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 LIBRARY 
 
 THE LIBRARY 
 
 OF 
 
 THE UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
CONSTITUTION 
 
 M.-. W;. GRAND LODGE 
 
 OF 
 
 FEEE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE 
 
 AND 
 
 BY-LAWS OF 
 
 %lko I<od^e, ^0. 15, 
 
 TOGETHER WITH 
 
 THE ANCIENT CHARGES, 
 THE TWENTY-FIVE LANDMAEKS OP EEEEMASONKY, 
 
 AND A 
 
 FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
 CHICAGO : 
 
 J. W. MIDDLETON, STATIONER AND STEAM PRINTER, 
 
 6 & 7 East Randolph Street. 
 
 1872. 
 
Charges of a Freemason, 
 
 Extracted from the Ancient Records of Lodges beyond sea, and of 
 those in England, Scotland, and Ireland, for the use of the 
 Lodges in London. To be read at the making of New Brethren, 
 or when the Master shall order it."^ 
 
 THE GENERAL HEADS, viz :— 
 
 I. Or God and Religion. » 
 
 II. Of the Civil Magistrate, Supreme and Subordinate. 
 
 III. Of Lodges. 
 
 IV. Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows, and Apprentices. 
 
 V. Of the Management of the Craft in working. 
 
 VI. Of Behavior, via^,: — 
 
 1. In the Lodge while Constituted. 
 
 2. After the Lodge is over and the Brethren not gone. 
 
 3. When Brethren meet without Strangers, but not in a Lodge. 
 
 4. In presence of Strangers not Masons. 
 
 5. At Home and in the Neighborhood. 
 
 6. Toward a strange Brother. 
 
 I. CONCERNING GOD AND RELIGION. 
 
 A Mason is obliged, by his 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, it is now thought more expedient only 
 to oblige them to that religion in which all men agree, leaving 
 their particular opinions to themselves ; that is, to be good men 
 and true, or men of honor and honesty, by whatever denomina- 
 tions or persuasions they may be distinguished ; (whereby Masonry 
 
 * These charges were prepared and presented to the Grand Lodge of Engla nd 
 in 1721 by Dr. Anderson and Dr. Desaguliers, and having been approved by the 
 Grand Lodge on the twenty-fifth of March, 1722, were publislied in the iirst edition of 
 the Book of Cunstitutions. They have always been held in the highest veneration by 
 the fraternity, as embodying the most important points of the ancient icrtiien, as 
 well as unwritten, law ot Masonry. 
 
4 ANCIENT CHARGES. 
 
 becomes the center of union,) and the means of conciliating true 
 friendship aiiiong persons that must have remained at a perpetual 
 distance. 
 
 II. OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE, SUPREME AND 
 SUBORDINATE. 
 
 A Mason is a peaceable subject to the civil powers wherever he 
 resides or works, and is never to be concerned in plots and con- 
 spiracies against the peace and welfare of the nation, nor to behave 
 himself undutifully to inferior magistrates ; for as Masonry hath 
 always been injured by war, bloodshed, and confusion, so ancient 
 kings and princes have been much disposed to encourage the crafts- 
 men, because of their peaceableness and loyalty, whereby they 
 practically answered the cavils of their adversaries, and promoted 
 the honor of the fraternity, who 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, however 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 can not expel him from the Lodge, and his rela- 
 tion to it remains indefeasible. 
 
 III. OF LODGES. 
 
 A Lodge is a place where Masons assemble and work ; hence 
 that assembly, or duly organized society of Masons, is called a 
 Lodge, and every brother ought to belong to one, and to be subject 
 to its by-laws and the 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 Master or Fellow could be absent from it, especi- 
 ally 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 bond-men, 
 no women, no immoral or scandalous men, but of good report. 
 
 IV. OF MASTERS, WARDENS, FELLOWS, AND APPRENTICES. 
 
 All preferment among Masons is grounded upon real worth 
 and personal merit only ; that so the lords may be well served, 
 the brethren not put to shame, nor the Royal Craft despised: 
 Therefore no Master or Warden is chosen by seniority, but for his 
 merit. It is impossible to describe these things in writing, 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 employ- 
 ment for him, and unless he be a perfect youth, having no maim 
 
ANCIENT CHARGES. 
 
 or defect in his body, that may render him uncapable of learning 
 the art of serving his Master's Lord, and of being made a Brother 
 and then f^: Fellow 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 at the honor of being the Warden, and then 
 the Master 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 ot a 
 Fellow Craft ; nor a Master until he has acted as a Warden, nor Grand 
 Warden until he has been Master of a Lodge, nor Grand Master 
 unless he has been a fellow Craft before his election, who is also to 
 be nobly born, or a gentlemen of the best fashion, or some eminent 
 scholar, or some curious architect, or other artist, descended^ of 
 honest parents, and who is of singular great merit m the opinion 
 of the Lodges. And for the better, and easier, and more honor- 
 able discharge of his ofBce, the Grand Master has a power to 
 choose his own Deputy Grand Master, who must be then or must 
 have been formerly, the Master of a particular Lodge, and has tlie 
 privilege of acting whatever the Grand Master, his principal, 
 should act, unless the said principal be present, or interpose his 
 authority by a letter. v, v , ^+v.^ 
 
 These rulers and governors, supreme and subordinate, ot tne 
 ancient Lodge, are to be obeyed in their 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 chosen or 
 appointed the Master, or Overseer, of the lord's work ; who is to be 
 called Master by those that work under him. The Craftsmen are 
 to avoid all ill language, and to call each other by no disobliging 
 name, but brother or fellow ; and to behave themselves courteously 
 within and without the Lodge. 
 
 The Master knowing himslf to be able of cunning, shall under- 
 take the lord's work as reasonably as possible, and truly dispend 
 his goods as if they were his own ; nor to give more wages to any 
 brother or apprentice than he really may deserve. 
 
 Both the Master and the Masons receiving their wages justly, 
 shall be faithful to the lord, and honestly finish their work, whether 
 task or journey ; nor put the work to task that hath been accustomed 
 to journey. . ^ , xu 
 
 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 
 
b ANCIENT CHARGES. 
 
 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 draughts of him that begun it. 
 
 When a fellow Craftsman is chosen Wardien of the work under 
 the Master, he shall be true both tew Master and fellows, shall care- 
 fully oversee the work in the Master's absence to the lord's profit ; 
 and his brethren shall obey him. 
 
 All Masons employed shall meekly receive their wages without 
 murmuring or mutiny, and not desert the master till the work is 
 finished. 
 
 A younger brother shall be instructed in working, to prevent 
 spoiling the materials for want of judgment, and for increasing and 
 continuing of brotherly love. 
 
 All the tools 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, as they should teach a brother or fellow. 
 
 VI. OF BEHAVIOR, viz : 
 
 I. 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 imper- 
 tinent or unseemly, nor interrupt the Master or Wardens, or any 
 brother speaking to the Master ; nor behave yourself ludicrously or 
 jestingly while the Lodge is engaged in what is serious and solemn; 
 nor use any unbecoming language upon any pretence whatsoever ; but 
 to pay due reverence to your Master, Wardens, and Fellows, and 
 put them to worship. 
 
 If any complaint be brought, the brother found guilty shall 
 stand to the award and determination of the Lodge, who are the 
 proper and competent judges of all such controversies (unless you 
 carry it by appeal to the Grand Lodge,) and to whom they ought to 
 be referred, unless a lord's work be hindered the meanwhile, in 
 which case a particular reference may be made ; but you must 
 never go to law about what concerns Masonry, without on absolute 
 necessity apparent to the Lodge. 
 
 2. BEHAVIOUR AFTER THE LODGE IS OVER AND THE BRETHREN 
 NOT GONE. 
 
 You may enjoy yourself 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 any- 
 thing otfensive, or that may forbid an easy and free conversation ; 
 for that would blast our harmony and defeat our laudable purposes. 
 
ANCIENT CHARGES. 7 
 
 Therefore no private piques or quarrels must be brought within the 
 door of the Lodge, far less quarrels about religion, or nations, or 
 state policy, we being only as Masons of the catholic religion, 
 above-mentioned ; we are also of all nations, tongues, kindreds, 
 and languages, and are resolved against all politics, as what never 
 yet conduced to the welfare of the Lodge, nor ever will. This 
 Charge has been always strictly enjoined and observed ; but especi- 
 ally ever since the Reformation in Britain, or the dissent and 
 secession of these nations from the communion of Rome. 
 
 3. BEHAVIOR WHEN BRETHREN MEET WITHOUT STRANGERS, 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 deroga- 
 ting from that respect which is due to any brother, were he not a 
 Mason ; for though all Masons are as brethren upon the same level, 
 yet Masonry takes no 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 3IAS0NS. 
 
 You shall be cautious in your words and carriage, that the 
 most jienetrating stranger shall not be able to discover or find out 
 what is not proper to be intimated ; and sometimes you shall divert 
 a discourse, and manage it prudently for the honor of the Worship- 
 ful 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, etc., 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 of gluttony or drunkeness, that your families be not 
 neglected or injured, nor you disabled from working. 
 
 6. BEHAVIOR TOWARD A STRANGER BROTHER. 
 
 You are cautiously to examine him, in such a method as 
 prudence shall direct you, that you may not be imposed upon by an 
 ignorant false pretender, whom you are to reject with contempt and 
 derision, and beware of giving him any hints of knowledge. 
 
 But if you discover him to be a true and genuine brother, you 
 
O ANCIENT CHARGES. 
 
 are to respect him accordingly ; and if he is in want, you must re- 
 lieve him if you can, or else direct him how he may be relieved ; you 
 must employ him some days, or else recommend him to be 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 shall be communicated to you in another 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 
 other brother, but defending his character, and doing him all good 
 offices, as far as is consistent with your honor and safety and no 
 further. 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 
 conduct of our forefathers in every nation ; never taking a legal 
 course, but when the case can not be otherwise decided, and 
 patiently listening to the honest and friendly advice of Master 
 and fellows when they would prevent you going to law with 
 strangers, or would excite you to put a speedy period to 
 all law-suits, that so you may mind the affair of Masonry with 
 more alacrity and success ; but with respect to brothers or fellows 
 at law, the Master and brethren should kindly offer their medita- 
 tion, which ought to be thankfully submitted to by the contending 
 brethren and if that submission is impracticable, they must, how- 
 ever, 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 officers to be renewed and continued ; 
 that all may see the benign influence of Masonry, as all true 
 Masons have done from the beginning of the world, and will do to 
 the end of time. 
 
 Amen. So mote it be. 
 
TmB 
 
 Twenty-Five Lanharb of Freemasoiry. 
 
 I. The modes of recognition. 
 
 II. The division of symbolic Masonry into three degrees. 
 
 III. The legend of the third degree. 
 
 IV. The government of the fraternity by a presiding officer 
 called a Grand Master, who is elected from the body of the craft. 
 
 V. The prerogative of the Grand Master to preside over every 
 assembly of the craft, wheres over and whensoever held. 
 
 VI. The prerogative of the Grand Master to grant dispensa- 
 tions for conferring degrees at irregular times. 
 
 VII. The prerogative of the Grand Master to grant dispensa- 
 tions for opening and holding Lodges. 
 
 VIII. The prerogative of the Grand Master to make Masons 
 at sight. 
 
 IX. The necessity for Masons to congregate in Lodges. 
 
 X. The government of every Lodge by a Master and two 
 Wardens. 
 
 XI. The necessity, that every Lodge, when congregated, 
 should be duly tiled. 
 
 XII. The right of every Mason to be represented in all 
 general meetings of the craft, and to instruct his representatives. 
 
 XIII. The right of every Mason to appeal from the decision 
 of his brethren in Lodge convened to the Grand Lodge or General 
 Assembly of Masons. 
 
 XIV. The right of every Mason to vist and sit in every regular 
 Lodge. 
 
 XV. That no visitor not known to some brother present as a 
 Mason, can enter a Lodge without undergoing an examination. 
 
 XVI. That no Lodge can interfere in the business or labor of 
 another Lodge. 
 
 XVII. Thai every Freemason is amendable to the laws and 
 regulations of the Masonic jurisdiction in which he resides. 
 
 * A full pxplanation of and commentary on these Landmarks will be found in 
 Mackey's " Text-Book of Masonic Jurisprudence," pp. 17-39. 
 
10 ANCIENT LANDMARKS. 
 
 XVIII. That every candidate for initiation must be a man, 
 free born and of lawful age. 
 
 XIX. That every Mason must believe in tlje existence of God 
 as the Grand Architect of the Universe. 
 
 XX. That every Mason must believe in a resurrection to a 
 future life. 
 
 XXI. That a book of the law of God must constitute an indis- 
 pensable part of the furniture of every Lodge. 
 
 XXII. That all men in the sight of God are equal, and meet 
 in the Lodge on one common level. 
 
 XXIII. That Freemasonry is a secret society, in possession of 
 secrets that can not be divulged. 
 
 XXIV. That Freemasonry consists of a speculative science 
 founded on an operative art. 
 
 XXV. That the Landmarks of Masonry can never be changed. 
 These constitute the Landmarks, or, as they have sometimes 
 
 been called "the body of Masonry," in which it is not in the 
 power of any man, or body of men, to make the least innovation 
 
CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 M.-.W.:.GRAND LODGE 
 
 OF 
 
 Free and Accepted Masons 
 
 OF THE 
 
 STATE OF NEVADA, - 
 
 AS ADOPTED IN CONVENTION, JANUARY 17th, A. L. 5865. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 Of the Organization of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 OF ITS TITLE AND SEAL. 
 
