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 CONSTITUTIONS 
 
 OF THB 
 
 ANTIENT TRATEENITY 
 
 OF 
 
 Jfm anir ^tapttl) |!lnsoiis.. 
 
 IJM)EE THE 
 
 t\nM 6ranb f obtic of (^iigbni 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 THE GENEEAL CHiOlGES, LAWS, AXD 
 BEaULATIONS, 
 
 ETC., ETC. 
 
 PUBLISHED UNDEB 
 
 THE AriHOEITT OP THE r^ITED GEAXD LODGE. 
 
 By SIE EDTTAED LETCHWOETH, F.S.A^ 
 
 As Grand Secretary. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 HARBISON AND SONS, ST. MAKTIN'S LANE, 
 
 Printers in Ordinary to Hit Majesty. 
 
 1908. 
 
 Entered at Stationert" Hidl>
 
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 MASONIC RECORDS 
 
 1717-1894. 
 
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 LISTS OF ALL THE LODGKS AT HOME AND ARR;)AD. 
 
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Sanction v 
 
 Summary of Antient Charges and Regulations vi 
 
 Antient Charges oi a Free-Mas .n I 
 
 General Laws and Reg\ilations for the Government of the 
 
 Craft lb 
 
 Grand Lodge 16 
 
 Provincial and District Grand Lodges 4.2 
 
 Private Lodges 61 
 
 Board of Benevolence lo;' 
 
 Board of General Purposes 120 
 
 Regalia, Clothing, Insignia, and Jewels 130 
 
 Schedule of Fees and Contributions 143 
 
 Cere xon.- of Laying a Foundation Stone 147 
 
 Centenary J ewels 153 
 
 Charity Jewels 154 
 
 Index „ 157 
 
 Engravings of Jewels, Chains, and Collars. 
 
 2050196
 
 UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLANU 
 
 The Grand Lodge 
 
 having approved of this Revised Edition of the 
 Book of Constitutions, the Board of General 
 Purposes have accordingly superintended its 
 publication^ 
 
 CSi 
 
 Freemason's Hall, London.
 
 Summary of the Antiext Charges and RegU" 
 LATioNS to be read by the Secretary {or acting 
 Secretary), to the Master Elect, prior to his 
 Installation into the Chair of a Lcd^e* 
 
 1. You agree to be a good Man and true, and 
 strictly to obey the Moral Law. 
 
 2. You are to be a peaceable Subject, and 
 cheerfully to conform to the Laws of .the 
 Country in which you reside. 
 
 3. You promise not to r-e concerned in Plots 
 or Conspiracies against Government, but patiently 
 to submit to the decisions of the Supreme 
 Legislature. 
 
 4. You agree to pay a proper respect to the 
 Civil Magistrate, to work dihgently, live credit- 
 ably, and act honourably by all Men. 
 
 5. You agree to hold in veneration the 
 original Rulers and Patrons of the Order of 
 Free-Masonr\', and their regular Successors, 
 supreme and subordinate, according to their 
 Stations ; and to submit to the Awards and 
 Resolutions of your Brethren in general Lodge 
 convened, in every case consistent with the 
 Constitutions of the Order.
 
 6. You agree to avoid private piques and 
 quarrels, and to guard against intemperance and 
 excess. 
 
 7. You agree to be cautious in your carriage 
 and behaviour, courteous to your Brethren, and 
 faithful to your Lodge. 
 
 8. You promise to respect genuine and true 
 Brethren, and to discountenance Impostors and 
 all Dissenters from the original Plan of Free- 
 Masonry. 
 
 9. You agree to promote the general good of 
 Society, to cultivate the Social Virtues, and to 
 propagate the knowledge of the Mystic Art as 
 far as your influence and ability can extend. 
 
 10. You promise to pay homage to the Grand 
 Master for the time being, and to his Oihcers 
 v.'hen duly installed, and strictly to conform to 
 every Edict of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 11. You admit that it is not in the power of 
 any Man or Body of Men to make innovation 
 in the Body of Masonry. 
 
 12. You promise a regular attendance on the 
 Communications and Committees of the Grand 
 Lodge, upon receiving proper notice thereof, 
 and to pay attention to all the duties of Free- 
 Masonry upon proper and convenient occasions. 
 
 13. You admit that no new Lodge can be 
 formed without permission of the Grand Master 
 or his Deputy, and that no countenance ought
 
 to b3 given to any irregular Lodge, or to any 
 person initiated therein ; and tb.at no public 
 processions of Masons clothed with the Badges 
 of the Order can take place without the special 
 Licence of the Grand Master or his Deputy. 
 
 14. You admit that no person can regularly 
 be made a Free-Mason or admitted a Member 
 of any Lodge without previous Notice and due 
 inquiry into his Character ; and that no Brother 
 can be advanced to a higher Degree except in 
 strict conformity with the Laws of the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 15. You promise that no Visitor shall be 
 received into your Lodge without due examina- 
 tion, and producing proper Vouchers of his 
 having been initiated into a regular Lodge^ 
 
 At the conclusion the Installing Officer ad- 
 dresses the Master-Elect as follows: — "Do you 
 " submit to and promise to support these 
 " Charges and Regulations as Masters have 
 " done in all ages ? " Upon his answering in 
 the affirmative the Ceremony of Installation 
 proceeds.
 
 THE 
 
 CHARGES 
 
 OF A 
 
 F R E E - T^I A S O N : 
 
 EXTRACTED FROM 
 
 THE AXTIEXT RECORDS OF LODGES 
 BEYOND SEA, 
 
 AND OF THOSE IN 
 
 ENGLAND, SCOTLAND. AND IRELAND 
 
 JTov tlje use of Lotiges, 
 
 TO BE READ 
 
 AT THE MAKING OF NEW BRETHREN, OR WHEN 
 THE MASTER SHALL ORDER IT* 
 
 PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GRAND LODGE.
 
 THE GENERAL HEADS OF THB 
 
 CHARGES OF A FREE-MASON. 
 
 &c.. &c, 
 
 Ij Of God and Religion^ 
 
 II. Of the Civil Magistrate, supreme and 
 suhordinatet 
 
 £11, Of Lodges. 
 
 IV, Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows, and Ap- 
 prentices.: 
 
 V; Of the Management of the Craft in 
 Working. 
 
 VI. Of Behaviour, viz. : — 
 
 1. In the Lodge while constituted^ 
 
 2. After the Lodge is over and tJie 
 
 Brethren not gone. 
 
 3. When Brethren meet without Stra}V- 
 
 gers, hut not in a Lodge. 
 
 4. In presence of Strangers, not Masons, 
 
 5. At Home and in the Neighbourhood, 
 
 6. Towards a strange Brother^
 
 THE 
 
 CHARGES 
 
 OF A 
 
 F RE E - M A S O N, 
 
 ETC., ETCj 
 
 I.— Concerning GOD and RELIGION. 
 
 A MASON is obliged, by his tenure, to obey 
 the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the 
 art he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irre- 
 ligious libertine. He, of all men, should best 
 understand that GOD seeth not as man seeth ; 
 for man looketh at the outward appearance, but 
 GOD looketh to the heart. A mason is, therefore, 
 particularly bound never to act against the dic- 
 tates of his conscience. Let a man's religion or 
 mode of worship be what it m.ay, he is not ex- 
 cluded from the order, provided he believe in the 
 glorious architect of heaven and earth, and prac- 
 tise the sacred duties of moral' ty* Masons
 
 4 ANTIENT CHARGES, 
 
 unite with the virtuous of every persuasion in 
 the firm and pleasing bond of fraternal love : 
 they are taught to view the errors of mankind 
 with compassion, and to strive, by the purity of 
 their own conduct, to demonstrate the superior 
 excellence of the faith they may profess. Thus 
 masonry is the centre of union between good men 
 and true, and the happy means of conciliating 
 friendship amongst those who must otherwise 
 have remained at a perpetual distance. 
 
 n.—Of the CIVIL MAGISTRATE, 
 SUPREME and SUBORDINATE, 
 
 A MASON is a peaceable subject to the civil 
 powers, wherever he resides or works, and is 
 never to be concerned in plots and conspiracies 
 agamst the peace and welfare of the nation, nor 
 to behave hmiself undutifully to inferior magis- 
 trates. He is cheerfully to conform to every 
 lawful authority ; to uphold, on every occasion, 
 the interest of the community, and zealously 
 promote the prosperity of his own country. 
 Masonry has ever flourished in times of peace and 
 been ilways injured by war, bloodshed, and 
 confusion ; so that kings and princes, in every 
 age, have been much disposed to encourage the 
 craftsmen on account of their peaceableness and
 
 AXTIENT CHARGES, 5 
 
 loyalty, whereby they practically answer the 
 cavils of their adversaries and promote the 
 honour of the fraternity. Craftsmen are bound 
 by peculiar ties to promote peace, cultivate har- 
 mony, and live in concord and brotherly love. 
 
 III.— Of LODGES. 
 
 A LODGE is a place where free-masons assem- 
 ble to work and to instruct and improve them- 
 selves in the m3'steries of the antient science. 
 In an extended sense it apphes to persons as 
 well as to place ; hence every regular assembly 
 or duly organized meeting of masons is called a 
 lodge. Every brother ought to belong to some 
 lodge, and be subject to its by-laws and the 
 general regulations of the craft. A lodge may 
 be either general or particular, as will be best 
 understood by attending it, and there a know- 
 ledge of the established usages and customs of 
 the craft is alone to be acquired. From antient 
 times no master or fellow could be absent from 
 his lodge, especially when warned to appear at 
 it, without incurring a severe censure, unless it 
 appeared to the master and wardens that pure 
 necessity hindered him. 
 
 The persons made masons or admitted mem-
 
 6 ANTIENT CHARGES, 
 
 bers of a lodge must be good and true men. 
 tree-born, and of mature and discreet age and 
 sound judgment, no bond-men, no women, no 
 immoral or scandalous men, but of good report^ 
 
 IV.— 0/ IMASTERS, WARDENS. FEL- 
 LOWS, and APPRENTICES. 
 
 All preferment among masons is grounded 
 upon real worth and personal merit only ; that 
 so the lords may be well served, the brethren not 
 put to shame, nor the royal craft despised ; there- 
 fore no master or warden is chosen by seniority, 
 but for his merit. It is impossible to describe 
 these things in writing, and therefore every 
 brother must attend in his place, and learn them 
 in a way peculiar to this fraternity. Candidates 
 may, nevertheless, know that no master should 
 take an apprentice, unless he has sufficient em- 
 ployment for him ; and, unless he be a perfect 
 youth, having no maim or defect in his body 
 that may render him incapable of learning the 
 art, of serving his m.aster's lord, and of being 
 made a brother, and then a fellow-craft in due 
 time, after he has served such a term of years 
 as the custom of the country directs ; and that 
 he should be descended of honest parents ; that
 
 ANTIENT CHARGES. 7 
 
 so, when otherwise quahfied, he mav arrive to 
 the honour of being tlie warden, and then the 
 master of the lodge, the grand warden, and at 
 length the grand master of all the lodges, ac- 
 cording to his merit. 
 
 No brother can be a warden until he has 
 passed the part of a fellow-craft, nor a master 
 until he has acted as a warden, nor grand 
 warden until he has been master of a lodge, nor 
 grand master unless he has been a fellow-craft 
 before his election, who is also to be nobly born, 
 or a gentleman of the best fashion, or some 
 eminent scholar, or some curious architect, or 
 other artist descended of honest parents, and 
 who is of singularly great merit in the opinion 
 of the lodges. And for the better, and easier, 
 and more honourable discharge of his ofhce, the 
 grand master has the power to choose his own 
 deputy grand master, who must then be, or have 
 formerly been, the master of a particular lodge, 
 and who has the privilege of acting whatever 
 the grand master, his principal, should act. 
 unless the said principal be present, or interpose 
 lus authority by letter. 
 
 These rulers and governors supreme and sub- 
 ordinate, of the antient lodge, are to be obeyed 
 in their respective stations by all the brethren, 
 according to the old charges and regulations, 
 with all humiUty, reverence, love, and alacrity.
 
 8 ANTIENT CHARGES. 
 
 N.B. — In anfient times no brother, however 
 skilled in the craft, was called a master-mason 
 until he had been elected into the chair of a 
 lodge. 
 
 V.^Of the MANAGEMENT of the CRAF'i 
 in WORKING. 
 
 All masons shall work honestly on working 
 days, that they may live creditably on holy days ; 
 and the time appointed bv the law of the land, 
 or confirmed by custom, shall be observed. 
 
 The most expert of the fellow-craftsmen shall 
 be chosen or appointed the master, or overseer 
 of the lord's work ; who is to be called master 
 by those that work under him. The craftsmen 
 are to avoid all ill language, and to call each 
 other by no disobliging name, but brother or 
 fellow ; and to behave themselves courteously 
 within and without the lodge. 
 
 The master, knowing himself to be able of 
 cunning, shall undertake the lord's work as 
 reasonably as possible, and truly dispend his 
 goods as if they were his own ; nor to give more 
 wages to any brother or apprentice than he 
 really may deserve. 
 
 Both the master and the masons receiving 
 their wages justly, shall be faithful to the lord, 
 and honestly finish their work, whether task or
 
 AXTIEXT CHARGES^ 9 
 
 Journey ; nor put the work to task that hath 
 been accustomed to journey. 
 
 None shall discover envy at the prosperity of 
 a brother, nor supplant him, nor put him out of 
 his work, if he be capable to finish the same ; or 
 no man can finish another's work so much to the 
 lord's profit, unless he be thoroughly acquainted 
 with the designs and draughts of him that began 
 it. 
 
 When a fellow-craftsman is chosen warden of 
 the work under the master, he shall be true both 
 to master and fellows, shall carefully oversee the 
 work in the master's absence, to the lord's profit ; 
 and his brethren shall obey him. 
 
 All masons employed shall meekly receive 
 their wages without murmuring or mutiny, and ■ 
 not desert the master till the work be finished. 
 
 A younger brother shall be instructed in work- 
 ing, to prevent spoiling the materials for want 
 of judgment and for increasing and continuing 
 of brotherly love. 
 
 All the tools used in working shall be ap- 
 proved by the grand lodge. 
 
 Xo labourer shall be employed in the proper 
 work of masonrv ; nor shall free- masons work 
 with those that are not free, without an urgent 
 necessity ; nor shall they teach labourers and 
 unaccepted masons, as they should teach a 
 brother or fellow.
 
 lO ANTIENT CHARGES^ 
 
 VI.— 0/ BEHAVIOUR, vizi 
 
 l._ IN THE LODGE WHILE CONSTITUTED^ 
 
 You are not to hold private committees, or 
 separate conversation, without leave from the 
 master ; nor to talk of anything impertinently 
 or unseemly, nor interrupt the master or war- 
 dens, or any brother speaking to the master ; 
 nor behave yourself ludicrously or jestingly while 
 the lodge is engaged in what is serious and 
 solemn ; nor use any unbecoming language upon 
 any pretence whatsoever ; but to pay due 
 reverence to your master, wardens, and fellows, 
 and put them to worship. 
 
 If any complaint be brought, the brother 
 found guilty shall stand to the award and deter- 
 mination of the lodge, who are the proper and 
 competent judges of all such controversies 
 (unless you carry them by appeal to the grand 
 lodge), and to whom they ought to be referred, 
 unless a lord's work be hindered the mean while, 
 in which case a particular reference may be 
 made ; but you must never go to law about 
 what concerneth masonry, without an absolute 
 necessity apparent to the lodge^
 
 ANTIENT CHARGES. li 
 
 2. — BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE LODGE IS OVER, 
 AND THE BRETHREN NOT GONE, 
 
 You may enjoy yourselves with innocent 
 mirth, treating one another according to ability, 
 but avoiding all excess, or forcing any brother to 
 eat or drink beyond his inclination, or hindering 
 him from going when his occasions call him, or 
 doing or saying anything offensive, or that may 
 forbid an easy and free conversation ; for that 
 would blast our harmony, and defeat our laud- 
 able purposes. Therefore no private piques or 
 quarrels must be brought within the door of the 
 lodge, far less any quarrels about religion, or 
 nations, or state policy, we being only, as masons, 
 of the universal religion above-mentioned ; we 
 are also of all nations, tongues, kindreds, and 
 languages, and are resolved against all politics, 
 as what never yet conduced to the welfare of 
 the lodge, nor ever will. 
 
 3. — BEHAVIOUR WHEN BRETHREN MEET WITH- 
 OUT STRANGERS, BUT NOT IN A LODGE 
 FORMED, 
 
 You are to salute one another in a courteous 
 manner, as you will be instructed, calling each 
 
 B2
 
 12 ANTIENT CHARGES; 
 
 other brother, freely giving mutual instruction 
 as shall be thought expedient, without being 
 overseen or overheard, and without encroaching 
 upon each other, or derogating from that respect 
 which is due to any brother, were he not a 
 mason ; for though all masons are, as brethren, 
 upon the same level, yet masonry takes no 
 honour from a man that he had before ; nay, 
 rather it adds to his honour, especially if he has 
 deserved well of the brotherhood, who must give 
 honour to whom it is due, and avoid ih manners. 
 
 4. — BEHAVIOUR IN PRESENCE OF STRANGERS, 
 NOT MASONS. 
 
 You shall be cautious in your words and car- 
 riage, that the most penetrating stranger shall 
 not be able to discover or find out what is not 
 proper to be intimated ; and sometimes you 
 shall divert a discourse, and manage it prudently 
 for the honour of the worshipful fraternity. 
 
 5. BEHAVIOUR AT HOME AND IN YOUR 
 
 NEIGHBOURHOOD, 
 
 You are to act as becom^es a moral and wise 
 man ; particularly not to let your family,
 
 ANTIEXT CHARGES, 13 
 
 friends, and neighbours, know the concerns of 
 the lodge, &c., but wisely to consult your own 
 honour, and that of your antient brotherhood, 
 for reasons not to be mentioned here. You 
 must also consult your health by not continuing 
 together too late or too long from home after 
 lodge hours are past ; and by avoiding of glut- 
 tony or drunkenness, that your families be not 
 neglected or injured, nor you disabled from 
 working. 
 
 6, BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS A STRANGE 
 
 BROTHER. 
 
 You are cautiously to examine him in such a 
 method as prudence shall direct you, that you 
 may not be imposed upon by an ignorant, false 
 pretender, whom you are to reject with contempt 
 and derision, and beware of giving him any hints 
 of knowledge. 
 
 But if you discover him to be a true and 
 genuine brother, you are to respect him accord- 
 ingly ; and if he is in want you must relieve him 
 if you can, or else direct him how he mav be 
 reheved. You must employ him some days, 
 or else recommend him to be employed. But 
 you are not charged to do beyond your abilitv ; 
 only to prefer a poor brother that is a good
 
 14 A^^TIENT CHARGESi 
 
 man and true before any other poor people ia 
 the same circumstances. 
 
 Finally, — All these charges you are to observe 
 and also those that shall be communicated to you 
 in another way ; cultivating brotherly love, the 
 foundation and cope-stone, the cement and glory, 
 of this antient fraternity, avoiding all wrangling 
 and quarrelling, all slander and backbiting, nor 
 permitting others to slander any honest brother 
 but defending his character and doing him all 
 good offices, as far as is consistent with your 
 honoir and safety, and no farther. And if any 
 of them do you injury, you must apply to your 
 own or his lodge ; and from thence you may 
 appeal to the grand lodge at the quarterly com- 
 munication, as has been the antient laudable 
 conduct of our forefathers in every nation ; never 
 taking a legal course but when the case cannot 
 be otherwise decided, and patiently hstening to 
 the honest and friendly advice of master and 
 fellows, when they would prevent your going to 
 law with strangers, or would excite you to put a 
 speedy period to all law-suits, that so you may 
 find the affair of masonry with the more alacrity 
 and success ; but with respect to brothers or 
 fellows at law, the master and brethren should 
 kindly offer their mediation, which ought to be 
 thankfully submitted to by the contending
 
 ANTIEXT CHARGES. 15 
 
 brethren ; and if that submission is impracticable, 
 they must, however, carry on their process, or 
 law-suit, without wrath and rancour (not in the 
 common way), saying or doing nothing which 
 may hinder brotherly love and good offices to be 
 renewed and continued, that all may see the 
 benign influence of masonry, as all true masons 
 have done from the beginning of the world, and 
 will do to the end of time. 
 
 Amen, so mote it bet
 
 GENERAL LAWS 
 
 AND 
 
 REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 GOVERNMENT OF THE CRAFTi 
 
 Declarati 
 
 The Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 1. BY the solemn Act of Union between the 
 two Grand Lodges of Free-Masons of England 
 in December, 1813, it was " declared and pro- 
 " nounced that pure Antient Masonry consists 
 "of three degrees and no more, viz., those of ' 
 " the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, 
 
 " and the Master Mason, including the Supreme 
 " Order of the Holy Royal Arch." 
 
 2. The public interests of the Fraternity are J 
 managed by a general representation of all I 
 private Lodges on record, together with the 
 Grand Stewards of the year and the present 
 and past Grand Officers, and the Grand Master 
 at their head. This collective body is styled
 
 GRAND LODGE. \-f 
 
 THE UNITED GRAND LODGE OF 
 ANTIENT FREE AND ACCEPTED 
 MASONS OF ENGLAND, and is herein- 
 after referred to as " The Grand Lodge," 
 
 3. Every Brother who shall, in accordance General 
 with the laws and procedure of Masonry, ^{J^ubst^- 
 preside or act in the Grand Lodge, or in tuted autho- 
 any Provincial or District Grand Lodge, or in rities. 
 any private Lodge, or on any Board or Com- 
 mittee for or in the place of any Officer or 
 Brother who may be absent, shall, while so pre- 
 siding or acting, have all the rights, powers, 
 
 and duties of the Officer or Brother whose 
 substitute he shall be or in whose place he shall 
 act ; he shall enforce all rules and regulations, 
 and his acts shall have the same validity in all 
 respects as those of such Officer or Brother, 
 unless the contrary is expressly provided for in 
 these laws and regulations. 
 
 4. The Grand Lodge possesses the supreme AD laws 
 superintending authority, and alone has the emanate 
 inherent power oi enacting laws and regula- Lod^e^^ 
 tions for the government of the Craft, and 
 
 of altering, repeahng, and abrogating them, 
 always taking care that the antient Landmarks 
 of the Order be preserved. 
 
 5. The Grand Lodge has also the power of power ot 
 investigating, regulating, and deciding all final 
 matters relative to the Craft, or to particular ^i®*^^'^-
 
 precedence 
 of members 
 
 18 GRAND LODGE. 
 
 Lodges, or to individual Brothers, which it may 
 exercise either of itself or by such delegated 
 authority as, in its wisdom and discretion, it may 
 appoint ; but the Grand Lodge alone has the 
 power of erasing Lodges and expelling Brethren 
 from the Craft, a power which it does not dele- 
 gate to any subordinate authority. 
 Rank and 6. The members of the Grand Lodge rank 
 
 in the following order : — 
 
 1. The Grand Master. 
 
 2. The Pro Grand IVIaster.: 
 
 3. Past Grand Masters. 
 
 4. Past Pro Grand Masters. 
 
 5. Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 6. Past Deputy Grand Masters. 
 
 7. Provincial and District Grand Masters. 
 
 8. Past Provincial and District Grand Masters.; 
 
 9. Grand Wardens. 
 
 10. Past Grand Wardens. 
 
 11. Grand Chaplains. 
 
 12. Past Grand Chaplains.: 
 
 13. Grand Treasurer. 
 
 14. Past Grand Treasurers. 
 
 15. Grand Registrar. 
 
 16. Past Grand Registrars. 
 
 17. Deputy Grand Registrar. 
 
 18. Past Deputy Grand Registrars. 
 
 19. President of the Board of General Purposes. 
 
 20. Past Presidents of the Board of General 
 Purposes, 
 
 I
 
 GRAND LODGE, 19. 
 
 2 1. Grand Secetary. 
 
 22. Past Grand Secretaries. 
 
 23. President of the Board of Benevolence. 
 
 24. Past Presidents of the Board of Benevolence, 
 
 25. Grand Deacons. 
 
 26. Past Grand Deacons. 
 
 27. Assistant Grand Chaplains. 
 
 28. Past Assistant Grand Chaplains. 
 
 29. Assistant Grand Registrars. 
 
 30. Past Assistant Grand Registrars 
 
 31. Grand Superintendent of Works. 
 
 32. Past Grand Superintendents of Works. 
 
 33. Assistant Grand Superintendents of Works. 
 
 34. Past Assistant Grand Superintendents of 
 
 Works. 
 
 35. Grand Director of Ceremonies. 
 
 36. Past Grand Directors of Ceremonies. 
 Tyj. Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies. 
 
 38. Past Deput\' Grand Directors of Ceremonies. 
 
 39. Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies. 
 
 40. Past Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies, 
 
 41. Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 42. Past Grand Sword Bearers. 
 
 43. Deputy Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 44. Past Deputy Grand Sword Bearers. 
 
 45. Assistant Grand Sword Bearers. 
 
 46. Past Assistant Grand Sword Bearers. 
 
 47. Grand Standard Bearers. 
 
 48. Past Grand Standard Bearers. 
 
 49. Assistant Grand Standard Bearers.
 
 20 
 
 GKAND LODGE. 
 
 50. Past Assistant Grand Standard Bearers. 
 
 51. Grand Organist. 
 
 52. Past Grand Organists. 
 
 53. Deputy Grand Organist. 
 
 54. Past Deputy Grand Organists. 
 
 55. Assistant Grand Secretary. 
 
 56. Assistant Grand Secretary for German 
 
 Correspondence. 
 
 57. Past Assistant Grand Secretaries.- 
 
 58. Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 59. Past Grand Pursuivants. 
 
 60. Assistant Grand Pursuivants. 
 
 61. Past Assistant Grand Pursuivants. 
 
 62. The Grand Stewanls of the year. 
 
 63. Such Past Grand Stewards as are Masters 
 
 or Past Masters of Private Lodges. 
 The Master, Past Masters, and Wardens 
 of the Grand Stewards' Lodge, and of 
 every other private Lodge.* 
 
 * Note. — The Grand Master, Past Grand Masters, Pro Grand 
 Master, and Past Pro Grand Masters are entitled to the appel- 
 lation of "Most Worshipful" (M.W.). The prefix of "Right 
 Worshipful " (R.W.) is accorded to and should be used only 
 by the present and past Deputy Grand Masters, the present 
 and past Provincial and District Grand Masters, and the 
 present and past Grand Wardens of the Grand Lodge. The 
 prefix of "Very Worshipful" (V.W.) should be used only by 
 the present and past Grand Chaplains, the present and past 
 Grand Treasurers, the present and past Grand Registrars, the 
 present and past Deputy Grand Registrars, the present and 
 past Presidents of the Board of General Purposes, the present 
 and past Grand Secretaries of the Grand Lodge, the present 
 and past Presidents of the Board of Benevolence, and no others. 
 The title or address of " Worshipful " (W.) is to be used by the
 
 GRAND LODGE. 21 
 
 7. Brethren of eminence and ability who Additional 
 have rendered service to the Craft may, by members 
 appointment of the Grand Master, or by a vote ^p^oin^ted 
 of the Grand Lodge duly confirmed, be con- or elected, 
 stituted members of the Grand Lodge, with 
 
 such rank and distinction as may be thought 
 proper. 
 
 8. The Grand Master may, by warrant, ap- Representa- 
 
 point any Brother to represent him in a sister ^^^^^ ^P\ 
 7- 1 T ^ ^ .■.,!• T 1 pointed to 
 
 Uraud Lodge, and may constitute him and also rank in 
 
 any Brother, regularly deputed from a sister Grand 
 
 Grand Lodge, a member of the Grand Lodge of Lodge. 
 
 England, with such rank as the Grand Master 
 
 may deem appropriate. 
 
 9. Every Brother regularly elected and in- Qualifica- 
 stalled as Master of a Lodge, under the con- ^°°- ^'In- 
 stitution of the Grand Lodge of England, who tion"of Past 
 has filled that office for one year, shall, so long Masters. 
 as he continues a subscribing member of any 
 
 such Lodge, be a member of the Grand Lodge, 
 but having for twelve months ceased to be a 
 subscribing member of any English Lodge, he 
 shall no longer continue a member of the Grand 
 Lodge ; nor can he regain the right of member- 
 ship of the Grand Lodge as a Past Master, 
 until he has again duly served the office of 
 Master of such a Lodge. 
 
 re;t of the present and past Grand Officers of the Grand 
 Ledge, and by the present and past Masters of Lodges, and all 
 other members should be styled or designated as "Brother" only.
 
 22 GRAND LODGE. 
 
 G?iid^*° 10. A visitor can only attend the Grand 
 
 Lodge. Lodge by permission of the Grand Master, and 
 
 if admitted he shall not speak to any question 
 
 without leave of the Grand Master ; nor shall 
 
 he, on any occasion, be permitted to vote. 
 
 Regular -n^ Four Grand Lodges shall be holden in 
 
 mee mgs. London, for quarterly communication, in each 
 year, viz., on the first Wednesday in the 
 months of March, June, September, and De- 
 cember, 
 
 Special^ f2. The Grand Master, or, m his absence, 
 
 mee ings. ^-^q Pj-q Grand Master, or, in his absence, the 
 Deputy Grand Master, or, in his absence, the 
 two Grand Wardens, may summon special Grand 
 Lodges whenever the good of the Craft shall, in 
 their opinion, require it, the particular reason 
 for convening such special Grand Lodge shall be 
 expressed in the summons, and no other business 
 shall be entered upon at that meeting. 
 
 Grand _ 13. There shall be a Grand Masonic Festival 
 
 annually, on the Wednesday next follov^-ing 
 St. George's Day, to which all regular Masons 
 who shall provide themselves with tickets 
 from the Grand Stewards of the year shall be 
 admitted ; the price of such ticket not to exceed 
 one guinea. 
 
 Festival.
 
 GRAND LODGE. 2J 
 
 14. The Grand Master shall, according to Grand 
 antient usage, be nominated at the Grand ^^^ster. 
 Lodge in December in every year, and at the xon~^jQjj^ 
 ensuing Grand Lodge in March the election election, and 
 shall take place. The Grand :Master, so elected, installation, 
 shall be regularly installed on the day of the 
 Grand ^Masonic Festival. 
 
 15. The Grand Master, if a Prince of the Pro Grand 
 Blood Royal, may appoint a Pro Grand Master, Master, 
 who shall be a Peer of the Realm, 
 
 16. Should the Grand Master die or resign proceedings 
 during his mastership, the Pro Grand Master, or, on the death 
 in his absence, the Deputy Grand Master, or, in ^{aster? 
 his absence, the Grand Wardens, shall summon * 
 the Grand Lodge immediately, to record the 
 event ; which Grand Lodge shall, if there be no 
 Pro Grand Master, appoint three of its members 
 to invite the last preceding Grand Master to 
 act until a new election take place ; should he 
 decHne or be unable to act, then the last but 
 one, and so on. 
 
 If there be a Pro Grand Master at the time 
 when a vacancy occurs, he shall forthwith act 
 as Grand Master until a new election at the 
 usual period, but if there be no Pro Grand
 
 24 
 
 GRAND LODGE, 
 
 Master or Past Grand Master willing to act, 
 then the Grand Wardens shall fix a day for the 
 Grand Lodge being snmmoned to elect a Grand 
 Master for the remainder of the year. 
 
 17. If the Grand Master should abuse his 
 power, and render himself unworthy of the 
 obedience of the Lodges, he shall be subjected 
 to some new regulation, to be dictated by the 
 occasion ; because, hitherto, the Antient Frater- 
 nity have had no reason to provide for an 
 event which they have presumed would never 
 happen. 
 
 18. Upon the annual installation of the 
 Grand Master he shall appoint the following 
 Grand Officers, who are thereupon to be in- 
 stalled or invested in antient form : — 
 
 Pro Grand Master (see 15), 
 
 Deputy Grand Master, 
 
 Two Grand Wardens. 
 
 Two Grand Chaplains.: 
 
 Grand Registrar. 
 
 Deputy Grand Registrar. 
 
 Twelve Grand Deacons. 
 
 Two Assistant Grand Chaplains. 
 
 Two Assistant Grand Registrars. 
 
 Grand Superintendent of Worko.- 
 
 Two Assistant Grand Superintendents of Works. 
 
 Grand Director of Ceremonies.
 
 GRAND LODGE. 25 
 
 Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies. 
 
 Six Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies, 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 Deputy Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 Two Assistant Grand Sword Bearers. 
 
 Two Grand Standard Bearers. 
 
 Two Assistant Grand Standard Bearers. 
 
 3rand Organist. 
 
 Deputy Grand Organist. 
 
 Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 Three Assistant Grand Pursuivants. 
 
 He may also appoint an Assistant Grand 
 Secretary and an Assistant Grand Secretary 
 for German Correspondence. 
 
 The Grand Registrar must be an actual 
 Master or Past Master of a Lodge. 
 
 19. The Grand Treasurer shall be nominated ^'^^^^ 
 at the Grand Lodge in September from those eiecteTS 
 members of Grand Lodge who have not already March, 
 held Grand Office*, and be elected at the Grand 
 Lodge in March. Should there be more than 
 one nomination for the office, voting papers 
 shall, within three weeks after the nomination, 
 be sent to the Secretary of every private Lodge, 
 who shall, immediately on receipt thereof, give 
 
 * It is acknowledged that the holding or having held the 
 office of Grand Steward is no disqualification to holding the 
 tffice of Grand Treasurer. 
 
