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TORONTO: Dudley & Bums, Frintera, 1871. 2:^^:b^1 ( I » I CONTENTS. • '■.... * Present Officers 4 Past Principals entitled" to sit in Grand Chapter 5 Eesolution 8 Introduction 9 The By-laws , . . . 45 Extracts from the Constitutions to be read WITH THE By-laws, 52 Appendix A. Tables op Past Officers : (a) St. John's Chap, under warrant No. 4 p. r. 58 (h) St. John's Chap, undeu warrant No. 75 s. r. 59 (c) St. Andrew's Chapter under warrant No. 487 E. R. AND No. 4. G. R. c. . . 60 (d) St. Andrew's and St. John's, under WARRANT No. 4, G. R. C 61 Appendix B. Poll op Members of Chapter of St. Andrew AND St. John No. 4, g.r. c, 1871 . . 64 S U hi S J ea « 2 J ® S § 2 W3 CO t-8 S s s a o B « .2 C5 >» c ja » -^ J •>< ^ H PS » W H, 1-^ M 04 O4 Cm P< a s a a 0000 0000 w o C/2 w [2 u C/2 « s> *« *• M'l^oco — «C3>M»-aoa. s>^ ii1ft >ft ^ t^ >n tti ^* 00' irt ^ ifj u^" Tf ifl ^ oooooooeooooOoo e c o ^. i?', !« ^'^ !?; >; >5 >5 ^ 1^; ^ >5 ;;;, j;, ;^ HH V *j ^ c a, a. c c_ a. G. a. a. c a. a- c_ c a. c^t: ^ ti ei P ^- cc S 2 H 2 ^ a 2 < f? b = Bm Bm c o C5 O b-l u tn a: V Reiac;e9e9cieteSc:«R«eeci e ,e .fl ^ X ^ ^ .e .e ^ ^ •'S js .e f ^ ^P- -r ooocooooyo^oc^o « es es JS j: J3 xn 00 4) DO pC » oooo k 'O ,a 5 c r » on -00, X s » « g «, y, « W ^ ^»^ ^ B c •: ^ C -5^ •5 c, b C b PQ t3 c; *» -w *J tC Oi Cft Oi ^ X g rx ^ a ^ -yt a it £ Cfi Q iK ■*" -» t J "■" ** ^id ♦* ••* ••• •* oj cc w a, oQ oj cfl Oi tc Oi NNNNNNNNNgagl^l^Hst-il-it-i n 2 * « »J 5 (»j OJ Wj % ei * e! ei e8 Vj 03 V. U; V. > > > RKSOLTJTION. Extract from the MinutoH uf the R. A. C. of Ht. Andrew and St. John, 20th May. 1871. Moved by R. E. Comp. J. K. kERR, Past Third Princiiwil J., seconded by E.Coinp. F. J. Mknkt, Second Princi|)al H., and Jlenolved,—Th&i this Chapter, In recoivini; the revised Uy-lAWH now presented, record their entire satisfaution with the complete manner in which the Revisinif Committee have (terformod the duty entrusted to them, and in doiniar ^^, 'eel assured that every Companion will join in oiio liunrty accord in ofTorinir to our esteemed First Principal R. E. Comp. S. B. Harman, P. O. H., ' the sincerost expression of their appreciation of the research and labor, as well as the favor ho has bestowed, in the compilation of tho valuable and interestini; introduction and appendices ; and while with refined and characteristic delicacy he lias omitted all mention in the former of his own important particiitation in the Chapter's history, it affords the opportunity further to record our indebtedness to a Companion who, after a service in St. Andrew's Chapter second to none for fidelity and ability, which fairly war- ranted an honorable retirement, was induced cheerfully to respond to the call of the Companions, to talce the lead in 1SG9, in the revival of that Chapter, and in 1870, in the union with St. John's, — an undertalcing which has been accon^plished with a complete^ ness of detail and marked ability which entitles R. E. Comp. Harman to the lasting; tfratitude and good-will of the united Chapter of St. Andrew and St. John. And be it further Resolved,— That this Resolution be printed as a fly-leaf to the By-Laws, and be engrossed and presented to R. E. Comp. Harman. i:ntroduction. BT n. K. COMI>. II. B. IIARMAK, P. t., P. O. II., *0. itC. In tho very interesting sketch of the liistory of ►St. Andrew's Lotlge, No. 16, Cl.K.C, recently compiled by our zealous and worthy Coini)anion, James Bain, the following passage occurs : " Thus did 8t. Andrew's Lodge become the heir of the antiquity of the Lodges named, and through its membership affiliated with those Masons who first raised an altar to Masonry in this place." With equal force may the expression be used that the Chapter of St. Andrew and St. John, No. 4, G. R. C, has become, on the happy union of the Chapters whose names are lastingly preserved in its title, "The heir of the antiquity of Royal Arch Masonry in Toronto." A few notes illustrative of this position may not bo deemed an inappropriate introduction to the By-laws of the Chapter, which, consequent on such union, have been submitted to revision. It is proposed to make them as brief as possible, so that they should in no way interfere with, but rather direct attention to the valuable manuscript treatise, in the archives of the Chapter, on the introduction of Royal Arch Masonry into Toronto, prepared some years since, with great labour and research, by R. E. Companion Alfio DeGrassi, 10 INTRODUCTION. from which a few extracts are, with his concurrence, herein inserted. It may bo well to premise that the degrees of Royal Arch Masonry, " the completion of the knowledge of the Master Mason," were in earlier times conferred undar the general, or in some cases particular powers contained in the warrants or charters of Craft Lodger. In Ireland this still prevails; while in England, the Grand Maste^ being also Grand Z., it is only so far varied that while Royal Arch ^farrants are separate as to ths degree itself, the intermediate degrees not being tliere recognized and worked, the chapters to which they are issued are attached to lodges and bear their nutnbar ; thus St. Andrew's Lodge was l^o. 487 E.R., and when the English warrant for our chapter was applied for, as will be shewn, it was granted to St. An- drew's R. A. Chapter, attached to St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 487. E. R., thus necessitating a change of name. In Scotland, on the other hand, in the United States, and in Canada since the establishment of our present Grand Chapter,- Craft Masonry has been kept entirely distinct from Royal Arch or Capitular Masonry, the former being subject to the Grand Lodge, the latter to the Grand Chapter of Canada, grand bodies presided over by distinct grand officers; thus again, by way of illustration, although having a common origin, as we shall hereafter show, St. Andrew's Lodge became No. 16 on the registry of the Grand Lodge, St. Andrew's Chapter No. 4 on the registry of the Grand Chapter, these numbers, and thei priority attaching to them having been awarded from the proofs of antiquity of \ ? \ / i INTRODUCTION. 11 ? pedigree they were able to produce, as Lodge and Chapter, on the institution and preparation of the rolls of those grand and governing bodies in Canada. Bearing these preliminary remarks in mind the " antiquity of pedigree " of the now united chapter of St. Andrew and St. John will be briefly traced, ond in doing so reference will of necessity have to be made to the earlier lodges meeting in Toronto, whose labours naturally preceded and paved the way for the introduc- tion of the higher -degrees. The first ascertained mention of Royal Arch Masonry in Toronto is traced to the minutes of a lodge which may be fairly termed the pioneer of Masonry in Toronto, Rawdon Lodge (or ^'the Lodge between the Lakes") 498 E. R, which worked in Toronto from 1797 or earlier, to 1800, under a warrant granted by H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, Grand Master of England, afterwards King George the Fourth. Comp. DeGrassi's manuscript thus recites the circumstance : — " The min- utes ofR; wdon Lodge of date 8th March, 1800, furnish the first record of steps taken to establish this 'the per- fection of Masonry' west of Kingston, when, on i.iotion of Bro. Eliphalet Hale, it was resolved "that Bro. John Starkweather (a carpenter by trade) should furnish the Lodge with a complete canopy, hangings and trimmings to complete the same, and likewise a trunk to contain the Royal Arch furniture, the same to be completed as soon as possible, and the expense to be paid out of the funds of this Lodge," with the consent of all the breth- ren present. " This resolution," Comp. DeGrassi pro- ceeds to state, "and the subsequent proceedings. 