rIS 445 N56 2 1909a 046227 CONSTITUTION KEGULATIQNS, DEFINITIONS CODE OF PROCEDUBE AND RULES OF ORDER GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY 6, 1909 Cornell University Library The original of tliis bool< is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924016161907 CONSTITUTION KEGULATIOKS, DEFINITIONS CODE OF PROCEDUBE AND RULES OF ORDER GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK MAY 6, 1909 ^ NEW YORK PRESS OF J. J. LITTLE & IVES CO. 1909 Published by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York for the use of the Craft under its jurisdiction. Grand Secretary, //5 N5(o AZ CONTENTS. Grand Lodge. Sections 1 to 37 inclusive. CONSTITUTION : SECTION Title 1 Territorial Jurisdiction 2 Composition 3 Elective Officers 4 Appointive Officers 5 Title of Officers G Commission of Appeals 7 Judge Advocate 8 Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund: Election (Sub- division 1) 9 Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund: Suspension and Removal ( Subdivision 2 ) 9 Permanent Fund Trustees (Subdivision 4).. 9 Permanent Fund Exception from Transfer (Subdivision 6) 9 Permanent Special Funds Appropriation Limited (Subdivision 7).. 9 Vacancies in Office : How Filled 10 Metropolitan and Country Districts : Distribution and Qualifications of Elected Offices 11 Communications 12 Number Representatives to Open Grand Lodge 13 Number Votes of Lodges 14 Proxies 15 Persons Entitled to Admission to Grand Lodge 16 Masonic Government 17 Powers of Grand Lodge Classified 18 Governmental 19 Judicial '. 20 Action of Grand and Subordinate Lodges: How Regulated 21 4 CONTENTS. SECTION 22 Grand Master's Powers ; • Devolution of Grand Master's Powers, Duties and Prerogatives in Case of His Death, Absence or Inability 23 Deputy Grand Master's Powers ■'^ Warden's Duties 25 Grand Treasurer's Duties 26 Grand Secretary's Duties •^ ' Grand Chaplain's Duties and Compensation 28 Appointive Officers' Duties 29 Officers' Additional Duties 30 Masonic Districts 31 District Deputy Grand Master's Qualifications 32 District Deputy Grand Master's Power and Duty 33 Grand Lecturer and Assistant's Qualifications 34 Grand Lecturer and Assistant's Duty 35 Standard Work to be Practised 36 Revenue of Grand Lodge and Special Appropriations 37 II. Subordinate Lodges. Sections 38 to 99 inclusive. Dues to Grand Lodge 38 Officers 39 Powers, Duties and Privileges of a Chartered Lodge 40 Officers : How Chosen < 41 Master Elect to be Put in Possession of Secrets of the Chair 42 Re-elected Officers to be Installed 43 Installation by Proxy Except Master 44 Membership Eligibility to Office 45 Members' Voting Qualifications 46 Master's Qualification — for Election in Chartered Lodge — Except at Constitution of New Lodge 47 By-Laws 48 By-Laws to be Signed to Consummate Membership 49 Power'to Tax or Assess Members and Failure to Pay Same 50 Seal and Books of the Lodge 5j Proceedings of Grand Lodge to be Preserved in Lodge Archives 52 Communications 53 Opened and Closed on Third Degree ; 54 Funds — Distribution Limited 55 CONTENTS. 5 SECTION Master's Power and Duty '. 5G Master's Prerogatives and Duties Devolved on Wardens in Case of His Death, Absence or Disability 57 Presiding Officer's Decision without Appeal except to Grand Master or Grand Lodge 58 Treasurer's Duty 59 Secretary's Duty 60 Officers Subject to Direction of Tresiding Officer 61 Minutes to be Read, Approved and not Thereafter to be Altered or Expunged 62 Master and Wardens Cannot Resign 63 Vacancies in Office : How Occurring 64 Vacancies in Elective Office : How Pilled 65 Dissolution of Lodge , 66 Surrender of Charter 67 Forfeiture of Charter : Cause for 68 Forfeiture of Charter : Proceedings 69 Surrender of Charter : Effect Upon Members and Disposition of Lodge Property ; 70 Suspension of Charter 71 Dispensation to Form New Lodgei 72 Dispensation : Who May Not Join in Petition 73 Powers and Limitations of Lodges under Dispensation 74 Dispensations Expire April 15 75 Status of Members of Lodge under Dispensation 76 Membership Continued After Charter 77 Conditions for Charter 78 Membership in a Lodge : How Acquired 79 Dual Membership Prohibited and Honorary Membership : How Acquired : 80 Status of Honorary Member 81 Non-affiliate Disabilities 82 Non-payment of Dues : Penalty, Disfranchisement and TJnaffiliation : How Restored 83 Suspension After Trial : Lodge to Pay Grand Lodge Dues 84 Jurisdiction — Territorial — Air Line and Exceptions 85 Residence Qualifications of Candidates for Initiation 86 Petition for Initiation : Form of 87 Affiliation, Conditions and Action on Petition 88 Affiliation Restrictions 89 Withdrawal of Petitions Limited 90 Ballot on Petition Regulated 91 Members Must Vote on Petition 92 6 CONTENTS. SECTION Merits of Petitioner for Initiation, Passing or Raising Not to be Discussed in Lodge "3 Ballot Not to be Postponed or Suspended 94 No Ballot within Twelve Months After Rejection 95 Ballot for Each Degree if Demanded. New Ballot Before Initiation if Demanded and Result of Rejection 9G Disclosure of Ballot a Masonic Offence. On Trial no Proof Per- mitted as to Kind, Number or Description of Ballots Cast 97 Misrepresentation or Concealment or Deceit in Application for Initiation 98 Concurrent Penal Jurisdiction with Grand Lodge over UnaflBliate and Non-affiliate, Entered Apprentices and Fellow Crafts Except its Master and Members Charged by Those of Other Lodges 99 IIL General Provisions op Constitution. Trials and Appeals to be According to Code of Procedure 100 Penalties as Prescribed by Code of Procedure 101 Rule of Construction of Constitution, Code of Procedure and Regula- tions — Liberal and Not Strict 102 Rules of Order, Vote on Amendment 103 Amendment of Constitution, Regulations, Definitions and Code of Procedure , 104 Repeal Inconsistent Former Constitutions, Statutes, Rules of Order, Code of Procedure and Decisions Not to Impair Former Final Judgments or Proceedings Unless the Contrary is Expressly Declared 105 IV. Regulations. Secret Ritual Publications Prohibited 1 Auditing Committee 2 Salaries : Grand Officers 3 Representatives Mileage and Per Diem 4 Compensation Non-salaried Grand Officers 5 Absence Forfeits Compensation 6 Qualifications of Visitors to Lodges 7 Requirements Authorizing Examination of Visitors 8 Precedence of Lodges 9 CONTENTS. 7 SECTION Removal Place of Meeting 10 Circularization of Lodges Prohibited 11 Intoxicating Liquors in Lodge Rooms Prohibited 12 Sunday Meetings Prohibited 13 Jewels and Aprons 14 Lodge Proceedings to be Submitted to Grand Lodge 15 Dimits 16 Withdrawal 17 Fee for Initiation 18 Number of Degrees and Candidates in One Day 19 Time Between Degrees '. 