UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES 
 
 SCHOOL OF LAW 
 LIBRARY
 
 PRESENTED BY 
 
 Free and Accepted Masons 
 
 TO BROTHER 
 
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 At the date of his raising to the sublime degree of 
 
 as a souvenir of Brotherly regard from the mem- 
 bers of the Lodge, and a talisman of fidelity to his 
 trusts in all the years that may come to him. 
 
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 CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 M. W. GRAND LODGE 
 
 F. & A. M. 
 
 OF THE 
 JURISDICTION OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 ANNOTATED 
 
 ADOPTED OCTOBER 13, 1911 
 
 AS AMENDED TO AND INCLUDING OCTOBER. 1919 
 
 INCLUDING ALSO 
 
 MASONI^ PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 The Uniform Code of By-Laws of Lodges; the Installation 
 Ceremony for Lodges ; The Funeral Service ; the Ceremony 
 of Laying Corner Stones; the Ceremony for Constituting 
 Masonic Lodges ; the Ceremony for Dedicating Halls ; 
 Procedure for Consolidation of Lodges ; the Monitorial Work ; 
 the Landmarks, and the Ancient Laws; Things a Master 
 Ought to Know. 
 
 Published by authos^y of Grand Lodge 
 
 SIXTH EDITION 
 
 San Francisco 
 1919
 
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 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 
 
 PART I. 
 
 Of the Organization of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of Its Title and Seal. 
 Sec. 1. Title. 
 2. Seal. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of Its Members and Their Qualifications, and Pay. 
 Sec. 3. Members — Titles, 
 
 4. Must be member of some Lodge. 
 
 5. No representation by proxy, 
 
 6. Pay of members. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Of Its Powers and Authority. 
 Sec. 7. Powers in general. 
 
 8. Legislative powers. 
 
 9. Executive powers. 
 
 10. Judicial powers — Original — Appellate. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of Its Communications, 
 Sec. 11. Annual, when and where held. 
 
 12. Special, when may be ordered. 
 
 13. Special, when must be ordered, 
 
 14. Special, order must designate object. 
 
 15. Quorum, what constitutes. 
 
 16. "Who may be present at openiag and election. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 Of Its Elections and Appointments. 
 Sec. 17. Manner of election — Installation. 
 
 18. Manner of Appointment — Installation. 
 
 19. Vacancies in elective office.
 
 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 
 
 AETICLE VI. 
 Of Its Voting and Bepresentation. 
 Sec. 20. Manner of voting. 
 
 21. Voting, Grand officers. 
 
 22. Voting, Lodges and Past Masters. 
 
 23. Voting, Restrictions. 
 
 24. Voting. 
 
 25. Voting. 
 
 26. Grand Master has casting vote — Exception. 
 
 AETICLE VII. 
 Of Its Committees and Their Duties. 
 Sec. 27. Regular committees. 
 
 28. Standing committees. 
 
 29. Special committees. 
 
 80. What must be referred to — Appropriations. 
 
 31. Committee on accounts — Qualifications and 
 
 duties. 
 
 32. Committee on pay of members. 
 82A. Committee on Library. 
 
 32B. Committee on General Policy. 
 
 AETICLE VIII. 
 Of the Trustees of the Masonic Homes of California. 
 Sec. 33. Appointment and powers. 
 
 34. Title to property. 
 
 35. Organization — By-Laws — Powers of Grand 
 
 Master over. 
 
 36. Annual reports. 
 
 AETICLE IX. 
 Of Its Eevenues and Their Sources. 
 Sec. 38. Revenues, whence derived. 
 
 39. Fees, what shall be charged. 
 
 40. Fees, when to be paid. 
 
 41. Contributions, what shall be levied. 
 
 42. Lodges, property of dissolved. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Of the Grand Officers and Their Powers and Duties. 
 AETICLE I. 
 Of the Grand Master. 
 Bee. 48. Powers. 
 44. Duties. 
 
 AETICLE II. 
 Of the Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens, 
 Sec. 45. Deputy Grand Master — Powers and duties. 
 46. Grand Wardens — Powers and duties.
 
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 ARTICLE III. 
 Of the Grand Treasurer. 
 Sec. 47. Duties. 
 
 48. Official bond. 
 
 49. Compensation. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of the Grand Secretary. 
 Sec. 50. Duties. 
 
 51. Official bond. 
 
 52. Compensation. 
 
 53. Assistant Grand Secretary. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Of the Grand Lecturer and the Inspectors. 
 
 Sec. 54. Grand Lecturer — Powers and duties — Pay. 
 
 55. Inspectors — Appointment — Districts — Cer- 
 
 tificates. 
 
 56. Inspectors — Powers and duties. 
 
 57. Inspectors — Must attend Lodge of Instruc- 
 
 tion — Pay. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 Of the Appointed Grand Officers. 
 
 Sec. 58. Grand Chaplain. 
 
 59. Grand Orator. 
 
 60. Grand Marshal. 
 
 61. Grand Standard Bearer. 
 
 62. Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 63. Grand Bible Bearer. 
 
 64. Grand Deacons. 
 
 65. Grand Stewards. 
 
 66. Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 67. Grand Organist. 
 
 68. Grand Tiler, 
 
 69. Grand Tiler — Compensation 
 
 ARTICLE VII, 
 Of the Expenses of the Grand Officers, Elected and Ap- 
 pointed, the Past Grand Masters, and the 
 Chairmen of Standing Committees. 
 Sec. 70. Elective Grand Officers. 
 71. Past Grand Masters. 
 
 PART III. 
 
 Of the Subordinate Lodges. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Of the Organization of a Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 72. How formed. 
 
 73. Dispensation for — Prerequisites.
 
 € SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 
 
 74. Consent of nearest Lodge — Termination — Rep- 
 
 resentation. 
 
 75. Charter, when may issue — When dispensation 
 
 continued. 
 
 76. Of whom to consist. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of the Powers and Duties of a Lodge and of Its Funds and 
 Property. 
 Sec. 77. Powers — Executive, Legislative, Judicial. 
 78. Meetings. 
 79 Representation in Grand Lodge. 
 
 80. Annual reports. 
 
 81. By-Laws, approval of. 
 
 82. Concun-ent .iurisdiction. 
 
 83. Boards of Relief, 
 
 84. Seal. 
 
 85. Official Communications to be read. 
 
 86. Books to be kept. 
 
 87. Funds and property, 
 
 88. Funds — How may be used. 
 
 89. Funds — Expenditures for social purposes, 
 
 90. Funds — Relief — Refunding, 
 
 91. Consolidation. 
 
 92. Penalty for nejrlect of duty. 
 92A. Jurisdiction of Lodges. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Of Prohibitions. 
 Sec. 93. Removal of place of meeting. 
 
 94. Candidate — Qualifications — Physical, moral and 
 
 political. 
 
 95. Candidate — Residence — Jurisdiction. 
 
 96. Candidate — Jurisdiction, waiver of — Army and 
 
 navy, 
 
 97. Candidate — Jurisdiction after rejection, 
 
 98. Candidate — Form of application, 
 
 99. Candidate — Investigating committee. 
 
 100. Candidate — Report of committee. 
 
 101. Candidate — Withdrawal — Report of committer 
 
 — Balloting. 
 
 102. Candidate — Members present must vote, 
 
 103. Candidate — Ballot, how conducted, 
 
 104. Candidate — Ballot, correcting mistake in — 
 
 Withdrawal of petition, 
 
 105. Candidate — Unfavorable "ballot) — Discussion — ' 
 
 Divulging. 
 
 106. Candidate — Ballot, dispensation for. 
 
 107. Candidate — Army and navy, 
 
 108. Candidate — Objection before initiation. 
 
 109. Candidate — Objection after initiation. 
 
 110. Oandidate — Procedure.
 
 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 
 
 111. Candidate — Decision of Lodge. 
 
 112. Advancement — Proficiency required. 
 
 113. Advancement — In another Lodge. 
 
 114. Fees for degrees. 
 
 115. Degrees, restrictions on conferring. 
 
 116. Masonic clothing, restrictions on wearing. 
 
 117. Suspension for non-payment of dues — Notice. 
 
 118. Suspension — How declared — How restored la- 
 
 fore two years. 
 
 119. Suspension — How restored after two years. 
 
 120. Suspension — Duty of Secretary — Penalty. 
 
 121. Ritual — Lectures — what authorized. 
 
 122. Affiliation. 
 
 123. Burial of duelist. 
 
 124. Masonic intercourse, restrictions as to. 
 
 125. Visiting — Rights — Restrictions — Avouchment. 
 
 126. Annual returns and dues — Penalty for default. 
 
 127. Donation of fees — Circulars — Decoration of 
 
 altar. 
 
 128. Dues — Uniform receipts — Remitting — Assess- 
 
 ments. 
 
 129. Life membership, how acquired. 
 
 129 A. Saloonkeepers and barkeepers ineligible. 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of the Dissolution of Lodges 
 Sec. 130. How accomplished. 
 
 131. Surrender of charter. 
 
 132. Forfeiture of charter. 
 
 133. Effect of forfeiture or arrest. 
 
 134. Property rights after surrender or forfeiture. 
 
 PART IV. 
 
 Of the Officers of Subordinate Lodges. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Of Elections, Appointments and Installations. 
 
 Sec. 135. Election and installation, when and how held. 
 
 136. Master, qualifications of. 
 
 137. Wardens, qualifications of. 
 
 138. Election at other than stated time — Dispensa- 
 
 tion for. 
 
 139. "When Master fails to procure certificate. 
 
 140. Qualifications of voters and officers. 
 
 141. Appointive Officers. 
 
 ARTICLE n. 
 Of the Master. 
 Sec. 142. Powers. 
 
 143. Duties. 
 
 144. Decisions — Appeal — Review. 
 
 145. Casting vote. 
 
 146. Penalty for neglect of duty.
 
 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 
 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 Sec. 147. 
 148. 
 
 Of the Wardens. 
 Duties. 
 Absence of Master. 
 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 Sec.149. 
 
 Of the Treasurer. 
 Duties. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Sec.150. 
 151. 
 152. 
 
 Of the Secretary. 
 Duties. 
 Lodge books. 
 Account books. 
 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 Sec. 153. 
 
 Of the Appointed Officers. 
 Duties. 
 
 
 PART V. 
 
 
 Of Individual Masons. 
 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Sec. 154. 
 
 Of Membership in a Lodge. 
 How acquired. 
 
 155. Degrees — Receiving in another Lodge — Con- 
 sent — Waiver. 
 
 156. Member, right to attend meetings. 
 
 157. Dual membership. 
 
 158. How terminated. 
 
 159. Withdrawal — Recommendatory certificate. 
 
 160. Member of defunct Lodge, status of. 
 
 161. Certificate of standing — Affiliation. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of Rights, Duties, Prohibitions, and Liabilities. 
 Sec. 162. Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts. 
 
 163. Relief, who entitled to. 
 
 164. Burial, who entitled to — Expenses — Reimburse- 
 
 ment. 
 
 165. Membership, duty to retain — How forfeited — 
 
 Restoration. 
 
 166. Non-payment of dues, penalty for. 
 
 167. Penalty for violation of Masonic law. 
 
 PART VI. 
 
 Of Trials, Penalties. Appeals, and Restorations. 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Relative to the Grand Master 
 Sec. 168. Charges, for what may be preferred, and how.
 
 SUMMARY OF CONTENTS 
 
 169. Formation of Tribunal. 
 
 170. Powers of tribunal. 
 
 171. Penalty. 
 
 172. Duties of Grand Secretary. 
 
 173. Procedure at trial. 
 
 174. Expenses of tribunal. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Relative to Masters of Lodges. 
 Sec.175. Charges, for what may be preferred, and how. 
 
 176. Formation of Commission. 
 
 177. Powers of commission. 
 
 178. Adjournment. 
 
 179. Judgment. 
 
 180. Penalties. 
 
 181. Procedure at trial. 
 
 182. Record of proceedings. 
 
 183. Appeal. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Relative to Lodges. 
 Sec.184. Charges, for what may be preferred, and how. 
 
 185. Formation of commission. 
 
 186. Powers of commission — Procedure — Penalties. 
 
 187. Appeal. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Relative to Masons Individually. 
 Sec.188. Penal jurisdiction of a lodge. 
 
 189. Charges, how preferred — To whom presented. 
 
 190. Must be specific. 
 
 191. Charges, Lodge U. D. 
 
 192. Trial pending in courts of land — Acquittal 
 
 therein no bar — Duty after conviction in 
 court. 
 
 193. Master to pass on sufficiency of charges — When 
 
 to call special meeting. 
 
 194. Notice of meeting to elect commission. 
 
 195. Amendments to charges — Withdrawal — Striking 
 
 out. 
 
 196. Commission, how elected. 
 
 197. Disqualification of Master and commissioner. 
 
 198. Commission, time and place of meeting — Sum- 
 
 mons and notice. 
 
 199. Service of summons. 
 
 200. Who to preside — Duties of Master and Secre- 
 
 tary — Answer — Objection to commissioner 
 Vacancies — Stenographic reporter. 
 
 201. Witnesses, how summoned — Testimony, how 
 
 taken. 
 
 202. Procedure in general. 
 
 203. Counsel.
 
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 204. Adjournment — Continuance. 
 
 205. Verdict — Record of finding. 
 
 206. Penalties. 
 
 207. Appeal — Additional evidence on — Transcript. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 Of Revisions, Reversals, and Restorations. 
 Sec. 208. Transcripts to Grand Secretary — Powers of 
 Grand LuJge ou appeal. 
 208A. Reversal shall not be had for error in pro- 
 cedure. 
 
 209. Effect of reversal by Grand Lodge. 
 
 210. Su.spension — Restoration by Lodge — Notice, 
 
 211. Restoration by Grand Lodge. 
 
 212. Petition to Grand Lodge by suspended Mason 
 
 — Notice. 
 
 213. Petition to Grand Lodge by expelled Mason — 
 
 Notice. 
 
 214. Petition to Grand Lodge by Lodge in behalf of 
 
 expelled Mason. 
 
 215. Publications forbidden. 
 
 PART VII. 
 
 Of Amendments, Definitions, and Forms. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Of Amendments. 
 
 Sec. 216. When may be presented. 
 
 217. Vote required. 
 
 218. When two-thirds vote may carry. 
 
 219. No vote after election of officers. 
 
 220. Former constitutions repealed. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of Definitions. 
 
 Sec. 221. Grand Master. 
 
 222. Master. 
 
 223. Past Grand Officer. 
 
 224. Past Master. 
 
 225. Representative. 
 
 226. Vacancy. 
 
 227. Jurisdiction. 
 
 228. Regulation. 
 
 229. Suspension. 
 
 230. Expulsion. 
 
 231. Notification. 
 
 232. Summons. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Of Forms for Various Purposes. 
 Sec. 233. Certificate for a diploma for a Master Mason. 
 234. Certificate for diploma for benefit of family of 
 a deceased brother.
 
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 235. Petition for a dispensation to form a new 
 
 lodge. 
 
 236. Dispensation. 
 
 237. Recommendation of a petition for the forma- 
 
 tion of a new Lodge. 
 
 238. Certificate of qualification of officers proposed 
 
 for a new lodge. 
 
 239. Petition for a charter. 
 
 240. Charter. 
 
 241. Notices of rejections, suspensions, expulsions, 
 
 and restorations. 
 
 242. Notice of special meeting to elect trial commis- 
 
 sioners. 
 
 243. Certificate of withdrawal without recommenda- 
 
 tion. 
 
 244. Recommendatory certificate of withdrawal. 
 
 245. Credential for a representative elected by » 
 
 Lodge. 
 
 246. Petition for degrees. 
 
 247. Application for affiliation. 
 
 248. Certificate of membership. 
 
 249. Certificate of election, appointment, and instal- 
 
 lation of officers. 
 
 250. Certificate for amendment to by-laws. 
 
 251. Charge of unmasonic conduct. 
 
 252. Notification to a commissioner. 
 
 253. Notification to an accuser. 
 
 254. Summons to an accused brother — Service. 
 
 255. Summons to a witness. 
 
 256. Letter of authorization to take testimony. 
 
 257. Record of finding. 
 
 258. Form of transcript of record of trial. 
 
 259. Record of proceedings before commissioners. 
 
 260. Certificate of Master and Secretary. 
 
 EEGUIiATIONS. 
 Testimonial to Grand Master. 
 
 261. Finance committee to provide for.
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Grand Lodge of California 
 
 As Amended to and Including 
 its Annual Communication in 
 
 OCTOBER 1919 
 
 PART I. 
 
 Of the Organization of the Grand Lodge. 
 Article I. Of Its Title and Seal. Sees. 1—2. 
 
 II. Of Its Members and Their Qualifica- 
 tions, and Pay. Sees. 3 — 6. 
 
 III. Of Its Powers and Authority. Sees. 
 
 7—10. 
 
 IV. Of Its Communications. Sees. 11 — 16. 
 Y. Of Its Elections and Appointments. 
 
 Sees. 17—19. 
 VI. Of Its Voting and Kepresentation. 
 Sees. 20—26. 
 VII. Of Its Committees and Their Duties. 
 Sees. 27— 32B. 
 Vin. Of the Trustees of the Masonic Homes 
 of California. Sees. 33 — 37. 
 IX. Of Its Revenues and Their Sources. 
 Sees. 38—42.
 
 J 13 CONSTITUTION 14 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of Its Title and Seal. 
 
 Sec. 1. Title. 
 2. Seal. 
 
 Title. 
 
 Section 1. This Grand Lodge shall be entitled 
 "The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and 
 Accepted Masons of the State of California." 
 
 Seal. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall have a seal — bearing such de- 
 vices and inscriptions as by it have heretofore 
 been, or may hereafter be, determined — which shall 
 be affixed to all instruments issued by or under its 
 authority. 
 
 Seal of subordinate lodge: Sees. 84, 150. 
 Grand Secretary to keep and affix: Sec. 50, 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of Its Members and Their Qualifications, and Pay. 
 
 Sec. 3. Members — Titles. 
 
 4. Must be member of some Lodge. 
 
 5. No representation by proxy. 
 
 6. Pay of members. 
 
 Members — Titles. 
 
 Section 3. The Grand Lodge shall be composed 
 of a Grand Master, (whose address shall be Most 
 Worshipful,) a Deputy Grand Master, a Senior 
 Grand Warden, and a Junior Grand Warden, (whose 
 addresses shall severally be Right Worshipful,) a 
 Grand Treasurer, a Grand Secretary and a Grand
 
 15 CONSTITUTION 5 3-6 
 
 Lecturer, (whose addresses shall severally be Very 
 Worshipful,) a Grand Chaplain, (whose address 
 shall be Very Reverend,) a Grand Orator, a Grand 
 Marshal, a Grand Standard Bearer, a Grand Sword 
 Bearer, a Grand Bible Bearer, a Senior Grand Dea- 
 con, a Junior Grand Deacon, two Grand Stewards, 
 a Grand Pursuivant, a Grand Organist, and a 
 Grand Tvler, (whose addresses shall severally be 
 Worshipful); together with all the Past Grand 
 Officers and Past Masters of this Jurisdiction, and 
 the Masters and "Wardens of the several chartered 
 and duly constituted Lodges, or the representatives 
 thereof duly elected as provided in Section 225. 
 
 Subordinate lodge consists of what: Sec. 76. 
 
 Instructing representatives: Sec. 79. 
 
 Credentials for representative: Sec. 245. 
 
 Must be member of some Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 4. Each officer and member of the Grand 
 Lodge must be a member of some Lodge within its 
 jurisdiction. With the cessation of such member- 
 ship shall cease his office and membership in the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 No representation by proxy. 
 
 Sec. 5. No member of the Grand Lodge shall be 
 
 represented therein by proxy. 
 
 Pay of members. 
 
 Sec. 6. At the close of each Annual Communi- 
 cation, the Grand Treasurer shall pay to the 
 officers or to the representative of each lodge 
 in the State, the exact cost of transportation for
 
 § 6 CONSTITUTION 16 
 
 one person from the location of each Lodge in the 
 State to the place of meeting of the Grand Lodge 
 and back again, viz: — an unlimited first-class rail- 
 road fare, together with stage fare and cost of berth 
 in sleej)er when required, as ascertained by the ap- 
 proved report of the committee on pay of members, 
 such report being his voucher therefor. But no 
 payment shall be allowed for the officers or repre- 
 sentative of any Lodge, the dues of which shall not 
 have been paid in full, or which shall be reported by 
 the Grand Secretary as having been delinquent in 
 the transmission of certificates of the election and 
 installation of the officers of their respective Lodges, 
 within the time prescribed by law. No officer or rep- 
 resentative of a Lodge, shall receive such payment 
 in more than one of those capacities, nor shall he 
 receive it unless he shall have been in attendance 
 at such Communication from the first to the last 
 day thereof, inclusive, unless excused by the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 Pay of Grand Oflicers: Sees. 70 — 71. 
 Pay of Chairman of Committees: Sec. 71. 
 Pay of Past Grand Masters: Sec. 71. 
 Committee on Pay of Members: Sec. 32. 
 Pay of Inspectors: Sec. 57. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Of Its Powers and Authority. 
 
 Sec. 7. Powers in general. 
 
 8. Legislative powers. 
 
 9. Executive powers. 
 
 10. Judicial powers — Original — Appellate.
 
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 Powers in general. 
 
 Section 7. The Grand Lodge is the Supreme 
 Masonic Power and Authority in this State, possess- 
 ing all the attributes of sovereigntv and govern- 
 ment — legislative, executive, and judicial — limited 
 only by a strict adherence to the Ancient Land- 
 marks of the Order, and by the provisions of its 
 own Constitution and Eegulations. 
 
 SPECIAL NOTE: In order that the general inquirer may 
 understand somewhat of the peculiarities of Masonic law. 
 and may appreciate the difference between it and the general 
 laws of the land as well as those governing other more mod- 
 ern societies, it has been thought wise to give the following 
 brief summary, which has been substantially abridged from 
 Mackey's valuable work on Masonic Jurisprudence and is 
 here inserted because it will be more accessible if it is associ- 
 ated with the Article relating to the powers and authority 
 of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 The vrritten law of Masonry consists of the Constitutions, 
 Regulations, and Laws of the particular Grand Lodge, to- 
 gether with its by-laws (if any), as well as the following 
 ancient laws : 
 
 I. The York constitutions of 926, containing XV 
 points, XV articles, and I additional ordinance; 
 
 II. The constitution of Edward III, Sections 1 — 5; 
 
 III. The regulations of 1663, Sections 1 — 6; 
 
 IV. The ancient installation charges, 1 — 6; 
 V. The ancient charges at Makings, 1 — 15; 
 
 VI. The regulation of 1703; 
 VII. The regulation of 1717; 
 VIII. The regulation of 1720; 
 IX. The charges of 1722, 1 — 6; 
 X. The general regulations of 1721, Articles I — 
 XXXIX. 
 
 The unwritten law of Masonrj' consists of the landmarks, 
 and here it should be understood that in order to constitute 
 a landmark from a custom or rule of action, it is necessary 
 that it should have existed "from the time whereof the 
 memory of man runneth not to the contrary." Its antiquity 
 is an essential element. These written laws, together with 
 the landmarks, constitute the foundations of Masonic law. 
 The landmarks being unrepealable must ever continue in 
 force, but the constitutions and regulations of 1721 and
 
 § 7 CONSTITUTION 18 
 
 prior thereto may be altered or aiuended by a Grand Lodge; 
 they, however, remain in force until so amended or changed 
 by positive enactment of the Grand Lodge, and may be of 
 use in deciding doubtful questions of law. 
 
 In a broad sense it may be said that the landmarks 
 are so general in character as to be, by that very generality, 
 just as unchangeable as is the law of mathematics that 
 twice two equals four, and that so many of the ancient con- 
 stitutions and regulations refer to matters so generally 
 settled by time as to be of little practical service. 
 
 We may therefore say in the same general sense that it 
 is now best for the intiniring Mason to consider a subject 
 settled by the written law of the jurisdiction, remembering 
 always that the ritual itself constitutes binding law regard- 
 ing the matters contained in it, and that as to these matters, 
 the office of the constitution and regulations is substantially 
 to construe the ritual. 
 
 (See Landmarks and Ancient Laws, Appendix.) 
 
 Regulations* 
 
 7a. The jurisdiction of a Grand Lodge is conceded to be 
 the boundary of its own State or Territory, but extending 
 to other territom' where no Grand Lodge exists. (1851, 
 p. 122; 1879, p. 168; 1884, pp. 566, 739; 1889, pp. 21, 274. 
 
 7b. It may govern its Lodges in unoccupied territory as 
 it sees fit. (1872, p. 553; 1908, p. 119.) 
 
 7c. It is the "American doctrine," and has become the 
 common law of Masonry, that where three chartered Lodges 
 exist, a Grand Lodge may be formed; that immediately on 
 forming it, such Lodges have the absolute right to throw off 
 their former allegiance; and that the Grand Lodge so formed 
 immediately gains exclusive jurisdiction therein, and no 
 other Grand Lodge can there establish a Lodge. (1851, p. 
 108; 1856, p. 338; 1862, p. 344; 1871, p. 154; 1872. p. 
 579; 1875, p. 112.) 
 
 7d. This Grand Lodge ought not to recognize a new 
 Grand Lodge until it has been recognized by those from 
 which its constituent Lodges hold charters. (1875, p. 113.) 
 
 7e. From the earliest times there has been a distinct 
 understanding between Grand Lodges and the governing 
 bodies of the Scottish Rite that the Grand Lodge should 
 have exclusive jurisdiction over the first three degrees. 
 (1872, p. 552.) 
 
 7f. It recognizes no degree or title of 33d, nor any 
 degree except the first three. Nor any title excei)t those 
 appropriate to the officers of a Grand or Subordinate Lodge. 
 (1871, p. 154.) 
 
 For definition of "Regulation," see Sec. 228.
 
 19 CONSTITUTION § 7-R 
 
 7g. The establishing of a Supreme Grand Lodge would 
 be in violation of this Section. (1897, p. 235.) 
 
 71i. While this Grand Lodge has not itself established 
 Army Lodges, it does not question the right of other Grand 
 Lodges to do so in times of war and attached to regiments 
 formed in their jtirisdictions. (1900, pp. 643, 901.) No 
 Traveling Lodge can be formed under our Constitution. 
 (1917, pp. 281, 285, 511.) 
 
 71. One receiving the degrees in a clandestine or irregu- 
 lar Lodge cannot be healed. (1908, pp. 40, 119; reversing 
 1871, p. 153.) 
 
 7j. But that healing only applies to those receiving de- 
 grees in regular Lodges in violation of Section 124 (idem), 
 following (1855, p. 95; 1857, p. 118; 1864, p. 349.) 
 
 7k. No provision of the constitution, regulations, or 
 landmarks restricts the power of the Grand Lodge to ap- 
 propriate its funds for any object it considers worthy, 
 (1888, p. 681.) 
 
 71. The Grand Lodge alone can reverse or modify the 
 decisions of the Grand Master. (1889, p. 195.) 
 
 7m. The influence of this Grand Lodge is pledged to 
 maintain the stern morality of Masonry. The laws re- 
 garding it should be construed strictly but with charity. 
 (1854, p. 88; 1863, p. 94.) 
 
 Powers and authority of subordinate lodge: Sec. 
 77 et seq. 
 
 Cannot inquire how Mason votes upon ballot for 
 degrees: Sec. 105k. 
 
 Power as to jurisdiction of Lodges: See. 92A. 
 
 No jurisdiction until Lodge has rendered verdict: 
 Sec. 10a. 
 
 Cannot review action of Grand Master as to 
 jurisdiction of Lodge: Sec. 92 A. 
 
 Legislative powers. 
 
 Sec. 8. Its legislative powers extend to every 
 case of legislation not expressly delegated by itself 
 to the Lodges; and the Constitution, General Eegu- 
 lations and Uniform Code of By-Laws for sub- 
 ordinate Lodges, which it has an inalienable right 
 to adopt and promulgate at its own convenience,
 
 J 8 9 CONSTITUTION 20 
 
 and to alter, amend, or repeal at its own pleasure, 
 under the limitations therein imposed, are final and 
 binding upon all Lodges and Masons within its 
 jurisdiction until so altered, amended, or repealed. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 8a. Every rule or reffulation of the Grand Lodge is so 
 far perpetual that it must continue of binding force until, 
 in the Grand Lodge itself, it has been repealed or modified, 
 and that the resolution forbidding intercourse with clan- 
 destine "negro Masons" is in force. (1871, p. 153.) 
 
 8b. Authority attaches to the proceedings of the Grand 
 Lodge the moment the action is had therein, and the printed 
 proceedings furnish ample authority upon which the Lodge 
 can act. (1860, p. 368; 1889, p. 211.) 
 
 Right of negro to visit: Sec. 125c. 
 
 Appropriation of money: Sec. 30. 
 
 Amendments to Constitution. Sec. 216 et seq. 
 
 Legislative powers of Lodges: See. 77. 
 
 Executive powers. 
 
 Sec. 9. Its executive powers include the grant- 
 ing of dispensations and charters to establish and 
 perpetuate Lodges within this State, and in other 
 territory where no Grand Lodge exists; the revoca- 
 tion or suspension thereof; the issuing of special 
 dispensations for all purposes permitted by any of 
 tlae provisions of this Constitution; and the exer- 
 cise, generally, of all such authority as may be 
 necessary to carry its own legislation into complete 
 effect. 
 
 Grand Master to exercise: Sec. 43. 
 
 Executive powers of Lodge. Sec. 77.
 
 21 CONSTITUTION | 10 
 
 Judicial powers — Original — Appellate. 
 
 Sec. 10. Its judicial powers are of two kinds: — 
 1st. Original. — Including the decision of all con- 
 troversies between any of the Lodges, or between 
 one of them and a member or members of another; 
 and the enforcement of discipline upon its own 
 members and upon the Lodges under its jurisdic- 
 tion; and 
 
 2d. Appellate. — Embracing the revision of all 
 matters of controversy or discipline, proper for Ma- 
 sonic investigation, which may have arisen in any 
 of the Lodges, and over which it has not retained 
 original jurisdiction. 
 
 Regulation. 
 
 10a. The Grand Lodge has no jurisdiction to consider 
 a case on its merits until a trial commission has rendered 
 a verdict therein. (1882, p. 648.) 
 
 Appeals from trial decisions: Sec. 208 et seq. 
 
 Trial of controversies and offenders: Sec. 168 et 
 seq. 
 
 Judicial power of Lodge: Sec. 77. 
 
 Power to try and punish offenders: See. 208b. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of Its Comniunications. 
 
 Sec. 11. Annual, when and where held. 
 
 12. Special, when may be ordered. 
 
 13. Special, when must be ordered. 
 
 14. Special, order must designate object. 
 
 15. Quorum, what constitutes. 
 
 16. Who may be present at opening and election.
 
 S 11-13 CONSTITUTION 22 
 
 Annual, when and where held. 
 
 Section 11. The Grand Lodge shall hold its An- 
 nual Communications for the transaction of its reg- 
 ular business, at the city of San Francisco, com- 
 mencing on the second Tuesday of October, at ten 
 o'clock a. m. Provided however, that the Annual 
 Communication in October A. L. 5912, shall be 
 held in the city of Los Angeles. 
 
 Duty of Grand Secretary to attend with books and 
 papers: Sec. 50. 
 
 Duty of Grand Treasurer to attend and report: 
 Sec. 47. 
 
 Duty of Lodge to be represented: Sec. 79. 
 
 Meetings of subordinate lodges: Sec. 78. 
 
 Representation of lodge that has not made re- 
 turns with dues: Sec. 126. 
 
 Voting and representation: Sec. 20 — 26. 
 
 Special, when may be ordered. 
 
 Sec. 12. Special communications may be ordered 
 by the Grand Master whenever, in his opinion, the 
 welfare of the fraternity shall require it. 
 
 Special, when must be ordered. 
 
 Sec. 13. Special communications shall be ordered 
 by the Grand Master upon an application therefor 
 in writing, setting forth the causes which demand 
 it, and signed by the Masters of at least fifteen 
 ('bartered Lodges.
 
 23 CONSTITUTION § 14-16- 
 
 Special, order must designate object. 
 
 Sec. 14. Every order for a Special communication 
 shall designate the object thereof, so far as la 
 proper to be written, and, unless such communi- 
 cation be called merely for the performance of some 
 Masonic ceremony, shall be issued to each Lodge 
 and Grand officer at least thirty days before the- 
 day named for meeting; and no business shall be 
 transacted thereat other than that for which the 
 Grand Lodge was especially convened. 
 
 Quorum, what constitutes. 
 
 Sec. 15. The officers or representatives of at least 
 seventy-five chartered Lodges shall be present in 
 order to transact any business in the Grand Lodge,, 
 either at an Annual or Special communication; but, 
 upon occasions of ceremony only, the Grand Master, 
 or his duly authorized representative, with a suffi- 
 cient number of brethren to fill the stations and 
 places, may at any time open the Grand Lodge and 
 perform the ceremonies for which it was convened. 
 
 Payment of expenses of grand officers in attend- 
 ing: Sec. 70. 
 
 Payment of expenses of representative: Sec. 6. 
 
 "Voting and representation: Sec. 20 — 26. 
 
 Meetings of subordinate Lodge: Sec. 78. 
 
 Wlio may be present at opening and election. 
 
 Sec. 16. None but members of the Grand Lodge,, 
 the Grand officers, Past Grand officers and Repre- 
 sentatives of other Grand Lodges, and the members- 
 of the Grand Organist 's choir, shall be present at 
 the opening thereof or during an election therein.
 
 ■« 17 18 CONSTITUTION 24 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 Of Its Elections and Appointments. 
 
 Sec. 17. Manner of election — Installation. 
 
 18. Manner of Appointment — Installation. 
 
 19. Vacancies in elective office. 
 
 Manner of election — Installation. 
 
 Section 17. The Grand Master, Deputy Grand 
 Master, Grand Wardens, Grand Treasurer, Grand 
 Secretary, and Grand Lecturer shall be elected by 
 ballot, at each Annual Communication, upon the 
 fourth (lay thereof; shall be installed before its 
 close; and shall hold their respective offices until 
 their successors shall have been elected and in- 
 stalled. A majority of all the votes cast shall be 
 •necessary for an election. 
 
 Regulation. 
 17a. By regulation 20 and decision of 1879, p. I'jI, 
 the election of Grand Officers is the first business of the 
 Grand Lodge on the day fixed by the Constitution, and 
 until the election shall have been concluded no other busi- 
 ness shall be considered. This is now in force. 
 
 Election and installation of subordinate officers: 
 Sec. 135 et seq. 
 
 Voting and representation: Sec. 20 — 26. 
 Ballot defined: Sec. 77h. 
 
 Manner of Appointment — Installation. 
 
 Sec. 18. All other Grand officers shall be ap- 
 pointed by the Grand Master, immediately after hia 
 installation, at each Annual Communication; shall 
 be properly invested before the close thereof; and 
 shall hold their respective offices during his will 
 and pleasure.
 
 25 CONSTITUTION § 19-20- 
 
 Vacancies in elective office. 
 
 Sec. 19. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any 
 elective office of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Mas- 
 ter shall have power to fill the same by appointment, 
 which appointment shall be valid until the succeed- 
 ing annual election and installation; and the officer 
 so appointed shall be charged with all the duties 
 and responsibilities of one regularly elected. 
 
 Vacanies in office in Lodges: Sec. 138. 
 
 AETICLE VI. 
 Of Its Voting and Representation. 
 
 Sec. 20. Manner of voting. 
 
 21. Voting, Grand officers. 
 
 22. Voting, Lodges and Past Masters. 
 
 23. Voting, Restrictions. 
 
 24. Voting. 
 
 25. Voting. 
 
 26. Grand Master has casting vote — Exception. 
 
 Marnier of voting. 
 
 Section 20. All questions in the Grand Lodge,, 
 except election of officers, shall be decided either 
 viva voce or by a show of hands; unless, before the 
 announcement of the result thereof, three members, 
 shall demand that the vote be taken by yeas and 
 nays, in which ease it shall thus be taken. 
 
 Kepresentative defined: Sec. 225. 
 How lodges are represented: Sec. 79. 
 Election of officers: Sec. 17 — 19. 
 Voting in Lodge: Sec. 77g.
 
 § 21-25 CONSTITUTION 2« 
 
 "Voting, Grand officers. 
 
 Sec. 21. Each Grand Officer present, whether 
 elected or appointed, (except the Grand Tyler), 
 and each Past Grand Officer present, shall be en- 
 titled to one vote. 
 
 Who are Grand officers and Past Grand officers: 
 Sees. 3, 223. 
 
 Voting, Lodges and Past Masters. 
 
 Sec. 22. Each Lodge represented shall be entitled 
 to three votes; and the Past Masters of each Lodge 
 shall, collectively, be entitled to one rote. 
 
 Who are Past Masters: Sec. 224. 
 
 "Voting, Eestrictions. 
 
 Sec. 23. No Grand Officer, Past Grand Officer, or 
 Past Master, voting or participating in a vote, in 
 either of those capacities, shall vote, or participate 
 in a vote, in any other of them; but either of such 
 members may, as Master, Warden, or representative 
 of a Lodge, cast also the vote or rotes to which such 
 position shall entitle him. 
 
 "Voting. 
 
 Sec. 24. When a Lodge uhall be represented by 
 only two of its proper officers, the officer highest 
 in rank may east two of its three votes. 
 
 "Voting. 
 
 Sec. 25. When a Lodge shall be represented by 
 •only one of its proper officers or by a representa-
 
 27 CONSTITUTION S 25-28 
 
 tive, such officer or representative may cast all the 
 votes to which it is entitled. 
 
 Representative defined: Sec. 225. 
 
 Grand Master has casting vote — Exception, 
 
 Sec. 26. In all cases of a tie vote, except votes by 
 ballot, the Grand Master, in addition to his proper 
 vote, may have the casting vote. 
 
 Master of Lodge, casting vote: Sec. 145. 
 
 ARTICLE VIL 
 
 Of Its Committees and Their Duties. 
 
 Sec. 27. Regular committees. 
 
 28. Standing committees, 
 
 29. Special committees. 
 
 30. What must be referred to — Appropriations. 
 
 31. Committee on accounts — Qualifications and 
 
 duties. 
 
 32. Committee on pay of members. 
 32A. Committee on library. 
 
 32B. Committee on general polity amd purposes. 
 
 Eegular committees. 
 
 Section 27. The following regular committees, to 
 consist of five members each, shall be appointed by 
 the Grand Master at each Annual Communication, 
 as soon as practicable after its commencement, viz; 
 On Charters, and on By-Laws of Lodges, the duties 
 of which committees shall cease at the close of 
 such Communication. 
 
 Standing Committees. 
 
 Sec. 28. The following standing eommittees shall 
 be appointed by the Grand Master at each annual
 
 S 28 CONSTITUTION 28 
 
 communication, just before the close, viz.: On 
 Finances, On Accounts, On Grievances, On Corre- 
 spondence, On Returns, On Pay of Members, On 
 Credentials, and On Library, to consist of five mem- 
 bers each; and on General Policy and Purposes, to 
 consist of seven members; and On Jurisprudence, 
 to consist of seven members; the duties of which 
 committees shall continue during the year there- 
 after, and shall cease at the close of the next suc- 
 ceeding annual communication. (As amended 1919.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 28a. In 1905 (p. 147) by a resolution, the report of the 
 Committee on Correspondence was limited to fifty pages, 
 and by General Regulation 86 this resolution was rescinded. 
 
 28b. By 1905 (p. 147) the report of the Committee on 
 Returns was to contain tabulated statements of dues to tlie 
 General and Home Funds and the report of the Committee 
 on Pay of Members was to be published in tabulated form. 
 These resolutions and this regulation having accomplished 
 their purpose, are abandoned. 
 
 28c. The chairman of the Finance Committee is author- 
 ized to employ two stenographers during the communica- 
 tions for the use of the committees in formulating their 
 reports. (1905, p. 150.) 
 
 Finance Committee, to report on expenses of 
 Grand Officers: Sec. 70. 
 
 Finance Committee, to pass on appropriations: 
 Sec. 30. 
 
 Finance committee to procure testimonial for re- 
 tiring Grand Master: Sec. 261. 
 
 Jurisprudence Committee, to pass on Constitutional 
 amendments: Sec. 216 et seq. 
 
 Committee on Jurisprudence to report on change 
 of Lodge jurisdiction: Sec. 92A. 
 
 Committee on Grievances, to receive trial records: 
 Sec. 208. 
 
 Committee on Returns: Sees. 80, 126. 
 
 Pay of Members: Sees. 6, 32, 57, 71. 
 
 Credentials Committee: Sees. 11 — 16.
 
 29 CONSTITUTION i 29-31 
 
 Special committees. 
 
 Sec. 29. Special committees may also be ap- 
 pointed br the Grand Master, whenever it may be 
 deemed necessary by the Grand Lodge and, when- 
 ever, during the intervals between the communica- 
 tions of the Grand Lodge he shall deem it necessary 
 so to do. 
 
 What must be referred to — Appropriations. 
 
 Sec. 30. No business of any kind shall be finally 
 acted upon until after reference to and report upon 
 by a committee, unless by unanimous consent; and 
 no appropriation of money shall be made until after 
 reference to and report upon by the Committee on 
 Finances; and no appropriation of money shall be 
 made at any Annual Communication after the elec- 
 tion of Grand Officers, except by a three-fourths 
 vote of the members present. 
 Regulation. 
 
 30a. Resolved: That be:?innin? with the Sixty-fourth 
 Session of this Grand Lodge, no appropriation of the funds 
 of the Grand Lodge shall be made, except in times of great 
 loss or great calamity, when the moneys in the General 
 Fund do not exceed the sum of $25,000.00. It is further 
 resolved, that, of the funds of this Grand Lodge in the 
 General Fund, the sum of $25,000.00 shall at all times be 
 held in sound banking institutions, or the same invested 
 in seasoned interest bearing bonds. (1912, p. 214.) (See 
 also Sec. 41.) 
 
 Committee on accounts — Qualifications and duties. 
 
 Sec. 31. All the members of the Committee 
 on Accounts must be residents of San Francisco, 
 and it shall be their duty to meet at the office of 
 the Grand Secretary on the last Saturday of each 
 month to audit such bills, claims, and demands 
 against the Grand Lodge as may have been placed
 
 5 31-32a CONSTITUTION 80 
 
 in the hands of the Grand Secretary; and no war- 
 rant on the Grand Treasurer for any bill, claim, or 
 demand shall be drawn by the Grand Secretary until 
 such bill, claim, or demand shall have been audited 
 and approved by said committee. 
 
 To fix prices of supplies: See. 39, sub. 7 and 9. 
 Committee on pay of members. 
 
 Sec. 32. The Committee on Pay of Members 
 shall ascertain during the year succeeding each 
 annual communication the sum which will become 
 due at the next communication to the Officers or 
 Representatives in attendance from each Lodge. 
 
 Pay of Members: Sees. 6, 70, 71. 
 
 Committee on Library. 
 
 Sec. 32A. All members of the Committee on 
 Library shall be residents of the Bay counties, and 
 it shall be their duty to meet at the library of the 
 Grand Lodge once each month and on the call of 
 the chairman. They shall have general supervision 
 over the library, make and enforce all rules rela- 
 tive to the care and loaning of books, and they 
 shall have the power to incur the necessary inci- 
 dental expenditures with the permission of the 
 Grand Master, 
 
 Committee on General Policy and Purposes. 
 
 Sec. 32B. The Committee on General Policy and 
 Purposes shall consider and report upon such mat- 
 ters as may be referred to it, which shall include 
 auch matters not referable by express provision of 
 existing law to some other committee or may prop- 
 erly be termed mere matters of policy, and as to 
 which it is deemed that reference to such commit- 
 tee is advisable. (As amended 1919.)
 
 SI CONSTITUTION § 33-34 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 Of the Trustees of the Masonic Homes of California. 
 
 Sec. 33. Appointment and powers. 
 
 34. Title to property. 
 
 35. Organization — By-Laws — Powers of Grand 
 
 Master over. 
 
 36. Annual reports. 
 
 Appointments and powers. 
 
 Sec. 33. The Trustees of the Masonic Homes of 
 California shall be seven in number, four of whom 
 shall be appointed by the Grand Master, and the 
 three others to consist of the Deputy Grand Master, 
 the Senior and Junior Grand Wardens, who shall 
 be ex officio Trustees. The term of office of the 
 four appointed shall be respectively one, two, three 
 and four years, to be designated and determined by 
 the Grand Master appointing. Two of the Trustees 
 shall be from Lodges in the vicinity of Decoto, 
 and two from Lodges in the vicinity of Covina. 
 Succeeding Grand Masters shall appoint successors 
 who shall hold office for four years. They shall 
 be the successors of the present Trustees and of 
 the Trustees of the Masonic Widows' and Orphans' 
 Home heretofore appointed under the resolutions 
 of the Grand Lodge adopted in 1892 and subse- 
 quently thereto, and shall be vested with all the 
 powers given such Trustees and with all the rights 
 by them or any of them acquired. (As amended 
 1917.) 
 
 Acceptance of trust — Title to property. 
 
 Sec. 34. The persons thus appointed, and their 
 successors so appointed from year to year, shall.
 
 § 34-36 CONSTITUTION 32 
 
 upon their appointment, become and remain during 
 the period for which they are appointed, Trustees 
 of the corporation formed under the laws of the 
 State of California, known as ''Masonic Homes of 
 California," in which corporation shall be veste<l 
 the title to all property, real and personal, and all 
 rights of action, belonging to said charity, or to 
 which it may in any way become entitled. (As 
 amended 1919.) 
 
 Organization — By-Laws— Powers of Grand Master 
 over. 
 
 Sec. 35. Said Trustees shall organize by the elec- 
 tion of officers each year; the Grand Treasurer, 
 however, shall always be the Treasurer of the 
 Homes, and the Grand Secretary shall always be 
 the Secretary of the Board of Trustees and of the 
 Homes. They shall be furnished and maintain an 
 office in the same building and in connection with 
 offices of the Grand Secretary. They shall adopt 
 by-laws (subject to the approval of the Grand 
 Master) for their own guidance and for the man- 
 agement of said charity, which by-laws they may 
 alter and amend at any time, subject to like ap- 
 proval of the Grand Master. The Grand Master 
 shall at all times have the right of visitation and 
 inspection of the books and entire management of 
 the charity, and may remove a Trustee at any 
 time, upon request of two-thirds of the Trustees, 
 and appoint another in the place of the person so 
 removed. (As amended 1917.) 
 
 Annual reports. 
 
 Sec. 36. The Trustees shall make a complete re- 
 port of the property, condition and operation of
 
 33 . CONSTITUTION § 36-37 
 
 said charity for the previous year, to the Grand 
 Lodge at the next annual communication for its 
 information, and are required and directed to have 
 all their reports prepared, printed and ready for 
 distribution on the first day of each and every an- 
 nual communication. 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE: This is part of the original reso- 
 lution to be found in Proc. 1892, p. 514, and it also incor- 
 porates the provisioHS of General Regulation 79, adopted in 
 1902. 
 
 Annual reports of subordinate lodge: See. 80. 
 See. 37. Repealed 1919. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 Of Its Revenues and Their Sources. 
 
 Sec. 38. Revenues, \yhence derived. 
 
 39. Fees, what shall be charged. 
 
 40. Fees, when to be paid. 
 
 41. Contributions, what shall be levied. 
 
 42. Lodges, property of dissolved. 
 
 Revenues, whence derived. 
 
 Section 38. The revenue of the Grand Lodge shall 
 be derived from the following sources: — 
 
 1st. From fees charged for dispensations, char- 
 ters, diplomas, and other documents issued under its 
 authority: 
 
 2d. From contributions levied upon the Lodges, 
 which shall always be equal and uniform, in propor- 
 tion to their membership and degrees conferred: 
 and 
 
 3d. From the funds, dues, and proceeds of all 
 property of dissolved Lodges within its jurisdiction.
 
 S 38 39 CONSTITUTION • 34 
 
 Expenses of Grand Officers, etc.: Sec. 70, 71. 
 
 Funds of Subordinate Lodges: Sec. 88 et seq. 
 
 Fees, what shall be charged. 
 
 Sec. 39. The following shall be the fees charged 
 as above: 
 
 1st. For a dispensation to form a new Lodge, 
 the sum of seventy-five dollars: 
 
 2d. For a charter to perpetuate a Lodge, the sum 
 of fifty dollars: 
 
 3d. For a dispensation to hold an election of an 
 officer or officers at a time other than that pre- 
 scribed in Sec. 135, the sum of ten dollars: Pro- 
 vided, however, that if such dispensation to hold an 
 election is for the purpose of filling a vacancy 
 caused by either death or resignation of any officer, 
 no charge shall be made therefor. (As amended 
 1915.) 
 
 4th. For a dispensation to ballot for a candidate 
 for the degrees, without the reference to a commit- 
 tee prescribed in Sec. 99, the sum of ten dollars: 
 
 5th. For a dispensation to receive and act upon 
 the petition of a rejected candidate for the de- 
 grees, within a less period than the twelve months 
 prescribed in Sec. 97, the sum of ten dollars: 
 
 6th. For a dispensation to receive and act upon 
 "the petition for degrees of a person belonging to the 
 army or navy of the United States, who may not 
 possess the qualification of residence prescribed in 
 "Sec. 95, the sum of ten dollars: Separate dispensa- 
 tions must be issued, and separate fees paid, for 
 each application to rcballot on rejected candidates for 
 the degrees, even though two or more dispensations 
 are asked for by any one Lodge at one time.
 
 35 CONSTITUTION § 39 
 
 7th, For a diploma of any kind, a sum to be 
 fixed from time to time by the committee on ac- 
 counts, except when issued for the widow or chil- 
 dren of a deceased Mason, in which case there shall 
 be no charge; but no diploma shall issue except 
 upon the presentation to the Grand Secretary of a 
 certificate from the Secretary of a Lodge, in one 
 of the forms prescribed in Sections 233 and 234. 
 
 8th. For each copy of its printed proceedings 
 for the current year other than the two copies to 
 be sent to each subordinate Lodge, and those re- 
 quired for transmission abroad, for future binding, 
 and for the use of the Grand Lodge at its next suc- 
 ceeding Annual Communication, the sum of one 
 dollar. 
 
 9th. For any publication or blanks or other sup- 
 plies ordered by Grand Lodge to be kept and sold 
 by the Grand Secretary, a sum to be fixed from time 
 to time by the Committee on Accounts. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 39a. A dispensation for an election consequent upon 
 the death of the Master-pleot before installation may be 
 issued without fee. (1917, pp. 280, 511.) 
 
 39b. The Grand Secretary shall furnish Lodges at cost 
 sufficient copies of the Constitution and Ceremonies to 
 present to each brother a copy, after receiving the third 
 de^ee. (1917, p. 507.) 
 
 Committee on Accounts: Sec. 31. 
 
 Funds of Lodges: Sees. 87-89. 
 
 Fees, when to be paid. 
 
 Sec. 40. In no case shall either of the foregoing 
 
 documents be issued until the fees therefor shall 
 have been paid to the Grand Secretary. 
 
 Contributions, what shall be levied. 
 
 Sec. 41. The following contributions shall be paid
 
 § 40-41 CONSTITUTION 86 
 
 as annual dues by each of the Lodges, whether 
 chartered or under dispensation, at the time and 
 in the manner provided in Sec. 80. 
 
 1st. For each degree it shall have conferred dur- 
 ing the year, the sum of one dollar; and from and 
 after the first day of January, 1920, for each init- 
 iate and for each affiliate from a jurisdiction other 
 than California, the sum of twenty dollars, which 
 shall be paid by the Grand Secretary to the Grand 
 Treasurer for the use and benefit of the Masonic 
 Homes of California; provided, that one-half the 
 sum thus obtained shall be set aside for the main- 
 tenance of the said Homes, and one-half thereof 
 shall be set aside for permanent improvement, and 
 that any surplus in either fund shall be allocated 
 from time to time by the Board of Trustees of said 
 Masonic Homes to the Endowment Fund. (As 
 amended 1919.) 
 
 (It would appear from a reading of the amendment to 
 section 41 that the Lodge and not the petitioner should 
 pay the $20.00 tax. The Grand Master, however, rules 
 that the resolution u])on which the amendment is predi- 
 cated should govern. Therefore, Lodges must collect from 
 each petitioner, in addition to the fee required by the 
 By-Laws, the sum of $20.00 for the benefit of the Homes.) 
 
 2d. For each Master Mason borne upon its rolla 
 at the date of its annual report, the sum of seven- 
 ty-five cents; together with such sum as the Grand 
 Lodge shall appropriate at each communication for 
 the support of the Masonic Homes of California, 
 Provided, that in addition to the sums herein men- 
 tioned, each of said Lodges shall contribute as 
 annual dues the further sum of fifty cents for each 
 Master Mason borne upon its rolls at the date of 
 its annual report, the sum thus raised to consti- 
 tute a building fund for said Homes.
 
 37 CONSTITUTION § 41-42 
 
 3d. For each Master Mason whose name is borne 
 upon their rolls at the date of the annual returns, 
 such sum as the Grand Lodge shall prescribe at 
 each Annual Communication, which shall constitute 
 a special fund to be denominated "The Representa- 
 tive Fund;" No Lodge under this jurisdiction, lo- 
 cated beyond the limits of this State, shall receive 
 any allowance for the expenses of a representative 
 of this Grand Lodge; nor shall any such Lodge be 
 chargeable with dues on account of the Representa- 
 tive Fund. 
 
 And the Grand Lodge may levy, in addition to 
 the above, such other contributions as in its judg- 
 ment may be required. Provided, nevertheless, that 
 no contribution of any sort, in the nature of a per 
 capita tax, shall be payable by a Lodge upon any 
 Mason whose dues at the stated meeting in July of 
 the calendar year in which such tax would other- 
 wise be payable, shall have been remitted for the 
 next preceding twelve months period, because of 
 the inability of such Mason to pay such dues. Each 
 subordinante Lodge's annual report, in addition to 
 any other matter required, shall contain a list of 
 the names of Masons whose dues have been re- 
 mitted, together with the cause of such remission, 
 as to whom non-payment of per capita tax contribu- 
 tion is to be had. (As amended 1916.) 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 41a. Resolved: That no appropriations of funds shall be 
 made except in times of great loss or great calamity when 
 the moneys in the General Fund do not exceed the sum of 
 $25,000. Proc. 1912, p. 214. 
 
 41b. Resolved: That of the funds of the Grand Lodge 
 $25,000 shall be at all times held in sound banking institu- 
 tions or the same invested in seasoned interest bearing 
 bonds. Proc. 1912, p. 214. 
 
 41c. Unless remission of dues of a member is made at 
 the stated meeting in July for the preceding twelve months.
 
 § 42 CONSTITUTION 38 
 
 a Lodge is not exempt from Grand Lodge dues on account 
 of such member. (1917, p. 281.) 
 
 41d. Resolved, that the Endowment Fund be invested only 
 in Federal, State, County or municipal bonds legal for savings 
 banks. (Proceedings, 1919.) 
 
 Lodges in arrears to be reported: Sec. 50, sub, 6, 
 
 Lodges, property of dissolved. 
 
 Sec. 42. In case of the dissolution of a Lodge, the 
 Grand Secretary, or some brother by him duly au- 
 thorized, shall at once proceed to receive its funds 
 on hand, collect its outstanding dues, and dispose 
 of its jewels, furniture, and other property of 
 every kind, in such manner as shall seem to him 
 most judicious; and he shall place the proceeds 
 thereof, after the payment of all just debts and 
 necessary expenses, among the funds of the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 Grounds for dissolution: Sec. 130 — 134. 
 
 Property rights after forfeiture of charter: Sec. 
 134.
 
 39 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 §43 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Of the Grand Officers and Their Powers and Duties. 
 
 Article I. 
 II. 
 
 III. 
 IV. 
 
 y. 
 
 VI. 
 
 vn. 
 
 Of the Grand Master. Sees. 43 — 44. 
 
 Of the Deputy Grand Master and Grand 
 "Wardens. Sees. 45 — 46. 
 
 Of the Grand Treasurer. Sees. 47 — 49. 
 
 Of the Grand Secretary. Sees. 50 — 53. 
 
 Of the Grand Lecturer and the Inspec- 
 tors. Sees. 54 — 57. 
 
 Of the Appointed Grand Officers. Sees. 
 58—69. 
 
 Of the Expenses of the Grand Officers, 
 Elected and Appointed, the Past 
 Grand Masters, and the Chairmen of 
 Standing Committees. Sees, 70 — 71. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Sec. 
 
 43. 
 44. 
 
 Powers. 
 
 Of the Grand Master. 
 
 Powers. 
 Duties. 
 
 Section 43. The Grand Master, during the inter- 
 val between the Communications of the Grand 
 Lodge, may exercise all its executive powers as de- 
 fined in Sec. 9, except the granting of charters. By 
 virtue of these, authority is given him, among other 
 things: — 
 
 1st. To grant dispensations for the formation of 
 new Lodges, under the regulations prescribed in 
 Sec. 73. 
 
 2d. To grant dispensations for the holding el«c-
 
 5 43 CONSTITUTION 40 
 
 tions of an officer or officers at times other than the 
 regular period prescribed in Sec. 135, under the 
 regulations provided in Sec. 138. 
 
 3d. To grant dispensations to ballot for and con- 
 fer the degrees upon candidates without the refer- 
 ence of their applications to committees, as pre- 
 scribed in Sec. 99, under the regulations provided 
 in Sec. 106. 
 
 4th. To grant dispensations to receive and act 
 upon the petitions of rejected applicants for the 
 degrees, within a less period than the twelve 
 months prescribed in Sec. 97, under the regulations 
 provided in Sec. 106. 
 
 5th. To grant dispensations to receive and act 
 upon the petitions for degrees of persons belonging 
 to the army or navy of the United States, who may 
 not possess the qualification of residence prescribed 
 in Sec. 95, under the regulations provided in 
 Sec. 107. 
 
 6th. To convene any Lodge, preside therein, in- 
 spect its proceedings, and compel its conformity to 
 Masonic usage: 
 
 7th. To arrest the charter or dispensation of 
 any Lodge, for good reasons shown, and suspend the 
 operations thereof until the next Annual Communi- 
 cation. 
 
 8th. To suspend the Master of any Lodge from 
 the exercise of the powers and duties of his office, 
 for good reasons shown, until the next Annual Com- 
 munication. 
 
 9th. To transfer, upon the request of a Master 
 to whom charges of unmasonic conduct against a 
 Mason have been presented, the trial of the ac- 
 cused from the Lodge having jurisdiction by reason
 
 41 CONSTITUTION § 43 
 
 of his membership or residence, to some other Lodge 
 to be named in his order, whenever, for the con- 
 venience of witnesses or other good cause, such 
 transfer is, in his judgment, necessary or expedient; 
 and to direct, in such case, that the charges and the 
 order of transfer be transmitted to the Master of 
 the Lodge to which such transfer shall be made; 
 and that such Master, upon the receipt thereof, 
 shall proceed in the manner and form provided in 
 Sec. 188, et seq. 
 
 10th. To require the attendance of and informa- 
 tion from any Grand Officer respecting matters ap- 
 pertaining to the duties of his office: and 
 
 11th. To appoint Eepresentatives near other 
 recognized Grand Lodges, and to receive and ac- 
 credit Eepresentatives from them. 
 Regulations. 
 
 43a. The Grand Master has no power to make Masons 
 at sight except in a regular Lodge by unanimous consent 
 of the members present. (1855, pp. 94, 107, reversing 
 1851, p. 108.) 
 
 43b. He is but the creature of the Grand Lodge, with no 
 implied powers. (1853, p. 264.) 
 
 43c. He has no power to authorize a lodge to confer 
 the three degrees in one evening. (1884, pp. 565, 737, 
 over-ruling in part 1858, p. 325.) 
 
 43d. He has no power to grant a dispensation to receive 
 and act on the petition of one who has not resided in the 
 State twelve months unless a person belonging to the Army 
 or Navy of the United States. (1899, pp. 20, 274; 1891. 
 pp. 16, 214.) 
 
 43e. When a Master desires to prefer charges against 
 a member of his own lodge he should present them to the 
 Grand Master, who will designate the Lodge in which the 
 case will be tried. (1885, p. 247.) 
 
 43f. When the Lodge is accuser the trial must be trans- 
 ferred. (1892, p. 705; but see 1907. p. 681.) 
 
 43g. When a commission cannot be obtained which will 
 trv the case fairly, the Grand Master or Grand Lodge will 
 transfer the trial. (1889, p. 209; 1918, p. — .) 
 
 43h. There is no authority for the Grand Master to 
 designate the Master of another Lodge to preside; he will 
 transfer the trial. (1908. p. 118.)
 
 § 43 CONSTITUTION 42 
 
 43i. When the ti'ial has been transferred solely because 
 the Master is disqualified, if a new Master is installed who 
 is qualified, the trial may be retransferred. (1891, pp. 
 15, 212.) 
 
 43j. The Grand Master ought only to lay the corner- 
 stone of buildings strictly Masonic in character or erected 
 exclusively for public purposes. (1908, p. 32; 1910, pp. 15, 
 145; 1912, p. 154.) 
 
 43k. A cornerstone ought not to be laid on Sunday, 
 (1912, p. 154.) 
 
 431. The Grand Master is not authorized to issue a 
 dispensation allowing a Masonic funeral for a dimitted Ma- 
 son, who having resided six months within the jurisdiction, 
 neglects or refuses to make application for membership. 
 (1912, p. 149.) 
 
 43m. The (jrand Master has no power to issue his dis- 
 pensation for a resident of California, temporarily sojourn- 
 ing in another jurisdiction, to petition for the degrees in 
 that jurisdiction. The petitioner should apply to the Cali- 
 fornia Lodge, within whose jurisdiction he resides. (1915, 
 p. 296, 381.) 
 
 4311. The ceremonial for laying corner stones is sym- 
 bolic and cannot be performed for placing a tablet. (1917, 
 p. 280.) 
 
 43o. The Grand Master has not the power to issue a 
 dispensation for the formation of a traveling Lodge. 
 (1917, p. 281.) 
 
 43p. Dispensations should not be granted for Lodges at 
 military barracks or navy yards, situated within distance 
 of easy access to Lodges regularly chartered. (1917, 
 p. 281.) 
 
 Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens: Sees. 
 45, 46. 
 
 Past Grand Officer, title applies to whom: Sec. 
 223. 
 
 Powers of master of Subordinate Lodge: Sec. 
 142. 
 
 Title of Grand Master applies to whom: Sec. 221, 
 
 Cannot inquire how Mason votes upon ballot for 
 degrees: Sec. 105k. 
 
 Executive powers of Grand Lodge: Sec. 9. 
 
 To transfer trial when Lodge or Master is accuser: 
 Sec. 189a. 
 
 Cannot interfere with judgment of trial commis- 
 sion: Sec. 205d.
 
 43 CONSTITUTION § 44 45 
 
 Grand Master to recommend as to change of 
 jurisdiction: Sec. 92A. 
 
 Dedication of Lodgeroom: Sec. 77p. 
 Duties. 
 
 Sec. 44. It shall be the duty of the Grand Mas- 
 ter: — 
 
 1st. To preside in the Grand Lodge at all its 
 Communications, and from his decisions in the 
 chair there shall be no appeal. 
 
 2d. To present, at each Annual Communication, 
 a written message, therein setting forth all his offi- 
 cial acts during the year, exhibiting the general 
 condition of Masonry within the jurisdiction, and 
 recommending such legislation as he may deem 
 necessary or expedient for the welfare of the 
 craft: 
 
 3d. To constitute all chartered Lodges, either in 
 person or by a duly authorized representative, in 
 accordance with the ancient usages and regulations: 
 
 4th. To exercise a general and careful super- 
 vision over the craft, and see that the Constitution 
 and Regulations of the Grand Lodge are strictly 
 maintained, supported, and obeyed: and 
 
 5th. To discharge all the necessary executive 
 functions of the Grand Lodge when that body is not 
 in session. 
 
 Duties, Master of Subordinate Lodge: Sec. 143. 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of the Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens. 
 
 Sec. 45. Deputy Grand Master — Powers and duties. 
 46. Grand "Wardens — Powers and duties. 
 
 Deputy Grand Master — Powers and duties. 
 
 Section 45. It shall be the duty of the Deputy 
 Grand Master to assist the Grand Master in the dis- 
 charge of his duties ^t all the Communications of
 
 5 45 47 CONSTITUTION 44 
 
 the Grand Lodge, and, in his absence, to preside 
 therein; and, in the event of the death of the Grand 
 Master, or of his absence from the State, or of his 
 inability from any cause to perform the functions 
 of his office, the Deputy Grand Master shall suc- 
 ceed to and be charged with all his powers and 
 <luties. 
 Grand Wardens — Powers and duties. 
 
 Sec. 46. It shall be the duty of the Grand Ward- 
 ens to assist the Grand Master at all the Communi- 
 cations of the Grand Lodge, and, in his absence and 
 that of the Deputy Grand Master, to preside therein 
 in the order of their rank; and, in case of the death, 
 absence from the State, or inability, as before, of 
 both of their superiors, the Grand Wardens shall, 
 in the order of their rank, succeed to and be charged 
 ■with, all the powers and duties of the Grand Master. 
 
 Wardens of Subordinate Lodges: Sec. 147^ 148. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Of the Grand Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 47. Duties. 
 
 48. Official bond. 
 
 49. Compensation. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Section 47. It shall be the duty of the Grand 
 Treasurer — 
 
 1st. To receive all moneys belonging to the 
 Grand Lodge from the Grand Secretary; to give 
 him duplicate receipts therefor; and to keep in 
 proper books a just account thereof; and, from 
 time to time, immediately upon the receipt of said 
 moneys, to deposit the same to the credit of the 
 Grand Lodge, in some bank or banks selected by 
 the first three officers of this Grand Lodge. When
 
 45 CONSTITUTION S 47 
 
 a deposit is so made, a duplicate deposit tag shall be 
 immediately transmitted by the Grand Treasurer to 
 the Grand Master. The money shall be withdrawn 
 from the bank only on checks, drafts, or orders 
 signed by the Grand Master or Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter and Grand Treasurer: 
 
 2d. To take charge of all other property of the 
 Grand Lodge, except as provided in Sec. 50, and 
 keep an accurate account thereof; whenever any 
 such property consists of bonds, or other evidences 
 or securities for debt, the same shall be deposited 
 in some bank or safe deposit company's vaults, 
 selected as provided in subdivision one of this 
 section; and shall only be withdrawn from such 
 depository on the written order of the Grand Mas- 
 ter and Grand Treasurer: 
 
 3d. To pay all orders drawn upon such funds 
 and moneys, under such regulations as may be pro- 
 vided by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 4th. To attend the Grand Lodge at all its Com- 
 munications, and the Grand Master, when required, 
 with the books and all necessary papers appertain- 
 ing to his office; and also, if required by the Grand 
 Lodge or Grand Master, to attend, with such books 
 and papers, upon any committee which may be ap- 
 pointed to act in relation to the fiscal concerns of 
 the Grand Lodge: and 
 
 5th. To report, at each Annual Communication, 
 a detailed account of his receipts and disbursements, 
 with proper vouchers for the latter; and to present 
 a statement of the existing condition of its prop 
 erty and finances. 
 
 Revenues of Grand Lodge: Sec. 38 — 42, 41c. 
 
 Treasurer of Subordinate Lodge: Sec. 149.
 
 § 48 50 CONSTITUTION 46 
 
 Official bond. 
 
 Sec. 48. He shall execute and file in the office of 
 the Grand Master, within fifteen days after his in- 
 stallation, an official bond, in such penal sum and 
 with such sureties as shall be approved by the 
 Grand Master, conditioned that he will faithfully 
 discharge the duties of his office as prescribed in 
 this Constitution, and, at the end of his term pay 
 over and transfer to his successor all funds or prop- 
 erty of the Grand Lodge which shall have come into 
 his keeping. 
 
 Compensation. 
 
 Sec. 49. He shall receive such compensation for 
 his services as the Grand Lodge may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of the Grand Secretary. 
 
 Sec. 50. Duties. 
 
 51. Oflficial bond. 
 
 52. Compensation. 
 
 53. Assistant Grand Secretary. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Section 50. It shall be the duty of the Grand 
 Secretary — 
 
 1st. To record all the transactions of the Grand 
 Lodge proper to be written; and to superintend 
 the publication thereof, immediately after the close 
 of each Communication, under such instructions as 
 may be given by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 2d. To receive, duly file, and safely keep all 
 papers and documents addressed or belonging to the 
 Grand Lodge, and to present such as may require 
 its actions, at each Annual Communication thereof:
 
 47 CONSTITUTION f 50 
 
 3d. To keep the Seal of the Grand Lodge and 
 affix the same, with his attestation, to all instru- 
 ments emanating from that body, and also to all the 
 written official acts of the Grand Master, when by 
 him required: 
 
 4th. To collect all moneys due to the Grand 
 Lodge, keep a correct account thereof in proper 
 books, and pay the said money, within ten days 
 after its receipt, to the Grand Treasurer: 
 
 5th. To report, at each Annual Communication, 
 a detailed account of all moneys received by him 
 within the year, with a specific statement of the 
 source whence they were derived: and to present 
 therewith the receipts of the Grand Treasurer there- 
 for: and also a detailed and itemized statement of 
 the disbursements of the Grand Lodge during the 
 year. 
 
 6th. To report, at each Annual Communication, 
 all Lodges which shall be in arrears to the Grand 
 Lodge, or which shall have neglected or refused to 
 comply with any provision of its Constitution and 
 Eegulations: 
 
 7th. To conduct the correspondence of the Grand 
 Lodge and to submit copies thereof, at each Annual 
 Communication, for its inspection: 
 
 8th. To attend the Grand Lodge at all its Com- 
 munications, and the Grand Master, when required,, 
 with the books and all necessary papers appertain- 
 ing to his office: 
 
 9th. To keep his office, with all the books, pa- 
 pers, and archives of the Grand Lodge, in a fire- 
 proof building in the city of San Francisco; and to 
 have the same open at least six hours each day, ex- 
 cept Sundays and legal holidays, for the transaction 
 of Masonic business.
 
 ) 50 CONSTITUTION 48 
 
 10th. To transmit to each Lodge within the jur- 
 isdiction a list of all expulsions, suspensions and 
 restorations, of which he shall have been notified by 
 the several Lodges and shall keep in his office a 
 full and complete list and record of all expulsions, 
 suspensions, and restorations, of which he shall be 
 notified by the several Lodges: 
 
 11th. To issue notices of any Special Communi- 
 cation for important business ordered by the Grand 
 Master, to each Lodge and Grand Officer within the 
 jurisdiction: 
 
 12th. To transmit to any Lodge, which shall 
 send him a certificate of membership and good 
 standing of a deceased brother, in the form pre- 
 scribed in Section 234, stating that he leaves a 
 wife, child, or children, a Grand Lodge diploma 
 for her, his, or their benefit, free of charge, when 
 so requested by such Lodge: 
 
 13th. To take charge of the jewels, furniture, 
 clothing, and other paraphernalia of the Grand 
 Lodge during its vacations: 
 
 14th. To act as Grand Librarian and take charge 
 of the library of the Grand Lodge, under such reg- 
 ulations as it may prescribe: 
 
 15th. To report, at each Annual Communication, 
 all unfinished business of the Grand Lodge; and 
 present to its notice all such other matters as may 
 properly come within his province: 
 
 16th. To draw warrants upon the Treasurer for 
 all appropriations by the Grand Lodge, for all 
 orders of the Grand Master, to meet cases of emer- 
 gency that may arise in a recess of the Grand 
 Lodge, and for accounts and claims which have
 
 49 CONSTITUTION S 50-53 
 
 been audited and approved by the Committee on 
 Accounts: and 
 
 17th. To perform all such other duties, apper- 
 taining to his office, as the Grand Lodge may direct. 
 
 18th. To standardize all forms used by subor- 
 dinate Lodges, keep on hand a supply of same, and 
 furnish them to the Lodges at cost. (Added 1917.) 
 
 Secretary of Subordinate Lodge: Sec. 150 — 152. 
 
 Duty as to trial records: Sec. 208. 
 
 Members of defunct Lodges, certificate for: 
 
 Sec. 160. 
 
 Regulation. 
 
 50a. Resolved, that the Grand Secretary shall cause to 
 be printed and distributed to the Secretaries of the Lodges 
 In this jurisdiction a form of blank to be used in notify- 
 ing a visitor's Lodge of his visit, in such quantities as the 
 Lodges may require. (1913, p. 232.) 
 
 Official bond. 
 
 Sec. 51. He shall execute and file in the ofi&ce of 
 the Grand Master, within fifteen days after his in- 
 stallation, an official bond, in such penal sum and 
 with such sureties as shall be approved by the 
 Grand Master, conditioned that he will faithfully 
 discharge the duties of his office as prescribed in 
 this Constitution. 
 
 Compensation. 
 
 Sec. 52. He shall receive such compensation for 
 his services as the Grand Lodge may direct. 
 
 Assistant Grand Secretary. 
 
 Sec. 53. He may, with the approval of the Grand 
 Master, appoint an Assistant Grand Secretary, for
 
 § 53 54 CONSTITUTION 50 
 
 whose official acts be shall be responsible, and who 
 shall be considered an appointed officer of the 
 Grand Lodge and sliall receive such coni[>eusatiuu 
 for his services as it may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 Of the Grand Lecturer and the Inspectors. 
 
 Sec. 54. Grand Lecturer — Powers and duties. 
 
 55. Inspectors — Appointment — Districts — Cer- 
 tificates. 
 oG. Inspectors — Powers and duties. 
 57. Inspectors — Must attend Lodge of Instruc- 
 tion — Pay. 
 
 Grand Lecturer — Powers and Duties — Pay. 
 
 Section 54. It shall be the duty of the Grand 
 Lecturer to teach the ritual and esoteric work to 
 the Inspectors of the jurisdiction; to visit the sev- 
 eral Inspection Districts and hold schools of in- 
 struction where most convenient, and not only to 
 exemplify the adopted work, but to require con- 
 formity therewith. It shall also be his duty to re- 
 quire the Inspectors to examine all Masters-elect 
 in so much of the Constitution, Edicts and Regula- 
 tions of the Grand Lodge as refers to the govern- 
 ment of subordinate Lodges, as well as in regard to 
 their proficiency in the work and lectures, and to 
 withhold certificates from all who refuse or neglect 
 to make themselves proficient. And it shall be the 
 further duty of the Grand Lecturer to render a re- 
 port to the Grand Lodge at each Annual Communi- 
 cation, giving a full and explicit account of his 
 services within the year, and setting forth the con- 
 dition of Lodges throughout the jurisdiction. He 
 shall have power to direct the Inspectors in the dis- 
 charge of their duty, issue certificates to brethren
 
 51 CONSTITUTION § 54-56 
 
 who are proficient in the work and lectures adopted 
 by the Grand Lodge and are qualified to act as In- 
 spectors, and also to examine officers of Lodges and 
 issue certificates 1o them. It shall be his duty to 
 hold a Lodge, or Lodges, of Instruction for the 
 benefit of the Inspectors and the Craft generally, 
 immediately before, during, or immediately after, 
 each annual communication of the Grand Lodge. 
 He shall receive such compensation for his services 
 as the Grand Lodge shall direct. 
 
 Regulation. 
 54a. By Proc. 1910, p. ^12, the custodian of the work 
 is now a committee of three, of which the G-rand Lecturer 
 is a member. 
 
 Eitual: See. 121. 
 
 Certificate required prior to installation: Sees. 
 136, 137. 
 
 Inspectors — Appointment — Districts — Certificates. 
 
 Sec. 55. The Grand Master shall divide the jur- 
 isdiction into Districts, and shall appoint for each 
 district an officer to be called Inspector, who shall 
 be a resident of the district for which he is ap- 
 pointed and a Past Master of this jurisdiction, and 
 who shall, before entering upon his duties, produce 
 a certificate from the Grand Lecturer that he is 
 proficient in the work and lectures adopted by the 
 Grand Lodge and is qualified to act as Inspector. 
 
 Inspectors — Powers and duties. 
 
 Sec. 56. It shall be the duty of the Inspector to 
 visit each Lodge in his district whenever desired 
 by any Lodge, or whenever he may deem it neces- 
 sary for the faithful performance of his duties; to 
 inspect the work, and, if necessary, correct the same
 
 § 56-57 CONSTITUTION 52 
 
 ia accordance with the work as adopted by the 
 Grand Lodge; and to report the working condition of 
 each Lodge in his district to the Grand Lecturer on 
 or before the first day of September in each year; 
 and further, to examine the records and all the books 
 of each Lodge, and the manner of transacting its 
 business, making its returns and paying its Grand 
 Lodge dues with reference to its conformity to our 
 Constitution and Eegulations, and report thereon 
 to the Grand Master at the same time; also to in- 
 struct and qualify the officers of the Lodges of his 
 District, issue Certificates to such as are qualified 
 where required by law. To require each of the 
 Masters in his District to convene his Lodge for 
 inspection, and report to the Grand Master any 
 failing to do so; as well as any Master who fails to 
 qualify within the proper time. On official visits 
 the Inspector shall be received with Grand Honors. 
 Each Lodge shall pay such necessary expenses of 
 the Inspector as may be incurred in performing the 
 duties of the visitation herein required. 
 
 As to Certificate to Master and Wardens before 
 installation. Sees. 136, 137. 
 
 Certificate required prior to installation: Sees. 
 136, 137. 
 
 Moral fitness of Master elect: Sec. 136b. 
 
 Need not re-examine, when: Sec. 136e. 
 
 Inspectors — Must attend Lodge of Instruction — Pay. 
 
 Sec. 57. It shall also be the duty of each Inspec- 
 tor in this State to attend the Lodge of Instruction 
 to be held by the Grand Lecturer immediately be- 
 fore, during, or immediately following, each annual 
 communication of the Grand Lodge, and he shall be
 
 53 CONSTITUTION § 57-59 
 
 allowed transportation from the Eepresentative 
 Fund in the same manner as is allowed the officers 
 or the representatives of the Lodges; provided that 
 he shall produce the certificate of the Grand Lec- 
 turer that he has attended the Lodge of Instruction. 
 Xo Inspector receiving pay from the Grand Lodge 
 in any capacity, as a member or otherwise, shall re- 
 ceive any pay as Inspector. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 Of the Appointed Grand Officers. 
 
 Sec. 58. 
 
 Grand Chaplain. 
 
 59. 
 
 Grand Orator. 
 
 60. 
 
 Grand Marshal. 
 
 61. 
 
 Grand Standard Bearer. 
 
 62. 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 63. 
 
 Grand Bible Bearer. 
 
 64. 
 
 Grand Deacons. 
 
 65. 
 
 Grand Stewards. 
 
 66. 
 
 Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 67. 
 
 Grand Organist. 
 
 68. 
 
 Grand Tiler. 
 
 69. 
 
 Grand Tiler — Compensation. 
 
 Grand Chaplain. 
 
 Section 58. It shall be the duty of the Grand 
 Chaplain, during each Communication of the Grand 
 Lodge, to perform such services, appertaining to his 
 office, as may be required of him by the Grand 
 Master. 
 
 Grand Orator. 
 
 Sec. 59. It shall be the duty of the Grand Orator, 
 at each Annual Communication, to deliver an ad- 
 dress to the Grand Lodge upon matters appertaining 
 to the Craft.
 
 § 60 63 CONSTITUTION 54 
 
 Grand Marshal. 
 
 Sec. 60. It shall be the duty of the Grand Mar- 
 shal— 
 
 1st. To proclaim the Grand officers at their in- 
 stallation and to make such other proclamations aa 
 by the Grand Master may be directed: 
 
 2d. To introduce the Representatives of other 
 Grand Lodges and all visiting brethren of distinc- 
 tion: and 
 
 3d. To conduct all processions of the Grand 
 Lodge, under the direction of the Grand Master, and 
 perform such other duties, proper to his office, as 
 may be required. 
 
 Grand Standard Bearer. 
 
 Sec. 61. It shall be the duty of the Grand Stand- 
 ard Bearer to bear the Banner of the Grand Lodge 
 in all processions and at all public ceremonies. 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer. 
 
 Sec. 62. It shall be the duty of the Grand Sword 
 Bearer to attend upon the Grand Master and bear 
 the Sword of the Grand Lodge in all processions 
 and at all public ceremonies. 
 
 Grand Bible Bearer. 
 
 Sec. 63. It shall be the duty of the Grand Bible 
 Bearer to bear the Holy Writings in all processions 
 and at all public ceremonies.
 
 55 CONSTITUTION § 64-67 
 
 Grand Deacons. 
 
 Sec. 64. It shall be the duty of the Grand Dea- 
 cons to assist the Grand Master and Grand Wardens 
 in such manner as the ancient usages of the Craft 
 prescribe. 
 
 Grand Stewards. 
 
 Sec. 65. It shall be the duty of the Grand Stew- 
 ards to superintend the preparations for all festive 
 occasions directed by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 Sec. 66. It shall be the duty of the Grand Pur- 
 suivant — 
 
 1st. To guard the inner door of the Grand Lodge 
 and communicate with the Grand Tiler without: 
 
 2d. To announce all applicants for admission by 
 their names and proper Masonic titles, and see that 
 all who enter wear the jewel and clothing proper to 
 their rank: 
 
 3d. To allow none to withdraw who have not ob- 
 tained permission so to do from the Grand Master: 
 and 
 
 4th. To act as Assistant to the Grand Marshal in 
 all processions of the Grand Lodge and at all public 
 ceremonies. 
 
 Grand Organist. 
 
 Sec. 67. It shall be the duty of the Grand Or- 
 ganist to preside at the organ at the opening and 
 closing of the Grand Lodge, and to conduct its music 
 upon all occasions of ceremony when required.
 
 § 68-69 CONSTITUTION 56 
 
 Grand Tiler. 
 
 Sec. 68. It shall be the duty of the Grand 
 Tiler— 
 
 1st. To guard the outer door of the Grand Lodge 
 and communicate with the Grand Pursuivant with- 
 in: 
 
 2d. To report all applicants for admission to the 
 Grand Pursuivant and see that all who enter are 
 duly authorized and properly clothed: 
 
 3d. To make suitable preparations for the accom- 
 modation of the Grand Lodge at all its Communica- 
 tions, and see that its hall is kept in proper condi- 
 tion during their continuance: 
 
 4th. To take charge of and safely keep the jewels, 
 furniture, clothing, and other paraphernalia of the 
 Grand Lodge during its Communications: and 
 
 5th. To serve all notices and summonses, and per- 
 form such other duties as may be required of him by 
 the Grand Lodge or Grand Master. 
 
 Compensation. 
 
 Sec. 69. The Grand Tiler shall receive for his 
 services such compensation as the Grand Lodge may 
 direct. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 Of the Expenses of the Grand Officers, Elected and 
 
 Appointed, the Past Grand Masters, and the 
 
 Chairmen of Standing Committees. 
 
 Sec. 70. Elective Grand Officers. 
 71. Past Grand Masters.
 
 57 CONSTITUTION § 70-71 
 
 Elective Grand Officers. 
 
 Section 70. Each of the elective Grand Officers 
 shall be entitled to receive payment for the amount 
 of his necessary expenses in attending the Grand 
 Lodge at any of its Communications; but in all cases 
 the claims for such expenses shall be ascertained by 
 the Committee on Finances, and be by it reported on, 
 before allowance by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Finance Committee: Sec. 28. 
 
 Past Grand Masters, Appointed Grand Officers, and 
 Chairmen of Committees. 
 
 Sec. 71. The Past Grand Masters, appointed 
 Grand Officers and the Chairmen of standing com- 
 mittees shall receive payment for their necessary 
 expenditures for transportation to and from each 
 Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, in the 
 same manner as ordered for the officers or represen- 
 tatives of Lodges; but no Grand Officer, Past Grand 
 Master, Chairman, or officer or representative of a 
 Lodge, shall receive such payment in more than one 
 of those capacities, nor shall he receive it unless he 
 shall have been in attendance at such Communica- 
 tion from the first to the last day thereof, inclusive, 
 unless excused by the Grand Lodge.
 
 S 72 CONSTITUTION 58 
 
 PART III. 
 Of the Subordinate Lodges. 
 Article I. Of the Organization of a Lodge. Sec3, 
 72—76. 
 n. Of the Powers and Duties of a Lodge, 
 and of Its Funds and Property. Sees. 
 77—92. 
 
 III. Of Prohibitions. Sees. 93—129. 
 
 IV. Of the Dissolution of Lodges. Sees. 
 
 130—134. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of the Organization of a Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 72. How formed. 
 
 73. Dispersation for — Prerequisites. 
 
 74. Consent of nearest Lodge — Termination — Rep- 
 
 resentation. 
 
 75. Charter, when mav issue — When dispensation 
 
 continued. 
 
 76. Of whom to consist. 
 
 How formed. 
 
 Section 72. A Lodge can be formed only by au- 
 thority of a dispensation from the Grand Master, 
 or of a charter from the Grand Lodge; and no char- 
 ter shall be granted to any lodge until it shall have 
 worked a time under dispensation, and shall have 
 exhibited to the Grand Lodge satisfactory evidence 
 of its Masonic capability. Provided, however, that 
 if any Lodge duly chartered by any Grand Body 
 recognized by this Grand Lodge, shall, with the 
 consent and approval of such Grand Body, petition 
 this Grand Lodge for a charter, this Grand Lodge 
 shall have the power to direct a charter to issue 
 to such Lodge upon such terms and in such manner 
 as it shall deem proper without any dispensation 
 having theretofore been issued.
 
 59 CONSTITUTION S 78 
 
 Dissolution of lodges: See 130 — 134. 
 
 Membership in lodge: See 154 et seq. 
 
 Powers and duties of lodge: See 77 et seq. 
 Dispensation for — Prerequisites. 
 
 Sec. 73. Upon the petition of twelve and not 
 more than twenty-five Master Masons in good stand- 
 ing, accompanied by the demits or certificates of 
 the signers in the forms prescribed in Sections 159 
 and 161, being presented to the Grand Master, in 
 the form prescribed in Section 235, he may in cases 
 of manifest propriety and necessity grant them a 
 dispensation to open and hold a Lodge at the place 
 therein to be named, under such name as shall be 
 approved by him, which shall not be the name of 
 any living person or chartered Lodge, with power to 
 make Masons and receive members by affiliation; 
 and he shall therein appoint the Master and War- 
 dens of the new Lodge. But in no case shall such 
 dispensation be issued unless the petition be accom- 
 panied by a recommendation from the nearest or 
 most convenient chartered Lodge, (if from a City or 
 Town where more than one Lodge exists, then from 
 a majority of such Lodges), setting forth in the form 
 prescribed in Section 237, that the petitioners are 
 all Master Masons in good standing, that the estab- 
 lishment of the new Lodge is of manifest propriety 
 and will conduce to the good of the order, and that 
 a safe and suitable Lodge-room has been provided 
 therefor; nor unless the petition shall also be accom- 
 panied by a certificate from an Inspector whom the 
 Grand Master shall select, declaring that the Master 
 and Wardens, proposed in such petition are fully 
 competent properly to confer the three degrees of 
 Masonry, to deliver entire the lectures thereunto 
 appertaining, and are thoroughly proficient in those
 
 § 73-74 -^ ONSTITUTION 60 
 
 portions of the Constitution and General Regula- 
 tions of the Grand Lodge which relate to the gov- 
 ernment of a Lodge. (As amended 191G.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 73a. No law prevents immediate action on the applica- 
 tion for a recommendation but it would be better to defer 
 the matter until the next stated meeting and give notice 
 to the members. (1879, p. 154.) 
 
 73b. A member of the Lodge asked to recommend who 
 has signed the application for a dispensation may vote on 
 the application for recommendation, although the Committee 
 on Jurisprudence doubted the propriety of his doing so. 
 (1898, pp. 597, 853.) 
 
 73c. Where the dimits of the signers were less than six 
 months old when the petition was signed, but where delay 
 in getting it ready causes some of the dimits to become 
 more than six months old, the Grand Master may rule all to 
 be in good standing. (1883, pp. 16, 213.) 
 
 73d. Dispensations should not be granted for the forma- 
 tion of Lodges at military barracks or navy yards situated 
 within distance of easy access to chartered Lodges. (1917, 
 p. 281.) 
 
 Form for Dispensation: Sec. 236. 
 
 Form of Certificate: Sec. 238. 
 
 Certificate of Standing: Sec. 161. 
 
 Consent of nearest Lodge — Termination — Represen- 
 tation. 
 Sec. 74. Provided, always that whenever the 
 nearest or most convenient chartered Lodge re- 
 fuses to grant the recommendation, the Grand 
 Master may, if after full investigation, he deems it 
 to be for the best interests of Masonry, grant such 
 dispensation without any such recommendation hav- 
 ing been given. Such dispensation shall terminate 
 upon the first day of the month in which the next 
 succeeding Annual Communication shall be holden; 
 and shall then be returned to the Grand Secretary, 
 together with the by-laws, book of records, and re- 
 turns of the new Lodge to that date. Such Lodge 
 shall not be entitled to representation in the Grand
 
 61 CONSTITUTION § 75 
 
 Lodge; but a Lodge under dispensation may send 
 
 delegates thereto, who may be admitted to seats and 
 
 be permitted to speak, but shall have no vote. 
 
 Regulation. 
 74a. Lodges under dispensation begin to exist from the 
 date of the dispensation and are Masonic Lodges for all 
 purposes set forth in the dispensation, and subject to the 
 rules and regulations governing chartered lodges so far as 
 applicable thereto. (1903, p. 381; 1904, p. 1077.) 
 
 Charter, when may issue — When dispensation con- 
 tinued. 
 
 Sec. 75. Upon the return of the dispensation of 
 a new Lodge, as above directed with a petition for 
 a charter in the form prescribed in Section 239, if 
 an examination of its work and proceedings shall 
 prove satisfactory, and if it shall produce a cer- 
 tificate, as required in the preceding section, that the 
 Master and Wardens proposed are each thoroughly 
 skilled in the work and lectures, and if it shall also 
 show that it is clear of all indebtedness, the Grand 
 Lodge may order the issue of a charter to such 
 Lodge, and assign it such name and number on the 
 registry as shall be deemed proper; and such Lodge 
 shall be duly constituted within sixty days there- 
 after, or its charter shall be forfeited. If the ex- 
 amination be not satisfactory, or such certificate 
 and showing be not produced, the petition may be 
 totally refused, or a continuance of the dispensa- 
 tion, until the next Annual Communication, may be 
 ordered; but no such continuance shall be granted a 
 second time. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 75a. The Grand Lodge alone can change the name of the 
 Lodge and such name cannot be changed by amendment to 
 the By-Laws or any other action by the Lodge itself. (1899, 
 pp. 20, 274.) 
 
 75b. A charter should not be granted until it affirma- 
 tively appears that there is a population within the juris- 
 diction of the proposed Lodge sufficient to support its char- 
 acter and diguity. (1859. p. 120.)
 
