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Eorottto : TRINTED AT THE PATRIOT OFFICE. 1846. I fl r \ BYE liAWS OF THE LOYAL ORANGE LODGE ^ rSo. 328, ^ Adopted at a Meeting of the Lodge, held at the Lodcut of said fee. 8 That the sum of 10s. be paid by every person lodging a Certificate, and such sum to be paid at the time of its being lodged. 9 That on anv member demanding his Certificate, he shall" lodge the sum of 29. 6d. at the lime of such demand, and if the Certificate is not taken up, said 2s. 6d. becomes forfeited to the Lodge ; and any member of this Lodge who may have taken out his Certificate shall be at liberty thereafter to re-lodge the same with- out charge. , i ,i,„ 9 That visitors bo exempt from dues the first night of visiting ; but that on every subse- quent night they shall pay the sum ot 7icl. 10. That the Treasurer be authorized to cle- fray the necessary expences of the Lodge out of the funds thereof. 11. That the Treasurer give an account every night of meeting of the income and ex- pences of the last meeting and money on hand, if any. . r .1 „ 13. That previous to the opening ot the Lodge the Worshipful Master shall appoint an inside Tyler, whose duty it shall be when any application for admission is made at tl.e door to answer it by 1 (i \ncl be it further understood that all members except the Master, Deputy Master, Secretary and Treasurer, slmil act as Tyler accordmg to seniority. . 14. That on all occasions of repeatmg Lee tures' and admitting members the Worshipful Master shall appoint an outside Tyler. 15. That each member when addressing the Lodge shall stand to his feet and commence by saying " Worshipful Sir and Brethren." 16. That on two or more members rising at the same time to address the Lodge, the Master shall name who shall first speak. 17. That no member in order shall be in. terrupted while speaking. 18. That all matters in dispute be left to the Master's decision, subject, however, in matters of moment, to the subsequent approbation of the Lodge. 19. After any subject brought before t.ie Lodge is decided, the same is not in any mea- sure to be introduced again, on pain of a fine of 7:^d by the person who may so introduce it. 20. That in meetings of emergency, Master, Deputy Master, or Senior Committeeman then present, together with four members shall form a quorum. 21. That the Bye-Laws of the Lodge be read over every meeting nighl, unless dispense y i \ ( u t» k'j cii with by llic Master, but tbo st\d Bye-Tiaws together with the duaUlications and Obligation of°an Orangeman be read over at least once every three months. 22. That no member of the Lodge be al- lowed to take any order recognized by the So- ciety out of his own Lodge, without the appro- bation of the Worshipful Master, and in caso tiny member act contrary hereto he shall bo made the subject of the Committee. 23. That this Lodge declares the Rule of tho Grand Lodge held at Hamilton in June, 1844, to mean by ^' Three Months" a regular attend, ance for that period, and that no member is entitled to any order who has not attended three successive monthly meetings ; and that any member applying for an order and not ap. pearing on the night appoimed for giving such order, shall not be entitled to receive it lor three months afterwards. 24. That no member shall leave the Lodge Room while Lodge is open without first ob- taining permission from the Worshipful Mas- ter, and any member acting in contravention hereto, or who while absent on such leave shall betake himself to playing Bagatelle, Cards, Smoking, or loiter in any, shall be fined the sum of Is. 3d. .25. That each member of the Lodge on ad. iy P" 8 dressing himself to, or speaking of any other member during open Lodge, shall useihe word ♦•^ Brother," and any member neglecting this particular, shall for every such neglect forfeit the sum of 7 id. 20. That a Badge such as the Master shall direct, be worn by every member in open Lodge, and any Brother who may appear without such Badge as aforesaid, shall forfeit for each offence the sum of 3^d. He ♦ »{: « 4c # >it « * 28. That the Master, Deputy Master, Secre- tary, Treasurer, and first Committee-man, or any one of them with the Master are hereby authorized to examine into all applications for Charity during Vacation and advance any amount in their discretion not exceeding one pound from the funds of ihe Lodge thai the cir- numstances of the case may seem to require, and report the same at the next meeting of the Lodge, to be recorded en the Books. RICHARD DEMPSEY, Master ^, L, 0. L, 328. EDWARD SMYTH, X Secretary. '■ >^ ^.r l1 ^. ^-'^'^^ '-< \ ■^^-t a- ( ' i t,.;. ^; r:r ri^vi r {} ^T^tx/'vi^^^fiy yJuXS.'*"-'/ 4^^y^il ' y ^A^/V^ / .T^ .i^ 6.n.^ -^■^'<-<' t-V... V ?«...#'* - f f>.a4wtvi-..f Oh..\^ ^•'■^^^-^- 4^;^^ 4M^ * • I- *- *■• U ^'i H> ♦A. A LjiiirC ^ r {1 \ 6^ s^.vl-l^^Hv-.Vv'^.. .i.ivl,.X^^e.^^ ^ f^ '^ ft^i. ' ??! ^^. ^ 'i.y^^J-d^K-f<- t-f^'^'--'^ V f'' ■' ■'"^ SCHEDULE OF BUES, FEES, AND F I IV £ S , OF LOYAL ORANGE LODGE No. 328. J ) S. D. Initiation Fee, (to be paid on being pro. posed for entrance into Associa- tion) 2 6 On Initiation 10 12 6 Lodging Certificate. .•••••. 