20 Proficiency for Advancement 21 Advancement in Other Lodges 22 Advancement of Candidates from Other Jurisdictions 23 V. Definitions. • Ancient Landmarks 1 Constitution 2 Code of Procedure Applicable to Discipline 3 Usages, Customs, Regulations, Rules, Edicts, Resolutions and Code of Procedure 4 Good Masonic Standing 5 Candidate Qualifications 6 Clandestine Lodge 7 Clandestine Mason 8 Residence 9 Non-affiliated Mason and Unaffiliated Mason and Disabilities 10 CONSTITUTION. Sec. 1. This Grand Lodge shall be known as " The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York." Sec. 2. This Grand Lodge has supreme and exclusive juris- diction over all matters of Ancient Craft Masonry within the territorial limits of the State of Few York. Sec. 3. This Grand Lodge shall be composed of all its Grand Officers, the Past Grand Masters, Past Deputy Grand Masters, Past Grand Wardens, Past Grand Treasurers, Past Grand Secretaries, and one Eepresentative from each Lodge (who shall be the Master, one of the Wardens in the order of seniority, or a Proxy duly elected by the Lodge), the members of the Commission of Appeals, the Judge Advocate, the Trus- tees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, the Custodians of the Work, all Past Masters of Lodges under this jurisdic- tion who were elected and installed and served one year in the chair of Master prior to the 31st day of December, 1849, and the members of the following Standing Committees, to wit: Masonic Jurisprudence, Foreign Correspondence, Grievances, Constitution, Hall and Asylum, Deceased Brethren, Antiquities, and Audit, and of Special Committees appointed by authority of the Grand Lodge ; but no one can be a member of this Grand Lodge unless he be a member in good standing of some Lodge within its jurisdiction. Cessation of membership in a Lodge within said jurisdiction shall vacate such membership in this Grand Lodge. Sec. 4. The following officers, namely: Grand Master, Dep- uty Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand War- den, Grand Treasurer, and Grand Secretary, shall be elected at each Annual Communication of this Grand Lodge, by ballot. 10 CONSTITUTION. and by a majority of votes, unless there be but one candidate in nomination, when an election may be had by show of hands. Said officers shall be installed at the same Annual Communica- tion or on the nearest convenient day thereafter, and shall hold their offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and installed. Sec. 5. The following ofBcers, namely: A District Dep- uty Grand Master for each Masonic District, twelve Grand Chaplains, Grand Marshal, Grand Standard Bearer, eight Grand Sword Bearers, eight Grand Stewards, eight Grand Directors of Ceremonies, Senior Grand Deacon, Junior Grand Deacon, Grand Lecturer, Grand Librarian, Grand Historian, Grand Pursuivant, and Grand Tiler, shall be appointed by the Grand Master at the Annual Communication, or within thirty days after the close thereof, to hold office during his pleasure, or until their successors are appointed. Sec. 6. The title of the Grand Master shall be "Most Worshipful" and of the remaining Grand Officers, including the Commissioners of Appeals, the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund and Judge Advocate, "Eight Worshipful," except the Grand Pursuivant and the Grand Tiler, whose title shall be " Worshipful." Sec. 7. The Commission of Appeals shall consist of a Chief Commissioner, who shall preside in said Commission, and six Commissioners, all of whom shall be Masters or Past Masters in good Masonic standing, and when duly nominated by the Grand Master and confirmed by the Grand Lodge shall hold their office for three years. Two Commissioners shall be nominated for confirmation at each Annual Communication, and every third year, in like manner, the Chief Commissioner shall be selected. They shall consider appeals in accordance with the Eegulations of the Grand Lodge and the Code of Procedure. A vacancy in the Commission of Appeals, occurring when a Grand Lodge is not in session, may be filled by appointment by CONSTITUTION. 11 the Grand Master until the succeeding Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. Sec. 8. The Judge Advocate shall be a Master or Past Master in good standing and be appointed by, and hold office during the pleasure of, the Grand Master. He shall be the legal adviser of the Grand Master, with such duties as the Grand Master may prescribe. Sec. 9: 1. The " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund " organized in accordance with Chapter 278 of the Laws of New York, passed April 21, 1864, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Ma- sonic Hall and Asylum Fund," and the several acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, shall consist of six persons who shall be members of Lodges under the authority and jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, and residents of said State, to be elected upon nomination of the Grand Master at the Annual Communication of said Grand Lodge as vacancies may occur, provided, however, that no offi- cer of the Grand Lodge shall be eligible to the office of Trustee ; and that no such elected Trustee shall be eligible to any office in the Grand Lodge during the term for which he was elected such Trustee. If any such Trustee shall cease to be a resident of the State of New York or shall cease to be a member of a Lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge as aforesaid, his place as Trustee shall be declared vacant by the Grand Master. At each Annual Communica- tion of the Grand Lodge a Trustee, or Trustees, shall be nominated and elected to fill such vacancy or va- cancies as may occur by expiration of term, whose term of office shall be for the period of three years from the date of such election. The Grand Master 12 CONSTITUTIOIT. shall cause his nominations of Trustees to be inserted in the usual notification of the Annual Communica- tion of the Grand Lodge. In the event of such nomi- nations not being ratified by election at such Annual Communication, the Grand Master shall immediately present to the Grand Lodge other nominations for Trustees. Should a vacancy occur in the office of Trustee, for any other cause than the expiration of the term of office of said Trustee, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Grand Master, such Trustee to hold office until the next Annual Com- munication of the Grand Lodge, when a Trustee shall be nominated and elected for the unexpired term. 2. The said " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund" shall elect one of its number as President, one as Vice-President, one as Treasurer, and one as , Secretary, and shall make a full and detailed report of all its doings at each Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. Whenever said Grand Lodge is not in session, the said Trustees shall, upon the request of the Grand Master, render to him a full and detailed report in writing of and concerning any and all of their acts and transactions, and the books, papers and records of said Trustees shall at all times be open to examina- tion by the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master or any Committee of Members of the Grand Lodge which he or it may appoint. Whenever the Grand Lodge is not in session, the Grand Master may, by a written order, suspend any Trustee from office, and appoint a person qualified as required by this act, to perform his duties, and such person shall possess all the powers and discharge all the duties of said Trustee. No such suspension shall be made except for cause, nor until after an opportunity shall have been given the Trustee affected thereby to be heard with regard CONSTITUTION. 