1 1 \ I ' 12 INTRODUCTION. indicate that not only were the brethren unanimous, but that they were eagerly in earnest and would brook no unnecessary delay ; that their selection of Bro. Starkweather proved to have been judicious, and that he discharged his trust promptly and to the satisfaction of the brethren, for at the next meeting it was ordered that the sum of twenty dollars be paid him for the work, while it was further moved " that the canopy be supported by two pillars," which was ordered to be done. " Havlhg traced t' ~?eliminary proceedings and fixed upon Rawdon I > if:' p*" laying the foundation of the Chapter, and t- ^^8 ^ ^^i^' interpretation to the^ above extracts, we may believe that our ancient breth- ren were thus early possessed of the outside paraphern- alia of our order." Comp. De Grassi then proceeds to speak of the difficidties of membership, and especially of authority that beset them. As to the latter he says, " The first question that seems to have presented itself to the brethren was the authority to convene a Chapter. Eawdon Lodge being essentially a blue or craft, Lodge, did not possess the power of conferring the higher degrees, but there were blue lodges that did possess Royal Arch powers. Such was No. 6, from which An- cient Frontenac Chapter, Kingston, derived its authority, and these Lodges were distinguished by the appellation of Royal Arch Lodges. To gain, therefore, the necessary authority to forn* a Chapter, at the meeting of Rawdon Lodge, held on the 3rd of May, 1800, (being the next meeting after" they had obtained the Royal Arch re- quirements as above) a motion of the same brother Eliphalet Hale, " for giving up the Prince's Warrant, INTRODUCTION. 13 and taking out another from the Provincial Grand Master of Upper Canada," was unanimously agreed to, and Bro. Hale was appointed to intercede with the Provincial Grand Master for the same. "The Provincial Grand Master here referred to, and of whom further mention is made in the course of this introduction,' was the R. W. Bro. William Jarvis, Esquire, appointed by warrant dated 7th March, 1792, from the Duke of Athol, Grand Master of tlie "Ancient York Masons of England." The "Jarvis Warrant" (to use the term by which these warrants are known in Canada) having been granted, the lodge was thereafter known as " St. John's Royal Arch Lodge, No. 16, P. R." The companions as weU as brethren continued to work thereunder, and on the 24th June, 1800, being the festival of * St. John the Baptist,' the intermediate time having been occupied in enrolling the necessary number of companions, (the interesting particulars and difficidties of which are detailed in companion DeGrassi's manuscript) they formally organized as " St. John's Chapter," and adopted By-laws for their gov- ernment. In 1304 the first movement was made by the Royal Arch Masons of Upper Canada to place themselves under a separate organization or Grand Chapter, and separate the order from craft Masonry. As the details of this movement are set forth in the interesting and instructive history of "Ancient Frontenac Chapter, HI ' i S' u INTRODUCTION. No. 1, G.RC." and at still greater length in companion ' DeGrassi's manuscript, it is not considered necessary to extend the length of these notes by their introduction, particularly as they are only interesting as a matter of history, the object in vieV not having been then accomplished. Its importance and necessity to the good government of the order however was not lost sight of, and in 1817 a further movement to the same end was enorgeticallv set on foot, and resiUted in the formation of the first Grand Royal Arch Chapter in Canada, as appeiars from the following abbreviated extract from the History of Ancient Frontenac Chapter already referred to. 1 "Generally speaking, throughout this Province, Royal Arth, as >vell as Craft Ma8onry, witH dormant from A. D. 1812, to 1817 ;* and in how (deplorable a condition must the Order have been, when the adjournedf Grand Convention of Free Masons of Upper Canada, held at Kingston on the 8th of February, A. D. 1819, isRued such a strong exposition as the following, extracted from their printed circular of that date : " We, the undersigned, Delegates from the Lodges of Free and Accepted MasonU hereafter mentioned, having met in General Grand Convention, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present state of the craft in this Province, hereby make the following exposition of the motives which, at this critical juncture, actuate us : — Upon the death of our • This remark is hardly applicable to Toronto, where the records of Lodge and ChaptiT, although unfortunately ill- preserved and evidencing much laxity, still afford some evidence of continuous work. t The first meeting of the Convention was holden at King- ston, 27th Aug., 1817. ' I I INTRODUCTION. 15 late Grand MaSiter,* the Provincial Grand Lodge of Upper Canada expired, and for several yearH previous, the opera- tions of said GrHnd Lodge, by unforeseen difficulties, were suspended, its concerns were neglected, and Masonry was fast sinking into anarchy and confusion The consequence of this state of things was seen by many of the members of this Convention, but it was out of their power to remedy the evil. The death of our Grand Master left us a disjointed body, and from want of subordination, the subordinate Lodges which continued working without any restraint, wt-re rapidly de- clining, as is too frequently the case where no power exists or is exercised, to enforce adherence to the genuine principles of the order. Bad members bad gained admission into the Lodges, and the piu'e principles of Masonry were so profaned by their conduct, that worthy vmn stood aloof in many in- stances ; perhaps thinking Masonry the cause of such con- duct, or, at least, that it did not prohibit it. Irregularities of working had crept into Lodges from ^^ant of proper cor- respondence, and from having no official head to which they could apply for tiie Lectures. The effect of such proceed- ings, of which this is but a faint picture, was perceived by the Lodges ; and several being sensible of our rapidly declin- ing state, did choose Delegates to meet in Grand Convention, to deliberate upon proper measures for the correction of existing evils, &c., &c. "Such being the position of Masonry, a determination was also formed to raise from amongst the Provincial Chapters a superior governing body. Accordingly, on the 27th of August, A. D. 1817, three Royal Arch Chapters, " with the sanction of a numerous and respectable meeting of Companions from the respective Chapters holden in this Province, and countenanced by the presence of many visiting Companions, formed themselves into a Convention for the purpose of establishing, and hereafter holding, a Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Upper Canada, at Kingston ;" it being then conceded that whilst the Provincial Grand Lodge should hold its meetings at York (now Toronto), Kingston should be the seat of the Grand Chapter. On the 19th of February, A. D. 1818, the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Upper Canada was formed, duly consecrated, and at once issued dispensa- tions to all those Chapters which had been working under the sanction of the Warrants granted by the Provincial • Prov. G. M. Jarvis died on the 13th August, 1817. *'il m -ill w 16 INTRODUCTION. Grand Master Jarvis, to Craft Lodges, and thereby made the Chapters in a measure independent of the respective Lodges with which they were formerly connected. In this particu- lar, and indeed in the manner of forming a Grand Chapter, the Companions were evidently guided by the usage then prevalent in the United States, and to whose Chapter workinff they entirely conformed, for henceforth in this and other Pro- vincial Chapters, the Principals are styled H. P., K. and 8., " the intermediate Degrees" are made indispensable before Exaltation, nnd the Royal Arch is styled "the seventh Degree." The Chapters acknowledging the jurisdiction of this Grand Chapter, in the year A. D. 1819, were — The Frontenac, No. One, meeting at Kingston. Ernestown. Brockville. York (Toronto). Haldimand. Belleville.