 C
 
 25 A GRAND LODGE.. 
 
 or send one voting paper to each member of his 
 Lodge who is a member of Grand Lodge. Such 
 paper shall contain the names, ages, addresses, 
 and occupations of all the nominated candidates, 
 together with the names, numbers, and location 
 of the several Lodges to which they belong, and 
 full particulars of their services in Freemasonry. 
 The voting paper shall also contain a declaration 
 that the voter has not already voted at the 
 same election, and shall give directions as to 
 how the voting paper is to be marked. This 
 paper, when signed by the Brother entitled to 
 vote, shall be returned by him direct to the 
 Grand Secretary, so as to reach that officer not 
 later than the 15 th day of February, 
 
 19a. Three Scrutineers shall be appointed by 
 the Grand blaster, and three other Scrutineers 
 shall be elected by the General Committee 
 previously to the Grand Lodge in March. The 
 Grand Secretary shall deliver the whole of the 
 voting papers to the Scrutineers, who shall, with 
 such clerical assistance as may be necessary, 
 ascertain the numbers for the respective can* 
 didates, and make a correct report thereof in 
 a sealed envelope to be deUvered to the Grand 
 Master or Presiding Officer at the Grand 
 Lodge in March, when the result of such 
 election shall be declared by hirtr without any
 
 GRAND LODGE, 25B 
 
 further proposition or seconding. In the event 
 of an equality of votes the Grand Master or 
 other Presiding Officer shall have a casting or 
 deciding vote. The Scrutineers, previous to 
 entering upon their duties, shall solemnly 
 pledge themselves to make a correct report 
 under their hands of the result of the voting, 
 and not to disclose anything pertaining thereto 
 until after the Grand blaster or Presiding 
 Otiicer has declared the result in Grand Lodge. 
 Should the Scrutineers find that any member 
 has sent in more than one voting paper, all 
 such papers shall be put aside and not counted, 
 and a special report in respect thereof shall be 
 made to the Grand Master. 
 
 20. The President of the Board of General President 
 Purposes shall be annually appointed and in- °^ B°^/^ 
 vested by the Grand Master at the Grand ^'j^ef 
 Lodge in June, 
 
 21. The Grand Secretary shall be appointed Grand Sec- 
 • the Grand Master, as a vacancy 
 d shall continue \\-ithout re-appc 
 during the pleasure of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 I V the Grand Master, as a vacancv occurs, l^^\^l^\^^ 
 
 , , ,, . -.1 . ' • . pointed cu 
 
 and shall contmue \\ithout re-appomtment a vacancy. 
 
 c 2
 
 26 
 
 GRAND LODGE? 
 
 President 21a. The President of the Board of Benevo- 
 
 Boaxd of ^ence shall be annually appointed and invested 
 Benevolence by the Grand Master at the Grand Lodge in 
 appointed in December. 
 December. 
 
 Grand Tyler 22. The Grand Tyler shall be a Master Mason, 
 appoin e -^^ ^^^^-^ ^^ appointed by the Grand Master, as 
 vacancy, a vacancy occurs, and shall continue in office 
 during the pleasure of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 No Brother 23. No Brother shall hold more than one 
 thaL onr°'^ office in the Grand Lodge at one and the same 
 office. time. 
 
 Removal of 
 
 Grand 
 
 Of&cers. 
 
 24. Should the Grand Master be dissatisfied 
 with the conduct of any of his Grand Officers, 
 he may submit the cause of complaint to the 
 Grand Lodge ; and should it appear to the ma- 
 jority of the Brethren present that the complaint 
 is well founded, he may displace such Grand 
 Officer and appoint another. But no Grand 
 Officer can be removed without the approbation 
 of the Grand Lodge, 
 
 Powers and 
 duties of 
 Grand 
 Officers. 
 
 Deputy 
 
 Grand 
 
 ..laster. 
 
 25. The Deputy Grand Master, in the 
 absence of the Grand Master and Pro Grand 
 Master, shall possess all the powers and pnvi- 
 ieges of the Grand Master.
 
 GRAND LODGE, 27 
 
 26. When the Grand Wardens are in the Grand 
 Grand Lodge no others can supply their places. Wardens. 
 but in their absence the Past Grand Wardens 
 present shall act in the order of seniority. If 
 ii.j Past Grand Warden be present, the Grand 
 Master may direct any other Past Grand Officer 
 ■ r member of the Grand Lodge to act as Grand 
 Warden for that occasion. 
 
 27. The Grand Wardens, whenever com- To attend 
 manded, are to attend the Grand Master, the S|s?er!^'^ 
 Pro Grand ?kIastor, or the Deputy Grand " 
 Master, and while he presides in any Lodge are 
 
 to act there as his Wardens, 
 
 28. The Grand Chaplains shall attend the Grand 
 quarterly communications and other meetings 
 
 of the Grand Lodge, and there offer up solemn 
 prayer, suitable to the occasion, as established 
 In' the usage of the Fraternity, 
 
 29. The Grand Treasurer shall sign cheques, Grand 
 which must be countersigned by the Grand Treasurer. 
 Secretary, for all moneys duly voted by the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 30. All moneys belonging to the Grand Money and 
 Lodge shall be deposited in the Bank of England Grand" 
 
 Lodge.
 
 28 
 
 GRAND LODGE, 
 
 in the names of the Grand or Pro Grand Master, 
 the Deputy Grand Master, and the Grand 
 Treasurer. The accounts shall be annually 
 audited by a professional Auditor, who shall be 
 a Master Mason, elected annually in June by 
 the Grand Lodge, and these accounts when 
 audited shall be presented to the Grand Lodge 
 at the quarterly communication in Maich. 
 
 Grand 31, The Grand Registrar shall have the 
 
 Registrar. cug^ody of the seals of the Grand Lodge, and 
 Custody of shall affix, or may authorise the Grand 
 the seals. Secretary to affix, the same to all patents, 
 warrants, certificates, and other documents 
 issued by the authority of the Grand Lodge, 
 as well as to such as the Grand Master, in 
 conformity \\dth the estabhshed laws and regu- 
 lations of the Craft, may direct. 
 
 Care of the 32. He shall superintend the records of the 
 records. Grand Lodge, and take care that the several 
 documents issued be in due form. 
 
 Grand 33. The Grand Secretary's duty is to issue 
 
 Secretary. summonses for all meetings of the Grand Lodge, 
 its Boards and Committees, and to attend and 
 take minutes of their proceedings, to receive 
 the returns from the several Lodges, and enter 
 them in the books of the Grand Lodge, to
 
 GRAND LODGE, 29 
 
 receive the fees and contributions payable by 
 Lodges or Brethren to the Fund of Benevolence, 
 ■le Fund of General Purposes or the Building 
 and, and pay or cause the same to be paid to 
 le account of the Grand Lodge at the Bank of 
 I-ugland ; to transmit to all the Lodges the 
 accounts of the proceedings of all the quarterly 
 communications, and all other papers and docu- 
 meets which may be ordered, either by the Grand 
 Master or the Grand Lodge ; to receive all 
 petitions, memorials, &c., and to lay them before 
 the Grand Master or other proper authority ; to 
 attend the Grand Master, and take to him any 
 books and papers he may direct ; and generally 
 to do all such things as heretofore have been 
 done or ought to be done by a Grand Secretary. 
 He may, under the authority of the Grand 
 Registrar, afhx the seals of the Grand Lodge 
 to such patents, warrants, certificates, and 
 other documents, as shall be specified in any 
 such authority, 
 
 34. The clerks in the Grand Secretary's His clerks, 
 ofiice must be Master ■Masons, but are not, by 
 the appointment, members of the Grand Lodge'; 
 and therefore, if not otherwise quahfied, cannot 
 attend therein without leave, or speak therein 
 without special permission. But if any clerk be
 
 30 GRAND LODGE^ 
 
 in any capacity a member of the Grand Lodge, 
 he is not, by his appointment, deprived of his 
 rights or privileges. 
 
 Grand 35. The Grand Superintendent of "Works is 
 
 denrS^^^' to advise with the Board of General Purposes 
 VVorks. on all building plans or works projected or 
 
 undertaken by the Grand Lodge, and furnish 
 estimates ; he is to superintend their construc- 
 tion, and see that they are conformable to the 
 plans as approved. He is, at the January meet- 
 ing of the Board of General Purposes in every 
 year, to report on the state of repair of the 
 edifices of the Grand Lodge, and make such 
 further reports from time to time as he may 
 deem expedient. 
 
 Grand 36. The Grand Director of Ceremonies shall 
 
 Director of have the arrangement and direction of all pro- 
 
 teremonies. ^gggiQ^g g^^^j ceremonies of the Grand Lodge 
 
 and the care of the regalia, clothing, insignia, 
 
 and jewels belonging to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Grand 37. The Grand Pursuivant is to preside over 
 
 Pursuivant, the Brethren nominated to attend within the 
 porch of the Grand Lodge. He is at every 
 meeting of the Crrand Lodge to preserve order 
 in the porch, and with the assistance of the 
 Bretluren nominated to attend there, to see
 
 GRAND LODGE. 31 
 
 hat none be admitted except those who are 
 -lalified, have their proper clothing and jewels, 
 ave signed their names to the accustomed 
 ipers, and are in all respects entitled to 
 
 tlmission. 
 
 38. The Grand Tyler is to receive from Grand 
 ':ie Grand Secretary the summonses for all "^y^^^- 
 leetings of the Grand Lodge, its Boards and 
 
 immittees, and carefully deliver or post the 
 -ime. He is to attend all such meetings, 
 assist in the arrangements, and see that none 
 be admitted but those properly entitled, 
 
 39. Nineteen Grand Stewards shall be an- Grand 
 nually appointed, for the regulation of the Stewards. 
 Grand Festival, under the directions of the Appoint- 
 Grand Master. They shall also assist in con- men t and 
 ducting the arrangements made for the quarterly *^^^^^=- 
 communications and other meetings of the 
 Grand Lodge, 
 
 40. The Grand Stewards shall be appointed f°^^^l 
 from nineteen different Lodges, each of which meat, 
 shall recommend one of its subscribing members, 
 
 who must be a blaster Mason, to be presented 
 by the former Grand Steward of that Lodge, 
 for the approbation and appointment of the 
 Grand Master ; and who, when so approved and
 
 32 
 
 GRAND LODGEj 
 
 appointed, shall be entitled to wear the clothing 
 of a Grand Steward, 
 
 Time oi 
 recom- 
 mendation. 
 
 41. The name and residence of the Brothei 
 recommended as Grand Steward shall be trans- 
 mitted by his Lodge to the Grand Secretary, 
 fourteen days at least previously to the Grand 
 Festivali 
 
 Qualifica- 42. No Brother shall be ehgible as a Grand 
 
 tion. Steward unless he was initiated in the Lodge 
 
 by which he is recommended, or has been twelve 
 months a subscribing member to it. 
 
 Grand 43. The Grand Stewards shall so regulate the 
 
 fegXte'the ^^'^"^ Festival that no expense fall on _ the 
 Grand Grand Lodge, and they are strictly enjoined 
 
 Festival. not to permit any refreshment to be introduced 
 
 into the Hall after the Grand Master or other 
 
 presiding Officer has departed. 
 
 expenses 
 of Grand 
 Stewards. 
 
 Lodges not 44. No Lodge shall, under the penalty of 
 to subscribe forfeiting the privilege of recommendation, sub- 
 scribe or in any manner contiibute towards the 
 expense to be incurred by any Grand Steward 
 in the discharge of his duties ; and any Grand 
 Steward who shall accept of moneys towards 
 such expense, or shall neglect to pay his pro 
 portion of the necessary expenses, shall forfeit
 
 GRAND LODGE. 33 
 
 all privilege or distinction acquired in conse- 
 quence of his serving that office, 
 
 45. Should any Brother, recommended as a Declining to 
 Grand Steward, decline the office or be incapable serve. 
 
 of discharging the duties thereof, the Lodge 
 wliich recommended him shall, when informed 
 of the circumstance, transmit the name of 
 another Brother to supply his place. 
 
 46. If any Lodge possessing the privilege of Forfeiture 
 recommendation shall neglect to send to the oi privilege 
 Grand Secretary the name of one of its mem- ^g^dation 
 bers, or to supply the place of one who shall 
 decline the ofhce or become incapable of dis- 
 charging the duties thereof, as required by the 
 preceding articles, the Lodge shall forfeit its 
 privilege, and the Grand Master shall nominate 
 
 some other Lodge to have §uch privilege in 
 future. 
 
 47. The Grand Stewards shall have the Privilege of 
 exclusive privilege of becoming members of the membership 
 Grand Stewards' Lodge, subject to its by-laws steuSiS' 
 and regulations, ' Lodge. 
 
 48. Such Past Grand Stewards, as are mem- Past Grand 
 bers of the Grand Lodge, shall have set apart Stewards' 
 
 place in
 
 34 
 
 GRAND LODGE, 
 
 Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 for them the front benches on each side in the 
 body of the Hall, 
 
 Business 
 of Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 49. All business to be brought under the 
 consideration of the Grand Lodge must be 
 
 previously communicated to a General Com- 
 
 Preparatory mat tee, which shall consist of the President of 
 business. the Board of Benevolence, who, if present, shall 
 The General act as Chairman, the present and past Grand 
 Committee. Oflicers, and the Master of every regular Lodge, 
 and meet on the fourteenth day immediately 
 preceding each quarterly communication. 
 
 Substituted 
 member of 
 tne Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 50. If the Master of any Lodge cannot 
 attend the General Committee, the Immediate 
 Past Master may supply his place ; should that 
 Brother be unable to attend, any other Past 
 Master of such Lodge may act for him, but in 
 every case the Past Master must be a sub- 
 scribing member of that Lodge, 
 
 ^ . , 51. At this meeting all reports and represen- 
 given^of°all^ tations from the Grand Master, or the Board of 
 motions, &c. General Purposes, or any Board or Committee 
 appointed by the Grand Lodge, shall be read ; 
 and Siny member of the Grand Lodge intending 
 to make motion therein, or to submit any 
 matter to its consideration, shall, at such
 
 GRAND LODGEi 35 
 
 General Committee, or by notice previously 
 given or sent to the Grand Secretary, state, in 
 writing, the nature of such intended motion or 
 matter, that notice thereof may be printed on 
 the paper of business. 
 
 52. No motion, or other matter, shall be ^"o other 
 brought into discussion in the Grand Lodge, J^^^dSf ^° 
 unless it shall have been previouslv communi- cussed, 
 cated to the General Committee, but it shall be 
 competent for any member of the Grand Lodge 
 to move, wdthout pre\dous notice being given, 
 the adoption or otherwise of any report or 
 recommendation contained in such report, of 
 any Board or Committee appointed, either by 
 the Grand Lodge or by the Grand Lodge and 
 Grand Master conjointly. 
 
 53. The General -Committee shall direct that Power to 
 any notice of motion which, in its judgment, is f^J^*^^ notice 
 scandalous, irregular, or not within the cogni- committee, 
 zance of the Grand Lodge, shall be omitted 
 from the list of business to be brought before 
 the Grand Lodge, and, in such case, the Chair- 
 man is specially to report the same, \\ith a 
 copy of the notice, to the Grand Master ; the 
 member who gave notice of the motion shall 
 also be informed thereof before the meeting of 
 tne Grand Lodse.
 
 36 GRAND LODGE. 
 
 Nomina- 54,^ w\ nominations for Boards or Com- 
 
 l3oards°'' mittees must be given to the General Com- 
 mittee in writing, signed by a member of the 
 Grand Lodge, and stating the Masonic rank of 
 every proposed candidate, and whether a Master 
 or a Past Master at the time of his nomination, 
 together with the name and number of his 
 Lodge, and in the case of a Master, adding also 
 the date of his installation. 
 
 Precedence 55. Notices of motion shall be set down for 
 cf motions, consideration in the order in which they were 
 given, and, if renewed at the General Com- 
 mittee, shall stand on the paper of business in 
 precedence of all subsequent notices, and shall, 
 so long as renewed, maintain such precedence 
 until they have been considered by the Grand 
 Lodge, or otherwise disposed of. 
 
 Pipers of 56. The printed report of the proceedings 
 
 whom?°nt °^ ^^^ '^^^ Grand Lodge, and a printed copy of 
 the notices of motion for the ensuing Grand 
 Lodge, with the names of all candidates nomi- 
 nated for any Board or Committee, shall be 
 sent to all present and past Grand Officers, 
 Deputy Provincial Grand Masters, Provincial 
 Grand' Secretaries, and Masters of Lodges in 
 England, the same to be forwarded to the ad- 
 dresses of the Secretaries of Lodges, the packet 
 to be marked "To be forwarded," and to the
 
 GRAND LODGE. Z7 
 
 members of the Board of General Purposes 
 at least ten days before each quarterly com- 
 munication. 
 
 57. All members of the Grand Lodge may To other 
 have such papers of business and notices of ^^y^SiS? o? 
 special Grand Lodge meetings, together with 5s. aanuaUy. 
 all reports of the quarterly communications 
 forwarded to them by post on registering their 
 addresses and paying a fee of five shillings per 
 
 annum m advance. 
 
 58. A paper of the business to be transacted To be given 
 in the Grand Lodge shall be placed in the hands member on 
 of each member on his entrance into the Hall. his entrance. 
 
 59. At the General Committee, eight Masters Brethren ap- 
 or Past Masters of Lodg2S shall be nominated, ^JJ^^^ttj^^ 
 who shall attend, within the porch of the Grand porch. 
 Lodge, at the subsequent quarterly communica- 
 tion for the purpose of assisting the Grand 
 Pursuivant in the discharge of his duties (17). 
 
 In addition to the eight Brethren so nominated, 
 f3ur Grand Stewards of the year shall also be 
 summoned to attend for the same purpose in 
 rotation, according to the numbers of the 
 Lodges which thev represent. The Grand 
 Master shall nominate eight Brethren to attend 
 in the porch of the Grand Lodge, for the purpose 
 of assisting the Grand Pursuivaat oa ttie day
 
 38 
 
 GRAND LODGE; 
 
 of the Grand Festival, and also on any special 
 meeting of the Grand Lodge, 
 
 Proceedings 60. If, at any meeting of the Grand Lodge, 
 LodgT"^ the Grand Master be absent, the Grand Lodge 
 —1- shall be ruled by the member of the Grand 
 Absence of Lodge present who shall be senior in rank, 
 MasSrf^^ according to the table of precedence herein 
 contained. 
 
 Opening of 
 
 Grand 
 
 Lodge. 
 
 61. The Grand Lodge is declared tc be 
 opened in ample form when the Grand Master 
 or Pro Grand Master is present, in due form 
 when a Past Grand Master or the Deputy 
 presides, at all other times, only in form, yet 
 with the same authority. 
 
 Reading the 32. The Grand Lodge being opened, the 
 minutes. minutes of the last quarterly communication, 
 and of any intervening Grand Lodge, are to be 
 read and respectively put for confirmation : but 
 reports, communications, or documents, approved 
 or rejected at any previous meeting, shall not 
 be read in extenso, unless called for by a Brother 
 with a view to founding a motion thereon. 
 
 Ccmmuni- 63. All communications from the Grand 
 
 re'orte^'^ Master, and reports from the Board of Bene
 
 GRAND LODGE, 39 
 
 volence and other Boards or Committees, are 
 then to be read and taken into consideration 
 and the other business to be regularly pro 
 ceeded with. 
 
 64. No memorial, petition, or other docu- Memorials 
 ment shall be presented to the Grand Lodge, and peti- 
 which shall contain improper matter, or often- '^°^" 
 siv3 or indecorous language, 
 
 65. If it shall appear to the Grand Master irregular 
 that any proposed resolution contains anything propositions, 
 contrary to the antient Landmarks of the Order, 
 
 he may refuse to permit the same to be dis- 
 cussed, 
 
 66. At the third stroke of the Grand Mas- Silence 
 ter's gavel, or whenever the Grand Master shall *u^^ . j 
 call to order, there shall be general silence, 
 
 67. All members shall keep their seats. Members to 
 except the Grand Deacons, Grand Director of l^^ep their 
 Ceremonies, his Deputy, and his Assistants, ~^ ' 
 and the Grand Stewards, who are allowed to 
 
 move about in the discharge of their duties, 
 
 68. Whenever a ballot is to be taken for Distrib-.tioa 
 a member or members of any Board or Com- and coUec- 
 taittee, the balloting papers shall be distributed Noting 
 
 D papCiS.
 
 40 GRAND LODGEs 
 
 under the superintendence of the Grand Direc- 
 tor of Ceremonies immediately after the opening 
 of the Grand Lodge, and the Brethren shall 
 keep their seats until the balloting papers are 
 collected. 
 
 No member 69. The mover of an original resolution shall 
 t^ice?^ have the right of reply, but no other Brother 
 shall speak twice to the same question, unless 
 in explanation. This rule does not apply to the 
 Grand Registrar, who is the adviser of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 To stand 70. Ever\' one %vho speaks shall rise and 
 
 ^■^'^^. ^ remain standing, addressing himself to the 
 ^c. ^' Grand Master, and he shall not be interrupted, 
 unless any Brother shall address the Grand 
 Master on a point of order, or the Grand Master 
 shall himself think fit to call the speaker to 
 order, but after he has been set right, he may 
 proceed if he observe due order and decorum. 
 
 Transgress- 71. If any member shall have been twice 
 ing the called to order for transgressing these rules, 
 
 and shall nevertheless be guilty of a third 
 offence at the same meeting, the Grand Master 
 shall peremptorily command him to quit the 
 Grand Lodge for that meeting.
 
 GRAND LODGE, 4I 
 
 72. Whoever shall be so unmasonic as to Hissing 
 hiss at a Brother, or at what he has said, shall prohibited. 
 forthwith be solemnly excluded, and declared 
 incapable of being a member of the Grand 
 Lodge, until, at another time, he publicly o\yn 
 
 his fault, and grace be granted. 
 
 73. No motion for the erasure of a Lodge, or Tvlotions for 
 the expulsion of a Brother shall be made, gSScnl 
 unless the Master and \\ ardens of the Lodge, 
 
 or the Brother incriminated, shall have been 
 first summoned, to answer the complaint in 
 person in the Grand Lodge, or to make answer 
 in writing as they or he may desire. 
 
 74. No resolution for a grant of money For grant* 
 (except sums recommended by the Board of of money 
 Benevolence), or for a new law or regulation, or °[o^^^^Ke 
 for the alteration or repeal of an old one, shall law. 
 become valid unless confirmed at the next 
 ensuing quarterly communication, provided that 
 
 no motion for the non-confirmation of any such 
 resolution shall be entertained by Grand Lodge, 
 unless notice thereof shall have been given in 
 conformity with Rule 51, and printed on the 
 paper of business. 
 
 75. All matters are to be decided by a Voting, 
 majority of votes, each member having one vote, 
 
 and the Grand Master £ second or casting vote, 
 
 D 3
 
 42 
 
 PROVI^XIAL AND 
 
 unless the Grand Lodge think proper to leave 
 any particular subject to the determination of 
 the Grand Master. Except in elections by ballot 
 or voting papers the votes of the members are 
 to be signified by each holding up one Land, 
 and the motion is then to be declared carried 
 or lost ; but if two members demand that the 
 votes be counted, and such demand appear 
 reasonable to the Grand Master, the counting 
 shall be conducted under the direction of the 
 Grand Director of the Ceremonies. 
 
 Termina- 76. No motion on a new subject shall be 
 
 business niade or any new matter entered upon after 
 
 ten o'clock at night. 
 
 London 
 Rank. 
 
 76a. The Grand Master may confer on Past. 
 Masters of London Lodges, to the number of one 
 for each Lodge in the year 1908, and not 
 exceeding one hundred and fifty in all in any 
 one year thereafter, the right to wear during the 
 Grand Master's pleasure a distinctive jewel, 
 collar and apron, with the designation of 
 "London Rank." Such rank shall be equivalent 
 to Provincial or District Grand Rank in Pro- 
 vincial or District Grand Lodges ; and the 
 provisions of Rule 96 shall apply to the holders 
 of such London rank, so that they do not by 
 such holding take any rank out of the London 
 area as defined in Rule 153. They shall be.
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES, 43 
 
 however, entitled to wear their jewels and 
 cl 'thing, as holders of London rank, in all 
 -Masonic meetinfjs. 
 
 PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT 
 GRAND LODGES. 
 
 77. Pro\incial Grand Lodges emanate from Origin and 
 the Provincial Grand Masters by virtue of conditions 
 the authoritv vested in them by their patents of °f p^ovLn-^^ 
 appointment from the Grand Master. It there- cial Grand 
 fore follows that Provincial Grand Lodges Ledges. 
 possess no other powers than those specified in 
 
 these laws and regulations, and cannot meet 
 but by the sanction of the Provincial Grand 
 IMaster or his Deputy.; 
 
 78. In Colonies and foreign parts the terms District 
 District Grand Master and District Grand Lodge Grand 
 are used to distinguish such Officers and Lodges lodges, 
 from Provincial Grand Masters and Provincial 
 Grand Lodges in England.; 
 
 79. On the death, resignation, suspension, condition 
 or removal of the Provincial Grand Master, his on the 
 Deputy shall perform all the functions of Pro- ^eath of a 
 vincial Grand Master, until a Brother is dulv crand^'^' 
 appointed Provincial Grand Master, but such Master. 
 Deputy shall not thereby acquire the right to 
 
 anv additional rank.
 
 44 
 
 PROVINCIAL AND 
 
 Condition 
 on death of 
 District 
 Grand 
 Master. 
 
 80. In the event of the death, resignation, 
 removal, or suspension of a District Grand 
 Master, the District Grand Lodge shall continue 
 to exercise its functions ; and the Deputy Dis- 
 trict Grand Master, if there be one, and if not, 
 or in the event of his being absent from the 
 District, and until his return, the District 
 Grand Officer or Past District Grand Officer 
 next in rank then in the District, shall assume 
 and exercise the functions of District Grand 
 Master until another District Grand Master 
 shall have received his patent of appointment 
 from the Grand Master, and shall have notified 
 the same to the District Grand Secretary. The 
 Brother so exercising the functions of a District 
 Grand Master shall not assume that title : nor 
 shall he, after having so acted, be entitled to 
 rank as a past District Grand Master, or to wear 
 the Masonic clothing belonging to that office. 
 
 Members of 
 Provincial 
 or District 
 Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 81. A Pro\^ncial or District Grand Lodge 
 consists of the Provincial or District Grand 
 Master, the present and past Provincial or 
 District Grand Officers, the Provincial or Dis- 
 trict Grand Stewards for the year, the Master, 
 Past Masters and Wardens of all Lodges in the 
 Province or District, and Past Masters of any 
 Lodge under the English Constitution, if mem- 
 bers of Grand Lodge ; but no Brother can be a 
 member of a Provincial or District (^l^rand Lodge
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES, 45 
 
 unless he is a subscribing member of a Lodge 
 within such Province or District, 
 
 82. The appointment of Provincial or Dis- Appoint- 
 trict Grand Master is a prerogative of the Grand ment of 
 ^Master, by whom a patent may be granted, o/Distict 
 during pleasure, to anv Brother of eminence Grand 
 and abihty in the Craft whom he may think Master, 
 worthy of the appointment. By this patent the 
 Brother is invested A\ith a rank and power in 
 
 his particular Province or District, similar to 
 those possessed by the Grand Master. He 
 shall be installed at the first Provincial or Dis- 
 trict Grand Lodge which he may hold after his 
 appointment, and until such installation he shall 
 not be qualified to perform any of the functions 
 of his ofhce except that of summoning the Pro- 
 vincial or District Grand Lodge to meet for the 
 purposes of his installation. 
 
 83. A Provincial Grand Master must have His qualifi- 
 served for the full period of five years, and a cation for 
 District Grand ^Master for the full period of ^^^ ^^ ' 
 three years, from the date of his Installation, 
 
 to entitle him to past rank, 
 
 84. To ensure the regular performance of May appoint 
 the duties of his office, and to prevent incon- ^ Deputy, 
 venience arising from the neglect of them, the 
 Provincial or District Grand Master may appoint 
 
 a Deputy to execute all the functions of the
 
 46 
 
 PROVINCIAL AND 
 
 Notice of 
 appoint- 
 ment. 
 
 Must be 
 a Past 
 Master. 
 
 Pow2r to 
 
 appoint 
 
 Provincial 
 
 or District 
 
 Grand 
 
 Of&cers. 
 
 office in his name, and may, for this purpose, 
 invest him by patent under his hand and seal, 
 "^dth all the requisite powers, during pleasure. 
 
 85. The Provincial or District Grand Master 
 must transmit, in writing, the name and place 
 of abode of his Deputy, to all the Lodges of his 
 Province or District,' and also to the Grand 
 Secretary, for Registration, within one month 
 of the appointment. 
 
 86. The Deputy Provincial or District Grand 
 Master must have previously served the office 
 of Master in a regular Lodge. 
 
 87. The Provincial or District Grand Master 
 is empowered to appoint for his Province or 
 District the following Provincial or District 
 Grand Officers and no others ; nor can he confer 
 on any Brother the rank of a Past Provincial 
 or District Grand Officer, unless speciahy em- 
 powered to do so by the Grand Master. A 
 District Grand Master if a Prince of the Blood' 
 Royal may appoint a Pro District Grand Master 
 to rank immediately before the Deputy District 
 Grand Master : — 
 
 A^ Deputy Provincial or District Grand Master, 
 Two Provincial or District Grand Wardens. 
 Two Provincial or District Grand Chaplains. 
 A Provincial or District Grand Registrar. 
 A Provincial or District Grand Secretary,
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES. 47 
 
 Two Pro\'incial or District Grand Deacons. 
 
 A Provincial or District Grand Superintendent 
 
 of Works. 
 A Provincial or District Grand Director of 
 
 Ceremonies. 
 A Provincial or District Assistant Grand 
 
 Director of Ceremonies. 
 A Provincial or District Grand Sword Bearer. 
 Two Provincial or District Grand Standard 
 
 Bearers. 
 A Provincial or District Grand Or^^anist. 
 A Pro\dncial or District Assistant Grand 
 
 Secretary. 
 A Provincial'or District Grand Pursuivant. 
 A Provincial or District Assistant Grand 
 
 Pursuivant. 
 'A Provincial or District Grand Tyler. 
 Also Provincial or District Grand Stewards not 
 
 exceeding six in number. 
 
 In addition to the above a District Grand 
 Master is empowered to appoint a President of 
 the District Board of General Purposes, who 
 shall rank next to the District Grand Registrar. 
 
 These Provincial or District Grand Officers 
 are to be annually appointed, except the Deputy 
 Pro\'incial or District Grand Master, and, 
 together with the Principal or District Grand 
 Treasurer, are to be invested in the Provincial 
 ,or District Grand Lodge.
 
 ments. 
 
 48 PROVINCIAL AND 
 
 Additional 88. In Provinces and Districts numbering 
 
 appoint- thirty Lodges and upwards, the Provincial and 
 District Grand Masters are empowered to 
 appoint annually four Provincial or District 
 Grand Deacons instead of two, and also a Pro- 
 vincial or District Deputy Grand Director of 
 Ceremonies. 
 
 In Provinces and Districts numbering 40 
 Lodges and upwards, the Provincial or District 
 Grand Masters are empowered to appoint 
 annually --' Six Provincial or District Grand 
 Deacons," a -" Provincial or District Deputy 
 Grand Director of Ceremonies," and -* Four 
 Provincial or District Assistant Grand Directors 
 of Ceremonies." 
 
 In Provinces and Districts numbering 70 
 Lodges and upwards the Provincial or Dis- 
 trict Grand Masters are empowered to appoint 
 annually -- Eight Provincial or District Grand 
 Deacons," a " Provincial or District Deputy 
 Grand Director of Ceremonies," " Five Pro- 
 vincial or District Assistant Grand Directors of 
 Ceremonies." and a " Provincial or District 
 Deputy Grand Sword Bearer." 
 
 In Provinces and Districts numbering 100 
 Lodges and upwards the Provincial or Dis- 
 trict Grand Masters are empowered to appoint 
 a -' Provincial or District Deputy Grand 
 Registrar," to take rank immediately after
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGESj 49 
 
 the Provincial or District Grand Registrar, 
 "Eight Provincial or District Grand Deacons." 
 a " Provincial or District Assistant Grand 
 Chaplain" to take rank immediately after the 
 Provincial or District Grand Deacons, a " Pro- 
 vincial or District Assistant Grand Superin- 
 tendent of Works," a " Provincial or District 
 Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies," 
 " Five Provincial or District Assistant Grand 
 Directors of Ceremonies," a " Provincial or 
 District Deputy Grand Sword Bearer," and a 
 "Provincial or District Assistant Grand Sword 
 Bearer." 
 
 89. The Provincial or District Grand Officers Dispensa- , 
 must all be resident within the Province or Je5idence!°^* 
 District, unless the Grand Master grant a dis- 
 pensation for non-residence. 
 
 90. No Brother can be appointed a Pro Qualificatioa 
 vincial or District Grand Warden unless he be ^'^'^ °^*^^' 
 the Master or Past Master of a Lodge ; nor a 
 Provincial or District Grand Deacon unless he 
 
 be a Warden or Past Warden of a Dodge. 
 
 91. The Provincial or District Grand Master Power to 
 may summon the Officers of any Lodge within ^(^^es^nd 
 his Province or district to attend him, and to Breihreu. 
 produce the warrant, books, papers, and 
 accounts of the Lodge, or he may summon 
 
 any Brother within his Province or District 
 to attend him and produce his certificate. If
 
 50 
 
 PROVINCIAL AND 
 
 To deter- 
 mine com- 
 plaints. 
 
