 
 all wrangling and quarrelling, all slander and backbiting, nor 
 permitting others to slander any honest brother, but defend- 
 ing his character and doing him all good offices, so far as is 
 consistent with your honor and safety, and no further. And 
 if any of them do you injury, you mast apply to your own 
 or his lodge ; and from thence you may appeal to the grand 
 lodge, at th&^nnual communication, as has been the ancient 
 laudable conduct of our forefathers in every nation ; never 
 taking a legal course but when the case cannot be otherwise 
 decided ; and patiently listening to the honest and friendly 
 advice of mastero and fellows, when they would prevent you 
 going to law with strangers, or would excite you to put a 
 speedy period to all law suits, that so you may find the 
 affair of masonry with more alacrity and success ; but with 
 respect to brothers or fellows at law, the masters and breth- 
 
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 ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
 ren should kindly offer their mediation ; which ought to be 
 thankfully submitted to by the contending brethren ; and if 
 that submission is impracticable, they must, however, carry 
 on their process of lawsuit without wrath or rancour (not in 
 the common way), saying or doing nothing which may hin- 
 der brotherly love and good offices to be renewed and con- 
 tinued, that all may see the benign influence of masonry, as 
 all true masons have done frocn the beginning of the ^7orld, 
 and will do to the end of time. 
 
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 Amen, so mote it he. 
 
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 Summary of the Ancient Charges and Kegulations to he 
 read hy the Grand Secretary (or acting Secretary) to the 
 Master- Elect, prior to his installation into the chair of 
 the Lodge, 
 
 1 . You agree to be a good man and true, and strictly to 
 obey the moral law. 
 
 2. You are to be a peaceful subject, and cheerfully to con- 
 form to the laws of the country in which you reside, 
 
 3. You promise not to be concerned in plots or conspira- 
 cies against government, but patiently to submit to the 
 decisions of the supreme legislature. 
 
 4. You agree to pay a proper respect to the civil magis- 
 trate, to work diligently, live creditably^ and act honorably 
 by all men. 
 
 5. You agree to hold in veneration the original rulers and 
 patrons of the order of Freemasonry, and their regular suc- 
 cessors, supreme and subordinate, according to their stations, 
 and to submit to the awards and resolutions of your brethren 
 in general lodge convened, in every case consistent with the 
 constitution of the order. * 
 
 6. You agree to avoid private piques and quarrels, and to 
 guard against intemperance and excess. 
 
ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 7. You agree to be cautions in your carriage and behav- 
 ior, courteous to your brethren, and faithful to your lodge. 
 
 8. You promise to respect genuine and true brethren and 
 to discountenance imposters and all dissenters from the or- 
 iginal plan of Freemasonry. 
 
 9. You agree to promote the general good of society, to 
 cultivate the social virtues^ and to propagate the knowledge 
 of the mystic art as far as your influence and ability can ex- 
 tend. 
 
 10. You promise to pay homage to the grand master for 
 the time being, and to his officers when duly installed, and 
 strictly conform to every edict of the grand lodge. 
 
 11. You admit that it is not in the power of any man or 
 body of men, to make innovation in the body of masonry. 
 
 12. You promise a regular attendance on the communica- 
 tions and committees of the grand lodge upon receiving 
 proper notice thereof ; and to pay attention to all the duties 
 of freemasonry, upon proper and convenient occasions. 
 
 13. You admit that no new lodge can be formed without 
 permission of the grand master ; and that no countenance 
 ought to be given to any irregular' lodge, or any person in- 
 itiated therein; and that no public procession of masons 
 clothed with the badge of the order, can take place without 
 the special license of the grand master. 
 
 14. You admit that no person can regularly be made a 
 freemason, or admitted a member of any lodge^ without pre- 
 vious notice and due inquiry into his character ; and that no 
 brother can be advanced to a higher degree except in strict 
 conformity with the laws of the grand lodge. 
 
 15. You promise that no visitor shall be received into 
 your lodge without due examination and producing proper 
 vouchers of his having been initiated into a regular lodge. 
 
 At the conclusion the grand master oi- installing officer 
 addresses the master-elect as follows : — ** Do you submit to 
 ^^ and promise to support these charges and regulations, as 
 '^ masters have done in all ages 'i " Upon his answering in 
 the affirmative, the ceremony of installation proceeds. 
 
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 oonsrsTiTXJTionsT 
 
 OF THK Grand Lodqk of 
 
 /^ncieql, 
 
 "Tee and /^ccepled Masons 
 
 — IN TUB— . (" 
 
 PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. 
 
 We, the CrRAND LoDGE OF AnCFENT, FrEE AND ACCEPTED 
 
 Masons of Canada, in the Province of Ontario, in order to 
 form perfect fraternal union, to establish order, to insure 
 tranquillity, to provide for and promote the general welfare 
 of the Craft, and to secure to the fraternity in the Province 
 of Ontario all the blessings of Masonic privileges, do order 
 and establish this Constitution 
 
 OF THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 1. The style and title of the Grand Lodge shall be " The 
 Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of 
 Canada, in the Province of Ontario." 
 
 2. The ofiftcers of the grand lodge shall be respectively 
 elected or appointed as hereinafter provided, and hold their 
 offices for one year or until their successors shall have been 
 regularly elected or appointed. 
 
 3. The grand master ov presiding officer, at the annual 
 communication, shall appoint twelve scrutineers, not being 
 grand lodge officers or brethren nominated for grand lodge 
 office, or members of the board of general purposes, whose 
 duty it shall be to make a correct report to grand lodge, 
 through the brother first named, of the result of the ballot. 
 They shall act in sections of threes, to whom shall be allotted 
 
THE UKAND L0|)(;E. 
 
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 separate parcels of ballots or balloting lists, as collected by 
 the stewards ; and before entering upon the duties of their 
 office, the scrutineers shall solemnly pledge themselves to 
 perform the same truly and faithfully. The manner of con- 
 ducting an election of the members of the board of general 
 purposes shall be as follows : The committee on credentials 
 of representatives shall prepare a list of the names of dele- 
 gates to grand lodge, together with the number of votes each 
 delegate is entitled to cast. The grand secretary or one of 
 the committee of credentials shall call in rotation the names 
 of the brethren en itled to vote, when each shall hand his 
 ballot to one of the grand stewards to deposit it in one or 
 more ballot boxes provided for that purpose. No brother 
 shall be permitted to deposit more than one ballot. 
 
 4. The election of all elective officers of grand lodge shall 
 take place at the annual communication, when those present 
 shall be duly installed and invested, and proclaimed in 
 ancient form. 
 
 5. The following officers shall be elected, viz : — By ballot 
 of the grand lodge — 
 
 The most woishipful the grand master. 
 
 The right worshipful the deputy grand master. 
 
 By nomination to be handed to the grand secretary, and 
 if more than one brother be nominated, then by ballot of 
 grand lodge. — 
 
 The right worshipful the grand senior warden. 
 
 junior warden. 
 
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 The grand tyler. 
 
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 the warranted lodges of the respective districts, present at 
 the annual communication, subject to the confirmation of 
 the grand master — 
 
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 The right worshipful the district deputy grand masters. 
 6. — The followiug officers shall be appointed by the grand 
 master, viz.: 
 
 The very worshipful grand senior deacon. 
 
 junior deacon, 
 supt of works, 
 director of ceremonies. 
 ass'D M secretary. 
 
 director of ceremonies, 
 sword bearer, 
 organist, 
 ass't M organist. 
 
 pursuivant, 
 twelve II stewards, 
 two M standard bearers. 
 
 7. Grand lodge shall consist of the elective and appointed 
 officers (excepting the grand tyler) mentioned in the two 
 preceding articles, with all past grand officers, continuing to 
 subscribe to a warranted lodge (duly returned), the masters 
 pnd wardens of all warranted lodges, and all past masters 
 who were installed masters of warranted lodges on the reg- 
 ister of this grand lodge (duly returned), being members of 
 a warranted lodge ; provided that no brother shall rank as 
 a past grand officer, unless at the time of holding office in 
 grand lodge he was either a master or past master of some 
 warranted lodge. 
 
 8. Should neither the master nor the wardens of a war- 
 ranted lodge attend any communication of grand lodge, such 
 warranted lodge by its vote properly certified by the master 
 and secretary, and under seal, may delegate any master or 
 past master entitled to a seat in grand lodge to represent 
 their lodge, but no proxy shall be valid unless it is passed 
 in open lodge, and the name of the brother so delegated 
 shall have been written in the proxy previous to its being 
 signed by the master and secretary of the lodge ; and no 
 brother can represent more than three lodges. 
 
THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
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 9. The rank of officers and members of grand lodge shall 
 be as follows : 
 
 The grand master. 
 
 Past grand masters, according to seniority, i 
 
 The deputy grand master. 
 
 Fast deputy grand masters. 
 Dist. dep. grand master, Erie 
 
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 South Huron 
 North Huron 
 Wilson 
 Wellington 
 Hamilton 
 Georgian 
 Niagara 
 Toronto 
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 Prince Edward 
 Frontenac 
 St. Lawrence 
 Ottawa 
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 Past district deputy grand masters. 
 
 Grand senior warden. 
 Past II M wardens. 
 Grand junior warden. 
 Past' II It wardens. 
 
 Grand chaplain. 
 Past II chaplains. 
 Grand treasurer, ^ 
 Past M treasurers. 
 
 Grand registrar. 
 Past II registrars. 
 Grand secretary. 
 Past It secretaries. . 
 
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 THE ORANI) LODGE. 
 
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 Grand senior deacon. 
 Past M It deacons. 
 
 Grand junior deacon. 
 Past II M deacons. 
 
 Grand superintendent of works. ' 
 Past It superintendents n 
 
 Grand director cf ceremonies. 
 Past ti directors n 
 
 Assistant grand secretary. 
 Past It II secretaries. 
 
 Assistant grand director of ceremonies. 
 Past II I! directors h 
 
 Grand sword bearer. 
 Past II It bearers. 
 
 Grand organist. 
 Past i< organists. 
 
 Assistant grand organist. 
 Past II 11 
 
 Grand pursuivant. 
 Past II pursuivants. 
 
 Grand stewards. 
 Past It stewards. 
 
 Grand standard bearers. 
 Past It M It 
 
 The masters, past masters, and senior and junior wardens 
 
 of warranted lodges, in the order of the numbers of their 
 
 respective lodge warrants. 
 
 10. The elective officers, except the tyler, are to be chosen 
 by ballot, and shall require a majority of all the votes 
 present. 
 
 11. No brother shall be eligible to any elective office in 
 grand lodge, unless he has been regularly installed master of 
 a warranted lodge. 
 
 12. Should any vacancy occur in any office of the grand 
 lodge, the grand master shall appoint a qualified brother to 
 supply the place, ^ro tempore. 
 
 organists. 
 
THE rjRANI) LODGE. 
 
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 13. The grand lodgo may by a two-thirds vote constitute 
 any brother of eminence and ability who has rendered ser- 
 vice to the craft and who hails from a fdl'eigu jurisdiction, 
 an honorary member of grand lodge, with such rank and 
 distinction as it may deem appropriate, and may by a like 
 vote in recognition of eminence, ability and services rendered, 
 confer upon any of its own members such rank and distinc- 
 tion as it may deem appropriate. 
 
 14. The privileges of masonic rank under this grand lodge 
 shall be restricted to those who have obtained rank under 
 this jurisdiction. 
 
 15. Any resident in the Province of Ontario, who during 
 such residence has been initiated into masonry by any body 
 beyond this jurisdiction, without the permission of the grand 
 master, shall not be entitled to masonic privileges, except 
 upon such terms as may be imposed by the grand master. 
 
 16. No member of grand lodge shall attend therein with- 
 out his proper jewel and clothing, nor wear any jewel not 
 recognized by grand lodge. 
 
 17. Should any warranted lodge have neglected to make 
 its returns and payments to grand lodge for more than one 
 year, the master, wardens or other representatives of such 
 lodge shall not be permitted to attend any meeting of grand 
 ledge until such returns or payments are completed. 
 
 18. No brother shall be permitted to attend the grand 
 lodge as master, past master or warden, until his name and 
 appointment shall have been duly returned and transmitted 
 to the grand secretary's office. 
 
 1 9. The annual communication of the grand lodge shall 
 be holden on the third Wednesday in July, at which the 
 place of holding the next communication shall be decided. 
 None but members shall be present at these communications 
 without permission of the grand master. No visitor shall 
 speak to any question unless requested to do so by the 
 grand master, nor shall he on any occasion be permitted 
 to vote. 
 

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 THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
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 20. The grand master, or in his absence from the Pro- 
 vince, the deputy grand master, or in his like absence, the 
 grand wardens, rm.y summon and hold grand lodges of 
 emergency, whenever the good of the craft shall in their 
 opinion require it ; the particular reason for convening such 
 grand lodges of emergency shall be expressed in the sum- 
 mons, and no other business shall be entered upon at that 
 meeting. 
 
 21. If at any grand lodge, stated or occasional, the grand 
 master be absent, grand lodge shall be ruled by the grand 
 cfficer next in rank and seniority who may be present ; and 
 if no elective grand officer be present, by the master of the 
 senior warranted lodge present. 
 
 22. The grand lodge is declared open in ample form when 
 the grand master is present ; in due form when a past grand 
 master or the deputy grand master presides ; at all other 
 times only in form, yet with the same authority. 
 
 23. The powers of any pro tempore presiding officer shall 
 be the same as those properly belonging to the office so 
 filled by 4;iim. 
 
 24. In grand lodge alone resides the power of enacting 
 laws and regulations for the government of the craft, and of 
 altering, repealing, or abrogating them, always taking care 
 that the antient landmarks of the order are preserved ; 
 grand lodge has also the inherent powers of investigating, 
 regulating and deciding all matters relative to the craft or 
 to private lodges, or to individual brothers, which it may 
 exercise either of itself or by such delegated authority as, 
 in its wisdom or discretion, it may appoint ; but in grand 
 lodge alone resides the power of erasing lodges, expelling 
 brethren from the craft, and of removing such expulsion. 
 
 25. No lodge shall be erased, nor any brother expelled, 
 until the master or officer of the lodge, or the ofife'idii^g 
 brother, shall have been summoned to show cause in the 
 grand lodge why such sentence should not be recorded and 
 enforced ', such summons being addressed, and either de- 
 
THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
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 livered personally, or sent by post to the last known place 
 of residence of such brother, being deemed a sufficient 
 service. 
 
 26. When any memorial or other document shall be pre- 
 sented by any member of the grand lodge, either on behalf 
 of himself or another, the member presenting it shall be 
 responsible that such paper does not contain any improper 
 matter, or any offensive or indecorous language. 
 
 27. No brother below the rank of a p'\st grand master 
 shall assume the grand master's chair, though he be en- 
 titled in the absence of the grand master to rule the grand 
 lodge. 
 
 28. A warranted lodge shall mean a private lodge work- 
 ing under warrant of this grand lodge ; and a private lodge 
 shall mean either a warranted lodge or a lodge working 
 under a dispensation from the grand master. 
 
 29. A lodge under dispensation possesses no other powers 
 or privileges than such as are conferred by its dispensation, 
 but it is subject to the laws regulating private lodges so far 
 as the same are applicable. 
 
 30. An affiliated mason shall mean a brother who is a 
 member of a private lodge. 
 
 31. A joining member shall mean a brother having been 
 initiated in a private lodge or hailing from a foreign j uris- 
 diction acknowledged by the grand lodge, or naving been 
 " healed,*' and, in either case, who is admitted a member of 
 a private lodge by affiliation according to this constitution. 
 
 32. Grand lodge books of account shall be closed on the 
 thirty-first day of May in each year, and at the first meeting 
 thereafter of the board of general purposes, the accounts and 
 balance sheet, together with a list of the contributions, a 
 statement of funds in hand and of all property of grand 
 lodge, shall be presented and audited, the same shall be 
 printed and transmitted to each lodge before the twenty- 
 fourth of June in each vear. 
 
 33. All moneys payable to grand lodge for fees, dues and 
 
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 THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
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 interest, and from all other sources, shall be paid to the 
 graud secretary and by him entered in the cash book of 
 grand lodge, and all sums so received by him shall be de- 
 posited by him in the bank with which grand lodge keeps 
 its account, receiving therefor a deposit voucher in duplicate, 
 one of which shall be retained by himself and the other 
 shall be forwarded without delay to the grand treasurer. 
 
 34. No private lodge or brother shall be allowed to bor- 
 row money of the grand lodge funds in any^orm whatever. 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF GRAND LODGE DURING 
 
 THE TIME OF BUSINESS. 
 
 35. The annual communication of grand lodge being 
 opened, the regulations are to be read. The minutes of the 
 last regular communication, and of any intervening grand 
 lodge, are then to be put for confirmation, and all communi- 
 cations from the grand master and deputy grand master and 
 reports from the district deputy grand masters, board of 
 general purposes, or committees, are then to be read and 
 taken into consideration, and the other business regularly 
 proceeded with. 
 
 36. A.11 matters are to be decided by a majority of 
 votes, each warranted lodge having three votes, each past 
 master one vote, each officer of grand lodge except the grand 
 tyler, not otherwise entitled to vote, shall have one vote by 
 virtue of his office, and the grand master a casting vote in 
 case of equality ; unless grand lodge, for the sake of expedi- 
 tion, think proper to leave any particular subject to the de- 
 termination of the grand master. Where any subject can 
 be satisfactorily settled by an open vote, the votes of the 
 members are always to be signified by each holding out one 
 of his hands, which uplifted hands the grand wardens or 
 grand deacons are to count, unless the number be so un- 
 equal as to render counting unnecessary ; but any brother 
 may demand a ballot on any question, either before or im- 
 mediately after an open vote shall have been taken. 
 
THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
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 37. All members shall keep their seats, except the grand 
 deacons, grand director of ceremonies and his assistant and 
 the grand stewards, who are allowed to move about from 
 place to place in the discharge of their duties. 
 
 38. No brother shall speak twice on the same question, 
 unless in explanation, or the mover in reply. 
 
 39. Every one who speaks shall rise, and remain stand- 
 ing, addressing himself to the grand master ; nor shall any 
 other presume to interrupt him unless to address the grand 
 master to order ; or the grand master shall thinK fit to call 
 him to order ; but after he has been set right he may pro- 
 ceed if he observe due order and decorum. 
 
 40. If any member shall have been twice called to order 
 for transgressing these rules, and shall nevertheless be guilty 
 of a third offence at the same meeting, the grand master 
 may peremptorily command him to leave the grand lodge 
 for that communication. 
 
 41. Whoever phall be so unmasonic as to hiss at a brother 
 or at what he has said, shall be solemnly excluded from the 
 communication and declared incapable of being a member 
 of grand lodge, until at another time he publicly own his 
 fault, and grace be granted. 
 
 42. No motion on any new subject shall be made, nor 
 any new matter entered upon, ifter eleven o'clock at night. 
 
 43. No money grants shall be made by grand lodge on 
 the last day of the communication, unless notice shall have 
 been given the day previous. 
 
 44. The constitution of grand lodge may be amended or 
 altered at any annual communication of grand lodge^ by 
 two-thirds of the votes present, provided that no motion for 
 amending or altering the constitution shall be entertained 
 unless notice in writing, stating tuc proposed amendment 
 or alteration, shall have been given at the preceding annual 
 communication of grand lodge, or shall have been sent to 
 the grand secretary on or before the first day of December 
 preceding the communication of grand lodge. 
 
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 OF GRAND MASTER. 
 
 45. The grand master shall be elected, and, according to 
 ancient usage, installed at the annual communication. He 
 is then, or as soon as possible thereafter, to nominate such 
 of his grand officers as it is his prerogative to appoint, who, 
 with the elective grand cfl&cers, are, if present, to be installed 
 or invested in ancient form. 
 
 46. In the temporary absence of the grand master from 
 the province, notified by him to the grand secretary, the 
 deputy grand master shall possess all the powers of the 
 ^rand master ; and should the grand master die during 
 his time of office, or be rendered incapable ot discharging 
 the duties thereof, by sickness, permanent absence 
 from the province or otherwise, the deputy grand master 
 shall forthwith assume the functions of grand master until 
 the next annual election ; and should the deputy grand 
 master die, or be rendered incapable of discharging the 
 duties thereof by sickness, permanent absence from the pro- 
 vince, or otherwise, previous to such election, the grand 
 wardens shall immediately summon a grand lodge to elect a 
 grand master. 
 
 47. The grand master, under sanction of the grand lodge, 
 may by warrant appoint any brother of eminence and skill 
 to represent the grand lodge in a sister grand lodge. 
 
 48. The grand master has full authority to preside in any 
 private lorlge, and to order any of his grand officers to at- 
 tend him. His deputy is to be placed on his right hand, 
 and the master of the lodge on his left hand. His wardens 
 are also to act as wardens of that particular lodge during 
 his presence; but if the grand wardens be not present, then 
 the grand master T.:iy*itJommand the wardens of the lodge 
 or any master m'tsons to act as his wardens pro tempore. 
 ^^9. The grand master may send his grand officers to visit 
 any private lodge he may think proper. 
 
OF GRAND MASTER. 
 
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 50. The grand master may summon any private lodge or 
 brother to attend him, and to produce the warrant books 
 and accounts of such ledge, or the certificate of such brother. 
 If the summons be not complied with, nor a sufficient rea- 
 son given for non-compliance, such summons is to be repeated 
 as a peremptory summons ; if such last-mentioned sum- 
 mons be not attended to, such lodge or brother may be sus- 
 pended and the proceedings notified to grand lodge. 
 
 51. The grand master has power to suspend any officer of 
 a lodge from the powers and duties of his office for good 
 reason shown, to arrest the charter or dispensation of any 
 lodge, and to suspend the operation thereof until the next 
 annual communication of grand lodge ; and he may suspend 
 any lodge or brother who shall refuse to comply with such 
 order ; he has also power to decide any question of usage, 
 order and masonic law, and to approve the by-laws of war- 
 ranted lodges. 
 
 52. The grand master may in a case of vacancy in the 
 office of any district deputy grand master, appoint any quali- 
 fied brother to perform the duties of that office pro tempore. 
 
 53. It is the prerogative of the grand master to perform 
 the following ceremonies, viz. : — Consecrating and dedicat- 
 ing masonic halls, constituting lodges, laying foundation 
 stones, and installing grand officers, and no brother can law- 
 fully perform any of these ceremonies unless authorized to 
 do so by him. 
 
 64. The grand master has authority to grant dispensa- 
 tions for the following purposes, viz. ; — 
 
 To authorize the requisite number of brethren to meet as 
 a lodge until the next annual communication of grand 
 lodge ; to authorize the grand secretary to issue a grand 
 lodge certificate to a brother who has been admitted to a 
 higher degree at a shorter interval than prescribed by the 
 constitution ; to relieve a brother from masonic disability by 
 reason of his being a member of a lodge which has been sus- 
 pended ; to permit the " healing " of an irregularly made 
 
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 OF DEPUTY GRANT) MASTER. 
 
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 mason. The grand master has also authority to grant dis- 
 pensations to any private lodge for any of the following 
 purposes, viz. : — 
 
 To appear in public in masonic clothing : to elect officers 
 at a time other than that fixed by the by-laws ; to elect and 
 instal officers at a time other than that fixed by the by-laws ; 
 to hold a lodge of instruction ; to confer a higher degree on 
 a brother at a shorter interval than prescribed by the consti- 
 tution -J to receive and act upon a petition for initiation from 
 a person who resides outside of the jurisdiction of the lodge ; 
 to initiate more than five candidates in one day ; to initiate 
 a candidate who is under twenty-one years of age ; to initiate 
 without fee a person proposed to act as a serving brother. 
 
 55; An appeal against any ruling or decision of the grand 
 master may be made to grand lodge. 
 
 56. The grand master shall not be applied to officially on 
 any business concerning masons or masonry, but through 
 the grand secretary, the deputy grand master, the district 
 deputy grand masters or board of general purposes. 
 
 OF DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
 57. The deputy grand master shall be elected, and accord- 
 ing to ancient usage installed, at the annual communication. 
 
 58. In the absence of the grand master, the deputy grand 
 master possesses all the powers and privilf*^es of the grand 
 master. The deputy grand master is ex officio president of 
 the board of general purposes. He has full authority unless 
 the grand master be present, to preside in any private lodge 
 he may visit, with the district deputy grand master on his 
 right hand, and the master of the lodge on his left hand. 
 
 The grand wardens, if present, are to act as wardens of 
 that particular lodge during the deputy grand master's con- 
 tinuance there; but if the grand wardens be not present, 
 then the deputy grand master may command the wardens of 
 the lodge, or any other master masons to act as his wardens 
 pro tempore. 
 
OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
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 OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
 59. The district deputy grand master for each district 
 shall be elected by the majority of the past masters and re- 
 presentatives of the warranted lodges of such district^ at the 
 annual communication of grand lodge; and if confirmed by 
 the grand master^ he shall, if present^ be regularly installed. 
 He must be a past master and a resident of the district for 
 which he is elected. If a brother, who is master of a lodge 
 is elected as district deputy grand master, his election shall 
 ipso facto operate to vacaf^e his office of master^ and a new 
 election shall be held by the lodge. 
 
 60. The election of district deputy grand master shall be 
 held at nine o'clock in the forenoon^ on the second day of the 
 annual communication of grand lodge. 
 
 61. He may preside in every private lodge he visits with- 
 in his district^ with the master of the lodge on his right 
 hand. 
 
 62. It shall be the duty of the district deputy grand master 
 to visit all the private lodges in his district during his term 
 of office^ to see that such lodges lire working in accordance 
 with the work adopted by grand lodge^ and that returns 
 have been regularly forwarded with all fees and dues that 
 may have accrued ; and on refusal or neglect on the part of 
 any lodge to make such returns and payments, he may sus- 
 pend such lodge. 
 
 63. It shall be the duty of the district deputy grand master 
 to satisfy himself that the brother recommended in the peti- 
 tion of A new lodge^ as the first master thereof, is duly qual- 
 ified to perform the duties of that office, and for that purpose 
 is authorized to summon that brother to attend for exami- 
 nation^ and to grant him a certificate of qualification. 
 
 64. It shall be the duty of the district deputy grand master 
 to ascertain whether a lodge working under a dispensation 
 in his district, and seeking a warrant of constitution, has 
 provided itself with suitable furniture and clothing. 
 
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 OF DISTRITT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
 14 
 
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 65. The district deputy grand master, when satisfied that 
 any brother has been unjustly or illegally suspended from 
 any of his masonic functions or privileges, by a private 
 lodge within his district^ may order him to be immediately 
 restored^ and may suspend the lodge or brother who shall 
 refuse to comply with such order; and shall immediately re- 
 port the circumstances to the grand master. 
 
 66. An appeal j in all cases, lies from the district deputy 
 grand master^ to the grand master of the grand lodge. 
 
 67. If the district deputy grand master shall neglect to 
 proceed on any case or business which may be sent for his 
 decision within a reasonable time^ the application or com- 
 plaint may be transmitted to the grand secretary. 
 
 68. The district deputy grand master may summon any 
 private lodge or brother within his district to attend him; 
 and to produce the warranty books^ papers and accounts of 
 such lodge^ or the certificate of such brother. If the sum- 
 mons be not complied with nor a sufficient reason given for 
 non-compliance^ a peremptory summons shall be iasued^ and 
 in case of contumacy he may suspend the lodge or brother, 
 and he shall immediately report the circumstances to the 
 grand master. 
 
 69. He has power to give or refuse consent for the re- 
 moval of a lodge from place to place within his district, but 
 not from his district into another, nor from another district 
 into his own, without the sanction of the grand master. 
 
 70. He has the power to grant dispensations for public 
 processions and for holding lodges of instruction, but not for 
 balls, conversaziones, excursions or pic-nics. 
 
 71. He has power to grant a dispensation to a lodge in 
 his district to initiate, without fee, a person proposed to act 
 as a serving brother. 
 
 72. He shall report all his dispensations to the grand 
 master, and remit to the grand secretary all the fees due for 
 the same. 
 
 73. He is required to correspond with the grand lodge; 
 
OF GRAND WARDENS, ETC. 
 
 38 
 
 and to traDsmit to the grand secretary, at least fourteen 
 days prior to the annual communication, a circumstantial 
 account in writing, of his proceedings and of the state of 
 masonry within his district, together with a list of such 
 lodges as may have been constituted since his last return, 
 and the fees due thereon to the grand lodge. 
 
 74. He may appoint a district chaplain and secretary, 
 during pleasure ; but they shall have no rank in grand lodge 
 by virtue of such office. 
 
 75. He may also, under his own responsibility, appoint a 
 competent brother to instruct any one or more private lodges 
 in his district desiring instruction. 
 
 76. He has no power to grant a dispensation for any other 
 purpose than herein provided. 
 
 77. In case of a vacancy in the office of a district deputy 
 grand master, the grand master may appoint any qualified 
 brother to perform the duties of that office pro tempore. 
 
 OP GRAND WARDENS. 
 
 78. The grand wardens shall be elected and invested at 
 the annual communication. 
 
 79. When the actual grand wardens are in grand lodge, 
 no others can supply their places, but in the absence of 
 either, the grand master may appoint any past grand war- 
 den present to act pro tempore. If no past grand warden 
 be present, the grand master may direct any other mem- 
 ber of grand lodge to act as grand warden for that oc- 
 casion. 
 
 80. The grand wardens, whenever commanded, are to 
 attend the grand master, and while he presides in any private 
 lodge are to act there as his wardens. 
 
 OP GRAND CHAPLAIN. 
 
 81. The grand chaplain shall be elected and invested at 
 the annual communication, and shall attend all communica- 
 tions and other meetings of the grand lodge, and there offer 
 
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 OF GRAND THEASUIIEII, ETC. 
 
 up solemn prayer, suitable to the occasion, as establishod by 
 the usage of the Iraternity. 
 
 OF GRAND TREASURER. 
 
 82. The grand treasurer shall be elected and invested at 
 the annual communication. 
 
 83. The grand treasurer shall give a joint bond, with two 
 securities, to the grand master and deputy grand master, in 
 such penalty and with such conditions as may be deemed 
 expedient for the due performance of his trust. 
 