13 thereto ; such suspension shall continue in force until acted upon by the Grand Lodge at its next succeeding Annual Communication and no longer. The Grand Lodge may at any Annual Communication, and for such cause as it shall consider sufficient, remove from office any Trustee elected pursuant to this act, and upon so doing, shall iill the vacancy thus created by election for the unexpired term. 3. The " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund " in its corporate capacity is vested with the title to the real estate of the Fraternity in this jurisdiction and empowered to build and maintain a Masonic Hall in the City of New York, and out of the funds derived from the rent or income thereof, or other sources, to build and niaintain an Asylum or Asy- lums, a home or homes, a school or schools, for the free education of the children of Masons, and for the relief, support and care of worthy and indigent Ma- sons, their wives, widows and orphans. It is empowered to borrow money for the improvement and development of the real estate and to issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and properly to secure the same on such real estate or otherwise. 4. The persons who shall from time to time comprise the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund " shall be, and hereby are, constituted the Trustees of the Permanent Fund; and all revenue of the Grand Lodge received by the Grand Treasurer, except such as is otherwise appropriated by Subdivisions 5 and 9 of Section 37 of this Constitution, and not required for salaries, pay of Kepresentatives, and for chari- table and contingent purposes provided by this Con- stitution, or by the Grand Lodge, shall be paid over to said Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, and be placed under their management and stand in their names and shall constitute a Per- 14 CONSTITUTION. manent Fund. All investments, securities and title papers thereof shall remain in the custody of the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, whose duty it shall be to take the best measures for the security and increase thereof and to invest the same from time to time as they may decide. They shall not appropriate any part thereof without a vote of the Grand Lodge at an Annual Communication, and except that they shall place in the hands, of the Grand Master on his demand such sums of money therefrom as shall be required by him for the imme- diate relief of brethren in this jurisdiction or in sister Grand Lodge Jurisdictions in times of calamity and disaster. 6. The net revenue derived by such " Trustees of the Ma- sonic Hall and Asylum Fund" from the real property of the Fraternity and not required for the payment of fixed charges and other expenses of management of the same and for the maintenance of the Home, shall create a Sinking Fund for the retirement of charges upon such property and to meet obligations connected therewith, and shall not be used for any other purpose vrithout a vote of the Grand Lodge. 6. The " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund " is authorized and empowered to call in, collect and satisfy, sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge, redeem, re- hypothecate, and re-pledge any mortgage or mortgages or other securities now in the name or custody of the "Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund" (not part of the Permanent Fund hereafter held by the persons who shall from time to time com- prise the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, as the Trustees of the Permanent Fund), and ■ to apply the proceeds of any sale thereof of loan or loans obtained and secured therewith to the improve- ment or maintenance, or both, of any real estate CONSTITUTION. ' 16 of the Fraternity, and to execute any and all necessary instruments, documents, and papers by such officer or officers or members of said " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund" as it shall designate. In the absence or disability of any desig- nated officer or officers of said " Trustees of the Ma- sonic Hall and Asylum Fund " any other member or members thereof may be appointed by said Trus- tees to act temporarily in place of and with the power of the absent or disabled officer or officers. 7. All funds heretofore or hereafter accepted by the Grand Lodge for special purposes or special trusts shall be paid over to the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund " unless the Grand Lodge shall other- wise direct. No appropriation from any of such special or trust funds shall be made by the Trustees other than for the purpose for which such Special or Trust Fund was created, or if the purpose is not defined, without a vote of the Grand Lodge at an Annual Communication. Separate accounts shall be kept by the Trustees of the various funds in their custody and control. 8. The Treasurer of the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund" at the commencement of each term of office shall execute and file with the Grand Master an official bond, in an amount and in form, and with sureties to be approved by the Grand Mas- ter, conditioned that he will pay or deliver to said Trustees, on their demand or as they shall direct, all funds and property which shall come into his hands as such Treasurer, and that upon the expira- tion of his term of office as such Treasurer he will account for and pay, or deliver, to said Trustees, or to his successor, all funds and property that shall have come into his hands as such Treasurer and re- main unexpended. 16 CONSTITUTION. 9. All moneys of the Grand Lodge paid to the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund " shall be de- posited in some depository or depositories approved by the Grand Master, and be drawn out only by check of the Treasurer of said Trustees, countersigned by the President or Vice-President, or during the absence or disability of either, or both, of such offi- cers by the substituted officer or officers pro tern. Sec. 10. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any Grand Office the Grand Master may appoint any Master or Past Mas- ter to discharge the duties of the office till the vacancy shall be filled at the next Annual Communication. Sec. 11. The Metropolitan District shall be composed of the Counties of Suffolk, Queens, Nassau, Kings, Kichmond, New York, and Westchester. When the Grand Master shall be chosen from the Metro- politan District, the Deputy Grand Master shall be chosen from some other portion of the State; and when the Grand Master shall be chosen from any portion of the State other than the Metropolitan District, the Deputy Grand Master shall be chosen from that District. The Senior Grand Warden and the Junior Grand Warden shall be chosen from some part of the State other than the Metropolitan District. The Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary shall be chosen from the Metro- politan District. A residence of four months immediately pre- ceding such election shall be required to comply with this sec- tion. Sec. 12. The Annual Communications of this Grand Lodge shall be held in the City of New York, commencing on the first Tuesday of May. Special Communications may be called by the Grand Master, but no legislation affecting the general in- terest of the Craft shall be made, repealed, or changed at a Spe- cial Communication except upon at least thirty days' notice by the Grand Master to all Lodges under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge stating the proposed legislation. CONSTITUTION. 