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 THE BOOK 
 
 OF 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 ov 
 THE Ghia^3SriD liOHDO-E 
 
 or ANCIENT 
 
 Jfne anb %ttqk)i Pas0tt0, 
 
 OF CANADA, 
 
 PUBUSHEO 
 
 UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GRAND LODGE, 
 
 By THOMAS BIRD HARRIS, 
 
 • Grand Secretary. 
 
 XX .A. X«.£ Z r< "T O IT = 
 
 PRINTED AT THE "SPECTATOR" STEAM PRESS, PBINCE'S SQUARK. 
 
 1866. 
 
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 §xm)i fobgt of Canah. 
 
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 The Grand Lodge ha/oing 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'S OFFICE ) 
 Hamilton, August, 1866. ' } 
 
^REFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 -•♦♦- 
 
 Title 1 
 
 Sanction 3 
 
 The Charges of a Freemason 5 
 
 The General Heads of Charges, &c 6 
 
 I. — Concerning God and Religion 1 
 
 II.— Of the Civil Magistrate, Supreme and Subordinate. ... 1 
 
 III.— Of Lodges 8 
 
 IV.— Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows and Apprentices 9 
 
 v.— Of the Management of the Craft in Working 10 
 
 VI.— Od Behaviour, viz ; — 
 
 1. In the Lodge while constituted 11 
 
 2. Behaviour after the Lodge is over and the 
 
 Brethren not gone 12 
 
 3. Behaviour when Brethren meet without stran- 
 
 gers, but not in a Lodge i > med 12 
 
 4. Behaviour in presence of strangers not Masons. 13 
 
 5. Behaviour at home and in your neighborhood*.. 13 
 
 6. Behaviour towards a strange Brother 13 
 
 Summary of the Antient Charges and Eegulations 15 
 
 Constitution of the Grand Lodge 18 
 
 Regulations for the government of the Grand Lodge during the 
 
 time of business 25 
 
 Of Grand Master .' 27 
 
 Of Deputy Grand Master 28 
 
 Of District Deputy Grand Master 29 
 
 Of Grand Wardens 31 
 
ii. REFBRBNOB TABLB OF OOKTBNTS. 
 
 Of Grand Chaplain ^ 32 
 
 Of Grand Treasurer 32 
 
 Of Grand Registrar 32 
 
 Of Grand Secretary 33 
 
 Of Grand Deacons 34 
 
 Of Grand Superintendent of Works, Grand Director of Ceremo- 
 nies, Assistant Grand Secretary, Assistant Grand Director 
 of Ceremonies, Grand Sword Bearer, Grand Organist, 
 Assistant Grand Organist, Grand Pursuivant, Grand 
 Stewards^ Grand Standard Bearers and Grand Tyler .... 34 
 
 Of Board of General Purposes 36 
 
 Of Private Lodges 41 
 
 Of Masters and Wardens of Lodges 49 
 
 Of Tylers 51 
 
 Of Members and their duty 51 
 
 Of Honorary Members 64 
 
 Of Proposing Members 54 
 
 Of the Lodge Seal 58 
 
 Of Lodges of Instruction 58 
 
 Of Visitors 59 
 
 Of Certificates 59 
 
 Of Public Processions 60 
 
 Of Appeal 61 
 
 Of Fees 62 
 
 Of Regalia 63 
 
 Of Jewels 63 
 
 Of Collars 66 
 
 Of Aprons 66 
 
 Of Constituting a New Lodge 69 
 
 Ceremony of Laying a Foundation Stone 73 
 
 The Funeral Service 76 
 
 Prayers 87 
 
 Charge to the newly initiated Candidate 88 
 
 Charge to the newly passed Candidate • 91 
 
 Charge to the newly raised Candidate 93 
 
 Appendix— Forms of Entry in Minute Book i. ii. m. iv. v. 
 
 Index i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. 
 
THE 
 
 CHARGES OF A FREEMASON : 
 
 EXTRACTED 
 
 FROM THE ANTIENT RECORDS OP LODGES THROUGHOUT 
 
 THE WORLD, 
 
 iFOia a?i3:E use o:f x^oidcb-es. 
 
 TO BE READ AT THE MAKING OP NEW BRETHREN, OR WHET^ 
 THE MASTER SHALL ORDER IT. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 m 
 
THE GENERAL HEADS OF THE CHARGES 
 OE A FREEMASON, 6cc. 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 I. Of God and Religion. 
 
 n. OFtlic Civil Magistrate,su[)r(jnic and subordinate, 
 m. Of Lodges. 
 
 IV. Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows and Apprentices. 
 V. Of the Management of the Craft in Working. 
 YL Of Behaviour, viz. : 
 
 L Li 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 presence of strangers, not masons. 
 
 5. At home and in your neighborhood. 
 
 6. Towards a strange brother. 
 
 VII. Antient Charsjes— To the Master-Elect. 
 
Silje Charges of a Jfrttmasoii, ^t. 
 
 I.— CONCERNING GOD AND RELIGION. 
 
 A MASON is obliged, by liis tenure, to obey the 
 moral law ; and if he riffhtly understand the art, he 
 will never be a stupid atiieist nor an irreligious 
 libertine. He, of all men, should best understand 
 that God sceth not as man secth ; for man looketh at 
 the outward ajipearance, but God looketh to tlie 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, i)rovided he believe in 
 the glorious architect of heaven and earth, and 
 practice tlie sacred duties of morality. Masons unite 
 with the virtuous of every persuasion in the firm and 
 pleasing bond of fraternal love ; they are taught to 
 view the errors of mankind with compassion, 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 
 otlierwise have remained at a perpetual distance. 
 
 II.— OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE, SUPREME, 
 AND SUBORDINATE. 
 
 A MASON is a peaceable subject to the civil powers 
 wherever lie resides or works, and is never to be 
 
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 ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 concerned iu plots and conspiracies against the peace 
 and welfare of the nation, nor to behave himself 
 undutifully to inferior magistrates. He is cheerfully 
 to conform to every lawful authority ; to uphold on 
 every occasion, the interest of the community, 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 disposed, to encourage the craftsmen on account 
 of their peaceableness and loyalty, whereby they 
 practically answer the cavils of their adversaries and 
 promote the honor of the fraternity. Craftsmen are 
 bound by peculiar ties to promote 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 improve themselves in the 
 mysteries of their antient science. In an extended 
 sense it applies to persons as well as to place ; 
 lience every regular assembly, or duly organized 
 meeting of masons is called a lodge. Every brother 
 ought to belong to some lodge and be subject 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 usai^es and customs of the craft is 
 alone to 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 master and 
 wardens that pure necessity hindered him. 
 
 The persons made masons or admitted members of 
 a lodge must be good and true men, free born, and 
 
ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 of mature and discreet age and sound judgment, no 
 bondmen, no women, no immoral or scandalous men, 
 but of good report. 
 
 IV.— OF MASTEI]LS, WARDENS, FELLOWS AND 
 
 APPRENTICES. 
 
 All preferment among masons is grounded upon 
 real worth and personal merit only, that so the lords 
 may bo well served, the brethren not put to shame, 
 uor the royal 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 be a 'perfect 
 youth^ havirfg no maiin or defect in his hody^ that 
 may render him incapable of learning the art, of 
 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 the 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. 
 
 No brother can be a warden until he has passed 
 the part of a fellow-craft, nor a master until he has 
 acted as a warden, nor grand warden until he has 
 been master of a lodge, nor grand-master unless he 
 has been a fellow -craft before liis election, who is also 
 to be nobly 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 
 
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 ANTIENT CHAEaES. 
 
 is of singularly great merit in the opinion of the 
 
 lodges. 
 
 •fiiese rulers and governors, supreme and subordi- 
 nate, of the antient 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 hrother^ hoioever skilled 
 in the crafty was called a master-mason until he had 
 been elected into the chair of a lodge. 
 
 v.— OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CRAFT IN 
 
 WORKING. 
 
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 All masons shall work honestly on working days 
 that they may live creditably on holy days ; and tlie 
 time appointed by the law of the land, on 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 ; who is to be called master by those who 
 work under him. The craftsinen are to avoid all ill 
 language, and to 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 
 
 Eossible, and truly dispend his goods as if they were 
 is own ; nor to give more wages to any brother or 
 apprentice than he really may deserve. 
 
 Both the master and the masons receiving their 
 wages, justly, shall be faithful to the lord, and honestly 
 finish tiieir work, whether task or journey; nor put 
 the work to task that hath been accustomed to 
 journey. 
 
ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 Noiii shall discover envy at the prosperity of a 
 brother, nor supplant him, or put him out of his work, 
 if he be capable to finish the same ; for no man can 
 finish another's work so much to the lord's profit, 
 unless he be thoroughly acquainted with the designs 
 and draughts of him that began it. 
 
 "When a 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 murmuring or mutiny, and not desert 
 the master till the work be finished. 
 
 A younger brother shall be instructed in working 
 to prevent spoiling the materials for want of judgment 
 and for increasing and continuing of brotherly love. 
 
 All the tools used in working shall be approved by 
 the grand lodge. ♦ 
 
 No laborer shall be employed in the proper work 
 of masonry ; nor shall freemasons work with those 
 that are not free, without an urgent necessity ; nor 
 shall they teach laborers and unaccepted masons, as 
 they should teach a brother or fellow. 
 
 VI.— ON BEHAVIOUR, Viz : 
 
 I. — IN THE LODGE WHILE CONSTITUTED. 
 
 You are not to hold private committees, or separate 
 conversation, 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 yourself 
 ludicrously or jestingly while the lodge is engaged in 
 what is serious and solemn ; nor use any unbecoming 
 
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 ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
 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 controversies, (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 reference ma}^ 
 be made ; but you must never go to law about what 
 concerneth masonry, without an absolute necessity 
 apparent to the lodge. 
 
 2.— BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE LODGE IS OVER, AND THE BRETHREN 
 
 NOT GONE. 
 
 You may enjoy yourselves with innocent mirth, 
 treating one another according to ability, but avoding 
 all excess, or forcing any brother to eat or drink 
 beyond his inclination, or hindering him from going 
 when his occasions call him, or doing or saying any 
 thing offensive, or that may forbid an easy and free 
 conversation ; for that would blast our harmony, and 
 defeat our laudable purposes. Therefore no private 
 piques or quarrels must be brought within the door, 
 of the 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, kindreds, and languages, and 
 are resolved against all politics, as what never yet 
 conduced to the welfare of the lodge, nor ever will. 
 
 3.-BEHAVI0UR 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, 
 
ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
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 freely giving mutual instruction as shall be thought 
 expedient, without being overseen or overheard, and 
 Avithout encroaching upon each other, or derogating 
 from that respect wiiich is due to any brother, were 
 he not a mason : for though all masons are as brethren 
 upon the same level, yet masonry takes 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 OB' STRANGERS, NOT MASONS. 
 
 You should be cautious in your words and carriage, 
 that the most penetrating stranger shall not be able 
 to discover or find out what is not proper to be 
 intimated ; and sometimes you shall divert a discourse, 
 and manage it prudently for tlie honor of the 
 worshipful fraternity. 
 
 5.-BEIIAVI0UR AT HOME AND IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
 
 You are to act as becomes a moral and wise man ; 
 particularly 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 
 antient brotherhood, for reasons not to be mentioned 
 here. You must also consult your health by not 
 continuing together too late or too long from home 
 after lodge hours are past ; and by avoiding of 
 gluttony or drunkenness, that your families be not 
 neglected or injured, nor you disabled from working. 
 
 6.-BEHAVI0UR TOWARDS A STRANGE BROTHER. 
 
 You are cautiously to examine him in such a 
 method as prudence sh: 11 direct you, that you may 
 
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 not be imposed upon by an ignorant, false pretender, 
 whom yon are to reject with contempt and derision, 
 and beware of giving him any hints of knowledge. 
 
 Bn* if 3^on 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 else 
 direct him how he may be relieved. You must employ 
 him some days or else recommend him to be employed. 
 But you are not charged to do beyond your ability ; 
 only to prefer a poor brother that is a good man and 
 true,before any other people in the same circumstances. 
 
 Finally, — All these charges you are to observe, and 
 also those that shall be communicated to you in 
 another way; cultivating brotherly love the foundation 
 and cape-stone, the cement and glory of this antient 
 fraternity ; avoiding all wrangling and quarrelling, all 
 slander and backbiting, nor permitting others to 
 slander any honest brother ,but defending his character 
 and doing him all good offices, as far as is consistent 
 with your honor and safety, and no farther. And if 
 any of them do you injury, you must apply to your 
 own or his lodge ; and from thence you may appeal 
 to the grand lodge, at the annual communication, as 
 has been the antient 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 master and fellows, when they would 
 prevent your 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 the more 
 alacrity and success ; but with respect to brothers or 
 fellows at law, the master and brethren should kindly 
 offer their mediation, which ought to be thankfully 
 submitted to by the contending brethren ; and if that 
 
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ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
 15 
 
 submission is impracticable, tliey must, however, 
 carry on their process, or law-suit, without wiath and 
 rancour, (not in the common way) saying or doing 
 nothing which may hinder brotherly love and good 
 offices to be renewed and continued, that all may see 
 the benign influence of masonry, as all true masons 
 liave done from the beginning of the world, and will 
 do to the end of Umc. 
 
 Amen, so mote it he. 
 
 Summary of the Antient Cjiakoes and Regulations 
 to he read hy the Grand Secretary, {or aotmg 
 Secretary^ to the Master-Elect, frior to his 
 Installation into the Chair of the Lodge. 
 
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 1. You agree to be a good man and true, and strictly 
 to obey the moral law. 
 
 2. You are to be a peaceable subject, and cheerfully 
 to conform to the laws of the country in which you 
 reside. 
 
 3. You promise not to be concerned in plots or 
 conspiracies against government, but patiently to 
 submit to the decisions of the supreme legislature. 
 
 4. You agree to pay a proper respect to the civil 
 magistrate, to work diligently, live creditably, and 
 act honorably by all men. 
 
16 
 
 ANTIEN'P CHARGES. 
 
 
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 5. You agree to hold in veneration the original 
 rulers and patrons of the order of freemasonry, and 
 their regular successors, 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 agaiunt intemperance and excess. 
 
 7. You agree to be cautious in your carriage and 
 behaviour, courteous to your bretliren, and faithful to 
 your lodge. 
 
 8. You promise to respect genuine and true brethren 
 and to discountenance impostors and all dissenters 
 from the original plan of freemasonry. 
 
 0. 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 extend. 
 
 10. You promise to pay homage to the grand master 
 for the time being, and to his officers when duly 
 installed, and strictly to 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 
 communications and committees of the grand lodge 
 upon receiving proper notice thereof; and to pay 
 attention to all tlie duties of freemasonry, upon 
 proper and convenient occasions. 
 
 13. You admit that no new lodge can be 
 formed without permission of the grand master 
 
 
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 and that no countenance ought to be given to any 
 irregular lodge, or to any person initiated therein ; 
 and that no public processions of masons clothed with 
 the badges 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 previous notice and due inquiry into his 
 character ; and that no brother can be advanced to a 
 higher degree except in strict conformity with tJie 
 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 
 in a regular lodge. 
 
 At the conclusion, the grand master or 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." 
 Upon his answering in the affirmative, the ceremony 
 of installation proceeds. 
 
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 d lodge 
 
 to pay 
 y, upon 
 
 can be 
 master 
 
 9 
 
CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF 
 
 €l)t #rnnJi ItoigB nf MM /m k Mtfhl MmB^ 
 
 OF CANADA. 
 
 (M&tf The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and 
 Accepted Masons of Canada, 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 of 
 Canada 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 
 " Tlie Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted 
 Masons of Canada.'' 
 
 2. The officers 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, or presiding officer, at tbe 
 annual communication,shall appoint three scrutineers, 
 
THE (illAND LODGK. 
 
 V.) 
 
 whose duty it shall bo to collect the ballots for grand 
 officers, and lists of members for the board of general 
 purposes from the brethren to whom they have been 
 delivered. The scrutineers shall solemnly pledge 
 themselves to make a correct report under their hands 
 of the result of the ballot, and having ascertained the 
 number of votes for the respective candidates, they 
 shall present their reports to grand lodge. 
 
 4. The election and appointment of all officers of 
 grand lodge, shall take place at the annual 
 communication, when those present shall be duly 
 installed or invested, and proclaimed in ancient form. 
 
 5. The following officers shall be elected, viz. : 
 By ballot of the grand lodge — 
 
 The most worshipful the grand master. 
 
 
 right 
 
 u 
 
 deputy grand master. 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 grand 
 
 senior warden. 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 (( 
 
 junior warden. 
 
 
 
 « 
 
 a 
 
 chaplain. 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 (( 
 
 treasurer. 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 registrar. 
 
 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 cnrtvof OV1T 
 
 ; the 
 
 By an open vote of the grand lodge — 
 Tlie grand tyler. 
 
 By the majority of the representatives of the lodges 
 of the respective districts present at the annual 
 communication, subject to the confirmation of the 
 grand master — 
 
 The right worshipful the district deputy grand 
 masters. 
 
 6. The following officers shall be appointed by the 
 grand master, viz. : 
 
20 
 
 THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 The very worshipful grand seuior deacon. 
 
 u 
 
 
 
 junior deacon. 
 