 84. To the grand treasurer shall be committed all moneys 
 raised for general charity, or for any other public use of the 
 fraternity, of which ho shall keep an account in a book, 
 specifying the respective uses for which the several sums are 
 intended ; and shall disburse the same in such a manner as 
 the grand lodge or other proper authority ma/ direct, and 
 produce his accounts for receipts and disbursements before 
 every regular communication, or when called for by the 
 board of general purposes ; and these accounts shall be an- 
 nually audited by the said board, who shall make their 
 report thereon at the annual communication in July. 
 
 OF GRAND REGISTRAR. 
 
 85. The grand registrar shall be elected and installed at 
 the annual communication. 
 
 86. The grand master may, by a written document, direct 
 the grand registrar to take charge of any district for which 
 there is not a district deputy grand master ; and he shall 
 thereby be empowered to perform all the functions of a 
 district deputy grand master. 
 
 OF GRAND SECRETARY, 
 
 87. The grand secretary shall be elected and invested at 
 the annual communication. 
 
 88. He shall have the custody of the seal of grand lodge, 
 
(JF GRAND SECUETAHY. 
 
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 and shall affix the same to all patents, warrants, ceriificateH 
 and other documents issued by authority of grand lodge, 
 together with such as the grand master in conformity with 
 the laws and regulations of grand lodge may direct. 
 
 89. The grand secretary is to sign and certify all instru- 
 ments from grand lodge under seal or otherwise ; to issue 
 summonses for all meetings of grand lodge, board of general 
 purposes, and of any committee of which he shall be directed 
 by the grand master or grand lodge, and to attend and take 
 minutes of their proceedings ; to receive the returns from the 
 several private lodges, and to enter them in the books of 
 grsmd lodge, and duly report the same at each annual com- 
 munication of grand lodge ; to transmit to all private lodges 
 the proceedings of every communication or other meeting of 
 grand lodge, and all such other papers and documents as 
 may be ordered, either by the grand master, by grand lodge, 
 or by the board of general purposes ; to notify all private 
 lodges annually of all expelled, suspended and restored mem- 
 bers for the year; to furnish the district deputy grand 
 masters and board of general purposes with all proper docu- 
 ments and information that they may require ; to receive all 
 petitions, memoiials and other papers, and to lay them before 
 the grand master or other proper authority ; to attend the 
 grand master or board of general purposes, and to take to 
 him or the many books or papers he or they may direct ; to 
 conduct the correspondence of grand lodge ; to receive, credit 
 and record all moneys of grand lodge and pay over the same 
 without delay to the grand treasurer by voucher as herein- 
 before directed, and annually report the amount received, 
 and generally to perform all other duties appertaining to his 
 office. He shall give bonds in some guarantee company, to 
 be approved by the board of general purposes, to the 
 amount of five thousand dollars for the faithful performance 
 of his duties. The fee for such bonds shall be paid by the 
 grand Ipdge. 
 
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 11 < 
 
 OF THE (aiANl) DEACONS, (IRANI) SUl'KItlNTENDENT OK WORKS 
 ORANl) DIRECTOR OF CEREMONIES, ASSISTANT GRAND 
 SECRETARY, ASSISTANT GRAND DIREC'«'OR OF CERE- 
 MONIES, GRAND SWORD liEARER, GRAND ORGANIST, 
 ASSISTANT GRAND ORGANIST, GRAND PURSUIVANT, 
 GRAND STEWARDS, GRAND STANDARD REARERS AND 
 GRAND TYLER. 
 
 90. The grand deacons, grand superintendent of works, 
 director of ceremonies, assistant secretary, assistant director 
 of ceremonies, sword bearer, organist, assistant organist and 
 pursuivant, stewards and standard bearers, are to be ap- 
 pointed annually by the grand master on the day of instal- 
 lation, or as soon as possible thereafter, and they are to 
 attend all communications and other meetings of grand 
 lodge. 
 
 91. The grand director of ceremonies^ in addition to his 
 other duties, has the care during the session of grand lodge, 
 (»f the clothing, insignia, and jewels belonging to grand 
 lodge. 
 
 92. The grand pursuivant shall preserve order in the 
 porch of every meeting of grand lodge, and with the assist- 
 ance of the brethren nominated for attendance there, see 
 that none except those who are qualified and who are clothed 
 in their prop,er clothing and jewels, and have signed their 
 names to the accustomed papers, and are, in all respects, en- 
 titled to admission, be ^.dmitted. 
 
 93. The grand stewards shall be annually appointed for 
 the regulation of grand festivals, under the direction of the 
 grand master. They shall also assist in conducting the ar- 
 rangements made for the communications of grand lodge ; 
 and they shall collect the ballots and balloting lists and de- 
 liver them to the scrutineers. 
 
 94. The grand tyler is to be elected by an open vote at 
 the annual communication. He is to attend all meetings of 
 the grand lodge, assist in the arrangements, and see that 
 none be admitted but those properly entitled. 
 
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 OF TtOARD OF (iENERAL PURPOSKS. 
 
 95. The board shall consist of the grand master, past 
 grand masters of the grand lodge of Cana<]a, deputy grand 
 master, who shall be, ex officio^ president of the board, the 
 district deputy grand master ot each masonic district, the 
 two grand warden?, and twenty other members, ten of whom 
 shall be appointed by the grand master, and the remaining 
 ten shall be appointed by the grand lodge ; the whole twenty 
 to be selected from among the actual masters and past 
 masters of the lodges. Members thus elected and ap^ioi it- 
 ed shall hold office for two years. No more than two mem- 
 bers of the same lodge can be appointed or elected for the 
 same board ; but this shall not disqualify any past mastt r 
 being a subscribing member and master of another lodge, 
 from being elected for and representing the lodge of which 
 he is worshipful master. One half of the members, both 
 appointed and elected, who have served for two years, as 
 hereinbefore provided, must go out of office at each annual 
 communication. Retiring members are eligible for re-ap- 
 pointment or reelection. 
 
 96. The board shall annually elect one of its members to 
 be vice-president, who, in the absence of the president from 
 meetings of the board, shall possess all his powers and 
 privileges. 
 
 97. The names of the several brethren intended to be put 
 in nomination as members of the board, are to be delivered 
 in writing to the grand secretary, on the first day of the 
 assembling of the grand lodge in annual communication, in 
 order that all names so to be proposed may be printed in a 
 list, a copy of which shall be delivered to each member of 
 grand lodge previous to election. The balloting lists are 
 subsequently to be collected by the grand stewards as here- 
 inbefore provided. 
 
 98. Should the president and vice-president be absent 
 from any meeting of the board, the board shall electa chair- 
 man ^ro tempore. 
 
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 99. The board shall meet two days before the annual 
 communication of grand lodge at the place appointed for 
 holding the same ; the meeting of the board may be ad- 
 journed for further consideration of the business before it ; 
 and a meeting of the board may also be convened at other 
 times by command of the grand master or of the president. 
 
 100. Seven members of the board shall constitute a 
 quorum. All questions shall be decided by a majority of 
 votes ; the presiding officer in case of equality having a sec- 
 ond vote. 
 
 101. The board has authority to hear and determine all 
 subjects of masonic complaint or irregularity respecting 
 private lodges, or individual masons when regularly brought 
 before it. It may proceed to admonition, fine or suspen- 
 sion, according to the laws ; and its decision shall be final, 
 unless an appeal le made to grand lodge. Notice of any 
 such intended appeal shall be given in writing to the grand 
 secretary, within 14 days of the receipt by the lodge or 
 brother, of the decision of board of general purposes on the 
 case. But should any case be of so flagrant a nature as to 
 require the erasure of a lodge or the expulsion of a brother, 
 the board shall make a special report thereon to grand 
 lodge. 
 
 102. The board may summon any private lodge or brother 
 to attend it, and to produce the warrant, books, papers and 
 accounts of the lodge, or the certificate of the brother. If 
 such lodge or brother do not comply, nor give sufficient rea- 
 son, for non-compliance, a peremptory summons shall be 
 issued, and in case of contumacy, the lodge or brother shall 
 be suspended, and the proceedings reported to grand lodge. 
 
 103. When the board has investigated or decided on any 
 case, which, in its judgment, requires admonition, fine or 
 suspension, the fact alleged as the offence shall be fully 
 stated in the minute, shall be declared proved, the law re- 
 lating thereto quoted, and the decision recorded and acted 
 upon. 
 
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 104. In case of any complaint or charge affecting a mem- 
 ber of the board, or a private lodge to which he belongs, 
 such member shall withdraw whilst the board considers its 
 decision. 
 
 105. The members of the board shall be in masonic cloth- 
 ing when they proceed to the investigation of any charge 
 or complaint 
 
 106. The board shall have charge of the finances of grand 
 lodge, examine all demands upon it, and when found correct 
 shall order the grand treasurer to discharge them, and it 
 shall submit an estimate of expenses for the next ensuing 
 year. 
 
 107. The board shall have full power to inspect all books 
 and papers relating to the accounts of the grand lodge, and 
 give orders for any alterations that may be considered desir- 
 able. 
 
 108. The board may summon the grand treasurer, grand 
 registrar, grand secretary, or other officer or brother having 
 possession of any booksj papers, documents or accounts be- 
 longing to the grand lodge, to attend the board, and the 
 board may give such directions as may be deemed necessary 
 regarding them. 
 
 109. The board has the direction of everything relating 
 to the buildings, furniture and regalia of grand lodge, and 
 may suggest any alterations and improvements. 
 
 110. The board shall cause the necessary preparations to 
 be made for the communications of grand lodge, as well as 
 for days of festivals, public ceremonies and other meetings. 
 It shall also give orders for all the usual and ordinary 
 articles which may be required for grand lodge ; but no ex- 
 traordinary expense of any kind shall be incurred without 
 the previous sanction of grand lodge. 
 
 111. The board has likewise the care and regulation of all 
 the concerns of the grand lodge, and may recommend for its 
 adoption whatever it shall deem necessary or advantageoi's 
 to the welfare and good goverment of the craft, and may 
 
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 originate plans for the better reguladon of the grand lodge, 
 and the arrangement of its general transactions. 
 
 112. On the day preceding the meeting of the grand 
 lodge, the board shall appoint three masters or past masters 
 of warranted lodges as a committee on credentials, who 
 shall attend within the porch of grand lodge at the annual 
 communication, for the purpose of guarding, with the 
 assistance of the grand pursuivant, against the admission of 
 any but those who are qualified and properly clothed and 
 are in all respects entitled to admission. The three breth- 
 ren so appointed shall be assisted by three grand stewards 
 of the year. 
 
 113. No recommendation, petition or representation of 
 any kind shall be received by the board unless it be in writ- 
 ing, and signed by the person or persons addressing the 
 board. 
 
 114. All communications from the board to the grand 
 master, grand lodge, or other boards or committees, or any 
 private lodge or brother, sbaU be made in writing. 
 
 115. The board shall proceed to the consideration of any 
 special matter which may be referred to it by the grand 
 master or j^rand lodge, in preference to other business. 
 
 116. The board may appoint sub-committees from 
 amongst its members for specific purposes, who must report 
 to the board. 
 
 117. The board shall prepare or cause to be proparil, all 
 such blank forms as, from time to time, may be rt ; u.rid, 
 in accordance with the constitution. 
 
 118. All transactions and resolutions of the board shall 
 be entered in the minute book by the grand secretary. 
 
 119. The actual expenses of the members of the board of 
 general purposes attending the meetings of the same, shall 
 be paid by grand lodge. ^ 
 
 OF PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 1 20. The officers of a warranted lodge are : — The master, 
 senior warden, junior warden, treasurer, secretary, senior 
 
OF PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
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 deacon, junior deacon, inner guard, two stewards, and the 
 tyler ; to which may be added a chaplain, a director of 
 ceremonies, and an organist ; and they shall severally hold 
 office until their successors, respectively, have been regularly 
 elected or appointed and installed or invested in their stead. 
 
 121. Every warranted ledge shall annually elect, by a 
 majority of all the members present in the lodge, its master, 
 wardens, chaplain, treasurer and secretary by written 
 ballots, and by an open vote its tyler and two auditors. A.t 
 the next regular meeting of the lodge following the election 
 of the master, and after the minutes have been read and 
 approved and the election confirmed, he shall be duly in- 
 stalled in the chair according to ancient usage, but if a 
 lodge be desirous of investing its master with the privilege 
 of appointing the wardens and secretary it can do so by a 
 special by-law made to that effect, which must be sanctioned 
 by a two-thirds majority of the members present at a meet- 
 ing regularly convened for the consideration thereof. Should 
 the lodge desire to do so, it may by by-law provide, that no 
 member shall be entitled to vote at the annual election of 
 officers who is twelve months in arrears of lodge dues. 
 
 122. The master, upon his installation, shall appoint the 
 deacons, director of ceremonies, organist, inner guard and 
 stewards, and also all standing committees for conducting 
 the business of the lodge, except the auditors, and he shall 
 invest or cause to be invested the elected and appointed 
 officers. If a lodge be desirous of electing the senior and 
 junior deacons and inner guard, it can do so by a special by- 
 law made to that effect, which must be sanctioned by a two- 
 thirds majority of the members present at a meeting 
 convened for the consideration thereof. If a lodge be 
 desirous of electins' all of its officers, it can do so by a special 
 by-law made to that effect, which must be sanctioned by a 
 two- thirds majority of the members present at a meeting 
 convened for the consideration thereof. 
 
 123. No brother can be an officer of a lodge until he ha« 
 
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 been admitted a member thereof by ballot, in accordance 
 with the constitution. 
 
 124. Every warranted lodge has the power of framing by- 
 laws for its own government, provided they are not contrary 
 to or inconsistent with the general i>3gulations of grand 
 lodge. The by-laws must be submitted to the district 
 deputy grand master for the approbation of the grand mas- 
 ter, and when approved, a fair copy must be sent to the 
 grand secretary, and also to the district deputy grand mas- 
 ter, and when any alteration shall be made, such alteration 
 must in like manner be submitted ; and no law or alteration 
 shall be valid until so submitted and approved. 
 
 125. Where there is a conflict between the constitution of 
 grand lodge and the by-laws of a warranted lodge, the con- 
 stitution must rule. 
 
 126. The by-laws of a lodge shall be fairly written or 
 printed in a book, and shall be delivered to the master on 
 the day of his installation, when he shall solemnly pledge 
 himself to observe and enforce them during his mastership. 
 Every brother shall also sign them when he becomes a mem- 
 ber of the lodge, as a declaration of his submission to them ; 
 and every brother shall at all reasonable times have access 
 to such by-laws, which should be printed for the use of the 
 lodge, and delivered to the members. 
 
 127. Every private lodge shall keep a book or books, in 
 which the secretary shall enter the names of the members 
 of the lodge, and of all persons initiated or admitted there- 
 in, with the dates of their proposal, admission or initiation, 
 passing and raising ; and also their ages as nearly as possible 
 at the time, and their titles, professions or trades; also of 
 deaths, resignations, suspensions and expulsions, together 
 with such transactions of the lodge as are proper to be 
 written. 
 
 128. Every private lodge shall keep a book, in which the 
 members attending at each meeting 5«hall sign their names 
 before entering the lodge ; and a similar book or portion of 
 
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 the same book for visitors, who are in like manner to enter 
 their names, masonic rank and the name of their mother 
 lodge, or the lodge from which they hail. 
 
 1 29. The days and hours of the regular meetings of the 
 lodge shall be specified in the by-laws. 
 
 130. A lodge of emergency may at any time be called by 
 summons, 'giving seven clear days' notice, by the authority 
 of the master, or in his absence by the senior warden, or in 
 his absence by the junior warden, on no pretence without 
 such authority ; except a lodge of emergency for the pur- 
 pose of attending the funeral of a deceased brother, which 
 may be called at any time by the like authority, but with- 
 out the ordinary seven days' notice. The particular reason 
 for calling any lodge of emergency shall be expressed in the 
 summons, and afterwards recorded in th*^ minute book, and 
 no business but that so expressed shall be entered upon at 
 such meeting. 
 
 131. No private lodge has the power of adjourning from 
 day to day. 
 
 132. At all meetings of a private lodge, whether regular 
 or emergent, seven members oi the same shall form a quorum, 
 and no business shall be transacted at any meeting unless at 
 least seven members of the lodge are present. 
 
 133. The precedency of warranted lodges is derived from 
 the number ot their warrant of constitution, as recorded in 
 the books of grand lodge. No lodge shall be acknowledged, 
 nor any of its ofiicers admitted into grand lodge, nor any of 
 its members entitled to partake of the ^general charity ^ r 
 other masonic privilege, unless it has been regularly con- 
 stituted and registered. 
 
 134. No private lodge shall make a mason or admit a 
 member without strictly complying with all the regulations 
 enacted for the government of the craft on these occasions. 
 
 135. No private lodge shall on any pretence make more 
 than five new brothers in one day, nor until they have been 
 balloted for and approved, nor can a rejected applicant for 
 
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 initiation be balloted for again in the same or any other 
 lodge within twelve months from the time of such rejection ; 
 nor shall a higher degree in masonry be conferred on any 
 brothei: at a less interval than one month from receiving a 
 previous degree, except by dispensation from the grand 
 master, nor in any case until he has passed an examination 
 in open lodge in such previous degree. 
 
 136. No private lodge shall make a mason for a less con- 
 sideration than twenty dollars, nor on any pretence remit or 
 defer the payment of any pare of this sum. This is not to 
 extend to the making of a person who is to be a serving 
 brother, who may be initiated without payment of any fee, 
 provided that a dispensation from the grand master or dis- 
 trict deputy grand master be first obtained. 
 
 137. Every candidate initiated in a private lodge becomes 
 a member thereof from the date of his initiation ; and is 
 liable for the regular lodge dues. 
 
 138. Every private lodge must be particularly careful in 
 registering the names of the brethren initiated therein, and 
 also in making the return of its members ; as no person is 
 regularly entitled to partake of the general charity unless 
 his name be duly registered, and he shall have been at least 
 two years a contributing member of a lodge. 
 
 139. To prevent injury to individuals, by their being ex- 
 cluded the privileges of masonry, through the neglect of 
 their respective lodges in not registering their names, any 
 brother so circumstanced, on producing sufficient proof that 
 he has paid the full fees of his lodge, shall be capable of 
 enjoying the full privileges of the craft, but the offending 
 lodge shall be reported to the grand lodge and vigorously 
 proceeded against for neglecting to make the propei return, 
 and detaining moneys which are the property of the grand 
 lodge, and which have been paid to the lodge for specific 
 appropriation. 
 
 1 40. All moneys received or paid on account of the lodge 
 shall be entered in proper accounts by the secretary and 
 
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 treasurer respectively, and the accounts of the lodge shall 
 he duly audited at least once a year hy the auditors, \?ho 
 shall report such audit to the lodge without delay. 
 
 141. Each private lodge shall procure for every brother 
 initiated therein a grand lodge certificate, to be paid for by 
 the lodge, and every brother is entitled to his certificate im- 
 mediately upon being registered in the books of grand 
 lodge. 
 
 142. No private lodge, or officers or members of a lodge, 
 shall under any circumstances give a certificate, or recom- 
 mendation to enable a mason to proceed from lodge to lodge 
 as a pauper, or in an itinerant manner to apply to lodges 
 for relief. 
 
 143. No private lodge shall form any public masonic pro- 
 cession, without a dispensation from the grand master or 
 district deputy grand master, except in the case of a funeral 
 — which shall be immediately reported to the grand secre- 
 tary and the district deputy grand master. 
 
 144. All private lodges are particularly bound to observe 
 the same usages and customs ; every deviation, therefore^ 
 from the established mode of working, is highly improper, 
 and cannot be justified or countenanced. In order to pre- 
 serve this uniformity, and to cultivate a good understanding 
 among freemasons, some members of every lodge shall be 
 deputed to visit the other lodges as often as may be conven- 
 ient, and no other than the authorized work is allowed to 
 be practiced or administered in any private lodge, unless 
 such lodge can show to the grand master that it is entitled 
 to continue the work in any other form as a condition of its 
 having submitted to the jurisdiction of the grand lodge. 
 
 145. If any brother behave in such a manner as to dis- 
 turb the harmony of the lodge, and be thrice formally 
 admonished by the master, and persist in his irregular con- 
 duct, he shall be puni8he4 according to by-laws of that par- 
 ticular lodge, or he shall be liable to discipline as in other 
 cases of unmasonic conduct. 
 
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 46 
 
 fOF PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 146. Every private lodge has the power of suspending a 
 member for the commission of any unmasonic offence, or 
 for non-payment of dues, and in cases of a serious nature 
 the lodge may recommend to the grand lodge that the 
 offender be expelled. The proceedings against a brother for 
 any masonic offence shall be strictly in conformity with the 
 rules and regulations for the government of masonic trials 
 adopted by the grand lodge. 
 
 147. A member suspended for non-payment of dues shall 
 be immediately restored by the lodge without a fresh bal- 
 lot, on payment being made of all arrears owing at the time 
 of his suspension, and of such further sum, if any, as the 
 lodge may require, not exceeding the amount of the regular 
 lodge dues for the period he was so suspended, notice thereof 
 being given to the grand secretary, and the district deputy 
 grand master of the district in which the lodge is situated ; 
 provided always that the lodge shall have the power in all 
 cases to remit the whole or any part of the arrears, as well 
 as the lodge dues, for the period he was so suspended, after 
 notice of such motion has been given to the members ot the 
 lodge. 
 
 148. The clothing, insignia and furniture of every private 
 lodge belong to and are the property of the master, wardens 
 and brethren of such lodge. No jewels shall be worn in a 
 private lodge other than those specified for the officers, 
 except such honorary or other jewel as shall appertain to or 
 be consistent with those degrees which are recognized and 
 acknowledged by grand lodge. 
 
 149. All minutes, lists and books of account belonging to 
 a lodge must be produced by the master when he shall be so 
 required by competent authority. 
 
 150. The majority of tho members of a warranted lodge 
 when congregated, have the privilege of giving instruction 
 to the master and wardens, or other representative, before 
 the meeting of grand lodge, because such officers are the 
 representatives of those members, and are supposed to speak 
 their sentiments. 
 
OF PRIVATE LOnOES. 
 
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 151. Each private lodge shall annually make a return to 
 the grand secretary, of the master, wardens, and past 
 masters of the lodge, inchiding all members who claim to 
 be entitled to attend in grand lodge as past masters, as hav- 
 ing served the office of master in some other lodge, specify- 
 ing the lodge in which each of such past masters has served 
 the office of master ; and no brother shall be permitted to 
 attend in grand lodge unless his name shall appear in some 
 such return. 
 
 152. Each private lodge shall make its returns and pay 
 ments semi-fiunually to the grand secretary, and in case of 
 neglect for moie than one year to make such returns and 
 payments, or if the lodge does not meet during that period, 
 it is liable to be erased. The master and wardens, or other 
 representatives of any lodge which shall have neglected for 
 more than one year to make such returns and payments to 
 the grand lodge, are thereby disqualified from attending the 
 grand lodge or sitting upon any committee until those re- 
 turns and payments shall have been completed. 
 
 153. A private lodge failing to make its returns and pay- 
 ments, as aforesaid, for the space of one year after the same 
 are due, may be summoned to show cause why it should not 
 be suspended, or why its warrant should not be withdrawn 
 or declared forfeited. 
 
 154. By a vote of the lodge, the dues of any member may 
 be remitted, provided that notice of such motion has been 
 duly given at the r*»gular meeting previous to that at which 
 the vote is taken. 
 
 155. If a lodge be dissolved, its warrant and records shall 
 be delivered up to the grand secretary. 
 
 156. If the warrant of constitution of a private lodge be 
 sold, or procured by any other means than through the re- 
 gular channel or petition to the grand master, such warrant 
 shall be forfeited and the lodge erased. 
 
 157. As every warranted lodge is a constituent part of the 
 grand lodge, in which assembly all the power of the frater- 
 
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 Dity resides, it is clear that no other authority can destroy 
 the power granted by a warrant ; if, therefore, the majority 
 of any lodge should determine to quit the lodge, the consti- 
 tution, or power of assembling, remains with the rest of the 
 members ; provided their number be not less than seven, 
 otherwise the warrant ceases and becomes extinct ; and all 
 the authority thereby granted or enjoyed shall revert to the 
 grand lodge, together with the funds and property of said 
 lodge. 
 
 158. No warranted lodge shall be erased or its warrant 
 declared forfeited until the master, or in his ^absence the 
 wardens, shall have been warned in writing of their offence, 
 and shall have been summoned to answer to the complaint 
 made against them. 
 
 159. If any private lodge or its master or wardens, be 
 summoned to attend, or to produce its warrant, books, papers 
 or accounts to grand master, his deputy, the district deputy 
 grand master, or any board or committee authorized by 
 grand lodge^ and do not comply or give sufficient reason for 
 non-compliance, a peremptory summons shall be issued ; 
 and in case of contumacy, such lodge shall be suspended, 
 and the proceedings reported to grand lodge. 
 
 160. The master of every private lodge shall cause the 
 secretary to forward a copy of every summons issued to the 
 members of his lodge, whether for a regular or any emer- 
 gent meeting, to the district deputy grand master of the 
 district in which the lodge is situated. The master of every 
 lodge shall also cause to be forwarded to the district deputy 
 grand master of his district, immediately after the installa- 
 tion of officers, on a form to be supplied by the grand secre- 
 tary, a certified list of the officers of his lodge, elected and 
 appointed, and also of the proxy for grand lodge, if any has 
 been appointed. 
 
 161. Warranted lodges may by by-law admit their mem- 
 bers to life-membership, on such terms as such lodge may 
 determine, and for each such life-member such lodge may 
 
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 pay into grand lodge the sum of five dollars, which payment 
 shall exempt the lodge from payment of further dues to 
 grand lodge on his behalf. 
 
 162. Upon such life-member withdrawing from the pri- 
 vate lodge of which he originally became a life-member, and 
 joining any other lodge, such other lodge shall not be ob- 
 liged to pay any annual dues to grand lodge on his account ; 
 nor in case he becomes a life-member of such other lodge 
 shall it be obliged to pay a second fee therefor to grand 
 lodge. 
 
 163. Life-members shall be entitled to all the privileges 
 of, and shall be amenable to discipline in the same manner 
 as ordinary members. 
 
 164. No balloting for initiation or affiliation can take 
 place at any meeting unless notice thereof has been duly 
 given in the summons calling the same. 
 
 165. All voting in a lodge is by show of hands^ except in 
 cases where the constitution requires a ballot. 
 
 166. A warranted lodge may require from its treasurer 
 security by means of a bond in the usual form. 
 
 167. A private lodge has penal jurisdiction oyer its own 
 members wherever they may reside^ and also over all masons 
 whether affiliated or not, who reside within its territorial 
 jurisdiction ; and non-affiliation of a brother is no bar to his 
 suspension. 
 
 168. A private lodge cannot deprive any of its members 
 of their privileges until after due trial and conviction. 
 
 169. A suspension by a private lodge deprives the brother 
 so suspended of all his masonic rights and privileges until 
 he is restored to good masonic standing. 
 
 1 70. A suspended lodge places all its members under ma- 
 sonic disability; except by special dispensation to be granted 
 by the grand master only. 
 
 171. A resolution once adopted by a private lodge cannot 
 be reconsidered or rescinded without notice thereof be given 
 at a preceding meeting. 
 
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 172. A motion recommending a new lodge is in order at 
 a regular meeting of the nearest warranted lodge without 
 previous notice. 
 
 173. It is a great irregularity to hold a private lodge in 
 any but a regular lodge room, duly set apart and having 
 the necessary ante- rooms for all the requirements of mason- 
 ry ; such regular lodge room may be in a private house ; and 
 the lodge room of a warranted lodge should as soon as pos- 
 sible be formally consecrated and dedicated. 
 
 174. It is improper to allow a lodge room to be used 
 jointly with other societies or for other than masonic pur- 
 poses ; this, however, shall not be construed as excluding 
 bodies that claim to be masonic and are founded on craft 
 masonry. 
 
 175. It is improper to allow other societies to take part 
 in the conduct uf a masonic funeral. 
 
 176. It is not legal to instal the master of a lodge under 
 dispensation. 
 
 177. A lod^e under dispensation has no righ appoint 
 a proxy as its representative in grand lodge; but it shall be 
 represented in grand lodge at the annjial communication at 
 which a warrant is sought to be obtained, by the master or 
 a warden, and the minute book of such lodge shall be then 
 and there produced. 
 
 178. The expense of procuring the clothing and insignia 
 for the district deputy grand master is to be defrayed by the 
 private lodges in each district, and each private lodge shall 
 defray the travelling expenses of the district deputy grand 
 master, to the extent of at least one visit in each year ; as 
 also the travelling expenses of the brother^ who at the re- 
 quest of the lodge and by authority of the district deputy 
 grand master attends such lodge for giving instructions. 
 
 179. To constitute a legal notice or summons for any 
 lodge meeting, seven clear days must elapse between the 
 notice and the meeting. 
 
 180. When two or more warranted lodges desire to amal' 
 
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 gainate under one warrant, each lodge shall adopt a resolu- 
 tion to that effect, and appoint a committee of three mem- 
 bers to arrange the terms therefor. 
 
 The report of the committee, if favorable, shall recommend 
 for adoption, the name and number of one of the lodges, 
 and the time and place when such amalgamation shall be 
 effected. On the approval of the report of the committee by 
 the lodges, a copy thereof shall be mailed to the last known 
 address of each member of said lodges about to be amalga- 
 mated, and if seven or more members of either of the lodges 
 do not notify the secretary of their lodge in writing, of their 
 objection to such amalgamation, within ten days from date 
 of mailing said notices, it shall be carried into effect, so soon 
 as the grand master shall approve of, or authorize said amalga- 
 mation. The grand master, district deputy grand master, or 
 such other brother as the grand master may appoint, shall 
 carry the amalgamation into effect, by attending at the time 
 and place named, when the members of the lodges present 
 shall choose, by ballot, the elective officers, who with the 
 officers appointed by the master-elect, shall ba immediately 
 installed or invested if present. 
 
 The secretary shall prepare and deliver to the master- 
 elect a list of the members of the amalgamated lodge, which 
 shall be signed by the worshipful master and secretary, and 
 forwarded to the grand secretary within one month after the 
 amalgamation. Every member of any of the lodges amalga- 
 mated shall be a member of the amalgamated lodge, but any 
 member may pay all his dues and withdraw before such 
 amalgamation has been effected. Any member under sus- 
 pension for any cause, shall have the same rights in the con- 
 solidated lodge as he would have had in his own lodge, had 
 such amalgamation not taken place. 
 