10 Lodging Certificate by any former Mem- ber of 328 Demand of Certificate 2 6 Montlily Dues 1 3 Visitor's Fee, — first visit 00 Every subsequent visit 7{ FINES. Absence at Roll-call 7| Absence at close of Lodge 7^ Bringing up a subject which has been decided 7i Informal naming Brethren during open Lodge • 7^ Loitering or idling outside during Lodge, 1 3 Appearing in Lodge without Budge... 3| b \ 10 Loyal Orange Institution. ** Thou shalt teach men ordinances and laws, and shalt *' show them the way wherein they must walk and the ** work they must di», moreover thou hh.ilt provide outnt " all the people, able men, such as fear God, men (»f trufh, ** hatino: covetousness, and place them to be rulers of thou- " sands and rulers of hundreds and rulers ot tens/'— JEx'- ** odus, c. xviii, v. 20. 21. GENERAL DECLARATION. At all times nothing can be more natural and at this time nothing can be more reason- able than that those who have common rights to protect and common interests to defend, should act together and know each other* It is by division that the benevolent objects of true patriots are frustrated, and their best and noblest eftbrts for the public good defeated. — - In these distant but important appendages of our Great Empire, it must be obvious to every loyal and reflecting mind, that a union of intel. ligence, an increase of means, and a knowledge of each other are essential. \ The Loyal Orange Institution is formed by persons desirous of supporting, to the utmost of their power, the prmciples and practice of the Christian Religion, to maintain the Laws and Constitution of the Country, afford assistance to distressed members of the order, and other- wise promote such laudable and benevolent pur- poses as may tend lo the due ordering of Eell- 11 ; V; ) 11 Vi ) gion and Chrisiian Charihj, and the supremacy of Law, order and Constitutional Freedom. Its members associate in honor ofJuw^ WiU Ham the 111. Prince of Orange whose name they bear and whose immortal memory they hold ia reverence, tending as he did, under Divine Pro- vidence, to the overthrow of the rrost oppres- sive bigotry and the restoration of pure Rehgioa and liberty. They revere the memory of that immortal Prince, not only as a Patriot, a Con- stitutional Monarch, and a hero, but as a true Christian, and hope in the adoption of his name to emulate his virtues, by maintaining Religion, without persecution, or trenching upon the rights of any. The Orange Society, lays no claim to exclusive loyahy or exclusive protestantism, but it admits no man within its pale whose prin- ciples are not loyal, and whose creed is not protestant. Disclaiming an intolerant spirit, the Society demands as an indispensable qualification, with- out which the greatest and wealthiest may seek admission in vair, that the candidate shall be believed to be incapable of persecuting or in- juring any one on account of his religious opin- ions. The duty of every Orangemen being to aid and defend all loyal suhjecls, of every reli- gious persuasion in the enjoyment of their cofl- stitution.-^l rights. \ 12 The Rules of the Society arc open not only to members of the Inatitulion, but to the whole community, there is no reserve except the signs and symbols whereby Orangemen know each other, and these mysteries are essential to the proper qualification of the brotherhood to the recognition of the members and the prevention of intru-'ion and imposture from strangers and enemies. The association is general, not con- fined to any particular place, person or nation, but extends itself wherever a loyal protcstant Briton is to be found to the remotest corners of the Globe, for the establishment of Protestant faith, and British liberty to the latest ages of posterity. Its whole institution is one neigh- bourhood within which every Orangeman is at home in the farthest parts of the world, and such is the mechanism of the association, that while its operations are thus extended, its every movement is alike felt and answered in every part. In short the Orange Institution like Vi glorious mora Uminary is intended to pour its refulgence not on one 'part only of the ample circumference of the British dominions but simultaneously on every 'portion equally enlightening the whole pe- riphery. The Institution in these Colonies can never be suppressed but by means which would sub- \ • s 13 vert the Constitution, ami annihilate the con- nection with the Mother Country. In many quarters where the true nature of the Orange Institution is not properly known, its designs and objects have by some been mls- ^ undorst^ood, and by others misrepresented from tiie name it bears, being connected in every one's mind with the history of parties in Ire- land, some are apt to suppose that its sphere is necessarily confined, not reflecting that an in- strument which has been chiefly used in the country of its birth to suppress rebellion, repel , invasion and secure domestic tranquillity, may *'^ be found equally eflicacious to loyal men of aZ^ countries in procecting their lives, liberties and properties in the Colonies. The Society is constituted upon the broadest principles of national freedom. It takes its stand upon the glorious iprinciples of the Rcvo^ lution 0/1688, it lays its foundation in the