* Union, No. Two, Sussex, No. Three, St" John's, No. Pour, Fidelity, Nr . Five, Friendship,No. Six, and having now a^superior governing body, whose Convo- cations were regularly held, and whose deliberations, judging from the Grand Chapter Records, were actuated by a proper Masonic spirit, the various Chapters, prospered in a very great degree, and many brethren of wealth and respecta- bility were exalted and enrolled as Members." The Warrant nuinbered "four," issued by this the first Grand Chapter in Canada to St. John's Chapter, (and which followed a dispensation of 1818) bears date the 9th February 1819, and, as an illustration of the pre- vailing laxity and disorganization, on the day following a commission was issued to Comp. Jas. Bigelow, "to pro- ceed to the town of York, in Upper Canada, and there to constitute and organize " the said Chapter. To this Warrant which has been always jealously venerated • On the 15th of February, 1820, a Warrant was granted to Hiram Chapter, at Ancaster, Gore District. INTRODUCTION. 17 by the Companions, frequent mention will bo made in the progress of this introduction. Although St. John's Chapter had thus assumed the Chapter number four on the roll of the Grand Chapter, and boconie, as is said above, in a manner independent of its old allegiance to St. John's Royal Arch Lodge, it seems properly in pi I'io to follow up the fortunes of the latter, its hithc, to nursimj parent, until they concentrated in St. Andrew's Lodge, which happily preserves on the Registry of Grand Lodge, its old number, sixteen ; while St. Andrew's Chapter for- merly by its English Warrant attached to the St. Andrew's Lodge and St. John's Cliapter subsequently working under a Scotch Warrant, but both having a common origin in number four, have by their happy union not only again come together under that old Chapter number, but have lastingly preserved the old name. To this end the history of Frontenac Chapter is again quoted as follows : V^l " Since about the year A. D. 1812, surmises had gradually, arisen afi to the legality of «'the warrants" granted by the Provincial Grand Master Jarvis, who held his appointment under a Charter granted the 7th of March, A.D. 1792, by the Duke of Athol, the Grand Master of the " Ancient York Masons." and merely had the power under such Charter »« to issue dispensations for the holding of Lodges, and to con- tinue in force for the space ot twelve calendt-r months, and no longHr." From this circumstance, with the fact, that as by the death of Provincial Grand Master Jarvis, no successor being appMnted, the Provincial Grand Lodge had ceased to exist, the majority of Lodges, working under such warrants, in Grand Convention at Kingston, on the 27th day of Au- gust, 1817, deemed it necessary to petition the now United ! Orand Lodgeof England, for a Provincial Grand Lodge • but owing to the circumstance that amongst the Records of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Yorlc Masons, delivered to the United Orand Lodge at the union in 1813, there could not be found a copy of the Grand Warrant granted to Brother Jarvis, proof was wanted that those persons forming the Convention were a regular body ot Masons. The difficulty at that date of communicating with the Mother Country was so great, that it was not until the year 1822 that the United Grand Lodge issued authority to form a Provincial Grand Lodge, and appointed the Honorable ISimon McGilli- vray, Provintinl Gnind Master." St. Andrews, a lodge formed by a number of influ- ential members of St. John's about this time, was the first to avail itself of this new organization ; Com- panion Bain, in his sketch of its history already refer- red to, stating that it " met for the first time under dispensation, on Friday, 27th December, 1822, being ' the festival of ' St. John the Evangelist,* when R. "W. Bro. James Fitzgibbon, Deputy Prov. Grand Master, having read the dispensation, proceeded to install the officers," and that " at the regular meeting in Novem- ber, 1823, the same R. W. Bro. presented the Lodge with its warrant from the Grand Lodge of England, ^n^^hbered 487 on the English Registry, cmd No. 1 on ike Provincial" St. John's Lodge, No. 16, however, continued to work under the Jarvis Warrant until 1825, when they surrendered it and pbtained an English Warrant under the title of St. George's Lodge, No. — , E. R. and No. 9, P. R. For the next few years St. Andrew's Lodge, not- withstanding its flattering commencement, seems to have languished, probably for the reasons ingeniously JVTRODUCTION. 19 surmised by its historian Comp. Bain Suffice it to say here, that on the 17th December, 1829, it was most happily resuscitated as the senior Lodge formed from St, JohrCs, by the assistance of the brethren of St. George's Lodge, who surrendering their "Warrant, and " having ceased to exist as a Lodge, and united them- selves with the remnant of St. Andrew's Lodge, met on the 28th of the month, and formally re-opened that Lodge." It is at this period of his labours in tracing up the history of Craft Masonry in Toronto, that Comp. Bain appropriately uses the expression quoted already, thai " thus did St. Andrew's Lodge become the heir of the antiquity of the Lodges named, and through its mem- bership, affiliated with those Masons who first reared an altar to Masonry in this place." Passing from this almost indispensible digression on the subject of St. Andrew's Lodge, to which St. An- drew's Chapter was subsequently attached, and return- ing to matters more immediately concerning Eoyal Arch Masonry, it appears that, a few years after the re-organization of the Provincial Grand Lodge under R. W. Bro. McGillivray^ the Grand Chapter, organized at Kingston a^ we have shown in 1818, expressed the desire to place themselves under the Grand Chapter of England, as appears by the following Resolution passed at the Annual Convocation, held at Kingston, on the 10th February, 1824 :— "That this Royal Arch Chapter become amenable to the Supreme Grand Eoyal Arch Chapter of England for our pro- ceedings, and that discretionary correspondence be opened m W Hi 20 INTRODUCTION. by the M. E. Grand High Prient, with the Supreme Grand R. A. Chapter of England, throiiffh the R. W., Provincial Grand Master, Simon McGillivray, E^q., rcqiiefiting the attention of the Supreme Grand R. A. Chapter, to the R. A. Chapters subordinate to thiH Grand R. A. Chapter, and requesting the appointment of a Grand High Priest, under the authority of the Supreme Grand R. A. Chapter of England, for the gov. ernment of this Grand Royal Arch Chapter " Tho Historian of Ancient Frontenac Chapter remarks, with reference to this movement : — " From an opposition on the part of some of the Ofiicersof the Grand Chapter of Upper Canada, it appears this resolu- tion was prevented fiom being carried out, and hereafter no record is found of any action being taken thereon.. The spirit of inquiry had, however, been set on foot, and as the Craft Lodges in this province had already received confirma- tory Charters from the United Grand Lodge of England, many of the Chapters were desirous of obtaining Charters from the Supreme Grand Chapter, and of placing themselves under that jurisdiction." It does not appear, however, that St. John's Chap- ter No. 4, was in any hurry to adopt this course for it continued to work on, whether with perfect regu- larity, from the loss or absence of some of its records, it is unfortunately not possible to say, until 1841^ from which date they are continuous, and it is not until the' 16th of October, 1846, that we find a notice of motion given by Comp. Robert McClure, " that he would, at the next regular Convocation, move that application be made by this Chapter to the Grand Chapter of England for a Warrant, and that the name of Comp. Thomas G. Ridou.t be inserted therein as the first officer." The succeeding miautes do not fully record the precise time when this notice of motion was followed INTRODUOTION. 