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 BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. 
 
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 Incorporated February 19th, 1875. 
 
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 TORONTO . 
 
 Bros. Thos. Moore & Co., Printers to Grand Lodgs 
 22-24 Adelaide St. Bast, 
 
 1890. 
 
 
The Sons of England Benevolent Society was founded in- 
 
 the City of Toronto, County of York, Province of Ontario, 
 
 and Dominion of Canada, on the 12th day of December, 
 
 187 It, by George F. Carrette, James Lorn as, Samuel Buckner, 
 
 and others. 
 
ADDRESS TO ENGLISHMEN. 
 
 The Society of the Sons of England was formed 
 in the year 1874, and was established for the purpose 
 of uniting Englishmen and their descendants together 
 for their mutual being and support. Other nation- 
 alities had united themselves together and formed 
 kindred associations, and had by their advice and" 
 more substantial means aided and assisted their 
 members. 
 
 An Englishman's heart is as warm and true to his 
 countrymen as are the hearts of those claiming a 
 different nationality. History proves this fact ; and 
 whilst we honour our friends of other nationalities, 
 for their good work, we claim the same privilege in 
 uniting Englishmen together for their moral, mental 
 and social advancement, for assisting each other in 
 times of sickness, need and death, for renderings 
 pecuniary and beneficial aid to the widows and 
 orphans of deceased members, and for other good,, 
 noble and patriotic purposes. There is a noble- 
 society formed here and elsewhere that is doing a 
 great work amongst Englishmen, namely, the St» 
 
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 George's Society ; but are we, as Englishmen, if 
 visited by sickness or distress of any kind to be com- 
 pelled to solicit charity ? No man of fine feeling and 
 high principle can receive charity without feeling 
 humiliated. Why should we not as Englishmen, 
 loving our country and countrymen, have a society 
 from which we can, when in sickness or distress, claim 
 aid as our right, and not as a charity — a society from 
 which we can receive assistance without feeling under 
 any obligation to each other. Providence has not 
 given to any man an indemnity from affliction, and 
 it is a duty we owe ourselves and our families to 
 provide against the distress which inevitably attends 
 its visitation. 
 
 No class in society are exempt, but the more 
 humble are particularly exposed to misfortune and 
 sickness, as disastrous in their consequences as they 
 are difficult to avert. It is a good and noble principle 
 in men to try, by frugality and prudence, to lay up a 
 store for old age and to meet calamities. We have 
 therefore formed a society in which we can meet as 
 brother Englishmen, and from which we can demand 
 relief, not as a charity, nor as a gift, but as a right to 
 which we are justly entitled, from having, when in 
 health and prosperity, provided against adversity. 
 There is a charge — and to some extent a truthful one 
 — that Englishmen will not unite for their mutual 
 good. Meix claiming a different nationality from ours 
 have been greatly benefitted by uniting. It is thus 
 
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 certain that we, united, f3hall derive mutual benefits, 
 and increase in strength, prosperity and usefulness? 
 Wliere is the Englishman, when afar from his native 
 home, whose heart does not warm when he meets one 
 of his countrymen ? Let us, then, continue together, 
 one and all, as a Band of Brothers, in reality, and not 
 merely in name, and meet in a Society where we 
 shall greet only our own kindred and lovers of our 
 dear Old Land, the wonder and admiration of the 
 world. '* England! with all thy faults I love thee 
 still." 
 
 The founders of this society excluded Roman 
 Catholics from membership because all members were 
 required to be Protestants. 
 
 In conclusion, let us assure all worthy Englishmen 
 who can comply with our constitution, of a most 
 hearty and cordial welcome into our ranks. Our 
 motto is Fidelity—faithful to ourselves, faithful to 
 each other, and faithful to our country — and, if 
 carried out in its integrity, no society has a more 
 noble one. 
 
 Tc/ronto, 1890. 
 
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 All previous issues are hereby repealed. 
 
 O O ItT S T IT XJ T I O i<r 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Sons of Englanil BoRevolei i Society, 
 
 Name and Objects of the Order. 
 
 This Society shall be called the " Sons of England 
 Benevolent Society," and shall have for its objects : 
 
 1. The bringing together of Englishmen for their 
 mutual benefit and support, and the maintenance of 
 the British Connection. 
 
 2. For the raising of funds, by entrance fees, sub- 
 scriptions of members, fines, donations, and by 
 interest on capital, for the following purposes : Ren- 
 
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 daring assistance to members when sick, or unable to 
 follow their employment, supplying medical a.ttend- 
 ance and medicine to members, assuring lives of 
 members on mutual principles, and assisting in 
 defraying the funeral expenses of deceased members, 
 members' deceased wives and children. 
 
 Membership. 
 
 3. This Society shall consist of an unlimited num- 
 ber of members, but every person admitted to full 
 financial membership must be over 18 and under 60 
 years of age. Honorary members may be over 60 
 years, but not under 18. 
 
 4. This Society shall be composed of Englishmen 
 and their descendants, who must be Protestants. 
 And the definition of an Englishman, as accepted by 
 this Society, shall be, that he or his male ancestors 
 must have been born in that part of Great Britain 
 south of the Tweed, which shall be the boundary 
 line. Welshmen and those from the Isles of Man, 
 Anglesea and the Channel Isles shall be eligible to 
 become members of this Order. The wives of all 
 candidates and members must be Protestants, no 
 matter what their nationality. All candidates for 
 membership must be of good moral chara,cter and in 
 Round health. 
 
SUPREME GRAND LODGE. 
 
 Consiiiution and Powers. 
 
 5. This Lodge shall be known and styled as 
 "The Supreme Grand Lodge of the Sons of 
 England Benevolent Society," and shall consist of 
 The Supreme Grand Lodge Ofificers, Supreme Past 
 Grand Presidents, and delegates duly elected 
 from the various Lodges of the Order, who 
 shall represent and act on behalf of the same. 
 Lodges shall have the right to send two delegates 
 only to the Supreme Grand Lodge. No person shall 
 attend the Supreme Grand Lodge as a delegate unless 
 he has filled some executive office in a Lodge for a 
 period of not less than one month and is a member 
 of the White Rose Degree. Each representative 
 shall bring credentials, signed by the President and 
 Secretary of his Lodge, bearing the Lodge Seal, and 
 present the same personally to the Supreme Grand 
 Secretary at the time and place appointed, or be 
 liable to be fined one dollar. No member of the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge shall be entitled to a seat 
 therein unless he is clear of all dues and other charges 
 in his Sub-lodge, on the quarterly night in December 
 in each and every year. No Lodge shall be entitled 
 
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 to send delegates to the Supreme Grand Lodge unlesB 
 the capitation tax and other indebtedness of the 
 Lodge is paid. 
 
 6. The Supreme Grand Lodge shall have power to 
 make laws for the government of the Order ; to alter, 
 amend and rescind those already made ; hear and 
 determine all appeals from the Lodges and members 
 thereof ; redress all grievances arising therefrom ; 
 have the right and power of granting, suspending or 
 annulling charters for proper cause ; of electing its 
 own officers ; appointing its respective committees ; 
 of regulating the means of its own support ; and 
 ;shall decide and determine upon all matters con- 
 nected with the Order. 
 
 7. The Supreme Grand Lodge shall assemble 
 annually on the second Tuesday in February, and 
 open in the First Degree and adjourn its sittings from 
 day to day until its business is completed, and decide 
 where the next annual meeting shall be held. No 
 delegate shall be allowed to leave the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge previous to the conclusion of its sittings, unless 
 he has first procured the sanction of the meeting. 
 Fifty members of the Supreme Grand Lodge shall 
 constitute a quorum. 
 
 8. Provided that no quorum assemble at the time 
 Appointed the Supreme Grand President or presiding 
 olficer shall have power to adjourn the meeting, nam- 
 ing the ime of next meeting. 
 
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 9. The following shall be the titles of the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge officers, to whom shall attach the pre- 
 cedents and privileges always appertaining to their 
 respective offices, and who shall be held responsible 
 to the Supreme Grand Lodge for the prop3r discharge 
 of their several duties : Supreme Grand President, 
 Supreme Grand Vice-President, Supreme Grand 
 Secretary, Supreme Grand Treasurer, Immediate 
 Past Supreme Grand President, who shall constitute 
 the Executive Council of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 The Kight Worthy Deputy Grand President, Supreme 
 Grand Chaplain, Supreme Grand Auditors, Supreme 
 Grand Trustees, and all Committees shall be elected 
 by the Supreme Grand Lodge when in session. 
 
 10. In the event of a vacancy taking place in the 
 Executive Council for the time being, by the death, 
 resignation, suspension or expulsion of the Supreme 
 Grand President, the Supreme Grand Vice-President 
 shall at once take his place. Should a vacancy occur 
 from any of the aforesaid causes among the other 
 executive officers, the executive of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge shall cause to be filled pro tem, the said 
 vacancy. ■ 
 
 Executive Council of tli3 Supreme Grand Lodge% 
 
 11. The Executive Council of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge shall enforce the laws of the Order, shall have 
 
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 authority to suspend any Lodge, Officer, or other 
 member thereof who shall wilfully violate or refuse 
 compliance with such laws ; shall have power to grant 
 charters for the opening of new Lodges, and dispen- 
 sation for the higher degrees ; appoint District 
 Deputy officers ; shall consider and decide all disputes, 
 appeals and points of law raised by Lodges or mem- 
 bers thereof, which decision shall be final, subject to 
 the usual right of appeal to the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge ; issue members' certificates (to Sub-lodges), 
 Lodge seals, rituals, books of the Constitution, and 
 other articles necessary in the Order, and record and 
 report the business of the Supreme Grand Lodge ; issue 
 a semi-annual report of the financial standing of the 
 Order ; and keep a clear and correct account of the 
 receipts and expenditures of the Grand Lodge funds ; 
 shall have power to amalgamate any two or more 
 Lodges — always provided that the majority of mem- 
 bers in each Lodge are willing to be so amalgamated 
 — and shall examine and approve of all Lodge by-laws 
 before becoming law ; shall watch over and protect 
 the interests of the Order ; and faithfully discharge 
 their respective duties, and on leaving office shall 
 hand over to their successors all moneys, books, 
 papers, documents, vouchers, seals and all matters 
 and things relating, pertaining or belonging to their 
 respective offices, or in connection with or pertaining 
 to the Order, in their or either of their custody, 
 possession Oi. power. They shall have power at any 
 
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 time to examine and audit the books and accounts of 
 any Lodge. 
 
 Business of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 12. That all business to be brought before the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge, shall be entered and arranged 
 on paper by the Executive Council — propositions by 
 themselves— and be taken in the order entered. No 
 subject shall be entertained of which notice has not 
 been forwarded to the Executive Council and entered 
 on the list above referred to, except the usual routine 
 business. All notices of motions and proposed alter- 
 ations and amendments to the Constitution shall be 
 sent to the Executive Council on or before the first 
 day of November, that the same may be printed and 
 forwarded to the respective Lodges for their consider- 
 ation prior to the Supreme Grand Lodge meeting. 
 The exact wording of amendments, alterations and 
 additions only shall be printed in the sessional papers. 
 Direct repetitions jhall be omitted. 
 
 Revenue of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
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 13. The revenue of the Supreme Grand Lodge shall 
 be derived from capitation tax, dispensations, Lodge 
 seals, members' certificates, books of the Constitution, 
 Regalia, and all articles necessary for use in the 
 Order, at a profit of not more than ten per cent. 
 
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 Supreme Grand Chanlain ,. excepting the 
 
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 DUTIES AND POWERS OF SUPREME 
 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. 
 
 Supreme Grand President 
 
 17. The Supreme Grand President shall preside at 
 all meetings of the Supreme Grand Lodge, decide all 
 questions of order, subject, however, to an appeal to 
 the Supreme Grand Lodge ; shall have no vote except 
 when votes are equal, in which case he shall have a 
 casting vote, save in the election of officers ; he shall 
 £11 (pro tern.) vacancies caused by the absence of 
 regular officers, sign all orders on the Supreme Grand 
 Treasurer, and all official documents requiring his 
 signature ; choose and transmit, or cause to be trans- 
 ntiitted in cyphei*, to the respective Lodges, the 
 quarterly pass- word ; he shall be an ex-officio mem- 
 ber of all the committees of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge ; he shall have power to call emergency meet- 
 ings of the Supreme Grand Lodge whenever he may 
 deem it necessary ; he shall visit the Sub-lodges from 
 time to time, so as to promote the due observance of 
 the Constitution ; shall be personally responsible for 
 the proper execution of the bonds required to be given 
 by the Executive officers, and for all moneys received 
 by them until such bonds are duly signed and in his 
 possession ; he shall neither move nor second a reso- 
 
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 shall assist in m«.iZ^ ^"'■''^ President wl 
 
 bonzes ; receive the nam? '^f '"' "'"^^'^^ --■ 
 ^MUtance. and instruct the S,,'' ^'"^'^ «««kinff 
 Guard accordingly. In L! \®"P''^'"« Grand Inner 
 Grand PresidLt u . ^® absence of the <?„^ 
 r«„ •f'^esiaent he shall nro-.vi supreme 
 
 Grand Lodge, or anv meeti^' f °''^'' '''^ Supreme 
 case of the removal/arth ^ *''" ^^^''-t've Tn • 
 from any cause, of heT '"^'Snation or inabilitv 
 perform his dut es th! ^''™" ^""'^ President Jl 
 officer Shall dev^ f^^r '^"' ''"^^^^ "* *'-aid 
 «dent until the ne" t 1 ^'■"'"^ ^'^^^ Vice-Pre 
 
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 and when necessarily absent, shall transmit the books 
 and records thereof ; shall keep a just and true record 
 of all proceedings of the Supreme Grand Lodge ; shall 
 preserve all books and papers, and file all documents 
 appertaining to his office ; conduct all correspondence ; 
 answer all communications ; call all meetings when 
 ordered so to do by the Supreme Grand President ; 
 take charge of all hoc is, documents, and the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge Seal ; sign all orders on the Supreme 
 Grand Treasurer ; shall require from all Sub-lodge 
 Secretaries a financial return of the assets and liabili- 
 ties of each Lodge, quarterly ; the number of mem- 
 bers on the books, with their position on them with 
 the official return to the Supreme Grand Lodge, pro- 
 perly attested and filled in ; shall report to the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge the standing of the Order at the close of 
 the financial year ; pay over immediately to the 
 Supreme Grand Treasurer all moneys received by him 
 on account of the Supreme Grand Lodge ; shall 
 receive all documents relative to the ^Grand Lodge, 
 and submit the same to the Supreme Grand Lodge 
 when in session ; prepare all charters and dispensa- 
 tions granted by the Supreme Grand Lodge or the 
 Executive ; affix the Supreme Grand Lodge Seal 
 when required ; perform all the duties of the Supreme 
 Grand Treasurer in his absence ; make out all 
 accounts and collect all dues, fees and charges from 
 Sub-lodges ; notify Sub-lodges quarterly of all rejec- 
 tions and expulsions of members ; shall issue a semi- 
 
 
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 -apended « J^ l'? "e^" keep a re! ^^^ 
 
 who shalJ hav« ^- j ? ' ^''^ ^odge of „,f '"'*''^»te 
 aave died during the nr/ ' " •Members 
 
 s we previous year 
 
 S"Preme Grand Treasurer. 
 