 May 
 suspend. 
 
 Provincial 
 Grand 
 Master 
 cannot erase 
 or expel. 
 
 Responsi- 
 bility for 
 observance 
 of the laws. 
 
 the summons be not complied with, or a suffi- 
 cient reason be not given for non-compUance. a 
 peremptory summons shall be issued ; and in 
 case of contumacy, the Lodge or Brother may 
 be suspended, and the proceeding notified to 
 the Grand Lodge, or the Grand Master. 
 
 92. The Provincial or District Grand Master 
 shall hear and determine all subjects of Masonic 
 complaint or irregularity, respecting Lodges or 
 individual Masons, within his Province or Dis- 
 trict, and may proceed to admonition, fine, or 
 suspension. A minute of such proceedings, 
 stating the offence and the law applicable to it, 
 together with the decision, is to be transmitted 
 to the Grand Master. 
 
 93. The Provincial or District Grand Master 
 has no power to erase a Lodge or Expel a Mason ; 
 when, therefore, the case is of so flagrant a nature 
 as, in his judgment, to require the erasure of a 
 Lodge, or the expulsion of a Brother, he shall 
 make a special report to the Grand Lodge, with 
 his opinion thereon. 
 
 94. The Provincial or District Grand Master, 
 holding his office at the pleasure of the Grand 
 Master, and the power of the Deputy as well as 
 of the Provincial or District Grand Lodge 
 emanating from the authority vested in the 
 Provincial or District Grand Master, he or his 
 Deputy must be responsible that the Provincial
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES. 51 
 
 or District Grand Lodge does not exceed its 
 lawful powers. He is, therefore, to cause 
 correct minutes to be kept of all its proceedings, 
 and to produce them to the Grand Master or 
 the Grand Lodge when required. 
 
 95. The Provincial or District Grand Master To report 
 shall correspond with the Grand Lodge, and fo^Q^S?^ 
 transmit to the Grand Secretary, at or prior Secretary, 
 to the quarterly communication in March, a 
 circumstantial account, in writing, of his pro- 
 ceedings, and of the state of Masonry within 
 
 his Province or District. He is to forward, or 
 cause to be forwarded, to the Grand Master a 
 summary of the minutes of every Provincial or 
 District Grand Lodge within one month of the 
 holding thereof, together with the names of all 
 Brethren appointed to Provincial or District 
 Grand office, the names and numbers of the 
 Lodges to which they belong, and their re- 
 spective residences. 
 
 96. The Deputy Provincial or District ^^d DisSct 
 Grand Master, the Provincial or District Grand Grand^Offi- 
 Wardens, and other Provincial or District cers have 
 Grand Officers do not take any rank out ^° [^J °^' 
 of their Province or District, they are, however, Province or 
 entitled to wear their clothing as Provincial District. 
 or District Grand Officers, or Past Provincial 
 
 or District Grand Officers, in all Masonic 
 meetings.
 
 52 
 
 PROVINCIAL AND 
 
 97. Provincial or District Grand Stewards, 
 while in office, are members of their own 
 Provincial or District Grand Lodges, they do 
 not take any rank out o^ their Provinces or 
 Districts, and when out of office they are no 
 longer members of the Provincial or District 
 Grand Lodge, unless otherwise qualified, they 
 are, however, entitled to wear their clothing as 
 present or past Provincial or District Grand 
 Stewards in all Masonic meetings. 
 
 98. The Provincial Grand Master should 
 hold a Provincial Grand Lodge, in such place 
 within his Province and at such time as may 
 seem to him most convenient, at least once in 
 each year, w^hen there may also be a Masonic 
 Festival. He mav convene special Provincial 
 Grand Lodges whenever, m his judgment, it 
 may be necessary. 
 
 Meetings of 
 District 
 Grand 
 Lcxiges. 
 
 99. District Grand Lodges shall fix stated 
 times for their regular meetings., not exceeding 
 four times in the year ; but the District Grand 
 Master may summon and hold a special District 
 Grand Lodge, whenever, in his judgment, 
 it may be necessary. The particular reason 
 for calhng such special District Grand Lodge 
 shall be expressed in the summons, and no
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES, 53 
 
 other business shall be entered upon at that 
 meeting. 
 
 100. When the Provincial or District Grand Opening of 
 Master presides, the Provincial or District ^ dSSS 
 Grand Lodge is to be declared open in due form, Grand 
 
 If the Deputy or any other Brother preside, in Lodge. 
 foym only. 
 
 101. The Provincial or District Grand Lodge By-laws, 
 has the power of framing by-laws for its ov.-n 
 government, and of making regulations for the 
 guidance of the private Lodges of the Pro- 
 vince or District, provided that none of these 
 
 be contrary to, or inconsistent with, the laws 
 and regulations of the Grand Lodge as laid 
 down in the Book of Constitutions, but such 
 by-laws shall not be valid until submitted to, 
 and approved by, the Grand Master^ 
 
 102. Correct miimtes of the proceedings of Minutes, 
 the Provincial or District Grand Lodge shall be 
 
 kept in a book proper for the purpose, which 
 shall be produced by the Provincial or District 
 Grand Master, for the inspection of the Grand 
 Master of the Grand Lodge whenever required^ 
 
 103. Should the Provincial Grand Master Provbcial 
 desire the opinion 01 his Provincial Grand L^g if 
 
 reaues.ed.
 
 54 
 
 PROVINCIAL AND 
 
 Lodge on the subject of any Masonic complaint 
 cr irregularity within his Province, the Pro- 
 vincial Grand Lodge shall fully enquire into 
 the matter and report thereon to the Provincial 
 Grand Master, with whom alone the final 
 decision remains, unless there shall be an appeal 
 to the Grand Lodge, 
 
 104. Great advantage having been experi- 
 enced from the establishment of a local fund for 
 charitable^ and other Masonic purposes, each 
 Provincial Grand Lodge may direct payments to 
 be made by the Provincial Grand Officers and 
 the Lodges in the Province for this desirable 
 purpose (exclusive of the contributions pay- 
 able to the Grand Lodge). The payments by 
 Lodges shall not exceed the following sums, 
 viz., sixpence per quarter or part of a quarter 
 for every contributing member of a Lodge, five 
 shillings for every person who has been initiated 
 or who has joined from a Lodge not holding 
 under the Grand Lodge, and one shilling for 
 every other member who has joined any Lodge 
 since the last payment. A Provincial Grand 
 Lodge may also direct the payment of the 
 foliowine fees : —
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES, 55 
 
 i Si di 
 
 For registering a new Lodge 220 
 For registering by-laws . . 050 
 For regj-^tering amendments 
 
 of hy-laws 
 
 .ts \ 
 
 This fund cannot be established without the 
 concurrence of at least two-thirds of the mem- 
 bers present in the Provincial Grand Lodge, nor 
 unless each Lodge in the Province shall have 
 had due notice of the meeting, and of the 
 intention to propose the establishment of such 
 fund, nor until the decision shall have been 
 confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Pro- 
 \ incial Grand Lodge, of which meeting due 
 notice shall have been given. If such fund be 
 estabhshed, the mode of contribution by Lodges 
 shall on no pretence be departed from, though 
 the Provincial Grand Lodge may diminish any 
 of the payments, or exact only part of them at 
 their discretion. Thus Provincial Lodges can, 
 m no case, be subjected to annual dues from 
 contributing members exceeding those paid by 
 every Lodge within the London district, while 
 their members will have the advantage 01 a 
 local fund as well as of the general Fund oi 
 Benevolence, 
 
 B
 
 56 PROVINCIAL AND 
 
 The Provincial Grand Lodge may make such 
 regulations as they may deem necessary for the 
 application of this fund^ 
 
 S dieted " ^°^* ^^^ Provincial or District Grand Lodge 
 aanuaily. shall elect a Provincial or District Grand 
 Treasurer annually, by whom a regular account 
 of the receipts and disbursements of this fund 
 shall be kept. These accounts must be pro- 
 duced at the annual Meeting of every Provincial 
 or District Grand Lodge, and audited once in 
 each year, and a copy thereof transmitted to 
 the Lodges within the Province or District, 
 
 poweS'o? 1^6. The Grand Lodge delegates to the 
 
 District District Grand Lodges, meeting under District 
 
 Grand Grand Masters duly authorised and appointed 
 
 Lodges. -^^ ^j^g Grand Master of England, the _ power 
 
 of investigating, regulating, and deciding on 
 
 ail matters relating to Lodges and individual 
 
 Masons within their respective distrfcts, which 
 
 May appoint power they may exercise either of themselves, 
 
 Ccmmittee. or by a Board or Committee of their body.
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES, 17 
 
 107, All powers given by the Book of Powers of 
 Constitutions to the Board of 'General Purposes JJf,_teer^' 
 in cases of Masonic complaint or irregularity, 
 may be exercised by District Grand Lodges, or 
 by such Board or Committee as aforesaid, 
 subject to appeal to Grand Lodge, 
 
 108. The proceedings and decisions of Dis- Must be 
 trict Grand Lodges, and of any Board or Com- f^J^^Q^ti'-^ 
 mittee appointed by such body, shall in all cases tutions/ 
 be strictly governed and controlled by the laws 
 and regulations of the Grand Lodgs as laid 
 down m the Book of Constiturions. 
 
 109. District Grand Lodges ma}- make rules Rules anr^ 
 and regulations for the management and con- regiilations 
 duct of their own proceedings, and of those of Qrand"*^ 
 any Board or Committee of their own body, and Lodges. '' 
 may alter such rules as they think fit ; but no 
 rule or regulation shall be in force until ap- 
 proved by the Grand Master, 
 
 110. District Grand Lodges may require P^vm-nt ta 
 pavment to their District Fund of fees larger p'^*?*^^ 
 tnan are allowed in England under the fellow- "" 
 ing regulations, viz. : — 
 
 E 2
 
 58 PROVINXIAL AND 
 
 That notice in writing of the fees proposed, 
 and also of the day of meeting for the discussion 
 of the subject, be sent to each Lodge in the 
 District two months at least prior to th 
 meeting. 
 
 That if the proposed payments be agreed to 
 by two-thirds at least of the members present, 
 a day shall be appointed for considering the 
 confirmation thereof, at a period of not less 
 than three months from the first meeting, and 
 a copy of the resolutions so agreed to shall be 
 sent forthwith to each Lodge with the summons 
 ior the second meeting. 
 
 That any Lodge whose officers may not be 
 able to attend by reason of their distance from 
 the place of assembly, be permitted to state its 
 opinions in \^Titing : provided the same be des- 
 patched to the District Grand Secretary within 
 the period of one month from the date of re- 
 ceiving the summons for the second meeting. 
 
 When the resolutions have been confirmed, a 
 copy thereof shall be transmitted to the Grand 
 IVIaster for his approval, together with copies 
 of any opinions which may have been received 
 in wTiting. 
 
 When the Grand Master shall have given his 
 consent, and not till then, the resolutions shall 
 be declared valid, and the fees and payments 
 demanded, which shall in such case be payable
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGESa $9 
 
 from the time when the proceedings were con- 
 firmed by the District Grand Lodge^ 
 
 111. In order to avoid delay, and for the District 
 accommodation of Lodges in the Colonies and Grand Mas- 
 f.oreign parts for which a District Grand Master is^sue^cer- 
 1-^ appointed, those Lodges may make their tificates. 
 returns and payments to the District Grand 
 ZVIaster or such Brother as he may direct, but 
 lur the due remittance of which to the Grand 
 Lodge the District Grand Master shall be per- 
 sonally responsible ; the District Grand Master 
 is thereupon to deliver Grand Lodge certificates, 
 furnished to him for the purpose, which certifi- 
 cates are to be countersigned as specified in 
 the following paragraph^ 
 
 112. The Grand Secretary is to furnish to Blank certi- 
 District Grand Masters Grand Lodge certifi- f'^^?!^^ 
 Gates, with the necessary alterations in the form, ^"™^ 
 signed and sealed, but in other respects left 
 blank ; the blanks to be filled up by the District 
 Grand Master or by his order with the name 
 of the Brother initiated, and the date of his 
 initiation, and passing and raising, as the case 
 may be, in Lodges within his District, or of the 
 Brethren who shall join such Lodges, from 
 Lodges not holding under the Grand Lodge of
 
 6o 
 
 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES. 
 
 England, as set forth in the returns made to 
 him ; which Grand Lodge certificates shall have 
 attached to them the seal of the District Grand 
 Lodge, and be countersigned by the District 
 Grand Master, or his Deputy, and by the 
 District Grand Secretary. 
 
 Duplicate 
 returns to 
 the Grand 
 Secretary-. 
 
 113. V/hen a return A\dth payment for a 
 District certificate has been made to a District 
 Grand Master, or other Brother on his behalf, 
 the Lodge m-aking the same shall forthwith 
 transmit to the Grand Secretary in London a 
 duplicate of the return, signed by the Master 
 and the Secretary or Treasurer, specifying the 
 date when and the person to whom the return 
 and payment have been made, and also specify- 
 ing for whom the District Grand Master has 
 issued certificates. 
 
 114. The District Grand IMaster shall imme- 
 diately, or with all reasonable expedition, 
 forward to the Grand Secretary the returns re- 
 ceived from the several Lodges in his district, 
 together with the amount payable thereon, so 
 that the Brethren may be duly registered, and 
 the money placed to the credit of the respective 
 Lodges in the Grand Lodge accounts.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 6l 
 
 115. The Grand Master may confer on Dis- Dispensa- 
 trict Grand Masters, and on Alasters of Lodges Jj^^^^^ ^°^' 
 in the Colonies and forsign parts where there is aTshcS^S- 
 no District Grand Master, a power of dispensa- tervals. 
 tion, in cases of emergency, for a Brother to be 
 advanced to a higher degree, at an interval of 
 not less than one week instead of four weeks. 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 116. Every application for a warrant to hold Application 
 a new Lodge must be by petition to the Grand f<5r a war- 
 blaster, signed by at least seven Master Masons ^g^ Lod^^e. 
 regularly registered under the constitution of 
 the Grand Lodge of England, and specifying the 
 Lodges to which they belong, or formerlv be- 
 ionged. The petition must be recommended 
 by the Master and Wardens of a regular Lodge, 
 and be transmitted to the Grand Secretary ; 
 and in the case of any petitioner who is not 
 a prssent subscribing member of a Lodge, his 
 clearance certificate from his last Lodge must 
 also be transmitted to the Grand Secretary. 
 If the Lodge is proposed to be holden in a 
 Province or District, the petition and certifi- 
 cates are to be forwarded in the first instance
 
 02 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 to the Provincial or District Grand Master, as 
 the case may be, or to his Deputy, who is to 
 forward them with his recommendation or 
 opinion thereon to the Grand Secretary for the 
 decision of the Grand Master, 
 
 Provisional 117. The Grand Master may authorize Dis- 
 Trom^Dis- ^^^^^ Grand Masters, in such Districts as he 
 trict Grand shall think proper, to grant provisional war- 
 jllasters. rants for the formation of new Lodges within 
 their respective Districts, upon the petition of 
 any seven Master Masons regularly registered 
 under the constitution of the Grand Lodge of 
 England. The authority when given to con- 
 tinue during the pleasure of the Grand Master, 
 
 Must be ex- 118. Whenever such provisional warrant 
 f'^f^V-^- '^^^^ ^^^^ ^®^^ granted, the Master of the new 
 rants, ^^ ' Lodge shall, within one month, apply by peti- 
 tion to the Grand Master for a regular warrant 
 of constitution, and upon receipt of such peti- 
 tion, which must state the fact that a pro- 
 visional warrant has been granted, and be 
 countersigned by the District Grand Master, a 
 regular warrant shall be issued. 
 
 Pormof 119. The following is the form of petition 
 
 petition for for a warrant to hold a new Lodge : 
 a warrant.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES^ 6$ 
 
 !-' To the M. W. Grand Master of the 
 United Fraternity of Antient Free 
 and Accepted Masons of England : 
 
 '-' We the undersigned, being regularly regis- 
 tered Master Masons of the Lodges mentioned 
 against our respective names, having the pros- 
 perity of the Craft at heart, are anxious to exert 
 our best endeavours to promote and diffuse the 
 genuine principles of the art ; and, for the con- 
 veniency of our respective dwellings and other 
 good reasons, \ve are desirous of forming a new 
 Lodge, to be named . In conse- 
 
 quence of this desire, we pray for a warrant 
 of constitution, empowering us to meet as a 
 regular Lodge, at on the 
 
 , and there to discharge the 
 duties of Masonry, in a constitutional manner, 
 according to the forms of the Order and the 
 laws of the Grand Lodge ; and we have nomi- 
 nated and do recommend Brother [A.B.], who 
 has served the office of Warden in a regular 
 Lodge [this qualification is only essential in the 
 case of a petition for a new Lodge in England'], 
 to be the first Master, Brother [C.D.'\ to be the 
 first Senior Warden, and Brother [£.F,] to be 
 the first Junior Warden of the said Lodge. 
 The prayer of this petition being granted, we 
 promise strict obedience to the commands of
 
 64 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 the Grand Master and the laws and regulations 
 of the Grand Lodge," 
 
 A Lodge 
 must be re- 
 gularly con- 
 stituted. 
 
 120. In order to avoid irregularities, every 
 new Lodge shall be solemnly constituted, ac- 
 cording to antient usage, by the Grand Master 
 with his Wardens ; or, in the absence of the 
 Grand Master, by his Deputy. If the Deputy 
 be absent, the Grand Master may appoint some 
 ether Grand Officer or Master or Past Master 
 of a Lodge to act as Deputy pro tempore. No 
 Lodge shall be acknowledged, nor its Officers 
 admitted into the Grand Lodge or a Provincial 
 or District Grand Lodge, nor any of its mem- 
 bers entitled to partake of the Fund of Benevo- 
 lence or other Masonic privilege, unless it has 
 been regularly constituted and registered. 
 
 Tho first 
 officers 
 cannot be 
 altered. 
 
 121. No Brother shall be installed as Master 
 or invested as a Warden of a new Lodge, except 
 the Brother named in the w^arrant for such 
 office, unless by special sanction of the Grand 
 Master. 
 
 Precedence 122. Lodges shall rank in precedence in 
 of Lodges, the order of their numbers as registered in 
 Gr|nd stevv- the books of the Grand Lodge. The Grand 
 ar s ge. Stewards' Lodge shall not have a number, but
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 65 
 
 shall be registered in the books of the Grand 
 Lodge, and placed in the printed hst at the 
 head of all other Lodges, and rank accordingly. 
 
 123. The Grand Stewards' Lodge, being con- Peculiar 
 
 ,,, ,r ,xj u ,^ coQstitution 
 
 stituted as a Master Mason s Lodge, ha^ do ^^ ^j^^ Grand 
 
 power of making, passing, or raising Masons, stewards' 
 
 Lodge. 
 
 124. Every Lodge in a Province or D 'strict Local pre- 
 shall have a' local as well as a general rank, so ^^^^^ 
 that if any Lodge be removed from one Pro- p^^ces 
 vince or District into another, although it is and Dis- 
 to retain its original number in the Grand tricts. 
 Lodge books, and preserve the same rank in 
 
 the Grand Lodge, and in all public meetings 
 out of the Province or District into which it 
 mav have been removed, yet within such 
 Province or District it is to rank immediately 
 after the last Lodge registered therein, as well 
 at the Provincial or District Grand Lodge as at 
 public ceremonies within the Province or Dis- 
 trict, unless the Grand Master, Pro Grand 
 Master, or Deputy Grand Master preside. The 
 seniority of Provincial or District Lodges in 
 their particular Provinces or Districts is to be 
 determined by the date of their registry in the 
 books of the Provincial or District Grand 
 Lodge,
 
 66 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES,- 
 
 125, No Lodge, except while acting under 
 dispensation in the Colonies or foreign parts, 
 can meet without a warrant of constitution 
 from the Grand Master, which is to be specially 
 intrusted to the Master for the time being at 
 his installation, who is responsible for its safe 
 custody, and shall produce it at every meeting 
 of the Lodge, This regulation does not apply 
 to the Lodge of Antiquity, No. 2, and the Royal 
 Somerset House and Inverness Lodge, No. 4, 
 which act under immemorial constitutions. 
 
 126. If a warrant be lost, or improperly with- 
 held from those lawfully entitled to hold or use 
 the same, or withheld by competent Masonic 
 authority, the Lodge must suspend its meetings 
 until a new warrant or warrant of confirmation 
 has been applied for and granted by the Grand 
 Master, in such terms or on such conditions as 
 he may think proper, or until the warrant so 
 withheld be restored. 
 
 127. If the warrant of a Lodge be sold, or 
 procured by an^' other means than through the 
 regular channel of petition to the Grand Master 
 or District Grand Master, such warrant shall 
 be forfeited, and the Lodge erased, and all 
 Brethren concerned in such sale or irregularity
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 67 
 
 shall be deemed to have committed a Masonic 
 offence. 
 
 128. Every Lodge must be distinguished by b^^^l^name 
 a name or title, as well as a number, and no and'^number. 
 Lodge shall be permitted to make any altera- 
 tion in its name or title without the approval 
 
 of the Grand Master, and in Provinces or 
 Districts, also that of the Provincial or District 
 Grand Master. Any such alteration must be 
 immediately communicated to the Grand Secre- 
 tary for registration. 
 
 129. The regular Officers of a Lodge consist Officers of a 
 of the Master and his two Wardens, a Treasurer, L°^se- 
 
 a Secretary, two Deacons, an Inner Guard, and 
 a Tyler. The Master may also appoint a 
 Chaplain, a Director of Ceremonies, an Organist, 
 and Stewards. No Brother can hold more than 
 one regular of&ce in the Lodge at one and the 
 same time. 
 
 130. Every Lodge shall annuaPy, on the day Elect-on and 
 named in its by-laws for that purpose, proceed installation 
 to elect its Master by ballot from among those ° * aster, 
 cf its Members who have, or previously to the 
 Installation of such Master shall have', served 
 for one year (that is to say from one regular
 
 "68 PRIV.^TE LODGES, 
 
 Installation Meeting until the next regular In- 
 stallation Meeting) the office of I^Iaster, or Senior 
 or Junior Warden, in a Regular Lodge warranted 
 under the Enghsh Constitution, the service m 
 case cf a Warden to count from the date of in- 
 vestiture. The ballot shall be declared in favour 
 of the member thus qualified who obtains the 
 largest number of votes of the Brethren present 
 and voting. At the next regular meeting the first 
 business after the openmg of the Lodge shall be 
 the reading of the minutes of the preceding meet- 
 ing, and if they be confirmed so far, at least, as 
 relates to the election of a Master, he shall be 
 deemed to be elected, ard shall be du!y installed 
 in the chair according to antient usage. No 
 master elect shall assume the Master's chair until 
 he has been regularly installed. Should the 
 minutes of the election of Master not be con- 
 firmed, then a summons must be issued for the 
 following regular meeting of the Lodge, setting 
 forth that \he Brethren ^\ill again proceed to 
 elect a jNIaster, and on the confirmation of the 
 minutes of that election at the next regular 
 meeting, the installation cf the Master shall 
 
 folio Wg 
 
 Qualifica- 130a. If the investiture of a Warden shall 
 
 tion of a j^ot have taken place at the Installation Meeting, 
 the'chair° "^^id thereby the ^Member appointed has not
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 6^ 
 
 served the office for one year as aforesaid, he 
 cannot be installed Master of the Lodge except 
 by special Dispensation from the Grand Master^ 
 which can only be granted on petition setting" 
 forth the circumstances under which the inves- 
 titure was delayed, the actual service of the 
 Member in the Warden's chair, and any special 
 reasons for asking the Grand Master's interven- 
 tion. The Installing Master shall not proceed 
 to Installation of a Master unless satisfied that 
 the requirements of Rule 130 have been com- 
 plied ^^-ith, or such Dispensation shaU have beea 
 produced to him. 
 
 131. Should a Prince of the Blood Royal Deputy 
 honour any private Lodge by accepting the Masier. 
 office of Master, he may appoint a Deputy 
 Master, who shall be regularly installed, and 
 entitled, when in office, to all the privileges cf 
 actual Master, and after he has served his 
 period of office, to those of a Past Master, 
 
 132. Every Master Elect, before being placed The 
 in the chair, shall solemnly pledge himself to Master's 
 preserve the Landmarks of the Order, to °^^5^*'°^' 
 observe its antient usages and established 
 customs, and strictly to enforce them within 
 his own Lodge.
 
 70 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES^ 
 
 133. The Master is responsible for the due 
 observance oi the laws by the Lodge over 
 which he presides. 
 
 Cannot be 134. No Brother shall be Master of more 
 
 Master of than one Lodge at the same time without a 
 
 a^sa^^^^^^ dispensation from the Grand Master, or, if in 
 
 time.™" a District, from the District Grand Master, 
 
 Period of 135. No Brother shall continue Master for 
 
 office. more than two years in succession, unless by 
 
 a dispensation, which may be granted by the 
 Grand Master, or the Provincial or District 
 Grand Master, in cases of actual necessity ; but 
 he may be again elected after he has been out 
 of that office one year. This regulation shall 
 not extend to a Prince of the Blood Royal 
 appointing a Deputy, but it shall to the 
 Deputy. 
 
 Appoint- 136. Upon his installation the Master shall 
 
 ment and appoint and invest his Wardens and other 
 
 auction of Officers, and shall invest the Treasurer, who 
 
 shall be annually elected by ballot on the 
 
 regular day of election of Master, and also 
 
 the Tyler, who is to be chosen by the Members 
 
 Removal of ^^ the Lodge, and may at any time be removed 
 
 Tyler. for cause deemed sufficient by a majority of the
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 71 
 
 Brethren present at a regular meeting of the 
 Lodge. 
 
 137. Expunged by Vote of Grand Lodge, 
 June yth, 1899. 
 
 138, Xo proprietor or manager of the tavern Disqualifica- 
 or house at which the Lodge meets shall hold q^^J°' 
 any office in the Lodge without a dispensation 
 from the Grand Master or the Provincial or 
 District Grand Master. 
 
 139, The Master and Wardens and members Master and 
 of every Lodge when summoned so to do, shall ^^f'''^|^^ ^° 
 attend the Grand Master or his Deputy, or summonses, 
 the Provincial or District Grand Master or his 
 Deputy, or the Board of General Purposes, or 
 any other Board or Committee authorised by 
 the Grand Lodge ; and if required shall produce 
 the warrant, books, and papers of the Lodge 
 under pain of suspension and of being reported 
 to the Grand Lodge, 
 
 140. Should the IMaster be dissatisfied with Removal of 
 the conduct of an^- of the Officers, he may lay Oncers. 
 the cause of complaint before the Lodge at a 
 regular meeting ; seven days' notice thereof in 
 writing having been previously sent to th^ 
 
 F
 
 72 TRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 Brother complained of, and if it shall appear to 
 the majority of the Brethren present that the 
 complaint be well founded, the Master shall 
 have power to displace such Of&cer, and to 
 appoint another. If a vacancy shall occur in 
 any office other than that of Treasurer or Tyler, 
 the Master shall appoint a Brother to serve 
 such office for the remainder of the year, and if 
 the vacancy be in the office of Treasurer or 
 Tyler the Lodge shall, after due notice in the' 
 summons, elecL a successor for the remainder of 
 the year. 
 
 141. If the Master shall die, be removed, 
 cr be rendered incapable of discharging the 
 duties of his office, the Senior Warden, and in 
 the absence of the Senior Warden, the Junior 
 Warden, and in the absence of both Wardens, 
 the Immediate Past Master, or in his absence 
 the Senior Past Master, shall act as Master m 
 summoning the Lodge, until the next installa- 
 tion of Master. In the Master's absence, the 
 Immediate Past Master, or, if he be absent, 
 \he Senior Past Master of the Lodge present, 
 or if DO Past Master of the Lodge be present, 
 then the Senior Past Master who is a sub- 
 fscribing member of the Lodge shall take the 
 chair. And if no Past Master w^ho is a member 
 of the Lodge be present, then the Senior
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 7^ 
 
 Warden, or in his absence the Junior Warden, 
 shall rule the Lodge. When a Warden rules 
 the Lodge, he shall not occupy the Master's 
 chair, nor can initiations take place or degrees 
 be conferred unless the chair be occupied by a 
 Brother who is a Master or Past Master in the 
 Craft.. 
 
 142. The Grand Master has full authority Grand Mas- 
 to preside in any Lodge, and to order any of ter to pre- 
 his Grand Officers to attend him. His Deputy ^^fw^^^ 
 is to L.e placed on his right, and the Alaster of Lodge, 
 the Lodge on his left hand. His Wardens, if 
 present, are also to act as Wardens of the 
 
 Lodge during the time he presides ; but if the 
 Grand Wardens be absent, then the Grand 
 Master may command the Wardens of the 
 Lodge, or any Master Masons to act as his 
 Wardens pro tempore. 
 
 143. Unless the Grand Master be present. The Deputy 
 the Deputy Grand Master has full authority to Giand Ma^- 
 preside in any Lodge, the Master of the Lodge ^^1^°^^^" 
 being placed on his right hand. The Grand vSitS!"^ 
 Wardens, if present, are to act as Wardens of 
 
 the Lodge during the time he presides, 
 
 144. The Provincial or District Grand Provincial 
 Master may preside in any Lodge h^; visits or Districc 
 
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 74 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 within his Province or District, his Deputy- 
 being placed on his right, and the Master oi 
 the Lodge on his left hand ; his Wardens, if 
 present, shall act as Wardens of the Lodge 
 during the time he presides ; but if they be 
 absent, the Provincial or District Grand Master 
 may direct the Wardens of the Lodge, or any 
 Master Masons, to act as his Wardens, pro 
 tempore. 
 
 145. Unless the Provincial or District Grand 
 Master be present, his Deputy may preside in 
 any Lodge he may visit within his Province or 
 District, the Master of the Lodge being placed 
 on his right hand. The Provincial or District 
 Grand Wardens, if present, are to act as 
 Wardens of the Lodge during the time he 
 presides, 
 
 146. The Deputy Provincial or District 
 Grand Master, when visiting the Lodges in his 
 Province or District, shall, in the absence of the 
 Provincial or District Grand Master, rank for 
 the time being as Provincial or District Grand 
 Master, and take precedence accordingly, 
 
 147. The Grand Master may send his Grand 
 Officers, present or past, to visit any Lodge 
 whenever he mav think fit to do so.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 75 
 
 148. The Provincial or District Grand Provincial 
 Master may send any of his Provincial or Dis- g^^ District 
 trict Grand Officers, present or past, to visit officers 
 any Lodge in his Province or District whenever visiting by 
 he may think fit to do so, command. 
 
 149. The Master and Wardens of a Lodge Visiting 
 are enjoined to visit other Lodges as often as ^^|?t^r*^i^ 
 they conveniently can, in order that the same Wardens, 
 usages and customs may be observed through- 
 out the Craft, and a good understanding culti- 
 vated amongst Freemasons, 
 
 150. No visitor shall be admitted into a Admission 
 Lodge unless he be personally known to, or well of visitors, 
 vouched for, after due examination, by one of 
 
 the Brethren present, or until he has produced 
 the certificate of the Grand Lodge to which he 
 claims to belong, and has given satisfactory 
 proof that he is the Brother named in the certi- 
 ficate, or other proper vouchers of his having 
 been initiated in a regular Lodge. Every visitor 
 during his presence in the Lodge is subject to 
 its by-lawsi 
 
 151. It is within the power of the Master Refusal of 
 of every private Lodge to refuse admission to admission- 
 any visitor whose presence he has reason to
 
 76 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 believe ^^^ll disturb the harmony of the Lodge, 
 or to any visitor of known bad character, 
 
 152. No Brother who has ceased to be a 
 subscribing member of a Lodge shall be per- 
 mitted to visit any one Lodge more than once 
 until he again become a subscribing member of 
 some Lodge, 
 
 153. All Lodges held within ten miles of 
 Freemasons' Hall, London, are London Lodges, 
 and are to pay the London dues and fees, 
 
 154. All Lodges held at a greater distance 
 than ten miles from Freemasons' Hall, London, 
 are Provincial or District Lodges, and are 
 under the immediate superintendence of the 
 Provincial or District Grand Master within 
 whose jurisdiction they meet.: 
 
 155. When any military Lodge, under the 
 constitution of England, shall be out of 
 England, it shall be conducted so as not to 
 give offence to the Masonic authorities of the 
 country or place in which it may sojourn, never 
 losing sight of the duties it owes to the Grand 
 Lodge of England, to which communication is 
 ever to be made, and all fees and dues regularly 
 transmitted.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 77 
 
 156. Xo military Lodge shall initiate into Confined \o 
 Masonry any inhabitant or sojourner in any the militar> 
 town or place at which its members may be P^° e^sicxv. 
 stationed, or through which they may be 
 marching, nor any person who does not at the 
 
 time belong to the military profession, nor any 
 military person below the rank of a corporal, 
 except as serving Brethren, or by dispensation 
 from the Grand Master, or Provincial or District 
 Grand Master of the Province or District 
 wherein the Lodge may be held. 
 
 157. If the mihtary body to which a Lodge Surrender 
 is attached be disbanded or reduced, the °[ ^•'^c^ange 
 Brethren shall transmit the warrant to the ° ^^^^ 
 Grand Secretary ; but if a competent number 
 
 of the Brethren remain together they may 
 apply for another warrant of the same number, 
 to be holden as a civil Lodge, at such place as 
 may be convenient and approved of by the Grand 
 Master. Such warrant to be granted without 
 any additional expense. 
 