 
 (i 
 
 
 
 superintendent of works. 
 
 u 
 
 
 
 director of ceremonies. 
 
 <l 
 
 
 " assis't " 
 
 (( 
 
 u 
 
 « 
 
 
 U (( (( 
 
 secretary. 
 
 
 IC 
 
 
 
 sword bearer. 
 
 
 <( 
 
 
 
 organist. 
 
 
 « 
 
 
 '^ assis't " 
 
 u 
 
 , 
 
 C( 
 
 
 
 pursuivant. 
 
 
 « 
 
 
 '' twelve" 
 
 stewards. 
 
 
 7. The 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 lodge; 
 the masters and wardens of all private lodges (duly 
 returned,) and all past masters (duly returned) being 
 members of a private 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 lodge. 
 
 8. Should neither the worshipful master, nor the 
 wardens of a lodge attend any communication 
 of grand lodge, such lodge by its vote, properly 
 certified by the worshipful 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 the name of 
 the brother so delegated shall have been written in 
 the proxy, previous to its being signed by the 
 worshipful master and secretary of the lodge: no 
 brother can represent more than three lodges. 
 
 9. The rank of officers and members of grand lodge 
 shall be as follows : 
 
THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 21 
 
 works, 
 onies. 
 
 ivc and 
 
 tylcr) 
 
 all past 
 
 lodge ; 
 !8 (duly 
 ^ being 
 brother 
 he time 
 
 master 
 
 lor the 
 lication 
 roperly 
 ry, and 
 master, 
 it their 
 name of 
 itten in 
 by the 
 
 ge: 
 
 no 
 
 id lodge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The grand master. 
 
 Past grand masters, acoording to seniority. 
 The deputy grand master. 
 Past deputy grand inastcrB. 
 District deputy grand muster, London 
 
 Wilson 
 Huron 
 Hamilton 
 Toronto 
 Ontario 
 
 Prince Edward 
 Central 
 Montreal 
 Eastern T'nships 
 Quebec 
 Past district deputy grand masters. 
 
 Grand senior warden. 
 Past " ^ " " 
 
 Grand junior warden. 
 Past " " " 
 
 Grand chaplain. 
 Past " « 
 
 Grand treasurer. 
 Past " " 
 
 Grand registrar. 
 Past " " 
 
 Grand secretary. 
 Past " " 
 
 Grand senior deacon. 
 Past " " " 
 
 Grand junior deacon. 
 Past " " ^ " 
 
 Grand superintendent of works. 
 Past " " « 
 
 Grand director of ceremonies. 
 Past " «< « 
 
 district. 
 a 
 
 (( 
 a 
 
 u 
 « 
 it 
 « 
 
22 
 
 THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 < • 
 
 Assistant grand secretary. 
 Past « « " • 
 
 Assistant grand director of ceremonies. 
 Past " " " 
 
 Grand sword bearer. 
 Past '' " '' 
 
 Grand organist. 
 Past /' '' 
 
 Assistant grand organist. 
 Past " " « 
 
 Grand pursuivant. 
 Past " " 
 
 Grand stewards. 
 Past " " 
 
 Tlie masters, past masters, and senior and junior 
 wardens, of private 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 elegible to any elective 
 office in the grand lodge, unless he has been regu- 
 larly installed worshipful master of a private 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, pro tempore. 
 
 13. Brethren of eminence and ability, who have 
 rendered service to the craft, may, by a vote of the 
 grand lodge, be constituted members of the grand 
 lodge, witli such rank and distinction as may be 
 thought proper, except that of past grand master, or 
 past deputy grand master. 
 
 14. rfo member of the grand lodge shall attend 
 therein without liis proper jewel and clothing, nor 
 wearing any jewel not recognized by the grand lodge. 
 
THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 23 
 
 or 
 
 15. Should any lodge have neglected to make its 
 returns and payments to the grand lodge for more 
 than one year, the master, wardens, or other represen- 
 tative of such lodge, shall not be permitted to attend 
 any meeting of the grand lodge, until such returns 
 and payments shall have been completed. 
 
 16. 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. 
 
 17. The annual communication of the grand lodge 
 shall be holden on the second 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. 
 
 18. The grand master, or in his absence from the 
 province, the deputy grand master, or in his like 
 absence, the grand wardens, may sum.mon and hold 
 grand lodges of emergency, whenever the good of the 
 craft shall, in their opinion, require it ; the particular 
 reason for convening such lodge of emergency shall be 
 expressed in the summons, and no other business shall 
 be entered upon at that meeting. 
 
 19. If at any grand lodge, stated or occasional, the 
 grand master be absent, the lodge shall be ruled by 
 the grand officer next in rank and seniority who may 
 be present ; and, if no elective grand officer be 
 present, by the master of the senior lodge. The grand 
 lodge is declared to be opened in ample form when 
 the grand master is present ; in due form when a past 
 grand master or the deputy presides ; at all other 
 times only inform^ yet with the same authority. 
 
24 
 
 THE GBAND LODGE. 
 
 20. The powers of any /t>ro tern/pore presiding oflBcer 
 shall be the same as those properly belonging to the 
 office so tilled by him. 
 
 21. In the grand lodge alone resides the power of 
 enacting laws and regulations for the government of 
 the craft, and of altering, repealing and abrogating 
 them, always taking care that the ancient landmarks 
 of the order are preserved. The grand lodge has also 
 the inherent power of investigating, regulating and 
 deciding, all matters relative to the craft, or to 
 particular 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 the grand lodge alone resides the 
 power of erasing lodges and expelling brethren from 
 the craft. 
 
 22. No lodge shall be erased, nor any brother 
 expelled, until the master or officers of the lodge, or 
 the offending 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 delivered personally, or 
 sent by post to the last known place of residence of 
 such brother, being deemed a sufficient service. 
 
 23. All differences or complaints that cannot be 
 accommodated privately, or in some regular lodge, 
 shall be delivered in writing to the grand secretary, 
 who shall lay them before the grand master, board of 
 general purposes, or committee appointed by grand 
 lodge. When all the parties shall have been 
 summoned to attend thereon, and the case shall have 
 been investigated, such order and adjudication may 
 be made as shall be authorized by the laws and 
 regulations of masonry. 
 
 24. When any memorial, or other document, shall 
 
THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 25 
 
 ay 
 
 nd 
 
 all 
 
 be presented by any member of tlie 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. 
 
 25. No brother below the rank of a past grand 
 master shall assume the grand master's chair, though 
 he be entitled in the absence of the grand master, to 
 rule the grand lodge. 
 
 REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OP THE GRAND LODGE 
 DURING THE TIME OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. 
 
 1. 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 pll communications 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. 
 
 2. All matters are to be decided by a majority of 
 votes, each 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 the lodge, 
 for the sake of expedition, think proper to leave any 
 particular subject to the determination 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 up one of his 
 hands, which uplifted hands the grand wardens or 
 grand deacons are to count, unless the number should 
 

 THE GKAND LODGE. 
 
 be so unequal as to render counting unnecessary ; but 
 any brotber may demand a ballot on any question, 
 either before or Immediately after an open vote shall 
 have been taken. 
 
 3. 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 above from place to place, in the discliarge of 
 their duties. 
 
 4. No brother shall speak twice to the same 
 question, unless in explanation, or the mover in reply. 
 
 5. Every one who speaks shall rise, and remain 
 standing, addressing himself to the grand master ; nor 
 shall any brother 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 
 lie has been set right, he may proceed, if he observe 
 due order and decorum. 
 
 0. 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 lodge for that communication. 
 
 7. Whoever shall be so unmasonic as to hiss at a 
 brother, or at what he has said, shall l)e solemnly 
 excluded the communication, and declared incapable 
 of being a member of the grand lodge, until at another 
 time he publicly own his fault, and grace be granted. 
 
 8. No motion on any new subject shall be made, 
 nor any new matter entered upon after eleven o'clock 
 at night. 
 
 9. 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. 
 
 10. No notice shall be entertained for altering or 
 
 JiS 
 
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OF GRAND MASTER. 
 
 27 
 
 try ; but 
 [uestion, 
 jte shall 
 
 3ept the 
 
 and his 
 
 lowed to 
 
 liarge of 
 
 amending the laws, rules or regulations of this grand 
 lodge, or for adding a new law, rule or regulation 
 thereto, witliout notice in writing, stating the 
 amendment proposed, having been given at the 
 communication previous to that at which it is to be 
 brought before grand lodge, and no alteration or 
 addition to tlie constitution shall be made binding 
 unless supported by two-thirds of the votes present. 
 
 10 same 
 in reply, 
 remain 
 iter ; nor 
 unless to 
 le grand 
 )ut after 
 ! observe 
 
 ie called 
 id shall 
 le same 
 ommand 
 m. 
 
 Hiss at a 
 olemnly 
 icapable 
 another 
 granted. 
 
 )e made, 
 1 o'clock 
 
 id lodge 
 notice 
 
 lering or 
 
 
 OF GRAND MASTER. 
 
 1. The grand master shall, according to ancient 
 usage, be elected and installed at the annual commu- 
 nication. He is then to nominate such of his grand 
 officers as it is his prerogative to appoint, who with 
 the elective grand officers, are, if present, to be 
 thereupon installed or invested in ancient form. 
 
 2. 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 grand master; and should the 
 grand master die during his term of office, ' or be 
 rendered incapable of 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 previous to sucli election, the grand wardens shall 
 immediately summon a grand lodge to elect a grand 
 master. 
 
 3. 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. He may also,with the concurrence 
 of the grand lodge, constitute any distinguished 
 brother, who may be regularly deputed from a sister 
 
 y 
 
28 
 
 OF DEPUTY GRAND MA.STEII. 
 
 grand lodge, a member of tlie grand lodge of Canada, 
 with such rank as the grand lodge may deem to be 
 appropriate. 
 
 4. The grand master has full autliority to preside - 
 in any lodge, and to order any of his grand ofticersto 
 attend him. His deputy is to be placed on his right 
 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 may command 
 the wardens of the lodge, or any master masons, to' 
 act as his wprdens, pro tempore. 
 
 5. The grand master may send his grand officers to 
 visit any lodge he may think proper. 
 
 6. The grand master may summon any lodge or 
 brother to attend him, and to produce the warrant, 
 books, papers and accounts of such lodge, or the 
 certificate of such brother. If the summons be not 
 complied with, nor a sufficient reason given for non- 
 compliance, such summons is to be repeated as a 
 peremptory summons : if such last summons be not 
 attended to, such lodge or brother maybe suspended, 
 and the proceeding notified to the grand lodge. 
 
 7. 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 OKAND MASTER. 
 
 1. This officer is to be elected at the annual 
 communication of the grand lodge ; and in order that 
 both sections of the province may enjoy a proper 
 representation, he shall not be elected from that 
 portion of the province in which the grand master 
 
 I 
 
 y 
 
DISRTCT DEPUTY GRAND iNF ASTER. 
 
 21) 
 
 Unada, 
 I to be 
 
 presivle^ 
 licersto 
 13 rio'ht 
 1 His 
 rticular 
 A'ardens 
 •mmand 
 Lsons, to 
 
 Hiecrs to 
 
 odge or 
 A^arrant, 
 , or the 
 , be not 
 for 11011- 
 :ed as a 
 s be not 
 pended, 
 
 officially 
 nry, but 
 y grand 
 or board 
 
 I annual 
 rder that 
 a proper 
 'om that 
 i master 
 
 
 resides. If present he shall be immediately installed, 
 accordino; to ancient usasje. In the abscence of the 
 grand master, as hereinbefore provided, tlie deputy 
 possesses all liis powers and privileges. 
 
 2. The deputy grand master has full authority, 
 unless the grand master be present, to ])reside in any 
 lodge whicli he may visit, with the district deputy 
 grand master on his riglit hand, and the master of the 
 lodge on liis left hand. The grand wardens, if present, 
 are to act as wardens of tliat particular lodge during 
 the deputy grand master's continuance there ; but if 
 tlie 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. 
 
 1. The district deputy grand master, for each 
 district, shall be nominated by the majority of the 
 representatives of the lodges of sucli district, at the 
 annual communication, and if confirmed by the grand 
 master, if present, he shall be regularly installed. He 
 must be a past master, and a resident in the district 
 for which he is appointed. 
 
 2. He may preside in every lodge he visits within 
 his district, with the master of the lodge on his right 
 hand. 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the district deputy grand 
 master to visit all the lodges in his district during his 
 term of office, to see that such lodges are working in 
 accordance with the ritual 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 suspend such 
 lodge. 
 
30 
 
 IJISTRICT DEPUTY GRA.Nl"> MASTEU. 
 
 4. He may hear and determine any subject of 
 masonic complaint or irregularity, respecting lodges 
 or individual masons within his district, and may 
 proceed to admonition or to suspension, until the 
 decision of the grand master shall be known thereon. 
 A minute of all sucli proceedings, stating the offence 
 and the law applicable to it, together with his 
 decision, shall be transmitted to tlie grand master 
 through the grand secretary ; and when the case is of 
 so flagrant a nature, as, in tlie judgment of the district 
 deputy grand master, to rerpiire the erasure of a 
 lodge or the expulsion of a brother, he shall make a 
 special report to the grand lodge, with his opinion 
 thereon. 
 
 5. The district deputy grand master has no power 
 to expel a mason ; when satisfied that any brother 
 has been unjustly or illegally suspended, removed, or 
 excluded from any of his masonic functions or 
 privileges, by a lodge within his district, he may 
 order him to be immediatel}' restored, and may 
 suspend until the next communication of the grand 
 lodge, the lodge or brother who shall refuse to comply 
 with such order ; and shall immediately report the 
 circumstances to the grand master. 
 
 6. 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 complaint may be transmitted to the 
 grand secretary. An appeal, in all cases, lies from 
 the district deputy grand master to the grand master 
 or the grand lodge. 
 
 7. The district deputy grand master may summon 
 any lodge or brother within his district to attend him, 
 and to produce the warrant, books, papers, and 
 accounts of such lodge, or the certificate of such 
 
 hi 
 
GKAND WARDENS. 
 
 81 
 
 I may 
 til the 
 
 brothoi*. It' the summons bo not complied with, nor 
 a sufficient reason given for non comph .ce, a 
 peremptory summons shall be issued ; and, in case 
 of contumacy, he may suspend the lodge or brother, 
 as before provided. 
 
 8. He has power to give or to refuse consent for 
 tne removal of a lodge irom town to town within his 
 district, but not from his district into another, nor 
 from another district into his own, without the 
 sanction of the grand master. 
 
 9. He has power to grant dispensations for festivals 
 and public jjrocessions, reporting the same to the 
 grand master. 
 
 10. He is required to correspond with the grand 
 lodge, and to transmit 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. 
 
 11. He may appoint a district chaplain and 
 secretary, during pleasure, but they shall have no 
 rank in grand lodge by virtue of such office. 
 
 OF GRAND WARDENS. • 
 
 1. The grand wardens shall be elected and invested 
 at the annual communication. 
 
 2. .Vhen the actual grand wardens are in grand 
 lodge, no others can supply their places, but in their 
 absence the senior past grand wardens present shall 
 act fro tempore. If no past grand warden be present 
 the grand master may direct any other member of 
 grand lodge to act as grand warden for that occasion. 
 
 3. The grand wardens, whenever commanded, are 
 
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 I ? 
 
 oil AND CHAPLAIN, &C. 
 
 to attend the grand master, and while he presides in 
 any particular lodge, are to act there as his wardens. 
 
 OF ORANI) CIIArLAIN. 
 
 1. The grand chaplain shall be elected and invested 
 at the annual communication, and shall attend all 
 communications and other meetings of the grand 
 lodge, and there offer up solemn prayer suitable to 
 the occasion, as established by the usage of the 
 IVaternity. 
 
 OF (JRAND TREASURER. 
 
 1. The grand treasurer shall be elected and invested 
 at the annual communication. 
 
 2. The grand treasurer shall give a joint bend, with 
 two sureties, to the grand master and deputy grand 
 master, in such penalty and wnth such conditions as 
 may be deemed expedient, for the due performance 
 of his trust. 
 
 3. To the grpnd treasurer shall be committed all 
 monies raised for the general charity . or for any other 
 public use of the fraternity, of which ho shall keep 
 an account in a book, si^ecifying the respective uses 
 for which the several sums are intended ; and shall 
 disburse the same in such manner as the grand lodge 
 or other proper authority shall direct, and produce 
 his accounts of receipts and disbursements before 
 every regular communication, or when called for by 
 the board of general purposes ; and these accounts 
 shall be annually audited by the said board, who 
 shall make their report thereon at the annual 
 communication in July. 
 
 OF GRAND REGISTRAR. 
 
 1. The grand registrar shall be elected and invested 
 at the annual communication. 
 
 / 
 
GRAND SECRETARY. Si 
 
 2. lie shall lifivo tlic custody of llic Bcals of the 
 grand lodijje, and shall allix, or may anthorizo tlic 
 grand secretary to aflix tlio same to all patents, 
 warrants, certiticatcs, and other documents issued by 
 authority of the grand lodge, together witiv such as 
 the grand master, in conformity with the laws and 
 regulations of the grand lodge, may direct. 
 
 3. The grand master may, hy 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. 
 
 !d all 
 
 other 
 
 keep 
 
 uses 
 
 shall 
 
 rested 
 
 OF GRAND SECRETARY. 
 