 Section 1. This Grand Lodge shall be entitled "The Most 
 Worshipful Grand Lodge of Fii^e and Accepted Masons of the State 
 of Nevada." 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall have a Seal, bearing such devices and inscrip- 
 tions as may hereafter be determined ; which shall be affixed to all 
 instruments issued by or under its authority. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF ITS MEMBERS AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. 
 
 Section 1. 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 Treas- 
 urer and a Grand Secretary, (whose addresses shall severally be 
 Very Worshipful,) and 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 
 
12 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 Grand Deacon, a Junior Grand Deacon, two Grand Stewards, a 
 Grand Organist, a Grand Pursuivant, and a Grand Tyler, (whose 
 addresses shall severally be Worshipful,) and such other officers as 
 it may hereafter designate ; together with all the Past Grand Offi- 
 cers 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 Art. II, 
 Part VII. 
 
 Sec. 2. Each officer and member of the Grand Lodge must be 
 a member of some Lodge within its jurisdiction. With the cessation 
 of such membership, shall cease his office and membership in the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 3. No member of the Grand Lodge shall be represented 
 therein by proxy. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 or ITS POWERS AND AUTHORITY. 
 
 Section 1. The Grand Lodge is the Supreme Masonic Power 
 and Authority in this State, possessing all the attributes of 
 sovereignty and government — legislative, executive, and judicial — 
 limited only by a strict adherence to the Ancient Landmarks of the 
 Order, and to the provisions of its own Constitution and Regula- 
 tions. 
 
 Sec. 2. Its legislative powers extend to every case of legisla- 
 tion, not expressly delegated by itself to the Lodges ; and the Con- 
 stitutions and Regulations, which it has an inalienable right to adopt 
 and promulgate at its own convenience, 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 juris- 
 diction, until so altered, amended, or repealed. 
 
 Sec. 3. Its executive powers include the granting of dispen- 
 sations and charters to establish and perpetuate Lodges within this 
 State, and in other territory where no Grand Lodge exists ; the re- 
 vocation or suspension thereof; the issuing of special dispensations 
 for all purposes permitted by any of the provisions of this Consti- 
 tution ; and the exercise, generally, of all such authority as may be 
 necessary to carry its own legislation into complete effect. 
 
 Sec. 4. Its judicial powers are of two kinds : — 
 
 1st. Original — Including the decision of all controversies be- 
 tween any of the Lodges, or between one of them and a member or 
 members of another, or between members of different Lodges ; and 
 the enforcement of discipline upon its own members and upon the 
 Lodges under its jurisdiction : and 
 
 2d. Appellate — Embracing the revision of all matters of con- 
 troversy or discipline, proper for Masonic investigation, which may 
 have arisen in any of the Lodges, and over which it has not re- 
 tained original jurisdiction. 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 13 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OF ITS COMMUNICATIONS. 
 
 Section 1. The Grand Lodge shall hold its Annual Communi- 
 cations for the transaction of its regular business, at the City of 
 Virginia, commencing on the second Tuesday of October, at 10 
 o'clock, A. M. 
 
 Sec. 2. Special Communications may be ordered by the Grand 
 Master, whenever in his opinion, the welfare of the Fraternity shall 
 require it. 
 
 Sec. 3. 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 three chartered Lodges. 
 
 Sec. 4. Every, order for a Special Communication shall desig- 
 nate the object thereof so far as is proper to be written, and shall 
 be issued to each Lodge and Grand Officer at least thirty days 
 before the day named for meeting ; and no business shall be trans- 
 acted thereat other than that for which the Grand Lodge was 
 especially convened. 
 
 Sec. 5. The officers or representatives of at least 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 sufficient 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. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 OF ITS ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS'. 
 
 Section 1. The Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand 
 Wardens, Grand Treasurer, and Grand Secretary shall be elected 
 by ballot, at each Annual Communication, upon the fourth day 
 thereof, unless the business of the Communication shall be sooner 
 finished ; shall be installed before its close ; and shall hold their 
 respective offices until their successors shall have been elected and 
 installed. A majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary for 
 an election. 
 
 Sec. 2. All other Grand Officers shall be appointed by the 
 Grand Master, immediately after his installation, at each Annual 
 Communication, and shall hold their respective offices during his 
 will and pleasure. 
 
 Sec. 3. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any elective office 
 of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master shall have power to fill the 
 same by appointment which appointment shall be valid until the suc- 
 ceeding annual election and installation ; and the officer so appointed 
 shall be charged with all the duties and responsibilities of one re- 
 gularly elected. 
 
14 COXSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 or ITS VOTING AND REPRESENTATION. 
 
 Section 1. 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 mem- ~ 
 bers shall demand that the vote be taken by yeas and nays, in 
 which case it shall thus be taken. 
 
 Sec. 2. Each Grand Officer present, whether elected or appoint- 
 ed, (except the Grand Tyler,) and each past Grand Officer present 
 shall be entitled to one vote. 
 
 Sec 3. Each Lodge represented shall be entitled to three 
 votes and the Past Masters of each Lodge shall, collectively, be 
 entitled to one vote. 
 
 Sec. 4. 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 votes to which such position shall entitle him. 
 
 Sec. 5. When a Lodge shall be represented by only two of its 
 proper officers, the officer highest in rank may cast two of its three 
 votes. 
 
 Sec. 6. When a Lodge shall be represented by only one of 
 its proper officers, or by a representative, such officer or represen- 
 tative may cast all the votes to which it is entitled. 
 
 Sec. 7. 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. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 or its committees and their duties. 
 
 Section 1. The following regular committees, to consist of 
 three members each, shall be appointed by the Grand Master at 
 each Annual Communication, viz. : on Credentials, on Griev- 
 ances, on Finances, on Jurisprudence, on Charters, on Returns, on 
 By-Laws, and on Correspondence. 
 
 Sec. 2. Special committees may also be appointed by the 
 Grand Master, whenever it may be deemed necessary by the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 3. 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. 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 15 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 OF ITS REVENUES. 
 
 Section 1. The revenue of the Grand Lodge shall be derived 
 from the following sources : — 
 
 1st. From fees charged for dispensations, charters, diplomas, 
 and other documents issued under its authority. 
 
 2d. From contributions levied upon the Lodges, which shall 
 always be equal and uniform, in proportion to their membership, 
 admissions, and degrees conferred : and 
 
 3d. From the funds, dues, and proceeds of all property of 
 dissolved Lodges within its jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 2. The following shall be the fees charged as above, 
 exclusive of those provided in Sec. 3, Art. IV, Part II, to be paid 
 to the Grand Secretary : — 
 
 1st. For a dispensation to form a new Lodge, the sum of one 
 hundred dollars : 
 
 2d. For a charter to perpetuate a Lodge, the sum of seventy- 
 five dollars : 
 
 3d. For a dispensation to hold an election of an officer or 
 officers at a time other than that named in Sec. 1, Art. I, Part IV, 
 the sum of ten dollars : 
 
 4th. For a dispensation to ballot for a candidate for the 
 degrees, without the reference to a committee provided in Sec. 8, 
 Art. Ill, Part III, the sum of ten dollars : 
 
 5th. For a dispensation to receive and act upon the petition 
 of a rejected candidate, within a less period than twelve months 
 prescribed in Sec. 2, Art. Ill, Part III, the sum of ten dollars : and 
 
 6th. For a diploma of any kind, the sum of two dollars, except 
 when issued for the widow or children 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 
 Art. Ill, Part VII. 
 
 Sec. 3. In no case shall either of the foregoing documents be 
 issued until the fees therefor shall have been paid to the Grand 
 Secretary. 
 
 Sec. 4. The following contributions shall be paid as annual 
 dues, by each of the Lodges, whether chartered or under dispensa- 
 tion, at the time and in the manner provided in Sec. 4, Art. II, 
 Part III :— 
 
 1st. For each degree it shall have conferred during the year, 
 the sum of one dollar : 
 
 2d. For each member it shall have received by affiliation dur- 
 ing the year, the sum of one dollar : 
 
 3d. For each Master Mason borne upon its roll at the date of 
 its annual return, the sum of two dollars : 
 
16 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 And the Grand Lodge may levy, in addition to the above, such 
 other contributions as in its judgment may be required. 
 
 Sec. 5. In case of the dissolution of a Lodge, the Grand Sec- 
 retary, or some brother by him duly authorized, shall at once pro- 
 ceed to receive its funds on hand, collect its outstanding dues, and 
 dispose of its jewels, furniture and 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 necessary expenses, among 
 the funds of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 PABT II. 
 Of the Grand Officers^ their Powers and Duties, 
 
 ARTICLE L 
 
 OF THE GRAND MASTER. 
 
 Section 1. The Grand Master, during the interval between 
 the Communications of the ^rand Lodge, may exercise all of its 
 executive powers as defined in Sec. 3, Art. Ill, Part I, except the 
 granting of charters. By virtue of these, authority is given him — 
 
 1st. To grant dispensations for the formation of New Lodges, 
 under the regulations prescribed in Sec. 2, Art. I, Part III : 
 
 2d. To grant dispensations for the holding elections of an 
 officer or officers at times other than the regular periods prescribed 
 in Sec. 1, Art. I. Part IV, under the regulations provided in Sec. 
 2, Art. I, Part I V : 
 
 3d. To grant dispensations to ballot for and confer the degrees 
 upon candidates, without the reference of their applications to 
 committees as provided in Sec. 3, Art. Ill, Part III, under the 
 regulations prescribed in Sec. 4, Art. Ill, Part III : 
 
 4th. To grant dispensations to receive and act upon the 
 petitions of rejected applicants, within a less period than the 
 twelve months prescribed in. Sec. 2, Art. Ill, Part III, under 
 the regulations provided in Sec. 4, Art. Ill, Part III : 
 
 5th. To convene any Lodge, preside therein, inspect its 
 proceedings, and compel its conformity to Masonic usage : 
 
 6th. To arrest the charter or dispensation of any Lodge, for 
 good reasons shown, and suspend the operations thereof until the 
 next Annual Communication : 
 
 7th. 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 Communication : 
 
 8th. To require the attendance of, and information from any 
 Grand Officer respecting matters appertaining to the duties of his 
 office : and 
 
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 9th. To appoint Representatives in other recognized Grand 
 Lodges, and to receive and accredit such representatives from them. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Grand Master — 
 
 1st. To preside in the Grand Lodge at all its Communications : 
 
 2d. To present, at each Annual Communication, a written 
 message, therein setting forth all his official 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 Order : 
 
 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 supervision 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. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER AND GRAND WARDENS. 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Deputy Grand Master 
 to assist the Grand Master in the discharge of his duties at all the 
 Communications of the Grand Lodge, and, in his absence, to preside 
 therein ; and in the event of the death of the Grand Master, or his 
 absence from the State, or of his inability from any cause toper- 
 form the functions of his office, the Deputy Grand Master shall suc- 
 ceed to and be charged with all his powers and duties. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Grand Wardens to assist 
 the Grand Master at all the Communications of the Grand Lodge, 
 and, in his absence, and that of the Deputy Grand Master to pre- 
 side 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. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OF THE GRAND TREASURER. 
 
 * 
 
 Section 1, 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 : 
 
 2d. To take charge of all other property of the Grand Lodge, 
 except as provided in Sec. I, Art. IV, of this Part, and keep an ac- 
 curate account thereof: 
 
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 3d. To pay all orders drawn upon such funds and moneys, 
 under such regulations as may be provided by the Grand Lodge : 
 
 4th. To attend the Grand Lodge at all its Communications, 
 and the Grand Master when required, with the books and all 
 necessary papers appertaining 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 appointed to act in 
 relation to the fiscal concerns of the Grand Lodge : and 
 
 5th. To report at each Annual Communication a detailed ac- 
 count of his receipts and disbursements, with proper vouchers for 
 the latter ; and to present a statement of the existing condition of 
 its property and finances. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall execute and file in the office of the Grand 
 Master, within fifteen days after his installation, 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 property of the Grand Lodge which shall have come into his 
 keeping. 
 
 Sec. 3. He shall receive such compensation for his services 
 as the Grand Lodge may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OF THE GRAND SECRETARY. 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary — 
 
 1st. To record all the transactions of the Grand Lodge which 
 it is proper to have 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 docu- 
 ments addressed or belonging to the Grand Lodge ; and to present 
 such as may require its action, at each Annual Communication 
 thereof: 
 
 3d. To keep the seal of the Grand Lodge, and affix the same 
 with his attestation, to all instruments emanating from that body, 
 and to all the written official acts of the Grand Master. 
 