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 Va^y all orders ^ ^npreme Grand r j ^'■■ 
 
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 ce, date 
 embers 
 
 and legible manner, showing all receipts and particu- 
 lars of all disbursements, with the amount of both ; 
 shall have his accounts closed and properly balanced 
 by the first of February in each year, and submit the 
 same, with all vouchers and other documents, with a 
 report to annual session of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge, and shall give a bond to the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge, with two sureties, in the sum of ^500 for the 
 due and faithful performance of his duties. No money 
 .nor papers shall be placed in his hands until such 
 bonds are properly executed and delivered to the 
 Supreme Grand President ; shall place all books, 
 vouchers and papers pertaining to his oftice at the 
 disposal of the Supreme Grand Lodge or the Execu- 
 tive when required by the Supreme Grand President. 
 
 sceive 
 ^ the 
 in a 
 king 
 'Gipt 
 her- 
 iaii 
 
 md 
 nd 
 nd 
 
 Supreme Grand Chaplain. 
 
 21. The Supreme Grand Chaplain shall assist in 
 the opening, closing, and installation ceremonies. 
 
 22. Grand Inner Guard shall have charge of the 
 inner entrance to the Grand Lodge Room, and per- 
 mit none to enter or depart without permission from 
 the Supreme Grand Vice-President. Grand Outer 
 Guard shall attend the outside door of the Grand 
 Lodge Room, report the names of all comers, and if 
 they have the current password, to the Grand Inner 
 Guard. : ■ . ■■' ":. - 
 
 k'' 
 
 
 ■ ■'■•,■ t--- f " ■ 'y^ 
 
n^rrwWF' 
 
 i i; 
 
 20 
 
 J^'^' Supreme Grand Aa.r?,f 
 
 *>»« accounts of fcli« u ^'"'''*o''8«haJJ carefnljv v 
 thes«,v, • *^'^"PfemeGr«mi T ."''^^ audit 
 
 ^ «^'"e in writing. ^"^^""^^ ^^^^ge and report 
 
 *4- Supreme aranr^ ^ 
 onl Z "" *"■'-«* o" t,e orlr^* -trusted ^^^ 
 
 P°J- t.. institute. form^:;i'''"''"l''- He sl.aH ,1^ 
 Bed and White Kose n °^'*" "^^ I^odces in H 
 
 f-"-. to initiate i^''^';:''' r'"'" '"b sa^ :;^^^ 
 
 oftcersof fho j members ar,^ • "' 
 
 with full ""'^ «^^v Lodges ani^ ? . '"'^^^^ ^'^^ 
 
 '^^i'" tuJi power an^ ^1 ^ ' ^^^ *o invesf fi 
 
 respective officer a„^ ^"*'^°"'*^ beJonginr t„ r™ 
 •"'fined fron, 4/;*'! ^? Proper charter ea„ ^T 
 
 «hall be fltr' '° hi„, ;„d ;^^ *J« «a'd district 
 
 «hall have i"r T'^''"'' *^-X tT^H*'"^"" 
 ^odge ai,!l ? ^'^'■'■^'^ *o the said T ^^ '*«« 
 
 lodges „„dS :' ^*»'^'^''. shall h.reVn "^''""^ 
 
 — re j.t-rsr:;-f-^^^^^^^^ 
 
 remittance on the 
 
r*% undit 
 l^^'^d report 
 
 charge of 
 '^' to their 
 
 "ited by 
 ^^i iiave 
 8 ifi the 
 
 juris, 
 a^i the 
 ^ them 
 
 their 
 * pro- 
 « be 
 
 AJJ 
 strict 
 reon 
 aine 
 and 
 Jme 
 ed. 
 es- 
 he 
 
 21 
 
 iupreme Grand Secretary, in duplicate to the Haid 
 lliight Worthy Deputy Grand President, who shall 
 transmit the same forthwith to the Supreme Grand 
 ! Secretary. District Deputies who may be appoihted 
 for the South \frican districts shall act under the 
 jurisdiction of tlio Right Worthy Deputy Grand 
 President, who shall have power to suspend said Dis- 
 trict Deputies for any sufficient cause, such suspension 
 to remain in force until tUe decision of the said 
 Supreme Grand Lodge shall have been obtained 
 thereon. 
 
 Duties of District Deputy Grand Lodge Officers. 
 
 26. The District Deputies shall have power to visit 
 Subordinate Lodges and open new Lodges when so 
 ordered ; shall superintend the secret and other vvork> 
 and shall attend to matters pertaining to the general 
 welfare of the Order, under orders from the Supreme 
 Grand President, to whom they shall look for instruc- 
 tion, and shall perform such other duties as may from 
 time to time be imposed upon them. Said officers 
 shall send in their reports to the Executive not later 
 than the 20th of January in each year. 
 
 General Laws of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 27. Any officer or delegate refusing to abide by the 
 decision of the Supreme Grand President, shall be 
 lined fifty cents for the first offence, and for the second 
 one dollar ; for the third offence he shall not be al- 
 
.'fC^'p^^i^m^-T^ry^'- 
 
 i -f 
 
 J* 
 
 22 
 
 ^or not Jess ih ^^^® in a Snh^..^- ^*^® 
 
 ^'' than one month. ^"'^^^^^^ate Lodge, 
 
 29. The Su 
 
 ^-y tvvo Lodges 1^ '''■ P°««e8sio„. to a!. ,""'''"' 
 of member.., ' ^"'^>'s provided ,u ° "'""^'g-mate 
 mated ^^" " ^'"'h ^o-l^e Le w^fto l "^^^^^'y 
 
 "igtobesoaiaalga. 
 30. I'he fi 
 
 y °t February ia each 
 
 ^ vvicn such 
 32. lilxecutive Q„ 
 ^«'««ates; shal' bflT'"' '''•'''^'' ^odge offio 
 *°*"al travelJin! "'"^ »2.00 per dl '' ^""^ 
 Supreme Gra„d r '?^""^^« ^hiist I' tf ""'' "'««• 
 ^rand Lodge. " ***endanoe at 
 
'""^ I^odge 
 |*^d have 
 f*e Lodge, 
 
 ^® Pov^er, 
 ' returns 
 ^^ganiate 
 
 /^rand 
 ^^ each 
 
 !iiiate 
 each 
 
 'uch 
 
 tnd 
 eir 
 at 
 
 23 
 
 33. Executive Supreme Grand Lodge officers shall 
 b 3 paid by the Supreme Grand Lodge, and delegates 
 by their respective Subordinate Lodges. 
 
 34. Supreme Grand Lodge officers appointed to open 
 new Lodges shall receive $2.50 per day and actual 
 travelling expenses, to be paid by Supreme Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 35. The Supreme Grand President shall from time 
 to time V isit Subordinate Lodges ; his actual travel- 
 ling expenses and $2.00 per day shall be paid by the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge Should he deem it necessary, 
 other Supreme Grand Lodge officers may accompany 
 him, whose aotual travelling expenses only shall be 
 paid by the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 36. In case any Subordinate Lodge shall request 
 the official attendance of any Supreme Grand Lodge 
 officers, then the expenses of such visit shall be paid 
 by such subordinate Lodge, at the above rates. 
 
 37. When practical, official visits shall be made not 
 less than oace a year, and not necessarily more than 
 once a year, unless in case of emergency ; but this 
 restriction only refers to Lodges where expenses 
 would be incurred. 
 
 38. The Supreme Grand Lodge shall guarantee the 
 bonds of officers of Subordinate Lodges ; said officers 
 
 «_ 
 
24 
 
 8halJ not be instalJed till *u . 
 
 quarter per cent, ner ««^ '^^ charged onfi 
 
 £p^:rtrrcis^^---ve .., 
 
 «°ffic,ent number of dLhoI D ?*' """^ "PP"'"* » 
 
 -^---. Place... :-e?rZr^^^^ 
 . ^0- The 8„pre„3 Grand T , ' 
 
 have power to decide on aU 1°^'' ^"^•'""-^ shall 
 down «, or provided J '"^ "''^ ''»"''«. not laid 
 to the „s„,, ,,g,, ^^ - 'n the Constitution, subject 
 
 I 
 
 SUBORDINATE LODGES. 
 
 ConsWulion and Powers. 
 
 ^1- That each Siih^-j- . 
 
 «'«g Committee, j„ne; 
 
25 
 
 pPpoint a 
 ^*eiid the 
 
 ruard and Outer Guard, who shall constitute the 
 [Executive Officers ; and Surgeons, Auditors, Trustees 
 land Grand Lodge Delegates, provided always that 
 where necessity requires the Recording Secretary 
 may also discharge the duties of Financial Secretary. 
 They shall watch over and protect the interests of 
 the Lodge, and faithfully discharge their respective 
 duties ; and on leaving office, shall hand over to their 
 successors all monies, books, papers, documents, 
 vouchers, seals, and all matters and things relating, 
 pertaining, or belonging to their respective offices, or 
 in connection with or pertaining to the Lodge or 
 Order in their or either of *iheir custody, possession 
 or power. _ 
 
 Id by 
 
 rand 
 shaj] , 
 the 
 hail 
 
 ary 
 
 42. Each Lodge shall have power to make rules for 
 its own government ; provided such rules are in 
 accordance with the General laws of the Order, and 
 have been sanctioned by the Executive of the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge ; shall have power to control 
 its own funds in accordance with the Constitution ; 
 shall contribute to the support of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge as hereinafter provided, and shall become 
 incorporated as soon as practicable after formation ; 
 shall have its own seal with name and number 
 thereon. 
 
 '>•?■»■' 
 
 rU Formation of Subordinate lodges. 
 43. Should any body of Englishmen, consisting of 
 
 ■rimiMkiUttl 
 
It ' 
 
 ■r" 
 
 ! 
 
 26 
 
 twelve o** 
 
 Supreme Granri q ^^*^ ^^nts each n« *^ 
 
 G«,?d? ^ *^'^ «^'*" be initiated h^'"'"^ °* "^ «e'v 
 
 *»« ield and ^"""'"y « which .i,, ^ , *^^'*'-*^>- 
 
 Supreml I "P°" *h<' change of u ^ ^""^^^ «ha]] 
 
 thereto t?'^"*'^« ^h'^" be ?„ iL '°°''"'^ *he 
 npon the ^ ^^''^ «°«« Degree ^ T" "^"^^n* 
 
 °^ ne:\x?"ir'=^^^ - thews':;-" ^^-* 
 
 -eeived into The otL'^^"''^' «-£- ',S"k^ 
 
 »« laid down in .u "P°'> *he scale of n! ''^ 
 
 previous] V k • "^^ ^^^ Providing 7.. ^^y^ents 
 
 shall be 1 ."^"'^ *° the Order^ v '^ ""^^^ '^o* 
 
 p-id'rt?-7^r;tje scale orchaS:cr^« 
 
 -yappi,,or ^CharrjCstr ■* ^^^ ^°^^' 
 
 ^eSopreae Grand Lodge 
 
h*e them, 
 ^^^iroug of 
 
 ^*^"on, and 
 ^^ a duly 
 ^^e» with 
 ,'''«oia, the 
 
 P^Prenie 
 * ^ tinie 
 ^^ a new 
 ^^pretxiQ 
 
 '^^ tiiat 
 ?e shaJJ 
 
 '^.y the 
 
 '^erred 
 
 ii be 
 Qents 
 5 Hot 
 'bers 
 
 
 27 
 
 ixecutive, after having received authority from the 
 fubordinate Lodge to which they belong to do so ; 
 lubordinate Lodges shall not refuse their sanction to 
 icli application without showing just cause to the 
 iupreme Grand Lodge or Executive, who shall deter- 
 line the matter. A 11 moneys received at the forma- 
 tion of Lodges shall be credited to the Lodge. 
 
 Forfeiture of Charter. 
 
 45. Any Subordinate Lodge violating any part of 
 [this Constitution, or the orders of the Supreme Grand 
 
 Lodge, or failing to make the returns or pay the dues 
 required by this Constitution for twelve months^ 
 shall become liable to tlie forfeiture of its Charter, 
 which may thereupon be recalled by the Supreme 
 Executive Council or by vote of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge in session. 
 
 46. Any Su' ordinate Lodge failing to meet for six 
 consecutive months, shall thereby become extinct, and 
 it shall be the duty of the oificers last installed to 
 transmit to the Supreme Grand Lodge or Executive, 
 the Charter, books, funds and other property of said 
 Lodge. 
 