 1. The grand secretary shall be elected and invested 
 at the annual communication. 
 
 2. The grand secretary is to sign and certify all 
 instruments from the grand lodge, under seal or 
 otherwise ; to issue summonses for all meetings of the 
 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 lodges, and enter them in tlic books 
 of the grand lodge, and duly report the same at eacli 
 annual communication of the grand lodge ; to 
 transmit to all lodges the ])roceedings of every 
 communication or other meetinij: of errand lodii-e, and 
 
 nil O o o ' 
 
 all such other papers and documents as may be 
 ordered, either by the grand master, the grand lodge, 
 or board of general purposes; to notify all lodges, 
 annually, of all expelled, restored, suspended or 
 excluded members for the year ; to furnish the district 
 deputy grand masters and board of general purposes 
 
84 
 
 GRAND nEAC^NS, <feo. 
 
 with all proper dv^eninonts and information that they 
 iniiy rccpiire; to rcc-L'iv(Mill potitions, rnemoriuls, etc., 
 iirni to lay tlicni before the {.i^rand inastcr, or other 
 proper nnthority : to attend the ^ii;rand master or hoard 
 of <jjeneral pin'[)Oses, and to take to him or them any 
 hooks or papers he or they may direct; to condnct 
 the correspondence of tlie t^rand lod^e : to receive, 
 credit and n^cord all monies of the grand lodge, and 
 pay over the same withont delay to the grand 
 treasnrei', and annually re])ort the amount received, 
 and generally to do all Hucli things as heretofore have 
 or Bhould liavc been done, by a grand secretary. 
 
 OF GllAND DEACONS. 
 
 1. The grand deacons arc to be api)ointcd by the 
 grand master on the day of his installation. 
 
 2. If the grand deacons be absent, the grand 
 master or presiding ollicer may appoint any members 
 of grand lodge to officiate j)ro Umyore. 
 
 OP GRAND SUPERINTENDENT OF WORKS, GRAND DIRECTOR OF 
 CEREMONIES, ASSISTANT GRAND SECRETARY, ASSISTANT 
 GRAND DIRECTOR OF CKREM0NIE3, GRAND SWORD BEARER, 
 GRAND ORGANIST, ASSISTANT GRAND ORGANIST, GRAND 
 PURSUIVANT, GRAND STEWARDS, GRAND STANDARD 
 BEARERS, AND GRAND TYLER. 
 
 1. The grand superintendent of works, director of 
 ceremonies, assistant secretary, assistant director of 
 ceremonies, sword bearer, organist, assistant organist, 
 and pursuivant, stewards and standard bearers, arc 
 to bo appointed annnally hy the grand master, on the 
 day of liis installation. They are to attend all 
 cominnnications and other meetings of the grand 
 lodge. 
 
 2. The grand suvcrintendeni of vwrks ought to bo 
 
 a hrot 
 archit 
 on all 
 grain 
 same 
 that t 
 the g 
 sugget 
 edifice 
 in ev( 
 dila|)i( 
 ''cportfc 
 
 n ft 
 O. J 
 
 his otli 
 grand 
 jewels 
 4. 1 
 the por 
 with ti 
 attends 
 qualilic 
 jewels i 
 papers, 
 fc adm 
 
 5. Tw 
 for the 
 di roc tic 
 in con 
 commn 
 lodge. 
 
 G. G, 
 
 the gra] 
 must be 
 of the g 
 ceremoi 
 
GIJANI) SlTPKRINTr-NDENT OP WORKS, (feo. 
 
 35 
 
 a brotlior well nkillod in tlio flcionco of gcoinotry mid 
 sircliilccluro. IIo is to advise ^vitll the griiiid master 
 on all ])lans of l)uil(liii;.(;s or ediil(!e3 lUulertalaMi l)y 
 pjrand lod^-e, and i'liniisli plans and estimates I'or the 
 name; he is to superintend their eoiistriietiou and' see 
 that they arc conlbrnnihle to the jdans ap])roved hy 
 the grand nnister and the i;rand lodge, lie is to 
 snggcst improvements where neeessary, in all the 
 edifices of the grand lodge, and on the lirst meeting 
 in every year, rej^ort on the F*-'"^e of rei)air or 
 dilapidation of snch cdiliees, an inahc such I'urther 
 •'cports, i'roin time to time, as he may deemex{)cdient. 
 
 3. The (/rand director of ceremonies^ in a(hlition to 
 his other duties, has the care, during the session of 
 grand lodge, of the regalia, clothing, insignia, and 
 jewels belonging to the grand lodge. 
 
 4. The grand pitrsuivant^ ^\\?i\\ preserve order in 
 the porch at every meeting of the grand lodge, and, 
 with the assistance of the brethren nominated for 
 attendance ihere, sec that none except thoire that arc 
 qualilied, and who have their proper clothing and 
 jewels and have 'gned their names to the accustomed 
 papers, and are, in all respects, entitled to admission, 
 Irt) admitted. 
 
 5. Twelve gr. vi d stewards shall be annually appointed 
 for the regulation of grand festivals, under the 
 direction of the grand master. They shall also assist 
 in conductino: the arranocments made for the 
 communications and other meetings of the grand 
 lodge. 
 
 G. Grand, standard hearers may be ap]')ointed by 
 the grand master as the occasion may requii'c. They 
 must be master masons, and arc to carry the standards 
 of the grand lodge, and grand master on all grand 
 ceremonies. They are not, however, by their 
 
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 {ippointment, members of the grand lodge, nor are 
 tliey to wear the clotliing of a grand officer. 
 
 Y. Any grand officer, entitled to have a standard, 
 may whenever it shall be necessary, appoint a standard 
 bearer, who must be a master mason. 
 
 8. The grand tyler is to bo elected by an open 
 vote at the annnal communication. 
 
 9. The grand tyler is to attend all meetings of the 
 grand lodge, assist in the arrangments, and see that 
 none bo admitted but those properly entitled. 
 
 10. If any grand tyler shall officiate, or attend at 
 any meeting or pretended lodge of masons not being 
 regularly constituted, or not acknowledging the 
 authority of the grand master, or not conforming 
 to the laws of the grand lodge, he shall thereby be 
 rendered incapable of ever aifter being a tyler or 
 attendant on a lodge, and be excluded the benefit of 
 the general charity. 
 
 OP B0.\IID OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 
 
 I. Tlie board shall consist of the grand master, 
 deputy grand master, wlio shall be ex-ojlcio, president 
 of the board ; tlio district deputy grand master of eacb. 
 masonic district, the two grand wardens, and twenty 
 other members, ten of whom shall be appointed by 
 the grand master, and the remaining ten sliall be 
 elected by the grand lodge ; the whole twenty to be 
 selected from among tlio actual masters and past 
 masters of the lodges. Members thus appointed and 
 elected shall hold office for two years. Not more 
 than one-half of such appointed or elected i'lombers 
 arc to be past masters at the time of such appointment 
 or election, nor can more than two members of the 
 same lodge be appointed or elected on the same board ; 
 bat this shall not disqualify any past master, being a 
 
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 
 
 37 
 
 subscribing moinber and master of another lodge, 
 from being elected for and representing the lodge of 
 which he is worshipful master. One half the members, 
 both appointed and elected, who have served for two 
 years, as herein before provided, must go out of office 
 at each annual communication. Retirinix members 
 are eligible for re-appointment or re-election. 
 
 2. The board shall annually elect one of its members 
 to be vice-president. 
 
 3. The names of the several bretliren iiitended to 
 be put in nomination as mem'' '^rs of the board, (five 
 of whom are to be elected at each annual communi- 
 cation,) are to be delivered in writing to tlie grand 
 secretary, on the first day of the assembling of grand 
 lodge in annual communication, in order that all 
 names so to be i)roposed may be printed in a list, a 
 copy of which shall be delivered to each member 
 of the grand lodge, previous to the election. The 
 balloting lists are subsequently to be collected by 
 scrutineers, as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 4. If the president, vice-president, or any other 
 member of the board die or be removed, the vacancy 
 shall be thus filled up ; if one appointed by the grand 
 master, then his successor shall be appointed by the 
 grand master ; but if one elected by tlie grand lodge, 
 then by ballot of the board of general purposes at its 
 next meeting. Notice of such election shall be ^iven 
 in the summons issued for the next meeting of the 
 board. 
 
 5. Should the president and vice-president be 
 absent from any meeting of the board, the brother 
 highest in rank and seniority shall preside. 
 
 6. There shall be half-yearly meetings of the board, 
 one of such meetings being held at least one day 
 before the annual communication of the grand lodge, 
 
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 at tlio ])lac(3 appointed for lioldhig the ineeting of 
 grand lod;^o. It may bo adjourned for further 
 consideration of the business before it, and may also 
 be convened at other times, by command of the grand 
 master or the president. 
 
 7. Five members shall constitute a board, and may 
 proceed to business, except in the decision of masonic 
 complaints, for which purpose at least seven members 
 must be present. All questions sliall be decided by 
 a majority of votes, the presiding otficer. in a case of 
 equality, having a second vote. 
 
 8. The board has authority to hear and determine 
 all subjects of masonic complaint, or irregularity 
 respecting lodges or individual masons, when regularly 
 brought before it. It may proceed to admonition 
 fine or suspension, according to the laws; and its 
 decision shall be final, unless an appeal be made to 
 the grand lodge. Notice of any such intended appeal 
 shall be given in writing to the grand secretary, 
 within fourteen days of the receipt by the lodge, or 
 brothe'r, of the decision of the 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 the grand lodge. 
 
 9. The board may summon any lodge or brother 
 to attend it, and to produce the warrant, jjooks, papers 
 and accounts of the lodge, or the certificate of the 
 brother. If such lodge or brother do not comply 
 nor give sufiicient reasons for non-compliance, a 
 peremptory summons shall be issued ; and in case of 
 contumacy, the lodge or brother sliall be suspended, 
 and the proceedings notified to the grand lodge. 
 
 10. When the board has investigated and decided 
 on any case which in its judgment requires admonition 
 
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liOARD OF GENERAL rURPOSES. 
 
 39 
 
 iiiie or suspension, tlio fact alleged as the offence shall 
 be fully stated in the minute, shall be declared proved, 
 the law relating thereto quoted, and the decision 
 recorded and acted npon. 
 
 11. In case of any charge or complaint affecting a 
 member of the board, or a lodge to which he belongs, 
 such member shall withdraw whilst the board 
 considers its decision. 
 
 12. The members of the board shall bo in masonic 
 clothing when they proceed to the investigation of 
 any charge or complaint. 
 
 13. The board shall have charge of the finances of 
 the grand lodge, examine all demands npon it, and 
 when found correct, shall order the grand treasurer 
 to discharge them. 
 
 14. The board shall liave full power to inspect all 
 books and papers relating to the accounts of the grand 
 lodge, and to give orders for any alterations that may 
 be considered desirable. 
 
 15. The board may summon the grand treasurer, 
 grand registrar, grand secretary or other officer or 
 brother having possession of any books, ])apers, 
 documents or accounts belonging to the grand lodge 
 to attend the board, and tlie board may give such 
 directions as may be deemed necessary regarding 
 them. 
 
 16. The books of the grand lodge shall be closed on 
 the thirty-first day of December in each 3'ear,and at the 
 first meeting of tlie board thereafter, the account and 
 balance sheet, together with a list of the contributions 
 a statement of funds in hand, and of all property 
 belonging to the grand lodge, shall be presented and 
 audited ; a^ter which they shall be printed and 
 transmitted to each lodge. 
 
 17. The board has the direction of every thing 
 
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 rolatinc: to the building's and furniture of tlic c^mnd 
 lodge, and may suggest any, alterations and improve- 
 mentf^. 
 
 18. The board sliall cause the necessary ■|)reparations 
 to be made for tlic conimnnications of the grand 
 lodge, as well as for days of festivals, public 
 cerer.ionies, &c. It shall also give orders for all the 
 usnal and ordinary articles which may be required 
 for the grand lodge ; but no extraordinary expense of 
 any kind shall be incurred, without the previous 
 sanction of grand lodge 
 
 19. The board has likewise the care and rc2:ulation 
 of all the concerns of the grand lodge, and may 
 recommend for its adoption whatever it shall deem 
 necessary or advantageous to the welfare and good 
 government of the craft ; and may originate plans for 
 the better regulation of the grana lodge, and the 
 arrauixement of its i^reneral transactions. 
 
 20. On the day ])receding tlie meeting of grand 
 lodge, the board shall appoint three masters or past 
 masters of lodges, as a committee on credentials, who 
 shall attend within the porch of the 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, have 
 their proper clothing and jewels, have signed their 
 names to the accustomed papers, and are in all 
 respects entitled to admission. The three brethren 
 so appointed shall be assisted by three grand stewards 
 of the year. 
 
 21. JS^o recommendation, petition, or representation 
 of any kind, shall be received by the board, unless it 
 be in writing, and signed by the person or persona 
 addressing the board. 
 
 22. All communications from the board to the 
 
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 paratioii!^ 
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 required 
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 grand master, grand lodge, or other board^i or 
 committees, or any private lodge or brother, shall be 
 made in writing. 
 
 23. The board shall proceed to the consideration of 
 any special matter which may be referred to it l)y 
 the grand master or grand lodge, in pl'eference to 
 otlier business. 
 
 24. Tho board may appoint sub-committees from 
 amongst its members for specific purposes, who must 
 report to the board. 
 
 26. All transactions and resolutions of the board 
 shall be entered in a minute book by the grand 
 secretary. 
 
 07 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 1. The officers of a lodge are the master and his two 
 wardens, with their assistants, the two deacons, 
 inner guard and tyler; to which, for the better 
 regulation of the private concerns of the lodge, are 
 to be added a treasurer and secretary. A chaplain, 
 a director of ceremonies, organist and stewards may 
 also be added, and shall hold office until their 
 successors shall have been regularly elected or 
 appointed. 
 
 2. Every lodge shall annually elect its master, 
 wardens, chaplain, treasurer and secretary, by 1)allot, 
 such master having served as warden of a warranted 
 lodge for one year, and at the next regular meeting 
 following his election, after tlie minutes shall have 
 been read and approved, he shall be duly installed in 
 the chair according to ancient usage. He shall then 
 appoint the deacons, the inner guard, director of 
 ceremonies, stewards and other officers ; also, all 
 committees for conducting the business of the lodge. 
 
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 and shall invest all the elective and appointed officers. 
 Tylers are to be chosen by an open vote of the lodge. 
 Buc if a lodge is desirous of investing its worshipful 
 nciaster with the privilege of appointing the wardens 
 and secretary, it can do so by a S])ecial by-law made 
 to that effect, wliich must be sanctioned by two-thirds 
 of the members present, at a meeting regularly con- 
 vened for the consideration thereof. 
 
 2. Every lodge has the power of framing by-laws 
 for its own government, provided they are not 
 contrary to or inconsistent with the general regulations 
 of the grand lodge. The by-laws must be submitted 
 to the district deputy grand master, for the appro- 
 bation of the grand master, and when approved, a 
 fair copy must be sent to the grand secretary, and 
 also to the district deputy grand master ; 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. 
 
 4. The by-laws of the 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 member of the lodge, as a 
 declaration of his submission to them ; and every 
 member 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. 
 
 5. The master of every lodge is to cause the antient 
 charges, the regulations of the grand lodge relating to 
 private lodges, and the by-laws of his lodge, to be read 
 in open lodge once in every year. 
 
 6. The master is responsible that a book, or books, 
 be kept, in which the secretary shall enter the names 
 
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 of the members of the lodge, and of all persons initiated 
 or admitted therein, with the dates of their proposal, 
 admission or initiation, passing and raising; and also 
 their ages, as nearly as possible, at that time, and their 
 titles, professions, or trades, together with such 
 transactions of the lodge as are proper to be written. 
 
 7. The regular days of meeting of the lodge shall 
 be specified in the by-laws. 
 
 8. 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, of 
 the senior warden, or in his absence of the junior 
 warden, but on no pretence without such authority. 
 A lodge of emergency for the purpose of attending a 
 funeral of a deceased brother, may be called at any 
 time without the ordinary seven days' notice, by the 
 worshipful master, or in his absence by the senior 
 warden, or in his absence by the junior warden, but 
 not without such authority. The particular reason for 
 calling the lodge of emergency shall be expressed in 
 the summons, and afterwards recorded in the minute 
 book, and no business but that so expressed shall be 
 entered upon at such meeting. No lodge has the 
 power of adjourning from day to day. 
 
 9. Every lodge shall keep a book, in which the 
 members attending at each meeting shall sign their 
 names belbre entering the lodge, and a similar book 
 or a portion of the same book for visitors, who aie 
 in like manner to enter their names, masonic rank 
 and the name of their mother lodge, or the lodge from 
 which they hail. 
 
 10. The precedency of lodges is derived from the 
 number of their warrant of constitution, as recorded 
 in the books of the grand lodge. No lodge shall be 
 acknowledged, nor any of its oflScers admitted into the 
 
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 grand lodge, nor any of its members entitled to 
 partake of the general enarity or other masonic 
 privilege, unless it lias been regularly constituted and 
 registered. 
 
 11. No lodge shall make a mason or admit a 
 member, -without strictly complying with all the 
 regulations enacted for the government of tlie craft on 
 these occasions. 
 