 § 76-77 CONSTITUTION 62 
 
 75c. It is not necessary that deerees should be conferred 
 before a charter is granted. (1903. p. 372.) 
 
 75d. Charters can be granted to brethren without regard 
 to color. (1871. p. 153.) 
 
 75e. Lodges under dispensation should transmit an 
 itemized statement of receipts and disbursements when sur- 
 rendering dispensation to the Grand Lodge. (1912, p. 145.) 
 
 Certificate of qualification not necessary: Sec. 
 lS6c. 
 
 Forfeiture of charter: Sec. 92. 
 
 Form of charter: Sec. 240. 
 Of whom to consist. 
 
 Sec. 76. A Lodge shall consist of a Master, a 
 Senior Warden, a Junior Warden, a Treasurer, a Sec- 
 retary, a Senior Deacon, a Junior Deacon, a Tyler, 
 and such other officers as its by-laws may provide; 
 together with as many members as it may find con- 
 venient. 
 
 Grand Lodge composed of what: Sec. 3. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 Of the Powers and Duties of a Lodge and of Its 
 Funds and Property. 
 
 Sec. 77. Powers — Executive, Legislative, Judicial. 
 
 78. Meetings. 
 
 79. Representation in Grand Lodge. 
 
 80. Annual reports. 
 
 81. By-Laws, approval of. 
 
 82. Concurrent jurisdiction. 
 
 83. Boards of Relief. 
 
 84. Seal. 
 
 85. Official Communications to be read. 
 
 86. Books to be kept. 
 
 87. Funds and property. 
 
 88. Funds — How may be used. 
 
 89. Funds — Expenditures for social purposes. 
 
 90. Funds — Rolief — Refunding. 
 
 91. Consolidation. 
 
 92. Penaltv for neglect of duty. 
 92A. Jurisdiction of lodges. 
 
 77, Powers — Executive, Legislative, Judicial. 
 
 The powers and duties of a Lodge are such as 
 are prescribed in its dispensation or charter, by 
 the Constitution and Recnilations of the Grand
 
 63 COXSTITUTION § 77 
 
 Lodge, and by the general regulations of Masonry; 
 and they are defined as follows: — 
 
 1st. Executive. — In the direction and perform- 
 ance of its work, as prescribed by the Grand Lodge, 
 under the control of the Master; and in all other 
 matters, in aid of the Master, who is the primary 
 executive authority of the Lodge. 
 
 2d. Legislative. — Including all matters of legisla- 
 tion relative to its internal concerns, which shall not 
 be in violation of the General Eegulations of Ma- 
 sonry, the Constitution or Eegulations of the Grand 
 Lodge, or its own p'articular by-laws; and 
 
 .3d. Judicial. — Embracing the exercise of disci- 
 pline over its own members (except the Master), 
 and all other Masons within its jurisdiction, and 
 if it be a chartered and duly constituted Lodge the 
 settlement of controversies between them; subject 
 always to a revision by the Grand Lodge upon 
 appeal. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 77a. There is nothino: unmasonic in holdins a dancing 
 party or other social function in the Lodge Hall, but that 
 the members should not appear in Masonic clothins:. Nor 
 is there anythins: unmasonic in having social card games 
 at such partv whei'e no violation of the State or municipal 
 law in involved. (1880, p. 419; 1914, pp. 24, 129.) 
 
 77b. In the construction of a ^lasonic temple, the lodge 
 room should not be on the ground floor. (1896, p. 570.) 
 
 77c. A lodge mav rent or donate the use of its hall to 
 other societies. (1909, pp. 123, 125.) 
 
 77d. But that it is in exceedingly bad taste to rent any 
 part of the Lodge's building for saloon purposes. (1888, pp. 
 468. 679.) 
 
 77e. A lodge should secure a suitable place for the 
 burial of its dead and keep it in order. (1891, pp. 16, 214.) 
 
 77f. A lodge should not be held responsible for the 
 faithlessne.ss of a trial commission. (1872, p. 554.) 
 
 77g. The usual method of voting is "viva voce" or by 
 ''show of hands" but that the lodge may determine for 
 itself how the vote on anv particular matter should be 
 taken. (1883, p. 276.)
 
 § 77 CONSTITUTION 64 
 
 77h. All present, not voting, are presumed to assent to 
 the action taken. (1884, pp. 566, 738). The word "bal- 
 lot" as usf'd in our Constitution, means a secret vote by 
 the use of balls and cubes or slips of paper. (1888, pp. 
 454, 674.) 
 
 77i. A matter may be re-referred to a committee. 
 (1894, pp. 538, 765.) 
 
 77j. No. part of an approved report or document can be 
 expunged from the record. (1878, p. 605.) 
 
 77k. There can be no valid objection to the appoint- 
 ment of a committee to draft resolutions of respect to the 
 memory of a deceased brother, although the lodge took no 
 part in the funeral. (1905, pp. 19, 114.) 
 
 771. No Masonic precedent is violated by sending out 
 & printed folder, but that the names of applicants for the 
 degrees should not be published therein. (1897, p. 239.) 
 Nor should the name of such applicants be printed on 
 postal card, notices, folders or cards. (1913, pp. 76, 162.) 
 
 77m. Nor should the bulletin board on which such names 
 are posted be exposed to view except during the meetings 
 of the Masonic lodges using the hall. (1897, p. 239.) 
 
 77n. A Lodge must purchase, and have the Middle 
 Chamber columns and the floor carpet necessary to a proper 
 and correct conferring of the work of the Fellowcraft 
 degree. (1915, p. 297, 501.) 
 
 77o. Each Lodge shall present a copy of the Constitu- 
 tion and Ceremonies to each brother receiving the third 
 degree. (1917, p. 507.) 
 
 77p. It is not a proper function of Grand Lodge to 
 dedicate a Lodgeroom which is merely a commercial prem- 
 ises hired to a Masonic Lodge and other societies. (1918, 
 p. — .) 
 
 Lodge must hold elections each year. Sees. 135, 
 135q. 
 
 Amendment of By-Laws: Sees. 81, 81a, b, c. 
 
 Powers and authority of Grand Lodge. Sec. 7 
 et seq. 
 
 Prohibitions. Sec. 93 et seq. 
 
 Jurisdiction of Lodge: Sees. 82, 92 A, 9o, 227. 
 
 Lodge as accuser. Sec. 189a. 
 
 Lodge as appellant. Sec. 207d. 
 
 Lodge to decide as to burying member suspended 
 for non-payment of dues. Sees. 164k.
 
 65 CONSTITUTION § 78^ 
 
 Meetings. 
 
 Sec. 78. Each Lodge shall have not more than one 
 stated meeting in each lunar month, which shall be 
 designated as such in its by-laws.' No called meet- 
 ing shall ever be considered as a part of such stated 
 meeting. No meeting shall be held on Sunday ex- 
 cept for funeral services. No Lodge shall transact 
 any business with a less number than seven present 
 except the conferring of degrees. The Lodge must 
 be opened in the place fixed by its charter or dis- 
 pensation and at the appointed Lodge room therein. 
 It may hold such other meetings as it may deter- 
 mine or the Master shall direct; but no business of 
 any kind except collections or appropriations for 
 charity, conferring of degrees, ceremonial obser- 
 vances, electing a representative to the Grand 
 Lodge, balloting for commissioners to try charges 
 of unraasonic conduct, or to ballot for and confer 
 the degrees upon a candidate without reference to 
 a committee, or to receive and act upon the applica- 
 tion of a rejected candidate within less than twelve 
 months after the date of his rejection shall be done 
 at any other than a stated meeting, unless by dis- 
 pensation from the Grand Master, as provided in 
 Section 43. The stated meeting must be convened 
 at the hour and on the day fixed in the by-laws. 
 All business except the examination of candidates 
 and conferring of the subordinate degrees shall be 
 done in a Lodge of Master Masons. A Lcige 
 cpnnot be opened either in stated or special or 
 called meeting, nor can any work be done or 
 business transacted except by or in the presence 
 of, and under the direction of, the Master or 
 one of the Wardens; but if, because of such ab- 
 sence, the Lodge cannot be opened for a funeral.
 
 5 78 79 CONSTITUTION 66 
 
 any Mason may read the burial service. There can 
 be no adjourned meeting and each meeting of a 
 Lodge must be closed when the business which it is 
 proposed to transact at that meeting has been con- 
 cluded. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 78a. Any business transacted at a stated meeting before 
 the hour fixed in the bv-laws is void and of no effect. 
 (1900, pp. 642, 900; 1912, p. 158.) 
 
 78b. The Master or Warden may Invite any qualified 
 brothor to confer a degree in acconlance with our ritual, 
 he remaining present. Old Gen. Reg. 38. 
 
 78c. Smoking in the Lodge room during the conferring 
 of degrees is not proper. (1912, p. 151.) 
 
 78d. Where the by-laws provide for meetings on or 
 before the full moon in each month, such by-law must be con- 
 strued with the Constitutional provision so that one meeting 
 shall be held in each calendar month on the day in the cal- 
 endar month nearest the date of the full moon, whether the 
 full moon falls in such calendar month or not. (1912, pp. 
 152, 153.) 
 
 Master convening Lodge before time fixed for 
 improper purpose: 142o. 
 
 Communications of Grand Lodge: 11 — 16. 
 Kemoval of place of meeting: Sec. 93. 
 For Burials: Sees. 164, 164m, 164q. 
 For Installations: Sec. 135q. 
 
 Representation in Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 79. Each chartered and duly constituted 
 Lodge shall be represented in the Grand Lodge at 
 every Communication by one or more of its proper 
 officers, or by a representative duly elected as pro- 
 vided in Section 225, which representative shall 
 have credentials in the form provided in Section 
 24.5. And it may instruct its officers or its repre- 
 sentatives relative to voting upon any proposition 
 coming before the Grand Lodge. Each Lodge shall 
 provide, in such manner as it may deem proper, for
 
 67 CONSTITUTION § 80-81 
 
 the payment of its officers or representatives in 
 attending the communications of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Voting and representation: Sec, 20 — 26. 
 
 Eepresentative defined: Sec. 225. 
 
 Form of credentials: Sec. 245. 
 Annual reports. 
 
 Sec. 80. Each chartered Lodge shall transmit to 
 the Grand Secretary a full and correct report of its 
 transactions for the twelve months next preceding 
 the first day of August in each year, within fifteen 
 days thereafter, in such form as may be provided; 
 and each Lodge under dispensation shall transmit a 
 similar report from the date of its organization to 
 the first day of October in each year, without delay. 
 Every Lodge shall accompany such report with pay- 
 ment of its dues to the Grand Lodge, for those 
 periods, as prescribed in Sec. 41. 
 
 Annual reports of Trustees Masonic Home: Sec 
 36. 
 By-Laws, approval of. 
 
 Sec. 81. Each Lodge shall transmit to the Grand 
 Secretary a copy of its by-laws as soon as adopted; 
 but no such by-laws, nor any subsequent amend- 
 ments thereunto, shall be deemed valid until ap- 
 proved by the Grand Lodge, though they may be 
 acted under until the next Annual Communication 
 if approved by the Grand Master. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 81a. A Lodge cannot repeal or nullify one of its by-lawf 
 by a standing resolution. (1888, p. 677.) 
 
 81b. When the Grand Lodge amends the Uniform Code, 
 it is not necessary for a Lodge to adopt the amended pjo 
 visions as they at once become the by-laws of the subc*di- 
 nate Lodge when adopted in the Grand Lodge, and should 
 be copied into the book of by-laws and observed by aU 
 Lodges and their members without further action. Proft 
 1911, Page 85.
 
 ( 81-82 CONSTITUTION 68 
 
 81c. A Lodge cannot amend a proposed amendment t# 
 its by-laws and then adopt such amended amendment with- 
 out giving the regular notice provided in Article XIII of 
 the Uniform Code. Written notice of the amendmeni 
 actually adopted must be given at a preceding stated meet- 
 ing. (1915, p. 297, 381.) 
 
 81d. The two-thirds required to amend is a two-thirdi 
 vote of all the members present. It is not a two-thirds ol 
 the votes cast. (1916, p. 25.) 
 
 Ble. An amendment to the by-laws to become eftectivt 
 St an indefinite date will not be approved. (1916, p. 26.) 
 
 Form of certificate of amendment of by-laws- 
 Sec. 250. 
 
 Legislative powers of Grand Lodge: Sec. 8. 
 
 Concurrent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 82. If two or more Lodges are located within, 
 the corporate limits of any city, town, or place, thej 
 shall have concurrent jurisdiction therein, and nont 
 of them shall confer the degrees for a smaller sua 
 than fifty dollars without the consent of all. Anj 
 of them can receive and act on the petition for de- 
 grees of residents thereof, or nearer thereto than to 
 any other place where a Masonic Lodge exists, and 
 can waive jurisdiction thereon; but, if any of them 
 shall refuse the waiver, no other can, within twelve 
 months, act upon the request of the same person. 
 Each of such Lodges has separate jurisdiction over 
 its own members, and concurrent jurisdiction over 
 all Masons, not members of one of them, who reside 
 in such city, town, or place, or nearer thereto than to 
 any other place where a Lodge exists, and each 
 shall immediately notify such other Lodge or 
 Lodges of any application it may receive for the 
 degrees or for affiliation. 
 
 Regulations. 
 82a. The Grand Master has no power to grant concur- 
 rent jurisdiction to Lodges not in the same place. (1909, 
 p. 122; 1901, pp. 16, 311.)
 
 69 CONSTITUTION § 82-83 
 
 82b. When a Lodge has fixed its fee for the three de- 
 grees at $30.00 and the place in which it is situated is 
 consolidated with a place where other Lodges or another 
 Lodge exists, it must thereafter charge fifty dollars for 
 the three degrees unless it receive the consent of the other 
 Lodge to its charging a smaller fee. (1910, pp. 17, 142.) 
 
 82c. A Lodge in an incorporated city which is entirely 
 surrounded by another city, has no jurisdiction outside its 
 own municipal limits. A Lodge cannot be within the cor- 
 porate limits of two cities at the same time. (1916, p. 
 26.) But see 95i. 
 
 Penal jurisdiction of Lodge: Sec. 188. 
 
 Bulletin boards: Sec. 77m. 
 
 Grand Lodge may specially fix jurisdiction: 
 Sec. 92a. 
 
 Boards of Eelief. 
 
 Sec. 83. Such lodges may form a Board of Eelief 
 for the purpose of properly relieving the distress of 
 visiting Masons, their widows and orphans, under a 
 compact to be agreed upon among themselves and 
 approved by the Grand Lodge or Grand Master be- 
 fore becoming effective, wherein they may provide, 
 among other things, for paying the expenses of the 
 work in such manner as shall seem proper. Such 
 boards shall report annually to the Grand Lodge 
 showing their work, receipts and disbursements in 
 detail, specifying separately what, if any, has been 
 expended for relief of non-affiliated Masons, their 
 widows and orphans, therein sojourning, of this and 
 other jurisdictions, and how much thereof, if any, 
 has been repaid. This Grand Lodge will not appro- 
 priate any of its funds to any such board not so 
 reporting, nor unless it shall have been shown that 
 its actual expenses have been borne by the lodges 
 constituting it. (As amended 1915.) 
 
 83a. There is no authority for the formation of a board 
 of relief to consist of the officers of the Lodge, (Chapter. 
 Commandery, Scottish Rite bodies, and Eastern Star.
 
 § 33-87 CONSTITUTION 70 
 
 Lodges cannot contribute to such a board of relief. The 
 control of lodge funds for charitable purposes should not 
 be vested in any other place than in the subordinate lodge 
 or in such boards of relief as are provided for by our Con- 
 stitution. (1915, p. 292, 381.) 
 
 Right of Master Mason to relief: Sec. 163. 
 Seal. 
 
 Sec. 84. Each chartered Lodge shall, within two 
 months from the date of its cuarter, provide a suit- 
 able seal, bearing such devices as may be deemed 
 proper, and having inscribed thereon the name and 
 number of the Lodge, the date of its charter, and the 
 place of its location; and all documents or papers 
 of every kind whatsoever, emanating from such 
 Lodge, or from its Master or Secretary in his official 
 capacity, shall bear the impress of such seal or be 
 considered null and of no effect. 
 
 Seal of Grand Lodge: Sec. 2. 
 
 Secretary to keep and aflSx: Sees. 128, 150, sub. 5. 
 
 Official Communications to be read. 
 
 Sec. 85. Each Lodge shall have all official com- 
 munications from the Grand Master or Grand Sec- 
 retary read in open Lodge at the stated meeting next 
 following their receipt. 
 
 Books to be kept. 
 
 Sec. 86. Each Lodge shall provide the several 
 books prescribed in Sections 151 and 152, to be 
 kept by its Secretary, which shall be prepared in 
 accordance with forms to be provided. 
 
 Funds and property. 
 
 Sec. 87. A Lodge must retain the control of its 
 own funds and property. It cannot incorporate 
 or intrust any of its funds or property to a cor- 
 poration formed within itself — except that its mem-
 
 71 CONSTITUTION fi 87 
 
 bers may incorporate for the purpose of erecting 
 and maintaining a hall for its use, and incidentally 
 for rental purposes, and it may hold stock in such 
 corporation. It may through Trustees provided for 
 in a standing resolution, who shall always be under 
 its control, hold, mortgage, sell and otherwise dis- 
 pose of its property and funds, which may be in- 
 vested and re-invested as the Lodge shall direct. 
 No money, except that dispensed by the charity 
 committee and that due the Grand Lodge, shall be 
 drawn without its express consent appearing in the 
 record, and no warrant shall be drawn therefor, un- 
 less there are sufficient funds to meet it, except in 
 extreme cases of Masonic necessity or charity. 
 Regulations. 
 
 87a. Lods:e Trustees are not responsible for the loss of 
 Iodide funds loaned by them, provided they exercise their 
 best judgment and act in good faith. (1895, pp. 18, 263.) 
 
 87b. Although by Art. X, Sec. 1, Uniform Code of By- 
 laws, the Master and Wardens are appointed a charity 
 committee, yet, only in extreme cases, should the Master be 
 criticised for granting relief on his own initiative. (1909, 
 p. 124.) 
 
 87c. Under the provisions of the statutes of the State 
 of California (1911, p. 572) Lodges are authorized to re- 
 ceive, own, hold, mortgage, manage, and sell real property, 
 and this law does away with the necessity for conveying to 
 Trustees, and is such a sane and simple manner of convey- 
 ing and receiving property that it should be generally fol- 
 lowed by the craft. (1914, pp. 21, 129.) 
 
 CIt is contended by attorneys for abstract and loan cor- 
 porations that the statute above referred to is not adequate 
 for the purpose intended, and that further State legislation 
 will be required to make the same effective and expedient 
 for use by Lodges.) 
 
 87d. There is nothing in the terms of Sec. 87 of the 
 Constitution which prevents joint ownership of the building, 
 furniture, and fixtures thereof by Blue Lodge, Royal Arch 
 Chapter, and Knights Templar Commandery; provided each 
 of the respective bodies own a definite interest in, or undi- 
 vided portion of, the property. (1915, p. 292, 381.) 
 
 Contributions to Board of Belief: Sees. 83, 83a.
 
 J 88 CONSTITUTION 72 
 
 Funds — How may be used. 
 
 Sec. 88. The funds, whether derived from fee?, 
 dues, rental, profit or otherwise, are trust funds 
 set apart for the payment of the necessary ex- 
 penses of the Lodge and for the special calls for 
 charity for which it was instituted (except that 
 where funds are donated and accepted in trust for 
 any proper specific purpose they may be used for 
 it.) The Lodge cannot, by amendment to its by- 
 laws or otherwise, use or permit the use of its 
 funds or property or any part of them for any other 
 thing whatsoever; nor can the funds or property be 
 divided with the members, even with those with- 
 drawing to form a new Lodge nor with the new 
 Lodge thus formed. Provided, that a subordinate 
 Lodge may in its discretion appropriate from its 
 funds any amount for the purchase of a Past Mas- 
 ter's jewel for its retiring Master and for floral 
 pieces for a deceased brother. (As amended 1919.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 88a. The funds cannot be used to purchase presents for 
 distinguished brethren or to purchase their portraits. (1856, 
 p. 241; 1894, pp. 539, 768; 1896, p. 567.) Nor to give a 
 Masonic pin or other present to new members. (1913, pp. 78, 
 162.) 
 
 88c. Nor for any other charitv oiitside of the fraternity. 
 (1887, p. 22; 1912, p. 21.) 
 
 88d. Such as the salvation army. (1896, p. 570.) 
 
 88e. Nor to pay the expenses of a brother in attending a 
 meeting of the Masonic Veterans Association. (1891, pp. 
 16. 213.) 
 
 88f. Nor in paying assessments on a life insurance 
 policy even if in favor of the lodge. (1897, p. 238.) 
 
 88g. Nor to expert books of a private corporation, even 
 though the Lodge is a member thereof or a stockholder 
 therein. (1896, p. 570.) 
 
 ash. Nor to pav hall rent for a Chapter of the Easteru 
 Star. (1899, pp. 21, 274.) 
 
 88i. The lodge cannot make a loan of its funds secured 
 by a mortgage on the residence of the widow of one of its 
 members. (1896, p. 570.)
 
 73 CONSTITUTION § 88-89 
 
 These decisions were either made before General Refla- 
 tion 57 (now Sec. 89) was adopted or without considering 
 ir. and possibly some of the above expenditures could be 
 made from the 20 per cent, for it has been Decided 
 
 88j. That expenditures for dishes, crockery, cutlery, etc., 
 are to be classified as for refreshments. (1901, pp. 18, 
 312.) 
 
 88k. Lodge funds cannot be used for the entertain- 
 ment of the Grand Master or Grand officers excepting from 
 that portion allowed for entertainment purposes. (1912, 
 p. 155.) 
 
 881. Lodge Funds may be used to purchase lambskin 
 aprons to be presented to the candidate. (1915, pp. 297, 
 381.) 
 
 88m. Lodge funds cannot be limited to the special calls 
 for charity for widows and orphans to the exclusion of 
 Master Masons, excepti;ig funds which have been donated 
 and accepted for the specific relief of widow and orphaas. 
 (1917, p. 281.) 
 
 Eevenues of Grand Lodge: Sec. 38 — 42. 
 
 Soliciting donations: Sec. 127. 
 Funds — Expenditures for social purposes. 
 
 Sec. 89. Excepting however, that the Lodge may 
 expend in each Masonic year twenty per cent of its 
 total revenue for the preceding Masonic year for 
 purposes of refreshments and the promotion of fra- 
 ternal intercourse. (As amended 1919.) 
 Regulations. 
 
 89a. Rental received from sub-letting the lodge hall is 
 a part of the gross income or revenue of the lodge — upon 
 which the ten per cent is calculated. (1906, p. 203; 1895, 
 pp. 19, 265.) 
 
 89b. By Masonic year in section 89 is meant the cal- 
 endar year beginning Januarv 1 and ending December 31. 
 (1912, p. 155.) 
 
 89c. Money cannot be withdrawn from the ten per 
 cent to be applied to the purchase of a jewel or other 
 offering to a retiring blaster. (1913, pp. 78, 162.) 
 
 89d. In computing the ten per cent for purposes of 
 refreshment and the promotion of fraternal intercourse, the 
 fees of rejected applicants should be deducted. (1913, 
 pp. 76, 162.) 
 
 89e. Sheepskin certificates to be presented to all mem- 
 bers who pass a satisfactory examination in open lodge in 
 the work of the third degree may be purchased from the 
 ten per cent fund for the promotion of fraternal intercourse. 
 ( 1915. pp. 297. 381.)
 
 § 89-91 CONSTITUTION 74 
 
 89f. The term ''total revenue'' means gross revenue. 
 (1916. p. 24.) 
 
 89g. Any balance reiiiainini? at the end of the year 
 from the ten i;er cent must be added to the sonoral fund 
 and cannot be carried over as part of the ten per cent fund 
 for the succeeding year. (1917, p. 281.) 
 
 Funds — Relief — Eefundiug. 
 
 Sec. 90. Each Lodge shall see to it, even if it 
 require all of its funds and property, that the 
 needy brethren of its own membership and neigh- 
 borhood are not suffered to want or to be made 
 a burden to others. It shall refund to any Ma- 
 sonic Lodge or Board of Relief in the jurisdic- 
 tion all moneys expended for its own needy mem- 
 bers, not to exceed twenty-five dollars in any one 
 case, unless the excess be authorized by the Master 
 of the Lodge in whose behalf the relief is granted. 
 It must relieve its own members, their widows and 
 orphans, when in distress, regardless of their place 
 of residence. 
 
 Regulation. 
 
 90a. A general authorization to give necessary aid 
 would authorize an expenditure in excess of twenty-five dol- 
 lars. (1912, p. 156.) 
 
 Consolidation. 
 
 Sec. 91. Two or more Lodges, located near each 
 other, may consolidate into one upon such terms as 
 may be agreed upon by themselves; but, of such 
 proposed consolidation the members of each Lodge 
 shall have at least three months' notice before the 
 stated meeting at which such proposition is to be 
 acted upon, and it shall require the assent, in writ- 
 ing, of at least three-fourths of all the members of 
 each Lodge to adopt such proposal for consolida- 
 tion. The Lodge thus formed may bear the name 
 and number of one of the Lodges composing it, in 
 which case it may retain the charter and seal of
 
 75 CONSTITUTION § 91-92 
 
 that Lodge; or it may bear the name of one and 
 the number of another of such Lodges, and shall 
 then receive a new charter, without charge, and 
 provide a new seal; or it may have an endorsement 
 of the authorization of such consolidation by the 
 Grand Lodge made upon the charter of one of the 
 component Lodges. No such consolidation, how- 
 ever, shall go into effect until all the proceedings 
 relative thereto shall have been submitted to and 
 approved by the Grand Lodge or by the Grand 
 Master during the intervals between the Commu- 
 nications of the Grand Lodge. (As amended 1915.) 
 
 Provided, that if the Grand Master finds that it 
 is impracticable to hold such meeting, or to secure 
 the requisite written consents, he may approve the 
 consolidation upon the written consent of not less 
 than a majority of the members of the Lodge. (As 
 amended 1919.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 91a. The Master cannot refuse to entertain a motion to 
 consolidate. (1909, p. 126.) 
 
 91b. The Lodge formed by such consolidation is respons- 
 ible for the contracts and debts of the Lodges consolidated, 
 including those for life membership. (1884, pp. 566, 739; 
 1887, p. 193; 1900. pp. 642, 900.) 
 
 91c. The Past Masters of each Lodge are its Past Mas- 
 ters. (1900, pp. 642. 900.) 
 
 91d. The life members of each Lodge are life members 
 of it. (1900, pp. 642, 900.) 
 
 See form for Consolidation : Appendix. 
 Penalty for neglect of duty. 
 
 Sec. 92. For the neglect or violation of any 
 duty imposed upon a Lodge in this Constitution, its 
 charter may be suspended or forfeited; and for the 
 neglect or violation of any duty herein imposed
 
 i 92 CONSTITUTION 76 
 
 upon a Secretary, his Lodge shall be held respon- 
 sible. 
 
 Trial of Lodge: Sees. 184—7. 
 
 Eleetiou of intemperate Master: Sec. 135m. 
 
 Jurisdiction of Lodges. 
 
 Sec. 92A. If it be made to appear to the Grand 
 Lodge that special circumstances require that in 
 the case of any particular Lodge or Lodges the gen- 
 eral rules as to the territory over which such Lodge 
 or Lodges shall have jurisdiction should not apply, 
 the Grand Lodge may by resolution define the ter- 
 ritory over which such Lodge or Lodges shall have 
 jurisdiction. When such a resolution is adopted 
 the Lodge or Lodges therein named shall thence- 
 forth have exclusive jurisdiction over the territory 
 therein described, and shall have no jurisdiction, 
 exclusive or concurrent, over any other territory or 
 over any Mason not a member of said Lodge or 
 Lodges, residing outside of such territory. The pro- 
 visions of Section 82 shall no longer be applicable 
 to such Lodge or Lodges. No jUCd resolution shall 
 be adopted except upon the recommendation of 
 tlie Grand Master, and after reference to the Com- 
 mittee on Jurisprudence and report thereon. Notice 
 of the application for any such resolution, with a 
 precise statement of the boundaries of the pro- 
 posed territory, shall be given by the applicant 
 Lodge or Lodges at least thirty days prior to the 
 commencement of the annual communication of 
 the Grand Lodge at which the same is to be 
 made, to each Lodge whose jurisdiction will be 
 affected by the proposed resolution. Such resolution 
 may be repealed or modified at any subsequent 
 annual communication of the Grand Lodge; pro-
 
 77 CONSTITUTION S 92 
 
 vided, that no modifieatiou enlarging the territory 
 included shall be adopted except upon compliance 
 with all the conditions prescribed for an original 
 resolution. As long as such resolution continues 
 in force, the provisions of this section shall, as to 
 such Lodge or Lodges, be paramount to all other 
 provisions of this Constitution in the matter of 
 jurisdiction. (1912, p. 213.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 92Aa. The Grand Master's recommendation is a con- 
 dition precedent to any action by the Grand Lodge under 
 92A, and he may give or withhold it according to his own 
 conception as to which course is for the best interests of 
 Masonry. His refusal to recommend is conclusive and can- 
 not be reviewed by this Grand Lodge. (1913, p. 160.) 
 
 ARTICLE ni. 
 Of Prohibitions. 
 
 Sec. 93. Removal of place of meeting. 
 
 94. Candidate — Qualifications — Physical, moral and 
 
 political. 
 
 95. Candidate — Residence — Jurisdiction. 
 
 96. Candidate — Jurisdiction, waiver of — Army and 
 
 navy, 
 
 97. Candidate — Jurisdiction after rejection. 
 
 98. Candidate — Form of application. 
 
 99. Candidate — Investigating committee. 
 
 100. Candidate — Report of committee. 
 
 101. Candidate — Withdrawal — Report of committee 
 
 — Balloting. 
 
 102. Candidate — Members present must vote. 
 
 103. Candidate — Ballot, how conducted. 
 
 104. Candidate — Ballot, correcting mistake in — 
 
 ^Yithd^awal of petition. 
 
 105. Candidate — Unfavorable ballot — Discussion — 
 
 Divulging. 
 
 106. Candidate — Ballot, dispensation for. 
 
 107. Candidate — Army and navy. 
 
 108. Candidate — Objection before initiation. 
 
 109. Candidate — Objection after initiation. 
 
 110. Candidate — Procedure. 
 
 111. Candidate — Decision of Lodge. 
 
 112. Advancement — Proficiency required. 
 
 113. Advancement — In another Lodge. 
 
 114. Fees for degrees.
 
 I 92 94 CONSTITUTION 78 
 
 115. Degrees, restrictions on conferring. 
 
 116. Masonic clothing, restrictions on wearing. 
 
 117. Suspension for non-payment of dues — Notice. 
 
 118. Suspension — How declared — How restored be- 
 
 fore two years. 
 
 119. Suspension — How restored after two years. 
 
 120. Suspension — Duty of Secretary — Penalty. 
 
 121. Ritual — Lectures — what authorized. 
 
 122. Affiliation. 
 
 123. Burial of duelist. 
 
 124. Masonic intercourse, restrictions as to. 
 
 125. Visiting — Rights — Restrictions — Avouchment. 
 
 126. Annual returns and dues — Penalty for default. 
 
 127. Donation of fees — Circulars — Decoration of 
 
 altar. 
 
 128. Dues — Uniform receipts — Remitting — Assess- 
 
 ments. 
 
 129. Life membership, how acquired. 
 
 129A. Saloonkeepers and barkeepers ineligible. 
 
 Removal of place of meeting. 
 
 Section 93. No Lodge shall remove its place of 
 meeting from that named in its dispensation or 
 charter, unless notice shall have been given at a 
 stated meeting that a resolution for such removal 
 will be offered at the next succeeding one, nor un- 
 less such resolution shall have been adopted by the 
 votes of at least two-thirds of the members present 
 at such succeeding stated meeting; nor shall such 
 removal then take place until the action of the 
 Lodge shall have been approved by the Grand 
 Lodge or Grand Master. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 93a. A lodge may remove from one hall to another in 
 the place named in its dispensation or charter by its own 
 action. (1865, pp. 21, 98.) 
 
 93b. When a Lodge removes it assumes immediate and 
 entire jurisdiction over the new territory. (1871. p. 176.) 
 
 Powers and duties of Lodge: Sec. 77 — 92. 
 
 Candidate — Qualifications — Physical, moral and 
 
 political. 
 
 Sec. 94. No Lodge in this jurisdiction shall re- 
 ceive an application for the degrees of Masonry un-
 
 79 CONSTITUTION § 94 
 
 less the applicant be a man; no woman nor eunuch; 
 free born, being neither a slave nor the son of a 
 bond woman; a believer in God and a future exist- 
 ence; of moral conduct; capable of reading and 
 writing; having no maim or defect in his body that 
 may render him incapable of learning the art, and 
 physically able to conform substantially to what 
 the several degrees respectively require of him. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 94:3. A person made in a clandestine Lodge or unable 
 to prove himself a Mason may, if otherwise qualified, apply 
 for the degrees and, if elected, receive them, but a member 
 of a foreign Lodge, who is in arrears for dues and cannot 
 afford to pav them, cannot petition a California lodge for 
 the degrees. a908. pp. 40, 119: 1894, pp. 539, 769; 
 1899, pp. 22, 274; 1901, pp. 18, 311; 1912, pp. 149, 150.) 
 
 94b. A petition cannot be received from one under 21, 
 even though he would arrive at that age before action on 
 the petition could be taken. (1902, pp. 704, 1043; 1909, 
 pp. 126, 130.) 
 
 94c. The color of an applicant otherwise eligible is no 
 bar. (1871, p. 153; 1896, p. 569.) 
 
 94d. A lodge cannot with propriety receive an applica- 
 tion from one who has served a term in States Prison. 
 (1875, p. 131.) 
 
 94e. Nor from one under indictment bv a Grand Jury. 
 (1904, p. 1077.) 
 
 94f. A petition signed with a cross mark is pritna facie 
 evidence that the applicant is ineligible. (1867, pp. 16, 
 113.) 
 
 94g. It is a flagrant offense for a Lodge knowingly to 
 receive a petition from one who cannot both read and 
 write. (1871, p. 152.) 
 
 94h. The candidate must be a believer in the God of 
 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and not quibble about Omni- 
 potence, Omniscience and Omnipresence. (1888, pp. 464, 
 678; 1857, p. 105.) 
 
 94i. The non-observance of the first day of the week 
 as a day of rest does not disqualify an applicant. (1896, 
 p. 570.) 
 
 One suspended for non-payment of dues cannot 
 petition for degrees: Sec. 166b. 
 
 Application for affiliation: Sec. 122.
 
 1 95-96 CONSTITUTION 80 
 
 Saloon keepers and barkeepers ineligible: Sec. 
 129A. 
 
 Candidate — Residence — Jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 95. Nor unless be shall have been a resident 
 within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge during 
 twelve months, and within the jurisdiction of the 
 Lodge (i. 6., nearer thereto than to any other 
 Lodge existing under this Grand Lodge) during six 
 months next preceding the date of his application 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 95a. The air line governs, not the roads of travel. (18G6. 
 p. 293.) 
 
 951). It is to be measured from the corporate or other 
 limits of the places, and a Lodpe cannot gain or lose juris- 
 diction by moving its lodge hall from one building to an- 
 other in the same place. (1901, p. 306.) 
 
 95c. A Lodge must know its jurisdiction and not inter- 
 fere with that of other Lodges. (1862, p. 374.) 
 
 95d. A sea-faring man claiming no residence but his 
 ship is ineligible. (1904, p. 1083.) 
 
 95e. Domicile and residence are the same, and largely 
 depend upon the intent, and causing one's name to be 
 placed on the register as a voter would be conclusive evi- 
 dence thereof. (1879, p. 168; 1882, pp. 658, 660; 1888, 
 pp. 460, 462, 676, 677; 1889, p. 196; 1885, p. 248.) 
 
 95f. The law should not be too strictly construed. (1866, 
 p. 434.) 
 
 95g. There is no difference between a temporary so- 
 journ in this or another jurisdiction. (1859, p. 117.) 
 
 95h. The place of residence is the place selected as a 
 tome. (1894, p. 771.) 
 
 951. Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts of Lodges 
 under jurisdiction other than that of California cannot 
 apply for the remaining degrees in a California Lodge un- 
 less (1) they have the residential qualification provided in 
 section 95, and (2) unless they present a dimit or a waiver 
 of jurisdiction from the Lodge in which they received the 
 degree or degrees already conferred upon them. Entered 
 Apprentices or Fellow Crafts of California Lodges before 
 applying for the remaining degree or degrees in another 
 Lodge, must secure a waiver of jurisdiction as provided in 
 section 155, and in addition thereto must possess the resi- 
 dential qualification provided in section 95. (1918, p. — . ) 
 
 95J. Resolved, that the jurisdiction of San Fernando Lodge 
 No. 343 be and the same is hereby defined as including all of
 
 81 CONSTITUTION § 96 
 
 the City of San Fernando, and also all of the territory outside 
 of said city over which it had jurisdiction immediately prior 
 to the annexation by the city of Los Angeles of the San Fer- 
 nando valley, whether within or without the city of Los An- 
 geles. Such jurisdiction to be, as prescribed in Section 92A 
 of this Constitution, an exclusive jurisdiction. (1919.) 
 
 Concurrent jurisdiction: Sec. 82. 
 Penal jurisdiction of Lodge: Sec, 188. 
 
 Candidate — Jurisdiction, waiver of — Army and 
 
 navy. 
 
 Sec. 96. Except that in the case of one who 
 has the qualification of residence, the Lodge within 
 whose jurisdiction he resides may, upon his request 
 in writing and for good cause showi, authorize 
 another Lodge to receive and act upon his appli- 
 cation. The request shall lie over a month, and 
 a committee shall be appointed to investigate as 
 to whether or not the Lodge actually possesses juris- 
 diction, and whether or not the reasons alleged for 
 the request are good and sufficient; which com- 
 mittee shall report at the next stated meeting. 
 The request may be granted by majority vote; 
 and except in the case of a person belonging to 
 the army or navy of the United States, whose ap- 
 plication, though he have not that qualification of 
 residence, may be received by dispensation from 
 the Grand Master, as provided in Section 43. 
 Regulations. 
 
 96a. When a man removes and becomes a resident o( 
 another State, a Lodge here has nothing to do with him 
 and cannot waive jurisdiction. (1879, p. 168; 1902, pp. 
 704, 1045.) 
 
 96b. Where one removes from this State to other terri- 
 tory under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodse, he need not 
 reside there a year. But he must reside within the juris- 
 diction of the Lodge six months. Sec. 95 supra. (1879, 
 pp. 21, 168.) 
 
 96c. A Lodge cannot within 12 months, waive jurisdic- 
 tion over a candidate rejected bv it. (1385, pp. 248; 1893, 
 pp. 10, 216.)
 
 § 96-98 CONSTITUTION 82 
 
 96d. Where a LodL:e. by mistake of its jurisdiction, con- 
 fers the first degree, it should, on finding out its error, 
 suspend proceedings and ask the Lodge having jurisdiction 
 for a waiver. (1909, p. 125.) 
 
 96e. Where a candidate, by honest mistake, signs a pe- 
 tition stating that he lias not been rejected within twelve 
 months, is elected, receives a degree or degrees and the 
 mistake is then discovered, the candidate is an Entered 
 Apprentice or Fellow Craft, as the case may be. but the 
 Lodge should tender to the Lodge having jurisdiction the 
 fees received for the degree or degrees conferred, and re- 
 turn to the candidate the fee for the degree or degrees still 
 not conferred on him, and proper dispensation being had 
 application should be made for the remaining degree or 
 degrees to the proper Lodge. (1911. pp. 14, 85.) 
 
 96f. A Lodge waiving jurisdiction, waives the right to 
 the fees. But it may as a condition to waiving jurisdiction 
 demand the whole fee or any part thereof. (1877, p. 181; 
 1898, p. 849.) 
 
 96g. A Lodge makes a just demand in claiming the fee 
 for degrees on a candidate belonging in its jurisdiction, 
 when it has not granted the waiver. (1857, p. 127.) 
 
 Eeceiving degree in another lodge: Sec. 155. 
 
 Request of resident for permission to receive 
 degrees in another jurisdiction: Sec. 124. 
 
 Permission to Lodge in another jurisdiction: 
 Sec. 155. 
 
 Grand Master has no power to grant waiver: 
 Sec. 43m. 
 
 Candidate — Jurisdiction after rejection. 
 
 Sec. 97. Nor shall any Lodge receive such ap- 
 plication from any person who, within twelve 
 months next proceeding, shall have been rejected 
 by any Lodge, unless by dispensation from the 
 Grand Master, as provided in Section 43. 
 
 Regulations. ^ 
 
 97a. When a Lodge in whose jurisdiction a person re- 
 sides rejects him, it alone and no other Lodge can apply for 
 a dispensation. (1885, pp. 17, 278.) 
 
 97b. When a Lodge rejects the petition of a person 
 residing in the jurisdiction of another Lodge, the last
 
 83 CONSTITUTION § 98-100 
 
 named Lodge cannot receive such person's petition within 
 a year. (1870, p. 430.) 
 
 97c. When a Lodge waives jurisdiction, and the other 
 lodge rejects the applicant, the first-named Lodge cannot 
 receive an application for a year. (1885, p. 248.) 
 
 97d. After the full year elapses, the rejecting Lodge has 
 no claim on, or jurisdiction over, the candidate, because of 
 the rejection, (1893, p. 216; 1908, p. 39.) 
 
 Candidate — Form of application. 
 
 Sec. 98. All such applications, as well as those 
 for affiliation, shall be in writing, signed by the 
 applicant, and recommended by at least two mem- 
 bers of the Lodge in the forms prescribed in Sec- 
 tions 246 and 247. And those for degrees, shall 
 not be received unless the applicant shall have an- 
 swered in his own hand writing the questions which 
 are annexed to and part of the form prescribed in 
 said Section 246 hereof. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 98a. The full name of the applicant for affiliation or de- 
 grees must be recorded in the roll book and reported to 
 the Grand Lodge. (1869, p. 139.) 
 
 98b. An applicant is not required to give references, 
 but if he does they may be firms as well as individuals. 
 (1891, pp. 17, 216.) 
 
 Application of resident of this jurisdiction re- 
 ceiving degrees in another jurisdiction: Sec. 124. 
 
 Candidate — Investigating committee. 
 
 Sec. 99. No Lodge shall ballot upon any appli- 
 cation for degrees or affiliation, except by dispen- 
 sation from the Grand Master, as provided in Sec- 
 tion 43, until it shall have been referred to a 
 committee of three, whose duty it shall be to 
 make strict examination into the moral, mental, 
 physical and other proper qualifications of the 
 applicant, and to report thereon to the Master at
 
 S 100-101 CONSTITUTION 84 
 
 the next stated meeting, unless further time be 
 
 granted. 
 
 Eegulation. 
 
 99a. The committee is guilty of a serious neglect of 
 dutv if it reports favorably without reliable information. 
 (1888, p. 677.) 
 
 Candidate — Report of committee. 
 
 Sec. 100. Which report shall set forth in detail 
 the facts ascertained respecting the applicant and 
 the favorable or unfavorable conclusion of the com- 
 mitte, and shall be read in the Lodge; but the 
 names of the brothers making the reports shall not 
 be announced in the Lodge. 
 
 (See Proc, 1907, p. 594; 1908, p. 166.) 
 
 It is submitted that if an unfavorable report is presented, 
 no reasons are necessary. 
 
 Candidate — Withdrawal — Report of committee — 
 Balloting. 
 
 Sec. 101. No application shall be withdrawn after 
 reference to a committee, even though the appli- 
 cant, after applying, shall have removed from the 
 jurisdiction of the Lodge, except as hereinafter 
 provided in Section 104. If the report of the com- 
 mittee, or any member thereof, be unfavorable, no 
 ballot shall be had, but the Master shall upon the 
 reception of such report, declare the candidate 
 rejected. If the report of the committee, or 
 a majority thereof, be favorable, a secret ballot 
 shall be had at once without any postponement, by 
 the use of cubes and white balls. The ballot box 
 shall be prepared by placing therein a sufficient 
 number of cubes and white balls, one-third of the 
 whole number being cubes. It shall then be pre-
 
 85 CONSTITUTION § 102-103 
 
 sented to the Junior Warden, Senior Warden and 
 Master for inspection. 
 
 Regulation. 
 
 101a. A petition is received when it is read by the Sec- 
 retary at a stated meeting, unless by majority vote of the 
 members present the Lodge declines to receive it. (1916, 
 pp. 128, 155.) (The decision of 1900 is now void.) 
 
 lOlb. Where more than one candidate is to be balloted 
 for, the ballot box must be presented to the Junior Warden, 
 Senior Warden and Master for inspection before balloting 
 on each candidate. (1915, pp. 291, 381.) 
 
 Objection before election: Sec. 111c. 
 
 Ballot defined: Sec. 77h. 
 
 Candidate — Members present must vote. 
 
 Sec. 102. No member of a Lodge, when present, 
 shall be excused or permitted to refrain from vot- 
 ing upon a ballot for affiliation or for the degrees 
 of Masonry. 
 
 Eegulatlons. 
 
 102a. A Brother in arrears fur dues, until suspended, 
 must vote. (1899, pp. 24, 274.) 
 
 102b. The Master should not permit any member to 
 retire after announcing the report of the Committee on In- 
 vestigation and directing a ballot, unless sickness or some 
 other imperative reason is shown. The Master has power 
 to compel members retiring to the Tyler's room pending 
 a ballot to return to the Lodgeroom and participate in the 
 ballot. He cannot excuse a member from voting who asks 
 it, whether in the Lodgeroom or the anteroom. (1914, pp. 
 23, 130.) 
 
 Candidate — Ballot, how conducted. 
 
 Sec. 103. When more than one candidate is to 
 be balloted on at the same meeting, a separate 
 ballot must be had on each. Ir during the ballot- 
 ing, objection be made that the ballot box is not 
 properly prepared, the Master must, before an-
 
 § 104-105 CONSTITUTION 86 
 
 nouncing the result of the ballot, examine it, and 
 if not properly prepared, he must at once rectify the 
 error and have a proper ballot taken. It shall re- 
 quire an unanimous ballot of the members present 
 to elect. Before the ballot is taken there may be 
 such discussion of the qualifications of the candidate 
 and of the propriety of receiving him into the Lodge 
 as may seem proper. 
 
 No cubes not ground for objection to advance- 
 ment: Sec. lllh. 
 
 Candidate — Ballot, correcting mistakes in — With- 
 drawal of petition. 
 
 Sec. 104. If but one cube appear in the ballot- 
 box the Master, without declaring the result, shall 
 at once order a second ballot for the purpose of 
 correcting a possible mistake, which ballot shall 
 be the last; but in no case, after one ballot has 
 been had, shall any discussion be permitted in the 
 Lodge before the second ballot is had, nor shall the 
 second ballot be postponed to another meeting of 
 the Lodge. If the committee find the applicant 
 disqualified in consequence of insufl&cient residence 
 or physical disability, or because his petition has 
 been received within twelve months after his re- 
 jection by a Lodge and find no other objection to 
 him, they shall make a special report thereupon; 
 in which case the Master may direct the with- 
 drawal of the application without further action, 
 and such direction shall be entered upon the record. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 104a. Unless a mistake in balloting is rectified at the 
 same meeting, a dispensation is necessary. (1859, p. 107.) 
 
 104b. There is no authority for a third ballot. (1883, 
 pp. 17, 278.) 
 
 104c. In balloting for a candidate, two cubes were in
 
 87 CONSTITUTION 5 105-106- 
 
 the box. A mistake had probably been made in placing, 
 therein one of the cubes. The Master properly declared the 
 candidate re.iected. The mistake could only be remedied by 
 application for dispensation to reballot. (1916, p. 25.) 
 Withdrawal before initiation: See. 108b. 
 
 Candidr.te — Unfavoral:le iDallot — Discussion — Di- 
 vulging. 
 
 Sec. 105. Tliere shall be no discussion regarding, 
 an unfavorable ballot, and no member of a Lodge- 
 shall be required, requested, or allowed to divulge 
 his vote upon a ballot for affiliation or for the de- 
 grees of Masonry, nor to assign reasons for such 
 vote, if it be known, except to the Master, for the 
 purpose of correcting a mistake. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 The following are offenses against the ballot 
 105a. 1. A brother deposits his ballot in such manner- 
 that it can be seen how he votes. 
 
 One brother looks to see how another brother- 
 One brother tells how another brother votes. 
 One brother accuses another of casting a black 
 
 One brother asks another why he blackballed' 
 the candidate. 
 
 105f. 6. The Master calls a brother to the East, and 
 inquires of him if he cast a black ball, and why he did it. 
 (1863, p. 124.) 
 
 105g. Masons should not converse with a candidate 
 about action on his petition. (1865, p. 102.) 
 
 105h. It is an olTense to assail the character of candi- 
 dates out of spite, although unknown to the Mason so doing. 
 (1887, p. 177.) 
 
 105i. If it transpires that the candidate willfully signed- 
 an assumed name to his petition, he should be denied initia- 
 tion. (1901, pp. 17, 311.) 
 
 105j. Art. IV, Sec. 2, Uniform Code of By-Laws, de- 
 clares the fees forfeited if the candidate does not present 
 himself for initiation within three months; but he is not 
 entitled to have the fees returned so long as the Lodge is 
 willing and ready to confer the degrees. (1899, pp. 24, 
 274.) 
 
 105b. 
 
 votes. 
 
 2, 
 
 105c. 
 
 3 
 
 105d. 
 ball. 
 1056. 
 
 4. 
 5.
 
 5 106108 CONSTITUTION 88 
 
 105k. After the fees are declared forfeited, the Lodge 
 has no jurisdiction over the candidate and cannot ask 
 another Lodge to confer the degrees. (1909, p. 120.) 
 
 1051. Neither the Grand blaster nor the Grand Lodge 
 ran inquire of any individual Mason why he cast his vote 
 upon anv ballot for affiliation or the degrees. (1872, 
 p. 5ry2.)" 
 
 Candidate — Ballot, dispensation for. 
 
 Sec. 106. No dispensation shall be issued to a 
 Lodge to ballot for and confer the degrees upon a 
 cjindidate without reference to a committee, as pro- 
 •vided for in the preceding Section 99, nor to 
 receive and act upon the petition of a rejected ap- 
 plicant within less than twelve months after the 
 date of such rejection, unless the application there- 
 for be made by the Lodge, by an unanimous vote, 
 by ballot; and of the meeting to be holden under 
 such dispensation, and the purpose thereof, the mem- 
 bers of the Lodge shall have due notice. 
 
 Eegulation. 
 lG6a. The notice given under this section should not 
 state the name of the candidate. (1900, pp. 642, 643, 900, 
 901.) 
 
 Candidate — Army and navy. 
 
 Sec. 107. No dispensation shall be issued to a 
 Lodge to receive and act upon the petition for de- 
 grees of a person belonging to the army or navy of 
 the United States, who has not the qualification of 
 residence prescribed in Section 95 of this Article, 
 unless the application therefor be made by the 
 Lodge by an unanimous vote, by ballot; and should 
 such dispensation be issued, the petition shall take 
 the usual course of reference and ballot in the 
 Lodge. 
 
 "Candidate — Objection before initiation. 
 
 Sec. 108. No Lodore shall have more than one
 
 89 CONSTITUTION § 108-110- 
 
 ballot for the three degrees; but, though an applicant 
 may be elected to receive them, if, at any time be- 
 fore his initiation, objection be made by any mem- 
 ber, he shall not receive the degree until such ob- 
 jection shall have been withdrawn; and such ob- 
 jection shall, unless withdrawn within sixty days, 
 have the effect of a rejection by ballot^ and shall 
 be so reported to the Grand Secretary. 
 Regulations. 
 
 108a. The members are not entitled to know the name 
 of the brother objectins to the initiation. (1878, pp. 419, 
 620: 1880, p. 419.) 
 
 1081). If after election, but before initiation, it is dis- 
 covered that the applicant is ineligible because of physical 
 disqualification, the Master should not proceed with the 
 initiation, but the application may be directed to be with- 
 drawn for physical disability, and the fees returned. (1899, 
 pp. 24. 274.) 
 
 108c. Objection before initiation may be made orally or 
 in writing, at any time, either in or out of Lodge. It is. 
 sufficient if the Master is advised by a member that he 
 objects. (1879, p. 163.) 
 
 108d. If the Master himself deems that there is any 
 sufficient objection to advancement, such objection may be 
 made by him. (1913, p. 258.) 
 
 lOSe. If the Master is made cognizant of the intention 
 of the candidate to violate any of the provisions of our 
 Constitution, he should himself refuse to initiate the candi- 
 date and announce that objection has been made. (1915, 
 pp. 290, 381.) 
 
 Candidate — Objection after initiation. 
 
 Sec. 109. After his initiation, but before being, 
 passed, or after passing, before being raised, any 
 member may, orally or in writing, make objection 
 to his advancement privately to the Master, stating 
 the cause therefor. 
 
 Eegulation. 
 
 109a. If the Master himself deems that there is suffi- 
 cient objection to advancement, such objection shall have- 
 the same effect as if made by a member. (1913, p. 258.)' 
 
 Objection before election: See. 111c.
 
 8 110 CONSTITUTION 90 
 
 Objection after initiation — Procedure. 
 
 Sec. 110. If no cause is assigned, the Master 
 may disregard the objection and proceed to confer 
 the remaining degree or degrees. If the cause 
 assigned seems insuflicient to the Master, he shall 
 state the matter to the Lodge at its next stated 
 meeting, jyid the Lodge shall then decide, by 
 majority vote taken in the usual manner, whether 
 or not further investigation shall be made. If, 
 however, the objection seems to the Master to be 
 sufficient or to merit investigation, or if the Lodge 
 shall so decide, the Master shall appoint a commit- 
 tee to inquire into the cause of the objection, fix 
 the time and place for its meeting, have the objector 
 and the candidate notified thereof, and Masons 
 whose statements seem necessary or proper sum- 
 moned then and there to appear. The committee 
 shall meet at the time and place fixed. The Master 
 shall, ex. officio, be a member and chairman thereof, 
 and the Secretary, or a brother appointed in his 
 place, shall record the proceedings. Any statements 
 made shall be taken down in narrative or other 
 form by the Secretary or, at the Master's option, 
 by a stenographer qualified as prescribed in section 
 200 hereof. The committee may adjourn from 
 time to time, and shall have entire charge of the 
 iavestigation. It may hear the statements privately 
 oT in the presence of the objector and candidate, 
 or either of them, and neither shall be allowed 
 any objection to the committee or its methods. It 
 may take the statements of Masons or persons not 
 Masons in such manner as may to it seem propei 
 It shall report at the next stated meeting (unless 
 further time be given by the Master or the Lodge), 
 stating fully the cause of objection and its con-
 
 91 CONSTITUTION § 111 
 
 elusions thereon. The statments upon which the 
 report is based shall be read in the Lodge, if 
 required. 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE: The procedure is intended to 
 be plain and easily followed, sufficiently definite, and yet 
 dispensing with the cumbersome, and ' here, unnecessary 
 method pursued by a trial commission. 
 
 Objection after initiation — Decision of Lodge. 
 
 Sec. m. Upon the reception of such report, if 
 the cause assigned be, in the opinion of two-thirds 
 of the members present, not a valid and Masonic 
 one (the vote being taken by secret ballot upon 
 slips of paper having written thereon "Yes" 
 or "No"), the Lodge may confer the degree in the 
 same manner as if no objection had been made; 
 but if it shall decide that the cause assigned is not 
 a valid and Masonic one, the Master shall not allow 
 the same objection to be made a second time. The 
 decision is final, and no appeal may be taken there- 
 from. If the objection is sustained, the part of the 
 fee for the degree or degrees not taken by the candi- 
 date shall be returned to him. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 Ilia. One refusing to proceed further is not entitled 
 to the return of any of the fees. (1899, pp. 19, 274.) 
 
 111b. Where the Lodge decides, by vote, that the cause 
 is not a valid and Masonic one the Master must proceed to 
 examine and confer the degree in the usual way. (1863, 
 pp. 13, 110.) 
 
 lllc. "When objection is made before a ballot, if the 
 report of the investigating committee is favorable a ballot 
 must be had. If the candidate is elected, objection may 
 then be made. An objection before ballot is not provided 
 for in our Constitution; the remedy by a black ball being 
 considered ample to prevent the election of unworthv peti- 
 tioner. (1905, pp. 20, 118; 1912, p. 157; 1915, pp. 296, 
 381.) 
 
 llld. "When objection is made to the advancement of a 
 candidate receiving the degrees by request, only members
 
 S 111-112 CONSTITUTION 92 
 
 of the requesting Lodge have a right to object, but an 
 objection by any Mason should be referred to the requesting 
 Lodge. (1899, pp. 22, 274. 644, 901.) 
 
 llle. One denied advancement remains an Entered Ap- 
 prentice or Fellow Craft of the Lodge, and should be bo 
 carried on the roll. (1905, p. 205.) 
 
 lllf. Only the objection of a member of the Lodge 
 operates as a stay, but a Lodge is derelict in its duty if it 
 does not give attention to anv objection stated bv those not 
 members. (1874, p. 460; 1882, p. 687; 1891. p. 216; 
 1901, pp. 18, 312.) A ifaster is also derelict in his duties 
 who does not give attention to an objection stated by those 
 not members. (1912, p. 157.) 
 
 lllg. A member should not object unless he has pre- 
 sumptive knowledge of unworthiness, the evidence of which 
 has come to his notice after the candidate's initiation. 
 (1887, p. 177.) 
 
 lllh. The fact that no cubes were in the ballot box 
 does not justify objection after initiation. (1887, p. 177.) 
 
 llli. Connection with any particular religious denomina- 
 tion, society or sect, is not sufficient. (1894, pp. 541, 771.) 
 
 lllj. One denied advancement must wait a year before 
 again applying. (1857, 104; 1865, p. 13; 1901, pp. 17, 
 311.) 
 
 111k. The approved minutes of the meeting at which 
 the objection was sustained furnish the only evidence to 
 govern the Lodge as to what action was then taken, (1905, 
 pp. 18, 114.) 
 
 1111. After the report of the Committee is approved 
 by the Lodge, the members of the Committee cannot re- 
 verse the former finding and advance the candidate, who 
 must wait one year before again applying. (1914, pp. 
 23, 129.) 
 
 111m. No person who openly declares his intention of 
 violating any provision of our Constitution should be ini- 
 tiated. (1915, pp. 290, 381.) 
 
 Eequest for degrees from another Lodge: Sec. 155. 
 
 Ballot defined: Sec. 77h. 
 
 When is petition received: Sec. 101a. 
 
 Advancement — Proficiency required. 
 
 Sec. 112. No Lodge shall advance an Entered Ap- 
 prentice or a Fellow Craft to a higher degree until, 
 after a strict examination in open Lodge, he shall 
 have given satisfactory evidence that he is entirely
 
 93 CONSTITUTION § 112 113 
 
 proficient and well qualified in that or those which 
 he has already taken, 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 112a. Proficiency, without regard to the time of proba- 
 tion, is the requisite of advancement. (1852, p. 188; 1862, 
 p. 363.) 
 
 112b. An initiate found uiiable to read and write must 
 learn to do so before being advanced. (1874, p. 467.) 
 
 112c. A candidate is not disqualified for advancement 
 by accident causing physical disability occurring subse- 
 quently to his initiation, provided he can still conform sub- 
 stantially with the requirements of the remaining degree or 
 degrees. (1868, p. 275; 1884, p. 724; 1901, pp. 17, 311.) 
 
 112d. If the candidate presents himself for initiation 
 or advancement before the fee is declared forfeited u_nder 
 the bv-laws (Art. IV, Sec. 2), the Master should proceed as 
 in other cases. (1862, p. 385; 1871, p. 155; 1877, pp. 22, 
 197; 1881, pp. 17, 659.) 
 
 112e. It is impracticable to require a Master Mason 
 to pass an examination in the third degree within six 
 months. (1895, p. 265.) 
 
 112f. An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Oaft elected 
 after waiver of jurisdiction by another Lodge, must be 
 examined as to his proficiency before advancement and, to 
 that end, the Master may, after election, have the applicant 
 instructed in the same manner as if he had received the 
 preceding degree or degrees in the lodge electing him. 
 (1913, pp. 78, 162.) 
 
 112g, Where several candidates are to be examined, 
 such examination should be conducted in open Lodge, ques- 
 tions and answers to be given in a distinct tone of voice, 
 and it will suffice if questions are put to. and answered by, 
 the candidates in rotation, (1917, p. 281.) 
 
 Advancement — In another Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 113. And no Entered Apprentice or Fellow 
 Craft shall be advanced to a higher degree in any 
 Lodge other than that in which he shall have re- 
 ceived those, or either of those degrees, unless by 
 the official consent of such Lodge, if it then be in 
 existence and be within the United States of 
 America or the Dominion of Canada. 
 
 Regulations. 
 113a. If the Lodge in which the degree or degrees were 
 conferred has ceased to exist, the petition for advancement
 
 5 113-114 CONSTITUTION 94 
 
 must be accompanied by the certificate of the Grand Lodge 
 creating it that it was a regular Lodge and that the brother 
 seeking advancement was an Entered Apprentice or Fellow 
 Craft thereof when it ceased to exist. (1900, pp. 643, 901.) 
 
 113b, A dimit legally issued to an Entered Apprentice 
 or Fellow Craft by a Lodge under a jurisdiction recognized 
 as legitimate, mav be accepted as the official consent of 
 the Lodge issuing it. (1913, pp. 77, 162.) 
 
 Request for advancement, procedure: Sec. 155. 
 
 Advancement of resident of this jurisdiction re- 
 ceiving degrees in another jurisdiction: Sec. 124. 
 
 Fees for degrees. 
 
 Sec. 114. No Lodge in this jurisdiction shall con- 
 fer the three degrees for a smaller fee than thirty 
 dollars, and the sum of twenty dollars as provided 
 in subdivision 1st of Section 41, and in every case 
 the entire fee for the degrees shall accompany the 
 application, else such application shall not be re- 
 ceived. Provided, however, that, if the applicant 
 has already received the first degree, or the first 
 and second degrees, i another Lodge, the fee to 
 accompany his application for the remaining de- 
 grees or degree shall be such proportion of the fee 
 for all the degrees as the by-laws of the Lodge 
 may prescribe. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 ll-4a. The fees cannot be remitted. (1901, pp. 18, 312.) 
 
 114b. Nor accepted and then donated back after the can- 
 didate has received the degrees. (1902, pp. 705, 1045.) 
 
 See also Art. VIII, Sees. 1 and 2 Uniform Code of By- 
 laws. 
 
 Fees of Lodges having concurrent jurisdiction: 
 Sec. 82. 
 
 Eemission and donation of fees: See. 127. 
 
 Fees to be charged for resident of this jurisdic- 
 tion receiving degrees in another jurisdiction: Sec. 
 124.
 
 95 CONSTITUTION § 114-116 
 
 Fees may be charged for granting permission to 
 a resident of this jurisdiction to receive degrees in 
 another jurisdiction: Sec. 124, 
 
 Fees on waiver of jurisdiction to a Lodge in this 
 jurisdiction: Sec. 96f, 
 
 Fees of Lodge having concurrent jurisdiction: 
 Sec. 82. 
 
 Degrees, restrictions on conferring. 
 
 Sec. 115. No Lodge under the jurisdiction of this 
 Grand Lodge shall confer any degree of Masonry 
 on Sunday, nor shall it confer degrees upon more 
 than five candidates at any one meeting; nor shall 
 it confer more than one degree upon any one candidate 
 at any one meeting; nor shall it confer either of the 
 degrees upon more than one candidate at a time; 
 nor shall it confer more than five degrees in any one 
 day. (As amended 1916.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 H5a. The entire work of conferring a degree should be 
 completed at the meeting at which it has begun. (1894, pp. 
 538, 765.) 
 
 115b. A degree may be conferred at a meeting called 
 for the purpose on the same evening officers are installed. 
 (1909, p. 122.) 
 
 Masonic clothing, restrictions on wearing. 
 
 Sec. 116. No Lodge, nor any Mason, shall appear 
 in Masonic clothing in any public procession, or 
 at any public meeting or place, except for the burial 
 of a brother or for the performance of some other 
 strictly Masonic duty or ceremony. 
 
 Regulation. 
 116a. Masons may assemble, without dispensation, in 
 Masonic clothing, to decorate the graves of deceased 
 brethren, which is a commendable custom. (1888, pp. 
 464. 678.)
 
 § 117 CONSTITUTION 96 
 
 Suspension for non-payment of dues — Notice. 
 
 Sec. 117. No Lotlj^e shall expel a member for the 
 non-payment of dues; but, in case any member shall 
 have refused or neglected to pay his regular dues 
 during a period of twelve months, he shall be noti- 
 fied by the Secretary, either by registered letter 
 deposited in the U. S. Post Office addressed to him 
 at his last known address, or by actual service of 
 notice, duly certified by the Tyler, that unless at 
 the next stated meeting either his dues be paid, or 
 sickness or inability to pay be shown as the cause 
 of such refusal or neglect, he will be suspended 
 from all the rights and privileges of Masonry. 
 Regulations. 
 
 117a. The seal of the Lodge must be affixed to the 
 notice. (18G5, p. 110.) 
 
 117b. The notice is in effect a Summons. (1874, p. 
 .501.) 
 
 117c. A resolution ref|uiring evei'v application to remit 
 dues to be in writing is unconstitutional. (1898, pp. 597, 
 85:^.) 
 
 117cl. A member cannot be suspended without notice, 
 and the proceedings constitute in effect a trial. (1874, 
 p. 560; 1879, p. 153.) 
 
 117e. A mentally incompetent brother cannot be sus- 
 pended. (1904, pp. 808, 1077.) 
 
 117f. The Tiodge before allowing a member to be sus- 
 pended, should be certain (1) that he has been notified, (2) 
 that he has had a reasonable time, and (3) that he has the 
 ability to pay and that the neglect is culpable. (1871, 
 p. 182; 1871, p. 560.) 
 
 117g. A brother in the Masonic Home ought not to be 
 suspended. (1900, pp. 644. 902.) 
 
 117h. The period after which the Secretary is to notify 
 a delinquent brother is to be calculftted from the date when 
 the dues become due under Art. IX, Sec. 1, Uniform Code of 
 by-laws — i. e., quarterly in advance. (1909. p. 123.) 
 
 Member may be suspended for non-payment of 
 dues: Sec. 166. 
 
 Effect of suspension for non-payment of dues: 
 Sec. 166a.
 
 97 CONSTITUTION 5 118 
 
 Suspension — How declared — How restored before 
 two years. 
 
 Sec. 118. If neither of these things be done, he 
 shall at such stated meeting, be declared by the 
 Master to be suspended, unless for special reasons 
 shown the Lodge shall remit his dues or grant him 
 further time for their payment: But any Mason 
 thus suspended who shall at any time pay th» 
 arrearages due at the time of his suspension, to- 
 gether with such further dues as would, had he 
 retained his membership, have accrued against him 
 to the date of such payment, or who shall have had 
 such arrearages and dues remitted by his Lodge, 
 shall by either of these acts be restored. 
 
 Begulations. 
 
 118a. Unless the Lodge remits the dues or extends the 
 time the Master must declare the suspension. He has no 
 discretion. (1868, p. 402; 1879, p. 153.) 
 
 Before the two year period the following apply: 
 
 118b. The Lodge may remit the dues and restore. (1862, 
 p. 356; 1872, p. 566.) 
 
 118c. The Lodge cannot re-consider its action in restor- 
 ing a brother. (1895, pp. 19, 264.) 
 
 118d. It is not an invasion of jurisdiction to restore a 
 brother residing in another State or place. (1909, p. 127.) 
 
 118e. The Lodge must receive the amount of arrear- 
 ages, if tendered, whether by the delinquent or by another 
 in his behalf. (1874, p. 603.) 
 
 118f. Even if the brother is in articulo mortis. (1881, 
 p. 18; 1882, p. 661.) 
 
 118g. Whether refused or accepted, the tender effects im- 
 mediate restoration, (Idem). 
 
 118h. All Masons stricken from the rolls are declared 
 suspended for non-payment of dues by General Regulation 
 6. (1859, pp. 97, 116, 179.) 
 
 118i. A brother cannot be restored after his death. 
 (1874, p. 560.)
 
 S 118-120 CONSTITUTION 
 
 118J. But, if he sends the requisite amount, while liv- 
 ing, it will restore him even though it does not reach the 
 Secretary until after his death. (1876, p. 510.) 
 
 118k. It is proper for the Secretary to read the names 
 of all who owe for dues, but needless humiliation should be 
 avoided. (1916, p. 27.) 
 
 llo:. II :c the duty of each Lodge to have a Committee 
 on Delinquent uieni';ers, whose duty will be to personally 
 or otherwise interview each member delinquent and ascer- 
 tain tlic cause for such delinquency, and endeavor to have 
 the same paid, or remitted if unable to pav and deserving. 
 (1917, p. 536.) 
 
 Remitting dues quarterly 128. 
 
 Dues of members suspended for non-payment of 
 dues: Sec. 128e. 
 Suspension — How restored after two years. 
 
 Sec. 119. Provided, that should any member sus- 
 pended for non-payment of dues neglect for the 
 period of two years to pay said dues or have the 
 same remitted by his Lodge, said member shall not 
 be restored except by a three-fourths vote by ballot 
 of all the members present at the next stated meet- 
 ing after tlie petition for restoration is presented. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 119a. A brother who pays his arrearages becomes re- 
 stored to membership and need not again sign the by-laws. 
 (1864, p. 373.) 
 
 119b. The Lodge should not act on a petition for re- 
 storation until the stated meeting next succeeding that at 
 which it is brought before the Lodge, and if the applicant 
 does not receive a three-fourths vote of the members pres- 
 ent he is not debarred from making another application 
 at a subsequent stated meeting. (1899, pp. 20, 274.) 
 
 119c If the Lodge denies the petition for restoration 
 it should return to the applicant the money paid by him. 
 (1899, pp. 22, 274.) 
 
 Suspension — Duty of Secretary — Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 120. Any Secretary failing or neglecting to 
 comply with the requirements of the section relative 
 to notifying delinquents, shall be subject to dis- 
 cipline by his Lodge for neglect of duty.
 
 99 CONSTITUTION § 121 
 
 Ritual — Lectures, what authorized. 
 
 Sec. 121. No Lodge shall receive lectures from 
 any person who is not duly authorized by the Grand 
 Lodge or the Grand Master. The ritual now taught 
 by the Grand Lecturer and recognized by the Grand 
 Lodge must be adhered to by all Lodges and Ma- 
 sons in this Jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge alone 
 has power to authorize any changes therein for the 
 purpose of having it remain as it was handed down 
 from time immemorial. No degree shall be con- 
 ferred except in conformity therewith, and all pro- 
 positions looking to any change in the ritual will be 
 denied consideration in the Grand Lodge. Pro- 
 vided, however, anything in this section to the con- 
 trary notwithstanding, that the Lodges in this juris- 
 diction whose long-established ritualistic work is in 
 part a departure from the uniform ritual of this 
 jurisdiction, may continue to perform such work as 
 the same is now being performed, in so far as the 
 same may not be disapproved by the Grand Master 
 and the Grand Lecturer. (This affects Parfaite 
 L'nion No. 17, Vallee de France No. 329, and Lodge 
 le Progres de 1 'Oceanie No. 371.) (As amended 
 1916.) 
 
 Regulation. 
 
 121a. No degree can be conferred through the medium 
 of an interpreter. (1898, pp. 597, 852.) 
 
 Grand Lecturer, powers and duties: Sec. 54. 
 
 Lodge must purchase Middle Chamber columns, 
 etc.: Sec. 77m. 
 
 See also Sec. 142j.
 
 § 122 CONSTITUTION 100 
 
 Affiliation. 
 
 Sec. 122. No Lodge shall receive an application 
 for affiliation unless it be accompanied by: 
 
 1st. A certificate of membership and good stand- 
 ing as provided in Sections 161 and 248 or 
 
 2d. A proper dimit from the Lodge of which he 
 was last a member, or a satisfactory explanation in 
 writing, of his inability to furnish such dimit, to- 
 gether with 
 
 3d. The affiliation fee, if any, required by the 
 by-laws of the Lodge, and the sum, if any, required 
 by Section 165, and the sum of twenty dollars, as 
 required in subdivision 1st of Section 41; nor shall 
 the application be received unless the applicant shall 
 have proved to the Master of the Lodge that he is a 
 Master Mason. The applicant must be a resident of 
 the jurisdiction, may apply to any Lodge therein, 
 and, if rejected, may apply as often as he chooses 
 to do so. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 122a. The satisfactory explanation in writing should be 
 the best evidence obtainable, and if the dimit is lost or de- 
 stroyed should show that the applicant had been a member 
 of the Lodge — and, being in good standing, — had with- 
 drawn — had received a dimit or certificate which had been 
 lost or destroyed; and the reasons for not producing a 
 duplicate dimit; or it should show that in that jurisdiction 
 a dimit is not issued until joining another Lodge, by pro- 
 ducing the certificate of the Secretary of the Lodge if poss- 
 ible. (1893, pp. 10, 215.) 
 
 122b. The applicant, if rejected, cannot again use the 
 same application, but must sign a new one even if he 
 wishes to apply again to the same Lodge. (1882, pp. 441, 
 687; 1883, pp. 18, 278.) 
 
 122c. This section applies even if the applicant wishes 
 to join the same Lodge from which he received the dimit. 
 (1905, p. 201.) 
 
 122d. If elected, the sum equivalent to six months 
 dues paid by him cannot be applied on account of dues to 
 accrue after election. (1893, p. 212.) 
 
 As to what constitutes a proper dimit:
 
 101 CONSTITUTION § 122-124 
 
 122e. It must be in accordance with the regulations of 
 the jurisdiction from which it emanates. (1885, p. 248.) 
 
 122f. A dimit without a recommendatory certificate 
 is a proper one and enables the brother receiving it to 
 apply for affiliation. (1875, p. 131; 1899, pp. 23, 278.) 
 
 122g. If the Lodge has ceased to exist, he may present 
 in lieu of a dimit a certificate under the seal of the 
 Grand Lodge creating it, showing that the Lodge was legally 
 created and acting under lawful authority, and that he was 
 a member thereof in good standing when it ceased to exist. 
 (1900, pp. 643, 901.) 
 
 122h. A Master Mason, resident within the jurisdiction 
 of the Grand Lodge, is not subject to the qualifications as 
 to residence within the jurisdiction of the Lodge or as to 
 the time of such residence which are required of petitioners 
 for the degrees. (1915, pp. 295, 381.) 
 
 Withdrawal of Master: See. 142a. 
 
 As to affiliation of resident of this jurisdiction 
 receiving degrees in another jurisdiction: Sec. 124. 
 
 Duty to apply for affiliation: Sec. 165. 
 
 Saloon keeper or barkeeper ineligible: See. 129A. 
 
 Stockholder in saloon: Sec. 129Ac. 
 
 Right to withdraw: Sec. 159. 
 
 Right to certificate of standing: Sec. 161. 
 Burial of duelist. 
 
 Sec. 123. No Lodge shall bury with Masonic hon- 
 ors any Mason who has fallen in a duel. 
 
 Masonic intercourse, restrictions as to. 
 
 Sec. 124. No Lodge shall recognize any Body, 
 purporting to be a Masonic Lodge, which shall be 
 holden within the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge 
 of any State or Territory of the United States with- 
 out authority from such Grand Lodge; nor shall any 
 Lodge, or any member thereof, admit or hold Ma- 
 sonic intercourse with a member of any such Body,
 
 f 124 CONSTITUTION 102 
 
 with an expelled or suspended Mason, with an il- 
 legal Lodge, with nny person who has received de- 
 grees therein or is a member thereof, nor with any 
 Mason not acknowledged as such by this Grand 
 Lodge, or recognize as a Mason any person who, 
 being at the time a resident of this State, has re- 
 ■ceived, or claims to have received, the degrees of 
 Masonry from any source beyond the jurisdiction 
 of this Grand Lodge, without proper permission, 
 until the Lodge nearest his place of residence shall 
 have received him as a member. Tlie proper per- 
 mission, above mentioned, may only be given by the 
 Lodge nearest his place of residence, and in the 
 manner necessary for an election to receive the de- 
 grees. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 12ia. By General Regulation 2 all Masonic intcrcoui'se 
 with Hamburg was forbidden. This was repealed in 1907. 
 
 124b. By General Regulation 13 all Masonic intercourse 
 with the Grand Orient of France was suspended while that 
 body should continue its unlawful invasion of the jurisdic- 
 tional rights of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana. This is 
 still in force. CBut see Sec. 12.3j.) 
 
 124c. A resident of this State receiving degrees in an 
 army lodge must apply to the Lodge nearest his place of 
 residence and cannot be recognized until that Lodge shall 
 receive him as a member. (1900, pp. 043, 8GG, 901.) 
 
 124d. One made a Mason in violation of this Section 
 is not clandestine, but cannot be recognized until he com- 
 plies with it. (1894, pp. 537, 762.) 
 
 124e. The Lodge nearest his place of residence may 
 require the full fee for degrees before reciving such an one. 
 (Idem). 
 
 124f. Where a resident of this State, temporarily abroad, 
 is elected there and a request is mado to a Lodge here 
 to confer the degrees or any of them upon him. such Lodge 
 here, knowing the facts, cannot do so. (1899, pp. 2.5, 274.) 
 
 The process prescribed by this Section constitutes heal- 
 ing. See Section 7 ante, note j. 
 
 124g. The proper permission above referred to can be 
 given by the Lodgp nearest the place of residence at any time
 
 103 CONSTITUTION § 124 
 
 before the third degree is conferred, and thereafter we may 
 recognize him as a Mason after the foreign Lodge receiving 
 the permission shall have conferred the remaining degree or 
 degrees : but after the three degrees have been conferred it 
 is too late to give the permission. The Lodge nearest the 
 place of residence may waive all fees or it may require as a 
 condition to granting the permission any amount not exceed- 
 ing its fee for the three degrees. (1912, pp. 159, 162.) 
 
 124h. "Where less than the three degrees have been 
 conferred in violation of this section, and proper permission 
 is not asked for or has been refused, the one receiving such 
 degree or degrees, if he desire recognition, must sign and 
 make the usual application for the remaining degree or de- 
 grees, with the usual recommendation and references, which 
 must take the same course as any other application for the 
 degrees : and if he shall be elected, only the degree or de- 
 grees not yet received by him are to be conferred. The fee 
 to accompany the application shall be not less than the reg- 
 ular fees of the Lodge for the degree or degrees not yet con- 
 ferred, and shall not be over the full fees of the Lodge for 
 the three degrees. If the applicant be rejected the amount is 
 to be returned. (1912, pp. 159, 162.) 
 
 124i. Where all the three degrees have been conferred 
 in violation of this section, it is too late to give the permis- 
 sion, and the only way such an one can be recognized is by 
 electing him a member of the Lodge nearest his place of res- 
 idence. No other Lodge in this jurisdiction can receive any 
 application from him or do anything for him. He must make 
 an application in the usual form of an application for affil- 
 iation. The fee to accompany the application shall not be less 
 than the regular affiliation fee of the Lodge and shall not be 
 over the full fees of the Lodge for the three degrees. If the 
 applicant be rejected the amount is to be returned. (1912, 
 pp. 159, 162.) 
 
 124j. It is proper for a Lodge conferring a degree or 
 degrees in violation of this section to pa3 to the Lodge having 
 jurisdiction the full amount received by it. If the amount so 
 paid exceeds the full fee of the Lodge having jurisdiction for 
 tTie three degrees, the excess is to be returned. If the Lodge 
 having jurisdiction refuses permission or fails to receive the 
 person as a member, it should return such fees to the Lodge 
 transmitting them. (1912, pp. 159, 162.) 
 
 Clandestine Mason may apply for degrees: Sec. 
 94a. 
 
 Negro Masonry: Sec. 8a. 
 
 Waiver of jurisdiction in this State: Sec. 96. 
 
 As to one elected or receiving degrees in this 
 State without waiver from the Lodge having juris- 
 diction: Sec. 96d, 96e, 96f.
 
 § 125 CONSTITUTION 104 
 
 Visiting — Rights — Restrictions — Avouchment. 
 
 Sec. 125. No Lodge shall admit a visitor ^vithout 
 due inquiry or examination, nor unless be can and 
 does produce written evidence, under the seal of his 
 Lodge, that he is in good standing therein, and shall 
 prove himself to be a Master Mason either by pri- 
 vate examination under the test oath or by avouch- 
 ment under the following restrictions: No Mason 
 shall vouch for a visiting brother unless he shall 
 have sat with him in open Lodge, or has examined 
 him under proper authority, or, in case a member 
 of one Lodge has sat in open Lodge with a visiting 
 brother, such brother, so sitting, can vouch for such 
 visiting brother to a member of any other Lodge, 
 all three being present, and such brother to whom 
 such avouchment is made can then vouch for such 
 visiting brother to the Master of his Lodge. Private 
 examinations and lecturing a visitor in the work, 
 without authority, are both forbidden. Nor shall a 
 visitor be admitted if there be, in the opinion of the 
 Master, a valid objection made to such admission by 
 a member of the Lodge. Such objection shall be 
 made privately to the Master, stating the reason 
 therefor. The Master's decision thereon shall be 
 final, and he shall not disclose to the visitor, any 
 member, or any other person the name of the brother 
 objecting, but shall privately inform the visitor that 
 a brother objects. The right to visit Masonically 
 is not an absolute one, but a favor which any law- 
 ful Mason, in good standing, has the right to ask, 
 but which the Lodge may refuse. No Mason shall 
 visit a Lodge without being satisfied of its lawful 
 authority. All Lodges are required to show a visitor 
 their charter if requested so to do. The Master may, 
 at any time, in his discretion, request the visitors
 
 105 CONSTITUTION § 125 
 
 to retire, and should do so when the private affairs 
 of the Lodge are under discussion. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 125a. Sitting with a brother in the Chapter, Command- 
 ery, or Scottish Rite does not entitle one to vouch for him 
 in the Lodge. (1907, p. 714.) 
 
 125b. Although a Mason, coming here to make his 
 permanent home, ought to affiliate, yet, if. he do not, his 
 right to visit is not affected. (1877, p. 184.) 
 
 125c. A negro, if a member of a regular Lodge, has 
 the same right to visit as any other Mason. (1872, p. 552; 
 1873, pp. 24, 180.) 
 
 125d. A Mason, holding a dimit, cannot after six 
 months in this State visit without first applying for affili- 
 ation. (1894, pp. 539. 769.) 
 
 It may be added that under our law as it now stands, 
 after he has been in the State two years, a Mason cannot 
 visit until he shall not only apply to a Lodge, but shall 
 have been elected therein. 
 
 125e. One who is a resident of this jurisdiction, re- 
 ceiving the three degrees in another jurisdiction without the 
 proper permission required by section 124, is not entitled to 
 visit any Lodge in this jurisdiction. (1912, pp. 159, 162.) 
 
 125f. After a visiting brother from a jurisdiction out- 
 side of California has been duly examined and his name 
 entered in the register kept for the purpose, the Secretary 
 of the Lodge shall notify the Secretary of the Lodge of 
 which such visiting brother claims to be a member, advis- 
 ing the fact of such visitation. (1913, p. 232.) 
 
 125g. The question as to whether there is a good and 
 valid ground to refuse admission to a visitor is left to the 
 sound sense and discretion of the Master, he being governed 
 by his own view of what is best under the circumstances. 
 It is inexpedient for the Grand Lodge to attempt to lay 
 down any rules for his guidance in the matter. (1915, pp. 
 293. 382.) 
 
 125h. Examinations of visiting brethren shall be had 
 within the jurisdiction of the Lodge which the visitors 
 desire to attend. (1916. p. 27.) 
 
 1251. A brother must not be permitted to visit a Lodge 
 under an assumed name. (1917, p. 280.) 
 
 125j. Resolved, that during the present war any inhibi- 
 tion upon the right of visitation heretofore imposed by this 
 Grand Lodge be, and the same is, modified insofar as it 
 may be necessary to allow and permit our brethren to hold 
 Masonic intercourse with the Masons in France. Belarium 
 and Italy, and to visit any of their Lodges. (1917, p. 566.) 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE: That this new section may 
 not be misunderstood, it is thought proper to state that
 
 S 125-127 CONSTITUTION 106 
 
 while i)rivate examinations are forbidden by the section, 
 yet, such examinations are only forbidden as the pre- 
 requisite to vouching for a brother and admitting him as 
 a visitor. Of course, it is to ho understood that, when 
 a Mason applies to another for immediate relief, it is not 
 intended to forbid the brother to whom such application is 
 made, from satisfying himself that the person so applying 
 is a Mason before he shall treat him as such by granting the 
 relief. 
 
 Historically, it will be interesting to say. that the defini- 
 tion of the right to visit contained in this section is taken 
 from sections 26 and 149 pf the ^Manual, and that Dr. 
 Alackey in his work on Masonic Jurisprudence, written in 
 1859, criticises this definition of the right to visit. After 
 reading his explanation and the section quoted from our 
 California Decisions, we in California need not fear to stay 
 by our own law on the subject, as it certainly is, at least, 
 as intelligently expressed as Dr. Mackey's, and considering 
 the fact that it has been the law in this jurisdiction since 
 1855 we in California can still adhere to it. 
 
 Visitor not to record name in pencil: Sec. 151a. 
 
 Member, right to attend meetings: Sec. 156. 
 Annual returns and dues — Penalty for default. 
 
 Sec. 126. No Lodge, which shall have failed to 
 make its annual returns, with payment of its dues, 
 as provided in Section 80, and in Section 150, shall 
 be entitled to representation at the next Annual 
 Communication. 
 
 Penalty for non-payment of dues by member: 
 Sees. 117—120, 166. 
 
 Penalty for non-payment of dues to Grand Lodge: 
 Sec. 6. 
 Donation of fees — Circulars — Decoration of altar. 
 
 Sec. 127. No Lodge shall confer the degrees of 
 Masonry gratuitously, nor shall it donate such fees 
 back to the candidate under any pretext whatever. 
 Nor shall any Lodge, by circular or otherwise, soli- 
 cit pecuniary assistance from Lodges or Masons of 
 this or other jurisdictions. Nor shall any Mason 
 circulate here a petition asking financial aid for any 
 matter or thing whatever, not Masonic, however
 
 107 CONSTITUTION § 127-125 
 
 worthy it may be. Nor shall any Lodge send out 
 any circular or other communication to Lodges or 
 Masons concerning legislation to be brought before 
 the Grand Lodge or the election of officers therein. 
 There is no Masonic authority for decorating the 
 altar of the Lodge with any flag of any Country. 
 
 Regulations. 
 127a. A Lodge cannot donate the affiliation fee back 
 to the applicant, if elected, under any pretext whatever. 
 (1912, p. 152.) 
 
 Testimonials to retiring Master: Sec. 88a. 
 Dues — Uniform receipts — Remitting — Assessments. 
 
 Sec. 128. From and after the stated meeting of 
 December, 1918, no Lodge shall charge or collect 
 as its anual dues from members less than nine 
 dollars. The only receipt for dues to be used by the 
 Lodge shall be a uniform one prepared by the Grand 
 Secretary and sold by him. No Lodge shall, by 
 amendment to its by-laws, resolution or otherwise, 
 remit the dues of its members or any of them for 
 any stated period or in advance, but it may annual- 
 ly remit the accrued dues of those of its members 
 who render special services for the Lodge or who are 
 unable to pay them. No Lodge shall levy any extra 
 assessment on its members. Provided, that during 
 such time as the United States may be engaged in 
 the present war, any Lodge is hereby authorized to 
 remit in advance, for the period of his service in 
 the war, the dues of any member who may be in 
 the military or naval service of the United States 
 or its allies, and no per capita tax shall be payable 
 to the Grand Lodge for such member during the 
 period for which his dues are so remitted. (This 
 of course is optional with Lodges, and the ability 
 to pay dues may be considered, or disregarded.)
 
 § 128-129 CONSTITUTION 108 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 128a. Although the Lodge remits the dues of a member, 
 it must still pay Grand Lodge dues for him. (1862, p. 376.) 
 (But see Sec. 41 and 41c.) 
 
 128b. Dues commence immediately on the election of an 
 affiliate. (1875. p. 18.) 
 
 128c. But affiliation is not fully consummated and dues 
 do not begin until dimit is filed with the Secretary at a 
 statPfl meeting. (190.5. p. 205.) See Sec. 161. 
 
 128d. Members exempted from the suspension involved 
 in an arrest of the charter of the LodLje should pay dues 
 — to the Lodge if the charier is restored — to the Grand 
 Lodge if revoked. (1888, p. 674.) 
 
 128e. A member should pay dues while suspended for 
 non-payment of dues but not while suspended for cause, and 
 that one suspended for non-payment of dues who is also 
 suspended for cause should only pay dues during the former 
 suspension. (1865, p. 100.) 
 
 128f. Liability for dues ceases immediately on with- 
 drawal. (1909, p. 125.) 
 
 128g. The Lodge may refund to one who has paid 
 dues in advance and then becomes a life member, the part of 
 the dues, if any, in excess of those for the current quarter. 
 (1912. p. 149.) 
 
 128h. When a Lodge increases its dues, it has a right 
 to collect the additional amount of dues from the date when 
 the increase becomes effective, even from members paying 
 in advance for a year and receiving a receipt to the end of 
 the year. (1913. pp. 77, 162.) 
 
 Impress of Seal required: Sec. 84. 
 
 Remitting dues after notice, 118. 
 
 Remitting dues after suspension, 118 — 119. 
 
 Seal of Lodge, duty of Secretary to aflSi: Sec. 84. 
 Life memt)ership, how acquired. 
 
 Sec. 129, Provided, that the Lodge, by the adop- 
 tion of a standing resolution to that effect, which 
 resolution shall not be acted upon at the stated 
 meeting at which it is introduced, nor until notice 
 in writing thereof shall have been forwarded by 
 mail to every member, may provide for a 
 system of life mebmcrship, which shall forever 
 exempt the member from the payment of dues 
 therein. Said resolution shall provide that no life 
 membership shall be granted except upon payment
 
 109 CONSTITUTION § 129-129a 
 
 of a sum of money named therein, which sum shall, 
 in case the annual dues are $12.00, be not less than 
 the sum of $150.00, and the minimum amount to be 
 proportionately greater or less as the dues are 
 greater or less, and shall further provide that all 
 amounts paid for life membership shall be invested 
 only in such reputable banks of deposit, or in such 
 bonds of the United States, State of California, or 
 some County, City and County, City or Town, 
 thereof, or in such other first-class stocks, bonds or 
 securities as may be directed by the Lodge, and ap- 
 proved by the Master, and that only the income 
 thereof shall be used by the Lodge, the original 
 amounts to be forever kept and maintained as and 
 for a permanent Life Membership Fund. Said 
 resolution shall require the Secretary, in making his 
 annual report to the Grand Lodge, to report the 
 number of life members borne on the roll, the 
 amount of the fund thus created, and the manner 
 in which said fund is invested. Said resolution shall 
 take effect only upon its approval by the Grand 
 Master. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 129a. A Lodge cannot rescind a contract for life mem- 
 bership. (1879, p. 190: 1902, pp. 704, 1044; 1909, p. 127.) 
 