 OF MASTERS AND WARDENS OF PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 181. All preferment among masons shall be grounded 
 upon real worth and personal merit only; therefore no 
 
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 OF MASTERS AND WARDENS OF LoDCiES. 
 
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 brother shall be elected master of a warranted lodg^ or ap- 
 pointed to any office therein, merely on account of soniority 
 of rank. No brother is eligible to the office of master in a 
 warranted lo3ge unless he has served for one year as warden 
 in a private lodge. No master-elect shall assume the master's 
 chair until he shall have been regularly installed^ though he 
 may in the interim rule the lodge. It is necessary, previous 
 to the installation of the master ; that his election be con- 
 firmed ; after which the usual ceremonies of ins tt illation are 
 to be performed. Should the election of a master not be 
 confirmed, then a summons must be issued for the following 
 regular meeting of the lodge, setting forth that the brethren 
 are again to proceed to elect a master ; and on confirmation 
 of that election, at the following regular meeting of the 
 lodge, the installation of the master will follow. 
 
 182. No brother shall be installed master of a warranted 
 lodge unless the installing board is fully cognizant of the 
 fact that that brother is fully familiar with the duties of the 
 master, and is competent to perform the ceremony of open- 
 ing and of closing the lodge in each degree, and to confer 
 the various degrees according to the established work. 
 
 183. The installation ceremony shall not be performed 
 in public. 
 
 184. Every master before being placed in the chair shall 
 solemnly pledge himself to observe all the old established 
 usages and the customs, and to preserve the landmarks of 
 the Older, and most strictly to enforce them within his own 
 lodge. 
 
 185. The master of eA^ery lodge is to cause the ancient 
 c] larger, the regulations of grand lodge relating to private 
 lodges, and the by-laws of his lodge, to be read in open lodge 
 cnce every year. 
 
 186r The master is responsible for the due observance of 
 the laws relating to private lodges, and is bound to produce 
 all books, minutes and accounts when required by any lawful 
 authority. 
 
OF MASTERS AND WAKDENS OF LODGES. 
 
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 187. The master has not the power to suspend the de- 
 claration of the ballot. 
 
 188. If the master should die, be removed or be incap- 
 able of discharging the duties of his office, the senior warden, 
 and in his absence the junior warden, shall act as master in 
 summoning the lodge until the next election of officers, but 
 shall not confer degrees or obligate candidates. 
 
 189. If the master be not present, the immediate past 
 master, or if he be not present, the next immediate past 
 master of the lodge present shall take the chair. If no past 
 master of the lodge be present, then the senior warden, or 
 in his absence the junior warden may rule the lodge, but 
 not coufer degrees. 
 
 190. No brother below the rank of a past master shall 
 assume the master's chair. 
 
 191. The master and wardens of a private lodge are en- 
 joined to visit other lodges as often as they conveniently 
 can, in order that the same usages and customs may be ob- 
 tierved throughout the craft, and a good understanding be 
 thereby cultivated among freemasons. 
 
 192. The master and wardens of every private lodge 
 when summoned so to do, shall attend the grand master, 
 his deputy, the district deputy grand master, grand lodge, or 
 any board or commi^'ee authorized by grand lodge, and 
 produce the warrant, minutes and books of the lodge, 
 under pain of suspension, and being reported to grand 
 lodge. 
 
 193. Any officer of a warranted lodge may resign his 
 office with the consent of the lodge, and upon his resigna- 
 tion being accepted, if the office is an elective one, the lodge 
 shall fill the vacancy by an election at the next regular 
 meeting after notice of such election has been sent to all 
 the members of that lodge ; and if the office is an appointed 
 one, the master may fill the vacancy by his appointment at 
 once. Provided that no brother shall be entitled to past 
 rank in any o^ce, unless he has served a full term of twelve 
 months in such office. 
 
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 OF TYLERS. 
 
 194. In case of death, or removal from office of any officer 
 of a private lodge, the vacancy shall be filled as directed in 
 the next preceding section, 
 
 195. A past master of a lodge in this jurisdiction who has 
 been duly returned in the books of grand lodfi(e, and who 
 affiliates with any other private lodge, is entitled to his rank 
 according to seniority, both in grand lodge and in the lodge 
 with which he affiliates. 
 
 196. A past master of this grand lodge may require from 
 the grand secretary, upon payment of the fee of one dollar, 
 a past master's certificate, and the grand secretary is autho- 
 rized to issuo the sama 
 
 OF TYLERS. 
 
 197. The tyler to be chosen by the members of the lodge, 
 and may at any time be removed for cause deemed sufficient, 
 by a majority of the brethren ))resent at any regular meet- 
 ing of the lodge. 
 
 198. The tyler is to see that every member or visitor has 
 signed his name to the attendance book, and that he is 
 properly clothed before entering the lodge. 
 
 OF MEMBERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 
 
 199. No person shall be admitted a member of a private 
 lodge unless the laws of the craft relating to the proposing 
 and admitting of brethren or candidates shall have been 
 strictly complied with. 
 
 200. A brother who has been concerned in making aasons 
 clandestinely, or at a private lodge which is not a regular kdge, 
 or for small or unworthv considerations, or who may assist 
 in forming a new lodge without the grand master's authority, 
 shall not be admitted as % member or even as a visitor, 
 into any private lodge, nor partake of the general charity, 
 or other masoni'* privileges, liill he make due submission and 
 obtain grace. 
 
 201. No brother shall print or publish, or cause to be 
 printed or published, the proceedings of any private lodge. 
 
OF MEMBEHS AND THEIll DUTIES. 
 
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 or of the grand lodge, or any part thereof^ or the names of 
 the persons present at such lodge, without the sanction of 
 the grand master, or the district deputy grand master, 
 under pain of being expelled from the order. The law, 
 however, is not to extend to the writing, printing, or 
 publishing of any notice or summons issued to the mem- 
 bers of the lodge, by the authority of the master, or the 
 proceedings of any festival or public meeting at which 
 persons not masons are permitted to be present. 
 
 •202. No brother shall violate the secrecy of the ballot on 
 candidates for initiation or membership, by stating how he 
 voted or intended to vote, or by endeavouring to ascertain 
 how a brother voted, or by revealing a brother's vote. Pro- 
 vided that, in cases of masonic trials where the charge laid 
 involves such ballot, any brother shall be at liberty to dis- 
 close how he voted in that particular case. 
 
 203. A brother cannot by mere resolution of the lodge be 
 deprived of his rights and privileges as a mason. 
 
 204. If any member shall be under suspension from his 
 lodge^ or shall withdraw himself from it without having 
 complied with its by-laws, or with the general regulations 
 of the craft, he shall not be eligible for admisaiou to any 
 other private lodge. 
 
 205. Whenever a member of any private lodge shall 
 resign, or whenever at any time he may require it, he shall 
 be furnished with a certificate of his standing ; and should 
 he be indebted to the lodge, the certificate must state the 
 fact. 
 
 In case of loss of a certificate of standing a duplicate 
 thereof may be issued, 
 
 206. The certificate of standing must be produced, to- 
 gether with the application for membership, to the lodge of 
 which the brother in whose favor the certificate is issued, 
 desires to become a joining member. Such certificate has 
 to be filed with the archives of the lodge which admits the 
 brotheiF as such joining member. 
 
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 OF HONORARY MEMBERS. 
 
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 207. A brother suspended by a private lodge must, in 
 order to obtain his certificate of standing, apply to that 
 lodge for restoration in the usual manner, as laid down in 
 the regulations for the government of masonic trials. 
 
 208. The majority of the members present at any private 
 lodge, duly summoned, have an undoubted right to regulate 
 their own proceedings, provided that they are consistent 
 with the general laws and regulations of the craft ; no mem- 
 ber, therefore, shall be permitted to enter in the minute 
 book of his lodge a protest against any resolution or pro- 
 ceeding which may have taken place, unless it shall appear 
 to him to be contrary to the laws and usages of the craft, 
 and for the purpose of complsining or appealing to a higher 
 masonic authority. 
 
 209. No unafiiliated brother shall be considered to have 
 any claim on the benevolent fund, except by a direct vote 
 of grand lodge. 
 
 OF HONORARY MEMBERS. 
 
 210. Any brother who may have rendered any service to 
 the craft in general or to any particular private lodge, may 
 by a three-fourths vote of the members present, by a ballot 
 of the lodge be elected aii honorary member of such lodge. 
 The lodge must include honorary members in its return to 
 grand lodge, and pay to grand lodge similar dues for such 
 honorary members as are payable for ordinary members. 
 
 211. Honorary membership does not confer the right of 
 voting in the lodge unless specially conferred by an unani- 
 mous ballot at the time of such election. 
 
 OP PROPOSING MEMBERS. 
 
 212. No brother shall be admitted a member of a private 
 lodge without a proposition in open lodge at a regular meet- 
 ing, nor until his name, occupation and place of abode, as 
 well as the name and number of the lodge of which he is or 
 was last a member, or in which he was initiated, shall have 
 been sent to all the members in the summons for the next 
 
OF PROPOSING MEMBERS. 
 
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 stated lodge meeting and in all cases held not less than four 
 weeks from the date of the application, and the decision of 
 the brethren ascertained by ballot. When a lodge has 
 ceased to meet, any former thereof shall be eligible to be 
 proposed and admitted a member of another lodge, on pro- 
 ducing a certificate from the grand secretary stating the fact 
 and specifying whether the brother has been registered and 
 his dues paid. 
 
 213. Every proposition for affiliation shall be recom- 
 mended by at least two members of the lodge who are mas- 
 ter masons, and shall be referred to a committee appointed 
 by the master, which committee shall report to the lodge at 
 the next regular meeting before the ballot is taken, and 
 shonld the report be unfavorable, the applicant shall be con- 
 sidered rejected without a ballot. 
 
 214. No person shall be made a mason unless he has re- 
 sided one year in the jurisdiction of the lodge to which he 
 seeks admission or produces a certificate of character from 
 the nearest lodge to the place of his previous residence ; nor 
 until he has been properly proposed at one regular meeting 
 of the lodge, and a committee has been appointed by the 
 master to make the necessary enquiries into the character of 
 the candidate, and his name, age, addition or profession ti^nd 
 place of abode shall have been sent to all the members, in 
 the summons for the n'^ :t regular meeting, and in all cases 
 held not less than four weeks from the date of application, 
 when, after the committee have reported to the lodge in his 
 favor, he must be balloted for, and, if approved, he may be 
 initiated into the first degree of masonry ; but should the 
 report be unfavorable, he shi^ll be considered a rejected can- 
 didate. 
 
 215. No lodge shall initiate a candidate whose residence 
 is nearer the jurisdiction of another lodge, unless by dispen- 
 sation of the paster, except in a town or city where there is 
 more than one^odge, in which case each lodge has concur- 
 rent jurisdiction.\'The jurisdiction extends, in every direc- 
 tion, half way to the nearest lodge. 
 
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 OF PROPOSING MEMBERS. 
 
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 216. When an applicant for initiation residing within this 
 jurisdiction has his place of residence nearer to a lodge in 
 another jurisdiction than to a private lodge within this 
 jurisdiction, such nearer lodge may receive and act upon 
 the petition of such applicant ; provided that the grand 
 lodge in such other juriB:Jiction will grant the like privilege 
 to private lodges in this jurisdiction. 
 
 217. In cases of emergency the following alteration as 
 to the mode of proposing a candidate is allowed . — Any two 
 members of a private lodge may transmit, in writing, to the 
 master, the usual declaration of any candidate whom they 
 wish to propose, and the circumstances which cause the 
 emergency ; and the master, if the emergency be proper, 
 shall issue, or cause to be issued, a novxce to every member, 
 appoint a committee in the mauner provided in the clause 
 214, and at the same time summon, or cause to be sum- 
 moned, the lodge to meet a^ a period of not less than sevon 
 clear days from the issuing of the summons, for the purpose 
 of balloting for the candidate ; and if the committee have 
 reported to the lodge in his favor, he must be balloted for, 
 and, if approved, he may be initiated into the first degree of 
 masonry. The master shall, previous to the ballot being 
 taken, cause the proposition, and the emergency stated, to 
 be recorded in the minute book of the lodge. 
 
 218. No person under the sge of twenty-one shall be 
 made a mason in any private lodge, unless by dispensation 
 from the grand master, nor shall any dispensation suspend 
 the operations of the law requiring seven days notice, or 
 committee of enquiry, or the ballot. Every candidate must 
 be free-bom, and his own master, and, at the time of his 
 initiation, be known to be in reputable circumstances. He 
 shall be a lover of the liberal arts and sciences and have 
 made some progress in one or the other of them ; and he 
 must, previous to his initiation, subscribe his name at full 
 length and legibly to a declaration of the following import, 
 viz ; 
 
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OF PROPOSING MEMBERS. 
 
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 To the worshipful, master, wardens and brethren of -u 
 
 on the rtifisttr of the tjrand lodye of Canada, in th 
 I rorim'e of Ontario : 
 
 lodije No- 
 
 of tlie- 
 
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 in the county of- 
 
 aiid Province of Ontario, — , aged — years, being free by birth, and of 
 mature age, do declare that, unbiased by the improper solicitation of 
 friends and uninfluenced by mercenary or other unworthy motives, I 
 freely and voluntarily offer myself a caiulidate for the mysteries of 
 masonry ; that I am prompted by a favora])le opinion conceived of the 
 institution, and a desire of knowledge ; that I will cheerfully conform 
 to all the ancient usages and established customs of tlie order, and 
 that I have not been rejected I y this or any other private lodge 
 within twelve months prior to the date of my present application. 
 
 Winess my hand this day of , A. L. 58 — . 
 
 Reconunended by 
 
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 219. Every petition for initiation must be recommended 
 by at least two members of the lodge who are master masons 
 in good standing. 
 
 220. A. Candidate who can comply literally with all the 
 ceremonies of the work of grand lodge, and who is mentally 
 and morally worthy of admission, is a fit subject to be- 
 come a mason. 
 
 221. A petition for initiation being presented, it shall be 
 the duty of the master, before entertaining the same, to be 
 satisfied that the pedtioner resides within the jurisdiction of 
 the lodge so potitic ned. 
 
 222. It is a masonic offence to take action upon a petition 
 for iritiation and to ballot lor the petitioner without dispen- 
 sation from the grand master, if such petitioner reside out- 
 side of the jurisdiction of the lodge so petitioned. 
 
 223. The ballot for a candidaie for initiation or affiliation 
 cannot be postponed. 
 
 224. It is the prerogative of the master to order a second 
 ballot for a candidate for initiation or affiliation. 
 
 225. Before declaring the result of the ballot, the ballot 
 box shall be placed on t 3 altar for examination by any 
 
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 OF PROPOSING MEMBERS. 
 
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 member of the lodge. The result of the ballot having been 
 declared by the master, no further ballot upon the same 
 subject is admissible. 
 
 226. No person shall be made a mason in, or admitted a 
 member of, a private lodge, if, on the ballot two black balls 
 appear against him. Some lodges wish for no such indulg- 
 ence, but require the unanimous consent of the members 
 present ; the by-laws of each lodge must, therefore, guide in 
 this respect, but if there be two black balls, such person 
 cannot, on any pretence, be admitted. 
 
 227. In case objection be made to the initiation of a can- 
 didate after he has been balloted for and approved, it shall 
 be the duty of the master to investigate the cause of such 
 objection, and if he finds the same to be well founded, or 
 reasonable, he shall not initiate such candidate until the 
 objection is withdrawn or removed. And if objection be 
 made to the advancement of a brother, any member of the 
 lodge may require that such objection be placed in the form 
 of a charge, and if not so placed at the next regular meeting 
 of the lodge, the objection shall be of no effect. 
 
 228. Every candidate shall, on his initiation, solemnly 
 promise to submit to the constitution, and to conform to all 
 the usar ^8 and regulations of the craft ; he must sign the 
 by-law. the lodge on his initiation, a copy of which, to- 
 gether with a copy of the constitution of grand lodge, shall 
 then be presented to him. 
 
 229. A candidate for initiation upon whom the committee 
 has reported unfavorably, or against whom the ballot has 
 been declared unfavorably by the master, shall be considered 
 a rejected candidate, and he cannot be balloted for in the 
 same or any other private lodge within twelve months from 
 the time of such rejection. 
 
 230. An applicant for affiliation, who has been rejected, 
 may apply again to the same or any other private lodge 
 without waiting for any specified time. 
 
OF THE LODGE SEAL, ETC. 
 
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 OF THE LODGE SEAL. 
 
 231. Every warranted lodge shall have a masonic seal to 
 be affixed to all documents proper to be issued. 
 
 232. An impression of the seal is to be sent to the grand 
 secretary, and whenever changed an impression of the new 
 seal shall in like manner be transmitted. 
 
 LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 233. No general lodge of instruction shall be holden un- 
 less under the sanction of a regular warranted lodge, or by 
 the special license and authority of the grand master, or the 
 district deputy grand master. The lodge giving this san- 
 ction and the brethren to whom such license is grant- 
 ed, shall be answerable for the proceedings of such lodge of 
 instruction, and responsible that the mode of working there 
 adopted has received the sanction of grand lodge. 
 
 234. Notice of the times and places of meeting of the 
 lodges of instruction shall be given to the grand secretary. 
 
 235. Lodges of instruction shall keep a minute of fdl 
 brethren present at each meeting, and of brethren appointed 
 to hold office^ and such minute shall be produced when 
 called for by the grand master, the district deputy grand 
 
 As Amended July, iSgi- 
 
 229. A candidate for initiation upon whom he c^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 reported unfavorably, or against ^^^^^1^:1^^^^^ 
 unfavorably by th. master, shdl be con^^^^^^^^^^^^^ K^^,^^ ,,„didate 
 Nor shall any p Ai-n be receivea ir / rejection ; 
 
 bearing date within ^--Ive mon^^^^^^^^ ,ip t or 
 
 ^f " baTlo"[t Sail be th dX^^^^ to give immediate 
 
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 OF PROPOSING MEMBERS. 
 
 member of the lodge. The result of the ballot having been 
 declared by the master, no further ballot upon the same 
 subject is admissible. 
 
 226. No person shall be made a mason in, or admitted a 
 member of, a private lodge, if, on the ballot two black balls 
 appear against him. Some lodges wish for no such indulg- 
 ence, but require the unanimous consent of the members 
 present ; the by-laws of each lodge must, therefore, guide in 
 this respect, but if there be two black balls, such person 
 cannot, on any pretence, be admitted. 
 
 227. In case objection be made to the initiation of a can- 
 didate after he has been balloted for and approved, it shall 
 be the duty of the master to investigate the cause of such 
 objection, and if he finds the same to be well founded, or 
 reasonable, he shall not initiate such candidate until the 
 objection is withdrawn or removed. And if objection be 
 made to the advancement of a brother, any member of the 
 lodge may require that such objection be placed in the form 
 of a charge, and if not so placed at the next regular meeting 
 of the lodge, the objection shall be of no effect. 
 
 228. Every candidate shall, on his initiation, solemnly 
 j^mise to submit to the constitution, and to conform to all 
 
 'miiaHnns of the craft ; he must sign tjie 
 
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OF THE LODGE SEAL, ETC. 
 
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 OF THE LODGE SEAL. 
 
 231. Every warranted lodge shall have a masonic seal to 
 be affixed to all documents proper to be issued. 
 
 232. An impression of the seal is to be sent to the grand 
 secretary, and whenever changed an impression of the new 
 seal shall in like manner be transmitted. 
 
 LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. 
 
 233. No general lodge of instruction Bh&}\ be holden un- 
 less under the sanction of a regular warranted lodge, or by 
 the special license and authority of the grand master, or the 
 district deputy grand master. The lodge giving this san- 
 ction and the brethren to whom such license is grant- 
 ed, shall be answerable for the proceedings of such lodge of 
 instruction, and responsible that the mode of working there 
 adopted has received the sanction of grand lodge. 
 
 234. Notice of the times and places of meeting of the 
 lodges of instruction shall be given to the grand secretary. 
 
 235. Lodges of instruction shall keep a minute of all 
 brethren present at each meeting, and of brethren appointed 
 to hold office^ and such minute shall be produced when 
 called for by the grand master, the district deputy grand 
 master, or lodge granting the sanction. 
 
 236. If a lodge which has given its sanction for a lodge 
 of instruction being held under warra^nt, shall see fit, it may, 
 at any regular meeting, withdraw that sanction by a resol- 
 ution of the lodge, to be communicated to the lodge of in- 
 >truction ; provided that notice of intention to withdraw the 
 - inction bt inserted in the summons for that meeting. 
 
 237. A brother in good standing, properly vouched for, 
 las a right to visit a private lodge during the time it is open 
 
 for general business, but that right is not absolute. It is 
 in the discretion of the master to admit a visitor, and the 
 master's refusal to admit a visitor is no ground for masonic 
 complaint 
 
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 OF CEUTTFTCATES. 
 
 238. No visitor shall be admitted into a private lodge 
 unless he be personally known or recommended, or well 
 vouched for, or after due examination by one or more of the 
 brethren present, and shall have entered his name, masonic 
 rank, the name of his mother lodge, or the lodge he hails 
 from in a book to be kept by every lodge for that purpose ; 
 and during his continuance in the lodge he must be subject 
 to the by-laws of the lodge. The master of the lodge is par- 
 ticularly bound to enforce these regulations. 
 
 239. A brother residing in the Province of Ontario and 
 not affiliated with some private lodge under the jurisdiction 
 of grand lodge, shall not be entitled to the benefit of the 
 benevolent fund for himself or family ; nor be entitled to 
 any masonic privilege whatever, except that he shall be 
 permitted to visit any private lodge. 
 
 OF CERTIFICATES. 
 
 240. The following grand lodge certificates may be 
 issued : — 
 
 To a brother upon being registered in the books of grand 
 lodge, as having been initiated, passed and raised in a pri- 
 vate lodge. 
 
 To a brother who, either as an entered apprentice or as a 
 fellow craft hailing from a ^oreign jurisdiction, has become 
 a joining member of a private lodge, and who therein has 
 received the remaining degrees or degree. 
 
 To a member of a private lodge which has ceased to meet^ 
 so as to enable such member to affiliate with another private 
 lodge ; such certificate to state the fact that he was such a 
 member, and whether he has been registered, and whether 
 his grand lodge dues have been paid. 
 
 To any past master under this gi'and lodge who desires 
 the same, and pays therefor one dollar into the funds of 
 grand lodge. 
 
 241. All grand lodge certificates shall be issued by the 
 grand secretary with the seal of grand lodge attached, and 
 
OF CERTIFICATES. 
 
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 shall be in such form as the board of general purposes may 
 from time to time direct. 
 
 242. Every brother shall be entitled to a grand lodge 
 certificate immediately upon being registered in the books 
 of the grand lodge, for which certificate the lodge shall pay 
 two dollars. Each lodge, therefore, when it makes a return 
 of the masons whom it has initiated, shall, in addition to 
 the registration fee, make a remittance of the money for 
 each certificate. 
 
 243. Every brother to whom a grand lodge certificate is 
 frranted must sign his name in the margin thereof, or it will 
 not be valid. This should be done in the presence of the 
 master or the secretary of the lodge. 
 
 244. No brother shall obtain a grand lodge certificate if 
 he shall have been admitted to more than one degree of 
 masonry on the same day, or at a shorter interval than one 
 month from his receiving a previous degree, unless by dis- 
 pensation from the grand master. 
 
 245. Every return or other document upon which a grand 
 lodge certificate is to be issued, must specify not only the 
 date of initiation, but also the days on which the brother 
 was advanced to the second and third degree. 
 
 246. All applications for grand lodge certificates must be 
 made to the grand secretary ; and if the name of a brother 
 wishing for a certificate has not previously been registered, 
 the money payable on registration must be transmitted at 
 the same time, as no certificate can on any account be issued 
 until such money has been paid. 
 
 247. The following certificates may be issued by a private 
 lodge : 
 
 A certificate of standing of a brother who resigns his 
 membership, such certificate is to state the fact whether the 
 brother is indebted to that lodge or not. A duplicate of 
 such certificate of standing, in case the original has been 
 lost. 
 
 To a brother in order to enable him to obtain a grand 
 
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 OF PUBLIC PROCESSIONS. 
 
 lodge certificate, in which case such certificate of a private 
 lodge shall be specially addressed to the grand secretary. 
 
 Any certificate required by the laws of grand lodge, or 
 which may be called for by the board of general purposes. 
 
 248. No fee shall be charged by any private lodge for any 
 certificate it may issue. 
 
 249. No private lodge shall be pfrmitted to issue any 
 other certificate than those above enumerated. 
 
 OF PUBLIC PROCESSIONS. 
 
 250. No public procession shall on any pretence be al- 
 lowed without the permission of the grand master, or dis- 
 trict deputy grand master, except a masonic funeral, the 
 urgency of which will not admit of the delay necessary to 
 communicate with the grand master, or the district deputy 
 grand master. Such proceeding shall be immediately re- 
 ported by the master of the lodge to the grand master, 
 through the grand secretary, and to the district deputy 
 grand master. 
 
 251. If any brother shall attend as a mason, clothed in 
 any of the regalia of the craft, at any public procession ex- 
 cept a masonic funeral, without the permission of the grand 
 master or district deputy grand master, he shall be rendered 
 incapable of ever after beiiiig an officer of a private lodge, 
 and also be excluded the benefit of the general charity. And 
 if any lodge shall so offend, it shall stand suspended until 
 grand lodge shall determine thereon. 
 
 OF APPEAL. 
 
 252. As the grf\nd lodge, when congregated, is a repre« 
 tentative of every individual member of the fraternity, it 
 necessarily possesses a supreme superintending authority, 
 and the power of finally deciding on every case which con- 
 cerns the interest of the craft. Any lodge, or brother, there- 
 fore, who may feel aggrieved by the decision of any other 
 
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 re- 
 
 masonic authority or jurisdicticD, may appeal to the grand 
 lodge against such decision. The appeal must be made in 
 writiL^, specifying the particular grievance complained of. 
 and be transmitted to the grand secretary. A notice an i 
 copy of the appeal must also be sent by the appellant to the 
 party against whose decision the appeal is made. 
 
 253. Notice of all appeals must be given in writing to the 
 grand secretary, within twenty-one days from the receipt of 
 the decision appealed against, in proper and respectful 
 language. 
 
 OF FEES. 
 
 254. The following shall be the fees payable to grand 
 lodge : — 
 
 For granting a new warrant, thirty dollars. 
 
 For a dispensation for a new lodge, twenty dollars. 
 
 For a warrant of confirmation, ten dollars. 
 
 For a new warrant, in case of loss by fire or otherwise, 
 properly certified, ten dollars. 
 
 For a dispensation to initiate a candidate under twenty- 
 one years of age. twenty dollars. 
 
 For a dispensation to confer any degree in less time than 
 one month, twenty dollars. 
 
 For a dispensation authorizing a private lodge to receive 
 and act upon a petition from a candidate for initiation, who 
 resides outside the jurisdiction of that lodge, ten dollars, 
 payable by the candidate. 
 
 For a dispensation f<»r any public procession, one dollar. 
 
 For a grand lodge certificate, two dollars. 
 
 For a past master's certificate, one dollar. 
 
 For every person initiated in a lodge, one dollar registra- 
 tion fee. . 
 
 For every entered apprentice or fellow-craft, joining from 
 without the jurisdiction of grand lodge, one dollar and fifty 
 cents. 
 
 For every master mason joining from another private lodge 
 within the jurisdiction of grand lodge, fifty cents. 
 
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 66 
 
 MASONIC CL(yrHIiV(i AND INSIGNIA. 
 
 For every mas^ier mason jbiaing from without the juris- 
 diction of grand lodge, one dollar. 
 
 Every member of each private lodge shall p^y towards the 
 fund for grand lodge purposes fifty cents per r^nnum. 
 
 MASONIC CLOTHING AND INSIGNIA. 
 
 255. The following masonic clothing and insignia shall be 
 worn by the craft, and no brother shall, on any pretence, be 
 admitted into grand lodge, or into any private lodge, with- 
 out his proper clothing and insignia, and no honorary or 
 other jewel or emblem shall be worn in grand lodge, or in 
 any private lodge, which shall not appertain to, or be con- 
 sistent with those degrees which arerecogtized and acknow- 
 leged by grand lodge. 
 
 APRONS. 
 
 Entered apprentice 
 
 Felhw craft 
 
 Master mason 
 
 .A plain white lamb-skin, from 
 fourteen to sixteen inches wide, 
 twelve to fourteen inches deep ; 
 square at bottom^ and without 
 ornament ; white strings. 
 A plain white lamb-skin, similar 
 to that of the entered apprentice, 
 with the addition only ot two sky- 
 blue rosettes at the bottom. 
 The same with sky-blue h* 
 and edging, one and a half 
 deep, and an additional ror 
 on the fall or flap, and silver 
 tassel. No other color or orna- 
 ment shall be allowed, except the 
 officers and past officers of private 
 lodges, who may have the emblems 
 of their office in silver or sky-blue 
 in the centre of the apron. 
 
MASONIC CLOTHlNCi AND INHIGNIA. 
 
 67 
 
 liar 
 ce, 
 ky- 
 
 The masters and past mas- 
 ters of private lodges To wear in lieu and in place of 
 
 the three rosettes on the master's 
 apron, perpendicular lines upon 
 horizontal lineB, thereby forming 
 three several Rets of two right 
 angles ; the length of the hori- 
 zontal to be two inches and 
 ahalf each, and of the perpen- 
 dicular lines, one inch ; these 
 emblems to be of ribbon, half an 
 inch broad, and of the same color 
 as the lining and edging of the 
 aj)ron, or of silver. If grand 
 officer, similar emblems of garter- 
 blue or gold. 
 Grand stewards^ present and 
 
 past Aprons of the same dimensions, 
 
 lined with crimson, edging of the 
 same color, three and a-half in- 
 ches, bound with silver, and silver 
 tassels. 
 Other grand officers of the 
 grand lodge ^ present mid 
 
 past Aprons of same dimensions, lined 
 
 with garter- blue, edgings of the 
 Rame color, three and a-half inches, 
 bound with gold, and gold tassels, 
 with the emblems of their office 
 in gold or blue, in the centre. 
 District deputij grand maS' 
 
 tars Aprons to have the emblems of 
 
 their office in gold, embroidered 
 in the centre, and acacia and seven- 
 eared wheat embroidered on the 
 edging, one on each side. 
 