 12. No 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 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 brother at a 
 less interval than one month from his 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. 
 
 13. No lodge shall make a mason for a less 
 consideration than twenty dollars, nor on any 
 pretence remit or defer the payment of any part of 
 this sum. The member who proposes any candidate 
 must be responsible to the lodge, for all the fees 
 payable on account of his initiation. This is not to 
 extend to the making of serving brethren, who may 
 be initated, provided that no fee or reward in such 
 case be taken, and that a dispensation from the grand 
 master, or the district deputy grand master, be first 
 obtained. 
 
 14. Every candidate initiated in a lodge becomes a 
 member thereof from the date of his initiation, and is 
 liable for the regular lodge dues. 
 
 15. Every lodge must be particularly careful in 
 registering the names of the brethren initiated therein, 
 
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 art of 
 
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 and also in making the returns of its mem])er3 ; as no 
 person is regularly entitled to partake of the general 
 charity, unless his name be duly registered, and he 
 shall have been n^ least two years a contributing 
 member of a lodge. 
 
 16. To prevent injury to individuals, by their being 
 excluded the privileges of masoniy, through the 
 neglect of their 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 oficuding lodge shall be reported to the grand 
 lodge, and rigorously proceeded against for neglecting 
 to make the proper return, and detaining monies 
 which are the property of the grand lodge, and which 
 had been paid to the lodge for specific appropriation. 
 
 17. The master is to see that all monies received or 
 paid on account of the lodge, be entered in proper 
 books by the secretary and treasurer, and that the 
 account of fees or dues received on account of, and 
 payable to the grand lodge, is kept separate and 
 distinct from the monies belonging to the private 
 fund of the lodge. The accounts of the lodge shall 
 be audited at least once in every year, by a committee 
 appointed by the lodge. 
 
 18. Each lodge shall procure for every brother 
 initiated therein a grand lodge certificate, to be paid 
 for by the lodge. 
 
 19. No lodge or oflicer, or member of a lodge, 
 shall, under any circumstances, give a certificate or 
 recommendation, to enable a mason to proceed from 
 lodge to lodge as a pauper, or in an itinerant manner 
 to apply to lodges for relief. 
 
 20. No lodge shall form any public masonic 
 jDrocession,- without a dispensation from the grand 
 
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 OF rUIVATE L0D0E8. 
 
 master, or district deputy p^nrnd master, except in tlio 
 CISC ot'a funeral— wlucli shall be innnediatcly reported 
 to the grand secretary and tlie district deputy grand 
 master. 
 
 21. All lodges arc particularly bound to observe 
 tlie same usages and customs ; every deviation, 
 thcrelbre, Irom the established mode of working, ia 
 highly im])roper, and cannot be justified or counte- 
 nanced. In order to preserve this uniformity, and 
 to cultivate a good understanding among freemasons, 
 some members of every lodge should be deputed to 
 visit the other lodges as often as may be convenient. 
 
 22. If any brother behave in such manner as to 
 disturb the harmony of tbe lodge, and bo thrice 
 forr^ally admonished by the master, and persist in 
 his irregular conduct, he shall be punished according 
 to the by-laws of that particular lodge, or the case 
 may be reported to higher masonic authority. 
 
 23. Every lodge has the power of suspending or 
 excluding a member for gross, immoral or infamous 
 conduct, or for non-payment of dues ; but no lodge 
 shall suspend or exclude any member without giving 
 him due notice of the charge preferred, or complaint 
 made against him and of the time appointed for its 
 consideration. He shall be at liberty to be present, 
 and be afforded every opportunity of defending 
 himself; when the case has been investigated he shall 
 withdraw, and the votes of the brethren shall be given 
 openly. The name of every brother suspended or 
 excluded, together with the cause of his suspension 
 or exclusion, shall be sent to the grand secretary, and 
 also to the district deputy grand master.* 
 
 *Tlic term expelled is used only when a brother is removed from the craft by 
 the grand lodge. Upon the removal of a brother from a private lodge, the term 
 excluded ox suspended only ia applicable. 
 
 
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 21-. A incnil)or suspended for non-payment ol'ducs, 
 shall be iinnicdiately restored by tlie lod<''e without 
 a iresh ballot, on payment being made of all arrears 
 owing at the time of liis sns])cnsi()n, and of the 
 regular lodge du(;s for the period he was so suspended, 
 notiee thereof being given to the grand secretary and 
 the district deputy grand master of the district in 
 which the lodge is situated. 
 
 25. The jewels and furniture of every lodge belong 
 to, and are the pro])erty of the master, wardens and 
 brethren of such lodge. Nor shall any jewel be worn 
 in a lodge other than those specified for the olticers, 
 except such honorary or other jewel as shall appertain 
 to, or be consistent with, those degrees which arc 
 recognized and acknowledged by the grand lodge. 
 
 26. All minutes, lists, and books of account, 
 belonging to a lodge must be produced by the master, 
 whon he sl.all be so required by competent authority. 
 
 27. The majority of the members of a lodge, when 
 congregated, liave the privilege of giving instructions 
 to the master and wardens, or other representative, 
 before the meeting of the grand lodge ; because such 
 officers are their representatives, and are supposed to 
 speak their sentiments. 
 
 28. Each lodge shall annually make a return to 
 the grand secretary, of the master, wardens, and 
 past masters of the lodge, including all members 
 who claim to be entitled to attend in grand lodge as 
 ptvst masters, as having served the of^ce of master in 
 some other lodge, specifying the lodge in w^hich each 
 of such past masters have 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. 
 
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 20. Each Irxk'C sIimU make its rcturna and ])MvmcntH 
 scini-riiiniially to the ••rtiiul secretary, and in case ot* 
 ncii'loct I'ur inoro than one year to made such retui-nw 
 and payments, or if tlio lodj^o does not meet dnriiii;- 
 tliat period, it is lialdc to be erased. Tlio master aiul 
 wardens, or otlier rejiresentative of any lod^t^'C ■\vliicli 
 shall liavo ncii'lected i'or more than one year to make 
 such returns and ])aym(nits to the grand lodii;o, are 
 thereby disqualified Vrom attendini^ the i>:rand lodge, 
 or sitting uj)on any committee until those returns and 
 ])aynients shall have been completed. 
 
 oO. By a vote of the lodge, the dues of any 
 member in indigent circumstances may be rernittecL 
 
 31. If a lodge be dissolved, its warrant and 
 records shall be delivered up to the grand master. 
 
 ?''2. If the warrant of constitution of a lodge be sold, 
 or procured by any other means than through the 
 regular channel of petition to the grand master, such 
 warrant shall be forfeited and the lodge erased. 
 
 33. As every warranted lodge is a constituent 
 part of the grand lodge, in which assembly all the 
 power of the fraternity 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 constitution, 
 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 
 Avith the funds and property of said lodge. 
 
 34. No 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 
 
OF MASTERS AND WAliDKls'rt OF L0DGEs3. 
 
 4U 
 
 tluoir offenco, find shall luivo been suinnioiicd to 
 answer to the coniphiint niade u«i;ainst tlicni. 
 
 35. If any lodge or its masters and wardens, be 
 summoned to attend, or to produee its warrant, books, 
 papers or aecounts, to the <i;rand master, his de])\ity 
 the distriet deputy grand master, or any board or 
 eommitteo authorized by the graiul lodge, and do 
 not eomply, ^vn* give sutHeient reason fur non- 
 compliance, a peremptory summons shall be issued; 
 and in case of contumacv, such lodii:e may be 
 suspended, and the proceeding notified to the grand 
 lodge. 
 
 30. A lodge offending against any law or regulation 
 of the craft, to the breach of which no specific penalty 
 is attached, shall, at the discretion of the grand 
 lodge, the grand master, the district deputy grand 
 master, or the board of general purposes, be subject 
 to admonition or suspension, as before provided. 
 
 OF MASTERS AND WARDENS OF LODGES. 
 
 1. All preferment among masons shall be grounded 
 upon real worth and personal merit only ; tlierefore, 
 no brother shall be elected master of a lodge, or 
 appointed to any office therein, merely on account of 
 seniority or rank. lN"o master elect shall assume tlie 
 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 confirmed; after 
 which the usual ceremonies of installation are to be 
 l)erformed. Should the election of a master not be 
 confirmed, then a summons must be issued for the 
 following regidar meeting of the lodge, setting forth 
 that the brethren are again to proceed to elect a 
 
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 master : and on the conlirmation of that election, at 
 the followinji; ordinary meeting of tlie lodge, the 
 installation of the master will follow. 
 
 2. Every master, before being placed in the chair, 
 shall solemnly pledge himself to observe all the 
 old-established usages and customs, and to preserve 
 the land-marks of the order, and most strictly to 
 enforce them within his own lodge- 
 
 3. The master and wardens of a lodge are enjoined 
 to visit other lodges as often as they conveniently 
 can ; in order that the same usages and customs may 
 be observed throughout the craft, and a good under- 
 standing be thereby cultivated among freemasons. . 
 
 4. The master is responsible for the due observance 
 of the laws relating to private lodges, and is bound 
 to produce all books, minutes and account's, when 
 required by any lawful authority. 
 
 5. If the master should die, be removed, or be 
 incapable of discharging the duties of his office, the 
 senior warden, and in the absence of the senior 
 warden, the junior warden shall act as master, in 
 summoning the lodge until the next election of 
 officers. 
 
 G. If the master be not present, the immediate past 
 master, or if he be not present, the senior 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, tlie junior warden may 
 rule the lodge, but not confer degrees. 
 
 7. A past master of any other lodge may be invited 
 to officiate as master, and may confer degrees or 
 perform any other ceremony. 
 
 8. The master and wardens of every lodge, when 
 smumoned so to do, shall attend the grand master, liis 
 
 • deputy, the district deputy grand master, the grand 
 
OF TYLERS, &0. 
 
 51 
 
 at 
 
 past 
 aster 
 past 
 snior 
 may 
 
 lodge, or any board or committee authorized by the 
 grand lodge; and produce the warrant, minutes and 
 books of the lodge, under pain of suspension, and 
 being reported to tlic next grand lodge> 
 
 9. No warden nor other officer of a lodge can resign 
 his office, nor can he be removed, unless for a 
 cause which appears to the lodge to be sufficient ; but 
 if the master be dissatisfied with the conduct of any 
 of his officers, he may lay the cause of complaint 
 before the lodge ; and if it shall appear to the 
 majority of the brethren present that the complaint 
 is well founded, he shall have power to displace such 
 officer, and another must be elected or appointed in 
 his place. 
 
 OF TYLERS. 
 
 1. The tyler is 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 present 
 at a regular meeting of the lodge. 
 
 2. ite is to see that every member or visitor has 
 signed his luime to the attendance book before 
 entering the lodge, and that he is provided with 
 proper clothing. 
 
 3. If any tyler shall officiate or attend at any 
 meeting, or pretended lodge of masons, not being 
 regulany constituted, or not acknowledging the 
 authority of the grand master, or not conforming to 
 the laws of the grand lodge, he shall thereby be 
 rendered incapable of ever being a tyler or attendant 
 on a lodge, and shall be excluded the l)enefit of the 
 general charity. 
 
 OF MEMBERS AND THEIR DUTY. 
 
 1. No brother shall be admitted a member of a 
 lodge, unless the laws of the craft relating to the 
 
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52 
 
 OF MEMBERS AND THEIR DUTY. 
 
 
 
 m I 
 
 proposing and admitting of candidates shall liave 
 been strictly complied with. {^QQiJi'oposing memhers.) 
 
 2. A brother who has been concerned in making 
 masons clandestinely, or at a lodge which is not a 
 regular lodge, or for small and unworthy consider- 
 ations, or who may assist in forming a new lodge 
 without the grand master's autliority, shall not be 
 admitted as a member, nor even as a visitor, into any 
 regular lodge nor partake of the general charity, or 
 other masonic privilege, till he make due submission 
 and obtain grace. 
 
 3. No brother shall presume to print, or publish, or 
 cause to be printed or published, the proceedings of 
 any lodge or any part thereof, or the names of the 
 persons present at such lodge, without the direction 
 of the grand master, or the district deputy grand 
 master, under pain of being expelled from the order. 
 Tliis law is not to' extend to the writing, printing, or 
 publishing of any notice or summons issued to the 
 members of a lodge, by the authority of the master, 
 or the proceedings of an}^ festival or public meeting 
 at which persons not masons are permitted to be 
 present. 
 
 4. Any brother wlio shall violate the secrecy of 
 the ballot on candidates for initiation or membership, 
 by stating how he voted or intended to vote, or by 
 endeavoring to ascertain how a brother voted, or if 
 lie should be aware and mention it to another brother, 
 shall render himself liable to severe masonic censure, 
 and for a second offence, to expulsion. 
 
 5. Tlie majority of the members present at any 
 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 member, therefore, sliall be permitted 
 
[1 have 
 mibers) 
 
 making 
 3 not a 
 onsider- 
 N lodge 
 . not be 
 into any 
 irity, ^ or 
 bmission. 
 
 iblisli, or 
 
 idings of 
 
 5S of the 
 
 direction 
 
 by grand 
 
 he order. 
 
 nting, or 
 
 d to the 
 
 c master, 
 
 meeting 
 
 d to be 
 
 3crecy of 
 iibership, 
 c, or by 
 ced, or if 
 brother, 
 censure, 
 
 it at any 
 right to 
 Ithat they 
 Ihitions of 
 hermitted 
 
 OF MEMBERS AND THEIK DUTY. 
 
 53 
 
 to enter in the minute book of his lodge, a protest 
 against any resolution or proceeding 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 complaining or appealing to a higher 
 masonic authority. 
 
 6. If any member shall be under suspension or 
 exclusion 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 admission to any other lodge. 
 "Whenever a member of any lodge shall resign, or 
 whenever, at a future time he may require it, he 
 shall be furnished with a certificate of his standing ; 
 and such certificate is to be produced to any other 
 lodge of which he is proposed to be admitted a 
 member, previous to the ballot being taken. 
 
 '^. All differences between, or complaints of 
 ivH rabers, that cannot be accommodated privately, 
 or in some regular lodge, shall be reduced into writing 
 and delivered to the grand ^secretary who shall lay 
 them before the grand master, the district deputy 
 gra nd master, or the board of general purposes. 
 W hen all parties shall have been summoned to attend 
 thereon, and the case shall have been investigated, 
 such order and adjudication may be made as shall be 
 authorised by the by-laws and regulations of 
 masonry. 
 
 8. A mason offending against any law or regulation 
 of the craft, to the breach of which no specific penalty 
 is attached, shall,' at the discretion of the grand 
 lodge, or any of its delegated authorities, be subject 
 to admonition or suspension, or by the grand lodge 
 only, to expulsion. 
 
H 
 
 OF HONORARY MEMBERS, &0. 
 
 OF HONORARY MEMBERS. 
 
 1. A brother who may liave rendered any service 
 to the craft in general, or to any particular lodge, 
 may, by a vote of the lodge, be elected an honorary 
 member of such lodge. The lodge must include 
 honorary nieml)ers in its returns to grand lodge, and 
 pay to the grand lodge similar dues for such honorary 
 members as are payable for ordinary members. 
 
 2. Honorary membership does not confer the right 
 of voting in the lodge unless specially conferred 
 by an unaminous vote at the time of such election. 
 
 OF PROPOSING MEMBERS. 
 
 Great discredit and injury having been brought 
 upon our ancient and honorable fraternity, from 
 admitting members and receiving candidates without 
 due notice being given, or enquiry made into their 
 characters and qualifications ; and also, from the 
 passing and raising of masons without due 
 instruction in the respective degrees : it is determined 
 that in future, a violation or neglect of any of the 
 following laws, shall subject the offending lodge to 
 erasure, because no emergency can be allowed as a 
 justification. 
 
 1. 1^0 brother shall be admitted a member of a 
 lodge without a proposition in open lodge, at a 
 regular meeting, 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 whicli he was initiated, shall have been sent to all 
 the members in the summons for the next stated 
 lodge meeting, and the decision of the brethren 
 ascertained by ballot. When a lodge has ceased to 
 meet, any former member thereof shall be eligible to 
 
OF PR0P08IN(* MEMBERS. 
 
 65 
 
 service 
 
 • lodge, 
 
 onorary 
 
 include 
 
 ge, and 
 
 onorary 
 
 rs. 
 
 he right 
 onferred 
 jction. 
 
 brought 
 ty, from 
 3 without 
 Qto their 
 roni the 
 out due 
 termined 
 y of the 
 lodge to 
 ved as a 
 
 iber of a 
 ge, at a 
 ition and 
 imher of 
 iinber, or 
 entto all 
 xt stated 
 brethren 
 ceased to 
 iligible to 
 
 be proposed and admitted a member of another lodge, 
 on producing a certificate from the grand secretary 
 stating the fact, and specifying whether the brother 
 has been registvjred and his dues paid. 
 
 2. No person shall be made a mason unless he has 
 resided one year in the jurisdiction of the lodge to 
 which he seeks admission, or produces a certificate of 
 character from tlie nearest lodge to the place of his 
 previous residence ; nor until ne has been properly 
 proposed at one regular meeting of the lodge, and a 
 committee has been appointed by the worshipful 
 master to make the necessary enquires into the 
 character of the candidate, and his name, age, 
 addition or profession, and place of abode, shall have 
 been sent to all the members in the summons for the 
 next regular meeting, 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 shall be considered a rejected 
 candidate. 
 