21 up ; probably some time elapsed in correspondence as to the difficulty of the change of name, from " St. John's," rendered indispensable from the necessity of its being attached to and bearing an English lodge name, but which, it may be presumed, was happily overcome when the English Warrant was obtained for St. An- drew's Chapter, attached to St. Andrew's Lodge No. 487 E. E., the heir of the old St. John's Royal Arch Lodge No. 16, as above recorded. However this may be, the minutes contain no farther entry on the subject, until the meeting of St. John's Chapter No. 4, on the 10th February, 1848, when the following Resolution was adopted : " That the Charter, jewels and all other property belonging to St. John's Chapter No. 4, be transferred to St. Andrew's Chapter No. 487 ;" and notice was given of a Chapter of Emergency, for " the purpose cf electing officers of St. Andrew's Chapter, on the 17th instant," at which meeting, after the election, a committee was named "to take the jewels of the order and make such alterations respecting them as might be deemed proper." It may not be considered out of place to make a brief allusion hero to the necessity for the lastrnamed Besolution. Referring to the formation of the first Grand Chapter in 1818 (see page 15), it is stated that " the Companions were evidently guided by the usage then prevalent in the United States, and to whose Chapter-working they entirely conformed^ for henceforth the Principals are termed H P. K. and S." Under the English system and ritual, which has now been fonuall^. adopted by the Grand Chapter of Canada, it r ia hardly necessary to say that thd Principals are designated Z., H. and J., with two scriljes E. and N., and that the ritual, while the same in essence, is some- what varied and simplified in practice ; but while time and usage have, in this our day, both reconciled com- panions to the change, and satisfied them as to its advantages, masonic charity must prevent a hasty judgment with regard to the action of some of the old companions, who, unprepared (as it is stated) for a change of ritual with a change of warrant, desired to return to the old work. The foregoing i-emarks will explain the subsequent course adopted at that time. To say the least, the objecting companions hardly seem to have given the new system much of a trial, for, passing by a few un- important meetings, the minutes of "St. Andrew's Chapter No. 487," (the new heading adopted in the old St. John's minute book) of the 10th August, 1848, record an Emergbnt Convocation called " to take into consideration the relinquishment or otherwise of the warrant lately obtained from the Grand Chapter of England," which resulted in a Eesolution, " That all the resolutions or other entries on the minutes of this chapter respecting transfer of the property, jewels, stocks, &c., formerly belonging to St. John's Chapter, be, and the same are hereby declared expunged." This somewhat hasty action was not, however, then carried out, for at tlie next regular convocation of the chapter, held on the 19th October, on the minutes of the chap- ter of emergency of the 10th August being read, they ^ were " confirmed with the exception of" the above resolution. It does not appear that any further movement was made to relin Your Committee, appointed to confer with a similar Committee appointed by St. John's Chapter, No. 75, G. K. S., in refer- ence to a scheme for the amalgamation of the two chap- ters, beg to report as follows : — That after full discussion, the joint committees unanimously resolved to recommend a union of the two chapters, on the following basis: — Firtty the members of St. John's Chapter to 'become members of St. Andrew's Chapter, by a formal vote. .Secondly, - the name of the chapter to be thenceforth changed to that of ' The Chapter of St. Andrew and St. John.' Thirdly, a new roll to be prepared, placing members of both chapters ac- cording to the date of their exaltation ; such roll to be thenceforth the roll of the united chapter. Fourthly, it was proposed by the officers of St. Andrew's Chapter present at the meeting that they should all resign their offices, and a new election take place immediately after the union is consummated, and this was understood to be one of the conditions of the agreement. Your Committee have much ' pleasure in reporting that, since their meeting, these terms of union have been unanimously adopted by St John's Chapter.' xhe above report having been presented, and also unani- moualy adopted by St. Andrew's Chapter, on the 22ud of of April, Comp. Kerr gave notice that he would^ at an emer- gent meeting, which the First Principal was requested io call at an early day, move < that the members of this chapter do agree to the amalgamation of St. John's Chapter, No. 75, G. R. S., with this chapter, upon the basis of the Report of the Committer of the chapter just received and adopt and were happy to meet again." In tho foregoing sketch a masonic era, extending back to the distant date of our first Provincial Grand Master's 32 INTRODUCTION. appoiotment in 1792, has been briefly travelled over ; and while we view with pride in 1871, the masonic edifice reared on the foundation laid by our earlier craftsmen, << in order," says Comp. DeGrassi in his treatise, from which we once more quote, *' that we should in some measure realize the arduous undertaking they enlisted in — let us borrow a page from history — and take a re- trospective view of the site on which they proposed to erect the Temple of Masonry in this city, and, however difficult the imagination may paint it, it will fall far short of the reality." The following passage from Bouchett's History of Toronto, then called York, relating to the year 1793, is the one referred to. '' It fell to my lot to make the first survey of York harbour in 1793. Lieutenant Governor, the late General Simcoe, who then resided at Navy Hall, Newark (now Niagara), having formed extensive plans for the improvement of the colony, had resolved upon laying the foundation of a provincial capital. I was at that period in the naval service of the lakes, and the survey of York (Toronto) harbour was intrusted by his Excellency to my performance. ' I still distinctly recollect the untamed aspect which this country exhibited when first I entered the beautiful basin which thus became the scene of my early hydro- graphical operations. Dense and trackless forests lined the margin cf the lake and reflected their inverted images in its glassy surface. Tho wandering savage had constructed his ephemeral habitation beneath the luxuriant foliage ; the group then consisting of two families of Nassassaguas, and the bay and neighbouring INTRODUCTION. 