 129b. Expmptions from dues by reason of life member- 
 ship Is not affected by subsequent increase of dues. (1917, 
 p. 282.) (Overr^aing 1888, page 677.) 
 
 129c. A brother who is a life member of a Lodge sub- 
 sequently going out of existence, is only in the same position 
 as a dimitted Mason, and if he affiliates he must pay dues. 
 (1898, p. 850.) 
 
 Eefunding dues to one becoming a life member: 
 Sec. 128g. 
 Saloon Keepers and Barkeepers ineligible. 
 
 Sec. 129A. No Lodge shall receive an application 
 for the degrees of Masonry or for affiliation, from 
 any one who is engaged either as principal, age it
 
 § 129a 131 CONSTITUTION 110 
 
 or employe, in the saloon business (except in con- 
 nection with and as part or the operation of a bona 
 fide hotel or restaurant), or who is a barkeeper; and 
 any Mason who may hereafter enter upon and en- 
 gage in the saloon business, either as owner, agent 
 or employe, except in connection with and as part 
 of the operation of a bona fide hotel or restaurant, 
 or who shall become a barkeeper, shall be deemed 
 guilty of unmasonic conduct, and shall, upon due 
 trial and conviction of said offense, forfeit all 
 Masonic rights and privileges, including member- 
 ship in any Lodge. 
 
 129Aa. A grocer supplying liquors to customers at their 
 homes only in flasks or bottles is not engaged in the saloon 
 biisiness, is not a barkeeper, and is not ineligible for the 
 de-iees. (1915, pp. 290, 381.) 
 
 129Ab. Charges should be preferred in the lodge within 
 whose territorial jurisdiction he resides against one dimitting 
 to go into the saloon business. (1915, pp. 293, 381.) 
 
 129Ac. A stockholder in a corporation engaged in ope- 
 rating a saloon is not guilty of a Masonic offense unless he 
 has such control over the operations of the corporation as 
 would fairly render him responsible for the oourse of the 
 corporation in this regard. (1917, pp. 280, 512.) 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of the Dissolution of Lodges. 
 
 Sec. 130. How accomplished. 
 
 131. Surrender of charter. 
 
 132. Forfeiture of charter. 
 
 133. Effect of forfeiture or arrest. 
 
 134. Property rights after surrender or forfeituia. 
 
 How accomplished. 
 
 Section 130. A Lodge may be dissolved — 
 
 1st. By the voluntary surrender of its charter, 
 when such surrender shall have been accepted by 
 the Grand Lodge: or 
 
 2d. By the revocation of its charter by the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 Collection of dues and assets: Sec. 42.
 
 Ill CONSTITUTION § 131-132 
 
 Organization of Lodges: Sec. 72 et seq. 
 Surrender of charter. 
 
 Sec. 131. A Lodge may surrender its charter if 
 notice shall be given at a stated meeting that a 
 resolution to that effect will be presented at the 
 next succeeding one, and if, at such succeeding 
 meeting, there shall not be thirteen members pres- 
 ent who oppose such resolution; but no such act 
 of surrender shall be considered final until it shall 
 have been approved and accepted by the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 Status of life members: Sec. 129c. 
 Status of members: Sec. 160. 
 Eelief: Sec. 88m, 163d. 
 Forfeiture of charter. 
 
 Sec. 132. A Lodge may forfeit its charter — 
 1st. By disobedience to any provision of the Con- 
 stitution or Eegulations of the Grand Lodge: 
 
 2d. By disregard of the lawful authority of the 
 Grand Master: 
 
 3d. By violation or neglect of the ancient and 
 recognized usages of the Craft: 
 
 4th. By receiving applicants known to be un- 
 worthy, or refusing or neglecting to discipline un- 
 worthy members: or 
 
 5th. By failure to meet within a period of sis 
 successive months. 
 
 But no charter shall be forfeited unless charges 
 against the Lodge shall have been presented to and 
 investigated in the Grand Lodge, of which charges 
 the Lodge accused shall have had due notice; though 
 the same may be arrested until the next Annua] 
 Communication, either by the Grand Lodge or the 
 Grand Master, upon satisfactory reasons therefor 
 being shown.
 
 S 132-134 CONSTITUTION 112 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 132a. If a Lodge fails to install a Master within a 
 reasonable time, qualified to confer the three degrees, it is 
 the duty of the Grand Master to demand the surrender of 
 its charter. (1880, p. 596.) 
 
 132b. Where there is no hope for harmony the Lodge 
 should cease to exist. (1887, p. 211.) 
 
 Forfeiture for electing intemperate master: Sec. 
 
 135m. 
 
 Effect of forfeiture or arrest. 
 
 Sec. 133. The forfeiture or arrest of the charter of 
 a Lodge involves the suspension of all its members 
 from the rights and privileges of Masonry, except 
 those who may be specially exempted from such 
 effect. 
 
 Members are non-affiliates: See. 165d. 
 
 Dues of members exempted from forfeiture of 
 charter: Sec. 128d. 
 
 Status of life members: Sec. 129c. 
 
 Property rights after surrender or forfeiture. 
 
 Sec. 134. The surrender or forfeiture of the char- 
 ter of a Lodge, when declared by the Grand Lodge, 
 shall be conclusive upon the Lodge and its members; 
 and all its funds, jewels, furniture, dues, and prop- 
 erty of every kind shall be disposed of as provided 
 in Section 42.
 
 113 CONSTITUTION § 135 
 
 PART IV. 
 Of the Officers of Subordinate Lodges. 
 Article I. Of Elections, Appointments and Install- 
 ations. Sees. 135 — 141. 
 n. Of the Master. Sees. 142—146. 
 in. Of the Wardens. Sees. 147—148. 
 lY. Of the Treasurer. See. 149. 
 
 V. Of the Secretary. Sees. 150 — 152. 
 VI. Of the Appointed Officers. Sec. 153. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of Elections, Appointments and Installations. 
 
 Sec. 135. Election and installation, when and how held. 
 
 136. Master, qualifications of. 
 
 137. Wardens, qualifications of. 
 
 138. Election at other than stated time — Dispensa- 
 
 tion for. 
 
 139. When Master fails to procure certificate. 
 
 140. Qualifications of voters and officers. 
 
 141. Appointive Officers. 
 
 Election and installation, when and how held. 
 
 Section 135. The Master, Wardens, Treasurer and 
 Secretary of each lodge shall be elected annually, 
 by ballot, at the stated meeting next preceding the 
 anniversary of Saint John the Evangelist; and a 
 majority of the voles cast shall be necessary to 
 elect. They shall be installed as soon as practicable 
 thereafter, and shall hold their respective offices 
 until their successors shall have been duly elected 
 and installed. Installations may be either public or 
 private. (As amended 1915.) 
 Regnlations. 
 
 135a. An election held on any other day than that fixed 
 herein, without dispensation, is void. (1874, p. 467; 1880, 
 p. 418; 1894, pp. 539, 768.) 
 
 135b. Although no rights are lost by not holding it, as 
 the officers hold over. (1872, p. 578.)
 
 $ 135 CONSTITUTION 114 
 
 135c. The elpftion must be completed at this particular 
 meeting. (1899, pp. 20, 200; 1901. pp. 18. 13 IJ.) 
 
 135d. Blanks found in the ballot bo.x are not to be 
 counted. (1878, pp. 419, 620.) 
 
 1356. Nominations are proper. (1872, p. 561.) 
 
 135f. An election cannot be reconsidered. (1874, pp. 
 401, 598.) 
 
 135g. If the Master elect declines, the Lodge may, at 
 that meeting, ballot again for Master. (1893, pp. 16, 213.) 
 
 135h. The Master elect so declining is not ineligible 
 even if the election be subsequently held under dispensation. 
 (1899, pp. 21, 274.) 
 
 135i. The pendency of charges does not prevent the 
 installation of the Master elect. (1877, p. 198.) 
 
 135j. If objection is made to (he installation, only an 
 extraordinary state of facts would justify refusing to install 
 a Mastor-elect presenting a proper certificate. (1900, pp. 
 642, 900.) 
 
 135k. If the Mastor-elect is not present the other 
 Officers may be installed, and the Master may be installed 
 when able to attend, (1893, pp. 10, 215.) 
 
 1351. It is not absolutely necessary that the Master 
 should have been a Warden. (1857, p. 118.) 
 
 135m. The Lodge should see to it that the brother it 
 elects as Master is of good repute and of proper habits. A 
 Lodge electing a Master known to be intemperate ought to 
 be suspended. (1877, p. 180.) 
 
 135n. There is no law preventing the election of a 
 Master who has been maimed. (1874, p. 467.) 
 
 1350. It is the duty of the Master to install his suc- 
 cessor. The Master-elect cannot select the installing officer, 
 but a I\raster-elect installed bv a Past Master, though 
 selected by himself, is duly installed. (1882, pp. 441, 687.) 
 
 135p. The Lodge must not, by mere non-action on its 
 part, permit the officers of one year to hold over throughout 
 the succeeding year. There is no objection to the re-elec- 
 tion of the same officers. (1915, pp. 296, 381.) 
 
 135q. Where installation is to take place in a building 
 other than where the Lodge regularly meets, the Lodge 
 should open in the T.odgeroom and then repair to the place 
 of installation. (1916, p. 24.) 
 
 Election and appointment of Grand Officers. 
 Sec. 17 et seq.
 
 115 CONSTITUTION § 135-136 
 
 Installation of Grand Officers: Sec. 17 et seq. 
 
 Ballot defined: Sec. 771i. 
 
 Investiture of appointive officers: Sec. 111. 
 
 Officers enumerated: Sec. 76. 
 
 Who qualified to vote and eligible: Sec. 140. 
 
 Master, qualifications of. 
 
 Sec. 136. There can be no installation by proxy. 
 No Master of a Lodge shall be installed until he 
 shall have produced to the installing officer the 
 certificate of the Grand Lecturer or of the Inspector 
 of the district in which such Lodge is situated, 
 certifying that he has personally examined such 
 Master-elect, and that he is qualified to give the 
 work and lectures entire in the three degrees, and 
 that he is thoroughly proficient in those portions 
 of the Constitution and General Kegulations of the 
 Grand Lodge which relate to the government of a 
 Lodge. Such certificate, endorsed by the installing 
 officer, shall be forwarded to the Grand Secretary, 
 to be kept on file in his office. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 136a. An installation without producing a certificate is 
 void. (1879, p. 190.) 
 
 136b. Inspectors are not charged with the duty of ex- 
 amining the moral fitness of the Master-elect. (1877, 
 p. 180.) 
 
 136c. A certificate is not a necessary pre-requisite to 
 the installation of the officers of a newly chartered Lodge. 
 (1885, p. 248.) 
 
 136d. A Master re-elected must furnish a certificate. 
 (1873, p. 211.) 
 
 136e. The Inspector (being still satisfied as to his pro- 
 ficiency) may furnish the certificate to him without exam- 
 ination. (1876, p. 513; 1877, p. 195.) 
 
 Duty of Grand Lecturer and Inspectors: Sees. 
 54. 55. 
 See also Sec. 142j.
 
 5 137 CONSTITUTION 116 
 
 Wardens, qualifications of. 
 
 Sec. 137. No Junior Warden of a Lodge shall 
 be installed until he shall have produced to the 
 installing officer the certificate of the Grand Lec- 
 turer or of the Inspector of the district in whicL 
 his Lodge is situated, certifying that he has per- 
 sonally examined such Junior Warden-elect and that 
 he is qualified to give the work and lecture of the 
 First Degree; and that no Senior Warden shall be 
 installed until he shall have produced a like cer- 
 tificate of his qualification to give the work and 
 lectures of the First and Second Degrees. Such 
 certificates shall be sent to the Grand Secretary 
 and filed in his office. If any Warden-elect fail to 
 procure such certificate within sixty days of elec- 
 tion or such further time as may be, upon a satis- 
 factory showing, granted by the Grand Master, his 
 election shall be invalidated and a special dispen- 
 sation issued to hold an election for the place of 
 such Warden; provided, however, that the Warden 
 elected under such dispensation shall not be the 
 one who had been previously elected and who had 
 failed to qualify; provided, further, that if it is 
 found, after due investigation by the District In- 
 spector that any Lodge in his District is without 
 resident members who can properly qualify in ac- 
 cordance with the first provision of this section, 
 such Lodge, with the approval of the Grand Lec- 
 turer, may elect and install Wardens without certifi- 
 cates, they being otherwise competent. This amend- 
 ment shall become void one year after the restora- 
 tion of peace. 
 
 Duty of Grand Lecturer and Inspectors: Sees. 
 54, 55.
 
 117 CONSTITUTION § 138 
 
 Election at other than stated time — Dispensation 
 
 for. 
 
 Sec. 138. In case any Lodge shall fail to hold such 
 election at the time above named, upon good cause 
 being shown therefor the Grand Master may issue 
 a dispensation to hold such election at another 
 time; and in case a vacancy shall at any time oc- 
 cur in either of the offices of Master or Warden in 
 any Lodge, upon proper representation of the neces- 
 sity therefor the Grand Master may issue a dispen- 
 sation for an election to fill such vacancy. But in 
 either of these cases, such dispensation shall be is- 
 sued only upon the application of the Lodge, setting 
 forth the reasons therefor, to be approved by two- 
 thirds of the members present at a stated meet- 
 ing, and to be properly certified by the Secretary; 
 and of the special election which may thus be or- 
 dered, the members shall have due notice. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 138a. A dispensation cannot be granted merely because 
 the brethren are dissatisfied with the result of the annual 
 election. (1899. pp. 21, 274.) 
 
 138b. If a Warden-elect gives notice that he will not 
 serve, the office may be declared vacant and a dispensation 
 issued. (1909, p. 123.) 
 
 138c. In case of a vacancy in any office, other than of 
 Master and Wardens, the Master has power to fill it. (1894, 
 pp. 540, 770.) 
 
 138d. He should, in such case, appoint a Secretary or 
 Treasurer to fill a vacancy except under peculiar circum- 
 stances. (1881, p. 17: 1882, p. 660; 1886, pp. 441, 687; 
 1894, pp. 540. 770; 1898, pp. 23. 274.) 
 
 138e. A dispensation can issue to fill such vacancv. 
 (1899, pp. 21, 274.) 
 
 138f. The Master has power to suspend anv officer fail- 
 ing to quality. (1888, pp. 463, 678.) 
 
 138g. In case of the death nf the Master the Warden 
 succeeds, and a dispensation need not be applied for, but if 
 one is granted any member in good standing whose dues are 
 paid is eligible. (1894, pp. 538, 765.) 
 
 Fee for dispensation: Sec. 39, sub. 3.
 
 § 139-140 CONSTITUTION 118 
 
 When Master fails to procure certificate. 
 
 Sec. 139. When a Lodge fails to install its of- 
 ficers within a period of sixty days subsequent to 
 their election, because of the failure of the Master- 
 elect to procure the necessary certificate of quali- 
 fication from the Inspector of his District, said 
 Lodge shall immediately thereafter petition the 
 Grand Master for a special dispensation to hold 
 an election for a Master; and the Master elected 
 under such dispensation shall not be the one who 
 had been previously elected and who had thus 
 allowed it to be shown that he was not able or 
 willing to qualify himself for such certificate. 
 Provided, the Grand Master may, upon a satisfac- 
 tory showing, grant further time to the Master- 
 elect to procure such certificate. 
 
 Failure to qualify, penalty: Sec. 132a. 
 
 Qualifications of voters and officers. 
 
 Sec. 140. None but members in good standing, 
 whose dues are paid, shall be entitled to vote at 
 an election; and every voter shall be eligible to 
 any office in the Lodge. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 140a. A brother in arrears for non-payment of dues 
 who has been granted an extension of time, cannot vote 
 or hold office. (1899, pp. 24, 274; 1894, pp. 539, 768.) 
 
 140b. In order to vote or hold office, dues must be 
 paid as required by the Uniform Code of By-laws, Art. 
 IX, Sec. 2, i. e., quarterly in advance. (1909, p. 123.) 
 
 140c. There is no rule requiring the Secretary to pre- 
 sent a written report as to the status of members with ref- 
 erence to the payment of dues, nor as to how the Master 
 shall secure the ballot against votes of delinquents, these 
 things being left to the Master's discretion. (1909, p. 124.) 
 
 140d. The irregularity of permitting delinquents to vote 
 does not vitiate the election. (1895, pp. 17, 262.) 
 
 Method of election: Sec. 135a to 135o.
 
 119 CONSTITUTION § 141-142 
 
 Appointive OflB.cers. 
 
 Sec. 141. The Deacons, Tyler, and such other sub- 
 ordinate officers as the by-laws of each Lodge may 
 designate, shall be appointed in such manner as 
 they may direct; and the officers so appointed shall 
 be properly invested as soon as practicable after 
 their appointment. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 141a. The Master may appoint qualified brethren to act 
 in conferring the second section of the third degree. (1878, 
 p. 623.) 
 
 141b. He cannot appoint an officer on salary to instruct 
 candidates. (1905, p. 207.) 
 
 141c. The Chaplain must be a member of a Lodge in 
 California. (1909, p. 124.) 
 
 141d. Bv Art. II, Sec. 1 of the Uniform Code of By- 
 Laws, the Tiler need not be a member of the Lodge. 
 
 141e. The Tiler, being a member in good standing, can 
 and should debate and vote on questions before the Lodge. 
 (1895, pp. 18, 263.) 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of the Master. 
 
 Sec. 142. Powers. 
 
 143. Duties. 
 
 144. Decisions — Appeal — Review. 
 
 145. Casting vote. 
 
 146. Penalty for neglect of duty. 
 
 Powers. 
 
 Section 142. The Master shall have power — 
 
 1st. To congregate his Lodge whenever he shall 
 deem it proper: 
 
 2d. To issue, or cause to be issued, all summonses 
 or notices which may be required: 
 
 3d. To discharge all the executive functions of 
 his Lodge: and 
 
 4th. To perform all such other acts, by ancient 
 usage proper to his office, as shall not be in contra- 
 vention of any provision of the Constitution or Reg- 
 ulations of the Grand Lodge.
 
 f 142 CONSTITUTION 120 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 142a. The Master or any other officer can resign his 
 office and withdraw .on the same night. (1864, pp. 251, 
 365; 1869, p. 114.) 
 
 142b. The officers undertake to be diligent in perform- 
 ing their official duties, and the Master may suspend one 
 neglecting them, even a Warden. (1888, pp. 463, 678.) 
 
 142c. The Master has the right to appoint pro tempore 
 to fill a vacancy during the unexpired term. (1875, p. 18; 
 1882, pp. 442, 686.) 
 
 142d. He is the proper custodian of the funds in case 
 of a vacancy in the office of Treasurer, (1893, p. 18; 
 1912, p. 155.) 
 
 142e. He can direct the Secretary to draw a warrant 
 for Grand Lodge dues without vote of the Lodge. (1893, 
 pp. 13, 221.) 
 
 142f. He ought not to participate in debate without call- 
 ing a Warden to the chair. (1882, pp. 442, 686.) 
 
 142g. If expedient to assign a reason to a candidate for 
 delay in conferring degrees, it should be the true reason. 
 (1893, pp. 17, 217.) 
 
 142h. The office of Master does not become vacant by 
 the failure of the Lodge to elect or by the failure of the 
 Master-elect to qualify. (1881, p. 17; 1882, p. 660.) 
 
 142i. The Master cannot transfer his duties to either 
 of the Wardens when he is present. (1885, p. 247.) 
 
 142j. This does not, however, prevent the Master from 
 inviting either Warden or Past Master or any qualified 
 brother to confer a degree, in accordance with our ritual 
 the Waster remaining present. (1884, pp. 564, 736.) And 
 the Master may invite qualified brethren to fill all the 
 offices and positions in conferring a degree, but he must 
 see to it that the work is performed strictlv according to 
 our ritual. (1917, pp. 280, 514.) 
 
 The Master has NOT the power- 
 
 142k. To demand or receive any compensation whatever 
 from the funds of the Lodge for services in installing his 
 successor. (1896, p. 569.) 
 
 1421. To suspend a By-Law. (1894, pp. 539, 768.) 
 
 142m. To pronounce suspension for non-payment of dues 
 without jurisdiction by notice, and if he does so the act is 
 void. (1874, p. 5G2.) 
 
 142n. A Master initiating a candidate on the night 
 on which he was elected to receive the degrees, for the pur- 
 pose of forestalling objection, violates his duty. (1912, p. 
 157.)
 
 121 CONSTITUTION § 142-143 
 
 142o. A Master who convenes a stated meeting of his 
 Lodge prior to the time fixed by the by-laws, for any improper 
 purpose, is guilty of a serious breach of duty. (1912, p. 
 157.) 
 
 142p. The Master has power to issue a summons when- 
 ever the business of the Lodge requires it, and he may 
 summon members to attend any meeting of the Lodge what- 
 ever, if in his opinion the business to be transacted at the 
 meeting requires such action on his part. (1914, pp. 21, 
 129.) 
 
 Election and installation: Sec. 135 et seq. 
 
 Discretion as to admitting visitors: Sees. 125, 
 I25g. 
 
 Past Master, term applies to whom: Sec. 224. 
 
 Powers of Grand Master: Sec. 43. 
 
 Title of Master applies to whom: Sec. 222. 
 
 Power to fill vacancies: Sec. 138, e, d, e. 
 
 Power to suspend officers: Sec. 138f. 
 
 Charity Committee: Sec. 87b. 
 
 Master who does not heed objection to advance- 
 ment bv those not members is derelict in duty: Sec. 
 lllf. 
 
 Master may object to advancement: Sec. 108d, 
 109c. 
 
 Duties of Master. 
 
 Sec. 143. It shall be his duty— 
 
 1st. To preside at all meetings of his Lodge: 
 
 2d. To confer all degrees in strict accordance 
 with the ritual which has been, or may hereafter 
 be, ordained by the Grand Lodge: 
 
 3d. To give, in full, the lectures appertaining to 
 each degree, at the time it 13 conferred, in accord- 
 ance with such ritual: 
 
 4th. To examine the record of proceedings at 
 each meeting of his Lodge, when fairly transcribed 
 by the Secretary, and, if found correct, subscribe 
 his approval thereof:
 
 § 143 145 CONSTITUTION 122 
 
 5th. To superintend the official acts of all the 
 officers of his Lodge and see that their respective 
 duties are properly discharged: and 
 
 6th. To carefully guard against any infraction, 
 by the members of his Lodge, of its own by-laws, 
 of the Constitution or Regulations of the Grand 
 Lodge, or of the General Regulations of Masonry. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 143a. The degrees without the lectures are incomplete, 
 but the Master can omit a portion of the opening and clos- 
 ing ceremonies but not all of them. (1854, p. 331; 1861, 
 p. 74.) 
 
 143b. The Master should carry his gavel at funerals and 
 on public occasions as the Lodge is under his executive con- 
 control vfhen "at refreshment." (1874, p. 466.) 
 
 143c. The Master or Warden may invite any qualified 
 brother to confer a degree in accordance with our ritual, he 
 remaining present. (Sections 78, 78b, 142j, Const.) (1884, 
 pp. 564, 736.) 
 
 Duties of Grand Master: Sec. 44. 
 Approval of Minutes: Sec. 150. 
 
 Decisions of Master — Appeal — Review. 
 
 Sec. 144. From the decisions of the Master there 
 shall be no appeal to the Lodge; but objections to 
 such decisions may be laid before the Grand Master 
 and by him be dealt with in the manner provided 
 in Section 175—183. 
 
 Charges against Master and trial: Sec. 175 et 
 seq. 
 
 Master has casting vote. 
 
 Sec. 145. In all cases of a tie vote, except votes 
 by ballot, the Master, in addition to his proper 
 vote, may have the casting vote.
 
 123 CONSTITUTION I 145-147 
 
 Regulation. 
 145a. The Master is not pntitled to the casting vote at 
 the election of officers. (1888, pp. 454, 674.) 
 
 Grand Master, casting vote: Sec. 26. 
 
 Penalty for neglect of duty by Master. 
 
 Sec. 146. For the neglect or violation of any duty 
 imposed by this Constitution upon the Master of a 
 Lodge, he shall be subject to deprivation of office, 
 suspensions, or expulsion, as provided in Sections 
 175-183. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 146a. A Master who is intemperate should be suspended 
 from office. (1877, p. 180.) 
 
 146b. If he is guilty of ungentlemanly conduct or obscene 
 conversation, his services may well be dispensed with. (1889, 
 p. 194.) 
 
 146c. He (and everv officer) undertakes to perform the 
 duties of the office faithfully. (1889, p. 194.) 
 
 146d. If the :\[aster does not qualify himself, the Grand 
 Master mav, and upon complaint being made, should sus- 
 pend him from office. (1888, pp. 463, 678.) 
 
 Trial of Master: Sees. 175, 183. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 Of the Wardens, 
 
 Sec. 147. Duties. 
 
 148. Absence of Master. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Section 117. It shall be the duty of the Wardens 
 to assist the Master in the performance of his duties, 
 and to discharge all those duties which ancient 
 usage has assigned to their respective stations.
 
 § 147-149 CONSTITUTION 124 
 
 Grand Wardens: Sec. 45, 46. 
 
 Warden may invite one to confer degrees, when: 
 Sec. 143c. 
 
 WarderLs — Absence of Master. 
 
 Sec. 148. In the absence of the Master, the Senior 
 Warden (and in his absence also, the Junior 
 Warden) shall succeed to and be charged with all 
 the powers and duties of the Master. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 148a. In case of the death of the Master the Senior 
 Warden succeeds to the office and should assume its duties. 
 ;1894, pp. 538, 765.) 
 
 148b. In the absence of the Master, the Warden, re- 
 Gaining present, may call a Past Master to preside. (1887, 
 V. 21.) 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of the Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 149. Duties. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Section 149. It shall be the duty of the Treas- 
 urer — 
 
 1st. To receive and safely keep all moneys or 
 property of every kind which shall be placed in his 
 hands by order of the Lodge: 
 
 2d. To disburse or transfer the same, or any 
 part thereof, upon the order of the Master, duly at- 
 tested by the Secretary: 
 
 3d. To keep a book or books wherein a correct 
 account of his receipts and disbursements shall be 
 exhibited-
 
 125 CONSTITUTION I 149-150 
 
 4th. To present a statement of the finances of 
 the Lodge whenever required: and 
 
 5th. To perform such other duties, appertaining 
 to his office, the by-laws may require or the Lodge 
 may at any time direct. 
 
 6th. To execute and file with the Master within 
 fifteen days after his installation an official bond 
 in such penal sum and with such sureties as shall 
 be approved by the Master, conditioned that he 
 will faithfully discharge the duties of his office as 
 prescribed by the Constitution of the Grand Lodge 
 and the By-Laws of his Lodge. 
 
 Grand Treasurer: Sec. 47 — 49, 
 
 Master custodian of funds in case of vacancy: 
 Sec. 142d. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Of the Secretary. 
 
 Sec. 150, Duties. 
 
 151. Lodge books. 
 
 152. Account books. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Section 150. It shall be the duty of the Secre- 
 tary — 
 
 1st. To record all proceedings at each meeting 
 proper to be written, under the direction of the 
 Master, in a Minute Book to be kept for that pur- 
 pose; and to submit such record to the Lodge, at 
 its next stated meeting, for approval or correction. 
 
 2d. To fairly transcribe such proceedings from 
 the Minute Book to the regular Kecord Book, after 
 they shall thus have been approved or corrected, 
 and present them to the Master for his approval 
 and signature when thus fairly transcribed:
 
 § 150 CONSTITUTION 126 
 
 3d. To prepare and transmit a copy of such rec- 
 ord, or of any part thereof, to the Grand Lodge, 
 when required: 
 
 4th. To collect and receive all moneys due to the 
 Lodge and pay them over to the Treasurer: 
 
 5th. To keep the seal of the Lodge and to affix 
 the same, with his attestation, to all papers issued 
 under its authority or in obedience to the require- 
 ments of the Constitution and Regulations of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 6th. To transmit to the Grand Secretary, im- 
 mediately after each election and installation in the 
 Lodge, a certificate thereof in the form prescribed 
 in Section 249. 
 
 7th. To transmit to the Grand Secretary the an- 
 nual report required in Section 80, in such form as 
 shall be provided and 
 
 8th. To report to the Grand Secretary, imme- 
 diately after their occurrence, all rejections for 
 the degrees, expulsions, suspensions, and restora- 
 tions, in the forms provided in Section 241. 
 
 9th. To execute and file with the Master within 
 fifteen days after his installation an official bond 
 in such penal sum and with such sureties as shall 
 be approved by the Master, conditioned that he 
 will faithfully perform the duties of his office as 
 prescribed by the Constitution of the Grand Lodge 
 and the By-Laws of his Lodge. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 150a. The Master has no power to order the Secretary to 
 make changes in his approved minutes. (1896, p. 570.) 
 
 150b. The minutes must furnish a complete history of 
 the transactions of the Lodge. Every action must appear, 
 aud where the Constitution or Regulations require a pre-
 
 127 CONSTITUTION § 150 
 
 scribed course to be pursued the minutes must show that 
 such course has been followed, not by stating a mere con- 
 clusion, but by a plain statement of the facts whence the 
 conclusion follows. (1881, p. 204.) 
 
 150c. The records should show that bills have been 
 referred to the auditing committee. (1887, p. 189.) 
 
 150d. The Secretary performs the letter of his duty 
 when he is ready to deliver his books and report to the 
 committee appointed to examine them at the place of 
 keeping. The committee has not the power to summons 
 him to appear elsewhere. (1879, p. 169.) 
 
 150e. He can make no charge for acting as Secretary 
 of a trial commission for a case transferred to his Lodge. 
 (1893, pp. 13, 222.) (See also 207, post.) 
 
 150f. The Lodge is bound by his receipt for dues, 
 even if it was given to pav a private debt of the Secretary. 
 (1387, p. 21.) 
 
 150g. He should pay over to the Treasurer the funds 
 coming to him as fast as they are received. (1893, p. 511.) 
 
 150h. If he neglects his duties and fails to account 
 for money received the Master should suspend him, and 
 cause charges to be preferred against him. (1878, p. 412; 
 1885, p. 248.) 
 
 150i. No leniency will be shown Secretaries in default 
 to their Lodges. (1865, p. 102.) 
 
 The folloAving are held to be offenses: 
 
 IBOj. Suppressing a paper while acting as Secretary. 
 (1874, p. 184.) 
 
 150k. Allowin? a person not a member of the Lodge to 
 see his books. (1871, p. 163.) But it is not a Masonic 
 offense to allow his books to be inspected by a Master 
 Mason in good standing other than a member of his Lodge. 
 (1914, pp. 24, 129.) 
 
 1501. The Secretary may donate for social or charitable 
 purposes such amount of his compensation for services from 
 the Lodge as he sees fit. (1914, pp. 25, 129.) 
 
 Grand Secretary: Sec. 50 — 53. 
 Impress of Seal required: Sec. 84. 
 Lodge responsible for neglect: Sec. 92. 
 Objection, duty of Secretary to report: Sec. 108. 
 One denied advancement to be carried on roll : Sec. 
 llle. 
 
 Xot to serve as commissioner: Sec. 197d.
 
 J 150-151 CONSTITUTION 128 
 
 Keadihg names of delinquents: Sec. 118k. 
 Suspension for Non-payment of Dues: Sees. 117, 
 120. 
 
 To notify visiting Lodge: Sec. 125f. 
 Uniform receipts for dues: Sec. 128. 
 Duty at Trials: Sec. 188 et seq. 
 Trial Kecord to be kept secret: Sec. 205d. 
 Trial, duty on restoration: Sec. 210. 
 Master to approve minutes: Sec. 143. 
 
 Secretary — Lodge Books. 
 
 Sec. 151. He shall keep the following books of 
 the Lodge, in such forms as may be provided: — 
 
 1st. A Record Book, in which he shall record 
 all the transactions of the Lodge, proper to be 
 written, after the same shall have been approved: 
 
 2d. A Book of By-Laws, for the signatures of 
 the members in the order of their admission, in 
 which he shall see that each member at once signs 
 his name in full: 
 
 3d. A Eoll Book, in which he shall record, upon 
 pages alphabetically arranged, the full name or 
 names of all belonging to the Lodge; the dates of 
 their initiation, passing, raising, or affiliation; the 
 name, number and location of the Lodges of which 
 those affiliated last were members; the age and 
 occupation of each when received; and the dates 
 of their withdrawal, expulsion, suspension, death, 
 or restoration: and 
 
 4th. A Register, to be kept in the Tiler's room, 
 in which all members shall record their names, and 
 all visitors shall record their names, and the names,
 
 129 CONSTITUTION J 152-153 
 
 numbers, and locations of their respective Lodges, 
 before entering the Lodge. 
 
 151a. Officers and visitors do not sufficiently record 
 their names in the Tiler's register by signing in lead pencil. 
 (1912, p. 14.) 
 
 151b. A card record of visitors is required. (Approved 
 report of Grand Lecturer, 1917.) 
 
 Secretary — Account books. 
 
 Sec. 152. He shall also keep such Account Books 
 as may be necessary to present clearly the account 
 of each member with the Lodge, the receipts of the 
 Secretary, and his payments to the Treasurer; and 
 shall preserve the Books of Constitutions and Reg- 
 ulations of the Grand Lodge, which may from time 
 to time be published, together with all the printed 
 Proceedings thereof as promulgated by its order. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 Of the Appointed Officers. 
 
 Sec. 153. Duties. 
 
 Duties. 
 
 Section 153. The Deacons, Tiler, and other ap- 
 pointed officers shall perform such duties, consonant 
 with the usages of the Craft and appertaining to 
 their respective offices, as may be required by the 
 by-laws or directed by the Master. 
 
 Appointive officers of Grand Lodge: Sec. 58 — 69.
 
 S 154 CONSTITUTION 130 
 
 PART V. 
 Of Individual Masons. 
 
 Article I. Of Membership in a Lodge: Sees. 154 — 
 161. 
 II. Of Rights, Duties, Prohibitions, and Lia- 
 bilities. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of Membership in a Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 154. How acquired. 
 
 155. Degrees — Keceiviiig in another Lodge — Con- 
 
 sent — Waiver. 
 
 156. Member, right to attend meetings. 
 
 157. Dual membership. 
 
 158. How terminated. 
 
 159. Withdrawal — Recommendatory certificate. 
 
 160. Member of defunct Lodge, status of. 
 
 161. Certificate of standing — Affiliation. 
 
 How acquired. 
 
 Section 154. One may acquire membership in a 
 Lodge — 
 
 1st. By having regularly received the degree of 
 Master Mason therein: 
 
 2d. By having been duly elected for affiliation 
 therewith and complying with the conditions 
 thereof: 
 
 3d. By having been named in a dispensation for 
 a new Lodge as one of the petitioners therefor: and 
 
 4th, By the consolidation into one Lodge of two 
 or more Lodges, of one of which he was a member, 
 in the manner pre.scribed in Section 91. 
 
 Begnlations. 
 15ia. There cannot be honorary membership. (1862, 
 p. 376.) 
 
 154b. The By Laws, Art. IV, Sec. 3, require each member
 
 131 CONSTITUTION § 154-155 
 
 raised or affiliating to sign them, but it has been decided 
 that one becomes a member by receiving the third degree 
 or by election, if affiliating, and that the failure to sign 
 the by-laws does not forfeit the membership without a 
 trial. (1862, p. 377; 1908, pp. 38, 119.) 
 
 15ic. A candidate who takes the obligation of the 
 third degree and in the progress of the following ceremony 
 is suddenly stricken so ill as to require his immediate re- 
 moval from the Lodge, and continues so ill that further 
 ceremonies cannot be observed, is entitled to all the con- 
 sideration and attention given members, but cannot sit in 
 the Lodge until further instructed. (1881, pp. 16, 658.) 
 
 Application for degrees: See. 94 et seq. 
 
 Application for affiliation: Sec. 122, 161. 
 
 Balloting on Candidates for degrees: Sec. 102 et 
 seq. 
 
 Life membership, how acquired: Sec. 129. 
 
 Eights, duties, prohibitions and liabilities, 162 
 et seq. Also 770. 
 
 Suspension of members: Sec. 166 — 167. 
 
 Withdrawal of Member. Sec. 158—161. 
 
 Degrees — Receiving in another Lodge — Consent — 
 Waiver. 
 Sec. 155. One elected to receive the three de- 
 grees, in a Lodge in this jurisdiction or under the 
 jurisdiction of any other Grand Body recognized as 
 legitimate by this Grand Lodge, may receive the 
 degrees or any of them in another Lodge upon the 
 request of such first-named Lodge, attested, if it be 
 under the jurisdiction of any other Grand Body, 
 by the Grand Secretary thereof, under its seal. In 
 which case no petition, reference or ballot is re- 
 quired in the Lodge conferring the degree or de- 
 grees, and he will be a member of the requesting 
 Lodge. No fee shall be demanded therefor. An 
 Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft may, after re-
 
 I 156 CONSTITUTION 182 
 
 ceiving a waiver of jurisdiction from his Lodge, peti- 
 tion another Lodge for the remaining degrees or de- 
 gree, accompanying it with the fees required there- 
 for, and, if elected, after the usual reference and 
 ballot, and after receiving the degrees or degree 
 therein, he shall become a member of the Lodge 
 conferring upon him the degree of Master Mason. 
 Regulations. 
 
 156a. As to conferring degrees by request, the Lodge 
 doing so cannot construe the request into a waiver, and the 
 brother is a member of the requesting Lodge. (1899, pp. 
 26, 274.) 
 
 155b. The Lodge may refuse to confer the degrees by 
 request unless reimbursed for its reasonable expenses. 
 (1899, pp. 19, 274; 1901, pp. 17, 311.) 
 
 155c. The rules of physical qualifications of the juris- 
 diction of the requesting Lodge apply, but if the candidate 
 appears disqualified under our law a distinct ruling from 
 that Lodge should be had, (1900, pp. 642, 900.) 
 
 155d. As to the waiver of jurisdiction: The waiver does 
 not take effect until the candidate has been elected. If 
 rejected, he remains material of the Lodge granting the 
 waiver. (1897, p. 241.) 
 
 155e. In case of a Lodge which has ceased to exist, 
 a certificate, under seal of the Grand Lodge creating it that 
 the Lodge was legally established under its laws and that 
 the records of such Lodge show that the Entered Appren- 
 tice or Fellow Craft received the degree or degrees claimed 
 therein may be used instead of the waiver herein prescribed. 
 (1900, pp. 867, 868.) 
 
 155f. The request to another Lodge to confer a de- 
 gree or degrees must be made by the first-named Lodge and 
 not by the Master thereof; but the irregularity in the pro- 
 ceedings may be cured by a subsequent approval of the Mas- 
 ter's action by the Lodge. (1912, pp. 153, 154.) 
 
 155g. A dimit legally issued to an Entered Apprentice or 
 Fellow Oaft by a Lodge under a jurisdiction recognized as 
 legitimate, may be accepted as a waiver of jurisdiction by 
 the Lodge issuing it. (1913, pp. 77, 162.) 
 
 Who may object: See. llld. See Sec. 113. 
 
 As to conferring degrees by request of a foreign 
 Lodge upon one made in violation of Section 124: 
 Sec. 124f. 
 
 See Sec. 95i.
 
 133 CONSTITUTION } 156-159 
 
 Member, right to attend meetings. 
 
 Sec. 156. A member of a Lodge is at all times 
 entitled to be present and participate in its pro- 
 ceedings while he conducts himself with due order 
 and propriety, but for a breach of the rules of pro- 
 priety the Master may refuse him admission thereto 
 or exclude him therefrom, and he should refuse ad- 
 mission to any member who presents himself in a 
 state of intoxication. 
 
 Begulatlon. 
 
 156a. Smoking in the Lodge room during the con- 
 ferring of degrees is not proper. (1912, p. 151.) 
 
 Visitor, right to attend meetings: See. 125. 
 Member not to record name in pencil: Sec. 151a. 
 Drunkenness an offense: Sec. 167b. 
 
 Dual membership. 
 
 Sec. 157. No Mason shall be a member of more 
 than one Lodge at the same time. 
 
 Membership — How terminated. 
 
 Sec. 158. Membership in a Lodge can be termin- 
 ated only 
 
 1st. By the dissolution of a Lodge: 
 
 2d. By the consolidation of the Lodge with an- 
 other Lodge or other Lodges. 
 
 3d. By voluntary withdrawal therefrom, after 
 proper notice given: and 
 
 4th. By death, suspension, or expulsion. 
 
 Withdrawal — Recommendatory certificate. 
 
 Sec. 159. A member of a Lodge, in good standing 
 and whose dues are paid, may withdraw therefrom
 
 ! 159 160 CONSTITUTION 134 
 
 at any time by giving notice of his intention so to 
 do at a stated meeting, and he may receive a cer- 
 tificate of the fact of such withdrawal, in the form 
 prescribed in Section 243, but no recommendatory 
 certificate shall be given him except by a vote of 
 a majority of the memljors of the Lodge then 
 present. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 159a. The mere fact that charges have been preferred, 
 or directed by the Lodsie to be preferred, does not deprive 
 the member of his right to withdraw, but that after with- 
 drawal charges mav be preferred in the Lodge having juris- 
 diction. (1879, pp. 21, 274.) 
 
 159b. The moment the member announces his intention 
 to withdraw, his dues being paid, his membership ceases, 
 and it can onlv be regained by aflfiliation in the prescribed 
 manner. (1864, pp. 251, 354; 1877, p. 181; 1912, p. 151.) 
 
 159c. A dimit granted without legal notice on the part 
 of the member is void and of no effect. (1878, p. 621; 
 1383, pp. 18, 278.) 
 
 159d. If the Master resigns and withdraws, the Senior 
 Warden should sign the dimit. (1869, p. 114.) 
 
 159e. Those not voting on the issuance of a recommenda- 
 tory certificate are presumed to assent, and the motion may 
 be declared carried although only three voted in favor and 
 one against. (1884, pp. 566, 738.) 
 
 159f. One whose dimit is lost, is entitled to a dupli- 
 cate thereof, dated as of the original date, which only 
 entitles him to the rights he had under the original. (1900, 
 pp. 641, 899.) 
 
 159g. No vote of the Lodge is required to issue « 
 dimit, but a vote is necessary for a recommendatory certifi- 
 cate. If the Lodge assume to vote on the issuance of the 
 dimit and afterwards reconsiders its vote, this does not take 
 away the power of the Master to issue the dimit. (1912, p. 
 151.) 
 
 159h, Notice of intention to withdraw, contemplates 
 reading of such notice, if in writing, at a stated meeting. 
 (1917, pp. 281, 511.) 
 
 Affiliation: Sees. 122, 99 et seq. 
 Member of defunct Lodge, status of. 
 
 Sec. 160. All Masons who were members in good 
 standing of a Lodge at the date of the surrender of
 
 135 CONSTITUTION S 160-161 
 
 its charter, and whose dues shall have been paid, 
 are entitled to and may receive from the Grand 
 Secretary a certificate of that fact, which certifi- 
 cate shall have the same effect as the regular recom- 
 mendatory certificate of withdrawal issued by an 
 existing Lodge. 
 Certificate of standing — Affiliation. 
 
 Sec. 161. A member in good standing whose 
 dues are paid, who desires to affiliate with another 
 Lodge, may apply for, and receive from the Secre- 
 tary of the Lodge of which he is a member, a duly 
 attested certificate of his standing. By presenting 
 such a certificate with his petition, a member may 
 apply for affiliation with another Lodge in the 
 manner prescribed in Section 98. If such applicant 
 be elected to affiliate with a Lodge he can become 
 a member thereof, only, after the issuance of a cer- 
 tificate of his withdrawal, which shall be immediate- 
 ly issued upon due notice of his election from the 
 Lodge with which he desires to affiliate. (As amend- 
 ed 1919.) 
 
 Upon the granting by the Grand Master of a dis- 
 pensation for the formation of a new Lodge the 
 membership of any signer of the petition therefor 
 in any other Lodge in this jurisdiction, from which 
 he has not already withdrawn, shall ipso facto 
 cease; provided, however, that he shall never- 
 theless be liable for and shall pay to such Lodge 
 such unpaid dues as may have accrued between the 
 date of his certificate of standing in such Lodge and 
 the date of the granting of such dispensation. A 
 certificate of standing in lieu of dimit may be re- 
 ceived with the petition for the formation of a new 
 Lodge only when it eminates from some Lodge of 
 this jurisdiction. (As amended 1915.)
 
 I 101 103 CONSTITUTION 116 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 161a. The certificate need not be directed to any Lodpe. 
 (1909, p. 125.) 
 
 1611). The brother must pay dues to the old Lodge 
 accruing between the issuing of the certificate and the 
 issuance of the dimit. (1905, p. 205.) 
 
 (See also Section 128 ante note c.) 
 
 161c. A receipt for dues, under seal of the Lodge, may, 
 in the option of a Lodge of this jurisdiction, be received 
 as a certificate of standing under Sec. 161 of tho Constitu- 
 tion. (1915, p. 512.) 
 
 (A receipt for dues must not be accepted with an appli- 
 cation from a Mason of another grand jurisdiction.) 
 
 Affiliation: Sec. 122. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 Of Bights, Duties, Prohibitions, and Liabilities. 
 
 Sec.162. Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts. 
 
 163. Relief, who entitled to. 
 
 164. Burial, who entitled to — Expenses — Reimburse- 
 
 ment. 
 
 165. Membership, duty to retain — How forfeited — 
 
 Restoration. 
 
 166. Non-payment of dues, penalty for. 
 
 167. Penalty for violation of Masonic law. 
 
 Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts. 
 
 Section 162. Entered Apprentices and Fellow 
 Crafts have only the right to sit in the Lodge in 
 which they received the degree or degrees when 
 open in a degree taken by them, and the right to 
 advancement therein after passing satisfactorily 
 a strict examination in open Lodge. They are not 
 required to pay any dues and are not entitled to 
 vote or speak in the Lodge, nor are they entitled 
 to burial with Masonic honors, nor are they or their 
 widows or orphans entitled to relief from the
 
 137 CONSTITUTION | IflJ 
 
 funds of the Lodge. They cannot, acting in a 
 Lodge, open in the degree taken, exercise any con- 
 trol over the funds of the Lodge for charity, or for 
 any other purpose. They cannot withdraw from 
 their Lodge or apply for membership or advance- 
 ment in another Lodge without a waiver of jurisdic- 
 tion. Charges may be preferred against them for 
 offenses committed, which shall be made in the 
 same manner and tried by a commission of Master 
 Masons elected as prescribed in Article IV, Part VI, 
 hereof. If found guilty the same punishment may 
 be inflicted as is prescribed in the Article last 
 named, and they may appeal in like manner as is 
 set forth therein, 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE: This is inserted because the 
 number of regulations and decisions dealing with the rights 
 of Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts show that, 
 although theoretically their rights might be left to be 
 governed by the ritual, yet that there is a real necessity for 
 incorporating some section governing them in this article, 
 dealing as it does with individual rights, duties, prohibi- 
 tions and liabilities. 
 
 In the above section it is set forth, and properly so, 
 that Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts have only the 
 right to sit in the Lodge in which they received the degree 
 or degrees, when open in a degree taken by them. This is 
 based upon Mackey's Jurisprudence and it is unquestion- 
 ably the law. It is, however, true that Entered Apprentices 
 and Fellow Crafts sometimes visit other Lodges when 
 accompanied by Master Masons belonging to their own 
 Lodge, and it is thought proper to explain a little mort 
 fully this portion of the section. 
 
 Master Masons have a right to visit, even though it be 
 a qualified one, and if they do visit they are admitted 
 because of their own right. An Entered Apprentice or 
 Fellow Craft, however, has not this right. If the Lodge 
 permits him to visit it must be done without examination 
 and simply as a courtesy shown to the Lodge in which he 
 rt^ceived the degree or to the Master Mason accompanying 
 him.
 
 S 162 163 CONSTITUTION ItS 
 
 Entered Apprentices or Fellow Crafts elected in 
 another Lodge must be examined before advance- 
 ment: Sec. 112f. 
 
 Dimit of Entered Apprentice or Fellow Criift: 
 Sees. 113b, 155f. 
 
 Membership in Lodges, 154 et seq. 
 
 Right of Mason to visit: Sec. 125. 
 
 Entered Apprentices cannot testify on honor: Sec. 
 201a. 
 
 Relief, who entitled to. 
 
 Sec. 163. Every Master Mason in good standing, 
 his widow and orphans, when in distress, has and 
 have the right to ask for and receive relief from the 
 Lodge of which such Master Mason is, or was, a 
 member, or from the Lodge within whose juris- 
 diction he is, or they, or any of them, may be, or 
 from any Master Mason able to bestow the same. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 163a. The right of relief is absolute, regardless of 
 whether the jurisdiction from which the applicant hails re- 
 imburses it or not. (1886, p. 681; 1899, pp. 25, 274.) 
 
 163b. It is proper to advance a member money to pay 
 the funeral expenses of his sou when he is unable to pay 
 them. (1895, pp. 18, 263.) 
 
 163c. When a brother applies for relief the only ques- 
 tions are: Is he in good standing and in actual distress? 
 It is no time to discuss whether he is worthy or not or 
 whether or not the distress is caused by his own dissipa- 
 tion or extravagance. (1877, p. 186.) 
 
 163d. The widow of a Master Mason, who was in 
 good standing at the time of his death, but whose Lodge 
 has surrendered its charter, becomes a charge, if in dis- 
 tress, upon the Lodge within whose jurisdiction she resides. 
 (1896, p. 570.) 
 
 163e. So long as she remains his widow. (1899, pp. 19, 
 274.) 
 
 163f. She is not entitled to relief if his dimit has ex- 
 pired. (1895, pp. 17, 262.)
 
 139 CONSTITUTION 5 163 
 
 163g. Nor if able to support herself. (1897, p. 239.) 
 
 163h. Nor when there is no evidence of a legal marriage. 
 (1897, p. 239.) 
 
 1631. The daughter of a Master Mason in good stand- 
 ing, whether of tender or mature years, is entitled to relief. 
 (1893, pp. 12, 220.) 
 
 163j. Notwithstanding she is the widow of one not a 
 Mason. (1899, pp. 24, 274.) 
 
 163k. And notwithstanding she is married to one not a 
 Mason or to a Mason dimited or out of standing who has 
 deserted her or does not support her. (1899, pp. 26, 274; 
 1908, pp. 38, 119.) 
 
 1631. A worthy Master Mason and his widow and or- 
 phans in distress are entitled to relief, though he is or was 
 dimited or non-affiliated, if in good standing. (1862, p. 355; 
 1897, p. 240.) 
 
 163m. The family of a suicide have the same claim for 
 relief as if death had not been caused by his own act. 
 (1880, p. 419.) 
 
 163n. Every member has a right, at any meeting, to move 
 that the Lodge relieve the distress of its own members. 
 (1877, p. 186.) 
 
 163o. The moneys given for relief cannot be charged 
 against the members as dues. (1898, pp. 597, 852.) 
 
 163p. The son of a Master Mason, after he has passed 
 the age of majority, or the sister or mother of a Master 
 Mason, is not entitled, as a matter of right, to Masonic 
 charity; but certain conditions may prevail where such son, 
 sister or mother, being helpless and incompetent to sustain 
 themselves, and dependent upon the brother for support, 
 and the brother being unable to extend relief to them, the 
 Lodge may. by extending relief to the son. sister or mother, 
 relieve the brother himself. (1913, pp. 77, 162.) 
 
 163q. The word orphan as used in Sec. 163 means the 
 son or daughter of a deceased Master Mason. No distinc- 
 tion should be made in extending Masonic charity to a de- 
 ceased Mason's son or daughter, except that in the event 
 the son has reached his majority, and he not being a Mason, 
 he is not entitled, as a matter of right, to apply to a 
 Masonic Lodge for assistance; but the daughter of a de- 
 ceased Master Mason, irrespective of her age and whether 
 or not she is married, if in distress, is entitled as a matter 
 of right, so to apply. (1915, pp. 294, 382. 428.) (1916, 
 p. 153.) 
 
 Boards of Relief: Sec. 83. 
 
 See also Sec. 88ni.
 
 I 184 CONSTITUTION 140 
 
 Burial, who entitled to — Expenses — Reimbursement. 
 
 Sec. 164. To constitute burial with Masonic hon- 
 ors the funeral service authorized by the Grand 
 Lodge must be used. The Lodge may be opened 
 in due form in the Lodgeroom, or the Master may 
 call the members of his Lodge together at the 
 place designated for the funeral, there put on the 
 proper regalia and conduct the funeral without the 
 necessity of a formal opening of the Lodge; in 
 which case the Secretary shall note in the minutes 
 of the next stated meeting the fact that the funeral 
 has been conducted by the Lodge. No Lodge shall 
 attend any funeral or take part in any funeral ser- 
 vice or procession unless it is under the direction of 
 the Grand Lodge, the Lodge itself, or another Ma- 
 sonic Lodge. The Lodge conducting the service 
 shall assign such positions as may seem to it proper 
 to other Masonic Lodges and to other societies. Ev- 
 ery Master Mason who dies in good standing ia 
 entitled to burial with Masonic honors, regardless 
 of the disposition which is to be made of his re- 
 mains. It is the duty of the Lodge within whose 
 jurisdiction such an one dies to bury him and to 
 pay the necessary expenses of the burial of such of 
 its members as die in financial circumstances re- 
 quiring it, and to reimburse any other Lodge for the 
 expense incurred by it in suitably burying such 
 members. No Lodge shall, by by-law or otherwise, 
 fix in advance the amount to be paid for such 
 burial. The Lodge may, in its discretion, bury a 
 member suspended for non-payment of dues if there 
 be no other Masonic offense established against 
 him, but it shall not pay the expenses of the buriaL 
 The Master and Wardens may determine as to the 
 propriety of burying a suicide with such honors.
 
 CONSTITUTION i 164 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE: In the body of this Section it is 
 provided, that "No Lodge shall attend any funeral or take 
 part in any funeral service or procession unless it is under 
 the direction of the Grand Lodge, the Lodge itself, or an- 
 other Masonic Lodge.'' This correctly states the law of this 
 jurisdiction, but when we adopt this law as a part of our 
 Constitution we naturally take it subject to the explanations 
 heretofore given and also with the construction of the law 
 heretofore placed on it, and, therefore, it must be now un- 
 derstood that this constitutional provision does not prevent 
 the Lodge from commencing the funeral service in its hall, 
 and, where desired by the family or friends, accompanying 
 the remains to the church and there assisting in the proper 
 church services, and upon the conclusion of them, convey- 
 ing the remains to the place of burial, and there, in accord- 
 ance with Masonic usage, conclude the services and con- 
 sign the remains to the grave. (1891, pp. 17, 215.) (1916, 
 p. 27.) 
 
 It may also be added that this Section only forbids the 
 Ivodge, as a Lodge, from taking part in such services. The 
 members may, as individuals, attend any other service, 
 but not in Masonic clothing. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 164a. It is the duty of the Lodge to attend the funeral 
 of its members or other Master Masons within its juris- 
 diction buried by it, and the ilaster may compel the mem- 
 bers to attend by summons. (1904, p. 1084.) 
 
 164b. A brother who applies for affiliation and dies be- 
 fore action is taken is entitled to burial. (1887, p. 21.) 
 
 164c. As is a non-affiliate in good standing. (1882, 
 
 pp. 441, 687.) 
 
 164d. A Master Mason who retains his membership in 
 another State, although permanently residing here, should 
 be buried by the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he dies. 
 (1884, pp. 565, 736.) 
 
 164e. Regardless of whether the expenses will be repaid 
 or not. (Idem). 
 
 164f. A Lodge should not bury one whose dimit has 
 expired several years before or had expired at all. (1905, 
 p. 115; 1912, p. 149.) 
 
 164g. One who pays the expense of burying a sojourning 
 Mason cannot demand as a right that his brethren con- 
 tribute. (1861, p. 58.) 
 
 164h. Where Masonic burial was tendered but refused 
 by the widow, the Lodge might with propriety refuse to 
 pay the expense. (1879, pp. 20, 154.)
 
 S 164 165 CONSTITUTION 141 
 
 1641. The Lodge whose member dies in the Masonic 
 Home must pay the expense of the funeral, (1900, pp. 
 644, 902; 1905, p. 110.) 
 
 164j. Where a Mason suspended for non-payment of 
 dues reinstates himself, charges would not excuse the 
 Lodge from burying him. (1887, p. 21.) 
 
 164k. The Master should, at the request of any num- 
 ber of brothers, call the Lodge together to decide whether 
 or not a member suspended for non-payment of dues, no 
 other o^ense being established against him should be 
 buried with Masonic honors. (1887, p. 22.) 
 
 1641. The Master should carry his gavel at funerals. 
 (1874, p. 466.) 
 
 164m. In the absence of the Master and Wardens, the 
 Lodge cannot be opened for the burial of a deceased 
 brother; but any Mason mav, on such an occasion, read the 
 burial service. (1879, p. 190; 1884, p. 736.) 
 
 164n. It is only a question of propriety for a Past 
 Master of this jurisdiction to open the Lodge and conduct 
 the funeral services while wearing the uniform of a Knight 
 Templar; there is no violation of any law or regulation of 
 Masonry in so doing. (1915, pp. 288, 381.) 
 
 1640. Out of respect to the wishes of the deceased, and 
 as a courtesy to another fraternal organization, the Master 
 might properly request the other organization to render its 
 service or a part of it, it being understood that the Masonic 
 Lodge shall have charge of and conclude the service. (1916, 
 p. 27.) 
 
 164p. It is proper to hold Masonic services over the 
 ashes of a brother whose body has been cremated. (1916, 
 p. 158.) 
 
 164(1. When a funeral is conducted in the Lodge room, 
 the Lodge must be formally opened. (1917, p. 281.) 
 
 Opening of Lodge: Sec. 78. 
 
 Resolutions of respect for deceased members: 
 Sec. 77k. 
 
 Grand Master not authorized to give dispensation 
 to bury certain dimited Masons: Sec. 43, 165. 
 
 Membership, duty to retain — How forfeited — Res- 
 toration. 
 
 Sec. 165. It is the duty of every Master Mason 
 to be a member of some Lodge, and every non-af-
 
 143 CONSTITUTION 5 165 
 
 filiated Mason who, having resided six months within 
 this jurisdiction, shall refuse or neglect to make ap- 
 plication for membership to some Lodge therein^ 
 shall be deemed unworthy of Masonic considera- 
 tion, and shall not be entitled to nor be the re- 
 cipient of any of the rights, privileges, or charities 
 of the Order. Such of them as desire to restore 
 themselves by affiliation, may do so upon payment 
 of a sum equivalent to six months' dues of the 
 Lodge to which they shall apply, which shall be- 
 come the property of the Lodge whether the appli- 
 cant be elected or rejected, in addition to the affili- 
 ation fee, if any required by the by-laws, which 
 affiliation fee shall be returned if the applicant be 
 rejected; provided, that if any such non-affiliated 
 Mason shall refuse or neglect to so apply for a 
 period of more than two years, he shall be restored 
 to Masonic rights only upon his election to member- 
 ship by the Lodge to which he may apply, and if his 
 application be rejected by any Lodge, such Lodge 
 shall return to him all amounts paid by him at the 
 time of such application. Provided, further, that a 
 Mason demitted from another jurisdiction who is 
 not in good standing therein at the time he enters^ 
 or becomes a resident of this jurisdiction, shall ini 
 no case be entitled to any Masonic rights or privi- 
 leges unless and until he shall be elected a member 
 of some lodge in this jurisdiction, or shall be re- 
 stored to membership by the jurisdiction from which 
 he holds his demit. (As amended 1916.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 165a. The six months prescribed herein do not begin to 
 run until the non-aflEiliate becomes a resident of the juris- 
 diction of the Grand Lodge. The date of the dimit is imma- 
 terial (1P08. pT). 37. 119: 1899, pp. 25. 274; 1909, 
 p. 121. Void since amendment of 1916.)
 
 { 165-166 CONSTITUTION 144 
 
 165b. A non aflfiliate, who, within the six months' 
 period, makes application to a Lodge for membership, is 
 kept in standing for another six months by the application, 
 although he is rejected, and by new application every six 
 months he can keep himself in standing indefinitely; and 
 it is only when he has allowed six months to elapse with- 
 out application that he loses his standing and is in need 
 of restoration. (This does not apply to a non-affiliate com- 
 ing from another grand jurisdiction,) 
 
 165c. A non-affiliate cannot keep himself in standing by 
 paying dues to a Lodge here or elsewhere. (1895, pp. 20, 
 264; 1888, pp. 454, 674.) 
 
 165d. Members in good standing, when their Lodge 
 is declared extinct, are non-affiliates and are subject to 
 the provisions of this section. (1886, p. 674; 1899, p. 20, 
 274.) 
 
 Grand Master not authorized to give dispensa- 
 tion to bury Masons not complying with this sec- 
 tion: Sec. 43. 
 
 Petition for affiliation: Sec. 122. 
 
 Charges against non-affiliated Masons: Sees. 188, 
 188f. 
 
 Charges against one dimiting to go into saloon 
 business: Sec. 129Ab. 
 
 Non-payment of dues, penalty for. 
 
 Sec. 166. For non-payment of his dues a mem- 
 ber may be suspended from all the rights and priv- 
 ileges of Masonry, in the manner provided in Sec- 
 tions 117 and 118. 
 
 Regulations. 
 166a. Suspension for non-payment of dues is absolute 
 suspension; the only difference between it and suspension 
 for cause being the method of restoration. (1860, p. 381.) 
 
 166b. One suspended for non-payment of dues cannot 
 petition for the degrees, but must first be restored, secure a 
 dimit, and if he wishes apply for membership. (1895, pp. 
 18, 263.)
 
 145 CONSTITUTION S 166-167 
 
 Procedure suspension for non-payment, of dues* 
 Sees. 117—118. 
 
 Suspension defined: Sec. 229. 
 
 Penalty for violation of Masonic law. 
 
 Sec. 167. For any violation of the Ancient Land- 
 marks of the Order, of the Constitution or Kegula- 
 tions of the Grand Lodge, of the by-laws of his 
 Lodge, or of any portion of the Masonic or mora] 
 law, a member, or any other Mason within the juris- 
 diction of a Lodge, may be reprimanded, suspended, 
 or expelled, in the manner provided in Art. IV, 
 Part VI. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 167a. Suspension or expulsion in a Royal Arch Chapter, 
 Commandery of Knights Templar, or in the Scottish Rite, 
 does not operate as suspension or expulsion in the Lodge. 
 (1854, p. 333.) 
 
 (For offenses by officers, trial commissioners, etc., ex- 
 amine the various annotations under the appropriate sec- 
 tions). 
 
 167b. The following is an alphabetical list of matters 
 held to constitute or not to constitute Masonic offenses. 
 
 The following being held offenses: 
 
 1. Abusive language. (1863, p. 383; 1870, pp. 427, 
 428, 447; 1871, p. 159.) 
 
 2. Adultery. (1878, p. 576.) 
 
 3. Business, subordinating Masonry to. (1895, p. 215.) 
 
 4. Civil law, violating. (1875, p. 173; 1887, p. 175.) 
 
 5. Crime before initiation. (1871, p. 152.) 
 
 6. Cutting a brother. (1871, p. 159.) 
 
 7. Declaring unbelief in God. (1900, pp. 644, 942.) 
 
 8. Defrauding a brother. (1872, p. 426; 1870, pp. 428, 
 429; 1872, p. 564; 1873, p. 200.) 
 
 9. Desertion of wife and family. (1905, p. 136.) 
 
 10. Divulging contents of trial record. (1915, pp, 297, 
 381.) 
 
 11. Disobeying the Master's gavel. (1864, p. 373;
 
 § 167 CONSTITUTION 146 
 
 1885. p. 204; 1873. p. 222; 1879, p. 165; 1882, p. 652; 
 1885, p. 203.) 
 
 12. Divulging the secrets of the Lodge. (1869, p. 115; 
 1870, p. 425; 1882, pp. 442. 686; By-Laws, Art. XI, Sec. 1.) 
 
 13. Drunkenness. (1870. p. 447; 1872, pp. 564, 585; 
 1873, p. 200; 1875, p. 132; 1876, p. 578; 1887, p. 193; 
 1900, p. 862; no excuse for offense: 1867, p. 112.) 
 
 14. Dueling. (1854. p. 313; 1855, p. 114.) 
 
 15. Electioneering as to Grand Lodge officers. (1868, 
 p. 390; 1893, pp. 252, 253; 1904, pp. 1079, 1080.) 
 
 16. Emblems, Masonic, use in business. (1854, p. 314; 
 1873, p. 221; 1880, p. 564.) 
 
 17. Emblems, Masonic, use on ball ticket. (1896, p. 
 570.) 
 
 18. Embezzlement. (1871, p. 187.) 
 
 19. Failure to repay the Lodge money borrowed from it 
 under a pledge to repay it if he could earn the money, by 
 one who afterwards earns money and has ability to repay 
 the amount. (1915, p. 510.) 
 
 20. Falsifying Lodge records. (1874, p. 591.) 
 
 21. Fighting a brother. (1875, p. 133.) 
 
 22. Gambling. (1864, p. 348; 1872, p. 564.) 
 
 23. Ill-fame, frequenting house of. (1887, p. 205.) 
 
 24. Immoral conduct. (1871, p. 160.) 
 
 25. Language unbecoming a gentleman or Mason. (1870, 
 p. 426; 1871, p. 159.) 
 
 26. Lewd women, consorting with. (1887, p. 205.) 
 
 27. Majority, not submitting to will of. (1873, p. 210.) 
 
 28. Masonic name, using in business. (1873, p. 221; 
 1880, p. 564.) 
 
 29. Misrepresenting proceedings of Lodge. (1865, p. 
 115; 1870, p. 425.) 
 
 30. Misrepresentation in petition for degrees. (1866, 
 p. 412; 1870, p. 425.) 
 
 31. Offensive language. (1871, p. 159.) 
 
 32. Obscene letter to a Mason or his wife. (1870, p. 
 426.) 
 
 33. Personal violence to a brother. (1878, p. 578.) 
 
 34. Profanity. (1868. p. 381.) 
 
 35. Rape. (1887. p. 187.) 
 
 36. Renouncing Masonry. (1900. pp. 641, 899.) 
 
 37. Renting property, knowing it is to be used for pur- 
 poses of prostitution. (1912, pp. 157, 158.)
 
 147 CONSTITUTION I 187 
 
 38. Revealing transactions of Lodge. By-Laws, Art. XI, 
 Sec. 1. 
 
 39. Scurrilous letter to Mason or wife. (1870, p. 426.) 
 
 40. Slandering a brother or citizen. (1864, p. 355; 
 1867, p. 112; 1868, p. 419; 1869, p. 116; 1871, p. 184; 
 1873, p. 203; 1887, pp. 204, 206.) 
 
 41. Swindling a brother. (1870, p. 448; 1871, p. 185.) 
 
 42. Striking a brother. (1875, p. 133.) 
 
 43. Vile language. (1870, p. 427.) 
 
 44. Wounding a brother. (1871, p. 159.) 
 
 45. Writing out secret work. (1869, p. 118.) 
 
 46. Unbelief in God. declaring. (1900, pp. 644, 902.) 
 
 47. Use of trial records in State Court. (1915, p. 297, 
 381.) 
 
 The following being held not offenses: 
 
 1. Business difficulties. (1853, p. 256; 1864, pp. 349, 
 360; 1873, p. 201; 1865, p. 92; 1871, p. 185; 1879, p. 186; 
 1882, p. 686; 1884, p. 732; 1880, pp. 559, 582; 1887, p. 
 176; 1864, pp. 251, 349.) 
 
 2. Eastern Star, matters solely relating to. (1896, 
 p. 570.) 
 
 3. Electioneering documents if truthful. (1872, p. 539; 
 
 1873, p. 195 — probablv overruled by Proc. 1893, pp. 252, 
 253.) 
 
 4. Inability to pav debts without fraud. (1872, p. 569; 
 
 1874, p. 568; 1878, p. 604: 1882, p. 686; 1884, p. 732; 
 1887, r,. 194; 1S92, p. 686; 1894, p. 729; 1865, p. 92.) 
 
 5. Keeping a brother's secret when given in charge as 
 such. (1869, p. 169.) 
 
 6. Political differences. (1874, p. 567; 1875, p. 111.) 
 
 7. Refusing to speak to a brother. (1884, pp. 566, 
 738.) 
 
 8. Refusing to renew a note barred by the statute of 
 limitations. (1882, pp. 441, 686.) 
 
 9. Report to Grand Lodge by an officer, containing mat- 
 ters intended to influence an election, if truthful. (1872, 
 p. 559.) 
 
 Kestoration to membership: Sees. 212, 214. 
 
 Engaging in saloon business an offense, when: 
 Sec. 129A. 
 
 Barkeeping an offense, when: Sec. 129 A.
 
 I 16i OONSTITUTIOM 14$ 
 
 PART VI. 
 Of Trials, Penalties, Appeals, and Restorations. 
 
 Article I. Kelative to the Grand Master. Sees. 168 
 —174. 
 II. Kelative to Masters of Lodges. Sees. 
 175—183. 
 
 III. Relative to Lodges. Sees. 184—187. 
 
 IV. Relative to Masons Individually. Sees. 
 
 188—207. 
 V. Of Revisions, Reversals, and Restora- 
 tions. Sees. 208—215. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Relative to the Grand Master. 
 
 Sec. 168. Charges, for what may be preferred, and how. 
 
 169. Formation of Tribunal. 
 
 170. Powers of tribunal. 
 
 171. Penalty. 
 
 172. Duties of Grand Secretary. 
 
 173. Procedure at trial. 
 
 174. Expenses of tribunal. 
 
 Charges, for what may be preferred, and how. 
 
 Section 168. Charges may be preferred against 
 the Grand Master for abuse of his power, violation 
 of the Constitution or Regulations of the Grand 
 Lodge, or other unmasonic conduct, by any five 
 Masters of Lodges; which charges shall be in writ- 
 ing over their signatures, and shall be presented to 
 the last Past Grand Master of this Grand Lodge 
 who may be within the State, and who is a member 
 of a Lodge within its jurisdiction. 
 Regulation. 
 
 168a. It is competent to try the Grand Master by what 
 will comprehend a "new Regulation." (1853, p. 264; 
 1855, pp. 95, 107; Reg. of 1721. Art. XIX.)
 
 149 CONSTITUTION S 168-171 
 
 Charges against Master of Lodge and Trial: Sec. 
 175, 183. 
 
 Formation of Tribunal. 
 
 Sec. 169. Upon the presentation of such charges, 
 it shall be the duty of such Past Grand Master to 
 transmit a copy thereof to the accused, if within 
 the State, at least thirty days, and if without the 
 State, at least ninety days, before the time designa- 
 ted for the trial, together with a notification to at- 
 tend at such time and place as he may therein 
 name, which shall be one most convenient for the 
 parties; and he shall also summon four or more other 
 Past Grand Masters of this State, who shall be mem- 
 bers of Lodges therein, to assemble with him at the 
 time and place designated, and shall notify the ac- 
 cused thereof. 
 
 Powers of tribunal. 
 
 Sec. 170. The tribunal thus assembled, or any of 
 its members, shall have power to summon witnesses 
 at the request of either party; it shall receive such 
 testimony as in its judgment shall be proper, and 
 shall determine finally upon the guilt or innocence 
 of the accused; and the opinion of a majority of 
 all its members shall be the judgment of the tribunal 
 and shall be final. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Sec. 171. The only penalty inflicted shall be de- 
 privation of office; but, when thus deprived, the 
 adjudged may be amenable to his Lodge upon a 
 charge of unmasonic conduct.
 
 f 172-175 CONSTITUTION IM 
 
 Duties of Grand Secretary at Trial. 
 
 Sec. 172. The Grand Secretary shall attend at the 
 trial to keep a record of the proceedings and of the 
 judgment, which shall be filed in his office and 
 shall be presented at the next Annual Communica- 
 tion of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Procedure at trial. 
 
 Sec. 173. The proceedings at such trial, not fully 
 prescribed in this Article, shall, so far as may be 
 applicable, be in conformity with the provisions of 
 Art. IV, of this Part. 
 
 Expense of tribunal. 
 
 Sec. 174. All necessary traveling expenses of the 
 members of such tribunal shall be paid by the 
 Grand Lodge, in the same manner as those of Grand 
 Oflficers attending its Communications. 
 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 
 Relative to Masters of Lodges. 
 
 Sec. 175. 
 
 Charges, for what may be preferred, and how. 
 
 176. 
 
 Formation of Commission. 
 
 177. 
 
 Powers of commission. 
 
 178. 
 
 Adjournment. 
 
 179. 
 
 Judgment. 
 
 180. 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 181. 
 
 Procedure at trial. 
 
 182. 
 
 Record of proceedings. 
 
 183. 
 
 Appeal. 
 
 Charges, for what may be preferred, and how. 
 
 Section 175. Charges may be preferred against 
 the Master of a Lodge for abuse of his power, vio- 
 lation of the Constitution or Regulations, or unma-
 
 151 CONSTITUTION 5 175-177 
 
 sonic conduct of any kind, by any five Master Ma- 
 sons in good standing; which charges shall be in 
 writing over their signatures, and shall be presented 
 to the Grand Lodge, if in session, or to the Grand 
 Master during the vacation. 
 
 Eegulation. 
 175a. The Constitution will not permit a Lodge to try 
 its Master. (1874, p. 589.) 
 
 Charges against Grand Master and trial: Sec. 
 168—174. 
 
 Formation of Commission. 
 
 Sec. 176. Upon the presentation of such charges, 
 the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master, as the case 
 may be, may at once appoint and summon not less 
 than three nor more than seven disinterested 
 brethren, who shall be either Masters or Past 
 Masters, to assemble as Commissioners to hear and 
 determine thereupon; and shall then summon the 
 accused to appear and answer thereunto, at such 
 time and place most convenient for the parties as 
 shall be indicated in said summons; giving him, if 
 within the jurisdiction of his Lodge, at least ten 
 days — if without that jurisdiction and within the 
 State, at least thirty days — and if without the 
 State, at least ninety days — to answer thereunto; 
 and transmitting to him also a copy of the charges. 
 
 Powers of Commission. 
 
 Sec. 177. The Commissioners, thus assembled, 
 shall choose one of their number to preside; and 
 they, or any of them, shall have power to summon 
 witnesses at the request of either party. The wit- 
 nesses, if Masons, shall testify upon their honor as
 
 i 177-181 CONSTITUTION 152 
 
 such; if not, their depositions shall be taken in 
 writing, before an officer legally authorized to ad- 
 minister oaths; and, in such case, the party re- 
 quiring such depositions shall notify the other of 
 the time and place when and where they will be 
 taken, that he may, if he choose, be present thereat. 
 
 Adjournment. 
 
 Sec. 178. The Commissioners may adjourn from 
 time to time, at their own convenience or for good 
 -cause shown by either party; provided, that the 
 period within which their duties shall be concluded 
 shall not exceed ten days, unless, for sufficient rea- 
 sons, the Grand Master shall grant them further 
 time. 
 
 Judgment. 
 
 Sec. 179. The opinion of a majority of all the 
 Commissioners shall be deemed the judgment of the 
 whole and shall be conclusive, unless an appeal be 
 taken at the next Annual Communication of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 Sec. 180. The penalties which may be inflicted by 
 such Commissioners may be either deprivation of 
 office, suspension, or expulsion, as in their judg- 
 ment shall be deemed proper. 
 
 Piocedure at trial. 
 
 Sec. 181. The proceedings at such trial, not in 
 this Article fully prescribed, shall, so far as may 
 be applicable, be in conformity with the provisions 
 of Art. IV, of this Part.
 
 153 CONSTITUTION S 182-184 
 
 Record of proceedings. 
 
 Sec. 182. The Commissioners shall keep a com- 
 plete record of their proceedings and of their judg- 
 ment, and shall transmit the same to the Grand 
 Secretary at the conclusion of the trial; and the 
 judgment shall at once be carried into effect by 
 order of the Grand Master. 
 
 Appeal. 
 
 Sec. 183. An appeal* to the Grand Lodge mav be 
 taken at its next Annual Communication, by either 
 party, if notice thereof be given to the Grand Sec- 
 retary within thirty days after the conclusion of the 
 trial. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 Relative to Lodges. 
 
 Sec.184. Cliarges, for wliat may be preferred, and hovr. 
 
 185. Formation of commission. 
 
 186. PowQTS of commission — Procedure — Penalties, 
 
 187. Appeal. 
 
 Charges, for what may be preferred, and how. 
 
 Section 184. When a controversy shall arise be- 
 tween Lodges or between a Lodge and a member or 
 members of another Lodge, charges may be preferred 
 by either party, if in good standing; which charges 
 shall be in writing and shall be presented to the- 
 Grand Lodge or Grand Master, as provided in Sec. 
 175.
 
 i 185 187 CONSTITUTION 154^ 
 
 Formation of commission. 
 
 Sec. 185. Upon the presentation of such charges, 
 not less than five nor more than seven Commissioners 
 shall be appointed and summoned, as provided in 
 Section 176, wliich Commissioners shall be Masters 
 or Wardens, and shall be selected from at least 
 three different Lodges not interested in the con- 
 troversy and most convenient to the parties; and 
 the accused party shall be summoned, with such 
 time to answer as provided in the Section last 
 quoted. 
 
 Powers of commission — Proceedure — Penalties. 
 
 Sec. 186. The Commissioners shall have power to 
 proceed, and shall keep a record of their proceed- 
 ings and judgment, in the same manner as provided 
 in Art. II, of this Part. The penalties which they 
 may inflict may be any known to Masonic usage; 
 or, if the case be one not involving a violation of 
 Masonic duty, the decision may be such special one 
 as the circumstances shall, in their judgment, war- 
 rant. 
 
 • 
 Appeal. 
 
 Sec. 187. An appeal may be taken by either party 
 to the Grand Lodge, as provided in Section 183.
 
 155 CONSTITUTION S 188 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 Relative to Masons Individually. 
 
 Sec. 188. Penal jurisdiction of a lodge. 
 
 189. Charges, how preferred — To whom presented. 
 
 190. Must be specific. 
 
 191. Charges, Lodge U. D. 
 
 192. Trial pending in courts of land — Acquittal 
 
 therein no bar — Duty after conviction in 
 court. 
 
 193. Master to pass on sufficiency of charges — When 
 
 to call special meeting. 
 
 194. Notice of meeting to elect commission. 
 
 195. Amendments to charges — Withdrawal — Striking 
 
 out. 
 
 196. Commission, how elected. 
 
 197. Disqualification of Master and commissioner. 
 
 198. Commission, time and place of meeting — Sum- 
 
 mons and notice. 
 
 199. Service of summons. 
 
 200. Who to preside — Duties of Master and Secre- 
 
 tary — Answer — Objection to commissioner 
 Vacancies — Stenographic reporter. 
 
 201. Witness, how summoned — Testimony, how 
 
 taken. 
 
 202. Procedure in general, 
 
 203. Counsel. 
 
 204. Adjournment — Continuance. 
 
 205. Verdict — Record of finding. 
 
 206. Penalties. 
 
 207. Appeal — Additional evidence on — Transcript. 
 
 Penal jurisdiction of a Lodge. 
 
 Section 188. The penal jurisdiction of a Lodge 
 includes all its own members, wherever residing, 
 and all Masons from any Lodge, even though sus- 
 pended for non-payment of dues, or otherwise, re- 
 siding nearer to its place of meeting than to that 
 of any other Lodge — excepting the Grand Master 
 and its own Master. In places where more than 
 one Lodge exists, such Lodges have concurrent 
 penal jurisdiction over all such Masons, so residing, 
 and not members of one of them. When a Mason 
 has been suspended for cause, only the Lodge
 
 I 188 CONSTITUTION 15« 
 
 within whose jurisdiction he resides has penal 
 jurisdiction over him. 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE: In this Article the admirable 
 provisions of the "Form for Records of Trials," first 
 recommended by the Grand Lodge in 1872, and revised 
 by the Committee on Grievances in 1894, when Past Grand 
 Master Angellotti was Chairman, have been inserted herein 
 wherever Ihey were more clearly stated than in the Con- 
 stitution itself. 
 
 All the forms contained therein have been inserted be- 
 cause they have become familiar to the Order by long 
 use. It is thought better to now give them the sanction of 
 making the entire Form of Record part of our permanent 
 law. 
 
 All other provisions about trials being abrogated by 
 this revision, the brethren will have a direct and binding 
 procedure to follow, and as they will find everything in 
 one place and under one heading, there will be much less 
 chance of reversal because of error in procedure. 
 
 Nothing in this Article is new or makes any change in 
 the present law, except that the provisions relating to filling 
 vacancies on a commission have been added in accordance 
 with the consensus of opinion in the Jurisprudence Com- 
 mittee when the matter was before it in 1910. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 188a. There is no limitation to bar the prosecution of a 
 brother for unmasonic conduct. (1882, pp. 441, 687; 1885, 
 p. 202.) 
 
 188b. If the Lodge where the charges are made has juris- 
 diction at the time they are made, it can try the brother, not- 
 withstanding be might thei-eafter join another Lodge. 
 (1912, p. 151.) 
 
 188c. A change of residence after charges made does 
 not divest the Lodge of jurisdiction to try a brother under 
 charges. (1912, p. 151.) 
 
 188d. When a member of a California Lodge is sus- 
 pended for unmasonic conduct by a Lodge under a foreign 
 jurisdiction, the California Lodge cannot, without any trial, 
 enter a judgment of suspension against the brother upon 
 the certified record of the proceedings of the foreipn 
 Lodge. (1914, pp. 22. 129.) 
 
 188e. A member of a foreign Lodge residing within 
 the jurisdiction of a Lodge in California, who is in good 
 standing, may prefer charges against a Master Mason re- 
 siding within the jurisdiction of the California Lodge. 
 (1914, p. 166.)
 
 157 CONSTITUTION { 188-189 
 
 IBSf. Charges may be preferred against a dimitted or 
 non-affiliated Mason in the Lodge within whose territorial 
 jurisdiction he resides. (1915, p. 294.) 
 
 Charges against one dimitting to go in saloon 
 business. Sec. 129Ab. 
 
 Trial of controversies where Lodge is partv: 
 Sec. 184—187. 
 
 Trial of charges against Master: Sec. 175 — 183. 
 
 Trial of charges against Grand Master: Sec. 168 
 —174. 
 
 Transfer of place of Trial: Sec. 43, sub. 9. 
 
 Charges, how preferred — To whom presented. 
 
 Sec. 189. When anj member of a Lodge, (except 
 its Master or the Grand Master,) or any Mason re- 
 siding within its jurisdiction, shall be accused of 
 unmasonic conduct, charges to that effect may be 
 preferred by any Master Mason in good standing; 
 which charges shall be in writing over his signature, 
 and shall be presented to the Master of the Lodge 
 having jurisdiction thereof. 
 
 Begnlations. 
 
 189a. The Lodge or Master may be accuser and may 
 direct the Junior Warden to prefer the charges, in which 
 case the trial cannot be had in that Lodge, and the charges 
 shall be presented to the Grand Master, who will designate 
 the Lodge in which the trial shall be had. Trial Record 1, 
 (1881, p. 18; 1882, p. 661; 1887, p. 247; 1900, pp. 
 644, 902 — OTerruling 1891, pp. 16, 213; 1909, p. 178.) 
 
 189b. A Junior Warden preferring charges by direction 
 of the Lodge is the accuser, and remains so even after 
 elected Senior Warden. (1904, p. 1077.) 
 
 189c. When the Lodge is accuser, the brother against 
 whom the offense was committed has no control over tht 
 trial. (188L p. 18; 1882, p. 661.)
 
 { 189191 CONSTITUTION 158 
 
 189d. Preferring cliarges does not deprive the accused 
 of any of his rights until proven. (1887, p. 21.) 
 
 189e. A member of a foreign Lodge residing within the 
 jurisdiction of a Lodge in California, virho is in good stand- 
 ing, may prefer charges against a Master Mason residing 
 within the jurisdiction of the California Lodge. (1914, 
 p. 166.) 
 
 Member under charges may withdraw: Sec. 159a. 
 
 Must be specific. 
 
 Sec. 190. The charge itself shall be a general one 
 of unmasonic conduct, defined in a specification or 
 specifications to follow, setting forth, with clear- 
 ness and precision, the offense or offenses complained 
 of, and giving time, place, and all necessary par- 
 ticulars relating thereto, as distinctly as possible, 
 so that the accused may have full knowledge of all 
 that he may be called upon to explain, disprove, or 
 justify. 
 
 Charges, Lodge U. D. 
 
 Sec. 191. Such charges shall never be presented 
 to the Master of a Lodge under dispensation if there 
 is a chartered Lodge having concurrent jurisdiction 
 over the same territory, except where the accused 
 is a member of such Lodge, or under or within its 
 jurisdiction, and no chartered Lodge has concurrent 
 jurisdiction over the same territory, they may be 
 presented. When the Lodge, to the Master of which 
 such charges are presented, is a Lodge under dis- 
 pensation, such Master shall at once transmit the 
 same to the Grand Master, who shall thereupon, if it 
 shall appear to him that the act or acts complained 
 of therein constitute a Masonic offense, designate 
 some chartered Lodge to try the same, and transmit
 
 159 CONSTITUTION § 191-192 
 
 such charges to the Master thereof, who shall there- 
 upon proceed therewith in the same manner as if 
 the charges had originally been presented to him. 
 
 Trial pending in courts of land — Acquittal therein 
 no bar — Duty after conviction in court. 
 
 Sec. 192. ^hen the charge is for an offense which 
 is the subject of proceedings in the Courts of the 
 land the Masonic Trial may, in the discretion of 
 the Master, be deferred until such proceedings are 
 concluded, but in the event of a final judgment of 
 conviction against a Mason in the State or Federal 
 courts of a crime involving moral turpitude, it shall 
 be the duty of the Junior Warden of any Lodge 
 having jurisdiction of such Mason to prefer charges 
 against the Mason so convicted on account of the 
 matters involved in said conviction; provided, that 
 such charges have not already been preferred, and 
 to press to conclusion a trial on account thereof. 
 Acquittal in said courts, or the refusal of a Grand 
 Jury to indict for an offense is no bar to a Ma- 
 sonic trial. 
 
 Whenever it shall appear by the record of con- 
 viction from another Masonic jurisdiction, recog- 
 nized by us, that a member of one of our Lodges, 
 resident in such jurisdiction, has been suspended or 
 expelled for un-Masonic conduct in such jurisdiction 
 while a resident thereof, it shall be the duty of the 
 Junior Warden of the Lodge in this jurisdiction of 
 which he is a member to prefer charges against him 
 for the acts and conduct alleged in the charges pre- 
 ferred in the foreign jurisdiction and of which he 
 was there convicted, and the same proceedings shall 
 thereupon be had as in ordinary cases; provided
 
 S 192 194 CONSTITUTION 160 
 
 that the record of conviction of the foreign juris- 
 diction shall be received on the trials prima facia 
 evidence of the guilt of the Brother of such acts 
 and conduct. (As amended 1915.) 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 192a. One violation of a sumptuary law, such as con- 
 tinuing to conduct a hotel and bar in a community voted 
 dry under the Wylie Law, if the Brother shows the proper 
 spirit otherwise and evinces no disposition to again trans- 
 gress the law in question, ought not to require the pre- 
 ferring of charges against him. (1915, p. 291.) 
 
 192b. When charges are preferred for an offense for 
 which a brother has been convicted in the Courts of the 
 land, only the final judgment of conviction can be used as 
 evidence. And, pending an appeal in the Courts of the 
 land, the record of the trial cannot be used, nor can the 
 judgment of conviction be used. (1915, p. 485.) 
 
 Master to pass on sufficiency of charges — When to 
 call special meeting. 
 
 Sec. 193. Upon the presentation of such charges, 
 the Master shall carefully examine the charge and 
 specifications, and, if they are evidently frivolous, 
 or if the act or acts with which the accused is 
 charged, is or are clearly such as do not constitute 
 a Masonic offense, he may refuse to entertain them. 
 But, sliould it appear otherwise, and it is known to 
 him that the accuser is a Master Mason in good 
 standing, he shall call a special meeting of his 
 Lodge, as soon as practicable. 
 
 Regulation. 
 193a. The ]^raster being present, neither the Senior 
 Warden nor the Junior Warden can receive or pass upon the 
 sufficiency of charges or call a special meeting to elect 
 commissioners. (1885, p. 247.) 
 
 Notice of meeting to elect commission. 
 
 Sec. 194. Due notification of such meeting shall 
 be given to every member thereof whose residence is
 
 161 CONSTITUTION § 194-195 
 
 known and is within such distance as may reason- 
 ably permit him to attend; which notification shall 
 state that the purpose of the meeting is to elect 
 Commissioners to try a brother (using no name) 
 upon a charge of unmasonic conduct, shall be in 
 writing or in print, and should be served personally, 
 if possible, by the Tyler or some brother designated 
 for the purpose; or, if it be not convenient so to 
 serve it, should be left at his ordinary residence or 
 place of business, or be sent by mail. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 194a. The accused, if a member, must be notified and 
 may be present and vote at the election. (1871, p. 158; 
 1860, p. 364; 1891, p. 191.) 
 
 194b. But not if the trial is transferred. (1893, pp. 
 13, 221.) 
 
 194c. Even if the Secretary is the accused he should 
 still notify the members, as no one is to know who is the 
 accused until the trial. (1895, pp. 18, 264.) 
 
 As to the rights of the accuser and the accused see Sec- 
 tion 196. 
 
 Amendments to charges — ^Withdrawal — Striking out. 
 
 Sec. 195. The Master of the Lodge has a right to 
 strike out portions of the charges containing no 
 clear and certain specifications of an offense, or 
 which are rambling, uncertain, unsatisfactory, or 
 insufficient; and he may at any time allow amend- 
 ments thereto which will tend toward justice. He 
 may allow charges to be withdrawn before the com- 
 mencement of the trial, but not afterward, if they 
 are not of a criminal nature. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 195a. The Lodge cannot act in the matter of with- 
 drawing charges. (1891, pp. 18, 216. See also 1892, 
 p. 705.) 
 
 195b. But if accuser, it alone may withdraw them. 
 (1881, p. 18; 1882, p. 661.) 
 
 Notice of Amendment of Charges: Sec. 208a.
 
 f 196 CONSTITUTION 162 
 
 Commission, how elected. 
 
