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BY-LAWS
GOVERNMENT
RICHMOND RANDOLPH LODGE,
Revised and passed at a Stated Meeting in September, 1850.
RICHMOND:
PRINTED BY JOHN WARROCK.
1850.
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BY-LAWS
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT
OF
RICHMOND RANDOLPH LODGE,
Revised and passed at a Stated Meeting in September, 185®.
RICHMOND:
PRINTED BY JOHN WARROCK.
1850.
BY-LAWS
FOR THE
GOVERNMENT
OF
RICHMOND RANDOLPH LODGE,
no. xix.
article i.
Of the Meetings of the Lodge.
The Stated Meetings of Richmond Randolph Lodge,
No. 19, shall be held on the Evening of Wednesday
preceding the full moon, in each month; on the Festival
of St. John the Baptist, and St. John the Evangelist;
and, on the eve of St. John the Baptist, for the Install-
ation of Officers.
article ii.
§ 1. The Officers of the Lodge shall be chosen
by ballot, at the Stated Meeting preceding the Feast of
St. John the Baptist, in every year, and shall be installed
on the eve of that festival.
2. Before the election of officers takes place, the
list of delinquents shall be called over; and no member
who may be in arrears to the Lodge, to the amount of
six dollars, shall be entitled to hold an office, ballot or
vote in any case whatever.
§ 3. No Brother holding an office in any other
Subordinate Lodge, (the Steward and Tiler excepted,)
shall be eligible to any office in this Lodge.
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ARTICLE III.
Of some particular ditties.
§ 1. It shall be the duty of the Master at every meet-
ing, when time will admit of it, to give the Brethren the
benefit of a lecture in one of the degrees,—also, to have
read, previous to balloting, the 8th section of the 4th
Article of these By-Laws^
§ 2. The Treasurer shall keep a regular account of
all receipts and disbursements, and also, a list of all the
members with an account of their respective arrearages
annexed, which he shall call over at each Stated Meet-
Ing, in order that they may be collected.
§ 3, The Treasurer shall collect the introductory fee
for each degree, and shall acknowledge himself satisfied
In this respect, before any degree shall be conferred.
<§> 4. The Secretary, on application, shall furnish any
Member of this Lodge with a Diploma, for which, he
shall be entitled to one dollar, provided, the said member
produces to him the Treasurer's receipt for all dues.
§ 5. The Steward shall provide such refreshments as
the Master or Presiding Warden shall direct, providedr
that the expenses of the Lodge, for any one meetings
all things included, (except the Tiler's fee and occasi-
onal charges for music,)shall not exceed eight dollars;
and, provided, that this law shall not interfere with the
right of individuals, at called meetings, to provide such
refreshments as they may judge necessary.
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§ 6. The Livery of the Lodge shall be deep blue,
and it shall be the duty of the Tiler to see that , every
Brother is properly clothed before he enters the Lodge.
§ 7. Any Brother who wishes to speak on any sub-
ject, shall rise and address the Worshipful Master, in*
due form, and no Brother shall be allowed to speak
more than twice on any subject, without leave.
§ 8. No Brother shall absent himself from the Lodge
after having taken his seat, without leave from the*
Worshipful Master.
§ 9. No Initiation shall take place on the Evening of
Annual Election, unless the candidate be about to traveL
<§ 10. Any member wishing to obtain a recommend-
ation from this Lodge to the Grand Secretary for a
Grand Lodge Diploma, shall first produce the Treasurer's
receipt for all dues, upon the production of which, the-
Master, or in his absence, the Presiding Warden, may
grant him a certificate to procure the same, or refer his
application to the Lodge.
ARTICLE IV.
Of Recommendations and Ballotings.
§ 1. No Brother shall be recommended as a candi-
date for membership to this Lodge, unless he has resided'
in the City of Richmond or County of Henrico, at least
six months, unless he is a person whose character is
well known to the generality of the members.
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§ 2. Every candidate for initiation must possess the
requisites specified in the Book of Constitutions,—must
have resided in the City of Richmond or County of
Henrico, six months, and must be recommended by
petition in writing, signed by himself, and seconded by
two or more members of the Lodge at a Stated Meeting,
and shall stand recommended one month, (except in
cases of emergency,) after which time,, he shall be bal-
loted for.
§ 3. Every member who recommends a candidate
for Initiation, shall deposite five dollars in the hands of
the Treasurer; the said five dollars to be returned if the
candidate be rejected ; if he be received and initiated,
it shall be considered as part of his initiation fee, but if
he be received and do not apply to be initiated within
three months, it shall be forfeited to the Special Charity
Fund.