 3. No lodge shall initiate a candidate whose 
 residence is nearer the jurisdiction of another lodge, 
 without the consent, by a resolution of that lodge, 
 which shall be signified in writing, unless by 
 dispensation of the grand master, except in a town 
 or city where there is more than one lodge, in which 
 case each lodg^. has concurrent jurisdiction. The 
 jurisdiction extends in every direction, half way to 
 the nearest lodge. 
 
 4. In case of emergency, the following alteration 
 as to the mode of proposing a candidate, is allowed. 
 Any two members of a lodge may transmit, in writing 
 to the master, the usual declaration of any candidate 
 whom they wish to propose, and the circumstances 
 
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 OF PROPOSmO MEMBERS. 
 
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 which cause the emergency ; and the master, if the 
 emergency be proper, shall issue a notice to every 
 member ; appoint a committee as before provided ; 
 and at the same time summon the lodge to meet at a 
 period of not less than seven clear days from the 
 issuing of the summons, for the purpose of balloting 
 for the candidate ; if the candidate be then 
 approved, he may be initiated into the first degree of 
 masonry. The master shall, previous to the ballot 
 being taken, cause the said proposition, and the 
 emergency stated, to be recorded in the minute book 
 of the lodge. 
 
 6. No person under the age of twenty-one years, 
 shall be made a mason in any 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-born, 
 and his own marter, and at the time of initiation, be 
 known to be in reputable circumstances. He should 
 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, to a declaration of the following 
 import, * viz : 
 
 To the worshipful master, wardens, and brethren 
 of Lodge, No. , Canada. 
 
 the 
 
 -Lodge, No.- 
 — , of the 
 
 of 
 
 m 
 
 ■aged years, being free by 
 
 I, — 
 
 county of , 
 
 birth, and of mature age, do declare that unbiassed by 
 the improper solicitation of friends, and uninfluenced 
 by mercenary or other unworthy motives, I freely and 
 
 * Any individual who cannot write, is consequently ineligible 
 to be admitted into the order. 
 
OF PEOPOSING MEMBEE8. 
 
 57 
 
 if the 
 every 
 ided ; 
 it at a 
 n the 
 loting 
 tlien 
 rree of 
 ballot 
 d the 
 3 book 
 
 years, 
 3S8 by 
 ill any 
 e law 
 iquiry, 
 3-born, 
 ion, be 
 should 
 I have 
 i; and 
 J name 
 owing 
 
 •ethren 
 
 in the 
 ree by 
 
 sedby 
 uenced 
 ely and 
 
 neligible 
 
 voluntarily offer myself a candidate for the mysteries 
 of masonry ; that I am prompted by a favorable 
 opinion conceived of the institution, and a desire of 
 knowledge ; and that I will cheerfully conform to all 
 the ancient usages and established customs of the 
 order. 
 
 Witness my hand this 
 A.L. 58—. 
 
 Recommended by 
 
 day of 
 
 (Sig/ 
 
 6. A petition having been received, it cannot be 
 withdrawn. 
 
 7. No person shall be made a mason in, or admitted 
 a member of a lodge, if, on the ballot two black 
 balls appear against him. Some lodges wish for no 
 such indulgence, but require the unanimous consent 
 of the members present ; the by-laws of each lodge 
 must therefore, guide them in this respect ; but if 
 there be two black ball^ such person cannot, on any 
 pretence, be admitted. 
 
 8. Every candidate shall, on his initiation, solemnly 
 promise to submit to the constitution, and to conform 
 to all the ^ages and regulations of the craft, 
 intimated tc m in time and place convenient ; and 
 he must sign the by-laws of the lodge on his initiation, 
 a copy of which, together with a copy of the 
 constitution of grand lodge, shall then be presented 
 to him. 
 
 9= A rejected candidate cannot be balloted for in 
 the same, or any other lodge within twelv^e months 
 from the time of his rejection. 
 
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 OF THE LODGE SEAL, &0. 
 OF THE LODGE SEAL. 
 
 1. Every lodge shall liavc a masonic seal, to be 
 affixed to all documents proper to be issued. 
 
 2. 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 OP INSTRUCTION. 
 
 • 
 
 1. No general lodge of instruction shall be holden, 
 unless under the sanction of a regular warranted 
 lodge or by the special license and authority of the 
 
 fraud master, or the district deputy grand master, 
 'he lodge giving its sanr^tion, and the brethren to 
 whom such license is granted, 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. 
 
 2. Notice of the times and places of meeting of the 
 lodges of instruction shall be given to the grand 
 secretary. 
 
 3. Lodges of instruction sImiU 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. 
 
 4. If a lode:e which has 
 
 given 
 
 its sanction for a 
 
 lodge of instruction being held under its warrant shall 
 see fit, it may at any regular meeting withdraw that 
 sanction by a resolution of the lodge to be 
 communicated to the lodge of instruction : provided 
 that notice of the intention to withdraw the sanction 
 be inserted in the summons for that meeting. 
 
 I 
 
 
OF VI8ITOE8, &0. 
 
 50 
 
 to bo 
 
 to tlie 
 [♦ession 
 itted. 
 
 lolden, 
 •ranted 
 r of the 
 master, 
 iren to 
 sible for 
 )ii, and 
 idopted 
 
 of the 
 grand 
 
 ;e 
 
 of all 
 rethren 
 hall be 
 the 
 the 
 
 ter. 
 
 ing 
 
 for a 
 nt shall 
 iw that 
 
 to be 
 'ovided 
 anction 
 
 OF VISITORS. 
 
 1. No visitor shall be admitted into a lodge, miless 
 he be personally known or recommended, or well 
 vouched for ; and 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. Tlie master of the lodge is 
 particularly bound to enforce these regulations. 
 
 2. No brother residing in the province, and not 
 affiliated with some lodge, shall be entitled to the 
 benefit of the benevolent fund for himself or family, 
 nor to masonic burial, nor to take part in any masonic 
 ceremony, public or private, nor to be entitled to any 
 masonic privilege whatever, nor can he be permitted 
 to visit any one lodge in the town or place where he 
 resides more than once during his secession from'the 
 craft. 
 
 The attention of the brethren is particularly called to the 
 
 exerciae of the greatest caution in vouching for brethren. 
 
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 OF certificatj:s. 
 
 1. 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 register fee, make a 
 remittance of the money for the certificates. 
 
 2. Every brother to whom a grand lodge certificate 
 is granted must sign his name on the margin thereof, 
 or it will not be valid. This should be done in the 
 
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 60 
 
 OF PUBLIC PKOOESSIONB. 
 
 presence of the worshipful master or the secretary of 
 the lodge. 
 
 3. 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 Irom his receiving a previous 
 degree, unless by dispensation from the grand master. 
 
 4. 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 degrees. 
 
 5. All applications for grand lodge certificates 
 must be made to the grand secretary ; and if the 
 name of the brother wishing for the 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. 
 
 6. No lodge shall grant a private lodge certificate 
 to a brother, except for the purpose of enabling him 
 to obtain a grand lodge certificate, in which case such 
 certificate shall be specifically addressed to the grand 
 secretary, and except also such certificates as may be 
 required by the laws of the grand lodge, or called for 
 by any of its committees, or issued to a member on 
 retirement or exclusion from a lodge for the purpose of 
 evidence of standing. Nor shall a lodge, under any 
 pretence, make a charge for a private lodge 
 certificate. 
 
 OF PUBLIC PROCESSIONS. 
 
 1. No public processions shall on any pretence be 
 allowed, without the permission of the grand master 
 
OF APPEAL. 
 
 61 
 
 tary of 
 
 tiiicato 
 an one 
 shorter 
 revious 
 master. 
 
 rhicli a 
 specify 
 iays on 
 nd and 
 
 tificates 
 i if the 
 3 ate has 
 ^able on 
 time, as 
 d until 
 
 rtificate 
 ng him 
 ise sQch 
 e grand 
 may be 
 lied for 
 iber on 
 rpose of 
 der any 
 lodge 
 
 :ence be 
 master 
 
 or district 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. Sucli 
 proceeding shall be immediately reported by the 
 master of tlie lodge to the grand master, through the 
 grand secretary, and to the district deputy grand 
 master. 
 
 2. If any brother shall attend as a mason, clothed 
 in any of the jewels or badges of the craft, at any 
 public procession, except a masonic funeral, without 
 the permission of the grand master, or district deputy 
 grand master, he fehall be rendered incapable of ever 
 after being an officer of a lodge, and also be excluded 
 the benefit of the general charity. And if any lodge 
 shall so offend, it shall stand suspended until the 
 grand lodge shall determine thereon. 
 
 OF APPEAL. 
 
 1. As the grand lodge, when congregated, is a 
 representation of every individual member of the 
 fraternity, it necessarily possesses a supreme superin- 
 tending authority, and the power of finally deciding 
 on every case which concerns the interest of the craft. 
 Any lodge cr brother, therefore, who may feel 
 aggrieved by the decision of any other masonic 
 authority or jurisdiction, may appeal to the grand 
 lodge against such decision. The appeal nmst 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 appeal is made. 
 
62 
 
 OF FBE8. 
 
 2. Notice of all appeals must be given in writing 
 to the grand secretary within fourteen days from ttio 
 receipt of the decision appealed against, in proper and 
 respectful language. 
 
 FEES. 
 
 
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 The following shall be tlie fees payable to the 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 bv fire or 
 otlierwise, 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 to initiate a person from without 
 thejurisdiction of a lodge, ten dollars. 
 
 ¥oY a dispensation for any public procession, one 
 dollar. 
 
 For a grand lodge certificate, two dollars. 
 
 For every person initiated in a lodge, one dollar 
 registration fee. 
 
 For every entered apprentice or fellow craft joining 
 from without the jurisdiction, one dollar and fifty 
 cents. 
 
 For every master mason joining from another lodge, 
 fifty cents. 
 
 For every master mason joining from without the 
 jurisdiction, one dollar. 
 
 Every member of each lodge shall pay toward the 
 fund for grand lodge purposes, fifty cents per annum. 
 
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 riting 
 n tko 
 r and 
 
 A dispensation to pflii4lr rais« sca-ffoinj; manners, 
 initiated in lodges at Se ports <of(iucoec or Montreal 
 at a less interval of time than one mouth, must bo 
 obtained of tlic grand master, an(i tlie dispensation to 
 
 be issued without charge 
 
 OF REOALIA. 
 
 grand 
 
 loUars. 
 fire or 
 under 
 ss time 
 ^^ithout 
 >n, one 
 
 dollar 
 
 ioining 
 id fifty 
 
 lodge, 
 
 out the 
 
 ard the 
 annum. 
 
 The following masonic clothing and insi";nia shall 
 be worn by the craft ; and no bi'other shall, on any 
 pretence, bo admitted into the grand lodge, or any 
 subordinate lodge, without his proper clothing. 
 
 No honorary or other jewel or emblem shall bo 
 worn in the grand lodge, or an;, subordinate lodge, 
 which shall not ap})eri;ain to, or be consistent w^ith 
 those degrees which are recognized and acknowledged 
 by the grand lodge. 
 
 JEWELS, 
 
 The grand master The compasses extended to 
 
 45°, with the segment of 
 a circle at the points and 
 a gold plate included, on 
 winch is to be repre- 
 sented an eye irradiated 
 within a triangle also 
 irradiated. 
 
 Past grand masters. ... .A similar jewel, without 
 
 tb'.^ :^old plate. 
 
 Deputy grand master. . .The compasses and square, 
 
 vmited, with alive-pointed 
 star in the centre. 
 
 Past deputy grand 7naster.Tlie compasses and square 
 
 only. 
 
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 64 OF JEWELS. 
 
 District dep. gr mid master. Ti\Q compasses and square, 
 
 united, with a five-pointed 
 star in the centre, the 
 whole to be placed within 
 a circle, on which the 
 name of the district is to 
 be engraved. 
 
 Pasi district deputy grand 
 
 7)iasters 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 secretary ....... Cross-pens, with a tie. 
 
 Grand deacons Dove and olive-brancli. 
 
 Grand superintendent of 
 works A semi-circle protractor. 
 
 Grand director of ceremo- 
 nies Cross-rods. 
 
 Assistant ditto Cross-rods. 
 
 Grand sword hearer Cross-swords. 
 
 Grand organist A lyre. 
 
 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 compossed of a sprig of acacia and an 
 ear of corn ; and of the grand junior deacon, assistant 
 grand secretary,assistant grand director of ceremonies, 
 
: 
 
 OF JEWELS. 66 
 
 and assistant grand organist, to be similar to those of 
 their senior and superior officers, the wreath on the 
 band being omitted. 
 
 The jewel of a grand steward of the grand lodge, 
 is a cornucopia between the legs of a pair of 
 compasses, extended upon an irradiated gold plate, 
 within a circle, on which is engraven, " grand lodge 
 of ancient free and accepted masons of Canada." 
 
 Grcmd 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. 
 
 Masters of Lodges The square. 
 
 Past masters The square and the diagram 
 
 of the 4:7th prob. 1st book 
 of Euclid, engraven on 
 a silver plate, pendant 
 within it 
 
 Senior warden The level. 
 
 Junior 10 ar den The plumb. 
 
 Chaplain A book on a triangle. 
 
 Treasurer The key. 
 
 Secretary The cross pens. 
 
 Deacons The dove. 
 
 m 
 
 Director of ceremonies . . .The cross-rode. 
 
 Organist The lyre. 
 
 Inner guard The cross-swords. 
 
 Steward The cornucopia. 
 
 Tyler The sword. 
 
 All the above jewels to be of silver. 
 
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 OF COLLARS, &C. 
 
 COLLARS. 
 
 Of lodges To be light-blue ribbon, 
 
 four inches broad : if 
 silver chain be used it 
 must be placed over the 
 light-blue ribbon. 
 
 Of the grand lodge To be of garter-blue ribbon 
 
 four inches broad, and 
 bound with gold lace. 
 
 The grand stewards of the year to wear collars 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 jewel in enamel, being worn on 
 the breast. 
 
 APRONS. 
 
 \\ \^ 
 
 Entered apprentice . 
 
 Fellow craft , 
 
 Masir maso7i 
 
 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 en- 
 tered apprentice, with the 
 addition only of two sky- 
 blue rosettes at the bottom 
 
 The same, with sky-blue 
 lining and edging,one and 
 a-half inch deep, and an 
 additional rosette on the 
 
OF APRONS. 
 
 67 
 
 aent : white 
 
 fall or llap, and silver, 
 tassela. No other color or 
 ornarnent shall be allowed 
 except to officers and past 
 officers of lodgesjwho may 
 have the emblems of their 
 office in silver or white 
 in the centre of the apron. 
 
 The masters and past 
 
 masters of lodges To wear, in lieu and in the 
 
 place of the three rosettes 
 on the master's apron, 
 perpendicular lines upon 
 horizontal lines, thereby 
 forming three several sets 
 of two riglit angles; the 
 length of the horizontal 
 lines to be two inches and 
 a-half each, and of the 
 perpendicular 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 apron, or 
 of silver. If grand offi- 
 cers, similar emblems, of 
 garter-blue or gold. 
 
 Grand stewards, present 
 and past Aprons of the same dimen- 
 sions, lined with crimson, 
 edging of the same color, 
 three and a-half inches, 
 bound with silver, and 
 silver tassels. 
 
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 OF APRONS. 
 
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 Grand officers of the grand 
 lodge^'present and faatK^Yon^ of the sarae dimen- 
 sions, lined with garter- 
 blue, edging of the same 
 color, three and a half 
 inches, bound with gold, 
 and gold tassels, with the 
 emblems of their offices, 
 in gold or blue, in the 
 centre. 
 
 The apro. or the district deputy grand masters to 
 have the emblem of their office in gold embroidery, 
 in the centre, and the acacia and seven eared wheat 
 embroidered on the edging, one on each side. 
 
 The apron of the deputy grand master to have the 
 emblem of his office in gold embroidery in the centl'e 
 and the pomegranate and the lotus alternately 
 embroidered in gold on the edging. 
 
 '^he apron of the grand master is ornamented with 
 the blazing sun embroidered in gold in the centre, on 
 the edging the pomegranate and lotus, with the seven 
 eared wheat at each corner, and also on the fall ; all 
 in gold embroidery ; the fringe of gold bullion. 
 
 In the grand lodge and on all occasions where the 
 grand officers appear in their official capticities, they 
 shall werr the following regalia : 
 
 Grand master Chain uver blue collar, 
 
 gauntlets and apron, all 
 bound and embroidered, 
 and jewel. 
 
 Deputy grandmaster Chain over blue collar, 
 
 gauntlets and apron, all 
 bound and embroidered, 
 and jewel. 
 
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 District dep. grand master, .Blue collar, gauntlets, 
 
 apron, all bound and 
 embroidered and jewel, 
 
 Senior and junior grand 
 wardens, ckaplain., trea- 
 surer, registrar, secretary .JMne collar, gauntlets, 
 
 apron, all bound and 
 
 jewel. 
 
 All other grand officers. . . .Blue collar and apron,all 
 
 bound and jewel. 
 