 47. The funds and property of Subordinate Lodges 
 are, by the provisions of their Charters and the laws 
 of the Order, held only in trust, for the purposes laid 
 
28 
 
 ««oh purposes, or i„ a'v f. ^'" '""• ""^^^ than . 
 
 among the members indWd.atr"'' '''"'''•"« *»>«„, ] 
 
 «uch trnst and the law ^!^^' " " ^''"'^"on of j 
 
 expulsion; and if a SuLrd *ll7f ^ '°'- ^^ioh is 
 
 any cause to work, all monLTaL ° ^' ''"" '"" '^^"^ 
 
 With the Charter, shall be surrS'T'^'"'' *°^«*her 
 
 I^odge, to be held in trust and v'"' ^ *^« ^^and 
 
 provided. The Grand lodt^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 of the defunct Lodge under lit .' *'" '»«""'«« 
 
 «ame privileges as prTvJus ' h ^ f""" ''"'^ ^'^^ 
 
 -J-easthe.ca^n,oi::L^-J^,-^ 
 
 ortX^fS::--^^^^^^^^^ a Lodge, 
 fe duty of the last instald „f''"''*«'-' '' «^^" ^ 
 having the custody of the Chf r' '"'' "^««l'«rs 
 properties and funds of the LoJf f' ''°°^'' P'^Pors, 
 and deliver the same on df ^^i " '''''««• ^'ansfer 
 Executive Council L^ ^r"' *° *^ ^^P'^-^ 
 3«ch properties i„ custodrr.f """*^^ having 
 «hall be forever exclud d Lm 2^^"''' '^^'"-'^ 
 
 ;i 
 
 ^^***:^*»^^^S«?«««-«*^^^ 
 
P^ied solely 
 o*her than 
 ^^'ng them 
 ioJation of 
 ' which is 
 1 fail from 
 8, together 
 
 ^^e Grand 
 
 ereinafter 
 'Members 
 "^ith the 
 
 "^, until 
 
 ge of the 
 
 29 
 
 luder the preceding clauses, shall be kept separate 
 biid apart from the property and funds of the Supreme 
 [Grand Lodge ; and such funds shall not be estimated 
 [HH part of the assets of the Supreme Grand Lodge, 
 but shall be held in trust for the benefit of the mem- 
 bers of the Lodge until disposed of. 
 
 First, in the case of suspended Lodges— if the 
 Charter is not restored at the time of the expiration 
 of their suspension, the Supreme Grand President 
 shall order an equal distribution of the Lodge funds 
 and property to every member who was in good 
 standing in the books at the time of their suspension, 
 after deducting any claims that the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge may be justly entitled to. 
 
 Secondly, in the case of forfeiture of expelled Lodges 
 — the Supreme Grand I'resident shall at Once order 
 an equal distribution of the Lodge funds and property 
 to every member who was good on the books at the 
 time of their forfeiture or expulsion, after deducting 
 any claims that the Supreme Grand Lodge may be 
 justly entitled to. 
 
 ,.^1: ' '■'::.': ■■■'■>■■ -'l : ■ -.■: , . - . 
 
 50. Members of extinct Lodges, clear on the books 
 at the time of its dissolution, and who have paid to 
 the Supreme Grand Secretary all arrears then due, 
 may, upon application to the Supreme Grand Secre- 
 tary, receive a clearance card under the seal of the 
 
i !• 
 
 "I'vays that the Supreme r'' T"'^' P'^vided 
 Supremo Grand Seoret^a^ slaSl ^''""^'''' ""^ 
 
 the Lodge, or in the iUecal ^ \ '"«aWng „p „, 
 f«nd8 of the same. * ' <J'«t«b»tion or use of the 
 
 fS^^yiZZ':::^:,:^ «- S-P-me Grand 
 for the restoration of '„r^ T' °' " '^^*"««* ^o<ige 
 the Supreme Grand Loif'°''"' ^"* ''PP"oantsls' 
 
 -toredtomembersWp^ 'tid£^*'^''"^^^ "^^ ^ 
 .the Charter. fu„ds and eStf , f ' *°^''^^' ^^*h 
 Jodge at time of extinction 'n '""^'''S *° «»id 
 
 ^-heendi^posedofast-S:^-:^^. 
 
 Membership. ' 
 
 52. Subordinate Lodges flh, II 
 «han eight members, and haJl h T''' °* ^'* !««« 
 at least twice in ead, monti "^ '*''*"^ '"^'tings 
 members shall constituted 't^^* '^ ^^'''^ ««vfn 
 *'on of business ; if only seven fi'" '°' *^« '«^«««o- 
 Present no appropriation oTJ.?""^' Members be 
 ««less by unanimous consent. ^ '^*" ''« «"»d« 
 
 «at feh? sf!r^ ™*'"'^'' °^ *hi8 Order knou,-. 
 statements for the Purpo^'f ''i^-^';; 
 
$t 
 
 " *he force 
 
 Pi'ovided 
 i<3ent and 
 
 that the 
 
 '^^^S up of 
 
 'se of the 
 
 e Grand 
 * J^odge, 
 cants as 
 oiay be 
 ^er with 
 *o said 
 *8 shaJl 
 3 for. 
 
 Indidate ii:Hiated or rejected, he shall be liable to 
 le, suspension or expulsion as the Arbitration Com- 
 littee may determine. 
 
 54. Every Lodge of this Order shall keep a Black 
 fook, in which the names of all rejected candidatea 
 
 id expelled members shall be entered. 
 
 55. No candidate who has been rejected by any 
 iod^e shall again be proposed for membership untiL 
 
 ^he expiration of Six months after such rejection* 
 [o person who has been expelled from the Order shall 
 )e eligible for re-election without the consent in writ- 
 ing of the Granu President. 
 
 56. Any Lodge knowingly admitting any rejected 
 jandidate or expelled member, except as aforesaid » 
 shall be liable to have its Charter withdrawn by the 
 Supreme J.<'.xecutive Council. 
 
 57. Any person who has previously belonged to the 
 Order or rejected applicant applying for admission 
 into any Lodge, it shall be the duty of such Lodge ta 
 communicate with the Lodge of which he was a 
 member or applicant, and procure such information 
 as the Lodge is able to give. Members expelled for 
 non-payment of dues shall be eligible for re-admission 
 provided they are of good character and have com- 
 plied with the Constitution. 
 
 
32 
 
 58. No member shall «„ 
 financial member otlZ 7 """^'^^^ation be « 
 Lodge. They may be honn' " °"' Subordinate 
 ing any benefits. Where °rj '"?'" "-r^- "ot receiv. 
 
 f ou'd be n>ember7ortro;;"« ""^''^ «"'«-- 
 honorary members. '"^ Order. They may be 
 
 -itbapr,p,,,,J - ; P-ted W. accompani^ 
 * be Lodge, supported by JZ ^^ ^ ""^-nber of 
 
 other member of the Order "dTn *" ''^ '«''«' -« 
 occupation, residence r«^fl; **" "'*'« the name 
 
 ahty of father or gldtC "'J'^ '«'-- nation • 
 proposed candidate and if huP'^°^ °* birth of 
 o/ this Order, or wis "ve/ 1^" T ''^^" * ««-ber 
 ^f;o where, and shall bTsiS?';' '''^''''^' ^-^ 
 d.date and certified by himlo b^^"" ^" ^'"^"^ ««»- 
 t.on so made shall be read tol r'^f ' ^^« P'oposi- 
 *-y. and shall then be eft^^dt ^t '^ *^« ^'^e- 
 n^ittee, one or more shall rl^rt-t tu' ^''"'"^'^^ ^on,. 
 the Lodge ; the result of such ^ \^^ ""^* '"««*'ng of 
 dorsed on the proposittrptr^^''''"" *'^" "« '»- 
 «hall be taken on the propolT; T " ^"^^ "^ Fallot 
 t«on of the medical rep2 iHh *" *^« P^^-*- 
 balls be found the candSl 1 uT °' '"'''« black 
 twoormorecandidaterhavetoH !'^'-«i«oted; when 
 
 be optional with the Presfden to , ^ °*'' '*"•• "«»>-" 
 "t the same time; but in "1 ! t''' *^«''''«otforall 
 
 case the necessary num. 
 
 tti«tii«fate<ib. 
 
nation he a 
 
 iibordinate 
 «ot receiv. 
 
 Surgeons 
 ^y may be 
 
 e 
 
 "s* be 8ub- 
 
 ompanied 
 lember of 
 
 ^east one 
 '^e name, 
 ^> nation - 
 
 birth of 
 
 member 
 5*©d, and 
 >sed can- 
 proposi- 
 6 Secre- 
 »gConi- 
 Btingof 
 ' be en- 
 
 baJJot 
 Jsenta- 
 
 black 
 
 when 
 ' shaJ] 
 ^oraJl 
 num- 
 
 :f: 
 
 53 
 
 )r of black balls for rejection of a candidate appear^ 
 bhen the ballot shall be taken singly for each candi- 
 
 late. 
 
 It, 
 
 ()0. Every candidate before being ballotted for as a 
 [financial member shall produce a certificate of good 
 [health from the Surgeon of the Lodge he wishes to 
 [join. 
 
 61. Any member desiring to resign his membership 
 in this Order shall notify the Secretary in writing to 
 that effect, and after paying all dues, shall receive a 
 certificate of resignation to the effect that he Was in 
 good standing in his Lodge at the date of issue. For 
 such certificate he shall pay the sum of fifty cents. 
 Any member so resigning, and afterwards being 
 desirous of rejoining the Order, must be re-proposed, 
 undergo medical examination, ballotted for, and serve 
 the usual probation, but shall be exempt from paying 
 the initation fee, provided he has paid not less than 
 one year's subscription into the Lodge from which he 
 drew his resignation, the subscriptions of said mem- 
 ber shall be according to the age at which he 
 rejoins. He shall pay the Surgeon for medical exam- 
 ination at regular rates. . ;^ 
 
 62. Shoulw* any member desire to draw his clear- 
 ance from one Lodge for the purpose of joining 
 another he shall notify the Secretary, in writing, to 
 
 
34 
 that effect, who aho.u u • 
 
 f «r«e, make oat snoh deal! x'^ "''*"• ''«« of 
 ^ entitled to snr cW* '"""'^•- ^^all 
 
 «emberof theLodtestronth """' '^ ^''» »-«" a 
 dueH to the Lodge from which i " ''''' "'' ««"*hs' 
 Baid member mu't pro?„c!'ll '? '^'*'"''-«-«- «.» 
 months from date of iZT Tlu'""""^ ^"W" two 
 • of good health from he s«Se^7*'''''^^''««''t- 
 wishes to join, and pay the f °f ""' ^-"^^^ he 
 deposit of same, together w I TZ °' ''*^ "^''^^ °- 
 t;ons that may have accn 2 "'' '"'' °°"*"'><'- 
 
 clearance. Such clearance „ J '''' '"** °' ^ia 
 
 '« the case of new members '°°'P*'' ''^ '"*"°' «» 
 
 crsi:^:?^^::::^ - -ember, th. 
 
 power to grant such clearance on t.'^' shall have 
 lodge Willing to admit th!'r v."'PP"''**'°''ofa 
 
 I-odge to which the memLh,"'^''' P'^^^'ded the 
 -««factoryreasonrS.^7;j°7''-'-nprod„cin; 
 Any r-odge neglectingio f!i T'""'^ '« «f«8ed 
 ^■efusinga clearance wuhi/"'''"'''-'' ^'^eir reasons for 
 
 he«« applied for by tie e1; """"^ '"-""the samT 
 Bhall be fined two iuL!*'"*"^ 
 
 ---«the.meor;---J^ofo. 
 
 
^e'ore the 
 '^l free of 
 "ber ghaJi 
 as been a 
 'nonths* 
 W8. The 
 ithin two 
 ©rti/ioatft 
 ^o^ge he 
 cents on 
 
 ® of hia 
 f^aiJot aa 
 
 ber, the 
 li have 
 on of a, 
 ed the 
 Cueing- 
 'used. 
 IS for 
 
 same 
 odge 
 
 35 
 
 e to his own Lodf^e, whioh Lodge shall be bound to 
 cive the same, and shall charge the member with 
 contributions and fees that may be due from the 
 te of clearance, together with the sum of fifty cents 
 the return of the said clearance. And said Lod^e 
 all be responsible to said member for all benefits 
 e to him until he joins another Lodge or returns 
 lis clearance to his own Lodge ; but under no cir- 
 mstances shall the times above stated be exceeded. 
 11 certificates of resignation and clearance shall be 
 igned by the President and Secretary of the Lodge, 
 nd stamped with the Lodge Seal, or they shall not 
 legal. Should a member,- after withdrawing his 
 learance and depositing the same in another Lodge, 
 equire, and be eligible, according to this Constitution 
 receive benefits, the Lodge he has joined shall pay 
 he same. His former Lodge shall be responsible 
 for, and pay to his new Lodge, half such benefits 
 until the expiration of six months from the date of his 
 clearance. The Secretary of new Lodge shall notify 
 the Secretary of former Lodge when the brother has 
 declared on the sick fund. V 
 
 
 65. All Lodges shall have power to admit honorary 
 members, and such members shall be entitled to vote 
 on all matters except financial business. Said honor- 
 ary members shall be subject to suspension and 
 expulsion for non-payment of dues as in the case of 
 financial members. Honorary members desiring to 
 
-„■,: .1: "Si'W-f ^'Sf". "i^ ■(?««!:. 
 
 W 
 
 36 
 become financial memho 
 
 of the Lodge 8„rit:«r/°r ""^ ''^'^-tio,, 
 hy paying the inLtilnte^?^^:' "^^ ^^'^''h, a„l 
 
 saS'^'^^-«-«*he Sotitr:^^^^^ be paid b 
 wid honorary member at th;.- ' **"« "ge as th 
 
 - ;on for the change. Isl « et^nf "f'^-^'^PP'i 
 „ "' JO'n>ng the Order. Any T. u ^"'^ ''^ *>'«> O" 
 "P'«« residence i„ a„y forX^''""*:; ^''^ «''''" take 
 Majesty-^ Dominion, I^uXTT' ""^^'-^^ H- 
 months notify hi. Lodge from . '^""^ °' t'^elve 
 oontmues a British snbTec r^ ™' '° "»^« '^at he 
 ;««=h and has not t.kenZlZ'T^' «ontin„i„g ^^^ 
 foreign power, or intends to T °' ""^^'^''''^ ^ any 
 takes an oath of allegiance" /;• -^^^ foment he 
 become an expaUed memSr ""^" P«"-h« *ail 
 
 ^£oratrm!;tTL:;r^ ^^--^ *» become an 
 *" <J«6s to date of all . '° °" P'^y'nent in Zl of 
 «ry membership PP''"**'""- and of fee ■ " °* 
 
 for honor- 
 
 »-.ths. and shoXnTr'^,-'-'^^ for twelve 
 "ommation and election, at"' ^'""^ ^»<^»t. the 
 
 p<"«on of'th:trrL ?r '''^'•*' ^- '« ';!?* 
 
 ^'^oted by ballot Th,^" ^"^'"'^ve officers sTaU 7 
 ^« -ssary to . ^^^1^^^^-^^ 
 
 Of a tie the voting 
 
 <;?r 
 
 -fH 
 
'-■^J^'^' TW; "-.'"ft 
 
 Production 
 ^eaJth, and 
 ^ ^e paid bj. 
 ^e age as the 
 akingappji. 
 * by him on 
 > sha]J take 
 utside Her 
 of twelve 
 e that he 
 
 t^'nuingas 
 oe to any 
 oment he 
 '^ he 8ha]J 
 
 come an 
 n fuJJ of 
 I* honor- 
 
 37 
 
 .11 continue until a choice is made. The name of 
 brother receiving the lowest number of votes at 
 ih ballotting shall be withdrawn. This clause 
 |all apply to the Order generally, except the Manag- 
 (Jommittee. Then those receiving the highest 
 imber of votes shall be elected. Officers of Subor- 
 [late Lodges and delegates to the Supreme Grand 
 idge may be nominated and elected on the first 
 (gular meeting in December, but the election must 
 held in December ; this shall also be quSirterly 
 night December. All elections for executive offi- 
 irs and delegates shall be by ballot. All other 
 Ifficers may be elected by show of hands. The 
 istallation of officers shall take place the firpt meet- 
 ing night in the new year. 
 