33 marshes were the hitherto uninvaded haunts of immense coveys of wild fowl. Indeed, they were so abundant as in some measure to annoy us during the night. In the spring following, the Lieutenant Governor removed to the site of the new capital; attended by the Queen's Rangers, and commenced at once the realization of his favorite project. His Excellency inhabited, during the summer and through the winter, a canvas house, which he imported expressly for the occasion ; but frail as was its substance, it' was rendered exceedingly comfort- able, and soon became as distinguished for the spcial and urbane hospitality of its venerated and gracious host, as for the peculiarity of its structure." The foregoing passage must have been also perused by Comp. Bain, who we find making use of a commen- tary, on which it is hard to improve, — that " Masonry being diffused over the four quarters of the globe, it need not surprise us to find it pressing forward in the van of civilization, falling close upon the heel of the shedding earliest settlers of the province, and benign influence amidst the aboriginal forests." its The object of Masonry being to advance its mission thus beautifully described, for the most part, by silent and unostentatious means, and the limits of this intro- duction } jtng necessarily circumscribed, the motto of « measures not men," has been kept in view in its preparation, or many an additional page might have been pleasurably filled with the records of the named of the worthy craftsmen who literally came " to sojourn and take part in the great undertaking." It may not 34 INTRODUCTION. be out of place, however, to name a few of the more pronoineDt, most of whom have long since " rested from their labors." The first name deservin<>: such notice is evidently that of Comp. Eliphalet Hale whose early zenl in the cause of Boyal Arch Masonry has been already named, and of whom local mention is made in the following ex- tract from the " Oracle " of the 20th Dec, 1800, pub- lished iu " Little York," a quotation also interesting from the mention of other old names, and from the cir- cumstance related : — "On Thursday last, about noon, a number of the principal inhabitants of the town met together in one of the Government Buildings,'^ to consider the means of opening the road to Yonge Street, and endbliug the farmers there to bring their provisions to market with more ease than is practicable at present. The Honorable Chief Justice Elmsley was called to the chair and briefly stated the object of the meeting, passing over the details of which, the article proceeds to state that a paper was read from Mr. E. Hale, proposing to make the road, and mentioning his terms, and concludes by naming that <' Mr. Hale's proposition was accepted, and Mr. Secretary Jarvis, Mr. Allan, and Mr. James Playter, were appointed to see to the carrying it into execution," — and the follow- ing mention of Oomp. Hale*s death is taken from the "York Gazette" of Sept. 19, 1817: "Died on the * The old Government or Parliament Buildings were at this time situatu almost in the extireme east, on or near the site of the present " Old Jail," and giving the name to " Par. liament Street." INTRODUCTION. 35 evening of the 17th inst., after a short illness, Mr. Eliphalet Hulo, High Constable for the Home District, an old and respectable inhabitant of this town. From a regular discharge of his official duties, he may be considered a public loss." Comp. DeGrassi notes that he was a " U. E. Loyalist," and his memory should ever live in the hearts of the companions of a chapter of whom he may be undoubtedly regarded as the founder. Mr. Secretary Jarvis, just named, it is almost un- necessary to say, was the First Provincial Grand Master, whose name frequently occurs in the preced- ing pages, after whose son, the late Samuel Peters Jarvis, "Jarvis Street " is named, and whose grandson, Lieut. Col. Samuel Peters Jurvis, now commands the Ontario Battalion at Fort Garry, Manitoba, and is thus contributing to extend the civilization of a province al- most as little reclaimed in 1871 as was Ontario, when first visited by his grandfather in 1793. The following letter from Mr. Secretary Jarvis, dated Pimlico, Lon- don, 28th March, 1792, to hia brother, Munson Jarvis, at St. Johns, New Brunswick, cannot fail to be inter- esting : — " I am in the possession of the sign manual from His Majesty, constituting me Secretary and Registrar of the Province of Upper Canada, with the power of appointing my deputies, and in every respect a very full warrant. I am alao very much flattened to be enabled to iuil.rm you that the Grand Lodge of England have, within these very few days, appointed " H. R. H. Prince Edward, who is now in Canada, 3G IXTUODUCTIOX. ,v- Gratid Master of Ancient Masons in Lower Canada;''* and " William Jurvis, Secretary and Hegistrar of Upper Canada, Grand Master of Ancient Masons in this Province." However trivial it may appear to you who arc not a mason, yet I assure you it is one of the most honorable appointments they could have conferred. The Duke of Athol is the Grand Mas- ter of the " Ancient York Masons " in England. The ship I am allotted to is the IlenneJeer, Captain Winter, a transport with the Queen's Ringers on board." By this clistinguished pioneer of masonry in Canado, was granted, through tno intercession of 3ro. and Comp. Hale, the Jarvis warrant to St. John's Royal Arch Lodge No. 16, in 1800, as already mentioned. He was born in England, 1 1th Sept., 1756, and died 13th August, 1817. Conspicuous among the names of the early Masons who were associated with and followed Comp. Hale, were three brothers, John Kendrick, Joseph Kendrick, and Duke William Kendrick, John Hamstead Hudson, First Prin- cipal for many years, by whom, as a Provincial Land Surveyor, many of our now host settled townships were first traced out from the aboriginal forest ; George Cutter, Cornelius Benson, John Edghill, Monis Law- rence, Thomas Hamilton, Joshua Leach, John Van Allen^ John Stegman, Malcolm Wright, William Marsh, Hugh Carfrae, Alfred, Charles, and Benjamin ^Afterwards Duke of Kent, and father of our beloved Queen. Among the records of Lodge No. 16, is a circular from the King- ston Convention, dated 15tb April, 1820, requiring the Lodges " to appear in mourning at their different ceremonies, in oonse- quenoe of the lamented decease of His Royal Highness." INTRODUCTION. 37 Barrett ; the Chapter meeting for innny ycnrs at the house of the latter, on Yonge Street, with regard to which, Comp. DeGrussi Huggnsts "the site of this must have been at or near ' Finch's ' old stand, and as this country was then in an unsettled state in its rolatioD with the United States, it is probable that the Lodge and Chapter were removed out of the town for greater security, or perhaps for the convenience of the members, many of whom resided on Yonge Street." The names also occur, a few years later, of Levi and James Bigelow, father and son, the former, great uncle of Comp. N. Gordon Bigelow, barrister, now of King Solomon's Chapter,* died in 1870, and the latter, men- tioned at page 16 in connection with the re-organiza- tion of the chapter in 1818, now living in the United States; T. Bishop, B. Gilbert, Henry Hale, Oran Hale, and Jonathan Hale, probably sons of the "Foun- der;" Seneca Ketchum, Frederick Lawrence, Jabez Lewis, J. T. Elrod, Jesse and Adna Penfiold, William Bannister, Josiah Cushman, Moses Fish, T. Gilbert Green, John Fenton, George Garside, John Terry; subsequently W. M. of St. George's and St. Andrew's Lodges, died at Oakville on the 15th jVIarch, 1871, while these pages were passing through the press; Titus Wilson, J. Moore, W. B. Peters, brother-in- law of the E. W. Prov. G. M. Jarvis ; Joseph and *King Solomon's R. A. Chapter, Toronto, No. 22, G. R. C.» was established in 1857 by a number of influential companions of this chapter under the able lead of R. E. Comp. Kivas TuUy, as First Principal. Another chapter, the " Ionic," Toroi^o, attached to Ionic Lodge/ No. 798, E. R., was No. 25, G. R. C, previously owned the same parentage, R. E. Comp. F. Richardson oeing First Principal, but it ceased to work after a few years. 