field of British liberty, it disdains the badge of fic- 1^ tion, and knows no emblem save the " Altar and the Throne.'' As the Prince of Orange was invited to En- gland by a coalition of parties who were united by a common sense of their sacred duty to pre- serve Iheir Religion and liberties,so, the Orange Society, named after that immortal Prince, in- vites a similar combination, and calls upon the 14 ^?o^s of Britain to lay aside political fcurls?, nnd like their illustrious ancestors, who signed ftul sealed the Great Covenant of freedom, to sacri- fice every private consideration and establish a centralization of freedom upon such a compre- hensive basis, as will enable every limb and fibre to receive vitality and nourishment from the Parent stem, QUALIFICATIONS ESSENTIAL FOR A MEMBER OF THIS INSTITUTION. He should have a sincere love and veneration for his Almighty Maker, productive of those lively and happy fruits, righteousness and obe- dience to his commands ; a firm and stedfast faith in the Saviour of the world, convinced that He is the only Mediator between a sinful crea- ture and an offended Creator. His disposition should be humane and compassionate, and his behaviour kind and conciliatory ; he should be an enemy to savage brutality and every species of unchristian conduct ; a lover of rational and improving society, faithfully regarding the Pro- testant Religion, and sincerely desirous to pro- pagate its precepts, (/. e.) charity and good will to all men : zealous in promoting the honour, happiness and prosperity of his Queen and country ; heartily desirous of success in those pursuits, yet convinced that God alone can grant tl a c t i i ^ 15 them. Ho sliouid have a hatred of cursing and swearing, and of talking llie name of God in vain ; he should use all opportunities of dis- couraging them among his brethren, and shun the society of all persons addicted to those shameful practices ; prudence should guide all his actions : temperance, sobriety, and honesty direct his conduct ; and the laudable objects of the Association bethe motives of his endeavours. i ORANGE OBLIGATION. (( I j^ _- B- •♦ do solemnly and volunta- rily swear, that I will, to the upmost of my power, support and defend Her present Majesty, Queen Victoria, and her lawful heirs and sue cessors, in the sovereignty of Great Britain and Ireland, and of these Provinces dependent on, and belonging to the said kingdom ; so long as she, he, or they, shall support and Jtiaintain the Protestant Religion, and the laws of this Coun- try ; that I will to the utmost of n.y power, de- fend her against all traitorous conspiracies and attempts wlvatever, which shall or may be made against Her person, crown or dignity ; that I Will do my utmost en^-avours to disclose and make known to Her Majesty, her heirs and suc- cessors, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies and attempts which 1 shall know to be against 10 her, him, or any of them ; that I will steadily maintain tlie connexion between the Colonics oV British North America and the Mother Coun. try. and be ever ready to resist all attempts to weaken British influence, or dismember the British Empire ; that I will, when lawfully call, ed on, assist the civil and military powers in the just and lawful discharge of their oOlcial duties, in repelling and subduing every enemy who may seek to disturb or injure the Queen the Protestant Religion, or this Country in gen.' eral; that I will be true and faithful to every Brother Orangeman in all just actions ; that I will not wrong him, or know him to bo wroncr. ed, or injured, without giving him due notice thereof, and preventing it, if in my power ; that I will ever hold sacred the name of our glorious deliverer, King William the Third, Prince of Orange, in grateful remembrance of whom, I solemnly promise, if in my power, to celebrate His victory over James at the Boyne, in Ireland, on the first day of July (old style) in every year by assembling with my Brethren in their Lodge Room ; that I am not, nor ever will be a Roman Catholic or Papist, nor am 1 now or ever will be a member of any society, or body of men, that are enemies to Her Ma- jesty, and our glorious Constitution. I swear that 1 have not to my knowledge or belief, been ^'4 ^1 ] It Y. f !i expelled from any Orange Lodge ; and lastly, I do solemnly promise and declare that I will do my utmost to support and maintain the Loyal Orange Institution, obey all regular summonses, and pay all just dues, if in my power, and ob* serve and obey all the rules and ordinances of the same ; and that I will always conceal, and never in any way whatsoever disclose or reveal the whole or any part of the signs, words, or tokens, that are now about to be privately com- municated to me, unless 1 shall be duly autho- rized so to do by the proper authorities* of the Orange Institution, of which I am now about to become a member. " So help me God, and keep me stedfast in this my Orangeman's Obligation.'* OFFJCEKS OF LOYAL ORANGE LODGE IVo. 328, FOR THE YEAR 1816. Richard Dempsey Master. William Vere Hunt Deputy Master. Edwa RD Smyth Secretary. ^^"^^^^^^ Treasurer. John Baldwin chair'n of Com. T? V l^^r '"'^P/'" ^""•ority is iho Grand Lod