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 Every application for a w^arrant to hold a new lodge 
 must be by petition to the grand master, signed by at 
 least seven regularly registered masons ; and the 
 lodges to which they formerly belonged must be 
 specified. The petition must be recommended by the 
 nearest lodge, and be transmitted to the district 
 deputy grand master, who is to forward it, with liis 
 recommendation or opinion 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 lodge, until a warrant of constitution shall 
 be granted by the grand lodge. 
 
 The following is the form of petition : — 
 
 To tl:.e M. \V. grand master of the fraternity of 
 ancient free anil accepted masons of Canada : 
 
 We, the undersigned, being regular registered 
 masons of the lodges mentioned against our respective 
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 anxious to exert our best endeavors to promote and 
 diffuse tlie geninnc principles of the art ; and, for the 
 conveniency 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 f^^r a warrant of constitution, eni])Owering us to 
 
 meet as a regular lodge, at , in tlie comity of — —, 
 
 on the of every month, and there to d'scliarge tlic 
 
 duties of masonry, in a constitution^^ manrnu', 
 according to the forms of the order and the laws of 
 the grand lodge: and we have nominated and do 
 recommend brother [A. !>.] to be the lirst master, 
 brother [0. D.] to be the first senior warden, and 
 brother [E. F.] to be the first junior warden of the 
 Baid lodge. The prayer of this petition bein^; granted, 
 wc promise strict obedience to the commands of the 
 graikd 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 bis deputy and wardens ; or in the absence of 
 thv, grand master, by his deputy, or the district deputy 
 grand master of that district, who shall choose some 
 master of a lodge to assist him. If both these officers 
 be absent, the grand master may appoint some other 
 grand officer or master of a lodge to act as deputy 
 pro tempore. 
 
 Tlie following is the manner of constituting a new 
 lodge, according to the ancient usages of masons : — 
 
 A lodge is duly formed, and, after prayer, an ode 
 in honor of masonry is sung. The grand master is 
 then informed by the secretary, that the brethren 
 present desire to be formed into a new lodge, &c.,&c. 
 The warrant or charter of constitution is now read. 
 
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 The minutes of the lodge,while under dispensation, are 
 likewise read, and being approved, are declared regular 
 and valid, and signed by the grand master. The grand 
 master then cncpiires if the brethren approve of the 
 officers who are nominated in the warrant to preside 
 over them. This being signified in masonic form, an 
 oration on the nature and designs of the institution is 
 delivered. The lodge is then consecrated, according 
 to ceremonies proper and itsual on those occasions, 
 but not proper to be written ; and the grand master 
 constitutes the ledge in ancient form. 
 
 The candidates, or the new master and wardens, 
 being yet among the brethren, the grand master asks 
 his deputy if he hath examined them, and found the 
 candidate-master well skilled in the noble science and 
 royal art, and duly instructed in our mysteries, &c. 
 The deputy answering in the affirmative, he shall (by 
 the grand master's order) take the candidate from 
 among his fellows and present him to the grand 
 master, saying, ''most worshipful grand master, I 
 present this my worthy brother to be installed master 
 of the lodge, whom I know to be of good morals and 
 great skill, true and trusty, and a lover of the whole 
 fraternity wheresoever dispersed over the face of the 
 earth." 
 
 Then the grand master, placing the candidate upon 
 his left hand,iiaving asked and obtained the unanimous 
 consent of all the brethren, shall say : " I appoint you 
 the master of this lodge, not doubting your capacity 
 and care to preserve the cement of the lodge," &c., 
 with some other expressions that are proper and usual 
 on that occasion, but not proper to be written. 
 
 Upon this tlio deputy shall rehearse the charges 
 ind regulations of a master, and the grand master 
 snail ask the candidate, saying : " Do you submit to 
 
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 tlieBG charges and promise to uphold these regulations 
 us masters have done in all ages ?" The candidate 
 signifying his cordial submission thereto, the grand 
 master shall, by certain significant ceremonies and 
 ancient risages, install him, and present him with the 
 book oT constitution, the lodge book, and the 
 instruments of his office, not altogether, but one after 
 another; and, after each of them, the grand master or 
 his deputy, shall rehearse the short and pithy charge 
 that is suitable to the thing presented. 
 
 After this, the members of this new lodge, bowing 
 all together to the grand master, sliall return him 
 thanks, and immediately do their homage to their 
 new master, and signify their promise of subjection 
 and obedience to him, by the usual congratulation. 
 
 The deputy and the grand wardens, and any other 
 brethren present, that are not members of the new 
 lodge, shall next congratulate the new master ; and 
 he shall return his becoming acknowledgment to the 
 grand master first, and to the rest in their order. 
 
 Then the grand master desires the new master to 
 enter immediately upon the exercise of his ofiice, in 
 naming his wardens; and the new master, calling 
 forth the two brothers, presents them to the grand 
 master for his approbation. That being granted, the 
 senior or junior grand warden, or some brother for 
 him, shall rehearse the charges of wardens ; and the 
 candidates being solemnl}^ asked by the new master, 
 shall signify their submission thereto. 
 
 Upon which, the new master, presenting them with 
 the instruments of their office, shall, in due form, 
 induct them in their proper places ; and the brethren 
 shall signify their obedience to the new wardens by 
 the usual congratulation. The other elected officers 
 
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 of the lodge, and those appointed, are then invested 
 in ancient form. 
 
 Tlie lodge, being thus completely constituted, shall 
 be registered in the grand master's book, and by his 
 order notified to the other lodges. 
 
 CEREMONY OP LAYING A FOUNDATION STONE, Ac, BY TH^ 
 
 M. W. GRANDMASTER. 
 
 The grand lodge having been opened, at a convenient 
 place; and the necessary directions and instructions 
 given, it is called off. The brethren being in their 
 proper clothing and jewels, and wearing white gloves, 
 +he procession moves in the following order, viz. : 
 
 Two tylers with drawn swords. 
 
 Music. 
 
 Brethren not members of any lodge, two and two. 
 
 The lodges according to their numbers, 
 
 juniors goin^ first. 
 
 Architect, or builder, with tho plans. 
 
 f A cornucopia with'corn, borne ^ 
 
 J by the master of a lodge. ( Grand 
 
 j Two ewers with wine and oil, ( steward 
 
 [ borne by masters of lodges. J 
 
 Grand pursuivant. 
 
 Grand organist. 
 
 Assistant grand director of ceremonies. 
 
 Grand director of ceremonies. 
 
 Grand superintendent of works, with the plate bearing 
 
 the inscription. 
 
 Past grand sword bearers. 
 
 Past grand deacons. 
 
 Grand secretary, with book of constitution, on a 
 
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 Past grand rcfijistrars. 
 
 Grand registrar, with his bag. 
 
 Past grand treasurers. 
 
 Grand trt usurer, bearing a ])hial containing the coin 
 
 to be deposited in the stone. 
 
 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 lodge. 
 
 The column of G.J W. born by the master of a lodge 
 
 The G.J. W". with the plumb rule. 
 
 .tewall Banner of the grand lodge. } «-f,. 
 
 The doric light, borne by the master of a lodge. 
 The column of G.S.W. borne by the master of a lodge. 
 
 The G.S.W. with the level, j,^^ ^ j ^^^^^ 
 
 Grand j The grand cliaplain, bearing ) Grand 
 steward. \ the sacred law on a cushion, j steward. 
 
 Deputy grand master with square. 
 
 The ionic light, borne by the master of a lodge. 
 A past grand master or other brother of eminence, 
 
 bearing the mallet. 
 
 Grand \ The standard of the grand ) Grand 
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 Grand sword bearer. 
 
 The most worshipful grand master. ^,,^^ ^ g_ ^^^^^^ 
 
 Two grand stewards. 
 Grand tyler. 
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 spot the procession halts, the brethren open to the 
 right and left, face inwards, so as to leave room for 
 the grand master to pass up the centre, ho being 
 preceded by his standard, and sword bearer, — the 
 grand officers and brethren following in succession 
 from the rear, so as to invert the order of procession. 
 The grand master having arrived at his station on a 
 platform, an ode is Bung or music played (previously 
 arranged.) The stone being prepared and the plate 
 with the proper inscription, the upper part of the 
 stone is raised by an engine, the grand chaplain 
 repeats a prayer. The inscription on the plate to be 
 deposited in the stone will then be read, and the grand 
 treasurer having, by the grand master's command, 
 deposited on the plate various coins of the present 
 reign, the cement is laid on the lower stone, and the 
 upper one is let down slowly, solemn music playing. 
 Being properly placed, the grand master descends to 
 the stone, proves that it is properly adjusted, by the 
 plumb rule, level and square, which are successively 
 delivered to him, by the grand junior warden, grand 
 senior warden, and deputy grand master; after which 
 the architect or builder delivers to him the mallet, 
 with which the grand master gives three knocks. 
 The grand master then delivers to the architect or 
 builder the several implements for his use. The plan 
 and elevation of the building are presented by the 
 grand superintendent of the w^orks, to the grand 
 master for his inspection, who having approved them 
 delivers them to the architect for his guidance. The 
 grand master re-asciends the platform, music playing. 
 An oration suitable to the occasion, is delivered. 
 Some money for th(3 workmen is placed on the stone, 
 by the grand treasurer. 
 
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 If the building be tor a charitable institution, a 
 voluntary subscription is made in aiJ ul ;ta funds. 
 
 The procession then returns to ili^ pl'^mi from 
 wlicnce it set out, and the lodge is closed. 
 
 THE FUNKRAL 8EKVI0E. 
 
 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, 
 ivherc the service is commenced as follows, the brethren 
 standing to order. 
 
 Worshipful Master. — What man is he that liveth 
 and shall not see death ? Shall he deliver his soul 
 from the hand of the grave ? 
 
 Response hy the brethren. — Man walketh in a vain 
 shadow, he lieapeth up riches and cannot tell who 
 shall gather them. 
 
 W. M. — When he dicth 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 
 darkness. 
 
 W.M. — Can we offer no prec'.ous offering to redeem 
 our lost brother ? 
 
 Response. — We have not the ransom. The place 
 
 Note. — No brother below the degree of a master mason is entitled 
 to receive masonic burial. 
 
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 that knew him once shall know him now nu more for 
 ever. 
 
 W. If. — Shall his name bo lost upon earth? 
 
 Jiesponse. — We will record it in our hearts, wc will 
 treasure it in our memories, he shall live in the exerciso 
 of his virtues. 
 
 W.3L — He hath fulfilled his earthly destiny. May 
 wo all live the life of the righteous that our last end 
 may be like his. 
 
 Response. — God is our God for ever and ever, be 
 He our guide even unto 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 worshipftil tnastev here receives a roll from 
 the secretary^ and inscribes upon it the namey age 
 and masonic rank of the deceased. 
 
 W.M. — Almighty Father, in thy hands wc leave 
 with humble suomission the soul of our departed 
 brother. 
 
 Response. — ^The will of God is accomplished. — 
 Amen. 
 
 The worship/ id master andhrethr en give the grand 
 honoi'Sy all repeating — So mote it be. 
 
 W.M. — Most gracious God, great architect of the 
 universe, author of all good, and giver of all mer^^y, 
 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 inevitable destiny, and 
 w eaning our affections from the things of this world, 
 fix them more devotedly on thee our only sure refuge 
 
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 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 
 ahove shall dispel the gloomy darkness of death, and 
 that departing hence with faith in our redeemer, 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 re-union 
 with the souls of our departed brethren, the mysterious 
 and unspeakable happiness of thine everlasting 
 kingdom. 
 
 Response. — So mote it be. 
 
 The procession is then formed. The different lodges 
 rank according to seniority ^ the junior preceding^ each 
 lodge forms one division^ and the following order is 
 observed, the hrethren walking together two and 
 two : — 
 
 Tlie tyler with drawn sword. 
 
 Two stewards with white wands. 
 
 The brethren two and two, 
 
 the junior preceding. 
 
 The inner guard with sword. 
 
 Senior and junior deacons with wands. 
 
 Secretary and treasurer. 
 
 Senior and junior wardens. 
 
 Past masters. 
 
 The worshipful master. 
 
 Koyal arch masons. 
 
 Tlio lodge to which deceased belonged in the following 
 order, all the members having sprigs of evergreens 
 
 in their hands. 
 
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 Drums muffled and trumpets covered with black 
 
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 The tyler with drawn sword. 
 
 Stewards with wliite wands. 
 
 Members of the lodge two and two, 
 
 the junior preceding. 
 
 Tlie inner guard with 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 level. 
 
 The past master with badge of office. 
 
 The volume of the sacred law on a cushion. 
 
 covered with black crape, 
 
 borne by the oldest member of the lodge. 
 
 The worshipful master with the 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 pi'oper 
 distance of the grave, the hrethren tvill halt and open 
 out right and left, and face inwards to allow the 
 latter part of the procession to pass hetween them in 
 the following order : 
 
 Chaplain, or officiating clergyman. 
 
 Coffin. 
 
 Mourners. 
 
 Stewards. 
 
 Worshipful master, and members of deceased's lodge 
 in the reverse of their previous order. 
 
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 The other lodges following, their order, and the order 
 of their members being also reversed. 
 
 On arriving at the grave, tJiehrethrenform a circle around 
 if, the clergy and officers of deceased's lodge taJce their station 
 at the head, the mourners at the foot. The regalia is talcen 
 from the coffin hij the senior deacon. The clergyman 
 concludes the funeral service of the church to which deceased 
 belonged, after which the tvorshipful master proceeds as 
 folloivs : 
 
 W.M. — My brethren, we are again called upon by 
 a most solemn admonition to reorard the nncertaintv 
 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 incidents of our fallen 
 condition — the damp, dark grave is our destiny and 
 our doom — the cradle and the coffin stand in juxta- 
 position, and as soon as we begin to live, that 
 moment do we also begin to die. What an eloquent 
 commentary is here exhibited on the instability of 
 every Iniman 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 lectures 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 notwithstanding the various mementos 
 of mortality we meet in onr daily progress, and 
 notwithstanding that death has established his empire 
 over all the work of nature, yet through some 
 unaccountable infatuation we willfully forget that we 
 are all born to die. We go on from one design to 
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 employment of many years until we arc suddenly 
 alarmed by the approacli of death, when we least 
 expect him, and at an hour which we ]n'obably may 
 have considered the meridian of our existence. 
 
 AVliat are all the externals of human dignity — the 
 power of wealth, the dreams of ambition, the pride 
 of intellect, the charms of beauty — when nature has 
 paid her just debt. Fix your eyes on the last 
 scene and view humanity stripped ot* its da/zling 
 meretricious ornaments, and exposed in its natural 
 meanness, and you will be cCxvinced of the futility of 
 those empty dehisions. 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 hi«3 
 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 of men have 
 erred. His meritorious actions it is our duty to 
 imitate, and from his weakness we ought to derive 
 instruction. 
 
 W.M. — My brethren, mny we be all true and 
 faithful to each other, and ■ .ay we live and die in 
 brotherly love. 
 
 Response — So mote it be. 
 
 W.M. — May we profc^o what is good, and always 
 act agreeably with our professions. 
 Response. — So mote it be. 
 
 W.M. — May the Lord bless us and keo]^ us ; may 
 the Lord be gracious unto us, and grant that our good 
 intentions may be crowned with success. 
 

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 /Response. — So mote it be. 
 
 TT. J/. —Glory be to God in the higliest ; on earth, 
 peace, and good will towards men. 
 
 Response. — So mote it Be, now, lienceforth, and for 
 evermore. Amen. 
 
 The secretary wilt then advaned &Md deposit. the roll 
 in the grave with the ustial cerem/mws. 
 
 W.M. — Friend and brother, we bid thee a lon^, a 
 last farewell. Thou art at rest from thy labors ; may 
 it be in holy peace. 
 
 Response. — Amen. So mote it be. 
 
 The senior deacon then ha^ids the worshipful master 
 
 the apron. 
 
 W.M. — ^The lambskin apron of a mason is more 
 ancient than the golden fleece or roman eagle, and 
 more honorable than the star and garter or any other 
 order in existence, being the badge of innocence auu 
 the bond of friendship. 
 
 The master then deposits it in the grave. 
 
 W.M. — The emblem now deposited in the grave 
 of our deceased brotJier reminds us of the universal 
 dominion of death, and that the wealth of the world 
 cannot purchase our release ; nor the strong arm of 
 friendship, nor the virtue of innocence, can prevent 
 his coming. 
 
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 {finz of the following hymns may or may not he sung at the 
 
 discretion of the W. ^d. 
 
 MASONIC FUNERAL HYMNS. 
 
 Deep sorrow now pervades each heart, 
 
 And grief our bosoms swell ; 
 A orotlier from our band departs, 
 
 In that new home to dwf.U. 
 
 No more in our loved lodgo again 
 
 Shall we our brother greet ; 
 But in that lodge that's free from pain 
 
 Shall we our lost one meet. 
 
 Here rest in peace, thy labors o'er — 
 
 Our brother wo resign, 
 Till fhe Grand Master's word restore 
 
 To light and life divine. 
 
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 Brother thou art gone before us ; 
 
 And thy saintly soul is flown 
 Where tears are wiped from every eye, 
 
 And sorrow is unknown. 
 From the burthen of the flesh. 
 
 And from care and fear released, 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
 And the weary are at rest ! 
 