 68. No member shall be eligible to hold any execu- 
 tive office in a Subordinate Lodge unless he has taken 
 
 ^the White Hose Degree. Members may be nominated 
 and elected to office previous to having taken the 
 White Rose Degree, but shall not be installed until 
 they are members thereof ; but no member shall be 
 nominated for President or Secretary unless he has 
 the White Rose Degree, and has filled some executive 
 office in the Lodge. Subordinate Lodges, when first 
 formed, can elect their executive officers for the first 
 term, irrespective of their having attained the second 
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 ect for the Supreme Grand Lodge ; see that the 
 ge officers and members of committees perform 
 respective duties ; cause to be summoned special 
 tings when he may deem it necessary or required 
 vote of the Lodge ; but a week's notice must be 
 n by the worthy President, stating the object for 
 ch the special meeting is called and only such busi- 
 as therein specified shall be transacted at such 
 ting ; to declare the results of all ballots for the 
 initiation of candidates ; sign all orders for the pay- 
 nt of moneys ; open and close the Lodge at the 
 ointed time ; he shall be an ex officio member of all 
 oUfcnmitteLs ; he shall have no vote by ballot or other- 
 e, unless there be a tie ; then he shall have the cast- 
 vote ; he shall neither move nor second a resolution, 
 t shall put the same (if not in conflict with the 
 nstitution or By-Law,) to the meeting ; he shall be 
 rsonably responsible for the rituals, and for the 
 oper execution of the bonds required to be given by 
 icers of the Lodge, and for all moneys received by 
 em, until such bonds are duly signed and in hi» 
 ossession. If any error or mistake be discovered in. 
 he ballot, he shall have the right to call for fresh 
 allot at the time. • 
 
 74. Worthy Past President.— The Worthy Past 
 [President shall assist in the Ritualistic Work of the 
 Lodge, and perform such other services as may be 
 delegated to him by the Worthy President. 
 
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 ness to the Lodge ; X7i"f°'f/ their indebted. 
 
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 bars eligible for ulZ^tT''''^' °' ^^''^^ ««•«- 
 receives any benefitwho is totlnfl?]''** "° »«'»her 
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 ndidates, and see that the general law in relation 
 to is complied with ; make a semi-annual report 
 e Lodge of its standing and welfare ; shall, after 
 quarterly night, prepare a list of members, with 
 esses, six months or more in arrears, and hand 
 e to the Vice-President ; shall upon receipt of a 
 ce from a brother declaring on the sick fund of a 
 ge, at once notify the first Managing Committee- 
 and two members residing nearest the sick 
 ber's residence, to visit him ; notify the Grand 
 retary of the rejection and expulsion of all candi- 
 es and members from his Lodge, within seven days 
 r the same shall occur ; inform all candidates of 
 lir rejection — provided their proposer declines to do 
 and of their acceptance if elected ; shall notify all 
 didates to attend the Medical officers for examin- 
 ion, immediately after the prop'^sition is accepted 
 the Lodge: have his books ready for the Audi- 
 rs' inspection within seven days after quarterly 
 eeting night, attend the Auditors with the same ; 
 all forward to the Grand Secretary with each 
 uarterly report the name, age, birth-place, date of 
 eath, and cause of death of any brother who may 
 ave died during the quarter, for insertion in the 
 nnual Keport of the Grand Lodge ; and perform 
 ny duty pertaining to his office not provided for by 
 his Constitution ; and shall give a bond to the Lodge 
 in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for tlie 
 faithful performance of his duties, and for his ser- 
 
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 vices shall receive such remuneration as may be 
 Agreed upon by the Lodge. 
 
 77. Worthy Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall 
 receive from, and give a receipt to the Secretary for 
 all moneys collected ; after every meeting, deposit in 
 «. separate banking account all sums over ^50 in some 
 Chartered Banking Institui ion or Post Office Savings 
 Bank, to be named by the Lodge, in the names of the 
 Lodge Trustees ; shall be responsible for the safe 
 keeping of the bank book ; pay all orders when 
 properly signed and stamped with the Lodge Seal ; 
 receive from the Trustees all monies when withdrawn 
 from the Bank ; shall attend and produce his books 
 and vouchers when required by the Auditors ; shall 
 give a bond to the Lodge in the sum of two hundred 
 and fifty dollars for the faithful performance of his 
 duty. • 
 
 78. Worthy Chaplain. — He shall assist the Presi- 
 dent in opening and closing the Lodge, in initiating 
 candidates, and at the burial of any deceased 
 member. -^ - r > ; ■, ■ ■*'/,■■ '^y'':--ff\'i. 
 
 79. Managing Committee. — Each Lodge shall have 
 six or more Managing Committee-men who shall 
 enquire into the character of the proposed candi- 
 dates, and ascertain if they have ever been members 
 of this Ord ;r, or ever were proposed in a Lodge, and 
 report at the next meeting of the Lodge ; look after 
 
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 the welfare of the sick and of those receiving bene- 
 fits ; receive from the Treasurer the sick benefits, and 
 give a receipt for the same ; hand them over to those 
 for whom they are granted, and return to the Trea- 
 surer the I'eceipts of the recipients ; report on every 
 meeting night the condition of those receiving sick 
 benefits, and be responsible for the proper visitation 
 of sick members, either by themselves or qualified 
 members of the Lodge, whom they are hereby 
 empowered to call on for assistance. In cases of 
 infectious diseases, they shall, with the consent of 
 the President, be empowered to engage the services 
 of a nurse to attend to the same, and such engage- 
 ment shall be binding on the Lodge ; shall conduct all 
 candidates for initiation into the Lodge room, assist 
 at the opening and closing ceremonies, and be 
 responsible for the safe-keeping of the Lodge regalia, 
 and shall assist the Vice-President in visiting mem- 
 bers in arrears ; in Lodges having a large member- 
 ship, they may receive such remuneration for their 
 services as shall be decided on by the Lodge, subject 
 to fines for neglect of duties and absence from meet- 
 tings of the Lodge. 
 
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 80. Inner Guard. — The Inner Guard shall attend 
 the door on the inside, report the names of all comers 
 to the Vice-President, and carry out his instructions. 
 
 81. Outer Guard. — The Outer Guard shall attend 
 
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 the door on the outside, receive the name and pass- 
 word from all comers, report the same to the Inner 
 Guard, prevent the intrusion of all improper or dis- 
 orderly characters, and under no pretense whatever, 
 be on duty without wearing his regalia. 
 
 82. Surgeon. — The Surgeon shall be elected annu- 
 ally at the annual election of officers, and continue in 
 office during the pleasure of the Lodge ; shall examine 
 all candidates for full membership, sign their certifi- 
 cates of health, and forward same to the Lodge Secre- 
 tary ; shall attend all sick members eligible for his 
 services, and provide them with proper medicine ; 
 shall attend all members within a distance of three 
 miles from the Lodge room, at the regular allowance, 
 and be allowed mileage, as agreed upon by the Lodge, 
 to within the distance of five miles ; members beyond 
 that distance shall have no claim on his attendance ; 
 shall send in his book to the Secretary after every 
 quarterly meeting to be revised, and for his services 
 shall receive, annually, such sum as the Lodge may 
 decide, payable quarterly, for every financial member 
 who is not six months in arrears, and resides within 
 the prescribed limits ; which shall be the full equiva- 
 lent for his services : should the Surgeon at any time 
 be absent without providing a duly qualified surgeon 
 to perform his duties to the Lodge, such sum as shall 
 be paid for the services of another surgeon shall be 
 deducted from the Lodge Surgeon's stipend. 
 
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 ' 83. LoDQE Trustees. — Each Lodge shall have tw6 
 or more Trustees, who shall draw out all moneys 
 from the bank, when ordered to do so by the Lodge, 
 and on receipt of an order, signed by the President 
 and Secretary, and stamped with the Lodge Seal ; 
 and hand such moneys to the Treasurer, and take hiS 
 receipt for the same, and attend the Auditors when 
 required. Each Trustee shall give a bond to the 
 Lodge, in a sum to be agreed upon by each Lodge, for 
 the faithful performance of his duty. - 
 
 84. Auditors.— There shall be three Auditors — two 
 to form a quorum — who shall carefully audit the 
 Lodge books within ten days after each quarterly 
 meeting and sign the same if correct ; they shall be 
 furnished by the Lodge officers with all books, docu- 
 ments and papers pertaining to the Loc.ge. They 
 shall report to the Lodge the first meeting after 
 quarterly night ; where practicable the audit shall be 
 held at the Lodge room. They ^hall certify to the 
 number of members entitled to the services of the 
 Lodge Surgeon. 
 
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 Fees and Contributions. 
 
 85. The Initiation Fees into this Order shall be paid 
 in every case before the candidate is initiated, less 
 fifty cents paid on application. All candidates shall 
 pay according to the under-mentioned graduated scale 
 
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 (Charter members excepted), should they desire to 
 join as full members. 
 
 18 to 30 years *300 
 
 80 to 45 " 4 00 
 
 V 45 to 60 ** . : 7 00 
 
 60 to 55 '♦ 10 00 
 
 ' 65 to 60 *♦ 15 00 
 
 Charter members' initiation fees shall be three 
 dollars, (should they join within one month of opening 
 new Lodge). Weekly subscriptions the same as in 
 clause 86 for full members. 
 
 86. The subscription of full members shall be 
 according to the following scale : — 
 
 18 to 30 years. perweek 10c. 
 
 30 to 45 «♦ '♦ i3c. 
 
 45 to 60 »' '* 15c. 
 
 60 to 65 " *« 20c. 
 
 55 to 60 «* " 25c. 
 
 The above rates apply to the ages of candidates at 
 their initiation. v ., 
 
 87. Members on taking second degree, shall pay a 
 «um of 92.00. 
 
 88. The initiation fee for honorary memberp shall 
 be 1^5.00; [annual fees ^2.00, payable in advance. 
 
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 Honorary members paying $15.00 at their initiation, 
 shall be life members, and no further fee shall be 
 demanded from them, 
 
 89. Honorary members, paying an admission fee of 
 05.00 and 01.00 per quarter, shall be ^entitled to vote 
 on all matters, receive Doctor's attendance and medi- 
 cine, but shall not be entitled to sick pay nor funeral 
 allowance, but shall be entitled to hold any office, 
 except President, Vice-President, Secretary, Trea- 
 surer, and Supreme Grand Lodge Delegate. 
 
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 Benefits. 
 
 90. At the expiration of twelve months from the 
 •date of their initiation, members shall bo entitled to 
 $3.00 per week, sick allowance from date of Doctor's 
 certificate, for a space of thirteen weeks, and a sum of 
 01.50 per week for the next twenty-six ^weeks ; 030.00 
 on the decease of his wife ; 07.00 on the death of any 
 of his children between the ages of five and fifteen 
 years ; 0100 on the death of a member ; less any sum 
 ^or sums he may be owing his Sub-lodge or the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge. Members in good standing 
 shall be entitled, in case of death, to half the above- 
 named sums (or balance thereof) after the expiration 
 «f six months from ^their [initiation, which shall be 
 paid to the nominee or executors. Also halT sick 
 l)enefits at the expiration of six months. 
 
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 91. All sick benefits shall be paid by the Sobordi- 
 nate Lodges. ... 
 
 92. Members shall not be entitled to receive benefits 
 from the Order who are more than six months in 
 arrears, nor for the space of one month after all such 
 arrears are paid. Providing a Brother falls sick after 
 he is six months in arrears he shall not be entitled to 
 any benefits during the said sickness. All arrears 
 shall be deducted from his sick benefits. 
 
 93. Members falling sick shall, within one week^ 
 from date of commencement of such sickness, report 
 to the Secretary of their Lodge. 
 
 94. Members shall be entitled to sick pay from the- 
 date of the Doctor's certificate ; but in no case shall 
 any member be allowed sick dues for more than ones 
 week previous to such notification to the Secretary, 
 unless by vote of the Lodge. No member shall be 
 entitled to sick dues whose aiokness arises from im- 
 proper conduct. No member, whilst receiving sick 
 pay, shall be allowed to do any work nor be out of 
 doors after 9 o'clock p. m. during the months of May, 
 June, July, August and September, and 6 p.m. during 
 the months of October, November, December, January, 
 February, March, and April, unless authorized by the 
 Lodge Surgeon; any member so doing shall forfeit 
 his sick dues for that week. 
 
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 96. Members declaring off the funds must produce 
 to the Secretary within one week the Lodge Surgeon's 
 certificate. 
 
 96. Any member who has received either full or 
 half sick pay and declares off the Lodge funds, shall 
 not be entitled to recommence the receipt of full pay 
 until he has been able to resume and has continued 
 his business or occupation for six months, but if he 
 falls sick within the said six months he shall be 
 placed in the same position as when he ceased to 
 receive sick pay and shall be paid the same allow- 
 ance which he was th« u receiving. Every member 
 shall be entitled to medical attendance and medi- 
 cine immediately on joining the Order. No mem- 
 ber shall be entitled to any benefits for less than 
 one week excepting after the first week. 
 