68 
 
 COLLARS. 
 
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 Deputy grand master Apron to have the emblem of his 
 
 office in gold, embroidered in the 
 centre, and the pomegranate and 
 lotus alternately embroidered on 
 edging. 
 
 Grand master Apron to be ornamented with the 
 
 blazing sun embroidered in gold 
 in the centre, on the edging the 
 pomegranate and the lotus with 
 the seven-eared wheat in each 
 comer, and also on the fall ; all 
 in gold embroidery ; the fringe of 
 gold bullion. 
 
 COLLARS. 
 
 Of private lodges To be light blue ribbons, four 
 
 inches broad ; if silver chain is 
 used it must be placed over the 
 light blue ribbon. 
 
 0/ grand lodge To be of garter-blue ribbon, four 
 
 inches broad, and bound with gold 
 lace; except 
 
 Grand stewards..,,, of the year who have to wear col- 
 lars of crimson, four inches broad, 
 bound with silver lace. 
 
 All past grand officers except past grand masters (who 
 
 are entitled to wear chains), to 
 wear the collars of their late 
 offices, but without the pendant 
 jewel, a similar but smaller jewt 1 
 in enamel being worn on the 
 breast. 
 
 JEWELS. 
 
 The grand master. The compasses extended to 45°, 
 
 with the segment of a circle at the 
 
JEWELS. 69 
 
 points, aDd a gold plate included, 
 on which is to be represented an 
 eye irradiated within a triangle, 
 also irradiated. 
 
 Past grand masters. A. similar jewel, without the gold 
 
 plate. 
 
 Deputy grand master The compasses and square, united, 
 
 with a five pointed star, in the 
 centre. 
 
 Past deputy grand ma8/er...The compasses and square only. 
 
 District deputy grand mas- 
 ters The compasses and square, united, 
 
 with a five pointed star in the 
 centre^ the whole to be placed 
 within a circle, on which the 
 number of the district is to be 
 engraved. 
 
 Past district deputy grand 
 
 masters The same omitting the five-pointed 
 
 star in the centre. 
 
 Grand senior warden The level. 
 
 Grand junior warden The plumb. 
 
 Grand chaplain A book on a triangle. 
 
 Grand treasurer A chased key. 
 
 Grand registrar, A scroll. 
 
 Grand secreta/ry ...Cross pens with a tie. 
 
 Grand deacons Dove and olive branch. 
 
 Grand superintendent of 
 works A semi-circle protractor. 
 
 Chrand director o/ceremonies.Cross rods. 
 
 Assistant grand secretary . . Cross pens with a tie. 
 
 Assistant grand director of 
 
 ceremonies Cross rods. 
 
 Grand sword bearer Crosa swords. 
 
 Grand organist A lyre. 
 
 Assistant grand organist . . A lyre. 
 
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 70 JEWELS. 
 
 Grand pursuivant Arms of the grand lodge, with 
 
 rod and sword crossed. 
 The jewels of the grand chaplain, treasurer, registrar, 
 secretary, senior deacon, superintendent of works, director 
 of ceremonies, sword bearer, organist and pursuivant, are to 
 be within a circle with an embossed wreath, composed of a 
 sprig of acacia, an ear of corn ; and the grand junior deacon, 
 assistant grand secretary, assistant grand director of cere- 
 monies, and assistant grand organist, to be similar to those 
 of their senior and superior officers, the wreath on the circle 
 being omitted. 
 
 The jewel of a grand steward of the grand lodge is a 
 cornucoipia between the legs of a pair of compass&s, extend- 
 ing upon an irradiated gold plate, within a circle, on which 
 is engraved *^ grand lodge uf ancient, free and accepted 
 masons of Canada, in the Province of Ontario." 
 
 Grand tyler The sword in a circle, on which is 
 
 engraven, *' the grand lodge of 
 Canada, grand tyler." 
 All the above jewels to be of gold or gilt. 
 , Master of private lodges — The square. 
 
 Past masters The square and the diagram of 
 
 the 47th prob., 1st book Euclid, 
 engraven on a silver plate pendent 
 within it. 
 
 Senior warden The level. 
 
 Junior warden The plumb. 
 
 Chaplain A book on a triangle. 
 
 Treasurer The key. 
 
 Secretary The cross pens. 
 
 Deacons The dove. 
 
 Director of ceremonies The cross rods. 
 
 Organist The lyre. 
 
 Inner guard The cross swords. 
 
 Steward The cornucopia. 
 
 Tyler The sword. 
 
 All the above jewels are to be of silver. 
 
OP CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. 
 
 71 
 
 In the grand lodge, and on all occasions where the grand 
 officers appear in their official capacities, they shall wear the 
 following masonic clothing and insigniu. 
 
 Grand master Cha^n over blue collar, gauntlets 
 
 and apron, all bound and embroi- 
 dered, and jewel. 
 
 Deputy grand master Chain over blue ribbon, gauntlets 
 
 and apron, all bound and embroi- 
 dered, and jewel. 
 District deputy grand mas- 
 ter Blue collar, gauntlets, apron, all 
 
 bound, and jewel 
 Senior and junior grand * 
 
 wardens^ chaplain, treas- 
 
 urer, registrar, secretary.Blue collar, gauntlets, apron, all 
 
 bound, and jewel. 
 
 AU other grand officers Blue collar and apron, all bound, 
 
 and jewel. 
 
 OF CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. 
 
 256. Every application for a warrant to hold a new pri- 
 vate lodge must be by petition to the grand master, signed 
 by at least seven regularly registered master masons, and 
 the lodges to which they belong, or formerly belonged, 
 must be specified. The petition must be recommended by 
 the nearest warranted lodge, and in case of there being more 
 than two warranted lodges within the jurisdiction, it shall 
 require the recommendation of not less than one-half of said 
 lodges, and be transmitted to the district deputy grand mas- 
 ter, who is to forward it with his recommendation, or opin- 
 ion thereon, to the grand secretary, to be submitted to the 
 grand master. If the prayer of the petition be granted the 
 grand master may issue a dispensation, authorizing the 
 brethren to meet as a private lodge until the next commu- 
 nication of grand lodge. If in the opinion of the grand mas- 
 ter, the recommendation of the nearest lodge or lodges be 
 
72 
 
 OF CONSTITUTINr, A NEW LODGE. 
 
 |1U 
 
 
 f'M 
 
 l«^ i 
 
 unreasonably withheld, he shall have power to waive such 
 recommendation. 
 
 257. The recommendation from the nearest lodge or 
 lodges required for a petition, must be passed in open 
 lodge upon a regular resolution, and signed by the master 
 and secretary of the lodge, with the seal of the lodge At- 
 tached, and in no case shall be given without such resolution 
 and signatures. 
 
 The following is the form of petition : — 
 
 To the M, H^. grand master of the fraternity of ancient^ free 
 and accepted masons of Canada^ in the 
 Province of Ontario. 
 
 We, the undersigned, being regularly registered masons ot 
 the lodges mentioned against our respective names, having 
 the prosperity of the craft at heart, are anxious to extend 
 our best endeavors to promote and diffuse the general prin- 
 ciples of the art ; and for the convenience of our respective 
 dwellings and other good reasons, we are desirous of forming 
 
 a new lodge to be named ; in consequence of this 
 
 desire, we pray for a warrant of constitution, empower- 
 ing us to meet as a regular lodge at , in the county 
 
 of , on the of every month, and there to dis- 
 charge the duties of masonry, in a constitutional manner, 
 according to the forms of the order and the laws of the grand 
 lodge ; and we have nominated and do recommend brother 
 [A. B.] to be the first master, brother [C. D.] to be the first 
 senior warden, and brother [K F.] to be the first junior 
 warden of the said lodge. The prayer of this petition being 
 granted, we promise strict obedience to the commands of the 
 grand master and the laws and regulations of the grand 
 lodge. 
 
 In order to avoid irregularities every new lodge should be 
 solemnly constituted by the grand master with his deputy 
 and wardens ; or in the absence of the grand master, by his 
 deputy, or the district deputy grand master of that district, 
 
PRAYERS. 
 
 73 
 
 who shall choose some master of a lodge to assist him. If 
 both those officers be absent, the grand master may appoint 
 some other grand officer or master of a lodge to act as his 
 deputy pro tempore, 
 
 258. No warrant for anew private lodge shall be granted un- 
 til, in addition to the ordinary recommendation of the district 
 deputy grand master there is furnished by that officer a ce - 
 tificate to the effect that the lodge working under dispensa'- 
 tion and seeking a warrant, has provided itself with suitable 
 furniture and regalia. 
 
 PRAlYERS. 
 
 INVOCATION,— FIRST DEGREE. 
 
 Vouchsafe Thine aid, Almighty Father and supreme Gov- 
 ernor of the universe, to this our present convention, and 
 grant that this candidate for masonry may so dedicate and 
 devote his life to Thy service as to become a true and faith- 
 ful brother among u€. Endow him with a competency of 
 Thy divine wisdom, that, assisted by the secrets of this our 
 masonic art, he may be better enabled to display the beau- 
 ties of true godliness, to the honor and glory of Thy holy 
 name. — So mote it be, 
 
 INVOCATION,— SECOND DEGREE. 
 
 We supplicate the continuance of Thine aid, O merciful 
 God, on behalf of ourselves and of him who kneels before 
 Thee. May the work begun in Thy name be continued to 
 Thy glory, and evermore established in us by obedience to 
 Thy holy precepts. — So mote it be. 
 
 INVOCATION, — THIRD DEGREE. 
 
 Almighty and Eternal Being, the glorious architect and 
 ruler of the universe, at whose creative fiat all things first 
 
74 
 
 THE CHAUGES. 
 
 wt^iv made, w. the fiail creatiir»8 of Th^ providence, hum-' 
 biy implore Thee to pour down on this convocation assem- 
 bled in Thy holy name the continual dew of Thy blessing ; 
 more especially, we beseech Thee, to impart Thy grace to 
 this Thy servant, who offers himself a candidate to partake 
 with us the mysterious secrets of a master mason ; endow 
 him with such fortitude that in the hour of trial he fail not ; 
 but pass him safely under Thy protection through the val- 
 ley of the shadow of death, that he may finally arise from 
 the tomb of transgression, to shine as the stars, for ever and 
 ever. — JSo mote it be. 
 
 THE CHARGES. 
 
 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY INITIATED CANDIDATE. 
 
 As you have now passed thr gh the ceremonies of your 
 initiation allow me to congratulate you on being admitted a 
 member of our ancient and honorable society. Ancient, as 
 having existed from time immemorial, and honorable because 
 by a natural tendency it conduces to make all those honor- 
 able who are strictly obedient to its precepts. Indeed^ no 
 institution can boast of a more solid foundation than that 
 on which freemasonry rests — the practice of social and moral 
 virtue ; and to so high an eminence has its credit been ad- 
 vanced that in every age, monarchs themselves have been 
 promoters of the art ; have not thought it derogatory from 
 their dignity to exchange the sceptre for the gavel ; have 
 patronized our mysteries and have joined our assemblies. 
 As a mason, I would first recommend to your most serious 
 contemplation the volume of the sacred law charging you to 
 consider it the unerring standard qf truth and justice, and 
 to regulate your actions by the divine precepts which it con- 
 tains. Therein you will be taught thd important duty yea 
 owe to God, to your neighbor and to yourself. To God, by 
 
CHARGE TO THE NEWLY wVITIATED CANDIDATE. 75 
 
 never mentioning His name but with that awe and rever- 
 ence which are due from the creature to his Creator, by im- 
 ploring His aid in all your lawful undertakings, and by look- 
 ing up to Him in every emergency for comfort and support ; 
 to your neighbor, by acting with him on the square, by 
 rendering to him every kind office which justice or mercy 
 may require, by relieving his distresses, by soothing his 
 afflictions and by doing to him as in similar cases you would 
 wish he should do unto you ; and to yourself, by such a 
 prudent and well regulated course of discipline as may best 
 conduce to the preservation of your corporeal or mental 
 faculties in their fullest energies, thereby enabling you to 
 exert those talents wherewith God has blensed you, as well 
 as to His glory as to the welfare of your fellow creatures. 
 
 As a citizen of the world, I am next to^ enjoin you to be 
 exemplary in the discharge ot your civil duties by never pro- 
 posing or at all countenancing any act that may have a 
 tendency to^ubvert the peace and good order of society ; by 
 paying due obedience to the laws of any State which may 
 tor a time become the place of your residence or afford you 
 its protection ; and above all, by never losing sight of the 
 allegiance due to the sovereign of your native land ; ever 
 remembering that nature has implanted in your breast a 
 sacred and indissoluble attachment to that country from 
 which you derived your birth and infant nurture. 
 
 As an individual I am further to recommend the practice 
 of every domestic as well as public virtue. Let prudence 
 direct you ; temperance chasten you ; fortitude support you ; 
 and justice be the guide of all your actions, and be especi- 
 ally careful to maintain in their fullest splendor those truly 
 masonic ornaments, benevolence and charity. 
 
 Still, however, as a mason, there are other excellencies of 
 character, to which your attention may be peculiarly and 
 forcibly directed ; among the foremost of these are secrecy^ 
 fidelity and obedience. 
 
 Secrecy may be said to consist in the inviolable adherence 
 
76 CHARGE TO THE XEVVT.Y INITIATED CANDIDATE. 
 
 to the obligations you have entered into, never improperly 
 to reveal any of those masonic secrets which have now been, 
 or may at any future time be, entrusted to your keeping, 
 and cautiously to shun all occasions which may inadvert- 
 ently lead you to do so. 
 
 Your fidelity must be exemplified by a strict observance 
 of the constitutions of the fraternity ; by never attempting 
 to extort, or otherwise unduly obtain the secrets of a su- 
 perior degree, and by refraining to recommend any one to 
 participation of ojur secrets, unless you have strong ground 
 to believe that, by a similar fidelity, he will ultimately re- 
 flect honor on our choice. 
 
 So must your obedience be proved by a close conformity to 
 our laws and regulations ; by prompt attention to all signs 
 and summonses ; by modest and correct demeanor whilst in 
 the lodge ; by abstaining from every topic of religious or 
 political discussions ; by ready acquiescence in all votes and 
 resolutions duly passed by the brethren ; and by perfect 
 submission to the master and his wardens whilst acting in 
 the discharge of their respective offices. 
 
 And, as a last general recommendation, let me exhort you 
 to dedicate yourself to such pursuits as may enable you to 
 become at once respectable in your rank of life, useful to 
 mankind, and an ornament to the society of which you have 
 this day been admitted a member ; to devote your leisure 
 hours more especially to the study of such of the liberal arts 
 and sciences as may lie within the compass of your attain- 
 ment, and without neglecting the ordinary duties of your 
 station to consider yourself called on to make a daily ad- 
 vancement in masonic knowledge. 
 
 [From the very commendable attention which you appear 
 to have given to this charge, I am led to hope that you will 
 appreciate the excellence of freemasonry and imprint in- 
 delibly on your mind the sacred duties of truths of l^nor, 
 and of virtue.^ 
 
CHAUOE TO THE NEWLY PASSED CANDIDATE. 77 
 
 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY PASSED CANDIDATE. 
 
 Brother y — Being advanced to the second degree of ma- 
 sonry, we congratulate you on your preferment The inter- 
 al and not external qualifications of a man are what masonry 
 regards. As you increase in knowledge so you will conse- 
 quently improve in social intercourse. It is unnecessary for 
 mn to recapitulate the duties which, as a mason, you are now 
 bound to discharge, or to enlarge on the necessity of a strict 
 adherence to them, as your own experience must have estab- 
 lished their value. It may be sufficient to observe that as 
 your past behaviour and regular deportment have merited 
 the honor which we have conferred, in your new character 
 it is expected that you will not only conform to the princi- 
 ples of the order, but steadily persevere in the practice of 
 every virtue. The study of the liberal arts, that valuable 
 branch of education which tends so effectually to polish and 
 adorn the mind, is earnestly recommended to your consider- 
 ation — especially geometry, which is established as the basis 
 of our art [Geometry, or masonry, originally synonymous 
 terms, is of a divine and moral nature, enriched with the 
 most useful knowledge, so that while it proves the wonder- 
 ful properties of nature, it demonstrates the more important 
 truths of morality.] 
 
 As the solemnity of our ceremonies requires a serious de- 
 portment, your are to be particularly attentive to your be- 
 haviour at our regular assemblies, x ou are to preserve our 
 ancient usages and customs sacred and inviolable, and induce 
 others, by your example, to hold them in due veneration. 
 
 The laws and regulations of the order you are strenuous- 
 ly to support and maintain. You are not to palliate or 
 aggravate the offences of the brethren ; but in the decision 
 of every trespass against our rules, judge with candor, ad- 
 monish with friendship, and reprehend with mercy. 
 
 As a craftsman in our private assemblies, you may offer 
 your sentiments and opinions on such subjects as are regu- 
 larly introduced in the lecture, under the superintendence 
 
78 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY RAISED CANDIDATE. 
 
 of an experiencod manter, who will guard the landmarks 
 against encroachment. By this privilege you may improve 
 your intellectual powers ; qualify yourself to become a use- 
 ful member of society ; and like i\ skilful craftsman, strive 
 to excel in what is good and great. 
 
 You are to encourage industry and reward merit ; supply 
 the wants aad relieve the necessities of brethren and fellows 
 to the utmost of your power and ability, and on no account 
 wrong them or see them wronged, but apprise them of ap- 
 proaching danger, and view tneir interests as inseparable 
 from your own. 
 
 Such is the nature of your engagements as a craftsman ; 
 and these duties you are now bound, by the most sacred 
 ties, to observe. 
 
 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY RAISED CANDIDATE. 
 
 Brother^ — Your zeal for the institution of freemasonry, 
 the progress you have already made, and your conformity to 
 our general regulations, have pointed you out as a fit object 
 of esteem and favor. In the character of a master mason 
 you are henceforth authorized to correct the errors and 
 irregularities of your younger brethren, and guard them 
 against a breach of fidelity. To improve the morals and 
 correct the manners of men in society ought to be your con- 
 stant care. You are to inculcate universal benevolence, and 
 by the regularity^ of your own behavior afford the best ex- 
 ample for the conduct of others. The ancient landmarks of 
 the order you are to preserve sacred and inviolable, and 
 never sufier an infringement of our customs, or a deviation 
 from established usage. 
 
 Duty, honor and gratitude now bind you to your trust ; 
 let no motive, therefore, ever make you swerve f.'om yoiiir 
 duty, but be true and faithful, and imitate the example of 
 that celebrated artist, whom you have cnce represented. 
 Endeavor, in a word, to convince the world that merit has 
 been your title to our privileges, and that on you our favors 
 have not been undeservedly bestowed. 
 
11ULE8 OF GRAND LODGE. 
 
 79 
 
 RULES OF GRAND LODGE. 
 
 I. RULES RES^|:CTINO GRANTS FROM THE FUNpS OF BENE- 
 VOLENCE. 
 
 \ 
 
 relief 
 
 mad( 
 
 upon a print- 
 lecretary when 
 
 several queBtions 
 ition in made for 
 
 1. All applicati( 
 ed form which will 6% furnished 
 applied for. 
 
 2. It is imperative to axswer corre(; 
 in such printed form, i 
 the first time or for a renei 
 
 3. It shall be competent fok one or dlore private lodges to 
 form themselves into a local board m. relief, and 'lot such 
 board to frame a code of bye-la wkwl elect a chairman and 
 a secretary -treasurer : and when tnf formation of such board 
 and its bye-laws have been apprc^re^Uby the board of general 
 purposes, the same shall be cojflsiderad a duly constituted 
 local board of relief under grana lodg^ 
 
 4. All applications for reli|f shall be^ade either through 
 a private lodge, signed by Ujie roaster ancksecretary thereof, 
 with the seal of the lodge Affixed, or by Xiduly constituted 
 local board of relief, sign^ by the chairmab and secretary- 
 trea^'urer thereof ; and \Si no case shall anXapplication be 
 made through an individual brother. And k shall be im- 
 perative for every lodge intending to recommeml an applica- 
 tion for relief, to pass a resolution to that effact in open 
 lodge, record the saiae in its minute-book, and anach to each 
 application for relief a copy of such resolution sigbed by the 
 master or presiding officer and the secretary of\tho lodge, 
 and having the teal of lodge attached thereto. I 
 
 5. All applications for relief shall be sent to, and be in 
 the possession of, the grand secretary before the first day of 
 June immediately pre('^3ding the annual communication of 
 grand lodge. 
 
80 
 
 RULES OF GRAND LODGE. 
 
 'I, 
 
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 C. Grand lodge grants to a brother or to /elatives of a de- 
 ceased brother are to be considered as supplementary aid to 
 that given by the private lodge or local Board of relief re- 
 commending the application. Such granJB shall be payable 
 in two equal half-yearly payments, by an/)rder issued by the 
 president o^ the board of general pur^ses, countersigned 
 by the gi ana secretary and drawn uporrthe grand treasurer 
 in favor of tnW grantee and the mastn* of the lodge or the 
 secretary-treasuni^ of the local board a relief from which the 
 application for silch grant issued, a/d it shall require the 
 endorsation upon swh order of bothrthe grantee and of said 
 master or secretary -tnasurer (as tl^ case may be) before the 
 grand treasurer is au^prized to/nonor such order. And 
 that all grants whicli armiade {myable through the master 
 of a private lodge, as aiokesaidf it shall be the duty of the 
 master to report to the lolbe^the receipt of such order or 
 orders, and the secretary shalj^ecord such report in the min- 
 ute book of the lodge. 
 
 7. All private lodges thro^ghlkhose master, and all local 
 boards of relief through iw hose ^^cretary -treasurer, such 
 orders have been made pajj^able, sha^pn or before the first 
 day of June immediatelm)receding tlm^ annual communica- 
 tion of grand lodge, forl^ard to the grai^ secretary a return 
 upon a printed form, wnich form shall bXfurnished by the 
 grand secretary wheiLbpplied for. In such^turn there shall 
 be shown in detail thle whole amount of such^ant, or grants 
 made payable through such master or secre^ry-treasurer 
 during the curren/ fiscal year, as also the wholVaraount in 
 detail of such griht or grants paid over to the Vrantee or 
 grantees durin|phat period ; together with such otl^r infor- 
 mation as ma^ be required by such printed form o^ceturn. 
 Such return '^shall be signed by the master and secretKrv of 
 such lodge, and have its seal affixed thereto, or by the ciair- 
 man and secretary-treasurer of such local board of relief. 
 
 8. No order for any subsequent grant shall be issued 
 until such return for preceding grants shall have been re- 
 
\^ 
 
 ULES OF GRAND LODGE. 
 
 81 
 
 ceivedy as aforesaid, and found to be correct by tUb commit< 
 tee on benevolence Oi^ board of general purposes. 
 
 9. A grant for wMcb, by reason of the neg^ct to make 
 such return, no order of payment for a subsequpit grant has 
 been issued within ond year from the date si|ch grant was 
 made, shall be considered forfeited, and in ordl^r to obtain a 
 grant a new application o^ust be made. f 
 
 10. All forms for applications and for ^turns are from 
 time to time to be preparecr. by the board* of general pur- 
 poses. ^ M 
 
 1 1. No grant will be made to an unalfliated brother, nor 
 to relatives of a deceased brd|her wU0 at the time of his 
 death was an unafHliated masons 
 
 12. It shall be the duty of ^ch district deputy grand 
 master^ on the occasion of his oracigl visit to the Ibdges in 
 his district, to ascertain whether fljiy such lodge intends to 
 recommend to grand lodge an amication for relief, and if 
 80 to see that the form is properly nUed out ; and also to get 
 all the information in regard tpt sucl case or cases as may 
 be possible, and to forward such inJbrmation to the grand 
 secretary before the first da^ of Juv in each year, upon a 
 form prepared for that purpose by th^board of general pur- 
 poses, fur the use of the same and of tie committee on ben- 
 evolence. And in case a district depuv grand master can- 
 not visit such lodge, it shall neverthelesl be Mb duty to use 
 his best endeavors to obtain such infori^tion and forward 
 the same in the manner aforesaid. It shiil also be the duty 
 of each district deputy grand master to dsect the attention 
 of the lodges in his district through wblpe master orders 
 for grants have previously been made payable, to the neces- 
 sity of complying with rule 7, by making yoper return of 
 such grants ; and in all cases where such louKes at any time 
 have failed to make such return, he shall mate due enquiry 
 into the cause thereof, use his best endeavokj to have the 
 return made, and forthwith forward the same to the grand 
 secretary, and to report upon such enquiry to grand lodge. 
 
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 82 "*''*5*llULES RESPECTING MAJ^NIC TRIALS. 
 
 And he shall ]?H^2re from the a^nd secretary a sufficient 
 supply of blank fomi^ applications and returns to enable 
 him to furnish the sam^kajhe lodges in his district. It shall 
 also be the duty of each djMi^tdeputy grand master to ex- 
 amine the books of the Jiroges ilN^ ftjiis trict with a view to 
 ascertain whether the/foregoing rulel^)ivp»-^en observed, 
 and report thereoa^grand lodge. 
 
 BlTLES RESPECTING MASONIC TRIALS. 
 
 REGULATIONS RESPECTING TRIALS FOR MASONIC OFFENCES 
 
 AND PROCEEDINGS THEREON. 
 
 If 
 
 Ik . 
 
 OFFENCES. 
 
 1. The following are masonic offences : 
 
 AH public crimes and misdemeanors involving moral 
 turpitude. 
 
 Drunkenness and profligacy. 
 
 Fighting. 
 
 Adultery, and all lascivious association, whether with the 
 relative of a mason, or with a stranger. 
 
 Cruelty to wife or child. 
 
 Contempt for God or religion. 
 
 Atheism. 
 
 Masonic communion with clandestine masons or irregular 
 lodges. 
 
 Improper revelations. 
 
 Disobedience to those in authority, or contemptuous 
 language towards them. 
 
 All countenance of impostors. 
 
 Contemptuous expressions respecting mp^oary. 
 
JURISDICTION. 
 
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 Wronging a mason by fraud. 
 
 Violation of the secrecy of the ballot. 
 
 Unseemly conduct in the lodge. 
 
 Undue solicitation of candidates. 
 
 Using a masonic emblem as a trademark or business 
 sign. 
 
 Any intentional violation of the technical parts or points 
 of the several masonic obligations. 
 
 Any violation of the particular injunctions of the ritual, 
 or any of the landmarks of masonry. 
 
 Any violation of the constitution, laws, edict?, rules or 
 regulations of the grand lodgr . 
 
 Any violation of the by-laws of a lod^^e by a member 
 thereof. 
 
 JURISDICTION. 
 
 2. For any offence against the by-laws of his lodge 
 a mason must be tried by the lodge to which he belongs. 
 
 3. For any other masonic offence, a mason may be tried 
 either by the lodge to which he belongs, or by the lodge 
 nearest his place of residence. 
 
 4. A trial of either lodge followed by conviction or 
 acquittal, shall be a bar to any other prosecution for the same 
 offence. 
 
 5. All charges of unmasonic conduct shall be made in 
 writing with particulars specifying with reasonable certainty 
 the particulars of the offence alleged, and the time and 
 place of its commission, as near as may be practicable, and 
 be signed by the accuser, who must be an affiliated master 
 mason, in good standing. 
 
 6. All charges and particulars shall be filed with the 
 secretary of the lodge, who shall forthwith notify all the 
 members of the lodge that such charges have been received, 
 and that they will be read at the next regular meeting, which 
 shall be held not less than eight days after the charges have 
 been received ; and at such meeting the charges shall Se read 
 in open lodge. 
 
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 PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS, NOTICES, ETC. 
 
 7. The trial of charges may proceed at any meeting ap- 
 pointed for the purpose, and continue intil completed ; and 
 in case the trial be not completed at one meeting it may be 
 continued at any subsequent meeting to which the same 
 may be postponed. Notice of any postponement or adjourn- 
 ment shall be given to all parties concerned. 
 
 PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS, NOTICES, ETC. 
 
 8. When charges shall be presented and read as provided 
 above, the lodge shall decide by a majority vote whether the 
 charges shall be accepted, and the accused brother be placed 
 on trial, or the charges be dismissed ; when decided in the 
 affirmative, the charges cannot be withdrawn, except for 
 cause shown, and by the vote of two thirds of the members 
 present ; such charges shall not be amended except by a ma- 
 jority vote, of which proposed amendment the accused shall 
 have due notice. 
 
 9. Immediately upon the acceptance of charges by a lodge, 
 the master shall appoint the time and place of trial ; and it 
 shall be the duty of the master to cause the accused to be 
 served with a duly attested copy of the charges and particu- 
 lars, and notice stating the time and place appointed for the 
 trial thereof : Provided always^ that the accused shall be en- 
 titled to reasonable time and opportunity to prepare his 
 defence. 
 
 10. If the accused shall neglect or refuse to attend in 
 person, or by some brother authorized in writing to act as 
 counsel, after notice has been duly served on him, or if 
 notice cannot be served on him personally by reason of his 
 residence being unknown or beyond the limits of the dis- 
 trict in which the lodge is located, then a copy of such notice 
 shall be sent to him by mail, addressed to him at his last 
 known place of residence, or left at his last known place of 
 residence, or with a grown up member of his family ; and 
 upon proof that the notice has been sent to him, or left for 
 him as above prescribed, the lodge at the time in such notice 
 
 
TRIAL, WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY. 
 
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 gular meeting shall intervene between the time of mailing, 
 sending or leaving such notice, and any action by the lodge 
 in pursuance thereof. In such cases the lodge shall appoint a 
 competent brother to act as counsel for, or representative of 
 the accused. 
 
 11. In every case where a flagrant offence shall be com- 
 mitted by any mason present while the lodge is at l&bor, 
 the foregoing rules requiring notice and delay may be dis- 
 pensed with, and the master may order the offending brother 
 to show cause instanter why he should not be punii!iihed, and 
 may in his discretion proceed, or permit the lodge to proceed, 
 to trial and suspension. 
 
 TRIAL, WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY. 
 
 12. Witnesses in masonic trials, who are masons, shall 
 be mentally competent, and in good standing in the fraternity, 
 and may be affiliated or non affiliated brethren. 
 