17 Sec. 13. The Eepresentati-ves of ten Lodges, convened on due notice to all the Lodges, shall be indispensably necessary to open the Grand Lodge or transact business therein, except on occasions of ceremony, when the Grand Master or his represen- tative, with a sufficient number of brethren, may open the Grand Lodge and transact the business for which it is called. Sec. 14. Each duly accredited Eepresentative of a Lodge shall be entitled to three votes, and one vote additional for each fifty members over the first fifty ; and each of the other members of the Grand Lodge, except the Grand Tiler, shall be entitled to one vote. Sec. 15. A Lodge may, at a Stated or Special Communica- tion, by a majority vote, elect one of its members who is a Past Master, as Proxy to represent it, in the absence of its Master and Wardens, at the next succeeding Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. Such Proxy shall not be permitted to act as Eepresentative in the Grand Lodge unless there shall have been filed with the Grand Secretary, prior to the opening of the Grand Lodge, a certificate of his election, signed by the Mas- ter of the Lodge, attested by its seal and signature of the Secre- tary; provided that during the presence of the Master or a Warden as Eepresentative any proxy given by the Lodge for that purpose is superseded. Sec. 16. None but members of the Grand Lodge (the Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers, and Eepresentatives of other Grand Lodges excepted) shall be present at the opening of the same, or at an election, nor be admitted at any time, save by unani- mous consent of the Grand Lodge. Sec. 17. The Government of Free and Accepted Masons within this jurisdiction is reposed: 1. In the Grand Lodge; and 2. In its Subordinate or Particular Lodges. 18 CONSTITUTION. Sec. 18. The powers of this Grand Lodge are: 1. Executive, 2. Legislative, and 3. Judicial. Sec. 19. All general governmental powers, whether execu- tive, legislative, or judicial, and all powers necessary to enforce or carry into effect the provisions of this Constitution, are re- posed in the Grand Lodge. Sec. 30. The judicial powers of this Grand Lodge may be exercised by the Grand Lodge or delegated, and are : 1. Original: The Grand Lodge shall have original juris- diction to enforce the provisions of its Constitution and Laws, and to hear, try, and determine charges for violation of this Constitution or of any Law of Masonry or of this Grand Lodge against any mem- ber of the Grand Lodge, against an unaffiliated or non-affiliated Mason; by a Lodge or Lodges against another Lodge or Lodges; by a Lodge against its Master; by a Lodge or Lodges against a member of another Lodge; by a member of one Lodge against a member of another Lodge. 2. Appellate: Embracing all matters of controversy and discipline. Sec. 21. The action of Freemasons in the Grand Lodge and subordinate Lodges is regulated and controlled: 1. By Ancient Landmarks; 2. By written Constitution; 3. By usages, customs, regulations, rules, edicts, resolu- tions, Code of Procedure, and lawful judicial action. Sec. 23. The Grand Master shall have power : 1. To preside in the Grand Lodge. 2. To exercise all the executive and judicial functions of the Grand Lodge when it is not in session. CONSTITUTION. 19 3. To nominate and appoint Grand Officers and Com- mittees. 4. To convene any Lodge within the jurisdiction, open and close the same, preside therein, inspect its pro- ceedings, and require its conformity to Masonic law. 5. To require the attendance of, and information from, any Grand Officer respecting his office. 6. To suspend any elected officer of a Lodge from the functions of his office for just cause. 7. To suspend the charter of any Lodge until the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. 8. In case of vacancies in the office of Master and War- dens of a Lodge, to grant a dispensation for an elec- tion to fill such vacancies. 9. To grant a dispensation to a Lodge to elect or install its officers, when such Lodge may have failed to elect or install its officers at the proper time. 10. To grant a dispensation for a new Lodge, under the restrictions of this Constitution. 11. To grant such other dispensations as may be applied for in accordance with this Constitution. 13. To appoint Eepresentatives of this Grand Lodge near other recognized Grand Lodges, and to receive and accredit Eepresentatives of other recognized Grand Lodges near this Grand Lodge; provided, however, that no brother shall be received and accredited as the Eepresentative of more than one Grand Lodge at the same time, and that, whenever a Eepresentative shall fail to attend the Communications of the Grand Lodge for two consecutive years, or for any reason it may be expedient, the Grand Master may request that a new appointment be made. 13. To withdraw from the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," or from the Grand Treasurer, 20 CONSTITUTION. such sums of money as are by him required for the relief of brethren in this jurisdiction or in sister Grand Lodge jurisdictions in times of calamity and disaster. 14. To do such other things as are inherent in and per- tain to his ofSce, and are not in conflict with this Constitution. Sec. 23. In case of the death, absence, or inability of the Grand Master, or of a vacancy in his office, the Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, and Junior Grand Warden shall, in succession, assume his duties, powers, and prerogatives for all purposes. Sec. 34. The Deputy Grand Master shall have power to discharge such executive and judicial functions of the Grand Lodge as may be delegated to him by the Grand Master, and Buch duties as may be imposed by this Constitution. Sec. 25. It shall be the duty of the Grand Wardens to assist in the affairs of the Grand Lodge, and diligently to en- deavor to preserve the Ancient Landmarks throughout the jurisdiction. Sec. 26. It shall be the duty of the Grand Treasurer: 1. To give vouchers for all moneys of the Grand Lodge received by him from the Grand Secretary, and to deposit the same in the name of the Grand Lodge, payable on his order as Grand Treasurer, in some depository or depositories approved by the Grand Master. 2. To pay all orders, duly drawn under the Constitution, Eegulations, Laws or special direction of the Grand Lodge and certified by the Grand Secretary. 3. To pay all orders drawn upon him by the Grand Mas- ter for the relief of brethren in this jurisdiction or in sister Grand Lodge jurisdictions in times of calam- ity and disaster. CONSTITUTION. 21 4. To pay over to the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," either in its corporate capacity or to its members as Trustees of the Permanent Fund, as the case may be, all surplus moneys which shall re- main in his hands after paying salaries, Eepresenta- tives, and other sums authorized by this Constitution to be paid by him, and reserving for charitable and contingent purposes such sum as the Grand Lodge may from time to time direct. Such payment shall be accompanied with a statement of the source or sources from which such moneys were received. 6. To attend upon the Grand Lodge, when required, with the books and all documents relating to his office, and upon the Grand Master or any committee whose duty it may be to act in relation to the fiscal con- cerns of the Grand Lodge. 