 4th. To collect all moneys due to the Grand Lodge, keep a 
 correct account thereof in proper books, and pay the same quarterly 
 to the Grand Treasurer : 
 
 5th. To report, at each Annual Communication, a detailed 
 account of all moneys received by him during the year, with a 
 specific statement of the sources whence they were derived ; and to 
 present therewith the receipts of the Grand Treasurer therefor : 
 
 6th. To report at each Annual Communication, all Lodges 
 which shall be in arrears to the Grand Lodge, or which shall have 
 
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 neglected or refused to comply with any provision of its Constitu^ 
 tion and Regulations : 
 
 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 Communications, 
 and the Grand Master, when required, with the books and all 
 necessary papers appertaining to his office : 
 
 9th. To keep his office, with all the books, papers, and 
 archives of the Grand Lodge, in a fire-proof building ; and to have 
 the same open each day (except Sundays) for the transaction of 
 Masonic business : 
 
 10th. To transmit to each Lodge within the jurisdiction, once 
 in every three months, a list of all rejections, expulsions, suspen- 
 sions, and restorations of which he shall have been notified by the 
 several Lodges : 
 
 11th. To present, at each Annual Communication, an estimate 
 of the probable expenses of the ensuing year, giving each class of 
 expenditures under its proper head ; and also to present an estimate 
 of the probable income from the known sources of revenue, during 
 the same period : 
 
 12th. To issue notices of any Special Communication ordered 
 by the Grand Master to each Lodge and Grand Officer within this 
 jurisdiction : 
 
 18th. To issue notices to each Lodge, of the granting of a dis- 
 pensation by the Grand Master for the formation of a new Lodge, 
 
 14th. To transmit to any Lodge, which shall send him a certi- 
 ficate of membership and good standing of a deceased brother, in 
 the form prescribed in Art. Ill, Part VII, 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 : 
 
 15th. To take charge of the jewels, furniture, clothing, and 
 paraphernalia of the Grand Lodge, during its vacations : 
 
 16th. To furnish every Grand Officer, elected or appointed, 
 with a certificate of such election or appointment : 
 
 17th. To act as Grand Librarian and take charge of the library 
 of the Grand Lodge, under such regulations as it may prescribe : 
 
 18th. To report, at each Annual Communication, all unfinished 
 business of the Grand Lodge; and to present all such other matters 
 to its notice as may properly come within his province : afld 
 
 19th. To perform all such other duties appertaining to his 
 office, as the Grand Lodge may direct. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall execute and file in the office of the Grand 
 Master, within fifteen days after his installation, 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. 
 
20 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 Sec. 3. He shall receive such compensation for his services as 
 the Grand Lodge may direct ; and in addition thereto shall receive 
 the following fees ; 
 
 1st. For a dispensation to open a new Lodge, the sum of Ten 
 Dollars : 
 
 2d. For a charter to perpetuate a Lodge, the sum of Ten 
 Dollars : 
 
 3rd. For a dispensation to hold an election of an officer or 
 officers, at another than the regular period, the sum of Five 
 Dollars. 
 
 4th. For a dispensation to ballot for a candidate and confer the 
 degrees, without reference to a committee, the sum of Five Dollars : 
 
 5th. For a dispensation to receive and act upon the petition 
 of a rejected applicant, within a less period than twelve months, 
 the sum of Five Dollars : 
 
 6th. For a diploma of any kind, (except when issued for the 
 widow or children of a deceased brother,) the sum of Three Dollars : 
 and 
 
 7th. For every certificate (except those hereinbefore named) 
 requiring the seal of the Grand Lodge, the sum of Three Dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. He may, with the approval of the Grand Master, 
 appoint an Assistant Grand Secretary, for whose official acts he 
 shall be responsible, and who shall be considered an appointed 
 officer of the Grand Lodge, and shall receive such compensation 
 for his services as it may direct. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 OF THE APPOINTED GRAND OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. 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. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Grand Orator, at each Annual 
 Communication, to deliver an address to the Grand Lodge upon 
 matters appertaining to the Craft. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Grand Marshal — 
 
 1st. To proclaim the Grand Officers at their installation, and 
 to make such other proclamations as by the Grand Master may be 
 directed : 
 
 2d. To introduce the Representatives of other Grand Lodges, 
 and all visiting brethren of distinction : and 
 
 3d. To conduct all processions of the Grand Lodge, under the 
 direction of the Grand Master, and to perform such other duties, 
 proper to his office, as may be required. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Grand Standard Bearer to 
 bear the Banner of the Grand Lodge in all processions and at all 
 public ceremonies. 
 
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 Sec. 5. 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. 
 
 Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Grand Bible Bearer to bear 
 the Holy Writings in all processions and at all public ceremonies. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Grand Deacons to assist 
 the Grand Master and Grand Wardens in such manner as the ancient 
 usages of the Craft prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Grand Stewards to superin- 
 tend the preparations for all festive occasions directed by the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the Grand Organist 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. 
 
 Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Grand Pursuivant — 
 
 1st. To guard the inner door of the Grand Lodge, and com- 
 municate with the Grand Tyler 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 : and 
 
 3d. To allow none to withdraw who have not obtained permis- 
 sion to do so from the Grand Master. 
 
 Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of the Grand Tyler— 
 
 1st. To guard the outer door of the Grand Lodge, and com- 
 municate with the Grand Pursuivant within : 
 
 2d. To report all applicants for admission to the Grand Pur- 
 suivant, and see that all who enter are duly authorized and properly 
 clothed : 
 
 3d. To make suitable preparations for the accommodation of 
 the Grand Lodge at all its Communications, and see that its hall is 
 kept in proper condition during their continuance : 
 
 4th. To take charge of and safely keep the jewels, furniture, 
 clothing, and paraphernalia of the Grand Lodge during its Com- 
 munications : and 
 
 5th. To carry all notices and summonses, and perform such 
 other duties as may be required of him by the Grand Lodge or 
 Grand Master. 
 
 Sec. 12. The Grand Tyler shall receive for his services such 
 compensation as th6 Grand Lodge may direct. 
 
 PART III. 
 
 Oj Subordinate Lodges, 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 OF THE ORGANIZATION OF A LODGE. 
 
 Section 1. A Lodge can only be formed by authority of a 
 
22 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 dispensation from the Grand Master, or of a charter from the 
 Grand Lodge ; and no charter shall be granted to any Lodge until 
 it shall have worked a time under dispensation, and shall have ex- 
 hibited to the Grand Lodge satisfactory evidence of its Masonic 
 capability. 
 
 Sec. 2. Upon the petition of seven or more Master Masons 
 being presented to the Grand Master, in the form prescribed in 
 Art. Ill, Part VII, he may grant them a dispensation to open and 
 hold a Lodge at the place therein to be named, with power to make 
 Masons and receive members by affiliation ; and he shall therein 
 appoint the Master and Wardens of the new Lodge. But in no case 
 shall such dispensation be issued, unless the petition be accompanied 
 by a recommendation from the nearest or most convenient chartered 
 Lodge, (if from a town or city where more than one Lodge exists, 
 then from a majority of such lodges,) setting forth, in the form 
 prescribed in Art. Ill, Part VII, that the petitioners are all 
 Master Masons in good standing, that the establishment 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 pro- 
 vided therefor ; nor unless the petition shall also be accompanied 
 by a certificate of withdrawal of each petitioner from the Lodge of 
 which he was last a member, and by a certificate from a Master, 
 whom the Grand Master is satisfied is well skilled in the craft, de- 
 claring that the Master proposed in such petition is fully competent 
 properly to confer the three degrees of Masonry, and to deliver entire 
 the lectures thereunto appertaining. Such dispensation shall termi- 
 nate upon the first day of the month in which the next succeeding 
 Annual Grand Communication shall be holden ; and shall then be 
 returned to the Grand Secretary, together with the by-laws, book 
 of records, and returns of the new Lodge to that date. 
 
 Sec. 3. Upon the return of the dispensation of a new Lodge, 
 as above, with a petition for a charter, in the form prescribed in 
 Art. Ill, Part VII, if an examination of its work and proceedings 
 shall prove satisfactory, 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 thereafter, or its charter shall be 
 forfeited. If the examination be not satisfactory, the petition may 
 be totally refused, or a continuance of the dispensation, until the 
 next Annual Grand Communication, may be ordered ; but no such 
 continuance shall be granted a second time. 
 
 Sec. 4. A Lodge shall consist of a Master, a Senior Warden, 
 a Junior Warden, a Treasurer, a Secretary, 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 convenient. 
 
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 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF A LODGE. 
 
 Section 1. The powers and duties of a Lodge are such as are 
 prescribed in its dispensation or charter, by the Constitution and 
 Regulations of the Grand Lodge, and by the general regulations of 
 Masonry : and they are defined as follows : — 
 
 1st. Executive — In the direction and performance 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 legislation relative 
 to its internal concerns, which shall not be in violation of the 
 general regulations of Masonry, the Constitution or Regulations of 
 the Grand Lodge, or its own particular by-laws : and 
 
 3d. Judicial — Embracing the exercise of discipline over its 
 own members (except the Master) and all other Masons within its 
 jurisdiction, and the settlement of controversies between them ; 
 subject always to a revision by the Grand Lodge, upon appeal. 
 
 Sec. 2. Each Lodge shall have not more than one stated Com- 
 munication in each lunar month, but may hold such other communi- 
 cations as it may determine, or the Master shall direct ; but no busi- 
 ness of any kind, except collections or appropriations for charity, 
 conferring of degrees, ceremonial observances, election of Represen- 
 tatives to the communication of the Grand Lodge, or balloting for 
 commissioners to try charges ofunmasonic conduct, shall be done at 
 any other than a stated communication, unless by dispensation from 
 the Grand Master, as provided in Sec. 1 , Art. I, Part II. And all busi- 
 ness, except the examination of candidates and conferring of the 
 subordinate degrees, shall be done in a Lodge of Master Masons. 
 
 Sec. 3. 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 
 provided in Art. II, Part VII, which representative shall have 
 credentials in the form provided in Art. III. Part VII. 
 
 Sec. 4. Each chartered Lodge shall transmit to the Grand 
 Secretary a full and correct return of its transactions for the twelve 
 months next preceding the fifteenth day of August, in each year, 
 within fifteen days thereafter, in the form provided in Art. Ill, 
 Part VII : and each Lodge under dispensation shall transmit a similar 
 return from the date of its origanization to the first day of October 
 in each year, witliout delay; and every Lodge shall accompany such 
 return with payment of its dues to the Grand Lodge for those 
 periods, as prescribed in Sec. 4, Art. VIIF, Part I. 
 
 Sec. 5. 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 amendment thereunto, shall be deemed valid until 
 
24 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 approved by the Grand Lodge, though they may be acted under 
 until the next Annual Communication, if approved by the Grand 
 Master. 
 
 Sec. 6. Each chartered Lodge shall, within two months from 
 the date of its charter, provide a suitable seal, bearing such devices 
 as may be deemed proper, and having inscribed thereon the name 
 and number of the Lodge, 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. 
 
 Sec. 7. Each Lodge shall have all official communications from 
 the Grand Master or Grand Secretary read in open Lodge at the 
 stated communication next following their receipt. 
 
 Sec. 8. Each Lodge shall provide the several books prescribed 
 in Sec. 2, Art. V, Part IV, to be kept by its Secretary, which slialj 
 be prepared in accordance with forms to be provided. 
 
 Sec. 9. Each Lodge may provide, in such manner as it may 
 deem proper, for the payment of its officers or representatives in 
 attending the communications of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 10. 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 im- 
 posed upon a Secretary, his Lodge shall be held responsible. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OF PROHIBITIONS. 
 
 Section 1. 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 communication that a resolution for such 
 removal will be offered at the next succeeding one, nor unless such 
 resolution shall have been adopted by the votes of at least two- 
 thirds'of the members present at such succeeding communication; 
 nor shall such removal then take place until the action of the 
 Lodge shall have been approved by the Grand Lodge or Grand 
 Master. 
 
 Sec. 2. No Lodge in this State shall receive an application for 
 the degrees of Masonry unless the applicant shall have been a resi- 
 dent within the State during twelve months, and within the juris- 
 diction of the Lodge during six months, next preceding the date 
 of his application. Nor shall any Lodge receive such application 
 from any person, who, within twelve months next preceding, shall 
 have been rejected by any Lodge, unless by dispensation from the 
 Grand Master, as provided in Sec. 1, Art. I, Part II. All such 
 applications, as well as those for affiliation, shall be in writing, 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 26 
 
 signed by the applicant, and recommended by at least two members 
 of the Lodge, in the forms prescribed in Art. Ill, Part VII. 
 
 Sec. 3. No Lodge shall ballot upon such application, (ex- 
 cept by dispensation from the Grand Master, as provided in 
 Sec. 1, Art. I, Part II,) until it shall have been referred to a 
 committee, whose duty it shall be to make strict examination into 
 the moral, mental, and physical qualifications of the applicant, 
 and to report thereon at the next stated meeting, unless further 
 • time be granted. No application shall be withdrawn after reference 
 to a committee, and it shall require an unanimous ballot to elect. 
 But if one black ball, only, appear in the ballot box, the Master 
 without declaring the result, muy at once order a second ballot for 
 the purpose of correcting a possible mistake. 
 
 Sec. 4. No dispensation shall be issued to a Lodge to ballot 
 .for and confer the degrees upon a candidate without reference to a 
 committee, as provided in the preceding section, nor to receive and 
 act upon the petition of a rejected applicant within less than twelve 
 months after the date of such rejection, unless the application there- 
 for be made by the Lodge, by a unanimous vote ; and of the special 
 communication to be holden under such dispensation, and the purpose 
 thereof, the members of the Lodge shall have due notice. 
 
 Sec. 5. No Lodge, unless it be otherwise provided in its by- 
 laws, shall have more than one ballot for the three degrees ; but, 
 though an applicant may be elected to receive them, if, at any time 
 before his initiation, objection be made by any member, he shall 
 not receive the degree until such objection shall have been with- 
 drawn ; and if, after his initiation, but before being passed, or 
 after passing, before being raised, objection to his advancement be 
 made by any member, such objection shall be referred to a com- 
 mittee, with power to inquire into the cause thereof, who shall at 
 the next stated communication, (unless further time be given,) re- 
 port thereon ; and upon the reception of such report, if no cause for 
 the objection has been assigned, or if the cause assigned be, in the 
 opinion of two-thirds of the members present, not a valid and 
 Masonic one, the Lodge may confer the degree in the same man- 
 ner as if no objection had been made. 
 