 Sec. 196. At such special meeting the Master will 
 announce its purpose, and will ascertain, by a vote 
 of the Lodge, the number of Commissioners (not 
 less than seven nor more than nine,) which it shall 
 deem projier to elect. Each member present will 
 write the name of as many members of the Lodge 
 upon one ballot as shall correspond with the num- 
 ber of Commissioners determined upon, and, upon 
 counting the ballots, such members as shall be found 
 to have received a majority of all the votes cast, 
 shall be declared elected as Commissioners. Tn 
 case the full number should not be elected on the 
 first ballot, another ballot will be had for the re- 
 mainder, in the same manner; and again and again 
 if necessary, until the full number of Commissioners 
 shall have been elected, each by a majority of the 
 votes of those present. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 196a. The name of the accused should not be announced 
 At the special meeting to elect commissioners. (1885, p. 
 •227.) 
 
 196t). Nor should the charges be read at it. (1891, 
 ■p. 191.) 
 
 196c. The meeting cannot be postponed. (1891, pp. 17, 
 •216.) 
 
 196d. But, if for any reason, no meeting is held at the 
 •time designated, new notice of a new meeting must be 
 ^iven (idem). 
 
 At this point the decisions showing the rights of the 
 accused and accuser during the trial are inserted, as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 196e. The Master should not permit the accuser to use 
 abusive epithets to the accused. (1873, p. 212.) 
 
 196f. It is an offense for the accuser so to do (Idem). 
 
 196g. The accuser has a right to be present at the 
 trial up to its conclusion. (1876. p. 498.) 
 
 196h. The accused has no right to know against whom 
 the charges are preferred at the special meeting. (1876, 
 p. 498.)
 
 163 CONSTITUTION § 196198 
 
 196i. He must be informed of his rights, if without 
 counsel. (1871, p. 159.) 
 
 196j. He cannot be required to testify against himself, 
 (1871, p. 159.) 
 
 Ballot defined: Sec. 77h. 
 
 Disqualification of Master and commissioner. 
 
 Sec. 197. Neither a witness nor one who acted as 
 commissioner at a first trial, nor one who cannot 
 fairly try the matter, is qualified to act as commis- 
 sioner. Nor is a Master qualified to preside who 
 would be disqualified as commissioner for any other 
 reason than because of his acting at a first trial. 
 
 Eegulations. 
 
 197a. A Lodge mav elect one of its members who is 
 absent, if otherwise qualified. (1885, pp. 18, 278.) 
 
 197b. If the Secretary is the accused, another brother 
 should be appointed to act at the trial, (1895, pp. 18, 
 264.) 
 
 197c. When the Secretary is the accuser he is dis- 
 qualified. (1890, p. 560.) 
 
 197d. The Secretary shall in no case serve as one of the 
 Commissioners. (1913, p. 168.) 
 
 Commission, time and place of meeting — Summons 
 and notice. 
 
 Sec. 198. The Master will then name the time 
 and place for the first meeting of the Commissioners, 
 keeping in view the convenience of the parties and 
 the time allowed to the accused for appearance, and 
 will direct the Secretary to notify each Commis- 
 sioner of his election and of such time and place of 
 meeting, either in person or in writing, and will 
 also direct the Secretary to notify the accuser of 
 such time and place of meeting, and will have pre- 
 pared for his signature a summons which he will
 
 S 198 199 CONSTITUTION 164 
 
 cause to be served, requiring the accused to appear 
 and answer thereunto at such time and place, and 
 shall, at the same time, cause the Secretary to fur- 
 nish the accused with a copy of the charges and to 
 notify the accuser of the said time and place of 
 trial. The summons shall be issued in duplicate, 
 one copy to be delivered or transmitted to the ac- 
 cused, and the other to be presented to the Com- 
 missioners, with a proper certificate of service ap- 
 pended thereto. 
 
 It is usual that the Secretary or Tyler perform such 
 Bervice, but it may be done by any brother whom the 
 Master shall designate. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 198a. It is the prerogative of the Master and not the 
 Lodge or commission to issue a summons. (1860, p. 353; 
 1871, p. 157.) 
 
 198b. The wilful disobedience of a summons is an of- 
 fense. (1871, p. 161.) 
 
 198c. A brother receiving the summons has no right to 
 question its legality or refuse to obey it. (1860, p. 355.) 
 
 Form of notice to commissioners: Sec. 252. 
 
 Form of notice to accuser: Sec. 2.5.3. 
 
 Summons defined: Sec. 232. 
 
 Form of summons: Sec. 254. 
 
 Service of summons. 
 
 Sec. 199. If the accused be within the jurisdic- 
 tion of the Lodge, the summons and copy of the 
 charges shall be issued at least ten days prior to 
 the day appointed for the trial, and shall be served 
 personally by the Tyler or some other member of the 
 Lodge authorized by the Master for that purpose, 
 or shall be left at his ordinary residence or place 
 of business. If he be without the said jurisdiction, 
 but within the State, and his residence be known,
 
 165 CONSTITUTION § 199-200 
 
 they shall be issued at least thirty days before the 
 day of the trial, and shall be forwarded to his ad- 
 dress by the Secretary, by mail or other usual mode 
 of conveyance, which shall be deemed sufficient 
 service. If he be without the State, and his resi- 
 dence be known, they shall be issued at least ninety 
 days before the trial, and shall be forwarded to his 
 address by the Secretary, as before provided, which 
 shall be sufficient service. If his address be un- 
 known, the Master shall order the trial to proceed 
 at once upon the testimony, ex parte. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 199a. If the accused is in fact in the jurisdiction, his 
 time is ten days, and the provisions as to service apply to a 
 transferred case. (1893, pp. 12, 220.) 
 
 199b. The service is complete when the deposit in the 
 U. S. mail is made; it is not necessary to register the 
 letter or vrait for a return receipt. (1898, p. 815.) 
 
 199c. Service of summons is very essential, and reading 
 it to the accused is not sufficient. (1874, pp. 561, 682; 
 1890, p. 556.) 
 
 Form of certificate of service: Sec. 254. 
 
 Who to preside — Duties of Master and Secretary — 
 Answer — Objection to commissioner — Vacancies 
 — Stenographic reporter. 
 
 Sec. 200. The Commissioners shall assemble at 
 the time and place appointed and shall be pre- 
 sided over by the Master, who shall decide all ques- 
 tions of Masonic law which may arise during the 
 trial, but shall have no vote in the final decision 
 of the case by the Commissioners; and the Sec- 
 retary, or, in his absence, some other member of 
 the Lodge appointed for the purpose by the Mas- 
 ter, shall attend them to keep a full and correct 
 record of the proceedings and of the judgment, un-
 
 § 200 CONSTITUTION 166 
 
 (ler their supervision. Tlie accused should now 
 present his answer to the charge and specifications, 
 which answer may be either oral or written, and 
 should be made a part of the record. In this an- 
 swer he may make a general or particular denial of 
 all the specifications of the charge; or he may deny 
 some and admit others, and may make statements in 
 justification or extenuation of those admitted; or 
 he may admit all, with expressions of sorrow for his 
 misconduct; or, in fact, he may make any answer 
 wliich to him, or his counsel, shall seem meet. If 
 tliere be objection to any of the commissioners, the 
 reasons for the objection shall at this time be 
 stated, and the Master shall decide as to their 
 validity; and if, because of objections sustained or 
 otherwise, there shall be vacancies or a vacancy on 
 the commission, the commissioners may, subject to 
 the approval of the Master, choose properly qualified 
 members or a member of the Lodge to act, and when 
 80 chosen they or he shall have all the rights of the 
 members chosen by the Lodge. At the option of the 
 Master, a duly accredited stenographic reporter may 
 be employed, provided, that said stenographic re- 
 porter is a Master Mnson and that, before entering 
 upon his duty he shall be qualified in the manner 
 provided for the qualification of IMasonic witnesses; 
 and provided, further, that said stenographic re- 
 porter shall attest the transcript of the evidence of 
 the respective witnesses examined in tlie course of 
 the trial prior to signature by the s;ii<l witnesses. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 200a. A failure to meet at the time appointed ipso facto 
 dissolves the commission. (18.^5. p. 205.) 
 
 200b. It is necessai'v for a maj'irity of the commission 
 to be always present, and when present such majority may
 
 167 CONSTITUTION § 200-201 
 
 proceed. (1860, p. 381; 1864, p. 340; 1865, p. 110; 1832, 
 p. 648; 1884, p. 736; 1874, pp. 565, 584; 1880, p. 418.) 
 
 200c. Electing a chairman is error. (1872, p. 586.) 
 
 200d. The Master's province is simply to decide ques- 
 tions of law. He is not to take sides. (1880, p. 582.) 
 
 200e. The Master being present, neither the Senior nor 
 the Junior Warden can act. (1877, p. 130; 1885, p. 247.) 
 
 200f. The accused cannot stay away and have another 
 put in his plea. To do so would be disobedience of the 
 summons. (1878, p. 603.) 
 
 200g. Expressions of sorrow for misconduct do not con- 
 stitute a sufficient plea. (1898, p. 115.) 
 
 200h. A Master installed after the trial commission is 
 elected, who is not otherwise disqualified, can legally preside 
 at the trial. (1912, p. 150.) 
 
 200i. The election of the Junior Warden as a com- 
 missioner, if he be the accuser, would not invalidate the elec- 
 tion of the entire commission, and a majority of the commis- 
 sioners could proceed with the trial of the charges or vacancy 
 thereby caused could be filled by the remaining commissioners, 
 subject to the approval of the Master. (1912, p. 151.) 
 
 See also Sec. 43g. 
 Witnesses, how summoned — Testimony, how taken. 
 
 Sec. 201. The Master shall, at the request of 
 either party, summon such witnesses as are Masons, 
 residing within the jurisdiction of his Lodge, to 
 appear and testify before the Commission. When- 
 ever the attendance of a witness, who is a Mason 
 and who resides without the jurisdiction of the 
 Lodge in which the trial is had, can not be procured, 
 his testimony may be taken before the Master of 
 the Lodge within whose jurisdiction he resides, upon 
 such notice to the adverse party as the Master of 
 the Lodge in which the trial is to be had shall fix, 
 and the attendance of such witness may be com- 
 pelled by summons. His testimony shall be reduced 
 to writing, signed by him, and authenticated by the 
 certificate of the Master before whom it is taken,
 
 S 201 CONSTITUTION 168 
 
 under the seal of his Lodge. Whenever the testi- 
 mony of a witness residing out of the State is de- 
 sired, it shall be taken upon interrogatories, direct 
 and cross, agreed upon by the parties or settled by 
 the Master. If the testimony of witnesses who 
 are not Masons is desired, such witnesses may ap- 
 pear before the Commission, and after having been 
 put under oath or affirmation by some officer au- 
 thorized by the laws of the State to administer 
 oaths, may testify before the Commission in the 
 same manner as Masons who appear before the 
 Commission. Or such testimony may be taken by 
 deposition before some officer, autliorized by the 
 laws of the State wherein the testimony is taken 
 to administer oaths, and at such time and place and 
 upon such notice to the adverse party as shall be 
 designated by the Master. Witnesses who are Mas- 
 ter Masons in good standing shall testify upon their 
 honor as such; and all others shall testify under oath 
 or affirmation. All oral testimony direct and cross, 
 will be written out in full by the Secretary or 
 stenographer; and, when each witness giving such 
 testimony shall have concluded, his testimon)' shall 
 be read to him, and, after such corrections as he 
 may wish to make, shall be signed by him in the 
 presence of the Commissioners. The documentary 
 testimony will be made part of the record by in- 
 corporating it or a copy of it therein. 
 
 Kegulation. 
 201a. Entered Apprentices and Fellowcrafts cannot tes- 
 tify on honor as Masons; they must be sworn. (1860, 
 p. 364.) 
 
 Form of summons to witness: Sec. 255. 
 Form of authorization to take testimony: Sec. 
 256.
 
 169 CONSTITUTION § 202-203 
 
 Procedure in general. 
 
 Sec. 202. The commissioners are the sole judges 
 of the facts proven, and shall decide what and how 
 much testimony shall be heard. Technical objec- 
 tions as to form shall not be permitted, nor can any 
 evidence be excluded by the Master. Affidavits or 
 depositions taken without notice cannot be received. 
 Hearsay evidence is not admissable. Admissions or 
 confessions of the accused in courts of the land, or 
 before the commission at that or a previous trial, 
 are admissable. "Where guilt is sought to be proven 
 by one witness, great caution is to be exercised. 
 The records and reporters' transcripts of testimony 
 made in courts of the land, properly authenticated, 
 may be allowed in evidence. No witness shall be 
 examined or any testimony taken without an oppor- 
 tunity given the accuser and accused to be present. 
 
 Regulation. 
 202a. The testimony of one witness may be sufficient if 
 free from bias or prejudice. (1912, p. 147.) 
 
 Pending appeal, neither record nor judgment can 
 
 be used: Sec. 192b. 
 
 Counsel. 
 
 Sec. 203. Any Master Mason in good standing 
 may, at the request of the accuser or the accused, 
 appear as his counsel and assist in the prosecution or 
 defense. Such counsel cannot testify as to facts 
 disclosed to him by the accused, but may be com- 
 pelled to disclose any facts otherwise coming to his 
 knowledge.
 
 S 204-205 CONSTITUTION 170 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 203a. A commissioner cannot act as counsel. (1ST8, 
 pp. 418. 619.) 
 
 203b. A non-affiliated Mason in good standing can act 
 as counsel. (1872, p. 586.) 
 
 203c. An attorney at law, not a Master Mason, cannot 
 act as counsel at a Masonic trial. (1915, pp. 292, 381.) 
 
 Adjournment — Continuance. 
 
 Sec. 204, The Commissioners may adjourn from 
 time to time, at their own convenience or for suffi- 
 cient cause shown by either party; provided, that 
 the period within which their duties shall be con- 
 cluded shall not exceed ten days, unless for good 
 reasons shown, the Master shall grant them further 
 time. Reasonable continuance should be allowed the 
 accuser or accused to permit a proper presentation 
 of their side of the matter. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 204a. Failure to meet at the time to which adjournment 
 was taken dissolves the commission. (1872, p. 570; 1890, 
 p. 556.) 
 
 204b. The commission should not adjourn to the call of 
 the Master, but to a time fixed. (1898, p. 815; 1912, 
 p. 128.) 
 
 204c. The Master has no right to adjourn the commis- 
 sion. (1912, p. 128.) 
 
 Notice of Amendment of Charges: Sec. 20Sa. 
 
 Verdict — Record of finding. 
 
 Sec. 205. After all the testimony shall have been 
 received, the Commissioners shall proceed to deliber- 
 ate upon their verdict and sentence, with none pres- 
 ent save themselves, the Master, and the Sec- 
 retary, which last shall have no voice in the pro- 
 ceedings. Only those Commissioners acting who
 
 171 CONSTITUTION § 205 
 
 have participated in the entire trial. After suffi- 
 cient consultation and deliberation, a vote for 
 "guilty" or ''not guilty," by ballot shall be taken 
 upon each specification, and each such vote shall be 
 recorded; and a similar vote shall thus be taken 
 upon the charge of unmasonic conduct and be thus 
 recorded, as it might be that the facts proven and 
 found did not constitute a Masonic offense. A ma- 
 jority of all the Commissioners elected is requisite 
 to find a verdict of ''guilty." Should the accused 
 thus be found guilty of one or more of the speci- 
 fications, and of the charge of unmasonic conduct, 
 the Commissioners will proceed to vote, by ballot, 
 upon the sentence, and a majority of all the Com- 
 missioners elected will be required to adjudge it, 
 whatsoever it may be. The vote will first be upon 
 the question by the Master — "Shall the accused be 
 expelled?" — and the ballots shall have written 
 upon them "aye" or "no." Should there not be 
 the requisite majority for expulsion, the question 
 will next be — "Shall the accused be suspended?" 
 — and it will be decided in the same manner. Should 
 there not be the required majority for suspension, 
 the last question will be — "Shall the accused be 
 reprimanded?" — and it will be decided like the 
 others. All this shall be recorded, giving the 
 number of votes, both "aye" and "no," upon 
 each proposition. When the trial is concluded, the 
 Secretary shall make a fair copy of the record and 
 finding, under their supervision, which shall be 
 signed by the Commissioners, attested by the Sec- 
 retary, and presented to the Master, who, at the 
 next stated meeting of his Lodge, shall, in the 
 presence of its members only, announce the result.
 
 i 205 CONSTITUTION 171 
 
 and direct tlie Secretary to record the same as the 
 judgment of the Lodge and file the record for safe 
 keeping among its archives. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 205a. The accused should be found guilty of so much 
 of the charge, if anv, as is proven. (1867, pp. 94, 112; 
 18Ji8, p. 386; 1875, p. 133.) 
 
 205b. A commission refusing to fix the penalty after 
 finding the accused guilty, should be discharged. (1894, 
 pp. 540, 770.) 
 
 205c. When judgment is rendered it is final, subject to 
 appeal. The commission cannot reassemble and review it. 
 (1878, p. 619; 1880, p. 419.) 
 
 205d. The Grand Master cannot stay or interfere with it. 
 (1880, p. 421.) 
 
 205e. The records of a Masonic trial, together with the 
 evidence thereof, belong to the secret archives of the Fra- 
 ternity. It is a Masonic offense to divulge or publish them 
 in a manner not authorized by law. Their use in the trial 
 of a divorce case in a State (^ourt, or their introduction in 
 evidence therein, except upon the order of the Court, is 
 reprehensible and should subject the Mason responsible 
 therefor to Masonic discipline. (1915. pp. 297, 381.) 
 
 The following have been held offenses: 
 
 205f. Packing a commission. (1868, p. 419.) 
 
 205g. Non-compliance with duty by a commissioner. 
 (1871, p. 171.) 
 
 205h. Rendering a verdict of acquittal in the face of 
 indisputable evidence of guilt. (1872, pp. 554, 593.) 
 
 2051. Acquittal is a bar to a second trial for the same 
 offense. (1882, pp. 440, 687; 1883, p. 229.) 
 
 Ballot defined: Sec. 77h. 
 
 Lodge not responsible for faithlessness of com- 
 mission: Sec. 77b. 
 
 Record of finding, form: Sec. 257. 
 
 Transcript, form: Sees. 258—260.
 
 173 CONSTITUTION S 206-207 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 Sec. 206. The penalties which may be inflicted 
 are reprimand in open Lodge, suspension, or expul- 
 sion. If the sentence be reprimand, the Master 
 shall summon the adjudged to appear at the next 
 stated meeting, after the result of the trial shall 
 have been announced, when it shall be carried into 
 effect in the presence only of members of the 
 Lodge, unless, before the said meeting, legal not- 
 ice shall have been given of an appeal to the 
 Grand Lodge, in which case the sentence shall not 
 be carried into effect until after a decision by that 
 Grand Body affirming the judgment of the subordi- 
 nate Lodge. If the sentence be suspension or ex- 
 pulsion, it shall at once go into effect, and the Sec- 
 retary shall immediately notify the person sus- 
 pended or expelled and the Grand Secretary 
 thereof. 
 
 Regulations. 
 206a. Lodges cannot impose fines. (1870, p. 420.) 
 206b. A brother suspended for cause in his own Lodge 
 may be tried and sentenced to reprimand in the Lodge 
 within whose jurisdiction he resides. (1874, p. 466.) 
 
 206c. A brother suspended for non-payment of dues 
 may be tried and sentenced to reprimand, which should be 
 given in open Lodge. (1881, p. 18; 1882, p. 661.) 
 
 206d. An accuser (not being a member of the Lodge) 
 is not entitled to be present at the meeting when the re- 
 sult is announced or at the meeting when the reprimand is 
 administered, but is entitled to notice of the result, so that 
 he may appeal if he desires to. (1900, pp. 644, 902.) 
 
 Appeal — Additional evidence on — Transcript. 
 
 Sec. 207. An appeal may be taken to the Grand 
 Lodge by either party at its next succeeding annual 
 communication, but not unless a notice of such 
 intended appeal shall be given to the Master, in
 
 5 207 CONSTITUTION 174 
 
 writing, within thirty days after his announcement 
 of the result of the trial. Any and all additional 
 evidence, which either the accuser or accused shall 
 desire to have heard on the appeal, shall be taken 
 and reduced to writing within sixty days from the 
 day on which the announcement of the result of 
 the trial shall be made by the Master to the Lodge, 
 and all arguments and representations which it is 
 desired to have considered on the appeal shall also 
 be reduced to writing; and no additional evidence, 
 arguments, or representations shall be considered 
 on the appeal unless the same shall be reduced to 
 writing and transmitted to the Grand Secretary at 
 least sixty days before the commencement of the 
 next annual communication of the Grand Lodge. 
 In all appealed cases, and in all cases of expul- 
 sion or suspension whether appealed or not, the 
 Master shall cause the Secretary to prepare a tran- 
 script of the record of trial, and immediately trans- 
 mit it to the Grand Secretary, together with infor- 
 mation of the appeal intended, if any there be. 
 
 Every transcript of a trial-record, when prepared 
 by the Secretary of any subordinate Lodge in this 
 jurisdiction, shall, before its transmission to the 
 Grand Secretary, be submitted to the Master of the 
 Lodge, who shall carefully examine the same and 
 see that it is fairly and legibly written, with suffi- 
 cient spaces between papers and testimony; and that 
 it otherwise complies with the Constitution and 
 Regulations of the Grand Lodge; and said Master 
 shall endorse his approval thereupon. 
 
 When a trial is had in the Lodge of which the ac- 
 cused is a member, or in another Lodge to which the 
 case is transferred, the Secretary cannot make any
 
 v 
 
 175 CONSTITUTION § 207 
 
 charge for serving the summons, or for writing up 
 the record of the trial, or for writing a transcript 
 or copy of the record for transmission to the Grand 
 Secretary. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 207a. The thirty days only run from the announcement 
 of the result of the trial. (1886, p. 653.) 
 
 207b. The Grand Lodge cannot affirm the record until 
 the time for notice of appeal after the announcement of 
 the result has expired. (1889, p. 211; 1892, p. 687.) 
 
 207c. Onlv the accused and accuser can appeal. (1865, 
 pp. 14, 99, 103; 1890, p. 558 — reversing 1878, p. 622.) 
 
 207d. Where the Lodge is accuser, the Master can tak« 
 the appeal in its behalf. (1881, p. 20; 1882, p. 647.) 
 
 207e. If the accused dies, pending appeal, he is to b« 
 considered in good standing. (1908, pp. 18, 119.) 
 
 207f. A Secretary present only part of the time cannot 
 certify the record. (1885, p. 228.) 
 
 207g. The funds of the Lodge cannot be used to repay 
 the expenses of the accused or his attorney's fees. (1895, 
 p. 238.) 
 
 207h. The expense of . the trial of a non-affiliate must 
 be borne by the Lodge preferring the charges. (1881, 
 p. 16; 1882, p. 658.) 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 Of Eevisions, Reversals and Restorations. 
 
 Sec. 208. Transcripts to Grand Secretary — Powers of 
 Grand Lodge on appeal. 
 208A. Reversal shall not be for error in procedure. 
 
 209. Effect of reversal by Grand Lodge. 
 
 210. Suspension — Restoration by Lodge — Notice. 
 
 211. Restoration by Grand Lodge. 
 
 212. Petition to Grand Lodge by suspended Mason 
 
 — Notice. 
 
 213. Petition to Grand Lodge by expelled Mason — - 
 
 Notice. 
 
 214. Petition to Grand Lodge by Lodge in behalf of 
 
 expelled Mason. 
 
 215. Publications forbidden.
 
 S 208 CONSTITUTION 175 
 
 Transcripts to Grand Secretary — Powers of Grand 
 Lodge on appeal. 
 
 Section 208. All transcripts of trial-records, re- 
 quired to be transmitted to the Grand Secretary, 
 shall by him be forwarded to the Committee on 
 Grievances, who shall examine them, with such ad- 
 ditional evidence in writing, if any, as may be pre- 
 sented, and shall report thereon at the next succeed- 
 ing Annual Communication; and upon such report 
 the Grand Lodge may affirm, modify, or reverse the 
 judgment of the Lodge, or may make such other 
 order relative thereto as shall be deemed proper. 
 And when a new trial is ordered or a judgment of 
 reprimand is affirmed, the Grand Secretary shall, as 
 soon as possible, send to the Lodge a copy of the 
 opinion and judgment of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Begulations. 
 
 208a. When the Grand Lodge has ordered a new trial It 
 must be had. The Lodge cannot dismiss the charges or 
 take any other action, but if it reverses the judgment with- 
 out ordering a new trial, no re-trial can be had. (1884, pp. 
 565, 730; 1891, pp. 18, 216; 1887, p. 21.). Amendments 
 may be made to the original charges on obtaining leave 
 from the Master. At least ten days' notice should be given 
 of the amended charges. (1915, p. 296.) 
 
 208b. Formerly all trials were in the general assembly 
 of Masons and the Grand Lodge cannot divest itself of this 
 fundamental right, but retains the power to try and punish 
 offenders by its own action. (1873, p. 199.) 
 
 208c. A judgment of acquittal should not be reversed 
 in the Grand Lodge except in case of a gross violation of 
 Masonic Law by the commission or Lodge. (1883, p. 229.) 
 
 Appellate and original jurisdiction of Grand 
 Lodge: Sec. 10. 
 
 Right of appeal in case of trial of member: Sec. 
 207.
 
 177 CONSTITUTION § 20S 210 
 
 Eight of appeal when Lodge is party: Sec. 187. 
 Grand Lodge has no power over case until trial 
 commission has acted: Sec. 10a. 
 
 Reversal shall not be for error in procedure. 
 
 Sec. 208A. No judgment of a trial commiosion 
 shall be set aside, or new trial granted, for any 
 error of any sort as to pleading, procedure, or intro- 
 duction of evidence, unless, after an examination of 
 the entire case, including the evidence, the Grand 
 Lodge shall be of the opinion that the error com- 
 mitted has resulted in a miscarriage of justice. 
 (1915, p. 327, 449.) 
 
 Effect of reversal by Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 209. Whenever a judgment of suspension or 
 expulsion shall be reversed and set aside by the 
 Grand Lodge, the brother who had been suspended 
 or expelled shall be at once again entitled to all 
 his rights and privileges as a member of the Lodge. 
 
 Suspension — Restoration by Lodge — Notice. 
 
 Sec. 210. All sentences of suspension shall be for 
 an indefinite period; and a Lodge may, at any stated 
 meeting, by the votes of two-thirds of the members 
 present, annul any such sentence of suspension pro- 
 nounced by itself, and restore the Mason thus sus- 
 pended to all his Masonic rights and privileges; 
 provided, that notice of a resolution for such restor- 
 ation shall have been given at the stated meeting 
 next preceding. And, in case of such restoration, 
 the Secretary shall at once notify the restored party 
 and the Grand Secretary thereof; and provided, fur- 
 ther, that if the Mason suspended was not a member
 
 §210-212 CONSTITUTTON 178 
 
 of the Lodge adjudging suspension, the appliention 
 for restoration shall be refused unless the consent 
 of the Lodge in which membership was held, if it 
 be in this jurisdiction, is given. The request for 
 such consent shall lie over at least one stated meet- 
 ing. (As amended 1916.) 
 
 Begnlatiozi. 
 
 210a. When a case is transferred, and a brother found 
 guilty and sentenced, he must apply for restoration to the 
 Lodge -which tried him. (1905, pp.' 17, 112.)) 
 
 Restoration by Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 211. The Grand Lodge may, at any Annual 
 Communication, if good cause therefor be shown 
 and proof be given of the notice hereinafter 
 prescribed, restore to the rights and privileges of 
 Masonry, any Mason who has been suspended or ex- 
 pelled within its jurisdiction; but such restoration 
 shall not restore him to membership in the Lodge 
 by which he was suspended or expelled. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 211a. Mere statement of sorrow for his fault is not suf- 
 ficient ground for restoration. (1868, p. 383; 1913, pp. 
 253, 254.)) 
 
 211b. When a Mason is restored by the Grand Lodge 
 he becomes a Jlason at large in good standing, and can 
 onlv become a member of anv Lodge bv affiliation. (1880, 
 p. 563; 1892, p. 711; 1899, pp. 19, 274.)) 
 
 211c. One dving while suspended cannot be restored. 
 (1863, p. 93; 1881, p. 192.) 
 
 211d. A life member expelled, restored by the Grand 
 Lodge, and elected in his Lodge, regains his life member- 
 ship. (1888, p. 674.) 
 
 Petition to Grand Lodge by suspended Mason — 
 Notice. 
 
 Sec. 212. Whenever any Mason, suspended for un- 
 masonic conduct, desires to petition the Grand
 
 179 CONSTITUTION I 212-21$ 
 
 Lodge for restoration to the rights and privileges 
 of Masonry, he shall first make application for such 
 restoration to the Lodge by which he was suspended, 
 if it still be in existence. If his application he 
 there refused, it may then be made to the Grand 
 Lodge, provided that notice, in writing, be given 
 to the Lodge of such intended application, not less 
 than forty days preceding the Annual Communica- 
 tion. 
 
 Begolatioii. 
 212a. Notice of the petition to the Grand Lodge must 
 be given so that the Lodge shall receive it at a Stated 
 Meeting at least 40 days preceding the commencement of 
 the annual communication. (1889. p. 190.) 
 
 Petition to Grand Lodge by expelled Mason — 
 Notice. 
 
 Sec. 213. Whenever any expelled Mason desires 
 to petition the Grand Lodge for restoration to the 
 rights and privileges of Masonry, he shall, in writ- 
 ing, notify the Lodge which expelled him, if it still 
 be in existence, of his intention so to do, at least 
 sixty days before the Annual Communication at 
 which his petition is to be presented, accompanying 
 said notice with a copy of such intended petition; 
 and, before said petition shall be considered by the 
 Grand Lodge, proof of the giving of said notice to 
 the Lodge shall be furnished. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 213a. A petitioner residing out of the jurisdiction must 
 furnish satisfactory evidence and proof by or through the 
 Lodge within whose jurisdiction he resides, or members- 
 thereof, that he is worthy and of such character and stand- 
 ing as would probably enable him to affiliate with it if 
 restored. (1873, p. 213; 1886, p. 644; 1909, p. 172.) 
 
 213b. A Lodge which merely for favor, to get rid of an 
 applicant, recommends a suspended Mason for restoration 
 without careful consideration, commits a grievous wrongs 
 (1871, p. 184.)
 
 i 213 215 CONSTITUTION 180 
 
 213c. Notice of the petitii^n to the Grand Lodge must 
 be given so that the Lodge shall receive it at a stated 
 meeting at least 60 days preceding the commencement of 
 the annual communication. (1867, p. 112; 1889, p. 190.) 
 
 Petition to Grand Lodge by Lodge in behalf of 
 expelled Mason. 
 
 Sec. 214. Whenever any Lodge desires to petition 
 the Grand Lodge for the restoration of an expelled 
 Mason to the rights and privileges of Masonry, the 
 Master thereof shall give due notice to all the mem- 
 bers of his Lodge, so far as practicable, of such 
 intended action and of the stated meeting at which 
 it will be had; and at such meeting he shall cause 
 to be recorded the fact that such notice was thus 
 duly given. The votes of two-thirds of the members 
 present shall be required to authorize the presenta- 
 tion of such petition to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Publications forbidden. 
 
 Sec. 215. No suspension, expulsion, or restoration 
 shall be published otherwise than is hereinbefore 
 provided, except by authority of the Grand Lodge 
 or by order of the Grand Master.
 
 131 CONSTITUTION § 216-218 
 
 PART VII. 
 Of Amendments, Definitions, and Forms. 
 Article I. Of Amendments. Sees. 216—220. 
 II. Of Definitions. Sees. 221—232. 
 III. Of Forms for Various Purposes. Sees. 
 233—260. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of Amendments. 
 
 Sec. 216. "When may be presented. 
 
 217. Vote required. 
 
 218. When two-thirds vote may carry. 
 
 219. No vote after election of officers. 
 
 220. Former constitutions repealed. 
 
 When may "oe presented. 
 
 Section 216. Any proposed amendment to this 
 Constitution shall be presented at an Annual Com- 
 munication and shall in all cases be referred to the 
 Committee on Jurisprudence, who shall report be- 
 fore a vote thereon be taken. 
 
 Vote required. 
 
 Sec. 217. Upon the report of said committee, if 
 five-sixths of the votes shall be in favor of such 
 proposed amendment it shall be declared adopted; 
 and, from and after the close of that Communication, 
 it shall become a part of the Constitution. 
 
 When two-thirds vote may carry. 
 
 Sec. 218. If the vote in favor of such proposed 
 amendment be less than that named in the pre- 
 ceding section, but there be a majority therefor, 
 it shall lie over for one year, and shall be published 
 with the proceedings, under the caption of "Pro- 
 posed Amendment to the Constitution;" and if, at 
 the next succeeding Annual Communication, it shall
 
 § 219-221 CONSTITUTION 182 
 
 receive two-thirds of the votes given thereon, it shall 
 be declared adopted; and, from and after the close 
 of that Communication, it shall become a part of 
 the Constitution. 
 
 No vote after election of oflEicers. 
 
 Sec. 219. No vote upon a proposed amendment 
 shall be taken after the election of the Grand Offi- 
 cers. 
 
 Former constitutions repealed. 
 
 Sec. 220. All former written Constitutions of this 
 Grand Lodge are hereby repealed, as are also all 
 Regulations, or parts thereof, which are repugnant 
 to or inconsistent with this Constitution; and no 
 Regulation shall hereafter be adopted which shall be 
 in violation of, or inconsistent with, any of its 
 provisions. 
 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 
 Of Definitions. 
 
 Sec.221. 
 
 Grand Master. 
 
 222. 
 
 Master. 
 
 223. 
 
 Past Grand Officer. 
 
 224. 
 
 Past Master. 
 
 225. 
 
 Representative. 
 
 226. 
 
 Vacancy. 
 
 227. 
 
 Jurisdiction. 
 
 228. 
 
 Regulation. 
 
 229. 
 
 Suspension. 
 
 230. 
 
 Expulsion. 
 
 231. 
 
 Notification. 
 
 232. 
 
 Summons. 
 
 The words and terms used in this Constitution 
 shall bear the construction which is given them in 
 the following definitions: — 
 
 Grand Master. 
 
 Section 221. This title applies, not only to him 
 who has been elected and installed as Grand Mas-
 
 183 • CONSTITUTION § 222-224 
 
 ter, but to either of the Grand Officers who, under 
 the provisions of Art. II, Part II, of this Constitu- 
 tion, shall have succeeded to the powers and duties 
 of the Grand Master. 
 
 Master. 
 
 Sec. 222. This title applies, not only to him who 
 has been elected and installed as Master, but to 
 either of the Wardens who, under the provisions of 
 Art. Ill, Part IV, of this Constitution, shall have 
 succeeded to the powers and duties of the Master. 
 
 Past Grand Oflacer. 
 
 Sec. 223. This title applies only to one of the 
 seven elective Grand Officers who has been regularly 
 elected and installed and has served his term as 
 such in this Grand Lodge, and who remains a mem- 
 ber, in good standing, of some Lodge under ics 
 jurisdiction. 
 
 Past Master. 
 
 Sec. 224. This title applies only to one who has 
 been regularly elcted or named in a charter and in- 
 stalled and has served a term as Master of a char- 
 tered Lodge within the jurisdiction of this Grand 
 Lodge and who remains a member in good stand- 
 ing of one of its subordinates; provided, that 
 one who has been regularly elected or named in a 
 charter and installed and has served a term as Mas- 
 ter of a chartered Lodge within the jurisdiction of 
 any other Grand Lodge recognized by this Grand 
 Lodge, and who has affiliated with or become a 
 member of a subordinate Lodge within this juris- 
 diction and who remains a member in good standing 
 of one of its subordinates may take the honorary
 
 § 224 CONSTITUTION . 184 
 
 title of "Past Master," but shall not thereby be- 
 come a member of this Grand Lodge. Provided, 
 however, that if this Grand Lodge shall direct a 
 charter to issue to any Lodge formed by a Grand 
 Body recognized by this Grand Lodge, then and in 
 such event it may by resolution provide that the 
 title of Past Master shall apply to the Past Masters 
 of such Lodge, and that such Past Masters shall 
 thereupon become to all intents and for all pur- 
 poses entitled to all the rights and privileges of 
 Past Masters of this jurisdiction as defined herein. 
 This Grand Lodge recognizes no degree of Past 
 Master conferred by any authority not holden under 
 a legitimate Grand Lodge — acknowledging only the 
 Order of that name as it exists in the ceremonies 
 attending the installation of the Master-elect of a 
 chartered Lodge; which Order shall be conferred 
 only by a convocation of Masters or Past Masters, 
 not less than three in number, who have thus reg- 
 ularly received it. Eeceiving the degree of Past 
 Master is not a condition precedent to installation. 
 In conformity with custom the Master-elect should, 
 wherever practicable, receive the degree in the 
 manner herein provided, but he can legally be in- 
 stalled without having received it. 
 
 Kegulations. 
 
 224a. Charges against a Past Master are in the juris- 
 diction of the Lodge. (1869, p. 118.) 
 
 224b. A Past Master, by service, of this or any other 
 jurisdiction, is competent to install the officers of a Lodge 
 when in the immediate charge of its proper officers. (1894, 
 pp. 540, 770; 1909, p. 125.) 
 
 224c. A brother who is named in the charter of the 
 Lodge as its Master and serves until the end of his term 
 and until his successor is elected and qualified, is entitled 
 to the title of Past Master, even though the term be but 
 two or three months. (1914, pp. 25, 129.)
 
 185 CONSTITUTION § 224-22S 
 
 224:d. A Brother who has been elected Master must 
 serve to the end of his term before he is entitled to the 
 honors of Past Master. (1915, pp. 293, 381.) 
 
 224e. Past Masters Associations are merely voluntary 
 associations of Masons for the purpose of conferring the 
 degree of Past iJ aster on Masters-elect, and for promoting 
 friendly and fraternal relations, and are in no way amen- 
 able to the supervision of this Grand Lodge in their opera- 
 tions. But if any such association should act in a manner 
 detrimental to the fraternity or calculated to reflect upon 
 its good naniG, the riiGinbcrs would be- amenable to our law. 
 rt is therefore entirely proper for the Grand Master to 
 investigate as to the real purpose and object of any such 
 association, and to that end require that their rules of 
 government be submitted to him for examination. If he 
 shall find that any such association is acting in a manner 
 subversive of the Constitution and Regulations of the Grand 
 Lodge, it would be proper for him to direct the members to 
 dissolve the same, or at least to abandon anv course of con- 
 duct detrimental to Masonry. (1917, pp. 280, 513.) 
 
 Representative. 
 
 Sec. 225. The Kepresentative of a Lodge within 
 this jurisdiction is one who, being a member thereof, 
 in the event that neither the Master nor either of 
 the Wardens can be present at the Grand Lodge, has 
 been elected by the Lodge at a stated meeting 
 or at a special meeting called for that purpose, 
 by ballot, and by a majority of the votes present, 
 to represent it at the next Annual Communication. 
 A Lodge without the State may be represented by 
 a member of any Lodge in this jurisdiction, elected 
 as before prescribed. 
 
 Ballot defined: Sec. 77h. 
 
 Form of credentials: Sec. 245. 
 
 Pay of by Lodge: Sec. 79. 
 
 Vacancy. 
 
 Sec. 226. Vacancies in office, either in a Lodge or 
 in the Grand Lodge, may occur by death, depriva- 
 tion, resignation, removal from the Jurisdiction, 
 suspension, or expulsion.
 
 § 227-22t» CONSTITUTION 186 
 
 Jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 227. The jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge in- 
 cludes all Lodges and Masons within the territorial 
 limits of this State, and all Lodges and their mem- 
 bers without this State, acting under its authority. 
 
 The jurisdiction of a Lodge includes all its own 
 members, wherever residing, and all Masons resid- 
 ing nearer to its place of meeting than to that of 
 any other Lodge within this jurisdiction. 
 
 Grand Lodge may specially fix jurisdiction: Sec. 
 92A. 
 
 Penal jurisdiction: Sec. 188. 
 
 Jurisdiction over candidates: Sec. 95. 
 
 Regulation. 
 
 Sec. 228. By a regulation of the Grand Lodge is 
 meant any resolution, edict, law, or ordinance of any 
 kind whatever, other than the Constitution, which 
 it may adopt. 
 
 Suspension. 
 
 Sec. 229. The suspension of a Lodge is an arrest 
 of its charter and a temporary prohibition to as- 
 semble or work as a legal Lodge, until again auth- 
 orized so to do by competent authority; and the act 
 suspends all its members except those especially 
 exempted from its effect. 
 
 The suspension of a Master of a Lodge is a tem- 
 porary deprivation of his office, and prohibits all 
 recognition of him in that capacity until he be re- 
 stored by competent authority. 
 
 The suspension of a Mason is a deprivation of 
 all his rights and privileges as such, and prohibits 
 all Masons and Lodges from holding any Masonic 
 intercourse with him until he shall be legally re- 
 stored in the manner hereinbefore prescribed.
 
 137 CONSTITUTION S 230-231 
 
 Suspension for non-payment of dues defined: Sec. 
 166. 
 Expulsion. 
 
 Sec. 230. The expulsion of a Mason is the highest 
 penalty known to the Masonic law. It is an ab- 
 solute deprivation of all the rights and privileges 
 of the Order, and prohibits all Masons and Lodges 
 from holding any Masonic intercourse with him for- 
 ever, unless he be restored by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Saloon keeper or barkeeper to be expelled, when: 
 Sec. 129A. 
 Notification. 
 
 Sec. 231. A notification or notice is a call issued 
 by the Secretary, by order of the Lodge or Master, 
 or by other competent authority as hereinbefore pro- 
 vided, to attend for some specific purpose at the time 
 and place therein indicated, or to perform some 
 specific duty therein set forth; and it is the duty of 
 every Mason to comply with its direction if he can, 
 without great inconvenience, do so. It shall be either 
 written or printed, and shall, when practicable, be 
 personally served upon the brother to be notified by 
 a Tyler or some other Mason properly deputed for 
 the purpose. If this cannot conveniently be done, 
 it shall be left at the residence or usual place of 
 business of such brother, or. if such residence or 
 place of business is distant or unknown, it may be 
 placed in the Postoffice, addressed to him at his last 
 known place of residence; and this shall be deemed 
 due and sufficient service. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 231a. A notification should be served in the same man- 
 ner as a summons. (1860, p. 364.)
 
 S 232 CONSTITUTION 188 
 
 Summons. 
 
 Sec. 232. A summons is an imperative order, issued 
 by the Msater of a Lodge and attested by its Secre- 
 tary or by other competent authority as hereinbefore 
 provided, to appear at such time and place as may 
 therein be designated. The obligation to obey it is 
 absolute and the penalty for disobedience shall be 
 expulsion, unless it shall be shown that such dis- 
 obedience was unavoidable or was occasioned by 
 some pressing necessity. 
 
 Regulations. 
 
 232a. It is not necessary that it should appear on the 
 face of the Summons that it was given by order of the 
 Master. (1859, p. 97.) 
 
 232b. A brother receiving the summons has no right te 
 question its legality or refuse to obey it. (1860, p. 353; 
 1914, pp. 21, 129.) 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 Of Forms for Various Purposes. 
 
 Sec. 233. Certificate for a diploma for a Master Mason. 
 
 234. Certificate for diploma for benefit of family of 
 
 a deceased brother. 
 
 235. Petition for a dispensation to form a new 
 
 lodge. 
 
 236. Dispensation. 
 
 237. Recommendation of a petition for the forma- 
 
 tion of a new Lodge. 
 
 238. Certificate of qualification of officerB proposed 
 
 for a new lodge. 
 
 239. Petition for a charter. 
 
 240. Charter. 
 
 241. Notices of rejections, suspensions, expulsions, 
 
 and restorations. 
 
 242. Notice of special meeting to elect trial commis- 
 
 sioners. 
 
 243. Certificate of withdrawal without recommenda- 
 
 tion. 
 
 244. Recommendatory certificate of withdrawal. 
 
 245. Credential for a representative elected by • 
 
 Lodge. 
 
 246. Petition for degrees. 
 
 247. Application for affiliation. 
 
 248. Certificate of membership.
 
 189 CONSTITUTION S 233 234 
 
 249. Certificate of election, appointment, and instil- 
 
 lation of officers. 
 
 250. Certificate for amendment to by-laws. 
 
 251. Charge of unmasonic conduct. 
 
 252. Noitfication to a commissioner. 
 
 253. Notification to an accuser. 
 
 254. Summons to an accused brother — Service, 
 
 255. Summons to a witness. 
 
 256. Letter of authorization to take testimony. 
 
 257. Record of finding. 
 
 258. Form of transcript of record of trial. 
 
 259. Record of proceedings before commissioners. 
 
 260. Certificate of Master and Secretary. 
 
 Certificate for a diploma for a Master Mason. 
 
 Section 233 Lodge, No , F. and 
 
 A. M A. L. 59.... 
 
 To the Very Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of 
 California. — 
 
 I hereby certify that Brother is 
 
 a Master Mason and a member of this Lodge, in 
 good standing; and as such he is hereby recom- 
 mended for a Grand Lodge Diploma, upon payment 
 of the usual fees. 
 
 Given under my hand and seal of the 
 (Seal) Lodge aforesaid, at the date above written. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Authority to issue diploma: Sec. 50. 
 Charge for diploma: Sec. 39. 
 
 Certificate for diploma for benefit of family of a 
 deceased brother. 
 
 Sec. 234 Lodge, No , F. and 
 
 A. M A. L. 59 
 
 To the Very Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of 
 California: — 
 
 I hereby certify that Brother , 
 
 who died at on the day of
 
 ? 234-235 CONSTITUTION 190 
 
 A. L. 59 ... , was, at the date of his 
 
 decease, a Master Mason and a member of this 
 Lodge, in good standing; and that he left (here in- 
 sert "a widow," "a child," or "children," or any 
 of them, as the case may he,) for whose benefit a 
 Grand Lodge Diploma is desired. 
 
 Given by order of our Lodge aforesaid, 
 at the date first above written, as witness 
 (Seal) my hand and the seal thereof. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Certificate to issue without charge: Sees. 39, 50. 
 Petition for a dispensation to form a new Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 235. To the Most Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in California: — 
 
 The petition of the undersigned respectively rep- 
 resents that they are Master Masons in good stand- 
 ing; that they were last members of the respective 
 Lodges named opposite their several signatures 
 hereunto, as will appear from the dimit or certificate 
 of each of the petitioners, herewith transmitted; that 
 
 they reside in or near the of 
 
 in the county of." , in the State of 
 
 California; that among thcni are a sufficient num- 
 ber of brethren well qualified to open and hold a 
 Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and to dis- 
 charge all its various duties in the three degrees of 
 Ancient Masonry, in accordance with established 
 usage; and that, having the prosperity of the Craft 
 at heart, and being desirous to use their best en- 
 deavors for the diffusion of its beneficent principles, 
 they pray for a Dispensation empowering them to 
 form, open, and hold a regular Lodge, at the 
 
 of , aforesaid, 
 
 to be called Lodge.
 
 191 CONSTITUTION § 235-236 
 
 They have nominated and respectfully recommend 
 
 Brother as the first Master, Brother 
 
 as the first Senior Warden, and 
 
 Brother as the first Junior Warden 
 
 of the said Lodge, they being each, in all respects, 
 competent to perform all the duties of either of 
 the stations for which they are severally proposed; 
 and, if the prayer of the petitioners be granted, they 
 promise in all things strict obedience to the com- 
 mands of the Grand Master, and undeviating con- 
 formity to the Constitution and Regulations of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 Dated at on the day of 
 
 A. L. 59.... 
 
 I 
 ♦Signatures. Name and No. of Lodge. 
 
 State or Country. 
 
 Prerequisites for dispensation: Sec. 73. 
 
 Dispensation. 
 
 Sec. 236. The Grand Lodge of Califomia, 
 To all whom it may concern, Greeting: 
 
 Whereas. A petition has been presented to me 
 by sundry brethren, to wit: — Brothers Alfred Albert 
 Andrews, Benjamin Bruce Brown, Charles Clarence 
 Carroll, Daniel David Dawson, Edward Egbert 
 English, Francis Felix Foster, George Gideon Grif- 
 fith, Henry Harold Hudson, Isaac Isaiah Inman, 
 James Jabez Johnson, Kenneth Kenyon Kennedy, 
 and Lemuel Lionel Lincoln, all residing in or near 
 
 *These siscnatures must give all the names of each peti- 
 tioner in full.
 
 § 236 CONSTITUTION 192 
 
 the town of Masonville, in the County of Mason, in 
 the State of California, praying to be congregated 
 into a regular Lodge known and designated as Ex- 
 ample Lodge, and promising to render obedience to 
 the ancient usages and landmarks of the Fraternity, 
 and the Constitution and Regulations of our Grand 
 Lodge; And, Whereas, the said petitioners have been 
 duly reeoiirniended to me as Master Masonb in good 
 standing, in the manner prescribed by the Regula- 
 tions of our Grand Lodge, by the Master, Wardens, 
 
 and brethren of A Lodge, No. . . ., under 
 
 our jurisdiction: 
 
 Now Know Ye, That, I E C A , 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in the State of California, 
 reposing full confidence in the recommendation 
 aforesaid, and in the Masonic integrity and ability 
 of the petitioners, do, by virtue of the power in me 
 vested, hereby grant this Dispensation, empowering 
 and authorizing our trusty and well-beloved breth- 
 ren aforesaid, to form and open a Lodge after the 
 manner of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and 
 therein to admit to membership and make Free- 
 masons, according to the ancient custom, and not 
 otherwise. 
 
 This Dispensation is to continue in full force until 
 the first day of the month in which the next Annual 
 Communication of our Grand Lodge shall be holden, 
 unless sooner revoked by me; and I do hereby ap- 
 point Brother Alfred Albert Andrews to be the first 
 Master, Brother Benjamin Bruce Brown to be the 
 first Senior Warden, and Brother Charles Clarence 
 Carroll to be the first Junior Warden of the said new 
 Lodge; requiring them to return this Dispensation, 
 with their Book of Records, an attested copy of 
 their By-Laws, and a full report of the doings of
 
 193 CONSTITUTION § 236-237 
 
 their said Lodge, to our Grand Lodge aforesaid, at 
 the expiration of the time herein specified, for ex- 
 amination and for such further action in the prem- 
 ises as shall then be deemed wise and proper. 
 
 Given under my hand and the seal of our Grand 
 
 Lodge aforesaid, at S , this twenty-fifth day 
 
 of January, A. L. 5887, A. D. 1887. 
 
 (Seal) E C A , 
 
 Grand Master.. 
 
 Attest: A G A , 
 
 Grand Secretary. 
 
 Power of Grand Master to issue: Sees. 43, 73.. 
 Fee for: Sec. 39. 
 
 Recommendation of a petition for the formation of 
 a new Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 237 Lodge, No , F. and 
 
 A. M ..A. L. 59 
 
 To the Most Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in California: — 
 
 At a stated meeting of this Lodge, held at the 
 date above written, the following preamble and reso- 
 lution were adopted: — 
 
 "Whereas, A petition for the issue of a Dispensa- 
 tion to form and open a new Lodge at , 
 
 in the county of , has been presented 
 
 to this Lodge for its recommendation; And, Whereas, 
 it is known to this Lodge that the signers to said 
 
 petition, in number, are all Master Masons 
 
 in good standing, and that a safe and suitable 
 Lodge-room has been provided by them for their 
 meeting; it is 
 
 "Resolved, That the establishment of said new 
 Lodge is of manifest propriety and will conduce to
 
 § 237-238 CONSTITUTION 194 
 
 the good of the Order; and that this Lodge recom- 
 mends to the Grand Master the granting of the 
 Dispensation prayed for in said petition." 
 A true copy from the minutes. 
 
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
 
 set my hand and affixed the seal of our 
 
 (Seal) Lodge, aforesaid, at the date above written. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Eecommendaticn necessary: Sec. 73. 
 
 Certificate of qualification of ofiieers proposed for a 
 new Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 238. To the Most Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in California: — 
 
 The petition of . . . .brethren, residing at the 
 
 ... of , in the county of , praying 
 
 the Grand Master for a Dispensation to open and 
 
 hold a new Lodge at said , to be called 
 
 Lodge, having been presented to me; and 
 
 Brothers , and , being 
 
 recommended therein for nomination, respectively, 
 as Master, Senior Warden, and Junior Warden of 
 said proposed new Lodge; now I, In- 
 spector of the Masonic district, do hereby 
 
 certify that, to my positive knowledge, each of said 
 brethren is fully competent properly to confer the 
 three degrees of Masonry, to deliver entire the sev- 
 eral lectures thereunto appertaining, and to be well 
 informed as to those portions of the Constitution 
 and General Regulations of the Grand Lodge which 
 relate to the government of a Lodge. 
 
 Given at , in the county of , 
 
 this day of , A. L. 59 
 
 (Seal) Inspector. 
 
 Certificate necessary: Sec. 73.
 
 195 CONSTITUTION § 239 
 
 Petition for a charter. 
 
 Sec. 239. To the M.'. W.'. Grand Lodge of Cali- 
 fornia: — 
 
 The undersigned respectfully represent that on 
 the day of , A. L. 59 , a Dis- 
 pensation was issued by the Grand Master for the 
 
 formation of a new Lodge at , in the 
 
 county of , by the name of 
 
 Lodge; that on the day of , next 
 
 ensuing, said Lodge was opened and organized, and 
 has since continued successfully to work during the 
 period named in said Dispensation, as will appear 
 from its records, by-laws, and returns, herewith 
 presented; and that it is the anxious desire of the 
 members of said Lodge that its existence be per- 
 petuated. 
 
 They therefore pray that a Charter be granted to 
 
 said Lodge by the name of Lodge, with 
 
 such number as the usage of the Grand Lodge may 
 
 assign it; and recommend that Brother be 
 
 named therein as Master, Brother as Sen- 
 ior Warden, and Brother as Junior 
 
 Warden; promising, as heretofore, strict obedience 
 to the commands of the Grand Master, and un- 
 deviating conformity to the Constitution and Regu- 
 lations of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Given by instruction from and on behalf of said 
 
 Lodge, at this day of , 
 
 A. L. 59.... 
 
 Delegates. 
 Form mandatory: Sec. 75.
 
 S 240 CONSTITUTION 1»« 
 
 Charter. 
 
 Sec. 240. To all whom it may concern: 
 
 The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons 
 Of the State of California, Greeting: 
 
 Whereas, It having been duly represented unto 
 us that sundry brethren of the Most Ancient and 
 Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, 
 residing at or near the town of Masonville, in the 
 County of Mason, within our Jurisdiction, have 
 heretofore, to wit: on the twenty-fifth day of Jan- 
 uary, A. L. 5887, received from our Most Worship- 
 ful Grand Master a Dispensation to assemble as a 
 Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, for the pur- 
 poses therein expressed; and, Whereas, it having 
 been further represented that the said brethren are 
 now desirous that their Lodge shall be duly char- 
 tered, constituted, and numbered upon our registry 
 as a regular Lodge; and it appearing, after due 
 examination, that they are well qualified and in all 
 respects worthy to assume and fulfill the duties 
 consequent upon the indulgence of their said desire; 
 and, Whereas, it being believed that the advance- 
 ment of Freemasonry will be encouraged, and the 
 wise, moral, and beueficient purposes of our An- 
 cient Craft be promoted by the constitution and 
 permanent establishment of their said Lodge: 
 
 Now, therefore, Know Ye, That we, the Most 
 Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- 
 sons of the State of California, have authorized, 
 constituted and appointed, and, by this our Warrant 
 and Charter, do hereby authorize, constitute and 
 appoint our trusty and well-beloved brethren, Alfred 
 Albert Andrews, Master, Benjamin Bruce Brown, 
 Senior Warden, and Charles Clarence Carroll, Jun-
 
 197 CONSTITUTION 5 240 
 
 ior Warden, together with all such other true and 
 lawful brethren as have already been or may here- 
 after be admitted to associate with them, to as- 
 semble and work as a regular Lodge of Free and 
 Accepted Masons, at the town of Masonville afore- 
 said, by the name and designation of Example 
 Lodge No. — : 
 
 And We do hereby Grant and Commit unto the 
 Master and Wardens aforesaid and their successors, 
 and to the brethren of the said Lodge, full power 
 and authority to receive and enter Apprentices, pass 
 Fellow Crafts, raise Master Masons, and admit 
 brethren to membership; to choose a Master and 
 Wardens and other officers, annually; to exact from 
 their initiates and members such fees and dues as 
 may be necessary for the maintenance of their 
 Lodge, for the relief of poor and distressed breth- 
 ren, their widows and orphans, and for the regular 
 payment of such annual contributions to the Grand 
 Lodge as shall by it be directed; and, generally, to 
 perform and do all other acts and things which shall 
 be in full accordance with the ancient usages and 
 customs of the Craft, and in strict obedience to the 
 Constitution, Eegulations, and Edicts of this our 
 Grand Lodge, aforesaid: 
 
 And We do hereby Require the said Lodge to at- 
 tend the Grand Lodge at all its Communications, by 
 its Master and Wardens, or by its Representatives, 
 duly appointed; to keep a fair and faithful record 
 of all its acts and proceedings which are proper 
 to be written; and to lay the same before the Grand 
 Lodge whenever it may be directed: 
 
 And, lastly, We do hereby Enjoin upon the Mas- 
 ter, Wardens, and Brethren of the Lodge, aforesaid.
 
 5 240 241 CONSTITUTION 198 
 
 that they ever observe a strict conformity to all the 
 ordinances of our Grand Logde, which is the Su- 
 preme Masonic Power and Authority in the State 
 of California; and that they constantly give due re- 
 spect and obedience to the Grand Master and their 
 other superiors in office, in all things pertaining to 
 our Ancient Craft. 
 
 Done in Grand Lodge, in accordance with its or- 
 der, at the City of San Francisco, California, on this 
 thirteenth day of October, Anno Domini 1887, Anno 
 Lucis 5887. 
 
 In Testimony whereof, We, Grand Maste» 
 of Masons in the State of California, have 
 hereunto set our hands and have caused our 
 (L. S.) Grand Secretary to make his attestation 
 thereunto, and to affix the Seal of our 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 (Seal) E C A , 
 
 Grand Master. 
 
 Attest: A G A , 
 
 Grand Secretary. 
 Charter, when issued: Sec. 75. 
 
 Notices of rejections, suspensions, expulsions, and 
 restorations. 
 
 Sec. 241 Lodge, No , F. and 
 
 A. M A. L. 59.... 
 
 To the Very Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Cali- 
 fornia: — 
 I hereby certify that, at a stated meeting of thia 
 Lodge, held at the date above written, the petition 
 of , an applicant for the de- 
 gress of Masonry, was rejected.
 
 199 CONSTITUTION § 241 
 
 (Or, I hereby certify that, at a stated meeting 
 of this Lodge, held at the date above written, Bro. 
 
 , after due notice as prescribed in 
 
 the Constitution, was declared to be suspended 
 from all the rights and privileges of Masonry, for 
 non-payment of dues.) 
 
 (Or, I hereby certify that, at a stated meeting 
 of this Lodge, held at the date above written, Bro. 
 
 , after due trial in the manner 
 
 prescribed in the Constitution, was declared to be 
 suspended from all the rights and privileges of Ma- 
 sonry, for unmasonic conduct.) 
 
 (Or, I hereby certify that, at a stated meeting 
 of this Lodge, held at the date above written, Bro. 
 , after due trial in the manner pre- 
 scribed in the Constitution, was declared to be ex- 
 pelled from all the rights and privileges of Masonry, 
 for unmasonic conduct.) 
 
 (Or, I hereby certify that, at a stated meeting 
 of this Lodge, held at the date above written, Bro. 
 
 , heretofore by it suspended for 
 
 non-payment of dues, having paid up (or received 
 a remission of) all arrearages, as provided in the 
 Constitution, resumed his rights and privileges as a 
 Mason and as a member of this Lodge.) 
 
 (Or, I hereby certify that, at a stated meeting 
 of this Lodge, held at the date above written, Bro. 
 
 , heretofore by it suspended for 
 
 unmasonic conduct, was, by a two-thirds vote, in 
 the manner prescribed in the Constitution, restored 
 to all his rights and privileges as a Mason and as a 
 member of this Lodge.) 
 
 Given under my hand and the seal of our 
 
 (Seal) Lodge aforesaid. Secretary. 
 
 Duty of Secretary to report: Sec. 150.
 
 i 242 243 CONSTITUTION 20«> 
 
 Notice of special meeting to elect trial commis- 
 sioners. 
 
 Sec. 242 Lodge, No , F. and 
 
 A. M A. L. 59 
 
 Bro 
 
 You are hereby notified to attend a special meet- 
 ing of this Lodge, to be holden on the day of 
 
 A. L. 59 , at o'clock M., for 
 
 the purpose of electing Commissioners to try a 
 brother upon a charge of unmasonic conduct pre- 
 ferred against him by a Master Mason in good 
 standing. 
 
 By order of the Master, as witness my 
 (Seal) signature and the seal of our Lodge. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 This notice jurisdictional: Sec. 194. 
 
 Certificate of withdrawal without recommendation. 
 
 Sec. 243. To all whom it may concern: — 
 
 This is to certify that Brother , 
 
 heretofore a member of our Lodge, No . . . , 
 
 F. and A. M., under the jurisdiction of the Grand 
 Lodge of the State of California, has paid his dues 
 in full and has this day withdrawn from member- 
 ship in said Lodge. 
 
 Given at the Hall of our Lodge aforesaid, 
 
 at , in the county of , 
 
 State of California, this day of 
 
 (Seal) A. L. 59 , as witness my 
 
 hand, the seal of our Lodge, and the attest- 
 ation of our Secretary. 
 
 Master. 
 
 Attest: , Secretary.
 
 201 CONSTITUTION § 243-244 
 
 Demit without recommendatorj certificate suf- 
 ficient for affiliation: Sec. 122f. 
 
 Entitled to on notice without vote of Lodge: 
 Sec. 159. 
 
 Kecommendatory certificate of withdrawal. 
 
 Sec. 241. To all Ancient, Free and Accepted 
 Masons, 
 
 Wheresoever dispersed around the Globe, 
 Greeting: 
 
 This is to certify that Brother , whose 
 
 signature appears in the margin hereof, is a Mas- 
 ter Mason in good standing, and was, until this 
 
 date, a member of our Lodge, ISTo...., 
 
 F. and A. M., under the jurisdiction of the Grand 
 Lodge of the State of California. Having paid all 
 dues, and being in good fellowship with the breth- 
 ren, he has voluntarily withdrawn from our said 
 Lodge; and now, by its order, receives this certifi- 
 cate, recommending him to the fellowship and good 
 will of the Fraternity wherever he may be. 
 
 Given at the Hall of our Lodge afore- 
 said, at , in the county of , 
 
 in the State of California, this.... day of 
 
 A. L. 59. . ., as witness my hand, 
 
 the seal of our Lodge, and the attestation 
 (Seal) of our Secretary. 
 
 , Master. 
 
 Attest , Secretary. 
 
 Signature 
 
 Majority vote necessary for recommendatory 
 certificate: Sec. 159.
 
 § 245 246 CONSTITUTION 202 
 
 Credential for a representative elected by a Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 245 Lodge, No , F. and 
 
 A. M A. L. 59 
 
 To the M.". W.'. Grand Lodge of California:— 
 
 This is to certify that, at a meeting of 
 
 this Lodge, held at the date above written, it hav- 
 ing been made known that neither the Master nor 
 either of the Wardens thereof would be enabled to 
 attend the Grand Lodge at its next Annual Com- 
 munication, Bro , a member of the 
 
 Lodge, was, by ballot, duly elected to serve as its 
 Representative during said Communication. 
 
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 
 set my hand, and have caused the Secretary 
 (Seal) to affix the seal of our Lodge, with his at- 
 testation, at the date above written. 
 
 , Master. 
 
 Attest: , Secretary. 
 
 Representative, how elected: Sec. 225. 
 Lodge may elect representative: Sec. 79. 
 
 Petition for degrees. 
 
 Sec. 246. To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and 
 
 Brethren of Lodge, No . . . ., 
 
 F. and A. M. 
 
 The undersigned resi)ectfully represents that, un- 
 biased by friends and uninfluenced by mercenary 
 motives, he freely and voluntarily offers himself as 
 a candidate for the mj'-sterics of Masonry; that he 
 is prompted to solicit this privilege by a favorable 
 opinion conceived of the Institution, a desire for 
 knowledge, and a sincere wish to be serviceable to 
 his fellow creatures; and that he promises, if found 
 worthy, to conform to all the Ancient usages and 
 regulations of the Fraternity.
 
 203 CONSTITUTION § 246 
 
 1. — What IS your full name? 
 
 2. — When were you born ? 
 
 3. — Where were you born? 
 
 4. — Where do you reside ? 
 
 5. — State explicitly your business occupation for 
 the past ten years, and where conducted 
 
 6. — Have you resided in the State of California, 
 the twelve months last past, and the place 
 above named more than six months? 
 
 7. — Where have you resided the ten years last past? 
 If in more than one place, state the partic- 
 ular years in each place 
 
 8. — Have you ever presented a petition to any Ma- 
 sonic Lodge? If so, when and to what 
 Lodge ? 
 
 9. — Have you ever been rejected by any Masonic 
 
 Lodge? If, so, when and by what Lodge?. . . 
 
 10. — Do you believe in God and a future existence? 
 
 11. — Are you in sound bodily health? 
 
 12. — Do you know of any physical, legal, or moral 
 reason which would prevent you from becoming 
 a Freemason? State particularly any physical 
 
 deformity or defect 
 
 13. — Have you read all the questions contained in 
 the foregoing petition? Are all of your an- 
 swers thereto in your own handwriting? And 
 do you, upon your honor, declare your fore- 
 going statements to be true? 
 
 Eecommended by: 
 
 Bro ' 
 
 Bro 
 
 Eefers to: 
 
 Mr 
 
 Mr 
 
 This form of petition mandatory: Sec. 98.
 
 5 247 248 CONSTITUTION 204 
 
 Application for affiliation. 
 
 Sec. 247. To the Worshipful Master, the Wardens 
 
 and Brethren of Lodge, No , F. 
 
 and A. M. 
 
 The undersigned respectfully represents that he 
 is a Master Mason in good standing; that he was 
 
 last a member of Lodge, No. . . ., in the 
 
 of , from which he has honorably 
 
 withdrawn [that he is now a member of 
 
 Lodge No in the of ]. 
 
 (And it is suggested that the Grand Secretary add 
 a note to the effect that the part of the application 
 which does not fit the facts is to be stricken out.) 
 (As amended 1919.) 
 
 His jdace of residence is , his age 
 
 years, and his occupation 
 
 (Date) , A. L. 59 
 
 (Signature) 
 
 Recommended by Bros.: 
 
 (To be members of the Lodge.) 
 
 This form of application mandatory: Sec. 98. 
 
 Certificate of membership. 
 
 Sec. 248 Lodge, No.. . . ., F. and 
 
 A. M. 
 
 To the Master, Wardens and Brethren of any Reg- 
 ular Lodge, F. and A. M., to Which This Certi- 
 ficate is Presented: 
 
 This is to certify, that Brother , a 
 
 member in good standing of this Lodge, having 
 made application for a Certificate of Standing, and 
 notice having been received that said Brother has 
 petitioned your Lodge for affiliation therein, a
 
 205 CONSTITUTION § 248-249 
 
 Dimit will be granted, upon the condition that said 
 Brother shall consummate said affiliation. Of which 
 action you will give this Lodge timely notice; and 
 in the event of failure to consummate such affilia- 
 tion, this Certificate of Membership is to be re- 
 turned to this Lodge. 
 
 Given under my hand and the seal of the 
 
 (Seal) Lodge at , this 
 
 day of , A. L. 59 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 May present above form of certificate with ap- 
 plication: Sec. 161. 
 
 Certificate of election, appointment, and installation 
 of officers. 
 
 Sec. 249 Lodge, No , F. and A. M. 
 
 A. L. 59 
 
 To the Very Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of 
 California: — 
 
 I hereby certify that, at the stated meeting of this 
 Lodge held on the day above written, it being that 
 next preceding the anniversary of St. John the 
 Evangelist, the following officers were duly elected 
 for the ensuing Masonic year, viz: — 
 
 Bro Master, 
 
 Bro Sen. Warden, 
 
 Bro Jun. Warden, 
 
 Bro Treasurer, and 
 
 Bro Secretary J 
 
 That, on the . . . day of A. L. 59 .... , the 
 
 following officers were duly appointed to serve for 
 
 the ensuing Masonic year, viz.: — 
 
 Bro *Chaplain, 
 
 *The Constitution does not make the appointment of 
 Chaplain obligatory, but permits Lodges to authorize it.
 
 5 249-250 CONSTITUTION 906 
 
 Bro Sen. Deacon, 
 
 Bro Jun. Deacon, 
 
 Bro Marshal, 
 
 Bro Senior Steward, 
 
 Bro Junior Steward & 
 
 Bro Tyler; 
 
 And that, on the day.,.. day of , 
 
 A. L. 59, . . ., the said officers were duly installed 
 by (here give the name and Masonic title of the 
 installing officer.) 
 
 Given under my hand and the seal of our 
 (Seal) Lodge, on the day last above written. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Secretary to transmit this certificate: Sec. 150. 
 
 Eepresentative not entitled to pay unless this cer- 
 tificate transmitted: Sec. 6. 
 
 Certificate for amendment to by-laws. 
 
 Sec. 250 Lodge No , F. and A. M. 
 
 A. L. 59.... 
 
 To the Most "Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in California: 
 
 This is to certify that at a stated meeting of this 
 
 Lodge held on the day of 
 
 19...., the following amendment to Section , 
 
 Article of the By-Laws was presented in 
 
 writing and noted upon the minutes of the Lodge: 
 
 Article Section (Here set out 
 
 in full the section as proposed to be amended.) 
 
 That at the next stated meeting, held on the 
 , , day of , 19, , , . the said section
 
 207 CONSTITUTION I 250-251 
 
 was amended by the votes of two-thirds of the mem- 
 bers present. 
 
 Prior to amendment the section read as follows: 
 (Here set out the full text of the section as it read 
 prior to amendment.) 
 
 Witness my hand and the seal of the Lodge on 
 the date first above written. 
 
 (Seal) , Secretary. 
 
 This certificate required: Sec. 81. 
 
 Charge of unmasonic conduct. 
 
 Sec. 251 , Cal., , , 18. . 
 
 To the Master of Lodge, No , F. and A. M, 
 
 Vv'orshipful Sir and Brother: 
 
 The undersigned, a Master Mason in good stand- 
 ing, and a member of Lodge No , at 
 
 , in the State of , does hereby 
 
 charge Bro. A B , a Mason now 
 
 residing (or said to be residing) at , in the 
 
 State of , with unmasonic conduct, as set 
 
 forth in the following specifications: — 
 
 First. That on or about the day of 
 
 , 18 , he did (here state the offense 
 
 as particularly as may be practicable). 
 
 Second. That on or about the day of 
 
 , 18 , he did, etc. (here state the sec- 
 ond specification, if any). 
 
 Third. That on or about, etc. (following with as 
 many specifications as there are distinct offenses 
 charged). 
 
 For all which the undersigned desires that the 
 said A B may be brought to trial
 
 i 251-252 CONSTITUTION 208 
 
 and dealt with in such manner as our Masonic laws 
 
 provide. 
 
 Respectfully and Fraternally, 
 
 C D 
 
 Should Ihe charge be preferred by the Junior Warden, 
 under the direction of the Lodge or Master, the first por- 
 tion of the first paragraph foregoing should then read — 
 
 The undersigned, a Master Mason in good stand- 
 ing, and Junior Warden of Lodge, No . . . , 
 
 at , in the State of , does hereby, 
 
 by direction of that Lodge, (or of the Master there- 
 of), charge Bro. A B , etc. 
 
 EXPLANATORY NOTE: This, and the forms following. 
 is taken from the "Form of Record of Trials" and here 
 it should be said that the object of incorporating all these 
 forms from that admirable compilation is that they may be 
 given a permanent and established place in our law. 
 
 Charge must be in writing: Sec. 189. 
 Notification to a commissioner. 
 
 Sec. 252. Hall of Lodge No. . ., F. and 
 
 A. M. 
 
 at , Cal., 18 
 
 Bro. I J , 
 
 You are hereby notified that, at a special meeting 
 
 of this Lodge held on the day of , 18. ., 
 
 you were elected to be one of Commissioners 
 
 designated to try a certain charge of unmasonic 
 conduct preferred against a brother by a Master 
 Mason in good standing; and that a meeting of 
 said Commissioners, for that purpose, will be held 
 
 at , on the day of , 18..., at 
 
 o'clock, ..M. 
 
 By order of the Master. 
 (Seal) G H , Secretary. 
 
 Secretary must notify commissioners: Sec. 198.
 
 209 CONSTITUTIUlJf § 253-254 
 
 Notification to an accuser. 
 
 Sec. 253. Hall of , Lodge No. . ., F. and 
 
 A. M. 
 
 At , Cal., , 18... 
 
 Bro. C D , 
 
 You are hereby notified that the Commissioners 
 elected by this Lodge to try a certain charge pre- 
 ferred by you against Bro. A B , 
 
 will assemble at , on , the day 
 
 of , at o'clock, ..M,, for that pur- 
 pose. 
 
 By order of the Master. 
 (Seal) G H , Secretary. 
 
 Secretary must notify accuser: Sec. 198. 
 
 Summons to an accused brother. Service. 
 
 Sec. 254. Hall of , Lodge No. . ., F. and 
 
 A. M. 
 
 At , Cal., , 18... 
 
 Bro. A B , 
 
 You are hereby summoned to appear at , 
 
 on , the day of , 18...., at 
 
 o'clock, . .M., there and then to answer to 
 
 a certain charge of unmasonic conduct preferred 
 
 against you by Bro. C D , a Master 
 
 Mason in good standing, a certified copy of which is 
 hereunto annexed. 
 
 Given at the place and on the day first 
 (Seal) above written, as witness my hand and the 
 
 seal of our Lodge, with the attestation of 
 
 our Secretary. 
 
 K L , Master. 
 
 Attest: G H , Secretary.
 
 f 254 CONSTITUTION 210 
 
 Certificate of Service. 
 
 I, , Secretary (or Tiler, or a 
 
 member authorized by the Master for this purpose), 
 of this Lodge, hereby certify that I duly served 
 the annexed summons upon Bro , the ac- 
 cused brother named therein, on the day of 
 
 , 18...^ by delivering to him iu person 
 
 at (or leaving at his ordinary place of 
 
 residence, to-wit: street, in , 
 
 California), or leaving at his place of business, to- 
 wit: , in , California, the dupli- 
 cate thereof, together with a certified copy of the 
 charge and specifications which accompanied the 
 summons. 
 
 The following may be a form for the certificate of service 
 when the service is had by mail or other mode of convey- 
 ance : — 
 
 Certificate of Service. 
 
 T, , Secretary of this Lodge, 
 
 hereby certify that on the day of , 
 
 18. . ., I forwarded by mail (or other usual mode of 
 
 conveyance, stating it), to Bro , named 
 
 in the annexed summons, at ,in the 
 
 State of , which place is the residence 
 
 of the said brother, the duplicate of the annexed 
 summons, together with a certified copy of the 
 charge and specifications which accompanied the 
 summons. 
 
 , Secretary 
 
 Summons to accused, how issued: Sec. 198. 
 Summons to accused, how served: Sec. 199.
 
 211 CONSTITUTION 5 255-256 
 
 Summons to a witness. 
 
 Sec. 255. Hall of , Lodge No. . ., F. and 
 
 A. M. 
 
 At , Cal., , 18... 
 
 Bro. S T , 
 
 You are hereby summoned to appear at , 
 
 on the day of , 18..., at 
 
 o'clock ..M., there and then to testify in 
 
 relation to a certain charge of unmasonic conduct 
 
 preferred by Bro. C D against Bro. 
 
 A B 
 
 Given at the place and on the day first 
 (Seal) above written, as witness my hand and the 
 seal of our Lodge, with the attestation of 
 our Secretary. 
 
 K L , Master. 
 
 A-ttest: G H , Secretary. 
 
 Witness, how summoned: Sec. 201. 
 
 Letter of authorization to take testimony. 
 
 Sec. 256. Hall of , Lodge No , F. and 
 
 A. M. 
 
 At , , , 18.. 
 
 To the Worshipful U V. , 
 
 Master of Lodge, No.. . ., F. and A. M. 
 
 At , County of , Cal. 
 
 A charge of unmasonic conduct having been pre- 
 ferred in this Lodge by Bro. C D , 
 
 a Master Mason in good standing, against Bro. 
 
 A B , a member of Lodge, 
 
 No...., at , a copy of which charge, with 
 
 the specifications, is herewith transmitted; and the
 
 § 256 CONSTITUTION 212 
 
 testimony of Bro. W X , a member 
 
 (or a Mason residing within the jurisdiction) of 
 your Lodge, being deemed important at the trial of 
 said charge, you are hereby authorized and re- 
 quested to take the testimony of the said Bro. 
 
 W X , upon such matters as either 
 
 the accuser or the accused, or both, may indicate 
 in the paper (or papers) herewith annexed, and to 
 make return thereof to me as early as may be pos- 
 sible. 
 
 Given at the place and on the day first 
 (Seal) above written, as witness my hand, the seal 
 
 of our Lodge, and the attestation of our 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 K L , Master. 
 
 Attest. G H , Secretary. 
 
 It should not be forgotten that, when either party desires 
 to have testimony taken elsewhere than before the Commis- 
 sioners, notice thereof must be given to the other party. 
 
 The testimony taken upon an authorization, such as the 
 foregoini?, should be written out precisely in the same man- 
 ner, with question and answer, as though taken before the 
 Commissioners; and, after being so written out and signed 
 by the witness, should be attached to and be returned with 
 the authorization, accompanied with the following — 
 
 Testimony of witness residing out of jurisdiction: 
 
 Sec. 201. 
 
 Certificate. 
 
 , Cal., ,18.. 
 
 I do hereby certify that the foregoing pages, 
 
 numbered from to inclusive, contain the 
 
 full, true, and perfect deposition of Bro. W 
 
 X , taken by me under and by virtue of the 
 
 annexed authorization. 
 
 u y , 
 
 Master of Lodge, No. .
 
 213 CONSTITUTION § 257-258 
 
 Record of finding. 
 
 Sec. 257. All other business being concluded, and 
 there being present only members of his Lodge, the 
 Master presented the record of the trial of Bro. 
 
 A B , hy the Commissioners elected on the 
 
 , 18,..., and announced that he had been 
 
 found guilty upon one (or two, or all), of the speci- 
 fications in the charge of unmasonic conduct pre- 
 ferred against him, and also upon the charge; and 
 had been sentenced to expulsion (or suspension) 
 from all the rights and privileges of Masonry. (Or 
 to reprimand in open Lodge.) (Or, that he had been 
 found not guilty upon all the specifications of the 
 charge of unmasonic conduct preferred against him.) 
 The Master directed the Secretary to record the 
 same as the judgment of the Lodge and to file the 
 record of the trial among the archives. 
 
 Eecord of finding, requisites for: Sec. 205. 
 
 Form of transcript of record of triaL 
 
 First should come a fair copy of the proceedings of the 
 Lodge at the special meeting thereof held for the election 
 of Trial-Commissioners, which should have been entered in 
 the minutes of the Lodge in substantially the following 
 form: — 
 
 Sec. 258. Form of Eecord. 
 
 At a Meeting for Election of Trial-Commisioners. 
 
 Hall of , Lodge No. . ., F. and A. M. 
 
 At , Cal., ,18... 
 
 By order of the Master, of which due notification 
 was given to the brethren, this Lodge was specially 
 convened at the place and on the day above writ- 
 ten, at o'clock, ...M., and there were present 
 
 the following: (Here give the names and titles of
 
 i 25S CONSTITUTION 214 
 
 the officers, and the number of other members pres- 
 ent, referring for the names of these last to the 
 Tiler's Register.) 
 
 A Lodge of Master Masons having been duly 
 opened, the Master stated that this special meeting 
 had been called for the purpose of electing Commis- 
 sioners to hear and determine upon a certain charge 
 of unmasonic conduct preferred by a Master Mason 
 in good standing against a brother of this Lodge 
 (or of some other Lodge, naming it, or, if a non- 
 affiliated Mason, saying so), and desired that the 
 Lodge should indicate the number of Commissioners 
 which it deemed advisable to elect. 
 
 On motion, duly seconded, it was voted that the 
 number of Commissioners be 
 
 The Master appointed Bros. O P 
 
 and Q B , to act as tellers, and the 
 
 Lodge proceeded to ballot for Commissioners. 
 
 At the conclusion of the. .. .ballot it was found 
 that the following named brethren had each received 
 a majority of the votes of all the members present, 
 viz: — (Here give the names in full of all the Com- 
 missioners elected.) And they were declared by the 
 Master to be duly elected to serve as Commissioners, 
 
 NOTE. — At this point, if the Master finds that the address 
 of the accused is unknown and directs the trial to proceed 
 ex parte, record thereof may be inserted and the direction 
 as to summons being transmitted to the accused may be 
 omitted. 
 
 The Master named , the day of 
 
 , 18 ... , at 'clock . . M., at*^ the 
 
 Lodge room (or such other place as he may desig- 
 nate), as the time and place for the first meeting 
 of the Commissioners, and directed the Secretary to 
 notify each of them of his election and of the time 
 and place of meeting.
 
 215 CONSTITUTION' § 258-25^ 
 
 The Master also directed the Secretary to prepare^ 
 for his signature, a summons to the accused to ap- 
 pear at said time and place before the Commission- 
 ers, and handed the charge to the Secretary with in- 
 structions that a certified copy thereof, under seal 
 of the Lodge, be made and transmitted to the ac- 
 cused with said summons. 
 
 The Master also directed the Secretary to notify 
 the accuser of said time and place of meeting of the 
 Commissioners. 
 
 The business being thus concluded, the Lodge 
 was closed. 
 
 .... G H , Secretary. 
 
 Approved: K L , Master. 
 
 Secretary to make record: Sec. 205. 
 
 Record of proceedings before commissioners. 
 
 This should be followed by the record of the proceedings 
 before the Commissioners, which may be in substantially the 
 following form, viz.: — 
 
 Sec. 25S. 
 
 At , Cal., , 18.. 
 
 The Commissioners elected by Lodge, No. 
 
 ..., F. and A. M., on , 18..., to try a 
 
 certain charge of unmasonic conduct preferred by 
 
 Bro against Bro , met at 
 
 the time and place above noted, in accordance with 
 the direction of the Master. 
 
 There were present the following named Commis- 
 sioners, to-wit: Bras 
 
 There were also present Bro , W. M., 
 
 of said Lodge, and Bro , Secretary 
 
 thereof. The accused was (or was not) present, and 
 he was (or was not) represented by an attorney 
 (naming him). The accuser was (or was not) pres-
 
 I 259 CONSTITUTION 21« 
 
 ent, and he was (or was not) represented by an at- 
 torney (naming him.) 
 
 The Master then stated the purpose for which the 
 Commission is assembled. 
 
 A majority of the Commissioners elected being 
 present, the trial was ordered to proceed. 
 
 The Master then caused the charge and specifica- 
 tions to be read by the Secretary, and also the sum- 
 mons to the accused, with the certificate of service 
 thereof. The following is a copy of the same. 
 
 (Here Insert copy of charge, copy of summons, 
 and copy of certificate of service.) 
 
 It was also shown that the accuser had been duly 
 notified. No objection was made by either party 
 to any of the Commissioners (or, if objection is 
 made, the fact and reasons given must be stated, 
 together with the ruling of the Master thereon.) 
 
 The accused, in answer to said charge and specifi- 
 cations, stated (insert his statement, or, if his plea 
 be in writing, insert copy thereof.) 
 
 The Commissioners then proceeded to hear the 
 testimony, and the following testimony was intro- 
 duced on the part of the accuser: — 
 
 Bro , a Mason in good standing, 
 
 testified on his honor as a Mason, as follows: **I 
 
 am a Mason in good standing, a member of 
 
 Lodge, No. . ., F. and A. M., of " 
 
 (Here insert the testimony of the witness, exactly 
 as he gives it in his own words, giving all the ques- 
 tions and answers.) 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 The foregoing testimony, given by Bro , 
 
 was read to the witness, and, after such reading,
 
 217 CONSTITUTION { 259 
 
 was signed by him in the presence of the Commis- 
 sioners. 
 
 , a witness who is not a Mason, 
 
 appeared before the Commission, and having been 
 
 put under oath to testify truly by a , 
 
 an officer authorized by the laws of this State to 
 administer oaths, testified as follows: — 
 
 (Here insert his testimony.) 
 
 The deposition of , who was not a 
 
 Mason, taken by order of the Master by an officer 
 authorized by the laws of this State to administer 
 oaths, was here introduced. 
 
 (Here insert copy of such deposition, with copies 
 of all papers appertaining thereto.) 
 
 The testimony of Bro , a Mason re- 
 siding without the jurisdiction of this Lodge, and 
 
 taken by , Master of 
 
 Lodge, Xo. . ., F, and A. M.. by authorization of the 
 Master of this Lodge, was here introduced. 
 
 (Here insert copy of authorization, testimony and 
 certificate.) 
 
 The accused offered the following testimony: — 
 
 (Here insert all of such testimony in the manner 
 already stated.) 
 
 Xo further testimony being offered, the matter 
 was submitted to the Commissioners for decision. 
 The Commissioners thereupon proceeded to deliber- 
 ate, with none present save themselves, the Master 
 and Secretary. After sufficient consultation and de- 
 liberation, a vote for "guilty" or ''not guilty'' was 
 taken by ballot on the first specification, and the 
 vote thereon was "guilty," 3; "not guilty," 4. A
 
 i 259 CONSTITUTION 218 
 
 vote for "guilty"' or "not guilty" was then taken 
 by ballot on the second specification, and the vote 
 thcroon was "guilty," 6; "not guilty," 1. A vote 
 for "guilty" or "not guilty" was then taken by 
 ballot upon the charge of unraasonic conduct, and 
 the vote thereon was "guilty," 6; "not guilty," 1. 
 
 The Commissioners then proceeded to vote, by bal- 
 lot, upon the sentence. The Master submitted to the 
 Commissioners the question — "Shall the accused be 
 expelled?" The ballot on such question resulted 
 "aye," 3; "no," 4. The Master then submitted 
 to the Commissioners the question — "Shall the ac- 
 cused be suspended?" The ballot on such question 
 resulted "aye," 6; "no," 1. 
 
 The result of this ballot having been declared, 
 the Commission, having finished its work adjourned. 
 
 Signatures of Commissioners who acted. 
 
 I, , Secretary of Lodge, No. 
 
 . . ., F. and A. M., do hereby certify that I acted as 
 Secretary of the Trial-Commission elected by said 
 Lodge to try a charge of unmasonic conduct pre- 
 ferred by against , 
 
 and that the foregoing is a full and correct record 
 of the proceedings and findings of said Commis- 
 sion. 
 
 Dated , 18.. 
 
 , Secretary.
 
 219 CONSTITUTION § 259-260 
 
 [This completes the copy of the record of the Commis- 
 gion, the original of which should be handed to the Master 
 of the Lodge, who makes the announcement at the next 
 stated meeting of the Lodge. The origihal record of the 
 Commission, handed to the Master and filed in the Lodge, 
 should in all cases contain the original papers (charge, 
 summons, depositions, etc.), and not copies. The original 
 record remains with the Lodge. The transcript for the 
 Grand Lodge, given above, is a copy of this original rec- 
 ord, including copies of all papers therein.] 
 
 The above should be followed in the transcript sent to 
 the Grand Lodge by a copy of the minutes of the Lodge 
 relating to the announcement in the Lodge by the Master, 
 as shown in Section 257. 
 
 Secretary to make record: Sec. 205. 
 
 To be signed by commissioners: Sec. 205. 
 
 Eecord of finding, form of: Sec, 257. 
 
 Certificate of Master and Secretary. 
 
 The transcript sent to the Grand Lodge should then be 
 certified by the Secretary of the Lodge. The following may 
 be a form for such certificate: — 
 
 Sec. 260. Hall of , Lodge No , F, and 
 
 A. M. 
 
 At , Cal., ,18.. 
 
 I , Secretary of the above named 
 
 Lodge, do hereby certify that in the case of , 
 
 charged with unmasonic conduct, the foregoing is 
 a full and correct copy of the minutes and proceed- 
 ings of the Lodge at the election of Commissioners, 
 of the record of proceedings before the Commission- 
 ers, and of the minutes of the Lodge as to the an- 
 nouncement of the result in the Lodge. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my 
 (Seal) hand and the seal of said Lodge. 
 , Secretary. 
 
 This must be followed by the approval of the 
 Master, which may be as follows: —
 
 J 260-261 CONSTITUTION 220 
 
 I, Master of said Lodge, do 
 
 hereby certify that I have carefully examined the 
 foregoing transcript of trial-record, and I do hereby 
 approve the same. 
 
 Dated 18... 
 
 Master of Lodge. 
 
 No. .., F. and A. M. 
 
 The foregoing forms (251 — 260) are intended simply to 
 
 show in a general way what is requisite. They must, of 
 
 course, be changed by the persons preparing records to 
 
 meet the facts of each particular case. 
 
 To be signed by Secretary and Master: Sec. 205. 
 To be transmitted to Grand Secretary, when: Sec. 
 207. 
 
 REGULATIONS. 
 
 Testimonial to Grand Master. 
 Finance committee to provide for. 
 
 Sec. 261. Regulation 1. Tlie Finance Committee 
 of this Grand Lodge is hereby authorized to set 
 aside each year a sum of money not to exceed three 
 hundred dollars ($300.00) for the purpose of pur- 
 chasing a suitable testimonial to be presented to the 
 retiring Grand Master of this Grand Jurisdiction, 
 and said Finance Committee is hereby directed to 
 consult with the retiring Grand Master before the 
 purchase of said testimonial is made. 
 
 The above incorporates old General Regulation 80.
 
 THE UNIFORM CODE OF BY-LAWS 
 OF LODGES 
 
 Made Obligatory in October, 1898, and as Amended 
 to October, 1918. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of Name and Officers. 
 Section 1. This Lodge, shall be known bj the 
 
 name of Lodge, No , of Free 
 
 and Accepted Masons; and its officers shall consist 
 of a Master, a Senior Warden, a Junior Warden, a 
 Treasurer, a Secretary, a Senior Deacon, a Junior 
 Deacon, a Marshal, two Stewards, a Tiler, and such 
 other officers as the Lodge may deem proper to 
 appoint. 
 
 ARTICLE n. 
 
 Of Elections and Appointments. 
 Section 1. The Master, the Senior and Junior 
 Wardens, the Treasurer and the Secretary, shall be 
 elected by ballot, in conformity with Section 135, 
 of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge. The other 
 officers shall be appointed by the Master, except the 
 Junior Deacon, who may be appointed by the Senior 
 Warden. Any Master Mason in good standing, 
 whether or not a member of the Lodge, may be ap- 
 pointed Tiler. 
 
 ARTICLE in. 
 
 Of Meetings of the Lodge. 
 