§ 4. Every member who recommends a candidate
for membership, shall deposite five dollars in the hands
of the Treasurer at the time, the said five dollars to be
returned if he be rejected, but if he be received, it shall
constitute the fee for membership.
§ 5. The mode of recommending and balloting for
Brethren who may wish to become members of this
Lodge, shall in every respect, (except the petition and fee)
be the same as in recommending candidates for initiation.
§ 6. Every candidate for membership or initiation,
after having been regularly recommended, shall be
balloted for and disposed of by the Lodge.
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^ 7. In balloting for a candidate for initiation, one
dissentient shall reject him, and, when rejected, he shall
not be again eligible for twelve months.
^ 8. No member or visiting brother shall make known
the member or members objecting to, or rejecting a
candidate, under the penalty of suspension during the
pleasure of the Lodge if a member, and, if a visiter,
of never more being allowed to enter this Lodge.
§ 9. Each person Initiated, Passed, and Raised in
this Lodge, shall be permitted to declare himself a
member thereof, without the fee for membership.
article v.
Of Fees and Expenses.
§ 1. Every member, except the Chaplain, Secretary,
Treasurer, Steward, and Tiler, shall pay into the
hands of the Treasurer six dollars per annum, in monthly
payments.
^ 2. The fee for Initiation shall be fifteen dollars, for
Passing eight, and for Raising eight.
3. The expenses attending any extraordinary or
called meeting, shall be defrayed by the person or
persons for whose conveniency or benefit the meeting
may be called.
§ 4. The Tiler as a compensation for his services,
shall receive two dollars for every meeting, the Steward
two dollars, and the Secretary one dollar.
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§ 5. Should any member absent himself from the
Lodge for twelve months successively, or be in arrears
to the Lodge to the amount of ten dollars, he shall be
summoned to appear at the next regular Lodge, to show
cause why he should not be suspended therefor, during
the pleasure of the Lodge.
ARTICLE VI.
Of Committees.
% 1. In the appointment of all committees the Master
shall have the right to nominate two members, after
which, the Lodge may nominate as many others as they
may think proper,
§ 2. A Standing Committee shall be appointed after
every Annual Election, to examine the Treasurer's
accounts, who shall report the situation thereof at the
Stated Meetings in June, and December.
§ 3. The Master and Wardens or any two of them,
shall be a Committee of Charity, for the relief of tran-
sient brethren in distress, and shall report their proceed-
ings at the Stated Meetings in June, and December.
ARTICLE VII.
Of the Special Charity Fund.
§ 1. A Fund shall be established by this Lodge to
be called, " The Special Charity Fund," and set apart
and held sacred to the purposes herein after mentioned.
§ 2. To establish and support the said fund, the
admission fee of five dollars paid by every brother who
may become a member of this Lodge, and three dollars
out of every fee received for making, passing and raising,
shall be placed to the credit of said fund.
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§ 3. At every meeting of the Lodge, whether stated
or occasional, the Special Charity Fund Box shall be
sent round, in order to collect whatever may be volun-
tarily contributed to said fund. The amount so collected,
shall be entered on the minutes, and passed by the
Treasurer to the credit of said fund.
§ 4. The proceeds of this fund shall be appropriated
exclusively to the relief of such distressed Master Masons,
their Widows and Orphans, as are or have been residents
of this City, or the County of Henrico, and whose
claims to our relief are personally and positively known
to be real and grievous, and not to have resulted from
habits of intemperance or idleness.
§ 5. Not more than ten dollars shall be voted out of
this fund to any one applicant, at any one session of
the Lodge.
§ 6. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the
Lodge, so to keep the accounts of this fund, that he may
be enabled, at any moment, to inform the Lodge of the
actual state of it.
ARTICLE VIII.
Of Visiters.
Every Brother of good standing and of regular habits,
is at liberty to visit this Lodge once, free of expense,
but on the second visit, (unless he be a contributing
member of a Lodge,) he is to pay to the Treasurer, for
the use of the Lodge, fifty cents, which it shall be the
duty of the Treasurer to collect, except when such visiter
may be invited by a member of this Lodge.
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ARTICLE IX.
Of Withdrawals.
Any member may withdraw himself from the Lodge
on producing the Treasurer's receipt for all dues, and
giving notice, to the Lodge, either personally or by proxy,
but no member shall be considered as having regularly
withdrawn himself, until he has complied with this article..