6. To report annually to the Grand Lodge the amount of his receipts and expenditures by items, from whom and when received, and to whom and when paid. 7. At the commencement of each term of office to execute and file with the Grand Secretary an official bond in an amount and form, and with sureties to be ap- proved by the Grand Master, conditioned that he will pay and deliver on demand to the Grand Lodge or to the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," either in its corporate capacity or to its mem- bers as Trustees of the Permanent Fund, as the case may be, or as otherwise required by this Constitution or the Grand Lodge, all funds and property that shall come into his hands as such Grand Treasurer, and that upon the expiration of his term of office he vnll well and truly account for and pay and de- liver to his successor, or as the Grand Lodge shall direct, all moneys, books, writings, and property of the Grand Lodge in his possession or under his con- trol, or that shall have come into his hands as such 22 CONSTITUTION. Grand Treasurer and remain unexpended, with all proper assignments. Failure to give such bond within thirty days after election shall be deemed a declina- tion of the office unless the time therefor be extended by the Grand Master. 8. At the expiration of his term of office well and truly to account for and pay and deliver to his successor, or as the Grand Lodge shall direct, all moneys, books, writings, and property of the Grand Lodge in his possession or under his control, or that shall have come into his hands as such Grand Treasurer and remain unexpended, with all proper assignments thereof. Sec. 27. It shall be the duty of the Grand Secretary: 1. To record the transactions of the Grand Lodge. 2. To register all initiates and affiliates of Lodges under this jurisdiction returned to him for that purpose, with the particulars set forth in such returns. 3. To receive, duly file, and safely keep all papers and documents of the Grand Lodge. 4. To certify or attest all instruments from the Grand Lodge. 5. To receive and keep a proper account of all moneys of the Grand Lodge payable to him, with date of their receipt, and to pay over the same promptly to the Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt. 6. To report annually to the Grand Lodge the amount of money received by him, by items and dates, and the specific sources from which it was received; alsp the Lodges that have neglected to render proper re- turns, and such general information as to the state of the Lodges as may be proper for the information or action of the Grand Lodge. CONSTITUTION. 23 7. To conduct the correspondence of the Grand Lodge, under the direction of the Grand Master. 8. To attend, with any books, papers or writings under his control, or in his custody, all meetings of the Grand Lodge, and also to attend upon the Grand Master, on Masonic business, when required. 9. To keep his office open for the transaction of Masonic business, at least five hours each day, except Sundays and Legal Holidays. 10. To transmit to the several Grand Lodges, in correspon- dence with this Grand Lodge, a certificate of the election of Grand Officers, immediately thereafter, under the seal of the Grand Lodge. 11. To notify the Lodges in each Masonic District of the appointment of a District Deputy Grand Master for that District, and to furnish each District Deputy Grand Master with a list of the Lodges in his Dis- trict, and to furnish blank forms for the annual statement of District Deputy Grand Masters. 12. To prepare and forward to each Lodge annually blanks for returns of membership, returns of election of officers, and tabular statements to District Deputy Grand Masters. Also to prepare and furnish, when required, blanks for the election of Proxies. 13. To keep an Alphabetical Eegister of all rejections offi- cially reported to him from Lodges, specifying the date of such rejection, the age, occupation, nativity, and residence of the person rejected, together with the name and number of the Lodge from which re- ceived, and at all proper times to furnish the free inspection of said Eegister to all Master Masons in good standing. 14. At the commencement of each term of office to execute and file with the Grand Master an official bond in 24 CONSTITUTION. an amount and form, and with sureties to be ap- proved by the Grand Master, conditioned that he will pay over promptly to the Grand Treasurer all moneys of the Grand Lodge received by him, and that he will at the expiration of his term deliver to his successor in oflBce, or such person as shall be designated by the Grand Lodge, all books, writings, and property of the Grand Lodge under his control with proper assignments. Failure to give such bond within thirty days after election shall be deemed a declination of the office unless the time therefor be extended by the Grand Master. Sec. 28. It shall be the duty of the Grand Chaplains to attend the Grand Lodge and to conduct its religious services, and to attend upon the Grand Master and ofBciate at public and private functions when designated so to do, for which services the necessary disbursements shall be paid. Sec. 29. It shall be the duty of the Grand Marshal, Grand Standard Bearer, Grand Sword Bearers, Grand Stewards, Grand Directors of Ceremonies, Grand Deacons, Grand Librarian, Grand Historian, Grand Pursuivant, and Grand Tiler to per- form such duties as pertain to their offices. Sec. 30. It shall be the duty 'of the several officers of the Grand Lodge, in addition to the duties herein specially men- tioned, to perform such other duties as shall be prescribed by the Grand Lodge or Grand Master, under the provisions of this Constitution. Sec. 31. The Masonic Districts shall remain as now organ- ized, subject to alterations by the Grand Lodge at any Annual Communication. Sec. 32. Every District Deputy Grand Master shall be well skilled in the Standard Work of the three degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry, and in the customs and usages of the Craft; CONSTITUTION. ^5 he shall be a Master or Past Master and a member in good standing of some Lodge in the District for which he is appointed, and shall receive a warrant of his appointment, signed bj the Grand Master and attested by the Grand Secretary. Sec. 33. Bach District Deputy Grand Master shall have power, and it shall be his duty : 1. To visit oflScially every Lodge in his District, at least once during his term, if practicable; and all neces- sary expenses incurred by him, while in the discharge of this duty, shall be paid by the Lodge so visited. 2. To preside in each Lodge upon the occasion of his offi- cial visit; to examine its books and records, and see if they are properly kept; to inform himself of the number of members, and the punctuality and regu- larity of their attendance; to ascertain the state and condition of the Lodge in all respects; to point out any errors he may discover in their conduct and mode of working; and to instruct them in every par- ticular wherein he shall find they may require or may desire information, and particularly to recom- mend attention to the moral and benevolent prin- ciples of Masonry, and caution in the admission of candidates; to determine and order in what cases a member, alleged to have been illegally unaffiliated for non-payment of dues, shall be restored; and if he discover in his District any Masonic error or evil, to endeavor to immediately arrest the same by Ma- sonic means, and, if he judges it expedient, specially to report the same to the Grand Master. 3. To take possession of the funds and property of any dormant or extinct Lodge in his District and transfer the same to the Grand Secretary. 4. To prepare on blanks, to be furnished by the Grand Secretary, a statement in tabular form of the con- dition of each Lodge in his District for the year end- 26 CONSTITUTION. ing on the Slst day of December, and transmit such report to the Grand Secretary on or before the 15th day of April, to be by him laid before the Grand Lodge. 