 Section 1. The stated meetings of this Lodge shall 
 
 be holden on the ... in each month 
 
 at 'clock.
 
 222 BY-LAWS 
 
 Sec. 2. Special meetings may be called from time 
 to time, as the Lodge, or the presiding officer there- 
 of, may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of Initiation and MembersMp. 
 
 Section 1. All petitions for initiation or affilia- 
 tion must be signed by the petitioner and be recom- 
 mended by two members of the Lodge. Every such 
 petition shall be referred to a committee of three, 
 whose duty it shall be to report thereon at the next 
 stated meeting, (unless further time be granted,) 
 when the applicant shall be balloted for and re- 
 ceived or rejected. 
 
 Sec. 2. If an applicant, elected to receive the de- 
 grees in this Lodge, does not come forward to be 
 initiated within three months thereafter, the fee 
 shall be forfeited, unless the Lodge shall otherwise 
 direct. Provided, however, that this section shall 
 have no application in the case of an applicant who 
 entered the military or naval service of the United 
 States or any of its allies, prior to or within three 
 months after his election to receive the degrees, 
 who comes forward for initiation within three 
 months after his discharge from such military or 
 naval service. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every person raised to the degree of 
 Master Mason in this Lodge, (except when such 
 degree shall have been conferred at the request of 
 another Lodge,) or elected to be a member thereof, 
 shall sign its By-Laws. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 Of the Treasurer. 
 
 Section 1. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys 
 from the Secretary; shall keep an accurate and just
 
 BY-LAWS 223 
 
 account thereof; and shall pay the same out only 
 upon an order duly signed by the Master, and 
 countersigned by the Secretary. He shall, at the 
 stated meetings in June and December of each 
 year, submit a report in full of the monetary tran- 
 sactions of the Lodge. The Lodge may also, at any 
 time when considered necessary, cause him to pre- 
 sent an account of his receipts and disbursements, 
 and of the amount of funds on hand. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall, if required by the Lodge, exe- 
 cute a good and sufficient bond to the Master, for 
 the faithful performance of his duties. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 Of the Secretary. 
 
 Section 1. The Secretary shall keep a faithful 
 record of all proceedings proper to be written; shall 
 transmit a copy of the same to the Grand Lodge 
 when required; shall keep a separate account for 
 each member of the Lodge; shall report at the 
 stated meetings in June and December of each year, 
 the amounts due by each; shall receive all moneys 
 due the Lodge, and pay the same monthly to the 
 Treasurer; and shall perform all such other duties 
 as may properly pertain to his office. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall receive such compensation for 
 his services as the Lodge may direct; and he shall, 
 if required by the Lodge, execute a good and suffi- 
 cient bond to the Master for the faithful perform- 
 ance of his duties. 
 
 ARTICLE Vn. 
 Of the TUer. 
 Section 1. The Tiler, in addition to the neces- 
 sary duties of his office, shall serve all notices and
 
 224 BY LAWS 
 
 summonses, and perform such other services as 
 may be required of him by the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall receive such compensation for 
 his services as the Lodge may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE Vin. 
 Of Fees. 
 
 Section 1. The table of fees for this Lodge shall 
 be as follows: For the three degrees, the sum of 
 
 dollars; for the degrees of Fellow Craft 
 
 and Master Mason, when the first degree shall have 
 
 been received in another Lodge, the sum of 
 
 dollars; for the degree of Master Mason, when the 
 first and second degrees shall have been received in 
 
 another Lodge, the sum of dollars; and for 
 
 affiliation, the sum of dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2. The fee for each of the foregoing shall 
 accompany the several petitions or applications, else 
 they shall not be presented by the Secretary to the 
 Lodge. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 Of Dues. 
 
 Section 1. The dues of each member of this 
 Lodge shall be , payable quarterly in advance. 
 
 Sec. 2. No member, who shall be in arrears for 
 dues at the time of the annual election, shall be 
 permitted to vote, or shall be eligible to any office. 
 
 Sec. 3. Should any member, suspended for non- 
 payment of dues, neglect for the period of two years 
 to pay said dues or have the same remitted by his 
 Lodge, said member may be restored to good stand- 
 ing only as provided by Section 119, of the Consti- 
 tution. 
 
 See Sec. 118k.
 
 BY-LAWS 225 
 
 Sec. 4. Any member in good standing may with- 
 draw from membership by paying his dues and noti- 
 fying the Lodge to that effect at a stated meeting; 
 but no recommendatory certificate shall be issued to 
 him unless ordered by the Lodge. 
 
 AETICLE X. 
 Of Committees. 
 
 Section 1. The Master and Wardens shall be a 
 Charity Committee, and shall have power to draw 
 upon the Treasurer for any sum, not exceeding 
 
 dollars at any one time, for the relief 
 
 of a distressed worthy brother, his wife, widow, or 
 orphan. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Master, at the stated meeting next 
 succeeding his installation, shall appoint an auditing 
 committee, whose duty it shall be to examine all 
 accounts presented against the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 3. All reports of committees shall be made 
 in writing. 
 
 AETICLE XI. 
 
 Of Revealing the Transactions of the Lodge. 
 
 Section 1. When a candidate for initiation or 
 affiliation is rejected, or a brother reprimanded, sus- 
 pended or expelled, no member or visitor shall re- 
 veal, either directly or indirectly, to such person, or 
 to any other, any transactions which may have 
 taken place on the subject; nor shall any proceeding 
 of the Lodge, not proper to be made public, be dis- 
 closed outside thereof, under the penalty of repri- 
 mand, suspension or expulsion, as the Lodge may 
 determine.
 
 226 BY LAWS 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 Of the Order of Business. 
 Section 1. The regular order of business at 
 ever}-- stated meeting of this Lodge shall be as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 1. Reading of the Minutes. 
 
 2. Reports of Committees. 
 
 3. Balloting. 
 
 4. Reception of Petitions. 
 
 5. Miscellaneous and Unfinished Business. 
 
 6. Conferring of Degrees. 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 Of Amendments. 
 
 Section 1. These By-Laws, so far as relates to the 
 times of meeting, and the amounts of fees, dues, and 
 disbursements by the Charity Committee, may be 
 amended at any stated meeting by the votes of two- 
 thirds of the members present; provided, that writ- 
 ten notice of such amendment shall have been given 
 at the stated meeting next preceding; but such 
 amendment shall have no effect until approved by 
 the Grand Lodge or Grand Master, and until such 
 approval shall have been transmitted to the Grand 
 Secretary. The Secretary of the Lodge shall note 
 upon the minutes of the Lodge the notice of proposed 
 amendment when made, and when transmitting an 
 amendment for approval shall forward a certificate, 
 iinder seal, showing that the law has been complied 
 with and that the amendment has received the 
 requisite vote. 
 
 (For form of certificate of amendment to By- 
 Laws, see section 250, Constitution.) 
 
 Amepdments: See Sec. 81d. '
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE FOR 
 SUBORDINATE LODGES 
 
 The Lodge is opened in the Third Degree. 
 
 The Master then savs: Brethren, this Lodge 
 having convened for the purpose of installing the 
 officers, elected and appointed for the ensuing Ma- 
 sonic year, the Secretary will read their names. 
 
 The Secretary reads the names. The Master then 
 says: After the Lodge is called from labor to re- 
 freshment, the officers elected and appointed for the 
 ensuing Masonic year will retire and prepare for the 
 ceremony of installation, and the present officers will 
 vacate their places and surrender their jewels. I will 
 appoint Bro. Master of Ceremonies. 
 
 The Lodge is then called from labor to refresh- 
 ment. 
 
 When the officers elected and appointed have re- 
 tired, the Master of Ceremonies forms them in pro- 
 cession in the following order: 
 
 Master of Ceremonies and Tiler. 
 
 Master 
 
 Senior Warden and Junior Warden. 
 
 Treasurer and Secretary. 
 
 Chaplain and Marshal. 
 
 Senior Deacon and Junior Deacon. 
 
 Senior Steward and Junior Steward. 
 
 After the procession is formed the Master of Cere- 
 monies informs the Master. The Master then calls 
 the Lodge to order and says:
 
 228 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, are the of- 
 ficers of this Lodge, lately chosen, present and ready 
 to be installed in their respective offices? 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: They are without, Wor- 
 shipful Master, and await your pleasure. 
 
 Master: You will then conduct them to the seats 
 prepared for them. 
 
 (Enter with music.) 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master: The 
 officers of this Lodge, lately chosen, are present and 
 ready to be installed in their respective offices. 
 
 Master: You will then present to me the Brother 
 who has been elected to discharge the important 
 duties of Master of this Lodge. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master: I 
 
 have great ])leasure in presenting to you Bro. , 
 
 who has been elected by this Lodge to be its Master 
 for the ensuing Masonic year. 
 
 Master: Is it known that Brother is well 
 
 skilled in our ancient Craft? Is he zealous in his 
 regard for the interests of our Order? And is he 
 duly qualified to discharge the special duties of the 
 Master's chair? 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: It is well known that he is 
 all this. Worshipful Master. This Certificate, vouch- 
 ing for his proficiency in the ritual of our Order, is 
 evidence that he is well skilled in our ancient Craft. 
 
 (Presents Certificate.) 
 
 I find him to be of good morals, true and trusty, and 
 as he is a lover of the Fraternity, I doubt not that 
 he will discharge his duties with fidelity and with 
 honor.
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 229 
 
 Master: Worshipful Sir, the brethren of this 
 Lodge, imposing confidence in your integrity, in your 
 zealous regard for the interests of Masonry, and in 
 your ability to discharge the duties of the Master 's 
 chair, have chosen you to occupy that honorable 
 position during the ensuing year. Are you willing 
 to accept this important trust? 
 
 Master-Elect: I am. 
 
 Master: You will then face your brethren of the 
 Lodge. 
 
 (Master-elect faces.) 
 
 Master: Brethren, you now behold before you 
 
 Bro. , who has been duly elected to serve this 
 
 Lodge as Worshipful Master, and who is now about 
 to be installed. If any of you have any reasons to 
 urge why he should not be installed, you will now 
 make them known or forever after hold your peace.* 
 
 My brother, you will face the East. 
 
 W.'. Brother, hearing no objection, I shall most 
 cheerfully proceed to install you in the dignified and 
 honorable position to which the suffrages of your 
 brethren have called you; not doubting that the 
 dignity of the Oriental Chair will be well preserved 
 in your keeping, and that the interest and welfare of 
 this Lodge may be safely confided to your charge. 
 Before commencing your investiture, however, it is 
 necessary that you should signify your assent to 
 those ancient charges and regulations which point 
 out the duties of the Master of a Lodge, and which 
 on no account are ever to be neglected or departed 
 from. They are as follows: — 
 
 L You agree to be a good man and true, and 
 strictly to obey the moral law. 
 
 See Sec. 135i of Constitution.
 
 -230 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 II. You agree to be a peaceable citizen, and cheer- 
 fully to conform to the laws of the country in which 
 you reside. 
 
 III. You promise not to be concerned in ])]')ts and 
 conspiracies against government, but patiently to 
 submit to the decision of the supreme Legislature. 
 
 IV. You agree to pay a proper respect to the civil 
 magistrate, to work diligently, live creditably, and 
 act honorably by all men. 
 
 V. You agree to hold in veneration the original 
 rulers and patrons of the Order of Masonry, and 
 their regular successors, supreme and subordinate, 
 according to their stations; and to submit to the 
 awards and resolutions of your Brethren, when con- 
 vened, in every case consistent with the Constitu- 
 tions of the Order. 
 
 VI. You agree to avoid private piques and quar- 
 rels, and to guard against intemperance and excess. 
 
 VII. You agree to be cautious in carriage and 
 behavior, courteous to your brethren, and faithful 
 to your Lodge. 
 
 VIII. You promise to respect genuine Brethren, 
 and to discountenance impostors and all dissenters 
 from the original plan of Masonry. 
 
 IX. You agree to promote the general good of 
 society, to cultivate the social virtues, and to propa- 
 gate the knowledge of the Art. 
 
 X. You promise to pay homage to the Grand 
 Master for the time being, and to his officers when 
 duly installed; and strictly to conform to every edict 
 of the Grand Lodge or General Assembly of Masons, 
 that is not subversive of the principles and ground- 
 work of Masrtnrv.
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 231 
 
 XL You admit that it is not in the power of any 
 man or body of men to make innovations in the 
 body of Masonry. 
 
 XII. You promise a regular attendance on the 
 committees and communications of the Grand Lodge, 
 on receiving proper notice, and to pay attention to 
 all the duties of Masonry on convenient occasions. 
 
 Xin. You admit that no new Lodge shall be 
 formed without permission of the Grand Lodge; and 
 that no countenance should be given to any irregular 
 Lodge, or to any person clandestinely initiated 
 therein, — being contrary to the ancient charges of 
 the Order. 
 
 XIV. You admit that no person can be regularly 
 made a Mason in, or admitted a member of, any 
 regular Lodge, without previous notice, and due in- 
 quiry into his character. 
 
 XV. You agree that no visitors shall be received 
 into your Lodge without due examination, and 
 producing proper vouchers of their having been 
 initiated in a regular Lodge. 
 
 These are among the regulations of Free and Ac- 
 cepted Masons, and to these your assent must be 
 freely given. Do you submit to these charges and 
 promise to support these regulations, as Masters 
 have done in all ages before you? 
 
 Master-Elect: I do. 
 
 Master: Then, my Brother, in consequence of this 
 assurance, and with full confidence in your capacity 
 and zeal, I will now install you Worshipful Master 
 of Lodge, No. . Bro. Master of Cere- 
 monies, you will invest him with the jewel of his 
 station.
 
 232 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 Master: That, my Brother, is an emblem of mor- 
 ality; and as it is the especial badge of the Master's 
 office, it should constantly remind you that not only 
 by precept, but by example, you should promote good 
 morals among the Brethren, and thus endeavor to 
 avert the shadow of any scandal or reproach against 
 the Fraternity. Your former life has given evidence 
 that this jewel will not be an unmeaning symbol in 
 your hands, and I solemnly charge you to take good 
 care that its lustre be not dimmed through any act 
 of yours. 
 
 I now present you with the Book of Holy Writ- 
 ings. It is the great Light in Masonry, and should 
 ever be the great law of the Brotherhood. It will 
 guide you to all truth; it will direct you to eternal 
 happiness; and an attentive regard to the divine 
 precepts it contains will insure you success in the 
 fulfillment of the duties you are now about to 
 assume. 
 
 The working tools of our Craft will next be given 
 you that, as the Master Workman, you may instruct 
 the Craftsmen in the various duties and virtues 
 which they have been selected to illustrate. 
 
 The Square — teaches us well to regulate our every 
 action, and to let our conduct be governed by the 
 principles of Morality and Virtue. 
 
 The Compass — teaches us to limit our desires in 
 every station, and never to suffer our passions or 
 our prejudices to become the masters of our judg- 
 ment. 
 
 The Rule — directs the undeviating discharge of all 
 our duties; that we should press forward in the 
 straight jjath of right and truth without inclining 
 to the one hand or the other; in all our doings hav- 
 ing Eternity in view.
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 233 
 
 The Plumb-line — is an emblem of moral rectitude. 
 It teaches us to avoid all dissimulation and to pursue 
 that honest and upright course in life which will 
 tend to our elevation in the higher realms of im- 
 mortality. 
 
 There are still other important things which you 
 will receive in charge. This Book of Constitutions 
 you are expected diligently to search, and from time 
 to time to cause its contents to be read in your 
 Lodge, that none may remain ignorant of the pre- 
 cepts it enjoins, or of the ordinances which it pro- 
 mulgates. 
 
 This Book contains the By-Laws of your Lodge, 
 which it will be your especial duty to see carefully 
 and punctually executed. 
 
 And this is the Charter — under the authority of 
 which your Lodge is held, and which you are care- 
 fully to preserve, and duly transmit to your suc- 
 cessor in the Master's chair. 
 
 Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will conduct the 
 Master to his station in the East. 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will now 
 present the Senior Warden-elect. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I now 
 
 present to you for installation Bro. , who has 
 
 been duly elected to serve as Senior Warden of this 
 Lodge. He is of good morals, true and trusty, and 
 possesses the love and confidence of his Brethren. 
 This certificate vouches for his proficiency in the 
 lectures and ritual of the First and Second Degrees. 
 
 Master: Bro. , you have been duly elected 
 
 Senior Warden of this Lodge, and I now invest you 
 with the distinctive badge of your honorable 
 station.
 
 234 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 The Level demonstrates that we are descended 
 from the same stock, that we partake of the same 
 nature, and share the same hopes; and that, although 
 distinctions among men are necessary to preserve 
 subordination, yet no eminence of station should 
 make us forget that we are Brethren; for he who is 
 placed on the lowest spoke of fortune's wheel may 
 be entitled to our regard; because a time will come, 
 and the wisest know not how soon, when all distinc- 
 tion save that of goodness shall cease; and death, 
 the mighty leveler of human greatness, reduce us to 
 the same state. 
 
 Your regular attendance on our stated meetings 
 is essentially necessary. In the absence of the Mas- 
 ter, you are to govern the Lodge; in his presence, 
 you are to assist him in the government of it. I 
 firmly rely on your knowledge of Masonry, and at- 
 tachment to the Lodge, for the faithful discharge of 
 the duties of this important trust. Look well to the 
 West! 
 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will next 
 present the Junior Warden-elect. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I now 
 
 present to you for installation Bro. , who has 
 
 been duly elected by this Lodge to serve as Junior 
 Warden for the ensuing year. This certificate 
 vouches for his proficiency in the lecture and ritual 
 of the First Degree. 
 
 Master: Bro. , you have been elected Junior 
 
 Warden of this Lodge, and I now invest you with 
 the badge of your high position. 
 
 The Plumb admonishes us to walk uprightly in 
 our several stations, to hold the scale of justice in 
 equal poise, to observe the just medium between
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 23S 
 
 intemperance and pleasure, and to make our pas- 
 sions and prejudices coincide with the line of our 
 duty. 
 
 To you is committed the superintendence of the 
 Craft during the hours of refreshment; it is, there- 
 fore, indispensably necessary that you should not 
 only be temperate and discreet in the indulgence of 
 your own inclinations, but that you should carefully 
 observe that none of the Craft be suffered to con- 
 vert the means of refreshment into intemperance 
 and excess. 
 
 Your regular and punctual attendance is partic- 
 ularly requested; and I have no doubt that you will 
 faithfully execute the duty which you owe to your 
 present appointment. Look well to the South. 
 (Music.) 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will next 
 present the Treasurer-elect. 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I take 
 
 pleasure in presenting to you Bro. , who has 
 
 been elected Treasurer of this Lodge- 
 Master: Bro. , you have been elected Treas- 
 urer of this Lodge, and I now invest you with the 
 badge of your office. The Keys, forming the jewel 
 of your station, have a twofold significance. They 
 are instruments to bind as well as to make loose; to 
 make fast as well as to open. They will never, I am 
 confident, be used by you in any other manner than 
 that which the Constitution, Laws and Eegulations 
 of the Ljdge shall direct. You will receive all 
 moneys from the Secretary, keep a just and accurate 
 account thereof, and pay the same out, by order of 
 the Worshipful Master, and the consent of the 
 Lodge. 
 
 (Music.)
 
 236 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will next 
 present the Secretary-elect. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I take 
 
 pleasure in presenting to you Bro. , who has 
 
 been elected Secretary of this Lodge for the ensuing 
 year. 
 
 Master: Bro. , you have been elected Sec- 
 retary of this liodge, and I will now invest you with 
 the badge of your oflSce. In investing you with 
 your official jewel, the Pens, I am persuaded that 
 they will make an endearing record, not only to 
 your praise, but also to the welfare of this Lodge. 
 It is your duty to observe the will and pleasure of 
 the Worshipful Master, to keep a faithful record of 
 all things proper to be written, transmit a copy of 
 the same to the Grand Lodge when required, receive 
 all moneys from the Brethren, pay the same to the 
 Treasurer, and take his receipt therefor. 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will next 
 present our worthy Chaplain for installation. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I take 
 
 pleasure in presenting to you Bro. , who has 
 
 been appointed Chaplain of this Lodge. 
 
 Master: Eeverend and Worshipful Brother: That 
 Holy Book, which is the Chart and text book of 
 your sacred calling, is also the great Light in Ma- 
 sonry, and forever sheds its benignant rays upon 
 every lawful assemblage of Free and Accepted 
 Masons. Teach us from its life-giving precepts; in- 
 voke upon our labors the blessing of that Divine 
 Reing whose infinite goodness it so fully reveals and 
 unfolds to us; and warn us by its lessons of wisdom 
 and truth; and you will have faithfully performed
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 237 
 
 vour sacred functions and fulfilled your important 
 trust. It is your duty to perform those solemn 
 services which we should constantly render to our 
 great Creator, and which, when offered by one whose 
 holy profession is to "allure to brighter worlds and 
 lead the way," may, by elevating our thoughts, 
 strengthening our virtues, and purifying our minds, 
 prepare us for admission into the society of the 
 blessed in the realms of Life and Light eternal. It 
 is fitting that an emblem of the sacred volume 
 should be the jewel of your office, and with it I now 
 invest you. 
 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will now 
 present the Brethren who have been appointed to 
 serve this Lodge as Senior and Junior Deacons. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I 
 have the pleasure to present to you for installation 
 
 Brothers and , who have been appointed 
 
 to serve this Lodge as Senior and Junior Deacons. 
 
 Master: Brothers and , you have 
 
 been appointed Deacons of this Lodge, and you will 
 now receive the jewels of your office. They indicate 
 that it is your province to attend upon the Master 
 and Wardens, and to act as their proxies, in the 
 active duties of this Lodge. It will be your especial 
 duty, Bro. Senior Deacon, to carry orders from the 
 Worshipful Master in the East, to the Senior War- 
 den in the West, and elsewhere about the Lodge as 
 required; to attend to all alarms at the door of the 
 preparation room, receive and conduct candidates, 
 introduce and accommodate visiting Brethren. You, 
 Brother Junior Deacon, will carry messages from the 
 Senior Warden in the West, to the Junior in the 
 South, and elsewhere about the Lodge as directed;
 
 288 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 attend to all alarms at the door, and see the Lodge 
 is duly tiled. Those Eods, my brother, distinctive 
 of your office, will now be entrusted to your care; 
 and believing from your past deportment in the 
 Lodge, that your duties will be .discharged with 
 ability and zeal, I dismiss you to your respective 
 places. 
 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will now 
 present the Brother who has been appointed Marshal 
 of this Lodge. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I take 
 
 pleasure in presenting to you Bro. , who has 
 
 been appointed Marshal of this Lodge. 
 
 Master: Bro. , you have been appointed 
 
 Marshal of this Lodge, and I now present you with 
 the jewel and symbol of your office. 
 
 The Baton is an emblem of command, and is suf- 
 ficiently significant of your duties. You will, under 
 the direction of the Master, take charge of all pro- 
 cessions of the Lodge, and as the proper perform- 
 ance of many ceremonies will depend upon the 
 manner in which your duties are discharged, you are 
 enjoined to be most careful in their performance. 
 You will now take your proper place. 
 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will 
 now present the Brethren who are to serve this 
 Lodge as Stewards. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I take 
 
 pleasure in presenting to you Brothers and 
 
 , who have been appointed to serve this 
 
 Lodge as Stewards for the ensuing Masonic year.
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 239 
 
 Master: Brothers and , you have 
 
 been appointed Stewards of this Lodge, and I will 
 now instruct you in your duties: In olden times,, 
 your province was to superintend and provide for 
 the Festivals of the Craft, to assist in the collection 
 of dues and subscriptions, to keep an account of the 
 expenses for refreshments, and to see that the tables 
 were properly supplied and every Brother suitably 
 provided for. In later times, however, the pro- 
 vision of actual refreshment in Lodges has generally 
 ceased, and your functions will now be to prepare 
 candidates for admission, and to perform those 
 duties which Masonic custom has assigned to you 
 on days of Procession. Receive the jewels of your 
 office, together with the White Eods, and repair to 
 your respective places. 
 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will now 
 present the brother who has been appointed Organist 
 of this Lodge. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I take 
 
 pleasure in presenting to you Bro. , who 
 
 has been appointed Organist of this Lodge. 
 
 Master: Brother, you have been appointed Organ- 
 ist of this Lodge, and it affords me great pleasure 
 to invest you with the jewel of your office. 
 
 It is your duty to preside at the organ at the 
 opening and closing, and all ceremonials of the 
 Lodge. 
 
 May the delightful labors of your position impress 
 more deeply upon the minds and hearts of your 
 brethren that harmony is as essential for the 
 strength and beauty of our noble Brotherhood, as it 
 is for excellence in the art and science in which you 
 80 greatly excel.
 
 240 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 You will now be conducted to your proper place 
 in the Lodge. 
 
 (Music) 
 
 Master: Bro. Master of Ceremonies, you will now 
 present the Brother who has been appointed Tiler 
 of this Lodge. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: Worshipful Master, I now 
 
 present to you Bro. , who has been appointed 
 
 Tiler of this Lodge. 
 
 Master: Bro. , you have been appointed 
 
 Tiler of this Lodge, and I now present you with the 
 jewel and implement of your office. As the sword 
 is placed in the hands of the Tiler, to enable him 
 effectually to guard against the approach of cowans 
 and eavesdroppers, and suffer none to pass or repass 
 but such as are duly qualified, so should it admonish 
 us to set a guard over our thoughts, a watch at our 
 lips, and post a sentinel over our actions; thereby 
 preventing the approach of every unworthy thought 
 and deed, and preserving consciences void of offense 
 toward God and man. You will now repair to your 
 proper place. 
 
 (Music.) 
 
 Master: Worshipful Master: I congratulate you 
 on your ascension to this time-honored seat. The 
 duties incumbent upon you in your exalted station 
 are fraught with grave responsibilities. Kemember 
 that the honor, reputation, and usefulness of your 
 Lodge will materially depend upon the skill and as- 
 siduity with which you manage its concerns, and 
 that the happiness of its members will be generally 
 promoted in proportion to the watchful care with 
 which you cherish the genuine principles of our In- 
 stitution.
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 241 
 
 For a pattern of imitation, consider the great lum- 
 inary of nature, which, rising in the East, regularly 
 diffuses light and lustre to all within its circle. In 
 like manner, it is your province to spread and com- 
 municate light and instruction to the Brethren of 
 your Lodge. Forcibly impress upon them the dig- 
 nity and high importance of Masonry; and seriously 
 admonish them never to disgrace it. Charge them to 
 practice out of the Lodge those duties which they 
 have been taught in it; and by amiable, discreet, 
 and virtuous conduct, to convince mankind of the 
 goodness of this Institution; so that, when a person 
 is said to be a member of it, the world may know 
 that he is one to whom the burdened heart may 
 pour out its sorrows, one to whom distress may 
 prefer its suit; one whose hand is guided by justice, 
 and whose heart is expanded by benevolence. In 
 short, by a diligent observance of the By-Laws of 
 your Lodge, the Constitutions of Masonry, and, 
 above all, the Holy Scriptures, which are given as 
 the rule and guide of your faith, you will be en- 
 abled to acquit yourself witt the highest honors 
 here and lay up a crown of rejoicing which shall 
 continue when time shall be no more. 
 
 Brother Senior and Junior Wardens: — You are 
 too well acquainted with the principles of Masonry 
 to warrant any distrust that you will be found 
 wanting in the discharge of your respective duties. 
 Suffice it to say, that what you have seen praise- 
 worthy in others, you should carefully imitate; and 
 what in them may have appeared defective, you 
 should yourselves avoid. You should be examples 
 of discretion and propriety; for it is only by a due 
 regard for our laws and regulations as shown in 
 your own conduct, that you can expect obedience
 
 242 INSTALLATION SERVICE 
 
 to them from others. You are assiduously to assist 
 the Master in the discharge of his trust; diffusing 
 light and imparting knowledge to all whom he shall 
 place under your care. 
 
 In the absence of the Master you will succeed to 
 higher duties; your acquirements must therefore be 
 such as wnll insure proper instruction to the Craft. 
 From the spirit which you have hitherto evinced, I 
 entertain no doubt that your future conduct will be 
 such as will merit the applause of your Brethren, 
 and the testimony of a good conscience. 
 
 Brethren of Lodge, No. — (Calls up the 
 
 members only) : Such is the nature of our Constitu- 
 tion, that as some must, of necessity, rule and teach, 
 so must others, of course, learn to submit and obey. 
 Humility in both is an essential duty. The officers 
 who have been chosen to govern your Lodge are suf- 
 ficiently conversant with the rules of propriety and 
 the Laws of the Institution to avoid exceeding the 
 power with which they are intrusted; and you are of 
 too generous disposition to envy their preferment. 
 I therefore trust that you will have but one aim — 
 to please one another, and unite in the grand design 
 of promoting happiness. 
 
 Finally, my Brethren, as this association has been 
 formed and perfected in so much unaminity and 
 concord, so may it long continue. May you long 
 enjoy every satisfaction and delight which disinter- 
 ested friendship can afford. May kindness and 
 brotherly affection distinguish your conduct as men 
 and as Masons. 
 
 Within your peaceful walls may your children's 
 children celebrate, with joy and gratitude, the 
 annual recurrence of this auspicuous solemnity. 
 And may the tenets of our profession be trans-
 
 INSTALLATION SERVICE 243 
 
 mitted through this Lodge, pure and unimpaired, 
 from generation to generation. 
 
 Worshipful Master, it now remains for me to 
 present to you the Gavel, the emblem of power. In 
 the hands of the Master, it may be made the instru- 
 ment of great good, or of greater evil. With it, 
 the Master governs his Lodge; and the welfare and 
 prosperity of your Lodge, in a great measure, de- 
 pend upon its judicious use. In your hands, I am 
 confident, it will be wielded for the best interests 
 of your Brethren. (Master takes gavel, and covers 
 head with hat.) 
 
 Master, behold your Brethren! Brethren, behold 
 your Master! 
 
 The Brethren of Lodge, No. — , will, under 
 
 the direction of the Master of Ceremonies, form in 
 procession and salute their Worshipful Master in 
 due and ancient form. 
 
 (After Procession.) 
 
 Master: Brother Master of Ceremonies, you will 
 now make Proclamation. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies: By order of the Most 
 Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- 
 sons of the jurisdiction of California, I do now pro- 
 claim the Officers of Lodge, No. — , to be 
 
 duly installed. 
 
 (The Worshipful Master then seats the Lodge, and 
 it is closed in the usual way.)
 
 PUBLIC GRAND HONORS 
 
 The public Grand Honors of Masonry are given 
 thus: — Cross the arms upon the breast, the left arm 
 outermost, the hands being open and palms inward; 
 then raise them above the head, the palms of the 
 hands striking each other; and then let them fall 
 sharply upon the thighs, the head being bowed. This 
 vdll be thrice done at funerals and the action will 
 be accompanied with the following ejaculation: — 
 "The will of God is accomplished — So mote it be — 
 Amen, ' ' 
 
 The private Grand Honors are the signs of the 
 several degrees given in a manner and upon 
 occasions known only to Master Masons.
 
 THE FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 As revised by order of 
 
 THE GRAND LODGE, F. & A. M., 
 OF CALIFORNIA, 
 
 October, 1911. 
 
 SUGGESTIONS FOR LODGE-ROOM SERVICES. 
 
 The entire service may be held in the Lodge-room. 
 After the Lodge is opened, the Master states the 
 object of the meeting, and calls off.* The public may 
 then be admitted. When the funeral party arrives 
 at the hall, the officers remain seated and the Mas- 
 ter, with gavel in hand, goes to the outer door and 
 escorts the procession into the hall. As the funeral 
 party reaches the room, the Junior Warden calls up 
 the Lodge, the Master goes to his station, and the 
 casket is placed directly west of the altar, the 
 mourners on either side, and the pall-bearers in the 
 west. When the casket is placed in position, the 
 Lodge is seated. The service is then commenced: 
 "Brethren and Friends," etc. 
 
 After the first anthem, the Master opens and reads 
 the sacred roll, and says: 
 
 Almighty Father! Into Thy hands we commend 
 the soul of our beloved brother. 
 
 The Master then delivers the roll to the Secretary, 
 calls up the Lodge, and says: 
 
 The Brethren will assist me in giving the Grand 
 Honors. 
 
 Response: (Giving the Grand Honors thrice). 
 
 *Lodge need not be opened. See Section 164 and 164q.
 
 246 FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 The will of God is accomplished! So mote it bel 
 Amen! 
 
 Music may here be iutroduced. 
 
 The Master then seats the Lodge, and says: 
 
 The officers of the Lodge will take their stations 
 around the casket of our deceased brother. 
 
 The arrangement of the officers may be as indi- 
 cated at the grave-side, the Master being stationed 
 directly west of the altar, and the Senior Warden 
 at the west of the casket. 
 
 The service is then resumed: *'Once more, my 
 brethren," etc., down to but not including the par- 
 agraph beginning "Soft and safe," etc. 
 
 The Master then says: The officers will return 
 to their respective stations. 
 
 When the officers are seated, the Master says: 
 The Marshal will now take charge. 
 
 The Marshal then forms a procession in the north 
 of the hall, facing east, and marches three times 
 around the room, and then to the west, thence to 
 the casket, where the brethren divide into two col- 
 umns, marching on each side of the casket, joining 
 in double line as they pass the altar, then marching 
 out of the hall on the south, and lining up at the 
 front door. After the mourners have viewed the 
 remains, the casket is closed and the procession is 
 formed, the Master at the head of the casket, the 
 mourners following the casket to the hearse. After 
 the casket is placed and the mourners are in their 
 carriages, the procession disbands and officers and 
 members return to the hall, the Master and such 
 members as can, going to the place of sepulture, 
 where the ritual is completed, followed by the bene- 
 diction.
 
 THE FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 Only Master Masons can be interred with Ma- 
 sonic honors. Fellow Crafts and Entered Appren- 
 tices are not entitled to Masonic obsequies, nor can 
 they join in processions on such occasions. 
 
 All brethren in attendance at a funeral should be 
 decently clothed in black, with white gloves and 
 aprons, crape upon the left arm, and the customary 
 evergreen. 
 
 The brethren having assembled in the Lodge 
 room, the Master opens the Lodge in the third de- 
 gree,* and states the purpose for which it has been 
 convened. 
 
 If the body be not in the Lodge room, the Master 
 will direct the Marshal to form a procession, which 
 will move to the house or church where the remains 
 may be, and thence to the place of sepulture, in the 
 following order: 
 
 The Tiler, with drawn sword; 
 »ir Stewards, with white rods: 
 
 eg 
 
 ^ Musicians, if any; 
 
 |3 (If not Masons, they will follow the Tiler) 
 
 % Master Masons; 
 
 Treasurer and Secretary; 
 
 Senior and Junior Wardens; 
 
 Past Masters; 
 
 The Holy Writings; 
 
 (On a cushion covered with black cloth, carried by 
 
 the oldest member of the Lodge, and 
 
 supported by the Deacons) 
 
 The Master with Gavel; 
 
 The Eeverend Clergy; 
 
 Pall Bearers Hearse Pall Bearers 
 
 Mourners. 
 
 'See Section 164 of Constitution.
 
 248 
 
 FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 Upon arriving at the place of burial the members 
 of the Lodge will form as nearly pursuant to the 
 following diagram as conditions will permit: 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 H 
 
 ^ 
 
 c 
 
 
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 X 
 
 S-, 
 
 
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 T 
 
 3 
 
 
 OS 
 
 P 
 
 o 
 
 
 
 o 
 
 
 
 
 >-« 
 
 k3 
 
 
 
 ;a 
 
 
 •) 
 
 
 : 12 
 
 13 
 
 10 3 
 
 11 : 
 
 
 
 Brethren 
 
 
 
 1. 
 
 Master 
 
 
 7 
 
 S. D. 
 
 2. 
 
 S. W. 
 
 
 8. 
 
 JD. 
 
 3. 
 
 J. W. 
 
 
 9. 
 
 Marshal. 
 
 4. 
 
 Treasurer 
 
 
 10. 
 
 Holy Writings 
 
 5. 
 
 Secretary 
 
 
 11. 
 
 S. S. 
 
 6. 
 
 Chaplain 
 
 
 12. 
 13. 
 
 J. S. 
 Tiler 
 
 The service is then commenced by the Master as 
 follows: 
 Brethren and Friends: — 
 
 From time immemorial it has been the custom 
 among the fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, 
 at the request of a brother, to accompany his re- 
 mains to the place of interment, and there to de- 
 posit them with the solemn formalities of the craft. 
 
 In conformity to this usage, and in accordance 
 with the duty we owe to our departed brother, we 
 have assembled in the character of Masons to offer
 
 FUNERAL SERVICE 249 
 
 up to his memory, before the world, the last sad 
 tribute of our affection; thereby demonstrating the 
 sincerity of our past esteem for him and our steady 
 attachment to the principles of our beloved Order. 
 
 The great Creator having been pleased, in His 
 infinite wisdom, to remove our brother from the 
 cares and troubles of this transitory life, thus sev- 
 ering another link in the fraternal chain by which 
 we are bound together — let us, who survive him, be 
 yet more strongly cemented by the ties of brotherly 
 love; that, during the brief space allotted to us 
 here, we may wisely and usefully employ our time, 
 and, in the reciprocal intercourse of kind and 
 friendly acts, mutually promote the welfare and 
 happiness of each other. 
 
 An anthem, or other solemn music may here be 
 introduced, after T^hich the Master opens and reads 
 the sacred roll and says: 
 
 xllmighty Father. Into Thy hands we commend the 
 soul of our beloved brother. 
 
 He drops the roll upon the casket, and then 
 says: 
 
 The brethren will assist me in giving the Grand 
 Honors: 
 
 Response. (Giving the Grand Honors thrice.) The 
 will of God is accomplished. So mote it be. Amen. 
 
 Once more, my brethren, have we assembled to per- 
 form the last solemn duties to the dead. The mourn- 
 ful notes which betoken the departure of a spirit 
 from its earthly tabernacle have again alarmed our 
 outer door, and another has been taken to swell the 
 numbers in that unknown land whither our fathers 
 have gone before us.
 
 260 FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 Our brother has reached the end of life. The brit- 
 tle thread which bound him to earth has been sev- 
 ered, and the liberated spirit has winged its flight 
 to the unknown world. The silver cord is loosed; 
 the golden bowl is broken; the pitcher is broken at 
 the fountain; and the wheel is broken at the cistern. 
 The dust has returned to the earth as it was; and 
 the spirit has returned to God who gave it. 
 
 While we deplore the loss of our beloved brother, 
 and pay this fraternal tribute to his memory, let us 
 not forget, my brethren, that we, too, are mortal; 
 that our bodies, now strong and vigorous, must ere 
 long, like his, become tenants of the narrow grave; 
 and that our spirits, too, like his, must return to 
 the God that spake them into existence. "Man thnt 
 is born of a woman is of few days, and full of 
 trouble. He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut 
 down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth 
 not." The Almighty fiat has gone forth: *'Dust 
 thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." And 
 that we are all subject to that decree, the solemn 
 cause of our present meeting, and the daily observa- 
 tion of our lives, furnish evidence not to be for- 
 gotten. 
 
 Seeing, then, my brethren, that life is so uncer- 
 tain, and that all earthly pursuits are vain, let us 
 no longer postpone the all-important concern of pre- 
 paring for eternity; but let us embrace the present 
 moment, while time and opportunity are offered, to 
 provide against that great change when all the 
 pomps and pleasures of this fleeting world will pall 
 upon the sense, and the recollection of a virtuous and 
 well-spent life will yield the only comfort and con- 
 solation. Thus we shall not, unprepared, be hurried 
 into the presence of that all-wise and powerful
 
 FUNERAL SERVICE 251 
 
 Judge, to wlioin the secrets of all hearts are known; 
 and on the great day of reckoning we shall be ready 
 to give a good account of our stewardship while 
 here on earth. 
 
 With becoming reverence, then, let us supplicate 
 the Divine Grace to insure the favor of that Eternal 
 Being whose goodness and power know no bounds; 
 that on the arrival of the momentous hour when the 
 fading taper of human life shall faintly glimmer in 
 the socket of existence, our Faith may remove the 
 dark shroud, draw aside the sable curtain of the 
 tomb, and bid Hope sustain and cheer the departing 
 spirit. 
 
 The Master, or Chaplain, or any clergyman 
 present, then repeats the following prayer: 
 
 Most Glorious God! Author of all good, and Giver 
 of all mercy! Pour down Thy blessing upon us, we 
 beseech Thee, apd strengthen our solemn engage- 
 ments with the ties of sincere affection! Endow us 
 with fortitude and resignation in this our hour of 
 sorrow, and grant that this dispensation from Thy 
 hands may be sanctified in its results upon the hearts 
 of those who now meet here to mourn! May the 
 present instance of mortality remind us of our ap- 
 proaching fate, and draw our attention towards 
 Thee, the only refuge in time of need; so that, 
 when the moment shall arrive at which we, too, 
 must quit this transitory scene, the enlivening pros- 
 pect of Thy mercy may dispel the gloom of death; 
 and, after our departure hence in peace and in Thy 
 favor, we may be received into Thy everlasting 
 kingdom, to enjoy the just reward of a virtuous and 
 well-spent life! Amen! 
 
 Response. So mote it be.
 
 252 FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 Music may here again be introduced, after which 
 the Master continues: 
 
 Our Brother has gone to the long sleep of death; 
 and so profound will be that sleep that the giant 
 tread of the earthquake, even, shall not disturb it. 
 There will he slumber until the Archangel's trump 
 shall usher in that eventful morn, when, by our Su- 
 preme Grand Master 's word, he will be raised to 
 that blissful Lodge which no time can close, and 
 which, to those worthy of admission, will remain 
 open during the boundless ages of eternity. In that 
 Heavenly Sanctuary, the Mystic Light, unmingled 
 with darkness, will reign unbroken and perpetual. 
 There, amid the sunbeam smiles of Immutable Love, 
 under the benignant bend of the All-Seeing Eye, in 
 that Temple, not made with hands, eternal in the 
 lieavens, — there, my brethren, may Almighty God, 
 of His infinite mercy, grant that we may finally 
 meet, to part no more. 
 
 The apron is then taken from the casket by the 
 Marshal and handed to the Master; the casket is de- 
 posited in the grave (or conveyed into the vault) ; 
 and the Master continues: 
 
 This lamb-skin apron is an emblem of innocence, 
 and the peculiar badge of a Mason. It is more an- 
 cient than the Golden Fleece or Roman Eagle, and, 
 when worthily worn, more honorable than the Star 
 and Garter, or any other Order which earthly power 
 can confer. (Drops it upon the casket.) By this 
 act we are reminded of the universal dominion of 
 Death. The arm of Friendship can not oppose the 
 King of Terrors; the shield of Fraternal Love can 
 not protect his victim; nor can the charms of 
 Innocence avert his fatal touch. All, all must die. 
 We are continually reminded that we, too, are mor-
 
 FUNERAL SERVICE 253 
 
 tal, and that ere long our bodies, also, shall moulder 
 into dust. How important then it is for us to know 
 that our Kedeemer liveth, and that he shall stand 
 at the latter day upon the earth! 
 
 (Taking the Acacia in his hand, he continues:) 
 This Evergreen, which once marked the temporary 
 resting place of one illustrious in Masonic history, is 
 an emblem of our enduring faith in the immortality 
 of the soul. By it we are reminded that we have an 
 imperishable part within us, which shall survive the 
 grave, and which will never, never die. By it we 
 are admonished that, though like our brother, we too 
 shall soon be clothed in the habiliments of death, 
 yet, through the loving goodness of our Supreme 
 Grand Master, we may confidently hope that, like 
 this evergreen, our souls will hereafter flourish in 
 eternal spring. (Deposits Acacia.) 
 
 On making the deposit, the Master says: "We consign 
 his body to the tomb," then, placing his right hand over 
 his breast, says: "We cherish his memory here," and rais- 
 ing his right hand above his head and pointing upward, 
 says: "We commend his spirit to God." The brethren 
 make the same motions in silence when depositing the 
 acacia. 
 
 The brethren here move in procession once around 
 the grave, led by the Marshal, moving with the sun, 
 each depositing in it a sprig of evergreen as he 
 passes the head. Having resumed their original posi- 
 tions, music may be again introduced and the Master 
 proceeds with the service as follows: 
 
 Unto its final resting place we consign the body of 
 our deceased brother — earth to earth, ashes to ashes, 
 dust to dust; — there to remain until the last trump 
 shall sound on the resurrection morn. We can trust- 
 ingly leave him in the hands of a beneficent Being 
 who has done all things well; who is glorious in His
 
 254 FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 Holiness, -vrondrous in His Power, and boundless in 
 His Goodness; and it should only be our endeavor so 
 to improve the solemn warning now before us, that, 
 on the great day of account, we too may be found 
 worthy to inherit the kingdom prepared for us from 
 the foundation of the w^orld. 
 
 We extend to the bereaved friends and relatives of 
 our departed brother our sincere sympathy in this 
 hour of sorrow, and we pray that "He who tempers 
 the wind to tlie shorn lamb ' ' wnll give them His 
 divine comfort and consolation, and that they may 
 be brought to realize that the spirit of our brother 
 is happy in his Father's house, where "God shall 
 wipe away all tears from their eyes, and where there 
 shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, 
 neither shall there be any more pain, for the former 
 things are passed away. ' ' 
 
 The Master (or Chaplain, if one be present,) will 
 then repeat the following prayer: 
 
 Almighty and Eternal God — in whom we live, and 
 move, and have our being — and before whom all men 
 must appear at the Judgment-dny to render an ac- 
 count of their deeds while in this life — we, who are 
 daily exposed to the flying shafts of death, do most 
 humbly beseech Thee to impress deeply on our minds 
 the solemnities of this day, and to grant that their 
 remembrance may be the means of turning our 
 thoughts from the fleeting vanities of the present 
 world to the lasting glories of the world to come. 
 Let us continually be reminded of the frail tenure 
 by which we hold our earthly existence; that in the 
 midst of life we are in death; and that, however up- 
 right may have been our walk, and however square 
 our conduct, we must all submit as victims to the 
 great destroyer, and endure the humbling level of
 
 FUNERAL SERVICE 255 
 
 the tomb. Grant us Thy divine assistance, O most 
 merciful God, to redeem our misspent time; and, in 
 the discharge of the important duties which Thou 
 hast assigned us in the erection of our moral edifice, 
 give unto us wisdom to direct us, stren^h to support 
 us, and the beauty of holiness to adorn our labors 
 and render them acceptable in Thy sight. And, when 
 our work on earth is done, and our bodies shall go 
 down to mingle with their kindred dust, may our 
 immortal souls, freed from their cumbrous clay, be 
 received into Thy keeping, to rest forever in that 
 spiritual house, not made with hands, eternal in the 
 Heavens. Amen! 
 
 Response. So mote it be! 
 
 The Master then approaches the head of the grave 
 (or the entrance to the tomb), and says: — 
 
 Soft and safe to thee, my orother, be thy earthy 
 bed! Bright and glorious be thy rising from it! 
 Fragrant be the cassia sprig that there shall flourish! 
 May the earliest buds of spring unfold their beau- 
 ties o'er thy resting place, and there may the sweet- 
 ness of the summer's last rose linger longest! 
 Though the cold blasts of autumn may lay them in 
 the dust, and for a time destroy the loveliness of 
 their existence, yet the destruction is not final, and 
 in the spring-time they shall surely bloom again. 
 So, in the bright morning of the world's resurrection, 
 though thy mortal frame be now laid in the dust by 
 the chilling blast of Death, thy spirit shall spring 
 into newness of life, and expand, in immortal beauty, 
 in realms beyond the skies. Until then, dear brother, 
 until then, farewell! 
 
 The Benediction will then be pronounced by the 
 Master (or Chaplain, if one be present), as follows.
 
 256 FUNERAL SERVICE 
 
 The Lord bless us and keep us! The Lord make 
 His face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us! 
 The Lord lift upon us the light of His countenance, 
 and give us peace! 
 
 Response. Amen! So mote it be! 
 
 Thus the services end. The procession will re-form 
 and return to the Lodge-room, and the Lodge will be 
 closed in the customary manner. 
 
 FUNERAL DIRGE. 
 David Vinton. 
 
 Air — Pleyel 's German Hymn. 
 
 1 Solemn strikes the fun'ral chime, 
 Notes of our departing time, 
 
 As we journey, here below, 
 Through a pilgrimage of woe. 
 
 2 Mortals! now indulge a tear. 
 For mortality is here; 
 
 See how wide her trophies wave 
 O'er the slumbers of the grave. 
 
 3 Here, another Guest we bring! 
 Seraphs, of celestial wing. 
 
 To our fun'ral altar come; 
 
 Waft a Friend and Brother home". 
 
 4 Far beyond the grave, there lie 
 Brighter mansions in the sky; 
 Where, enthroned, the Deity 
 Gives man immortality. 
 
 5 There, enlarged, his soul will see 
 What was veiled in mystery; 
 Heavenly glories of the place 
 Show his Maker "face to face."
 
 FUNERAL SERVICE 257 
 
 6 God of Life's Eternal Day! 
 Guide us, lest from Thee Tve stray, 
 By a false, delusive light 
 
 To the shades of endless night. 
 
 7 Calm, the Good Man meets his fate, 
 Guards celestial round him wait; 
 See! he bursts these mortal chains, 
 And o'er Death the vict 'ry gains! 
 
 8 Lord of all below, above, 
 
 Fill our soiils with Truth and Love; 
 As dissolves our Earthly Tie, 
 Take us to thy Lodge on High! 
 
 Note. — It is customary to sing only the 1st, 3d, and 8th 
 stanzas. On funeral occasions the first two of these may 
 be sung on entering the burial-ground, while moving in 
 procession: and the last during the ceremonies at the grave. 
 Other appropriate vocal music may be substituted or added.
 
 A FORM FOK LAYING CORNEK^ 
 STONES 
 
 On the day appointed, the Grand Lodge assembles 
 at the hall of the Lodge in the place, and is opened 
 in proper form. 
 
 The Grand Master then says: Brethren, the 
 Grand Lodge of California has convened for the pur- 
 pose of laying the corner-stone of , in 
 
 the city (or town) of , in accord- 
 ance with the invitation of , pre- 
 sented to the Grand Master on the day of 
 
 , 19 After the Grand Lodge is called 
 
 off, the Grand Marshal will form the Grand Lodge 
 and brethren in procession, and we will proceed to 
 the place for the purpose of performing the cere- 
 mony provided for such occasions. 
 
 The Grand Lodge is then called from labor to 
 refreshment for the purpose of performing the cere- 
 mony; and the Grand Marshal forms the procession 
 in the following order: — 
 
 Escort of the Day; 
 
 Band of Music; 
 
 Master Masons; 
 
 THE GRAND LODGE OF CALIFORNIA, 
 
 In the following order: — 
 
 The Grand Tiler; 
 
 The Grand Standard Bearer; 
 
 Grand Pursuivant and Grand Organist; 
 
 A Brother bearing Golden Vessel of Corn; 
 
 Two Brethren bearing Silver Vessels of Wine and 
 
 Oil;
 
 LAYING CORNER STONES 259 
 
 The Principal Architect bearing the Working Tools 
 
 on a Cushion; 
 
 Two Brethren bearing the Tuscan and Composite 
 
 Orders; 
 
 Three Brethren bearing the Doric, Ionic and 
 
 Corinthian Orders; 
 
 Grand Orator and Assistant Grand Secretary; 
 
 The Grand Bible Bearer; 
 
 Grand Lecturer and Grand Chaplain; 
 
 Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary; 
 
 The Grand "Wardens; 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master; 
 
 Jun. Grand Deacon; ^^ 4. Sen. Grand Deacon; 
 
 ' Master; ' 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer with drawn Sword; 
 The Grand Stewards with white Rods. 
 The procession then moves to the site of the pro- 
 posed building, by whatever route may have been 
 designated. On arriving at the place the lines are 
 opened to the right and left, under the direction of 
 the Grand Marshal; and the Grand Master, pre- 
 ceded bv two Stewards and the Grand Sword Bearer, 
 and followed by the Grand Lodge, and the remain- 
 der of the procession in inversed order, pass through 
 to the platform, erected near the north-east corner 
 of the building. Upon this platform there should 
 be placed chairs for the Grand Officers and the in- 
 vited guests, and a table for the Holy "Writings, the 
 Book of Constitutions, the Golden Vessel, the Silver 
 Vessels, the large Lights, the five Orders of Archi- 
 tecture, and the "Working Toola. The brethren and 
 others present are arranged around as conveniently 
 as possible.
 
 260 LAYING CORNER STONES 
 
 All being arranged, the cereniouy is conducted as 
 follows: — 
 
 Music by the Band; 
 
 (A solemn Sacred Piece.) 
 
 Prayer: 
 
 Almighty and Eternal God, Creator of the Uni- 
 verse! The Great Jehovah Who laid the foundation 
 of the earth! We beseech Thee to look with favor 
 on this our undertaking of laying the corner stone of 
 a material building. We look to Thee for guidance, 
 and we pray that Thou wilt on this occasion give us 
 wisdom to guide us, strength to support us, and the 
 beauty of holiness to adorn our labors and to render 
 them acceptable in Thy sight. Grant, O God, that 
 Thy blessing and watchful care may sustain and pro- 
 tect the workmen who are here to be employed. So 
 order their lives and their work that no discord or 
 confusion may disturb the harmony that should be 
 theirs. And when the structure shall be finished, we 
 pray Thee that it shall be devoted to all that stands 
 for good, and to the glory of Thy holy name. And 
 when our labors on earth are ended, we pray that we 
 may be received in "that house not made with 
 hands, eternal in the heavens." Amen. 
 
 Singing of the following, or a similar Ode, by the 
 Choir:— 
 
 Tune — ' * America. ' ' 
 "Hail, Masonry divine! 
 Glory of ages, shine 
 
 While time shall last! 
 Wher'er thy vot'ries are, 
 Let Love and Peace be there; 
 Let thy good works compare 
 With ages past.
 
 LAYING OF CORNER STONES 2C1 
 
 Great mission thine below — 
 This pilgrimage of woe 
 
 Thine 'tis to cheer. 
 With open heart and hand, 
 Thy sons in every land, 
 At Charity's demand. 
 
 Are ever near. 
 
 As, since the Day of Light, 
 Blazing with lustre bright, 
 Thy star hath shone, 
 So may its brightness send 
 Joy, gladness, without end, 
 Till Eternity attend. 
 And Time be gone." 
 
 The Master of the Lodge, or the President of the 
 Hall Association, or some one on behalf of those 
 erecting the structure, should then, in a brief ad- 
 dress, invite the Grand Master to commence the cer- 
 emonies. 
 
 The Grand Master should then briefly address the 
 audience. After which he addresses the Senior 
 Grand Warden as follows: — 
 
 "Brother Senior Grand Warden: It has been the 
 custom among the Fraternity of Free and Accepted 
 Masons, from time immemorial, to assemble for the 
 purpose of laying the foundation stones of public 
 buildings, when requested to do so by those having 
 authority. The Grand Lodge of the Jurisdiction of 
 
 California having been invited by the of 
 
 the city (or town) of to lay the 
 
 corner-stone of this Temple, to be dedicated to 
 Masonry, Virtue, and Universal Benevolence,* it 
 
 ^Modify this language to suit the occasion.
 
 2r.2 LAYING CORNER STONES 
 
 lias, by my order, here been convened, and it is my 
 will and pleasure that it do now assist me in the 
 performance of that pleasing duty. This you will 
 communicate to the R.'. W.'. Junior Grand War- 
 den, and he to the Craft, that they, and all others 
 present, may be duly notified thereof." 
 
 The Senior Grand Warden communicates the 
 order, as follows: — 
 
 "Brother Junior Grand Warden: It is the wnll 
 and pleasure of the Most Worshipful Grand Master 
 that the Grand Lodge of California do now assist in 
 laying the foundation stone of this Masonic Tem- 
 ple.* This you will communicate to the brethren, 
 that they, and all others here assembled, may have 
 ■due and timely notice of this order." 
 
 The Junior Grand Warden repeats the order to the 
 assembly, as follows: — 
 
 "Brethren: It is the will and pleasure of the Most 
 
 Worshipful , Grand Master of 
 
 Masons in the Jurisdiction of California, that the 
 Grand Lodge do now proceed with the ceremony of 
 laying the corner-stone of this Masonic Temple.* Of 
 this you will take due notice, and govern yourselves 
 accordingly. ' ' 
 
 An enlivening piece of music by the band should 
 follow. 
 
 After which the Grand Master, addressing the 
 Grand Treasurer, says: — 
 
 "Brother Grand Treasurer: It has ever been the 
 <!ustom of the Craft upon occasions like the present, 
 to deposit within a cavity in the stone placed at the 
 north-east corner of the edifice, certain memorials 
 of the period at which it was erected; so that, if, in 
 
 Modify this Ungruage to suit the occasion.
 
 LAYING CORNER STONES 263 
 
 the lapse of ages, the fury of the elements, the 
 violence of man, or the slow but certain ravages of 
 time, should lay bare its foundations, an enduring 
 record may be found by succeeding generations, to 
 bear testimony to the untiring, unending industry 
 of the Free and Accepted Masons. Has such a de- 
 posit now been prepared?" 
 
 The Grand Treasurer responds: — 
 
 "It has. Most Worshipful Grand Master, and the 
 various articles of which it is composed are safely 
 enclosed within the casket now before you." 
 
 The Grand Master then says to the Grand Sec- 
 retary: — 
 
 ''Brother Grand Secretary: You will read the 
 record of the contents of the casket." 
 
 Whereupon the Grand Secretary reaas the con- 
 tents of the box which is to be deposited beneath 
 the corner-stone. 
 
 After the reading the Grand Master says: — 
 
 "Brother Grand Treasurer: You will now de- 
 posit the casket in the cavity beneath the corner- 
 stone; and may the Great Architect of the Uni- 
 verse, in His wisdom, grant that ages upon ages 
 shall pass away ere it again be seen of men." 
 
 The Grand Treasurer, assisted by one or more 
 brethren, then takes the casket and places it in the 
 cavity in the lower stone, during which time the 
 choir should sing the following or some other suit- 
 able ode: — 
 
 "Place we now the corner-stone — 
 True and trusty, brothers own — 
 Let us bring our hearts sincere. 
 Hands to help and voice to cheer.
 
 264 LAYING CORNER STONES 
 
 Prov'd by the Grand Master's hand, 
 Long may this foundation stand! 
 May its superstructure rise 
 In grace and beauty 'neath the skies! 
 Let us join in songs of praise, 
 That a Temple here we raise; 
 Hoping, ages hence, 'twill prove 
 A home for Charity and Love!" 
 
 The Principal Architect then distributes the 
 Working Tools among the Grand Officers — giving 
 the Trowel to the Grand Master, the Square to the 
 Deputy Grand Master, the Level to the Senior Grand 
 Warden, and the Plumb to the Junior Grand War- 
 den. 
 
 These officers then descend to the stone and place 
 themselves around it in the following order: The 
 Grand Master at the East, the Deputy Grand Master 
 at the North, the Senior Grand Warden at the West, 
 and the Junior Grand Warden at the South. 
 
 The Grand Master, assisted by one or more of the 
 workmen, ready for the purpose, spread the cement 
 upon the lower stone, and then he directs the stone 
 to be lowered to its place. The stone should be sus- 
 pended from a derrick, and should be lowered at 
 three separate intervals. At each stoppage of the 
 stone, the brethren should give the Grand Honors 
 once. When the stone is properly adjusted the 
 Grand Master should point the cement about its 
 edges. He then addresses the Deputy Grand Master 
 as follows: — 
 
 *' Brother Deputy Grand Master, what is the jewel 
 of your office f" 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master responds: — 
 
 "The Square, Most Worshipful."
 
 LAYING CORNER STONES 265 
 
 The Grand Master says: — 
 
 "Then you -will apply the Square to those portions 
 of the stone which should be squared." 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master then applies the Square 
 to the various corners of the stone, and says: — 
 
 "I have obeyed your order, Most Worshipful 
 Grand Master, and find that in that respect the 
 craftsmen have done their duty." 
 
 The Grand Master then says: — 
 
 ** Brother Senior Grand Warden, what is the jewel 
 of your ofScef" 
 
 The Senior Grand Warden responds: — 
 
 ''The Level, Most Worshipful." 
 
 The Grand Master says: — 
 
 "You will then apply the Level to the stone, and 
 see if it be laid in a manner creditable to our An- 
 cient Craft." 
 
 The Senior Grand Warden then applies the Level 
 to the surface of the stone and responds: — 
 
 "I have obeyed your order. Most Worshipful 
 Grand Master, and find that the stone has been well 
 leveled by the craftsmen." 
 
 The Grand Master says: — 
 
 ' ' Brother Junior Grand Warden, what is the jewel 
 of your oflSce?" 
 
 The Junior Grand Warden responds: — ■ 
 
 "The Plumb, Most Worshipful." 
 
 The Grand Master says: — 
 
 "You will apply the Plumb to the stone, then, 
 and see if it has been properly adjusted." 
 
 The Junior Grand Warden tries the several sides 
 of the stone with the Plumb and responds: —
 
 266 LAYING CORNER STONES 
 
 "I have obeyed your order, Most Worshipful 
 Grand Master, and find that the work of the crafts- 
 men in that respect has been skilfully performed." 
 
 The Grand Master then approaching the stone 
 gives it three blows with his Gavel, and says:— 
 
 "The craftsmen having faithfully and skilfully 
 performed their duty, I declare this foundation stone 
 to be well formed, true and trusty. May the edifice 
 which is to rest upon it ever be devoted to the uses 
 of those whose mission it is to extend the spread of 
 useful knowledge, to practice unceasing and unosten- 
 tatious charity, and to inculcate fraternity and good 
 will among men; and may it be completed by the 
 craftsmen in peace, love, and harmony — they suffer- 
 ing no contention among themselves except that 
 noble and fraternal one, as to who best can work 
 and best agree." 
 
 The Grand Master then directs the vessels of 
 Corn, Wine, and Oil to be distributed, respectively, 
 to the Deputy Grand Master, and the Senior and 
 Junior Grand Wardens. While this is being done 
 the band should play a joyous air. 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master then pours the corn 
 upon the stone, at the same time saying — 
 
 "May the Grand Architect of the Universe 
 strengthen and sustain the craftsmen while engaged 
 in this important work; and may He ever bounti- 
 fully vouchsafe the Corn of Nourishment to all 
 employed in honest and useful toil." 
 
 The Senior Grand Warden then pours the wine 
 apon the stone, at the same time saying: — 
 
 "May the Great Giver of all good enable the 
 craftsmen in due time to complete this beautiful 
 Temple; and, during their intervals from labor, may
 
 LAYING CORNER STONES 26T 
 
 they constantly be blessed with that refreshment of 
 which this Wine is emblematical." 
 
 The Junior Grand Warden then pours the oil upon 
 the stone, at the same time saying: — 
 
 "May the blessing of Heaven descend upon this 
 and all good works; and may our loved Fraternity 
 long exist to pour forth the Oil of Joy upon the 
 hearts of the widowed, the fatherless, and the dis- 
 tressed." 
 
 The Grand Master then says: — 
 
 "May the All-Bounteous Author of Creation lend 
 aid to those who have conceived and thus far 
 carried on this goodly enterprise; may He protect 
 the workmen employed upon this building from 
 every accident, and long preserve it for the bene- 
 ficient uses which it is destined to subserve; and 
 may He grant to us all an ever bountiful supply of 
 the Corn of Nourishment, the Wine of Refreshment^ 
 and the Oil of Joy." 
 
 The Grand Master then directs that the several 
 Working Tools be given into the hands of the Chief 
 Architect of the building, and says: — 
 
 "Brother Principal Architect: Relying upon your 
 skill in our noble art, I now confide to you these 
 implements of Operative Masonry. May this under- 
 taking be speedily accomplished; may there be no 
 envy, discord or confusion among the workmen; 
 and may you perform the important duties with 
 which you have been charged, not only to the satis- 
 faction of those who have entrusted you with their 
 fulfillment, but in such manner as shall secure the 
 approbation of your own conscience, and redound ta 
 the honor of our Ancient Craft."
 
 268 LAYING CORNER STONES 
 
 The Grand Master and his officers then return to 
 the platform and resume their seats. In the mean- 
 time the choir should sing the following or some 
 other suitable ode: — 
 
 "Corn, Wine, and Oil we've poured upon 
 Our brethren's hope — the Corner-Stone — 
 
 The work is well begun; 
 May Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty now 
 Each with its attributes endow 
 
 That which is to be done. 
 
 "And, when our Temple is complete. 
 Once more may all tlie Brethren meet 
 
 Its Halls to dedicate 
 To Friendship, Virtue, Truth and Love, 
 To Charity, and all above. 
 
 To God, the Good, the Great." 
 
 The G-rand Orator is then introduced by the Grand 
 Master. 
 
 After the oration is concluded, "Old Hundred" 
 is very appropriate, and should be joined in by the 
 whole assembly; after which the ceremonies are 
 terminated with a 
 
 Benediction: 
 
 May the blessing of Almighty God, Who made the 
 heaven and the earth, and all who dwell therein, be 
 with us all and remain with us, now and forever- 
 more. Amen. 
 
 The procession then re-forms and returns to the 
 hall. The Grand Lodge is called on, and closed in 
 suitable form.
 
 CEKEMCNY FCK CONSTITUTING 
 MASONIC LODGES 
 
 At the time appointed the Grand Master and his 
 officers meet in a convenient room, near to that in 
 which the Lodge to be constituted is assembled, and 
 open the Grand Lodge. 
 
 The Grand Master then announces the object of 
 the Communication, the Grand Lodge is called off, 
 the Grand Marshal forms a procession as follows: 
 
 Grand Tiler; 
 Three Past Masters bearing vessels of Corn, 
 
 Wine and Oil; 
 Three Past Masters bearing the Lesser Lights; 
 Grand Pursuivant and Grand Organist; 
 '5 Grand Stewards; 
 
 g Grand Deacons; 
 
 jg Grand Bible Bearer and Grand Standard Bearer; 
 
 Grand Orator and Assistant Grand Secretary; 
 
 a Four Past Masters carrying Emblem; 
 
 vi Grand Lecturer and Grand Chaplain; 
 
 Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary; 
 
 Senior Grand and Junior Grand Wardens; 
 
 Deputy Grand Master; 
 
 Grand Master; 
 Grand Sword Bearer; 
 
 and the Grand Lodge proceeds to the hall of the 
 Lodge about to be constituted. 
 
 The officers of the new Lodge should be seated in 
 the northeast corner of the Lodsre-room.
 
 270 CONSTITUTING LODGES 
 
 On arriving at the hall the procession opens ranks, 
 and the Grand Master and other officers and brethren 
 in succession pass through and enter. The Grand 
 Master and the other Grand Officers take their re- 
 spective stations and places, and the emblem is 
 placed in the Lodge-room between the Altar and the 
 East, the three lights being arranged around it. 
 
 The vessels are pkieed on the emblem. When the 
 brethren are seated, the following hymn is sung: — 
 
 Tune— ''Boylston." 
 "Great Source of light and love, 
 
 To thee our songs we raise! 
 Oh! in thy temple. Lord, above, 
 
 Hear and accept our praise. 
 
 Shine on this festive day. 
 Succeed its hoped design. 
 And may our Charity display 
 A love resembling thine. 
 
 May this Fraternal Band, 
 Now consecrated — blest 
 In union all distinguished stand, 
 In purity be dressed. ' ' 
 
 The Master of the new Lodge then approaches the 
 East, and addresses the Grand Master as follows: — 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master: — Upon the re- 
 quest of a number of brethren, the Most Worshipful 
 Grand Master of Masons of the jurisdiction of Cali- 
 fornia was pleased to grant them a letter of dispen- 
 sation, bearing date the .... day of , in the 
 
 year ...., authorizing them to form and open a 
 Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, in the town of 
 Since that time they have regularly as<
 
 CONSTITUTING LODGES 271 
 
 sembled, and have conducted the business of 
 Masonry according to the best of their abilities. 
 Their proceedings have been examined by the Most 
 Worshipful Grand Lodge, and, being approved, a 
 Charter of Constitution has been granted to them. 
 The brethren are now desirous that their Lodge 
 should be consecrated, and their officers duly in- 
 stalled, in accordance with the ancient usages and 
 customs of the Craft. In behalf of my brethren of 
 
 Lodge, I now respectfully request that you 
 
 assume the discharge of this important ceremony. 
 
 The Grand Master replies: — 
 
 Worshipful Master and Brethren: — I accept with 
 pleasure the important and interesting duty which 
 you request me to discharge. In doing so, permit me 
 
 to express to you and the brethren of Lodge^. 
 
 No , our hearty congratulations upon this happy 
 
 occasion. The establishment of a Lodge of Free and 
 Accepted Masons in any community is an event of 
 no unimportant significance. It indicates a desire 
 upon the part of its membership to cultivate and 
 practice the noble attributes of brotherly love, relief 
 and truth. It means the inculcation of all those 
 sentiments which constitute a higher morality and 
 a nobler manhood. It contemplates the encourage- 
 ment of all the virtues which elevate and ennoble- 
 man, making better fathers, better husbands, better 
 sons and brothers, better citizens, a better and more 
 prosperous community. Realizing, then, and trust- 
 ing that you all comprehend and appreciate the 
 great import of this occasion, we shall cheerfully 
 comply with the desire of yourself and your brethren. 
 
 In accordance with the teachings of our Institu- 
 tion, it is our duty, before entering upon any great 
 and important undertaking, to invoke the aid and
 
 272 CONSTITUTING LODGES 
 
 blessing of God. We will, therefore, reverently 
 unite with our Grand Chaplain in an address to the 
 Throne of Grace. 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 Supreme Grand Master! Great Architect and 
 Ruler of the Universe! We would reverently invoke 
 Thy blessing at this time. Grant us Thy aid in our 
 present undertaking, that all we may do shall be 
 done with an eye single to Thy service, and to the 
 good of our Fraternity. Bless the brethren of the 
 Lodge now about to be constituted; impress them 
 with a proper comprehension of their duty to Thee, 
 and to one another. May this Lodge become a means 
 of lasting good in the community; may its members 
 be continually guided by the unerring counsels which 
 Thou hast given them in the great books of nature 
 and revelation. Make them faithful to the obliga- 
 tions which they have assumed. Bless and prosper 
 them in all their interests. Bless and prosper our 
 beloved Order. Lengthen its cords and strengthen 
 its stakes for greater usefulness to ourselves and to 
 our fellow-men; and to Thy great name we will 
 ascribe all honor and glory. Amen. 
 
 The choir then sing the following: — 
 
 Tune — "America," or "Italian Hymn." 
 
 " Oh God! our Order bless 
 With peace and happiness, 
 
 And Unity; 
 O thou! our Craft defend. 
 And may Thy love extend 
 To all, as guide and friend: 
 
 So mote it be.
 
 CONSTITUTING LODGES 2 73 
 
 ' ' May wisdom from on high 
 Bring to our mystic tie 
 
 Prosperity. 
 May our united band 
 Greet all throughout the land, 
 With joyful heart and hand: 
 
 So mote it be, 
 
 ' ' May grace from heaven above 
 Fill all our hearts with love, 
 
 Upraised to Thee; 
 With harmony combine, 
 To help Thy glory shine. 
 And let the praise be Thine: 
 
 So mote it be. 
 
 The Grand Master then says: — 
 
 Brethren of Lodge, Tio , your proceed- 
 ings having been approved, and a charter having 
 been granted to you by the Grand Lodge, we will 
 now proceed, according to ancient usage, to consti- 
 tute you into a regular Lodge. Bro. Grand Secre- 
 tary, you will read the warrant establishing and 
 confirming the brethren of this new Lodge in the 
 rights and privileges of a regular Lodge. 
 
 The Grand Secretary reads the charter. 
 
 The Grand Master then says: — 
 
 The officers of the new Lodge will now deliver 
 their jewels to their Master, and he to the Deputy 
 Grand Master, 
 
 (The officers will then line up on the floor facing 
 the east. A list of the names should be given to the 
 Deputy Grand Master.) 
 
 Bro. Deputy Grand Master, you will now present 
 the Master-elect of the new Lodge.
 
 274 CONSTITUTING LODGES 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master says: — 
 
 Most Worshipful, I present to you W/.Bro , 
 
 whom the brethren of the Lodge now about to be 
 constituted have chosen as their Master. 
 
 The Grand Master says: — 
 
 Brethren, do you remain satisfied with your choice! 
 
 The brethren respond: — 
 
 We do. 
 
 The Grand Master then says — 
 
 Bro. Deputy Grand Master, you will severally 
 present the Wardens and other officers of the new 
 Lodge. 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master says: — 
 
 Most Worshipful, I present to you Bro , who 
 
 has been chosen Senior Warden of the Lodge about 
 
 to be constituted; Bro , who has been chosen 
 
 Junior Warden; Bro , who has been chosen 
 
 Treasurer; Bro , who has been chosen Secre- 
 tary; Bro , who has been appointed Chaplain; 
 
 Bros and , who have been appointed 
 
 respectively Senior and Junior Deacons; Bro , 
 
 who has been appointed Marshal; Bros and 
 
 , who have been appointed respectively Senior 
 
 and Junior Stewards; and Bro , who has been 
 
 appointed Tiler. 
 
 The Grand Master requests the officers to face 
 their brethren, and then says 
 
 Brethren of Lodge, you behold before you 
 
 the brethren who have been elected and appointed 
 to serve the Lodge about to be constituted as it? 
 officers until the next regular election. Do you re- 
 main satisfied with each and all of themf 
 
 The brethren respond: — 
 
 We do.
 
 CONSTITUTING LODGES 275 
 
 The Grand Master says: — 
 
 Then, Bro. Grand Marshal, you will form the 
 brethren of the Lodge and the Grand Officers around 
 the emblem of the Lodge in proper order. 
 
 The Grand Marshal says: — 
 
 The Grand Officers will form a square around the 
 emblem. The brethren of the Lodge will form a 
 square outside of that formed by the Grand Officers. 
 
 When the brethren are arranged, the choir sing 
 the following stanzas, during which time the Grand 
 Marshal uncovers the emblem: — 
 
 Tune — ' ' America, ' ' 
 
 " Hail, universal Lord, 
 
 By Heaven and Earth adored, 
 All hail, great God! 
 
 Before Thy throne we bend, 
 To us Thy grace extend, 
 And to our prayers attend; 
 All hail, great God! 
 
 " To Thee our hearts do draw, 
 On them, O write Thy law. 
 Our Saviour God! 
 
 When in this Lodge we're met, 
 And at Thine altar set, 
 O do not us forget, 
 
 Our Saviour God!" 
 
 The Grand Master directs the brethren to kneel, 
 and the Grand Chaplain, approaching the altar, de- 
 livers the following —
 
 276 CONSTITUTING LODGES 
 
 Prayer. 
 
 Great Architect of the Universe! Maker and 
 Ruler of all worlds! Deign from Thy celestial temple, 
 from realms of light and glory, to bless us in all 
 the purposes of our present assembly! We humbly 
 invoke Thee to give us at this and at all times, 
 Wisdom in all our doings, Strength of mind 
 in all our difficulties, and the Beauty of harmony in 
 all our communications. Permit us, O Thou Author 
 of Light and Life! great Source of Love and Happi- 
 ness! to erect this Lodge, and now solemnly to 
 Consecrate it to Thy honor and glory! Amen. 
 
 The Grand Master then sprinkles the Corn upon 
 the emblem, and says: — 
 
 Glory be to God on high! 
 
 The Brethren respond, giving the grand honors: — 
 
 "As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
 shall be! Amen." 
 
 The Grand Master then pours the Wine upon the 
 emblem, saying: — 
 
 Glory be to God on high! 
 
 The brethren, giving the grand honors, respond as 
 before. 
 
 The Grand Master then pours the Oil upon the 
 emblem, saying: 
 
 Glory be to God on high! 
 
 The brethren respond as before, giving the grand 
 honors. 
 
 Again all kneel, and the Grand Chaplain con- 
 tinues: — 
 
 "Grant, O Lord our God, that those who are now 
 about to be invested with the government of this
 
 CONSTITUTING LODGES 277 
 
 Lodge may be endued with wisdom to instruct their 
 brethren in all their duties. May brotherly love, 
 relief and truth always prevail among the members 
 of this Lodge; may this bond of union continue to 
 strengthen the Lodges throughout jthe world. Bless all 
 our brethren wherever dispersed; and grant speedy 
 relief to all who are either oppressed or distressed. 
 We affectionately commend to Thee all the members 
 of this Lodge and of this great Fraternity. May 
 they increase in grace, in the knowledge of Thee, 
 and in love for one another. Finally, may we finish 
 all our work here below with Thy approbation, and 
 then have a blessed transition from this earthly 
 abode to Thy heavenly temple above, there to enjoy 
 light and life eternal. Amen." 
 
 The Grand Master, stretching forth his hands 
 over the emblem, says: — 
 
 To the memory of the Holy Saints John, we dedi- 
 cate this Lodge. May every brother revere their 
 character and imitate their virtues. Glory be to 
 God on high! 
 
 The brethren respond with the grand honors as 
 before. 
 
 The Grand OflS,cers then return to their stations, 
 and the brethren of the Lodge, the Master and his 
 officers leading, form in procession, in single file, 
 under the direction of the Grand Marshal. They 
 salute the Grand Master as they pass, bowing and 
 having their hands crossed upon their breasts,* the 
 left hand outward. They then take their places as 
 they were before the march was formed. 
 
 * If the ceremony is not public, the private Grand 
 Honors should be given.
 
 278 CONSTITUTING LODGES 
 
 The Grand Master then says: — 
 
 In the name of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge 
 of the jurisdiction of California, I now constitute 
 and form you, my beloved brethren, into a regular 
 Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. Henceforth I 
 empower you to meet as a regular Lodge, consti- 
 tuted in conformity with the rites of our Order and 
 the charges of our Ancient and Honorable Fratern- 
 ity; and may the Supreme Architect of the Universe 
 prosper, direct, and counsel you in all your doings. 
 
 The brethren respond: — 
 
 So mote it be. Amen. 
 
 The grand honors are then given, and the choir 
 sing the following: — 
 
 Tune— "Old Hundred." 
 
 *' Be thou, O God, exalted high; 
 And as Thy glory fills the sky. 
 So let it be on earth displayed, 
 
 Till Thou art here as there obeyed. ' ' 
 
 The Grand Master then says: — 
 
 The officers of the new Lodge will now retire and 
 prepare for the ceremony of installation. 
 
 This ceremony is the same as that usually em- 
 ployed at the installation of officers in a Masonic 
 Lodge.
 
 CEREMONY FOR THE DEDICATION 
 OF MASONIC HALLS 
 
 The members of the Grand Lodge assemble in a 
 convenient room near the place where the ceremony 
 is to be performed, and the Grand Lodge is opened 
 in proper form. 
 
 The Grand JMaster then announces the object of 
 the Communication, and directs the Grand Marshal 
 to form a procession, as follows: 
 
 (The procession should form in the manner indi- 
 cated in the Ceremony for Constituting Masonic 
 Lodges). 
 
 The brethren then proceed to the Hall about to be 
 dedicated; and upon the arrival of the front of the 
 procession at the door, they halt, open to the right 
 and left, and face inward, whilst the Grand Master^ 
 and other officers and brethren in succession, pass 
 through and enter in single file. 
 
 After entering, the procession marches three times 
 around the hall, and until the Grand Master comes 
 to the East, when it halts, and the Grand Master 
 takes the chair. The emblem* of a Lodge is placed 
 in the center, and the brethren are seated by the 
 Grand Master — the Grand Officers taking the places 
 of the corresponding officers of the Lodge. 
 
 [The officers of the Lodge should be seated in the north- 
 east corner of the Lodge room.] 
 
 During the march, as above, the following anthem 
 
 is sung: — 
 
 *"The Lodge, technically speaking, is a piece of furni- 
 ture made in imitation of the Ark of the Covenant, which 
 was constructed by Bezaleel (Exodus xxxvii, 1). It is used 
 only in certain ceremonies, such as the constitution and 
 consecration of new Lodges.'"
 
 280 DEDICATING HALLS 
 
 Air — ' ' America. ' ' 
 
 (1) " Thou who art God alone, 
 
 Accept before Thy Throne 
 Our fervent prayer! 
 To fill with light and grace, 
 This house, Thy dwelling place, 
 And bless Thy chosen race — 
 O Lord draw near, ' 
 
 (2) " As through the universe 
 
 All nature's works diverse 
 
 Thy praise accord; 
 
 Let Faith upon us shine, 
 
 And Charity combine 
 
 With Hope, to make us Thine, 
 
 Jehovah, Lord! " 
 
 <3) " Spirit of Truth and Love, 
 Descending from above, 
 Our hearts inflame; 
 Till Masonry's control 
 Shall build in one the whole — 
 A temple of the soul, 
 To Thy great name." 
 
 The three lights are placed in a triangular form 
 around the emblem, and the vessels of Corn, Wine, 
 and Oil are placed on the emblem, and at the 
 appropriate time are delivered to the Junior Grand 
 Warden (corn). Senior Grand Warden (wine), and 
 Deputy Grand Master (oil). At the head of the 
 emblem stands the altar, and upon it are placed the 
 Bible and tlie Square and Comi)ass, 
 
 The Grand Master then briefly announces the 
 occasion of the assemblage, and the general purpose 
 of the Masonic dedication of Halls.
 
 DEDICATING HALLS 231 
 
 After which the Master of tlie Lodge approaching 
 the East, addresses the Grand Master as follows: — 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master: — The brethren of 
 
 Lodge, No , being animated with a desire 
 
 to promote the honor and the interest of the Craft, 
 have erected and furnished this hall for their con- 
 venience and accommodation. They are desirous 
 that the same should be examined by the M.'.W.'. 
 Grand Master; and, if it should meet with his ap- 
 probation, that it should be solemnly dedicated to 
 Masonic purposes, agreeably to ancient form and 
 usage. 
 
 The Grand Master replies: — 
 
 Worshipful Master and Brethren: — I accept with 
 pleasure the important and interesting duty which 
 you request of me. In doing so permit me to express 
 
 to the brethren of Lodge, No , our hearty 
 
 appreciation of the enterprising spirit which has 
 actuated them in the erection of this structure, an 
 edifice which is a credit to the Fraternity as well as 
 an ornament to this city. In accordance with the 
 teachings of our Institution, it is our duty, before 
 entering upon any undertaking, to invoke the bless- 
 ing of God. "We will, therefore, unite with our 
 Grand Chaplain in address to the Throne of Grace. 
 
 The Grand Master calls up the brethren and the 
 Grand Chaplain offers the following, or any other 
 suitable prayer: — 
 
 O Lord God! Source of light and love! Supreme 
 Grand Master, and Great Architect of the Universe! 
 who from Thy throne in the Highest Heaven, in 
 mercy lookest down upon all the dwellers on earth, 
 lend, we beseech Thee, Thine ears to the prayers and 
 petitions of Thy children now assembled in Thy pres- 
 ence; enable us to properly comprehend and practice
 
 282 DEDICATING HALLS 
 
 the precepts of this sublime edifice erected to Thy 
 holy and glorious name. Pour upon us, and upon all 
 the members of our Mystic Craft whithersoever dis- 
 persed throughout the world, the rich blessings of 
 Thy providence. Give us strength to overcome 
 temptations, to subdue our passions, and to practice 
 virtue. Fill our hearts with reverence for Thy great 
 and terrible name; with an affection for thy divine 
 goodness; with piety toward Thee; and with love for 
 our fellow men. Make us faithful to our friends and 
 charitable to our enemies. Dispose our hearts, O 
 Thou Great Jehovah, to receive light and truth 
 from the Great Source of light, that our steps may 
 be directed in the paths of virtue. And whilst we 
 dedicate this temple to Thee, enable us to prove to 
 mankind by our actions that our lives are sincerely 
 dedicated to our God, and to the relief and well- 
 being of our fellow creatures. And, finally, when 
 our pilgrimage in life is ended, may we be admitted 
 into that sublime and eternal Lodge where Thou 
 dost forever preside. Amen. 
 
 Response — So mote it be. 
 
 The Grand Master then vseats the brethren, and the 
 Chief Architect, who suporintended the erection of 
 the Hall, advances to the front in the East, and 
 addresses the Grand Master, as follows: — 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master: — Having been en- 
 trusted with the duty of supervising and directing 
 the workmen employed in the construction of this 
 edifice, and having to the best of my ability accom- 
 plished the task assigned me, I now return my 
 thanks for the appointment, and beg to return to 
 you the implements committed to my care when the 
 cornerstone of this structure was laid [presents the 
 ■quare, level and plumb], humbly hoping that the
 
 DEDICATING HALLS 283 
 
 result of our labors will be crowned with your ap- 
 probation, and that of the Most Worshipful Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 The G-rand Master replies: — 
 
 Brother Chief Architect: — The skill and ability 
 displayed in the execution of the trust reposed in 
 you at the commencement of this undertaking, have 
 received the entire approbation of the Grand Lodge; 
 and they sincerely pray that this edifice may con- 
 tinue a lasting monument of the taste, spirit and 
 liberality of its founders. 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master then says: — 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master: — The hall in 
 which we are now assembled, and the plan upon 
 which it is constructed having met with your ap- 
 proval, it is the desire of the brethren that it should 
 now be dedicated according to ancient form and 
 usage. 
 
 The Grand Master replies: — 
 
 Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master: — Agree- 
 ably to the request of the brethren, we will now 
 proceed with the ceremonies. Brother Grand Mar- 
 shal, you will form the Grand Officers in procession. 
 The following Dedication Hymn is then sung: — 
 Air — "Pleyel's Hymn." 
 Supreme Grand Master! most sublime! 
 High thron'd in Glory's radiant clime; 
 Behold Thy sons on bended knee, 
 Conven'd, O God, to worship Thee! 
 And as 'tis Thine with open ear, 
 The supplicating voice to hear, 
 Grant Thou, O Lord, this one request, 
 Let Masons be, in blessing, blest.
 
 284 DEDICATING HALLS 
 
 O! give the Craft, from pole to pole, 
 The feeling heart, the pitying soul, 
 The generous breast, the lib'ral hand. 
 Compassion's balm, and mercy's brand. 
 
 With charity that pours around, 
 The wine and oil on mis'ry's wound; 
 And heals the widow's, orphan's heart. 
 Deep pierced by sorrow 's venom 'd dart. 
 
 Then to Thy throne the Craft shall raise 
 One deathless song of grateful praise; 
 And Masons, men in chorus join, 
 To hymn the power of love divine. 
 
 Order of Procession. 
 
 (Single File) 
 
 Form on north side of Lodge, facing east. 
 
 Grand Sword Bearer. 
 Grand Standard Bearer. 
 
 Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 Junior Grand Steward. 
 
 Senior Grand Steward. 
 
 Grand Organist. 
 
 Grand Lecturer. 
 
 Grand Orator. 
 
 Grand Bible Bearer. 
 
 Grand Chaplain. 
 
 Chief Architect. 
 
 Assistant Grand Secretary. 
 
 Grand Secretary. 
 
 Grand Treasurer.
 
 DEDICATING HALLS 285 
 
 Junior Grand Warden. 
 Senior Grand Warden. 
 Deputy Grand Master. 
 Junior Grand Deacon. 
 
 Grand Master. 
 Senior Grand Deacon. 
 
 The Grand Officers then march around the symbol 
 of the Lodge, at the same time the following stanza 
 is sung: — 
 
 Air— "Old Hundred." 
 
 *' Genius of Masonry, descend; 
 
 And with Thee bring Thy spotless name; 
 Constant our Sacred Rights attend, 
 
 While we adore Thy peaceful reign." 
 
 When the G-rand Master arrives at the East, the 
 music ceases, and the procession halts, and faces 
 inward; the Grand Officers kneel, and the Grand 
 Chaplain offers the following 
 
 Consecration Prayer: 
 
 "Great Architect of the Universe! Maker and 
 Euler of all the World! deign from Thy celestial 
 temple, from realms of light and glory, to bless us 
 in all the purposes of our present assembly! We 
 humbly implore Thee to give us at this , and at all 
 times, wisdom in all our doings, streng:th of mind in 
 all our difficulties, and the beauty of harmony in all 
 our undertakings. Permit us, O Thou Author of 
 Light and Life, Great Source of Love and Happi- 
 ness, to consecrate this Hall, and dedicate it to Thy 
 honor and Thy glory. Amen. ' ' 
 
 Response — "Glory to God on high; on earth peace, 
 good will to men."
 
 236 DEDrCATINQ HALLS 
 
 The Grand Officers then rise and move around the 
 symbol of the Lodge, as before, during which the 
 second stanza of the ode is sung: — 
 
 "Bring with Thee Virtue, brightest maid; 
 
 Bring Love, bring Truth, bring Friendship here, 
 While Social Mirth shall lend her aid, 
 
 To smooth the wrinkled brow of Care." 
 
 (Vessels are now taken from emblem.) 
 
 When the Grand Master reaches the East, the pro- 
 cession halts, faces inward, and the Junior Grand 
 V7arden advances and presents the Vessel of Corn, 
 saying: — 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master: — In the dedica- 
 tion of Masonic Halls, it has been the immemorial 
 custom to pour Corn upon the Lodge as an emblem 
 of nourishment. I, therefore, present to you the 
 Vessel of Corn, to be employed by you according to 
 ancient usage. 
 
 The Grand Marshal slowly uncovers the emblem of 
 the Lodge, and the Grand Master then calls up the 
 brethren by striking the emblem thrice with his 
 gavel, and pours the Corn upon the emblem, say- 
 ing:— 
 
 In the name of the Great Jehovah, to whom be all 
 honor and glory, I do solemnly dedicate this Hall to 
 Freemasonry. 
 
 The Public Grand Honors are then given once. 
 The Grand Master seats the brethren, and the pro- 
 cession moves around the emblem, during which the 
 third stanza is sung: — 
 
 "Bring Charity with goodness crowned; 
 
 Encircled in Thy heavenly robe; 
 Diffuse Thy blessings all around, 
 
 To every corner of the globe."
 
 DEDICATING HALLS 287 
 
 When the Grand Master reaches the East, the 
 Senior Grand Warden advances and presents the 
 Vessel of Wine, saying: — 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master: — Wine, the em- 
 blem of refreshment, having been used by our 
 ancient brethren in the ceremonies of dedication and 
 consecration, I present to you this Vessel of Wine, 
 to be used by you on the present occasion according 
 to ancient Masonic form. 
 
 The Grand Master then strikes the emblem three 
 times, and sprinkles the Wine upon the emblem, 
 saying: — 
 
 In the name of the Holy Saints John, I do 
 solemnly dedicate this Hall to Virtue. 
 
 The Public Grand Honors are then given twice; 
 the brethren are seated, and the procession moves 
 around the emblem, during which the fourth stanza 
 is sung: — 
 
 "To heaven's High Architect all praise. 
 All praise, all gratitude be given, 
 
 Who deigned the human soul to raise. 
 By mystic secrets sprung from heaven." 
 