 Sec. 6. No Lodge shall advance an Entered Apprentice 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 proficient and well qualified in that or those which he has 
 already taken ; 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 received those, or either of those degrees, unless by 
 the official consent of such Lodge, if it then be in existence. 
 
 Sec. 7. No Lodge within this State shall confer the three 
 degrees for a less fee than fifty dollars ; nor shall any Lodge with- 
 out the State, and under this jurisdiction, confer them for a less 
 fee than thirty dollars ; and in every case the fee for each or all of 
 
26 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 the degrees, as may be regulated by the Lodge, shall accompany 
 the application. 
 
 Sec. 8. No Lodge shall confer degrees, upon more than five 
 candidates at any one communication ; nor shall confer more than 
 one degree upon any one candidate at any communication ; nor shall 
 confer either of the degrees upon more than one candidate at a time. 
 
 Sec. 9. No Lodge shall expel a member for the non-payment 
 of his dues ; but in case any member shall have refused or neglected 
 to pay his regular dues during a period of six months, he shall be 
 notified by the Secretary that, unless at the next stated communi- 
 cation, 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. If neither of these 
 things be done, he shall be so suspended, unless for special reasons 
 shown, the Lodge may otherwise determine ; but any Mason thus 
 suspended, who shall at any time pay the arrearages due at the 
 time of his suspension, together with such further dues as would, 
 had he retained his membership, have accrued against him to the 
 date of such payment, shall by that act be restored. 
 
 Sec. 10. No Lodge shall receive lectures from any person who 
 is not duly authorized by the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master. 
 
 Sec. 11. No Lodge shall receive an application for affiliation 
 unless it be accompanied by a proper dimitfrom the Lodge of which 
 the applicant was last a member, or a satisfactory explanation, in 
 writing, of his inability to furnish such dimit. 
 
 Sec. 12. No Lodge shall hold Masonic communication with 
 any Lodge which has been declared illegal by the Grand Lodge, or 
 with any person who has received degrees in, or is a member of 
 such a Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 13. No Lodge shall admit a visitor without due inquiry 
 or examination, nor if there be, in the opinion of the Master, a 
 valid objection made to such admission by a member of the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 14. No Lodge which shall have failed to make its annual 
 returns, as provided in Sec. 4, Art. II, Part HI, and in Sec. 1, Art. 
 V, Part IV. shall be entitled to representation at the next Grand 
 Communication. 
 
 Sec. 15. No Lodge, until chartered and duly constituted, shall 
 be entitled to representation in the Grand Lodge ; but a Lodge 
 under dispensation may send delegates thereto, who may be ad- 
 mitted to seats and be permitted to speak, but shall have no vote. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OF THE DISSOLUTION OF LODGES. 
 
 Section 1. A Lodge may be dissolved — 
 
 1st. By the voluntary surrender of its charter, when such 
 surrender shall have been accepted by the Grand Lodge: and 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 27 
 
 2d. By the revocation of its charter by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 2. The charter of a Lodge may be surrendered if notice 
 shall be given at a stated communication that a resolution to that 
 effect will be presented at the next succeeding one, and if, at such 
 succeeding communication, there shall not be se-ven members pre- 
 sent 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. 
 
 Sec. 3. The charter of a Lodge may be forfeited — 
 
 1st. By disobedience of any provision of the constitution or 
 Regulations 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 : or 
 
 4th. By failure to meet during a period of six 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 Annual 
 Grand Communication either by the Grand Lodge or the Grand 
 Master, upon satisfactory reasons therefor being shown. 
 
 Sec. 4. The forfeiture or arrest of the charter of a Lodge 
 involves the suspension of all its members from the rights and 
 privileges of Masonry, excepting those who may be specially 
 exempted from such effect. 
 
 Sec. 5. The surrender or forfeiture of the charter 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 property of every kind shall be disposed of, as provided in 
 Sec. 5, Art. VIII, Part I. 
 
 PART IV. 
 
 Of the Officers of Subordinate Lodges, 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 or elections and appointments. 
 
 Section 1. The Master, Wardens, Treasurer, and Secretary of 
 each Lodge shall be elected annually, by ballot, at the stated commu- 
 nication next preceding the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist ; 
 and a majority of the votes of the members present shall be neces- 
 rary to elect. They shall be installed as soon as practicable 
 thereafter, and shall hold their respective offices until their succes- 
 sors shall have been duly elected and installed. 
 
28 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 Sec. 2. 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 occur in 
 either of the offices of Master or Warden in any Lodge, upon proper 
 representation of the necessity therefor, the Grand Master may 
 issue a dispensation for an election to fill such vacancy. But in 
 either of these cases, such dispensation shall be issued 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 
 communication, and to be properly certified by the Secretary ; and 
 of the special election which may thus be ordered, the members 
 shall have due notice. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every member in good standing, and whose dues are 
 paid, shall be entitled to a vote at all elections ; and every voter 
 shall be eligible to any office in the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Deacons, Tyler, and such other subordinate 
 officers as the by-laVs of each Lodge may designate, shall be appoint- 
 ed in such manner as they may direct : and the officers so appointed 
 shall be properly invested as soon as practicable after their appoint- 
 ment. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF THE MASTER. 
 
 Section 1. The Master shall have power — 
 
 1st. To congregate his Lodge whenever he shall deem it 
 proper : 
 
 2d. To issue or casue to be issued, all summonses and 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 contravention of any provision of 
 the Constitution or Regulations of the Grand Lodge. 
 . Sec. 2. It shall be his duty — 
 
 1st. To preside at all communications of his Lodge : 
 
 2d. To confer all degrees in strict accordance with the ritual 
 which may hereafter be ordained by the Grand Lodge : 
 
 3d. To give, in full, the lectures appertaining to each degree, 
 at the time it is conferred, in accordance with such ritual : 
 
 4th. To superintend the official acts of all the officers of his 
 Lodge, and see that their respective duties are prqperly discharged : 
 and 
 
 5th. To carefully guard against any infraction, by the mem- 
 bers of his Lodge, of its own by-laws, of the Constitution or Regu- 
 lations of the Grand Lodge, or of the general regulations of Masonry. 
 
 Sec. 3. From the decisions of the Master there shall be no 
 appeal to the Lodge ; but objections to such decisions may be laid 
 
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 before the Grand Master, and by him be dealt with in the manner 
 provided in Art. IT, Part VI. 
 
 Sec. 4. In all cases of a tie vote, except votes by ballot, the 
 Master, in addition to his proper vote, may have the casting vote. 
 
 Sec. 5. 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, suspension or expulsion, as provided in 
 Art. II, Part VI. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OF THE WARDENS. 
 
 Section 1. 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. 
 
 Sec. 2. 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. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OF THE TREASURER. 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer — 
 
 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 attested by the Secretary : 
 
 3d. To keep a book or books wherein a correct account of his 
 receipts and disbursements shall be exhibited : 
 
 4th. To present a statement of the finances of the Lodge 
 whenever required : and 
 
 5th. To perform such other duties, appertaining to his office, 
 as the by-laws may require, or the Lodge may at any time direct. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 OF- THE SECRETARY. 
 
 Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Secretary* — 
 
 1st. To record all the proceedings at each communication, 
 which it is proper should be written, under the direction of the 
 Master ; and to submit such record to the Lodge at its next stated 
 communication for approval or correction : 
 
 2d. To prepare and transmit a copy of such record, or of any 
 part thereof, to the Grand Lodge, when required : 
 
 3d; To collect and receive all moneys due to the Lodge, and 
 pay them over to the Treasurer : 
 
30 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 4th. 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 requirements of the Constitution and Regulations 
 of the Grand Lodge : 
 
 5th. To transmit to the Grand Secretary, immediately after 
 each election and installation in the Lodge, a certificate thereof, in 
 the form prescribed in Art. Ill, Part VII : 
 
 6th. To transmit to the Grand Secretary the annual return 
 required in- Sec. 4, Art. II, Part III, in the form provided in Art. 
 Ill, Part VII : and 
 
 7th. To report to the Grand Secretary, immediately after their 
 occurrence, all rejections, expulsions, suspensions, and restorations, 
 in the forms provided in Art. Ill, Part VII. 
 
 Sec. 2 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 transac- 
 tions 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 : 
 
 3d. A Roll Book, in which he shall record, upon pages 
 alphabetically arranged, the 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 
 were last members : the age and occupation of each when received ; 
 and the dates of their withdrawal, expulsion, suspension, death, or 
 restoration : 
 
 4th. A Black Book, in which he shall record, upon pages 
 alphabetically arranged, the names of those rejected, expelled, sus- 
 pended, or restored by any of the Lodges, so far as he shall 
 receive the proper notice thereof: and 
 
 5th. A Register to be kept in>the Tyler's room, in which all 
 members shall record their names, and all. visitors shall record 
 their names, and the names, numbers, and locations of their respec- 
 tive Lodges, before entering the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 3. 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 Regu- 
 lations of the Grand Lodge, which may from time to time be pub- 
 lished, together with all the printed proceedings thereof, as pro- 
 mulgated by its order. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 OF THE APPOINTED OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. The Deacons, Tyler, and other appointed officers, 
 
GRAND LODGE OF xNEVADA. 31 
 
 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. 
 
 PART Y. 
 Of Individual Masons. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 OF MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Section. 1. Membership in a Lodge may be acquired — 
 
 1st. By having regularly received the degree of Master Mason 
 therein : 
 
 2d. By having been duly elected for affiliation therewith : and 
 
 3d. By having been named in a dispensation for a new Lodge 
 as one of the petitioners therefor. 
 
 Sec. 2. No Mason shall be a member of more than one Lodge 
 at the same time. 
 
 Sec. 3. Membership in a Lodge can only be terminated — 
 
 1st. By the dissolution of the Lodge: 
 
 2d. By voluntary withdrawal therefrom : and 
 
 3d. By death, suspension, or expulsion. 
 
 Sec. 4. A member of a Lodge, in^good standing, and whose 
 dues are paid, may withdraw therefrom at any time by giving 
 notice of his intention so to do at a stated communication ; but no 
 recommendatory certificate shall be given him, except by a vote of 
 a majority of the members of the Lodge then present. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF DUTIES, PROHIBITIONS, AND PENALTIES. 
 
 Section 1. It is the duty of every Master Mason to be a Mem- 
 ber of some Lodge ; and every one who, having resided six months 
 within the jurisdiction of a Lodge, shall refuse or neglect to make 
 application so to be, or who shall not have regularly contributed 
 to such Lodge an amount equivalent to its regular dues, while able 
 so to do, shall be deemed unworthy of Masonic consideration, and 
 . shall not be entitled to, nor be the recipient of, any of the rights, 
 privileges, or charities of the Order. 
 
 Sec. 2. No member of a Lodge shall be required to divulge 
 his vote upon a ballot for affiliation, or for the degrees of Masonry ; 
 nor assign reasons for such vote, if it be known. 
 
 Sec. 3. No Mason shall hold any Masonic intercourse with an 
 
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 expelled or suspended Mason, with an illegal Lodge, with any per- 
 son who has received degrees therein, or is a member thereof, nor 
 with any Mason not acknowledged as such by this Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 4. For non-payment of his dues, a member may be sus- 
 pended from all the rights and privileges of Masonry, in the man- 
 ner provided in Sec. 9, Art. Ill, Part III. 
 
 Sec. 5. For any violation of the Ancient Landmarks of the 
 Order, of the Constitution or Regulations of the Grand Lodge, of 
 the by-laws of his Lodge, or of any portion of the Masonic or 
 moral law, a member, or any other Mason within the jurisdiction 
 of a Lodge, may be reprimanded, suspended, or expelled, in the 
 manner provided in Art. Ill, Part VI. 
 
 PART YI. 
 
 Of Trials^ Appeals^ and Penalties. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 BELATIVB TO MASTERS OF LODGES. 
 
 Section 1. Charges may be preferred against the Master of a 
 Lodge for abuse of his power, violation of the Constitution or 
 Regulations, or for unmasonic conduct of any kind, by any five 
 Master Masons 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. 
 
 Sec. 2. Upon the presentation of such charges, the Grand 
 Lodge, or the Grand Master, as the case may be, may at once ap- 
 point and summon not less than three nor more than seven disin- 
 terested Masters, to assemble as Commissioners to hear and deter- 
 mine 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 with- 
 in the jurisdiction of his Lodge, at least ten days — if without that 
 jurisdiction and within the State, at least thirty days — and if with- 
 out the State, at least ninety days — to answer thereunto ; and trans- 
 mitting to him also a copy of the charges. 
 
 Sec. 3. 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 
 witnesses, if Masons, shall testify upon their honor as such ; if not, 
 their depositions shall be taken, in writing, before an officer legally 
 authorized to administer oaths ; and, in such case, the party re- 
 quiring such depositions shall notify the other of the time and 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 66 
 
 place when and where they will betaken, that he may, if he choose, 
 be present thereat. 
 
 Sec. 4. 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 con- 
 cluded, shall not exceed ten days, unless, for sufficient reasons, the 
 Grand Master shall grant them further time. 
 
 Sec. 5. The opinion of a majority of 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. 
 
 Sec. 6. The penalties which may be inflicted by such Com- 
 missioners, may be either deprivation of office, suspension, or ex- 
 pulsion, as in their judgment shall seem proper. 
 
 Sec. 7. The Commissioners shall keep a complete record of 
 their proceedings and of their judgment, 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. 
 
 Sec. 8. An Appeal to the Grand Lodge may be taken at its 
 next Annual Grand Communication, by either party, if notice there- 
 of be given to the Grand Secretary within thirty days after the 
 conclusion of the trial. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 RELATIVE TO LODGES AND MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT LODGES. 
 