 13. Every mason shall give his testimony on his honor as 
 a mason. 
 
 14. All witnesses, in masonic trials, who are not masons, 
 shall be any persons of sound mind, of such religious belief 
 as to feel the obligations of an oath, and they shall solemnly 
 pledge themselves to state the truth, and whole truth, and 
 nothing but the truth. The evidence of such persons must 
 be received with caution when disputed by the accused, and, 
 in fact, should be admitted only when their evidence cannot 
 be supplied by a mason, unless in cases requiring corrobor- 
 ative evidence. 
 
 15. The evidence of both the accuser, and the accused, 
 if otTered, shall be received in any masonic trial. The status 
 of a mason under charges is not afl'ecteduntil after con- 
 viction. 
 
 16. The testimony of witnesses, who are masons, may be 
 taken in open lodge, or by a specia committee appointed by 
 
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 TBIAL, WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY, 
 
 the master. Witnesses who are not masons, shall be ex- 
 amined only by a committee appointed for the purpose by 
 the master. In either case, the accused and che accuser, in 
 person or by a brother mason as counsel or representative, 
 shall be entitled to be present and propound such relevant 
 questions as thoy may desire. 
 
 1 7. The testimony of any witnesses, unable to attend the 
 lodge or a committee, may be taken by deposition before a 
 properly authorized person, who must be a mason author- 
 ized for the purpose, due notice of the time and place hav- 
 ing first been given to all parties concerned. 
 
 18. It shall be the duty of the accus d and accuser to 
 secure the attendance of their respectiveTwitnesses who 
 are not masons ; and through the master and secretary of 
 the lodge, they may, when necessary, summons for such 
 purposes any resident mason^ whether he be a member of 
 the lodge or not. 
 
 19. When testimony is taken in open lodge, the lodge 
 shall be opened in the first degree ; but the decision as to 
 guilt or innocence, and the question of punishment, shall be 
 severally determined in and by a lodge of master masons. 
 
 20. The master shall decide all questions arising as to the 
 relevancy of the evidence and the regularity of the proceed- 
 ings ; and the secretary or other person appointed for that 
 purpose by the master, shall take down in writing all the 
 evidence submitted by both the prosecution and the defence 
 and note all objections made by either party ; and the rulings 
 of the master and the record thereof shall be filed among 
 the archives of the lodge, and the main facts of the case 
 shall be entered upon the lodge records. 
 
 dl. At the conclusion of the evidence the accused and 
 the accuser in person, or their counsel and representative, 
 may, if they desire, address such relevant remarks to the 
 lodge upon the merits of the case as may be deemed proper ; 
 after which the accused and the accuser shall retire from 
 the lodge. Any member entitled to vote may express his 
 
TRIAL, WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY. 
 
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 views of the case, and of the law and the facts involved ; 
 and no member shall be permitted to withdraw from the 
 lodge until after final action, except for urgent cause, and 
 the consent of two-thirds of the members present. 
 
 22. Whrn a committee is appointed, as before mentioned, 
 it shall consist of not less than three members of the lodge, 
 either of whom if objected to by either of the parties for 
 cause to be fully explained by the objecting party, may be 
 removed by the master and another appointed. 
 
 23. Every such committee shall convene and select from 
 their number a chairman and secretary ; and when so or- 
 ganized shall have power, through the master and secretary 
 of the lodge, to summon before them the accused and the 
 accuser, with their respective witnesses. 
 
 24. The proceedings of such committee shall bo governed 
 by the foregoing |)rovi8ion8 so far as applicable. The 
 duti'S (if the master and secretary of tho lod^e above pre- 
 scribed shall apply to and may he discharged by the chair- 
 man and secretary of the committee. 
 
 25. The committee may sit whenever and as often as it 
 may deem best for the interests of maHonry and the full in- 
 vestigation of the complaints before them ; Provided, that 
 every trial begun shall be prosecuted with as much dispatch 
 as the law governing the same, and full justice to the ac- 
 cused and accuser will permit. 
 
 26. When the committee have concluded their labors, 
 tliey shall report their proceedings and all the evidence to 
 the lodge ; and upon retirement of the accused and accuser, 
 any member of the lodge present may express his views of 
 the case ; and any portion or the whole of the evidence 
 shall be read, as he may require to enable him to come to a 
 decision. 
 
 27. A brother against whom charges have been preferred, 
 may deny or admit any portion or the whole of the charges 
 and specifications. 
 
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 JUDGMENT. 
 
 28. In case an accused brother shall plead guilty, such 
 plea shall be accepted as evidence, and shall render the tak- 
 ing of further proof unnecessary ; but such plea shall not 
 excuse the lodge from voting upon the question of guilt or 
 iunocence. 
 
 29. No visitor shall attend the lodge or committee for 
 any purpose other than givine testimony during any of the 
 proceedings of a masonic trial, unless permission be granted 
 by the master, or by the lodge, or by the committee, when 
 the proceedings are before a committee. 
 
 JDrOMENT. 
 
 30. Upon conclusion of thr trial, the question of ** guilty" 
 or ** not guilty" shall be immediately and distinctly put by 
 the master, upon each charge in its order which shall be 
 voted upon separately ; and every member present shall be 
 required to vote by ballot ; and it shall require a vote of a 
 majority to sustain any charge. 
 
 31. If any charge shall be sustained, the accused shall 
 then and there be declared guilty, and the master shall put 
 the question as to whether the accused shall be suspended, 
 for a definite time or reprimanded. Each of these quesj 
 tions shall be put separately, in the above order, if neces- 
 sary, and shall be decided by a majority of the members 
 present ; and every member present shall be required to 
 vote by ballot. The lodge may aiso, by a like vote, recom- 
 mend to the grand lodge that the offender be expelled. 
 
 32. When any mason after due trial, shall be found guilty 
 of unmasonic conduct, punishment shall follow which shall 
 be proportionate to the offence. 
 
 33. When* any mason shall have been suspended by a 
 lodge he shall be notified of such action by the secretary, 
 who shall also immediately report the same to the grand 
 secretary. When any brother shall have been acquitted, 
 he shall be notified of the same by the master in open lodge, 
 as well as by the secretary in writing. 
 
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PUNISHMENT. 
 
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 PUNISHMENT. 
 
 34. The masonic punishment which shall be inflicted by 
 chartered lodges for unmasonic conduct, after due trial and 
 conviction, shall be in the discretion of the lodge, either in- 
 definite sURpension, definite suspenoion or reprimand. 
 
 35. Suspension for any offence, subjects an offender, dur- 
 ing such suspension, to an absolute deprivation of all the 
 rights, privileges, and benefits* of masonry to the offender 
 and his family. 
 
 36. Suspension shall re(|ui-e the vote of the majority of 
 the members present, and the }>eniilty and the period of 
 suspension may be voted upon together or separately ; PrO' 
 videdj that no definite suspension shall be voted for a longer 
 time than three years, nor for a less time than three months. 
 
 37. Reprimand shall be the least masonic punishment, 
 and shall only be inflicted after due trial and conviction, 
 and when voted by a majority of the members present ; and 
 reprimand shall be administered in open lodge by the 
 master. 
 
 APPEALS. 
 
 38. Any mason who has been subjected to any of the 
 foregoing proceedings of a lodge, or against whom charges 
 have been presented, or his accuser, or any member of the 
 lodge, has the right to appeal from any verdict or sentence, 
 therein in his case rendered or adjudged, and from any vote 
 or decision of a lodge upon the subject of any charge, and 
 such appeal may be made to the grand master, or to the 
 griind lodge. 
 
 39. All appeals from any such verdict or sentence of a 
 lodge shall be made in writing, and contain a statement of 
 the case, the exceptions taken to the decisions of a lodge 
 appealed from, and the grounds upon which they are based. 
 The appeal shall be filed with the grand secretary thirty 
 days prior to the next succeeding annual meeting of the 
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 APPEALS. 
 
 40. The appellant shall give the lodge appealed from 
 notice ot his intention within twenty-one days after receiving 
 notice of its action or decision ; and the secretary of such 
 lodge, under the direction of the master, shall, at least ten 
 days before the annual communication of the grand lodge, 
 produce to the grand secretary, and also give to the appel- 
 lant, and to any brother affected by the decision appealed 
 from, if demanded,, a certified.copy of all the charges, papers, 
 proceedings and evidence in the case. Provided, the terms 
 herein specified shall intervene between such decisions and 
 the annual communication aforesaid ; if not, then such time 
 shall apply to the next succeeding annual communication of 
 the grand lodge, or may be disposed of by the grand master 
 during recess of the grand lodge, 
 
 41. Whenever an appeal shall be taken from any lodge, 
 the grand master or the grand lodge may upon investiga- 
 tion — 
 
 Dismiss the appeal, approve the proceedings, or affirm tKe 
 decision appealed from ; or 
 
 Modify or change a decision, or sentence, or inflict penal- 
 ty where the constituent lodge has failed to do so ; or. 
 
 Set aside the proceedings of the locge for informality, 
 and remand the case for further proceedings ; or 
 
 Give such directions as may seem reasonable and proper. 
 
 42. An appeal may alsobe taken to the district deputy 
 grand master of the district, for any irregularity in the trial, 
 or any infringement of the rights of the accused, but not in 
 questions of fact. 
 
 43. On such appeal the district deputy grand master may 
 either dismiss the appeal or set aside the proceedings, and 
 order the new trial. 
 
 44. In all cases of appeal, the grand master or the grand 
 lodge may authorize the district deputy grand master to 
 investigate the case and report, with his opinion thereon. 
 
 45. The district deputy grand master may hear and de- 
 termine any subject of masonic complaint on being specially 
 authorized to do so by the grand lodge. * 
 
APPEALS. 
 
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 46. The decision or sentence of the district deputy grand 
 master shall in all cases be subject to appeal to the grand 
 master. 
 
 m 47. Whenever the grand lodge, or the grand master or 
 district deputy grand master, on a review of trial or other 
 proceedings of a lodge, resulting in the suspension of a 
 mason, shall reverse or annul the judgment of said proceed- 
 ings, or shall order a new trial, the accused shall be thereby 
 restored to all his rights, privileges, and membership. When 
 a case is remanded for a new trial, no amendment shall be 
 made to the original charges, unless the accused have duo 
 and timely notice thereof. 
 
 48. Every lodge shall communicate to the grand secretary 
 and to the district deputy grand master of i^he district in 
 which the lodge is situated, all suspensioEs as they may 
 severally occur. 
 
 Note. — By article 1 '*of Appeal" in the book of constitution, it 
 is provided that as the grand lodge, when congregated, is a repre- 
 sentative of every individual member in the fraternity, it necessarily 
 possesses a supreme superintending authority, and the power of 
 finally deciding on everj'^ case which concerns the interest of the 
 craft. Any lodge, or brother, therefore, who may feel aggrieved by 
 the decidion of any other masonic authority or jurisdiction may ap- 
 peal to the grand lodge against such decision. The appeal must be 
 made in writing, specifying the particular grievance complained of, 
 and be transmitted to the grand secretary. A notice and copy of 
 the appeal must also be sent by the appellant to the party against 
 whose decision the ^peal is made. 
 
 49. A suspended mason may be I'estored by the grand 
 lodge or by the lodge which suspended him. 
 
 50. A suspended mason (unless suspended for non-pay- 
 ment of dues), seeking restoration, shall petition the lodge 
 by which he was suspended for his restoration. The peti- 
 tion shall be received at a regular meeting of the lodge, and 
 shall lie over until the next regular meeting thereafter, be- 
 fore final action thereon. 
 
 51. The secretary of the lodge shall notify all the mem- 
 1)618 of the lodge of such petition, at least one week before 
 

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 MASTERS AND LODGES. 
 
 the Dieeting at which the question of restoration is to be 
 voted upon. 
 
 52. The vote on the restoration shall be by ballot ; and it 
 shall require a majority of two thirds of the members present^ 
 for its adoption. 
 
 53. If the lodge has ceased to exist, the petition may be 
 made direct to the «rand lodge. 
 
 54. Any mason suepended for nonpayment of dues seek- 
 ing re-instatement, shall, on payment of dues, be restored to 
 membership m accordance with the constitution of grand 
 lodge, without presenting such petitioa ; Provided, that if 
 the lodge from which a mason shall have been suspended for 
 non-payment of dues has ceased to exist, a petition for re- 
 instatement may be made to the grand lodge. 
 
 55. Definite suspension shall expire by limitation ; and 
 any mjmber so suspended shall be entitled to resume mem- 
 bership, and all the rights and privileges thereof, at the ex- 
 piration of the time defined in his sentence, without vote or 
 other action on the part of the lodge. 
 
 56. In all cases of restoration by the grand lodge, the re- 
 stored brother resumes the status of a non-affiliated brother. 
 
 57 . In all cases of restoration by a private lodge the brother 
 is restored to all his masonic rights and privileges, including 
 membership in his lodge. 
 
 MASTERS AND LODGES. 
 
 58. A worshipful maeter may be tried by his lodge after 
 the expiration of his official term, for any unmasonic conduct 
 (except for official misconduct, or a violation of his official 
 obligations). All complaints for official misconduct shall be 
 made to the proper authority during the official term of the 
 offender, or within four weeks after the close of such term, 
 otherwise iie shall not be tried therefor. 
 
 59. When a controversy shall arise between lodges, or 
 between a lodge and its master, or charges be preferred, or 
 an informal complaint be made, the same may be filed with 
 
NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. 
 
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 the grand secretary, who shall forward the same to the grand 
 master ; if the matter be deemed by him of a sufficiently 
 grave character to warrant investigation, he may proceed in 
 person, or appoint a commission of not more than seven and 
 not less than three masters, or past masters, with, if consist- 
 ent, the district deputy grand master as chairman, to inve8< 
 tigate such charges or complaint ; such commission shall 
 have authority to summon witnesses and shall have such 
 other powers as may be specially delegated to them by the 
 grand master ; and such commission shall make such report, 
 and give such opinion to the grand master, as will enable 
 him to make a final decision. 
 
 60. When the master or other oflficer of a lodge shall be 
 deposed from office only, he shall not thereby be deprived of 
 any of the rights or privileges of membership. 
 
 NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. 
 
 61. Any member of a lodge, who is in arrears for dues to 
 such lodge, shall be proceeded against in accordance with 
 the provisions of the by-laws of such lodge in respect to the 
 same, and the book of constitution. 
 
 62. In case no provision has been made in the by-laws of 
 a lodge for notice to, and procedure against, a member for 
 nonpayment of dues, the following procedure shall be 
 adopted. ^ 
 
 63. In case the dues of a member remain unpaid for twelve 
 months, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the lodge to 
 read out the name of such member in default, after which a 
 special summons to appear at the next regular meeting of the 
 lodge to show cause why he should not be suspended, together 
 with a statement of the amount of dues remaining unpaid 
 shall be sent to such member. Such summons shall be 
 deemed duly served if mailed to the last known address of 
 such member. 
 
 64. In case such member shall not, before such next re- 
 gular meeting of the lodge, have paid the amount of such 
 
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 NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. 
 
 dues, and no such excuse be offered as the lodge may deem 
 sufficient, the master shall forthwith declare such brother 
 suspended for non-payment of dues, and the secretary shall 
 notify the brother of such suspension. 
 
 65. If any excuse be offered, the lodge shall decide by a 
 majority whether the same is sufficient or not. 
 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
 1. THE GRAND HONORS. 
 
 The grand honors are as follows : 
 
 Nine for grand master and for past grand masters. 
 
 Seven for deputy grand master, district deputy grand 
 masters, past deputy grand masters, and past district deputy 
 grand masters. 
 
 Five for all other elected grand officers, and elected past 
 grand officers, and 
 
 Three for all other distinguished brethren. 
 
 11. THE CEREMONY OP CONSECRATING, DEDICATING AND 
 
 CONSTITUTING A LODGE. 
 
 The lodge being opened , the grand master and grand 
 officers having assembled in a convenient room and opened 
 a grand lodge, the new lodge sends to the grand master 
 the following message : 
 
 « M. W. Sir, 
 
 " The worshipful master, wardens, officers and brethren 
 
 of lodge are now assembled at..... 
 
 and have instructed me to inform you that under the dis- 
 pensation which you were plea4^d to grant them^ bearing 
 
 date day of A. L. 58.., authoriz 
 
 ing them to form and open a lodge of free and accepted 
 masons in the of they have re- 
 gularly assembled and conducted the business of masonry 
 according to the best of their abilities ; that their proceed- 
 ings have received the approbation of the most worshipful 
 the grand lodge, they have obtained a warrant of constitu- 
 tion and are desirous that their lodge should be consecrated, 
 dedicated, and constituted, their worshipful master installed, 
 and their wardens and other oncers invested, agreeably to 
 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
 the ancient usages and customs of the fraternity, for which 
 purpose they are now assembled and await your pleasure. 
 
 The grand lodge now moves in procession to ihi hall of the 
 new lodge y the lodge receives them with the grand honor s^ the 
 officers resigning their seats to the grand lodge officers, 
 D, G. M. addresses the tf. M. 
 
 **il/. W. &ir — A number of brethren, duly instructed in 
 the mysteries of freemasonry, having assembled together 
 at stated periods for some time past by virtue of a dispen- 
 sation granted them for that purpose, do now desire to be 
 constituted into a regular lodge agreeably to the ancient 
 usages and customs of the fraternity/' 
 
 The W. M. presents the dispensation and the minute hook to 
 the G.M.fWho examines the same, and if found correct, prO' 
 claims: 
 
 G> M. — "The records appear to be properly entered and 
 are approved. Upon due deliberation, the grand lodge has 
 granted the brethren of this new lodge a warrant of con- 
 stitution, confirming them in the rights and privileges of a 
 regularly constituted lodge, which the grand secretary will 
 now read." . "^ 
 
 (Grand Secretary reads the Warrant,) 
 
 G, M. — " We shall now proceed acording to ancient usage 
 to constitute these brethren into a regular lodge.^' 
 
 CONSECRATION. 
 
 The brethren form a procession two and two, the ark of the 
 covenant, covered vnth white linen, representing the lodge, is 
 carried in front of the procession by four past masters. 
 
 The grand master avd the other grand officers stand around 
 the altar ; the D. G. M, holds the golden vessel with corn ; G. 
 S. IV. holds the silver vessel with wine ; G. J. W, holds the 
 silver vessel with oil ; grand chaplain, before the procession 
 moves, invokes a blessing. 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Grand Chaplain — " Grand Architect of the Universe ! 
 Maker and Ruler of all worlds ! Deign from Thy. celestial 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
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 temple, from realms of light and glory, to bless us in all the 
 purposes of our present assembly ! 
 
 " We humbly invoke Thee to give us, at this and at :^11 
 times, wisdom in all our doings, strength of mind in all our 
 difficulties, and the beauty of harmony in all our communi- 
 cations ! 
 
 '^ And permit us. Thou great author of light and life ! 
 great source of love and happiness to erecu this our lodge, and 
 now solemnly to consecrate the same to Thy honor and glory ! 
 
 " Glory be to God on high ! 
 
 (Response by the brethren) : 
 
 " As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, 
 world without end ! So mote it be." 
 
 After this prayer the first procession is made around the altar j 
 during which, the organist leading at the organ, the brethren 
 sing the first verse of the following hymn : that verse being sung, 
 the " lodge " is placed on the altar. During the second prece^s- 
 sion the second verse is sung, and during the third procession the 
 third verse is sung. 
 
 HYMN. — (Tune, God Save the Queen.) 
 
 I. 
 
 Thou ! who art Goa alone ! 
 Accept before the throne, 
 
 Our fervent pra}^r : 
 To fill with light and grace 
 This house, Thy dwelling place, 
 And bless Thy chosen race, 
 
 O, Lord ! draw near, 
 
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 As through the universe. 
 All nature's works diverse 
 
 Thy praise accord : 
 Let Faith upon us shine, 
 And Charity combine * 
 
 With Hope to make us, Thine, 
 
 Jehovah, Lord ! • 
 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
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 III. 
 
 Spirit of truth and love ! 
 Descending from above, 
 
 Our hearts inflame ; 
 Till Masonry's control 
 ►Shall build in one the whole, 
 A temple to the soul, 
 To Thy great name ! 
 
 The ** lodge** being placed on the altar after the first proces- 
 sion, the D, G. M. presents the vessel with corn to the G. M, 
 
 G. M. giving Hi. k. sprinkles corn on the " lodge*^ and says : 
 
 ** In the name of the great Jehovah, to whom be all honor 
 and glory, I consecrate this lodge with corn, the emblem 
 of health and plenty, and symbolic of the many gifts and 
 blessings for which we are indebted to the bounty of the 
 Great Architect of the Universe." 
 
 The brethren now give the grand honors thrice ; the proces- 
 sion moves the second time ; music and hymn ; the " lodge** is 
 again placed on the altar ; the G. 8, W, presents the vessel with 
 wine to the G, M, 
 
 G. M. giving m. L pours wine on the ** lodge" and says : 
 
 ** In the name of the great Jehovah, to whom be all honor 
 and glory, I consecrate this lodge with wine, the emblem 
 of joy and cheerfulness." 
 
 The brethren again give the grand honors thrice ; the proces- 
 sion moves the third time ; music and hymn ; the " lodge** is 
 again placed on the altar ; G. J, W, presents the vessel with oil 
 to the G. M, 
 
 G, if. giving Hi, h pours oil on the " lodge** and says : 
 
 '* In the name of the great Jehovah, to whom be all honor 
 and glory, I consecrate this lodge with oil, the emblem of 
 comfort and consolation." 
 
 *^ And I consecrate this lodge to the honor and glory of T. 
 G. A. 0. T. U. 
 
 Tim brethren respond ^*So mote it be ;** and they again give 
 the grand honors thrice. 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
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 DEDICATION. 
 
 Three processions^ same as at consecration. After the fintpro- 
 cession^ G. M, giving Hi, k. says : 
 
 •' In the name of the G. A. O. T. U., to whom be all 
 honor and glory, I dedicate this lodge to freemasonry.'* 
 
 The brethren give the grand honors flvrice. 
 
 After the second procession^ the G. M, giving Hi. Jc. says ; 
 
 " In the name of the G. A. 0. T. U. to whom be all 
 honor and glory, I dedicate this lodge to virtue.'' 
 1^ The brethren give the grand honors thrice. 
 i After the third procession^ the G. M. giving Hi. k says : 
 
 "In the name of the G. A. O. T. U., to whom be all 
 honor and glory, I dedicate this lodge to universal bene- 
 volence." 
 
 The brethren give the grand honors thrice. 
 
 Grand Chaplain. — " Glory be to God on high." 
 
 The brethren respond: ** As ii was in the beginniug, is 
 now, and ever shall be, world without end ; so mote it be.'* 
 
 The brethren of the new lodge (after G. M. and other G. L. 
 officers have resumed their seats) advance in procession to salute 
 the grand mastf.r^ giving the sign of fidelity^ and botoing as 
 th«y pass ; they then take their places and stand as before. 
 
 G. M. giving i. k., all resume their seats. 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 G. M. giving Hi. k, says : " ^ 
 
 " In the name of the Most High, and of the most worship- 
 ful the grand lodge, I now constitute and form you, ray 
 good brethren, into a lodge of free and accepted masons, 
 
 under the name of the lodge, and numbered 
 
 on the register of the grand lodge. From henceforth I em- 
 power you to act as a regular lodge, constituted in conform- 
 ity to the rites, ceremonies and charges of our honorable 
 fraternity ; and may the Supreme Architect of the Universe 
 prosper, direct and counsel you in all your doings/' 
 
100 
 
 CEllEMONIES. 
 
 
 The brethren respond, " So mote it be,** and give the grand 
 honms thrice ; the brethren of the new lodge advance and salute 
 the G. M. as at close of the dedication. [Au ode or hymn may 
 be sung after the salute by new lodge."] 
 . G. M. i. k.j all resume their seats. 
 
 III. — THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION. 
 
 After confirmatiou of the minutes so far as relates to the 
 election of master, the installing master assumes the chair 
 and gavel, and opens the lodge in the second degree. 
 
 /. M. — ** Brethren, are you still satisfied with your choice 
 of worshipful master of your lodge 1 '* 
 
 The brethren replying in the affirmative, the L M. addressing 
 the P. M.y who is to present the candidate /or the chair, says : 
 
 " Brother P. M. , has the master elect been examined, 
 
 and has he been found well skilled in our noble science and 
 royal art, and duly instructed in our mysteries ? " 
 
 P. it/.— "He has, W. Sir (or V. W. Sir or R. W. Sir.)" 
 
 /. M. — *• oTou will no';v present him to me." 
 
 The candidate is placed in front oj the altar. 
 
 P. M. — "W. Sir, I present to you this my worthy 
 
 brother , the master elect of this lodge, to receive at 
 
 your hands the benefit of installation, the better to qualify 
 him for the discharge of the duties of his high and important 
 office. I know him to be of good morals and of great skill, 
 true and trusty, and a lover of the whole fraternity whereso- 
 ever dispersed over the face of the earth. 
 
 I. M. — " Brother (naming him) : from time immemorial 
 it has been an established custom among free and accepted 
 masons, for each lodge, once in every year, at a stated 
 period to select from among those brethren who have served 
 the ^ffice of warden, an expert craftsman to preside over 
 them in the capacity of master. He must have been regu- 
 larly elected by the master, wardens and fellows in open 
 lodge assembled, and must have been presented to a board 
 of installed masters for examination." 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 101 
 
 Note. — If it is the first installation, tlien add; " To this rule 
 exception only can))e made in the ease of the first worshipful master 
 of a new lodge, it being the prerogative of the grand lodge in its 
 dipcretion to appoint any brother master mason as the master of a 
 new lodge. " • . 
 
 /. M. — " You having been so elected and presented, I 
 claim your attention while I recite to you those qualitications 
 which are essential in every candidate for that high office." 
 
 Note. — If it ia the first installation, say " appointed" instead 
 of ** elected." 
 
 ^' He ought to be of good report, true and trusty, and held 
 in high estimation by his brethren and fellows. 
 
 '* He must have been regularly initiated, passed and 
 raised in the three established degrees, be a lover of our 
 noble science, and have duly served the office of warden in 
 a warranted lodge. 
 
 Note.— If it is the first installation, omit the latter qualification. 
 
 ** He ought to be exemplary of conduct, courteous in 
 manner, easy in address, but steady and firm in principle^ 
 and able and willing to undertake the management of the 
 work, and well skilled in the ancient charges, regulations, 
 and landmarks 
 
 ** Can you, my brother, conscientiously undertake the 
 duties of master of this lodge under these qualifications 1 " 
 
 Candidate, — **I can." 
 
 /. M. — " Then I shall direct your attention to the secre- 
 tary while he reads to you a summary of the ancient charges 
 and regulations, to each of which your unqualified assent is 
 required, which you will signify by the sign of fidelity, at 
 the same time bending the head forward in token of sub- 
 mission." 
 
 Secretary reads the charges from the hook of constitution. 
 
 /. M, — " Do you submit to and promise to support these 
 charges and regulations, as masters have done in all ages 1 '' 
 
 Candidate. — " I do." 
 
102 
 
 CEkEMONIES. 
 
 
 /. M, — " Then you will advance to the altar, and take 
 an obligation as regards your duties as master of this lodge. 
 
 " You will K. on your E. K., place your R. H. on the 
 V. O. T. S. L., repeat your several names and say after me ; 
 
 0. B. 
 
 " I, (name in full) in the presence of the G. G. 0. T. U, 
 and this W. W. and W. lodge of F. C. F. Ms., duly consti- 
 tuted, regularly assembled, and properly dedicated, of my 
 own free will and accord, do hereby and hereon solemnly 
 agree to accept the office of master of this lodge, denomi- 
 nated the lodge, and numbered on the regis- 
 ter of the grand lodge, and the duties of that high office 
 faithfully, zealously and impartially to administer to the 
 best of my skill and ability for the ensuing twelve months, 
 and until a successor shall have been duly elected and in- 
 stalled in my stead. 
 
 " I furthermore solemnly promise that I will not, during 
 my term of office or at any time a lodge shall be under my 
 direction, permit or suffar any deviation from the established 
 usages, customs and landmarks. 
 
 ** That I will not administer or cause or suffer to be ad- 
 ministered any rite or ceremony contrary to, or subversive 
 of, our ancient institutions ; but on the contrary, that I will 
 support, uphold and maintain, pure and unsullied, the 
 genuine tenets and principles of the craft. 
 
 *^ That I will observe and to the utmost of my power and 
 ability strictly enforce obedience to those charges and regu- 
 lations to which I have already given my assent, to the by- 
 laws of this lodge and the statutes and ceremonies of the 
 grand lodge , and that I will in all things conscientiously 
 discharge my duties as a ruler in the craft and master of 
 this lodge. So help me God and keep me steadfast in this 
 my great and solemn O. B.*' 
 
 /. M, directs the candidate to seal the 0, B, on the V» 0, T, 
 S, L* twice ; this being done, 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 103 
 
 the 
 
 the 
 
 and 
 
 3gU- 
 
 by- 
 
 the 
 
 lusly 
 
 ]r of 
 
 Ithis 
 
 r. 
 
 i. M. — " You will now arise and take your seat among 
 the brethren." 
 
 /. iW.-^*' All brethren not M. Ms. will now retire." 
 
 This being done, the lodge is opened in the third degree, 
 
 I. M. — *' All brethren who are not installed masters will 
 now retire except the worshipful master elect.' 
 
 A board of installed masters is then opened^ the ceremony of 
 installation continued , and the board of installed masters closed. 
 
 The master masons are now called in, they form a proces- 
 sion, led by the past master, and the brethren salute the 
 new master by giving the P. S. of an M. M. in passing the 
 chair, saying : "I greet you." 
 
 /. M. taking his station in the E, proclaims : 
 
 " Brethren, for the first time in the E. I proclaim W. bro- 
 ther (naming him) the worshipful master of this lodge, de- 
 nominated the ...... and numbered on the regis- 
 ter of the grand lodge, for the ensuing twelvemonths and 
 until his successor shall have been dulv elected and installed 
 in his stead." 
 
 The brethren then greet the new W. M, as master masons. 
 
 I, M. — " I now present you with the working tools of a 
 master mason, which are the skirret, pencil and compasses. 
 
 " The skirret is an implement which acts on a centre pin, 
 from which a line is drawn to mark out the ground for the 
 foundation of the intended structure. 
 