 When the Grand Master arrives at the East, tbe 
 Deputy Grand Master advances and presents the 
 Vessel of Oil, saying: — 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master: — I present to you, 
 to be used according to ancient custom, this Vessel 
 of Oil, an emblem of that joy which should animate 
 every bosom on the completion of any important 
 undertaking. 
 
 The Grand Master strikes the emblem three times 
 and sprinkles the oil upon the emblem, saying: — 
 
 In the name of the whole Fraternity, I do solemnly 
 dedicate this Hall to Universal Benevolence.
 
 288 DEDICATING HALLS 
 
 The Public Grand Honors are then given thrice. 
 The Grand Chaplain then advances and makes the 
 following or a similar 
 
 Invocation. 
 
 "And may the Lord, the giver of every good and 
 perfect gift, bless the brethren here assembled, in 
 all their lawful undertakings, and grant to every one 
 of them, in needful supply, the Corn of Nourishment, 
 the Wine of Refreshment, and the Oil of Joy. 
 Amen." 
 
 Response — So mote it be. 
 
 The Grand Marshal then re-covers the emblem of 
 the Lodge, during which time an appropriate piece 
 of music is sung. 
 
 The Grand Master resumes his chair, and the other 
 Grand Officers go to their respective stations. 
 
 By order of the Grand Master, the Grand Marshal 
 then makes the following proclamation: — 
 
 Grand Marshal: By order of the Grand Master, I 
 do hereby proclaim that the Hall in which we are 
 now assembled has been dedicated to the purposes of 
 Freemasonry in Due and Ancient Form. All persons 
 interested will take notice and govern themselves 
 accordingly. 
 
 Address by the Grand Master, or the Grand Orator, 
 or some brotlier appointed for that purpose. 
 
 "Old Hundred." 
 
 Benediction, 
 
 Closing of Grand Lodge.
 
 PROCEEDINGS FOK CONSOLIDATION 
 OF LODGES 
 
 Section 91 of this Constitution (Part III, Art. II, 
 Sec. 11, Manual) prescribes generally the manner in 
 which consolidation of Lodges may be effected; but 
 for the further information of whomsoever may be 
 interested, the following procedure, adopted by 
 Grand Lodge in 1883 (Proceedings 1883, page 277), 
 is suggested: 
 
 1st. There should be adopted by each Lodge, at 
 a stated meeting, a resolution to the effect that a 
 consolidation is expedient and that a committee 
 from each Lodge be appointed to arrange and report 
 the terms upon which such consolidation may be 
 effected. 
 
 2d. These committees, when appointed, must meet 
 and agree upon the terms of the consolidation, and 
 make their reports in writing to their several 
 Lodges; which reports must be received and con- 
 curred in by their respective Lodges. 
 
 3d. "When the Lodges shall have thus concurred 
 in the reports of their committees, and the terms 
 of consolidation shall have been agreed upon, notice 
 must be given by the Secretary of each Lodge to all 
 its members, that, at a stated meeting to be holden 
 on a day named in the lotice, which must be more 
 than three months subsequent to the time of service, 
 a resolution for consolidation will come up for final 
 action. 
 
 4th. Meanwhile a paper, or papers, either writ- 
 ten or printed, substantially in the following form, 
 should be presented to the members of each Lodge 
 for their signatures:
 
 290 CONSOLIDATION OF LODGES 
 
 "In pursuance of certain action of Lodge, 
 
 No , and Lodge, No , tending to 
 
 the consolidation of said Lodges into one Lodge, 
 
 under the name and number of Lodge, No. 
 
 , we the undersigned, members of Lodge, 
 
 No , do hereby express our assent to and our 
 
 desire for such proi^osed consolidation." 
 
 Which paper or papers must be signed by at least 
 three-fourth of the members of each of the Lodges 
 desiring to consolidate, prior to the time for final 
 action. 
 
 5th. At the stated meeting for which notice 
 shall have been given, as above, these papers must 
 be presented, each to its proper Lodge, showing that 
 at least three-fourths of the members of each of the 
 Lodges have expressed their assent in writing, and 
 thereupon the resolution may come up for final action 
 and adoption; and when these proceedings shall 
 have been had, the papers, including the ballots or 
 •expressions of assent, and the action of the Lodges 
 must be certified to the Grand Secretary by the Sec- 
 sretaries, under the seals of their respective Lodges. 
 
 6th. When all the proceedings shall have been 
 completed, they should be entered upon the records 
 of each of the existing Lodges, and the transcripts 
 «ent to the Grand Secretary should contain full 
 copies of such records. 
 
 The consolidation is not effective until approved 
 "by the Grand Master or by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 A Master cannot refuse to entertain a motion to 
 consolidate. 
 
 The Lodge formed by consolidation takes posses- 
 sion of all the property, including moneys, of the 
 consolidated Lodge, and is liable for the debts and 
 the life memberships of the Lodges consolidated.
 
 THINGS A MASTER OUGHT TO 
 KNOW 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 Every Master upon being elevated to the Oriental 
 Chair, is confronted with perplexing questions apper- 
 taining to the management of his Lodge. 
 
 The laws, rules and regulations of the Grand and 
 subordinate Lodges are fully covered in literature 
 published by the Grand Lodge, and the Master is 
 required to pass an examination in these laws because 
 of the numerous questions which arise during his 
 term he is sometimes in a quandary how to proceed 
 in the business of his Lodge, which may be handled 
 in either a practical or an impractical way. 
 
 On numberless occasions the author has been asked 
 many questions, and his advice sought by various 
 Masters, and he has come to the conclusion that a 
 little work of this kind will be of value, and may be 
 the means of guiding some new Master in the right 
 direction, and thus aid in carrying out the duties 
 devolving upon the executive officer in a practical 
 manner, save himself a certain amount of worry, and 
 conserve the finances of his Lodge. 
 
 With the hope that this little work will fill a want, 
 it is dedicated to the coming Masters of Lodges. 
 
 Leo Beuck, 
 P. M. Jewel Lodge, No. 374.
 
 292 THINGS A MASTER OUGHT TO KNOW 
 
 Following are some of the first things to be done 
 by a Master after having been installed. 
 
 Make arrangements with a physician, if possible, a 
 member of your own Lodge, to attend the needy sick. 
 Some brother may volunteer. 
 
 Make arrangements with some hospital or similar 
 institution where serious cases may be cared for at a 
 minimum cost. 
 
 Make arrangements with an undertaker to conduct 
 funerals that your Lodge may have, at a minimum 
 cost. 
 
 Visit all those who have been aided by your Lodge 
 either for a protracted period or at irregular times; 
 ascertain their needs. Some of them may have re- 
 ceived money unnecessarily, while others may not 
 have been assisted sufficiently. Remember that the 
 most worthy are the ones that are the least likely to 
 make their wants known. 
 
 If your Lodge has a large membership or is located 
 in a city, appoint a committee each month to visit 
 those who are sick, A brother will appreciate a little 
 attention from his Lodge, even if he is not in need of 
 monetary assistance, and the fact that a Lodge shows 
 sympathy for its sick members makes better Masons 
 of them. If you have a sick brother in another town, 
 notify the Lodge or Board of Relief in whose juris- 
 diction he is. 
 
 Appoint an Entertainment Committee, who shall 
 provide entertainment for your members and their 
 families in accordance with the financial ability of 
 your Lodge. A great many entertainments can be 
 gotten up at practically no cost, and by developing 
 the social side you will have a better Lodge.
 
 THINGS A MASTER OUGHT TO KNOW 293 
 
 Appoint a committee on delinquents, whose duty 
 it should be to investigate all those who are in arrears 
 with their dues and liable to suspension. 
 
 Also appoint a committee for visitors or have the 
 Senior Deacon appoint one, who shall be under his 
 diiect charge. 
 
 DISTRESS. 
 
 This is a very important question, especially so for 
 a Master of a large Lodge in a city where the mem- 
 bership is not so well known to him as a rule as to 
 the Master in the country. 
 
 In case of an application for relief in his juris- 
 diction, he should try to ascertain first of all the 
 history of the applicant, habits, etc.; and therefore 
 the following questions are suggested: Age? Married? 
 Single? Widower? How many children? Their age 
 and occupation. Other relatives? Are any of them 
 able or willing to assist you? "What do you do to 
 support yourself? Have you any property? Pen- 
 sion? Insurance — life or accident? Do you belong 
 to any beneficiary organization? What sick bene- 
 fit do you get? Have you been assisted by your 
 Lodge or a Masonic Board of Eelief before? If so, 
 when and where? Have you ever paid back any of 
 the money given you? What are your needs at the 
 present time? These fairly cover the ground, and 
 give the investigator an insight into the needs of 
 the applicant. 
 
 Applicants may be classed under three heads: 
 
 First — Those that think it their right. 
 
 Second — Those with whom it has become a habit, 
 and who find it easy.
 
 294 THINGS A MASTER OUGHT TO KNOW 
 
 Third — Those who are in need and are too proud 
 or reluctant to make tlieir wants known. 
 
 The investigator must determine under which 
 head the applicant comes and act accordingly. 
 
 The same course may be followed in the case of 
 sojourners. The only difference is that care must 
 be taken in examining credentials to see that the 
 applicant is in good standing in his Lodge, after 
 which temporary relief should be given him and a 
 wire sent to the Lodge concerned, asking instruc- 
 tions. 
 
 This wire may be worded briefly, and will as a 
 rule bring the desired results. A telegram should 
 be addressed to the Secretary of the Lodge. If in 
 a city and the address unknown, send to the Ma- 
 sonic Temple, Samples of telegrams will be found 
 on the last page. 
 
 SICKNESS. 
 
 When a Mason, his widow or orphans are reported 
 sick, make, if possible, a personal investigation as 
 soon as possible. If within reaching distance of 
 the Doctor with whom you have previously made 
 arrangements, have him call and report to you the 
 needs, unless they have their own Doctor and are 
 able to pay him. Prompt medical attention may 
 save a long illness and correspondingly large ex- 
 penditure. 
 
 If the Brother is in another city or town, commu- 
 nicate with the Lodge in whose jurisdiction he is 
 to look after him, if necessary by wire. If in a 
 city, notify the Board of Relief. Remember, in 
 every city where there are a number of lodges 
 which have concurrent jurisdiction, a Board of
 
 THINGS A MASTER OUGHT TO KNOW 295 
 
 Relief is established for the purpose of looking 
 after sojourners. 
 
 BURIALS. 
 
 In case of death the family should be consulted 
 at once, and arrangements made for a funeral. The 
 first thing that should be ascertained is if they are 
 destitute. This must be left to the discretion of 
 the investigator, and if so the undertaker with 
 whom arrangements have been made previously, 
 should be sent to take charge of the remains. 
 
 If the death occurs in the jurisdiction of another 
 Lodge, notify the Master or Secretary of that 
 Lodge (or if in a city, the Board of Relief) by 
 wire, who, by following the same economical pro- 
 cedure outlined above will attend to this the same 
 as you would yourself. 
 
 The expenditures for the burial will vary a great 
 deal according to the places and conditions, but 
 should be the lowest possible obtainable under the 
 circumstances, and by having an understanding 
 with the undertaker, as mentioned in the first par- 
 agraph, all misunderstanding will be avoided. 
 
 Make it plain to the family of the deceased 
 Brother that there are no benefits coming to them 
 from the Masonic Lodge, and that a burial is purely 
 charity, and that they have no right to expect it 
 unless they are absolutely destitute and there is no 
 one else to pay the cost. Some families have suffic- 
 ient funds on hand to defray expenses of burial, but 
 want to keep them for a rainy day, and want the 
 Lodge to pay, so as to conserve their own limited 
 capital. To them must be explained that the 
 Lodge is not going out of business; that when they
 
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 come to the end of their own means, if they make 
 their needs known, the Lodge will then do its duty. 
 
 MASONIC HOMES. 
 
 Rules governing admission to the Masonic Homes 
 and applications may be obtained by addressing the 
 Superintendent, Masonic Home, Decoto, Alameda 
 county. These rules cover all questions appertain- 
 ing thereto. 
 
 Only those who are a charge on a Lodge in THIS 
 jurisdiction are eligible, as the Homes are main- 
 tained by OUR Lodges and all others must be taken 
 care of by THEIR OWN jurisdiction, many of 
 which have Homes of their own. 
 
 There is no doubt if a woman with a child or 
 two is left in destitute condition, the most practical 
 thing to do is to put that child (or children ,) in the 
 Masonic Home. That will leave the mother free to 
 make her own living. 
 
 Great delicacy must be exercised in approaching 
 this subject with the average mother, as she nat- 
 urally does not want to part with her children, but 
 it should be fully explained to her that the children 
 will get a better raising in the Home than she can 
 possibly give them under such circumstances; and 
 in the future, if her condition should change and 
 she would again be able to take care of her chil- 
 dren, she can always get them back without for- 
 mality.
 
 THINGS A MASTER OUGHT TO KNOW 297 
 
 Following are examples of telegrams: 
 
 Secretary, 
 
 Lodge, No. — , Masons. 
 
 Masonic Temple, 
 
 City. 
 
 John Joseph Jones destitute. Needs dol- 
 lars. Wire instructions. 
 
 JAMES SMITH, 
 Master Lodge, No. — . 
 
 Secretary, 
 
 Lodge, No. — , Masons. 
 
 Masonic Temple, 
 
 City. 
 
 John Joseph Jones sick; hospital necessary. 
 Wire instructions. 
 
 JAMES SMITH, 
 Master Lodge, No. — . 
 
 Secretary, 
 
 Lodge, No. — , Masons. 
 
 Masonic Temple, 
 
 City. 
 
 John Joseph Jones dead. Want Masonic funeral. 
 Wire instructions. 
 
 JAMES SMITH, 
 
 Master Lodge, No. — . 
 
 Secretary, 
 
 Lodge, No. — , Masons. 
 
 Masonic Temple, 
 
 City. 
 
 Widow I John Joseph Jones destitute. Needs 
 
 Daughter | dollars. Wire instructions. 
 
 JAMES SMITH, 
 Master Lodge, No. — .
 
 THE MONITORIAL WORK 
 
 Of the Three Degrees of Masonry, Revised and 
 
 Approved by the Grand Lodge of California 
 
 at Its Annual Communication in 1899. 
 
 FIRST DEGREE. 
 
 PRAYER AT OPENING. 
 
 Great Architect of the Universe! In Thy name 
 we have assembled and in Thy name we desire to 
 proceed in all our doings. Grant that the sublime 
 principles of Freemasonry may so subdue every dis- 
 cordant passion within us — so harmonize and enrich 
 our hearts with Thine own love and goodness — that 
 the Lodge at this time may humbly reflect that order 
 and beauty which reign forever before Thy throne. 
 Amen. 
 
 Another. 
 
 Supreme Ruler of the Universe! We reverently 
 
 invoke Thy blessing at this time. Wilt Thou be 
 
 pleased to grant that this meeting, thus begun in 
 
 order, may be conducted in peace and closed in 
 harmony. Amen.
 
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 QUESTIONS. 
 
 I. Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, 
 that unbiased by friends and uninfluenced by mercen- 
 ary motives you freely and voluntarily offer yourself 
 as a candidate for the mysteries of Masonry? 
 
 II. Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, 
 that you are prompted to solicit the privileges of 
 Masonry by a favorable opinion conceived of the 
 Institution, a desire for knowledge, and a sincere 
 wish to be serviceable to your fellow creatures! 
 
 III. Do you seriously declare, upon your honor, 
 that you will cheerfully conform to all the ancient 
 established usages and customs of the Fraternity? 
 
 PRAYER AT INITIATION. 
 
 Vouchsafe Thine Aid, Almighty Father of the Uni- 
 verse, to this our present convention, and grant that 
 this candidate for Freemasonry may dedicate and 
 devote his life to Thy service, and become a true and 
 faithful brother among us. Endue him with a com- 
 petency of Thy Divine Wisdom, that, by the influ- 
 ence of the pure principles of Freemasonry, he may 
 the better be enabled to display the beauties of holi- 
 ness, to the honor of Thy holy name. Amen. 
 
 ******** 
 
 "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for 
 brethren to dwell together in unity! 
 
 "It is like the precious ointment upon the head, 
 that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: 
 that went down to the skirts of his garments;
 
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 "As the dew of Ilermon, and as the dew that 
 descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the 
 Lord commanded the blessing, even life forever- 
 more. ' ' 
 
 CREATION. 
 In the beginning God created the heaven and the 
 earth. And the earth was without form, and void; 
 and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And 
 the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 
 And God said, Let there be light: and tliere was 
 light. 
 
 THE LAMB-SKIN APRON 
 
 Is an emblem of innocence and the badge of a 
 Mason. More ancient than the Golden Fleece or the 
 Roman Eagle, more honorable than the Star and 
 Garter, or any distinction that can be conferred upon 
 the candidate, at this or any future period, by King, 
 Prince, Potentate, or any other person, and which it 
 is hoped he will wear with pleasure to himself and 
 honor to the Fraternity. 
 
 THE TWENTY-FOUR-INCH GAUGE 
 
 Is an instrument made use of by operative Masons 
 to measure and lay out their work. But we, as Free 
 and Accepted Masons, are taught to make use of it 
 for the more noble and glorious purpose of dividing 
 our time. It, being divided into twenty-four equal 
 parts, is emblematic of the twenty-four hours of the
 
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 dav, which we are taught to divide into three parts, 
 whereby we find a part for the service of God and a 
 distressed worthy brother; a part for our usual voca- 
 tions; and a part for refreshment and repose. 
 
 THE COMMON GAVEL 
 
 Is an instrument used by operative Masons to 
 break off the rough and superfluous parts of stones, 
 the better to fit them for the builder's use. But we, 
 as Free and Accepted Masons, are taught to make 
 use of it for the more noble and glorious purpose 
 of divesting our hearts and consciences of all the 
 vices and superfluities of life; thereby fitting our 
 minds as living stones for that spiritual building, 
 that house not made with hands, eternal in the 
 heavens. 
 
 THE BADGE OF A MASON. 
 
 The Lamb, in all ages, has been deemed an emblem 
 of innocence. He, therefore who wears the lamb- 
 skin as the badge of a Mason, is continually re- 
 minded of that purity of life and conduct so essen- 
 tially necessary to his gaining admission into the 
 Celestial Lodge above, where the Supreme Architect 
 of the Universe presides. 
 
 In the third section we receive instruction relative 
 to the Form, Supports, Covering, Furniture, Orna- 
 ments, Lights, and Jewels of a Lodge; how it i» 
 situated, and to whom dedicated.
 
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 A Lodge is a certain number of brethren duly 
 assembled, with a Holy Bible, a Square and Compass, 
 and a Charter or Dispensation authorizing them to 
 meet. 
 
 A Charter is an instrument emanating from a 
 Grand Lodge and, in this Jurisdiction, signed by the 
 Grand Master and Grand Secretary, authorizing 
 certain brethren therein named, when duly assembled, 
 to Initiate, Pass and Raise all good men and true 
 who may apply for the purpose and whom they may 
 find worthy. A Dispensation is a like instrument, 
 issued by the Grand Master during the recess of the 
 Grand Lodge, which, for a limited period, confers 
 similar powers. 
 
 Our ancient brethren assembled on the highest 
 hills and in the lowest vales, the better to observe 
 the approach of cowans and eavesdroppers. 
 
 The Form of a Lodge is oblong. It extends from 
 east to west and from north to south, and it is said 
 to be thus extensive to denote the universality of 
 Masonry and to teach us that a Mason's charity 
 should be equally extensive; for in every country 
 and in every clime are Masons to be found. 
 
 A Lodge is metaphorically said to be supported by 
 three great pillars, denominated Wisdom, Strength 
 and Beauty; it being necessary that there should be 
 wisdom to contrive, strength to support, and beauty 
 to adorn all great and important undertakings. 
 These pillars are represented in the Lodge by the 
 Worshipful Master, and the Senior and Junior War- 
 dens. 
 
 The Covering of a Lodge is no less than the 
 clouded canopy or star-decked heaven where all good 
 Masons hope at last to arrive by aid of that theo- 
 logical ladder which Jacob, in his vision, saw, reach-
 
 MONITORIAL — FIRST DEGREE 303" 
 
 ing from earth to heaven — the three principal round* 
 of which are denominated Faith, Hope and Charity; 
 which admonish us to have faith in God, hope of 
 immortality, and charity for all mankind. The great- 
 est of these is Charity; for our Faith may be lost 
 in sight, Hope ends in fruition, but Charity extends 
 beyond the grave, through the boundless realms of 
 eternity. 
 
 Every regular Lodge is furnished with a Holy 
 Bible, Square and Compass. 
 
 The Holy Bible is dedicated to God, it being His 
 inestimable gift to man as the rule and guide of his 
 faith; ****** the Square to the Master, 
 because it is the proper Masonic emblem of his office; 
 and the Compass to the Craft, for, by due attentioQ 
 to its use, we are taught to circumscribe our desires 
 and keep our passions within due bounds toward 
 all mankind. 
 
 The Ornaments of a Lodge are the Mosaic Pave- 
 ment, the Indented Tessel, and the Blazing Star. 
 The Mosaic Pavement is a representation of the 
 ground floor of King Solomon's temple, and is em- 
 blematic of human life, checkered with good and 
 evil. The Indented Tessel is a representation of the 
 beautiful tesselated border or skirting which sur- 
 rounded the pavement, and is emblematic of the 
 manifold blessings and comforts which surround us, 
 and which we hope to enjoy by a faithful reliance 
 upon Divine Providence, hieroglyphically represented 
 by the Blazing Star in the center. 
 
 The Lights of a Lodge are three, situated in the 
 East, West and South. As you may observe, there 
 is none in the North, because King Solomon's Tem- 
 ple, of which every Lodge is a representation, was 
 situated so far north of the Ecliptic that neither the
 
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 Sun nor Moon, at meridian height, could dart its 
 rays into the north part of the building. The North, 
 therefore, among Masons, has always been termed a 
 place of darkness. 
 
 The Jewels of a Lodge are six: three immovable, 
 and three movable. The Immovable Jewels are the 
 Square, the Level, and the Plumb; and they a»e 
 termed immovable because they are the jewels of the 
 three principal officers of the Lodge, the Worship- 
 ful Master and the Senior and Junior Wardens, who 
 are always stationed in the East, West, and South, 
 The Square denotes morality, the Level equality, 
 and the Plumb rectitude of life. 
 
 The Movable Jewels are the Rough Ashlar, the 
 Perfect Ashlar, and the Trestle Board. The Rough 
 Ashlar is a stone as taken from the quarry in its 
 rude and natural state. The Perfect Ashlar is a 
 stone made ready by the hands of the workman, to 
 be adjusted by the working-tools of the Fellow Craft. 
 The Trestle Board is for the Master Workman to 
 draw his designs upon. 
 
 By the Rough Ashlar we are reminded of our rude 
 and imperfect state by nature; by the Perfect Ashlar, 
 of that state of perfection at which we hope to arrive 
 by a virtuous education, our own endeavors and the 
 blessing of God; and by the Trestle Board we are 
 reminded that, as the operative workman erects his 
 temporal building agreeably to the rules and designs 
 laid down by the Master on his Trestle Board, so 
 should we, both operative and speculative, endeavor 
 to erect our spiritual building agreeably to the rules 
 and designs laid down by the Supreme Architect of 
 the Universe in the great book of nature and revela- 
 tion, which is our spiritual, moral, and Masonic 
 Trestle Board.
 
 MONITORIAL — FIRST DEGREE 305 
 
 Lodges are situated due East and West because 
 Moses, after having been instrumental in conducting 
 the children of Israel through the Eed Sea when 
 pursued by Pharaoh and his hosts, by divine com- 
 mand erected a tabernacle which he placed due east 
 and west, to commemorate the mighty east wind 
 by which their miraculous deliverance was wrought. 
 This Tabernacle was an exact model for King Sol- 
 omon's Temple, for which reason all Masonic Lodges 
 are, or should be, situated due east and west. 
 
 Lodges were anciently dedicated to King Solomon, 
 as it is said that he was our first Most Excellent 
 Grand Master. Lodges at the present time are 
 dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and Saint John 
 the Evangelist, who were two eminent patrons of 
 Masonry; and since their time there is, or should be, 
 represented in every regular Lodge a certain point 
 within a circle — the point representing an individual 
 brother, and the circle, the boundary line of his con- 
 duct, beyond which he should never suffer his pas- 
 sions, his prejudices, or his interests, to betray him. 
 This circle is supported by two perpendicular parallel 
 lines, representing Saint John the Baptist and Saint 
 John the Evangelist, and on its top rest the Holy 
 Writings. In tracing its circumference we neces- 
 sarily touch upon the parallel lines and also upon the 
 Holy Bible; and while a Mason keeps himself thus 
 circumscribed, it is impossible that he can materially 
 err. 
 
 The three principal tenets of Masonry are Brother- 
 ly Love, Eelief, and Truth. 
 
 Brotherly Love. 
 By the exercise of Brotherly Love we are taught to 
 regard the whole human species as one family, — the
 
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 MONITORIAL — FIRST DEGREE 
 
 high and the low, the rich and the poor, — who, 
 as created by one Almighty Parent, and inhabitants 
 of the same planet, are to aid, support and protect 
 each other. On this principle Masonry unites men of 
 every country, sect and opinion; and causes true 
 friendship to exist among those who might otherwise 
 have remained at a perpetual distance. 
 
 Relief. 
 To relieve the distressed is a duty incumbent on 
 all men, but particularly on Masons, who are linked 
 together by an indissoluble chain of sincere af- 
 fection. To soothe the unhappy, to sympathize with 
 their misfortunes, to compassionate their miseries, 
 and to restore peace to their troubled minds, is the 
 great aim we have in view. On this basis we form 
 our friendships and establish our connections. 
 
 Truth. 
 Truth is a divine attribute and the foundation of 
 every virtue. To be good and true is the first lesson 
 we are taught in Masonry, On this theme we con- 
 template; and by its dictates endeavor to regulate 
 our conduct. Hence, while influenced by this prin- 
 ciple, hypocrisy and deceit are unknown among us; 
 sincerity and plain dealing distinguish us; and with 
 heart and tongue we join in promoting each other's 
 welfare and rejoicing in each other 's prosperity.
 
 MONITORIAL— FIRST DEGREE S07 
 
 TEMPEEANCE, FOETITUDE, PRUDENCE, 
 AND JUSTICE. 
 
 Temperance 
 
 Is that due restraint upon the affections and 
 passions which renders the body tame and govern- 
 able, and frees the mind from the allurements of 
 vice. This virtue should be the constant practice 
 of every Mason, as he is thereby taught to avoid 
 excess or the contracting of any licentious or vicious 
 habits, the indulgence in which might lead him to 
 disclose some of those valuable secrets which he 
 has promised to conceal and never reveal, which 
 would consequently subject him to the contempt and 
 detestation of all good Masons. ♦ » * » * 
 
 Fortitude 
 
 Is that noble and steady purpose of the mind 
 whereby we are enabled to undergo any pain, peril or 
 danger, when prudentially deemed expedient. This 
 virtue is equally distant from rashness and cowardice, 
 and like the former virtue, should be deeply im- 
 pressed upon the mind of every Mason, as a safe- 
 guard or security against any illegal attempt which 
 may be made, by force or otherwise, to extort 
 from him any of those valuable secrets with which 
 he has been so solemnly intrusted, and which was 
 emblematically represented upon his first admission 
 into the Lodge. ♦«♦*•♦♦*♦ 
 
 • ••*»*•• 
 
 Prudence 
 Teaches us to regulate our lives and actions agree- 
 ably to the dictates of reason, and is that faculty
 
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 by which we wisely judge and prudentially determine 
 on all things relative to our present, as well as our 
 future happiness. This virtue should be the peculiar 
 characteristic of every Mason, not only for the 
 government of his conduct while in the Lodge, but 
 also when abroad in the world. He should be par- 
 ticularly careful, in all strange and mixed com- 
 panies, never to let fall the least sign, token, or 
 word, whereby the secrets of Freemasonry might be 
 unlawfully obtained. »**««»• 
 
 Justice 
 
 Is that standard or boundary of right which en- 
 ables us to render unto every man his just due, 
 without distinction. This virtue is not only consistent 
 with divine and human laws, but is the very cement 
 and support of civil society; and, as justice in a 
 great measure constitutes the really good man, so 
 should it be the invariable practice of every Mason 
 never to deviate from the minutest principles there- 
 of. 
 
 Freedom, Fervency, and Zeal. 
 Ch. Ch. CI. 
 
 CHARGE. 
 My Brother: — Having passed through the cere- 
 monies of your initiation, allow me to congratulate 
 you on your admission into our ancient and honorable
 
 MONITORIAL — FIRST DEGREE 309 
 
 Fraternity. Ancient, as having existed from time 
 immemorial; and lionorable, as tending to make all 
 men so who are strictly obedient to its precepts. It is 
 an institution having for its foundation the practice 
 of the social and moral virtues; and, to so high an 
 eminence has its credit been advanced, that, in 
 every age and country, men pre-eminent for their 
 moral and intellectual attainments have encouraged 
 and promoted its interests. Nor has it been thought 
 derogatory to their dignity that monarchs have, for 
 a season, exchanged the sceptre for the trowel, to 
 patronize our mysteries and join in our assemblies. 
 
 As a Mason, you are to regard the volume of the 
 Sacred Law as the great light in your profession; 
 to consider it as the unerring standard of truth and 
 justice; and to regulate your actions by the divine 
 precepts it contains. In it you will learn the im- 
 portant duties which you owe to God, your neighbor, 
 and yourself. To God, by never mentioning his 
 name but with that awe and reverence which are 
 due from the creature to his Creator; by imploring 
 his aid in all your lawful undertakings and by look- 
 ing up to Him in every emergency for comfort and 
 support. To your neighbor, by acting with him upon 
 the Square; by rendering him every kind office which 
 justice or mercy may require; by relieving his dis- 
 tresses and soothing his afflictions; and by doing to 
 him as, in similar cases, you would that he should 
 do unto you. And to yourself, by such a prudent and 
 well-regulated course of discipline as may best con- 
 duce to the preservation of your corporeal and mental 
 faculties in their fullest energy; thereby enabling 
 you to exert the talents wherewith God has blest 
 you, as well to His glory as to the welfare of your 
 fellow-creatures.
 
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 As a Citizen, you are enjoined to be exemplary in 
 the discharge of your civil duties, by never propos- 
 ing or countenancing any act which may have a 
 tendency to subvert the peace and good order of 
 society; by paying due obedience to the laws under 
 whose protection you live; and by never losing sight 
 of the allegiance due to your country. 
 
 As an Individual, you are charged to practice the 
 domestic and public virtues. Let Temperance 
 chasten, Fortitude support, and Prudence direct you, 
 and let Justice be the guide of all your actions. Be 
 especially careful to maintain in their fullest 
 splendor, those truly Masonic ornaments — Brotherly 
 Love, Belief, and Truth. 
 
 Finally: Be faithful to the trust committed to 
 your care, and manifest your fidelity to your prin- 
 ciples by a strict observance of the Constitution of 
 the Fraternity; by adhering to the Ancient Land- 
 marks thereof; and by refusing to recommend any 
 one to a participation in our privileges unless you 
 have strong reasons to believe that, by a similar 
 fidelity, he will ultimately reflect honor on our 
 ancient Institution. 
 
 CLOSING. 
 
 The following prayer may be used at the option 
 of Masters of Lodges, prior to (but not excluding) 
 the closing prayer. 
 
 Thou, O God! Great Architect of the Universe! 
 Wilt Thou continue to bless this assemblage and 
 the great craft of Masonry wheresoever assembled.
 
 MONITORIAL— FIRST DEGREE 311 
 
 Bless the flag of our Country; Bless and guide 
 aright the President of our United States and every 
 one in authority. We thank Thee for Thy great 
 kindness in watching over us as a Nation. Deal 
 graciously with us and make us a people after 
 Thine own heart. Be with all those now in the 
 service of our Country, protect their homes, their 
 family circles, as in the hollow of Thy hand. Make 
 them to follow in the ways of wisdom, and to grow 
 and increase in Thy favor. As they go forth to 
 battle for the preservation of our Nation, arm them 
 with Thy holy strength, guide them safely through 
 the dangers thrust upon them, keep them from 
 evil ways, strengthen them in love, preserve them 
 in purity of heart, direct them in the way of Eternal 
 Truth, and return them, O God! unharmed to their 
 loved ones. Amen. 
 
 PEAYER AT CLOSING. 
 
 Supreme Grand Master! Euler of Heaven and 
 Earth! Now that we are about to separate and 
 return to our respective places of abode, wilt Thou 
 be pleased so to influence our hearts and minds that 
 we may each one of us practice out of the Lodge 
 those great moral duties which are inculcated in it, 
 and with reverence study and obey the laws which 
 Thou hast given us in Thy Holy Word. Amen. 
 
 Response — So mote it be. 
 
 Benediction. 
 
 May the blessing of Heaven rest upon us and all 
 regular Masons! May Brotherly Love prevail, and 
 every moral and social virtue cement us! Amen. 
 
 Response — So mote it be.
 
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 SECOND DEGREE. 
 
 * * Though I speak with the tongues of men and 
 of angels, and have not charity, I am become as 
 sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 
 
 *'And though I have the gift of prophecy, and 
 understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and 
 though I have all faith, so that I could remove 
 mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 
 
 "And though I bestow all my goods to feed the 
 poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and 
 have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 
 
 ** Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity en- 
 vieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed 
 up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her 
 own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; re- 
 joiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 
 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all 
 things, endureth all things. 
 
 "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these 
 three; but the greatest of these is charity." 
 
 THE WORKING TOOLS. 
 
 • «•«»*•* 
 
 Plumb, Square, and Level. 
 
 The Plumb is an instrument made use of by oper- 
 ative Masons to try perpendiculars; the Square, to 
 square their work; and the Level, to prove hori-
 
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 zontals; but we, as Free and Accepted Masons, are 
 taught to make use of them for more noble and 
 glorious purposes. The Plumb admonishes us to 
 walk uprightly in our several stations before God 
 and man, squaring our actions by the Square of 
 virtue, and ever remembering that we are traveling 
 upon the Level of time to "that undiscovered 
 country from whose bourn no traveler returns." 
 
 OPERATIVE MASONRY. 
 
 *«»»♦♦•» 
 
 By Operative Masonry we allude to a proper appli- 
 cation of the useful rules of architecture, whence a 
 structure will derive figure, strength and beauty, 
 and from which will result a due proportion and 
 just correspondence in all its parts. It furnishes us 
 with dwellings and convenient shelters from the 
 vicissitudes and inclemencies of the seasons; and, 
 while it displays the effects of human wisdom, as 
 well in the choice as in the arrangement of the 
 several materials of which an edifice is composed, 
 it demonstrates that a fund of science and industry 
 is implanted in man for the best, most salutary, and 
 most beneficient purposes. 
 
 SPECULATIVE MASONRY. 
 
 By Speculative Masonry we learn to subdue the 
 passions, act upon the Square, keep a tongue of 
 good report, maintain secrecy, and practice charity. 
 It is so far interwoven with religion as to lay us 
 under obligations to pay that rational homage to 
 the Deity which at once constitutes our duty and 
 our happiness. It leads the contemplative Mason 
 to view with reverence and admiration the glorious
 
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 works of the Creation, and inspires him with the 
 most exalted ideas of the perfections of his divine 
 Creator. 
 
 In Six Days 
 
 God created the heaven and the earth, and rested 
 upon the seventh day. The seventh, therefore, our 
 ancient brethren consecrated as a day of rest from 
 their labors; thereby enjoying frequent opportunities 
 to contemplate the glorious works of the Creation, 
 and to adore their great Creator. 
 
 THE USE OF THE GLOBES. 
 
 Their principal use, besides serving as maps to 
 distinguish the outward parts of the earth and the 
 situation of the fixed stars, is to illustrate and explain 
 the phenomena arising from the annual revolution 
 of the earth around the sun, and its diurnal rotation 
 upon its own axis. They are valuable instruments 
 for improving the mind and giving it the most dis- 
 tinct idea of any problem or proposition, as well as 
 for enabling it to solve the same. Contemplating 
 these bodies, we are inspired with a due reverence 
 for the Deity and His works, and are induced to 
 encourage the studies of astronomy, geography, 
 navigation, and the arts dependent upon them, by 
 which society has been so much benefited.
 
 MONITORIAL— SECOND DEGREE 315 
 
 ORDER IN ARCHITECTURE. 
 
 By order in architecture is meant a system of all 
 the members, proportions, and ornaments of columns 
 and pilasters; or, it is a regular arrangement of the 
 projecting parts of a building, which, united with 
 those of a column, form a beautiful, perfect and 
 complete whole. 
 
 Of Its Antiquity. 
 
 From the first formation of society order in archi- 
 tecture may be traced. When the rigor of seasons 
 first obliged men to contrive shelter from the in- 
 clemency of the weathei:, we learn that they first 
 planted trees on end, and then laid others across to 
 support a covering. The bands which connected 
 those trees at top and bottom are said to have given 
 rise to the idea of the base and capital of pillars; 
 and from this simple hint originally proceeded the 
 more improved art of architecture. 
 
 The five Orders are thus classed: the Tuscan, 
 Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. 
 
 Of the Invention of Order in Architecture. 
 
 The ancient and original orders of architecture, 
 esteemed by Masons, are no more than three — the 
 Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian — which were invente«i 
 by the Greeks. To these the Romans added two: 
 the Tuscan, which they made plainer than the Doric, 
 and the Composite, which was more ornamental, if 
 not more beautiful than the Corinthian. The first 
 three orders alone, however, show invention and 
 particular character, and essentially differ from each 
 other; the two others having nothing but that which 
 is borrowed, and differing only accidentally. The 
 Tuscan is the Doric in its earliest state, and the
 
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 Composite is the Corinthian enriched with the Ionic. 
 To the Greeks, therefore, and not to the Komans, we 
 are indebted for what is great, judicious and dis- 
 tinct in architecture. 
 
 THE FIVE SENSES OF HUMAN NATUKE. 
 Hearing, Seeing, Feeling, Smelling, and Tasting. 
 
 THE SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES 
 
 Are Grammar, Rhetoric, Logic, Arithmetic, Geo- 
 metry, Music and Astronomy. 
 
 Geometry 
 
 Treats of the powers and properties of magnitudes 
 in general, where length, breadth, and thickness are 
 considered; from a point to a line, from a line to a 
 superfice, and from a superfice to a solid. 
 
 A point is the beginning of all geometrical matter. 
 
 A line has length, without breadth or thickness. 
 
 A superfice has length and breadth, without thick- 
 ness. 
 
 A solid has length, breadth, and thickness. 
 
 Advantages of Geometry. 
 
 By this science the architect is enabled to con- 
 struct his plans and execute his designs; the general, 
 to arrange his soldiers; the engineer, to mark out 
 grounds for encampments; the geographer, to give 
 us the dimensions of the world and all things there- 
 in contained, to delineate the extent of seas, and to 
 specify the divisions of empires, kingdoms, and 
 provinces. By it, also, the astronomer is enabled to
 
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 make his observations and to fix the duration of 
 times and seasons, years and cycles. In fine, Geo- 
 metry is the foundation of architecture and the root 
 of the mathematics. 
 
 Moral Advantages of Geometry. 
 
 Geometry, the first and noblest of sciences, is the 
 basis on which the superstructure of Freemasonry 
 is erected. By Geometry we may curiously trace 
 nature through her various windings to her most 
 concealed recesses. By it we discover the power, 
 wisdom and goodness of the Great Artificer of the 
 Universe, and view with delight the proportions 
 which connect this vast machine. By it we discover 
 how the planets move in their respective orbits, and 
 demonstrate their various revolutions. By it we 
 account for the return of seasons and the variety of 
 scenes which each season displays to the discerning 
 eye. Numberless worlds are around us, all framed 
 by the same Divine Artist, which roll through the 
 vast expanse and are all conducted by the same 
 unerring law of nature. 
 
 A survey of nature, and the observation of her 
 beautiful proportions, first determined man to imitate 
 the Divine plan, and to study symmetry and order. 
 This gave rise to societies and birth to every useful 
 art. The architect began to design; and the plans 
 which he laid down, being improved by time and 
 experience, have produced works which are the 
 admiration of every age.
 
 818 MONITORIAL— SECOND DEGREE 
 
 The lapse of time, the ruthless hand of ignorance, 
 and the devastations of war, have laid waste and 
 destroyed many valuable monuments of antiquity on 
 which the utmost exertions of human genius were 
 employed. Even the Temple of Solomon, so spacious 
 and magnificent, and constructed by so many cele- 
 brated artists, escaped not the unsparing ravages of 
 barbarous force. Freemasonry, notwithstanding, has 
 still survived. The attentive ear receives the sound 
 from the instructive tongue, and the mysteries of 
 Masonry are safely lodged in the repository of 
 faithful breasts. Tools and implements of architect- 
 ure, most expressive, are selected by the Fraternity, 
 to imprint on the memory wise and serious truths; 
 and thus, through a succession of ages, are trans- 
 mitted unimpaired the most excellent tenets of our 
 Institution. 
 
 CHARGE. 
 
 My Brother: — Being advanced to the second de- 
 gree of Freemasonry, I congratulate you on your 
 preferment. 
 
 Masonry is a progressive moral science, divided 
 into different degrees; and, as its principles and 
 mystic ceremonies are regularly developed and illus- 
 trated, it is intended and hoped that they will make 
 a deep and lasting impression upon your mind. 
 
 It is unnecessary to recapitulate the duties which, 
 as a Fellow Craft, you are bound to discharge. Your 
 general good reputation affords satisfactory assur- 
 ance that you will not suffer any consideration to 
 induce you to act in a manner unworthy of the 
 respectable character which you now sustain; but 
 that, on the contrary, you will ever display the dis-
 
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 cretion, the virtue, and the dignity which become a 
 worthy and exemplary Mason. 
 
 Our laws and regulations you are strenuously to 
 support, and be always ready to assist in seeing them 
 duly executed. You are not to palliate nor aggra- 
 vate the offenses of your brethren; but, in the de- 
 cision of every trespass against our rules, you are to 
 judge with candor, admonish with friendship, and 
 reprehend with justice. 
 
 The impressive ceremonies of this degree are cal- 
 culated to inculcate in the mind of the novitiate the 
 importance of the study of the liberal arts and 
 sciences, especially of the noble science of Geometry, 
 which forms the basis of Freemasonry, and which, 
 being of a divine and moral nature, is enriched 
 with the most useful knowledge, for, while it proves 
 the wonderful properties of nature, it demonstrates 
 the more important truths of morality. To the 
 study of Geometry, therefore, your attention is es- 
 pecially directed. 
 
 Your past regular deportment and upright conduct 
 have merited the honor which we have conferred. 
 In your present character it is expected that, at all 
 our assemblies, you will observe the solemnities of 
 our ceremonies; that you will preserve the ancient 
 usages and customs of the Fraternity sacred and 
 inviolate; and thus, by your example, induce others 
 also to hold them in due veneration. 
 
 Such is the nature of your engagements as a Fel- 
 low Craft, and to a due observance of them you are 
 bound by the strongest ties of fidelity and honor. 
 CLOSING.
 
 320 MONITORIAL— THIRD DEGREE 
 
 THIRD DEGREE. 
 
 ' ' Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy 
 youth, while the evil days come not, uor the years 
 draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure 
 in them; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or 
 the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after 
 the rain: in the day when the keepers of the house 
 shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow them- 
 selves, and the grinders cease because they are few, 
 and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 
 and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when 
 the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise 
 up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of 
 music shall be brought low; also when they shall 
 be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be 
 in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and 
 the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall 
 fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the 
 mourners go about the streets: or ever the silver cord 
 be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the 
 pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel 
 broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to 
 the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto 
 God who gave it." 
 
 All the implements of Masonry indiscriminately, 
 but especially the Trowel.
 
 MONITORIAL — THIRD DEGREE S21 
 
 The Trowel 
 
 Is an instrument made use of hy operative Masons 
 to spread the cement which unites the building into 
 one common mass; but we, as Free and Accepted 
 Masons, are taught to make use of it for the more 
 noble and glorious purpose of spreading the cement 
 of brotherly love and affection — that cement which 
 unites us into one sacred band, or society of friends 
 and brothers, among whom no contention should 
 ever exist but that noble contention, or rather emu- 
 lation, of who best can work and best agree. 
 
 PEAYEE. 
 
 Thou, God! knowest our down-sitting and our 
 uprising, and understandest our thoughts afar off. 
 Shield and defend us from the evil intentions of 
 our enemies, and support us under the trials and 
 afflictions which we are destined to endure while 
 traveling through this vale of tears. Man that is 
 born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 
 He Cometh forth as a flower and is cut down; he 
 fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Seeing 
 that his days are determined, the number of his 
 months is with Thee; Thou has appointed his bounds 
 that he cannot pass; turn from him that he may rest 
 till he shall accomplish his day. For there is hope 
 of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, 
 and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 
 But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth 
 up the ghost, and where is hef As the waters fail
 
 822 MONITORIAL— THIRD DEGREE 
 
 from the sea and the flood decayeth and drieth up, 
 80 man lieth down, and riseth not up till the heavens 
 shall be no more. Yet, Oh Lord! have compassion on 
 the children of Thy creation; administer them com- 
 fort in time of trouble; and save them with an ever- 
 lasting salvation. Amen. 
 
 We read in the Holy Writings that it was decreed 
 in the wisdom and counsels of Deity aforetime, that 
 a house should be built, erected to God and dedicated 
 to His holy name. We also learn from the same 
 sacred source that David, King of Israel, desired to 
 build the house, but that, in consequence of his 
 reign having been one of many wars and much 
 bloodshed, that distinguished privilege was denied 
 him. He was not, however, left without hope, for 
 God promised him that out of his loins there should 
 come a man who would be adequate to the perform- 
 ance of so great and glorious an undertaking. That 
 promise was verified in the person and character of 
 Solomon, his son. who ascended the throne, and 
 after David was gathered to his fathers, wielded the 
 sceptre over Israel at a time when (as the great 
 Jewish historian, Josephus, informs us), peace and 
 tranquility pervaded the world, and all eyes seemed 
 directed toward Jerusalem, as if to witness the 
 splendid display of the wisdom of Solomon. 
 
 About this time King Solomon received a con- 
 gratulatory letter from Hiram, King of Tyre, desir- 
 ing to participate, in a small degree at least, in the
 
 MONITORIAL — THIRD DEGREE 32« 
 
 rich honors which then seemed to be clustering 
 around his throne. In his reciprocations with Hiram 
 of Tyre. King Solomon desired him to furnish a man 
 well skilled in the arts and sciences, and his atten- 
 tion was directed to * * * 
 
 The third section illustrates certain hieroglTphical 
 emblems well calculated to increase knowledge and 
 promote virtue. In it, also, many particulars relative 
 to the building of King Solomon's Temple are 
 noticed. That famous fabric, as I before informed 
 you, was commenced in the fourth year of the reign 
 of Solomon, on the second day of the month Zif, 
 being the second month of the sacred year. It was 
 located on Mount Moriah, near the place where 
 Abraham was about to offer up his son Isaac, and 
 where David met and appeased the destroying angel. 
 It was supported by fourteen hundred and fifty- 
 three columns and two thousand nine hundred and 
 six pilasters, all hewn from the finest Parian marble. 
 There were employed in its erection three Grand 
 Masters, three thousand three hundred Masters or 
 Overseers of the work, eighty thousand Fellow 
 Crafts or hewers on the mountains and in the quar- 
 ries, and seventy thousand Entered Apprentices o? 
 bearers of burdens, and these were all so classed and 
 arranged by the wisdom of Solomon that neither 
 envy, discord, nor confusion was suffered to inter- 
 rupt or disturb the peace and good fellowship which 
 prevailed among the workmen; ••••••
 
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 and, as a striking evidence of the approbation and 
 interposition of Divine Providence, we are informed 
 by the great Jewish historian Josephus that, although 
 more than seven years were occupied in its building, 
 yet during the whole term it did not rain in the day 
 time, but in the night season only, that the workmen 
 might not be obstructed in their labors. From 
 sacred history we also learn that there was not heard 
 the sound of axe, hammer, or any tool of iron in 
 the house while it was building, it having been put 
 together in the manner described to you in a pre- 
 ceding degree. 
 
 5!i 3. W.-. S.-. B. 
 
 The hieroglyphical emblems explained in this de- 
 gree are: — 
 
 The Three Steps: 
 
 The Pot of Incense: 
 
 The Bee-hive: 
 
 The Book of Constitutions, guarded by the Tiler's 
 Sword: 
 
 The Sword, pointing to a Naked Heart, and the 
 All-seeing eye: 
 
 The Anchor and Ark: 
 
 The forty-seventh Problem of Euclid: and 
 
 The Hour-glass and Scythe. 
 
 The explanation of these eight classes is to be 
 found in any of the various Monitors which have, 
 from time to time, been adopted by the fraternity as 
 text-books, and with which it is hoped that you will 
 soon make yourself familiar.
 
 MONITORIAL— THIRD DEGREE 325 
 
 EXPLANATION OF THE EIGHT CLASSES OF 
 EMBLEMS. 
 
 The Three Steps 
 
 Usually delineated upon the Master's carpet are 
 emblematical of the three principal stages of human 
 life, viz.: Youth, Manhood, and Age. In Youth, as 
 Entered Apprentices, we ought industriously to oc- 
 cupy our minds in the attainment of useful knowl- 
 edge; in Manhood, as Fellow Crafts, we should apply 
 our knowledge to the discharge of our respective 
 duties to God, oar neighbor, and ourselves; that bo, 
 in Age, as Master Masons, we may enjoy the happy 
 reflection consequent on a well-spent life, and die 
 in the hope of a glorious immortality. 
 
 The Pot of Incense 
 
 Is an emblem of a pure heart, which is always an 
 acceptable sacrifice to the Deity; and, as this glows 
 with fervent heat, so should our hearts continually 
 glow with gratitude to the great and beneficent 
 Author of our existence, for the manifold blessings 
 and comforts we enjoy. 
 
 The Bee-hive 
 
 Is an emblem of industry, and recommends the 
 practice of that virtue to all created beings, from the 
 highest seraph in heaven, to the lowest reptile of the 
 dust. It teaches us, that as we came into the world 
 rational and intelligent beings, so we should ever 
 be industrious ones; never sitting down contented 
 while our fellow-creatures around us are in want,
 
 •S« MONITORIAL— THIRD DEGREE 
 
 especially when it is in our power to relieve them 
 without inconvenience to ourselves. 
 
 When we make a survey of nature, we view man 
 in his infancy, more helpless and indigent than the 
 brute creation; he lies languishing for days, months 
 and years, totally incapable of providing sustenance 
 for himself, of guarding against the attack of the 
 wild beasts of the field, or sheltering himself from 
 the inclemencies of the weather. It might have 
 pleased the great Creator of heaven and earth to have 
 made man independent of all other beings; but as 
 dependence is one of the strongest bonds of society, 
 mankind were made dependent on each other for 
 protection and security, as they thereby enjoy better 
 opportunities of fulfilling the duties of reciprocal 
 love and friendship. Thus was man formed for 
 social and active life, the noblest part of the work of 
 God; and he that will so demean himself, as not to 
 be endeavoring to add to the common stock of 
 knowledge and understanding, may be deemed a 
 drone in the hive of nature, a useless member of 
 society, and unworthy of our protection as Masons. 
 
 The Book of Constitutions, Guarded by the Tyler's 
 Sword, 
 
 Reminds us that we should be ever watchful and 
 guarded in our thoughts, words and actions, par- 
 ticularly when before the enemies of Masonry; ever 
 bearing in remembrance those truly Masonic virtues, 
 silence and circumspection. 
 
 The Sword, Pointing to a Naked Heart, 
 
 Demonstrates that justice will sooner or later 
 overtake us; and although our thoughts, words and 
 actions may be hidden from the eyes of man, yet that
 
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 All-seeing Eye, 
 
 Whom the Sun, Moon and Stars obey, and under 
 whose watchful care, even Comets perform their 
 stupendous revolutions, pervades the inmost recesses 
 of the human Heart, and will reward us according 
 to our merits. 
 
 The Anchor and Ark 
 
 Are emblems of a well-grounded hope, and a well 
 spent life. They are emblematical of that divine 
 Ark, which safely wafts us over this tempestuous 
 sea of troubles, and that Anchor which shall safely 
 moor us in a peaceful harbor, where the wicked 
 cease from troubling, and the weary shall find rest. 
 
 The Forty-seventh Problem of Euclid. 
 
 This was an invention of our ancient friend and 
 brother, the great Pythagoras, who, in his travels 
 through Asia, Africa and Europe, was initiated into 
 several orders of Priesthood, and raised to the 
 sublime degree of Master Mason. This wise phil- 
 osopher enriched his mind abundantlv in a general 
 knowledge of things, and more especially in Geo- 
 metry, or Masonry. On this subject he drew out 
 many problems and theorems; and among the most 
 distinguished, he erected this, which, in the joy of 
 his heart, he exclaimed Eureka, m the Grecian lan- 
 guage signifying, I have found it; and upon the 
 discovery of which he is said to have sacrificed a 
 hecatomb. It teaches Masons to be general lovers 
 of the arts and sciences. 
 
 The Hour-Glass 
 
 Is an emblem of human life. Behold! how swiftly 
 the sands run, and how rapidly our lives are drawing
 
 828 MONITORIAL— THIRD DEGREE 
 
 to a close 1 We cannot without astonishment behold 
 the little particles which are contained in this 
 machine; — how they pass away almost imperceptibly! 
 and yet, to our surprise, in the short space of an 
 hour they are all exhausted. Thus wastes mant 
 To-day, he puts forth the tender leaves of hope; 
 to-morrow, blossoms, and bears his blushing honors 
 thick upon him; the next day comes a frost which 
 nips the shoot; and when he thinks his greatness is 
 still aspiring, he falls, like autumn leaves, to enrich 
 our mother earth. 
 
 The Scythe 
 
 Is an emblem of time which cuts the brittle thread 
 of life, and launches us into eternity. Behold! what 
 havoc the scythe of time makes among the human 
 race! If by chance we should escape the numerous 
 evils incident to childhood and youth, and with 
 health and vigor arrive to the years of manhood; 
 yet, withal, we must soon be cut down by the all- 
 devouring scythe of time, and be gathered into the 
 land where our fathers have gone before us. 
 
 It is the inspiration of that great Divinity whom 
 we adore, and bears the nearest resemblance or 
 aflSnity to that Supreme Intelligence which pervades 
 all nature, and which will never, never, never die. 
 Hence, my brother, how important it is that we 
 should endeavor to imitate • • • in his truly 
 exalted and exemplary character, in his unfeigned 
 piety to God, and in his inflexible fidelity to his trust; 
 that we may be prepared to welcome death, not as 
 a grim tyrant, but as a kind messenger sent to 
 translate us from this imperfect to that all perfect,
 
 MONITORIAL— THIRD DEGREE 329 
 
 glorious and celestial Lodge above, where the 
 Supreme Grand Master of the Universe forever 
 presides. 
 
 CHARGE. 
 
 My Brother: — Your zeal for our institution, the 
 progress which you have made in our mysteries, and 
 your steady conformity to our useful regulations, 
 have pointed you out as a proper object for this 
 peculiar mark of our favor. 
 
 Duty and honor now alike bind you to be faithful 
 to every trust; to support the dignity of your char- 
 acter on all occasions; and strenuously to enforce, 
 by precept and example, a steady obedience to the 
 tenets of Freemasonry. Exemplary conduct on your 
 part will convince the world that merit is the just 
 title to our privileges, and that on you our favors 
 have not been undeservedly bestowed. 
 
 As a Master Mason you are authorized to correct 
 the irregularities of your less informed brethren, to 
 fortify their minds with resolution against the snares 
 of the insidious, and to guard them against every 
 allurement to vicious practices. To preserve unsul- 
 lied the reputation of the Fraternity ought to be 
 your constant care; and, therefore, it becomes your 
 province to caution the inexperienced against any 
 breach of fidelity. To your inferiors in rank or 
 office you are to recommend obedience and sub- 
 mission; to your equals, courtesy and affability; and 
 to your superiors, kindness and condescension. 
 Universal benevolence you are zealously to inculcate; 
 and by the regularity of your own conduct endeavor 
 to remove every aspersion against this venerable 
 Institution. Our ancient landmarks you are care-
 
 S80 MONITORIAL — THIRD DEGREE 
 
 fully to preserve, and never to suffer them, on any 
 pretense, to be infringed; and you are never to 
 countenance any deviation from our established cus- 
 toms. 
 
 Your honor and reputation are concerned in sup- 
 porting with dignity the respectable character which 
 you now bear. Let no motive, therefore, make you 
 swerve from your duty, violate your vows, or betray 
 your trust; but be true and faithful, and imitate the 
 example of that celebrated artist whom you have 
 this evening represented. Thus you will render 
 yourself deserving of the honor which we have 
 conferred, and worthy of the confidence which we 
 have reposed in you. 
 
 CLOSING.
 
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF MASONIC 
 LAW 
 
 The Landmarks, or the Unwritten Law. 
 
 Landmark First — The modes of recognition. 
 
 Landmark Second — The division of symbolic Ma- 
 sonry into three degrees. 
 
 Landmark Third — The legend of the third degree. 
 
 Landmark Fourth — The government of the fra- 
 ternity by a presiding officer, called a Grand Mas- 
 ter, who is elected from the body of the craft. 
 
 Landmark Fifth — The prerogative of the Grand 
 Master to preside over every assembly of the craft. 
 
 Landmark Sixth — The prerogative of the Grand 
 Master to grant dispensations for conferring de- 
 grees at irregular times. 
 
 Landmark Seventh — The prerogative of the 
 Grand Master to give dispensations for opening and 
 holding Lodges. 
 
 Landmark Eighth — The prerogative of the Grand 
 Master to make Masons at sight in a regular Lodge 
 by unanimous consent of the members present. 
 
 Landmark Ninth — The necessity for Masons to 
 congregate in Lodges. 
 
 Landmark Tenth — The government of the craft, 
 when so congregated in a Lodge, by a Master and 
 two "Wardens. 
 
 Landmark Eleventh — The necessity that every 
 Lodge, when congregated, should be duly tiled. 
 
 Landmark Twelfth — The right of every Mason to 
 be represented in all general meetings of the craft, 
 and to instruct his representatives.
 
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 Landmark Thirteenth — The right of every Mason 
 to appeal from the decision of his brethren in Lodge 
 convened, to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Landmark Fourteenth — The right of every Mason 
 to visit and sit in every regular Lodge. 
 
 Landmark Fifteenth — No visitor, unknown to the 
 brethren present, or to some one of them as a Mason, 
 can enter a Lodge without first passing an examin- 
 ation according to ancient usage. 
 
 Landmark Sixteenth — No Lodge can interfere in 
 the business of another Lodge, nor give degrees to 
 brethren who are members of other Lodges. 
 
 Landmark Seventeenth — Every Freemason is 
 amenable to the laws and regulations of the Ma- 
 sonic jurisdiction in which he resides. 
 
 Landmark Eighteenth — The qualifications of can- 
 didates for initiation. 
 
 Landmark Nineteenth — A belief in the existence 
 of God as the Grand Architect of the universe. 
 
 Landmark Twentieth — The belief in a resurrec- 
 tion to a future life. 
 
 Landmark Twenty-first— The "Book of the Law" 
 shall constitute an indispensable part of the fur- 
 niture of every Lodge. 
 
 Landmark Twenty-second — The equality of all 
 Masons, 
 
 Landmark Twenty-third — The secrecy of the in- 
 stitution. 
 
 Landmark Twenty-fourth — The foundation of a 
 speculative science upon an operative art, and the 
 symbolic use and explanation of the terms of that 
 art, for the purpose of religious or moral teaching. 
 
 Landmark Twenty-fifth — The last and crowning 
 landmark of all is, that these landmarks can never 
 be changed.
 
 MASONIC LAW — WRITTEN 333 
 
 THE WRITTEN LAW. 
 
 I. THE OLD YORK CONSTITUTIONS OF 926. 
 
 The Fifteen Articles: 
 
 1. The Master must be steadfast, trusty and 
 true; provide victuals for his men, and pay their 
 wages punctually. 
 
 2. Every Master shall attend the Grand Lodge 
 when duly summoned, unless he have a good and 
 reasonable excuse. 
 
 3. No Master shall take an Apprentice for less 
 than seven years. 
 
 4. The son of a bondman shall not be admitted 
 as an Apprentice, lest, when he is introduced into 
 the Lodge, any of the brethren should be offended. 
 
 5. A candidate must be without blemish, and 
 have the full and proper use of his limbs; for a 
 maimed man can do the craft no good. 
 
 6. The Master shall take especial care, in the 
 admission of an Apprentice, that he do his lord no 
 prejudice. 
 
 7. He shall harbor no thief or thief's retainer, 
 lest the craft should come to shame. 
 
 8. If he unknowingly employ an imperfect man, 
 he shall discharge him from the work when his in- 
 ability is discovered. 
 
 9. No Master shall undertake a work that he 
 is not able to finish to his lord's profit and the 
 credit of his Lodge. 
 
 10. A brother shall not supplant his fellow in the 
 work, unless he be incapable of doing it himself; 
 for then he may lawfully finish it, that pleasure and 
 profit may be the mutual result.
 
 St4 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 11. A Mason shall not be obliged to work after 
 the sun has set in the West. 
 
 12. Nor shall he decry the work of a brother or 
 fellow, but shall deal honestly and truly by him, 
 under a penalty of not less than ten pounds. 
 
 13. The Master shall instruct his Apprentice 
 faithfully, and make him a perfect workman. 
 
 14. He shall teach him all the secrets of his 
 trade. 
 
 15. And shall guard him against the commission 
 of perjury, and all other offences by which the craft 
 may be brought to shame. 
 
 The Fifteen Points : 
 
 1. Every Mason shall cultivate brotherly love 
 and the love of God, and frequent holy church. 
 
 2. The workman shall labor diligently on work 
 days, that he may deserve his holidays. 
 
 3. Every Apprentice shall keep his Master 's 
 counsel, and not betray the secrets of his Lodge. 
 
 4. No man shall be false to the craft, or enter- 
 tain a prejudice against his Master or Fellows. 
 
 5. Every workman shall receive his wages 
 meekly, and without scruple; and should the Master 
 think proper to dismiss him from the work, he 
 shall have due notice of the same before H. xii. 
 
 6. If any dispute arise among the brethren, it 
 shall be settled on a holiday, that the work be not 
 neglected, and God's law fulfilled, 
 
 7. No Mason shall debauch, or have carnal 
 knowledge of the wife, daughter, or concubine of 
 his Master or Fellows. 
 
 8. He shall be true to his Master, and a just 
 mediator in all disputes or quarrels.
 
 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 335 
 
 9. The Steward shall provide good cheer 
 against the hour of refreshment, and each Fellow 
 shall punctually defray his share of the reckoning, 
 the Steward rendering a true and correct account. 
 
 10. If a Mason live amiss, or slander his Brother, 
 so as to bring the Craft to shame, he shall have no 
 further maintenance among the brethren, but shall 
 be summoned to the next Grand Lodge; and if he 
 refuse to appear, he shall be expelled. 
 
 11. If a Brother see his Fellow hewing a stone, 
 and likely to spoil it by unskillful workmanship, he 
 shall teach him to amend it, with fair words and 
 brotherly speeches. 
 
 12. The General Assembly, or Grand Lodge, shall 
 consist of Masters, and Fellows, Lords, Knights and 
 Squires, Mayor and Sheriff, to make new laws, and 
 to confirm old ones when necessary. 
 
 13. Every Brother shall swear fealty, and if he 
 violate his oath, he shall not be succored or assisted 
 by any of the Fraternity, 
 
 14. He shall make oath to keep secrets, to be 
 steadfast and true to all the ordinances of the 
 Grand Lodge, to the King and Holy Church, and to 
 all the several points herein specified. 
 
 15. And if any Brother break his oath, he shall 
 be committed to prison, and forfeit his goods and 
 chattels to the King. 
 
 Additional Ordinance: 
 
 That a General Assembly shall be held every year, 
 with the Grand Master at its head, to enforce these 
 regulations, and to make new laws, when it may be 
 expedient to do so, at which all the brethren are com- 
 petent to be present; and they must renew their 
 O. B. to keep these statutes and constitutions, which
 
 336 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 have been ordained by King Athelstan, and adopted 
 by the Grand Lodge of York. And this assembly 
 further directs that, in all ages to come, the exist- 
 ing Grand Lodge shall petition the reigning Monarch 
 to confer his sanction on tlieir proceedings. 
 
 n. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF EDWARD III. 
 
 1. That for the future, at the making or admis- 
 sion of a Brother, the constitutions and the charges 
 shall be read. 
 
 2. That Master Masons or Masters of the work, 
 shall be examined whether they be able of cunning 
 to serve their respective lords, as well the highest 
 as the lowest, to the honor and worship of the afore- 
 said art, and to the profit of their lords; for they 
 be their lords that employ them for their travel. 
 
 3. That when the Master and Wardens meet in 
 Lodge, if need be, the Sheriff of the county, or the 
 Mayor of the city, or Alderman of the town, in 
 which the congregation is held, should be made 
 fellow and sociate to the Master, in the help of 
 him against rebels, and for upbearing the rights of 
 the realm. 
 
 4. That Entered Prentices at their making were 
 charged not to be thieves, or thieves-maintainers; 
 that they should travel honestly for their pay, and 
 love their Fellows as themselves, and to be true 
 to the King of England, and to the realm, and to 
 the Lodge. 
 
 5. That at such congregations it shall be en- 
 quired, whether any Master or Fellow has broke 
 any of the articles agreed to. And if the offender, 
 being duly cited to appear, prove rebel, and will not 
 attend, then the Lodge shall determine against
 
 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 337 
 
 him that he shall forswear (or renounce) his Ma- 
 sonry, and shall no more use this craft; the which 
 if he presume for to do, the Sheriff of the county 
 shall prison him, and take all his goods into the 
 King's hands, till his grace be granted him an is- 
 sue: for this cause principally have these congre- 
 gations been ordained, that as well the lowest as 
 the highest should be well and truly served in this 
 art foresaid throughout all the kingdom of Eng- 
 land. 
 
 III. REGULATIONS OF 1663. 
 
 1. That no person, of what degree soever, be 
 made or accepted a Freemason, unless in a regular 
 Lodge, whereof one to be a Master or a Warden 
 in that limit or division where such Lodge is kept, 
 and another to be a craftsman in the trade of 
 Freemasonry. , 
 
 2. That no person shall hereafter be accepted 
 a Freemason but such as are of able body, honest 
 parentage, good reputation, and an observer of the 
 laws of the land. 
 
 3. That no person hereafter who shall be ac- 
 cepted a Freemason, shall be admitted into any 
 Lodge or assembly, until he has brought a certificate 
 of the time and place of his acceptation from the 
 Lodge that accepted him. unto the Master of that 
 limit or division where such Lodge is kept; and the 
 said Master shall enroll the same in a roll of parch- 
 ment, to be kept for that purpose, and shall give an 
 account of all such acceptation at every General 
 Assembly. 
 
 4. That every person who is now a Freemason, 
 shall bring to the Master a note of the time of his 
 acceptation, to the end the same may be enrolled in
 
 838 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 such priority of place as the Brother deserves; and 
 that the whole company and Fellows may the better 
 know each other. 
 
 5. That for the future the said fraternity of 
 Freemasons shall be regulated and governed by one 
 Grand Master, and as many Wardens as the said 
 society shall think fit to appoint at every annual 
 General Assembly. 
 
 6. That no person shall be accepted, unless he be 
 twenty-one years old or more. 
 
 IV. THE ANCIENT INSTALLATION CHARGES. 
 
 1. That ye shall be true men to God and the 
 holy church, and to use no error or heresy by y^ur 
 understanding, and by wise men's teaching. 
 
 2. That ye shall be true liegemen to the King 
 of England, without treasons or anj-- falsehood, and 
 that ye know no treason but ye shall give knowledge 
 thereof to the king, or to his counsel; also, ye shall 
 be true one to another, that is to say, every Mason 
 of the craft that is a Mason allowed, ye shall do to 
 him as ye would be done unto yourself. 
 
 3. And ye shall keep truly all the counsel that 
 ought to be kept in the way of Masonhood, and all 
 the counsel of the Lodge or of the chamber. Also, 
 that ye shall be no thief nor thieves to your know- 
 ledge free; that ye shall be true to the king, lord 
 or master that ye serve, and truly to see and work 
 for his advantage. 
 
 4. Ye shall call all Masons your Fellows, or your 
 brethren, and no other names. 
 
 5. Ye shall not take your Fellow's wife in vil- 
 lainy, nor deflower his daughter or servant, nor put 
 him to disworship.
 
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 6. Ye shall truly pay for your meat or drink, 
 wheresoever ye go to table or board. Also ye shall 
 do no villainy there, whereby the craft or science 
 may be slandered. 
 
 V. THE ANCIENT CHARGES AT MAKINGS. 
 
 1. That no Mason take on him no lord's vrork, 
 nor any other man 's, unless he know himself well 
 able to perform the work, so that the craft have no 
 slander. 
 
 2. Also, that no Mason take work but that he 
 take reasonable pay for it; so that the lord may be 
 truly served, and the Master to live honestly, and 
 to pay his Fellows truly. And that no Master or 
 Fellow supplant others of their work; that is to say, 
 that if he hath taken a work, or else stand Master of 
 any work, that he shall not put him out, unless he be 
 unable of cunning to make an end of his work. And 
 no Master nor Fellow shall take no Apprentice for 
 less than seven years. And that the Apprentice be 
 free born, and of limbs whole as a man ought to be, 
 and no bastard. And that no Master nor Fellow 
 take no allowance to be made Mason without the 
 assent of his Fellows, at the least six or seven. 
 
 3. That he that be made be able in all degrees; 
 that is, free born, of a good kindred, true, and no 
 bondsman, and that he have his right limbs as a 
 man ought to have. 
 
 4. That a Master take no Apprentice without 
 he have occupation to occupy two or three Fellows at 
 the least. 
 
 5. That no Master or Fellow put away any 
 lord's work to task that ought to be journeywork.
 
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 6. That every Master give pay to his Fellows 
 and servants as they may deserve, so that he be not 
 defamed with false working. And that none slander 
 another behind his back to make him lose his good 
 name. 
 
 7. That no Fellow in the house or abroad, an- 
 swer another ungodly or reproveably without cause. 
 
 8. That every Master Mason do reverence to his 
 elder; and that a Mason be no common player at the 
 cards, dice or hazard; or at any other unlawful 
 plays, through the which the science and craft may 
 be dishonored and slandered. 
 
 9. That no Fellow go into town by night, 
 except he have a Fellow with him, who may bear 
 him record that he was in an honest place. 
 
 10. That every Master and Fellow shall come to 
 the assembly, if it be within fifty miles of him, if 
 he have any warning. And if he have trespassed 
 against the craft, to abide the reward of Masters 
 and Fellows. 
 
 11. That every Master Mason and Fellow that 
 hath trespassed against the craft, shall stand to the 
 correction of other Masters and Fellows to make 
 him accord; and if they cannot accord, to go to the 
 common law. 
 
 12. That a Master or Fellow make not a mould 
 stone, square nor rule to no lowen, nor let no lowen 
 work work within their Lodge nor without, to mould 
 stone. 
 
 13. That every Mason receive and cherish strange 
 Fellows, when they come over the country, and set 
 them on work, if they will work, as the manner is; 
 that is to say, if the Mason have any mould stone 
 in his place, he shall give liim a mould stone, and
 
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 set him on work; and if he have none, the Mason 
 shall refresh him with money unto the next Lodge. 
 
 14. That every Mason shall truly serve his Master 
 for his pay. 
 
 15. That every Master shall truly make an end 
 of his work, task or journey, witherso it be. 
 
 VI. THE REGULATION OF 1703. 
 
 That the privileges of Masonry should no longer 
 be restricted to operative Masons, but extend to 
 men of various professions, provided they are reg- 
 ularly approved and initiated into the Order. 
 
 VII. THE REGULATION OF 1717. 
 
 That the privilege of assembling as Masons, which 
 had been hitherto unlimited, should be vested in cer- 
 tain Lodges or assemblies of Masons, convened in 
 certain places; and that every Lodge to be here- 
 after convened, except the four old Lodges at this 
 time existing, should be legally authorized to act 
 by a warrant from the Grand Master for the time 
 being, granted to certain individuals by petition, 
 with the consent and approbation of the Grand 
 Lodge in communication; and that without such 
 warrant, no Lodge should be hereafter deemed reg- 
 ular or constitutional, 
 
 VIII. THE REGULATION OF 1720. 
 
 In future, the new Grand Master shall be named 
 and proposed to the Grand Lodge sometime before 
 the feast; and, if approved and present, he shall be 
 saluted as Grand Master elect; and every Grand 
 Master, when he is installed, shall have the sole
 
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 power of appointing his Deputy and Wardens, ac- 
 cording to ancient custom. 
 
 IX. THE CHARGES APPROVED IN 1722. 
 
 I. Concerning God and Religion. 
 
 A Mason is obliged by bis tenure, to obey the 
 moral law; and if he rightly understands the art, 
 he will never be a stupid atheist, nor an irreligious 
 libertine. But though in ancient times Masons were 
 charged in every country to be of the religion of 
 that country or nation, whatever it was, yet it is now 
 thought more expedient only to oblige them to that 
 religion in which all men agree, leaving their par- 
 ticular opinions to themselves; that is, to be good 
 men and true, or men of honor and honesty, by 
 whatever denominations or persuasions they may 
 be distinguished; whereby Masonry becomes the 
 centre of union, and the means of concilating true 
 friendship among persons that must else have re- 
 mained at a perpetual distance. 
 
 II. Of the Civil Magistrate, Supreme and Subordi- 
 nate. 
 
 A Mason is to be a peaceful subject to the civil 
 powers, wherever he resides or works, and is never 
 to be concerned in plots and conspiracies, against 
 the peace and welfare of the nation, nor to behave 
 himself, undutifully to inferior magistrates; for as 
 Masonry hath been alw^ays injured by war, blood- 
 shed and confusion, so ancient kings and princes 
 have been much disposed to encourage the crafts- 
 men, because of their peaceableness and loj-alty, 
 whereby they practically answered the cavils of their 
 adversaries and promoted the honor of the Fratcr-
 
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 nity, "which ever flourished in times of peace. So 
 that if a brother should be a rebel against the State^ 
 he is not to be countenanced in his rebellion, how- 
 ever he may be pitied as an unhappy man; and, if 
 convicted of no other crime, though the loyal 
 brotherhood must and ought to disown his rebellion^ 
 and give no umbrage or ground of political jealousy 
 to the government for the time being, they cannot 
 expel him from the Lodge, and his relation to it re- 
 mains indefeasible. 
 
 III. Of Lodges. 
 
 A Lodge is a place where Masons assemble and 
 work: Hence, that assembly, or duly organized so- 
 ciety of Masons is called a Lodge, and every brother 
 ought to belong to one, and be subject to its by- 
 laws and general regulations. It is either particular 
 or general, and will be best understood by attending 
 it, and by the regulations of the General or Grand 
 Lodge hereunto annexed. In ancient times, no Mas- 
 ter or Fellow could be absent from it, especially 
 when warned to appear at it, without incurring a 
 severe censure, until it appeared to the Master and 
 Wardens, that pure necessity hindered him. 
 
 The persons admitted members of a Lodge must 
 be good and true men. free-born, and of mature and 
 discreet age, no bondmen, no women, no immoral or 
 scandalous men. but of good report. 
 IV. Of Masters, Wardens, FeUows and Appreutices. 
 
 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 Eoyal Craft despised. Therefore, no Master 
 or Warden is chosen by seniority, but for his merit. 
 It is impossible to describe these things in writing^
 
 S44 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 and every brother must attend in his place, and learn 
 them in a way peculiar to this fraternity: Only 
 candidates may know, that no Master should take 
 an Apprentice, unless he has sufficient employment 
 for him, and unless he be a perfect youth, having no 
 maim or defect in his body, that may render him in- 
 capable of learning the art, of serving his Master's 
 lord, and of being made a brother, and then a Fel- 
 low Craft in due time, even 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 so, when otherwise qualified, he may arrive to 
 the honor of being the Warden, and then the Mas- 
 ter of the Lodge, the Grand Warden, and at length 
 the Grand Master of all the Lodges, according to 
 his merit. 
 
 No brother can be a Warden until he has passed 
 the part of a Fellow Craft; or 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 par- 
 ents, and who is of singular great merit in the opin- 
 ion of the Lodges. And for the better and easier 
 and more honorable discharge of his office, the Grand 
 Master has a power to choose his own Deputy Grand 
 Master, who must be then, or must have been form- 
 erly, the Master of a particular Lodge, and has the 
 privilege of acting whatever the Grand Master, his 
 principal, should act, unless the said principal be 
 present, or interpose his authority by a letter. 
 
 These rulers and governors, supreme and subordi- 
 nate, of the Ancient Lodge, are to be obeyed in their
 
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 respective stations by all the brethren, according to 
 the old charges and regulations, with all humility, 
 reverence, love and alacrity. 
 
 V. Of the management of the Craft in Working. 
 
 All Masons shall work honestly on working days, 
 that they may live creditably on holy days; and the 
 time appointed by the law of the land or confirmed 
 by custom, shall be observed. ^ 
 
 The most expert of the Fellow Craftsmen shall be 
 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 cour- 
 teously within and without the Lodge. 
 
 The Master, knowing himself to be able of cun- 
 ning, shall undertake the lord's work as reason- 
 ably 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 hon- 
 estly finish their work, whether task or 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 or put him out of his 
 work, if he be capable to finish the same; for no man 
 can finish another's work so much to the lord's 
 profit, unless he be thoroughly acquainted with the 
 designs and drafts of him that began it. 
 
 "VThen a Fellow Craftsman is chosen "vVarden of 
 the work under the Master, he shall be true both to 
 Master and Fellows, shall carefuUv oversee the
 
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 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 is finished. 
 
 A younger brother shall be instructed in working, 
 to prevent spoiling the materials for want of judg- 
 ment, and for increasing and continuing of brotherly 
 love. 
 
 All the tools used in working shall be approved by 
 the Grand Lodge. 
 
 No laborer shall be employed in the proper work 
 of Masonry; nor shall Freemasons work with those 
 that are not free, without an urgent necessity: nor 
 shall they teach laborers and unaccepted Masons, aa 
 they should teach a brother or fellow. 
 
 VI. Of Behavior, viz.: 
 
 1. In the Lodge while constituted. — You are not 
 to hold private committees, or separate conversa- 
 tion, without leave from the Master, nor to talk of 
 anything impertinent or unseemly, nor interrupt the 
 Master or Wardens, or any brother speaking to the 
 Master: Nor behave yourself ludicrously or jest- 
 ingly 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 determination of 
 the Lodge, who are the proper and competent judges 
 of all such controversies, (unless you carry it by ap- 
 peal to the Grand Lodge,) and to whom they ought 
 to be referred, unless a lord's work be hindered the
 
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 meanwhile, 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. 
 
 2. Behavior 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 laudable 
 purposes. Therefore, no private piques or quarrels 
 must be brought within the door of the Lodge, far 
 less any quarels about religion, or nations, or State 
 policy, we being only, as Masons, of the Catholic 
 Eeligion above mentioned; we are also of all na- 
 tions, tongues, kindreds, ' and languages, and are 
 resolved against all politics, as what never yet con- 
 duced to the welfare of the Lodge, nor ever will. 
 This charge has been always strictly enjoined and 
 observed; but especially ever since the reformation 
 in Britain, or the dissent and secession of these na- 
 tions from the communion of Eome. 
 
 3. Behavior when Brethren meet without Stran- 
 gers, but not in a Lodge formed. — You are to salute 
 one another in a courteous manner, as you will be 
 instructed, calling each 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
 
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 upon the same level, yet Masonry takes no honor 
 from a man that he had before; nay, rather it adds 
 to his honor, especially if he has deserved well of 
 the brotherhood, who must give honor to whom it is 
 due, and avoid ill manners. 
 
 4. Behavior in presence of Strangers not Masons. 
 — You shall be cautious in your words and carriage, 
 that the most penetrating stranger shall not be able 
 to discover or find out what is not proper to be in- 
 timated; and sometimes you shall divert a discourse, 
 and manage it prudently for the honor of the wor- 
 shipful Fraternity. 
 
 5. Behavior at home and in your neighborhood. — 
 You are to act as becomes a moral and wise man; 
 particularly, not to let your family, friends and 
 neighbors, know the concerns of the Lodge, &c., but 
 wisely to consult your own honor, and that of the 
 ancient 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 gluttony 
 or drunkenness, that your families be not neglected 
 or injured, nor you disabled from working. 
 
 6. Behavior towards a strange Brother. — Y'ou are 
 cautiously to examine him, in such a method as 
 prudence shall direct you, that you may not be im- 
 posed 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 according!}-; and if 
 he is in want, you must relieve him if you can, or 
 else direct him how he may be relieved: Y''ou must 
 employ him some days, or else recommend him to be
 
 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 849 
 
 employed. But you are not charged to do beyond 
 your ability, only to prefer a poor brother, that is a 
 good man and true, before any other poor people in 
 the same circumstances. 
 
 Finally, all these charges you are to observe, and 
 also those that are to be communicated to you in an- 
 other way; cultivating brotherly love, the foundation 
 and cap-stone, the cement and glory of this ancient 
 Fraternity, avoiding all wrangling and quarreling, all 
 slander and backbiting, nor permitting others to 
 slander any honest brother, but defending his char- 
 acter, and doing him all good offices, as far as is 
 consistent with your honor and safety, and no fur- 
 ther. 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 
 communication, and from thence to the annual 
 Grand Lodge, as has been the ancient laudable con- 
 duct of our forefathers in every nation; never taking 
 a legal course but when the case cannot be otherwise 
 decided, and patiently listening 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 mind the affairs of Masonry 
 with 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 
 brethren; and if that submission is impracticable, 
 they must however, carry on their process, or law 
 suit, without wrath and rancor, (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
 
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 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 be. 
 
 X. THE "OLD REGULATIONS" IN 1721. 
 
 Article I. The Grand Master, or his Deputy, hath 
 authority and right, not only to be present in any 
 true Lodge, but also to preside wherever he is, with 
 the Master of the Lodge on his left hand, and to 
 order his Grand Wardens to attend him, who are 
 not to act in particular Lodges as Wardens, but in 
 his presence, and at his command; because there 
 the Grand Master may command the Wardens of 
 that Lodge, or any other brethren he pleaseth, to 
 attend and act as his Wardens pro tempore. 
 
 Art. II. The Master of a particular Lodge has 
 the right and authority of congregating the members 
 of his Lodge into a Chapter at pleasure, upon any 
 emergency or occurrence, as well as to appoint the 
 time and place of their usual forming; and in case 
 of sickness, death, or necessary absence of the Mas- 
 ter, the Senior Warden shall act as Master pro tem- 
 pore, if no brother is present who has been Master 
 of that Lodge before; for in that case, the absent 
 Master's authority reverts to the last Master then 
 present, though he cannot act until the said Senior 
 Warden has once congregated the Lodge, or in hia 
 absence the Junior Warden. 
 
 Art. III. The Master of each particular Lodge, or 
 one of the Wardens, or some other brother by his 
 order, shall keep a book containing their by-laws, 
 the names of their members, with a list of all the 
 Lodges in town, and the usual times and places of 
 their forming, and all their transactions that are 
 proper to be written.
 
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 Art. IV. No Lodge shall make more than five 
 new brethren at one time, nor any man under the 
 age of twenty-five, who must also be his own mas- 
 ter; unless by a dispensation from the Grand Mas- 
 ter or his Deputy. 
 
 Art. V. No man can be made or admitted a mem- 
 ber of a particular Lodge "without previous notice, 
 one month before given to the said Lodge, in order 
 to make due inquiry into the reputation and capacity 
 of the candidate; unless by the dispensation afore- 
 said. 
 
 Art. VI. But no man can be entered a Brother 
 in any particular Lodge, or admitted to be a mem- 
 ber thereof, without the unanimous consent of all 
 the members of that Lodge then present, when the 
 candidate is proposed, and their consent formally 
 asked by the Master; and they are to signify their 
 consent or dissent in their own prudent way, either 
 virtually or in form, but with unanimity; nor is 
 this inherent privilege subject to a dispensation; 
 because the members of a particular Lodge are the 
 best judges of it; and if a fractious member should 
 be imposed on them, it might spoil their harmony, 
 or hinder their freedom; or even break and disperse 
 the Lodge, which ought to be avoided by all good 
 and true brethren. 
 
 Art. VII. Every new brother at his making is de- 
 cently to clothe the Lodge, that is, all the brethren 
 present, and to desposit something for the relief of 
 the indigent and decayed brethren, as the candidate 
 shall think fit to bestow, over and above the small 
 allowance stated by the by-laws of that particular 
 Lodge; which charity shall be lodged with the Mas- 
 ter or Wardens, or the cashier, if the members think 
 fit to choose one. And the candidate shall also sol-
 
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 emnly promise to submit to the Constitutions, tlie 
 Charges, and Kegulations, and to such other good 
 usages as shall be intimated to them in time and 
 place convenient. 
 
 Art. VIII. No set or number of brethren shall 
 withdraw or separate themselves from the Lodge in 
 which they were made brethren, or were afterwards 
 admitted members, unless the Lodge becomes too 
 numerous, nor even then, without a dispensation 
 from the Grand Master or his Deputy: And when 
 they are thus separated, they must either immedi- 
 ately join themselves to such other Lodge as they 
 shall like best, with the unanimous consent of that 
 other Lodge to which they go (as above regulated), 
 or else they must obtain the Grand Master's war- 
 rant, to join in forming a new Lodge. If any set 
 or number of Masons shall take upon themselves to 
 form a new Lodge without the Grand Master's war- 
 rant, the regular Lodges are not to countenance 
 them, nor own them as fair brethren and duly 
 formed, nor approve of their acts and deeds; but 
 must treat them as rebels, until they humble them- 
 selves, as the Grand Master shall, in his prudence 
 direct, and until he approve of them by his war- 
 rant, which must be signified to the other Lodges, 
 as the custom is when a new Lodge is to be reg- 
 istered in the list of Lodges. 
 
 Art. IX. But if any brother so far misbehave 
 himself as to render his Lodge uneasy, he shall be 
 twice duly admonished by the Master or Wardens 
 in a formed Lodge; and if he will not refrain his 
 imprudence, and obediently submit to the advice of 
 the brethren, and reform what gives them offence, 
 he shall be dealt with according to the by-laws of 
 that particular Lodge, or else in such a manner as
 
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 the Quarterly Communication shall in their great 
 prudence think fit; for which a new regulation may 
 be afterwards made. 
 
 Art. X. The majority of every particular Lodge, 
 when congregated, shall have the privilege of giving 
 instructions to their Master and Wardens, before 
 the assembling of the Grand Chapter, or Lodge, at 
 the three Quarterly Communications, hereafter men- 
 tioned, and of the Annual Grand Lodge too; because 
 their Master and "Wardens are their representatives, 
 and are supposed to speak their mind. 
 
 Art. XI. All particular Lodges are to observe the 
 same usages as much as possible; in order to which, 
 and for the cultivating a good understanding among 
 Freemasons, some members out of every Lodge shall 
 be deputed to visit the other Lodges as often as 
 shall be thought convenient. 
 
 Art. XII. The Grand Lodge consists of, and is 
 formed by the Masters and Wardens of all the reg- 
 ular particular Lodges upon record, with the Grand 
 Master at their head, and his Deputy on the left 
 hand, and the Grand Wardens in their proper places; 
 and must have a Quarterly Communication about 
 Michaelmas, Christmas, and Lady-Day, in some con- 
 venient place, as the Grand Master shall appoint, 
 where no brother shall be present who is not at 
 that tim.e a member thereof, without a dispensation; 
 and while he stays, he shall not be allowed to vote, 
 nor even give his opinion, without leave of the 
 Grand Lodge, asked and given, or unless it be duly 
 asked by the said Lodge. All matters are to be 
 determined in the Grand Lodge by a majority of 
 votes, each member having one vote, and the Grand 
 Master having two votes, unless the said Lodge leave
 
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 any particular thing to the determination of the 
 Grand Master, for the sake of expedition. 
 
 Art. XIII. At the said Quarterly Communication, 
 all matters that concern the Fraternity in general, 
 or particular Lodges, or single bretliren, are quietly, 
 sedately, and maturely to be discoursed of and trans- 
 acted: Apprentices must be admitted Masters and 
 "Fellow Crafts only here, unless by a dispensation. 
 Here also all differences, that cannot be made up 
 and accommodated privately, nor by a particular 
 Lodge, are to be seriously considered and decided. 
 And if any brother thinks himself aggrieved by the 
 decision of this board, he may appeal to the Annual 
 Grand Lodge next ensuing, and leave his appeal in 
 writing, with the Grand Master, or his Deputy, or 
 the Grand Wardens. 
 
 Here also, the Master or Wardens of each partic- 
 ular Lodge shall bring and produce a list of such 
 members as have been made, or even admitted in 
 their particular Lodges, since the last communication 
 •of the Grand Lodge. And there shall be a book 
 kept by the Grand Master, or his Deputy, or rather 
 'by some brother whom the Grand Lodge shall ap- 
 point for Secretary, wherein shall be recorded all the 
 'Lodges, with their usual times and places of forming, 
 and names of all the members of each Lodge; and 
 all the affairs of the Grand Lodge that are proper 
 to be written. 
 
 They shall also consider of the most prudent and 
 ■effectual methods of collecting and disposing of 
 what money shall be given to, or lodged with them 
 in charity, towards the relief only of any true 
 brother, fallen into poverty or decay, but of none 
 else. But every particular Lodge shall dispose of 
 their own charity for poor brethren, according to
 
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 their own by-laws, until it be agreed by all the 
 Lodges (in a new regulation) to carry in the charity 
 collected by them to Grand Lodge at the Quarterly 
 or Annual Communication, in order to make a com- 
 mon stock in it, for the more handsome relief of poor 
 brethren. 
 
 They shall also appoint a Treasurer, a brother of 
 good wordly substance, who shall be a member of 
 the Grand Lodge by virtue of his office, and shall 
 be always present, and have power to move to the 
 Grand Lodge anything, especially what concerns his 
 office. To him shall be committed all money raised 
 for charity, or for any other use of the Grand Lodge, 
 which he shall write down in a book, with the re- 
 spective ends and uses for which the several sums 
 are intended; and shall expend or disburse the same 
 by such a certain order signed, as the Grand Lodge 
 shall agree to in a new regulation: But he shall not 
 vote in choosing a Grand Master or Wardens, though 
 in every other transaction. As in like manner the 
 Secretary shall be a member of the Grand Lodge by 
 virtue of his office, and vote in every thing except 
 in choosing a Grand Master or "Wardens. 
 
 The Treasurer and Secretary shall each have a 
 clerk, who must be a brother and Fellow Craft, but 
 never must be a member of the Grand Lodge, nor 
 speak, without being allowed or desired. 
 