38 INTRODUCTION. Peter Secor, H. G. Barlow and Abna Everitt, both of* Ancaster, and who, having been exalted in this Chap- ter, were amoBg the petitioners for the Warrant for Hiram Chapter ;* W. W. Pattoson, Mieah Porter, S. Mitchell, P. Hartney, D. Sayer, Stephen Jarvis, grand- father of Stephen Jarvis, barrister, and of W. F. Jar- vis, Sheriff of Toronto ; B. Turquand, John Dean, N. W. and B. Eaton, G. C. Cuuimings, Peter Whitney and George Bond, to whose house, five miles from Toronto, opposite the old tavern stand of John Montgomery, tfje chapter was moved in 1815 ; and in which year first appears the name of a brother whose connection with the chapter was so long, and whose services in the cause of masonry were so faithful and varied, as to merit special mention. At the meeting on the 19th of Oct., 1815, it was voted, " that Alexander Burnside — with two others — should lie over as candidates for receiving the degrees of the chapter until the next ensuing quai'terly com- munication, to be ballotted for." At the next meeting, 18th January, 1816, the first business was the election of officers, when Comp. J. H. Hudson was again re- elected H. P., after which the minutes proceed. " The Boyal Arch degree closed, after taking the ballot, and opened in the Mark Master's Degree, when Brother Alexander Burnside received the same. The Mark Lodge then closed and cfpened in th>j Past Master's degree, when the suid Brother Burnside was passed to the same. The Past Master's Lodge then closed and I f I * 11 ♦ INTRODUCTION. 39 opened in the Most Excellent Master's degree, when Brother Burnside was exalted to the same. The Most Excellent Master's degree closed and opened in the Eoyal A.rch degree, when Comp. Burnside was exalted to the said Royal Arch degree and paid his fees. He then returned thinks to the Chapter and took his seat." These minutes may be said to possess peculiar interest as connecting Comp. Burnside, who survived almost to our day, with the very formation of the Chapter. E. Comp. Hudson, from whom he received the Chapter degrees, having assisted E. Comp. Hale in its organization in 1800, and having succeeded him in 1801, and continued to administer its affairs as first principal until 1817. At almost every subsequent meeting Comp. Burnside's name is recorded as being present, while he was also W. M. of Lodge N'o. 16, and subsequently of St. George's Lodge, No. 9, which eventujiUy merged, as has been shown, in St. Andrew's Lodge. Time would fail to detail the varied service of this devoted mason in the cause of lodge and chapter. . Let it suffice to say, that in 1841, after the chapter had been ap^>nrently in abeyance for some years, his name takes the lead of the energetic Companions who revived it,* and in 1849, actuated by the conscientious scruples set forth in the memorial recorded at page 23, he again appears as the first memorialist, and having received back the old warrant, reorganized St. John's Chapter thereunder, and continued to preside over its deliberations until * Comp. Burnside was installed as H. P. in 1341, by his old colleague of 1820, R. E. Comp. B. Tuiquand, assisted by £. Comps. John Dean and Donald McLean. 40 INTRODUCTION. 1852, on the 15th of April in which year he resigned office in an affecting letter read in the cLapter, " on account of advanced years and infirm constitu- tion," and thus concluding, " I only add that if I should not have strength to meet in open chapter with you any more, my mind and affection will always be with you, for the name of St John's K. A. C. is stamped indelUbly on iny heart." This venerable companion d'i not long survive his retirement, his death, at the advanced age of 74 years, occurring on the 13th of December, 1854, after a connection with Lodge and Chapter of over forty years. The earlier records of the chapter, it may be here named, consist for the most part of mere '' bhreds and patches," from which most unpromising material Comp. DeGrassi has arranged his manuscript history, to which allusion has been so frequently and advantageously made. From 1815 they are still less connected, and in 1818 the chapter must have been in a greatly disorganized st^te, from a resolution moved in R. \. Lodge No. 16, that, " under the circumstances, it is inexpedient to receive further applications for the degrees subordinate to the Royal Arch." In 1819, however, as has been shown, the R. A. Warrant No. 4 was granted, and there is evideuce that the work of reorganization was undertaken with considerable zeal ; new by-laws were adopted, and applications and exaltations were for a. time numerous. This evidence exists, unfortunately, in most unconneoted order, to the year 1826 ; and for the next fif en years, namely, to 1841, it is almost a blank. From this last date, however, the registers and minute ^ooks are INTRODUCTION. 41 explicit and continuous, a£fording the material from which to compile the tables, following this introduction, of the offico-bearers for the last thirty years. (See Appendix A.) An anxious endeavour, from the imperfections of the primary records, had to be reluctantly ubandoned, to compile similar tables of those who held office in the earlier years of the chapter ; it must therefore suffice to say that, succeeding E. Comp. Kale, E. Comp. Hud- son appeal's, as we have already mentioned, to have filled the chair o" First Principal from 1801 to 1818, in which latter year he represented the Chapter at Kingston, and was appointed Deputy Grand H. P. of the Grand Chapter. In 1819 the Chapter was pre- sided over by E. Comp. T. Gilbert Green ; in 1821, by E. Comp. Micaii Porter, followed by E. Companions Cushman and Turquand ; as second and third princi- pals, we find mention of E. Companions Monis Law- rence, Barrett, Wilcox, Peters, Hamilton, Bigelow, Hartney and Terry ; as Treasurers of the Chapter, we have Companions Malcolm Wright, Ketchum and Burnside ; while the other chairs were, from time to time, filled by the majority of the companions named in a former page. It being one of the terms of the recent union (see page 30) that <' a new roll be prepared, placing mem- bers of both chapters according to the date of their exaltation ; such roll to be henceforth the roll of the united chapter," this is also printed as an interesting and permanent record ; (See Appendix B.) but a refer- ence to the registers will show a long and no less inter- - 1 42 INTRODUCTION. esting eDroUment of '< true and trusty " companions, sadiy thinned, it is true, by death and retirement. In conclusion, this brief introduction forces on us the reflection, that almost all the difficulties with which our early brethren were beset, are to be traced to the want of a " lawfully constituted authority " to which they could subscribe their allegiance, and look f r counsel. In the words of the poet, — « Each state must have its policies ; Kingdoms have edicts, cities have their charters;* Even the wild out-law, in his forest walk, Keeps yet some track of civil discipline. For not since Adam wore his verdant apron, Hath man with man in social union dwelt ; But laws were made to draw th> t lAiion closer." First, old Eawdon Lodge, in which in the opening year of this century, the resolution was passed to pro-- vide the paraphernalia of the order, being found not to possess Royal Arch powers, its charter was exchanged for the " Jarvis Warrant " to St. John's Royal Arch Lodge No. 16; but v/hile satisfied for a time with this warrant, the desire to be subject to a supreme govern- ing body of undoubted authority, we find manifested m the eflFort to found the first Canadian Grand Chapter, unsuccessfully in 1804, but at length with buccess 'in 1818, and from which, in 1819, the St. John's No; 4 Warrant, of which such frequent mention has been made, was obtained ; while,— Craft Masonry also seeking an ;.y the " Jarvi? Wairants," — we note the meiger, but a few year? later, of the St. John'9 R. A. Lodge jSTo. 16 in St. Andrew's Lodge No. 487, English registry ; then follows St. Andrew's Chapter attached to the same, but formed of a section of St. John's No. 4 ; while the remaining section, after cling- ing, with the veneration we have named, to the old warrant, at length, from doubts as to its continuing validity, obtain the Warrant 75 on the Registry of Scotland. A full end of all doubt and diflHiculty being now found in the allegiance subscribed by