 " With the pencil the skilful artist delineates the building 
 in a draft or plan for the instruction and guidance of the 
 workmen. 
 
 " The compasses enable him with accuracy and precision to 
 ascertain and determine the limits and proportions of its 
 several parts. 
 
 " But as we are not operative but speculative or F. <k A. 
 masons, we apply these tools to our morals, in this sense : 
 The skirret points out to us that straight and undeviating 
 line of conduct laid down for our guidance in the Y.O.T.S.L. 
 
 " The pencil teaches us that all our words and actions are 
 
104 
 
 CEREMONIES. 
 
 
 r^'i 
 
 
 not only observed but are recorded by the M. H to whom 
 we must render an account of our conduct through life. 
 
 ** The compasses remind us of His unerring and impartial 
 justice, which having defined for our instruction the limits 
 of good and evil, will either reward or punish us, as we have 
 obeyed or disregarded His divine commands. 
 
 ^* Thus, W. Sir, the working tools of a master mason teach 
 us to bear in mind and to act according to the laws of the 
 Divine Creator, so that when we shall be summoned from 
 this sublunary abode, we may ascend to the grand lodge 
 above, where the world's Great Architect lives and reigns 
 for ever and ever." 
 
 The lodge is now closed in the third degree, and the fellov)- 
 crafts are admitted ; a second procession is formed, led by the 
 past master, and the hrethrey, salute the new master by giving the 
 F.S. of aF.C, in passing the chair, saying: "/ hail you.** 
 
 I. M. taking his station in the JF, proclaims : 
 
 " Brethren, for the second time in the W. I proclaim bro- 
 ther (naming him) the worshipful master of this lodge, de- 
 nominated the lodge and numbered on the 
 
 register of the grand lodge, for the ensuing twelve months 
 and until his successor shall have been duly elected and in- 
 stalled in his stead." 
 
 The brethren then greet the new W, M, as fellow-crafts* 
 
 L M, returning to the East : 
 
 " I now present you with the worhiiig tools of a fellow- 
 craft mason, which are the square, the level, and the plumb- 
 rule. 
 
 " The square is to try and adjust all rectangular comers 
 of buildings and assist in bringing rude matter into due 
 form. 
 
 ** The level is to try levels and to prove horizontals. 
 
 **The plumb-rule is to try and adjust all uprights, whilst 
 fixing t^ em on their proper bases. 
 
 '' Bub as we are not all operative, but rather F. & A. or 
 speculative masons, we apply these tools to our morals. 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 105 
 
 mfts. 
 
 rners 
 due 
 
 hilst 
 
 V, or 
 
 " The square teaches us to regulate our life and actions by 
 the masonic lule and line, and to correct and harmonize our 
 conduct by the principles of morality and virtue, so as to 
 render us acceptable to the Divine Being, whence all good- 
 ness emanates, and to Whom we must give an undisguised 
 account of our lives and actions. 
 
 ** The level demonstrates that we are descended from the 
 same stock, are partakers of the same nature, and share in 
 the same hope ; and although distinctions among men are 
 necessary to preserve subordination and to reward merit and 
 ability, yet no eminence of station in life should make us 
 forgetful that we are brothers, and that he who is placed on 
 the lowest spoke of fortune's wheel, is equally entitled to 
 our regard ; because the time will most assuredly come, and 
 the best and wisest know not how soon, when all distinctions, 
 save those of goodness and virtue, shall cease, and death, 
 the grand leveller of all human greatness, shall reduce us 
 all to the same level. 
 
 " The infallible plumb rule, which like Jacob's Ladder, 
 forms a line of union between heaven and earth, is the cri- 
 terion of moral rectitude and truth. 
 
 ** It teaches us that to walk uprightly and with humility 
 before God, neither ^nrning to the right hand nor to the left 
 from the strict path of virtue, is a duty incumbent upon 
 every mason. 
 
 '* Not to be an enthusiast, a persecutor, slanderer, or re- 
 viler of religion ; neither bending towards avarice, injustice, 
 malice, or the envy and contempt of our fellow creatures ; 
 but giving up every selfish propensity which might tend to 
 injure others ; and steering the bark of this life over the 
 rough seas of passion without quitting the helm of recti- 
 tude, is one of the highest degrees of affection to which 
 human nature is capable of attaining. 
 
 ** As the builder raiseH his column by the level and plumb 
 rule, so ought every mason to carry himself uprightly in this 
 life, to observe a due medium between avarice and profusion, 
 G 
 
106 
 
 CEREMONIES. 
 
 ■V ' 
 ' f f 
 
 ;>-'t J 
 
 between intemperance and pleasure, to hold the scales of 
 justice with an equal poise, so as to make all his passions 
 and prejudices coincide with the exact lines of his duty, and 
 in every pursuit to have eternity in view. 
 
 ** Thus the square teaches morality, and the level equality, 
 and the plumb-rule justness and uprightness of life and 
 action ; so that by square conduct, level steps, and upright 
 intentions, we may hope to ascend to those immortal man- 
 sions whence all goodness emanates/' 
 
 The lodge is now closed in the second degreCf and the entered 
 apprentices are admitted; a third procession is formed^ led by 
 the past master, and the brethren salute the new master by giving 
 the P, S, oj an E, A. in passing the chairs saying : ** I OBEY 
 YOU." i 
 
 1. M. taking his station in the S. proclaims .* 
 
 " Brethren, for the third time in the S. I, proclaim brother 
 (naming him) the worshipful master of this lodge, denomin- 
 ated the lodge, and numbered on the re- 
 gister of the grand lodge, for the ensuing twelve months, and 
 until his successor shall have been duly elected and installed 
 in his stead.'* 
 
 The brethren then give the grand honors thrice^ 
 
 1. M, returns to the East : 
 
 " I now present you with the working tools of an entered 
 apprentice, which are the twenty-four inch gauge, the com- 
 mon gavel, and the chisel. 
 
 " The twenty-four inch gauge is the first implement put in- 
 to the hands of the workman to enable him to measure and 
 ascertain the size and extent of the work he is about to en- 
 gage in, thus to compute the time and labour it may cost. 
 
 ** The common gavel is an important instrument of labour, 
 and highly esteemed as an implement of art. Though re- 
 cognized by various artists under different appellations, it is 
 yet admitted by them all that no work of manual skill can< 
 be completed without it. 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 107 
 
 in- 
 land 
 en- 
 fc. 
 mr, 
 
 re- 
 it is 
 can- 
 
 " The chisel is a small instrument, though solid in its form, 
 and of such exquisite temper as fulfy to compensate for 
 the diminutiveness of its size. It is calculated to make an 
 impress'^*" on the hardest substances, and the mightiest 
 structures have been indebted for their fine polish to its aid. 
 
 ** But as we have met on this present occasion as specu- 
 lative rather than operative masons, it is the moral convey- 
 ed in these emblems that we are called upon more particu- 
 larly to regard. 
 
 " From the twenty-four inch gauge we derive a lesson of 
 daily admonition and instruction ; for as it is divided into 
 twenty-four parts, it recalls to our mind the division of the 
 day into twenty-four hours, and directs us to apportion 
 them to their proper objects, namely, prayer, labour, re- 
 freshment and sleep. 
 
 " From the common gavel we learn that skill without ex- 
 ertion is of but little avail ; that labour is the lot of man, 
 ^for the heart may conceive and the head devise in vain if 
 the hand be not prompt to execute the design. 
 
 " From the chisel we learn that perseverance is necessary 
 to establish perfection ; that the rude material receives its 
 fine polish but from repeated efforts alone, and that nothing ' 
 short of indefatigable exertion can induce the habit of virtue, 
 enlighten the mind, and render the soul pure. 
 
 " From the whole we deduce this moral ; That know- 
 ledge, grounded on accuracy, aided by labour and prompted 
 by perseverance, will finally overcome all difficulties, raise 
 ignorance from despair, and establish happiness in the paths 
 of science. 
 
 " I alsd present you with the hooh oj constitution^ together 
 
 with the warranty the by-laws and the minute book of your 
 
 lodge." 1 
 
 Note. — If it is the first installation, leave out '* the by-laws," if 
 such have not yet been confirmed by the grand master. 
 
 /. Af, — ^* Warrants, you are aware, have passed through 
 the hands of many taJented and highly esteemed brethren, 
 
108 
 
 CEREMONIES. 
 
 If ^\ -ii 
 
 1 
 
 -i "r 
 
 and we feel assured that in committing this warrant to your 
 care, its value will be properly appreciated. It must always 
 be present when the lodge is duly opened, as without it the 
 meeting would be illeg^al." 
 
 L M. delivers the following charge fr&m the N, E. : 
 
 ^' Worshipful master, the brethren have committed the 
 government of this lodge to your care, and you can neither 
 be insensibe to the duties which devolve upon you as their 
 head, nor of your responsibility for the faithful discharge of 
 the same. 
 
 *' The honor, reputation, and usefulness of this lodge will 
 materially depend upon the skill and ability with which you 
 manage its affairs, while the happiness of the brethren will 
 be generally promoted in proportion to the zeal and assiduity 
 with which you promulgate the genuine tenets and principles 
 of the fraterfiity. 
 
 " As a pattern for your imitation, consider that glorious 
 luminary of nature, which regularly diffuses light and lustre 
 to all within its sphera In like manner it will be your 
 province to communicate light and instruction to the brethren 
 of your lodge. Forcibly impress upon them the dignity and 
 high importance of freemasonry, and charge them to practise 
 out of the lodge those excellent precepts which are ever in- 
 culcated in it, so thrt when any one is said to be a mason, 
 the world at large may know that he is one to whom the 
 distressed may prefer their suit, whose hand is guided by 
 justice, and whose heart is expanded by benevolence. 
 
 " In short, worshipful sir, by a diligent observance of the 
 B. of C. and the by-laws of your lodge, but above all the 
 .V. 0. T. S. L., which is given as^a rule and guide to our 
 faith, you will be enabled to discharge the duties of your 
 office, with honor and reputation, and lay up for yourself a 
 crown of joy and rejoicing which shall never fade away, but 
 shall continue when time shall be no more.'' 
 
 /. M. — " You will now be pleased to enter upon the im- 
 mediate exercise of the duties of your office by naming and 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 109 
 
 the 
 the 
 our 
 tour 
 3l£a 
 but 
 
 im- 
 laud 
 
 appointing the elective and other officers of the lodge, that 
 they may be "overally inducted and invested." 
 
 The past masters now leave the wirdens^ chairs^ the jewels 
 are placed on the dais, and the most worshipjul master invests 
 the officers, commencing with the senior warden. 
 
 The worshipful master or the installing master then proceeds 
 as follows : 
 
 /. M, — *' Brother (naming him), you have been elected 
 senior warden of this lodge, and I invest you with the jewel 
 of your office. 
 
 ** The level, being an emblem of equality, points out the 
 equal measures you are bound to pursue in conjunction with 
 the worship! ul master, in the well ruling and governing of 
 the lodge. 
 
 " Your regular attendance at'our stated meetings is essen- 
 tially necessary, as in the absence of the worshipful master, 
 you are to rule the lodge, and in his presence assist him in 
 the government of it. 
 
 *•! firmly rely on your knowledge of the art, and on 
 your attachment to the lodge, for a faithful discharge of the 
 duties of your (ffice. Look well to the west." 
 
 /. M. — " Brother (naming him), you have been elected . 
 junior warden of this lodge, and I now invest you with ihe 
 jewel of your office. 
 
 *' The plumb-rule^ being an emblem of uprightness, points 
 out the integrity of measures y<iu are bound to pursue in 
 conjunction with the worshipful master and senior war- 
 den in the well ruling and governing of the lodge. 
 
 ** To you is entrusted (with such assistance as may be 
 necessary) the examination of visitors and the introduction 
 of candidates. 
 
 " To you is also committed the superintendence of the 
 craft during the hours of refreshment. 
 
 " Your regular and punctual attendance is particularly 
 requested, and I have no doubt you will faithfully execute 
 every duty which you owe to your present election. Look 
 well to the south." 
 
110 
 
 CEREMONIES. 
 
 
 
 CHARGE TO THE WARDENS. , 
 
 /. M. — '* Brother wardens, you are both too expert in the 
 principles of freemasonry to require much information as to 
 the duties of your respective offices ; suifice it to mention 
 that what you have seen praiseworthy in others, it is ex- 
 pected you will carefully imitate, and what in them may to 
 you have appeared defective, you will in yourself amend. 
 Good order and regularity you must endeavor to promote, 
 and by a due regard to the laws in your own conduct, enforce 
 obedience in the conduct of others." 
 
 2. M. — " Brother , you have been elected chaplain 
 
 of this lodge, and I have great pleasure in investing you 
 with this jewel. You are too well acquainted with your 
 duties for me to offer any remarks. 
 
 ** I congratulate the lodge on your election." 
 
 "Brother , you have been elected treasurer of 
 
 this lodge, aud I have much pleasure in investing you. with 
 this jewel. 
 
 " It will be your province to keep a just account of the 
 receipts and expenditures, which w*3 fully believe will be 
 done to the entire satisfaction of every member.** 
 
 "Brother , you have been elected secretary of 
 
 this lodge, and I now invest you with this jewel. 
 
 " lb is ycur duty to record the proceedings of the lodge, 
 proper to be written, collect the subscriptions and issue 
 summonses for the assembling of the brethren. Your good 
 inclination to freemasonry, and to this lodge in particular, 
 will no doubt induce you to discharge the duties of yoni 
 office with fidelity, and by so doing you will merit the esteem 
 and applause of your brethren.'* 
 
 " Brothers ., you have been respectively appoint- 
 ed senior deacon and junior deacon of this lodge, and I now 
 invest you with the jewel of your office. 
 
 " It is your duty to attend the worshipful master, and 
 assist the wardens in the active duties of the lodge, such as 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 Ill 
 
 
 in the reception of candidates in the different degrees, and 
 in the immediate practice of our rites and ceremonies. 
 
 *' These wands, the badges of your office, I entrust to 
 jour care, not doubting your vigilance and attention. 
 
 "Brother , you have been appointed director of 
 
 ceremonies, and brothers and , you have 
 
 been appointed stewards of this lodge, and I now invest 
 you with the jewels of your respective offices. 
 
 " Your duties are to introduce visitors and see that they 
 are properly accor>modated, and generally to attend to any 
 ceremonies the lodge may take part in. 
 
 " The duties of the stewards are also to prepare the can- 
 didates. Your regular attendance will afford the best proof 
 of yout zeal and attachment." 
 
 '* Brother , you have been appointed organist of 
 
 this lodge, and I now invest you with the jewel of your 
 office. 
 
 **It is your province to conduct and preside over the 
 musical part of our ceremonies, your early attendance being 
 indispensable.'' 
 
 " Brother , you have been appointed inner guard 
 
 of this lodge. I hereby invest you with the jewel of your 
 office, and deliver you this sword as the instrument of your 
 office. 
 
 •* Your duty is to admit masons upon proof, receive can- 
 didates in due form, and obey the commands of the junior 
 warden." 
 
 " Brother ..., you have been elected tyler of this 
 
 lodge, and I hereby invest you with the jewel of your office ; 
 and deliver you this sword as the instrument of your office. 
 
 " Your duty is to keep off* all cowans and intruders from 
 masonry, and see that the candidates for admission come 
 properly prepared. 
 
 *' It is also your province to see that all brethren and 
 visitors have properly registered their names before enter- 
 ing the lodge.*' 
 
112 
 
 CEREMONIES. 
 
 ■'k 
 
 The installing master delivers, in conclusion of the cremonyf 
 a general charge. 
 
 The folloioing may either he given in full, or the whole or por- 
 tions of that pa? t thereof which is between the first paragraph^ 
 which ends with the word ''happiness^' and the last paragraph 
 which commences with the icord ** finally,*' may he omitted at 
 the option of the installing master. 
 
 GENERAL CHARGE. 
 
 /, M. — ** Brethren, such is the nature of our instiUition, 
 that while some must of necessity rule and teach, so others 
 must of course learn to submit and obey. Humility in both 
 is an essential duty. The brethren elected and appointed 
 to assist in the government of the lodge are too well ac- 
 quainted with the principles of freemasonry and the rules of 
 propriety to exceed the power with which they are intrust- 
 ed, and you are of too generous a disposition to envy their 
 preferment. I therefore shall trust that we have but one 
 aim, to please each other, and unite in the grand design of 
 being happy and communicating happiness. 
 
 " Masonry, my brethren, according to the general accept- 
 ance of the term, is an art, founded on the principles of 
 geometry, and directed to the service and convenience of 
 mankind ; but freemasonry, embracing a wider range, and 
 having a nobler object in view, namely, the cultivation and 
 improvement of the human mind, may with more propriety 
 be styled a science, inasmuch as availing itself of the term 
 of the former, it inculcates the principles of the purest mo- 
 rality, though its lessons are chiefly veiled in allegory and 
 illustrated by symbols. To draw aside this veil, therefore, 
 or more properly speaking, to penetrate through it, is the 
 object of. rulers in freemasonry; and by a careful and ap- 
 propriate attention to them, we may hope ultimately to be- 
 come acquainted with all its mysteries. 
 
 " Freemasonry from its origin to the present time in all its 
 vicissitudes, has been the steady, unvarying friend of man. 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 113 
 
 It has (in the language of an eloquent brother) gone forth 
 from age to age, the constant messenger of peace and love ; 
 never weary, never forgetful of its holy mission, patiently 
 ministering to the relief of want and sorrow, and scattering 
 with unspifring hand blessings and benefits to all around. 
 It comforts the mourner, it speaks peace and consolation to 
 the troubled spirit, it carries relief and gladness to the habi- 
 tations of want and destitution, it dries the tears of the 
 widow and orphan, it opens the source of knowledge, it 
 widens the sphere of human happiness, it even seeks to 
 light up the darkness and gloom of the grave by pointing to 
 the hopes and promises of a better life to come. All this 
 freemasonry has done and is still doing. Such is freemasonry, 
 and such its mission ; and we should never forg( t, while en- 
 joying its benefit and appreciating its ^aluo, the duties we 
 owe to the order ; for there is no right without a parallel 
 duty, no liberty without the supremacy of the law, no high 
 destiny without earnest perseverance, and no real greatness 
 without self denial. 
 
 " A. freemason's lodge is the temple of peace, harmony, 
 and brotherly love ; nothing is allowed to enter which has 
 the remotest ler'^^ncy to disturb the quietude of its pursuit. 
 A calm enquiry into the beauty of wisdom and virtue, and 
 the study of moral geometry, constitute the chief employ- 
 ments in the tyled recessess of the lodge. The lessons of 
 virtue which proceed from the east, like rays of brilliant 
 light from the rising sun, illuminate the west and the south, 
 and as the work proceeds, are carefully imbibed by the 
 workmen. Thut*, while wisdom contrives the plan, strength 
 lends its able support to the moral fabric, and beauty 
 adorns it with curious and cunning workmanship. All this 
 is accomplished without any compulsory or coercive means, 
 but on the principle of friendship and brotherly love, which 
 guards the precincts of our temple that nothing may enter 
 to disturb the peaceful sanctity of that holy place. 
 
114 
 
 CEREMONIES. 
 
 " The object, however, of meeting in the lodge, is of a 
 two fold nature, namely, moral instruction and social inter- 
 course. Our meetings are intended to cultivate and en- 
 lighten the mind, to induce a habit of virtue, and to strengthen 
 the fundamental principles of our order : brotherfy love, re- 
 lief and truth. And if these meetings are blended with 
 social mirth, and a mutual interchange of fraternal feelings, 
 then freemasonry will be shown in its true light, as an insti- 
 tution which fosters and improves the best affections of our 
 nature, and carries into active operation the practice of the 
 four cardinal virtues : temperance, fortitude, prudence and 
 justice, combined with the theological virtues: faith, hope 
 and charity, thereby demonstrating to the world at large 
 that in freemasonry is found the true import of the three 
 great social treasures : fraternity, liberty and equality. 
 Therefore, the utmost extension of fraternal feeling and af- 
 fection which can subsist between man and man is expected 
 to be displayed amongst the brethren of our order in a free- 
 mason's lodge, and then will be attained the chief point in 
 freemasonry, namely, to endeavor to be happy ourselves, 
 and to communicate that happiness to others.'^ 
 
 Before I conclude, my brethren, let me portray to jou 
 the ideal of a freemason : 
 
 " If you see a man who quietly and modestly moves in 
 the sphere of his life ; who without blemish fulfils his duties 
 as a man, a subject, a husband and a father ; who is pious 
 without hypocrisy, benevolent without ostentation, and aids 
 his fellow men without self interest ; whose heart beats 
 warm for friendship, whose serene mind is open for licen- 
 sed pleasures, who in vicissitudes does not despair, nor in 
 fortune will be presumptuous, and who will be resolute in 
 the hour of danger ; 
 
 ^'The man who is free from superstition and free from 
 infidelity ; who in nature sees the jQnger of the Eternal 
 Master; who feels and adores the higher destination of 
 man ; to whom faith, hope and charity are not mere words 
 
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 without any meaning ; to whom property, nay, even Irfe, 
 is not too dear for the protection of innocence and virtue, 
 and for the defence of ti'uth ; 
 
 ** The man who towards himself is a severe judge, but 
 who is tolerant with the debilities of his neighbor ; who en- 
 deavors to oppose errors without arrogance, and to propa- 
 gate intelligence without precipitation ; who properly under- 
 stands to estimate and employ his means ; who honors virtue 
 though it be in the most humble garment, and who does 
 not favor vice though it be clothed in purple ; and who ad- 
 ministers justice to merit, whether dwelling in palaces or 
 cottages ; 
 
 ** The man who, without courting applause, is loved by 
 all noble* minded men, respected by his superiors, and re- 
 vered by his subordinates ; the man that never proclaims 
 what he has done, will do, can do, but where need is will 
 lay hold with dispassionate courage, circumspect resolution, 
 indefatigable exertion and a rare power of mind, and who 
 will not cease until he has accomplished his work, but who, 
 then without pretention will retire into the multitude, be- 
 cause he did the good act, not for himself, but for the cause 
 of good ; 
 
 *' If you, my brethren, meet such a man, you will see the 
 personification of brotherly love, relief and truth ; and you 
 will have found the ideal of a freemason. 
 
 *' Finally, my brethren, as our fraternity has been formed 
 and perfected in perfect unanimity and concord, in which 
 we all greatly rejoice, so may it continue until time shall be 
 no more. May you long enjoy every satisfaction and de- 
 light which disinterested friendship can afford. May kind- 
 ness and brotherly love distinguish your conduct as men 
 and masons. Within your peaceful walls may your child- 
 ren's children celebrate with joy and gratitude the annual 
 recurrence of this auspicious solemnity. And may the 
 genuine tenets of our time-honored institution be trans- 
 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
 twitted through your lodge, pure and unimpaired, from 
 generation to generation." 
 
 Jienponse by the brethren : " So mote it be." 
 
 Note. — Should the grand master and grand officers be in the 
 several chairs, then the worshipful master of the lodge, upon being 
 installed, is placed into a chair in front of the dais in the east, and 
 the wardens of the lodge are inducted into chairs placed in front of 
 the grand senior warden and grand junior warden respectively. 
 
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CEREMONIES. 
 
 117 
 
 IV. CEREMONY OF LAYING A FOUNDATION STONE, ETC., 
 BY THE M. W. GRAND MASTER. 
 
 Grand lodge having been opened at a co!ivenient place, 
 and the necessary directions and instructions given, it is 
 called off. The brethren being in their proper regalia and 
 wearing white gloves, the procession moves in the following 
 order, viz. : 
 
 Two tylers with drawn swords, 
 Music. 
 Brethren not members of any private lodge two and two 
 The lodges according to their numbers, 
 juniors going first. 
 Architect or builder with plans. 
 A cornucopia with corn, borne by "J 
 the master of a private lodge. ( 
 Two ewers with wine and oil, borne f 
 by masters of private lodges. / 
 Grand pursuivant. 
 Grand organist. 
 Assistant grand director of ceremonies. 
 Grand superintendent of works with plate bearing the 
 
 inscription. 
 
 Fast grand sword bearers. 
 
 Past grand deacons. 
 
 Past grand secretaries. 
 
 Grand secretary with book of constitution on a cushion 
 
 Past grand registrars. 
 
 Grand registrar with his bag. 
 
 Past grand treasurers. 
 
 Grand treasurer, bearing a phial containing the coins to be 
 
 deposited in the stone. 
 
 Grand 
 steward. 
 
 Grand 
 steward. 
 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
 
 
 Past grand wardens. 
 
 Past district deputy grand masters. 
 
 District deputy grand masters. 
 
 Past deputy grand masters. 
 
 Past grand masters. 
 
 Visitors of distinction. 
 
 The Corinthian light, borne by the master of a private 
 
 lodge. 
 The column of the grand junior warden^ borne by the mas- 
 ter of a private lodge. 
 The grand junior warden with the plumb rule. 
 
 The doric light, borne by the master of a 
 
 private lodge. 
 
 The column of the grand senior warden borne by the 
 
 master of a private lodge. 
 
 The grand senior warden with the level. 
 
 The grand junior deacon. 
 
 Grand / The grand chaplain bearing the ) Grand 
 
 Steward \ sacred law on a cushion. j Steward 
 
 Deputy grand master with the square. 
 
 The ionic light, borne by the master of a private lodge. 
 
 A past grand master or other brother of eminence, bearing 
 
 a mallet. 
 
 Grand 
 Steward 
 
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 Grand 
 Steward 
 
 The standard of the grand master 
 
 Grand sword bearer. 
 
 The most worshipful grand master. 
 
 The grand senior deacon. 
 
 Two grand stewards. 
 
 Grand tyler. 
 
 Having arrived within the proper distance of the spot, 
 
 the procession halts, the brethren open to the right and left, 
 
 and face inwards, so as to leave room for the grand master 
 
 to pass up the centre, he being preceded by the standard and 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
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 sword bearer — the gi*and officers and brethren following in 
 succession from the rear, so as to invert the order of pro- 
 cession. 
 
 Upon arrival at the platform erected for the occasion, the 
 grand master takes his place in the centre of the same, with 
 the past master bearing the mallet to his left, and the dep- 
 uty grand master to his right. The other officiating officers 
 take their stations on the platform in the following order : 
 
 To the left of the grand master, the grand chaolain, grand 
 treasurer, grand superintendent of works, and the architect 
 or builder. 
 
 To the right of the grand master, the grand senior ward- 
 en, grand junior warden, grand secretary and grand director 
 of ceremonies. . 
 
 Near the foundation stone intended to be laid are station- 
 ed the three master? of private lodges, bearing respectively 
 the three lights, viz., the corinthian, doric and ionic ; and 
 also the three masters of private lodges, bearing respectively 
 the cornucopia with corn, the ewer with wine, and the ewer 
 with oil. Other not officiating grand lodge officers and past 
 grand officers take their station in the rear of the officiating 
 officers. 
 
 An ode is sung, or music played, as has been previously 
 firranged. 
 
 The grand master addresses the assemblage, after which 
 the grand master calls upon the grand chaplain to implore a 
 blessing from heaven on the undertaking. 
 
 Grand chaplain's invocation, ending with " Glory be to 
 God on High." 
 
 Response — '* As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
 shall be, world without end. Amen. So mote it be." 
 
 The grand master calls upon the grand superintendent of 
 works to read the inscription on the plate, and directs him 
 to deposit the plate in the cavity of the stonec 
 
 The grand superintendent of works reads the inscription 
 on the plate, and thereupon places the same in the cavity of 
 the stone. 
 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
 
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 The grand master directs the grand treaaurer to deposit 
 the phial containing the coins in the cavity of the stone. 
 
 The grand treasurer deposits the same accordingly. 
 
 {If the grand master is to he presented with a trowel or gavel 
 the proper time to do so is at this stage in the ceremony, and 
 when so presented^ and the grand master has mxide suitable ac- 
 knowle(fgmentf the ceremony is proceeded with.) 
 
 MUSIC PLAYED BY THE BAND, 
 
 While the hand is playing, the grand master, past grand 
 master with the mallet, deputy grand master^ senior warden, 
 junior warden, and the architect or huilder proceed to the 
 foundation stone. The grand master spreads thereon the 
 cement : the upper stone is lowered by three regular stops, 
 and when placed the music ceases. 
 
 The grand master, addressing the deputy grand master, 
 says : " Eight worshipful brother deputy grand master, you 
 will now cause the proper implements to be applied to the 
 stone in order to test that it has been laid in its bed accord- 
 ing to the rules of architecture." 
 
 Deputy grand master to grand junior warden : '' Right 
 worshipful brother grand junior warden, by command of the 
 most worshipful grand master, you are directed to apply the 
 implement of your office, and prove thereby that the stone 
 is laid in its bed according to the rules of architecture." 
 
 Grand junior warden applies the plumb-rule to the sides 
 of the stone and then places that implement on the stona 
 
 Deputy grand master to grand senior warden : *' Right 
 worshipful grand senior warden, by command of the most 
 worshipful grand master, you are directed to apply the im 
 plement of your office, and prove thereby that the stone is 
 laid in its bed according to the rules of architecture." 
 
 Grand senior warden applies the level to the top of the 
 stone and then places that implement on the stone. 
 
 Deputy grand master himself applies the square to the 
 several parts of the stone that should be square, and then 
 places that implement on the stone. 
 
CEREMONIES. 
 
 121 
 
 light 
 the 
 the 
 
 stone 
 
 the 
 
 the 
 I then 
 
 Grand master says : ** Ilight worshipful brother grand 
 junior warden, which is the proper jewel of your office 1 " 
 
 Grand junior warden ; '' The plum-rule, most worshipul 
 sir." 
 
 Grand master ; " Have you applied the plum-rule to the 
 sides of the stone 1 " 
 
 Grand junior warden ; " I have, most worshipful sir, and 
 the craftsmen have done their duty," 
 
 Grand master ; Right worshipful brother grand senior 
 warden, which is the proper jewel of your office ] " 
 
 Grand senior warden ; " The level, most worshipful sir." 
 
 Grand master : *' Have you applied the level to the top 
 of the stone ? " . - 
 
 Grand senior warden ; *' I have, most worshipful sir, and 
 the craftsmen have done their duty." 
 