 97. Any member remaining sick after receiving the 
 full amount of sick pay allowed by the Constitution, 
 maybe superannuated and may then receive ^1.00 per 
 week so long as he remains sick, and shall be exempt 
 from all dues while receiving such benefit. If a 
 superannuated member should recover, he shall after 
 six months (provided he produces the Lodge Sur- 
 geon's certificate of good health) be entitled to full 
 benefit, but if he fall sick within the said six 
 months he shall again be placed on the superannur 
 ated list. * - 
 
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 98. Members residing at a distance from their own 
 Xtodge may apply to the nearest Lodge to them for 
 their sick dues, and desiring to be placed on the Doc- 
 tor's List, shall, after passing examination and paying 
 the usual Lodge Surgeon fees, be entitled to medical 
 attendance and medicine ; provided also that the said 
 member shall immediately upon such examination 
 register with the said Lodge Secretary, who shall 
 thereupon place said member on the Surgeon's list. 
 Providing the Lodge to which they apply is satisfied 
 that their medical certificate is correct, they shall pay 
 the sick dues of the Brother, and at once refer the 
 matter to the President of the sick brother's Lodge, 
 who shall refund to the Lodge so paying the amount 
 of such sick dues within three months. 
 
 99. Provided a member shall be out of the juris- 
 diction of the Surgeon of his own Lodge, and not near 
 ^ Lodge of the Order, and falls sick, he shall procure 
 the certificate of a duly qualified medical practitioner, 
 and forward the same to his Lodge Secretary before 
 he shall be entitled to sick dues. It shall be optional 
 for members residing out of the jurisdiction of the 
 Lodge Surgeon to pay Lodge Doctor's fees. 
 
 100. Members residing at a distance from their L6dge 
 <3an remit their subscriptions to the Secretary of the 
 Lodge by post. When a member goes to reside in a 
 place where a Lodge is held, he shall be allowed to 
 
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 pay his coutribations into said Lod^e, which shall 
 be forwarded to the Secretary of his Lodge quarterly. 
 
 101. Funeral benefits shall be paid by the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge to the sub-lodge secretary who shall 
 witness the payment of the same to the proper 
 parties. 
 
 102. All claims on the Supreme Grand Lodge Fun- 
 eral Fund shall be accompanied with certificate of 
 death, said certificate shall be signed by the Presi- 
 dent and Secretary, and stamped with the Lodge seal, 
 certifying to the deceased member's financial stand- 
 ing- 
 
 103. One dollar per year shall be paid by the 
 respective Lodges for each member returned as 
 in good financial standing on the quarterly report 
 to the Supreme Grand Lodge. The said sum shall 
 be paid in quarterly instalments in advance. A 
 registration fee of fifty cents shall be paid by the 
 respective Lodges for each new member returned to 
 the Supreme Grand Lodge- -which sum shall be applied 
 to the funeral fund. New Lodges shall be exempt 
 from paying the Registration Fee of fifty cents for 
 Charter members, but shall pay the usual assess- 
 ment fees with the Quarterly returns. 
 
 104. Lodges neglecting to pay the usual Funeral 
 Levies within one month after Quarter Night shall 
 
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 forfeit their claims to the Funeral Benefit Fond, but 
 shall be reinstated from date of receipt by the Supreme 
 Grand Secretary, of the amount in full. 
 
 105. In case the sums named be not sufficient for the 
 purposes required, then the Executive of the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge shall have power to make a levy or 
 levies on the membership of each Lodge, of not more 
 than ten cents each to meet the deficiency. 
 
 • 106. If a deceased brother leaves no nominee or 
 executors, the Lodge to which he belonged shall 
 undertake his funeral. 
 
 107. Should any member in good standing die, leav- 
 ing children, and such children be without any com- 
 petent relatives willing and able to provide for them, 
 it shall be the bounden duty of the deceased member's 
 Lodge to interest itself in their behalf, and to bring 
 their case before the Supreme Grand Ijodge with a 
 view to have such children properly cared for. 
 
 108. Whenever it shall become known that any 
 member of this Order has been reduced to a state of 
 pecuniary hardship by any sudden and unlooked for 
 dispensation, his case shall be referred to the Presi- 
 dent of the Lodge, whose duty it shall be to examine 
 into the same and report to the Lodge, who shall take 
 immediate action in the matter. All financial mem- ' 
 bers over the age of sixty-five years, who shall have 
 
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 become incapacitated, and shall continue incapaci- 
 tated for work, and unable to earn a livelihood, and 
 who have paid into their preseat Lodge for ten years, 
 shall be relieved of all further contributions for the 
 remainder of their lives. 
 
 109. Should a member become in arrears for dues, 
 assessments, or fines, accruing during the space of six 
 months, he shall be notified by his Lodge Secretary. 
 The deposit of a notice in the Post Office, directed to 
 such member, at such place as he is registered on the 
 Lodge Books as residing, shall be deemed and taken 
 as sufficient notice ; and if such member shall allow 
 his dues, etc., to remain unpaid so that he become in 
 arrear for twelve months, he shall be placed on the 
 suspension list for twelve months, unless his arrears 
 are paid, together with all dues that may accrue dur- 
 ihg his suspension ; but should such arrears and dues 
 be paid within twelve months from date of suspension 
 and he produces the Doctor's certificate of good 
 health, and his character is reported as satisfactory, 
 the ballot shall be taken, and if satisfactory he shall 
 be re-instated, and after a probation of one month be 
 entitled to benefits, but should he not pay his arrears 
 within the twelve months his name shall be sjtruck off 
 the Lodge Roll. 
 
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 110. Members so excluded from the Order must be 
 re-proposed, and serve another probation of twelve 
 
 
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 months, should they desire to re-join but need not he 
 re-initiated. Members failing to pay their subscrip- 
 tions on quarterly nights shall be fined ten cents. 
 
 Capitation Tax. 
 
 111. Subordinate Lodges shall pay capitation tax 
 to the Supreme Grand Lodge at the rate of ten cents 
 per member per quarter for all members not more 
 than six months in arrears. Members joining during 
 the quarter shall be exempt from capitation tax for 
 the current quarter. Lodges may levy members for 
 the capitation tax. 
 
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 112. Lodge Secretaries shall make quarterly returns 
 to the Supreme Grand Secretary upon a form sup- 
 plied for that purpose of such information as may be 
 required for the purposes of the Order ; such returns, 
 with the capitation tax, and the amount of all Lodge 
 accounts due to Supreme Grand Lodge, shall be for- 
 warded within one month after each quarterly night. 
 
 113. Should any Lodge fail to make its returns or 
 pay the dues promptly to the Supreme Grand Lodge, 
 as required by this Constitution the Supreme Grand 
 Secretary shall, immediately upon the receipt of such 
 return, enter to the debit of such Lodge a fine of one 
 dollar per month for the time which shall have elapsed 
 since such return should have been made. 
 
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 114 All moneys due from Subordinate Lodges to 
 the Supreme Grand Lodge shall be paid only to 
 the Supreme Grand Secretary and by post office 
 order. 
 
 115. In the absence of the President of a Subordin- 
 ate Lodge, the Vice-President shall preside, and if 
 both be absent the Lodge shall elect a member of the 
 Lodge to preside. 
 
 11(5. No member shall be entitled to receive the 
 pass -word except from the President of his Lodge and 
 if he be three months in arrears not at all. This 
 clause shall not apply to candidates at their initia- 
 tion. 
 
 
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 117. Any Brother visiting lodges shall give his 
 name, the name of his Lodge, and the current pass- 
 word, which shall introduce him to the same. He 
 shall not be entitled to vote, but he may address the 
 Lodge by permission of the President. No member 
 shall be admitted without the pass-word, unless 
 Touched for by two members that he is in good stand- 
 ing, or for the purpose of paying his Lodge dues. 
 
 118. All Past Officers shall be entitled to wear 
 regalia according to their past rank,* but members 
 wearing regalia to which they are not entitled shall be 
 fined fifty events. :,-:ii^-M::^_-,'t-^-r^'rc-:^''^'.^^^ 
 
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 119. No member shall be entitled to hold office in 
 a Subordinate Lodge who is over three months in 
 arrears. 
 
 120. Each Lodge shall have but one general fund 
 which shall be composed of proposition and initiation 
 fees, weekly contributions, and interest on invest- 
 ments, and shall only be applied for sick dues, funeral 
 benefit fund and general management expenses, to be 
 known as the general benefit fund. Lodges may pro- 
 vide a special fund or funds which shall be composed 
 of moneys raised by entertainments, concerts, picnics, 
 fines, special levies, etc., for any of the benevolent 
 purposes contemplated by the Order, provided always 
 that in the case of every such special fund or funds, 
 the receipts and disbursements on account thereof, 
 shall be kept altogether distinct from the general 
 benefit fund. 
 
 121. All Subordinate Lodges shall adhere strictly 
 to the Constitution and rules of Order issued by the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge, also to the By-laws framed 
 by the Lodge in accordance therewith and sanctioned 
 by the Supreme Grand Lodge or Executive, and shall 
 in all cases yield implicit obedience to the regulations 
 that may from time to time be promulgated by the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge. ; , s , 
 
 122. No Subordinate Lodge or member thereof shall 
 enter into any controversy or publish any matter 
 
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 relating to, or affecting the Order, either privately or 
 through the public prints, without the express per- 
 mission of the Supreme Grand President; neither 
 shall it be legal for members to collect subscriptions 
 for any purpose in connection with the Order, unless 
 sanctioned by the Lodge they belong to, and also have 
 the written authority signed by the Lodge President 
 and Secretary, and bearing the Lodge seal. 
 
 ,123. Every Lodge shall display its Charter in some 
 conspicuous part of the Lodge Boom, and it shall 
 not be taken therefrom without authority from the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge or Supreme Executive. i ■■ 
 
 124. Every Subordinate Lodge shall keep a registry 
 b.ook, in accordance with form prescribed by the 
 Grand Lodge, which shall be signed by all members 
 at the time of their initiation. All candidates for 
 membership must be initiated within three months 
 after being elected, or their proposition money shall 
 be forfeited, and they must be re-proposed. ^: 
 
 125. The general benefit fund of Subordinate Lodges 
 shall not be used for any purposes other than those 
 expressly set forth in the Constitution and the 
 legitimate working expenses of the Lodge ; and all 
 claims thereon shall be made in writing to the Lodge 
 Secretary. '"■:..: ;;.:n;. .... ^..,..r .^ .,::.•;■ ^ -w- 
 
 V 126. No meeting of any Lodge of this Order shall 
 be held in any tavern nor in any building wherein 
 
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 intoxicating liquors are solcl, nor shall intoxicating 
 liquor be brought into the Lodge Room during the 
 
 session of the Lodge. ' \ ' ^ 
 
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 127. No Lodge document shall be legal unless 
 stamped with the Lodge seal. • ; 
 
 128. Seventy-five per cent, of the funds of a Subor- 
 dinate Lodge may, by resolution, passed at a special 
 meeting thereof, and carried by a two-third majority, 
 be invested for its benefit in the names of two trus- 
 tees, in the Capital Stock or Debentures of the Sons 
 of England Hall Company of Ontario (Limited), or 
 debentures or other legal securities. 
 
 129. Subordinate Lodges shall furnish each mem- 
 ber at his initiation with a contribution card. Mem- 
 bers may obtain copies of the Constitution at a cost 
 of ten cents per copy. ' " 
 
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 130. All new laws and amendments to the Consti- 
 tution shall come into force immediately after the 
 close of each session of the Supreme Grand Lodge 
 unless otherwise provided for, also on receipt of & 
 copy and notice by each Lodge, from the Supreme 
 Grand Secretary. ? ji/^ y 
 
 Arbitration and Appeals ^ 
 
 131. Every Lodge shall appoint an Arbitration 
 Committee of twelve who must be members of the 
 
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 White Kose Degree. Five shall form a quorum, to 
 whom all charges that cannot be amicably settled 
 shall be referred. 
 
 132. Any member of this Order having any just 
 cause of complaint against another member, and 
 desiring investigation by the Lodge, shall in every 
 case put the same in writing, and lay before the Presi- 
 dent of the Lodge in which the brother charged is a 
 member ; whose duty it shall be to use all reasonable 
 means to secure a settlement of the difficulty ; and 
 should he deem it necessary, or the member demand 
 it, he shall bring the case before the Arbitration Com- 
 mittee, who, after fully investigating the matter, shall 
 report their decision in writing to the president. . 
 
 133. Members of one Lodge shall have the right 
 to bring charges against members of another Lodge, 
 but all charges must be investigated by the Arbitra- 
 tion Committee of the Defendants' Lodge. 
 
 134. The President of the Lodge shall preside at 
 the investigation of all charges, act as judge, and 
 award the punishment, according to the Society's 
 Constitution and Lodge By-laws. Provided the Pre- 
 sident cannot attend, he shall notify the Vice-Presi- 
 dent to act in his stead; if neither be present, the 
 Arbitration Committee shall elect one of their mem- 
 bers to preside, who shall have full power to act in 
 
 
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 the premises. He shall have power to fine, suspend 
 or expel, as the case may require. The plaintiff and 
 defendant shall each have the right to challenge any 
 two members of the Arbitration Committee. Such 
 members shall not then act as arbitrators. No bro- 
 ther shall be allowed to act as witness and member of 
 the Arbitration Committee at the same time. 
 
 1.S5. Members requiring the services of the Arbitra- 
 tion Committee must deposit the sum of one dollar 
 at the time of handing the charge to the President, 
 which sum will be forfeited if they fail to prove their 
 case, and be returned if they substantiate it. 
 
 136. Should any member of the Order be required 
 as a witness before the Arbitration Committee, and 
 refuse to attend, after being properly notified, his 
 President shall order his attendance, under the seal 
 of the Lodge, and in default the member shall be 
 fined by his Lodge in a sum not less than ^2, nor 
 more than $5. 
 