 The Grand Master, or his Deputy, shall always 
 command the Treasurer and Secretary with their 
 clerks and books, in order to see how matters go on, 
 and to know what is expedient to be done upon any 
 emergent occasion. 
 
 Another brother (who must be a Fellow Craft) 
 should be appointed to look after the door of the 
 Grand Lodge; but shall be no member of it.
 
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 But these offices may be farther explained by a 
 new regulation, when the necessity and expediency 
 of them may more appear than at present to the 
 Fraternity. 
 
 Art. XIV. If at any Grand Lodge, stated or oc- 
 casional, quarterly or annual, the Grand Master and 
 his Deputy should be both absent, then the present 
 Master of a Lodge, that has been the longest a 
 Freemason, shall take the chair, and preside as 
 Grand Master pro tempore; and shall be vested with 
 all his power and honor for the time; Provided there 
 is no brother present that has been Grand Master 
 formerly, or Deputy Grand Master; for the last 
 Grand Master present, or else the last Deputy pres- 
 ent, should always of right, take place in the ab- 
 sence of the present Grand Master or his Deputy. 
 
 Art. XV. In the Grand Lodge none can act as 
 Wardens but the Grand Wardens themselves, if 
 present; and if absent, the Grand Master, or the 
 person who presides in his place, shall order private 
 Wardens to act as Grand Wardens pro tempore, 
 whose places are to be supplied by two Fellow 
 Crafts of the same Lodge, called forth to act, or 
 sent thither by the particular Master thereof; or if 
 by him omitted, then they shall be called by the 
 Grand Master, that so the Grand Lodge may be al- 
 ways complete. 
 
 Art. XVL The Grand Wardens or any others, are 
 first to advise with the Deputy about the affairs o* 
 the Lodge or of the brethren, and not to apply to 
 the Grand Master without the knowledge of the 
 Deputy, unless he refuse his concurrence in any cer- 
 tain necessary affair; in which case, or in case of 
 any difference between the Deputy and the Grand 
 Wardens, or other brethren, both parties are to go
 
 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 357 
 
 by concert to the Grand Master, who can easily de- 
 cide the controversy, and make up the difference by 
 virtue of his great authority. 
 
 The Grand Master should receive no intimation of 
 business concerning Masonry, but from his Deputy 
 first, except in such certain cases as his Worship can 
 well judge of; for if the application to the Grand 
 Master be irregular, he can easily order the Grand 
 Wardens or any other brethren thus applying, to wait 
 upon his Deputy, who is to prepare the business 
 speedily, and to lay it orderly before his Worship. 
 
 Art. XVII. No Grand Master, Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter, Grand Wardens, Treasurer, Secretary, or who- 
 ever acts for them, or in their stead, pro tempore, 
 can at the same time be the Master or Warden of a 
 particular Lodge; but as soon as any of them has 
 honorably discharged his Grand Office, he returns to 
 that post or station in his particular Lodge, from 
 which he was called to officiate above. 
 
 Art. XVIII. If the Deputy Grand Master be sick, 
 or necessarily absent, the Grand Master may choose 
 any Fellow Craft he pleases, to be his Deputy pro 
 tempore: but he that is chosen Deputy of the Grand 
 Lodge, and the Grand Wardens too, cannot be dis- 
 charged without the cause fairly appear to the ma- 
 jority of the Grand Lodge; and the Grand Master, 
 if he is uneasy, may call a Grand Lodge on purpose 
 to lay the cause before them, and to have their ad- 
 vice and concurrence: In which case, the majority 
 of the Grand Lodge, if they cannot reconcile the 
 Master and his Deputy or his Wardens, are to concur 
 in allowing the Master to discharge his said Deputy 
 or his said Wardens, and to choose another Deputy 
 immediately; and the said Grand Lodge shall choose
 
 358 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 other Wardens in that case, that harmony and peace 
 may be preserved. 
 
 Art. XIX. If the Grand Master should abuse his 
 power, and render himself unworthy of the obedience 
 and subjection of the Lodge, he shall be treated in 
 a way and manner to be agreed upon in a new reg- 
 ulation; because hitherto the ancient Fraterity have 
 had no occasion for it, their former Grand Masters 
 having all behaved themselves worthy of that hon- 
 orable office. 
 
 Art. XX. The Grand Master with his Deputy and 
 Wardens, shall (at least once) go round and visit all 
 the Lodges about town during his Mastership. 
 
 Art. XXI. If the Grand Master die during his 
 Mastership, or by sickness, or by being beyond sea, 
 or any other wny should be rendered incapable of 
 discharging his office, the Deputy, or in his absence, 
 the Senior Grand Warden, or in his absence, the 
 Junior, or in his absence, any three present Masters 
 of Lodges, shall join to congregate the Grand Lodge 
 immediately, to advise together upon that emer- 
 gency, and to send two of their number to invite 
 the last Grand Master to resume his office, w^hich 
 now in course reverts to him; or if he refuse, then 
 the next last, and so backward: But if no former 
 Grand Master can be found, then the Deputy shall 
 act as principal, until another is chosen; or if there 
 be no Deputy, then the oldest Master. 
 
 Art. XXII. The brethren of all the Lodges in and 
 about London and Westminster, shall meet at an 
 Annual Communication and Feast, in some conven- 
 ient place on St. John Baptist's day, or else on St. 
 John Evangelist's day, as the Grand Lodge sliall 
 think fit by a new regulation, having of late years
 
 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 359 
 
 met on St. John Baptist's day: Provided, the ma- 
 jority of the Masters and Wardens, with the Grand 
 Master, his Deputy and Wardens, agree at their 
 Quarterly Communication, three months before, that 
 there shall be a feast, and a General Communication 
 of all the brethren: For, if either the Grand Mas- 
 ter, or a majority of the particular Masters, are 
 against it, it must be dropped for that time. But 
 whether there shall be a feast for all the brethren, 
 or not, yet the Grand Lodge must meet in some con- 
 venient place annually on St. John's day; or if it be 
 Sunday, then on the next day, in order to choose 
 every year a new Grand Master, Deputy and War- 
 dens, 
 
 Art. XXIII. If it be thought expedient, and the 
 Grand Master, with the majority of the Masters and 
 Wardens, agree to hold a Grand Feast, according 
 to the ancient laudable custom of Masons, then the 
 Grand Wardens shall have the care of preparing the 
 tickets, sealed with the Grand Master's seal, of dis- 
 posing of the tickets, of receiving the money for the 
 tickets, of buying the materials of the feast, of find- 
 ing out a proper and convenient place to feast in, 
 and of every other thing that concerns the entertain- 
 ment. But that the work may not be too burthen- 
 some to the two Grand Wardens, and that all mat- 
 ters may be expeditiously and safely managed, the 
 Grand Master or his Deputy, shall have power to 
 nominate and appoint a certain number of Stewards, 
 as his Worship shall think fit, to act in concert with 
 the two Grand Wardens; all things relating to the 
 feast being decided amongst them by a majority of 
 voices; except the Grand Master or his Deputy in- 
 terpose by a particular direction or appointment.
 
 360 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 Art. XXIV. The Wardens and Stewards shall, in 
 due time, wait upon the Grand Master, or his Deputy, 
 for directions and orders about the premises; but if 
 his Worship and his Deputy are sick, or necessarily 
 absent, they shall call together the Masters and 
 Wardens of Lodges to meet on purpose for their ad- 
 vice and orders; or else they may take the matter 
 wholly upon themselves, and do the best they can. 
 The Grand Wardens and the Stewards are to account 
 for all the money they receive, or expend, to the 
 Grand Lodge after dinner, or when the Grand Lodge 
 shall see fit to receive their accounts. If the Grand 
 Master pleases, he- may in due time summon all the 
 Masters and Wardens of Lodges to consult with them 
 about ordering the Grand Feast, and about any emer- 
 gency or accidental thing relating thereunto, that 
 may require advice; or else to take it upon himself 
 altogether. 
 
 Art. XXV. The Masters of Lodges shall each ap- 
 point one experienced and discreet Fellow Craft of 
 his Lodge, to compose a committee consisting of one 
 from every Lodge, who shall meet to receive, in a 
 convenient apartment, every person that brings a 
 ticket, and shall have power to discourse him, if they 
 think fit, in order to admit him, or debar him, as 
 they shall see cause. Provided, they send no man 
 away before they have acquainted all the brethren 
 within the doors with the reason thereof, to avoid 
 mistakes; that so no true brother may be debarred, 
 nor a false brother, or mere pretender admitted. 
 This committee must meet very early on St. John 's 
 day at the place, even before any persons come wuth 
 tickets. 
 
 Art. XXVI. The Grand Master shall appoint two 
 or more trusty brethren to be porters, or door-keep-
 
 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 361 
 
 ers, who are also to be early at the place, for some 
 good reasons; and who are to be at the command of 
 the committee. 
 
 Art. XXVII. The Grand Wardens, or the Stew- 
 ards shall appoint beforehand such a number of 
 brethren to serve at table as they think fit and 
 proper for that work; and they may advise with the 
 Masters and Wardens of Lodges about the most 
 proper persons, ir they please, or may take in such 
 by their recommendation; for none are to serve that 
 day, but Free and Accepted Masons, that the Com- 
 munication may be free and harmonious. 
 
 Art. XXVIII. All the members of the Grand 
 Lodge must be at the place long before dinner, with 
 the Grand Master, or his Deputy, at their head, who 
 shall retire, and form themselves. And this is done 
 in order — 
 
 1. To receive any appeals duly lodged, as above 
 regulated, that the appellant may be heard, and the 
 affair may be amicably decided before dinner, if 
 possible; but if it cannot, it must be delayed till 
 after the new Grand Master is elected; and if it can- 
 not be decided after dinner, it may be delayed, and 
 referred to a particular committee, that shall quietly 
 adjust it, and make report to the next Quarterly 
 Communication, that brotherly love may be pre- 
 served. 
 
 2. To prevent any difference or disgust; which 
 may be feared to arise that day; that no interrup- 
 tion may be given to the harmony and pleasure of 
 the Grand Feast. 
 
 3. To consult about whatever concerns the de- 
 cency and decorum of the Grand Assembly, and to 
 prevent all indecency and ill manners, the assembly 
 being promiscuous.
 
 362 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 4. To receive and consider of any good motion, 
 or any momentous and important affair, that siiall 
 be brought from the particular Lodges, by their 
 Representatives, the several Masters and Wardens. 
 
 Art. XXIX. After these things are discussed, the 
 Grand Master and his Deputy, the Grand Wardens, 
 or the Stewards, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the 
 Clerks, and every other person shall withdraw, 
 and leave the Masters and Wardens of the particular 
 Lodges alone, in order to consult amicably about 
 electing a new Grand Master, or continuing the pres- 
 ent, if they have not done it the day before: and 
 if they are unanimous for continuing the present 
 Grand Master, his W^orship shall be called in, and 
 humbly desired to do the Fraternity the honor of 
 ruling them for the year ensuing: and after dinner 
 it will be known whether he accepts of it or not: 
 for it should not be discovered but by the election 
 itself. 
 
 Art. XXX. Then the Masters and Wardens, and 
 all the brethren, may converse promiscuously, or as 
 they please to sort together, until the dinner is com- 
 ing in, when every brother takes his seat at table. 
 
 Art. XXXI. Some time after dinner the Grand 
 Lodge is formed, not in retirement, but in the pres- 
 ence of all the brethren, who yet are not members 
 of it, and must not therefore speak until they are 
 desired and allowed. 
 
 Art. XXXII. If the Grand Master of last year 
 has consented with the Masters and Wardens in 
 private, before dinner, to continue for the year en- 
 suing, then one of the Grand Lodge, deputed for 
 that purpose, shall represent to all the brethren his 
 Worship 's good government, &c. And turning to
 
 MASONIC LAW — WRITTEN 363 
 
 him, shall, in the name of the Grand Lodge, humbly 
 request him to do the Fraternity the great honor 
 (if nobly born, if not) the great kindness, of con- 
 tinuing to be their Grand Master for the year en- 
 suing. And his Worship declaring his consent by a 
 bow or speech, as he pleases, the said deputed mem- 
 ber of the Grand Lodge shall proclaim him Grand 
 Master, and all the members of the Lodge shall 
 salute him in due form. And all the brethren shall 
 for a few minutes have leave to declare their satis- 
 faction, pleasure, and congratulation. 
 
 Art. XXXIII. But if either the Master and War- 
 dens have not in private, this day before dinner, nor 
 the day before, desired the last Grand Master to 
 continue in the Mastership another year; or if he, 
 when desired, has not consented: then, the last 
 Grand Master shall nominate his successor for the 
 year ensuing, who, if unanimously approved by the 
 Grand Lodge, and if there present, shall be pro- 
 claimed, saluted, and congratulated the new Grand 
 Master as above hinted, and immediately installed 
 by the last Grand Master, according to usage. 
 
 Art. XXXIV. But, if that nomination is not 
 unanimously approved, the new Grand Master shall 
 be chosen immediately by ballot, every Master and 
 Warden writing his man's name, and the last Grand 
 Master writing his man's name too; and the man, 
 whose name the last Grand Master shall first take 
 out, casually or by chance, shall be Grand Master 
 for the year ensuing; and if present, he shall be pro- 
 claimed, saluted, and congratulated, as above hinted, 
 and forthwith installed by the last Grand Master, 
 according: to usage. 
 
 Art. XXXV. The last Grand Master thus con- 
 tinued, or the new Grand Master thus installed, shall
 
 364 MASONIC LAW— WRITTEN 
 
 next nominate and appoint his Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter, either the last or a new one, who shall be also 
 declared, saluted, and congratulated, as above 
 hinted. The Grand Master shall also nominate the 
 new Grand Wardens, and if unanimously approved 
 by the Grand Lodge, shall be declared, saluted, and 
 congratulated, as above hinted; but if not, they shall 
 be chosen by ballot, in the same manner as the 
 Grand Master: As the Wardens of private Lodges 
 are also to be chosen by ballot in each Lodge, if the 
 members thereof do not agree to their Master's 
 nomination. 
 
 Art. XXXVI. But if the brother whom the pres- 
 ent Grand Master shall nominate for his successor, 
 or whom the majority of the Grand Lodge shall 
 happen to choose by ballot, is, by sickness or other 
 necessary occasion, absent from the Grand Feast, he 
 cannot be proclaimed the new Grand Master, unless 
 the old Grand Master, or some of the Masters and 
 Wardens of the Grand Lodge can vouch, upon the 
 honor of a brother, that the said person, so nomin- 
 ated or chosen, will readily accept of the said office; 
 in which case the old Grand Master shall act as 
 proxy, and shall nominate the Deputy and Wardens 
 in his name, and in his name also receive the usual 
 honors, homage, and congratulations. 
 
 Art. XXXVII. Then the Grand Master shall 
 allow any brother. Fellow Craft, or Apprentice, to 
 speak, directing his discourse to his worship; or to 
 make any motion for the good of the Fraternity, 
 which shall be either immediately considered and 
 finished, or else referred to the consideration of the 
 Grand Lodge at their next communication, stated or 
 occasional. When that is over,
 
 MASONIC LAW — WRITTEN 365 
 
 Art. XXXVIII. The Grand Master or his Deputy, 
 or some brother appointed by him, shall harangue all 
 the brethren, and give them good advice: And 
 lastly, after some other transactions, that cannot be 
 written in any language, the brethren may go away 
 or stay longer, as they please. 
 
 Art. XXXIX. Every annual Grand Lodge has an 
 inherent power and authority to make new regula- 
 tions or to alter these, for the real benefit of the 
 ancient Fraternity: Provided always, that the old 
 landmarks be carefully preserved, and that such 
 alterations and new regulations be proposed and 
 agreed to at the third Quarterly Communication pre- 
 ceding the annual Grand Feast; and that they be 
 offered also to the perusal of all the brethren before 
 dinner, in writing, even of the youngest Apprentice; 
 the approbation and consent of the majority of all 
 the brethren present being* absolutely necessary to 
 make the same binding and obligatory; which must 
 after dinner, and after the new Grand Master is in- 
 stalled, be solemnly desired; as it was desired and 
 obtained for these regulations, when proposed by the 
 Grand Lodge, to about one hundred and fifty breth- 
 ren, on St. John Baptist's day, seventeen hundred 
 and twenty-one.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY 
 LAW 
 
 Abridged from Standard Authorities, from Estab- 
 lished Procedure, and from the Constitutions 
 
 A GENERAL GUIDE 
 
 For Presiding Officers of Masonic Bodies of Every 
 Degree 
 
 Compiled by 
 
 JOHN WHICHER 
 
 Grand Secretary Grand Lodge of California 
 
 PRELIMINARY. 
 
 The powers of a presiding officer of a Masonic 
 body, while in the chair, are autocratic, yet he is 
 bound to govern with moderation and with due 
 regard to that peace and harmony which should — 
 and does — distinguish a body of Masons. He should 
 not only know constitutional law, but he should be 
 familiar with the general rules of parliamentary 
 law as modified to apply to our peculiar Institution, 
 constantly having in mind his obligation to '^ strict- 
 ly obey the moral law"; to ''submit to the awards 
 and resolutions of the brethren, when convened, in 
 every case consistent with the Constitutions"; to 
 ''avoid private piques and quarrels"; to be cour- 
 teous to the brethren, and to admit no visitors 
 without proper avouchment or due examination and
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMEXTARY LAW 367 
 
 the production of proper credentials. As to this, the 
 presiding officer should select committees of exam- 
 ination with care, advising the members thereof 
 that their duty is not to test the visitor's profi- 
 ciency in the ritual, but to ascertain if he be of 
 the degree he represents himself to be, a member 
 in good standing of some recognized Masonic body, 
 and entitled to visit. 
 
 This little work has been compiled not with the 
 idea of presenting anything new, but that Masters 
 of Lodges and presiding officers of other bodies of 
 Masons (whose government is based on the laws of 
 Craft Masonry) may become familiar with what 
 may be termed basic rules of procedure without 
 reading and studying larger and fuller authorities. 
 
 The rules herein given are those which by long 
 usage are recognized by well-informed Masons as 
 being necessary and proper for the orderly conduct 
 of Masonic business, omitting, for the needs of 
 brevity, the arguments usually found in text -books 
 on parliamentary law. 
 
 Presiding officers should always know and re- 
 member that a well-poised head, a clear mind, and 
 common sense are prime requisites in the conduct 
 of business, and that peace and harmony and char- 
 ity of thought and deed are paramount to all else. 
 
 PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 Does Parliamentary Law govern in the conduct of 
 Lodge business? 
 It does, except so far as it is not repugnant to 
 the peculiar character of the Institution. The work 
 of Grand Lodge is regulated by the will of th& 
 Grand Master, from whose dictum, while presiding^
 
 568 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 there can be no appeal. When installed into office, 
 it is not as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, but 
 as the "Grand Master of Masons." (Anderson's 
 Constitutions.) A Grand Master, however, may be 
 tried for abuse of power. 
 
 Likewise the work of a Lodge is regulated by 
 the will of the Master. Objections to decisions 
 may be laid before the Grand Master by any five 
 Master Masons in good standing. 
 
 Who may preside over a Lodge? 
 
 The Grand Master, the Master, and in the ab- 
 sence of the Master, the Wardens in the order of 
 their rank. The Master or a Warden being pres- 
 ent, maj' invite any qualified brother, or brethren, 
 to confer degrees. 
 
 BUSINESS. 
 
 No Lodge shall transact any business with a less 
 number than seven members present, except the 
 conferring of degrees. (In Council, Chapter and 
 Commandery, nine constitute a quorum.) 
 
 No business of any kind except collections or 
 appropriations for charity, conferring of degrees, 
 ceremonial observances, electing a representative 
 to Grand Lodge, balloting for trial commissioners, 
 or (by dispensation) to ballot for and confer de- 
 grees without reference to a committee, or (by dis- 
 pensation) to receive and act upon the petition of 
 a rejected candidate within twelve months after 
 rejection, shall be done at a special meeting. 
 
 All business except examination of candidates 
 and conferring degrees shall be done in a Lodge of 
 Master Masons.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 369 
 
 MOTIONS 
 
 Must be put in writing if the Master requires it, 
 and must be seconded before being considered. 
 Strict courtesy shall be observed in debate. The 
 ''previous question,"' being a parliamentary mo- 
 tion intended to suppress debate, is "utterly un- 
 known in the parliamentary law of Masonry, and 
 it would be always out of order to move it in a 
 Masonic body." — (Mackey.) The Master may sus- 
 pend discussion at any time, which prerogative 
 should be exercised with caution and good judg- 
 ment. Ordinarily, a member should be permitted 
 to speak but once on the same subject, except that 
 the mover of the resolution may close the debate. 
 
 VOTING. 
 
 All questions before the Lodge excepting amend- 
 ments to the by-laws balloting upon petitions and 
 applications and upon petitions for reinstatement 
 to membership, and upon applications to the Grand 
 Master for dispensations, are determined by a ma- 
 jority of the members present. Members present 
 and not voting are presumed to acquiesce with the 
 majority vote. In all cases of a tie vote (except 
 votes by ballot) the Master, in addition to his 
 proper vote, may have the casting vote. The usual 
 method of voting is viva voce or by show of hands, 
 but the Lodge may determine how the vote on any 
 particular matter should be had. 
 
 By-Laws may be amended only by two-thirds of 
 the members present, after notice as required by 
 the By-Laws. 
 
 A member suspended for nonpayment of dues 
 for more than two years may be restored only by 
 the votes of three-fourths of the members presezit,
 
 370 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 at the stated meeting next after the petition for 
 restoratiou is presented. Such vote must be by 
 ballot. 
 
 Au application to the Grand Master for a dispen- 
 sation for any purpose must be by unauimous vote 
 by ballot, at a stated meeting. 
 
 Announcement of Vote. 
 
 The question having been put, and it clearly 
 appearing that there is a decision, the Master 
 should announce that "the ayes have it — the mo- 
 tion is adopted"; or ''the noes have it — the motion 
 is lost." 
 
 Any member not satisfied with the correctness 
 of the result may then call for a division, which 
 should not be refused if made at this time. The 
 Master then puts the question a second time, re- 
 questing those on each side to stand alternately 
 while they are counted. The Master — but usually 
 the Secretary — notes the number voting, and the 
 announcement of the vote thus made is final, from 
 which there is no appeal. 
 
 The same form should follow when other tlian a 
 majority vote is required. 
 
 SUBSIDIARY MOTIONS. 
 
 During discussion of a main question, the only 
 subsidiary motions that can be entertained in a 
 Masonic Lodge are: 
 
 1. To lie on the table; 
 
 2. To postpone indefinitely; 
 
 3. To postpone to a day certain; 
 
 4. To commit; 
 o. To amend.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 371 
 
 Consideration of these motions have precedence 
 in the order as above arranged. That is to say, if 
 a motion to amend has been made, during the dis- 
 cussion a motion may be made to postpone indefi- 
 nitely, and if this be adopted, discussion ends. Or, 
 if during debate on a proposal to amend, each of 
 the four other questions be presented, then each 
 of these questions must be put in the order of pre- 
 cedence. If an amendment be adopted, the ques- 
 tion will be upon the original motion as amended. 
 If the amendment be lost, the question will be upon 
 the original motion. An amendment can only be 
 made to strike out certain words, to add or insert 
 certain words; or to strike out certain words and 
 insert others. An amendment may be made to 
 strike out all after the first word, which if adopted 
 would in effect dispose of the question. Such a 
 motion, however, in a Masonic Lodge is of doubtful 
 propriety. 
 
 A motion to strike out may be amended by mo- 
 tion to add or retain certain words. Any number 
 of amendments may be proposed to a motion, and 
 be all offered before a vote is taken on any of 
 them; provided that an amendment may not again 
 be proposed in identical form. But they must be 
 put in the order in which they are offered. 
 
 An amendment to an amendment is admissible. 
 Further amendments are out of order. 
 
 There are some exceptions, however, to this rule 
 because of the restrictions of the By-Laws and the 
 Constitution. For instance, a motion to amend the 
 by-laws must be in writing and lie over until the 
 next stated meeting for consideration. Such mo- 
 tion is subject to amendment at the meeting at 
 which it is offered, but not at a later meeting. It
 
 372 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 must be adopted or rejected. A two-thirds vote of 
 the members present is necessary to amend the 
 by-laws. 
 
 A resolution to provide for life membership like- 
 wise must be in writing, lie over till the next stated 
 meeting, and is subject to amendment at the meet- 
 ing at which it is introduced, but not later. If 
 it is desired to amend, another resolution must be 
 introduced, and treated in the same manner as the 
 original. A majority vote of the members present 
 is necessary to pass such resolution, and notice in 
 writing must be forwarded to every member before 
 action is had. 
 
 1. To lie on the table. 
 
 This motion takes precedence over all other mo- 
 tions, must be put immediately and is not debat- 
 able. It should rarely be invoked in a Masonic 
 Lodge. 
 
 2. To postpone indefinitely. 
 
 This is subject to debate of a limited character, 
 and the merits of the original question should form 
 no part of the discussion. 
 
 3. To postpone to a day certain. 
 
 This may be termed a friendly motion; that is, 
 one made by the friend of a proposition. It may 
 be amended by striking out the time fixed and in- 
 serting another. The best form is to move that 
 the question be made the special order for a certain 
 day and hour. This motion is seldom used in 
 Lodges, but it is not unusual in Grand Lodge, 
 which meets for several days. In Lodge, it , is 
 some times desirable to postpone to a later hour 
 of the same meeting. Debate on such a motion
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 373 
 
 must not go to the merits of the proposition, but 
 only to the expediency of postponement. 
 
 4. To commit. 
 
 The usual form of the motion is that the propo- 
 sition be referred to a committee — if to a standing 
 committee, the mover should indicate what com- 
 mittee; if to a special committee, it should be so 
 stated and the number of members of the commit- 
 tee designated. A motion to committee may be 
 amended, as for instance, by adding ''with in- 
 structions to report" at a time fixed. Debate on 
 a motion to commit must not be on the merits of 
 the original proposition, but only on the propriety 
 of committing it. If the report of the committee 
 be not satisfactory, a motion may then be made to 
 recommit, and such motion may be made at any 
 time prior to the adoption of the committee's 
 report. 
 
 OF INCIDENTAL QUESTIONS. 
 
 Gushing defines incidental questions to be 
 ''those which arise out of and are connected with 
 (though they do not necessarily dispose of) other 
 questions to which they relate, and which, for the 
 time being, they supersede. ' ' 
 
 It is impossible to anticipate or enumerate all 
 the incidental questions that may arise in the 
 course of a discussion. Five, however, are of fre- 
 quent occurrence, as follows: 
 
 1. Questions of order; 
 
 2. Questions of reading papers; 
 
 3. Questions of leave to withdraw motions; 
 
 4. Questions on suspending a rule; 
 
 5. Questions on taking the vote by ayes and noes.
 
 374 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 These are always in order, and for a time take 
 precedence of the main question, provided they 
 refer to that question. Incidental questions are 
 subject to the rule as to subsidiary questions. For 
 instance, it may be moved to lay any one of them 
 on the table, to postpone, or to commit; and when 
 the incidental question is disposed of, discussion 
 on the main question may be resumed. 
 1. Questions of order. 
 
 (1) Two independent original propositions cannot 
 be presented at the same time. If a Lodge is dis- 
 cussing a motion, no other independent motion may 
 be entertained, although a subsidiary one may, un- 
 til the first motion is disposed of. 
 
 (2) A subsidiary motion cannot be entertained 
 out of its rank of precedence. That is to say, when 
 a motion has been made to lay a proposition on the 
 table, it would be improper to move to postpone, 
 until the motion to lay on the table is disposed of. 
 
 (3) When a brother desires to speak, he should 
 address himself to the Master, and never (without 
 express permission) to any other member. 
 
 (4) If two or more brethren rise nearly at the 
 same time, the Master should indicate who is en- 
 titled to the floor. 
 
 (5) A brother must not be interrupted by any 
 other brother, except for the purpose of calling 
 him to order, or by permission of the Master, and 
 while he is on the floor no motion can be made or 
 put. 
 
 (6) No brother, except the mover of a question 
 (who may have the close of the debate) should 
 speak more than once, but this rule may be dis- 
 pensed with by the Master, if he deems it proper 
 to permit it.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 375 
 
 (7) No abusive or improper language should be 
 permitted, and the Master may, and ought to, direct 
 a disorderly brother to be excluded from the meet- 
 ing if he should persist in his misbehavior. 
 
 (S) The Master may at any time speak, and a 
 brother on the floor should sit down while the Mas- 
 ter is speaking, unless his remarks be merely in 
 the nature of a question directed to the brother. 
 
 (9) Everyone who speaks should speak to the 
 question. This is the most important of all the 
 rules of order, because it is the one most necessary 
 for bringing debate to a satisfactory conclusion. 
 It is sometimes difficult to determine when this 
 rule is violated, but it is within the discretion of 
 the Master to judge and say how far a brother 
 should be indulged in a line of argument not 
 strictly within the scope of the question, before the 
 Lodge. 
 
 (10) Generally, there should be no speaking un- 
 less there be a question regularly before the Lodge, 
 but it is permissible to permit a brother who is 
 about to make a motion, to speak in its favor be- 
 fore actually proposing it, but with the under- 
 standing that he will speak to the question and 
 will conclude by formally making his motion. But 
 it is always better to first present the motion, 
 secure a second, and then speak to it. The Master 
 should always be on the alert to check any breach 
 of order, but it is always in order for any member 
 to rise to a point of order, which he may do by 
 saying, "I rise to a point of order." The speaker 
 objected to should then desist and the Master 
 should request that the point of order be stated. 
 If the Master decides the point ''not well taken," 
 he should direct the speaker to resume his argu-
 
 376 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 ment. If the Master decides the point "well 
 taken,'' it prevents the speaker from further dis- 
 cussion, if it is the discussion itself that is objected 
 to, or cautions the speaker, if the objection was 
 made to the manner or scope of his remarks. Of 
 course there can be no appeal from the decision of 
 the Master on a point of order — or from any de- 
 cision of the Master. 
 
 2. Of questions for reading papers. 
 
 Any member has the right to call for the reading 
 of any paper which constitutes the subject matter 
 of a proposition. But if a paper has been once read, 
 or if referring only indirectly to the subject under 
 motion regularly made and adopted by a majority 
 discussion, then it should not be read except upon 
 vote. 
 
 3. Of questions of leave to withdraw motions. 
 "When a motion or resolution has been made and 
 
 seconded, and stated by the Master, it is the prop- 
 erty of the Lodge, and can only be withdrawn by 
 consent of the members present, which consent 
 must be unanimous. This rule is contrary to the 
 accepted version of parliamentary practice as it 
 prevails in some Lodges, but it is correct, because 
 if the Lodge were to grant leave for the withdrawal 
 of a motion over the objection of any member, the 
 objecting member might immediately renew the 
 motion. 
 
 A formal motion, however, to withdraw is not 
 usually deemed necessary. If the mover desires 
 to withdraw his motion, he may ask permission to 
 do so (and it is not necessary to secure the con- 
 sent of the one who seconded the motion). If no 
 one objects, the consent is assumed to be granted.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 377 
 
 But if a member sav "I object," discussion con- 
 tinues on the main question. The motion — or re- 
 quest — for permission to withdraw a motion ma.j 
 be made at anv time before final vote is declared. 
 But if an amendment has been proposed to a mo- 
 tion, the original motion cannot be withdrawn until 
 the amendment has been withdrawn or defeated; 
 and if an amendment has been adopted, it is not 
 in order to ask to withdraw the original motion. 
 
 Questions for the withdrawal of papers — reports 
 of committees, petitions, or protests — are in the 
 nature of questions for the withdrawal of motions, 
 and are subject to the same rule. There is one ex- 
 ception to this regulation, and that relates to peti- 
 tions for degrees or for affiliation, which cannot 
 be withdrawn after having been received by the 
 Lodge. 
 
 4. Of questions on suspending a rule. 
 
 There is a recognized power in every deliberative 
 body to suspend any of its rules for the purpose of 
 transacting business which would be not permissible 
 under the general rule, which suspension may be 
 made at any time by unanimous consent. Which 
 motion is not debatable nor subject to amendment, 
 but must be brought to a direct vote. But in a 
 Lodge of Masons no By-laws, no part of the Con- 
 stitution, can be suspended, and a motion to sus- 
 pend any By-law or any part of the Constitution 
 cannot be entertained. A standing resolution, how- 
 ever, as, for instance, a resolution relating to the 
 powers and duties of Trustees, may by unanimous 
 vote be suspended. If, however, a resolution pro- 
 vides as to the mode in which it may be amended, 
 that mode only may be followed. Therefore, if a 
 standing resolution provides that it may not be
 
 378 MASONIC PARr.TA^rEXTARY LAW 
 
 repealed or amended except after notice to all 
 members, it may not be suspended or changed ex- 
 cept in accordance with its own provisions. 
 
 5. Of questions on taking the vote by ayes and 
 noes. 
 
 In Grand Lodge, three members may demand 
 that a vote on any question shall be taken by ayes 
 and noes. This is provided by the Constitution. 
 At any time before a decision is announced, any 
 member may change his vote. In a Lodge, how- 
 ever, if a motion should be made for a vote on 
 any proposition by aj^es and noes, the Master 
 should rule it out of order. There is no necessity 
 for such a proceeding in a Masonic Lodge. 
 
 QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE. 
 
 In legislative bodies there occur questions which 
 relate to matters affecting the dignity or rights of 
 the assembly or its members, and these are called 
 ''questions of privilege." Questions of this kind 
 take precedence of all other business, and are al- 
 ways in order. Such questions are rarely if ever 
 brought up in a Masonic Lodge, but it might hap- 
 pen in the following instances: Any matter relat- 
 ing to the alleged misconduct of a member, matters 
 affecting the reputation of the Lodge, such as false 
 reports of its proceedings; matters affecting the 
 secrecy of proceedings, where a member deems it 
 necessary to give proper precautions. The Master 
 must decide whether, in his judgment, the question 
 is properly one of privilege, and it must be at once 
 considered; but it may be disposed of by any mode 
 of disposition to which any other question is sub- 
 ject.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 379 
 
 PRIVILEGED QUESTIONS. 
 
 These should not be confounded with "questions 
 of privilege" which are privileged questions, for 
 all priviliged questions are not questions of privi- 
 lege. Privileged questions are not personal; they 
 relate to matters of business. They are of three 
 kinds: 
 
 (1) Those which relate to the rights and privi- 
 leges of the Lodge or any member; 
 
 (2) Motions for reconsideration; 
 
 (3) Special orders. 
 
 A motion to reconsider is a privileged question, 
 and can only be entertained at the same meeting 
 during which a matter has been disposed of. If it 
 is desired at a future meeting to undo that which 
 was previously done, the proper motion would be, 
 at such future meeting, not to reconsider, but to 
 repeal or rescind. Xo one who voted on the losing 
 side can move a reconsideration. A motion for 
 reconsideration is not debatable unless the ques- 
 tion proposed to be reconsidered was debatable. 
 A majority vote is sufficient for reconsideration. 
 After reconsideration, the original question is 
 placed just as it was when adopted, and not as 
 first presented, if it had been amended or changed 
 in any way, and may be amended or postponed, or 
 treated in any manner desired. The reconsidera- 
 tions herein referred to do not apply to the ballot 
 for degrees or membership. 
 
 Eeconsideration of ballot. 
 
 A ballot upon a petition for degrees or an appli- 
 cation for membership cannot be reconsidered. 
 Sometimes an injudicious or overzealous member,
 
 380 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 forgetting that the welfare of the Lodge, and not 
 that of the petitioner, should always be paramount, 
 will hastily impugn the motives of one who has cast 
 a cube, instead of generously believing that proper 
 influences of which he has no knowledge have led 
 to the rejection. But unfortunately it does some- 
 times happen that a worthy candidate is rejected 
 because of mistaken identity or other reasons, and 
 a reconsideration is desirable and proper. This 
 may only be done by a motion, at any stated 
 meeting within twelve months after rejection, to 
 petition the Grand Master for a dispensation to 
 
 * ' receive and act upon the petition of , a 
 
 rejected applicant," which motion must be decided 
 by ballot. Unanimous vote is necessary to carry 
 the motion. The Secretary should then certify to 
 the Grand Master the fact that the motion was 
 adopted as above required, and in addition should 
 set forth the reasons why the dispensation is de- 
 sired. There can be no discussion regarding an 
 unfavorable ballot, either upon the petition itself 
 or on a defeated motion to reballot. Before a 
 ballot is taken, discussion of the qualifications of 
 the candidate is permissible. The Master, on his 
 own motion, may order a second ballot on a motion 
 to request a dispensation to reballot, to correct a 
 possible mistake, the same as on the petition itself. 
 
 Special orders. 
 
 When the consideration of any matter has been 
 postponed to a time fixed, when the time so fixed 
 arrives, it becomes the special order, and is a 
 privileged question, taking precedence of all other 
 business unless by majority vote it is deferred 
 to another time fixed or discharged. If a motioii
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 381 
 
 to discharge the special order prevails, it ceases to 
 be a special order and subsides into the class of 
 motions to which it properly belongs, and may be 
 called up only in the regular order of business, 
 A special order may be called up, as a right, by 
 any member; but it is not the duty of anyone to 
 call it up. And if the hour passes without any 
 action being taken to proceed with it, the special 
 order is dropped, and it can be called up thereafter 
 as unfinished business. 
 
 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 
 
 A settled order of business is necessary in all 
 deliberative assemblies, hence an Order of Business 
 should always be prescribed. No business may 
 lawfully be done before the time fixed by the call 
 for a meeting. And any business transacted at a 
 stated meeting of a Lodge of Masons before the 
 hour fixed in the By-laws is void and of no effect. 
 The Grand Lodge of California has wisely, in the 
 Uniform Code of By-laws, provided for a regular 
 order of business at stated meetings, as follows: 
 
 1. Eeading of the minutes; 
 
 2. Eeports of committees (of investigation only). 
 
 3. Balloting; 
 
 4. Eeception of petitions; 
 
 5. Miscellanoeus and unfinished business; 
 
 6. Conferring of degrees. 
 
 In the proportion as that order is observed will 
 be the harmony and celerity with which business 
 will be transacted. Unfinished business should 
 take precedence of new business, else it might hap- 
 pen that new business would accumulate to the 
 point of confusion and the unfinished business
 
 382 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 suffer Questions of privilege may arise during a 
 meeting, special orders may require consideration, 
 and other matters may be injected before the Lodge, 
 which must be handled in the wise judgment of 
 the Master. If he should permit propositions to be 
 introduced at improper times, irrelevant questions 
 to be presented, and the regular order to be dis- 
 turbed, he will find himself involved in perplexities 
 difficult to be extricated from. The smooth conduct 
 of business marks the fitness and capacity of the 
 Master to preside over his Lodge. New business 
 should be taken up and considered in the order 
 of preced( ncy already described. 
 
 The Committee on Ritual recommends the follow- 
 ing for the guidance of Masters of Lodges: 
 
 Brethren: This being our stated meeting for the 
 
 month of , the first order of business will 
 
 be the reading of the minutes of our last stated 
 and subsequent special meetings. Brother Secre- 
 tary, read. 
 
 (Secretary rises, makes sign and reads minutes.) 
 
 Brethren: You have listened to the reading of 
 the minutes of our last stated meeting. If there 
 are no errors or omissions, they will stand ap- 
 proved as read. (Pause.) There being none, 
 Brother Secretary, it is so ordered. (Gavel.) 
 
 (Special meetings.) Brethren, you have listened 
 to the reading of the minutes of our special meet- 
 ing of (give date). If there are no errors or omis- 
 sions, they will stand approved as read. (Pause.) 
 There being none, Brother Secretary, it is so or- 
 <lered. (Gavel.) 
 
 (Read sections 99, 100, 101, 102, Constitution:
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 383 
 
 Committee must report to Master and not to Secre- 
 tary.) 
 
 Brethren: The Committee of Investigation upon 
 the petition (or application) of Mr. (or Brother) 
 John James Jones has made a full and favorable 
 report (or favorable report) as follows. (Eead the 
 facts.) Brother S. D., prepare the ballot. (Deacon 
 rises, makes sign.) 
 
 Brethren: "We are about to ballot upon the peti- 
 tion (or application) of Mr. (or Brother) John 
 James Jones to receive the degrees of M. in this 
 
 Lodge. His age is ; occupation ; 
 
 residence ; recommended bv , 
 
 and refers to The Committee has made 
 
 a full and favorable (or unfavorable) report. Ee- 
 member that balls elect and cubes reject. Be care- 
 ful how you vote. 
 
 (Master and Wardens vote.) The brethren of 
 
 Lodge No will approach the 
 
 altar and deposit their ballots on the petition (or 
 application) of Mr. (or Brother) John James Jones 
 to receive the degrees of M. in this Lodge (or to 
 become a member of this Lodge). Eemember that 
 balls elect and cubes reject. Be careful how you 
 vote. (Secretary leads the line.) 
 
 Have all the brethren of Lodge No 
 
 voted? If so, I declare the ballot closed. (Gavel.) 
 
 Brethren: To correct a possible mistake in the 
 voting, we will again ballot upon the petition (or 
 application) of Mr. (or Brother) John James Jones 
 to receive the degrees of M. in this Lodge (or to be- 
 come a member of this Lodge).
 
 884 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
 Of the appointment and functions of committees, 
 and the reports of committees, Masters are so gen- 
 erally familiar that it is deemed unnecessary to 
 write of these. It may be of value, however, to 
 say that unless objection be made, a report is re- 
 ceived when it is presented by the cbaiT-man or a 
 member of the committee acting for him. It is a 
 common error to move, after a report has been 
 read, to receive the report. This has alrea<ly been 
 done, and the motion would be a mere waste of 
 time. If the report be a final one, the committee 
 is thereby discharged without motion. If the re- 
 port of a committee includes resolutions (other 
 than proposed amendments to By-laws or Consti- 
 tution), the adoption of the report is also the adop- 
 tion of the resolution. If the report is not satis- 
 factory to the majority of the members it should 
 be rejected, not amended. If a motion is made 
 to adopt the report, and then someone moves that 
 the report be not adopted, the latter motion should 
 not be entertained. It is entirely out of order, 
 being merely the negative of the original motion. 
 
 Minority reports. 
 
 A minority is not a committee, and strictly con- 
 strued the minority of a committee cannot make a 
 report. But courtesy will permit a member or 
 members of a committee who do not agree with 
 the majority to present what is termed a "minor- 
 ity report," which should be treated in the same 
 manner as the report of the majority. It is in 
 fact a substitute motion or report.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 385 
 
 Reception of petition and report of committee on 
 character. 
 
 A petition for degrees or for affiliation is "re- 
 ceived" only when it has been read by the Secre- 
 tary at a stated meeting, unless by a majority vote 
 of the members present the Lodge declines to re- 
 ceive it. The Master should then, as soon as Lodge 
 is closed, notify the Secretary of the names of 
 members appointed to make strict examination into 
 ''the moral, mental, physical and other proper qual- 
 ifications of the applicant." Such committees 
 should be selected with care, the Master keeping in 
 mind the welfare of the Lodge. And while it is 
 the special business of the members of the commit- 
 tee to do their duty ''without fear, favor or affec- 
 tion," it is also the duty of every member to be 
 a guardian of the portals of the Lodge, to see that 
 none pass except "he who has clean hands and a 
 pure heart," and of a mentality becoming in a 
 Mason. That is to say, a candidate should be men- 
 tally as well as morally able to comprehend the 
 sublime mysteries of Masonry. 
 
 At or before the next stated meeting (unless 
 further time be granted), the members of the com- 
 mittee should severally (and separately) report 
 their findings to the Master, "which report shall 
 not be read in the Lodge, except so far as the 
 announcement of the character of the report is 
 concerned." At least two of the three members 
 of the Committee must report before the Master 
 can act. If the report be in writing it should by 
 the Master be destroyed as soon as it has served 
 its purpose. As soon as the report is announced, 
 if it be favorable, any member may with propriety 
 speak of the character and reputation of the peti-
 
 886 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 tioned. A ballot should then be had. If one cube 
 appears, the Master may, in order to correct a pos- 
 sible mistake, order a second ballot, which is final. 
 No discussion may be permitted after the first bal- 
 lot. If the report of one or more members of the 
 committee be unfavorable, no ballot is had — it oper- 
 ates as a rejection. 
 
 If the petition be rejected, it is a good practice 
 for the Master to call attention to the By-laws, 
 which makes it a Masonic offense for a member or 
 visitor to reveal, directly or indirectly, to such per- 
 son, or to any person, the fact of such rejection. 
 That is the unpleasant duty of the Secretary. 
 
 If the petitioner be elected, the Master should 
 cause the Secretary to notify him of the fact, and 
 if possible fix a time for the conferring of the first 
 degree. And because too many men enter Masonry 
 without a due realization of its real mission, and 
 without a proper regard for the responsibilities 
 to be assumed, the Master should also, over his 
 own signature, send with the notification a letter 
 of congratulation. The following is suggested as 
 a form for such letter: 
 
 Date. 
 
 Mr. . 
 
 My dear Sir: 
 
 Accompanying this is an official notification from 
 the Secretary of this Lodge that you have been 
 elected to receive the degrees of Freemasonry. I 
 take pleasure in being the first to offer you my con- 
 gratulations. 
 
 The day on which a man is initiated into this 
 venerable aud honorable Institution is one of the 
 important days of his life, and is an event which 
 he is likely never to forget.
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 387 
 
 The spirit in which a man approaches Free- 
 masonry will determine, to a large extent, whether 
 it will mean much to him or little. If he says to 
 himself, "What can I get out of it?" he is likely 
 to derive little benefit; but if he enters with **a 
 sincere wish to be serviceable to his fellow- 
 creatures,'' as expressed in his petition, then he 
 will find that the old law holds good in Free- 
 masonry as elsewhere, ' * Give of thyself — service, 
 sacrifice, love, and thou shalt reap an hundred- 
 fold. ' ' May you gain from your new associations 
 the happiness, the comfort and the sense of close 
 fellowship that inspired our ancient brethren in the 
 ages which have passed, as they inspire our breth- 
 ren of to-day. 
 
 If any of your friends have indulged in harm- 
 less jokes about "riding the goat," etc., dismiss 
 all such thoughts from your mind as you knock at 
 our portals, and enter only with the prayer in your 
 heart that you may be found worthy. 
 
 I trust that, as we enter into the close relation- 
 ship which membership in this Institution implies, 
 you will feel free to come to me, as Master of the 
 Lodge, for such assistance and advice as it may be 
 within me to give. 
 
 Extending to you a hearty welcome, and with 
 best wishes, 
 
 I am siucerelv vours, 
 
 Master. 
 
 NOMINATIONS TO OFFICE. 
 
 Contrary to generally accepted opinion, nomina- 
 tions of candidates for office are proper in a Lodge 
 of Masons. The late William C. Belcher, one of
 
 388 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 the most learned Masonic jurists of our Grand 
 Lodge, stated in a report (Proc. 1872, page 561), 
 "There is not only no law forbidding the making 
 of nominations for officers in a subordinate Lodge, 
 but common sense would seem to indicate that 
 such a course would not only tend to facilitate 
 business, but to preserve the harmony of the 
 Lodge." 
 
 GRAND HONORS. 
 
 The Grand Honors are too frequently bestowed 
 as well-intended courtesy to Masons more or less 
 distinguished, but who are not, as a Masonic right, 
 entitled thereto. No harm is thereby done, ex- 
 cept that it tends to cheapen that which should be 
 reserved strictly for those who by reason of their 
 rank should be accorded special homage. The pri- 
 vate grand honors are practiced only on four occa- 
 sions: When a Masonic hall is to be consecrated, 
 a new Lo<lge to be constituted, a Master-elect to 
 be installed, or a Grand Master, or his deputy, to 
 be received on an official visit. An Inspector, be- 
 ing the representative of the Grand Master, is en- 
 titled to and should be received with the grand 
 honors when making an official visit. 
 
 It is current belief that Past Grand Masters are 
 entitled by right to grand honors. That belief is 
 erroneous. They should be accorded grand honors 
 as a right when appearing for or as a representative 
 of the Grand Master; and may be so received as 
 a matter of courtesy. Inherently, and by the "Old 
 Regulations, " Grand Lodge is composed of the 
 Grand Master and his Deputy, the Grand Wardens 
 and the Masters and Wardens of the Lodges. 
 Others, including Past Masters, are members of
 
 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 389 
 
 Grand Lodge by courtesy and in consequence of 
 local regulations. 
 
 In Chapters of Eoyal Arch Masons in California, 
 and in Commanderies of Knights Templar, the 
 matter of grand honors is provided and fixed by 
 legislation. 
 
 FUNERALS. 
 
 Well-informed Masons are of the opinion that in 
 a short time a Masonic funeral will be an unusual 
 occurrence. Already the day of long processions 
 and brass bands has passed. Many funerals are 
 now conducted privately, and undue expense and 
 display are not considered good form. But Masters 
 should not run counter to sentiment, and whenever 
 the family or immediate friends of a deceased 
 brother desire a Masonic funeral, it should be at- 
 tended to promptly, and intelligently, and so far as 
 is consonant with good taste, in the place and man- 
 ner desired by the family. If in the Lodge-room, 
 the Lodge should always be opened in the third 
 degree, then ''called off" and the public invited 
 within. If the funeral be held elsewhere, it will 
 not be necessary to open the Lodge. The service 
 should always be rendered well. "Done by com- 
 petent officers the effect is sublime and secures pub- 
 lic approbation. Done by ignorant, unintelligent 
 leaders the effect is worse than ridiculous — and de- 
 ters sensitive men from the portals of the Lodge." 
 
 FINALLY. 
 
 The wages of a Master Mason is the knowledge 
 of truth, and the Master should be prepared to 
 disseminate this to his brethren. He should never 
 forget that in his person and character are repre-
 
 390 MASONIC PARLIAMENTARY LAW 
 
 sented the dignity of this great institution and the 
 reputation of his Lodge; that he must be discreet 
 in all his doings, and by example as well as by 
 precept promote good morals in the community in 
 which he lives; that he must indeed be one **to 
 whom the burdened heart may pour out its sor- 
 rows, one to whom distress may prefer its suit; one 
 whose hand is guided by justice, and whose heart 
 is expanded by benevolence."
 
 INDEX 391 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 (References are to Sections.) 
 Abusive Language 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Accounts 
 
 committee on, appointment and duties, 28 — 31. 
 Account Books 
 
 duty of secretary to keep, 152. 
 
 Accused and Accuser 
 
 See Charges Against Members; Commissioners; Trial. 
 Acquittal 
 
 is bar to second trial, 205i. 
 
 by court or grand jury no bar to Masonic trial, 192. 
 
 judgment should not be disturbed, except, 208c. 
 
 in face of proof of guilt is offense, 205h, 
 Adjournment 
 
 of meetings of lodge, 78. 
 
 of trials, 178, 204, 204a, b. 
 Admission to Lodge 
 
 exclusion of member, ground for, 156. 
 
 See Visitors. 
 Admissions 
 
 of accused as evidence, 202. 
 Adultery 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Advancement 
 
 accident disqualifying candidate after initiation, 112c. 
 
 entered apprentice, right to on examination in open 
 lodge, 162. 
 
 entered apprentice, not made until strict examination, 
 112. 
 
 entered apprentice, waiver of jurisdiction, 155, 162. 
 
 entered apprentice denied, must be carried on roll, 
 llle. 
 
 entered apprentice whose lodge is extinct, 155e. 
 
 entered apprentice who has removed from jurisdic- 
 tion, 155. 
 
 fees for remaining degrees, must be returned. 111. 
 
 in case candidate presents himself before fees declared 
 forfeited, 112d. 
 
 initiate found unable to read and write, 112b. 
 
 in lodge other than one in which entered apprentice or 
 fellow craft received degrees, 112f, 113, 155. 
 
 objection, committee to inquire into and report, 110 — 
 111. 
 
 objection, effect when made by non-member, lllf. 
 
 objection, how to make, 109. 
 
 objection, information on which should be based, lllg.
 
 S92 INDEX 
 
 Advancement — Continued 
 
 objection, may be made before election, 111c. 
 objection, minutes of meeting as evidence, 111k. 
 objection, procedure on investigation, 110. 
 objection, receiving degrees by request, 11 Id. 
 objection, report of committee and action thereon by 
 
 members, 110, 111. 
 objection, second for same cause. 111. 
 objection, that no cubes in ballot box, not raised after 
 
 initiation, lllh. 
 objection, when found not valid, master must confer de- 
 gree, 111b. 
 objection, who may make, 108, 109, 110, llld, f* 
 one denied, must wait year, lllj. 
 one denied, remains entered apprentice or fellow craft, 
 
 llle. 
 proficiency requisite, 112, 112a, 112d. 
 proficiency must first be shown by examination in open 
 
 lodge, 112. 
 proficiency without regard to time of probation, is 
 
 requisite to, 112a. 
 reapplication, lllj. 
 
 religious sect, connection with does not bar, llli. 
 subsequent physical disqualifications, 112c. 
 request for, 155. 
 third degree, impracticable to require master mason to 
 
 pass examination within six months, 112e. 
 when master should confer next degree, 111b. 
 where lodge that conferred degree has ceased to exist, 
 
 113a. 
 See Application for Degrees; Degrees; Entered Appren- 
 tice and Fellow Craft. Objection. 
 Affidavits 
 
 ex parte, adraissability in evidence, 202. 
 Affiliation 
 
 applicant for, if rejected, may apply as often as 
 
 chooses, 122. 
 applicant for, must be recommended by at least two 
 
 members, 98. 
 applicant for, must prove he is master mason, 122. 
 applicant for, must be resident of jurisdiction, 122 — 
 
 165. 
 application for, cannot be withdrawn after reference, 
 
 101. 
 application for, must be accompanied by certificate of 
 
 good standing, dimit, and fees, 122. 
 application for, takes same course as for degrees, 101. 
 application for, must be signed by applicant, 98. 
 ballot must be unanimous, 99. 
 ballot not had, except, 99. 
 
 burial, applicant entitled to masonic, 164b, 164c. 
 certificate of standing and withdrawal, 161.
 
 INDEX 398 
 
 Affiliation — Continued 
 
 dates of, to be entered in roll book, 151. 
 
 dimit. how loss or absence of must be explained, 
 122 a, c. 
 
 dimit, what accepted in lieu of when lodge has ceased 
 to exist, 122g. 
 
 dimit. what constitutes a proper one. 122e-g. 
 
 dimit, whether proper if without recommendatory cer- 
 tificate, 122f. 
 
 dues, cannot be refunded, 165. 
 
 dues, commence immediately on election of affiliate, 
 12Sb, 128c. Ifilb. 
 
 dues, life member in lodge which ceases to exist, 129c. 
 
 dues, sum equivalent to six months, cannot be applied 
 on dues to accrue, 122d. 
 
 dues, what applicant must pay, 128 — 165. 
 
 duty of master mason to be member of some lodge, 165. 
 
 fees on restoration of nonaffiliate, 165. 
 
 lectured, applicant must not be, 125. 
 
 membership may be acquired by, 154. 
 
 name of applicant must be recorded, 98a. 
 
 rejected applicant cannot again use same application, 
 122 b. c. 
 
 rejected applicant may apply as often as chooses, 122. 
 
 restoration to. how effected, and fees therefor, 165. 
 
 when membership actually begins, 128c, 161. 
 
 See non-affiliates. 
 Age of Members 
 
 to be entered in roll book, 151. 
 Altar 
 
 decorating with flag, no authority for, 127. 
 Amendments 
 
 to charges against members, master may allow, 195. 
 
 uniform code by grand lodge, 81b. 
 Amendments to Constitution 
 
 method — procedure, 216 — 22v>. 
 
 Ancient Landmarks 
 
 limit powers of grand lodge, 7. 
 
 Anniversaries 
 
 date of dispensation governs, 74a. 
 
 Annual Communications 
 
 See Communications. 
 
 Answer 
 
 construction of term, 200. 
 Appeal 
 
 accused and accuser only can, 207c. 
 
 affirmance, grand lodge may order on report of com- 
 mittee on grievances 208.
 
 894 INDEX 
 
 Appeal — Continued 
 
 arguments, additional, 207. 
 
 arguments, to be reduced to writing and transmitted 
 
 to grand secretary, 207. 
 attorney fees of accused, lodge funds cannot be used 
 
 to pay, 207g. 
 committee on grievances, report of, action upon by 
 
 grand lodge, 208. 
 death of accused pending, leaves him in good stand 
 
 ing, 207e. 
 decisions of grand master, reversal by grand lodge, 
 
 alone, 71. 
 either party to trial of member may take to grand 
 
 lodge, 207. 
 entered apprentice or fellow craft may, 162. 
 evidence on trial of member, reducing to writing, 205, 
 
 207. 
 evidence, what admissible on, 207. 
 grand lodge, retains power to try and punish offenders 
 
 in own right, 208b. 
 how and when taken, in case of trial of master, 183. 
 in controversy between lodges, 187. 
 in controversy between lodge and members of another 
 
 lodge, 187. 
 information of intended, secretary to transmit to grand 
 
 secretary, 207. 
 judgment of grand lodge, grand secretary should send 
 
 to the lodge, 208. 
 jurisdiction of grand lodge to revise matters of con- 
 troversy or discipline arising in lodges, 10. 
 none from decisions of grand master at communica- 
 tions, 44. 
 master can take, when lodge is accuser, 207d. 
 modification of judgment, grand lodge may order on 
 
 report of committee on grievances, 208. 
 new trial, 208a. 
 
 none to the lodge, from decisions of master, 144. 
 none from trial of Grand Master, 170. 
 notice of, in case of trial of member, 207. 
 restoration to membership. See Restoration, 
 reversal, grand lodge may order, upon report of com- 
 mittee of grievances, 208. 
 reversal of acquittal, must be gross violation of 
 
 masonic law to warrant, 208c. 
 reversal of suspension or expulsion, entitles member to 
 
 all rights, 209. 
 secretary, if present only part of time cannot certify 
 
 record, 207f. 
 stays sentence of reprimand, 206. 
 time in which must be taken, 207, 207a. 
 time for notice must expire before grand lodge c»n 
 
 affirm. 207b.
 
 INDEX 395 
 
 Appeal — Continued 
 
 thirty days run from announcement of result, 207a. 
 
 transcript of record of trial, secretary must prepare and 
 transmit to grand secretary, 207. 
 
 transcript of trial record, grand secretary must for- 
 ward to committee on grievances, 208. 
 
 who entitled to, 205c, 207c. 
 Application for Affiliation 
 
 See Affiliation. 
 Application for Degrees 
 
 army and navy, person belonging to, residence, 96. 
 
 ballot, whether necessary when degree conferred by re- 
 quest of another lodge, 155. 
 
 certificate that lodge has ceased to exist, in lieu of 
 waiver of jurisdiction, 155e. 
 
 color of applicant not material, 94c. 
 
 dispensation for applicant rejected within twelve 
 months, 97a. 
 
 entered apprentice or fellow craft, residence, 95i. 
 
 felon should not file, 94a. 
 
 from person in another jurisdiction, how may be made, 
 96. 
 
 indictment, person under should not file, 94e. 
 
 initiation must be within three months, 105. 
 
 investigating committee, must be referred to, 99. 
 
 investigating committee, names of members not an- 
 nounced, 100. 
 
 investigating committee, report not to be read in lodge, 
 100. 
 
 investigating committee, report to master, 99. 
 
 investigating committee, reporting favorably without re- 
 liable information is serious neglect, 99a. 
 
 jurisdiction, applicant from without, 96. 
 
 jurisdiction, waiver of from lodge of applicant, 96, 155. 
 
 jurisdiction, waiver of does not take effect if candidate 
 rejected, 155d. 
 
 mark, signing by as showing ineligibility, 94f. 
 
 minor cannot file, 94b. 
 
 must be signed by applicant and recommended by two 
 members, 98. 
 
 names of applicant must be recorded, 98. 
 
 necessity of referring to investigating committee, 99. 
 
 offense to receive, from one who cannot read and write, 
 94g. 
 
 printing of names forbidden, 77i. 
 
 qualifications, candidate must possess, 94. 
 
 qualifications, physical, in case of degrees by request of 
 another lodge, 155c. 
 
 receiving unworthy applicants, forfeiture of charter 
 because of, 132. 
 
 reference not necessary when degree conferred by re- 
 quest of another lodge, 155.
 
 INDEX 
 
 Application for Degrees — Continued 
 
 reffMdnces. whether applicmt must cive. 9Bb. 
 
 rejected person, shall not make, within twelve months, 97. 
 
 rejection of, is sacred right of member, 105. 
 
 rejection of, person in another jurisdiction, time within 
 which he can again apply, 97b, c. 
 
 residence of applicant, 95. 
 
 secretary to report rejections to grand secretary, 150. 
 
 signing an assumed name, effect of, 105i. 
 
 signing through mistake, when apj)licant has been re- 
 jected within twelve months, 96e. 
 
 when is received, 101a. 
 
 who not qualified for degrees, 94. 
 
 witlulrawal of, after reference to committee, 101. 
 
 withdrawal before initiation, when applicant found in- 
 eligible, 108b. 
 
 withdrawal, when committee finds candidate disquali- 
 fied, 104. 
 
 See Degrees: Balloting; Residence. 
 Appointment of Grand Officers 
 
 grand master makes appointments immediately after 
 his installation, 18. 
 
 to fill vacancies, 19. 
 
 what officers are appointive, 18. 
 Appointment of Subordinate Officers 
 
 by-laws may provide for, 141. 
 
 master's power to make, 141a, b. 
 Appropriations of Money by Grand Lodge 
 
 manner of making, 30. 
 ArcMves 
 
 records of trial belong to secret, 205e. 
 Army and Navy 
 
 application for degrees by one belonging to, residence, 
 dispensation, 96. 
 
 dispensation to receive petition for degrees, of person 
 in, not having proper residence, 107. 
 
 dispensation to confer degrees on persons belonging to, 
 39, 43. 
 
 dues of members in may be remitted, 123. 
 Army Lodge 
 
 recognition of resident of state receiving degrees in, 124c. 
 
 riirht to establish, 7h. 
 Arrears in Dues 
 
 See Dues of Members. 
 Arrest of Charter 
 
 for lack of harmony, 44, 132b. 
 
 involves suspension of members, 133. 
 Ashes 
 
 funeral services may be held over, 164p. 
 Assessments 
 
 lodge not to levy extra, on members, 128
 
 INDEX 397 
 
 Attorney 
 
 who may act as counsel, 203. 
 
 must not reveal secrets, 203. 
 
 rules as to testimony by, 203. 
 Auditing Committee 
 
 committee on accounts. See Accounts. 
 
 secretary's records should show that all bills re- 
 ferred to, 150c. 
 Avouchment 
 
 what constitutes, 125. 
 Balloting 
 
 ballot box, how prepared, 101. 
 
 ballot box, inspection by wardens and master, 101. 
 
 ballot box, objection that not properly prepared, 103. 
 
 ballot box, objection that no cubes in, raising after 
 initiation, lllh. 
 
 black ball, procedure when one found, 104. 
 
 brother in arrears, when may vote, 102a. 
 
 but one can be had for degrees, 108. 
 
 casting vote by master, 145, 145a. 
 
 cubes, absence of not ground for objection after initia- 
 tion, lllh. 
 
 dispensation, 106 — 107. 
 
 discussion not allowed before second ballot when black 
 ball appears, 104. 
 
 discussion of qualifications of candidate before ballot- 
 ing, 103. 
 
 discussion of unfavorable ballot not allowed, 105. 
 
 examination of ballot box when objection raised, 103. 
 
 for commissioners to try members, 196. 
 
 for degrees, 99 — 104. 
 
 for election of officers, blanks not counted, 135d. 
 
 lapse of time does not necessitate new, 112d. 
 
 meaning of ballot, 101. 
 
 meaning of unanimous vote by, 103. 
 
 mistake to be rectified at same meeting, 104a. 
 
 more than one ballot for the three degrees, 108. 
 
 negative defeats candidate, 104. 
 
 no inquiry of individual as to his vote, 105, 1051. 
 
 no member present excused from voting, 102. 
 
 none had if committee reports unfavorably, 101. 
 
 not allowed before application referred to committee, 
 99. 
 
 not necessary when degree conferred by request of an- 
 other lodge, 155. 
 
 objection to advancement, taking vote upon, 111. 
 
 offenses against ballot. 105a-l. 
 
 on verdict and sentence at trial of member, 205. 
 
 postponed, cannot be, 101. 
 
 procedure when not corrected immediately, 104a. 
 
 reasons for voting, not to be divulged, 105, 1051.
 
 808 INDEX 
 
 Balloting — Continued 
 
 rejected applicant, diBpensation to receive application 
 within twelve months, 106. 
 
 second ballot cannot be had at deferred meeting, 104a. 
 
 second ballot taken at once, when black ball appears, 
 104. 
 
 secret and sacred, ballot must be, 105, 105a, f. 
 
 separate, must be had on each candidate, 103. 
 
 taken at once after favorable report of committee, 101. 
 
 third ballot not allowed, 104b. 
 
 tie, casting vote, 26, 145. 
 
 unanimous vote necessary to elect, 103. 
 
 without referring application to committee, dispensa- 
 tion, 106. 
 
 See application for degrees, election. 
 Barkeepers 
 
 not eligible to degrees, 129A. 
 Banks 
 
 deposits and withdrawals by grand treasurer, 47. 
 
 selection of, by grand treasurer, 47. 
 Banquets 
 
 Cannot be paid for from lodge funds, 89. 
 Begging Circulars 
 
 are not permitted, 127. 
 Black BaU 
 
 procedure when one appears in ballot box, 104, 104c. 
 Blanks 
 
 found in ballot box on election of officers not counted, 
 135d. 
 Board of Relief 
 
 See Relief. 
 Bonds 
 
 of grand secretary, 51. 
 
 of grand treasurer, 48. 
 Books of Lodge 
 
 allowing non-member to see is offense, 150k. 
 
 which secretary must keep, 151. 
 Books and Papers of Grand Lodge 
 
 grand secretary's duty concerning, 50. 
 Books of Private Corporation 
 
 experting cannot be paid from lodge funds, 88g. 
 Burials 
 
 See Funerals. 
 Business 
 
 must not be before hour fixed for meeting, 7Sa. 
 
 quorum in grand lodge. 15. 
 
 quorum in subordinate lodge, 78. 
 
 to be done in master's degree, 78. 
 
 in grand lodge requires report on bj' committee, 30. 
 Business Difficulties 
 
 whether the lodge the place to settle, 167b. 
 
 not an offense, 167b.
 
 INDEX 399 
 
 Business, Subordinating Masonry to 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 By-Laws 
 
 approval by grand lodge, 81. 
 
 amendment of uniform code by grand lodge, 81b. 
 amendments, when deemed valid, 81. 
 binding effect upon lodges and Masons, 8. 
 book of, signatures of members, 151. 
 cannot be annulled by standing resolution, 81a. 
 committee on, appointment by grand master, 27. 
 n.aster cannot suspend, 1421. 
 master must guard against infraction of, 143. 
 may be temporarily acted under, 81. 
 member restored after suspension need not sign, 119a. 
 of r^Iasonic homes. 35. 
 
 right of grand lodge to adopt, amend and repeal, 8. 
 secretary' must keep book of, 151. 
 transmission of copy to grand lodge, 81, 250. 
 whether member must sign, 154b. 
 Candidates 
 
 master cannot appoint officer on salary to instruct, 
 
 141b. 
 See Advancement; Application for Degrees; Balloting; 
 
 Residence. 
 Card games 
 
 not unmasonic, 77a. 
 Ceremonials 
 
 lodge conducting funeral occupies post of honor, 164. 
 master may omit part of opening or closing, 143a. 
 master must not waive whole opening or closing, 143a. 
 of the craft, must have precedence, 164. 
 position of other societies at funeral, 164. 
 See Funerals. 
 Certificate 
 
 grand lecturer may issue certificate of proficiency, 54, 
 
 136. 
 issuance by inspectors to officers, 56, 136. 
 form of, for diploma for master mason, 233. 
 form of, for diploma for benefit of familv of decedent, 
 
 234. 
 of good standing to members, on surrender of charter, 
 
 160. 
 of membership, form of, 247. 
 of proficiency of master and wardens, to be filed with 
 
 grand secretary, 136, 137. 
 of qualification by master, failure to obtain, dispensa- 
 tion for election, 139. 
 of qualification by master, extending time to procure, 
 
 139. 
 of qualification of officers proposed for new lodge, 73, 
 
 238. 
 of recommendatory withdrawal, 244.
 
 400 INDEX 
 
 Certificate — Continued 
 
 of withdrawal without recommendation, 243. 
 refusal to jfcrant, when dirait asked for, 159. 
 
 Challenge 
 
 of commissioners, when, 200, 
 Chaplain 
 
 duties of grand, 58. 
 
 must be member of lodge in California, 141c. 
 Character 
 
 immoral conduct a masonic offense, 167b. 
 
 of applicant may be discussed, 103. 
 
 slander is an offense, 167b. 
 
 Charges 
 
 against entered apprentice or fellow craft, preferring 
 and trying, 162. 
 
 against grand master, how preferred and tried, 168, 174. 
 
 against lodge, how preferred and tried, 184 — 187. 
 
 against master, how preferred and tried, 175, 183. 
 
 in case of controversy between lodges, how preferred 
 and tried, 184 — 187. 
 
 in lodge under dispensation, 191, 
 
 • •f>--i:u'._' iM Lrraiid master, 43e. 
 
 See Trial. 
 Charges Against Member 
 
 accused has nut right to know against whom made, at 
 special meeting, 196h. 
 
 accused to be furnished a copy, 198. 
 
 accuser, junior warden preferring charges remains, al- 
 though elected senior warden, 189b. 
 
 accuser, master should not permit to use abusive epi- 
 thets, 196c. 
 
 accuser, who may be, 189, 189a. 
 
 act committed before becoming mason, 167b. 
 
 against past master, are in jurisdiction of lodge, 224a, 
 
 against whom may be heard, 189. 
 
 amendments to, master may allow, 195. 
 
 commissioners to try. See Commissioners to Try 
 Members. 
 
 dismissal of, 195. 
 
 do not deprive brother of rights, 189d. 
 
 frivolous, master should not entertain, 193. 
 
 how preferred, 189. 
 
 in case accused has been convicted in courts, 192. 
 
 junior warden, place of trial when he prefers charges, 
 189a. 
 
 master must consider when presented, 193. 
 
 must give accused full knowledge of offense charged, 
 190. 
 
 notice of special meeting to elect commissioners to try, 
 194.
 
 INDEX 401 
 
 Charges Against Member — Continued 
 
 preferring, deprives of no rights until proved, 189d. 
 
 presenting to grand master, 43e. 
 
 should be preferred against one convicted in courts, 
 192. 
 
 special meeting, master to call to elect commissioners, 
 193. 
 
 sufficiency of, master to determine, 193, 
 
 suspended mason, against, 188. 
 
 striking out, uncertain or insufficient portions by mas- 
 ter, 195. 
 
 time within which may be prosecuted, 188a. 
 
 to whom presented, 189. 
 
 warden cannot receive, if master present, 193a. 
 
 when lodge having jurisdiction is under dispensation, 
 191. 
 
 who may prefer, 189. 
 
 withdrawal of, whether lodge may order, 195a, b. 
 
 withdrawal of, whether master may allow, 195. 
 Charity 
 
 See Relief. 
 Charter 
 
 arrest of, by grand master, 43. 
 
 committee on, appointment by grand master, 27. 
 
 fees charged for, as source of revenue, 33 — 39. 
 
 foreign grand lodge cannot grant in U. S., 7c. 
 
 forfeiture or surrender, disposition of funds and prop- 
 erty, 134. 
 
 forfeiture of, grounds for, and procedure for effecting, 
 132. 
 
 form of, 240. 
 
 grant by grand lodge, authority to, 9. 
 
 not granted lodge until population sufficient, 75b. 
 
 petition for, form of, 239. 
 
 revocation of, by grand lodge, power to order, 9. 
 
 revocation of, grounds for, and effect of, 130 — 134. 
 
 surrender of, certificate of good standing to members, 
 160. 
 
 siirrender of, how accomplished, and effect thereof, 130 
 134. 
 
 suspension or forfeiture, for lodge's neglect or viola- 
 tion of duty, 5. 92. 
 
 visitors ir.ay demand inspection of, 125. 
 
 what necessary' to obtain, 75. 
 
 when several lodges consolidate, 91. 
 
 when will be granted to lodge, 72 — 75. 
 
 See Organization of Subordinate Lodges. 
 Checks 
 
 how signed and countersigned. 47. 
 Civil Law. Violating 
 
 an offense, 167b.
 
 402 INDEX 
 
 Clandestine 
 
 one made in violation of section 124 is not, 124d. 
 
 who are, 124. 
 Clandestine Lodge 
 
 healing, one receiving degrees in, 7h. 
 
 person made in, whether may receive degrees, 94a. 
 
 what is, 124. 
 Clothing, Masonic 
 
 may assemble in to decorate graves. 116a. 
 
 not to appear in, on public occasions, except funeral, 
 116. 
 Collations 
 
 must not be paid for from lodge funds, 89. 
 Colored Person 
 
 charter may be granted to brethren, 75d. 
 
 may visit lodge, 125c. 
 
 of applicant for degrees, 94c. 
 
 rule forbidding intercourse with, is in force, Sa. 
 Commissioners 
 
 grand lodge no jurisdiction until verdict by trial com- 
 mission, 10a. 
 
 notice of special meeting to elect, form of, 242. 
 
 lodge not responsible for faithlessness of commission, 
 77f. 
 
 notice to, form of, 252. 
 
 record of proceedings, before, form of, 259. 
 
 trial of grand master, 168, 174. 
 
 trial of master, 176 — 179. 
 
 trial or lodges, 184, 187. 
 
 See Charges Commissioners to Try Members; Trial. 
 
 Commissioners to Try Members 
 
 absent members may be elected as, 197a. 
 
 accused may vote at election of, 194a, 194b. 
 
 accused must be notified of meeting to elect, 194a, 194b. 
 
 accused may object to any, 200. 
 
 accuser cannot be commissioner, 197c. 
 
 balloting for, 196. 
 
 calling meeting to elect, 193 — 194. 
 
 decide how much and what testimony shall be heard, 
 
 202. 
 determining how many to be elected, 196. 
 electing chairman is error, 200c. 
 failure to meet at appointed time dissolves commission, 
 
 200a. 
 majority must be present, 200b. 
 master cannot adjourn commission, 204c. 
 meeting to elect, charges not to be read at, 196b. 
 meeting to elect, not to be postponed, 196c. 
 meeting to elect, name of accused not announced at, 
 
 196a.
 
 INDEX 403 
 
 Commissioners to Try Members — Continued 
 
 new notice of meeting to elect, 196d.. 
 
 notice of meeting to elect, 194. 
 
 objections to, 20U. 
 
 packing commission an offense, 205f. 
 
 refusing to fix penalty, should be discharged, 205b. 
 
 sole judges of facts proved, 202. 
 
 secretary to notify of election and meeting, 194c, 198. 
 
 time and place of meeting, naming by master, 198. 
 
 vacancies, filling, 200. 
 
 who disqualified to act as, 197. 
 Committees 
 
 on delinquent members, 1181. 
 
 to investigate candidates, 99 — 104. 
 
 to investigate objections to advancement, 110 111. 
 
 Committees of Grand Lodge 
 
 accounts, appointment and duties of committee, 28 — 31. 
 
 business cannot be finally acted upon until report from 
 committee, 30. 
 
 charters, appointment and duties of committee on, 27. 
 
 on correspondence, appointment and tenure, 28, 28a. 
 
 on credentials, appointment and tenure, 28. 
 
 on finances, appointment and tenure, 28, 28c. 
 
 on finances, expenses in attending communications, al- 
 lowance of, 70. 
 
 on general policy and pui-poses, 28, 32B. 
 
 on grievances, appointment and tenure, 28 — 208. 
 
 on jurisprudence, appointment and tenure, 28 — 216 — 
 218. 
 
 on library-, 28, 32A. 
 
 on pay of members, 28 — 32. 
 
 on returns, 28, 28b. 
 
 regular, appointment and tenure, 27. 
 
 special, grand master may appoint, 29, 
 
 standing, appointment and tenure, 28. 
 
 stenographers, employment in tabulating reports, 28c. 
 
 time for appointing, 27 — 28. 
 Communications, Annual and Special 
 
 expenses of chairmen of committees, 71. 
 
 expenses of grand officers in attending, payment of, 70, 
 71. 
 
 expenses of inspectors, 57. 
 
 expenses of past grand master, 71. 
 
 number of lodges necessary to transact business or per- 
 form ceremonies, 15. 
 
 payment of traveling expenses of representatives, 6. 
 
 place of holding annual, 11. 
 
 quorum, 15. 
 
 representation and voting, 20 — 26. 
 
 representation, lodge not entitled to, if has not mads 
 returns with dues, 126. 
 
 special may be ordered by grand master, 15.
 
 404 INDEX 
 
 Communications, Annual and Special — Continued 
 
 special shall be ordered on application of fifteen lodges, 
 13. 
 
 special, order for and business transacted at, 14. 
 
 time for holding annual, 11. 
 
 voting and representation, 20 — 26. 
 
 who may be present at opening or during election, 16. 
 
 See Meetings. 
 Communication, Masonic 
 
 when one nuison or lodge may hold with another, 124. 
 
 See Visitors. 
 Communications, Official 
 
 of grand master or grand secretary must be read in 
 lodge. 85. 
 Compensation 
 
 of grand officers, 49, 52, 53, 54, 69. 
 Consolidation of Lodges 
 
 charter of new lodge, 91. 
 
 how effected, 91. 
 
 life members, 91d. 
 
 master must entertain motion for, 91a. 
 
 name of new lodge, 91. 
 
 past masters of new lodge, 91c. 
 
 responsibility for contracts and debts, 91b. 
 
 seal of new lodge, 91. 
 
 terminates membership, 158. 
 Constitution 
 
 all former constitutions repealed. 220. 
 
 copy must be presented to candidate, when, 39b, 77o. 
 
 binding upon lodges and masons, 8. 
 
 definition of terms used in, 221. 232. 
 
 duty of grand master to see maintained and obeyed, 44. 
 
 how amended, 216 — 219. 
 
 imposes limitations on powers of grand lodge, 7. 
 
 master must guard against infraction of, 143. 
 
 regulations in violation of, shall not be adopted, 220, 
 
 regulations repugnant to, are repealed, 220. 
 
 right of grand lodge to adopt, amend or repeal, 8. 
 
 secretary to keep book of grand lodge, 152, 
 Contributions 
 
 for grand lodge, 41. 
 
 petitions for cannot be circulated, 127. 
 
 upon lodges must be uniform, etc., 38. 
 Controversies 
 
 settlement of, 77. 
 
 See Trial. 
 Corner stones 
 
 character of buildin?. 43j, 43n. 
 
 may not be laid on Sunday, 43k. 
 Corporation 
 
 formation of by lodge, 87.
 
 INDEX 405 
 
 Counsel 
 
 must not reveal secrets, 203, 
 
 who may act as, on trial of member, 203, 203a, b. 
 Credentials 
 
 appointment of committee on, 28. 
 
 for representative, form of, 245. 
 
 Cremation 
 
 funeral services in case of, 164, 164p. 
 Crime Before Initiation 
 
 an otfeuse, 167b. 
 Cutting a Brother 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Cubes 
 
 See Balloting; Black Ball. 
 Dancing Party 
 
 may be held in masonic halls, 77a. 
 Deacons 
 
 duties of, 153. 
 
 duties of grand, 64. 
 
 manner of appointment, may be provided in by-laws, 
 141. 
 
 when installed, 141. 
 Death 
 
 of accused, pending appeal leaves him in good stand- 
 ing, 207e. 
 
 of member, date of to be entered in roll-book. 151. 
 
 terminates membership, 158. 
 Debt 
 
 lodges should not incur, 87, 
 
 non-payment of, 167b. 
 
 of consolidated lodges, new lodge must pay, 91b. 
 Declaring Unbelief in God 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Decoration of Graves 
 
 masons may assemble in masonic clothing, 116a. 
 Definitions 
 
 of expulsion. 230. 
 
 grand master. 221. 
 
 jurisdiction, 227. 
 
 master, 222. 
 
 notice, 231. 
 notification, 231. 
 
 past grand officer, 223. 
 
 past master, 224. 
 
 regulation, 228. 
 
 representative, 225. 
 
 summons, 232. 
 
 suspension, 229. 
 
 vacancy, 226.
 
 406 INDEX 
 
 Defrauding 
 
 by false representations, is an offense, 167b. 
 Defrauding a Brother 
 an olleiise, lG7b. 
 Degrees 
 
 advancement. See Advancement. 
 
 applicant from another jurisdiction, 96, 155. 
 
 applications. See Applications for Degrees. 
 
 army and navy, application by person belonging to 96-— 
 
 107. 
 ballots and balloting. See Balloting, 
 ceremonies, part but not all, may be omitted, 143a. 
 certificate that lodge has ceased to e.xist, in lieu of 
 
 waiver of jurisdiction, I.^ne. 
 clandestine lodge, whether person made in can apply 
 
 for, 94a. 
 color of applicant, no bar, 94c. 
 
 conferring by one lodge at request of another, 155. 
 conferring, should be completed at some meeting, 115a. 
 constitution must be presented to candidate, 39b, 77o. 
 contributions for, to grand lodge, 41. 
 delay in conferring, reason assigned for, should be true 
 
 reason, 142g. 
 discussion of qualifications permitted before oallot, 
 
 103. 
 discussion of unfavorable ballot not allowed, whtn — 
 
 104 — 105. 
 dispensation, fees for, 39. 
 dispensation to act upon rejected candidate within 
 
 twelve months, 43, lu(). 
 dispensation to confer, without reference to committee, 
 
 43, 106. 
 disqualification arising after initiation, 112c. 
 either of degrees not conferred upon more than one 
 
 candidate at a time, 115. 
 election, unanimous ballot necessary to, 103. 
 entered apprentice or fellow craft, residence required, 
 
 95i. 
 examination of applicant, committee must make a re- 
 port, 99. 
 fees. See Fees for Degrees, 
 felon, one who has been in state's prison cannot apply 
 
 for. 94d. 
 for each degree conferred lodge shall pay one dollar 
 
 as d'les, 41. 
 God, applicant must not quibble about, 94h. 
 grand lodge recognizes none except what, 7f. 
 gratuitously, not to be conferred, 127. 
 indictment, person under cannot apply for, 94e. 
 illiteracy, disqualifies applicant, 94f, g. 
 illness of candidate so that ceremony cannot proceed, 
 
 effect on his status, 154c.
 
 INDEX 407 
 
 Degrees — Continued 
 
 ineligible, what persons are, 94. 
 
 initiation, time for, 112(i. 
 
 initiation, objection after, how made, 109. 
 
 initiation, not proceeded with when ineligibility dis- 
 covered, 108b. 
 
 interpreter, no degree conferred through, 121a. 
 
 investigating committee, application must be referred to 
 before ballot taken, 99. 
 
 investigating committee, names of members not to be an- 
 nounced in lodge, 100. 
 
 investigating committee, report of not to be read in 
 lodge, 100. 
 
 jurisdiction, applicant from without, 96, 155. 
 
 jurisdiction of lodge, applicant must reside within, 95. 
 
 jurisdiction of lodge, cannot be gained or lost by mov- 
 ing hall, 95b. 
 
 jurisdiction of lodge, each lodge must know its, and not 
 interfere with others, 95c. 
 
 jurisdiction of lodge, how measured, 95a, b. 
 
 jurisdiction, mistake in exercising, 96d, e. 
 
 jurisdiction of lodge, permission for one outside to ap- 
 ply for, 96. 
 
 jurisdiction of lodge, person outside of, how may ap- 
 ply for, 96. 
 
 jurisdiction of lodge, person removing to another 
 state, 96a, b. 
 
 jurisdiction, waiver by lodge, right to fees, 96f, g. 
 
 jurisdiction, waiver of does not take effect if candidate 
 rejected, 155d. 
 
 jurisdiction, waiver of from lodge of applicant, 155. 
 
 lectures, degrees without are incomplete. 143a. 
 
 lectures, must be given by master at time conferred, 
 143. 
 
 mark, application signed by, ineligible, 94f. 
 
 master cannot appoint officer on salary to instruct can- 
 didates, 141b. 
 
 master cannot request another lodge to confer, 155f. 
 
 master may appoint brethren to act in conferring sec- 
 ond section of third degree, 141a. 
 
 may be conferred evening officers installed, 115b. 
 
 minor cannot apply for, 94b. 
 
 more than one shall not be conferred on one candidate 
 at one meeting, 115. 
 
 moral conduct, applicant must be person of, 94. 
 
 must be conferred by master in accordance with ritual, 
 143. 
 
 name in full of applicant, must be recorded in roll- 
 book, 98a. 
 
 objection to advancement. See Advancement.
 
 408 INDEX 
 
 Degrees — Continued 
 
 objection after initiation, absence of cubes in ballot- 
 box does not justify, lllh. 
 
 of past master, what recognized as, 224. 
 
 objection before initiation, how may be made, 108c. 
 
 objection to initiation, name of person making not 
 divulged, 108a. 
 
 one receiving in irregular lodge cannot be healed, 7h. 
 
 person under twenty-one cannot petition for, 94b. 
 
 procedure when part has been conferred elsewhere, 124, 
 155. 
 
 physical disqualifications, 94. 
 
 proficiency required, 112. 
 
 qualifications of candidate, discussion may be had 
 before balloting, 103. 
 
 qualifications, physical, in case degree by request of 
 another lodge, 155c. 
 
 qualifications, what applicant must possess, 94. 
 
 questions to applicant for initiation, must be answered 
 in writing, 98, 246. 
 
 read and write, application by one who cannot is flag- 
 rant offense, 94g. 
 
 recommended, applicant nnist be by two members, 98. 
 
 references, given by applicant, 98b. 
 
 reference, not necessary when conferred by request of 
 another lodge, 155. 
 
 rejected candidate, application by within twelve months 
 not received, 97, 97b, c. 
 
 rejected candidate, lodge loses claims on or jurisdic- 
 tion over after one year, 97d. 
 
 rejected candidate, no other lodge can apply for dis- 
 pensation, 97a. 
 
 rejection of candidate, if investigating committee, or 
 any member thereof, reports unfavorably, 101. 
 
 religious sect, connection with not ground for objec- 
 tion, llli. 
 
 report of committee, filing special one when candidate 
 is disqualified for certain reasons, 104. 
 
 report of committee, if unfavorable, no ballot shall be 
 had, 101. 
 
 report of investigating committee, reading in lodge, 100. 
 
 request of another lodge, conferring degrees on, 155. 
 
 residence of applicant and domicile are same. 95e. 
 
 residence of applicant, distance from other lodge, air 
 line governs, 95a, b. 
 
 residence of applicant, how determined, 95e. 
 
 residence of applicant, liberal construction of law, 95f. 
 
 residence of applicant, loss of jurisdiction where per- 
 son removes to another state, 96a, b. 
 
 residence of applicant, waiver of jurisdiction, 96. 
 
 residence of applicant, place selected as home, 95h.
 
 INDEX 409 
 
 Degrees — Continued 
 
 residence of applicant, sea-faring man, 95d. 
 residence of applicant, temporary sojourn, 95g. 
 residence of applicant, time for which must exist, 95. 
 resident elected while temporarily abroad, lodge here 
 
 will not confer degree on, 124f. 
 ritual must be conformed to in conferring, 121. 
 Sabbath, non-observance of first day of week does not 
 
 disqualify applicant, 94i. 
 sea-faring man, with no residence but ship, not eligible, 
 
 95d. 
 secretary to report rejections to grand secretary, 150. 
 separate dispensation to reballot on rejected candidate, 
 
 39. 
 shall not be conferred upon more than five candidate* 
 
 at one meeting, 115. 
 Sunday, degrees not conferred on. 115. 
 third degree, impracticable to require master mason to 
 
 pass examination within six months, 112e. 
 three degrees, only one ballot for, 108. 
 three degrees in one evening, grand master cannot 
 
 authorize. 43c. 
 voting. See Balloting. 
 
 what persons not recognized as masons. 124 — 125e. 
 what disqualifies person from applying for, 94. 
 which grand lodge will or will not recognize, 7f. 
 whether must be conferred before charter issues to 
 
 lodge, 75c. 
 who mav confer, 142.i. 143c. 
 See Application for Degrees; Residence. 
 
 Delinquent Members 
 
 committee on, and duty, llSl. 
 Deposition 
 
 form of letter of authorization 'to take testimony, 256. 
 
 taking, for trial of master, 177. 
 
 taking, for use of trial of members, 201. 
 Deputy Grand Master 
 
 election and installation of, 17. 
 
 duties and functions of, 45. 
 Desertion of Wife 
 
 an offense. 167b. 
 Dlmit 
 
 applicant for affiliation, how must explain loss of, 
 122a. 
 
 applicant for affiliation, must produce, 122. 
 
 by whom must be applied for, 159. 
 
 certificate may be presented in lieu of, 122g. 
 
 form of, 243, 244. 
 
 if lost, reason must be filed, 122. 
 
 loss of, entitles one to duplicate, 159f.
 
 410 INDEX 
 
 Dlmlt — Contiuued 
 
 notice essential to validity ol'. 159c, 159h. 
 
 remarks relative to certificate, 161a, b. 
 
 rel.-itive to dues in case ol lapse ui time, 161a, b. 
 
 senior warden should sign, it master resigns and with- 
 draws, 15y<i. 
 
 what accepted in lieu of, when lodge has ceased to 
 exist, 12.ig. 
 
 what constitutes a proper one, 113b, 122e, 155f. 
 
 vote of lodjie not required lo issue, loUg. 
 
 when void, 159c. 
 
 See Aleuibership; Withdrawal. 
 Dimited Mason 
 
 where and when should apply for affiliation, 122 — 165. 
 
 when cannot sign petition for new lodge, 73. 
 
 must be resident of jurisdiction, 122. 
 
 See Affiliation. 
 Diploma 
 
 duty of grand secretary to transmit, 50. 
 
 fees charged for, 38 — 39. 
 
 form of certificate for master mason, 233. 
 
 form of, for benefit of family of decedent, 234. 
 
 how issued, 39. 
 
 grand secretary must issue, 50. 
 
 Discipline 
 
 jurisdiction of grand lodge in matters of, 10. 
 
 Dishes and Crockery 
 
 expenditures for are classified as for refreshments, 88j. 
 Dispensation 
 
 continued but once, 75. 
 
 fees charged for, 39 — 40. 
 
 form of, 23G. 
 
 grand master cannot grant for candidate not resident 
 
 for twelve months, 43d. 
 grand lodge, power to grant, 9. 
 grand master may grant what, 43. 
 lodge under, begins to exist from what date, 74a. 
 lodge under, may send delegates to grand lodge who 
 
 may speak but not vote, 74. 
 necessary to form lodge, 72 — 75. 
 petition for, to form new lodge, form of, 235. 
 separate ones in case of rejected candidates, o9. 
 to ballot for candidate without reference to committee, 
 
 lod. 
 to confer degree without referring application to com- 
 
 mittetj, 106. 
 to elect officers at other than regular time, 138. 
 to fill vacancy on death of master, 138g. 
 to form new lodge, 72,73,75. 
 to hold election to fill vacancy, 138. 139u.
 