 158. No Lodge of Instruction shall be Lodges of 
 holden unless under the sanction of a regular Instruction 
 warranted Lodge, or by the special license and [^"der^anc 
 authority of the Grand Master. The Lodge tion. 
 giving its sanction, and the Brethren to whom 
 
 such Hcense is granted, shall be answerable 
 for the proceedings, and responsible that the
 
 78 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 mode of working adopted has 
 sanction of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 received the 
 
 Time and 159. Notice of the times and places of 
 
 place of meeting of Lodges of Instruction within the 
 L^^es^of London District shall be submitted for approval 
 Instruction to the Grand Secretary, and in Provinces and 
 to be Districts to the Provincial and District Grand 
 
 for'SprovaL Secretaries respectively, 
 
 Minutes to 
 be kept by 
 Lodges of 
 Instruction. 
 
 160. Lodges of Instruction shall keep 
 minutes recording the names of all Brethren 
 present at each meeting, and of Brethren 
 appointed to hold office, and such minutes 
 shall be produced when called for by the Grand 
 Master, the Provincial or District Grand Master, 
 the Board of General Purposes, or the Lodge 
 granting the sanction. 
 
 Withdrawal 
 of sanction 
 from Lodge 
 of Instruc- 
 tion. 
 
 161. If a Lodge which has given its sanction 
 for a Lodge of Instruction being held under its 
 warrant shall see fit, it may at any regular 
 meeting withdraw that sanction by a resolution 
 of the Lodge, to be communicated to the Lodge 
 of Instruction ; provided notice of the intention 
 to withdraw the sanction be inserted in the 
 summons for that meeting.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 79 
 
 162. Every Lodge has the power of framing The by-laws 
 by-laws for its government, provided they are ot a Lodge, 
 not inconsistent with the regulations of the 
 Grand Lodge. The by-laws must be submitted 
 to the Grand Secretary for the approval of the 
 Grand Master, being in the case of a Provincial 
 or District Lodge sent through the Provincial 
 cr District Grand Master, for his approval 
 previously to transmission. When finally 
 approved, a printed copy must be sent to the 
 Grand Secretary, and, in the case of a Provincial 
 cr District Lodge, also to the Provincial or 
 District Grand Secretary ; and when any altera- 
 tion shall be made, such alteration must, in like 
 manner, be submitted. No law or alteration 
 will be valid until so submitted and approved^ 
 The by-laws of the Lodge shall be printed, and 
 a copy shall be delivered to the Master on his 
 installation, who by his acceptance thereof shall 
 be deemed to solemnly pledge himself to observe 
 and enforce them. 
 
 163. Every Brother shall be supplied with a Submission 
 printed copy of the by-laws of the Lodge when |° the by- 
 he becomes a member, and his acceptance ^^' 
 thereof shall be deemed to be a declaration of 
 
 his submission to them^ 
 
 164. The regular days of meeting of the J^^^ if 
 
 meeting.
 
 8o 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 Lodge and its place of meeting shall be specifier! 
 in the by-laws, and no meeting of the Lodge 
 shall be held elsewhere, except as herein other- 
 wise provided ; such by-laws shall also specify 
 the regular m.eeting for the election of the 
 Master, Treasurer, and Tyler. 
 
 165. Should the regular meeting of a Lodge 
 fall on Christmas Day, Good Friday, or a pubhc 
 holiday, the meeting may be held on the dav 
 before or the day after, at the discretion of the 
 Master ; and if in any Lodge it should become 
 impossible to hold the regular meeting upon the 
 day named in the by-laws for that purpose, the 
 Grand Master, and in provinces and districts the 
 Provincial and District Grand Master, m.ay 
 grant a dispensation for the holding of such 
 meeting upon a day not more than seven days 
 before or after that da}- fixed by the by-laws, 
 which day shall for all purposes be deemed the 
 regular day of meeting. 
 
 166. A Lodge of emergency may at any 
 time be called by the authority of the Master, 
 or, in his absence, of the Senior Warden, or, in 
 his absence, of the Junior Warden, but on no 
 pretence without such authority. The business 
 to be transacted at such Lodge of emergency
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 8? 
 
 shall be expressed in the summons, and no 
 other business shall be entered upon. 
 
 167. Unless otherwise specified in the war- Removal oi 
 rant, anv Lodge may be removed from one Lodges— re- 
 house to'another, provided the following regu- 1^^^!°"^ *^ 
 ii- 1 ,-.1 1-j ■ ^-L. be ODservecL 
 
 lations be strictly complied with : — 
 
 If at any regular meeting a notice of motion 
 for the removal of the Lodge be given and 
 signed by not fewer than seven subscribing 
 members, the Master shall summon a special 
 meeting ot the Lodge for considering and finally 
 deciding the question ; such meeting to be at 
 least one week after the issuing of the sum- 
 mons. The proposition shall not be carried 
 unless two- thirds of the members voting shall 
 agree to the removal. If the Master should 
 fail or refuse to issue the summons, that duty 
 shall devolve on the Senior Warden, or failing 
 him, the Junior Warden. 
 
 168. If the meeting of a Lodge at its regular Temporary 
 place should, by any circumstance, be rendered removal 
 impracticable or improper, the Master shall ^^^^^ ^,jj.„ 
 forthwith apply to the Grand Master or Pro- cumstance->. 
 vincial or District Grand Master for a dispensa- 
 tion to hold a temporary meeting, or meetings, 
 at a specified place, and' there, if so authorised
 
 82 PRIVATE LODGES^ 
 
 by the terms of the dispensation, carry on the 
 general business of the Lodge, or determine, in 
 the manner of voting above described, whether 
 the Lodge shall be permanently removed^ 
 
 Consent 169. No London Lodge, or Lodge in the 
 
 required for Colonies or foreign parts not within a District, 
 can be removed without the consent of the 
 Grand Master, and no Provincial Lodge can be 
 removed without the consent of the Grand 
 Master and the Provincial Grand Master, If 
 the proposed removal should be from one 
 Province or District into another, the consent 
 of the Provincial or District Grand Master of 
 each Province or District must be obtained^ 
 With respect to Lodges within Districts, the 
 consent of the District Grand Master is 
 alone required for the removal of a Lodge 
 from one place to another within the same 
 District, 
 
 Removal to 170. When a Lodge shall have resolved to 
 be recorded, alter its place or day of meeting, a copy of the 
 minutes of the Lodge relating to such alteration 
 shall be forthwith sent to the Grand Secretary, 
 and where the Lodge is held in a Province or 
 District, also to the Provincial or District Grand 
 Master, that it may be ascertained whether the 
 Laws have been strictly complied with, and in
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 83 
 
 order that the alteration may be duly recorded. 
 The Officers of a removed Lodge shall not be 
 permitted to attend the Grand Lodge or Pro- 
 vincial or District Grand Lodge until these 
 regulations have been complied \\ith. 
 
 171. The jewels and furniture of every Furniture in 
 Lodge belong to, and are the property of, the trust for the 
 Master and Wardens for the time being, in Lcxige. 
 trust for the members of the Lodge ; and the 
 proprietor or manager of the house wherein the 
 Lodge is held shall have no hen thereon, nor 
 shall he be suffered to acquire the jewels or 
 furniture of such Lodge under the penalty of 
 the forfeiture by the Lodge of its warrant of 
 constitution. 
 
 172. Every Lodge shall keep a book, to be xhc 
 called the minute book, in which the Master, miautes 
 or the Brother appointed by him as Secretary, 
 shall regularly enter from time to time : — 
 
 First, — The names of all persons initiated, 
 passed, or raised in the Lodge, or who shall 
 become members thereof, with the dates of 
 their proposal, initiation, passing, and raising 
 or admission respectively, together with their 
 ages, addresses, titles, professions, or occupa- 
 tions.
 
 H 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 Secondly, — The names of all members present 
 at each meeting of the Lodge, together with 
 those of all visiting Brethren, with their Lodges 
 and Masonic rank. 
 
 Thirdly, — Minutes of all such transactions 
 of the Lodge as are proper to be written. 
 
 The minutes can only be confirmed at a sub- 
 sequent regular meeting of the Lodge, 
 
 Annua' 
 
 return of 
 memters. 
 
 173. Every Lodge shall keep a register of its 
 members, and once in each year transmit direct 
 to the Grand Secretary a regular list, signed by 
 the Master and Secretary, of its contributing 
 members and of the Brethren who have been 
 initiated, passed, or raised therein since the 
 last return, with the dates of conferring those 
 degrees respectively ; also of all Brethren who 
 have joined the Lodge during that period, with 
 the dates of their so joining, and the name and 
 number of the Lodge from which they joined, 
 and also stating the ages, addresses, titles, 
 professions or occupations of all such newly 
 admitted or joining Brethren, 
 
 Remittance 
 of fees, &c. 
 
 174. Every Lodge, when it makes the return 
 of its contributing members, and of the Brethren 
 whom it has initiated or admitted, shall make a 
 remittance for the registration fees, joining fees.
 
 PRIVATE LODGESj 85 
 
 fees for certificates, and quarterly contributions 
 from each of its contributing members to the 
 Fund of Benevolence [306-307], also the annual 
 contributions to the Building Fund according to 
 Rule 30S. 
 
 175. No Lodge shall pay the quarterly con- Quarterage 
 tribution for a member who is in arrear, but his not to bs 
 name shall nevertheless De returned with the Members in 
 words " in arrear " written against it, and when arrear. ^ 
 the arrears are received, the contributions to 
 the Grand Lodge shall be duly paid. Should a Members 
 member be three years in arrear, he shall there- three yeart 
 upon cease to be a member of the Lodge, and ^° arrear. 
 can only become a member again by regular 
 proposition and ballot according to Rule 189. - 
 The Lodge may require payment of the arrears 
 as a condition precedent to election. This rule 
 shall not prevent a Lodge proceeding against 
 any of its members under Rule 210 for non- 
 payment of contributions according to its by- 
 laws, for a shorter period than three years. 
 When a Brother ceases to be a member under 
 this Rule, tne fact shall be forthwith notified to 
 the Grand Secretary, and if the Lodge be within 
 a Province or District, also to the Provincial or 
 District Grand Lodge. The provisions of 
 Rules 211, 212, and 213 shall apply in such a 
 case, as if the Brother had been excluded by 
 vote.
 
 86 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 Return by 176. Every Provincial and District Lodge shall 
 
 Provincial make a return similar to that required to be made 
 Lodges!*^"'^* to the Grand Secretary once in each year, oi 
 oftener if required, to the Provincial or District 
 Grand Secretary, and transmit therewith all 
 money payable to the Provincial or District 
 Grand Lodges 
 
 177. All money received or paid, for or on 
 account of a Lodge, shall be from time to time 
 regularly entered in proper books, which shall be 
 the property of the Lodge. The accounts of the 
 Lodge shall be audited, at least once in every 
 year, by a Committee appointed by the Lodge. 
 
 Rights of 178. To prevent injury to individuals, by 
 
 Brethren being excluded from the privileges of Masonry 
 
 not pre- through neglect in not registering their names 
 
 judiced by or paying their Grand Lodge dues, any Brother 
 
 make'^*^ ^"^ ^° circumstanced, on producing sufficient proof 
 
 returns. that he has paid the full fees to his Lodge, 
 
 including the registration fee, shall be capable 
 
 of enjo3dng all the privileges of the Craft, and 
 
 the offending Lodge shall be reported to the 
 
 Board of General Purposes, and rigorously 
 
 proceeded against for detaining moneys which 
 
 are the propert}- of the Grand Lodge.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 87 
 
 179. Every Lodge shall annually, imme- ^^^J^'^ of 
 diately after the installation of the Master, Ataster, 
 make a return to the Grand Secretary of the Pa=t Mas- 
 Master, Past Masters, and Wardens of the ^y'^^' ^Jl*^ 
 Lodge, and of all members who claim to b^ **" "^ 
 entitled to attend the Grand Lodge as Pat,* 
 Masters, having served the othce of Master in 
 some other Lodge, specifying the Lodge in 
 which each of them has served the office of 
 Master ; and no Brother shall be permitted to 
 attend the Grand Lodge unless his name shall 
 appear in such return. This return shall also 
 contain the full name and address cf the 
 Secretary of the Lodge.: 
 
 180. If any Lodge shall during the space of Penalty for 
 twelve months neglect to make its return and refums.^ 
 payments to the Grand Lodge according to these 
 regulations, it shall be liable to erasure, and the 
 Master, Past Masters, and Wardens shall not 
 be permitted to attend the Grand Lodge or 
 sit upon any Board or Committee, by virtue 
 of any qualihcation derived from such Lodge.- 
 This disquahfication shall cease when the 
 returns and payments shall be madr^j 
 
 181. The majority of the members present at Lodge may 
 anv Lodge duly summoned have an undoubted regulate itj 
 right to regulate their own proceedings, pro- ^''^.P^^
 
 88 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 vided they are consistent with the general 
 laws and regulations of the Craft ; no member, 
 therefore, shall be permitted to enter in the 
 minute book of the Lodge a protest against any 
 resolution or proceeding which may have taken 
 place, except on the ground of its being con- 
 trary to the laws and usages of the Craft, and 
 for the purpose of complaining or appeahng to 
 a higher Masonic authority. 
 
 Voting. 182. Whenever it shall happen that the 
 
 votes are equal upon any question to be decided 
 by a majority, either by ballot or otherwise, the 
 Maister in the chair shall be entitled to give a 
 second or casting vote. 
 
 Admissirn 183. Great discredit and injury having been 
 
 oi member, brought upon our antient and honourable Fra- 
 ternity from admitting members and receiving 
 candidates without due notice being given 
 or enquiry made into their cha'-acters and 
 qualifications, and from passing and raising 
 Masons without due instruction in the respec- 
 tive degrees, it is declared to be specially 
 incumbent on all members of Lodges to see that 
 particular attention be paid to these several 
 points.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 89 
 
 184. No person shall be made a Mason Initiatioo. 
 without having been proposed and seconded at 
 one regular Lodge, and balloted for at the next 
 regular Lodge, which ballot shall not take 
 place unless his name, age, profession or occu- 
 pation, and place of abode, with the names of 
 his proposer and seconder, have been sent in the 
 summons to all the members of the Lodge. 
 
 185. In cases of emergency, the following Initiation 
 course may be pursued. Any two members of ^ ^^^^^ °^ 
 a Lodge may transmit in writing to the Master ^^^^^S^'^^y* 
 the name, age, profession or occupation, and 
 place of abode of any candidate whom they may- 
 wish to propose, and the circumstances which 
 cause the emergency ; and if in his opinion the 
 emergency be real, the Master shall notify the 
 proposition to every member of his Lodge, either 
 in the summons for the next regular meeting, 
 or in a summons for a Lodge of emergency, to 
 meet at a period of not less than seven days 
 from the issuing of the summons, and if the 
 candidate be then approved on the ballot, he 
 may be initiated. The Master shall previously 
 to the ballot being taken read the proposition, 
 and state to the Lodge the cause of the 
 emergency, which shall be recorded in che 
 minutes, 
 
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 90 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 Age and cir- 186. No person shall be made a Mason 
 cumstances under the age of twenty-one years, unless by 
 date. " dispensation from the Grand Master or Pro- 
 vincial or District Grand Master. Every can- 
 didate must be a free man, and at the time of 
 initiation in reputable circumstances. 
 
 Declaration 187. Previously to his initiation, every can 
 oi candidate, ^j^^^g ^^s^ subscribe his name at full length 
 to a declaration of the following import, viz. : — • 
 
 To the worshipful Master, Wardens, Officers, 
 and Members of the Lodge of 
 No. 
 
 I, being a free man, and of the full 
 
 age of twenty-one years, do declare that, 
 unbiassed by the improper solicitation of friends, 
 and uninfluenced by mercenary or other un- 
 worthy motive, I freely and voluntarily offer 
 myself a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry ; 
 that I am prompted by a favourable opinion 
 conceived of the institution, and a desire of 
 knowledge ; and that I will cheerfully conform 
 to all the antient usages and estabUshed customs 
 of the Order. Witness my hand, this 
 of 
 
 Witness 
 
 N.B. — A person who cannot write is conse- 
 quenily ineligible to be admitted into the Order^
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 91 
 
 188. No other Lodge shall initiate any Military 
 non-commissioned officer or corporal belonging candidates, 
 to a regiment or battalion to which a military 
 Lodge is attached, nor shall any Lodge initiate 
 any miiitarv person below the rank of a corporal, 
 except as a serving Brother, or by dispensation 
 from the Grand Master, or Provincial or District 
 Grand Master of the Province or District wherein 
 the Lodge may at the time be held. 
 
 189. Xo Brother shall be admitted a ioining Joining 
 member of a Lodge without being proposed and members, 
 seconded in open Lodge at a regular meeting, 
 after which his name, profession or occupation, 
 and place of abode, as well as the name and 
 number of the Lodge of which he is or was last 
 a member or in which he was initiated shall be 
 sent to ah the members in the summons, for the 
 next regular Lodge meeting ; at which meeting 
 the Brother's Grand Lodge certificate, and also 
 the clearance certificate from his present or 
 former Lodge {mentioned in Rule 213) must be 
 produced, and the decision of the Brethren 
 ascertained by ballot. When a Lodge has 
 ceased to meet, any former member thereof 
 shall be ehgible to be proposed and admitted a 
 member of another Lodge, on producing a 
 certificate from the Grand Secretary, stating 
 the fact, and specifying whether the Brother
 
 92 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 has been registered and his quarterage duly 
 paid. 
 
 Every Brother who has been initiated into 
 Masonry in a regular Lodge not under the con- 
 stitution of the Grand Lodge of England shall, 
 previously to his becoming a member of any 
 Lodge, declare in open Lodge his adhesion to 
 the Book of Constitutions, and promise due 
 obedience to the Grand Master and the Rules 
 arid Regulations of Grand Lodge, and the fact 
 shall be recorded on the Lodge Minutes. 
 
 190. No person can be made a Mason in, 
 or admitted a member of, a Lodge, if, on the 
 ballot, three black balls appear against him ; 
 but the by-laws of a Lodge may enact that one 
 or two black balls shall exclude a candidate ; 
 dnd by-laws may also enact that a prescribed 
 period shall elapse before any rejected candidate 
 can be again proposed in that Lodge, 
 
 191. Every Lodge must receive as a mem- 
 ber, without further proposition or ballot, any 
 Brother initiated therein, except a serving 
 Brother, unless such Brother express his wish 
 to the contrary on or before the day of his 
 initiation, as no Lodge should introduce into 
 Masonry a person whom the Brethren consider 
 unfit to be a member of their own Lodge,
 
 PRIVATE LODGES, 93 
 
 192. Xo Lodge shall initiate into Masonry Number 
 more than five persons on the same day, unless ^f^J^^ oa 
 by a dispensation from the Grand Master, or same day. 
 the Provincial or District Grand Master, which 
 dispensation shall specify the total number to 
 be initiated. 
 
 193. No person shall be made a Mason for charge foi 
 less than five guineas, inclusive of the registra- Initiation, 
 tion and certificate fees, in England ; nor for 
 less than three guineas, exclusive of registration 
 and certificate fees, abroad ; and no Lodge shall 
 remit or defer the payment of any part of this 
 sum. 
 
 This is not to extend to the making of serving initiation 
 Brethren, who may be initiated by the Lodge and status 
 which they are to serve, or for the service of Bre^krenf 
 the Grand Lodge, provided that no fee be 
 taken, and that a dispensation from the Grand 
 Master, or Provincial or District Grand Master, 
 be first obtained, which shall be specified in the 
 return made to the Grand Secretary, when the 
 serving Brother shall be registered free of ex' 
 pense, but must pay for his Grand Lodge cer- 
 tificate. A Brother so initiated cannot be a 
 member of the Lodge in which he was initiated 
 unless he be afterwards duly proposed anr" 
 elected as in the case of a joining member, 
 upon which event he shall pay the same fees as
 
 94 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 an initiate, and on so doing he will be entitled 
 t® all the privileges and benefits of the Craft. 
 
 He is, however, eligible to become a sub- 
 scribing member of any other Lodge ; and upon 
 being registered a joining member of such other 
 Lodge, and paying liis contributions in like 
 manner with other members, he shall be entitled 
 to all the privileges and benefits of the Craft. 
 
 In case there be no other Lodge in the 
 vicinity of his dwelling of which he can become 
 a member, he may be permitted to pay through 
 the Lodge in which he was initiated the 
 quarterly dues to the Fund of Benevolence ; 
 and after having served the Lodge and paid 
 such dues for t :n years at least, he shall be 
 elig'ble to be reheved in case of distress, and 
 entitled to the other privileges of the Craft in 
 the same manner as if he had been a regular 
 subscribing member. 
 
 Proposer 194. The member who proposes a candidate 
 
 responsiDle jc responsible to the Lodge for all the fees 
 payable on account of the initiation. 
 
 Intervals 195^ js^q Lodge shall confer more than one 
 
 degrees! degree on any Brother on the same day, nor 
 
 shall a higher degree be conferred on any 
 
 Brother at a less interval than four weeks 
 
 from his receiving a previous degree, except as
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 95 
 
 provided by Rule 115, nor until he has passed 
 an examination in open Lodge in that degree, 
 
 196. Every Brother shall be entitled to a initiate 
 Grand Lodge certificate immediately upon his q^^^^^ ^° 
 being registered in the books of the Grand Lodge 
 Lodge, for which certificate the Lodge shall certificate, 
 transmit the fee, 
 
 197. In case a certificate be lost or destroyed, Lost 
 
 c-f which satisfactory proof must be adduced, Certificates, 
 the Grand Secretary may issue a duplicate to 
 any Brother applying for the same on payment 
 of the regular fee.' 
 
 198. Every Brother to whom a Grand Lodge Certificate 
 certificate is granted must sign his name in the must be 
 margin thereof, or it will not be valid, signed. 
 
 199. Xo Grand Lodge certificate shall be Disqualifi- 
 issued to any Brother if he shall have been JSificItL 
 admitted to more than one degree of Masonry 
 
 at a shorter interval than four weeks from his 
 receiving a previous degree, except as provided 
 by Rule 115. 
 
 200. A Brother who shall have obtained a Certificate 
 Grand Lodge certificate of the first or second ^^^^^1^^ 
 degree shall, after he has been regularly ad- ysmcement.
 
 96 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 vanced to a superior degree, be entitled to 
 exchange such certificate for one of the superior 
 degree without additional expense. 
 
 Application 
 for certifi- 
 cates. 
 
 201. All apphcations for Grand Lodge certi- 
 ficates must be made to the Grand Secretary 
 by a regular Lodge, except in Colonial and 
 Foreign Districts, where a District Grand 
 Master is appointed, and to whom Grand 
 Lodge certificates may be forwarded as pro- 
 vided by Rule 112. If the name of the Brother 
 for whom the certificate is required has not 
 previously been registered, the fee payable on 
 registration must be transmitted at the same 
 time, as no certificate can be issued until such 
 fee has been paid. 
 
 Certificate 
 for begging 
 purposes. 
 
 202. No Lodge, or Officer or member of a 
 Lodge, shall, under any circumstances, give a 
 certificate or recommendation to enable a Mason 
 to proceed from Lodge to Lodge as a pauper, 
 or in an itinerant manner to apply to Lodges 
 for relief. 
 
 Private 203. No Lodge shall grant a private Lodge 
 
 Lodge certificate to a Brother, except the certificate 
 
 certificates, jn^ntioned in Rule 213, or a certificate of all 
 
 dues having been paid, to enable him to join.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 97 
 
 another Lodge ; for neither of wliich certificates 
 shall any charge be made. 
 
 204. A Brother who has been concerned in Offences, 
 making Masons clandestinely, or at a Lodge ^ssistin^ at 
 which is not a regular Lodge, or for small and irregular 
 unworthy considerations, or who may assist Lodges, 
 in forming a new Lodge without the Grand 
 Master's authority, shall not be admitted as a 
 member, or even as a visitor, into any regular 
 Lodge, nor shall he be entitled to rehef from 
 the Fund of Benevolence, nor to any other 
 Masonic privilege, till he make due submission 
 and obtain grace. 
 
 205. No Brother shall print or pubUsh, or printing or 
 cause to be printed or published, the proceed- publistung. 
 ings of any Lodge, or any part thereof, without 
 the consent of the Grand Master, or Provincial 
 or District Grand Master, or print or pubhsh. 
 or cause to be printed or published, anything 
 which by the laws and regulations of Masonry 
 is improper to be published. Nor shall any 
 Brother pubhsh or circulate any document re- 
 lating to any case of Masonic complaint before 
 the regularly constituted authorities, until after 
 final adjudication thereon, and then only if the 
 same be proper to be pubhshed according to the 
 -. laws of Masonry,
 
 98 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 This law does not extend to fumishinej 
 printed copies of documents for the use of any 
 Board or Committee investigating such case of 
 Masonic complaint, provided the same are sent 
 through the Grand Secretary, Provincial or 
 District Grand Secretary, or the Secretary of 
 such Board or Committee respectively, nor to 
 the writing, printing, or publishing of any 
 notice or summons issued to the members of a 
 Lodge by the authority cf the Master, nor to 
 the proceedings of any Festival or public meet- 
 ing at which persons not Masons are permitted 
 to be present. 
 
 Public 206. No Brother shall appear clothed in 
 
 tZZZc ^^y of the jewels, collars, or badges of the 
 clothing. Craft, in any procession, or at any funeral, ball, 
 theatre, public assembly, or meeting, or at any 
 place of pubhc resort, unless the Grand Master. 
 Provincial Grand Master, or District Grand 
 Master, as the case may be, shall have pre- 
 viously given a dispensation for Brethren to be 
 there present in Masonic clothing. 
 
 Other 207. A Lodge or Brother offending against 
 
 ofiences any law or regulation of the Craft, to the 
 
 breach of which no specific penalty is attached, 
 
 shall, at the discretion of the Grand Lodge, or
 
 PRIVATE LODGES.. 99 
 
 any of its delegated authorities, or of a Pro- 
 vincial or District Grand Master, be subject to 
 admonition, fine, or suspension. 
 
 203. If fine be the punishment awarded, it ^'^^^ 
 shall be, for the first offence, not less than one 
 pound nor more than five pounds ; for a second 
 Offenca of a similar nature within three years, 
 it shall be not less than two nor more than ten 
 pounds ; and if the Lodge or Brother shall refuse 
 to pay the fine, or be guilty of a third offence 
 within three years of the second offence, the 
 Lodge shall be liable to be erased or the Brother 
 to be expelled. 
 
 All fines shall be applied to the Fund of 
 Benevolence. 
 
 209. If any Brother behave in Lodge in Exclusion 
 such a manner as to disturb the harmony of L^e for 
 the Lodge, he shall be formally admonished by remainder 
 the Master; and if he persist in his irregular of meeting, 
 conduct, he shall be punished by censure, fine, or 
 exclusion for the remainder of the meeting, 
 according to the opinion of the majority of the 
 members present, or the case may be reported 
 to higher Masonic authority. 
 
 21 Oi Every Lodge has the power to per- Mode of 
 manently exclude any of its members for Permanent
 
 lOO 
 
 PRIVATE LODGES.- 
 
 sufficient cause, provided that such member 
 shall have received due notice in writing of 
 the complaint made against him, and of the 
 time appointed for its consideration, when he 
 may attend and be heard ; such notice shall be 
 considered duly served if sent to the last known 
 address by registered post. This power of 
 exclusion can only be exercised by a majority 
 of not less than two-thirds of the members 
 present. The name of every Brother excluded 
 from a Lodge, with the cause cf exclusion, 
 shall be forthwith sent to the Grand Secretary ; 
 and if the Lodge be a Provincial or District 
 Lodge, also to the Provincial or District Grand 
 Secretary. 
 
 N.B. — The term expelled 4s only used when a 
 Brother is removed from the Craft by the Grand 
 Lodge. Upon a removal of a Brother from a 
 private Lodge the term excluded only is applicable. 
 
 Power to 
 reinstate 
 excluded 
 Brethren. 
 
 211. Should the Grand Master be satisfied 
 that any Brother has been illegally or without 
 sufficient cause excluded from any of his 
 Masonic functions or privileges, he may order 
 him to be reinstated, and may suspend, until 
 the next ensuing quarterly communication, any 
 Lodge failing to comply with his order.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. loi 
 
 A Provincial Grand Master has the same 
 power within his Province. 
 
 A District Grand Master has the same power 
 within his District, and in case of failure to 
 comply with his order may suspend the offend- 
 ing Lodge during such time as he thinks proper. 
 
 212. If any member shall be excluded from Excluded 
 his Lodge, or shall withdraw himself from it, Brethren 
 without having complied with its by-laws, or ^^^J^^ 
 with the general regulations of the Craft, he Lcxige. 
 shall not be eligible to join any other Lodge until 
 that Lodge shall have been made acquainted 
 with his former neglect, so that the Brethren 
 may be enabled to exercise their discretion as 
 to his admission, and any Lodge failing to make 
 due enquiry shall be liable to pay the arrears, if 
 any, owing by such Brother to the Lodge from 
 w^hich he has been excluded or has withdrawTi 
 as aforesaid. 
 
 213, Whenever a member of any Lodge Certificate 
 shall resign, or shall be excluded, or whenever, to be fur- 
 at a subsequent time, he may require it, he te^ produced 
 shall be furnished with a certificate stating the when join- 
 circumstances under which he left the Lodge ; "^g- 
 and such certificate is to be required by, and to 
 be produced to, any other Lodge of which he is
 
 I02 PRIVATE LODGES, 
 
 proposed to be admitted a member, previously 
 to the ballot being taken. 
 
 Differences 214. All differences between, or complaints 
 and com- of, members of London Lodges, or of Lodges in 
 in^F?ov^ces Peaces where no Provincial or District Grand 
 or Districts. Master is appointed, that cannot be accommo- 
 dated privately or in a regular Lodge, shall be 
 reduced into wTiting and delivered to the 
 Grand Secretary, who shall lay the same before 
 the Grand Master or the Board of General 
 Purposes, or other Board or Committee specially 
 appointed by the Grand Lodge. When all 
 parties shall hav§ been summoned to attend 
 thereon, and the case investigated, such order 
 and adjudication shall be made as the laws and 
 regulations of Masonry authorise. 
 
 Differences 215. Complaints against Lodges or Brethren 
 
 philnts^ in the Provinces must in all cases be made to 
 
 Provinces, the Provincial Grand Master or his Deputy, 
 
 failing whose attention thereto the complaint 
 
 may be transmitted to the Board of General 
 
 Purposes* 
 
 In Districts. 216. Complaints against Lodges or Brethren 
 in Districts must be made either to the District 
 Grand Master or to the District Grand Lodge,
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 103 
 
 217. Any Lodge or Brother who feels Appeal ia 
 aggrieved by the decision of a Provincial Grand all cases. 
 Master, a District Grand Master, or District 
 Grand Lodge, or of any Board or Committee or 
 of any other Masonic authority or jurisdiction 
 whatsoever, may appeal against such decision 
 to the next practicable meeting of the Grand 
 Lodge. The appeal must be made in writing, 
 specifying the particular grievance complained 
 of, and be transmitted, together with all docu- 
 mentary evidence, to the Grand Secretary 
 twenty-one days at least before the next 
 practicable meeting of the Grand Lodge, accom- 
 panied by a certificate that notices and copies 
 of the appeal have been sent by the appellant 
 to the authority against whose decision the 
 appeal is made, and also to the opposite party ; 
 and upon the receipt of the appeal and certifi- 
 cates by the Grand Secretary, he shall forthwith 
 give notice thereof to the authority whose 
 decision is thereby called in question ; and on 
 the hearing of the appeal the proof of the 
 service of the notices and copies of appeal 
 shall, unless admitted, be upon the appellant. 
 Such notices shall be considered duly served 
 if proved to have been sent by post and regis- 
 tered. 
 
 No appeal can be received unless couched in 
 proper and respectful language. 
 
 H
 
 I04 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 Applica 218. The Grand Master shall not be applied 
 
 tions to the ^q on any business concerning Masons or 
 Master. Masonry, except through the Grand Secretary, 
 
 Lodges may 218a. In a Colony or Foreign part in which a 
 discuss°th District Grand Lodge exists, if the District Grand 
 forming ot^a Master shall think proper to grant a dispensation 
 Sovereign for that purpose, it shall be lawful for any Lodge 
 Grand ^q hold a Special meeting, or meetings, to discuss 
 
 and resolve on the question of the formation of a 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge for or including the 
 District or part thereof, or any neighbouring 
 District or part thereof, or any Lodges not in a 
 District. Such dispensation may be granted 
 subject to any conditions that the District Grand 
 Master may deem proper, and also to provisions 
 enabling two or more Lodges to unite in the 
 special meeting ; and, if the District Grand 
 Master should refuse to grant a dispensation, an 
 appeal may be made to the Grand Master. In a 
 Colony or Foreign part in which more than one 
 District Grand Lodge exists the same procedure 
 shall be adopted in each District, and before any 
 Grand Lodge shall be recognised as having juris- 
 diction over the whole of such Colony or Foreign 
 part, the consent of each District Grand Lodge 
 shall be certified by the District Grand Master 
 thereof.
 