 137. The President shall see that all charges 
 brought before the Arbitration Committee are con- 
 ducted in the following manner : — He shall appoint 
 some Brother to attend the door, and permit mem- 
 bers to be admitted in the usual way. Strangers 
 who may be required as witnesses shall be vouched 
 for. The President shall at any time if necessary, 
 have power to exclude all witnesses and others from 
 
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 the room. He shall ask, ^'Are any members of the 
 Arbitration Committee challenged?" He shall after- 
 ward read the oharge, and the defendant shall plead 
 guilty or not guilty. The plaintiff and his witness 
 shall then be examined, after which the defendant and 
 his witness shall be examined. The President and 
 Arbitration Committee shall have power to call for 
 the production of all documents, and examine other 
 witnesses if necessary. The plaintiff and defendant 
 shall have the right to cross-examine said witnesses. 
 The evidence shall be taken down in writing, read 
 over to and signed by the respective parties giving the 
 same. No hearsay evidence will be admitted. The 
 plaintiff first, and the defendant next shall be at 
 liberty to address the Arbitration Committee, confin- 
 ing themselves to the case in hand. The President 
 shall then address the Arbitration Committee, who 
 shall afterwards retire to consider their verdict. 
 
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 138. The President on receiving the verdict shall 
 award the punishment, if any. 
 
 139. None but parties concerned shall be permitted 
 to make any remarks. If the accused neglects or 
 refuses to appear for trial, after having been duly 
 notified, without presenting a sufficient and acceptable 
 excuse for such neglect or failure to appear, he shall 
 be deemed guilty of contempt and shall be dealt with 
 as the Lodge may direct. n: ?; :^:- 
 
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 140. A Lodge which may become cognizant of any 
 violation of the principles or Constitution of the 
 Order by any brother, may institute preliminary in- 
 quiries through a committee of three, who shall 
 report to the Lodge, and upon sufficient cause shall 
 present charges in aue form against such oiifending 
 brother, and act during a subsecjueiit trial as plain- 
 tiff on behalf of the Lodge. 
 
 141. Should any Lodge President become charge- 
 able under the Constitution, his case shall be referred 
 to the Executive Council of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge, who shall have power to appoint a suitable 
 committee of three (if convenient, his peers,) who 
 shall constitute the Arbitration Committee, and 
 investigate any charges and report the result in writ- 
 ing to the Executive Council of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge, whose decision and i nalty imposed by it shall 
 be final, except as provided in clause 144. The pro- 
 cedure and regulations hereinbefore laid down for 
 other trials shall be observed in this case. 
 
 142. Members feeling aggrieved at the result of the 
 trial shall have the right to appeal to the Executive 
 of the Supreme Grand Lodge, with all papers and 
 evidence that may have been offered for or against, 
 that the Arbitration Committee may have rejected ; 
 but such appeal must be made in writing, or notice 
 given of their intention to appeal, within ten days 
 
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 after the deoision, and addressed to the Supreme 
 Grand Secretary. Memhers appealing shall submit 
 to the decision pending the appeal. Members shall 
 have the right to appeal to the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge when in session, providing ten days' notice is 
 given in writing to the Supreme Grand Secretary. 
 
 143. That in cases of dispute in any Lodge that ha» 
 not a sufficient Arbitration Committee or whosd 
 Arbitration Committee failed from any cause to 
 settle, or in any case where the desire of such Lodge 
 is expressed by vote, such Lodge shall have power to 
 solicit the services of second degree members of other 
 Lodges to act in the capacity of arbitrators, and 
 their decision shall have the same authority in the 
 settlement of disputes as the Constitutional Arbitra> 
 tion Committees of Lodges. 
 
 144. Any Lodge or member thereof shall have the 
 right of appeal from the ruling of the Supreme Execu- 
 tive to the next Supreme Grand Lodge, but the deci- 
 sion of the Supreme Executive shall be binding until 
 reversed or altered by the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 ' Penalties. ^ 
 
 145. Every member violating any of the obliga- 
 tions, established principles, laws, rules or regulations 
 of the Order, disclosing the secret transactions of the 
 Lodge, divulging] the name of a member who has 
 
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 reported unfavorably on an application, or opposing 
 his becoming a member, feigning himself sick or dis- 
 abled, practising, aiding or abetting any other mis- 
 representation, Aalije pretense or fraud, being guilty 
 of habitual drunkenness, embezzling JLodge funds, 
 wilfully damaging or destroying Lodge property, 
 defrauding a brother, domestic unkindness, immoral 
 or criminal conduct of any kind, entering the Lodge 
 in a state of intoxication, using profane or other 
 improper language, wilfully persisting in disturbing 
 the harmciious and peaceful working of the Lodge, 
 or refusing to obey the Presiding Officer, after being 
 twice called to order, maligning the Society, the 
 brethren, or objects thereof, shall be fined, suspended 
 or expelled from the Lodge, as may be determined, in 
 accordance with the laws, rules and regulations. 
 
 146. No member shall be expelled from any Lodge 
 except through the action of the Arbitration Commit- 
 tee, or as otherwise provided. 
 
 147. Every member is bound faithfully and punctu- 
 ally to attend when summoned by the Lodge, Supreme 
 Grand Lodge, or any of their committees or officers 
 and every member evading the receipt of a notice, 
 neglecting to attend at the time and place specified 
 or to continue his attendance until released, shall be 
 reported to his Lodge, and (unless a valid excuse is 
 given) be fined or suspended for contempt, in accord- 
 ance with the laws, rules and regulations. 
 
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 148. Loss of good standing, suspension, or expulsion 
 from membership in a Subordinate Lodge shall at 
 once similarly affect the member's standing in Degree 
 Lodges, and reinstatement in Subordinate shall affect 
 reinstatement in the Degree Lodge. 
 
 149. Members not paying their dues on quarterly 
 night, which is the last regular meeting of the Lodge 
 in March, June and September, and the first meeting 
 in December of each year, shall be fined 10 cents. 
 
 150. Members refusing to abide by the decision of 
 the President shall be fined twenty five cents in each 
 case ; for using improper language or offensive per- 
 sonalities, twenty-five cents ; appearing at any meet- 
 ing intoxicated, one dollar, and for third offence to 
 be expelled from the Order. Officers guilty of these 
 offences shall be fined double the foregoing amounts. 
 
 151. Every member on being initiated shall be fur- 
 nished with a printed copy of the Constitution of the 
 Order. Ignorance of the law shall be no plea for the 
 non-observance of the same, or remission of fines. 
 
 152. No member receiving sick benefits from the 
 Society shall be allowed to do any kind of work 
 whatever, nor shall frequent taverns or public houses ; 
 and should any member know of any infraction of 
 
 this law without reporting the same to his Lodge, he 
 
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 shall be fined fifty cents in each case. 
 
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 ' 153. Members conspiring together for the pur- 
 pose of preventing a candidate from being admitted 
 into the Order, or degrees thereof, shall, on proof 
 being given, be liable to suspension, or expulsion, as 
 the case may require. 
 
 Conslitution for the Formation and Government of Degree 
 
 Lodges. 
 
 154. Whenever it may appear to the brethern of 
 any Lodge or Lodges in any city, town or district, 
 that it would be desirable and advance the interests 
 of the Order to establish a Degree Lodge in such 
 place the Supreme Grand Executive shall, on receiv- 
 ing a written application to that eifect under the seal 
 of the Lodge, issue a dispensation authorizing the 
 institution of the same. All degree Lodges shall be 
 composed of members in good standing in the Order, 
 and shall be governed by the officers of the first 
 Degree. Except in the case where Lodges amalga- 
 mate for degree purposes, when they shall elect their 
 own ofticers. 
 
 155. No member shall take the degree unless he 
 has been three months in the Order and produces a 
 certificate properly signed by his Lodge President and 
 Secretary, and stamped with the Lodge seal, stating 
 that he has paid all his Lodge dues in full up to date, 
 and is recommended as a fit and proper person to 
 take the degree. 
 
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 156. Members belonging to Sub-lodges not three 
 months in existence s^iall be allowed to take the 
 degree in less than the stipulated time, under the 
 following circustances: — To hold executive office in a 
 Sub-lodge, the opening of a new Lodge, or any other 
 justifiable cause, provided he shall produse a dispen- 
 sation from the Executive of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge. All Degree Lodges shall have power to 
 confer the second Degree, providing the candidate is 
 duly balloted for by the members of his own Lodge, 
 and produces a certificate signed by the President 
 and Secretary of his Lodge, with the Lodge Seal 
 attached. 
 
 157. Degree meetings shall be held once a quarter 
 or oftener if desirable. Any Degree Lodge not hold- 
 ing a meeting once in three months shall pay a fine 
 of $5 to the General Fund of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge ; the Secretary to report all degree meetings 
 to the Supreme Grand Secretary on his quarterly re- 
 port. Officers of Degree Lodges shall be governed by 
 the same ru^es and regulations as set forth in the Con- 
 stitution for he government of officers of Sub-lodges of 
 the Red Rose 1 egree, Members of New Lodges desiring 
 to receive the second degree from any duly chartered 
 Lodge, shall first procure a dispensation from the 
 Executive of the Supreme Grand Lodge for such 
 admission. No Lodge shall have the power to confer 
 the degree on members of other Lodges without the 
 authority from the Supreme Executive, 
 
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 158. When two or more White Kose Degree Lodges 
 desire to amalgamate for the purpose of forming one 
 strong Degree Lodge, the Lodges so amalgamating 
 shall surrender their charters and shall apply to the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge or Executive for a new charter 
 for the White Rose Degree Lodge thus formed. All 
 candidates wishing to join such White Rose Degree 
 Lodge must be proposed, balloted for and elected in 
 said Lodge, but must present certificates as to char- 
 acter and financial standing in their Red Rose Degree 
 Lodge, signed by the proper officers and bearing [the 
 Lodge seal. 
 
 159. Candidates ^hall be admitted into member- 
 ship in this Degree by ballot — three black balls shall 
 disqualify ; any candidate rejected may renew his 
 application for admission after three months from 
 the date of his rejection. 
 
 160. Degree Lodges shall control their own funds 
 and make their own by-laws, subject to the approval 
 of tne Supreme Grand or Executive. 
 
 161. Property belonging to Degree Lodges shall, 
 under no pretense, be taken from the Lodge room un^. 
 less in charge of proper ofl&cers. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION OF BENEFICIARY 
 DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Objects. 
 
 162. The objects of this Department shall be to 
 provide financial aid for the widows, orphans, heirs, 
 devises or nominees of deceased brethren who were in 
 good standing in their respective Lodges and in this 
 Department at the time of their death, and for 
 brethren who may become totally disabled. 
 
 163. Brethren over 18 and under 50 years of age, 
 who are in good standing in their respective lodges, 
 shall be eligible to join this Department. 
 
 164. Should a member of this Department be sus- 
 pended or expelled from his Lodge for any cause, or 
 withdraw from membership in it, he shall cease to 
 be a member of this Department ; and in case of his 
 death his representative shall not be entitled to any 
 benefits from the funds of this Department. 
 
 Revenue. 
 
 165. The revenue of this Department shall be de- 
 rived from the proposition fees of candidates for 
 admission, and from assessments upon its members. 
 The proposition fee shall be three (JoUar^, including 
 me4i<?al e3i:amina,tioR, 
 
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 Beneffits. 
 
 166. Upon satisfactory proof of the death of a 
 member who is entitled to benefits from the funds of 
 this Department, his representatives or assigns shall 
 receive, within sixty days from the proof of his death, 
 a sum not to exceed one thousand or five hundred 
 dollars as the case may be, and when a member has 
 become totally disabled who is entitled to benefits 
 from this Department, he shall receive within sixty 
 days from the time of proof of such disability, a sum 
 not to exceed one-half the above named amounts, and 
 the balance to which he may become entitled at the 
 time of his death shall be paid to his representatives 
 or assigns on satisfactory proof as aforesaid, provided 
 that he continues in good standing in the Order and 
 in this Department. 
 
 167. The sum to be paid to a disabled member, or 
 to the representatives of a deceased member, shall be 
 levied by an assessment on all members of this 
 Department according to the following scale, that is 
 to say, members who join this Department before 
 they attain the age of. 
 
 For $1,000. 
 
 . r:,'\, " $ cts. - 
 
 30 years shall pay 50 . 
 
 30 and under 26 years... 55 . 
 
 35 and under 40 years. . . 60 . 
 
 40 and under 45 years. . . 70 . 
 45 and iinder 50 years. , , B5 
 
 » • 1 « % » 
 
 For 1500. 
 
 $ cts. , r 
 
 25 
 
 28 ^ > 
 30 • V 
 35 
 43 
 
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 168. Brethren over the age of fifty years who are in 
 good standing in their respective Lodge shall be eli- 
 gible to join this Department, providing they join 
 within three months after this Constitution becomes 
 law (February, 1885) and not otherwise. All mem- 
 bers after that time shall not be eligible to join this 
 Department who are over fifty years of age. The 
 following are the rates payable by members who joined 
 previous to February, 1885 : 
 
 % cts. "f^ cts. 
 
 50 'and under 55 years.. . 1 10 55 
 
 55 and under 60 years. . . 1 50 75 
 
 Over 60 years 2 00 100 
 
 169. If the sums of ^1,000 or i|500, as the case may 
 be, are not realized by an assessment made as pro- 
 vided for in the foregoing clause, then the represen- 
 tatives of the deceased shall only be entitled to receive 
 the sum realized by the levy of an assessment made 
 upon all the members in good standing in this De- 
 partment at that time. And in the case of total dis- 
 ability, providing the assessment does not realize 
 ^1,000 or $500, as the case may be, then the amount 
 to be paid to the member disabled shall be one-half 
 the foregoingfassessment made or obtained. 
 
 170. Members shall have the option of paying into 
 the benefit fund as per rule 167, and shall be entitled 
 to the benefits to be paid on the terms and conditions 
 
 
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 as set forth in rule 166 and rule 169 of this Constitu- 
 tion. Any member who may have taken out a certi- 
 ficate for ^500, and wishing to increase that amount, 
 shall be permitted to do so, provided the first and 
 second certificate shall not amount together to more 
 than ^1,000, and provided further, that he is not over 
 the 60 year limit. The applicant shall be required to 
 pass a second medical examination, and be charged 
 for such increased amount, according to his age at the 
 time of making the second^ application, and that a 
 fee of ^1 be charged to cover the expense of the 
 second application. 
 