 INDEX 411 
 
 Dispensation — Continued 
 
 to hold election out of time, fee, 39. 
 
 to receive application for degrees by person rejected 
 within twelve months, 106. 
 
 to receive petition for degrees of person in army or 
 navy, not having proper residence, 107. 
 
 transfer of charges against member, when lodge having 
 
 jurisdiction is under, 191. 
 will not issue until fee paid, 40. 
 
 See Organization of Subordinate Lodges. 
 Dissolution of Lodge 
 
 collection of dues and assets, 42. 
 
 grounds for, 130 — 134. 
 
 how effected, 130 — 134. 
 
 payment of debts, 42. 
 
 placing proceeds of property among funds of grand 
 lodge, 42. 
 
 propertv and funds become revenues for grand lodge, 
 3S". 
 
 terminates membership, 158. 
 Districts 
 
 grand master authorized to divide, 55. 
 Divulging the Secrets of the Lodge 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Donations 
 
 of fees. 127. 127a. 
 
 secretary may donate salary, 1501. 
 Doors of Grand Lodge 
 
 grand pursuivant and grand tiler to guard, 66 — 68. 
 Drunkenness 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Dual Membership 
 
 not permitted, 157. 
 Duel 
 
 mason who falls in, not to be buried with masonic 
 honors, 123. 
 Duelling 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Dues of Lodge 
 
 lodge not represented at communication if returns with 
 dues not made, 126. 
 
 master may order warrant for, for grand lodge without 
 vote, 142e. 
 
 payment must accompany report to grand lodge, 80. 
 
 payment of annual dues, 41. 
 Dues of Members 
 
 arrears must be received if tendered, 118e, g. 
 
 arrears, notice of must bear seal, 117a. 
 
 arrears, payment restores suspended member, 118. 
 
 arrears, remission restores suspended member, 118. 
 
 arrears, when member shall be notified of, 117.
 
 412 INDEX 
 
 Dues of Members — Continued 
 
 cease during suspension, 128e. 
 
 commence immediately on election of affiliate, 128b. 
 
 delinciuent ineniljers. coniuiittee on, 11 SI. 
 
 entered apprentice or fellow craft need not pay, 162. 
 
 excuse for non-payment, 117 — 118. 
 
 extension of time to pay does not entitle to vote, 140a. 
 
 exemption from, by \ii° membership, 129. 
 
 extra assessnu^nt not to be levied, 128, but see 128g. 
 
 how payable when charter revoked, 128d. 
 
 life membership, how provided for, 129, 
 
 life membership, when lodge ceases to exist, 129c. 
 
 life members, whether exempt from increase of dues, 
 129b. 
 
 may be paid on death bed, llSf, g. 
 
 members exempt from suspension involved in arrest of 
 charter. 128d. 
 
 must be paid, to old lodge by withdrawing member 
 between issuance of certificate and dimit, 161b. 
 
 non-affiliate must pay six months, 165, 165b. 
 
 non-payment is cause for suspension, 166. 
 
 not to be less than six dollars annually, 128. 
 
 of soldiers may be romittod, I'JS. 
 
 payment of, as condition to right to vote for officers, 
 140a, d. 
 
 penalty for not paying, 117 — 120, 166. 
 
 receipts for, to be uniform, prepared by grand secre- 
 tary, 128. 
 
 receipt of secretary binds lodge, 150f. 
 
 relief, money given for, cannot be charged against 
 members as dues, 163. o. 
 
 remitting and remission, 117f, 118b. 
 
 suspension of member, for non-payment, 117 — 120, 166. 
 
 withdrawal, liability for, ceases on, 128f. 
 
 See Fees for Degrees. 
 Duties of Subordinate Lodge 
 
 See Powers and Duties of Subordinate Lodge. 
 Eastern Star 
 
 hall rent cannot be paid from lodge funds, 88h. 
 
 matters concerning not an offense, 167b. 
 Electioneering 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Elections 
 
 certificate of, penalty for failure to file, 6, 
 
 certificate of, form of, 249. 
 
 dispensation, grand master may grant, 43, 138. 
 
 dispensation, fees for, 39. 
 
 voting and representation in grand lodge, 20 — 26. 
 
 voting in lodge, 140. 
 
 who may be present at, in grand lodge, 16. 
 
 must stand in certain cases, 140d.
 
 INDEX 418 
 
 Election of Commissioners 
 
 to try member, 193 — 194. 
 Election of Officers in Grand Lodge 
 
 ballot, officers to be elected by, 17. 
 
 circulars or communications concerning, shall not be 
 sent out, 127. 
 
 majority of votes necessary to elect, 17. 
 
 manner of, 17 — 26. 
 
 who may be present, 16. 
 
 voting and representation. 20 — 26. 
 Election of Officers of Subordinate Lodge 
 
 annually, are elected, by ballot, 135. 
 
 blanks in ballot box, net counted, 135d. 
 
 certificate oi qualification, failure of master to obtain, 
 dispensation to hold election, 139. 
 
 delinquent members, securing ballot against votes by, 
 140c. 
 
 delinquents, votes by do not vitiate election, 140d. 
 
 dispensation not granted merely because of dissatis- 
 faction with result of election, 13Sa. 
 
 dispensation on death of master, 138g. 
 
 dispensation to hold, 138. 
 
 dispensation, when master fails to procure certificate 
 of qualification, 139. 
 
 dispensation, when warden declines to serve, 138b. 
 
 dues, pavment of as a condition to right to vote, 
 140a, d. 
 
 dues, written statement by secretary as to status of 
 members not required, 140c. 
 
 majority of votes cast necessary to elect, 135. 
 
 master elect, effect of declining to act, 135g, h. 
 
 master not entitled to casting vote, 145a. 
 
 must be completed at same meeting, 135c. 
 
 nominations proper, 135e. 
 
 no rights lost bv not holding, as officers hold over, 
 f35b. 
 
 notice of special election must be given, 138. 
 
 officers hold until successors are installed, 135. 
 
 reconsideration not allowed, 135f. 
 
 secretary to transmit certificate of, to grand secre- 
 tary, 150. 
 
 time fixed, must be held at. 135a. 
 
 time of annual election, 135. 
 
 vacancy, election to fill, 138. 
 
 voters, who eligible as, 140, 140a-d. 
 Embezzlement 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Emblems Masonic 
 
 improper use of, 167b. 
 Endowment Fund 
 
 how may be invested, 41c.
 
 INDEX 
 
 Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts 
 
 advancement, rei)uisites, 112, ir_'a-d. 
 
 advancement, ri^ht to, 112. 113. Ifi2. 
 
 advancement, after removal from jurisdiction, 155. 
 
 advancement, though dismembered, 112c. 
 
 appeal, right of, 162. 
 
 application for membership or advancement in another 
 lodtce, 155 — 162, 112f. 
 
 burial with masonic honors, not entitled to, 162. 
 
 cannot testify on honor as masons, 201a. 
 
 charges against, preferring and trying, 162. 
 
 dues, not required to pay, 162. 
 
 extinct lodge, method of procedure. 155e. 
 
 funds of lodge, cannot control for any purpose, 162. 
 
 one remains, when denied advancement, llle. 
 
 petition for remaining degrees, 95i. 
 
 punishment of, 162. 
 
 relief from funds of lodge, not entitled to, 162. 
 
 right to sit in lodge, 162. 
 
 status when another lodge confers degree, 155, 
 
 speak in lodge, not entitled to, 162. 
 
 withdrawal, waiver of jurisdiction, 113b, 155f, 162. 
 Evidence 
 
 additional may be had on appeal, 207. 
 
 admissions of accused received, 202. 
 
 hearsay not admissible, 202, 
 
 how should be given, 201 
 
 must be sent up on appeal, 207. 
 
 of one witness, when received with caution, 202, 202a, 
 
 what admissible, and what not, 202. 
 
 written must appear in transcript, 207. 
 
 See Trial of Members, 
 Examination 
 
 liow slionld be conducted. 11 22:. 
 
 of candidate in lecture of third degree not practicable, 
 112e. 
 
 private, forbidden. 125. 
 Expenses 
 
 extent of expenditures for refreshments and promotion 
 (»f fraternal interfonrse. S9, H9;;. 
 
 for which funds of subordinate lodge may be used, 88. 
 
 of elective grand officers, 70. 
 
 of appointive grand officers, 71. 
 
 chairman of standing committees, 71. 
 
 of inspectors, payment, 56 — 57. 
 
 of past grand master in attending communications, 71. 
 
 of representative, 6. 
 
 when can be paid from funds of lodge, 88. 
 
 of representative of grand lodge, 41. 
 
 of tribunal trying grand master, 174. 
 
 what can be paid from funds of lodge, 88,
 
 INDEX 415 
 
 Experting Books of Private Corporation 
 
 cost of cannot be paid from funds of lodge, 88g. 
 
 Expulsion 
 
 definition of, 230. 
 
 duty of grand secretary to record and transmit to 
 
 lodges, 50. 
 of members. See Suspension and Expulsion, 
 terminates membership, 158. 
 
 Expunging Records 
 
 not in order, 77j. 
 
 Falsifying Lodge Records 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Fees 
 
 of grand lodge, 39. 
 
 must be paid before document issued by grand lodge, 
 
 40. 
 right to, how determined, 96f. 
 schedule for dispensation, charters, etc., 39. 
 when one lodge may claim of another, 96g. 
 See Revenues. 
 Fees for Affiliation 
 
 application must be accompanied by fees, 122. 
 Fees for Degrees 
 
 amount of, for the three degrees, 114. 
 
 amount of, when several lodges in same town, 82, 82b. 
 
 cannot be returned after degree received, 114b, 127. 
 
 cannot be remitted, 114a, 127. 
 
 forfeiture, when candidate does not present himself for 
 
 initiation, 105j, k. 
 gratuitously, degrees not conferred, 127. 
 if candidate presents himself before forfeiture declared, 
 
 master should proceed, 112d. 
 may be exacted before recognizing one made in viola- 
 tion of section 124, 124e. 
 must accompany application, 114. 
 return, candidate refusing to proceed not entitled to, 
 
 Ilia, 
 return of, to one who signs application by mistake 
 
 within twelve months after rejection, 96e. 
 return of, when objection to advancement sustained, 
 
 ill. 
 waiver of jurisdiction, fees in case of, 96f, g. 
 when declared forfeited lodge loses jurisdiction, 1051. 
 when degree conferred on request of another lodge, 155. 
 Felon 
 
 application for degrees not received from one who ha> 
 
 been in prison, 94d. 
 Fellow Crafts 
 
 See Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts.
 
 416 INDEX 
 
 Fighting a Brother 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Finances 
 
 appointment of committee on, 28. 
 
 appropriation, not made without reference to financ* 
 committee, '30. 
 
 appropriation, necessity of three-fourths vote, 30. 
 
 checks and drafts, who must sign, 47. 
 
 claims of officers for expense in attending communi- 
 cations, 70. 
 
 Masonic homes, contributions from lodges to support, 
 41. 
 
 orders on funds and property, signing and paying, 47. 
 
 petition for financial aid not to be circulated, 127. 
 
 purposes for which funds of subordinate lodge may be 
 used, 88. 
 
 See Dues; Expenses; Grand Treasurer; Revenues; 
 Treasurer. 
 Findings 
 
 how to be rendered, 205. 
 
 vote on must be by ballot, 205. 
 
 who may participate in, 205. 
 Fines 
 
 lodge cannot impose, 206a. 
 Flag 
 
 decorating altar with, no authority for, 127. 
 Floor Workers 
 
 master may appoint, 141a. 
 Floral Pieces 
 
 funds of lodge cannot be used for, 88b. 
 Forfeiture of Charter 
 
 disposition of funds and property, 134. 
 
 grounds for, and procedure for effecting, 130 — 132. 
 Formation of Lodge 
 
 recommendation of petition for, form of, 237. 
 
 petition for dispensation, form of, 235. 
 
 See Charter; Dispensation; Lodge. 
 Forms 
 
 application for affiliation, 246. 
 
 certificate of amendment to by-laws, 250. 
 
 certificate for diploma for master mason, 233. 
 
 certificate for diploma for benefit of family of dece- 
 dent, 234. 
 
 certificate of election, appointment and installation of 
 officers, 248. 
 
 certificate of membership, 247. 
 
 certificate of qualification of officers proposed for new 
 lodge, 238. 
 
 certificate of service of summons, 254. 
 
 certificate of withdrawal, 243, 244. 
 
 charge of unmasonic conduct, 251. 
 
 charter, 240.
 
 INDEX 417 
 
 Forms — Continued. 
 
 credentials for a representative elected by lodge, 245. 
 
 dimit, 243, 244. 
 
 dispensation, 236. 
 
 grand secretary naist keep stock on hand, 50, sub 18th. 
 
 letter of authorization to take testimony, 256. 
 
 notice of rejections, suspensions, expulsions and resto- 
 rations, 241. 
 
 notice of special meeting to elect trial commissioners, 
 242. 
 
 notification to accuser, 252. 
 
 notification to commissioner, 252. 
 
 petition for charter, 239. 
 
 petition for degrees, 245. 
 
 petition for dispensation to form new lodge, 235. 
 
 recommendation of petition for formation of new lodge, 
 237. 
 
 recommendatory certificate of withdrawal, 244. 
 
 record of commission, 260. 
 
 record of finding, 257. 
 
 record of proceedings before trial commissioners, 259. 
 
 summons to accused, 254. 
 
 summons of witnesses, 255. 
 
 transcript of record of trial, 258 — 260. 
 France, Grand Orient of, 
 
 masonic intercourse with forbidden, 124b. 
 
 members may visit, 1203. 
 Fraternal Intercourse 
 
 extent of expenditures that may be made to promote, 
 89. 
 Funds 
 
 investment by grand lodge, 41d. 
 
 grand lodge may appropriate to any worthy object, 7k. 
 
 purposes for which funds of subordinate lodge may be 
 used, 88, 88k, 88m, 89, 142k, 164. 
 
 reserve, 30a. 
 Funerals 
 
 applicant for affiliation, 164b, 164c. 
 
 ashes, may be held over, 164p. 
 
 duel, mason falling in, not buried with honors, 123. 
 
 duty of lodge to attend, 164a. 
 
 entered apprentices not buried with masonic honors, 
 162. 
 
 expense of burial of sojourning mason, 164g. 
 
 expense of son's burial, proper to advance, 163b. 
 
 expense of, when death in masonic home, 1641. 
 
 expense of, when to be paid by lodge, 164. 
 
 expense of, when widow refuses masonic burial, 164h. 
 
 fellow crafts not buried with masonic honors, 162. 
 
 gavel, whether master should carry, 143b, 1641. 
 
 lodge may appear at, when, 164.
 
 418 INDEX 
 
 Funerals — '"'rm tinned 
 
 lodge required to be opened, 164q. 
 
 li)flye iiiay invite other bodies, liJ4, 164o, 
 
 masonic honors, calling lodge to decide whether delin 
 quent should be buried with, 164k. 
 
 masonic honors, -who entitled to burial with and who 
 
 not, 431, 164, 164b, k. 
 
 members may be compelled to attend by summons, 
 164a. 
 
 non-affiliate, duty of lodj2:e to bury, 164h. 
 
 one retaining membership in another state, burial in 
 juris'liction where he dies, 164d, e. 
 
 other orders as to participation, 164. 
 
 positions, assigning to lodges and societies. 164. 
 
 reimbursing another lodge for burial of member, 164. 
 
 sojourner, by whom expense of burial borne, 164g. 
 
 suicide, whether will be buried with honors, 164. 
 
 suspended member, lodge may bury but not pay ex- 
 pense thereof, 164. 
 
 when service may be read by any brother, 78. 
 
 when lodge cannot be opened for, 78. 
 
 where lodge should be opened at, 78, 164. 
 Gambling 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Gavel 
 
 disobedience of, an offense, 167b. 
 
 whether should be carried by masters at funerals and 
 public orca^ions. 143b. 1641. 
 General Policy and Purposes 
 
 appointment and duties, 28, 32B. 
 God 
 
 applicant for degrees must believe in, 94, 94h. 
 Grand Bible Bearer 
 
 duties of. 63. 
 Grand Chaplain 
 
 duties of. 58. 
 Grand Deacons 
 
 duties of, 64. 
 Grand Lecturer 
 
 certificates, power to issue to officers of lodges, 54. 
 
 certificate of examination of master and wardens-elect, 
 136, 137. 
 
 compensation of, 54. 
 
 confonnity with adopted work, duty to require, 54. 
 
 duties of enumerated, 54. 
 
 election and installation, time for, 17. 
 
 instruction, duty to give to inspectors, 54. 
 
 instruction, duty to hold lodge of at communication, 54. 
 
 master-elect, duty to require inspectors to examine, 54. 
 
 no lodge to receive lectures from person not duly 
 authorized, 121.
 
 INDEX 419 
 
 Grand Lectures — Continued 
 
 report of, at annual communication, 54. 
 ritual taught by, is the only work, 121. 
 
 Grand Lihrarian 
 
 grand secretary to act as, 50. 
 
 Grand Lodge 
 
 American doctrine, 7c, d. 
 
 appropriations of money, manner of, 30, 30a. 
 by-laws, right to adopt, amend and repeal, 8. 
 charters to lodges, right to grant, suspend or revoke, 9. 
 communications of. See Communications of Grand 
 
 Lodge. 
 constitution, right to adopt, amend a«id repeal, 8. 
 dispensations, power to grant, 9. 
 executive powers. 9. 
 
 formation of, where three chartered lodges exist, 7c. 
 general regulations, binding effect on lodges and 
 
 masons, 8. 
 jurisdiction, controversies over which has original or 
 
 appellate, 10. 
 jurisdiction of, boundaries, 7a. 
 jurisdiction of, over first three degrees is exclusive, 7, 
 
 7b, 7e. 
 jurisdiction of, before trial commission has ren- 
 
 dered verdict, 10a. 
 limitation on powers imposed by ancient landmarks, 
 
 constitution and regulations, 7. 
 may govern its lodges in unoccupied territory as it 
 
 sees fit, 7b. 
 legislative powers, 8. 
 legislation, communications concerning not to be sent 
 
 out. 127. 
 organization, 1 — 3. 
 printed proceedings furnish authority upon which 
 
 lodge can act, 8b. 
 power and authority, in general, 7. 
 proceedings, authority attaches to the moment action 
 
 is taken, 8b. 
 recognition of new grand lodges, 7d. 
 recognizes no authority to grant charters in California, 
 
 except its own, 7f. 
 recognizes none but three degrees. 7f. 
 retains right to punish offenders in own right, 208b. 
 revenue, 41. 
 supreme authority of, 7. 
 supreme grand lodge, establishing would violate con 
 
 stitution, 7g. 
 title of, 1. 
 
 titles that will or will not be recognized, 7f 
 who compose, 3.
 
 420 INDEX 
 
 Grand Marshal 
 
 duties of, 60. 
 
 grand pursuivant to assist, 66. 
 
 Grand Master 
 
 appeal, none from his decision at communications, 44. 
 
 arrest of charter or dispensation of any lodge, 43. 
 
 attendance of other grand officers, he may require, 43. 
 
 charges against, manner of preferring, 168 — 174. 
 
 constitution, duty to enforce, 44. 
 
 constituting chartered lodges, duty as to, 44. 
 
 convene any lodge, he may, 43. 
 
 decisions of, grand lodge alone may reverse or modify, 
 7 k. 
 
 definition of, 221. 
 
 disobedience, forfeiture of charter for, 132. 
 
 dispensations which he may grant, 43, 43d, 431. 
 
 duties of, enumerated. 44. 
 
 election and installation, time for, 17. 
 
 executive functions, when grand lodge is not in ses- 
 sion, 44. 
 
 harmony in lodges, power respecting, 44. 
 
 implied powers, has none, 43b. 
 
 information from other grand officers, he may require, 
 43. 
 
 inspect any lodge, he may, 43. 
 
 legislation, recommending in message, 44. 
 
 masonic usage, may compel lodge to conform to, 43. 
 
 may divide jurisdiction into districts as necessary, 55. 
 
 message at annual communication, 44. 
 
 objections to decisions of master mav be laid before, 
 144. 
 
 officers, power to appoint or remove, 18. 
 
 powers of, enumerated, 43, 92A. 
 
 preside at communications, 44. 
 
 regulations, duty to enforce, 44. 
 
 representatives power to appoint and receive, 43. 
 
 sight, power to make masons at, 43a. 
 
 supervision, duty of, 44. 
 
 suspend master of any lodge, he may, 43. 
 
 testimonial to retiring, 261. 
 
 traveling lodges cannot be formed, 7h, 43c. 
 
 trial, he may transfer, 43. 
 
 trial of, by what will comprehend "new regulation." 
 168a. 
 
 trial of. See Trial of Grand Master. 
 
 unmasonic conduct, amenable for, on removal from 
 office, 171. 
 
 vacancies, may appoint officers to fill, 19. 
 
 visitation of masonic home, has right of, 85.
 
 INDEX 421 
 
 Grand Officers 
 
 election is first business on day appointed, 17a. 
 
 must be members of some lodge, 4. 
 
 names and titles, 3. 
 
 that are appointed, and when, 18. 
 
 that are elected, and when, 17. 
 
 vacancies in office, 19. 
 Grand Orator 
 
 duty to deliver address at annual communication, 59. 
 Grand Organist 
 
 duties of, 67. 
 Grand Orient of France 
 
 intercourse with, whether forbidden, 124b, 125j. 
 Grand Pursuivant 
 
 duties of, 66. 
 Grand Secretary 
 
 assistant, appointment of and responsibility for, 53. 
 
 bond and sureties, 51. 
 
 compensation, 52. 
 
 compensation of assistant, 53. 
 
 duties of, enumerated, 50 — 50a. 
 
 duty at trial of grand master, 172. 
 
 duty to collect assets of dissolved lodge, 42, 
 
 election and installation, time for, 17. 
 
 expulsions, dutv to record and transmit to lodges, 50. 
 
 forms to be kept and sold, 39b, 50, sub. 18th. 
 
 record of trial of grand master, duty to keep, 172. 
 Gra,nd Standard Bearer 
 
 duties in processions and ceremonies, 61. 
 Grand Stewards 
 
 duties on festive occasions, 65. 
 Grand Sword Bearer 
 
 duties of, 62. 
 Grand Treasurer 
 
 duties of and bond. 47 — 48. 
 
 compensation of, 49. 
 
 election and installation, time for, 17. 
 
 masonic homes, is treasurer of, 35. 
 Grand Tyler 
 
 duties and compensation of, 68 — 69. 
 Grand Wardens 
 
 duties of, 46. 
 
 election and installation, time for, 17. 
 
 voting by, 23. 
 Grievance Committee 
 
 appointment of, 28. 
 
 may hear additional evidence, 207. 
 Hall 
 
 must not be on ground floor, 77b. 
 
 rental from lodge hall a part of gross income. 89».
 
 422 INDEX 
 
 Harmony 
 
 power of grand master relative to, 44. 
 Hamburg 
 
 masonic intercourse with, whether forbidden, 124a. 
 Healing 
 
 when proper and how had, 71, 7h, 7j, 124d, e. 
 Hearing 
 
 loss of, as disqualifying candidate for degrees, 94j. 
 Hearsay 
 
 not admissible on trial of member, 202, 
 Honorary Membership 
 
 cannot be, 154a. 
 lU-fame, Frequenting House of 
 
 an offense. 167b. 
 Immoral Conduct 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Inability to pay debts without fraud 
 
 not an offense, 167b. 
 Indictment 
 
 application for degrees not received from persens under, 
 94e. 
 Initiation 
 
 date of, to be entered in roll book, 151. 
 
 if candidate presents himself before fees forfeited, 
 master should proceed, 112b. 
 
 objection to by member, when and how made, 108. 
 
 See Application for Degrees; Degrees. 
 Inspectors 
 
 appointed by grand master, 55. 
 
 certificates, grand lecturer may issue to. 54. 
 
 certificate of qualification, must have, 55. 
 
 compensation not allowed if receiving pay in another 
 capacity, 57. 
 
 convening lodges for inspection, 56. 
 
 examination of master and wardens-elect, and certificate 
 of qualifications, 136 — 137, 238. 
 
 examination of records and books of lodges, 56. 
 
 expenses in attending lodge of instruction, 57. 
 
 expenses of, payment by lodge, 56. 
 
 grand lecturer has power to direct, 54. 
 
 instruction, duty to attend lodge of, 57. 
 
 instruction of, by grand lecturer, 54. 
 
 instructing officers of lodges, 56. 
 
 issuing certificates to officers, 56. 
 
 must examine lodges as to payment of dues, 56. 
 
 official visits, receiving with grand honors, 56. 
 
 qualifications of, 55. 
 
 reporting condition of lodges to grand lecturer, 56. 
 
 reporting failure of lodge to convene for inspection, 56. 
 
 reporting failure of master or warden to qualify, 56. 
 
 visiting lodges and inspecting work, 56.
 
 INDEX 428 
 
 Installation 
 
 absent officers may be afterward installed, 135k. 
 appointed officers to be invested as soon as practicable, 
 
 141. 
 certificate of, form of, 249. 
 certificate of qualification, not necessary where lodge 
 
 newly constituted, 136c. 
 certification of qualification, master re-elected must 
 
 furnish, 136d, e. 
 compensation, master to receive none for installing 
 
 successor, 142k. 
 may be public or private, 135. 
 master should install his successor, 135o. 
 of master, objection, extraordinary state of facts neces- 
 sary to uphold, 135 j, 135i. 
 of master, selection of installing officer, 135o, 
 of officers, in absence of master elect, 135k. 
 of officers, to be as soon practicable, 135. 
 past masters may install, 135, o. 
 penalty for failure to file certificate of, 6. 
 proxy, cannot be by, 136. 
 
 surrender of charter may be demanded for delay in, 132a. 
 time for installing grand officers, 17. 
 Intemperance 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 
 master may be suspended for, 146b. 
 See Drunkenness. 
 Interpreter 
 
 no degree conferred through, 121a. 
 Intoxication 
 
 is ground for refusing member admission, 156. 
 See Drunkenness. 
 Introductions 
 
 of representatives and visitors, grand marshal musi 
 make, 60. 
 Investigation 
 
 See Committees; Degrees, etc. 
 Investigating Committee 
 
 dispensation to ballot for candidate for degrees without 
 
 reference, 106. 
 investigating applicants for degrees, and report thereon, 
 
 99 — 101, 104. 
 special report of ineligibility, 104. 
 See Degrees; Application for Degrees. 
 Investiture 
 
 appointed officers to be invested as soon as practicable. 
 141. 
 Irregular Mason 
 
 who considered such and how healed, 7j, 124. 
 See Healing.
 
 424 INDEX 
 
 Jeopardy 
 
 no one can be placed in twice, 205i. 
 Jewel 
 
 for retiring masters, 88a. 
 
 for retiring Grand Masters, 261. 
 Judgment 
 
 See Trial of Members. 
 Junior Warden 
 
 duties of, 147. 
 
 succession, 148. 
 Junior Grand Warden 
 
 duties of, 46. 
 Jurisdiction 
 
 air line governs, 95a. 
 
 concurrent, 82. 
 
 definition of, 227. 
 
 entered apprentice belongs to place where he took de- 
 gree, 162. 
 
 extent and geographical center, 95a. 
 
 gain or loss by moving hall, 95b. 
 
 grand lodge may define, when, 92A. 
 
 if request refused, another concurrent lodge cannot 
 grant it within twelve months, 82 — 96. 
 
 infringement not allowed, 95c. 
 
 is determined by residence. 188. 
 
 lodge assumes over new territory when moves place of 
 meeting, 93b. 
 
 lodge has exclusive right in own territory, 95c. 
 
 lodge must know, and not interfere with another lodge, 
 95c. 
 
 of grand lodge, extent of, 227. 
 
 of lodge after removal, 93b. 
 
 of lodge, extent of, 227. 
 
 of offenses, how obtained, 188. 
 
 over profanes, when cannot be surrendered, 96. 
 
 over rejected candidates, 96c, 97d. 
 
 penal jurisdiction of lodge defined, 188. 
 
 recognition of resident of this state who has received 
 degrees beyond jurisdiction, 124. 
 
 removal of person to another state, loss or waiver of 
 jurisdiction. 96a. c. 
 
 San Fernando lodge, 95j. 
 
 surrender of, to whom fees are paid, 96f. 
 
 suspension without, is void, 142m. 
 
 territorial, how measured. 95a, c. 92A. 
 
 transfer of charges when lodge having jurisdiction is 
 under dispensation, 191. 
 
 waiver, certificate that lodge has ceased to exist, in 
 lieu of, 1.55p. 
 
 waiver in case of entered apprentice, lllj, 155. 
 
 waiver in case of rejected candidate in less than twelve 
 months, 96c.
 
 INDEX 425 
 
 Jurisdiction — Continued 
 
 waiver of, by any of the concurrent lodges, 82. 
 waiver of, does not take effect if candidate rejected, 
 
 155d. 
 waiver of, in conferring degrees, 155. 
 waiver of, over candidate rejected, 96c. 
 waiver of, over member removing from state, 96a. 
 waiver of, referring to committee, 96. 
 See Application for Degrees; Balloting; Degrees; Resi- 
 dence. 
 Jurisprudence 
 
 See Committees of Grand Lodge. 
 Keeping a Brottier's secret when given in charge as such 
 
 not an offense, 167b. 
 Knights Templar 
 
 suspension by does not affect standing, 167a. 
 Land Marks 
 
 limit power of grand lodge, 7. 
 Language unbecoming gentleman or Mason 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Lectures 
 
 grand lodge requires to be given, 143a. 
 made obligatory on lodges, 121. 
 master must give when degree conferred, 143. 
 none to be received except from person duly author- 
 ized, 121. 
 See Grand Lecturer. 
 Legislation Before Grand Lodge 
 
 circulars or communications concerning, not to be seni 
 to other lodges or masons, 127. 
 Lewd Women, Consorting with 
 
 an offense, 167b. • 
 Library of Grand Lodge 
 
 duties of committee on, 32A. 
 grand secretary to be librarian, 50. 
 Life Insurance 
 
 assessments cannot be paid from funds of lodge, 88f. 
 Life Members 
 
 of consolidated lodges, 91d. 
 Life Membership 
 
 advanced dues may be refunded, 128g. 
 contract for, cannot be rescinded by lodge, 129a. 
 how provided for, and effect thereof, 129. 
 increase of dues, life member exempt, 129b. 
 restoration of life member by grand lodge, 211d. 
 when lodge ceases to exist, life member in same posi- 
 tion as dimited mason, and must pay dues if affili- 
 ate, 129c. 
 Limitation 
 
 does not bar prosecution for unmasonic conduct, 188*.
 
 426 INDEX 
 
 Liquors 
 
 lodge funds must not be expended for, 89. 
 
 saluon keepers not eligible, 129A. 
 
 shall not be used at masonic banquets or gatheringi, 
 
 89. 
 stockholder in saloon, status of, 129Ac. 
 Loan of Lodge Funds 
 
 secured by mortgage on residence of widow of member 
 
 cannot be made, 881. 
 Lodge Room 
 
 should not be on ground floor, 77b. 
 Lodges 
 
 appeal in controversy between, 187. 
 
 consolidation of, how effected, 91. 
 
 contributions upon must be uniform and in proportioa 
 
 to membership, 38. 
 controversy between, trial of, 184 — 187. 
 dissolved, funds and property are source of revenue for 
 
 grand lodge, 38. 
 duties of. See Powers and Duties of Subordinate 
 
 Lodges, 
 duty of master mason to be member of, 165. 
 formation of. See Formation of Lodge; Organization 
 
 of Lodge, 
 funds, 88-90. 
 
 funeral, may be conducted without opening, 164. 
 grand master may arrest charter or dispensation, and 
 
 suspend operations, 43. 
 grand master may convene, preside, inspect, and com 
 
 pel conformity to masonic usage, 43. 
 jurisdiction over candidates. See Degrees; Jurisdiction 
 may hold property, 87c. 
 must use work and lectures, 121'. 
 
 members and membership. See Membership in Lodge, 
 name of living person not to be adopted, 73. 
 organization. See Organization of Subordinate Lodge, 
 open, where must be, 78. 
 penal jurisdiction, 188. 
 powers and duties. See Powers and Duties of Subor 
 
 dinate Lodge, 
 prohibitions. 93 — 129. 
 quorum, what constitutes, 78. 
 removal of, 93. 
 
 represented in grand lodge, must be, 79. 
 shall not permit membership to be burden to others, 90, 
 jurisdiction may be defined by grand lodge, 92A. 
 what bodies or lodges not recognized, 124. 
 what forbidden to do, 93 — 129. 
 See Election of Officers: ^Meetings, Secretary. 
 Majority not submitting to will of 
 an offense, 167b,
 
 INDEX 427 
 
 Mark 
 
 signing application by, shows ineligibility, 94f. 
 Marshal 
 
 See Grand Marshal. 
 Mason 
 
 duty to belong to lodge, 165. 
 
 who entitled to recognition as, 124. 
 Masonic Clothing 
 
 not to appear in on public occasions, except funeral, 
 116. 
 Masonic Home 
 
 brother in should not be suspended from lodge, 117g. 
 See Trustees of Masonic Homes. 
 Masonic Intercourse 
 
 restrictions as to, 124. 
 Masonic Name, using in business 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Masonic Year 
 
 definition of, 89b. 
 Masonic Offenses 
 
 abusive epithets by accuser to accused, 196f. 
 
 disobedience to summons, 198b. 
 
 enumeration of, 167b. 
 Master 
 
 appeal from decisions of, cannot be taken to lodge, 144. 
 
 application of title, 222. 
 
 by-law cannot suspend, 142k. 
 
 by whom examined, 54, 56, 135. 
 
 cannot appoint officer on salary to instruct candidates, 
 141b. 
 
 cannot request another lodge to confer degrees, 155f. 
 
 cannot take sides at trial of member, 200d. 
 
 certificate of qualification, may be given without exami- 
 nation of master re-elected, 136e. 
 
 certificate of qualification, must be produced before in- 
 stallation, 136. 
 
 certificate of qualification to be filed with grand secre- 
 tary, 136. 
 
 certificate of qualification to be furnished when re- 
 elected, 136d, e. 
 
 certificate of qualification, extending time to procure, 
 139. 
 
 certificate of qualification, failure to obtain, dispensa 
 tion to hold election, 139. 
 
 charges against, how preferred, 175 — 183. 
 
 custodian of funds, when treasurer's office vacant, 142d. 
 
 death of, dispensation to fill vacancy, 138g. 
 
 death of, warden succeeds, 138g, 148a. 
 
 debate, when participates in should call warden to 
 chair, 142f.
 
 428 INDEX 
 
 Master — Continued 
 
 decides all points of masonic law at trial of member, 
 200. 
 
 decisions of, objections to may be laid before grand 
 master, 144. 
 
 definition of, 222. 
 
 degrees, duty to confer in accordance with ritual, 143. 
 
 duties of, enumerated, 143. 
 
 elected annually, 135. 
 
 failure to qualify, inspector reports, 56. 
 
 gavel, whether should carry to funerals and publio 
 occasions, 143b, 1641. 
 
 grand master may suspend, 43. 
 
 habits of, must be proper, 135m. 
 
 has no vote at trial of accused member, 200. 
 
 if declines when elected, another ballot at same meet- 
 ing may be had, 135g. 
 
 if declines when elected, not in^-ligible at subsequent 
 election under dispensation, 135h. 
 
 infraction of by-laws, constitution and regulations, 
 must guard against, 143. 
 
 installation, certificate of qualification a condition prece- 
 dent, 136. 
 
 installation, effect of absence of master-elect, 135k. 
 
 installation, pendency of charges does not prevent, 135i, 
 135j. 
 
 installation, selection of installing officers, 135o. 
 
 installing successor, no compensation for, 142k. 
 
 intemperance, suspension for, 146a. 
 
 lectures pertaining to degrees, must give, 143. 
 
 lodge cannot try its master, 175a. 
 
 maimed person may be elected, 135n. 
 
 may suspend officer failing to qualify, 138f. 
 
 must obtain certificate within sixty days, 139. 
 
 must superintend acts of officers, and see that thetr 
 duties are performed, 143. 
 
 need not have been a warden, 1351. 
 
 notices, has power to issue, 142. 
 
 obscene conversation, suspension for, 146b. 
 
 past master, warden may call to preside when mastei 
 absent, 148b. 
 
 power of, enumerated, 142, 155f. 
 
 preside at meetings, duty to, 143. 
 
 presides at trial of accused member, 200. 
 
 pro tempore, may appoint to fill, 142c. 
 
 <}ualify, failure to, suspension for, 146d. 
 
 removed from office, may be for cause, 146, 146a-d. 
 
 reputation must be good, 135m. 
 
 resign and withdraw on same night, 142a. 
 
 should install successor, 135o. 
 
 summons, has power to issue, 142, 142f. 
 
 suspend officers, master may for neglect of duty. 142b.
 
 INDEX 429 
 
 Master — Continued 
 
 suspended from office, may be for cause, 146. 
 
 suspended, should be, for intemperance, 135m. 
 
 suspension, causes for, 146a, d. 
 
 suspension, effect of, 229. 
 
 suspension of officer by, 142b. 
 
 transcript and record of trial, d«ty in preparing, 207. 
 
 trial of charges against, 175-133. 
 
 ungentlemanly conduct, suspension for, 146b. 
 
 vacancies in office, power to fill, 138c, d. 
 
 vacancy does not occur by failure to elect or qualify, 
 142h. 
 
 vote, may cast in case of tie, 145. 
 
 vote, not entitled to casting at election of officers, 145a. 
 
 warden, cannot transfer duties to if present, 142i. 
 
 warden succeeds to duties of, in his absence, 148. 
 
 See Grand Master. 
 Master Mason 
 
 duty to be member of some lodge, 165. 
 Meetings 
 
 but one stated in calendar month, 78d. 
 
 business that can be done at called, 78. 
 
 called and stated meetings of lodge, 78. 
 
 holiday, may be held on, 78. 
 
 master or one warden must be present, 78. 
 
 quorum, what constitutes, 78. 
 
 removing place of, manner of effecting, 93. 
 
 See Communications. 
 Membership in Lo4ge 
 
 affiliation, may be acquired by, 154. 
 
 application, keeps non-affiliate in standing, 165b. 
 
 applications. See Application for Degrees. 
 
 by-laws, effect of failure of member to sign, 154b. 
 
 certificate of, form of, 248. 
 
 certificate of standing and withdrawal, member desiring 
 to affiliate, 161. 
 
 consolidation, may be acquired by, 154. 
 
 consolidation of lodges terminates, 158. 
 
 death terminates, 158. 
 
 degrees. See Degrees. 
 
 dispensation for new lodge, by having been named in, 
 154. 
 
 dissolution of lodge terminates, 158. 
 
 dual membership not permitted, 157. 
 
 duty of master mason to be member of some lodge, 165. 
 
 expulsion terminates, 158. 
 
 honorary, cannot be, 154a. 
 
 how may be acquired, 154. 
 
 how terminated, 158. 
 
 illness of candidate so that ceremony cannot be com- 
 pleted, effect of, 154c. 
 
 increase of dues, right of lodge to collect, 128g.
 
 430 INDEX 
 
 Membership in Lodge — Continued 
 
 jurisdiction, waiver of from lodge of applicant, 155. 
 
 lodge must not permit needy to be burden to other 
 lodges, 90. 
 
 mason need not be member of nearest lodge, 122. 
 
 member cannot belong to more than one lodge, 157. 
 
 member of grand lodge must be member of some lodge 
 in jurisdiction. 4. 
 
 participate in meeting, member entitled to, 156. 
 
 pay of, committee on, 6 — 32. 
 
 proxy, member of grand lodge cannot be represented 
 by. 5. 
 
 request of another lodge conferring degrees upon, 155, 
 
 restoration. See Restoration to Membership. 
 
 suspension terminates, 158. 
 
 termination of, how effected, 158. 
 
 who are members of grand lodge, 3. 
 
 ways in which may be acquired, 154. 
 
 what persons not recognized as masons, 124. 
 
 withdrawal, membership ceases when intention of an- 
 nounced, 159b. 
 
 withdrawal, recommendatory certificate must be by 
 majority vote, 159. 
 
 withdrawal, right of, by giving notice, 159. 
 
 withdrawal terminates, 158. 
 Message of Grand Master 
 
 at annual communication. 44. 
 Military Barracks 
 
 lodges may not be formed at, when, 43p. 
 Minor 
 
 application for degree, 94b. 
 Minutes 
 
 should be written, how, 150b. 
 
 See Secretary. 
 Misrepresenting Proceedings of Lodge 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Misrepresentation in Petition for Degrees 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Morality 
 
 influence of grand lodge pledged to maintain, 71, m. 
 
 laws regarding are construed strictly but with charity, 
 71. 
 Name 
 
 of lodge, how can be changed, 75a. 
 
 of lodge, choice and approval, 73 — 75. 
 
 of lodge, when several lodges consolidate, 91. 
 
 petition should be signed with full, 98a. 
 
 should be recorded in full, 98a. 
 
 should not be i rinted on folder, 771 
 
 should not be exposed on bulletin boards, 77m. 
 
 signing assumed name debars from initiation, 105i.
 
 INDEX 431 
 
 Negro 
 
 See Colored Persons. 
 New Trial 
 
 ■when ordered, and effect thereof, 208, 208a. 
 Nominations 
 
 proper on election of officers, 135e. 
 Non-Affiliates 
 
 application for membership keeps in standing, 165b. 
 
 are out of standing after six months, 165. 
 
 dues, cannot keep in standing by payment of, 165c. 
 
 duty of lodge to bury when dying in good standing, 
 164h. 
 
 during six months may apply to any lodge in state 
 without what payment, 165b. 
 
 fees on restoration, 165. 
 
 how may be restored by affiliation, 165. 
 
 masons in good standing when lodge declared extinct 
 are, 165d. 
 
 must apply for affiliation in this state, 165, 165b. 
 
 not entitled to masonic consideration, 165. 
 
 petition for new lodge, 73. 
 
 position of, 165. 
 
 rejection of application places in good standing, 165b. 
 
 relief of widows and orphans, 1631. 
 
 six months' period, when begins to run, 165a. 
 
 status of, 165. 
 
 what lodge bears expense of trial, 207h. 
 
 when may not be buried by lodge, 164f. 
 
 when not entitled to benefits or privileges, 165, 165b. 
 
 withdrawing from lodge in this state is out of standing 
 in six months, 165. 
 
 See Affiliation. 
 Notice 
 
 definition of, 231. 
 
 dimit granted without, on part of member, is void, 
 159c. 
 
 duty to obey, 231. 
 
 form of, of rejection, suspension, expulsion and restora- 
 tion, 241. 
 
 of application to grand lodge for restoration of mem- 
 ber, 211 — 214. 
 
 of meeting to elect commissioners to try member, 194. 
 
 of proceedings to surrender charter, 131. 
 
 of proceedings to forfeit charter, 132. 
 
 of special election, 138. 
 
 of special communications, grand secretary must issue, 
 50. 
 
 of special meeting to elect trial commissioners, form 
 of. 242. 
 
 master has power to issue, 142. 
 
 must be printed or written, 231. 
 
 seal, must bear, 84.
 
 432 INDEX 
 
 Notice — Continued 
 
 service, manner of. 231. 
 
 should be served like summons, 231a. 
 
 to accused of meeting of commissioners, secretary to 
 give, 198. 
 
 to accuser, form of, 252. 
 
 to commissicmer, form of, 252. 
 
 to commissioners of time and place of meeting, secre- 
 tary to give, 198. 
 
 to grand master of trial of charges against him, 169. 
 
 to members of hearing of petition for dispensation to 
 form lodge, 73a. 
 
 to members of non-payment of dues, 117. 
 Number of Lodge 
 
 assigning on registry, 75. 
 Objection 
 
 to initiation or advancement, 108, 109, 111. 
 
 Be© Advancement, Degrees, 
 Obscene Letter to Mason or Wife 
 
 an offense, in7b. 
 Occupation of Members 
 
 to be entered in roll book, 151. 
 Offensive Language 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Offenses Masonic 
 
 vrhat are, 167b. 
 Officers of Grand Lodge 
 
 appointive, who are, 18. 
 
 appointive, hold at pleasure of grand master, 18. 
 
 appointive, investiture before close of annual commu- 
 nication, 18. 
 
 elective, who are, 17. 
 
 election of, time and manner of, 17. 
 
 hold until successors Installed, 17. 
 
 installation of, time for, 17. 
 
 must be member of some lodge in jurisdiction, 4. 
 
 term or tenure of office, 17 — 18. 
 
 titles of, 3. 
 
 vacancy, grand master may fill, 19. 
 
 See Grand Master; Grand Treasurer; Grand Secretary, 
 etc. 
 Officers of Subordinate Lodge 
 
 appointive, by-laws may provide for, 141. 
 
 appointment, power of master to make, 141a, b. 
 
 appointed officers to be invested as soon as practic- 
 able, 141. 
 
 certificate of election, form of, 248. 
 
 certificate of qualification of officers proposed for new 
 lodge, form of, 238. 
 
 enumeration of, 76. 
 
 hold until successors are installed, 135.
 
 INDEX 438 
 
 Officers of Subordinate Lodge — Continued 
 
 master must superintend acts of, and see that duties 
 are performed, 143. 
 
 resignation and withdrawal same night, 142a. 
 
 suspension of, master may order for neglect of duty, 
 142b. 
 
 See Election; Master; Secretary; Treasurer, etc. 
 Opening 
 
 of grand lodge, who may be present at, 16. 
 Organization of Subordinate Lodge 
 
 certificates that must accompany petition for dispen- 
 sation, 73. 
 
 charter, forfeited if lodge not duly constituted within 
 sixty days, 75. 
 
 charter, not granted until capability shown, 75. 
 
 charter, not granted until population sufficient, 75b. 
 
 charter, when will be granted, 75. 
 
 color, charters may be granted to brethren without 
 regard to, 75d. 
 
 continuance of dispensation, if examination not sat- 
 isfactory, 75. 
 
 degrees, whether must be conferred before charter 
 issues, 75c. 
 
 dimits of signers of application less than six months 
 old, 73c. 
 
 dimits that must accompany petition for dispensation, 
 73. 
 
 dispensation, grant of when recommendation by near- 
 est lodge refused, 74. 
 
 dispensation, lodges under exist from what date, 74a. 
 
 dispensation, what must be shown before granted, 73. 
 
 granting of petition for dispensation, when proper, 73, 
 74. 
 
 name of, selection and approval, 73 — 75. 
 
 name, how can be changed, 75a. 
 
 number, assigning on registry, 75. 
 
 officers of lodge enumerated, 76. 
 
 petition for dispensation, what must contain, 73. 
 
 petition for dispensation, whether action on should be 
 deferred to next meeting and notice given, 73a. 
 
 petition for dispensation, whether member who has 
 signed can vote, 73b. 
 
 population must be sufficient, 75b. 
 
 recommendation for dispensation, refusal of nearest 
 lodge to grant, 74. 
 
 rejection of petition for charter, when proper, 75. 
 
 statement of receipts and disbursements must be 
 
 rendered, 75e. 
 
 traveling lodges cannot be formed, 7h. 
 
 what conditions must exist before, 73 — 75. 
 
 See Charter; Dispensation.
 
 434 INDEX 
 
 Packing Commission 
 
 an offense, 205f. 
 Paraphernalia 
 
 duty of grand tyler to care for during communication, 
 68. 
 
 duty of grand secretary to take charge of, 50, 
 Past Grand Master 
 
 definition of, 223. 
 
 payment of transportation in attending annual communi- 
 cation, 71. 
 Past Grand Officers 
 
 voting by. 21 — 23. 
 Past Master 
 
 associations of, amenable to grand master, 224e. 
 
 by service of this or any other jurisdiction may install 
 officers, 224b. 
 
 cannot open lodge in absence of master and warden, 78. 
 
 charges against, are in jurisdiction of lodge, 224a. 
 
 definiti"n of, 224. 224c. 
 
 doirrpp of, how and by whom conferred, 224. 
 
 of consolidated lodges, 91c. 
 
 voting by, 22 — 23. 
 
 warden may call to preside when master absent, 148b. 
 Pay of Members 
 
 committee on, appointment and duties of, 28 — 32. 
 
 Pecuniary Assistance 
 
 lodge not to solicit, 127. 
 Penal Jurisdiction 
 
 of lodge defined, 188. 
 Penalties 
 
 See Trial. 
 Personal Violence to a Brother 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Petitions 
 
 See Applications for Degrees, etc. 
 Place of Meeting 
 
 removing, 93. 
 Political Differences 
 
 not an offense, 167b. 
 Portraits 
 
 of retiring or distinguished brethren, funds cannot be 
 used to purchase, 88a. 
 Powers and Duties of Subordinate Lodge 
 
 adjourned meeting, there cannot be, 78. 
 
 adjiturnnient must be had when business concluded, 78. 
 
 appeal lies to grand lodge, 77. 
 
 books to be kept by secretary, lodge shall provide, 86.
 
 INDEX 435 
 
 Powers and Duties of Subordinate Lodge — Continued. 
 
 business cannot be transacted in absence of master or 
 
 warden, 78. 
 business that must be done in lodge of master masons, 
 
 78. 
 by-laws, amendment of uniform code bv grand lodge, 
 
 81b. 
 by-laws, approval by grand lodge, necessity of, 81. 
 by-laws, cannot be annulled by standing resolution, 81a. 
 by-laws, copying amendments of uniform code in book 
 
 of by-laws, 81b. 
 by-laws, transmission of copy to grand lodge, 81. 
 communications from grand master or grand secretary 
 
 must be read in open lodge, 85. 
 concurrent jurisdiction of several lodges in one town 
 
 or city, 82. 
 corporation, formation of within lodge, 87. 
 degrees, conferring, where two or more lodges in same 
 
 town, 82. 
 dues, payment of, must accompany report to grand 
 
 lodge, 80. 
 executive authority, 77. 
 funds are trust funds, 88. 
 funds, for what purpose may be used, 88. 
 funds, lodge must retain control of, 87. 
 judicial authority, 77. 
 jurisdiction, concurrent, cannot be granted by grand 
 
 master to lodges not in same town, 82a. 
 legislation must not be in violation of constitution, etc., 
 
 legislative authority, 77. 
 
 lodge may rent or donate use of hall to other societies. 
 77c. 
 
 master is executive authority, 77. 
 
 master masons, business that must be done in lodge 
 of, 78. 
 
 meetings, called and stated, 78. 
 
 meetings, whether may be held on Sunday, 78. 
 
 money not to be drawn unless express consent appears 
 in record, 87. 
 
 opened, lodge cannot be, in absence of master or war- 
 den, 78. 
 
 open, lodge must be, in place fixed by charter or dis- 
 pensation, 78. 
 
 property cannot be divided with members of lodge, 88. 
 
 property, lodge must retain control of, 87. 
 
 quorum, what constitutes, 78. 
 
 reading official communications from grand master or 
 grand secretary, 85. 
 
 relief board, where more than one lodge in same city 
 or town, 83.
 
 436 INDEX 
 
 Powers and Duties of Subordinate Lodge — Continued 
 
 reports to grand lodge, contents and time for making, 
 80. 
 
 representatives to grana lodge, credentials, 79. 
 
 representatives to grand lodge, credentials, 79. 
 
 representatives to grand lodge, payment of, 79. 
 
 representatives to grand lodge, who shall be, 79. 
 
 represented in grand lodge, each lodge must be, 79. 
 
 seal, adoption of by lodge, 84. 
 
 seal, what documents must bear its impress, 84. 
 
 secretary's books, hsw provided and prepared, 86. 
 
 settlement of controversies, 184 — 187. 
 
 stated meeting, at what time must convene, 78. 
 
 stated meeting, business that must be transacted at, 78. 
 
 trial commission, lodge not responsible for faithlesa- 
 ness of, 77f. 
 
 trustees not liable for loss of funds loaned, 87a. 
 
 trustees to hold, mortgage or sell property, 87. 
 
 voting, lodge may determine manner of, 77g. 
 
 warrant shall not be drawn unless funds to meet it, 87. 
 Presents 
 
 for any brethren, funds cannot be used to purchase, 
 88a, 89c. 
 Processions 
 
 grand marshal must conduct, 60. 
 Proclamations 
 
 duty of grand marshal to make, 60. 
 Profanity 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Prohibitions 
 
 against subordinate lodges, 93 — 129. 
 Property 
 
 how lodge may hold, 87c. 
 Prostitution 
 
 renting houses for, an offense, 167b. 
 
 Pro Tempore 
 
 master may appoint, to fill vacancy, 142c. 
 
 Proxy 
 
 member of grand lodge cannot be represented by, 5. 
 no installation by, 131. 
 
 Publication 
 
 of names of candidates prohibited, 771. 
 
 of suspensions, etc., forbidden, 215. 
 
 of transactions of grand lodge by grand secretary, 50. 
 
 Quorum 
 
 in grand lodge, 15. 
 
 in subordinate lodge. 78.
 
 INDEX 437 
 
 Rape 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 
 Receipt for Dues 
 
 must bear impress of seal, 84, 
 secretary's binds lodge, 150f. 
 
 uniform, to be prepared and sold by grand secretary, 
 128. 
 
 Recognition 
 
 of degree of past master, 224. 
 of masons, generally, 7b, f., 124. 
 of new grand lodges, 7d. 
 
 of residents of state receiving degrees beyond jurisdic- 
 tion, 124, 125e. 
 what lodges or bodies not to be recognized, 124. 
 who not to be recognized as masons, 124. 125e. 
 none of degree or title of thirty-third, 7b, f. 
 none except of first three degrees, 7b, f. 
 
 Recommendatory Certificate 
 
 certificate of withdrawal with, 243 — 249. 
 how issued, 159. 
 may be refused, 159. 
 
 Recommendation 
 
 of applicant for degrees, 98. 
 Reconsideration 
 
 of election not allowed, 135f. 
 Records 
 
 examination of, by inspector, 56. 
 
 expunging is not in order, 77j. 
 
 inspectors authorized to examine, 56. 
 
 must show what in case of trial, 207. 
 
 of court, are sufficient proof, 202. 
 
 of finding, form of, 257. 
 
 of grand lodge, grand secretary's duty to keep and 
 publish, 50. 
 
 of meetings, master must examine and approve, 143. 
 
 of trial form of, 258-260. 
 
 of trial, belong to secret archives, 205e. 
 
 of trial, commissioners must sign, 207. 
 
 of trial, should be approved by master, 207. 
 
 of trial, statement of accused should form part of, 200. 
 
 of trial where must be filed, 205e. 
 
 secretary, not to certify unless present all the time, 
 207f. 
 
 secretary' duty to keep, 150. 
 
 secretary duty to send copy to grand lodge, 150. 
 References 
 
 whether applicant for degree must give, 98b.
 
 438 INDEX 
 
 Refreshments 
 
 donations for, 1501. 
 
 expenditures for dishes, cutlerv, etc., are classified at 
 
 for, 88j. 
 expenditures for liquor not allowed, 89. 
 extent of expenditures that may be made therefor, 89, 
 
 89c, 89d. 
 Refusing to renew note barred by statute 
 
 not an offense, 167b. 
 Refusing to speak to a Brother 
 
 not an offense, 167b. 
 Register 
 
 members shall record names in, 151, 151a. 
 secretary to keep in tyler's room, and for what pur- 
 pose, 151. 
 visitors shall record names in, 151. 
 Regulations 
 
 inconsistent with constitution not to be adopted, 220. 
 continue in force until repealed or modified, 8a. 
 definition of, 228. 
 
 duty of grand master to see maintained, 44. 
 master must guard against infraction of, 143. 
 of grand lodge bind all lodges and masons, 8. 
 right of grand lodge to adopt, amend and repeal, 8. 
 secretary to keep book of grand lodge, 152. 
 Relief 
 
 board of, organization and work of, 83. 
 
 cannot be charged against members as dues, 163o. 
 
 cause of distress immaterial, 163c. 
 
 daughter of master mason entitled to, 163i. 
 
 dimitted mason and his widow or orphans entitled to, 
 
 1631. 
 each lodge must see to, 90. 
 
 entered apprentice or fellow craft not entitled to, 162. 
 extent of, that may be given, 90, 90a. 
 every member, at any meeting, may move for, 163n. 
 funeral expense of son, proper to advance, 163b. 
 lodge must not let members suffer want, or be burden 
 
 to others, 90. 
 master mason may ask for in jurisdiction where he may 
 
 be, 163. 
 must be given members regardless of their residence, 90. 
 non-affiliated masons entitled to, 1631. 
 only questions are, is applicant in distress and in good 
 
 standing, 163c. 
 orphans may ask for, 163, 163q. 
 
 refund to lodge or board of relief for extending, 90. 
 relative to reimbursement, 163a. 
 right to, regardless of jurisdiction from which applicant 
 
 hails, 163a. 
 son, when, may be assisted, 163p.
 
 INDEX 439 
 
 Relief — Continued 
 
 suicide, family of entitled to, 163m. 
 
 widow may ask for, 163. 
 
 widow of member whose lodge has surendered charter, 
 
 on what lodge is a charge, 163d. 
 widow entitled to. 163 e, 1. 
 
 Relinquishment 
 
 lodge may surrender right to fees, 96f. 
 
 of jurisdiction, permission to another lodge to confer de- 
 grees, 155. 
 
 when lodge cannot surrender jurisdiction, 96a. 
 
 which lodge entitled to fees, 155. 
 Religious Sect 
 
 connection with does not bar advancement, llli. 
 Removal 
 
 of officers. See Suspension of Officers. 
 
 of place of meeting, 93. 
 Renouncing Masonry 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Rent 
 
 from subletting lodge hall is part of gross income, 89». 
 
 Report 
 
 of committee on grievances. 208. 
 
 of grand lecturer at annual communication, 54. 
 
 of grand secretary at annual communication, 50. 
 
 of grand secretary of delinquent lodges, 50. 
 
 of inspector, of condition of lodges, 56. 
 
 of trustees of masonic homes, 36. 
 
 See Various Committees and Officers. 
 
 Report to Grand Lodge by an Officer containing matters 
 intended to influence an election if truthful 
 not an offense, 167b. 
 
 Reporter 
 
 stenographic at trial of member, 200. 
 
 Representatives 
 
 credential for, form of, 245. 
 
 definition of, 225. 
 
 election of, 225. 
 
 lodge without the state, how represented, 225. 
 
 lodge under dispensation, not entitled to, 74. 
 
 of grand lodge, allowance for expenses of, 6. 
 
 pay of, by lodge, 79. 
 
 power of grand master to appoint and receive, 43. 
 
 to grand lodge, 79. 
 
 Representative Fund 
 
 what is, and lodges chargeable with dues on account 
 of, 41.
 
 440 INDEX 
 
 Reprimand 
 
 appeal stays sentence of, 206. 
 
 transcript not needed in case of, 207. 
 
 of convicted member, how carried into effect, 206. 
 Eeserve Fund 
 
 amount of and how created, 30a, 41. 
 Residence 
 
 carries jurisdiction, 95, 188. 
 
 depends largely on intention, 95e. 
 
 for one year, when necessary, 95. 
 
 how detennined, 95e. 
 
 in case of charges, 188. 
 
 law regarding not strictly construed, 95f. 
 
 must be for one year in the state, 95. 
 
 must be for six months in the lodge jurisdiction, 95. 
 
 of applicant for degree, 95. 
 
 relief must be given to members, etc., regardless of, 90. 
 
 removing to another state, 96b. 
 
 what is, 95h. 
 
 what necessary of candidate for degree, 95. 
 
 temporary is same under this as other jurisdictions, 95g. 
 
 See Application for Degrees; Balloting; Degrees; Juris- 
 diction. 
 Resignation 
 
 master or any officer may tender, 142a, 159d. 
 
 officer may resign and withdraw same night, 142a. 
 
 upon that of master, senior warden signs certificate, 
 159d. 
 Restoration to Membership 
 
 aft^r death, whether possible, 1181, llSj, 211c. 
 
 application for and action thereon, 119b. 
 
 application for, to grand lodge, how and when can be 
 made, and notice thereof, 212 — 213 — 214. 
 
 application for, to what lodge must be made where case 
 transferred, 210. 
 
 by affiliation, how effected, and fees therefor, 165. 
 
 date of, to be entered in roll book, 151. 
 
 death while suspended bars restoration, 211c. 
 
 dues received after member's death, 118g. 
 
 effected by tender of arrearages, 118g. 
 
 evidence of worthiness and character to be furnished 
 by petitioner residing out of jurisdiction, 213a. 
 
 grand lodge, restoration by, effect on member, 211, 
 211b. d. 
 
 grand lodge, rights of member restored by, 211, 211b, d. 
 
 grand secretary to record and transmit to lodges, 50. 
 
 life membership restored by lodge regains life member- 
 ship, 211d. 
 
 lodge may remit dues and restore, 118b. 
 
 may be had upon payment of arrearages, 118. 
 
 meeting at which may be ordered, 210.
 
 INDEX 441 
 
 Restoration to Membership — Continued 
 
 notice of application for, to grand lodge, 211 — 214. 
 
 notice of, form of, 241. 
 
 of member suspended for non-payment of dues, 166b. 
 
 of member residing in another state or place, 118d. 
 
 publication of, 215. 
 
 recommendation for, by lodge without consideration, is 
 wrong, 213b. 
 
 reconsideration by lodge, 118c. 
 
 reversal of judgment by grand lodge restores, 209. 
 
 right and privileges of restored member, 210 — 211. 
 
 sorrow for fault, statement of not ground for, 211a. 
 
 tender of dues restores whether or not received, llSf, g. 
 
 two-thirds vote of members present necessary to, when, 
 210. 
 
 when denied, money paid by application should be re- 
 turned, 119c. 
 
 when not possible, 211c. 
 
 when suspended for non-payment of dues. 166b. 
 
 where suspended member neglects for two years to pay 
 dues, 119. 
 
 Returns 
 
 annual must be made to entitle lodge to representation, 
 126. 
 
 committee on and report of, 28, 28b. 
 Revealing Transactions of Lodge 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Revenues 
 
 charter, fees for, 39. . 
 
 contributions, grand lodge may levy such as are re- 
 quired. 41. 
 
 copies of printed proceedings, fees for, 39. 
 
 dispensation will not issue until fees paid, 40. 
 
 dissolved lodge, assets and property of, 38 — 42. 
 
 duty ot secretary of grand lodge to collect and pay 
 to treasurer. 50. 
 
 fees are source of, 38. 
 
 fees must be paid before documents issued, 40. 
 
 fees, schedule for dispensation, charters, etc.. 39. 
 
 masonic homes, contribution for support of, 41. 
 
 representative fund, 41. 
 
 sources of, 38. 
 
 Revisions and Reversals 
 
 provisions relative to, 208 — 215. 
 Ritual 
 
 degrees must be conferred in conformity with, 121. 
 
 grand lodge alone can authorize changes in, 121. 
 
 master must observe in conferring degrees. 143. 
 
 must be adhered to by lodges and masons, 121. 
 
 what constitutes, in California, 121.
 
 442 INDEX 
 
 Boll Book 
 
 how to be kept, 151, 
 Eoyal Arch Chapter 
 
 suspension or expulsion from does not affect standing, 
 IGTa. 
 Sailor 
 
 claiming no residence but ship, not eligible to degrees, 
 94d. 
 Saloon 
 
 lodees should not rent building for, 77d. 
 Saloon keeper 
 
 not cliji:ible to degrees. 129A. 
 Saloon Business 
 
 engagini; in an offense, 129A. 
 
 stockholder in, status of, 129Ac. 
 Salvation Army 
 
 funds of lodge cannot be appropriated to. 88d. 
 Scottish Rite 
 
 has no control over first three degrees, 7e, 
 Scurrilous Letter to Mason or Wife 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Seal of Grand Lodge 
 
 device and inscription, 2. 
 
 grand secretary to keep and affix, 50. 
 
 must be affixed to instruments, 2. 
 Seal of Subordinate Lodge 
 
 notice of non-payment of dues, must be affixed to, 117a. 
 
 secretary o£ lodge to keep and affix, 150. 
 
 device and inscription, 84. 
 
 when several lodges consolidate, 91. 
 
 instruments must bear impress of, 84. 
 Secretary 
 
 account books, duty to keep, 152. 
 
 annual report, duty to transmit to grand secretary, 150. 
 
 attesting papers, duty of, 150. 
 
 books, allowing non-member to see, is offense, 150k. 
 
 books of constitutions and regulation, duty to preserve, 
 152. 
 
 books which he must keep, 151. 
 
 by-laws, book of, how to be kept, 151. 
 
 cannot serve as trial commissioner, 197d. 
 
 certificate of election, duty to send to grand secretary, 
 150. 
 
 charges against, when master should prefer, 150h. 
 
 committee to examine books, duty to deliver books t« 
 and appear before, 150d. 
 
 default of, no leniency should be shown, 150i. 
 
 disqualified to act at trial when he is accuser, 197c. 
 
 duties of, enumerated, 50a, 108, 125f, 207, 150. 
 
 elected annually, 135.
 
 INDEX 443 
 
 Secretary — Continued 
 
 election certificate, duty to send to grand secretary, 150. 
 
 expulsions, duty to report to grand secretary, 150. 
 
 master must approve records of meetings, 143. 
 
 minutes, comolete history of transaction must be shown 
 by, 150b. 
 
 minutes, manner of keeping, 150. 
 
 minutes, master cannot order change in approved, 150a. 
 
 minutes, what must show, 150a. 
 
 moneys, duty to receive and pay over to treasurer, 150. 
 
 must make a copy of record and findings on trial of 
 member, 205. 
 
 offenses, what are, 150j, k. 
 
 present at trial only part of time, cannot certify record 
 of, 207f. 
 
 published proceedings of grand lodge, duty to keep, 
 152. 
 
 receipt for dues binds lodge, 150f. 
 
 records, duty to keep and transcribe, 150. 
 
 records, duty to send copy to grand lodge, 150. 
 
 records should show that all bills referred to audit- 
 ing committee, 150c. 
 
 record book, how to be kept, 151. 
 
 register, how and where to be kept, 151. 
 
 report of rejections, suspensions, etc., duty to make t-o 
 grand secretary, 103, 150. 
 
 responsibility of lodge for his neglect or violation of 
 duty, 92. 
 
 restorations, duty to report to grand secretary, 150. 
 
 roll book, how to be kept, 151. 
 
 salary, may donate for refreshments, 1501. 
 
 should not act at trial when he is accused, 197b. 
 
 subject to discipline if fails to notify delinquent mem- 
 bers, 120. 
 
 summons, when cannot charge for serving, 207. 
 
 to attend trial of accused member and keep record, 200. 
 
 to write out testimony at trial of member, 201. 
 
 transcript of record of trial, must make and transmit 
 to grand secretary, 207. 
 
 treasurer, should pay funds to as fast as received, 
 150g. 
 
 trial commission for case transferred, can make no 
 charge for acting at, 150e, 207. 
 
 See Grand Secretary. 
 
 Senior Grand Warden 
 duty of, 46. 
 
 Senior Warden 
 
 cannot preside at trial, 200e. 
 duties of, 147. 
 
 may call past master to preside, 148b. 
 succession, 148.
 
 444 INDEX 
 
 Sentence 
 
 See Trial. 
 Service 
 
 See Notice; Summons. 
 Sight 
 
 loss of as disqualifying candidate for degrees. 94]. k. 
 
 power of grand master to make masons at, 43a. 
 Slandering a brother or citizen 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Smoking in Lodge room 
 
 when not proper, 156a. 
 Social Fund 
 
 What may be termed such, 89. 
 Special Committees 
 
 grand master may appoint, 29. 
 Special Communications 
 
 of grand lodge, how called, 12 — 14. 
 
 notice of, grand secretary to give, 50, 
 Standing Committees 
 
 paying expenses of chairman at communication, 71. 
 Stenographic Reporter 
 
 at trial of member, 200. 
 
 right to employ for committees, 28c. 
 Striking a Brother 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Subordinate Lodge 
 
 See Lodges; Formation of Lodges; Organization oi 
 Lodge; Powers and Duties of Lodges. 
 Suicide 
 
 burial with honors, whether permissible, 164. 
 
 family of, entitled to relief, 163m. 
 Summons 
 
 definition of, 232. 
 
 disobedience of, an offense, 198b. 
 
 disobedience of, penalty for, 232. 
 
 duty to obey, 232. 
 
 manner of service on accused, 199. 
 
 master has power to issue, 142. 
 
 master's prerogative to issue, 142f, 198a. 
 
 member receiving must not question legality or refuse 
 to obey, 198c. 
 
 need not show on face that was given by order ol 
 master, 232a. 
 
 reading to accused not sufficient service, 199c. 
 
 service, certificate of, form of, 254. 
 
 service completed, when deposited in mail, 199b. 
 
 service by mail, unnecessary to register letter, 199b. 
 
 time to issue to accused member, 199. 
 
 to accused brother, form of, 254. 
 
 to accused member, 198.
 
 INDEX 445 
 
 Summons — Continued 
 
 to master to appear for trial, 176. 
 to witness, form of, 255. 
 
 when secretary cannot charge for serving, 207. 
 Sunday 
 
 degrees not conferred on, 115. 
 
 meetings on, 78. 
 
 non-observance of, does not disqualify applicant for 
 
 degree, 94i. 
 Supreme Grand Lodge 
 
 establishing would violate constitution, 7e. 
 Surrender of Charter 
 
 certificate of good standing to members, 160. 
 
 disposition of funds and property, 134. 
 
 how accomplished and effect thereof, 130 — 134. 
 
 for failure to install master within reasonable time, 
 
 132a. 
 Suspension or Expulsion of Members 
 appeal. See Appeal, 
 arrearages must be received if tendered by delinquent 
 
 or by another in his behalf, llSe. 
 arrest of charter involves, 133. 
 by-laws, restored member need not sign, 119a. 
 conditions precedent to suspension, 117f. 
 date of, to be entered in roll book, 151. 
 definition of, 229. 
 difference between, for non-payment of dues and for 
 
 cause, 166a. 
 dues, payment during suspension, 128c, d. 
 effect of expulsion, 230. 
 effect of, on member, 229. 
 expulsion defined, 230. 
 forfeiture of charter involves, 133. 
 grounds for, in general, 167. 
 
 in royal arch, etc., does not suspend in the lodge, 167a. 
 jurisdiction to try suspended members, 188. 
 masonic home, brother in should not be suspended, 
 
 for non-payment of dues, 117g. 
 masonic intercourse must not be held with expelled 
 
 or suspended mason, 124. 
 masonic offenses enumerated, 167b. 
 
 masons stricken from rolls are suspended for non-pay- 
 ment of dues, 118h. 
 master cannot pronounce, for non-payment of dues, 
 
 without notice, 1421. 
 member suspended may be tried and reprimanded 
 
 where he resides, 206c. 
 mentally incompetent cannot be suspended, 117e. 
 non-payment of dues, is ground for, 166. 
 non-payment of dues, suspension for is absolute, 166*. 
 non-payment of dues, master must order, 118a.
 
 446 INDEX 
 
 Suspension or Expulsion of Members — Continued 
 
 non-payment of dues, member not expelled for, 117. 
 
 non-payment of dues, suspension for, 117 — 118. 
 
 notice of, form of, 241. 
 
 notice of non-payment of dues, calculation of time, 
 llTh. 
 
 notice of non-payment of dues, how given, 117. 
 
 notice of non-payment of dues, is summons in effect, 
 117b. 
 
 notice of non-payment of dues, member cannot be sus- 
 pended without, 117d. 
 
 notice of non-payment of dues, seal must be affixed 
 to, 117a. 
 
 notifying delinquent, secretary remiss in may be disci- 
 plined, 120. 
 
 publication of, 215. 
 
 reprimand of suspended member in lodge where h« 
 resides, 206b. 
 
 restoration. See Restoration. 
 
 secretary must prepare transcript of record of trial, 
 207. 
 
 secretarj' to report to grand lodge, 150. 
 
 sentence after trial of member, carrying into effect, 
 206. 
 
 sentence of, to be for indefinite period, 210. 
 
 vote upon by commissioners, 205. 
 
 w^hen master should order, 150h. 
 Suspension for non-payment of dues 
 
 See Dues, Suspension or Expulsion of Members. 
 Suspension of Officers of Lodge 
 
 for failure to qualify, by master, 138f. 
 
 for intemperance, 135m. 
 
 for neglect of duty, 142b. 
 
 of master, causes for, 146a, d. 
 
 of secretary, when master should order, ISOh. 
 
 Swindling a Brother 
 
 an offense, 167b. 
 Technical Objections 
 
 not allowed at trial of member, 202. 
 
 Testimony 
 
 See Evidence; Trial. 
 Testimonial 
 
 to retiring grand master, purchase of, 261. 
 Test Oath 
 
 use of, 125. 
 Titles 
 
 of grand lodge, 1. 
 
 of officers of grand lodge, 3. 
 
 which grand lodge will or will not recognize, 7f.
 
 INDEX 447 
 
 Transcript 
 
 form of, 258, 260. 
 
 requisites of. 207. 
 
 to be approved by master, 207. 
 
 to grand lodge, form of, 260. 
 
 See Appeal ; Trial. 
 Treasurer 
 
 books, must keep showing receipts and disbursements, 
 149. 
 
 duties of, enumerated, 149. 
 
 elected annually, 135. 
 
 funds, duty to receive, keep and disburse, 149. 
 
 master is custodian of funds when office vacant, 142d. 
 
 property, duty to receive and keep, 149. 
 
 secretary should pay funds to as fast as received, 150g. 
 
 secretary to pay over moneys to, 150. 
 
 statement of finances, duty to present, 149. 
 
 See Grand Treasurer. 
 
 Trial, in General 
 
 attorney fees of accused, lodge funds cannot be used 
 to pay, 207g. 
 
 charges against entered apprentice or fellow craft, 162. 
 
 charges against lodge, 185 — 187. 
 
 commissioner, who disqualified, 197, 200, 200h, 200i. 
 
 controversv between lodge and members of another 
 lodge, 185 — 187. 
 
 charges, who may prefer, 188, 189. 
 
 depositions, form of authority to take, 256. 
 
 formerly were in general assembly of masons, 208b. 
 
 grand lodge no jurisdiction until trial . commission 
 renders verdict, 10a. 
 
 grand lodge retains power to try and punish offend- 
 ers in its own right, 208b. 
 
 letter of authority to take testimony, form of, 256. 
 
 non-affiliate, expense of trying, must be borne by lodge 
 preferring charges, 207h. 
 
 place of, designation by grand master, 43e. 
 
 record of finding, form of, 257. 
 
 record of proceedings before commissioners, form of, 
 259. 
 
 restoration of suspended member. See Restoration. 
 
 re-transfer of, when new master installed who is quali- 
 fied, 43i. 
 
 secretary, when cannot charge for wi-iting up record or 
 transcript, 207. 
 
 sentence of suspension to be of indefinite period, 210. 
 
 summons, when secretary cannot charge for serving, 
 207. 
 
 transcript or record of, form of, 258, 260. 
 
 transcript of record, how prepared, 207. 
 
 transcript of record, must be prepared by secretary in 
 case of expulsion or suspension. 207.
 
 448 INDEX 
 
 Trial, in General — Continued 
 
 transcript of record, when secretary cannot charge for 
 
 writing up, 207. , 
 
 transcript to grand lodge, form of, 258 — 260. 
 transfer to another lodge, secretary cannot charge for 
 
 acting. 150e. 207. 
 transfer of, grand master may order, 43. 
 
 Trial of Grand Master 
 
 by what will comprehend ''new regulation," 168». 
 procedure, 168 — 174. 
 See Grand Master. 
 
 Trial of Master 
 
 lodge cannot try its master, 175a. 
 procedure, 174 — 183. 
 
 Trial of Members 
 
 abusive epithets, it is offense for accuser to use, 196f. 
 
 accused cannot stay away and have another put in 
 plea, 200f. 
 
 accused may be found guilty of so much as is proved, 
 205a. 
 
 accused may make statement in own behalf, 200. 
 
 accused must be informed of rights, if without counsel, 
 196i. 
 
 accused must have opportunity to be present when ev? 
 dence received, 202. 
 
 accused not required to testify against himself, 196j. 
 
 accused to be furnished copy of charges, 198. 
 
 accused to be notified of time and place of, 198. 
 
 accuser has right to be present up to conclusion, 196g. 
 
 accuser, junior warden preferring charges remains, al- 
 though elected senior warden, 189b. 
 
 accuser, master should not permit to use abusive 
 epithets, 196e. 
 
 accuser, must have opportunity to be present when evi- 
 dence received, 202. 
 
 accuser, not a member, right to be present when result 
 announced and reprimand administered, 206d. 
 
 accuser, not a member, right to notice of result so may 
 appeal, 206d. 
 
 acquittal, is bar to second trial, 205i. 
 
 acquittal in court, no bar to trial, 192. 
 
 adjournment, failure to meet at time fixed dissolves 
 commission, 204a. 
 
 ad.iournment, should be to time fixed, 204b. 
 
 adjournment, not to exceed ten days, 204. 
 
 admissions of accused are evidence, 202. 
 
 appeal, judgment is subject to. 205c — 207. *" 
 
 commissioners, election of and proceedings of. Se» 
 Commissioners to Try Members. 
 
 concurrent jurisdiction, 188.
 
 INDEX 449 
 
 Trial of Members — Continued 
 
 continuance, when should be had, 204. 
 
 copy of record and finding, making recording, 205. 
 
 counsel, commissioners cannot act as, 203a. 
 
 counsel, disclosure of facts by, 203. 
 
 counsel, master mason may act as, 203. 
 
 counsel, non-affiliate can act as, 203b. 
 
 counsel, privileged communications, 203. 
 
 depositions, taking of absent witnesses, 201. 
 
 evidence, what admissible as, 202. 
 
 ex parte, when may proceed, 199. 
 
 fines, cannot be imposed, 206a. 
 
 hearsay evidence, 202. 
 
 in case accused has already been convicted in courts, 
 192. 
 
 judgment, grand master cannot stay or interfere with, 
 205d. 
 
 judgment is final, cannot be reconsidered by commig- 
 sion, 205c. 
 
 jurisdiction of members, 188. 
 
 jurisdiction of suspended members, 188. 
 
 limitation, none bars prosecution, 188a. 
 
 master decides all points of masonic law, 200. 
 
 master has no vote on decision, 200. 
 
 master not to take sides, but decide questions of law, 
 200d. 
 
 master presides, 200. 
 
 master, when disqualified to preside, 197. 
 
 member suspended in own lodge may be tried where he 
 resides, 189, 206b. 
 
 member suspended for non-payment of dues may be 
 tried and reprimanded, 206c. 
 
 non-affiliate, expense of trial of, 207h. 
 
 notice to accuser, form of, 253. 
 
 notice to accuser, secretary to give, of meeting of com- 
 missioners, 193. 
 
 offenses, acquittal in face of undisputable guilt, 205h. 
 
 offenses, non-compliance with duty by commissioners, 
 205g. 
 
 offenses, packing commission, 205f. 
 
 penalties, that may be inflicted, 206. 
 
 penalty, commission refusing to fix should be dis- 
 charged, 205b. 
 
 place of, when junior warden prefers charges, 189a. 
 
 plea, another cannot put in for accused, 200f. 
 
 plea, expressions of sorrow not sufficient, 200g. 
 
 postponing, when accused subject to prosecution in 
 courts, 192. 
 
 proceedings where lodge having jurisdiction is undp' 
 dispensation, 191. 
 
 record, to be kept secret, 205e. 
 
 reprimand, how carried into effect, 20^
 
 450 INDEX 
 
 Trial of Members — Continued 
 
 reprimand of member suspended in another lodge, 206b. 
 
 reprimand of member suspended for nonpayment ol 
 dues, 206c. 
 
 result of, master to announce at next meeting of lodge, 
 205. 
 
 return of service of summons, 198. 
 
 reversal of decision, effect on accused, 209. 
 
 secretary is disqualified when he is accuser, 197c. 
 
 secretary should not act vrhen he is the accused, 197b. 
 
 secretary to attend and keep full records, 200. 
 
 secretary to make copy of record and finding of com- 
 missioners, 205. 
 
 secretary to write out testimony of witnesses, 201. 
 
 sentence, manner of carrying into effect, 206. 
 
 sentence, time for carrying into effect, 206. 
 
 service of summons, 198. 
 
 stenographer to write out testimony of witnesses, 201. 
 
 summons by mail need not be registered, 199b. 
 
 summons, issuance and service, 198. 
 
 summons, manner of serving accused, 199. 
 
 summons, master's prerogative to issue, 198a. 
 
 summons, member must not question or disobey, 198c. 
 
 summons, service essential, reading to accused not suf 
 ficient, 199c. 
 
 summons, time for issuing to accused, 199. 
 
 technical objection not allowed, 202. 
 
 testimony of absent witnesses, how taken, 201. 
 
 testimony of persons not masons, how taken, 201. 
 
 testimony, transcribing, signing and recording, 201. 
 
 time, does not bar prosecution, 188a. 
 
 transfer of, by grand master when fair trial cannot be 
 had, 43g. 
 
 transfer of, grand master may order, 43. 
 
 transfer of, necessary when lodge is accuser, 43f. 
 
 transfer of, when lodge having jurisdiction is under 
 dispensation, 191. 
 
 verdict and sentence, deliberation upon, 205. 
 
 verdict and sentence, secretary has no voice upon, 205. 
 
 verdict and sentence, voting by ballot, 205. 
 
 verdict and sentence, who may be present at delibera- 
 tion upon, 205. 
 
 verdict of guilty, majority of commissioners elected 
 necessary to, 205. 
 
 wardens cannot act if master is present, 200e. 
 
 when lodge is accuser, brother injured has no control 
 
 over trial, 189c. 
 witnesses, entered apprentices and fellow crafts can- 
 not testify on honor, must be sworn, 201a. 
 
 witnesses, how to testify, 201. 
 
 witnesses, summons to, 201. 
 See Charges; Commissioners.
 
 INDEX 451 
 
 Trustees 
 
 lodge may appoint. 87. 
 
 lodge may buy, hold and sell property by means of, 87. 
 
 not responsible in certain cases, 87a. 
 Trustees of Masonic Homes 
 
 appointment by grand master, 33 — 34. 
 
 books, grand master may inspect, 35. 
 
 by-laws, 35. , 
 
 committees, election of, 35. 
 
 grand master has right of visitation, 35. 
 
 grand master has right to inspect books and manage- 
 ment of charity, 35. 
 
 grand treasurer is treasurer of home, 35. 
 
 grand secretary is secretary of home, 35. 
 
 hold property as joint tenants with right of survivor- 
 ship, 34. 
 
 officers, election of, 35. 
 
 powers and rights, 33. 
 
 revenue, sources of, 41, sub. 2. 
 
 removal of, and appointment of successors, by grand 
 master, 35. 
 
 report of property and condition at annual communi- 
 cation, 36. 
 
 rights and powers, 33. 
 
 succession to property upon termination of office, 36. 
 
 tenure of office, 33 — 34, 
 Tyler 
 
 should debate and vote on questions, 141e. 
 
 See Grand Tyler. 
 Vacancies in Office 
 
 definition of, 226. 
 
 dispensation may issue to fill, 138e. 
 
 duties and responsibilities of officer appointed to fill, 
 19. 
 
 election to fill, 138. 
 
 grand master may fill in grand lodge, 19. 
 
 how may occur, 226. 
 
 in commissioners to try member, filling, 200. 
 
 in master's office, not from failure to elect or qualify, 
 142h. 
 
 master may appoint pro tempore to fill, 142c. 
 
 master appointing secretary or treasurer to fill, 138d. 
 Verdict 
 
 rendering certain, may be ground for charges, 205h. 
 
 requires a majority vote of commissioners, 205. 
 
 in what manner should be rendered, 205.
 
 468 INDEX 
 
 Verdict — Continued 
 
 when but one can be reached, 205h. 
 
 See Trial. 
 Vile Language 
 
 an ofifeuse, 167b. 
 
 Visitors 
 
 cannot visit under assumed name, 125i. 
 
 card index of must be kept, 151b. 
 
 charter should be shown to on request, 125. 
 
 how may be admitted to lodge, 125. 
 
 mason coming here to make permanent home, right to 
 
 visit, 125b, d. 
 mason here for six months or more, right to visit, 125d. 
 mason should not visit lodge unless satisfied of its law- 
 ful authority, 125. 
 must prove himself in good standing by writing under 
 
 seal, 125. 
 notice to be sent to lodge, 50a, 125f, 
 to record names in register, 151. 
 must prove himself master mason by examination or 
 
 avouchment, 125, 
 negro may visit, 125c. 
 
 objection to, how made, and decision thereon, 125. 
 our members may visit in France, 125j. 
 private examination and lecturing, without authority, 
 
 are forbidden, 125. 
 retire, master may request visitor to, 125. 
 retire, visitor should when private affairs discussed, 
 
 125. 
 right to visit may be refused, 125. 
 sitting with brother in commandery or Scottish rite does 
 
 not entitle one to vouch for, 125a. 
 vouching for, 125. 
 Voting 
 
 master has casting in case of tie, 145, 
 
 master not entitled to casting vote in case of election, 
 
 145a, 
 no member required to divulge, 105. 
 reasons for cannot be required, 105. 
 manner of taking, 77g. 77h. 
 members not excused, 102, 102b. 
 on objection to advancement, 111. 
 on verdict and sentence at trial of member. 205. 
 those not voting assent to motion, 77h, 159e. 
 who may vote in subordinate lodge, 140, 
 See Balloting; Elections; Voting in Grand Lodge, 
 Voting in Grand Lodge 
 
 each lodge represented is entitled to three votes. 22. 
 each grand officer entitled to one vote, 21. 
 each past grand master is entitled to one vote, 21. 
 grand tyler not entitled to vote. 21.
 
 INDEX 453 
 
 Voting in Grand Lodge — Continued 
 
 lodge may instruct representative how to vote, 79, 
 
 past masters of each lodge, collectively, have one vote, 
 22. 
 
 shall be viva voce or by show of hands, unless, 20. 
 
 tie vote, grand master has casting vote, 26. 
 
 when lodge represented by only one officer, he may cast 
 all its votes, 25. 
 
 when lodge represented by only two officers, highest in 
 rank may cast two of its three votes, 24. 
 
 yeas and nays may be demanded by three members, 20. 
 Vouching 
 
 private examination does not entitle to, 125. 
 
 sitting in royal arch with brother, 125, 125a. 
 
 what constitutes, 125. 
 
 See Visitors. 
 Waiver 
 
 of jurisdiction, 82, 96, 96b, 96c, 96d, 96e, 96f, 124. 
 155f. 
 Wardens 
 
 cannot pass upon charges when, 193a. 
 
 certificate of qualification, must be furnished and filed, 
 137. 
 
 declining to serve, dispensation issues, 138b. 
 
 duties of enumerated, 147. 
 
 dispensation to elect, 138. 
 
 elected annually, 135. 
 
 master cannot transfer duties to if present, 142i. 
 
 master may suspend, 142b. 
 
 master should call to chair when he participates in de- 
 bate, 142f. 
 
 may call past master to preside when master absent, 
 148b. 
 
 presiding at trial, 200e. 
 
 presiding in absence of master, 148. 
 
 succeeds master on death of latter, 138g, 148a. 
 
 succeeds to duties of master in his absence, 148. 
 
 when declines to serve, dispensation to hold election 
 issues, 138b. 
 
 when installed, 135. 
 
 when succeed to master's duties, 148. 
 
 See Grand Wardens. 
 Warrant 
 
 cannot be drawn on grand treasurer until claim audited, 
 31. 
 
 master may direct one drawn for grand lodge dues, 
 without vote of lodge, 142e. 
 
 grand secretary's duty to draw, 50. 
 
 See Secretary ; Treasurer. 
 Widows and Orphans 
 
 entitled to aid so long as remains widow. 1636.
 
 454 INDEX 
 
 Widows and Orphans — Continued 
 
 entitled to relief from father's lodge if husband out of 
 standing, 163k. 
 
 have claim on lodge for relief, 90, 163. 
 
 lodges should contribute to those of brothers dying in 
 their midst, 163. 
 
 not entitled to relief if able to support themselves, 
 163g. 
 
 relief of widow of mason whose dimit has expired, 163f. 
 
 relief of widow of mason whose lodge is defunct, 163d. 
 
 removal from jurisdiction does not destroy claims, 90. 
 Withdrawal 
 
 of charges preferred against members, 195. 
 Withdrawal of Member 
 
 certificate of standing, member desiring to affiliate, 161. 
 
 certificate of withdrawal without recommendation, form 
 of, 243. 
 
 charges against member does not prevent, 159a. 
 
 dimit, granting, 159e, f. 
 
 dues, between issuance of certificate and dimit to be 
 paid to old lodge, 161b. 
 
 membership ceases upon announcing intention, 159b. 
 
 recommendatory certificate, 159, 159e. 
 
 recommendatorj- certificate, form of, 244. 
 
 reinstating member, how accomplished, 159b, 165. 
 
 right of, on notice, 159. 
 
 terminates membership, after notice, 158, 
 
 See Dimit; Dimited Mason. 
 
 Witaess 
 
 absent, manner of taking testimony, 201. 
 
 accused not required to testify against himself, 196j. 
 
 letter of authority to take testimony, form of, 256. 
 
 oath or affirmation, 201. 
 
 summoning at trial of grand master, 170. 
 
 summoning at trial of master, 177. 
 
 summoning at trial of member, 201. 
 
 summons to, form of, 255. 
 
 testimony, how taken, 201. 
 
 See Trial. 
 
 Wounding a Brother 
 an offense, 167b. 
 
 Work 
 
 adopted made obligatory, 121. 
 who may confer, 143, 143c. 
 
 Writing out secret work 
 
 an offense, lG7b. 
 
 Unbelief in God Declaring 
 an offense, 167b.
 
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 Year, Masonic 
 
 definition of, 89b. 
 Yeas and Nays 
 
 when vote is taken by in grand lodge, 20. 
 
 INDEX TO CEREMONIES 
 
 Page 
 
 Ancient landmarks 331 
 
 By-Laws, uniform code of 221 
 
 Consolidation of lodges, procedure for 289 
 
 Constituting lodges, ceremony for 260 
 
 Corner stones, ceremony for la3ang 258 
 
 Dedicating halls, ceremony for 279 
 
 Foundations of Masonic Law 331 
 
 Funeral service 245 
 
 Installation ceremony 227 
 
 Monitorial work 298 
 
 Things a Master ought to know 291 
 
 Masonic Parliamentary Law 366
 
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