 PRIVATE LODGES. 105 
 
 218b. Whenever Grand Lodge shall, ^^•ith the Regulations 
 <issent of the Grand Master, recognise a Grand ^°^^ 
 Lodge as a regular and independent Sovereign ° ^^"^^^ 
 Body, having jurisdiction in any Colony or 
 Foreign part where a District Grand Lodge or 
 Lodges not in a District exist, and the Grand 
 Master shall signify it is not his intention to 
 grant for the future any Warrant for a new 
 Lodge in that jurisdiction, the following rules 
 shall apply : — 
 
 1. Within six months after recognition the 
 
 Master of every Lodge in such jurisdic- 
 tion shall convene a special meeting of 
 the Lodge on not less than twenty-one 
 days' notice to every member ; failing 
 the Master, the District Grand Master 
 or the acting Deputy shall convene 
 such meeting, and preside thereat. 
 
 2, The Brethren present at such meeting, 
 
 whose names appear as subscribing 
 members on the last return filed with 
 the Grand Secretary, shall decide 
 v/hether they desire that the Lodge 
 shall continue under the Grand Lodgo 
 of England or not. If the decision be to 
 join the new Grand Lodge, the Brethren 
 shall, at the same meeting, decide in 
 whom the property and effects of the 
 
 F 2
 
 I06 PRIVATE LODGES. 
 
 Lodge shall be vested, and the Warrant 
 shall be forthwith returned to the Grand 
 Secretary to be delivered up to the Grand 
 Master. A majority of two-thirds of 
 the members present shall be required to 
 carrv such resolutions. 
 
 3. No questions shall be discussed or put at 
 
 such meeting other than those above 
 prescribed. 
 
 4. Immediately after such meeting a full copy 
 
 of the minutes and a list from the 
 signature book of all members attending, 
 together with the numbers voting for or 
 against, shall be sent to the Grand 
 Secretary, verified under the hand of the 
 presiding ]\Iaster, and countersigned by 
 the Secretary of the Lodge. 
 
 5. No second meeting shall be called to dis- 
 
 cuss the above questions without the 
 special leave of the Grand Master. 
 
 Majority re- 219. Whenever the number of Subscribing 
 tiring from Members of any Lodge, as shown on the last 
 a Lodge. return to Grand Lodge, shall be fewer than five, 
 the Lodge shall cease to meet, and the warrant, 
 books, and papers shall be dehvered up to the 
 Grand Master, who may nevertheless, if he thinks 
 ■oroper, grant a dispensation to enable the 
 members to meet, subject to such condi- 
 tions as he may deem expedient, until he finally 
 decides whether or not the Lodge shall bs 
 continued.
 
 BOARD OF BEXEVOLENXE. 107 
 
 220. Should a Lodge fail to meet for one Lodge fail- 
 year, it shall be liable to be erased. ing to meet. 
 
 221. Should a Lodge be dissolved the war- Surrender 
 rant, books, and papers shall be delivered up to °^ '•'^^^^^^^^ 
 the Grand Master. No warrant can be trans- 
 ferred under any circumstances. 
 
 BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE. 
 
 222. The fund appropriated to the object of Fund of 
 Benevolence shall be solely devoted to charity. Benevo- 
 But the fees of hono'ur payable by the recipients ^'^^^' 
 of " London Rank " shall be paid into a Special 
 Fund, to be exclusively appropriated to the 
 relief of indigent members, or former members, 
 
 or the families of deceased members of London 
 Lodges, such especial Fund to be distributed and 
 applied by a Committee composed of thirty 
 members of London Lodges (being Masters ov 
 Past Masters thereof) appointed by the Grand 
 Master, of whom twenty at least shall be holders 
 of " London Rank." The Rules of such Com- 
 mittee to be approved by the Grand Master. 
 
 223. The distribution and application of this Meetings cf 
 fund shall take place on the last Wednesday |°nevo^^ 
 but one of every month, excepting in December, lence, and 
 when it shall be the third Wednesday, by a of whom it 
 Board of Benevolence, which shall consist of a consists.
 
 • io8 BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE, 
 
 President, to be appointed by the Grand Master, 
 and two Vice-Presidents, to be elected at the 
 Grand Lodge in December, and of all the 
 present and past Grand Officers, and all actual 
 Masters of Lodges, and twelve Past Masters of 
 Lodges to be nominated at the General Com- 
 mittee annually in November, and to be elected 
 by the Grand Lodge in December, in the same 
 manner as the elected members of the Board of 
 General Purposes ; but no Past Master shall be 
 eligible to be re-elected who shall have neglected 
 to attend the Board of Benevolence at six 
 meetings. 
 
 Disqualifica- 224. No Master shall act as a member of 
 ^^^'^^ the Board of Benevolence if his Lodge have 
 
 neglected to make its returns and pay its con- 
 tributions to the funds of the Grand Lodge 
 during the preceding twelve months. 
 
 Election 225. At the General Committee next pre- 
 
 p ^d^'t ceding the Grand Lodge in December, Brethren 
 rresi en s. gj^g^j^ ^g nominated for election to the offices of 
 Senior and Junior Vice-President of the Board 
 of Benevolence, and the names so nominated 
 shall be submitted to the Grand Lodge in 
 December, who shall elect a Senior Vice-Pre- 
 sident and a Junior Vice-President, out of the 
 names submitted for those offices respectively, 
 in the same m.anner as in the case of elected 
 members of the Board of General Purposes,
 
 BOARD OF BEXEVOLE^XE5 109 
 
 226= If the President, or either of the Vice Death or 
 Presidents, or any of the twelve elected Past remoyai of 
 Masters die or be removed, the vacancy shall or ejected 
 be filled up. If it be the President, by the members. 
 Grand Master ; if it be one elected by the Grand 
 Lodge, then by the Grand Lodge at the next 
 quarterly communication. In cases where aa 
 election is to take place in the Grand Lodge, 
 notice thereof shall be given in the General 
 Committee, and the names of candidates nomi- 
 nated to till such vacancies must also then be 
 given. 
 
 227. If the actual jMaster of the year of Absent 
 any Lodge cannot attend, the immediate Past *^^^^*t^ 
 Master may supply his place ; should that represented. 
 Brother be unable to attend, any other Past 
 Piaster of such Lodge may act for him ; but in 
 every case the Past Master must be a sub- 
 scribing member of the Lodge. 
 
 228. No Brother shall be nominated for re- DisqualiS- 
 election as a Vice-President who shall have cation for 
 failed to attend the Board of Benevolence at as'v?ce'°^ 
 six meetings during the twelve months imme- President, 
 diately preceding, 
 
 229. Tn the absence of the President, the Absence of 
 senior Vice-President, and in the absence of viSpSi-^^ 
 
 dent.
 
 no BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE; 
 
 both, the Junior Vice-President shall take the 
 chair ; should all three be absent, the Brother 
 present who is highest in rank and seniority 
 shall preside ; and if either of the Vice-Presi- 
 dents shall be absent, or be in the chair, his 
 place shall be iilled in like manner. 
 
 Respoasi- 230. The Brother presiding shall be bound 
 
 bilityof strictly to enforce all the regulations of the 
 Craft respecting the distribution of this fund, 
 and shall be satisfied, before any petition be 
 read, that all the required formalities have been 
 comphed with. 
 
 mitted. 
 
 Canvassing. 231. The members shall not be subject to 
 not per- canvass or previous solicitation, but shall have 
 their minds free from prejudice, to decide on 
 the merits of each case with the impartiality 
 and purity of Masonic feeling. If it shall 
 appear that this rule has been wilfully trans- 
 gressed, the consideration of the case shall be 
 defeired for the space of three months^ 
 
 Penalty of 232. If any Master of a Lodge or any 
 
 canvassing, member of the Board shall canvass or other- 
 wise sohcit on behalf of a petitioner, he shall be 
 rendered incapable oi attending as a member of 
 the Board of Benevolence for twelve months.
 
 BOARD OF BENEVOLENXE. iii 
 
 233. No member shall at any time vote Disqua.ifi- 
 upon the petition of any person for whom he ^^^'^^^^'^ 
 may have been canvassed, or to whom he is 
 related, nor upon the petition of a Brother, or 
 widow of a Brother who is, or was, a member of 
 
 a Lodge to which he himself belongs. Such 
 member may be heard on the merits of the 
 petition, but must then withdraw. 
 
 234. Except as hereinafter provided, no Qualifica- 
 Mason registered under the constitution of the *^'°^,^j°q^3 
 Grand Lodge of En2;land shall receive the for relief.^ 
 benefit of this fund unless he have paid the full 
 initiation or joining fee, have continued a 
 subscribing member to a contributing Lodge 
 
 for at least five years, and during that period 
 paid his quarterly dues to the Fund of Benevo- 
 lence. The limitation of five years, however. 
 does not apply to the cases of shipwreck, 
 capture at sea, loss by fire, or blindness, or 
 serious accident, fully attested and proved.- Any 
 Brother who has ceased subscribing for the 
 immediate past twentv years shall not bs eligible 
 to petition the B^a'd unless he has previously 
 subscribed to h's Lodge for fifteen years or 
 upwards. 
 
 235. Secretaries who, by the by-laws o^ ^^JJ^^^"^^ 
 their Lodges, are exempted from the payment exem^fed 
 of subscription shall be considered in all from sub- 
 respects as regular subscribing members of scnption.
 
 112 BOARD OF BENEVOLENXE, 
 
 Serving 
 Brethren 
 
 Neglect of 
 
 their Lodges, their services being equivalent to 
 subscription, provided their dues to the Grand 
 Lodge have been paid. 
 
 236. A serving Brother who, under the 
 provisions of Rule 193, has paid, through the 
 Lodge in whicn he was initiated, the quarterly- 
 dues to the Fund of Benevolence for ten years 
 at least, is eligible to be relieved in case of 
 distress, in the same manner as if he had been 
 a regular subscribing member. 
 
 237. If, on enquiry into any petition, it 
 payments to shall appear that any Brother has paid to his 
 
 Lodge the full fees, including the register fee, 
 and also two years' quarterage, but that the 
 Lodge has neglected to register such Brother or 
 transmit the dues to the Grand Lodge, the 
 Board of Benevolence may relieve the petitioner 
 and shall forth\\nth report the case to the Board 
 of General Purposes, that the Lodge ma}' be 
 rigorously proceeded against for withholding 
 moneys the property of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 238. The Board of Benevolence mav also 
 diUdmi^^ grant rehef to the indigent widow, or child, of 
 
 a deceased Mason reg stered as aforesaid who 
 would himself have been qualified to receive 
 assistance ; or of a Brother who shall have died 
 within five years from the period of his initia- 
 tion, or of his having joined an English Lodge 
 from a Foreign Lodge, and who shall have 
 
 Relief of
 
 BOARD OF BENEVGLENXE.: 113 
 
 continued a subscribing member to the time of 
 his decease. 
 
 239. Before the petition of a widow or Certificates 
 child shall be taken into consideration, the required. 
 Grand Lodge or other Masonic certiiicate of the 
 deceased Brother, and those of his marriage 
 
 and death, or burial, and in the cases of 
 children, of their births or baptisms, shall be 
 deposited mth the Grand Secretary. In the 
 case of loss of any of the above-named 
 certificates, or impossibility to procure them, 
 the Board may, nevertheless, grant relief if 
 such loss or im.possibility be proved, and the 
 facts otherwise estabhshed to the satisfaction of 
 the Board. 
 
 240. When application for relief ^'s made Limit of 
 on behalf of a child or children only, such l^^^c ^^ 
 application must be made within five years of chiidreu- 
 the death of the father, and whilst the child or 
 children is or are under age, 
 
 241. Brethren under the constitution of the Foreiam 
 Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland, as well Petitioaere 
 as of Foreign Grand .Lodges, and members of 
 Colonial Lodges, may be relieved on the produc- 
 tion of certificates from their respective Grand 
 Lodges, or other sufficient certificates and testi- 
 monials to the satisfaction of the Board of 
 Benevolence, and proof of identity and distress, 
 
 and of having paid at least five years' sub-
 
 114 BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE, 
 
 scription to a regular Lodge, it being understood 
 that in the case of Foreign Brethren, such relief 
 if exceeding five pounds, except in case of 
 sickness, is intended to assist them to return 
 to their native land, or to any country in which 
 they have been as tab ashed or have friends. 
 
 Form of 242. Applications fcr relief must be by 
 
 petition. petition, stating the name, occupation, place 
 of abode, and present circumstances of the 
 petitioner, the name and number of the Lodge 
 in which and the time when he . (or the 
 husband or father, in the case of the petition 
 of a widow, child, or children) was initiated, 
 and the other Lodges, if any, which he after- 
 wards joined. The applicant, unless disabled 
 by disease or accident, must sign the petition. 
 
 Recommen- 243. To every petition must be added a 
 petiton ' ^ recommendation, signed in open Lodge, by 
 the Master, Wardens, and a majority of the 
 members then present, of a Lodge to which the 
 petitioner (or the husband or father, in the 
 case of the petition of a widow, child or children), 
 does or did belong, certifying that they know 
 him or have good reasons for believing him 
 to have been in reputable, or at least tolerable 
 circumstances, and that he has or had been 
 not less than five years an actual contributing 
 member, paying the stipulated subscriptions 
 to the funds of a regular Lodge, as well as
 
 BOARD OF BEXEVOLH^XE, 115 
 
 quarterage to the Fund of Benevolence, when 
 not included in the subscription to the Lodge, 
 with such other observations as they may 
 think proper. If the Lodge cannot certify to 
 any necessary fact, the same may be struck 
 out and the real fact inserted, \\-ith any explana- 
 tion that may be advisable. It shall not be 
 permissible for any Lodge to refuse to certify 
 as to any of its petitioning members or their 
 widows or children ; but if a Lodge has been 
 erased or suspended, or has temporarily ceased 
 to meet, or its next regular meeting will not be 
 held within a convenient time, then the necessary 
 recommendation may be made by some other 
 Lodge which contributes to the Fund and can 
 give the necessary information. Everv petition 
 recommended by a Provincial or District Lodge 
 shall be forwarded to the Provincial cr District 
 Grand Secretary of the Province cr District in 
 which the apphcant's Lodge is situate, for his 
 report on the circumstances therein set forth , 
 but in the case of members of unattached 
 Colonial Lodges, and of Brethren under the 
 constitutions of the Grand Lodges of Ireland or 
 Scotland, or of Foreign Lodges, a recommenda- 
 tion attached to the petition and signed bv a 
 Brother registered under the constitution ol the 
 Grand Lodge of England shall be sulhcient. .^ 
 244. To prevent mistakes in the recom- 
 ftycudation of petitions, the following form is
 
 ii6 BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE, 
 
 proposed which may he altered as circumstances 
 require. 
 
 We, the undersigned, being the Master, 
 Wardens, and majority of the members present, 
 in open Lodge assembled, of Lodge No, 
 called and held at 
 
 this day of 
 
 19 , do hereby certify, that 
 the within-named petitioner has been a regular 
 contributing member, paying the stipulated 
 subscription to this Lodge, for the space of 
 years, and that we have known him, or have 
 good reasons for believing him to have been, 
 in reputable circumstances, and do therefore 
 recommend him to the Board of Benevolence 
 for relief, having satisfactory grounds for 
 believing the allegations set forth in his petition 
 to be true. 
 
 Petitioners 245. A visit shall be paid to every applicant 
 to be visited. ^^ ^-^^ ]\Iaster or some member of the Lodge, or 
 some other Brother, who shall, in writing, on a 
 form to be from time to time settled by the 
 President and Vice-Presidents of the Board of 
 Benevolence and the Grand Secretary, certify 
 to the best of his information and belief to the 
 actual condition of the applicant, his age, pro- 
 fession or calling, means of subsistence, what aid 
 he receives from his family, his future prospects, 
 the position he has held in the Craft, and any
 
 BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE. 117 
 
 matter that may guide the Board in adjusting 
 the distribution of relief from its funds. The 
 apphcation of widows or children to be accom- 
 panied with a like certificate so far as prac- 
 licable, with the probable disposal of the funds 
 if reheved. Every Brother certifying shall also 
 state that he is not aware of any circumstance 
 disentitling the applicant to relief, or which 
 ought to be disclosed to the Board of Benevo- 
 lence before it deals with the application. In 
 all London cases the Brother giving the certifi- 
 cate, or some other Brother who has visited the 
 case, shall attend the Board of Benevolence on 
 the consideration of the petition^ 
 
 N.B. — Masters of Lodges or visiting Brethren 
 are earnestly requested to forward the fullest 
 particulars of each case, to enable the Board to 
 relieve the applicants to the utmost extent of its 
 means. 
 
 246. No petition for relief shall be presented Time of 
 to the Board of Benevolence, unless it has been presenting 
 left with the Grand Secretary not later than '^^^'^^°^- 
 the Thursday previous to their meeting. 
 
 247. No petition shall be read unless the Petitioner 
 petitioner attend the Board of Benevolence in to attend. 
 
 person ; except in the case of widows and ^ ^7~ 
 
 1-1 J j: • 1 1 • • Exceptions, 
 
 children, or of sickness, lameness, imprison- 
 ment, or residence in the country, beyond the 
 London district.
 
 ii8 BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE.- 
 
 Second 248. A Brother who has been relieved 
 
 application, cannot petition a second time within one year. 
 
 A widow or crphan who has been reheved cannot 
 
 petition again. 
 
 may be 
 given 
 
 Sum=!^^^hich £49. The Board of Benevolence may order 
 the payment of any sum not exceeding the 
 following, that is to say : 
 
 Twenty pounds towards the relief of a 
 distressed Brother. 
 
 Ten pounds towards the relief of a 
 widow or child ; should there be a 
 child, or children totally dependent 
 on the widow, or more than one 
 orphan, the grant may be extended 
 to any sum not exceeding twenty 
 pounds. 
 
 Extra- 250. When cases of extraordinary distress 
 
 cases.^"^ occur, and the sum of twenty pounds does not 
 appear sufficient to afford adequate rehef, the 
 Board of Benevolence may recommend such 
 cases to the Grand Master, who may grant any 
 sum not exceeding forty pounds. Recommen- 
 dations of any sum exceeding forty pounds 
 must be laid before the Grand Lodge. In both 
 of such cases the President of the Board or in 
 his absence the Senior or Junior Vice-Presidents 
 may at their discretion direct a payment not
 
 BOARD OF BE^'EVOLE^XE. 119 
 
 exceeding twenty pounds on account, When- 
 ever any vote for a sum of money not exceeding 
 fifty pounds shall, pursuant to a recommenda- 
 tion from the Board of Benevolence, be carried 
 in the Grand Lodge, the same shall be paid 
 forthwith ; but should the vote exceed fifty 
 pounds, the sum of fifty pounds only shall be 
 paid on account thereof, and the Grand Master 
 may direct the payment of the balance as soon 
 as one month has expired from the date of the 
 recommendation of the grant, 
 
 251. Any vote or recommendation for a sum Votes re- 
 above twenty pounds, and not exceeding forty q^i^^^S ^^'- 
 pounds, shall not be effectual until confirmed at tion of the 
 the next or a subsequent meeting of the Board Board. 
 
 of Benevolence ; but the Board may at once 
 pay any sum not exceeding twenty pounds on 
 account of any vote or recommendation of the 
 Board exceeding that sum.; The Board, instead 
 of confirming the grant or recommendation, may 
 reduce it to any sum not less than that which 
 has been paid on account, and the resolution of 
 reduction shall not require confirmation, 
 
 252. The Board of Benevolence may grant ExceptFona' 
 relief to the extent of five pounds to anv dis- grants 
 tressed Mason who has presented his petition 
 
 in due time, although the conditions and forms 
 
 I
 
 I20 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSESg 
 
 above contained have not been complied with ; 
 but this Rule shall not override the provisions 
 of Rule 234. 
 
 January. 
 
 The laws to 253. These laws and regulations shall be 
 be read in j-ead by the Grand Secretary in the month of 
 January, previously to the Board entering on 
 business, and the President in the chair shall 
 not allow any part of them to be dispensed 
 with or infringed. 
 
 Of whom 
 the Board 
 cOTisists. 
 
 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES, 
 
 254. The Board shall consist of the Grand 
 Master, Pro Grand Master, Deputy Grand 
 Master, the Grand Wardens of the year, the 
 Grand Treasurer, the Grand Registrar, the 
 Deputy Grand Registrar, a President, Past 
 Presidents, the President of the Board of 
 Benevolence, the Grand Director of Ceremonies, 
 and twenty-four other members* 
 
 Appoint- 
 ment and 
 election of 
 President, 
 and of 
 members. 
 
 255. The President and six of such other 
 members shall be annually appointed by the 
 Grand Master at the Quarterly Grand Lodge 
 in June, and the Grand Lodge shall on the 
 same day elect, from the actual Masters and
 
 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES, I2I 
 
 Past Masters of Lodges, as many as may be 
 required to make up the remaining eighteen 
 members of the Board as hereinafter provided. 
 A Master and Past Master, or more than one 
 Past Master of the same Lodge, shall not be 
 elected as such on the same Board ; but this 
 shall not disqualify any Past Master, being a 
 subscribing member and Master of another 
 Lodge, from being elected for and representing 
 such other Lodge as ^Nlasterj 
 
 253. At the election in June, 1901, the full ^^^^^. 
 number of eighteen members shall be elected ; ^^bers. 
 and thereafter one-third of the elected members 
 shall go out of office annually, but shall be 
 eligible for re-election. Those who go out of 
 office in June, 1902, shall be the six members 
 who were elected by the smallest number of 
 votes in 1901 ; and those who go out of ofhce 
 in June, 1903, shall be the six members who 
 were elected by the next smallest number of 
 votes in 1901 ; the Board always determining, 
 when the votes for any such members shall 
 have been equal, who shall be the members so 
 to go out of office ; and after 1903, those who 
 shall go out of office shall always be the 
 members who have been for the longest time 
 in office. On the death or rem6val from office 
 of an elected member, the Brother elected in 
 
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 122 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 
 
 his place under Rule 261 shall go out of of&ce 
 at the time appointed for the member whose 
 place he has taken. 
 
 Election of 
 Vice-Presi- 
 dent. 
 
 257. The Board shall elect one of its mem- 
 bers to be Vice-President^ 
 
 Mode of 
 election of 
 members. 
 
 258. The Masters and Past Masters are to 
 be elected by ballot, and for that purpose the 
 names of the several Brethren put in nomina- 
 tion, together with the names and numbers 
 of their Lodges, and whether at the time of 
 sueh nomination they are Masters or Past 
 Masters, and in the case of a Master the date 
 of his installation, are to be delivered in writing 
 at the General Committee preceding the Grand 
 Lodge in June, all which names so proposed 
 shall be printed alphabetically in a list, a copy 
 of which shall be delivered to each member 
 present at the Grand Lodge. The balloting 
 lists having been delivered to the members of 
 the Grand Lodge, are to be collected by scruti- 
 neers to be appointed for that purpose, and are 
 hot to be signeds 
 
 Scrutineers. 259. Eight scrutineers are to be elected at 
 the General Committee previously to the Grand 
 Lodge in June, and eight other scrutineers are 
 to be nominated by the Grand Master or Pre-
 
 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 123 
 
 siding Officer at that Grand Lodge. The 
 scrutineers are to collect the lists from the 
 Brethren to whom they have been dehvered, 
 and shall solemnly pledge themselves to make a 
 correct report under their hands of the result 
 of the ballot. They shall then retire, and having 
 ascertained the numbers for the respective can- 
 didates, shall present the report in the Grand 
 Lodge. But if their report be not read}'- by the 
 time the Grand Lodge is about to be closed, the 
 Grand Master or the Presiding Officer shall, 
 after closing the Grand Lodge, receive the 
 report in his private room, and in such case a 
 copy thereof, verified by the Grand Secretary, 
 shall be immediately posted up in the Grand 
 Secretary's office, and remain during one week 
 for the information of the Craft. 
 
 260. Should the President and Vice-Presi- Absence of 
 
 dent be absent, the Brother highest in rank and the Presi- 
 • , 1 ^^ • 1 dent and 
 
 seniority shall preside. Vice-Presi- 
 
 dent. 
 
 261. If the President, Vice-President, or any Death or 
 other member of the Board die or be removed, removal ot 
 the vacancy shall be filled up. If one appointed members, 
 by the Grand Master, then by the Grand 
 Master ; and if one elected by the Grand Lodge, 
 
 then by the Grand Lodge at the next quarterly 
 communication.; In cases where an election is
 
 124 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 
 
 to take place in the Grand Lodge, notice thereof 
 shall be given in the General Committee, and 
 the names of candidates nominated to hll such 
 vacancies must also then be given. 
 
 Meetings. 
 
 262. The Board shall meet on the third 
 Tuesday in every month at five o'clock precisely. 
 It may also be convened at other times by 
 command of the Grand Master, or by the 
 authority of the President^ 
 
 Quorum- 263. Five members shall constitute a Board 
 
 and proceed to business, except in the decision 
 of Masonic complaints, for which purpose at 
 least seven members must be present. All 
 questions shall be decided by a majority of 
 votes, the Presiding Officer, in case of equality, 
 having a second vote. 
 
 Power to 
 inspect the 
 Grand 
 Lodge 
 books, &c. 
 
 264. The Board has full power to inspect 
 all books and papers relating to the accounts of 
 the Grand Lodge, and to give orders for the 
 correct arrangement of theni ; and to summon 
 the Grand Treasurer, Grand Registrar, Grand 
 Secretary, or other Brother having possession 
 of any books, papers, documents, or accounts 
 belonging to the Grand Lodge, and to give such 
 directions as mav be necessary.
 
 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES, 125 
 
 265. Except when otherwise specially di- Care of 
 rected by resolution of the Grand Lodge, the building, &c' 
 Board has the direction of everything relating 
 to the buildings and furniture of the Grand 
 Lodge, and may suggest any alterations or 
 improvements. It is to cause the necessary 
 preparations to be made for the meetings of the 
 Grand Lodge as well as for the days of festival, 
 public ceremonies, &c., and to take care that 
 arrangements be made for the proper accommo- 
 dation of the Boards or Committees appointed 
 by the Grand Lodge, and of the private Lodges 
 rneeting at Freemasons' Hall. It shall also give 
 orders for all the usual and ordinary articles 
 which may be requisite for the Grand Lodge ; 
 but no extraordinary expense of any kind shall 
 be incurred without the previous sanction of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 266. The Board may recommend to the Mayorigi- 
 Grand Lodge whatever it shall deem necessary prove™ents. 
 or advantageous to the welfare and « good 
 government of the Craft, and may originate 
 plans for the better regulation of the Grand 
 Lodge and the arrangement of its general 
 transactions. 
 
 267. The Board has like\^dse the care and Care of the 
 
 regulation of all the concerns of the Grand correspond- 
 
 ° ence of the
 
 126 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 
 
 Grand I,odge, and shall conduct the correspondence 
 
 Lodge. between the Grand Lodge and its subordinate 
 
 Lodges and Brethren, and communications with 
 
 sister Grand Lodges and Brethren of eminence 
 
 and distinction throughout the world. 
 
 Charge of 268. The Board shall have charge of the 
 
 the finances, finances of the Grand Lodge, examine all 
 
 demands upon it, and, when found correct, shall 
 
 order them to be discharged. 
 
 Quarterly 
 accounts. 
 
 269. At the Board next following the close 
 of each quarter, the account of receipts and 
 disbursements for the last quarter shall be 
 balanced. This account, together with a list 
 of the contributions, shall be printed and 
 transmitted to each Lodge with the report oi 
 the proceedings of the next quarterly com- 
 munication. 
 
 Audit. 270. At the meeting in January in each 
 
 year, *the Board shall investigate the accounts 
 of the Grand Lodge for the last year, and 
 prepare them for the auditor ; and shall, at 
 the quarterly communication in March, Estate 
 the amount of receipts and expenditure under 
 their respective heads, together with the amount 
 of the property belonging to the Grand Lodge 
 in the public funds or elsewhere ; and do ail
 
 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 127 
 
 such matters as may be necessary to give the 
 Grand Lodge full information respecting the 
 receipt and apphcation of its funds. An abstract 
 of this report shall be transmitted to every 
 Lodge, as directed by the preceding article. 
 
 271. The Board shall appoint, from amongst Sub-corn- 
 its Members, a Committee of seven to consider °"*^®®^ 
 all Colonial, Indian and Foreign matters that 
 may be referred to it, whose duty it shall be to 
 report their proceedings to the Board at its next 
 meeting. Such Committee to be composed as 
 far as can be of Masters or Past Masters of 
 Colonial, Indian or Foreign Lodges imder the 
 English Constitution.- 
 
 The Board may also appoint Committees for 
 specific purposes, who shall report to the Boaxd 
 in hke manner. 
 
 272. The Board has authority to hear and Power to 
 determine all subjects of J^Iasonic complaint adjudicate* 
 or irregularity respecting Lodges or individual 
 Masons, when regularly brought before it, and 
 generally to take cognizance of all matters 
 relating "to the Craft. 
 
 273. The Board may proceed to admonition. To suspend 
 fine, or suspension, according to the laws ; and 
 its decision shall be final, unless an appeal be
 
 128 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES^ 
 
 ma:le to the Grand Lodge.- But should any 
 case be of so flagrant a nature as to require 
 the erasure of a Lodge or the expulsion of a 
 Brother, the Board shall make a special report 
 thereon to the Grand Lodge,' 
 
 ro summon 
 Lodges and 
 Brethren. 
 
 274. The Board may summon the Officers of 
 any Lodge to attend' it and to produce the 
 warrant, books, papers, and accounts of the 
 Lodge, or may summon any Brother to attend 
 it and produce his certificate. If the summons 
 be not complied vnth, or a sufficient reason be 
 not given for non-compliance, a peremptory 
 summons shall be issued, and in case of con- 
 tumacy the Lodge or Brother may be suspended, 
 and the proceedings notified to the Grand 
 Lodge.: 
 
 When to be 
 in Masonic 
 clothing. 
 
 275. The members of the Board shall be in 
 Masonic clothing when they proceed to the 
 investigation of any charge or complaint. 
 
 Mode of 
 pvocedure. 
 
 276. When the Board has investigated and 
 decided on any case which, in its judgment, 
 requires admonition, fine, or suspension, the 
 offence shall be fully stated in the minutes, 
 shall be declared proved, the law relating 
 thereto (if the offence is provided against) 
 quoted, and the decision recorded and acted upon*
 
 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 129 
 
 277. In case of any charge or complaint Complaints 
 affecting a member of the Board of a Lodge ^^j^J^J. 
 to wtiich he belongs, such member shall with- 
 draw whilst the Board considers its decision, 
 
 278. No recommendation, petition, or re- Communica- 
 presentation of any kind shall be received by 3^^*° ^® 
 the Board, unless it be in writing, and signed 
 
 b}' the person or persons addressing the Board, 
 
 279. All communications from the Board to Commnnica- 
 the Grand Master, tne Grand Lodge, or other JJ°^b^°^ 
 Boards or Committees, or any private Lodge ® °^ 
 or Brother, shall be made in vmting. 
 
 280. Any special matter referred to the Precedence 
 Board by the Grand Master of the Grand of business. 
 Lodge sliall have precedence of other busi- 
 
 281, All transactions and resolutions of the Minutes. 
 Board shall be entered in the minute book by 
 the Grand Secretary,
 
 I30 
 
 REGALIA. 
 
 REGALIA, CLOTHING, INSIGNIA, AND 
 JEWELSs 
 
 282. The following clothing and insignia 
 shall be worn by the Craft ; and no Brother 
 shall be admitted into any Grand Lodge, or any 
 subordinate Lodge, without his proper clothingi 
 
 283. No honorary or other jewel, medal, 
 device, or emblem shall be worn in the Grand 
 Lodge or any subordinate Lodge which shall not 
 appertain to or be consistent with those degrees 
 which are recognised and acknowledged by the 
 Grand Lodge as part of pure and antient 
 Masonry.; 
 
 JEWELS. 
 
 284i The Grand Master The compasses ex- 
 tended to 45°, with 
 the segment of a 
 circle at the points 
 and a gold plate in- 
 cluded, on which is 
 to be represented 
 an eye within a 
 triangle, both irra- 
 diated.- 
 The Pro Grand Master « .„ The samei
 
 REGALIA? 131 
 
 Past Grand Masiers and^^^-^^^^'^'^^ ^^^f^ 
 Past Pro Grand Masters, j ■, ° 
 
 Deputy Grand Master ......The compasses and 
 
 square united, with 
 a five-pointed star 
 in the centre. 
 
 Past Deputy Grand Masters The compasses and 
 square only. 
 
 Senior Grand Warden ... . .The level. 
 
 Junior Grand Warden ... . .The plumb rule. 
 
 Grand Chaplains .„.:„... ...A book, within a 
 
 triangle, surmount- 
 ing a glory. 
 
 Grand Treasurer .„ ... ... ...A chased key. 
 
 Grand Registrar ... .„ „ ... ... A scroll, with seal 
 
 appended^ 
 Deputy Grand Registrars . .Ditto.. 
 
 President of the Board 0/ J'^^^^' "'f Vh^^'r '""n^; 
 General Purposes .[^^d^e! 
 
 Grand Secretary .,. .=. .... „. ...Two pens in saltire, 
 
 tied by a ribbons 
 President of the Board of f Arms and crest of 
 Benevolence ... ... .=. . . t the Grand Lodge, 
 
 ^ , ^ r Dove and olive 
 
 Grand Deacons ........... | ^^^^^i,.
 
 133 REGALIA. 
 
 Assistant Grand Chap. \^^. ^P^^' within a 
 
 la^^g ^ -{ triangle, surmounting 
 
 [a glory. 
 