 171. Members shall nominate and designate in 
 writing on their application the person or persons to 
 whom they wish the amount of their certificate paid, 
 and shall have the right at any time to change the 
 same. Such nomination and designation to be wit- 
 nessed by two persons who shall be members of the 
 Order, with the Lodge seal attached, which shall be 
 forwarded by the Lodge Secretary to the Finance 
 Committee, who shall cause the same to be entered 
 in a book provided for that purpose and the original 
 placed on file, and a new certificate issued, for which 
 he shall pay the sum of fifty cents. In case the as- 
 sessment shpJl exceed the sum required, the surplus 
 of said assessment, with others, shall form a fund, 
 which, when sufficient to pay a death or accident 
 benefit shall be used for that purpose. ; i 
 
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 Officers. . . 
 
 172. The officers of this Department shall consist 
 of President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Su- 
 preme Grand President of the Sons of England Benev- 
 olent Society shall be President, the Supreme Grand 
 Secretary shall be Secretary, and the Supreme Grand 
 Treasurer shall be Treasurer of this Department 
 during their respective terms of office. 
 
 173. There shall be a Finance Committee to be 
 composed of not less than seven members, to be 
 chosen by the Delegates of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 None arejeligible except policy holders. 
 
 Duties of officers. 
 
 174. The Supreme Grand President or his appoin- 
 tee shall preside at all meetings of the Finance Com- 
 mittee; he shall sign the certiiicates of membership 
 and orders drawn on the Treasurer ; he shall have no 
 vote, except when votes are equal, in which case he 
 shall have a casting vote ; he shall have power to call 
 emergency meetings of the committee whenever he 
 may deem it necessary ; he shall be personally respon- 
 sible for the proper execution of the bonds required 
 to be given by the Secretary, Treasurer, and Trus- 
 tees, and for all monies received by them until such 
 bonds are duly signed and in his possession ; he shall 
 see that the l^-ws and regulations of the Department 
 
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 are faithfully and properly executed ; in the absence 
 of the Supreme Grand President or appointee, the 
 Finance Committee shall appoint some member to 
 preside. 
 
 175. The Supreme Grand Secretary shall keep 
 a record of the proccedinj^s of all meetings of the 
 Finance Committee and of the Department's business 
 transactions ; keep the books of accountn, and conduct 
 correspondence, collect and receive all monies from 
 the Sub-lodj^e Secretaries due to the Department, 
 giving his receipt for the same, . id pay over all 
 monies so received, as soon as tho sum amounts to 
 fifty dollars, to the Treasurer, taking his receipt 
 therefor ; call all meetings of the Finance Committee 
 when ordered to do so by the Supreme Grand Presi- 
 dent or four members of the Finance Board (by cir- 
 cular) ; prepare the certificates of membership and 
 notices of all deaths or assessments, and all commu- 
 nications called for and required by the officers ; keep 
 a record of the names of deceased or disabled mem- 
 bers and of the amounts paid to them or to their 
 representati ves ; keep a record in the books of the 
 Department of the names of the members who have 
 paid, and of those who liave failed to pay the assess- 
 ments made upon them, and also of those whose appli 
 cations have been rejected ; send notices of assessments 
 to Sub-lodge Secretaries, and see that the list of such as- 
 sessment be duly returned in. the time prescribed (in 
 
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 default of which the Sub-lodge is held responsible for 
 the amounts paid in within the prescribed time) ; 
 make semi-annually a full report m writing of the 
 transactions and condition of the Department ; take 
 charge of the Seal of tlie Department, and affix the 
 same, and perform such other duties as may be 
 required of him by the Supremo Grand President or 
 Finance Committee ; he shall give a bond to the 
 Supreme President and his successors in ol'lice in the 
 sum of ^300 for the faithful performance of his duties 
 and for the proper care and accounting for of all 
 moneys or other property of the Department that 
 may come into his possession, and hand over the 
 same to his successors in office. 
 
 176. The Supreme Grand Treasurer shall receive 
 all moneys from the Secretary, giving his receipt 
 therefor, deposit the same in a legally chartered 
 bank (to bv. named by the Finance Committee) in the 
 name of the Department's Trustees ; pay all orders 
 when signed by the President and Secretary, and 
 stamped with the Supreme Grand Lodge Seal ; receive 
 from the Trustees all moneys when withdrawn from 
 the bank; shall attend and produce his books and 
 vouchers when required by the auditors ; he shall 
 give a bond to the President and his successors in 
 office, from a guarantee company to be named by the 
 Supremo President, in the sum of ^500 for the faith- 
 ful performance of the duties of his office ; no moneys 
 
 
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 or papers shall be placed in his hands until such 
 bonds are properly executed and in the President's 
 possession ; shall place all books, papers and vouchers 
 pertaining to his office at the disposal of the Finance 
 Committee when ordered to do so by the Supreme 
 Grand President. 
 
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 177. The Finance Committee shall approve of all 
 Medical Officers, and in case of necessity shall have 
 the rij>ht to submit any application for further 
 medical examination, to any of the medical staff they 
 may decide upon, the cost of such examination shall 
 be paid from the General Fund, the same not to 
 exceed one dollar ; they shall consider all applications 
 for membership and accept or reject the same ; shall 
 consider the re-instateraent of members in arrears ; 
 shall see that the endowment and permanent funds 
 are properly invested, and shall sanction the payment 
 of all monies drawn on the Treasurer ; shall decide 
 when the permanent fund is sufficiently large to pay 
 endowments from the same ; shall appoint two 
 auditors ; shall certify to all cases of death or dis- 
 ability, and render such aid and assistance to the 
 President and officers as may be required for the 
 proper management of the affairs of the Department. 
 Upon the request of four or more members the Su- 
 preme Grand Secretary shall call a special meeting 
 for the transaction of such business as may be 
 required. 
 
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 178. Two auditors shall ,be appointed who shall 
 audit the books and accounts of this Department, and 
 make a semi-annual report thereon in July and 
 January of each year. 
 
 179. Hub-lodge Secretaries shall, upon receipt of 
 notices of assessments from the Supreme Grand 
 Secretary, send a copy of the same to each member 
 of their respective Lodges who is a member of this 
 Department ; collect and transmit all assessments to 
 the Supreme Grand Secretary within forty days from 
 date of said notices, taking his receipt for same ; they 
 shall furnish the Supreme Grand Secretary with a 
 list of all members and their standing in the Lodge, 
 and of those who have failed to pay their assessments 
 within the prescribed time ; they shall keep a full 
 and correct account between the Department and 
 their Lodge members, and perform such other duties 
 as may be required of them. And for their services 
 shall retain 25 cents of the applicant's fee for defray- 
 ing expenses as agents to the department. 
 
 
 Application for ^Membership. 
 
 180.' All applications for membership must be made 
 in open Lodge verbally or by letter, and upon the 
 form supplied by the Department ; the}' shall be 
 countersigned by the President and Secretary of the 
 Lodge to which the applicant belongs, and stamped 
 
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 with the Lodge Seal. They shall be forwarded by 
 the Lodge Secretary to the Surgeon for medical 
 examination ; the Lodge Secretary shall forward the 
 fee of ^1.75 to the Supreme Grand Secretary, who 
 shall after receiving the application paper from the 
 medical examiner submit the same to the Finance 
 Committee, and if approved, they shall instruct the 
 Supreme Grand Secretary to issue a certificate of 
 membership to the applicant. 
 
 181. Should a candidate be rejected by the Finance 
 Committee, or by the Supreme Grand Medical 
 Examiner, the sum of two dollars shall be returned. 
 
 182. Upon satisfactory proof of the death of a mem- 
 ber, the Finance Committee shall forthwith order the 
 Supreme Grand Secretary to make an assessment on 
 the scale provided for in rule 107, which assessment 
 shall be made in the following manner. On the first 
 day of every month the Supreme Grand Secretary 
 shall notify each Lodge Secretary, whose duty it shall 
 be to issue printed notices to each member of his 
 Lodge, who is a member of this department, of Lne 
 death or cases of total disability which have taken 
 place during the preceding month, giving the name 
 of each deceased or disabled member and the Lodge 
 to which he belonged or belongs, and the assessments 
 due for the month ; he shall collect and forward to 
 the Supreme Grand Secretary the assessments called 
 
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 for. Notices so sent or posted to the last given 
 address of members shall be deemed and taken to be 
 a lawful and sufficient demand for the i)ayment of 
 the assessments so called for and required. Money 
 may be sent by post office order or registered letter 
 addressed to the Secretary of his Lodge. Members 
 failing to pay their assessments within thirty days 
 from the date of the notice furnished by the Lodge 
 Secretary shall be fined 50 cents, and the Secretary 
 of each Lodge shall notify the Supreme Grand 
 Secretary within three days of the members in 
 arrears, who shall forthwith send notice, by registered 
 letter, that unless paid within ten days from the date 
 of such notice he shall forfeit his membersliip in this 
 department and all benefits therefrom. 
 
 183. Any member having forfeited his member? iiip 
 by failing to pay his assessments may make applica- 
 tion to his Lodge Secretary within three months after 
 such default was first made, presenting a certificate 
 from the regular appointed medical examiner to shew 
 that he is in good health, for which he shall pay, and 
 may upon the payment of all arrears, be reinstated 
 to membership in this Department if approved of by 
 the Finance Committee. 
 
 Permanent Fund. 
 
 184. A permanent fund shall be set apart in the 
 manner following, to wit : — Firstly, from arrears of 
 asBGSsments. Secondly, from that portion of the 
 
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 assessments no expended in the payments of endow- 
 ments, and, Thirdly, from interest on investments ; 
 which fund shall be securely invested by the Finance 
 Committee, and shall be used for the following pur- 
 poses : — First, that endowments may be paid before 
 the assessments are collected from the survivuits. 
 Second, to insure stability and prosperity, and to 
 provide for contingencies that may arise. 
 
 Management Fund. 
 
 185. A management fund shall be set apart in the 
 following manner, to wit : — From ail admission fees 
 and new policies, and shall be used for the following 
 purposes : — Printing assessment notices. Supreme 
 Medical Examiners' fees, postage, stationery, account 
 books, printing forms and all necessary expenses of 
 management. Entrance fees shall not be used in lieu 
 of assessments. 
 
 186. Whenever the Finance Comrrilttee shall decide 
 that the permanent fund is larger iliMti is absolutely 
 required for the stability of thin |)<ipartment they 
 may suspend the collection nt one or more assess- 
 ments altogether, and pfti^ endowments out of the 
 permanent fund. 
 
 187. The Supreme Grand Secretary shall attach 
 the Seal of the Supreme Grand Lodge to all certifi- 
 cates of membership and other official documents, 
 save and except the notices of asaejimonti, 
 
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 Medical Officers. 
 
 188. Each Lodge shall appoint a duly qualified 
 medical practitioner subject to the approval of the 
 Finance Committee. He must, if possible, be a 
 member of the Order. Candidates may apply to 
 any medical officer of this Department for examina- 
 tion. 
 
 ' 189. The medical officer shall carefully examine all 
 candidates, and shall make a fall report upon the 
 forms provided by the Department, and forward the 
 same to the Supreme Grand Secretary. The appli- 
 cant shall pay the sum of one dollar to the Medical 
 Examiner for his services. 
 
 Certificates. 
 
 190. The Supreme Grand Secretary shall furnish 
 each member of tliis Departnient with a certificate of 
 membership signed by the Supreme Grand President 
 and Supreme Grand Secretary, bearing the Seal of 
 the Supreme Grand Lodge. The certificate shall 
 contain the terms and conditions on which the cer- 
 tificate of membership is issued. On payment of the 
 endowment stipulated, it shall be surrendered to the 
 Supreme Grand Secretary by the heirs, devisees, or 
 nominees of the deceased member, on which shall be 
 endorsed a receipt in full of all demands, 
 

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 191. A Committee of two shall be appointed in each 
 Lodge to be called the Beneficiary Committee, to work 
 for this particular Department. 
 
 192. No amendments or alterations shall be made 
 to the rules of this Department unless agreed upon 
 by a two-third majority of those present at a meeting 
 of the Supreme Grand Lodge of the Sous of England 
 Benevolent Society, and of which two months' notice 
 shall have been given to the Lodges. 
 
 193. Members shall be governed by all the laws now 
 in force, or that shall hereafter be made. 
 
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 Regalia. 
 
 194 The recognized regalia of this Order ghall be 
 as follows : — 
 
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 The Badge approved and adopted by the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge at Gait, 1885. 
 
 The official emblem of the Order, for members use, 
 shall be the " Union Jack." 
 
 Second Degree. — Blue silk collar, with roses em- 
 broidered thereon ; silver fringe all around. 
 
 Executive Officers of Subordinate Lodges shall 
 have their collars trimmed with silver fringe ; the 
 President and Past President with gold fringe. 
 
 Subordinate Lodge Presidents shall wear the Royal 
 Coat of Arms, with crossed gavels in gold suspended 
 in front of collar on the left breast. 
 
 Vice-President — Royal Coat of Arms, with crossed 
 gavels in silver. 
 
 Treasurer — Royal Coat of Arms, with crossed keys 
 in silver. 
 
 Secretary — Royal Coat of Arms, with crossed pens 
 in silver. 
 
 Chaplain — College cap and black gown. 
 
 Executive Grand Lodge Officers' collars and cuffs 
 shall be embroidered with roses in gold. 
 
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 Supreme Grand Lodge President, in addition, shall 
 wear a five starred gold jewel, with Union Jack in 
 centre. 
 
 Lodge Surgeon's regalia shall he a sash made of 
 white silk trimmed with blue, fastened with gold 
 star with epaulet and ends trimmed with gold 
 fringe. 
 
 Past Supreme Grand President's regalia shall be a 
 neck ribbon of blue watered silk three inches wide, 
 with Jewel suspended from end of same. Senior and 
 Junior Guards may be provided with swords. 
 
 District Deputies' collars shall be trimmed with 
 gold fringe. 
 
 The funeral regalia of the Order shall be a black 
 silk rosette, with purple ribbon, six inches long, two 
 inches wide, with gold fringe, wi'ch emblem and S. O. 
 E. B. S. stamped in gold, and white gloves. No 
 regalia to be worn, except Marshall, who shall have 
 the roses on his coDar draped, and his staff trimmed 
 with black and blue ribbon. 
 
 The order of procession to be observed at funerals 
 shall be that officers and members walk in front of 
 the hearse, officers walkinj^ last. On arriving at 
 the cemetery, the procession shall open, permitting 
 the funeral cortege to pass through their ranks, 
 then the officers tirst and members follow to the 
 grave 
 
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 Order of Business. 
 