5. To prepare a report, for the year ending on the first day of April, of the general condition of Masonry in his District, and of his acts therein, with such particulars as he may deem necessary, including the names and numbers of the Lodges in his District not visited by him, together with the reasons therefor, and transmit such report to the Grand Master on or before the 15th day of April. 6. To appoint commissioners to hear and determine mat- ters of controversy that may arise in his District, as provided by the Code of Procedure. 7. To perform such other services and duties as may be deputed or intrusted to him by the Grand Master or by the Grand Lodge. Sec. 34. The Grand Lecturer shall be a Master or Past Master of Masonic skill and learning, and shall have power to appoint one or more competent assistants in each Masonic Dis- trict, subject to the approval of the Grand Master. Sec. 35. It shall be the duty of the Grand Lecturer and his assistants to impart the Standard Work and Lectures ap- proved by the Grand Lodge to the Lodges or brethren in this jurisdiction, in such manner as the Grand Lodge may prescribe, and to hold annual conventions for the exemplification of the Standard Work in all of the Masonic Districts in the State. Sec. 3C. Every Lodge shall practice the Standard Work and Lectures adopted by the Grand Lodge. Sec. 37. The revenue of this Grand Lodge shall be derived from the following sources: 1. For every Dispensation to form a new Lodge . . $100 00 CONSTITUTION-. 27 2. And if a Charter shall be afterward granted, the additional sum of $20 00 3. For every Grand Lodge Diploma 2 GO 4. For every Grand Lodge Traveling Certificate: On parchment 1 50 On paper 60 5. For every person initiated into a Lodge 3 50 $3 whereof shall be appropriated to the Hall ' and Asylum Fund. 6. For the affiliation fee of every Master Mason, Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft 50 7. For registry fee of every adjoining member or Entered Apprentice made 25 8. Every Lodge shall pay for each of its members annually 50 9. Every Lodge shall pay for each of its members annually, which shall be appropriated to the Hall and Asylum Fund 50 10. No new charge shall hereafter be imposed upon the Lodges or their members for the benefit of the Ma- sonic Hall and Asylum Fund, except by an amend- ment to this Constitution, which shall not be valid imtil it shall have been submitted to, and adopted by, three-fourths of all the Lodges, and this Sub- division shall in no wise be amended except by the vote of the same number of Lodges. Sec. 38. Every Lodge shall pay a full year's dues on all members embraced in its last previous return, but no dues for members made or affiliated during the year for which the re- turn is made. Sec. 39. A Lodge consists of a Master, a Senior Warden, a Junior Warden, a Treasurer, a Secretary, a Senior Deacon, a Junior Deacon, a Tiler, and as many members as may be con- 28 CONSTITUTION. venient, congregating and working by virtue of, and in accord- ance with, a charter or dispensation held under the authority of this Grand Lodge. Sec. 40. The powers, duties and privileges of a chartered Lodge under this jurisdiction shall be such as are defined by its charter, by the Constitution of this Grand Lodge and the Ancient Landmarks. They are divided into: 1. Executive : The Master has the primary executive power of the Lodge. 2. Legislative: Over all matters relating to its internal concerns, not in derogation of the Ancient Land- marks, the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, or of its own particular By-Laws. 3. Judicial : In the exercise of discipline and the hearing and determining of controversies. Sec. 41. The Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Treasurer, and Secretary of a chartered Lodge must be chosen annually by ballot, and by a majority of votes, at the last Stated Communication of such Lodge in the month of December, sum- moned as required by the charter, and be installed at or before the next Stated Communication thereafter by an actual Master or Past Master of a Lodge. A Lodge may provide in its By-Laws for additional officers to be either elected or appointed. If, at the time prescribed, a Lodge shall fail to elect, or within the time prescribed shall fail to install, its Master and Wardens, or any of them; or if, having elected its Master and Wardens at the prescribed time, any of them shall fail or re- fuse to be installed within the prescribed time, the Grand Mas- ter may grant a Dispensation to such Lodge to elect or to install such officer or officers as the exigencies of the case may require. Sec. 43. Previous to his installation the Master-elect of the Lodge must be put in possession of the secrets of the chair. CONSTITUTION. 29 Sec. 43. Officers re-elected must be installed after each election. Sec. 44. A member of a Lodge may be installed by proxy, at the discretion of the installing officer, in any office of which he has signified his acceptance, except that of Master. Sec. 45. Membership in good standing in a Lodge is neces- sary to constitute eligibility to office therein, except in case of a Tiler, who must be a member in good standing of some Lodge, but need not be a member of the Lodge for which he tiles. Sec. 46. Every member of a Lodge in good standing is- entitled to one vote ; provided, however, that a Lodge may enact and enforce a By-Law which will disfranchise a member, at an election of officers, for non-payment of dues. Every voter is eligible to any office in the Lodge except that of Master. Sec. 47. No member can be the Master of a chartered Lodge unless he has previously served as an installed Master or War- den, except at the constitution of a new Lodge. Sec. 48. A Lodge has full power and authority to enact By-Laws for its own government, in conformity to the Consti- tution and Regulations of this Grand Lodge and the principles of Masonry, and any By-Law inconsistent therewith is void. Sec. 49. To consummate his membership, every member at the time of receiving his third degree, and every affiliating mem- ber, must sign with his full name the " Book of By-Laws." Sec. 50. A Lodge may, at a Stated Communication, when previously summoned for the purpose, tax or assess its members for strictly Masonic purposes, but for no other. A failure to pay such an assessment is a failure to perform a Masonic duty. Sec. 51. Every Lodge shall have a seal, and shall keep the following books, to wit: 1. A copy of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge. 30 CONSTITDTION. 2. A Book of By-Laws, with the signatures of the mem- bers. 3. A Eecord Book of the proceedings of the Lodge. 4. A Eegister containing the name of each member, con- secutively numbered, his Grand Lodge number, his age, occupation, nativity and residence, with the dates of his initiation, passing and raising or afiilia- tion, and also the date of the termination or suspen- sion of his membership, with the cause thereof, as the same may occur. 5. An alphabetical list of expulsions, suspensions and rejections. 