 Section 1. When a controversy shall arise between 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. 1, Art. I, of this 
 Part. 
 
 Sec. 2. Upon the presentation of such charges, not less than 
 five nor more than seven Commissioners shall be appointed and sum- 
 moned, as provided in Sec. 2, Art, I, of this Part, which Commis- 
 sioners shall be Masters or Wardens, and shall be selected from at 
 least three different Lodges not interested in the controversy, and 
 most convenient to the parties ; and the accused party shall be 
 summoned, with such time to answer as provided in the section and 
 article last quoted. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Commissioners shall have power to proceed, and 
 shall keep a record of their proceedings and judgment in the same 
 manner as provided in Art. I, of this Part ; and tlie 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 
 warrant. 
 
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 Sec. 4. An appfeal may be taken by either party to the Grand 
 Lodge, as provided in Sec. 8, Art. I, of this Part. 
 
 ARTICLE in. 
 
 RELATIVE TO MASONS INDIVIDUALLY. 
 
 Section 1. When any member of a Lodge, (except its Master 
 or the Grand Master,) or any Mason residing within its jurisdic- 
 tion, 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. 
 
 Sec. 2. Upon the presentation of such charges, it shall be 
 the duty of the Master, by due notification, to call a special com- 
 munication of his Lodge, as soon as practicable, and there cause to 
 be elected, by ballot, and by a majority of those present, not less 
 than seven nor more than nine of its members, who shall assemble 
 as Commissioners, to hear and determine thereupon, at such time 
 and place, convenient to the parties, as he shall indicate; and he 
 shall also summon the accused to appear and answer thereunto at 
 such time and place ; and shall, at the same time, cause the 
 Secretary to furnish him with a copy of the charges, and to notify 
 the accuser of the said time and place of trial. 
 
 Sec. 3. If the accused be within the jurisdiction 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 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, they shall be issued at least 
 thirty days before the day of trial, and shall be forwarded to his 
 address by the Secretary, by mail or other usual mode of convey- 
 ance, which shall be deemed sufficient service. If he be without 
 the State, and his residence 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 ser- 
 vice. If his address is unknown, the Master shall allow the trial 
 to proceed at once upon the testimony, ex parte. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Commissioners shall assemble at the time and 
 place appointed, and shall be presided over by the Master of the 
 Lodge, who shall decide all questions of Masonic law, which may 
 arise during the trial, but shall not have a vote in the final decision 
 of the case by the Commissioners ; and the Secretary, by order of 
 the Master, shall attend them to keep a full and correct record of 
 the proceedings, testimony, and of the judgment, under their super- 
 vision. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Master shall summon such witnesses, within the 
 jurisdiction of his Lodge, as may be desired by either party, and 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NKVADA. 35 
 
 the accused may select any brother in good standing to assist him in 
 his defence. The witnesses, if Masons, shall testify on their honor 
 as such ; if not, their depositions shall be taken in writing, before 
 an officer legally authorized to administer oaths, and in such case, 
 the party requiring 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. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Commissioners may adjourn from time to time, at 
 their own convenience, or for sufficient 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. 
 
 Sec. 7. After all the testimony shall have been received, the 
 Commissioners shall proceed to deliberate upon their verdict and 
 sentence, with none present save themselves and the Secretary, 
 which last shall have no voice in the proceedings. The judgment of 
 a majority of the Commissioners shall be taken as the decision of 
 the whole ; and 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 chairman of such Commission, and 
 attested by the Secretary, and shall be presented to the Master, who, 
 at the next communication of his Lodge, shall, in the presence of 
 its members only, announce the result, and direct the Secretary to 
 record the same as the judgment of the Lodge, and file the record 
 for safe keeping among its archives. 
 
 Sec. 8. The penalties which may be inflicted are reprimand in 
 open Lodge, suspension, or expulsion. If the sentence be repri- 
 mand, the Master shall summon the adjudged to appear at the next 
 stated communication, when it shall be carried into eff'ect, in tne 
 presence only of members of the Lodge. If it be suspension or ex- 
 pulsion, it shall at once go into effect, and the Secretary shall im- 
 mediately notify the Grand Secretary thereof; and it shall be final 
 and conclusive, unless an appeal be taken to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 9. 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 Avith- 
 in thirty days after his announcement of the result of the trial ; and 
 in all cases of expulsion or suspension, the Master shall cause the 
 Secretary to prepare a transcript of the record of trial, and imme- 
 diately transmit it to the Grand Secretary, together with informa- 
 tion of the appeal intended, if any there be. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 OF REVISIONS AND RESTORATIONS. 
 
 Section 1. All judgments from which an appeal shall be 
 taken as hereinbefore in this Part provided, shall be reviewed in 
 
36 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 the Grand Lodge, or before a committee thereof, during its commu- 
 nications, upon the record sent up, and upon such other proper 
 documents as may be submitted ; and its decision shall be final and 
 conclusive. 
 
 Sec. 2. All sentences of suspension shall be for an indefinite 
 period ; and a Lodge may at any stated communication, by the votes 
 of two-thirds of the members present, annul any such sentence of 
 suspension pronounced by itself, and restore the Mason thus sus- 
 pended to all his Masonic rights ; provided, that notice of a resolu- 
 tion for such restoration shall have been given at the stated com- 
 munication next preceding. And in case of such restoration, the 
 Secretary shall at once notify the Grand Secretary thereof. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Grand Lodge may, at any Annual Grand Commu- 
 nication, if good cause therefor be shown, restore a Mason who has 
 been suspended or expelled within its jurisdiction ; but such restora- 
 tion shall not restore him to membership in the Lodge by which he 
 was suspended or expelled. 
 
 Sec. 4. No suspension, expulsion, or restoration shall be 
 published otherwise than as hereinbefore provided, except by 
 authority of the Grand Lodge, or by order of the Grand Master. 
 
 Sec. 5. When it is the intention of any Lodge to take measures 
 to apply to the Grand Lodge for the restoration of a Mason who 
 has been expelled, it shall be the duty of the Master thereof to notify 
 the members of his Lodge, as far as possible, of the time when such 
 proposed action will be had; and cause to be spread upon the 
 minutes of the communication at which such action shall be had, 
 the fact that such notification was duly given. 
 
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 PART YII. 
 Of AmendmenU^ Definitions^ and Forms. 
 
 arttclp: I. 
 
 OF AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Section 1. Any proposed amendment to this Constitution shall 
 be presented at an Annual Grand Communication, and shall in all 
 cases be referred to the Committee on Jurisprudence, who shall 
 report before a vote thereon be taken. 
 
 Sec. 2. After the report of said committee, if the vote in favor 
 of such proposed amendment be unanimous, it shall be declared 
 adopted ; and from and after the close of that communication, shall 
 become a part of the Constitution. 
 
 Sec. o. If the vote in favor of such proposed amendment be 
 not unanimous, but there be a majority therefor, it shall lie over 
 for one year, and shall be published with the proceedings, under the 
 caption of " Proposed Amendments to the Constitution ;" and if, at 
 the next succeeding Annual Grand Communication, it shall receive 
 two-thirds of the votes given therein, it shall be declared adopted, 
 and from and after the close of that Communication, shall become a 
 part of the Constitution. 
 
 Sec. 4. No vote upon a proposed amendment shall be taken 
 after the election of. the Grand Officers. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF DEFINITIONS. 
 
 The words and terms used in this Constitution shall bear the 
 construction which is given them in the following definitions : — 
 
 Grand Master. — This title applies, not only to him who has 
 been elected and installed as Grand Master, but to either of the 
 Grand Officers who, under the provisions of Art. II, Part II, of this 
 Constitution, shall have succeeded to the powers and duties of the 
 Grand Master. 
 
 Master. — 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 Officer. — This title applies only to one of the six 
 elective Grand Officers who has been regularly elected and installed, 
 and has served his term as such in this Grand Lodge ; and who re- 
 mains a member, in good standing, of some Lodge under its juris- 
 diction. 
 
38 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 Past Master. — This title applies only to one who has been re- 
 gularly elected, or named in a charter, and installed, and has served 
 a term as Master of a chartered Lodge ; and who is a member, in 
 good standing, of a subordinate Lodge of this jurisdiction. 
 
 Representative. — The representative of a Lodge within this 
 State, 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 communication, 
 . or at a special communication called for that purpose, by ballot, 
 and by a majority of the votes present to represent it at the next 
 Grand Communication. A Lodge without the State, may be repre- 
 sented by a member of any Lodge under this jurisdiction, elected 
 as before. 
 
 Vacancy. — Vacancies in office, either in a Lodge or in the 
 Grand Lodge, may occur by death, deprivation, removal from the 
 jurisdiction, suspension or expulsion. 
 
 Jurisdiction. — The jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge includes 
 all Lodges and Masons within the Territorial limits of this State, 
 and all Lodges and their members without this State, acting under 
 its authority. 
 
 The jurisdiction of a Lodge includes all Masons residing nearer 
 to its place of meeting than to that of any other Lodge within this 
 State, except in towns or cities where more than one Lodge exists ; 
 in which case, each of such Lodges has separate jurisdiction over 
 its own members, and concurrent jurisdiction over all Masons not 
 members of one of such Lodges, who reside in such town or city, 
 or nearer thereto than to any other place where a Lodge exists. 
 
 Regulation. — 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. — The suspension of a Lodge is an arrest of its 
 charter, and a temporary prohibition to assemble or work as a legal 
 Lodge, until again authorized so to do by competent authority ; 
 and the act suspends all its members except those especially ex- 
 empted from its effect. 
 
 The suspension of the Master of a Lodge is a temporary depri- 
 vation of his office and prohibits all recognition of him in that 
 capacity, until he be restored by competent authority. 
 
 The suspension of a Mason is a temporary deprivation of all 
 his rights and privileges as such, and prohibits all Masons and 
 Lodges from holding any Masonic intercourse whatever with 4iim, 
 until he shall be legally restored by the Lodge which suspended 
 him, or by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Expulsion. — The expulsion of a Mason is the highest penalty 
 known to the Masonic law. It is an absolute deprivation of all the 
 rights and privileges of the Order, and prohibits all Masons and 
 Lodges from holding any Masonic intercourse with him forever, 
 unless he be restored by the Grand Lodge. 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 89 
 
 Notification. — A notification is a call issued by the Secretary, 
 by order of the Lodge or Master, or by other competent authority 
 as hereinbefore provided, to attend for some specific purpose at the 
 time and place therein indicated ; and it is the duty of every Mason 
 to comply with its direction, if hejcan, without great inconvenience, 
 do so. 
 
 Summons. — A summons is an imperative order, issued by the 
 Master, 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 disobedi- 
 ence shall be expulsion, unless it shall be shown that such 
 disobedience was unavoidable, or was occasioned by some pressing 
 necessity. 
 
 Stated Communications. — The stated communication of a 
 Lodge is the one only communication in each lunar month, at which 
 busines may be done, with the exceptions specified in Sec. 2, Art. 
 II, Part III. It shall be designated as such in the by-laws of each 
 Lodge, and no adjourned or called communication shall ever be 
 considered as a part of such stated communication. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OF FORMS. 
 
 Form of Certificate for a Diploma. 
 
 Lodge, No , F. and A. M., \ 
 
 A. L. 58...] 
 
 To the Very Worshipful , 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Nevada : — 
 
 I hereby certify that Brother is a Master Mason and 
 
 a member of this Lodge, in good standing ; and as such he is hereby 
 recommended for a Grand Lodge Diploma, upon payment of the 
 usual fees. 
 
 Given under my hand and the Seal of the Lodge afore- 
 [Seal.] said, at the date above written. 
 
 ; Secretary. 
 
 Form of Certificate for a Diploma for the benefit of the family of a 
 deceased Brother. 
 Lodge, No , F. and A. M., 
 
 i. M.,\ 
 A. L. 58.../ 
 
 To the Very Worshipful 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Nevada : — 
 
 I hereby certify that Brother , who died at , 
 
 on the day of , A. L. 58..., was at the date of his decease, 
 
40 CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 a Master Mason and a member of this Lodge, in good standing ; 
 and that he left [here insert *' a widow, ^'' '* a child,'''' or *' children,^'' or 
 any of them, as the case may be,) for whose benefit a Grand Lodge 
 Diploma is desired. 
 
 Given by order of the Lodge aforesaid, at the date first 
 
 [Seal.] above written, as witness my hand and Seal thereof. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Form of a Petition for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge. 
 
 To the Most Worshipful 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in Nevada : — 
 The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents that 
 they are Master Masons in good standing ; that they were last 
 members of the respective Lodges named opposite their several sig- 
 natures hereunto, as will appear from the dimits of each of 
 the petitioners, herewith transmitted; that they reside in or near 
 
 the of in the county of. , in the State 
 
 of Nevada ; that among them are a sufiicient number of brethren 
 well qualified to open and hold a Lodge of Free and Accepted 
 Masons, and to discharge 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 endeavors for the diffusion of its beneficent prin- 
 ciples, they pray for a Dispensation empowering them to form, open, 
 
 and hold a regular Lodge at the of. , aforesaid, to be 
 
 called Lodge. 
 
 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 in all respects competent to perform all the 
 duties of the several stations for which they are proposed; and, if 
 the prayer of the petitioners be granted, they promise in all things 
 strict obedience to the commands of the Grand Master, and un- 
 deviating conformity to the Constitution and Regulations of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 Dated at , on the day of A. L. 58... 
 
 Signatures. Name and Ko. of Lodge. State or County. 
 
 Form of Recommendation of a Petition for the institution of a New Lodge. 
 