 Earth to earthy and dust to dust, 
 
 The solemn priest liath said ; 
 So we lay the turf above thee now, 
 
 And we 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 summon us, 
 
 Whom thou has left behind, 
 May we untainted by tlie world. 
 
 As sure a welcome find ! 
 May each, like tlice, depart in peace, 
 
 To be a glorious guest. 
 Where the wicked cease from troubling, 
 
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 IF. J/. — This cvcrcrrccn is an emblem of our faith 
 in the inimortality of the soul. J3y it wo are reminded 
 of onr liigli nnd glorious destiny beyond the world of 
 shadows, and that thiere dwells within ourtahernaclc 
 of ehiy, an imperishable and immortal spirit, whieli 
 the grave shall never receive, and over which death 
 has no do'uinion. 
 
 The hrethrcn then move round the (/rare in procession, and at 
 the grave eaeh deposits his sprig of evergreen; when 
 returned to their positions^ the tvorshipful master leads, 
 and all give the public grand honors. 
 
 W.3L — From timeimmemorial 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 forrualities. In conformity with this 
 usage, and at the desire of our deceased brother whose 
 loss we 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 ofier 
 up to his memory before the world this last tribute 
 of affection, thereby demonstrating the sincerity of 
 our esteem for him and our inviolable attachment to 
 the principles of our order. 
 
 With proper respect, therefore, to the established 
 customs of the country in which we live ; with due 
 deference to our superior? in cliurch and state, and 
 with unlir-nted :^'Ood will to all mankind, we appear 
 here clothed as mason ■ and publicly express our 
 perfect saV/mission 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 
 
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 of our fellow men. Invested with the badges of 
 innocence we humbly bow to the will of the universal 
 parent and implore his blessing on every zealous 
 endeavour to promote peace and 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 brotlier 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 imion 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 allotted 
 to our present existence ; wisely and usefully employ 
 our time in the reciprocal exchange of kind and 
 friendly acts, and mutually promote our own welfare 
 and happiness, and the welfare and happiness of all 
 mankind. 
 
 Let 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 pursuits are vain, let us no longer postpone 
 the important concern of preparing foi* eternity, but 
 embrace the present moment, whilst time and 
 opportunity offer, to provide against the great change, 
 when all the pleasures of this world shall cease to 
 delight, and the reflections of a virtuous life, yield our 
 only comfort and consolation. Thus our expectations 
 will not be frustrated, nor we be summoned unprepared 
 into the presence of an all-wise and all-powerful judge 
 
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 to whom the secrets of all hearts are known, and from 
 whoso dread tribunal no culprit can escape. 
 
 Be82)onfi(?. — So mote It he. 
 
 W. M. — Almighty and most merciful God, in 
 whom wo live and move, and havo our being, and 
 before whom all men must hereafter ap])car. to render 
 an account of the deeds done in the bodj, we do most 
 earnestly beseech thee, as we now surround the grave 
 of our departed brotlicr, deeply to impress upon our 
 minds the solemnities of this day. May w^e ever 
 remember that in the midst of life Ave arc 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 the duties thou hast assigned 
 us in the erection of our moral edifice ; may we 
 have wisdom from on higli 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, 
 we may obtain a blessed and everlasting rest in that 
 spiritual edifice not made with hands, eternal in the 
 heavens. 
 
 Hesponse. — Amen. So mote it be. 
 
 Tlie procession 2vill then reform in the first order, and 
 return to the lodge room, where, when the ^yropcr forms are 
 gone through, the tvorshipful master will address the brethren 
 on the proceedings of the day, and the lodge will he closed. 
 
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 INV00ATION,-FIR,ST DEGREE. 
 
 Vouchsafe thine aid, Almighty Father and supreme 
 governor 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 faithful brother among us. 
 Endow him with a competency of thy divine wisdom 
 that, assisted by the secrets of this our masonic art, 
 he may be the bettor enabled to display the beauties 
 of true godliness, to the honor and glory of thy holy 
 name. — So inofe it h\ 
 
 INVOC.VTION,-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 ever more established in us 
 by obedience to thy holy precepts. — So mots it he. 
 
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 'MS are 
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 osed. 
 
 INVOCATION.-TUIRD DEGREE. 
 
 Almighty and Eternal Bchig, the glorious architect 
 and ruler of the universe, at whose creative fiat all 
 things first were made, we, the frail creatures of thy 
 providence, humbly implore thee to pour down on 
 this convocation assembled in thy holy name, the 
 

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 coiitinnul dew of tliy blessino^s ; more especially wc 
 beseecli tlicc, to impiirt thy grace to this thy servant, 
 who offers himself a caiulidate to partake with iis tlie 
 iiiysterions socretrt of a master mason : endue hiui with 
 such fortitude that in the ]iour(>f trial he fail not ; but 
 pass him safely under thy protc'^tion through the 
 valley of the shadow of death, that he may finally 
 arise from the tomb of transgression, to shine as the 
 stars ; for ever and ever. — So mote it he. 
 
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 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY INITIATED CANDIDATE. 
 
 As you have now passed through the ceremonies of 
 your initiation, allow me to congratulate you on being 
 admitted a member of our ancient and honorable 
 society. Ancient, as having subsisted from time 
 immemorial, and honorable because, by a natural 
 tendency it conduces to make all those honorable 
 who are strictly cbcdient to its y^recepts. Indeed no 
 institution can boast a more solid foundation than that 
 on which freemasonry rests — the 2>'^ttGtice of social 
 and moral virtue, and to so high an eminence has its 
 credit been advanced, that, in every age, monarchs 
 themselves have been promoters of the art ; have not 
 
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 thought. it dero,^atory from their dignity to exchange 
 the Bceptro fo;* the gavel ; have patronized our 
 mysteries, and liavo joined our assemblies. As a 
 mason, I woidd first reeonnnend to your most serious 
 contemplation the volume of the sacred law, charging 
 you to consider it the unerring standard of truth and 
 justice and to regulate your actions by the divine 
 precepts whicli it contains. Therein you will bo 
 taught the important duty you owe to God, to your 
 neighbour and to yourself. To God, by never 
 mentioning His name but witli that awe and reverence 
 which.are due from tlie creature to his creator, by 
 imploring His aid un ' .our lawful undertakings and 
 l)y looking up to II <-'ery emergency for comfon 
 
 and support, to you -our, by acting with him 
 
 on the square, by i\..uLi.Jg him every kind office 
 wliicli 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 and mental 
 faculties in their fullest energy ; thereby enabling 
 ycu to exert those talents wherewith God has blest 
 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 of your civil duties 
 by never proposing, or at all countenancing, any act 
 they may have a tendency to subvert the pea3e and 
 good order of society ; by paying due obedience to the 
 laws of any state which may for 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 
 
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 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 especially careful to maintain, 
 in their fullest splendor, those truly masonic ornaments 
 benevolence and charity. 
 
 Still,however,as a mason there are other excelTencies 
 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 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 might inadvertently lead 
 you so to do. 
 
 Your fidelity must be exemplified by a strict 
 observance of the constitutions of the fraternity ; by 
 adhering to the ancient landmarks of the order ; by 
 never attempting to extort, or otherwise unduly obtain 
 the secrets of a superior degree, and by refraining to 
 recommend any one to a participation of our secrets, 
 unless you have strong ground to believe that, by a 
 similar fidelity, he w3l ultimately reflect 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 
 
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 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 been this day 
 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 attainment, and without neglecting the 
 ordinary duties of your station, to consider yourself 
 called upon to make a daily advancement 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 duly appreciate the excellence of 
 freemasonry, and imprint indelibly on your mind the 
 sacred duties of truth of honor and of virtue. '\ 
 
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 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY PASSED CANDIDATE. 
 
 Brother^ — Being advanced to the second degree of 
 masonry, we congratulate you on your preferment. 
 The internal and not the external qualifications of a 
 man are what masonry regards. As you increase in 
 knowledge so you will consequently improve in social 
 intercourse. It is unnecessary for me to recapitulate 
 the duties which, as a mason, you are now bound to 
 discharge, or enlarge on the necessity of a strict 
 
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 THE CHARGES. 
 
 adherence to them, as your own experience must 
 have established 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 principles 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 consideration, — 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 
 wonderful properties of nature, it demonstrates the 
 more important truths of morality.] 
 
 As the solemnity of our ceremonies requires a serious 
 deportment, you arc to be particularly attentive to 
 your behaviour at our regular assemblies. You 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 orde: are 
 
 strenously 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, admonish 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 regularly introduced in the lecture, u^ider the 
 superintendence of an experienced master, who will 
 guard the landmarks against encroachment. By this 
 privilege you may improve your intellectual powers ; 
 
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 qualify yourself to become a useful member of society ; 
 and like a skilful! craftsman, strive to excel in what is 
 good and great. 
 
 You are to encourage industry and reward merit ; 
 supply the wants and 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 approaching danger, and view 
 their interests as inseparable from your own. 
 
 Such i? the nature of your engagement, as a 
 craftsman ; and these duties you are now bound, by 
 the most sacred ties, to observe. 
 
 CHARGE TO THE NEWLY RAISED CANDIDATE. 
 
 and 
 
 Br other, -^YovLY zeal for the institution of free 
 masonry, 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 
 constant care. You are to inculcate universal 
 benevolence, and by the regularity of your own 
 behaviour, afford the best example for the conduct of 
 others. The ancient landmarks of the order you are 
 to preserve sacred and inviolable, and never suffer an 
 infringement of our customs, or a deviation from 
 estabhshed usages. 
 
 Duty, honor and gratitude, now bind you to your 
 trust, let no motive, therefore, ever make you swerve 
 
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 from your duty, but be true and faithful, and imitate 
 the example of that celebrated artist, whom you have 
 once 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. 
 
 
APPEKDIZ. 
 
 IN THE MINUTE BOOK OF PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 OFENINa LODGE. 
 
 The Lodge was opened in the First Degree, at——, [giying the 
 hour,] 
 
 The Minutes of the last Regular Meeting [and subsequent 
 emergencies, if any] were read, and on motion, were confirmed. 
 
 BEF0BT8 OF COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS. 
 
 The Committee on the petition of Mr. , a Candidate for 
 
 Initiation, reported favorably, [or unfavorably, as the case may be.] 
 
 BEFOBTS GENEBAL. 
 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. 
 
 FAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS. 
 
 On the motion of Bro. , seconded by Br.o— . 
 
 That the sum of $ , in full of Account for , [or in 
 
 part payment, as the case may be] was ordered to be paid. 
 
 PEOFOSAL OF CANDIDATES. 
 It was moved by Bro. — , seconded by Bro. — , and adopted, [or 
 rejected as the case may be.] 
 
 That the application of Mr. , be received and placed on the 
 
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 APPENDIX. 
 
 Minutes to bo balloted for, at the next regular meeting, for initiation 
 into the mysteries of Freemasonry. 
 
 [The same Form to be used for joining members, substituting 
 the word "Bro." for " Mr." "and to become a member," in the place 
 of "for initiation," &c.] 
 
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 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES ON PETITIONS. 
 
 The Worshipful Master appointed Bros. ,— — , and , a 
 
 Committee to make the necessary enquires on the application o f 
 for ; to report thereon at the next regular meeting. 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF GENEBiL COMMITTEES. 
 The same form, only insert the specific business. 
 
 BALLOT. 
 The W. M. ordered the Ballot to be passed for Mr. 
 
 ,a 
 
 Candidate for initiation into the mysteries of Freemasonry, which 
 was taken, and on examination, declared in fayor of [or against the] 
 Candidate, as may be. 
 
 [The same form will apply to joining members, using the term 
 " Bro." for " Mr." and the words to become a member, for " initia- 
 tion," &c.] 
 
 BOABD OF TEIAL. 
 
 The W.M. appointed Bros. and , 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." 
 
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 INITIATION OF CANDIDATES. 
 The Board of Trial, having reported to the W. M. that the 
 Candidate had answered the necessary questions satisfactorily, and 
 the Candidate having been properly prepared, he was [or they were 
 severally,] initiated into the First Degree of Freemasonry. 
 
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 III. 
 
 PASSING. 
 
 Bro. ,[or Bros.] a Candidate[or Candidates] for advancement 
 
 was [or were] examined in open Lodge, and directed to retire. 
 
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 The lodge was opened in the Second Degree, at — — , [state 
 the hour.] 
 
 [No objection being made] Bro. , [or Bros.] 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. 
 
 EAISING. 
 
 Bro. , [or Bros.] a Candidate [or Candidates] for further 
 
 advancement, was [or were] examined in open Lodge as to his [or 
 their] proficiency, 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. 
 
 OALLINa FBOM LABOB TO BEFBESHMENT. 
 The Lodge was callei from labor to refreshment, at o'clock. 
 
 GALLING FBOM BEFBESHMENT TO LABOB. 
 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 Three Degrees, say " severally in the Third 
 
IV. 
 
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 Second and First : " if opened in the Second Degree, say " severallj 
 in the Second and First. 
 
 Confirmed in open Lodge, [give date] A.L., 
 {Maater^s Signature.) {§ecretary*8 Signature.) 
 , W. M. , Sec'y. 
 
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 BEaULATION. 
 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 
 contents. 
 
 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 g:ves notice of their 
 being present. It must be borne in mind that no visiting brother, 
 unless he be a subscribing member of some regular Lodge, has a 
 right to visit a Lodge more than once during his non-affiliation with 
 theCraft. * 
 
 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 
 regular Minute book, to which he must attach his signature ; and 
 when they have been read and confirmed in open Lodge, the W.M. 
 likewise signs them at the left hand comer. 
 
 It is usual, on the presentment of Beports from Committees to 
 move their reception, or their reception and adoption. If open to 
 discusion or amendment, first move their reception, and afterwards 
 their adoption. 
 
 The Constitution declares twenty dollars ($20) the lowest iQQihaX, 
 can be charged for the Degrees of Freemasonry, which is to be paid 
 previously to the Candidate's initiation This sum also includes the 
 fee for registering the Candidates name in the books of the Grand 
 Lodge and a Grand Lodge Certificate. 
 
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 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 be transacted. If a Candidate make 
 application for the Second Degree, he must undergo an examination 
 in an open Lodge in the First Degree, he is then directed to retire. 
 The Lodge is then opened in the Second Degree ; and if it appear 
 that the Candidate has made suitable proficiency, he may be passed. 
 The same may be said with reference to a Candidate for the Third 
 Degree. The Candidate is examined in a Lodge of Fellow-Crafts, 
 and directed to retire. The lodge is then opened in the Third Degree. 
 If the Candidate be found worthy, he may be raised to the sublime 
 degree of a Master Mason, and the Lodges are then closed down, 
 commencing with the Thirds next the Secondf and lastly, the First. 
 
 Newly initiated Candidates are required to sign the By-Laws on 
 the night of initiation, as an evidence of their membership and 
 willingness of obedience to the same. 
 
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 PAQK. 
 