 Grand Superintendent J A semicircular pro- 
 
 of Works .,. ... ... ... \ tractor^ 
 
 Assistant Grand Super- 1 -n-xx 
 
 infendent of Works.. |^^"°- 
 Grand Director of J Two rods in saltire, tied 
 
 Ceremonies ... ... .,. . . \by a ribbon.; 
 
 Deputy Grand Director\j^-.. 
 
 of Ceremonies J 
 
 A ssistant Grand D irector 1 t>. • * * ^ 
 / ^ >ijitto. 
 
 of Ceremonies . . ... .-. J 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer ... . .Two swords in saltire^ 
 
 Deputy Grand Sword\^-,.^ 
 Bearers |iJitio. 
 
 Assistant Grand Sword\y.-.. 
 Bearers J 
 
 Grand Standard Bearers Two staves in saltire, 
 tied by a ribbon ; 
 flowing from the dex- 
 ter a standard of 
 the arms of the 
 Grand Lodge, and 
 from the sinister 
 a standard of the 
 arms of the Grand 
 - - Master for the time 
 
 being.
 
 REGALIA. IS3 
 
 Assistant Grand Standard 1 ^^.^^ 
 Bearers /I^^tto. 
 
 Grand Organist ... ... „. .=. „. A lyrej 
 
 Deputy Grand Organist .„ . .Ditto. 
 
 Assistant Grand Secretary.: Two pens in saltire, 
 tied by a ribbon.- 
 
 Grand Pursiduani . ... ... . . Arms of the Grand 
 
 Lodge surmounting 
 a sword and rod 
 saltirewise^ 
 
 Assistant Grand Pursuivant .Ditto. 
 
 Grand Steward ™«... ... ...A cornucopia be- 
 tween the legs of a 
 pair of compasses 
 extended upon an 
 irradiated gold plate 
 \^dthin a circle, on 
 which is engraved 
 '• United Grand 
 
 Lodge of Antient 
 Free and Accepted 
 Masons of Eng- 
 land." 
 
 The jewels of the Grand Chaplain, Grand 
 Registrar, Deputy Grand Registrars, President 
 of the Board of General Purposes, Grand 
 Secretary, President of the B^ard of Benevo- 
 lence, Grand Deacons, Assistant Grand Chap- 
 lains, Assistant Grand Registrars, Grand
 
 I33A 
 
 REGALIA. 
 
 Superintendent of Works, Assistant Grand 
 Superintendent of Works, Grand Director of 
 Ceremonies. Deputy and Assistant Grand 
 Directors of Ceremonies, Grand Sword Bearer, 
 Deputy and Assistant Grand Sword Bearers, 
 Grand Standard Bearers, Assistant Grand 
 Standard Bearers, Grand Organist, Deputy 
 Grand Organist, Assistant Grand Secretary, 
 Grand Pursuivant, and Assistant Grand 
 Pursuivants are to be within a wreath composed 
 of a sprig of acacia and an ear of corn^ 
 
 284a. The jewel of the holders of London 
 Rank shall consist of the square and the diagram 
 of the 47th proposition ist Book of Euchd 
 pendant within it. Such jewel to be placed on 
 a blue enamelled oval medal, and over it the 
 word ''London." 
 
 285. Provir.ialorDis-p^:^^^-^r. fi.^' 
 
 I centre^ 
 
 Past Provincial or Dis- J The compasses and 
 trict Grand Masters ... \ square only* 
 
 Depi ProVi or 
 Grand Master 
 
 District \ r^., ^^„^^^ 
 I" ine squares
 
 REGALIA, 134 
 
 J 77 vr r^m t T> r Jewels of the same 
 
 All other Officers of Pro- M, • 4.- „ +u ^^ 
 
 . , " / ., ■ . ) description as those 
 
 vvncioj or DistricK ^^.^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 Grand Lodges [^^ .j^^ ^^^^^ Lodge. 
 
 „ • • 7 T^ • V ■ J r Te^vels similar to 
 
 Provincial or District \{^^^^ ^^.^^^ ^ ^^^^ 
 
 Grand Stewards | ^^^^^^ Stewards. 
 
 The jewels of the Provincial or District Grand 
 Master and other Provincial or District Grand 
 Officers and Provincial or District Grand 
 Stewards are to be piaced within a circle, on 
 which tlie name of the Province or District is 
 to be engraven. 
 
 286. All Past Grand Officers, and Past Pro- Of Pnst 
 vincial or District Grand Officers, shall wear the q^*^j.- 
 jewel of their respective offices on a blue 
 enamelled oval medal. 
 
 287. The jewel of a Past Grand Steward, Of Past 
 and of a Past Provincial or District Grand cf^^^jjc 
 Steward, is oval in form, and of the same and Past 
 device as the jewel of a Grand Steward, but Provincial 
 on crimson enamel instead of the irradiated °- District 
 plate, and of smaller size. Stewards. 
 
 288. All the above jewels to be gold or gilt? tq be gilt. 
 
 K
 
 135 REGALIA, 
 
 J^^els of 289. Masters of Lodges . . The square. 
 
 Past Masters Pfls^ Masters ^. ... ... ... ... . .The square and the 
 
 and Officers diagram of the 47 th 
 
 Z'oSgS"'° F°P- '^t Book o£ 
 
 Buclid engraven on 
 a silver plate, pen- 
 dent within its 
 
 Senior Warden ... .=. ... ... . .The level. 
 
 Junior Warden ... . . . . .-_. . .The plumb rule.- 
 
 Chaplain .......=.....=...... ..A book within a 
 
 triangle surmount 
 ing a glory. 
 
 Treasurer . . ... ... .:. ... . . . . . . A key. 
 
 Secretary . . .. ,. ... ... . . ...Two pens in saltire, 
 
 tied by a ribbon.: 
 
 Deacons ......... .x. Dove and olive 
 
 branchy 
 
 Director of Ceremonies ... . .Two rods in saltire 
 tied by a ribbon^ 
 
 Organist .... .,. ... . . . .A lyre. 
 
 Inner Guard... ... .. .. ... ...Two swords in 
 
 saltire. 
 
 Stewards .. ....«.=..,. A cornucopia be- 
 tween the legs of a 
 pair of compasses 
 extended, 
 
 Tyler «. ^ ^. .-. ... ... ... ..... A swords 
 
 Tobeoi 290. The above jewels to be in silver, «x- 
 
 aUvec.
 
 REGALIA^ 136 
 
 cept those of the Officers of the Lodge o! 
 
 Antiquity, No. 2.. and of the British Lodge, 
 NOj 8, which are golden or gilt. 
 
 CHAINS AND COLLARS. 
 
 291. In the Grand Lodge and at great cere- ^jf^^*^ 
 monials and festivals where the Grand Officers Grand 
 appear in their official capacities, the actual Officers. 
 Grand Officers wear chains of gold, or metal 
 
 gilt, instead of collars but upon all other 
 occasions collars of garter-blue ribbon, four 
 inches broad, embroidered or plain. 
 
 292. In the Grand Lodge and in their Pro- Of Provin- 
 
 vincial or District meetings, or when officially ^^^^^^^ ^f' 
 
 . T J • ^L • i- -n tnct Grand 
 
 present at any Lodge m their respective Pro- Masters. 
 
 vinces or Districts, or when visiting any Pro- 
 vincial or District Grand Lodge, Provincial and 
 District Grand Masters wear chains of gold or 
 metal gilt, but on all other occasions collars of 
 garter-blue ribbon, four inches broad. 
 
 293. Past Grand Officers of the Grand Of Past 
 Lodge of England, in the Grand Lodge, or §^^ 
 at any great ceremonials or festival, wear em- 
 broidered collars, and in private Lodges collars 
 either embroidered or plain. 
 
 293a; Holders of London Rank wear coUars Of Holder? 
 of garter-blue ribbon, four inches broad, wUh of London 
 
 K 2 A^ank.
 
 137 
 
 REGALIA, 
 
 narrow edging of gold lace or cord, but not 
 bullion or fringe, nor plain. In the Grand 
 Lodge they must wear their collars or jewels 
 of the Lodges and offices respectivelv, in right 
 of which they attend as ^Members of the Grand 
 Lodge, over their collars of London Rank, 
 
 OfProvin- 294. Deputy Provincial and District Grand 
 cial and Dis- Masters and other subordinate Provincial and 
 Officers.^ District Grand Officers, present and past, wear 
 collars of garter-blue ribbon, four inches broad, 
 with narrow edging of gold lace or cord, but 
 not bullion or fringe, nor plain. In the Grand 
 Lodge they must wear their collg^rs and jewels 
 of the Lodges and offices respectively, in right 
 of which they attend as members of the Grand 
 Lodge, over their Provincial or District Grand 
 Lodge collars. 
 
 Of Grand 295. The Grand Stewards for the year wear 
 
 Stewards, collars of crimson ribbon, four inches broad, and 
 bear white wands. 
 
 Of Past 296. Past Grand Stewards, so long as they 
 
 Grand continue to subscribe to some Lodge, wear 
 
 Stewards, collars of crimson ribbon, four inches broad, 
 with silver cord on each edge.: 
 
 297. Past Grand Stewards, when attending 
 the Grand Lodge as Masters, Past Masters, or 
 
 Of Past 
 Grand 
 
 tteGrSd^ Wardens of private Lodges, wear their collars 
 ?odge. K 2
 
 REGALIA? 1^8 
 
 and jewels of the Lodges and offices respec- 
 tively, in right of which they attend as mem- 
 bers of the Grand Lodge, under the collar of 
 Past Grand Steward. 
 
 298. The Officers and Past Masters of the gf^the^ ^^^ 
 Grand Stewards' Lodge wear collars of crimson pastlviasters 
 ribbon, four inches broad, of the Grand 
 
 Stewards' 
 Lodge. 
 
 299. Provincial and District Grand Stewards Of Provin- 
 during their periods of office wear collars of ^'?^/"?'^ ^^-' 
 crimson ribbon, two and a half inches broad. Steward 
 
 300. Past Provincial and District Grand o; Past Pro- 
 Stewards, so long as they continue to subscribe SSt^t^'^ 
 to some Lodge, wear collars of crimson ribbon, Grand 
 two and a half inches broad, with a silver cord Stewards. 
 in the centre. 
 
 301. Past Masters of private Lodges, so Of Past 
 long as they continue to subscribe to some Lodge, Masters of 
 shall be entitled to wear, on all occasions when Lodges. 
 Craft clothing may be worn, collars of Hght blue 
 ribbon, four inches broad, with silver braid a 
 quarter of an inch wide in the centre. 
 
 302. The collars of the Officers of private of the 
 Lodges to be Hght blue ribbon, four inches Ofl&cers of 
 broad;''" if silver chain be used, it must be P^g^ 
 placed over the light blue ribbon. 
 
 303- The collars of the Officers of private When to be 
 Lodges are to be worn only in their own Lodges, ^'o^n.
 
 139 REGALIA? 
 
 or when representing their Lodges as Masters 
 or Wardens in the Grand Lodge, or in their 
 Provincial or District Grand Lodges. 
 
 Engravings 304. Engravings of the jewels, chains and 
 of jewels, collars are given in the Appendix* 
 
 APRONS.: 
 
 Aprons. 305. Erdered Apprentice, — A plain white 
 
 lamb skin, from fourteen to sixteen inches 
 wide, twelve to fourteen inches deep, 
 square at bottom and without ornament ; 
 white strings.- 
 
 Fellow Craft. — A plain white lamb skin, similar 
 to that of the entered Apprentice. \\'ith the 
 addition only of two sky-blue rosettes at 
 the bottom. 
 
 Master Mason. — The same, with sky-blue lining 
 and edging, not more than two inches deep, 
 and an additional rosette on the fall or 
 flap, and silver tassels. No other colour or 
 ornament shall be allowed except to Officers 
 a.nd past Officers of Lodges, who may have 
 the emblems of their offices in silver or 
 white in the centre of the apron ; and 
 except as to the members of the Prince of 
 Wales's Lodge, No. 259, who are allowed 
 to wear the internal half of the edging of 
 garter-blue three fourths of an inch wide*
 
 REGALIA, 140 
 
 Masters and Past Masters of LodgeSi — Wear, 
 in the place ot the three rosettes on the 
 Master Mason's apron, pei-pendicular lines 
 upon horizontal lines, thereby forming 
 three several sets of two right angles ; 
 the length of the horizontal lines to be two 
 inches and a hall each, and of the perpen- 
 dicular lines one inch each ; these emblems 
 to be of silver or of ribbon, of the same 
 colour as the hning and edging of the apron, 
 half an inch broad. 
 
 Grand Stewards, present and past. — Aprons of 
 the same dimensions, lined \\ith crimson, 
 edging ot the same colour three and a 
 half inches, and silver tassels, except 
 present and past Grand Stewards repre- 
 senting the Prince of Wales's Lodge, 
 No. 259, who wear the crimson edging 
 two inches and three quarters, and an in- 
 ternal border of garter-blue three quarters 
 of an inch broadj 
 
 Provincial and District Grand Stewards, present 
 and past. — The same as the Grand 
 Stewards, except that the edging is only 
 two inches w.de^ 
 
 Grand Officers rf the Grand Lodge, preseyit and 
 past. — Aprons of the same dimensions, 
 lined -with garter-blue, edging three and a 
 half inches, ornamented with gold and
 
 141 REGALIAs 
 
 blue strings, having the emblems of their 
 offices in gold or blue in the centre. If 
 Masters or Past Masters, they may have 
 the Master's emblems of garter-blue or 
 gold. To the emblems on the aprons of 
 the present and past Deputy Grand Direc- 
 tors of Ceremonies, Assistant Grand 
 Directors of Ceremonies, and Assistant 
 Grand Secretary are to be added above, 
 embroidered in gold letters, the words 
 " Deputy " and -- Assistant " respectively; 
 
 London Rank. — Aprons of the same dimen- 
 sions, lined with garter-blue and orna- 
 mented with gold, and with blue strings ; 
 they must have the jewel prescribed in 
 Rule 284A in gold or blue in the centre 
 within a double circle in which must be 
 inserted the word "London." The garter- 
 blue edging to the aprons must not exceed 
 tv/o inches in width. 
 
 Provincial and District Grand Officers, present 
 and past. — Aprons of the same dimensions, 
 lined with garter-blue and ornamented 
 Mdth gold, and ^^ith blue strings ; they 
 must have the emblems of their offices in 
 gold or blue in the centre within a double 
 circle, in which must be inserted the name 
 of the Pro'vince. The garter-blue edging 
 to the aprons must not exceed two inches 
 in widthi
 
 REGALIA, 142 
 
 Deputy Grand Master, present and past. — Apron 
 oi the same dimensions, with the em- 
 blems of his of&ce in gold embroidery 
 in the centre, and the pomegranate and 
 lotus alternately embroidered in gold on 
 the edging. 
 
 Grand Master, present and past. — Apron of 
 the same dimensions, ornamented with the 
 blazing sun embroidered in gold in the 
 centre, on the edging the pomegranate and 
 lotus ^\-ith the seven-eared wheat at each 
 corner, and also on the fall ; all in gold 
 embroidery, the fringe of gold buUion; 
 
 Pro Grand Master, present and past, — The 
 
 same. 
 Provincial and District Grand Masters, present 
 and past. — The same as the Deputy Grand 
 iSIaster, but with the name of the Province 
 or District in a circle surrounding the 
 emblem of office. 
 In addition to the foregoing, Grand Officers Gauntlets. 
 and Past Grand Officers wear garter-blue silk 
 gauntlets, with the emblems of their respective 
 offices or past offices embroidered in gold. The 
 same rule apphes to London Rank, and to 
 Provincial or District and Past Provincial or 
 District Grand Offixers. In private Lodges 
 gauntlets of Hght blue silk with silver embroidery 
 mav be worn bv the officers.
 
 143 FEES, ETC, 
 
 SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CON- 
 TRIBUTIONS. 
 
 306. Payable to the Fund of Benevolence^ 
 
 Every Brother, on his first appointment to 
 any of the following offices, or to past rank, 
 shall pav to the Fund of Benevolence : — 
 
 The Pro Grand Master ............... lo lo o 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master ... . . lo lo o 
 
 A Provincial Grand Master (see 307) 10 10 o 
 A District Grand Master, not residing 
 
 in his District . . 10 10 o 
 
 Grand Warden . . ., 10 10 o 
 
 Grand Chaplains. 10 10 o 
 
 Grand Treasurer 10 10 o 
 
 Grand Registrar 10 10 o 
 
 Deputy Grand Registrar 10 10 o 
 
 President of the Board of General 
 
 Purposes -. =. 10 10 o 
 
 Grand Secretary ... ... 10 10 o 
 
 President of the Board of Benevolence 10 10 o 
 
 Grand Deacon ... ., ... 550 
 
 Assistant Grand Chaplains 5 5 o 
 
 Assistant Grand Registrars 5 5 
 
 Grand Superintendent of Works ... ...550 
 
 Assistant Grand Superintendent of 
 
 Works 5 5 o
 
 FEES, ETC, 144 
 
 Grand Director of Ceremonies . . .-. .,.550 
 Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies 550 
 Assistant Grand Director of Cere- 
 monies ... , , ,. ... ... ... 5 5 ft 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer ...550 
 
 Deputy Grand Sword Bearer ... ... ... ...550 
 
 Assistant Grand Sword Bearers 5 5 o 
 
 Grand Standard Bearer . . , „ 5 5 o 
 
 Assistant Grand Standard Bearers. ... 5 5 o 
 
 Grand Organist 5 5 o 
 
 Deputy ditto 5 5 o 
 
 Grand Pursuivant 5 5 o 
 
 Assistant ditto 5 5 o 
 
 London Rank 2 2 o 
 
 Provincial or District Grand Warden, 
 not residing in the Province or 
 
 District, for a dispensation .-. ... ... 220 
 
 Other Provincial or District Grand 
 Officers, not residing in the Pro- 
 vince or District, for a dispensation i i o 
 Every Lodge in London, for each of 
 
 its contributing members, quarterly 010 
 or annually 040 
 Every Provincial or Military Lodge, 
 for each of its contributing mem- 
 bers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... quarterly 006 
 
 or annually 020 
 
 (District Lodges are exempt.)
 
 .145 FEES. ETC- 
 
 307. Payable to the Fund of General 
 
 Purposes. 
 
 i s, d, 
 
 A Provincial or District Grand Master, 
 
 for his patent ....... ... .,. ... 330 
 
 A Deputy Provincial or District Grand 
 Master, for registration in the 
 Grand Lodge books ...... .„ .„ „. .,. .„ 220 
 
 A Warrant for a new Lodge — 
 
 In London ............................. ... 15 15 o 
 
 In the Provinces .,. .,. „ ... ... .„ 10 10 o 
 
 In Districts and foreign parts .=. ...550 
 
 A Warrant for a Centenary Jewel... ... 550 
 
 A Warrant of Confirmation ... ... .,. .,. 220 
 
 A Dispensation — 
 
 In London ... ... .-. ... ... ... ... .-.. .... ... .„ o 10 6 
 
 In the Provinces ........... ... ... ...050 
 
 (If there is a Provincial Grand Lodge 
 Fund, the fee for a Dispensation in 
 the Provinces is to be paid to that 
 fund, ) 
 
 Registration of a Mason, including 
 Grand Lodge certificate — 
 
 On his initiation in a London Lodge 176 
 Ditto, in a Provincial Lodge ... . . ... o 17 o 
 
 Ditto, in a Military Lodge .= o 17 o 
 
 Ditto, in a Colonial or Foreign 
 Lodge (which shall include 
 certificate) ... .„ 076
 
 FEES, ETC. 146 
 
 £ 5. d. 
 
 Duplicate Grand Lodge certificate ... 066 
 Joining a London Lodge, tho Brother 
 having been initiated in another 
 
 Enghsh Lodge o 5 o 
 
 Joining a Provincial or MiUtary Lodge 
 
 under the same circumstances ... . . o 2 6 
 Joining a Colonial or Foreign Lodge. .026 
 Ditto, if a Grand Lodge certilicate is 
 
 required .: o 7 6 
 
 Joining a London or Provincial^ The same 
 Lodge from a Lodge not hold- I reg-stra- 
 ing under the Grand Lodge of f tion on 
 England .^ .^ .J initiation. 
 
 308. From and after the ist of January, 1909, 
 every Lodge contributing to the Fund of 
 Benevolence under Rule 174, shall pay to the 
 Building Fund of Grand Lodge the sum of 
 six pence per annum in respect of each of its 
 contributing Members. The account of such 
 Fund to be kept separate from all other funds ; 
 and the Board of General Purposes shall from 
 time to time, as thev shall be received, cause 
 to be invested such principal moneys (including 
 special donations, if any), together \^ith the 
 income arising therefrom., at compound interest, 
 free of all deductions of any kind, either for 
 commission, income tax, or otherwise^
 
 t47 
 
 CEREMONY OF LAYING A FOUNDA- 
 
 TION STONE, &c.. BY THE M, W, 
 
 GRAND MASTER, 
 
 The Grand Lodge having been opened at a 
 convenient place, and the necessary directions 
 and instructions given, it is adjourned ; (the 
 Brethren being in their proper clothing and 
 jewels, and wearing white gloves) and the pro- 
 cession moves in the follo\dng order, viz, : — 
 
 Two Tylers, ^\■ith drawn swords. 
 
 Music. 
 
 Visiting Brethren, 
 
 The Lodges according to their numbers, 
 
 Juniors going first. 
 
 Past Grand Stewards, not being members of 
 
 Grand Stewards' Lodge. 
 
 Members of Grand Stewards' Lodge, 
 
 Officers of Grand Stewards' Lodge. 
 
 Architect, or Builder, vnth the Plans.- 
 
 fA Cornucopia \\ith Corn, borne 1 
 
 Grand j by the ]\Iaster of a Lodge. I Grand 
 
 Steward j Two Ewers with Wine and Oil, | Steward 
 
 L borne by Masters of Lodges. J 
 
 Fast Assistant Grand Pursuivants^ 
 
 Assistant Grand Pursuivant^
 
 LAYING FOUNDATION STONE, 14S 
 
 Past Grand Pursuivants. 
 
 Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 Past Assistant Grand Secretariesj 
 
 Assistant Grand Secretary, 
 
 Past Grand Organists^ 
 
 Grand Organist. 
 
 Past Grand Standard Bearers. 
 
 Past Deputy Grand Sword Bearers, 
 
 Deputy Grand Sword Bearer, 
 
 Past Grand Sword Bearers. 
 
 Past Assistant Grand Directors of Ceremonies^ 
 
 Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies. 
 
 Past Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies, 
 
 Deputy Grand Director of Ceremonies, 
 
 Past Grand Directors of Ceremonies.; 
 
 Grand Director of Ceremonies. 
 
 Past Grand Superintendent of Works. 
 
 Grand Superintendent of Works, vdih the plate 
 
 bearing the inscription. 
 
 Past Grand Deacons. 
 
 Past Presidents of the Board of Benevolence,- 
 
 President of the Board of Benevolence, 
 
 Past Grand Secretaries. 
 
 Grand Secretary, \sith Book of Constitutions on 
 
 a cushion. 
 
 Past Presidents of the Board of General 
 
 Purposes. 
 
 President of the Board of General Purposes,- 
 
 Past Deputy Grand Registrars,
 
 149 LAYING FOUNDATION STONE, 
 
 Deput}' Grand Registrar. 
 
 Past Grand Registrars, 
 
 Grand Registrar, bearing the Great Seal, 
 
 Past Grand Treasurers. 
 
 Grand Treasurer, bearing a phial containing the 
 
 coin to be deposited in the stone. 
 
 Past Grand Chaplains. 
 
 Past Grand Wardens. 
 
 Past Provincial and District Grand Masters. 
 
 Provincial and District Grand Masteis. 
 
 Visitors of distinction. 
 
 Past Deputy Grand Masters. 
 
 Past Pro Grand Master^. 
 
 The Corinthian Light, borne by the Master ot a 
 
 Lodge. 
 The Column of Junior Grand Warden, borne by 
 
 the Master of a Lodge. 
 The Junior Grand W^arden \\ith the plumb rule. 
 
 ^ , r Grand Standard Bearer 1 „ , 
 Grand ! ^^^.^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ I Grand 
 
 Steward.- | ^^^^^ ^odge. J Steward. 
 
 The Doric Light, borne by the Master of a Lodge. 
 
 The Column of Senior Grand W^arden, borne by 
 
 the Master of a Lodge. 
 
 The Senior Grand Warden with the level. 
 
 The Junior Grand Deacons. 
 
 _ , r The Grand Chaplain, "j r-^ ^^ 
 
 Grand I ^.^^^ ^he Sacred ^p^^f , 
 
 Steward, | ^aw on a cushion, J Steward,
 
 LAYING FOLNDATIOX STOXE, 15c 
 
 Deputy Grand Master, with the square.- 
 
 The Ionic Light, borne by the Master of a Lodge. 
 
 The Pro Grand Master.- 
 
 A Past Grand Master, or other Brother of 
 
 eminence, bearing the mallet. 
 
 ^ J r Grand Standard Bearer, 1 r- j 
 
 Grand I ^^,.^^ ^^^ Standard of I eP''^'' ^ 
 
 bteward. | the Grand Master. J Steward.. 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 The Most Worshipful Grand Masten 
 
 The Senior Grand Deacons.: 
 
 Two Grand Stewards, 
 
 Grand Tyler.; 
 
 Having arrived within a proper distance of 
 the spot, the procession halts, the Brethren open 
 to the right and left and face inwards, so as to 
 leave room for the Grand Master to pass up the 
 centre, he being preceded by his Standard and 
 Sword Bearer, the Grand Officers and Brethren 
 following in succession from the rear, so as to in- 
 vert the order of procession. The Grand ^Master 
 having arrived at his station, on a platform, 
 an ode is sung or music played (as previously 
 arranged). The stone being prepared and the 
 plate with the proper inscription, the upper part 
 of the stone is raised by an engine, the Grand 
 Chaplain repeats a prayer. The inscription on 
 the plate to be deposited in the stone ^^'ill then
 
 I SI LAYING FOUNDATION STONEs 
 
 be read, and the Grand Treasurer haviug, by 
 the Grand Master's command, deposited in the 
 cavity \'urious coins of the present reign, the 
 cement is laid on the lower stone, and the upper 
 one is let down slowly, solemn music playing. 
 Being properly placed, the Grand Master 
 descends to the stone, proves that it is properly 
 adjusted by the plumb rule, level, and square, 
 which are successively delivered to him by the 
 Junior Grand Warden, Senior Grand Warden, 
 and Deputy Grand Master ; after which the 
 mallet is delivered to him, with wliich the 
 Grand Master gives three knocks. The cornu- 
 copia containing the corn, and the ewers with 
 the wine and oil are next handed to the Grand 
 Master, who strews the corn and pours tha 
 wine and oil over the stone with the accustomed 
 ceremonies. The Grand INIaster then delivers 
 to the architect or builder the several imple- 
 ments for liis use. The plan and elevation of 
 the building are presented by the Grand 
 Superintendent of Works to the Grand Master 
 for his inspection, who, having approved them, 
 d'=hvers them to the architect for his guidance. 
 The Grand Master re-ascends the platform, 
 music playing. An oration, suitable to the 
 occasion, is delivered. Some money ior the 
 workmen is placed on the stone by the Grand 
 Treasurer,
 
 LAYING FOUNDATION STONE. 152 
 
 If the building be for a charitable institution, 
 a voluntary subscription is made in aid of its 
 funds. 
 
 The procession then returns to the place from 
 which it set out, and the Grand Lodge is 
 ciosed; 
 
 L 2
 
 153 
 
 CENTENARY JEWELS, 
 
 Application for permission to wear a Cen- 
 tenary Jewel is to be by petition or memorial to 
 the Grand Master, in which memorial or petition 
 the necessary particulars as to the origin of the 
 Lodge are to be given, as well as proof of its 
 uninterrupted existence for one hundred years. 
 
 When permission has been granted to a Lodge 
 to wear a Centenary Jewel, the privilege of 
 wearing the Jewel is restricted to actual bond 
 fide subscribing members, being Master Masons ; 
 and ior so long onl}^ as they shall pay the 
 stipulated subscription to the Lodge and be 
 returned to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 The design for a Centenary Jewel has been 
 approved by the Grand Master (see plate 14). 
 The fee for a warrant, authorising a Lodge to 
 wear the Jewel, is five guineas. 
 
 The price of each Jewel, which can be obtained 
 only at the office of the Grand Secretary, will .be 
 as follows : — 
 
 /, 5. d. 
 
 18 carat gold, nali-marked ... 315 o 
 
 Silver gilt ....... i 6 o
 
 154 
 
 CHARITY JEWELS. 
 
 A Brother having served the office of Steward 
 to any two of the following Institutions, viz. : — 
 
 The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, 
 The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, 
 The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, 
 
 has the privilege of wearing the charity jewel, 
 provided he shall, at each time of so serving, 
 have personally subscribed ten guineas at the 
 least. 
 
 The jewel shall be suspended to a ribbon of 
 one and a half inches in width, the colours of 
 which shall be white and blue, white and red, 
 blue and red, or white, blue, and red respec- 
 tively, according to the Institutions for which 
 the Brother has served the stewardships as 
 above, viz, : — 
 
 White, for the Institution for GirlSj 
 
 Blue, for the Institution for Boys. 
 
 Red, for the Royal Benevolent Institution.- 
 
 A Brother being according to the foregoing 
 regulation entitled to wear the charity jewel, 
 and v.-ho may have served the office of Steward 
 to any of the Institutions a second time, may 
 wear a clasp attached to the ribbon, and an
 
 J 55 CHARITY JEWELS.: 
 
 additional clasp for each occasion of having 
 served the office of Steward to any of the 
 Institutions ; but in no case shall he be entitled 
 to wear such clasp or clasps, unless he shall on 
 each of those occasions at the time of serving 
 such stewardship have personally subscribed a 
 like amount as above named,- 
 
 A Vice-President of any one or more of the 
 Masonic Institutions, being otherwise entitled 
 to the charity jewel, may wear attached to the 
 ribbon immediately above the jewel a rosette of 
 the colour or colours before mentioned, or in 
 combination, according to the Institution or 
 Institutions of which he is a Vice-President.: 
 
 A Vice-Patron of any one or more of the 
 Masonic Institutions, being otherwise entitled 
 to the charity jewel, may wear the same sus- 
 pended from a ribbon around his neck, of the 
 like \\-idth and colour or colours respectively, or 
 in combination, according to the Institution or 
 Institutions of which he is a Vice-Patron. 
 
 A Patron of any one or more of the Masonic 
 Institutions may have embroidered on the right 
 and left sides of the ribbon referred to in the 
 preceding paragraph, a sprig of Acacia one and a 
 half inches long, meeting in the centre, over the 
 colour appertaining to the Institution of which 
 he is a Patron, and the Jewel ensigned with a 
 representation of the Coronet of His Royai
 
 CHARITY JEWELS, 156 
 
 Highness the Prince of Wales, Most Worshipful 
 Past Grand Master ; the sprig of Acacia and the 
 Coronet to be of silver for a Patron of any one 
 of the Institutions, of Gold for a Patron of two, 
 and enamelled in their proper colours for a 
 Patron of the three Institutions. 
 
 Every Brother who shall serve the office of 
 Steward at any anniversary festival of any one 
 of the Masonic charities, as the Representative 
 of some Provincial Lodge, who shall per- 
 sonally attend such festival, and shall bring 
 up thereto contributions amounting to not less 
 than one hundred guineas, shall have the same 
 rights and privileges as to wearing the charity 
 jewel or clasp as if he had himself contributed 
 the sum of ten guineas while serving such 
 stewardship, 
 
 Xo charity jewel, clasp, ribbon, or rosette 
 shall be obtained except through the office of 
 the Grand Secretary, to whom the Secretaries 
 of the respective Institutions shall, after their 
 respective annual festivals, hand lists of the 
 names of the Brethren entitled to the jewel or 
 decorations hereinbefore authorised^
 
 INDEX: 
 
 RULE 
 
 Abbreviations of Prefixes and Titles (note) 6 
 
 Absence of Grand Master 60 
 
 „ President or Vice-Presidents of the Board 
 
 of Benevolence 229 
 
 „ President and Vice-President of the Board 
 
 of General Purposes 260 
 
 Absent Masters may be represented by Past Masters at 
 
 the Board of Benevolence 227 
 ,, „ at the General Committee 50 
 
 Accounts of Grand Lodge 30, 114, 269, 270 
 
 „ Provincial Grand Lodges 105 
 
 ,, District Grand Lodges 105 
 
 ,, Private Lodges 177 
 
 Act of L'nion, Declaration of the i 
 
 Additional members of Grand Lodge may be appointed 
 
 or elected .' 7 
 
 Admission to Grand Lodge 37i 59 
 
 , of members and candidates in Lodges.. 183 to 193 
 
 ,, of visitors to Grand Lodge 10 
 
 ,, ,, Private Lodges 150, 151 
 
 Admonish, Provincial or District Grand Masters may 92, 207 
 
 „ Board of General Purposes may 207, 273 
 
 ,, Master of a Lodge may 209 
 
 Age at which a man may be made a Mason 186 
 
 Agenda paper of Grand Lodge, see Business Paper. 
 