 .., F. and M 
 ., A. L., 58. 
 
 .Lodge, No , F. and M., ) 
 
 ■ ' -3... f 
 
 To the Most Worshipful 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in Nevada: — 
 At a stated communication of this Lodge, held at the date above 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 41 
 
 written, the following preamble and resolution were adopted : — 
 " Whereas, a petition for the issue af a Dispensation 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 
 meetings ; it is 
 
 *' Resolved, That the establishment of said new Lodge is of 
 manifest propriety, and will conduce to the good of the Order ; and 
 that this Lodge recommends 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 
 [Seal.] affixed the Seal of the Lodge aforesaid, at the date 
 above written. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Form of Certificate of the qualifications of the Master proposed in a 
 Petition for a New Lodge. 
 
 To the Most Worshipful 
 
 Grand Master of Masons in Nevada : — 
 
 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 Brother being 
 
 recommended therein for nomination as the first Master of said 
 
 proposed new Lodge; now, I Master of Lodge, 
 
 No , do hereby certify that, to my positive knowledge, said 
 
 Brother is fully competent properly to confer the three 
 
 degrees of Masonry, and to deliver entire the several lectures there- 
 unto appertaining. 
 
 Given at , in the county of this...: day 
 
 of , A. L. 58. 
 
 Master. 
 
 Form of Petition for a Charter. 
 
 To the M.-.W. -.Grand Lodge of Nevada:— 
 
 The undersigned respectfully represent that on the day 
 
 of , A. L. 58..., a Dispensation was issued by the Grand 
 
 Master for the formation of a new Lodge at in the county 
 
42 . CONSTITUTION OF THE 
 
 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 perpetuated. 
 
 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 
 
 Senior Warden, and Brother as Junior Warden; 
 
 promising as heretofore, strict obedience to the commands of the 
 Grand Master, and undeviating conformity to the Constitution and 
 Regulations of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Given by instruction from, and on behalf of said Lodge, at 
 
 this day of A. L., 58... 
 
 , [-Delegates. 
 
 .Lodge No ..F, and A. M., 
 
 A. L. 58. 
 
 Form of Credentials as Representatives elected by a Lodge. 
 
 I:} 
 
 To the M.-.W. -.Grand Lodge of Nevada : — 
 
 This is to certify that at a Communication of this 
 
 Lodge, held at the date above written, it having been made known 
 that neither the Master nor either of the Wardens thereof would be 
 entitled to attend the Grand Lodge at its next Annual Communica- 
 tion, Bro a member of. the Lodge, was, by ballot, 
 
 duly elected to serve as Representative during said Grand Communi- 
 cation. 
 
 In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand 
 [Seal.] and have caused the Secretary to affix the Seal of 
 the Lodge, with his attestation, at the date above 
 written. 
 
 Master. 
 
 .Secretary. 
 
 Form of Petition for the Degrees of Masonry. 
 To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and members of 
 
 Lodge No , F. and A. M. : — 
 
 The undersigned respectfully represents, that, unbiassed by 
 
GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 43 
 
 friends, and uninfluenced by mercenary motives, he freely and 
 voluntarily offers himself as a candidate for the mysteries of 
 Masonry ; that he is prompted to solicit this privilege by a favor- 
 able opinion conceived of the institution, a desire for knowledge, 
 and a sincere wish to be serviceable to his fellow creatures ; that he 
 has resided in the State of Nevada more than one year, and at the 
 place below named more than six months next preceding the date 
 hereof; that he has not, within twelve months past, been rejected by 
 any Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons ; and that he promises if 
 found worthy, to conform to all the ancient usages and regulations 
 of the Fraternity. 
 
 His place of residence is , his age, years, 
 
 and his occupation 
 
 [Date,) , 18 
 
 [Signature^) 
 
 Recommended by Bros. ^ [To he Members of the Lodge.) 
 
 Form of Application for Membership. 
 
 To the Worshipful Master, 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, as by the accompanying certificate will 
 appear, and that he now desires, if found worthy, to become a mem- 
 ber of your Lodge. 
 
 His place of residence is , his age 
 
 years, and his occupation 
 
 {Date,) A. L., 58... 
 
 Signature , ) 
 
 Recommended by Bros. 4 [To be Members ^f the Lodge.) 
 
 Form of Certificate of the election and installation of the Officers of a 
 Subordinate Lodge. 
 
 .Lodge, No....... F. and A. M. 
 
 nd A. M. \ 
 
 A. L. 58.../ 
 
 To the Very Worshipful 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Nevada : — 
 I hereby certify that, at the stated Communication of this 
 Lodge, held on the day above written, it being the next preceding 
 
44 CONSTITUTION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF NEVADA. 
 
 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. 
 
 Bro , Secretary. 
 
 And that on the day of. A. L. 58..., 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 the Lodge, on 
 [Seal.] the day last above written. 
 
 ...: Secretary. 
 
 Form of Notice of Rejections^ Suspensions, Expulsions, and Restorations. 
 
 . and A. M 
 .A. L. 58. 
 
 .Lodge, No , F. and A. M. \ 
 
 To the Very Worshipful 
 
 Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Nevada : — 
 
 I hereby certify that, at a stated Communication of this Lodge 
 
 held at the date above written, the petition of , an 
 
 applicant for the degrees of Masonry was rejected. 
 
 {Or, Bro , after due notice, as prescribed in the 
 
 Constitution, was suspended from all the rights and privileges of 
 Masonry, for non-payment of his dues.) 
 
 [Or, Bro , after due trial in the manner pre- 
 scribed in the Constitution, was declared to be suspended from all 
 the rights and privileges of Masonry, for unmasonic conduct.) 
 
 (Or, Bro , after due trial, in the manner 
 
 prescribed in the Constitution, was declared to be expelled from all 
 the rights and privileges of Masonry, for unmasonic conduct^ 
 
 ( Or, Bro , heretofore suspended by this Lodge 
 
 for non-payment of his dues, having paid up all arrearages, (or, 
 having had his dues remitted by the Lodge,) as provided in the 
 Constitution, resumed his rights and privileges as a Mason and as 
 a member of this Lodge.) 
 
 {Or, Bro , heretofore suspended by this Lodge 
 
 for unmasonic conduct, was, by a two-thirds vote, in the manner 
 prescribed in the Constititution, 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 the Lodge 
 [Seal.] aforesaid, at the date above written. 
 
 .....Secretary. 
 
General Regulations, 
 
 ADOPTED JANUARY 18, A. L. 5865. 
 
 1. The practice of duelling being repugnant to the principles 
 o-f Freeasonry, in all cases where two brethren resort to this mode 
 of settling their disputes, it shall be the duty of the Lodge or Lodges 
 of which they are members, or within whose jurisdiction they may 
 reside, forthwith to expel them from all the rights and privileges of 
 Masonry ; and no brother who may fall in a duel shall be buried 
 with Masonic honors. 
 
 2. All bodies purporting to be Masonic Lodges, held in the 
 United States or any of their Territories, within the jurisdiction of 
 the Grand Lodge of any State or Territory, without authority from 
 such Grand Lodge, and all the members thereof, are declared illegal. 
 
 3. All Lodges within this State, having concurrent jurisdic- 
 tion with other Lodges, shall immediately notify such others of all 
 applications for membership or initiation. 
 
 4. This Grand Lodge, recognizing the principle that no one 
 should be initiated into the mysteries of our Order, except in the 
 Lodge nearest his place of residence, (unless by its permission,) 
 and, while it takes care to avoid infringing the jurisdictional rights 
 of others, will not tolerate that its own be invaded ; and it is there- 
 fore ordered that no Lodge, subordinate to the Grand Lodge of 
 Nevada, shall admit to membership any person who, being at the 
 time a resident of this State, has received, or claims to have received 
 the degrees of Masonry from any source beyond its jurisdiction, 
 without the proper permission, until he shall have paid the Lodge 
 to which he applies for membership, the full amount charged by 
 that Lodge for conferring the degrees, less the sum paid by him to 
 the Lodge in which he received them. 
 
 5. All Masonic communication between the Lodges and Masons 
 of this jurisdiction and those acknowledging allegiance to the 
 Grand Lodge of Hamburg, is hereby forbidden, while that body 
 shall continue its unlawful and reprehensible invasion of the juris- 
 dictional rights of the Grand Lodge of New York. 
 
 6. This Grand Lodge recognizes no degree of Past Master con- 
 ferred 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 convo- 
 cation of Present or Past Masters, not less than three in number, 
 who have thus regularly received it. 
 
46 GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
 
 7. No Lodge lender this jurisdiction, shall be allowed to tran- 
 sact business, other than the conferring of degrees, with a less 
 number than seven members present. 
 
 8. The Grand Secretary is authorized to charge the sum of 
 one dollar, for the use of the Grand Lodge, for each copy of its 
 printed proceedings for the current year, other than the four 
 copies to be sent to each subordinate Lodge, and those required 
 for transmission abroad, for future binding, and for the use of the 
 Grand Lodge at its next succeeding Annual Communication. 
 
 9. When a brother, found guilty of a Masonic offense and 
 sentenced to Jbe reprimanded, appeals from the verdict and 
 sentence, such sentence shall not be carried into effect until the 
 appeal shall have been disposed of by the Grand Lodge, 
 
 10. The names of entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts shall 
 be returned to the Grand Lodge for two years only, and shall there- 
 after be dropped from the rolls of their respective Lodges. 
 
 11. Non-affiiliated Masons, who are suspended by opera- 
 tion of Sec. 1, Art. II, Part V, of the Constitution, if they desire 
 to restore themselves either by affiliation or contribution, shall pay 
 a sum equal to six months dues, in addition to the affiliation fee, or 
 a sum equal to the dues of the Lodge, for all the time they have 
 resided in the jurisdiction of the Lodge unaffiliated, unless sickness 
 or inabilty be shewn as the reason for non-affiliation or non-pay- 
 ment. 
 
 12. All non-affiliated Masons, within the jurisdiction of this 
 Grand Lodge, shall be warned and notified to present themselves at 
 the nearest Lodge to their place of abode, and affiliate with said 
 Lodge, unless for cause shown they shall be excused by said Lodge. 
 
 All Masons in this jurisdiction, who after having been faith- 
 fully and fully warned, shall fail or refuse to appear as herein re- 
 quired, or appearing, refuse to affiliate or show cause for non- 
 affiliation, shall be deemed unworthy of and denied all Masonic 
 privileges, rights and charities, unless they produce a certificate 
 from the Secretary of the Lodge, or the Secretary of the Masonic 
 Board of Relief, within whose Jurisdiction they reside, or from the 
 Grand Secretary, that they have contributed to such Lodge, Board 
 of Relief, or this Grand Lodge, an amount equivalent to the dues 
 of such Lodge. 
 
INDEX 
 
 OF 
 
 Constitution and Regulations. 
 
 ♦♦> 
 
 Part. Art. Sec. 
 
 Affiliation, application for, 3 3 2 
 
 application for, dimit with, • 3 3 11 
 
 non, penalty of, (Reg. 11, 12,) 5 2 1 
 
 Appeal from Master's decisions, 4 2 3 
 
 trial, how taken, 6 18 
 
 trial, how taken, 2 4 
 
 trial, bow taken, 3 9 
 
 suspends action of sentence, (Reg. 9.) 
 
 Amendment, By-Laws, , 3 2 5 
 
 Constitution, 7 1 
 
 By-Laws, copy to Grand Secretary, 3 2 5 
 
 Ballot, one for three degrees, 3 3 5 
 
 Black Book, 4 5 2 
 
 Candidates, q*iialifications of, 3 3 2 
 
 objections to advancement, 3 5 
 
 examined in open Lodge, 3 6 
 
 Charter, fees for, 18 2 
 
 fees for, 2 4 3 
 
 Arrested by Grand Master, 2 11 
 
 maybe arrested, 3 2 10 
 
 arrest suspends members, 3 4 5 
 
 how surrendered, 3 4 2 
 
 how forfeited, 3 4 3 
 
 new Lodge, 3 14 
 
 Clandestine Lodge, non-intercourse, (Reg. 2,) 5 2 3 
 
 Masons, 3 3 12 
 
 Committees, Grand Lodge, 1 7 
 
 all business to be referred to, 17 3 
 
 on Petitions, duties of, 3 3 3 
 
 Communications, G. Master & G. Sec. to be read & filed,.. 3 2 7 
 
 Charges against Master, bow tried, ; 6 1 
 
 against individual, how tried, 6 3 
 
48 
 
 Part. Art. 
 
 Commission to try Master, 6 12 
 
 to try Lodge, 6 2 2 
 
 to try individual 6 3 2 
 
 Dues to Grand Lodge, 18 4 
 
 when paid, 3 2 4 
 
 Dispensation, new Lodge, 3 12 
 
 new Lodge, may be continued 3 13 
 
 to re-ballot, how granted, 3 3 4 
 
 without reference, how granted, 3 3 4 
 
 to fill vacancies, how granted, 4 1 2 
 
 Grand Master to grant, 2 11 
 
 fees Grand Lodge, 18 2 
 
 fees Grand Secretary, 2 4 3 
 
 Diplomas, fees Grand Lodge, 18 2 
 
 fees Grand Secretary, , 2 4 3 
 
 fees to widow, none, 2 4 1 
 
 Degrees, qualification for, 3 3 2 
 
 one ballot for, 3 3 5 
 
 objection to advance, 3 3 5 
 
 how and when conferred, 3 3 8 
 
 Dimit to accompany application, 3 3 11 
 
 how and when granted, 5 2 4 
 
 Dueling prohibited, (Reg 1.) 
 