our United Chap- ter, as the heir of the antiquity of Toronto Royal Arch Masonry, to the Grand Chapter of Canada ; and by St. Andrew's Lodge, as the heir of the antiquity of Toronto Craft Masonry, to the Grand Lodge of Canada : in their future course may they prove worthy descendants of a common and undaunted ancestry ; and for our Chapter, safely landed in the haven of union and prospe- rity, like the martyrs of old whose names she bears, may she be ever " persistent for the truth and FAITHFUL UNTO THE END. n So mote it be. Toronto, May 1, A.D. 1871. BY-LAWS OP THE ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER OP t. j[nHrtw and ni. John, |lIo. 4, £. K. a., Toronto. PllEAMDEE. Whereas it is the recognized prerogative of every Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, to make 'such By- laws as to them may seem meet for their own private government, provided they are not incompatible with the general laws of the craft, or the general statutes enacted by the Grand Chapter. Therefore the com- panions of this Chapter have agreed to and adopted the following By-Laws. ARTICLE I. NAME. This Chapter shall henceforth be known as The RoTAL Arch Chapter op St. Andrew and St. John, No. 4, G. R. C. in perpetual commemoration of the hap(>y union consummated on the 27th day of May, A.D. 1870, between the St. Andrew's Chapter, heretofore attached to St. Andrew's Lodge, No. 487, on the Grand Registry of England, until enrolled by the above, No. 4, G. R. C, on the erection of the Grand 46 liY-LAW8. Chapter of Canada, and the St. John's Chapter, hereto- fore No. 75, on the Grand Registry of Scotland, both said chapters having a common origin in the old St. John's Chapter, long known as No. 4, P. R., and founded in Toronto in the opening year of this century, A. D. 1800. ARTICLE II. MEETING. The Regular Convocations of the Chapter shall be held on the third Friday of every month, that on the third Friday in January, being termed the " Annual Convocation," at such hour as may be named by the First Principal. ARTICLE III. ELECTION. The First, Second, and Third Principals, Soribes E. & N., Principal Sojourner, Treasurer, and by an open vote of the Chapter, the Janitor, shall be elected at the Regular Convocation in December, and shall, with the other oflBcers, to be appointed by the First Principal for the better working of the Chapter, be installed and in- vested at the Annual Convocation in January. ARTICLE IV. SCRIBE E. * The Scribe E shall issue all Notices for meetings, seven days previous to each ; notify all accepted candi' dates, record all proceedings ard prepare the Returns for the Grand Chapter. In the iibsence of the Scribe E these duties shall devolve upon the Scribe N. BY-LAWS. 47 ARTICLE V. TREASURER. The Treasury shall receive all fees, dues, and other moneys of the Chapter, and pay all accounts duly passed; he shall have his books and vouchers ready at all times for inspection, especially on the Annual Convocation, when a general settlement of the affairs shall take place, and all moneys and vouchers in his hands shall be handed over to his successor. • ARTICLE VI. JANITOR. The Janitor shall be in attendance at all meetings, whether regular or emergent of the Chapter or Subordi- nate Lodges, prepare the hall therefor, and be ready to discharge all other duties iLoident to his office, for the due performunce.of whii h he shall be paid the sum of one dollar for every meeting. He may at any time be removed by a vote of the chapter for neglect of" duty or other sufficient cause. It shall be his especial busi- ness, aided by the Assistant Sojourners, to see that all companions, whether visitors or members, come pro- perly clothed as Eoyal Arch Masons. ARTICLE VII. COMMITTEE. An Executive Committee, consisting of the three Principals for tie ttme being, with three companions to be appointed at the Annual Convocation, shall superin- 48 UV-LAWS. tend tho finances and property, audit all accounts, con- sider and report on the applications of oondidates, and on any other especial matter referred to (hem in the in- terests of the chapter. They shall meet whenever noti- fied by tho First Principal. Three to be a quorum, and the result of their proceedings shall, if required, bo reported at the then next convocation of this chapter. ARTICLE VIII. CHAPTER PROPERTY. The Robes, Jewels, Furniture and other property belonging to the chapter shall be and are hereby vested in the Executive Committee for the time being, in trust, ft.r the use and benefit of the chapter. . ARTICLE IX. BALLOT. 1st. One black ball shall exclude a candidate. 2nd. A favorable ballot not availed of by a candidate within six months will be deemed to have lapsed — and a new proposal and ballot will be indispensable. ARTICLE X. TElVo AND DUES. 1st. The Fee for Exaltation and the subordinate de- grees shall be twenty dollars, payable in advance, which shall include the cost of registration and Grand Chap- ter certificate. 2nd. A Candidate who has taken one or more of the subordinate degrees in another chapter shall be.cntitled BY-LAWS. 49 to a reduction of two dollars and fifty cents for each subordinate degree so taken, his fees for the remaining degrees to bo conferred, so adjusted, to be deposited subject to, or paid on being notified of, the ballot. Uo shall not be entitled to enrollment until the same be paid, and should payment be neglected for six mcnths, he will come under the penalty of subsection two of Arti- cle nine. On enrollment his monthly dues will bo charged from date of ballot. 3rd. The fee for a joining companion shall be four dollars, to be deposited subject to, or paid on being notified of, the ballot. He shall not be entitled to enrollment until the same bo paid, and should payment be neglected for six months, he will come under the penalty of subsection two of Article nine. On enrollment his monthly dues will be charged from date of ballot. 4th. The monthly dues of city companions shall be twenty-five cents ; any companion residing three or more miles from the city shall, on his duly notifying the Scribe E. thereof in writing, be placed on half dues, viz., twelve and a half cents a mouth. Any companion twelve months in arrear, after having been duly notified and summoned by the Scribe E, shall be liable to sus- pension, and his name be reported to the Grand Scribe E. ARTICLE XI. RULES OF ORDER. Ist. The Chapter shall be governed by the following rules of order, li'he Chapter being opened in due form, the following shall be the order of business. 50 BY-LA WH. Ist. KoQding aDd confirming minutes. ' . 2nd. Reading correspondence. 3rd. I^oports of committees. 4th. Receiving petitions. 5th. Balloting for candidates. 6th. General business. 1th. Conferring degrees. 2nd. A Companion speaking on any subject, shal rise and respectfully address the chair. 3rd. No Companion shall speak twice to the same subject, unless in explanation, or the mover of a resolu- tion in reply. 4th. No question shall bo entertained unless it be put in writing, with the names of the mover and seconder thereon. 5th. All matters, not otherwise provided for in the Constitution or these By-laws, shall be decided by a majority of open v(>tes, each companion having one, and the First Principal the casting vote when required. ARTICLE XII. AMENDING BY-LAWS. No alteration shall take place in these By-Laws, unless the said alteration be proposed and seconded at a regular or emergent convocation. A copy of the proposed alteration shall be inserted in the summons for the ensuing regular Convocation — when it shall inquire the consent of two-thirds of the companions present to pass it into a law. \ DY-LAW8. 