6. Such books as may be necessary to present clearly the receipts and accounts of the Treasurer and Secretary. Sec. 52. It shall be the duty of a Lodge to preserve in its archives a copy of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge, as pub- lished from year to year. Sec. 53. Every Lodge shall hold a communication at least once in each year, and the neglect of a Lodge to do so, or to make returns and pay dues for two consecutive years, shall sub- ject it to forfeiture of its charter. A Lodge failing to pay its annual dues shall not be entitled to be represented in the Grand Lodge. Sec. 54. Every communication of a Lodge, whether stated or special, must be opened and closed on the Third degree. Sec. 55. No Lodge shall distribute its funds among its members. But a Lodge may make such appropriation for the voluntary relief of worthy and indigent Masons, their wives, widows and orphans, as may be proper. Sec. 56. The Master of a Lodge has power, and it shall be his duty : 1. To congregate the members of his Lodge upon any emergency. CONSTITUTION. 31 2. To issue summons, which must be issued over his name by his order, and attested by the signature of the Secretary under the seal of the Lodge; and such summons must be addressed to the brother sum- moned, and either be handed to him or sent through the post-office to his last known address. 3. To see that the duties of the Secretary are faithfully and punctually performed, and that all reports and returns are promptly made. 4. To discharge all the executive functions of the Lodge; and 5. To remove any appointed officer for cause deemed suf- ficient by the Master. Sec. 57. In case of the death, absence or inability of the Master, or a vacancy in his office, the Senior and Junior War- den shall, in succession, succeed to his prerogatives and duties for all purposes, except such as pertain to the installation of officers. In the absence of the Master and Wardens a Lodge cannot be opened except as hereinbefore provided. Sec. 58. From the decision of the Master, or Warden pre- siding in the absence of the Master, there shall be no appeal except to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge. Sec. 59. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of a Lodge : 1. To receive from the Secretary all money paid into the Lodge, and give his receipt therefor. 2. To keep a just and regular' account thereof; and 3. To pay money out by order of the Lodge when so cer- tified by the Master and Secretary. Sec. 60. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of a Lodge: 1. To record the proceedings of a Lodge, under the direc- tion of the presiding officer. 32 CONSTITUTION. 2. To receive all money paid into the Lodge, and pay the same to the Treasurer. 3. To keep a register of the members of the Lodge, with a permanent number affixed to each name, corre- sponding with the return for registry required by the Grand Lodge. 4. To register alphabetically, in a suitable book, all ex- pulsions, suspensions and rejections. 5. To report immediately to the Grand Secretary the name, age, occupation, nativity and residence of every rejected candidate for initiation, with the date of such rejection. 6. To make a full and correct return to the Grand Lodge annually of all Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts and Master Masons made during the year for which the return is rendered, with the Lodge number, age, occupation, nativity, residence, and dates of receiv- ing such degrees; also of all affiliates during the year, with the Lodge number, age, occupation, na- tivity, residence, date of affiliation, and name, num- ber, and jurisdiction of the Lodge from which di- mitted, together with full information as to all changes that occurred in the membership of the Lodge during the year, which return shall be made upon blanks furnished by the Grand Lodge, be cer- tified to by the Secretary, approved by the Master and transmitted to the Grand Secretary before the 15 th day of January in each year. 7. To transmit, immediately after every election, a cer- tificate of the names and residences of the officers elected to the Grand Secretary, and to the District Deputy Grand Master of the District in which the Lodge is located. 8. To make a full and correct return annually to the Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master of the condition of the CONSTITUTION. 33 Lodge on the thirty-first day of December, in the form prescribed by the Grand Lodge, to be trans- mitted on or before the fifth day of April. 9. To report immediately to the Grand Secretary the ex- pulsion or suspension of a member by the Lodge, stating the cause of such expulsion or suspension. 10. To certify and affix the seal of the Lodge to all re- turns and certificates of election made to the Grand Lodge, and to the District Deputy Grand Master; and 11. To attest the official signature of the Master to all other Masonic documents when necessary. Sec. 61. The officers shall be subject, in all things relating to their official duties, to the direction of the Master or presid- ing officer. Sec. 62. The minutes of every communication, stated or special, shall be read, cbrrected, if necessary, and approved by the Lodge before it is closed, and when so approved they can- not be altered or expunged. Should it appear that an error had been made in the record, a minute explaining or correcting the same may be added thereto by vote of the Lodge at a subsequent communication. Sec. 63. Neither Master nor Wardens can resign, and every officer shall hold his office until his successor shall have been installed, unless his office becomes vacant, as provided in the next section. Sec. 64. A vacancy in office in a Lodge can only occur : 1. By death. 2. By resignation of another than Master or Wardens. 3. By election and installation of the holder of such office to fill another office in the Lodge, but this shall not apply to Master and Wardens. 34 CONSTITUTION. 4. By expulsion, or by suspension for a time extending be- yond the next annual election, or by removal from office. Sec. 65. A vacancy in an elective office, except that of Master or Wardens, may be filled by ballot at any Stated Com- munication, upon due notice to the members. A vacancy in an appointive office may be filled at any time. In case the offices of Master or Wardens become vacant, the Secretary shall im- mediately notify the Grand Master of that fact, who shall issue a Dispensation to the District Deputy Grand Master of the Dis- trict in which the Lodge is located, directing the assembling of the Lodge, the holding of an election to fill the vacancies and the installation of the officers. Sec. 66. A Lodge can be dissolved only by the surrender or forfeiture of its charter. Sec. 67. The charter of a Lodge can be surrendered only when there cannot be found among its tnembers seven brethren, duly qualified, desirous of retaining the same. Sec. 68. A Lodge may forfeit its charter by: 1. Contumacy to the authority of the Grand Master or Grand Lodge. 2. Departure from the original plan of Masonry and An- cient Landmarks. 3. Disobedience to the Constitution or Laws. 4. Ceasing to meet for one year; or 5. Neglecting to make returns and pay dues for two con- secutive years. Sec. 69. The charter of a Lodge shall not be declared for- feited except upon charges regularly made in Grand Lodge, at its Annual Communication, of which charges due notice shall be given to the Lodge, and an opportunity afforded it of being CONSTITUTION. 