 Altering day of meeting by dispensation 165 
 
 Ample Form, When Grand Lodge is opened in 61 
 
 Annual Return of members of Lodges 173 
 
 „ Master, Past Masters, and Wardens 179 
 Antient charges, Stmomary of, to be read on the instal- 
 lation of Master P. vi
 
 1 53 INDEX, 
 
 Antient charges. Cf God and religion P. 3 
 
 „ ,, the civil magistrate P. 4 
 
 „ „ Lodges P. 5 
 
 „ „ Masters, Wardens, Fellows, and 
 
 Apprentices P. 6 
 
 „ „ the management of the Craft in 
 
 working P. S 
 
 „ „ behaviour, viz. : 
 
 „ „ in Lodge while constituted .... P. 10 
 
 „ „ after Lodge, Brethren not 
 
 being gone P. il 
 
 „ „ when Brethren meet without 
 
 strangers, but not in Lodge P. 11 
 „ „ in presence of strangers, not 
 
 Masons P. 12 
 
 „ „ behaviour, at home and in the 
 
 neighbourhood P. 12 
 
 „ „ towards a strange brother P. 13 
 
 RULE 
 
 Antient Masonry, of what degrees it consists i 
 
 Appeal to Grand Lodge, Mode of 217 
 
 Application to the Grand Master to be made through 
 
 the Grand Secretary 2i3 
 
 „ for Warrant to hold a new Lodge 116 
 
 „ „ Grand Lodge certificate 201 
 
 „ „ rehef from the fund of Benevolence 234 
 
 „ „ ■ „ Second 24S 
 
 Aprons 305 
 
 Arrear, Members in, Quarterage not to be paid for .... 175 
 
 „ members three years in 175 
 
 Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies 18 
 
 „ Grand Secretary 18 
 
 „ Grand Secretary for German Correspondence iS 
 
 „ Grand Pursuivant 18 
 
 Assisting at irregular Lodges 204 
 
 Audit of Grand Lodge accounts 30, 270 
 
 „ Private Lodge accounts 177 
 
 Ballot for initiating or joining 184, 185, 1S9, 190 
 
 „ members of the Board of Benevolence 223 
 
 „ „ Board of General Pur- 
 poses 255, 258, 259
 
 INDEX, 159 
 
 RULE 
 
 Ballot for Vice-Presidents of the Board of Bene- 
 volence 225 
 
 Balloting Papers in Grand Lodge, Distribution and 
 
 collection of 68 
 
 Bank of England, Grand Lodge money to be deposited in 30 
 
 Begging, Certificate not to be given for purposes of 202 
 
 Behaviour in Lodge 209 
 
 Benevolence, Board of, see Board of Benevolence. 
 
 „ Fund of, solely devoted to charity 222 
 
 „ „ Distribution of 223 
 
 „ „ Fees pavable to 306 
 
 ,, „ Provncial, Regulations as to ... . 104 
 
 ,, ,, District, Regulations as to no 
 
 Board of Benevolence, Distribution of the fund by the 223 
 
 „ Constitution of the 223 
 
 „ Nomination and election of Past 
 
 Masters to serve on 223 
 
 „ Appointment and election of 
 President and Vice-Presi- 
 dents 223,225 
 
 „ Disqualification to serve on 224 
 
 ,, Death or removal of appointed 
 
 or elected members of 226 
 
 „ Absent Masters may be repre- 
 sented by Past Masters 227 
 
 „ Vice-Presidents of, when disqualified 
 
 for re-election 228 
 
 ,, Absence of President or Vice- 
 Presidents 223 
 
 „ Responsibility of President 230 
 
 „ Canvassing not permitted 231 
 
 ;j Penalty for canvassing by a 
 
 Master or member ' 232 
 
 ., Disqualification for voting 233, 
 
 3, Quahfication and disqualificaticn of 
 
 applicants for r-^hef 204, 234 
 
 ,9 Secretaries exempt from sub- 
 scription are qualified for 
 relief 235
 
 i6o INDEXg 
 
 RULE 
 
 Board of Benevolence, Serving Brethren, when quaU- 
 
 fied for relief 236 
 
 „ to report neglect of payment 
 
 of du£S 237 
 
 ,, Relief of widows and children, 238, 239 
 „ 240,242,245,248,249 
 „ • „ „ certificates re- 
 quired 239 
 
 „ Time for application on behalf 
 
 J, of children 240 
 
 „ Foreign petitioners for relief 241 
 
 „ Form of petition 242 
 
 „ Recommendation of petition 243 
 
 „ Form of recommendation.*. 244 
 
 ^, Petitioners to be visited 245 
 
 „ Time of presenting petition 246 
 
 „ Petitioners must attend except in 
 
 „ specified cases 247 
 
 „ Second application 248 
 
 „ Sums which may be voted 249 
 
 „ can recommend extraordinary 
 
 grants 250 
 
 „ Votes requiring confirmation 251 
 
 „ may grant exceptional relief 252 
 
 „ Regulations to be read in 
 
 January 253 
 
 Board or Committee of District Grand Lodges 106, 107, 108, 109 
 
 Board of General Purposes, Constitution of 254 
 
 „ Appointment and election of President 
 
 and members 20, 255 
 
 „ Annual change of members 256 
 
 „ Election of Vice-President 257 
 
 „ Mode of election of members 258 
 
 „ Scrutineers at election, their appoint- 
 ment and duties 259 
 
 „ Absence of President and Vice-President 260 
 
 „ Death or removal of members 261 
 
 „ Meetings ot 262 
 
 „ „ Quorum at 263 
 
 „ may call for and inspect Grand Lodge 
 
 books 264
 
 INDEX. i6: 
 
 RULE 
 
 Board of General Purposes has care of buildings and 
 
 furniture 265 
 
 „ may originate improvements 266 
 
 „ has care of Grand Lodge correspondence 267 
 
 „ has charge of finances 265 
 
 „ to furnish quarterly accounts 269 
 
 „ to prepare yearly accounts for audit . . 270 
 
 „ to appomt Colonial Committee 271 
 
 „ may appoint Committees for specific 
 
 purposes 271 
 
 „ has power to hear and determine com- 
 plaints 272 
 
 „ may fine or suspend 273 
 
 „ may summon Lodges and Brethren 274 
 
 „ When members to be in Masonic 
 
 clothing 275 
 
 „ Mode of procedure 276 
 
 „ Complaints affecting members 277 
 
 „ Appeal against decisions of 217 
 
 „ Communications to 278 
 
 „ „ from 279 
 
 „ Precedence of business 280 
 
 „ Minutes to be kept 281 
 
 Books and papers of Grand Lodge may be inspected 
 
 by Board of General Purposes 264 
 „ of Lodges to be produced when re- 
 quired by authority. , 139 
 » „ to be given up when 
 
 Lodge dissolved . 2-21 
 
 Building Fund of Grand Lodge, Contribution to 308 
 
 Business of Grand Lodge 49 to 76 
 
 Business paper of Grand Lodge to be sent to specified 
 
 members 56 
 
 „ „ ., to be sent to other 
 members on pay- 
 ment of 5s. annually 57 
 u „ „ to be given to members 
 
 on their entrance . . 58 
 
 By laws of Provincial Grand Lodges loi 
 
 „ District Grand Lodges »,..» » loi, 109
 
 162 INDEX, 
 
 RULE 
 
 -By-laws of Private Lodges 162, 163, 164 
 
 „ „ must specify regular days of 
 
 meeting and day of election 
 
 and installation of Master . . 164 
 ,5 , ]\Iaster must pledge himself 
 
 to observe 162 
 
 , ,. Members by accepting copy de- 
 clare their submission to them 163 
 
 Candidates for initiation, Proposmg and balloting 
 
 for 183,184,185,190 
 
 ,,^ „ Age and circumstances of ... . 186 
 
 „' „ Declaration of 187 
 
 „ „ must be free men i86, 187 
 
 „ „ must be able to write 187 
 
 „ „ Number on same day 
 
 limited to five 192 
 
 „ „ Members proposing re- 
 sponsible for fees 194 
 
 „ Mihtary 188 
 
 Canvassing members of Board of Benevolence not 
 
 permitted 231 
 
 Canvassing by Masters and members of Board of 
 
 Benevolence 232 
 
 Casting vote. Master has 182 
 
 Centenary J ewel. How to apply for P. 153 
 
 Ceremonies, Grand, Deputy' Grand, and Assistant rule 
 
 Grand Director of ; 18 
 
 Ceremony of laying a foundation stone P. 147 
 
 Certihcate, Grand Lodge, Every registered Brother to rule 
 
 be furnished with 196 
 
 J, to be paid for by sealing 
 
 Brother 196 
 
 „ Fee must be ^ak] before issue 
 
 of 201 
 
 „ when lost, dupHcate may be 
 
 issued 197 
 
 5, must be signed 198 
 
 „ Disqualification for 199 
 
 J, exchanged after advancement 200 
 ,, must be produced when 
 
 joining a Lodge i8q
 
 TNDEXi 163 
 
 RUI-E 
 
 Certificate, Grand Lodge, may be issued by District 
 
 Grand Master iii 
 
 „ in blank to be furnished to 
 
 District Grand Master .. 112 
 Certificate of a Private Lodge not to be given for 
 
 begging purposes . . 202 
 „ only to be given in 
 
 specified cases . . 203, 213 
 „ to be produced by c£in- 
 
 didates for joining 189,21"? 
 
 Cessation of membership of a Lodge 175 
 
 Chains and collars of Grand Officers 2'jT. 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Office's 292 
 
 „ Engravings of 304 
 
 Charity Jewel, who entitled to wear P. 154 
 
 Children and widows, ReUef of 23S, 239, 240, 242, 245, 
 
 247, 248, 249 
 
 Clandestine initiations and Lodges 204 
 
 Clearance Certificates 189 
 
 Clerks of Grand Secretary 34 
 
 Clothing and insignia 282 
 
 Clothing, Masonic, Public Appearance in 206 
 
 „ When the Members of the Board 
 
 of General Purposes are to be in. . 275 
 
 Collars and chains of Grand Officers 291 
 
 of Holders of London Pvank 2C.3A 
 
 and chains of Provincial and District Grand 
 
 Officers 292 
 
 ,, Engravings of 304 
 
 of Past Grand Officers 293 
 
 Provincial and District Grand Officers 294 
 
 Grand Stewards 295 
 
 Past Grand Stewards 296 
 
 ,, in Grand Lodge 297 
 
 Officers and Past Masters of the Grand 
 
 Stewards' Lodge 29G 
 
 Provincial and District Grand Stewards 2^9 
 
 Past Provincial and District Grand Stewards 300 
 
 Past Masters of Private Lodges 301 
 
 Officers of Private Lodges 302 
 
 „ when to be worn . . - 303
 
 1 64 INDEX. 
 
 RULE 
 
 Committee, General, of Grand Lodge, of whom it 
 
 consists 49 
 
 Committee, General, Meetings of 49 
 
 „ Absent Masters may be repre- 
 sented by Past Masters 50 
 
 „ Notice of all motions to be given to 51 
 „ No motion to be discussed in 
 Grand Lodge imless first sub- 
 mitted to 52 
 
 „ may reject irregular notices .... 53 
 
 „ Nominations for Boards to be 
 
 made at 54 
 
 „ Notices of motion renewed at ... . 55 
 
 „ Nominations of Brethren to guard 
 
 the porch of Grand Lodge .... 59 
 
 Committee of District Grand Lodges, Powers of 106, 107, 
 
 108, 109 
 Commuxkications, Grand Lodge quarterly, when held 11 
 
 ,, to Gran'd Lodge , 62, 63 
 
 Complaints and differences, not in Provinces or Dis- 
 tricts 214,272 
 
 ,, „ in Provinces 92, 215 
 
 Districts 92, 216 
 
 „ „ brought before the Board 
 
 of General Purposes. . . . 272 
 
 Confirmation of the minutes of Grand Lodge 62, 74 
 
 ,, ,, a Private Lodge 172 
 
 ,, votes by the Board of Benevolence .... 251 
 
 Constituting a new^ Lodge 120 
 
 Contributions to the Fund of Benevolence, Schedule of 306 
 „ to the Fund of General Purposes, 
 
 Schedule of 307 
 
 Contumacy, Consequences of 91, 139, 274 
 
 Custody of the Seals of Grand Lodge 31 
 
 Customs and usages, imiformity to be observed 149 
 
 Deacons, Grand 18 
 
 Death or resignation of Grand Master 16 
 
 ,, ., Provincial Grand Master 79 
 
 ,, ,, District Grand Master So 
 
 V or removal of appointed or elected members o* 
 
 the Board of Benevolence 226
 
 INDEX.. 165 
 
 RULE 
 
 Death or removal of members of the Board of Gefleral 
 
 Purposes 261 
 
 „ or incapacity of Master of a Lodge 141 
 
 Declaration of the Act of Union i 
 
 ,, to be signed by candidates for initiation . . 187 
 
 Degrees in Masonry, Interval required between 195, 199 
 
 „ „ may be conferred at short inter- 
 vals in Districts 115 
 
 „ ,. irregularly conferred at . short 
 
 intervals 199 
 
 „ „ not to be conferred unless a Master 
 
 or Past Master in the chair .... 141 
 
 Deputy Grand Master, Appointment of 18 
 
 ,, ,, Fee on 306 
 
 „ ,, Powers and duties of 25 
 
 „ ,, presiding when visiting a Lodge . . 143 
 
 „ Master of a Lodge, appointment of, by a Prince 
 
 of the Blood Royal 131, 135 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Master, appointed 
 bv Provincial or District Grand 
 
 Master 84, S5 
 
 ; „ . „ must be a Past Master 86 
 
 . „ „ ,, resident in the Province or 
 
 District 89 
 
 „ ,, temporarily to perform the fimctions 
 
 of Provincial or District Grand 
 Master on his death or resignation 79, 80 
 
 „ „ presiding at a Lodge 145, 146 
 
 . „ ,, when visiting in his Province or 
 
 ! District, takes rank as Provincial 
 
 ! or District Grand Master 146 
 
 I Differences and complaints not in Provinces or Dis- 
 
 j tricts, how adjusted . .214, 272 
 
 I „ ,, in Provinces 92,215 
 
 I ,, ,, Districts 92,216 
 
 I Director of Ceremonies, Grand 18, 36 
 
 i ,, „ ,, Deputy and Assistant . . 18 
 
 1 ,, ,, in Private Lodges 129, 289 
 
 I Dispensation for non-residence of Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Officer 89 
 
 M
 
 i66 INDEXa 
 
 RX,T,E 
 
 Dispensation for anticipating or postponing regular 
 
 day of Lodge Meeting 165 
 
 „ a Brother to be Master of two Lodges 
 
 at same time 134 
 
 „ a Master to continue in of&ce more 
 
 than two years 135 
 
 „ the proprietor of the house to hold 
 
 office 138 
 
 „ to initiate a minor 186 
 
 „ „ serving Brother 193 
 
 „ „ mihtary person below the 
 
 rank of corporal 156 
 
 „ more than five persons oa 
 
 same day 192 
 
 „ for temporary removal of a Lodge 168 
 
 „ to appear in public in Masonic clothing 206 
 
 „ in Districts to confer degrees at short 
 
 intervals 115 
 
 ., Fee payable for 306, 307 
 
 Dissolution of a Lodge 221 
 
 District Grand Lodges as distinguished from Provincial 
 
 Grand Lodges 73 
 
 „ Who are members of 8i 
 
 „ All members must subscribe to 
 
 a Lodge in the District 81 
 
 ,. Meetings of 99 
 
 ^ Opening of, in " due form " or 
 
 " in form " 100 
 
 „ to keep minutes and produce 
 
 them when required. . . .94, 95, 102 
 
 ^ Additional powers of 106 to 115 
 
 ^, may determine complaints 106, 210 
 
 „ may appoint a Board or Com- 
 mittee 106 
 
 „ By-iaws of loi 
 
 may make rules' and regulations 109 
 g, may require larger payments to 
 local fund than allowed in 
 England no
 
 INDEX.- 167 
 
 KULE 
 
 District Grand Lodges continue to exercise their func- 
 tions on death or resignation of 
 
 District Grand Master 80 
 
 „ and Committee, powers of .... 107 
 
 „ and Committee, must be governed 
 
 by the Constitutions 108 
 
 „ Appeal against decisions of ... . 217 
 
 District Grand Master appointed by the Grand Master. . 82 
 „ if a Prince, may appoint a Pro 
 
 District Grand Master 87 
 
 „ as" distinguished from Provincial 
 
 Grand Masters 78 
 
 « Installation of 82 
 
 „ Period of service to entitle him 
 
 to past rank 83 
 
 ff to appoint District Grand Ofi&cers 87 
 
 M Additional appointments per- 
 
 mitted in Districts number- 
 ing 30, 40, 70, and 100 Lodges 
 
 respectively 88 
 
 „ cannot confer past rank 87 
 
 M power to summon Lodges and 
 
 Brethren 91 
 
 „ „ to fine or suspend 92,207 
 
 „ ,, to determine complaints 92,216 
 
 „ responsible for observance of the 
 
 laws 94 
 
 ^ to report proceedings to Grand 
 
 Secretan,' 95 
 
 M may appoint a Deputy 84 
 
 n must give notice of appointment 
 
 of Deputy 85 
 
 » may preside in Lodges in his 
 
 District 144 
 
 w may send his District Grand 
 
 Ofl&cers to visit Lodges 148 
 
 n may re-instate illegally ex- 
 cluded Brethren 2ir 
 
 M may issue Grand Lodge certi- 
 ficates Ill 
 
 M 2
 
 i68 INDEXi 
 
 RULE 
 
 District Grand Master to be furnished with blank 
 
 certificates ii2 
 
 „ responsible for pa\'Tnent to 
 
 Grand Lodge . . . '. i n 
 
 „ to remit dues to Grand Lodge 114 
 M may be empowered to give dis- 
 pensation to confer degrees at 
 
 short intervals 115 
 
 „ may appoint a President of the 
 
 District Board 87 
 
 „ Appeal against decisions of . . 217 
 
 „ Death or resignation of 80 
 
 „ Chain and collar of 292 
 
 District Grand Officers annually appointed by District 
 
 Grand Master 87 
 
 „ must be invested in District 
 
 Grand Lodge 87 
 
 „ quaUfication for appointment . . 90 
 „ must be resident in the District 89 
 „ Fees for dispensation for non- 
 residence 306 
 
 „ have no rank out of District . . 96 
 
 „ visiting Lodges by command . . 148 
 
 „ Jewels of 285 
 
 „ Collars of 294 
 
 „ Aprons of 305 
 
 District Grand Treasurer elected annually 105 
 
 ,, to keep and produce accounts 105 
 
 District Grand Stewards, Status of 97 
 
 „ Collars of 299 
 
 „ Collars of Past 300 
 
 „ Aprons of Present and Past . . 303 
 
 District Local Fund, PajTnents to no 
 
 District Lodges defined 154 
 
 „ Local precedence of 124 
 
 „ Returns by 176 
 
 „ may make returns and pajTuents to 
 
 District Grand Master iit 
 
 „ to send duplicate returns to Grand 
 
 Secretary 113 
 
 „ Consent required for removal of 169
 
 iNDEXs i6g 
 
 RULE 
 
 Due form, When Grand Lodge is open in 6i 
 
 „ When Provincial or District Grand Lodge 
 
 is open in loo 
 
 Dues unpaid, Board of Benevolence to report when. . . . 237 
 
 Election of Grand Master 14 
 
 „ „ Treasurer 19 
 
 „ members of the Board of Benevolence 223, 225 
 
 „ „ Board of General Pur- 
 poses 255, 25»' 
 
 „ „ Boards, &c., nomination to 
 
 be made at the General 
 
 Committee 54 
 
 „ Vice-Presidents of the Board of Benevo- 
 lence 225 
 
 „ Vice-President of the Board of General 
 
 Purposes 257 
 
 „ Master of a Lodge 13a 
 
 „ „ non-confirmation of the minutes . . 13a 
 „ „ and Treasurer, By-laws to specify 
 
 regular day for 164 
 
 „ Treasurer of a Lodge 136 
 
 „ Tyler of a Lodge 136 
 
 Emergency, Lodges of r 166 
 
 „ Initiation in cases of 185 
 
 Erasure of a Lodge 5 
 
 „ „ Motions in Grand Lodge for 73 
 
 ,, „ in Provinces 9.3 
 
 „ ,, in Districts 106 
 
 „ Lodge not meeting for one year subject to ... . 220 
 
 Examination for advancement 195 
 
 Exchange of certificate after advancement ; . . 200 
 
 Exclusion, meaning of the term (note) 210 
 
 „ from a Lodge for the remainder of the 
 
 meeting 209 
 
 „ „ Permanent 210 
 
 „ „ „ mode of 2x0 
 
 ■9 n u certificate to be 
 
 furnished on . . 213
 
 170 INDEX* 
 
 RULB 
 
 Exclusion from a Lodge, Power to re-instate after 211 
 
 „ „ Brethren joining another 
 
 Lodge after 212 
 
 Expulsion of Brethren 5, (note) 210 
 
 ,, Motion in Grand Lodge for ... . 73 
 
 ,. in Provinces 93 
 
 Extinct, when Warrant becomes 219 
 
 Fees and contributions payable to the Fund of Benevo- 
 lence 306 
 
 „ „ ,, of General Purposes . . 307 
 „ payable by Grand and past Grand Officers on their 
 
 appointment 306 
 
 „ ., Holders of London Rank 306 
 
 „ ,, a Provincial or District Grand Master 
 
 on his appointment 306 
 ,, „ „ or District Grand Master 
 
 for his patent 307 
 
 „ • „ Deputy Provincial .or District Grand 
 
 Master for registration 307 
 
 „ „ Provincial or District Grand Officers 
 
 for non-residence 306 
 
 „ ,, for a warrant for a new Lodge 307 
 
 „ ,, „ for a Centenary Jewel 307 
 
 „ ,, „ of confirmation 307 
 
 „ „ for a dispensation 307 
 
 „ ,, registration of a Mason 307 
 
 „ ,, initiation 307 
 
 „ ,, joining 307 
 
 „ Where remittance of, to be made to the Grand 
 
 Secretary 1 74 
 
 Festival, Grand ' 13, 14, 43 
 
 Fmances of Grand Lodge in charge of the Board of 
 
 General Purposes 268 
 
 Fines on offending Lodges or Brethren 92, 207, 208, 273 
 
 „ amount of 208 
 
 ,, to be applied to the Fund of Benevolence 208 
 
 Foreign Brethren may be relieved by the Board of 
 
 Benevolence 241 
 
 Form, When Grand Lodge is open in " ample form," 
 
 "due form," or " in form " 61
 
 INDEX, 171 
 
 RULE 
 
 Fonn, when Provincial or District Grand Lodges are 
 
 open in " due form " or " form " 100 
 
 „ of petition for a new Lodge 119 
 
 „ of recommendation of a petition for relief 244 
 
 Foundation stone, Ceremony of laying P. 147 
 
 Free man, Candidate for initiation must be 186, 187 
 
 Fund of Benevolence, Fees payable to 306 
 
 „ „ solely devoted to charity 222 
 
 „ „ Distribution of, see Board of 
 
 Benevolence. 
 
 „ General Purposes, Fees payable to 307 
 
 Furniture of a Lodge to be held in trust 171 
 
 Gauntlets 305 
 
 General Committee of Grand Lodge, see Committee, 
 General. 
 
 General powers of all substituted authorities 3 
 
 General Purposes, Board of, see Board of General 
 Purposes. 
 
 Gold or gilt jewels 288, 290 
 
 Grand Festival 13, 14, 43 
 
 ,, Regulation of the 43 
 
 Grand Lodge, Constitution of 2 
 
 „ Supreme authority of 4 
 
 „ All laws emanate from 4 
 
 „ has power of final decision j 
 
 „ „ to erase Lodges 5 
 
 „ ,, to expel Brethren 5 
 
 „ Rank and precedence of members of 6 
 
 „ Appointment or election of additional 
 
 members 7 
 
 ,, Qualification of Past Masters as members 9 
 
 „ Disqualification to attend 9, 137, 179, 180 
 
 „ Visitors to 10 
 
 , Regular meetings of 11 
 
 „ Special meetings of 12 
 
 „ No Brother to hold more than one ofi&ce in 23 
 
 „ Money and accounts of 30 
 
 „ Seals of 31. 33
 
 172 INDEX, 
 
 RCtE 
 
 GrandLodge, Records of 32 
 
 „ Business of 491076 
 
 „ General Committee of ^, 49 to 55, 59 
 
 „ „ Notices of motion to 
 
 be given at 51 
 
 „ Adoption of Reports may be discussed 
 
 without notice 52 
 
 „ Precedence of motions in 55 
 
 „ Papers of business, to whom sent 56, 57 
 
 ., ,, given to members on entrance .... 58 
 
 „ Brethren appointed to guard the porch . . 59 
 
 „ Proceedings in 60 
 
 ., Ruling in, when Grand Master absent .... 60 
 
 „ Opening of 61 
 
 „ when open in " ample form," " due 
 
 form," or " in form " 61 
 
 „ Reading the minutes 62 
 
 „ ,, reports or communications 62, 63 
 
 „ Memorials or petitions 33» 64 
 
 „ Irregular propositions 65 
 
 „ Call to silence 66 
 
 „ Members to keep their seats 67 
 
 „ Distribution and collection of balloting 
 
 papers 68 
 
 „ Mover of resolution has right of r'^ply .... 69 
 
 „ Member to stand while speaking yo 
 
 „ Calling or speaking to order • 70 
 
 „ Transgressing the rules 71 
 
 „ Hissing prohibited 72 
 
 „ Motions for erasure or expulsion 73 
 
 „ „ grants of money 74 
 
 „ „ alteration in the laws 74 
 
 „ Voting 75 
 
 ., Mode of counting votes 75 
 
 ,. Termination of business 76 
 
 „ Certificate, see Certificates. 
 
 „ Money and accounts 30, 269, 270 
 
 Grand Master, Nomination, election, and installation. . . 14 
 „ if a Prince, may appoint a Pro Grand 
 
 Master 15
 
 INDEX, 173 
 
 RULE 
 
 Grand Master may confer rank in Grand Lodge 7 
 
 „ may appoint members of Grand Lodge ... 7 
 „ „ representatives abroad with 
 
 rank in Grand Lodge 8 
 
 „ to appoint Grand Officers annuaJly 18 
 
 „ appoints all Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Masters 77, 82 
 
 „ may remove Grand Officers with con- 
 sent of Grand Lodge 24 
 
 „ presiding when visiting a Lodge 142 
 
 „ may send his Grand Officers to visit 
 
 Lodges 147 
 
 J, may give power to confer degrees at short 
 
 intervals in Districts 115 
 
 „ may re-instate UlegaUy excluded 
 
 Brethren 211 
 
 „ may reject irregular propositions in 
 
 Grand Lodge 65 
 
 „ Applications to, to be made through 
 
 Grand Secretary 218 
 
 „ Absence of 60 
 
 „ Death or resignation of 16 
 
 „ Abuse of power by 17 
 
 Grand Of&cers, Appointment of by the Grand Master 18 
 „ are members of the' General Committee 
 
 and the Board of Benevolence 49, 223 
 
 „ . visiting a Lodge by command 147 
 
 ,, Removal of 24 
 
 „ Powers and duties of ! . ! * 25 tp 38. 
 
 Jewels of 284, 286;288 
 
 „ Chains and collars of 291 
 
 „ Pro Grand Master, Appointment of ...... 15, 18 
 
 •• ,, ,, Fee on 306 
 
 „ Deputy Grand Master, Appointment of 18 
 
 j> >, ,, Fee on 306 
 
 >» „ Powers and Privileges of 25 
 
 „ Grand Ward^is, Appointment of 18 
 
 " „ Fee on 306 
 
 »♦ M Duties of 26, 27, 142, 143 
 
 M Grand Chaplains, Appointment of 18 
 
 t» „ „ Fee on 306
 
 174 INDEX, 
 
 RTTLB 
 
 Grand Officers, Grand Chaplains, Duties of 28 
 
 „ Grand Treasurer, Nomination and elec- 
 tion of rg 
 
 , „ Fee on election of . . . . 306 
 
 ^ „ Duties of 29 
 
 „ Grand Registrar, Appointment of 18 
 
 „ „ „' Fee on 306 
 
 „ „ Duties of 31, 32 
 
 „ „ Deputy, Appoint- 
 ment of 18 
 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 „ President of the Board of General Pur- 
 poses, Appointment of. . 20, 255 
 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 
 „ Grand Secretary, Appointment of 21 
 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 
 „ „ Duties of 33 
 
 „ „ Clerks of 34 
 
 „ President of the Board of Benevolence, 
 
 Appointment of 21 a 
 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 
 „ Grand Deacons, Appointment of 18 
 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 „ Assistant Grand Chaplains, Appoint- 
 ment of 18 
 41 M ,, Fee on 306 
 „ Grand Superintendent of Works, Ap- 
 pointment of 18 
 ■n « „ Fee on 306 
 «> „ „ Duties of 35 
 „ Assistant Grand Superintendents of 
 
 Works, Appointment of i3 
 ,, ,, ,, Fee on 306 
 „ Grand Director of Ceremonies, Appoint- 
 ment of 18 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 „ „ „ Duties of 36 
 „ „ Deputy, Appointment of . . 18 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 „ „ Assistants, Appointment of 18 
 J, „ „ Fee on 306 
 „ Grand Sword Bearer, Appointment of . . 18 
 ^, „ n Fee on 306
 
 INDEX, 
 
 J75 
 
 Grand Officers, Deputy Grand Sword Bearer, Appoint- 
 ment of 1 8 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 „ Assistant Grand Sword Bearers, Appoint- 
 ment of 18 
 5, ,, ,, Fee on 306 
 t. Grand Standard Bearers, Appointment of 18 
 „ „ „ Fee on 306 
 „ Assistant Grand Standard Bearers, 
 
 Appointment of 18 
 
 ,, ,, ,, Fee on 306 
 
 ,, Grand Organist, Appointment of 18 
 
 ,, ,, ,, Fee on 306 
 ,, Deputy Grand Organist, Appointment of 18 
 5, ,, ,, Fee on 306 
 3, Assistant Grand Secretary, Appoint- 
 ment of 18 
 
 „ Assistant Grand Secretary for German 
 
 Correspondence, Appointment of ... . 18 
 
 „ Grand Pursuivant, Appointment of ... . 18 
 
 „ „ Duties of 37 
 
 „ „ Brethren appointed 
 
 to assist 59 
 
 „ Assistant Grand Pursuivant, Appoint- 
 ment of 18 
 
 Grand Tyler, Appointment of 22 
 
 „ Duties of 38 
 
 Grand Stewards, Appointment and 
 
 duties of 39. 59 
 
 Mode of appointment 
 
 Time of recommen- 
 dation 
 
 Qualifications of .... 
 
 to regulate the Grand 
 Festival 
 
 Lodges not to sub- 
 scribe to expenses of 
 
 declining to serve .... 
 
 Forfeiture of the 
 privilege of recom- 
 mending 
 
 40 
 
 43 
 
 46
 
 176 INDEXi 
 
 Grand Officers, Grand Stewards have privilege of mem- 
 bership of Grand 
 Stewards' Lodge . . 47" 
 „ „ Place in Grand Lodge 
 
 for Past 48 
 
 „ „ Collars of present and 
 
 Past 295, 296 
 
 „ „ Jewels of present and 
 
 Past 284,287 
 
 „ „ Aprons of present and 
 
 Past 305 
 
 Grand Stewards' Lodge, Precedence of 22 
 
 ,, ,, Constitution of 47,125 
 
 Grants of money, Motions in Grand Lodge for 74 
 
 „ by the Board of Benevolence . . . .249 to 252 
 
 Harmony of the Lodge, Disturbing the 209 
 
 Hissing prohibited 72 
 
 Holidays, Public, Lodge meeting falling on may be 
 
 changed 165 
 
 House at which Lodge meets, proprietor cannot hold 
 
 office without dispensation 138 
 
 Improper matter in memorials, &c., to Grand Lodge 64 
 
 Initiate may claim membership of Lodge igr 
 
 „ entitled to Grand Lodge Certificate 196- 
 
 „ Rights of, not prejudiced by neglect to make 
 
 returns 178, 237 
 
 Initiation, Proposing and balloting for the candidate . .184, 190 
 
 „ Age and circumstances of candidate 186 
 
 „ Declaration of candidate 187 
 
 „ Candidate must be a free man 186, 187 
 
 „ Candidate must be able to write 187 
 
 „ in cases of emergency 185 
 
 „ of military candidates 188 
 
 „ Limit of number on same day 192 
 
 „ Charge for 193 
 
 „ of serving Brethren 193 
 
 „ Proposer responsible for fees 194 
 
 Installation of Grand Master 14 
 
 „ Pro Grand Master 18 
 
 ,. Deputy Grand Master 18 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Master 8a
 
 INDEX. 177 
 
 RULE 
 
 Installationof Master of a Lodge 130, 1304. 
 