 196. 1. Opening of Lodge. 
 
 2. Roll call of officers. 
 
 3. Reading minutes of previous meeting, which, if 
 correct, shall be adopted and signed by the presiding 
 officer. . ' 
 
 4. The receiving and consideration of any reports 
 from the Managing Committee in regard to sick 
 
 members. 
 
 5. The receiving and consideration of reports of tli« 
 Managing Committee in regard to character. 
 
 6. Ballotting for candidates. 
 
 7. Initiation of candidates for membership. 
 
 8. The consideration of applications for beneficiary 
 policies. 
 
 9. Proposition of candidates. 
 
 10. Nomination of officers and election thereof, on 
 the nights set apart for that purpose. 
 
 11. Installation of officers on the proper night. 
 

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 12. Receiving and consideration of any reports of 
 officers or special committees. 
 
 13. The reading and consideration of accounts and 
 other communications in the hand of the Secretary. 
 
 14. Deferred business. 
 
 15. General business. 
 
 16. Report of receipts. 
 
 17. Closing of the Lodge. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Rules off Order. 
 
 196. 1. Lodges shall open punctually at the time 
 appointed. 
 
 2. Any member offering a motion must do so in 
 writing, on a request to that effect by the Secretary, 
 the presiding officer, or the Lodge. 
 
 3. No question shall be put by the presiding officer 
 unless regularly moved and seconded, nor be opened 
 for consideration until so put, and when put, no 
 other motion shall be receivable unless it be a mo- 
 tion. 
 
 (1) To adjourn. 
 
 (2) To lay on the table. 
 
 (3) To put the previous^ question. 
 
 (4) To postpone. 
 
 (5) To refer ; or, 
 
 (6) T9 amend. 
 
 These several motions, if made, shall have preced- 
 ence in the order above stated, and the first three 
 three thereof shall be decided without debate. 
 
 4. The previous question shall be put from the 
 chair, only after it shall have been ascertained that 
 the call thereof is sustained by a majority of the 
 members of the Lodge present, and then shall always 
 
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 be put in the words following,—'* Shall the question 
 be now put ?" which words shall be understood to 
 hr ve reference to whatever question may be pending 
 immediately before such call for the previous question 
 may have bo^n so made. 
 
 5. Any two members having voted in ihe majority 
 may, at the same or next regular meeting, move 
 for a reconsideration thereof, but no discussion on 
 the main question shall be allowed upon such 
 motion. 
 
 6. Every member shall have the privilege of speak 
 ing twice on any question, but not oftener, unless by 
 permission of the presiding officer. 
 
 7. The presiding officer, or any member, may call 
 a Brother to order while speaking, and in such case 
 the debate shall forthwith be suspended, and the 
 brother so called to order shall not proceed until the 
 pomt of order thus raised shall have been decided, nor 
 speak upon such point of order unless it be to make 
 necessary explanation or appeal from the decision of 
 the Chair. 
 
 8. In all cases where a member may appeal from 
 any decision of the Chair he shall use the following 
 words and none other, unless it be for necessary 
 explanations : — " Worthy President, — I respectfully 
 appeal from the decision of the Chair to the Lodge," 
 and the Lodge shall, after such explanation from 
 the presiding officer as he may deem necessary, pro* 
 
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 ceed forthwith to oonBider the vote upon the queb* 
 tion; ''Will the Lodge sustain the decision of the 
 Chair?" 
 
 9. The presiding officer or the Lodge may at any 
 time require all members present to vote upon any 
 question, or may excuse any member n- members 
 from so doing. 
 
 10. Brothers not members of the Lodge may address 
 the meeting on receiving permission to that effect 
 from the presiding officer. 
 
 11. A motion to suspend the order of proceedings 
 for the time being, may at any time be carried by a 
 majority vote; but no part of these rules shall be 
 altered or amended, unices by a two-thirds vote, at a 
 special meeting convened for that purpose. 
 
 12. In the events of disputes arising whereby none 
 
 of the foregoing decide the case, resource shall ba 
 
 made to " Cushins^'s Manual of Parliamentarv 
 
 Usage." 
 
 Amendments. 
 
 197. This Constitution, or any part thereof, shall 
 
 not be altered, amended, suspended, or annulled, 
 
 unless by a two-thirds vote of the Grand Lodge in 
 
 session. 
 
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 Supreme Grand President. 
 
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INDEX. 
 
 The figures refer to the number oj the clause. 
 
 Amendments and alterations, 197. 
 Capitation tax, 111. 
 Definition of an Englishman, 4. 
 Membership — 
 
 Financial, 3. 
 
 Honorary, 3. ■ 
 
 Objects of the Order, 1, 2. 
 Official regalia, 194. 
 Order of business, 195. 
 Procession — Order at funerals, 194. 
 Rules of order, 196. 
 Wife's religion, 4. 
 
 SUPREME GRAND LODGE. 
 
 Business — 
 
 Arrange for — amendments to Constitution — time 
 for sending in, 12. 
 Constitution and powers — 
 
 Delegates — qualification — credentials — dues and 
 
 charges must be paid, 5. 
 Grand Lodge— how composed, 5. 
 Powers — make laws— alter and amend — hear 
 appeals — grant and suspend Charter — regulate 
 support — decide all matters, 6. 
 Power to adjourn — no quorum, 8. 
 Quorum — times of assembling — leave of absence,?. 
 Titles of S. G. L. officers, 9. 
 Vacancy — S. G. P. — other Ji^xecutive Oflficers, 10. 
 Duties and powers of officers — 17-26. 
 Election of Ofiicers — 
 
 Time — how elected, 14. , - ,^ , 
 
 :; Who may nominate, 15. ^ 
 
 ^ ; Who eligible — who hold office in sub. ledge, 16, 
 
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 Executive Council, Supreme Grand Lodge — 
 
 Author! tj' — to enforce laws — to suspend — grant 
 charters— grant degrees — appoint officers — de- 
 cide disputes — issue articles necessary — keep 
 records — issue semi-annual report — send pass- 
 work —power to amalgamate — approve sub. 
 lodge by-laws — power to examine sub. lodgs 
 books, 11. 
 General Laws Supreme Grand Lodge — 
 Bonds of sub. lodge officers — rate, 88. 
 Close of financial year, 30. 
 Delegates — qusilifications, 28. 
 Disobedience — fine — suspension, 27. 
 Expenses, 32-36. 
 
 Official visits, 35-37. 
 Extraordinary powers — subject to appeal, 40. 
 Power to amalgamate, 11, 29. 
 
 re-arrange district? and deputies, 39. 
 fipecial meeting, 31. 
 Revenue, 13. 
 
 SUBORDINATE LODGES. 
 
 Arbitration and appeals, 131-144. 
 Benefits — 
 
 Certificate of death, 102. 
 
 Death while in good standing, no relatives — 
 
 Lodge to interest themselves in children, 107. 
 Funeral benefits paid by Grand Lodge, 101. 
 
 Wife's benefit-children's benefit-member's 
 death benefit — half benefits, 90. 
 To whom paid, 101. 
 Lodge undertakes funeral, 106. 
 Medical attendance and medicine, 94, 98, 99, 109. 
 Members at a distance may remit fees, 100. 
 
 Fine for non-payment on quarterly nights 
 110,149, 
 
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 Benefits — Continued. 
 
 Members falling sick — shall report to Secretary ,93 
 In arrears — sufficient notice — when sus- 
 pended — when re-initiated — when struck 
 off, 109. 
 Not near a lodge — forward a certificate — 
 
 optional to pay doctor's fees, 99. 
 Keduced — financial members over 60 years, 
 
 108. 
 Residing at a distance — benefits may be paid 
 
 — the brothers lodge to repay, 98, 100. 
 Ee joining, 110, 
 
 Six months in arrears — not entitled to bene- 
 fits, 92. 
 Sick allowance — time — rates, 90. 
 Forfeited, 92, 94. 
 Paid by sub-lodge, 91. 
 When benefit commences — sickness from 
 improper cause — not to work — time for 
 being out of house — forfeiture, 94. 
 Superannuated members, 97. 
 To declare off lodge — Not entitled to full pay 
 till six months — every member entitled to 
 medicine and attendance — no benefit for 
 less than one week, 96. 
 Constitution and powers — 
 
 How formed — officers— general duties, 41. 
 Powers— coi^tribute to G. L. — incorporation-— 
 seal, 42. 
 
 Degree lodgesr— 
 
 Admission by ballot — number of blackballs — 
 
 renewal of application, 159. 
 Amalgamated degree lodges, 158. 
 Control of funds — subject to G. L., 160, 
 Formation — how composed, 154. 
 Qualifipatipn for degree, 156, 
 
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 Degree lodges — Continued. 
 
 Property not to be taken from lodge, 161. 
 
 Strict observance of Constitution and time for 
 holding degree meetings — report to G. L. — 
 officers of degree lodges — power to confer 
 decree on members of another Lodge, 157. 
 
 When degree may be taken in less time, 156. 
 
 When members of new lodges may have degree, 
 157. 
 
 Duties and powers of lodge officers, 73-84. 
 
 Election of Officers — 
 
 Absence — cannot hold two offices — exceptions, 71, 
 72. 
 
 Black balls, number 59. 
 
 Honorary members eligible, 70. 
 
 Time of office — how elected — by ballot — manag- 
 ing committee — night of nominations and 
 elections — show of hands — installation, 67. 
 
 Who eligible, 68. 
 
 Who not eligible — when to decline, 69. 
 Fees and Contributions — 
 
 Charter members, 43, 85. 
 
 Funeral fee to Grand Lodge — Kegistrution fee — 
 new lodge exempt from registration fee — 
 neglect to pay assessments — forfeit claims to 
 funeral benefit, 103-104. 
 
 Honorary members, 88. 
 
 ^ desiring doctor, 89. 
 
 Neglect to pay levy, 104. 
 
 Second Degree, 87. • 
 
 Table of Fees, entrance, 85. 
 
 Table of Subscriptions, 86. 
 Forfeiture of Charter — 
 
 Defunct lodges — how restored — funds and 
 effects, 51. 
 
 Funds of lodge, held in trust — return to lodgQ -^ 
 aivision o| fupds, 47-49, 
 
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 Forfeiture of Charter — Continued. 
 
 No meeting for six months, 46-48. 
 
 Members of defunct lodge — clearance card — 
 approval G. P. or G. S., 50. 
 
 Violating constitation — Order G. L.— non-pay- 
 ment of dues, 45. 
 
 Formation of lodges — 
 
 New lodge-number required-certificate of health 
 — proposition fee — opening- — White Rose in 
 new lodges — charter members — rate— time for 
 charter members, 48. 
 
 By present members — number — sanction of sub- 
 lodges — money to be credited new lodge, 44. 
 
 General laws — 
 
 Absence of officers, 115. 
 
 All moneys— how paid, 114. 
 
 By-laws, 121. 
 
 Charter must not be removed, 123. 
 Must be displayed, 123. 
 
 Controversy in public print — without permission, 
 122. 
 
 Contribution cards, 129. 
 
 Failure to make returns — fine, 113. 
 
 General fund — how formed — how used — Con- 
 tingent fund— how formed — how used — must 
 be separate, 120. 
 
 How sub-lodge monies may be invested, 128. 
 
 Lodge documents — when legal, 127. 
 
 Lodge retfirns — time, 112. 
 
 Members entitled to password, 116. 
 
 New laws and amendments — when in force, 130. 
 
 Over three- months arrears — not entitled to office. 
 119. ^ 
 
 Registry Book, 124. 
 
 Tiipe when proposition money forfeited, 124. 
 
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 General laws — Continued. 
 
 Visiting brothers — not to vote- without pass, 
 
 117. 
 Voluntary collections without sanction, 122. 
 Where meetings may not be held, 126. 
 Who entitled to wear regalia — fine — were not 
 
 entitled, 118. 
 
 Membership — 
 
 Ballot — number of black balls — more than ono 
 candidate — rejection — single ballet, 51), 60. 
 
 Black book, 54. 
 
 Clearance certificates, 62-64. 
 
 Clearance members — sick benefits, 64. 
 
 False statements — fine, 53. 
 
 Financial members becoming honorary members, 
 66. 
 
 Honorary members — becoming financial mem- 
 bers — residence outside British Dominions, 65. 
 
 Lodge surgeons, 58, 82. 
 
 Not belong to more than one lodge, 58. 
 
 Number of members— meeting — quorum — appro- 
 priations, 52. 
 
 Proposition — printed form — fee — reference — 
 religion — particulars — read to lodge, 69. 
 
 Proposition to be reported on — doctor's certifi- 
 cate, 59. 
 
 Rejected or expelled — re-election, 55-57. 
 
 Resignation, 61. 
 
 Penalties, 145-153. 
 Quarterly nights — fine, 149. 
 
 BENEFICIARY DEPARTMENT. 
 
 Alterations and amendments, 192, 193. 
 Applications for membership — how made, 180. -/^ 
 Applicant to pay medical officer, 189. _: 
 
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 AssessmeDt may be paid from surplus, 171, 186. 
 Assessments — how made — non-payment forfeits 
 
 benefits, 182. ► ■ ; - ? 
 
 Beneficiary Committee, 191. 
 Benefits — who entitled — when entitled, how much, 
 
 166,169. 
 Certificates must be under seal, 187. 
 Certificates under seal— when paid to be rendered 
 
 up, 190. 
 Expelled members forfeit benefit, 164. .v 
 .' Increase in assurance, 170. 
 Management of fund, 185-6. 
 Medical officers, 188. •- >' 
 
 Members to nominate person to whom amount to be 
 
 paid, 171. , ^ 
 
 > Objects, 162. -. 
 
 Officers, 172, 173. 
 
 duties. 174-179. 
 Permanent fund, 184. 
 'Revenue — how formed — proportionate fee, 165. ^ 
 B.e-instatement after forfeit, 183. : 
 
 Rejected application — returned fee, 181. ; . ;. 
 Scale of benefits and payments, 167, 168. 
 Sub. lodge secretaries to collect amounts — fees to 
 
 secretary, 179. . -. ,.. ,. ,. 
 
 . Table of rates. 167-8. ' , > t ^' H 
 
 Who eligible, 163. , ; ' , Mj- ., 
 
 
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