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The Meetings of this Lodge shall be held on the first Friday in every Calendar Month, at Mason's Hall, in the City of Saint John, at 7 o'clock in the evening, from the first Friday in October, until the first Friday in March; and at 8 o'clock in the eve- ning from the first Friday in April, until the first Friday in September, of each year. II. Jl Lodge of Emergency may at any time be cal- led by the authority of the Master, or, in his ab- sence, of the Senior Warden, but on no pretence without such authority first given. The particular reason for calling the Lodge of Emergency shall be expressed in the summons, and afterwards re- corded on the minutes, and no business but that so expressed shsU be entered upon at such meeting. PROPOSING MEMBERS, Ac. h No Brother shall be admitted a Member of this Lodge without a regular proposition in open Lodge, 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, shall have been sent to all the Members in the summons for the next stated Lodge Meeting ; at which meet- ing the Certificate of his former Lodge is to be pro- duced, or other satisfactory testimony of his go^d conduct ; and his name shall stand on the books for one Month, that due enquiry may be made as to character. II. No person shall be made a Mason in this Lodge without a regular proposition in one Lodge, and a ballot at the next regular stated meeting, nor until his name, addition, or occupation, and place of abode shall have been sent to all the Members in the summons, and his name stand on the books one Month, that strict enquiry may be made as to his character. III. f Every person wishing to be made a Masen in this Lodge must be a free man, of the full age of twenty-one years, and his own master, and be known to be in reputable eircumstances at the time 5 of initiation, and he must, previously to being pro- posed, subscribe his name at full length to the fol- lowing declaration, viz. : To the WorshipfiU Maiter, fTarderu, and MetiP- ber$ of ALBION LODGE, No. 841,— I -'— ^, being free by birth, and of the full age of twenty-one years, do declare, that unbiassed by the improper solicitations of friends, and unin* fluenced by mercenary or other unworthy motives^ I freely and voluntarily offer myself a Candidate for the mysteries of Masonry ; that I am prompted by favourable opinion conceived of the Institution, and a desire of knowledge, and that I will cheer- fully conform to all the ancient usages and esta- blished customs of the Order. Witness my Hand, this — day of — . Witnett, — . And which applieation must be accompanied with the sum of Twenty Shillings. If he be admitted this sum to form a part of his Initiation Fee, and if he decline coming forward, or be rejected, the amount ahall be returned to him ; but if, after be- ing balloted for and admitted, he then decline to come forward, the money to be forfeited for the benefit of the Lodge. .VI., No Brother shall be admitted a Member of this Lodge, if, on the ballot being taken, three negative or black balls appear against him, but he shall be 6 excluded without any reason being assigned ; if two negatives are against bim be shall be admitted, unless satisfy Jtory reasons are offered to the bre->- threu for his exclusion. VII. No person shall be made a Mason in this Lodge, if on the Ballot being taken, two negative or black baits appear against bim, but he shall be excluded without any reason being assigned ; if one negative is against him, he shall be admitted, unless satis- factory reasons are offered to the Brethren for his exclusion. vin. In cases of emergency, the following alteration as to the mode of proposing a Candidate shall be allowed. — Any two Members of the Lodge may transmit, in writing, to the Master, the name, ad- dition, or occupation, &c. of any candidate they may wish to propose, and the circumstances which cause the emergency ; and the Master, if the emer- gency be proper, shall notify the said recommenda- tion to every Member of the Lodge, stating the name, age, and profession, and place of abode, of the Candidate, and may at the Same time summon a Lodge to meet at a period of not less than seven days from tb« issuing of the summons, for the pur- pose of balloting for the candidate ; and if the can- didate be then approved, he may be initiated into the first degree of Masonry. The Master shall pre- viously to the ballot being takeO) cause the said pro- position and the emergency ttated. to be recorded in the Minute Book of the Lodge, bat the Candi- date ehall not be entitled to receive another degree en the same day, nor at a leea interval than one month, agreeably to the second clause of the gene- ral Rules. LODGE FEBfl AND DUS8»