ARTICLE X.
Of the By-Laws.
§ 1. Whoever may wish to introduce a new law, or
alter an existing one, shall, at a Stated Meeting, hand
up the said law or alteration, in writing; if it be then
seconded, it shall be audibly read by the Secretary, and
lie over until the next Stated Meeting, when, if approved
by two-thirds of the members present, it shall become-
a part of these By-Laws.
§ 3. Whoever may wish to introduce a general
revision of these By-Laws, shall, at a Stated Meeting,
hand up a written notice thereof, which shall, if the
majority agree thereto, lie over until the next Stated
Meeting, and then be determined on by a vote of two-
thirds of the members present.
§ 3'. Every member shall be furnished with a printed
copy of these By-Laws at the expense of the Lodge.
§ 4. These laws shall go into operation from the
passage thereof, and all laws heretofore passed, are
hereby repealed.
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PERMANENT REGULATIONS.
RICHMOND RANDOLPH LODGE,
NO. XIX.
Wednesday, June 22d, A. L. 5823.
The Committee to whom was referred the expediency and propriety
of investing the Surplus Charity Fund, offered the following Resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:—
Resolved, That a Committee of five members be formed, who shall
be denominated " The Committee for Investing the Surplus Charity
Fund of this Lodge," (of whom, the Treasurer shall always be one,)
with power to make such investment of such Charity Funds in Bank
«or any other Public Stocks as to them shall seem most likely to be
productive. The said Stock to be taken in the name of all the Members
of said Committee as such, trausferrable by a majority of them, or
whomsoever they may appoint as their agent for that purpose, and for
the purpose of receiving the interest as it may accrue; that die Certifi-
oates of all such Stock shall be placed in the hands of the Treasurer of
the Lodge, who shall have a statement of them on his table, open to
the inspection of every member of the Lodge, at every Stated Meeting,
and shall produce the Certificates at the Stated Meetings in June and
December; and that the said Committee invest the interest from time
to time, together with any portion of said Charity Fund as it may
accrue to the Lodge, in such manner as they may deem expedient.
Resolved, That said Committee may change Stock so held, for other
more productive, whenever they shall be of opinion that such change
will manifestly benefit the said Fund.
Resolved, That the Treasurer pay to the order of the Committee
such money as he may hold, belonging to said Fund, from time to time,
for the purpose of investment, as before mentioned.
Resolved, That said Committee have power to fill all vacances occur-
ing in their number, by death, resignation or removal, subject to the
approval of the Lodge, and that they be required to make a report of the
state of this Fund and all their doings annually, in the month of June.
Committee. to Invest ike Special Charily Fund.
Wor. John Dove, Wor. James Evans, Wor. William B. Isaacs, Bro.
John A. Lancaster, and Wor. Thomas Tyrer. Treasurer.
a list of The
MEMBERS OF RICHMOND RANDOLPH LODGE,
Worshipful William B. Isaacs,
Brother Bartholomew Slade,
" Benjamin T. Chalk,
" John Lester,
Worshipful Thomas Tyrer,
Brother William C. Tompkins,
" John C. Paoe, Jr.
" Emanuel Semon,
Master,
S. Warden,
J. Warden,
Secretary,
Treasurer,
S. Deacon,
J. Deacon,
S. & Tiler.
M. W. Robert G. Scott, P. G. M.
W. John Dove, P. M.
" Richard O. Haskins, "
" James Evans, "
" Thomas U. Dudley, "
" John McConnell, "
" Edward H. Gill, "
Bro
, John A. Lancaster,
Antoine D. Victor,
Andrew Johnston,
Titus C. Rice,
Richard H. Dickinson,
Lewis Hyman,
Myer Myers,
Solomon Myers,
William F. Depriest,
Francis W. Lewis,
John W. McKiel,
John G. Turpin,
Alexander Craig,
Charles A. McEvoy,
Thomas Ritchie, Jr.
John M. Sheppard,
Augustus Bodeker,
John W. Starke,
Alpheus R. Timberlake.-
Bro. Samuel Reese,
" James S. Kent,
" Philip K. White,
" William M. Fulton,
Hector Davis,
Frederick Boyden,
John P. Roberts,
Solomon Haunstein,
George W. Allen,
Benj. B. Whitlock,
George E. Sadler,
Charles R. Allen,
James P. Hambleton,
Thomas C. Sarvay,
Henry M. Turner,
James M. Sublett,
Js. C. Schermerhorn,
John Poe, Jr.