 Definition of terms used, 7 2 
 
 Election, Grand Officers, 1 5 
 
 Lodge Officers, 4 1 
 
 Lodge electors at 4 13 
 
 Expulsion defined, 7 2 
 
 Examination, visitors to be 3 3 13 
 
 for advancement, 3 3 6 
 
 Fees to Grand Lodge, 18 2 
 
 to Grand Secretary, 2 4 3 
 
 to be paid before issuing, 18 3 
 
 for degrees, 3 3 7 
 
 Grand Officers, qualification of, 12 2 
 
 elections of, 1 5 
 
 vacancies, how filled, 15 3 
 
 appointed, duties of, 2 5 
 
 Grand Lodge, powers and authorities, 1 3 
 
 its meetings, 1 4 
 
 who to vote in, 1 ^ 
 
 vote, how taken, 1 6 
 
 revenue, 1 8 
 
 Grand Lodge dues, 1 8 4 
 
 fees, 18 2 
 
 Grand Master, powers of, 2 11 
 
INDEX. 49 
 
 Part. Art. Sec. 
 
 to have casting vote, 16 7 
 
 duties of, 2 1 2 
 
 definition of term, 7 2 
 
 Grand Deputy, powers and duties, 2 2 1 
 
 Grand Wardens, powers and duties, 2 2 2 
 
 Grand Secretary, duties of, 2 4 1 
 
 to tile bond, 2 4 2 
 
 compensation of, 2 4 3 
 
 fees of, 2 4 3 
 
 to appoint Assistant,.. 2 4 4 
 
 custodian of property of dissolved Lodges, 18 6 
 
 Grand Treasurer, duties of, 2 3 
 
 to file bond, 2 3 2 
 
 compensation of, 2 3 3 
 
 Jurisdiction, definition of, 7 2 
 
 Lodge, how represented in Grand Lodge, 3 2 3 
 
 three votes in Grand Lodge, 1 6 
 
 dues to Grand Lodge,.... 18 4 
 
 dues to Grand Lodge, when paid, 3 2 4 
 
 delinquent, Grand Secretary to report, 2 4 1 
 
 non-compliance, . Grand Secretary to report... 2 4 1 
 
 organization of, 3 1 
 
 how dissolved, 3 4 1 
 
 property belongs to Grand Lodge, 18 5 
 
 officers of, 3 14 
 
 powers and duties, 3 2 
 
 meetings of, 3 2 2 
 
 responsible for Secretary, 3 2 10 
 
 place of meeting, how changed, 3 3 1 
 
 not to receive lectures, 3 3 10 
 
 returns to Grand Lodge, 3 2 4 
 
 returns, penalty for not making, 3 3 14 
 
 charter, how surrendered, 3 4 2 
 
 charter, how forfeited, 3 4 2 
 
 failing to elect officers, 4 1 2 
 
 vacancy in offices, 4 1 2 
 
 difficulty between, how settled, 6 2 
 
 to notify each other, (Reg. 3.) 
 
 Lectures only by Grand Lecturer, 3 3 10 
 
 Member Grand Lodge, who, 12 1 
 
 Members Grand Lodge, qualifications, 12 2 
 
 of only one Lodge, 5 12 
 
 Membership, how acquired, 5 11 
 
 how lost, 5 13 
 
 Meeting, place of, how changed, 3 3 1 
 
 business at, stated, 3 2 2 
 
 business at, special, 3 2 2 
 
50 
 
 Pfirt. Art. Sec. 
 
 Master, definition of, 7 2 
 
 duties and powers, 4 2 
 
 no appeal from decision, 4 2 
 
 casting vote, 4 2 
 
 penalty for neglect of duty, 4 2 
 
 to preside at all meetings, 4 2 
 
 trial of, 6 1 
 
 punishment of, 6 1 
 
 to preside at trials, 6 3 
 
 Masons may acquire Membership, 5 1 
 
 member of but one Lodge, 5 1 
 
 membership, how ended, 5 1 
 
 may dimit, how, 5 1 
 
 must be affiliate, 5 2 
 
 not affiliated, suspended, 5 2 
 
 not to divulge vote, 5 2 
 
 clandestine, no intercourse with, 5 2 
 
 suspended for non-payment of dues, 5 2 
 
 unmasonic conduct, penalty, 5 2 
 
 trial of, 6 3 
 
 made in other States, (Reg. 4.) 
 
 Notices, Master to issue, 4 2 
 
 definition, 7 2 
 
 Officers, elected, how and when, 4 1 
 
 installed, when, 4 1 
 
 appointed, who and how, 4 1 
 
 appointed, duties of, 4 6 
 
 who eligible as, 4 1 
 
 who an elector, 4 1 
 
 vacancy in, 4 1 
 
 failing to elect, vacancy how filled, 4 1 
 
 Proxies not allowed in Grand Lodge, 1 2 
 
 Past Master, definition, 7 2 
 
 Chapter, (Reg. 6.) 
 
 how to vote in Grand Lodge, 1 6 
 
 Past Gran»d Officer, definition, 7 2 
 
 Petition for degrees, how made, 3 3 
 
 referred 3 3 
 
 can not be withdrawn, 3 3 
 
 Property of dissolved Lodge, 3 4 
 
 Punishment of an individual Mason, 6 3 
 
 Master of a Lodge,... » 6 1 
 
 Quorum, (Reg. 7.) 
 
 Representative to other Grand Lodges, 2 1 
 
 to Grand Lodge, how elected, 7 2 
 
 to Grand Lodge, how paid, 3 2 
 
61 
 
 Part. Art. Sec. 
 
 Lodge under dispensation not to vote, 3 3 15 
 
 definition, 7 2 
 
 Revenue, Grand Lodge,... 1 8 
 
 Returns to Grand Lodge, when and how made, 3 2 4 
 
 Reinstate, suspended unmasonic conduct, 6 4 2 
 
 suspended non-payment of dues, 3 3 9 
 
 Grand Lodge may, 6 4 3 
 
 not to membership, 6 4 3 
 
 application for, how made, 6 4 5 
 
 Rejections, &c., to be reported to Grand Secretary, 4 5 1 
 
 Roll Books to be kept by Lodges, -. 4 5 2 
 
 Regulation, definition - 7 2 
 
 Seal of Lodge, 3 2 6 
 
 to be on every paper, 3 2 6 
 
 Grand Lodge, Grand Secretary to keep, 2 4 1 
 
 Suspension, definition, 7 2 
 
 non-payment of dues, 3 3 9 
 
 non-payment of dues, 5 2 4 
 
 to be reported, 4 5 1 
 
 by forfeiture of (charter, 3 4 4 
 
 not to be published, ■. 6 4 4 
 
 indefinite period, 6 4 2 
 
 Summons, Master to issue, 7 2 
 
 definition, 4 2 1 
 
 Secretary, duties of, 4 5 
 
 keep record of trial, 6 3 7 
 
 notify Grand Secretary of restorations, 6 4 2 
 
 Treasurer, duties of, 4 4 
 
 Testimony, how taken, 6 13 
 
 how taken, 6 3 6 
 
 Trial, Master, 6 1 
 
 Trial, Master, record of sent to Grand Secretary, 6 17 
 
 appeal from decision, 6 18 
 
 commissioners may adjourn, 6 14 
 
 Lodges with individuals, 6 2 
 
 individuals, 6 3 
 
 charges to be served, 6 3 2 
 
 charges, how and when served, 6 3 3 
 
 commissioners may adjourn, 6 3 6 
 
 decision, how returned to Lodge, 6 3 7 
 
 decision, read in secret session, 6 3 7 
 
 transcript when sent to Grand Lodge, 6 3 9 
 
 Grand Secretary to be notified, 6 3 8 
 
 reviewed in Grand Lodge, 6 4 1 
 
 appeal suspends sentence, (Reg. 9.) 
 
 Vacancies, Grand offices, how filled, 16 3 
 
62 INDEX. 
 
 Part. Art. Sec. 
 
 Lodge offices, how filled, 4 12 
 
 defined, 7 2 
 
 Vote, casting, Grand Lodge, 16 7 
 
 casting, Lodge, 4 2 4 
 
 not to be divulged, 5 2 2 
 
 Wardens, duties and powers of, 4 3 
 
 Witnesses to be summoned 6 3 5 
 
Funeral S ervice, 
 
 No Mason can be interi-ed with the formalities of the Order, unless he 
 shall have been raised to the Third Degree. Fellow Crafts and Entered 
 Apprentices 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 crape on left arm, and with white gloves and aprons. 
 
 The brethren haviny assembled at the Lodge-room, the Master opens 
 the Lodge in the Third degree of Masonry, states the purpose for which it 
 has been called together, and calls the Ijodge off. 
 
 The service is then commenced as follows :— 
 
 Master. What man is he that Uveth and shall not see death ? 
 Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? 
 
 Response. Man walketh in a vain shadow ; he heapeth up riches 
 and cannot tell who shall gather them. 
 
 Master. When he dieth he shall carry nothing away ; his glory 
 shall not descend after him. 
 
 Response. Naked came he into the world, and naked must he 
 return. The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be 
 the name of the Lord. 
 
 Master. If a man die shall he live again ? 
 
 Response. The dust shall return to the earth as it was ; and 
 the spirit shall return to God who gave it. ^ 
 
 Master. Can we offer no precious off'ering to redeem our lost 
 brother ? 
 
 Response. We have not the ransom ; the place that knew him 
 once, shall know him no more forever. 
 
 Master. Shall his name be lost upon earth ? 
 
 Response. We will record it in our hearts, we will treasure it 
 in our memories, being dead he shall yet speak to us, in the recollec- 
 tion of his virtues. 
 
 Master. Our brother has fulfilled his earthly destiny ; may we 
 all live the life of the righteous, that our last end may be like his. 
 
 Response. God is our God for ever and ever ! may he be our 
 guide even unto death. 
 
 Master. Almighty Father ! in thy hands we leave with humble 
 submission the soul of our deceased brother. 
 
 Response. [Repeated three times, giving the grand honors each time.) 
 
 The will of God is accomplished. So mote it be. Amen. 
 
54 FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
 Master. Brethren, let us here drop the tear of sorrow at the 
 loss of our departed brother who shall meet us no more in the 
 mysteries and fellowship of our beloved order. Let us keep fresh 
 in our memories his virtues, and strive to imitate them. Let us 
 cast about his infirmities, whatever they may have been, the broad 
 mantle of a Mason's charity, remembering that it is human to err, 
 but divine, to forgive what is evil and to love that which is good. 
 
 Master or Chaplain. Oh ! Father of mercies and God of all com- 
 fort, our only help in time of need, look with pity, we pray thee, 
 upon the sorrows of thy servants, and sanctify to us Thy fatherly 
 correction. Make us deeply sensible of the shortness and un- 
 certainty of human life. So teach us to number our days, that 
 we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Let Thy Holy Spirit lead us 
 through this vale of misery, in holiness and righteousness all the 
 days of our lives. When Thou shall call us hence may we depart, 
 having the testimony of good conscience ; in the confidence of a 
 certain faith ; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy 
 hope ; in favor with Thee our God, and in perfect charity with the 
 world ; may we pass from this earthly Lodge of sorrow to Thy joy- 
 ful House not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Amen. 
 Response. So mote it be. 
 Solemn music may here be introduced. 
 
 The procession shall then be formed. If the body be not in the Lodge- 
 room, the procession will move to the house of the deceased, and thence 
 with his remains to the place of sepulchre, in the following order : 
 The Tyler with a drawn sword ; 
 Stewards, with white Rods ; 
 Musicians, 
 (If Masons ; otherwise they will follow the Tyer ;) 
 Master Masons ; 
 . Junior and Senior Deacons ; 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer ; 
 Junior and Senior Wardens : 
 Past Masters ; 
 The Holy Writings; 
 On a cushion covered with black cloth, carried by the oldest mem- 
 ber of the Lodge ; 
 The Master ; 
 The Reverend Clergy ; 
 The m Body, 
 With the insignia ||| placed thereon ; 
 Pall bearers ; |f Pall bearers ; 
 
 Mourners. 
 When the procession arrives within a proper distance of the grave, the 
 
FUNERAL SERVICE. 55 
 
 brethren will halt, open out right and left and face inwards, t^ allow the 
 
 latter part of the procession to pass through in the following order : 
 
 Chaplain or officiating Clergyman ; 
 
 Coffin : 
 
 Mourners ; 
 
 Worshipful Master ; 
 
 Brethren in reversed order ; 
 
 On arriving at the grave the brethren form a circle around it, the 
 oj/icers and Reverend Clergy at the head, the mourners at the foot. The 
 regalia is taken from the coffin by the Senior Deacon, and the coffin deposi- 
 ted in the grave. After the Clergyman has concluded the religious ser- 
 vices of the Church, the Worshipful Master shall proceed as folloivs : 
 
 Master. My brethren : here, about this open grave, has the 
 solemn voice of our Heavenly Father again called us to stand, that 
 we may tenderly lay the lifeless body of our departed brother in the 
 long home, and take to our hearts the solemn message that thither 
 every man goeth. 
 
 To us who remain, death seems far off. How often is our in- 
 ward thought that our houses shall continue forever, and our dwelling 
 places to all generations ; so we call lands after our own names, 
 heap up riches, and go on as if we are to live forever, and not see 
 corruption. But this grave tells us that we too will soon pass hence, 
 and leave behind us all that is of the earth, earthy ; then will we 
 enter into the world beyond where all things are eternal, and what 
 is now unseen becomes visible. The world passeth away, and the 
 lust thereof; but he that doeth the will of God, abideth forever. 
 Let us then henceforth rightly divide our time, and apply our 
 hearts unto the divine wisdom, that we may stand in our everlasting 
 lot at the end of the days. 
 