51 * II • AUTICLl!: XIII. COMPANIONS TO BE FURNISHED WITH BY-LAWS. Every Companion having signed these By-laws in token of his submission thereto, shall reoeive a printed copy of the same for his guidance. ADOPTION. Head and adopto I in open Chapter ut the Eegular Convocation, held on Friday the 18th day of November, A.D. 1870, and amended as to subsections two and three of Article nine, in the form in which the same are now printed, on the 17th day of March, A.D. 1871. SAMUEL B. HARMAN, Z. John K. Macoonald, Scribe E. * \ * CONFIRMATION. The foregoing By-laws of the Royal Arch Chapter of St. Andrew and St. John, No. 4, G. R. C, were submitted to and approved by me, Thomas Douglass Harington, Grand Z. of the Grand Chapter of Canada. As witness my hand at Ottawa, this sixth day of April, A.D. 1871. T. D. HARINGTON, Grand Z., G. C. of Canada. TIIOS. B. HARRIS, Grand Scribe E. V - CONSTITUTIONS. The following extracts from the Section of the Con- stitutions of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada. •' on Subordinate Chapters,^* as more immediately bearing on, and to be read with the foregoing By-Laws, are appended to the same, for the convenient reference and information of the Companions. r POWER TO HAKE BY-Ii-XwS. Every chapter has the power to make such by-laws as to them may seem meet for their own private fjovernment, pro- vided they be not incompatible with the general laws of the craft, or the general statutes enacted by the Grand'Chapter, and such by-laws shall be fairly copied in a book to be kept for that purpose, after a copy thereof sliall have been sent to the grand scribe E., for approval by the grand Z., every com- panion shall sign them as a token of submission to them, when he becomes a member. The regular day of meeting of the chapter shall be specified in the by-laws. EMERGENT MEETINGS. A chapter of emergency may at any time be celled by summons, giving seven clear days' notice, by authority of the first principal. The reason for calling it shall be ex- pressed in the summons, and no other business than that specified shall be entered upon at that meeting. CONSTITUTION. 53 ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS. Every chapter shall annually elect, by ballot, the first, second and third principaln, scribes E. and N., principal sojourner and treasurer, and, by an open vote of the chapter, the janitor. The first principal shall annually appoint all the other officers required for the better working of the chapter, who are, with the elective officers, to be regularly installed and invested. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE. No l^)inpanion shall be eligible for the first principal's chair, unless he be an instalU d master or past master of a regular lodge, nor until he has served in the second princi- pal's chair for twelve months, nor to the second until he has served in the third principal's chair for twelve months, un- less by special dispensation from the grand first principal. QUALIFICATION FOIl EXALTATION. No mason shall be exalted to the royal arch degree unless he has been a master mason for three calender months at least, of which he shall give proof, except by dispensation from the first grand principal, which shall not, however, be for a shorter period than four weeks. He must have taken the degrees of mark, past and most excellent master previous to exaltation. ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES. V No raason shall be advanced to the degrees of mark mas- ter, past master and most excellent master, and exalted to the royal arch degree until ho has presented a petition re- commended by two companions, being members of the chap- ter, and been regularly proposed at one convocation of the chapter, and a committee has been appointed to enquire into his character, and his name, nge, addition or profession, resi- 64 CONSTITUTION. dence and lodge shall have been Swttt to all the members of the chapter in the summons for the next convocation — whether regular or emergent — when, if the committee report in his favor, he may be balloted for, and if approved, ad- mitted. But should the committee report unfavorably, he shall be deemed a rejected candidate. No companion shaTl be admitted a joining member with- out a regular proposition at one convocation of the chapter, and unless and until his name, occupation, residence and chapter, shall have been sent to all tiie members in the summons for the next regular convocation, and their jd^cision ascertained by ballot. He must give proof of his good stand- ing, and be proposed and seconded by two members of the cliapter. No chapter shall admit u candidate who resides in another district, or within the jurisdiction pf another chapter, with- out the written consent, giver by open vote, of such other chapter, and signed by the first principal and scribe E. The jurisdiction of every chapter except in cities and towns where there is more than one chapter extends between them half-way to the nearest chapter, or to the boundary of the district. In such cities and towns chapters have concurrent jurisdiction. No rejected candidate can be again proposed and bal lotted for within twelve months of the time of his rejection. FORMS OF PETITION. APPLICATrON FOB EXALTATION, To THE Excellent The Principals. Officen ani Companions qf the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, JVo. . The undersigned, a master mason, and member, of Lodge, No. ' under the jurisdiction of the grand lodge of CONSTITUTION. 55 respectfully offers himself as a .candidate for ad- vancement to the degrees of mark master, past master, and most excellent master, and exaltation to the supreme degree of the royal arch in chapter No. . Should bis peti- tion be granted, he promises a cheerful compliance with all the forms and usages of the order. ' Dated atj ^c, ^c. {Signed,) A. B. Recommended by CD. (^Residence) E. F, {Profession) APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP To THE Excellent The Principals, Oncers and Companions of the Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, No. . I, of the of (profession or adiition) aged — < — , being a Koyal Arch Mason, am desirous of becoming a member of the chapter, No . I was exalted in chapter, No. ,and was last a mem- ber of chapter, No. , from which I retired in good standing. Da^ed at, ^c, ^c. Recommended ly ::1 . k . HONORARY MEMBERS. Chapters may elect any companion an honorary member by an open vote of the Chapter. Due notice must be given at one Convocation, and the name be inserted in. the summons for the next regular convocation.^ The chapter must include all honorary members, in its returns to the grand chapter, and pay similar dues for them as for ordinary members. Honorary membership does not confer the right of voting, except it is so declared at the time of election, and then it can be conferred only pn those who were ordinary members when so elected. Should such honorary members, as at the time of their election were ordinary members, accept office in the chapter^ their honorary membership ceases. Honorary members, who were not ordinary members, cannot hold office in the chapter- VaTHDBAWAL OP CANDIDATES. Whenever a member of a chapter shall' give notice in vjriting of his desiie to retire, or shall be excluded from membership, or whenever at a fiitiirt* time he may require it, he shall be furnished with a certificate, stating the circum- stances under which he left the chapter, and such certificate is to be produced to any other chapter of which he is pro- posed to be admitted a member, previous to the ballot being taken. No charge shall be made under any pretence for a private certificate. FORM OP CKHTIFICATE. To all Royal Arch Masom to whom these presents shall come : greeting : This is to certify that companion , who hath signed his name in the margin hereof is a regular Royal Arch Mason in good standing at this date, and is, at his own request, regularly discharged from membership in the chapter, No. , under the jurisdiction of the grand chap- ter of . 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