 Grand master : " Right worshipful brother deputy grand 
 master, which is the proper jewel of your office 1 " 
 
 Deputy grand master : ** The square, most worshipful 
 
 sir. 
 
 n 
 
 Grand master : " Have you applied the square to the 
 several parts of the stone which should be square ? " 
 
 Deputy grand master : " I have, most worshipful sir, and 
 the craftsmen have done their duty." 
 
 Grand master ; ** Having, my right worshipful brethren, 
 full confidence in your skill in our royal art, it remains with 
 me to finish the work." 
 
 The past master bearing the mallet, delivers the same to 
 the grand master, who, while giving the stone three strokes 
 with the mallet, says ; 
 
 "WELL MADE, TRULY LAID, WELL PROVED, 
 TRUE AND TRUSTY." 
 
 The masters of lodges bearing respectively the vessels 
 with corn, wine and oil, deliver the same as follows ; 
 
 The cornucopia with corn to the grand junior warden, 
 the ewer with wine to the grand senior warden, and the 
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 CEREMONIES. 
 
 
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 ewer with oil to the deputy grand master. These three 
 grand officers present the sairio in like order to the grand 
 master. 
 
 Grand master, strewing from the cornucopia some corn 
 upon the stone, says : '' I strew corn upon this stone as an 
 emblem of plenty," then pouring from the ewer of wine 
 upon the stone, says ; ** I pour wine on it as an emblem of 
 cbeerfulness ; " and then pouring from the ewer of oil upon 
 the stone, says : ** I anoint it with oil as an emblem of com- 
 fort and consolation. May corn, wine, and oil, and all 
 necessaries of life abound among men throughout the world, 
 and may the blessings of the Grand Architect of the Uni- 
 verse be upon the undertaking ; may He enable those en- 
 gaged in the building to complete it ; may He protect the 
 workmen from accident ; may he long hereafter preserve 
 the building from ruin or decay, that it may serve for gene- 
 jations to come the purposes for which it is intended." 
 Response — " So mote it be." 
 
 Grand master directs the grand director of ceremonies to 
 give the time in giving the grand honors. 
 
 Grand master : '* The brethren will now give the grand 
 honors ; taking the time from the grand director of cere- 
 monies/' 
 
 Grand director of ceremonies, taking a prominent posi- 
 tion, gives the time of the grand honors nine times. 
 
 The architect or builder delivers to the grand master the 
 plans. 
 
 Grand master, after inspecting the plans, and after having 
 found them to be correct and satisfactory, hands them back 
 to the architect or builder, and addresses him thus : '* Mas- 
 ter architect, the foundation stone of this building being 
 now laid according to the rules of architecture, and in con- 
 formity with the rites of our fraternity, I now present you 
 with the implements applied to it (presenting the mallet, . 
 square, level, and plum1>rule), as also the plans^ in full con- 
 fidence that, as a skilful and faithful workman, you will use 
 
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 123 
 
 kvmg 
 (back 
 iMaa- 
 »eing 
 con- 
 you 
 illet, . 
 con- 
 use 
 
 them in such a manner that the building may rise in order, 
 harmony and beauty, and that when completed it may estab- 
 lish your reputation as a skilful builder, and reflect credit 
 also on those who have selected }ou for this important 
 undertaking.'* 
 
 The grand master and other grand officers re-ascend the 
 platform. 
 
 Music is playing. 
 
 A hymn is sung, as may have been previously arranged. 
 
 The grand master delivers an oration suitable to the 
 occasion. 
 
 The graf.d treasurer places upon the store some coin for 
 the benefit of the workmen. 
 
 The grand master, addressing the person or persons at 
 whose request the ceremony has been performed: ** Rev- 
 erend sir (or as the case may be), having completed our 
 work according to the ancient usages and customs of our 
 fraternity, we congratulate you upon this auspicious com- 
 mencement of this work, and as it has been so happily 
 begun, may it be steadily continued and carried to a speedy 
 and successful termination." 
 
 After response to that address (if any be made), the pro- 
 cession is re-formed and marched to the lodge, where, after 
 the grand master has briefly addressed the brethren, the 
 grand lodge is closed. 
 
 V. THE FUNERAL SERVICK. 
 
 The brethren being assembled at a lodge room^ the lodge is 
 opened in the first degree, and the worshipful master having 
 stated the object of the meeting, the brethren proceed to the 
 room where the body of the deceased lies, when the service is 
 commenced as follovjs, the brethren standing in order : 
 
 Note.— No brother below the degree of a master mason is entititd 
 to receive masonic burial. 
 
 Worshipful master, — What man is he that liveth and shall 
 
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 THE FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
 
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 not see death ? Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of 
 the grave ? 
 
 Response by the brethren, — *' Man walketh in a vain sha- 
 dow ; he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather 
 them." 
 
 W,M, — When he dieth he shall carry nothing away, his 
 glory shall not descend after him. 
 
 Response. — '* Naked came he into the world, and naked he 
 must return ; the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, 
 blessed be the name of the Lord.'' 
 
 W,M. — Where now is our departed brother) 
 
 Response. — '' He dwelleth in night, he sojourneth in dark- 
 ness." ^ 
 
 W.M. — Can we offer no precious offering to redoem our 
 lost brother 1 
 
 Response. — " We have not the ransom. The place that 
 knew him once shall know him now no more for ever." 
 
 W.M.— Shall bis name be lost upon earth? 
 
 Response. — *' We will record it in our hearts, \t3 will treas- 
 ure it in our memories, he shall live in the exercise of his 
 virtues." 
 
 W.M. — He hath fulfilled his earthly destiny. May we 
 all live the life of the righteous, that our last end may be 
 like his. 
 
 Response. — •* God is our God forever and ever, be He our 
 Guide even uuto death." 
 
 W.M, — I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me. 
 Write, from henceforth, blessed are the dead which die in 
 the Lord, even so, saith the spirit, for they shall rest from 
 their labors. 
 
 The worshipful master here receives a roll from the secretary^ 
 and inscribes upon it the name^ age and masonic rank of the 
 deceased. 
 
 W.M. — Almighty Father, into Thy hands we leave with 
 humble submission the soul of our departed brother. 
 
 Response. — " The will of God is accomplished — Amen." 
 
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 125 
 
 2 he worshipful master and brethren give the grand honors, all 
 repeating — ** So mote it be." 
 
 fV,M, — Most gracious God, grand architect of the uni- 
 verse, author of all good, and giver of all mercy, pour down, 
 we implore Thee, Thy blessings upon us, and grant that the 
 solemnity of this occasion may bind us yet closer together in 
 the ties of brotherly love. May the present instance of 
 mortality forcibly remind us all of our approaching and in- 
 evitable destiny, and weaning our affections from the things 
 of this world, fix them more devotedly on Thee our only 
 sure refuge in the hour of need, and grant, O God, that when 
 the awful summons shall arrive for us to quit our transitory 
 lodge on earth, the light which is from above shall dispel 
 the gloomy darkness of death, and that, departing hence 
 with faith in our Kedeemer, in a full hope of a resurrection, 
 and in charity with all men, we may, through Thy favor, be 
 admitted to Thy celestial lodge on high,to partake,in peaceful 
 reunion with the souls of our departed brethren, the myster- 
 iousand unspeakable happiness of Thine everlasting kingdom. 
 
 Response, — ** So mote it be.** 
 
 The procession is then formed. The different lodges rank do 
 cording to seniority, the junior p'ecedingy each lodge forms one 
 divisioUy and the following order is observed, the brethren walking 
 together, two and two : 
 
 The tyler with drawn sword. 
 
 Two stewards with white wands. 
 
 The brethren two and two. 
 
 The junior preceding. 
 
 The inner guard with a sword. 
 
 Senior and junior deacons with wands. 
 
 Secretary and treasurer. 
 
 Senior and junior wardens. 
 
 Past masters. 
 
 The worshipful master. 
 
 Koyal arch masons. 
 
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 THE FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
 The loJgu lo vvliicli ihe deci^ased belonged in the lollov^- 
 ing order, all the members having sprigs uf evergreen in. 
 their hands. 
 
 Musicians. 
 
 Drums muffled and trumpets covered with black crape. 
 
 The tyler with drawn sword. 
 
 Stewards with white wands. 
 
 Members of the lodge two and two, 
 
 the junior preceding. . " 
 
 The inner guard with a sword. 
 
 Director of ceremonies and organist. 
 
 The senior and junior deacons with wands. 
 
 The secretary with roll, and the treasurer with badge 
 
 of office. 
 
 The junior warden with the plumb rule, and the 
 
 senior warden with the level. 
 
 The past master with the badge of office. 
 
 Tue volume of the sacred law on a cushion 
 
 covered with black crape, 
 
 borne by the oldest member of the lodge. 
 
 The worshipful master with gavel. 
 
 Two stewards with wands. 
 
 Chaplain or officiating clergyman. 
 
 The coffin, 
 
 with the regalia of the deceased thereon. 
 
 The pall borne by six or eight brethren. 
 
 Chief mourners. 
 
 When the procession arrives within a proper distance of the 
 
 grave^ the brethren will halt and open out right and left^ and 
 
 face inwards, to allow the latter part of the procession to pass 
 
 between them in the following order .- 
 
 Chaplain or officiating clergyman. 
 The coffin. 
 Mourners. 
 Stewards. 
 Worshipful master, and members of deceased's lodge in 
 he reverse of the previous order. 
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 127 
 
 The other lodges following in their order, and the order 
 of their members being also reversed. 
 
 On arriving at the grave the brethren form a circle armmd it^ 
 the clergy and officers of the deceased's lodge take their stations 
 at the headf and the mourners at the foot. The regalia is 
 taken from the coffin by the senior deacon. The clergyman con- 
 cludes the funeral service of the church to which deceased be- 
 longed, after which the worshipful master proceeds as follows : 
 
 W, M. — '* My brethren, we are again called upon by a 
 most solemn admonition to regard the uncertainty of human 
 life, the immutable certainty of death, and the vanity of all 
 earthly pursuits — decrepitude and decay are written on 
 every living thing — weakness and imperfection are the in- 
 cident! of our fallen condition — the damp, dark grave is 
 our destiny and doom — the cradle and the coffin stand in 
 juxtaposition, and as soon as we begin to live, that moment 
 we also begin to die. What an eloquent commentary is 
 here exhibited on the instability of every human pursuit, 
 and how touchingly does it echo the sad sentiment of that 
 great preacher who wrote for our perpetual warning the 
 immortal text, * Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.' 
 
 " The last sad offices paid to the dead are but useful as lec- 
 tures to the living — from them we are to derive instruction, 
 and consider every solemnity of this kind as a summons to 
 prepare for our approaching dissolution ; but notwithstand- 
 ing the various mementos of mortality we meet in our daily 
 progress, and notwithstanding that death has established his 
 empire over all the work of nature, yet through some un- 
 accountable infatuation we wilfully forget that we are all 
 born to die. We go on from one design to another, add 
 hope to hope, and lay out plans for the employment of many 
 years, until we are suddenly alarmed by the approach of 
 death, when we least expect him, and at an hour which we 
 probably may have considered the meridian of our exist- 
 ence. 
 
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 THE FUNERiL SERVICE. 
 
 f; 
 
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 ** What are all the externals of human dignity — the 
 power of wealth, the dream of ambition, the pride of intel- 
 lect, the charms of beauty — when nature has paid her just 
 debt 1 Fix your eyes on the last scene, and view humanity 
 stripped of its dazzling meretricious ornaments, and exposed 
 to its natural meanness, and you will be convinced of the 
 futility of those empty delusions. In the grave all fallacies 
 are detected, all ranks are levelled, and all distinctions are 
 swept away. 
 
 ** While we drop a sympathetic tear over the grave of our 
 departed brother, let us cast around his foibles, whatever 
 they may have been, the broad mantle of a mason's charity, 
 and let us cheerfully render to his memory the praise to 
 which his virtues have entitled him. Suffer the apologies 
 of human nature to plead in his behalf. Perfection on 
 earth has never been attained ; the wisest as well as the 
 best men have erred. His meritorious actions it is our duty 
 to imitate, and from his weakness we ought to derive instruc- 
 tion." 
 
 W.M. — My brethren, may we all be true and faithful 
 to each other, and may we live and die in brotherly love* 
 
 i/es/^onse.— "So mote it be," 
 
 W.M. — May the Lord bless us and keep us ; may the 
 Lord be gracious unto us, and grant that our intentions may 
 be crowned with success. v 
 
 Response, — '* So mote it be." \ 
 
 W.M. — Glory be to God in the highest ; on earth peace 
 and good- will towards vaen. 
 
 he^onse, — *' So mote it be, henceforth, and forever more. 
 Amen." 
 
 2 he secretary will then advance amd deposit the scroll in the 
 
 grave vnth the usual ceremonies, 
 
 W.M. — Friend and brother, we bid thee a long, a lasting , 
 ' farewell. Thou art at rest from thy labors ; may it be in 
 holy peace. 
 
 kespome.—^^ Amen. So mote it be " 
 
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 The senior deacon then hands the worshipful master the apron. 
 
 W, M. — The lamb-skin apron of a mason is more ancient 
 than the golden fleece, or Roman eagle, and more honor- 
 able than the star and garter or any other order in existence, 
 being the badge of innocence and the bond of friendship. 
 The master then deposits it in the grave. 
 
 W, M. — The emblem now deposited in the grave of our 
 deceased brother reminds us of the universal dominion of 
 death, and that the wealth of the world cannot purchase or 
 release, nor the strong arm of friendship, nor the virtu .^ o^" 
 innocence can prevent his coming. 
 
 (One of the following hymns may or may not he sung^ at the 
 
 discretion of the IV . M.) 
 
 MASONIC FUNERAL HYMNS. 
 
 Deep sorrow now pervades each heart, 
 With grief our bosoms swell ; 
 
 A brother from our band departs, 
 In that new home to dwell. 
 
 No more in our loved lodge again 
 Shall we our brother greet ; 
 
 But in that lodce that's free from pain, 
 Shall we our lost one meet. 
 
 Here rest in peace, thy labors o'er, 
 
 Our brother we resign, 
 Till the Grand Master's word restore 
 
 To light and life divine. 
 
 Brother thou hast gone before us, 
 
 And thy saintly soul has flown 
 Where tears are wiped from every eye, 
 
 And sorrow is unKnown. 
 From the burden of the flesh, 
 
 And from care and fear released. 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
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 THE FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
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 Earth to earth, dust to dust, 
 
 The solemn priest hath said, 
 So we lay the turf above thee now, 
 
 And seal thy narrow bed — 
 But thy spirit, brother, soars away 
 
 Among the faithful blest. 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling. 
 
 And the weary are at rest. 
 
 And when the Lord shall summons us, 
 
 Whom thou hast left behind, 
 May we, untainted from the world, 
 
 As sure a welcome find ! 
 May each like thee depart in peace, 
 
 To be a glorious guest 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
 And the weary are at rest, 
 
 The master, holding the evergreen in his hand, continues : 
 W, M. — This evergreen is an emblem of our faith in the 
 immortality of the soul. By it we are reminded of our high 
 and glorious destiny beyond the world of shadows, and that 
 there dwells within our tabernacle of clay an imperishable 
 and immortal spirit, which the grave shall never receive 
 and over which death has no dominion. 
 
 The brethren then move around ihe grave in procession, and at 
 the grave each deposits his sprig of evergreen ; when returned to 
 their position, the worshipful master leads, and all give the public 
 grand honors. 
 
 W.M. — "From time immemorial it has been a custom 
 among the fraternity of free and accepted masons, at the 
 request of a brother, to accompany his corpse to the place 
 of interment, and there to deposit his remains with the 
 usual formalities. In conformity with this usage, and at 
 the desire of our deceased brother, whose loss wo deplore, 
 and whose memory we revere, we have assembled in the 
 character of masons to resign his body to the earth, whence 
 it came, and to offer up to his memory, before the world, 
 this last tribute of affection, thereby demonstrating the sin- 
 
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 131 
 
 ore, 
 the 
 
 cerity of our esteem for him, and our inviolable attachment 
 to the principles of our order. 
 
 ** With proper respect, therefore, to the established cus- 
 toms of the country in which we live ; with due deference 
 to our superiors in church and state, and with uulimited good- 
 will to all mankind, we appear here, clothed as masons, and 
 publicly express our perfect submission to the laws of the 
 land, our unceasing devotion to peace and order, and our 
 ardent desire, as far as in our power, to promote the welfare 
 of our fellow men. Invested with the badges of innocence, 
 we humbly bow to the will of the universal Parent, and im- 
 plore His blessing on every zealous endeavor to promote 
 peace a.nd good order, and earnestly pray for perseverance 
 in the principles of piety and virtue. 
 
 " My brethren, the great Creator having been pleased out 
 of His mercy to remove our worthy brother from the cares 
 and troubles of a transitory existence to a state of eternal 
 duration, and thereby to weaken the chain by which we are 
 united man to man, may we who survive him, anticipate our 
 approaching fate, and be more strongly cemented in the ties 
 of union and friendship. Let us support, with propriety, 
 the character of our profession ; advert to the nature of our 
 solemnities, and pursue with assiduity the secret tenets of 
 our order, during the short space alloted to our present ex- 
 istence ; wisely and usefully employ our time in the recipro- 
 cal exchange of kind and friendly acts, and mutually pro- 
 mote our own welfare and happiness and the welfare f^nd 
 happiness of all mankind. 
 
 ** Lee the present example of our mortality excite our 
 most serious thoughts, and strengthen our resolutions of 
 moral amendment. As life is uncertain, and all earthly pur- 
 suits are vain, let us no longer postpone the important con- 
 cern of preparing for eternity, but embrace the present 
 moment, whilst time and opportunity offer, to provide 
 against the great change, when all the pleasures of the work! 
 shall cease to delight, and the reflections of a virtuous life 
 
132 
 
 THE FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
 i i 
 
 yield our only comfort and consolation. Thus our expecta- 
 tions will not be frustrated, nor we be summoned unpre- 
 pared into the presence of an all wise and all-powerful 
 judge, to whom the secrets of all hearts are known, and 
 from whose dread tribunal no culprit can escape.'* 
 
 Response. — " So mote it be." 
 
 WM. — " Almighty and most merciful God, in whom we 
 live and move and have our being, and before whom all men 
 must hereafter appear, to render an account of the deeds 
 done in the body, we do most earnestly beseech Thee, as we 
 now surround the grave of our departed brother, deeply to 
 impress upon our minds the solemnities of this day. May 
 we ever remember that in the midst of life we are in death, 
 and so live and act our separate parts, that we may have no 
 cause for repentance when the hour of our departure is at 
 hand. 
 
 ** And oh, gracious Father, vouchsafe us, we pray Thee, 
 Thy divine assistance to redeem our misspent time, and in 
 the discharge of duties Thou hast assigned us in the erection 
 of our moral edifice, may we have wisdom from on high to 
 direct us, strength commensurate with our task to support 
 us, and the beauty of holiness to adorn and render all our 
 performances acceptable in Thy sight ; and at last when the 
 gavel of death shall call us from our labors may we obtain 
 a blessed and everlasting rest in that spiritual edifice not 
 made with hands, eternal in the heavens." 
 
 Hesponse. — ** Am^n. So mote it be." 
 
 The procession will then re-form in the first order, and rttnr ro 
 to the lodge room, where, when the proper forms are gone through, 
 the worshipful master will address the brethren on the proceedings 
 cf the day, and the lodge will be closed. 
 
FORMS. 
 
 1. Form of Entry in the Minute Book of a Private Lodge. 
 
 Masonic Hall,- 
 
 Minutes of the Regular Meetmg'of Lodge, No. — , held on- 
 
 the— day of A. D. , 
 
 PRESENT. 
 
 W. Bro. 
 (( (( 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
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 (( 
 
 W. M. 
 -P. M. 
 -S. W. 
 -J. W. 
 -Chaplain. 
 -Treasurer. 
 -Secretary. 
 -S. D. 
 
 Bro. 
 
 -J. D. 
 
 -D. of Cer. 
 
 -Orgainst. 
 
 -Steward. 
 _ (( 
 
 -I. G. 
 -Tyler. 
 
 The names of all members present. 
 
 The names of visiting brethren, with the names of the Lodges to 
 which they do or have belonged. 
 
 OPENING LODGE. 
 
 The Lodge was opened in the first degree at , [giving the 
 
 hour.] 
 
 The minute of the last Regular Meeting [and subsequent emergen- 
 cies, if any,] were read and confirmed. 
 
 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS. 
 
 The committee on the petition of Mr. , a Candidate for 
 
 Initiation, reported favorably [or unfavorably, as the case may be]. 
 
 REPORT GENERAL. 
 
 The committee appointed to take into consideration, [here state 
 the subject,] submitted their report, which was, on motion of 
 Bro. , seconded by Bro. , received and adopted. 
 
 PAYMENTS OF ACCOUNT. 
 
 On motion of Bro. , seconded by 
 
 The sum of , in full of account for [or in part payment 
 
 as the case may be], was ordered to be paid. 
 
 PROPOSAL OF CANDIDATES. 
 
 It was moved by Bro. , seconded by Bro. , and adopted [or 
 
 rejected, as the case may be] : 
 
134 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 That the application of Mr. be received and placed on the 
 
 Minutes, to be balloted for at the next regular meeting for initiation 
 into the mysteries of Freemasonry. 
 
 [The same form is to be used for joining members, substituting the 
 word " Bro." for "Mr." and '* to become a member " in the place of 
 "for initiation," &c. 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS. 
 
 The Worshipful Master appointed Bro. , , and 
 
 Committee to make the necessary enquiries on the application of- 
 for , to report thereon at the next Regular Meeting. 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL COMMITTEES. 
 
 The same form, only insert the specific business. 
 
 BALLOT. 
 
 The W. M. ordered the ballot to be passed for Mr. , a Can- 
 didate for initiation into tlie mysteries of Freemasonry, which was 
 taken, and on examination, declared in favor of [or against] the Can- 
 didate, as may be. 
 
 [The same form will apply to joining members, using the term 
 **Bro." for "Mr." and the words "became a member" for "initia- 
 tion," &c.] 
 
 BOARD OF TRIAL. 
 
 The W. M. appointed Bros. , , a Board of Trial to put the 
 
 necessary questions to Mr. , a candidate for initiation. If more 
 
 than one, state their several names, and say " Candidates." 
 
 INITIATION OF CANDIDATES. 
 
 The Board of Trial, having reported to the W. M. that the Candi- 
 date had answered the necessary questions satisfactorily, and theCna- 
 didates having been properly prepared, he was [or they were severally] 
 initiated into the First Degree of Freemasonry. 
 
 PASSING. 
 
 Bro. [or Bros.] a Candidate [or Candidates] for advancement 
 
 was [or were] examined in open Lodge as to his [or their] proficiency, 
 and directed to retire. 
 
 The Lodge was opened in the Second Degree at [state the hour] 
 
 [No objection being made] Bro. [or Bros, j having been found 
 
 worthy of advancement, and having been properly prepared, he was 
 [or they were severally] passed to the Second or Fellow Craft's Degree. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 135 
 
 a 
 
 ;na- 
 
 Bro. [or Bros.] a candidate [or Candidates] for further advance- 
 ment, was [or were] examined in open Lodge as to his [or their] pro- 
 ficiency, and directed to retire. 
 
 The Lodge was then opened in the Third Degree, at [state the 
 
 hour]. 
 
 [No objection being made] Bro. [or Bros.] having been found 
 
 well-skilled, he was [or they were severally] raised to the Third or 
 Sublime Degree of Master Mason. 
 
 CALLING FROM LABOR TO REFRESHMENT. 
 
 The Lodge was called from labor to refreshment at o'clock. 
 
 CALLED FROM REFRESHMENT TO LABOR. 
 
 The Lodge resumed labor at o'clock. 
 
 CLOSING THE LODGE 
 
 The Lodge was closed in harmony in the First Degree at o'clock 
 
 state the time]. 
 
 If opened in the Second Degree say "severally in the Third, Second 
 and First ;" if opened in the Second Degree, say " severally in the 
 Second and First. " 
 
 Confirmed in open Lodge [give date] A. L. 
 [Master* Signature,] , [Secretary's Sigiiature.] 
 
 , W. M. , Sec'y. 
 
 REGULATIONS. 
 
 For the sake of clearness and distinction, a line at least should be 
 left blank between each minute; and a marginal note made of its con- 
 tents. 
 
 Each Lodge must keep a book, or books, outside the Lodge-room 
 for members and visitors to enter their names as they arrive, which 
 it is the duty of the Tyler to see done before he gives notice of their 
 being present. 
 
 Lodge minutes are to be read on regular nights only ; and after 
 having read the minutes of the previous regular meeting, those of 
 any subsequent emergency are to be read for confirmation. 
 
 Secretaries of Lodges should also keep a rough minute book (and 
 never on any account use slips of paper) to enter the proceedings of 
 the Lodge as they occur, and afterwards fairly copy them in the regu- 
 lar minute book, to which he must attach his signature ; and when 
 they have been read and confirmed in open Lodge, the W. M. like- 
 wise signs them in the left hand corner. 
 
 It is usual on the presentment of reports from committees to move 
 
136 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 I 
 
 their reception, or their reception and adoption. If open to discussion 
 or amendment, first move their reception and afterwards their adop- 
 tion. 
 
 The Constitution declares twenty dollars ($20) the lowest fee that 
 can be charged for the Degree of Freemasonry, which is to be paid 
 previously to the candidate's initiation. The sum also includes the 
 fee for registering the candidate's name in the books of the Grand 
 Lodge, and a Grand Lodge Certificate. 
 
 The W. M. is responsible for the fees collected on behalf of the 
 Grand Lodge, and it is his particular duty to see that the same are 
 regularly forwarded with the returns. 
 
 In all cases, and under all circumstances, the Lodge must be opened 
 in the First Degree, and in this degree all the ordinary business of 
 the Lodge is to oe transacted. If a candidate makes application for 
 the Second Degree he must undergo an examination in open Lodge in 
 the First Degree ; he is then directed to retire. The Lodge is then 
 opened in the Second Degree ; and if it appears that the candidate 
 has made suitable proficiency he may be passed. The same may be 
 said with reference to a candidate to the Third Degree. If the can- 
 didate is found worthy, he may be raised to the Sublime Degree of 
 Master Mason, and the Lodges are then closed down, commencing 
 with the Thirds next the Second^ and, lastly, the First. 
 
 Newly initiated candidates are required to sign the By-laws on the 
 night of initiation, as an evidence t)f their membership and willingness 
 of obedience to same. 
 
 II. Certificate of Standing (when a brother has paid all 
 dues.) 
 
 These presents are to certify that buother who has signed 
 
 his name in the margin hereof, has resigned and withdrawn from 
 
 membership of this Lodge, being — Lodge, numbered 
 
 in the registry of the Grand Lodge of Canada, in the Province of On- 
 tario ; and that his resignation has been accepted in open Lodge on 
 the day of ^A. L. 58 — . 
 
 And further that he had paid all dues and retires in good standing. 
 
 Given under the seal of the Lodge this day of 
 
 A. L. 58 — , A. D. 18 — , at in ^he Province of Ontario. 
 
 [L. S.] ^ 
 
 Worshipful Master, Secretary. 
 
 III. Certificate of Standing (when a brother is owing 
 dues.) 
 
 These presents are to certify that Brother who has signed 
 
 his name in the margin hereof, has resigned and withdrawn from the 
 
APPENDIX. j 1317 
 
 And further that his dues to this Lodge are dollars 
 
 G^venunder the seal of the Lodge! this day'of^ 
 
 [L: S ]— -1^1^-' ** '"^ *h« Province of Ontario. 
 
 Worshipful Master 
 
 Secretary/. 
 
I1T3DEIX. 
 
 Clause. 
 
 Absence of Grand Master from Province 20 
 
 „ II 11 II Grand Lodge 21 
 
 Accounts of Grand Lodge, Regulations respecting .... 32 
 
 „ 11 Grand Treasurer, to be audited 84 
 
 Advancement, Rules respecting objection to 227 
 
 Affiliated Masons, Definition of , 30 
 
 Affiiliation, Rejected applicants for, may apply again 
 
 at once 230 
 
 Amalgamation of Lodges 180 
 
 Annual Communication of Grand Lodge, when held. . . 19 
 
 Antient Charges .'. 
 