 Absence of master 50 
 
 Accounts of grand Lodge, directions in reference to. 39 
 
 — of private lodges 45 
 
 Admission of members, qualifications necessary for 51 
 
 Admission to grand lodge 35 
 
 Admonition of lodges 49 
 
 — of a brother in a private lodge 46 
 
 Adjourn, lodges cannot , 43 
 
 Age at which a man may be made a mason 56 
 
 Ample form, when grand lodge is declared to be open in 23 
 
 Annual election 41 
 
 Antient charges, summary of, to be read on installation of master. 15 
 
 — concerning Qod and religion 7 
 
 — of the civil magistrate, supreme and subordinate 7 
 — ^ of lodges 8 
 
 — of masters, wardens, fellows and apprentices . . 9 
 
 — of the management of the craft in working ... 10 
 — • when to be read in lodges 42 
 
 — of behaviour, viz : 
 
 in the lodge while constituted 11 
 
 after lodge, brethren not being gone 12 
 
 when brethren meet without strangers, but 
 
 not in a lodge 12 
 
 in presence of strangers, not masons 13 
 
 at home and in the neighborhood 13 
 
 towards a strange brother 13 
 
 Appeals to grand lodge, form of 62 
 
 Applications to grand master, how made 28 
 
 — for warrant to hold a new lodge 69 
 
 — for grand lodge certificate 60 
 
 Appointments to be notified to grand secretary 47 
 
 Appointments to vacancies * 51 
 
 Aprons, description of 66 
 
 Assistant grand director of ceremonies 34 
 
 — grand secretary 34 
 
 — grand organist 34 
 
 Attendance book 43, 51, 59 
 
 Audit, grand lodge 32 
 
 — private lodges 45 
 
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 Ballot for initiation or admission 44 
 
 — for members of board of general purposes 36 
 
 — for officers of grand lodge , 19 
 
 — for officers of private lodge 41 
 
 Ballot for a rejected candidate, cannot be taken again within 
 
 twelve months 44 
 
 Ballot for, two black balls exclude 57 
 
 — secrecy of 52 
 
 Ballot may be demanded on any question 26 
 
 Balloted for, candidates to be 54, 55, 56, 57 
 
 Behaviour in lodge 46 
 
 Black balls, two exclude 57 
 
 Board of general purposes, of whom it consists 36 
 
 — how nominated and elected 36 
 
 — to elect vice-president 37 
 
 — mode of election 37 
 
 — vacancy caused by death or removaljhow to be filled up 37 
 
 — who to preside in the absence of the president and 
 
 vice-president 37 
 
 — when to meet 37 
 
 —» how many constitute a quorum, and how questions 
 
 are to be decided 38 
 
 — authority of. 38 
 
 — may summon lodge or brother to attend and produce 
 
 warrant, &c., in case of contumacy 38 
 
 — < how to proceed in cases requiring admonition, fine, 
 
 or suspension 38 
 
 <— in case of complaint affecting a member of his lodge, 
 
 such member is to withdraw 39 
 
 — • on what occasion members must be in masonic 
 
 clothing 39 
 
 «— shall have charge of finances 39 
 
 — may inspect books, summon officers, and give orders 39 
 — > to balance yearly accounts, which shall be printed 
 
 and transmitted to lodges 39 
 
 — has the direction as to buildings, furniture, &c 39 
 
 •-» to cause necessary preparations to be made for com- 
 munications of grand lodge 40 
 
 «— to regulate the concerns of grand lodge 40 
 
 •-* may recommend measures to grand lodge and origi- 
 nate plans , 48 
 
 — recommendations to, must be in writing and signed. 40 
 
 •— all communications from, to be in writing 40 
 
 •w- to consider first, business referred to it by grand 
 
 master or grand lodge 41 
 
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 Board may appoint sub-committees 41 
 
 — resolutions and transactions of, to be entered in a 
 
 minute book 41 
 
 Books to be kept by lodges 42 
 
 — of lodges to be produced when required 38 
 
 Books of lodges 42, 43, 50, 59 
 
 Brethren offending to be admonished or suspended 53 
 
 Business of grand lodge, how to be conducted 25 
 
 By-laws, every lodge has power to frame 42 
 
 By-laws, master to pledge himself to, on installation 50 
 
 — members to sign 53, 42 
 
 Candidates, qualification of, for initiation 56 
 
 — declaration to be signed by 56 
 
 — promise to be made by, on initiation 57 
 
 — committee on character of. 55 
 
 — members proposing responsible for fees 44 
 
 ^- age necessary to render eligible for initiation 56 
 
 Ceremonies, grand director of 35 
 
 Ceremony of constituting a new lodge 70 
 
 — of laying a foundation stone 73 
 
 — of installing master , . 41,49 
 
 Certificates when lodges cease to meet 55 
 
 Certificate, grand lodge, every, registered brother to have one . . 45 
 
 — what shall be paid for same 59 
 
 — lodge to pay for same 59 
 
 — how to be procured 60 
 
 — must be signed by the brother receiving it 59 
 
 — who is excluded from receiving 60 
 
 — application for, how made 60 
 
 — private lodges not to grant 60 
 
 Chair of grand lodge regulations as to 25 
 
 — private lodges, regulations as to 50 
 
 Chaplain, grand 32 
 
 Character of candidates 54, 55 
 
 Charges preferred, due notice of 46 
 
 Charges, antient 42, 15 
 
 — to newly initiated candidate 88 
 
 — to newly passed brother 91 
 
 — to newly raised brother 93 
 
 — against a brother, notice of 53 
 
 Clandestine lodges, reference to 52 
 
 — initiations 52 
 
 Clothing and insignia 63 
 
 Committee of private lodges 55 
 
 — on propositions 55, 56 
 
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 Communications of grand lodge when held 23 
 
 Complaints, how to be preferred 24 
 
 — authority of board of general purposes, as to 38 
 
 Committees, reports of, to grand lodge 25 
 
 Complaints, D. D. G. M., may hear 30 
 
 Constituting a new lodge, petition for 69 
 
 — ceremony c f 70 
 
 Contributions and payments to grand lodge 62 
 
 Contents, table of •. 5 
 
 Conspiracies may not be engaged in 8 
 
 Confirming minutes 25, 41, 49 
 
 Constitution, how may be altered 27 
 
 — Candidate must submit to 57 
 
 Customs and usages, uniformity to be observed 46 
 
 Declaration to be signed by candidates , 56 
 
 Degrees, time between conferring 44 
 
 Deaths — of grand master 27 
 
 — deputy grand master 27 
 
 — of master of subordinate lodge 50 
 
 Decisions of questions in grand lodge 25 
 
 — of subordinate lodges 52 
 
 Degrees, application for certificates 60 
 
 Deputy grand master, how elected 28 
 
 — ex-ofl&cio president oftheboard of general purposes 36 
 Deputy grand master not to be of the same section of province 
 
 as grand master 28 
 
 — may preside in lodges with the district deputy grand 
 
 master on his right 29 
 
 District deputy grand master to be nominated by lodges of 
 
 district 29 
 
 — • may hear and decide on complaints 30 
 
 •— may preside in lodges with the master of lodge on 
 
 his right 29 
 
 — may admonish or suspend 30 
 
 — differences among members, mode of adjusting 53 
 
 Director of ceremonies, grand lodge 35 
 
 — private lodges 41 
 
 Dispensation, D. D. G. M. may issue , 31 
 
 mm to initiate a candidate from without the jurisdiction 
 
 of lodge 55 
 
 — > certificates cannot be had unless by 60 
 
 •«« for new lodge 62 
 
 — constituting new lodge 69 
 
 Dissolution of lodge, warrant reverts to G. M 48 
 
 Dispensation to advance in less time than the regular require 
 
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 Dispensation to initiate candidates under 21 years of age 62 
 
 — to initiate more than five candidates in one day . . 44, 62 
 
 — for processions 60, 62 
 
 Due form, when grand lodge is opened in 23 
 
 Dues may be remitted 48 
 
 Dues, may be suspended for 40 
 
 Election of grand master 27 
 
 — of master of lodges 41 
 
 — of master if not confirmed 49 
 
 Eligibility to office 22, 41, 49 
 
 Elective, officers, grand lodge 19, 22 
 
 — private lodges 41 
 
 — who are eligible for the office of mastei; of private lodges 4 1 
 
 — who are eligible for grand officers 22 
 
 Emergency of grand lodge 23 
 
 — of private lodges 43 
 
 — for admission of candidates 55 
 
 Enquiry, committee of 36, 55 
 
 Erasure of lodges 24, 30, 38, 48, 48, 54 
 
 Established usages and customs 46 
 
 Examination for higher degrees 44 
 
 Exclusion of members 46, 53 
 
 Expenditure of grand lodge 39 
 
 Expulsion 24, 30, 38, 46, 52, 52, 53 
 
 Expulsion of members, (note) 46 
 
 Fees in general 62 
 
 — may be remitted 48 
 
 — private lodges, iniliation 44 
 
 — the brother proposing responsible for 44 
 
 — to grand lodge 62 
 
 Fees, when paid and not returned to grand lodge 45 
 
 Finances, grand lodge, in charge of board of genfial purposes. 39 
 
 Form, when grand lodge is opened in 23 
 
 Foundation stone, laying of, by grand master 73 
 
 Freemasons, general heads of charges 6 
 
 Free-born, (see antient charges) 8^ 56 
 
 Funerals, masonic 43, 50, 61, 76 
 
 — master masons only entitled to To 
 
 Furniture of lodgres 47 
 
 General heads of the charge of a freemason 7 
 
 Grand master shall appoint scrutineers 13 
 
 Grand master, absence from grand lodge 23 
 
 Grand lodge officers to be installed or invested 19 
 
 Grand lodge, powers of 24 
 
 — officers of, elected and appointed 20 
 
 — officers, order of rank 20 
 
 — title 18 
 
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 Harmony of lodge 46 
 
 Higher degree not to be conferred in less than one month.. .44, 60 
 Honorary members, grand lodge 22 
 
 — private lodges, who are elegible 54 
 
 -^ must pay grand lodge dues 54 
 
 — have no vote unless specially conferred 54 
 
 Initiation, qualification for 56 
 
 — declaration to be signed before 56 
 
 — propositions and ballot for .• 56 
 
 — promises to be made by candidates for 56 
 
 — fees, on 44 
 
 — number of candidates in same day eligible for 44 
 
 Improper matter in memorials to grand lodge 25 
 
 Indecorous or offensive behaviour 46 
 
 In form, when grand lodge is opened 23 
 
 Insignia and clothing, masonic 63 
 
 Installation of grand masterand officers 2*7 
 
 — of masters and wardens of private lodges .... 42, 49, 72 
 
 — masters of private lodges cannot fill chairs, till after 49 
 
 — antient charges to be read to masters and assented 
 
 to prior 15 
 
 Instruction, lodges of 58 
 
 Instruction, lodges may give 47 
 
 Investigation 24, 38, 39 
 
 Irregular lodges 52 
 
 Jewels and clothing, grand lodge injunctions in relation 63 
 
 — private lodges 65 
 
 — of degrees, not acknowledged by grand lodge, not 
 
 to be worn in grand lodge 63 
 
 Jewels, that may be worn in subordinate lodges 47 
 
 Joining members, regulations as to 53, 64 
 
 Jurisdiction of lodges 55, 55 
 
 Laws, power of enacting 42 
 
 Laws, alteration of, grand lodge 27 
 
 — private lodge may make by-laws 42 
 
 Lodges of emergency, grand lodge 23 
 
 — cannot adjourn 43 
 
 — private , 43 
 
 — of instruction 58 
 
 — what ofiicers are to be elected and appointed to ... . 41 
 
 — powers of, to make by-laws 42 
 
 — removal of 31 
 
 — precedence of 43 
 
 — not to initiate more than five candidates in one day. 44 
 
 — not to confer a higher degree inside of one month 
 
 from the last 44 
 
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 Lodges not to confer a degree without examination in open 
 
 lodge 44 
 
 — bound to receive a member initiated therein 44 
 
 — shall not make a mason for less than $20 44 
 
 — must register every brother in grand lodge books . . 44 
 
 — must procure a certificate for every brother 
 
 — initiated 45, 59 
 
 T- cannot give a certificate except in certain cases .... 45 
 
 — bound to observe established usages 46 
 
 — can instruct master or warden on vote 47 
 
 — to make returns to grand secretary 47 
 
 — the minority of the members of, if not less than 
 
 seven, can hold warrants 48 
 
 — constitution of new 69 
 
 — dues of, to grand lodge 62 
 
 — erasure of, not till master or officers are summoned. 48 
 — - offending against regulation or law 49 
 
 — to meet only on working days 10 
 
 — why so called 8 
 
 Lodge seal 58 
 
 Making masons, regulations as to 44 
 
 Masonic clothing and regalia 63 
 
 —• funerals 61 
 
 — processions 60 
 
 Masons offending against law 53 
 
 — to be courteous towards each other 10 
 
 .^ should belong to a lodge 8 
 
 — who may be made such 8, 9 
 
 Master of lodge a member of grand lodge 20 
 
 — qualification, election, and installation of 9, 49 
 
 — pledge, or obligation of 50 
 
 «- to visit other lodges 50 
 
 «• to observe laws 50 
 
 ... death, removal, or absence of 50 
 
 — to attend summons and produce warrant. . 28, 30, 38, 51 
 
 -— lodge may intruct its 47 
 
 — > to see that all money that is received and paid is 
 
 -i- accounted for 50 
 
 — to produce books of lodge 28, 30, 38, 51 
 
 M» not assume chair till installed 48 
 
 not to be chosen for seniority 9, 49 
 
 Meetings of lodge 43 
 
 Members, candidates when initiated become 44 
 
 — admission of 51 
 
 ■Ml not to attend an irregular lodge, 52 
 
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 Members not to hold private conversations whilst the lodge is 
 
 at labor II 
 
 — not to print proceedings of lodges 52 
 
 — not to violate secrecy of ballot 52 
 
 M embers not to protest against resolutions 53 
 
 — retiring from a lodge, rules for 53 
 
 — joining a lodge, rules for 53 
 
 — of grand lodge who are 20 
 
 — honorary , 54 
 
 — suspended for non-payment of dues, to be restored.. 47 
 
 Minutes to be kept, form of. 95 
 
 Minority, ( if seven) may hold warrant 48 
 
 Minutes to be read before installation of master 41, 49 
 
 Motion in grand lodge, notice to be given of 26 
 
 Moral law, a mason to obey 7 
 
 Names of past master, master and wardens to be returned to 
 
 grand lodge. 47 
 
 — of brethren excluded to be sent to grand secretary. . 46 
 
 — of brethren excluded to be sent also to district deputy 
 
 grand master 46 
 
 Negle ct of lodges to make returns, liabilities on account of . . . . 48 
 New lodge, how constituted 69 
 
 — warrant 69 
 
 Notice of motion given 26 
 
 Number of initiations in one day 44 
 
 — members who may hold warrants 48 
 
 Obligation of master 50 
 
 Offensive behaviour 46 
 
 Offences of lodges and brethren, reference to 24, 38, 48, 49 
 
 Officers, who are 41 
 
 Officers of grand lodge and private lodges 19, 41 
 
 — past grand, members of grand lodge 20 
 
 — of private lodges cannot resign 51 
 
 — tenure of office 18 
 
 — when appointed 19 
 
 Page, title 1 
 
 Past grand masters members of grand lodge 30 
 
 Past masters, members of grand lodge 20 
 
 Payments to grand lodge , 48 
 
 Perfect man, candidate must be 9 
 
 Petitions cannot be withdrawn 57 
 
 Petitions for a new lodge 69 
 
 Precedency of lodges 43 
 
 — of grand officers 26 
 
 Property of lodge, who owns 47 
 
 Protest, when allowed to be recorded 53 
 
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 Procession, masonic, restrictions in reference thereto..45, 59, 61, 73, 76 
 
 Proposing members 54 
 
 Passing and raising, not without due instruction 54 
 
 Political and religious discussions not allowed 12 
 
 Plots, a mason not to be engaged in 8 
 
 Private piques not to be brought into lodge 12 
 
 Proxy for a lodge 20 
 
 Promise of a candidate 57 
 
 Prayers 87 
 
 Public ceremonies 73 
 
 Pursuivant, grand 35 
 
 Punishment 46, 49, 54, 61 
 
 Qualification of master 49 
 
 — of candidate 55 
 
 Quarrels not to be brought into lodge 12 
 
 Rank of grand officers 20 
 
 Raise without examination, must not 44 
 
 Rank of lodges 43 
 
 Recommendations to board of general purposes 40 
 
 Regalia, discription of 63 
 
 Registrar, grand 32 
 
 Registration of members 44 
 
 Regulations for the government of grand lodge 25 
 
 Registrar book 43 
 
 Registration 45, 59, 60 
 
 Regulations for the government of private lodges 41 
 
 Reinstate 30 
 
 Rejected, candidate to be declared 55 
 
 — candidates cannot be balloted for within twelve 
 months 44, 57 
 
 Religion, not to exclude 7 
 
 Removal of lodges 31 
 
 Removal of officers 27, 51 
 
 Reputable circumstances 56 
 
 Representatives of lodges to nominate D. D. G. M 19 
 
 Representatives in sister grand lodges 27 
 
 Restoring of brethren 30, 47 
 
 Residence of candidate 55 
 
 Resign, officers cannot 51 
 
 Resignation of members 53, 60 
 
 Returns of subordinate lodges 45, 47, 59 
 
 Returns and payments to grand lodge 23, 47 
 
 Resolutioa to reprint constitution 2 
 
 Rule in lodge, who may 49, 50 
 
 Scrutineers on ballot 19 
 
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 Scrutineers for grand lodge 16 
 
 Seal of grand lodge and private lodges 33, 58 
 
 Secretary, grand 33 
 
 — of lodges 41 
 
 Serving brethren, initiation of 44 
 
 Seven days for holding a lodge of emergency 56 
 
 Sign by-laws, members must 57 
 
 Secrecy of ballot, not to be violated 52 
 
 Stewards 34, 41, 51 
 
 Summons to lodge or brother 28, 30, 38, ^8, 51, 55, 55 
 
 Suspension of lodge or brother 28, 30, 31, 38, 43, 46, 49 
 
 — for non-payment of dues 46 
 
 Sub-committees, board of general purposes 41 
 
 Sword bearer, grand 34 
 
 Standard bearers, grand 35 
 
 Table of contents 3 
 
 Time allowed for appeals to be made 62 
 
 — between degrees 44, 60 
 
 Title, grand lodge 18 
 
 — page 1 
 
 Trial 24, 27, 30, 38, 46, 53 
 
 Treasurer, of grand lodge and private lodges 32, 41 
 
 Tyler, of grand lodge and private lodges 36, 42, 51 
 
 Tylers, to be excluded general charity 51 
 
 Uniformity of work, to observe 46 
 
 Visitors to grand lodge 23 
 
 — to private lodges 59 
 
 Vacancies in grand grand lodge 22 
 
 — in private lodges 50 
 
 Votes by proxy 20 
 
 — as to 25,27, 52 
 
 Visits 50, 59 
 
 Vouching for 59 
 
 Wardens, grand lodge 31 
 
 -— private lodges 37, 49 
 
 ~. cannot confer degrees 50 
 
 — cannot resign office 51 
 
 Warrants, petitions for, &c 69, 71 
 
 Warrants not transferable. 48 
 
 Warrant to be produced 28, 30, 38, 51 
 
 Withdrawal of petition 57 
 
 — from membership irregularly 53 
 
 Write, candidates must be able to— (note) 56 
 
 Work, lodges must observe the same 46 
 
 Works, grand superintendent of 34 
 
 Yearly meetings of grand lodge 23 
 
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