 The following invocations are then rehearsed by the Ma.ster, and re- 
 sponded to by the brethren. 
 
 Master May we be true and faithful, and may we live and die 
 in love I 
 
 Response. So mote it be. 
 
 Master. May we profess only that which is good, and may 
 we always act in accordance with our professions ! 
 
 Response. So mote it be. 
 
 Master. May the Lord bless us and prosper us, and may all 
 our good intentions be crowned with success ! 
 
 Response. So mote it be. 
 
 The Senior Deacon then hands the Master the Apron, and the Master 
 continues : 
 
 This Lamb-skin, or white apron, is an emblem of innocence, 
 and the peculiar badge of a Mason. It is more ancient than the 
 Golden Fleece or Roman Eagle, and, when worthily worn, more 
 honorable than Star or Garter, or any other order which earthly 
 power can confer. Being tjie Badge of Innocence and the Bond of 
 
56 FUNERAL SERVICE. 
 
 Friends^ ^^, this emblem which we now deposit in the grave of 
 our deceased brother, (drops it in the grave,) reminds us that the 
 dominion of death is universal ; that the wealth of the world cannot 
 buy or release, and that neither the strong arm of friendship nor 
 the virtue of innocence can prevent his coming. 
 
 The Master, holding the evergreen in his hand, continues : 
 
 This evergreen is an emblem of our faith in the immortality of 
 our souls, which the grave shall never receive, over which death 
 hath no dominion, and which shall pass through the valley of the 
 shadow of death to its eternal destiny beyond. '' For we know that 
 our Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon 
 the earth." 
 
 A Funeral Dirge may then be sung or played while the brethren move 
 in procession around the grave, each depositing in it a sprig of evergreen 
 as he passes the head. The Secretary then drops his roll upon the coffin ; 
 and the public Grand Honors are given thrice, all repeating at each 
 time : — 
 
 The will of God is accomplished ! So mote it be ! Amen ! 
 
 The cover is then placed on the outer case. The Master then con- 
 tinues as folloivs : 
 
 Brother, we commit thy body to the grave ; earth to earth, 
 {here the Senior Deacon drops earth on the coffin three several times,) ashes 
 to ashes, dust to dust. We bid thee a long, a last farewell ; thine 
 earthly toil is over ; mayest thou rest forever in heavenly peace. 
 Amen. 
 
 Response. So mote it be. 
 
 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 remains to the place of 
 interment, and there to deposit them with the usual formalities of 
 the Craft. In conformity to this usage and at the desire of our de- 
 ceased brother, whose loss we deplore and whose memory we revere, 
 we have assembled in the character of Masons to resign his body to 
 the earth, whence it came, and to oifer up to his memory before the 
 world this last tribute of aifection ; thereby demonstrating the sin- 
 cerity of our esteem for him, and our unchanging attachment to the 
 principles of our Order. 
 
 Our departed brother's course on the level of time has ended ; 
 we are speedily after him to reach the same bound appointed us of 
 God which we may not pass. The Grand Master has called from 
 earthly toil one of his workmen to apply to him and his work the 
 square of righteous judgment. Before that august Master, in the 
 Lodge of Eternity, we also must shortly appear, and submit our 
 work for inspection. Let us then work while it is day; encourage 
 and help one another ; take the Holy Scriptures as the rule and 
 guide of our faith and practice ; and heartily make ready to be raised 
 
FUNERAL SERVICE. 57 
 
 at the divine call to the heavenly kingdom which has been pre- 
 pared for faithful Craftsmen. 
 
 Response. So mote it be. 
 
 W.'.M.'.or Chaplain. Almighty and most merciful God, in whom 
 we live and move, and have our being, and before whom all men 
 must appear to give an account of the deeds done in the body, have 
 mercy upon us. Convince our minds and teach our hearts by the 
 solemn lessons of this day. 
 
 Vouschafe us, we pray Thee, Thy divine assistance to redeem 
 our mispent time, and to build aright, in the days which remain, 
 our spiritual edifice. Give us wisdom from on high to direct us ; 
 strength to support us ; the beauty of holiness to adorn our lives. 
 At last, when the gavel of Death shall call us from our labors, may 
 we enter into the blessed and everlasting rest of the kingdom 
 above. Amen. 
 
 Response. So mote it be. 
 
 The Master then approaches the head of the grave and says : — 
 
 Soft and safe be this the earthly bed of our brother. Bright 
 and glorious be his rising from it ! Fragrant be the cassia sprig that 
 here shall flourish ! May the earliest buds of spring unfold their 
 beauties o'er this his resting place. Though the cold blasts of 
 autumn may lay them in the dust, and for a time destroy the loveli- 
 ness of their existence, yet the destruction is not final, and in the 
 spring they shall surely bloom again. So, in the bright morning 
 of the world's resurrection, his mortal frame now laid in the dust 
 by the chilling blast of Death, may spring again into newness of 
 life, and expand, in immortal beauty, in realms beyond the skies. 
 [Benediction.) 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 reform and return to 
 the Lodge-room, and the Lodge will be closed in the customary manner. 
 
58 FUNERAL DIRGE. 
 
 .FUNERAL DIRGE. 
 
 Air, PleyeVs (rennan Hymn, 
 
 1 Solemn strikes the funWal chime, 
 JVotesof our departing time ; 
 As we journey here beloio, 
 Through a pilgrimage of IV oe. 
 
 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 iving. 
 
 To our funeral altar come ; 
 
 Waft a Friend a7id Brothm^ 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." 
 
 6 God of Life's Eternal Day ! 
 Guide us, lest from Thee we 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 souls loith 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. 
 
BY-LAWS 
 
 OF 
 
 ^Iko I<od^e, ^o. 15, 
 
 4^> 
 
 ARTICLE I. . 
 
 OF NAME AND OFFICERS. 
 
 Section 1. This Lodge shall be known by the name of Elko 
 Lodge, No. 15, of Free and Accepted Masons, and its officers shall 
 consist of a Master, a Senior Warden, a Junior Warden, a Treas- 
 urer, a Secretary, a Senior Deacon, a Junior Deacon, a Marshal, 
 two Stewards, a Tyler, and such other officers as the Lodge may 
 deem proper to appoint. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 OF ELECTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. 
 
 Section 1. The Master, the Senior Warden, the Junior Warden, 
 the Treasurer and the Secretary, shall be elected by ballot, in con- 
 formity with Sec. I, Art. 1, Part IV, 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. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 OF COMMUNICATIONS OF THE LODGE. 
 
 Section 1. The stated Communications of the Lodge shall be 
 holden on the first Tuesday in each month. 
 
 Sec. 2. Special Communications may be called from time to 
 time, as the Lodge or the presiding officer thereof may direct. 
 
60 BY-LAWS. 
 
 ARTI(i:;LE IV. 
 
 OF INITIATION AND MEBERSHIP. 
 
 Section 1. All petitions for initiation or affiliation must be 
 signed by the petitioner, and be recommended by two members of 
 the Lodge, and accompanied with the usual fee. Every such 
 petition shall be referred to a committee of three, whose duty it 
 shall be to report thereon, at the next stated Communication, (unless 
 further time be granted) when the applicant may be balloted for, 
 and received or rejected, or the ballot may be postponed until the 
 ensuing stated Communication, as the Lodge may determine. 
 
 Sec. 2. If an applicant elected to receive the degrees in this 
 Lodge, does not come forward to be initiated within three months 
 thereafter, the fee shall be forfeited unless the Lodge shall other- 
 wise direct. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every person raised to the degree of Master Mason 
 in, or elected a member of this Lodge, shall sign the By-Laws 
 thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 OF the treasurer. 
 
 Section 1. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys from the 
 Secretary ; shall keep an accurate and just 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 
 Communications in December, March, June and September of each 
 year, submit a report in full of the monetary transactions of the 
 Lodge. The Lodge may also, at any time when considered neces- 
 sary, cause him to present an account of his receipts and disburse- 
 ments, and of the amount of funds on hand. 
 
 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 Communi- 
 cations in December, March, June and September, the amount due 
 by each member ; shall receive all moneys due the Lodge, and pay 
 the same to the Treasurer; and shall perform all such other duties 
 as may properly appertain to his office. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall receive such compensation for his services as 
 the Lodge may direct. 
 
61 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 OF THE TYLER. 
 
 Section 1. The Tyler, in addition to the necessary duties of 
 his office, shall serve all notices and summonses, and perform such 
 other services as may be required of him by the Lodge. 
 
 Sec. 2. He shall receive as compensation for his services, 
 Two Dollars for each Communication of the Lodge. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 
 Section 1 . The table of fees for this Lodge shall be as follows : 
 For the degree of Entered Apprentice, $25; for the degree of 
 Fellow Craft, $20 ; for the degree of Master Mason, $30. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 Section 1. The dues of each Member of this Lodge shall be 
 One Dollar per month, payable quarterly. 
 
 Sec. 2. No member who is six months in arrears for dues at 
 the time of Annual Election, shall be permitted to vote, or shall be 
 eligible to any office. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any member, who has been suspended for non-pay- 
 ment of his dues, may be restored to membership upon payment of 
 all arrearages. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any member in good standing may withdraw from 
 membership by paying his dues and notifying the Lodge to that 
 etfect, at a stated Communication, but no recommendatory certifi- 
 cate shall be issued unless ordered by the Lodge. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 Section 1. The Master and Wardens shall be a charity commit- 
 tee, and shall have power to draw upon the Treasurer for any 
 sum not exceeding ten dollars, at any one time, for the relief of 
 a distressed worthy brother, his wife, widow or orphans. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Master and Wardens shall constitute 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. 
 
 ARTICLE XL 
 
 OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS FUND. 
 
 Section 1 . The fees received by the Lodge for every degree of 
 
62 BY-LAWS. 
 
 Master Mason conferred herein, shall be set apart by the Treasurer 
 to the credit of the Widow's and Orphan's Fund. 
 
 Sec. 2 The Masters and Wardens shall be Trustees of the 
 Widows and Orphan's Fund, and shall have full control of the same, 
 with power to invest it on good security. 
 
 Sec. 3. All interest accruing to said fund shall be added to the 
 principal, until the fund amounts to five hundred dollars and over. 
 The Trustees may then draw upon it for the relief of Widows or 
 Orphans under the care of the Lodge ; provided, that at no time 
 shall the said fund be drawn upon so as to leave less than two hun- 
 dred dollars therein. 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 
 OF REVEALING THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE LODGE. 
 
 Section 1. When a candidate for initiation or affiliation is re- 
 jected, or a brother reprimanded, suspended, or expelled, no mem- 
 ber or visitor shall reveal, either directly or indirectly, to such 
 person, or to any other, any transactions which may have taken 
 place on the subject, nor shall any proceedings of the Lodge not 
 proper to be made public be disclosed outside thereof, under the 
 penalty of reprimand or expulsion, as the Lodge may determine. 
 
 ARTICLE XIII. 
 
 of order of business. 
 
 Section 1. The regular order of business at every stated Com- 
 munication of the Lodge, shall be as follows : — 
 
 1. Reading of the Minutes. 
 
 2. Reports of Commitees. 
 
 3. Ballotings. 
 
 4. Reception of Petitions. 
 
 5. Miscellaneous and Unfinished Business. 
 
 6. Conferring Degrees. 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 OF AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended at any stated 
 Commuication, by a -vote of two-thirds of the members present; 
 provided that notice of such amendment shall have been given at 
 the stated Communication 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. 
 
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS 
 
 OF 
 
 Elko Lodge, No. 15, F. & A. M. 
 
 MARCH 5, 1873. 
 
 Jonah D. Treat, Master. 
 Elijah S. Yeates, Senior Warden. 
 Otto Frilling, Junior Warden. 
 Robert Oliver, Treasurer. 
 Thomas N. Stone, Secretary. 
 
 William Plughoff, Senior Deacon. 
 Anton i Bixel, Junior Deacon. 
 C. R. VanAelstyn, \ ^. , 
 
 Geo. B. Kittridge, }«««'*«'•*• 
 Walter Chase, Tyler. 
 
 Alexander, Jacob. 
 Abel, G. B. 
 Burkett, John P. 
 Bennett, William M. 
 Brewster, George P. 
 Carpeaux, Edmond J. 
 Cassen, James. 
 Dyer, William F. 
 Ellis, John J. 
 Eichnauer, John C. 
 Fisher, Allen. 
 Free, Franklin. 
 Freeman, Merrill P. 
 Garrecht, Theobald. 
 Hoffman, J. J. 
 Henly, Thomas B. 
 Holmes, Thomas. 
 Hamill, Thomas. 
 Harenor, William M. 
 Hamlyn, Thomas. 
 Hale, Charles H. 
 
 MASTER MASONS. 
 
 Jenkins, Samuel K. 
 Kenyon, Thomas C. 
 Leventhall, Edward. 
 Lawson, Walter. 
 Lucas, John H. 
 McDermitt, James. 
 McMullen, Samuel. 
 McBurney, James. 
 O'Connor, Thomas. 
 Reinhart, Simon. 
 Stafford, William M. 
 Speilman, A. 
 Seitz, George. 
 Sargent, Bejamin F. 
 Smith, Albert J. 
 Smith, Wellington T. 
 Tobias, A. J. 
 Urton, W. J. 
 VanDreilin, W. Smith 
 Wines, Leonard. 
 Waterman, Thomas A. 
 Woodworth, J. M.