 Appeal may be taken to Grand Lodge against any other 
 
 decision 252 
 
 Appeal, Regulations respecting 252 
 
 II II II 253 
 
 Appeals from Masonic Trials 38 
 
 Appeal from ruling of G. M. to Grand Lodge 55 
 
 „ " decision of D. D. G. M, to G. M. and G.L. 66 
 
 Appointed Officers, Grand Lodge 6 
 
 M II II 45 
 
 I, „ ,1 90-94 
 
 Ballot — In Grand Lodge 36 
 
 „ Cannot be postponed 223 
 
 I, Second may be ordered by Master before result 
 
 is declared ... 224 
 
 ,1 When declared is final 225 
 
 ,1 Two black balls reject, unless By-laws of Lodge 
 
 provide for one only 226 
 
 II Time before it can pass for rejected Candidates. 229 
 
 Ballot Box, must be placed on Altar 225 
 
 Balls, Conversaziones, Excursions and Picnics 70 
 
 Benevolent Fund, rule relating to unaffiliated brethren 209 
 
 It 11 II II 239 
 
 Benevolent Grants, Rules relating to 
 
 Board of General Purposes — To audit accounts of Grand 
 
 Lodge 32 
 
 Page. 
 24 
 24 
 25 
 34 
 60 
 25 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 23 
 
 9 
 
 64 
 65 
 65 
 89 
 30 
 32 
 20 
 28 
 36 
 26 
 59 
 
 59 
 59 
 
 60 
 60 
 59 
 32 
 56 
 62 
 79 
 
 25 
 
:>age. 
 24 
 24 
 26 
 34 
 60 
 25 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 23 
 
 9 
 
 64 
 65 
 65 
 
 89 
 30 
 32 
 20 
 28 
 36 
 26 
 59 
 
 59 
 59 
 
 60 
 60 
 59 
 32 
 56 
 62 
 79 
 
 25 
 
 INDEX. 139 
 
 Clause. Page 
 Board of General Purposes — To audit accounts Zi Grand 
 
 Lodge 84 34 
 
 II II M D. G. M., President of 58 30 
 
 II K II Who are members of 95 37 
 
 II II (I Election and powers of 
 
 Vice-President 96 37 
 
 H II II Nomination of elective mem- 
 
 . . bers 97 37 
 
 I- II II Provisions for absence of 
 
 presiding Officer 98 37 
 
 II II II ' Regulations for meetings of 99 38 
 
 II II II . Quorum and majority ot. . . 100 38 
 
 11 II II Powers as to complaints and 
 
 appeal 101 38 
 
 II 11 . It May summon and suspend 
 
 lodges or brethren 102 38 
 
 II ' M . II Procedure after investiga- 
 tion 103 38 
 
 II 11. .1 Withdrawal of members of 
 
 under certain circumstan- 
 ces 104 39 
 
 II 11 II Must wear masonic cloth- 
 ing when investigating- 
 complaint 105 39 
 
 ri M II Has charge of l nances of 
 
 Grand Lodge.... 106 39 
 
 II II II Has power to inspect books 
 
 and accounts of Grand 
 Lodge 107 39 
 
 II I, - II May summon certain offi- 
 cers 108 39 
 
 II M . II. Has charge of buildings, 
 
 furniture and regalia of 
 Grand Lodge 109 39 
 
 •• M II Shall make preparations for 
 
 meetings of Grand Lodge 110 39 
 
 II It . . .11 • Has not power to incur ex- 
 traordinary expense 1 10 39 
 
 II M II General powers of Ill 39 
 
 II . M Shall appoint Committee on 
 
 . Credentials 112 40 
 
 ,1 II II . Petitions to, must be in 
 
 writing 113 40 
 

 140 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. Page 
 Board of General Pu^psoes — Findings of to be in writ- 
 ing 114 40 
 
 II II . M What business has prece- 
 dence 115 40 
 
 It M If Sub-Committees of 116 40 
 
 ii' 11 V Shall prepare blank forms 117 40 
 II II II To keep records of its pro- 
 ceedings 118 40 
 
 II n II ' Expenses of, to be paid.... 119 40 
 m' II II To prepare forms of Grand 
 
 Lodge Certificates 241 62 
 
 By-Laws of Lodges must be approved by Grand Master 51 29 
 
 M II must besuomitted to theD.D.G.M. 124 42 
 
 II II must be signed by initiates 228 60 
 
 Ceremonies by G. M. or by his authority 53 29 
 
 II Grand Honors 95 
 
 11 of Consecration and Dedication, &c 95 
 
 II of Installation 117 
 
 M of Laying of Foundation Stone 138 
 
 II Funerals 146 
 
 Certificates, shewing standing of members 205 55 
 
 II M M II ^47 oo 
 
 II of standing, must be produced prior to ap- 
 plication 206 55 
 
 It of standing of a su^spended brother can only 
 
 be procured after restoration 207 56 
 
 I, of Past Master 196 54 
 
 " II M 240 62 
 
 ti of Mastor Maspn upon registration 240 62 
 
 It joining E. A. or F. C, from a foreign juris- 
 diction 240 62 
 
 It for a member of a lodge which has ceased 
 
 to meet...... 240 62 
 
 It of Grand Lodge must be issued by Grand 
 
 Secretary 241 62 
 
 " of Grand Lodge, every brother entitled to. 242 63 
 
 It signature in margin compulsory. 243 63 
 
 11 signature should be made in presence of 
 
 ' Master or Secretary 243 63 
 
 It not granted under certain circumstances ex- 
 cept by dispensation 244 63 
 
 II regulations respecting the issue of 245 63 
 
 . •• " " " 246 63 
 
Page 
 
 40 
 40 
 40 
 
 40 
 40 
 
 62 
 
 29 
 
 42 
 
 60 
 
 29 
 
 95 
 
 95 
 
 117 
 
 138 
 
 146 
 
 55 
 
 63 
 
 55 
 
 56 
 54 
 62 
 62 
 
 62 
 
 62 
 
 62 
 63 
 63 
 
 63 
 
 63 
 63 
 63 
 
 It 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. 
 Certificate to a brother to enable him to obtain a (iirrand 
 
 Lodge Certificate 247 
 
 •I What other may be issued by Lodges 247 
 
 No fee for, can be charged by Lodges 248 
 
 note numerated, cannot oe issued by Lodges 249 
 
 Charges, Ancient 
 
 " at masonic trials 
 
 Charge, to the newly initiated Candidate 
 
 " " •♦ passed " 
 
 *« " " raised «' ' 
 
 Clothine and Jewels, Proper, must be worn in Grand 
 
 Lodge 16 
 
 Clothing and Insignia, Regulations relating to 255 
 
 Consecration of Lodges by G. M., or by his authority.. 53 
 
 Consecration Ceremony 
 
 Consolidation of Lodges ... 180 
 
 Constitution Ceremony 
 
 " of Lodges by G. M., or by his authority . . 53 
 
 Constituting a New Lodge, Regulations for 256 
 
 " " «♦ 257 
 
 Converzationes, balls, excursions, and pic-nics ... 70 
 
 Credentials, Duties of Committee on. 112 
 
 Dedication, by G. M. , or by his authority 53 
 
 Dedication, Ceremony of 
 
 Deputy Grand Master — Election of 
 
 may call emergent meetings of 
 G. L. in absence of G. M. . . 
 
 Powers in absence, incapability, 
 or death of G. M.. 
 
 Powers in absence of G. M. . . 
 
 is President of the Board of 
 General Purposes 58 
 
 yo 
 
 may preside in Private Lodges 
 Dispensations, List of, to be granted by G. M. . . . . . .,. 
 
 District Chaplain and Secretary, have no rank by virtue 
 
 of such offices 
 
 Districts, Names, and Numbers ...... ^ 
 
 District Deputy Grand Master — Election of 
 
 (( 
 
 
 
 (< 
 
 (( 
 
 ({ 
 
 
 5 
 57 
 
 20 
 
 46 
 
 58 
 
 58 
 54 
 
 
 <t 
 
 
 
 When held 
 Vacancy, how filled . . 
 
 (( 
 
 t( 
 
 74 
 9 
 5 
 59 
 60 
 52 
 77 
 
 141 
 
 Page 
 
 63 
 63 
 64 
 64 
 9 
 
 82 
 74 
 77 
 78 
 
 23 
 
 66 
 
 29 . 
 
 96 
 
 60 
 
 99 
 
 29 
 
 71 
 
 n 
 
 32 
 
 40 . 
 
 29 
 
 99. 
 
 19 
 
 30 
 
 24 
 
 28 
 30 
 
 30 
 37 
 30 
 29 
 
 33 
 21 
 19 
 31 
 31 
 29 
 33 
 
142 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 District Deputy Grand Mastor- 
 
 1 *, 
 
 K> 
 
 
 II 
 II 
 
 Clause. 
 -Must be a P. M. and a 
 
 resident 59 
 
 If a W. M. vacates 
 
 that office 59 
 
 May preside in Private 
 
 Lodges 61 
 
 Powers and duties of... 59-77 
 Decision of, may be ap- 
 pealed 66 
 
 Provisions in cases of 
 
 neglect to investigate 67 
 By-laws of Lodfi;es, 
 must be submitted to 124 
 
 Dues, Regulations respecting non-payment of 
 
 Emergent Meetings of Grand Lodge, how called 20 
 
 Erasure of Lodges 25 
 
 Excursions, balls, conversaziones and picnics 70 
 
 Expulsions, and removals of, by Grand Lodge only 24 
 
 Fees — Payable to Grand Lodge 254 
 
 Form — Or petition for initiation 218 
 
 II II ti new Lodge 257 
 
 II Of entry in minute book of Private Lodges.. . 
 
 II Of certificate of standing dues being paid 
 
 II * II II M unpaid 
 
 Foundation Stones, to be laid by G. M. only, or by his 
 
 authority 53 
 
 Funeral Ceremony 
 
 Grand Lodge — Title of. 
 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 
 Officers, tenure of office. 
 
 ti 
 
 II 
 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 II 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 When elected 
 
 Elected by ballot... 
 
 Elected by nomination and bal- 
 lot 
 
 Tyler elected by open vote 
 
 Majority necessary to elect .... 
 
 Eligibility for election of 
 
 Vacancies, how tilled 12 
 
 7 
 
 ^51 
 
 8 
 
 160 
 
 Bank of Officers and Members 9 
 
 Honorary Membership in 13 
 
 Rank, to whom restricted 14 
 
 Of whom it consists 
 
 II II 
 
 Regulations as to proxies 
 
 Page 
 
 31 
 
 31 
 
 31 
 31-33 
 
 32 
 
 32 
 
 42 
 
 93 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 32 
 
 24 
 
 65 
 
 58 
 
 72 
 
 158 
 
 161 
 
 162 
 
 29 
 146 
 18 
 18 
 19 
 19 
 
 19 
 19 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 20 
 • 47 
 20 
 48 
 21 
 23 
 23 
 
82 
 
 82 
 
 42 
 
 98 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 82 
 
 24 
 
 65 
 
 58 
 
 72 
 
 158 
 
 161 
 
 162 
 
 29 
 146 
 18 
 18 
 19 
 19 
 
 19 
 19 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 20 
 47 
 20 
 48 
 21 
 23 
 23 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. 
 
 Grand Lodge^Members of, must be properly clothed . . 16 
 
 tr Disqualification of Membership in 17 
 
 •• M M M 152 
 
 II Hepresentativesto, must be duly returned. 18 
 
 II Annual Communication, when held 19 
 
 II Rules governing visitors 19 
 
 II How and when summoned 20 
 
 II Meetings of emergency 20 
 
 II Provisions for absence of G. M 21 
 
 " M II M 46 
 
 II In what form declared open 22 
 
 II Powers of presiding Officer 23 
 
 II Powers of 24 
 
 II Regulations regarding erasure and ex- 
 pulsion .. 25 
 
 M Regulations respecting memorials 26 
 
 II Who may occupy Grand Master's chair ... 27 
 
 M Regulations regardingbooks and accounts 32 
 
 II Regulations regarding moneys of . 33 
 
 II shall not loan money to Private Lodges 
 
 or br thren .. 34 
 
 II Regulations for government of 
 
 M Regulations respecting general charity... 138 
 
 M Fees payable to 254 
 
 Grand Master—To appoint scrutineers of the ballot.. . 3 
 
 II Election of 5 
 
 •I II 45 
 
 II To confirm election of D. D. G. M 6 
 
 M II II M 59 
 
 II Certain officers appointed by 6 
 
 M II M It 45 
 
 II Consent of, necessary to Initiation in an- 
 other jurisdiction of a resident of On- 
 tario 15 
 
 H May permit visitors to attend the Grand 
 
 Lodge and speak 19 
 
 •I Provision for absence of, from Province 20 
 
 II II Grand Lodge 21 
 
 II II or death of 46 
 
 II Who may occupy his chair 27 
 
 M may appoint Grand Representatives 47 
 
 n may preside in Private Lodges 48 
 
 II may depute his officers to visit Lodges... 49 
 II may summon and suspend Lodge or Bro- 
 ther 50 
 
 143 
 
 Page 
 23 
 28 
 47 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 24 
 24 
 24 
 28 
 24 
 24 
 24 
 
 24 
 25 
 25 
 25 
 25 
 
 26 
 26 
 44 
 65 
 18 
 19 
 28 
 19 
 31 
 20 
 28 
 
 23 
 
 23 
 24 
 24 
 28 
 25 
 28 
 28 
 28 
 
 29 
 

 V % 
 
 I'll 
 
 1^1 
 
 144 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. 
 
 Grand Master — may suspend officers of Lodges 61 
 
 ti may arrest the Warrant or Dispensation 
 
 of any Lodge 51 
 
 It may decide any question of usage, order 
 
 or masonic law 51 
 
 II By-law« of Lodges must be approved by 51 
 
 II To fill vacancy in office of D. D. G. M. 62 . 
 
 II II II II II , 77 
 
 II II II II M . 86 
 
 II Ceremonies performed by 53 
 
 II Dispensations issued by 54 
 
 II II M 244 
 
 II May remove suspension under certain 
 
 circumstances 54 
 
 II May permit healing of an irregularly 
 
 made mason 64 
 
 II Ruling of, may be appealed against 56 
 
 II How to be communicated with 66 
 
 II May sanction removal of a lodge from 
 
 one District to another 69 
 
 Grand Wardens — Duties of, in event of death of G. M. 
 
 andD. G. M 46 
 
 M Election of.. 78 
 
 II Provisions for absence ot. 79 
 
 II When commanded, to attend G. M. ., . 80 
 
 Grand Chaplain — Election and duties of 81 
 
 Grand Treasurer — Election of 82 
 
 »« To give a bond. ., , , 83 
 
 II Duties of ', 84 
 
 II Accounts of, to be audited ........ ^ 84 
 
 Grand Registrar— Election of 85 
 
 II May, by direction of the G. M., take 
 
 charge of a.vapant district. . . 86 
 
 Grand Secretary — Election of 87 
 
 „ Duties of , , 88-89 
 
 II To^iveabond 89 
 
 II To issue all certificates . . 241 
 
 Grand Deacon — Appointment and duties of 90 
 
 Grand Superintendent of Works, Appointment and 
 
 duties of 90 
 
 Grand Secretary' 's Assistant — Appointment and duties of 90 
 
 II Assistant Director of Ceremonies u n ^ 90 
 
 II Sword Bearer, - • "• i «• <• • ., ^ 
 
 It Orgainst, ~ ij,,. ..h ,.. ' 90 
 
 Pa 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 29 
 29 
 33 
 34 
 29 
 29 
 76 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 30 
 30 
 
 32 
 
 28 
 33 
 33 
 33 
 33 
 34 
 31 
 34 
 34 
 34 
 
 34 
 34 
 34-36 
 35 
 62 
 36 
 
 36 
 36 
 36 
 36 
 36 
 
If 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 29 
 29 
 38 
 34 
 29 
 29 
 76 
 
 29 
 
 29 
 30 
 30 
 
 32 
 
 28 
 33 
 33 
 33 
 33 
 34 
 34 
 34 
 34 
 34 
 
 34 
 
 34 
 134-36 
 35 
 62 
 36 
 
 36 
 86 
 36 
 36 
 S6 
 
 INDEX. 146 
 
 Clause. Page 
 
 Grand Orgainst, Assistant — Appointment and duties of 90 36 
 
 ft Standard Bearers, n ■ » 90 36 
 
 •I Director of Ceremonies, duties of. 91 36 
 
 »i Pursuivant, n 92 36 
 
 II Stewards, n , 93 36 
 
 I, Tyler, Election and duties of 94 36 
 
 II Representatives, Appointment of 47 28 
 
 II ' Honors 95 
 
 Healing, may be permitted by the G. M 64 29 
 
 Honorary Membership in Grand Lodge 13 23 
 
 II II in Private Lodges, how acquired 210 56 
 II Members in Private Lodges must be returned 
 
 and pay Grand Lodge dues 210 66 
 
 M II have right to vote, only by unani- 
 mous ballot , 21 1 66 
 
 Honors, Grand 95 
 
 Initiation outside the Jurisdiction, Regulations as to . 15 23 
 
 M Rules respecting candidates for 214 67 
 
 II Candidates for, may apply to a foreign Juris- 
 diction under certain circumstances 216 58 
 
 II Provisions in case of emergency 217 58 
 
 II Qualification of candidates for 218 58 
 
 II Certain laws relating to, cannot be suspended 218 58 
 
 II Form of Petition for 218 68 
 
 II Physical and mental qualifications of candi- 
 dates for 220 59 
 
 M Promises to be made at 228 60 
 
 Installatiom of Grand Officers 63 29 
 
 M of Master — Di. .ies of Installing board 182 52 
 
 II Ceremonies shall not be performed, in 
 
 public ,.. 183 52 
 
 II Ceremony . . . 100 
 
 Instruction — Lodge of, under what authority held 233 61 
 
 II M Notice to be given to the Grand 
 
 Secretary 2^4 61 
 
 II M Must keep minutes 236 61 
 
 II II Sanction for, how withdrawn . . 236 61 
 
 Invocations, First, Second and Third Degrees. 73 
 
 Joining Member, Definition of 31 25 
 
 Judgment at masonic trials 88 
 
 Junsdiction of Lodges 215 67 
 
 M ' Duties of Masters respecting . . 121 41 
 
 II Regarding masonic trials 8? 
 
 Laying a foundation stone. Ceremony of .138 
 
 Lodges — Penalty for neglect to make returns < 17 23 
 
146 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. Page 
 
 Lodges — Can be erased only by Grand Lodge 24 24 
 
 II Regulations governing erasure and expulsion 25 24 
 •I DistinctioT between those Warranted, Private 
 
 and under Dispensation 28 25 
 
 II Definition of Afliliated Member 30 25 
 
 II II Joining Member 31 25 
 
 It Under Dispensation, powers of 29 25 
 
 II or Brethren cannot borrow Grand Lodge funds 34 26 
 
 11 Grand Master may preside in 48 28 
 
 tt Grand Master may send his Officers to visit... 49 28 
 II may be summoned and suspended by Grand 
 
 Master 50 29 
 
 M Officers of, may be suspended by Grand Mas- 
 ter 51 29 
 
 •I By-laws of , must be approved by Grand Master 51 29 
 II must obtain dispensation for certain purposes 54 29 
 II may be suspended by D. D. G. M. under cer- 
 tain circumstances 62 31 
 
 M II II II II 68 32 
 
 II Removal of, from place to place 69 32 
 
 II Officers, and tenure of office of 120 40 
 
 II Regulations respecting election of officers of.. 121 41 
 
 II Regulations respecting appointed officers of . 122 41 
 
 II Orf-cers must be members of 123 41 
 
 II Regulations respecting By-laws of 124 42 
 
 II Provisions for conflict between Constitution 
 
 and By-laws of 125 42 
 
 II By-laws must be enforced by Master, and ac- 
 cessible to members 126 42 
 
 II must keep certain books 127 42 
 
 II Attendance Register 128 42 
 
 II Regulations for regular meetings of 129 43 
 
 II II emergent m 130 43 
 
 II cannot adjourn from day to day 131 43 
 
 II What constitutes a quorum 132 43 
 
 II Precedency of 133 43 
 
 II Registration of, necessary 133 43 
 
 II must comply with regulations relating to ad- 
 mission of members 134 43 
 
 II Regula AOUB respecting initiation of candidates 
 
 and their advancement 135 43 
 
 II Minimum fee for initiation of candidates 136 44 
 
 M Regulations respecting serving brethren 136 44 
 
 It Initiation constitutes membership in 137 44 
 
 It Members of, liable for regular lodge dues .... 137 . 44 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. 
 Lodges — Registration and return of members of, neces- 
 sary 138 
 
 11 Penalty for failure to register members of . . .. 139 
 II Members of, not deprived of privileges by 
 
 reason of non-registration 139 
 
 II Books of account of, to be kept and audited.. 140 
 
 II Auditors of, to report annually 140 
 
 M must procure Grand Lodge certificates for 
 
 members 141 
 
 II must not give certain certificates 142 
 
 II Regulations regarding public processions 143 
 
 II Regulations respecting usages and work 144 
 
 II Regulations respecting irregular conduct in . . 146 
 
 II Powers of, to suspend 146 
 
 1 1 • Regulations for masonic trials, to be observed by 1 46 
 II Regulations respecting restoration of members 
 
 II What jewels may be worn in 148 
 
 It Books of, must be produced 149 
 
 II may instruct representatives to Grand Lodge. 150 
 II must annually make out return of Officers and 
 
 Past Masters 151 
 
 II must make returns semi-annually 152 
 
 It Penalty for failure to make returns 152 
 
 •I may be suspended for failure to make returns 153 
 
 II may remit dues under certain regulations 154 
 
 II When dissolved, warrant and records to be de- 
 livered up 155 
 
 It Warrant irregularly procured, to be forfeited. 156 
 
 II Regulations I'egarding surrender of warrant of 157 
 
 It Regulations prior to erasure of warrants of. . . 158 
 
 II Penalty in case of failure to answer summons 159 
 II Copy of every summons to be sent to D. D. 
 
 G. M 160 
 
 II List of Officers t-o be sent to D. D. G. M 160 
 
 II Proxy of, to be sent to D. D, G. M 160 
 
 It Regulations respecting life membership in ... 161 
 
 II It II II .... ida 
 
 II II II II .... lOO 
 
 ti Voting in, is, unless otherwise specified, by 
 
 show of hands 165 
 
 II may require bend from Treasurer 166 
 
 It have penal jurisdiction over members and 
 
 residents 167 
 
 n cannot discipline members without trial 168 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 ■f 
 
 II 
 
 Clause. 
 
 Lodges — Effect of suspension of member of .... 169 
 
 II Disability of members of suspended 170 
 
 II Resolutions of cannot be rescinded without 
 
 notice 171 
 
 M may recommend a new lodge without pre- 
 vious notice ..;........... 172 
 
 II Regulations regarding rooms 173 
 
 •II I- 11 V 174 
 
 II H II f uneials 176 
 
 H Under dispensation, Master not to be installed 176 
 
 II II II how represented in Grand 
 
 Lodge 177 
 
 It shall bear their share of district regalia 178 
 
 II shall defray expenses of visit of D. D. G. M. 178 
 
 II Meeting of, seven days' notice necessary 179 
 
 II Amalgamation of . 180 
 
 II Rules for admission of members of, must be 
 
 observed 199 
 
 II Majority present at, may regulate proceedings 208 
 
 ts Members of, cannot protest against proceed- 
 
 dings except under certain circumstances . . 208 
 II Regulations respecting admission of joining 
 
 members 
 
 212 
 213 
 214 
 
 II • II If ' • II 
 
 Regulations respecting initiation of candidates 
 Regulations respecting initiation of candidates 
 
 in cases of emergency .. ....;......... .. 217 
 
 shall notinitiate non-resident candidates with- 
 out dispensation . . ; . . ..... .-..'.... 
 
 Jurisdiction of ..;... .... ^ .... . 
 
 must not take action upon petition of non 
 resident candidates before dispensation. . .. 
 
 must have a mtisonic seal ... . . . . ; : . - 231 
 
 must send impression of seal to Grand Secre- 
 tary . . . • . . . 
 
 must remit fees for Grand Lodge certificates. 
 
 may issue certain certificates 247 
 
 shall not charge a fee for any certificate ... 248 
 shall not issue certificate not enumerated .... 249 
 must not appear in -procession withoiit dispen- 
 sation 251 
 
 Regulaticms respecting trial of. . . ........... 
 
 Master — Election as D. D. G. M., vacates oAce of ; . ^ .' 59 
 II must have served one year as Warden 181 
 
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 I INDEX. 
 
 Clause. 
 Master Elect, may riile lodge, but not assume chair 
 
 until installed 181 
 
 II Election of, must be confirmed before installa- 
 
 ,,., tion 181 
 
 M Provision for non -confirmation of election of. 181 
 
 II . . must be familiar with his duties before being 
 
 installed 182 
 
 n must observe established usages and land 
 
 marks 184 
 
 It shall see that ancient charges. &c., are read 
 
 in lodges 185 
 
 •I must observe the Constitution, and prodtice 
 
 books, &c., when required 186 
 
 M . cannot suspend declaration of ballot 187 
 
 II Provisions for absence or death of 188 
 
 II Who may preside in absence of 189 
 
 II Who can occupy chair of 190 
 
 II enjoined to visit other lodges 191 
 
 II and Wardens to attend and produce books, 
 
 &c. , when summoned 192 
 
 ft must see that petitioners for initiation are 
 
 residents... 221 
 
 may order second ballot . . 224 
 
 shall investigate and decide objection to initia- 227 
 
 tion 227 
 
 may refuse to admit a visitor 237 
 
 must enforce regulations as to visitors 238 
 
 Regulations respecting trial of 
 
 Members — Rules for admission of, must be observed . . 199 
 
 Punishment of. for certain offences 200 
 
 " <♦ *' 201 
 
 shall not violate secrecy of ballot except in 
 
 cases of masonic trials ; 202 
 
 cannot be deprived of rights, by mere reso- 
 lution 203 
 
 cannot affiliate under certain circumstances 204 
 
 Certificate of standing of 205 
 
 cannot enter protest in miimtes, unless un- 
 der certain circumstances 208 
 
 Unaffiliated, regulations as to benevolent 
 
 fund. . .-... 
 
 Regulations respecting affiliation of 
 
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 212 
 
 213 
 
 26 
 
 149 
 
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150 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. Page 
 
 Minutes — Form of , and regulations respecting 
 
 New Lodge — Regulations respecting constitution of. ... 256 71 
 
 M n M M .... 257 72 
 II must be constituted by G. M. or by his 
 
 authority 257 72 
 
 II before warrant in issued, must be provided 
 
 with suitable lurriture, etc 258 73 
 
 Non-payment of Dues — Regulations respecting 93 
 
 Objection — To initiation after ballot 227 60 
 
 n To advancement, Rules relating to 227 60 
 
 Offence — Masonic, to assist in making Masons clandes- 
 tinely or irregularly 200 54 
 
 II Masonic, to publish proceedings cf Lodges, 
 
 without consent 201 54 
 
 i« Masonic, to take action on petition of non- 
 resident candidate before dispense* tion is is- 
 sued 222 59 
 
 Offences — List of Masonic 82 
 
 Officers of Grand Lodge — Tenure of office 2 18 
 
 II II . II Scrutm3ers of ballot for .. 3 H^ 
 II .11 •! When elected, installed and 
 
 invested 4 19 
 
 II II II When elected, installed and 
 
 invested 45 28 
 
 II II II Elected by ballot 5 19 
 
 II II II Elected by nomination and 
 
 ballot 5 19 
 
 II II 11 Tyler elected by open vote . . 6 - 19 
 
 II II II Election of D. D. G. Masters 5 19 
 
 II II <« Appointed 6 20 
 
 II M II Majority necessary to elect. . 10 22 
 
 II II II Eligibility for election of .... 11 22 
 Officers of Private Lodges — May be suspended by the 
 
 Grand Master 51 29 
 
 II II II Must be members 123 41 
 
 II M II List of, must be sent to 
 
 Grand Secretary 151 47 
 
 M It n List of must be sent to 
 
 D. D. G. M 160 48 
 
 Officers of Warranted Lodges — Tenure of office 120 40 
 
 II „ ,, Election of . .• 121 41 
 
 .11 . II . . II Appointed 121 41 
 
 II II H May with consent of 
 
 lodge resign office.... 193 53 
 
INDEX. 
 
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 72 
 
 72 
 
 73 
 98 
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 41 
 41 
 
 53 
 
 Officers of Warranted Lodges — Provisions for vacancy 
 
 caused by resignation 
 
 of 193 
 
 II II II Must serve full term to 
 
 retain rank ....... . 193 
 
 II M II Provisions for death or 
 
 removal of 194 
 
 Past Master — To preside in absence of Master 189 
 
 II Affiliated, entitled to his rank according 
 
 to senioritv 195 
 
 II Certificate of ... 196 
 
 II Entitled to vote for D. D. G. M. . , 59 
 
 Past Rank — How acquired 7 
 
 Picnics — Balls, conversaziones and excursions 70 
 
 Prayers — First, second and third degree 
 
 Preliminary proceedings at masonic trials 
 
 Prerogatives of Grand Master 45-56 
 
 II Deputy Grand Master 5ft 
 
 11 District Deputy Grand Master 59-'"( 7 
 
 Processions — Dispensation necessary for, except for 
 
 funerals 250 
 
 II Penalty for appearing in, without dispen- 
 sation 251 
 
 II Funerals, must be immediately reported. 250 
 
 Proposing members, Rules relating to affiliation and 
 
 initiation 212-230 
 
 Protest cannot be entered in minutes book, except under 
 
 certain circumstances 208 
 
 Proxies to Grand Lodf e, Regulations for 8 
 
 Punishment at masoni ; trials 
 
 Ra^ik of officers and v lembers of Grand Lodge 9 
 
 Rank in Grand 'iiodgf , to whom restricted ... 14 
 
 Regulations for the government of Grand Lodge 
 
 Rejei ted candidates for ioitiatiou. Rules relating to . . . 229 
 II If affiliation, n n ... 230 
 
 Removal of lodges from place to place 69 
 
 Representatives to Grand Lodge, must be duly returned 18 
 Residence — Regulations as to, respecting candidates for 
 
 initiation 214, 215, 216 
 
 Restoration and re-instatements, how effected 
 
 Restoration of a suspended brother. Regulations f or . . . 207 
 
 Returns and payments to Grand Lodge 17 
 
 Rules re3pecting benevolent grants 
 
 II II masonic tn s 
 
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 82 
 
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 82 
 
162 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Clause. 
 
 Scrutineers of ballot for Officers of Grand Lodge 3 
 
 iSeal of Grand Lodge 88 
 
 Seal of Warranted Lodge 231 
 
 ** 232 
 
 Serving brother 71 
 
 Suspension — Of Lodge or brother by Gr^md Master , 
 
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 or Drother by D. D. G. M. 
 
 
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 — Of a brother, Rules for restoration of . . 
 
 Title of Grand Lodge 
 
 Trials — Masonic, Rules respecting 
 
 — Masonic offences 
 
 — Jurisdiction 
 
 — Charges » . 
 
 — Preliminary proceedings 
 
 — Witnesses and testimony 
 
 — Judgment 
 
 — Punishment.. . 
 
 — Appeals 
 
 — Restorations and Reinstatements , 
 
 — Masters and Lodges 
 
 — Non-payment of dues.. 
 
 Tyler — How chosen, and for cause may be removed.. .. 197 
 
 " — Dutiesof 198 
 
 Unaffiliated, not entitled to any privileges except visita- 
 tion 239 
 
 Union r' Lodges 180 
 
 Vacar \ o*t ce in Grand Lodee, how filled 12 
 
 II II Private Lodge n 193 
 
 Visitors to Grand Lodge governing 19 
 
 II Private Lodges, Regulations respecting 237 
 
 Visitors — Right to visit Private Lodges, not absolute... 237 
 
 It to Private Lodges, Qualification of 238 
 
 II If M may be unaffiliated 239 
 
 Wardens, Grand (see Grand Wardens.) 
 
 Wardens, in absence of Master may rule but not eonfer 
 
 decrees. , 189 
 
 II in absence of Master may summon the Lodge, 
 
 but not confer deereeiEi 188 
 
 II enjoined to visit ot£er Lodges 191 
 
 Witnesses at Masonic trials.... 
 
 nZHj/^toc^i 
 
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