 „ „ Charges to be read at. . P. vi 
 
 Instruction, Lodges of, must be under sanction 158 
 
 „ Lodge giving sanction is re- 
 sponsible for proceedings of . . . . 158 
 „ Time and Place of meeting to 
 be submitted to the Grand 
 
 Secretary 159 
 
 „ must keep minutes 160 
 
 „ Withdrawal of sanction from .... 161 
 
 intervals between degrees 115, 195, 199 
 
 Ireland, Brethren imder constitution of, may be 
 
 relieved 241, 243 
 
 Irregular Lodges, Assisting at 204 
 
 Irregular motions may be rejeced by the General 
 
 Committee 53 
 
 propositions in Grand Lodge ., 65 
 
 Jewels. Prohibited 283 
 
 J eweis of Grand Officers 284 
 
 ,, Holders of London Rank 284A 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Officers 285 
 
 „ Past Grand Officers and Past Provincial or 
 
 District Grand Officers 286 
 
 ,, Past Grand Stewards and Past Provincial or 
 
 District Grand Stewards 287 
 
 „ Officers of Private Lodges 289 
 
 „ gold or gilt 288,290 
 
 „ silver 290 
 
 ,, chaias and collars, Engravings of 304 
 
 Joining membars. Proposing 189 
 
 „ Balloting for 190 
 
 „ Certificate to be produced by 213 
 
 „ who have been excluded from other 
 
 Lodges 212 
 
 „ from other Constitutions 189 307 
 
 Laws emanate from the Grand Lodge t . . 4 
 
 „ Motions in Grand Lodge for alterations in 74 
 
 Liability of Lodges admitting excluded Brethren 212 
 
 List of Master, Past Masters, and Wardens to be trans- 
 mitted by Lodges annually to the Grand Secretary 179 
 
 Local Fund in Provinces 104 
 
 „ Districts" —-■ no
 
 178 INDEX: 
 
 RULE 
 
 Local precedence of Lodges in Provinces or Districts 124 
 
 Lodge of Antiquity works without a warrant 125 
 
 Lodges of Instruction (see Instruction). 
 
 Lodges, Private, Application for a Warrant for a new 
 
 Lodge 116 
 
 n District Grand Masters may grant 
 
 Provisional Warrants 117 
 
 u Provisional Warrants must be ex- 
 changed for regular Warrants .... 118 
 ;, Form of Petition for a Warrant for 
 
 new Lodge 119 
 
 ff Constituting a new Lodge ' 120 
 
 „ First Officers named in the Warrant 
 
 must not be altered t2i 
 
 „ Precedence of 122 
 
 » Constitution of Grand Stewards' 
 
 Lodge 123 
 
 „ Local precedence of, in Provinces and 
 
 Districts 124 
 
 „ cannot act without a Warrant 125 
 
 „ When Warrant lost, how to proceed. 126 
 „ Warrant not to be sold or irregularly 
 
 procured 127 
 
 „ to bear name and number 128 
 
 „ Alteration in name 128 
 
 „ Officers of 129 
 
 „ „ Jewels of 289 
 
 „ „ Collars of 302, 303 
 
 „ Secretary may be exempted from 
 
 subscription 235 
 
 „ Election and installation of Master 130 130A 
 
 » Anticipating or postponing regular 
 
 day of meeting 165 
 
 tf A Deputy Master may be'appointed 
 
 by a Prince of the Royal Blood . . 131 
 
 „ Obligation of the Master 133 
 
 „ Master responsible for observance of 
 
 the Laws 133 
 
 M Dispensation required to be Master 
 
 of two Lodges at same time 134 
 
 M Period of office of Masters 135 
 
 w Appointment and election of Officers 136
 
 INDEX. 179 
 
 RULE 
 
 Lodges, Private, Proprietor of the house disqualified for 
 
 office 138 
 
 „ Master and Wardens to attend sum- 
 monses and produce books 13, 274 
 
 „ Removal of Officers 140 
 
 Tyler 136 
 
 „ Death or incapacity of Master 141 
 
 „ Degrees not to be conferred unless 
 
 Master or Past Master m the chair . . 141 
 „ Grand Master may preside when 
 
 visiting 142 
 
 „ Deputy Grand Master may preside 
 
 when visiting I43 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Master 
 
 may preside when visiting Lodges 
 
 in his Province or District 144 
 
 „ Deputy Provincial or District Grand 
 
 Master may preside when visiting 
 in his Province or District, and 
 ranks as Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Master 145,146 
 
 „ Grand Master may send his Grand 
 
 Officers to visit Lodges 147 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Master 
 
 may send Officers to visit 148 
 
 „ Master and Wardens enjoined to visit 149 
 
 „ Admission of visitors 150 
 
 „ Who may be refused admission 151, 204 
 
 „ Disqualification to visit 152 
 
 „ London Lodges i53 
 
 „ Provincial or District Lodges i54 
 
 „ Military Lodges I55> 156, i57 
 
 „ Lodges' of Instruction 158 
 
 » ,> 5. must be under 
 
 sanction 158 
 
 „- „ „ submit for approval 
 
 time and place of 
 
 meeting 150 
 
 tt » ,) keep minutes 160 
 
 H )» Withdrawal of sanction from . . 161 
 „ Power to make and alter bv-laws 162
 
 f8o INDEX. 
 
 RPLE 
 
 Lodges, Private, Master pledged to enforce l>/-la\vs .... 162 
 
 „ Submission of members to ' the by-laws 163 
 „ By-laws to specify time and place of 
 
 meeting 164 
 
 „ ■ " By-laws to specify meetings for elec- 
 tion and installation of Master .... 164 
 „ " lleetings on public holidays may be 
 
 changed 165 
 
 „ Meetings of emergency 166 
 
 „ kemoval of 167 
 
 „ lemporary removal of, by dispensation 16S 
 
 „ Consent required for removal 169 
 
 „ Notice of removal to be given to the 
 
 Grand Secretary 170 
 
 „ Furniture and jewels to be held in 
 
 trust I7i 
 
 „ Minutes to be kept 172 
 
 „ What the mmutes should record .... 172 
 
 ,, Annual return of members 173 
 
 „ Remittance of fees 174 
 
 „ Quarterage not to be paid for mem- 
 bers in arrear 173 
 
 „ Cessation of membership of 175 
 
 „ Returns by Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Lodges 176 
 
 „ Treasurer's accounts \Tr 
 
 „ Rights of initiated Brethren not pre- 
 
 judiced by neglect of Lodge to 
 
 make return 178, 237 
 
 „ /.anual return of Master, Past Masters, 
 
 and Wardens 179 
 
 Tenalty for neglect to make returns 180, 224 
 
 may regulate their own proceedings . . 181 
 
 \ oting 182 
 
 / dmission of members ' 183 
 
 lioitiation 184 
 
 ,, in cases of emergency .... 185 
 
 Age and circumstances of candidate. . 186 
 
 Declaration of candidate 187 
 
 Candidate must be able to write 187 
 
 Mihtary candidates for initiation 188 
 
 Joining members 189
 
 INDEX. t8i 
 
 RULE 
 
 Lodges, Private, *rhe ballot 190 
 
 Initiate may claim membership with- 
 out second ballot 191 
 
 Five only to be initiated on same day 192 
 
 „ ' Charge for initiation 193 
 
 ., Initiation of servins? Brethren with- 
 out charge 193 
 
 Proposer responsible for initiation 
 
 fees 104. 
 
 „ Interval required between degrees ... . 195 
 „ Shorter interval permitted in districts 115 
 Initiate entitled to Grand Lodge cer- 
 tificate 196 
 
 „ Lost certificate, duplicate may be 
 
 issued 197 
 
 ,, Certificate to be signed 198 
 
 ., Disqua'-'fication for certificate 199 
 
 ,. Certificate exchanged after advance- 
 ment 200 
 
 „ AppUcaticas for certificates 201 
 
 ,, must not give certificate for >ogging 
 
 purposes 202 
 
 ., Certificates that may be given 203 
 
 „ Offences ' 204 
 
 Assisting at irregular Lodges 204 
 
 „ Printing and publishing without 
 
 authority 205 
 
 „ Public appearance in Masonic clothing 206 
 ,. Offences to which no special penalty 
 
 is attached 207 
 
 „ Fine or suspension 20S 
 
 Exclusion for the remainder of 
 
 meeting 209 
 
 „ Permanent exclusion 210 
 
 „ Power to reinstate Brethren illegally 
 
 excluded 211 
 
 ., Excluded Brethren joining another 
 
 Lodge 212 
 
 „ Certificate to be furnished on exclu- 
 
 sion, and to be produced when 
 
 joining another Lodge 213
 
 182 INDEX. 
 
 ROLB 
 
 Lodges, Private, Differences and complaints not in Pro- 
 vinces or Districts 214 
 „ „ in Provinces 215 
 „ „ „ Districts 216 
 
 „ Appeal in all cases 217 
 
 „ Applications to the Grand Master .... 218 
 „ in Colonies or Foreign Parts may 
 meet to discuss the forming of a 
 
 Sovereign Grand Lodge 218A 
 
 „ Regulations to be observed 218B 
 
 „ Majority retiring 219 
 
 „ failing to meet for one year 220 
 
 „ Warrant cannot be transferred 221 
 
 „ Surrender of warrant 221 
 
 „ Erasure of a 5, 73 
 
 „ „ in districts 106 
 
 London Lodges defined 153 
 
 London Rank _ 76A 
 
 ,, ., Fee on Appointment to 306 
 
 Lost certificates i97 
 
 „ warrant 126 
 
 Majority retiring from a Lodge 219 
 
 Manager or proprietor of house where Lodge meets 
 
 not to hold of&ce 138 
 
 „ must not acquire or have 
 
 lien on furniture 171 
 
 Masonic Clothing worn in public 206 
 
 „ when worn at the Board of General 
 
 Purposes 275 
 
 Mascairy, antient, of what degrees it consists i 
 
 Master of a Lodge is a member of Grand Lodge 9 
 
 „ of the Board of Benevolence 223 
 
 „ of the General Committee 49 
 „ in a Province or District is a member 
 of the Provincial or District Grand 
 
 Lodge 81 
 
 ,, if cannot attend General Committee, 
 
 may be represented by a Past Master 5c 
 ,. if cannot attend Board of Benevo- 
 lence, mav be represented by a 
 
 Past Master 227
 
 INDEX, 183 
 
 RCLE 
 
 ^raster of a Lodge, Quaimcation, election, and installa- 
 tion of 130, ISO". 
 
 „ Regular day of election and installa- 
 tion to be named in the by-laws. . 164 
 When a deputy Master may be 
 
 appointed 131 
 
 ^ Obhgation of 132 
 
 „ his responsibility for observance of 
 
 the laws I33 
 
 „ pledged to observe by-laws by ac- 
 ceptance of copy 162 
 
 „ cannot be Master of two Lodges at 
 
 same time I34 
 
 „ cannot be more than two years in 
 
 office 135 
 
 „ to appoint officers 136 
 
 „ how he may displace officers and fill 
 
 up vacancies 140 
 
 „ when he may refuse admission to 
 
 visitors 151 
 
 „ to have casting vote 182 
 
 „ to produce warrant at each meeting 125 
 „ Absence of, at Board of Benevolence 
 
 or General Committee 227 
 
 „ Death or incapacity of 141 
 
 „ Jewel of 289, 290 
 
 „ Collar of 30;!, 303 
 
 „ Apron of 305 
 
 Master and Wardens to attend summonses and pro- 
 duce books 139 
 
 „ „ to visit other Lodges 149 
 
 Master, Past Masters, and Wardens, annual return of . . . . 179 
 
 Master, Past, Duty of, in absence of Master 141 
 
 Masters, Pa " t, qualification for membership of Grand Lodge 9 
 
 Meetings of Grand Lodge ir, 12 
 
 „ Provincial Grand Lodges 98 
 
 „ District Grand Lodges^ 99 
 
 „ Private Lodges 164, 165, 166 
 
 „ „ on public hohda>-s may be 
 
 changed 165 
 
 „ Lodges of Instruction 159 
 
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 1 84 INDEX. 
 
 RULE 
 
 Meetings of the Board of Benevolence 233 
 
 „ Board of General Purposes 262 
 
 „ ,, General Committee of Grand Lodge ... 49 
 
 Members of Grand Lodge 6 
 
 „ „ Additional, may be appointed 
 
 or elected 7 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Lodges 8r 
 
 „ Board of General Purposes 254 
 
 „ Board of Benevolence 223 
 
 „ Private Lodges, Admission of 183 to 1 93 
 
 „ „ Annual return of 173 
 
 „ „ When ceasing to be 175 
 
 „ „ Who precluded from being 204 
 „ „ Initiates have a right to 
 
 become 191 
 
 „ „ Temporary exclusion of . . . Z09 
 
 „ „ Permanent exclusion of . . . 210 
 
 „ „ Illegal exclusion of 211 
 
 „ „ who have resigned or been 
 
 excluded joining other 
 
 Lodges 212, 213 
 
 „ „ Differences between and 
 complaints of, not in Pro- 
 vinces or Districts 214 
 
 „ „ „ in Provinces Z15 
 
 „ „ ,. in Districts 216 
 
 Memorials and petitions to Grand Lodge 33.64 
 
 Military Lodges, abroad I55 
 
 „ confined to the profession and limited 
 
 to specified rank 15^ 
 
 „ WTien warrant of, to be surrendered 
 
 or exchanged for civil warrant 15 7 
 
 Military Candidates for initiation 18& 
 
 Minors cannot be initiated except by dispensation r86 
 
 Minutes of the Grand Lodge 62 
 
 „ Provincial and District Grand Lodges 94,95,102 
 
 „ Private Lodges, what is to be entered in 
 
 them 172 
 
 „ Confirmation of 172 
 
 Lodges of Instruction ibo 
 
 Mone\s of Grand Lodge to be deposited in the Bank of 
 
 England 30
 
 INDEX 185 
 
 RITLE 
 
 Moneys o{ Private Lodges 177 
 
 ■Motions in Grand Lodge, notices to be given to the 
 
 General Committee ... .51, 52, 53 
 that may be made without 
 
 notice 52 
 
 „ Precedence of ... i 55 
 
 *' „ for erasure or expulsion .... 73 
 
 Names of Lodges, Alteration in 128 
 
 jK-isons, initiated, passed, and raised to be 
 
 entered in the minutes 172 
 
 members and visitors at each meeting to be 
 
 entered in the minutes 172 
 
 Neglect to make rttums, Consequences of r3o, 224 
 
 not to prejudice Brethren 
 
 who have paid fees 178, 273 
 
 pay dues, Board of Benevolence to report . 237 
 
 New Lodge, application for a warrant 116 
 
 lorm of petition for a warrant irg 
 
 .', provisional warrants granted by District 
 
 Grand Masters .. 117 
 ., ., must be exchanged 
 
 for regular warrants 118 
 
 must be regularly constituted 120 
 
 Officers named in the warrant not to be 
 
 altered 121 
 
 Nomination of Grand Master 14 
 
 Grand Treasurer 19 
 
 for Boards, &c., to be given to the General 
 
 Committee 51 
 
 Notices of motion to be given to the General Committee 51, 52 
 
 . „ Power of General Committee to reject 53 
 
 Precedence of 55 
 
 Number of membets required to keep a Lodge m 
 
 existence 219 
 
 Lodge must bear a 128 
 
 Obligation of a Master 132 
 
 Offences of Lodges and Br-^thren 204 to 207 
 
 „ to which no special penLilty is attached 207 
 
 Offensive language in memorials and petitions 64
 
 186 INDEX. 
 
 RULE 
 
 Office in Grand Lodge, No Brother can hold more than 
 
 one at the same time 23 
 
 „ Private Lodges, No Brother can hold more 
 
 than one regular, at the 
 
 same time 129 
 
 „ „ „ Proprietor or Manager of 
 
 the house not to hold 138 
 
 „ Removal from 140 
 
 Officers of Grand Lodge, see Grand Officers. 
 
 „ Provincial Grand Lodges, sec Provincial. 
 
 Grand Officers. 
 „ District Grand Lodges, tes District Grand 
 
 Officers. 
 
 „ Private Lodges 129 
 
 „ „ Appointment or election of ... . 136 
 
 „ „ Jewels of 289 
 
 „ Collars of 302 
 
 „ „ „ when may be worn .... 303 
 
 „ „ Removal of 140 
 
 „ the Grand Stewards' Lodge, Collars of 298 
 
 Opening of Grand Lodge oi 
 
 „ Provincial or District Grand Lodge loo 
 
 Order of Precedence in Grand Lodge 6 
 
 Order, Calling to or speaking to, in Grand Lodge 70 
 
 Organist, Grand 18 
 
 Paper of business of Grand Lodge, to whom sent 56. 57 
 
 „ „ given to members on 
 
 their entrance .... 58 
 
 Past Grand Master 16 
 
 „ Officers are memoers of Grand Lodge 2 
 
 „ „ ,, the General Committee 
 
 of Grand Lodge 49 
 
 „ „ „ the Board of Benevolence 223 
 
 „ „ Jewels of 286 
 
 „ „ Collars of 293 
 
 „ „ Rank, fees on appointment to 306 
 
 PftSt Provincial or District Grand Officers are members 
 CI Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Lodge 81 
 
 „ .. Jewels of 286
 
 iNDEXs 187 
 
 RULE 
 
 Past Provincial or District Grand Officers, Collars of . . . . 294 
 Past Grand Stewards, Place in Grand Lodge set apart 
 
 for 48 
 
 „ Jewel of 287 
 
 Collar of 296, 297 
 
 Past Provincial or District Grand Stewards, Status of 97 
 
 „ „ jewel of 287 
 
 „ Collar of 300 
 
 Past Masters are members of Grand Lodge 9 
 
 ,, „ Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Lodge 81 
 
 „ when they cease to be members of Grand 
 Lodge and of Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Lodges 9, 81 
 
 „ supply the place of absent Masters at the 
 
 Board of Benevolence 227 
 
 „ take the chair of the Lodge in the absence 
 
 of the Master 141 
 
 „ twelve to be elected on Board of Benevo- 
 lence 223 
 
 „ Annual return of i79 
 
 „ Collar of 301 
 
 ,, J ewel of , 289 
 
 Past rank cannot be conferred by Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Masters 87 
 
 Petition for a warrant for a new Lodge 116, 117, 118 
 
 „ ,, „ Form of 119 
 
 „ to Grand Lodge to be in decorous language .... 64 
 „ to the Board of Benevolence for relief, what 
 
 it must state 242 
 
 „ „ ,, Recommendation of 243 
 
 „ ,, ,, ,, Form of 244 
 
 „ ,, ,, Time of presenting 246 
 „ to the Board of General Purposes to be in 
 
 writing 278 
 
 Petitioner to the Board of Benevolence to be visited. . . . 245 
 
 ,, when required to attend 247 
 
 Place of meeting ot Lodge to be specified in by-laws.. 164
 
 iS8 INDEX, 
 
 RULE 
 
 Place of meeting of Lodge, Change of, see Removal. 
 
 Porch of Grand Lodge, Guarding the 37, 5<> 
 
 Powers of all substituted authorities ' •; 
 
 Power of final decision, Grand Lodge has 5 
 
 Power to reinstate illegally excluded Brethren 21 r 
 
 Precedence of members of Grand Lodge 6 
 
 „ Lodges i2-r 
 
 „ ,, Local, in Provinces and Districts i2\ 
 
 „ motions in Grand Lodge 55 
 
 Prefixes, titles, and abbreviations (note) ^ 
 
 President of the Board of General Purposes, Appoint- 
 ment of 20, 255 
 
 „ ,, Absence of 260 
 „ theBoardof Benevolence, Appointment of 2 1 A, 223 
 
 „ ,, Absence of .... 229 
 
 „ . „ or elected members, Death of 226 
 
 „ ., Responsibilitv of 230 
 
 Prince of the Blood Royal, when Grand Master, may 
 
 appoint a Pro Grand Master 15 
 
 „ . . . .„ .wlien District Grand Master, 
 
 ..may appoint a Pro Dis- 
 
 .-..,. trict Grand Master 8y 
 
 „ „ when Master of a Lodge, may 
 
 appoint a Deputy Master 131 
 „ „ . may continue TJaster for an 
 
 indefinite period 135 
 
 Print'n^; and publishing Masonic proceedings without 
 
 authority 205 
 
 Private Lodges, see Lodges, Private. 
 
 Proceedings on the death of a Grand Master 16 
 
 „ Masonic, not to be, published without 
 
 authority 205 
 
 „ of Grand Lodge 60 to 76 
 
 „ ,. Report of 33,56,57 
 
 „ of Provincial or District Grand Lodges to 
 
 be reported 95 
 
 Processions, Public, in Masonic clothing without 
 
 authority 206 
 
 Pro Grand Master, Appointment of 15 
 
 „ „ Fee on 3q6
 
 INDEX; i.Sq 
 
 RULE 
 
 .ProDistrict Grand Master, Appointment of 87 
 
 Prohibited jewels 283 
 
 Proposing members and candidates for initiation 183, 184, 
 
 185, 189 
 Propositions in Grand Lodge which the Grand Master 
 
 may refuse to put 65 
 
 Proprietor of house where Lodge held Hot to hold office 138 
 
 ,, ,, not to acquire or hav^e lien on furniture 171 
 
 Protest, when may be entered in the minutes 181 
 
 .Provincial Grand Lodges, their origin and conditions 
 
 of existence 77 
 
 „ condition on the death of Pro- 
 vincial Grand Master 79 
 
 „ Who are members of 81 
 
 „ all members must subscribe 
 
 to a Lodge in the Province 81 
 
 „ Meetings of 98 
 
 „ Opening of in " due form." 
 
 or ;n " form " 100 
 
 „ By-laws of loi 
 
 „ must keep and produce 
 
 minutes 94, 95, 102 
 
 „ may advise if requested, but 
 
 not adjudicate 103 
 
 „ Local fund of 104 
 
 ,, to elect Treasurer annually . . 105 
 •Provincial Grand Master, Appointment and installa- 
 tion of ... . 82 
 
 „ „ Fees on 306,307 
 
 „ may appoint a deputy 84 
 
 ,, must give notice of appoint- 
 ment ol deputy 85 
 
 „ power to appoint Provincial 
 
 Grand Officers 87 
 
 „ Additional appointments 
 
 permitted in Provmces 
 
 numbering 30, 40. 70, and 
 
 100 Lodges respective! V . . 88 
 
 ^ power to summon Lodges 
 
 and Brethren 91
 
 iQO INDEX. 
 
 RULB 
 
 Provincial Grand Master, power to determine com- 
 plaints 92,103 
 
 ,, ,. to fine or suspend. .92, 207 
 
 „ has no power to erase Lodges 
 
 or expel Brethren 93 
 
 „ provision in case of neglect 
 
 to attend to complaints .. 215 
 ^. ,. responsibility ;ioi observance 
 
 of the laws 94 
 
 „ to report proceedings to 
 
 Grand Secretary 95 
 
 „ may preside in Lodges in his 
 
 Province 144 
 
 „ may send his Of&cers to visit 
 
 Lodges 148 
 
 „ may reinstate illegally ex- 
 cluded Brethren 211 
 
 „ Appeal against decisions of. . 217 
 „ must serve five years to 
 
 entitle him to Past rank . . 83 
 
 ., Death or resignation of ... . 79 
 
 ,, Fees on appointment of .... 306 
 
 „ „ for patent ... ., 307 
 
 ,. Chain and collar of 292^ 
 
 Provincial Grand Officers annually appointed by Pro- 
 vincial Grand Master 87 
 
 „ to be invested in Provincial 
 
 Grand Lodge 87 
 
 „ qualification for appointment 90 
 „ must be resident in the Pro- 
 vince 89 
 
 „ fees payable for non-residence 306- 
 „ have no rank out of their 
 
 Province ^ 
 
 „ visiting Lodges by command 143 
 
 „ Jewels of 285 
 
 „ Collars of 294 
 
 Aprons of 305 
 
 Provincial Grand Stewards, Status of 97- 
 
 „ Collars of 299
 
 INDEX. 191 
 
 RULF 
 
 Provincial Grand Stewards, Collars of Past 300 
 
 ,, Aprons of present and Past 305 
 
 Provincial Grand Treasurer elected annually 105 
 
 ,, to keep and produce accounts 105 
 
 Provincial Lodges defined 154 
 
 ,, Consent required for removal of .... 169 
 
 ,, Returns by 176 
 
 Provisional warrants for a new Lodge may be granted by 
 
 a District Grand Master 117 
 
 „ must be exchanged for a regular 
 
 warrant 118 
 
 Publication of proceedings without authority 205 
 
 Public ceremony of laying a foundation stone P. 147 
 
 ,, appearance in Masonic clothing 20 j 
 
 Hohdays, Lodge meetmg may be changed 165 
 
 Pure Antient Masonry, of what degrees it consists i 
 
 Pursuivant, Grand .' 18, 37 
 
 Qualification and disqualification of Past Masters for 
 
 membership of Grand Lodge 9 
 
 ,, for Provincial or District Grand Of6ce . . 90 
 
 Quarterage to Fund of Benevolence 306 
 
 ,, to be remitted by the Lodge for its contri- 
 buting members 174 
 
 not to be paid for members in arrear 175 
 
 Quarterly communications of Grand Lodge 11 
 
 Quorum at the Board of General Purposes 263 
 
 Rank and precedence of members of Grand Lodge 6 
 
 ,, Past, cannot be conferred bv Provincial or District 
 
 Grand Master ' 87 
 
 Recommendation of petition to the Board of Benevo- 
 lence 243, 244 
 
 Records of Grand Lodge 32 
 
 Regalia 36, 282 to 305 
 
 Register of members to be kept by Lodge 173 
 
 Registrar, Grand '. 18, 31, 32 
 
 ,, Deputy Grand 18 
 
 Registration ot new Lodges 120 
 
 „ of Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Fee for 307
 
 492 INDEX. 
 
 RULE 
 
 Registration on initiation, Fee for 307 
 
 ,, fees to be remitted by the Lodge 174 
 
 „ Neglect of, by the Lodge does not prejudice 
 
 the Brother who has paid the fees 178 
 
 Regular meetings of Grand Lodge 11 
 
 Regulations of the Board of Benevolence to be read in 
 
 January 253 
 
 Rel:ef from the Fund of Benevolence 234 to 241 
 
 ,, ,, Applications f or . . . .242, 243, 244 
 
 ,, ,, Who are disqualified for 204, 234 
 
 Removal of Grand Officers 24 
 
 ,, Officers of a Lodge 140 
 
 „ Tyler of a Lodge 136 
 
 „ Lodges, regulations to be observed 167 
 
 „ „ Temporary under special circum- 
 stances 168 
 
 „ „ Consent required for 169 
 
 „ „ notice to "be given to the Grand 
 
 Secretary, ice 170 
 
 Reply, Mover of resolution in Grand Lodge has right of 69 
 
 Report of proceedings of Grand Lodge 33, 5^, 57 
 
 Reports to Grand Lodge, Reading of 62, 63 
 
 Representatives of Foreign Grand Lodges 3 
 
 ,, of Grand Lodge in Foreign Lodges .... 8 
 
 Resignation of members 212 
 
 Jiesponsibility of Provincial or District Grand Master 
 
 for observance of the laws 94 
 
 „ of Master of a private Lodge for obser- 
 vance of the laws 133 
 
 Restoration of illegally excluded Brethren 211 
 
 Returns and Payments to Grand Lodge 173, 174, 175 
 
 ., „ Penalty for neglect of 180,224 
 
 „ - „ Neglect of, not to prejudice 
 
 Brethren v.ho have paid . . ." . 178, 237 
 Returns of Master, Past Masters, and Wardens 
 
 annually i79 
 
 „ by Provincial and District Lodges 114, 176 
 
 ,, Duplicate, to be sent by District Lodges 113 
 
 JRoyal Somerset House and Inverness Lodge works 
 
 without a warrant 125
 
 INDEX. 193- 
 
 RULr 
 
 Rules of Grand Lodge, Traasgressias; the 71 
 
 Rules and Regulations of District Grand Lodges 109 
 
 Sanction of the Book of Constitutions P- v 
 
 „ • -Lodges of Instruction . . . 15^ 
 
 „ may be withdrawn ... . 161 
 
 Scotland, relief of Brethren under the constitution of. .241, 243 
 Scrutineers • for election of members of the Board of 
 
 General Purposes, their appointment and duties 259 
 
 Seals of the Grand Lodge • • 31.33 
 
 Seats in Grand Lodge, members to keep their 67 
 
 ,, reserved for Past Grand Stewards 48 
 
 Secretaries exempt from Lodge subscription are eligible 
 
 for relief 235 
 
 Secretary, Grand 18, 33. 34 
 
 Serving Brethren, initiation without charge 193 
 
 ,, not to be members of the Lcd<je I93 
 
 „ when quaiiSed for relief \ 193.236 
 
 ,, must pay for ceriihcate 193 
 
 Silence in Grand Lodge, Call to 60 
 
 Silver jewels 290 
 
 Sister Grand Lodges, Representatives in and from 8^ 
 
 Speaking in Grand Lodge, Members to stand whil2 .... 70 
 
 „ twice on same question, not permitted 69 
 
 Special meetings of Grand Lodge 12 
 
 ,, of Provincial Grand Lodges 98 
 
 ',, of District Grand Lodges 99 
 
 Standard Bearers, Grand i8 
 
 Stewards, Grand, see Grand Stewards. 
 Sub-Committees may be appointed by Board of 
 
 General Purposes 271 
 
 „' to be appointed for Colonial, Indian, 
 
 and Foreign Matters 271 
 
 Substituted authorities, Powers of , , 3 
 
 Summary of the Antient Charges P. vi 
 
 Summons to attend. Grand Master 139 
 
 ,, Provincial or District Grand 
 
 Masters 91, 139 
 
 „ Board of General Purposes 139, 274 
 
 Superintendent of Works. Grand 18, 35 
 
 Supreme authority of Grand L'xlge , 4 .
 
 194 INDEX, 
 
 RULE 
 
 Suspension by Provincial or District Grand Master .... 91, 92 
 
 „ by Board of General Purposes 273 
 
 „ of Lodges 91, 92, 139, 273 
 
 „ of Brethren 91, 92, 139, 273 
 
 Sword Bearers, Grand 18 
 
 Tavern, Proprietor of, where Lodge held, not to hold 
 
 office 138 
 
 Termination of business in Grand Lodge 76 
 
 Title or name. Lodge must bear 128 
 
 Titles, prefixes, and abbreviations (note) 6 
 
 Transgressing the rules in Grand Lodge 71 
 
 Treasurer, Grand 19. 29 
 
 „ „ Provincial 105 
 
 „ ,, District 105 
 
 „ of Private Lodges, Election of 136 
 
 „ „ ,, to keep accounts 177 
 
 Tyler, Grand 22,38 
 
 „ of Private Lodge, Election of 136 
 
 „ ,, Removal of 136 
 
 "Csages and customs, uniformity to be observed 14^ 
 
 Vacancies in the Board of General Purposes, how 
 
 filled up 261 
 
 ,, Board of Benevolence, how filled up. . 226 
 
 ,, ofi&ce in Private Lodges, how filled up ... . 140 
 Vice-President of the Board of General Purposes, 
 
 Election of 257 
 
 Vice-Presidents of the Board of Benevolence, Election of 225 
 „ ,, Disqualification for 
 
 re-election of . . 228 
 
 „ ,, Absence of 229 
 
 Death of 226 
 
 Visited, Petitioners to the Board of Benevolence to be 245 
 
 Visiting a Lodge, Grand Master presiding 142 
 
 ^, Deputy Grand Master presiding 143 
 
 ^ Provincial or District Grand Master 
 
 presiding 144 
 
 ^, Deputy Provincial or District Grand 
 
 Master presiding 145, 14.6
 
 INDEX. 195 
 
 ,r. .^. T , . . , RULE 
 
 "Visiting a Lodge, enjoined i^o 
 
 „ by non-subscribers restricted ,* . .' 152 
 
 Visitors to Grand Lodge lo 
 
 Visitors, Admission of, precautions to be observed *.!..' 150 
 
 „ who may be refused admission 151, 204 
 
 „ who have ceased to subscribe to a Lodge. ...'.. ' 152 
 Votes of money by the Board of Benevolence, requiring 
 
 confirmation 251 
 
 Voting in Grand Lodge .'."..'.*.'!.'.'!!.'.'.' 75 
 
 » » mode of counting the votes .. .[ 75 
 
 „ at the Board of Benevolence 233 
 
 „ in Private Lodges .'.'.'.'.* 182 
 
 Wardens, Grand 18, 26, 27 
 
 ,. how qualified for chair [ ^ ' 130A 
 
 Wardens to summon Lodge on death or incapacity' of 
 
 Master ;__ r,i 
 
 „ not to take the chair 141 
 
 „ not to confer degrees [\ 14 1 
 
 „ of London Lodges cannot attend Grand Lodge 
 
 until they have signed the Grand Lodge book 137 
 „ cannot attend Grand Lodge until name 
 
 returned j-,q 
 
 „ cannot attend Grand Lodge if Lodge in ar'rear 180 
 
 „ to attend summons and produce books 139 
 
 ^Warrant for a new Lodge, Application for .,'. 116 
 
 >» Form of petition for 119 
 
 >» Officers named in, caimot be 
 
 altered without sanction. . 121 
 » II Provisional, mav be granted 
 
 bv District Grand Master 117 
 
 Lodge cannot meet without -25, 126 
 
 when lost or withheld '126 
 
 must not be sold or irregularly procured '. 127 
 
 cannot be transferred " ' ,* 221 
 
 of confirmation .' ] T26 
 
 Fee for * '307 
 
 to he entrusted to the Master and pr^iuced by 
 
 him at each meeting , 125
 
 196 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 R>7LE 
 
 Warrant to be produced when required by tiic 
 
 authorities 139 
 
 , when it becomes ex tiact 219 
 
 Surrender of 221 
 
 „ or exchange of military 157 
 
 Widows, Relief of 238, 239, 242, 245, 247, 248, 249 
 
 „ „ certificates required for 239' 
 
 „ and orphans, cannot petition a second time . . . 248 
 
 Works, Grand Superintendent of 18,^35 
 
 Write, candidate for initiation must be able to (note) iHf 
 
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