35 heard in its defense before the Grand Lodge or a committee to whom the Grand Lodge may refer the same for hearing and report. Sec. 70. The surrender of a charter, when approved, or the forfeiture of a charter, when declared by the Grand Lodge, shall be conclusive upon the Lodge and its members, who shall there- upon become non-afiiliated, and all the property of the Lodge shall become the property of the Grand Lodge, and must, on demand, be surrendered to the Grand Lodge, or its authorized agent, by the person or persons having its custody. Sec. 71. The charter of a Lodge may be suspended by the Grand Lodge or Grand Master at any time, upon proper cause shown; which suspension, when made by the Grand Master, shall not extend beyond the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. Sec. 72. A Dispensation to form a new Lodge in the State of New York shall not be issued to a less number than seven Master Masons; nor without the recommendation of all the Lodges whose jurisdiction would be affected by such new Lodge, except in cities; nor in any city except upon the recommenda- tion of at least a majority of all the Lodges in such city, unless such city shall consist of more than one Masonic District, in which case the consent of a majority of the Lodges in the Dis- trict in which it is sought to locate such new Lodge shall be suffi- cient ; nor in the Borough of Queens, City of New York, without the recommendation of all the Lodges whose jurisdiction would be affected by such new Lodge; nor within four months next preceding an Annual Communication ; nor without the certificate of a chartered Lodge, whose jurisdiction would be affected by such new Lodge, that the proposed Master and Wardens of such new Lodge have exhibited their work in the tliree degrees of Ancient Craft Masonry in said chartered Lodge, and that such proposed Master and Wardens are well skilled in the said work, and are competent to confer said degrees and impart the lectures thereof ; nor without good and sufficient certificate that each of the 36 CONSTITUTION. affiliated petitioners for said Dispensation has paid all dues to the chartered Lodge of which he is a member, up to the close of the year in which the next Annual Session of the Grand Lodge is to be held; nor unless the certificate of dimission, or its equivalent, of each of the non-afiUiated petitioners accom- panies such petition, provided that where a single Lodge refuses to give its consent to the establishment of a new Lodge the Grand Master may, in his judgment, issue a Dispensation with- out such consent. Sec. 73. An elected officer of a Lodge or a member of a Lodge under the jurisdiction of another Grand Lodge, or a member of a Lodge under Dispensation, shall not be a petitioner for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge in the State of New York. Sec. 74. A Lodge under Dispensation cannot elect or in- stall its officers, or be represented in Grand Lodge, but it pos- sesses all 'other powers and privileges, and must perform p,ll the other duties of a chartered Lodge except that it need not have a seal. Sec. 75. All Dispensations to form new Lodges shall ex- pire on the 15th day of April in each" year. Sec. 76. If a member of a chartered Lodge join in a peti- tion for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge, and such Dispen- sation be granted, his membership in such chartered Lodge shall be in abeyance until the expiration of the Dispensation, unless before that time he shall have resumed full membership in the chartered Lodge by withdrawing from the new Lodge. If he shall not have withdrawn from the new Lodge before the expira- tion of the Dispensation, and the new Lodge shall not be con- tinued by a charter, his membership in the first above-mentioned Lodge shall be resumed. Candidates initiated or passed or raised in a Lodge under Dispensation not continued by a charter shall become non-affiliated upon the expiration of the Dispensation. The Grand Secretary, immediately on such new Lodge being CONSTITUTION. 37 constituted, shall notify all chartered Lodges to which any of its members belonged, when joining in the original petition afore- said, of the granting of such charter and of the constitution of the Lodge thereunder, with the names of such original peti- tioners as continued their membership in such newly consti- tuted Lodge. Sec. 77. All members of a Lodge under Dispensation at the time of the expiration of the Dispensation shall be deemed members of such Lodge when it shall be duly chartered and constituted. Sec. 78. No charter shall be issued for the constitution of a new Lodge unless such new Lodge shall have given proof of its skill and ability by Work under a Dispensation, which shall be certified by the Grand Lecturer, or Assistant Grand Lecturer, and District Deputy Grand Master of the District in which the Lodge is to be located; nor unless said Dispensation and an attested transcript of all the proceedings of such Lodge, includ- ing a copy of the By-Laws thereof, shall have been delivered to the Grand Lodge; nor unless they shall show that, as a Lodge under Dispensation, they are clear of all indebtedness, and that they have secured and prepared a suitable and safe place for meeting as a Lodge. Sec. 79. Membership in a Lodge shall be acquired by a brother in the following manner: 1. By having been named one of the persons to whom was granted the charter under which the Lodge is con- stituted. 2. By having been accepted by the Lodge as a candidate receiving his First degree therein, and afterwards hav- ing received the Third degree in such Lodge or by its request or consent in another Lodge. And every brother receiving the Third degree shall be deemed a member of the Lodge by which he shall have been accepted, if it shall then exist, provided. 38 CONSTITUTION. immediately after having received such degree, he sign the By-Laws of snch Lodge, pending which his membership shall be in abeyance and he be deemed non-afBliated. 3. An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft made by a Lodge which shall have ceased to exist may apply to any Lodge within the jurisdiction of which he resides for the remaining degrees or degree; and, if the Lodge accept his application, shall become a member of such Lodge, and sign its By-Laws on re- ceiving the Third degree. 4. By regular affiliation; but no Master Mason shall thus become a member of a Lodge unless it shall appear that he is not indebted to any Lodge for dues or assessments and that no charges of un-Masonic con- duct are pending against him. The petition of a non-affUiated Mason for membership must be accompanied by a dimit or other satisfactory evidence of honorable discharge from the Lodge of which he was last a mem- ber, if it be an existing chartered Lodge. Sec. 80. No Mason shall be a member of two Lodges at the same time; provided, however, that a Lodge at a Stated Communication, and by unanimous ballot, upon a proposition received at the previous Stated Communication, may confer honorary membership upon any Master Mason who, at that time, shall be a member in good standing of some Lodge; but an honorary member of a Lodge shall not vote therein. Sec. 81. Honorary membership in a Lodge depends en- tirely on active membership in some other Lodge. It carries with it no rights or privileges in the Lodge wherein it is con- ferred, and imposes no duties. An honorary member who gives up active membership is subject to the disabilities of a non- affiliate, the honorary membership being held in abeyance until he is again affiliated. CONSTITUTION. 39 Sec. 82. Any brother who shall remain a non-affiliated Mason within this jurisdiction one year or more shall not be allowed to visit any Lodge, or join in a Masonic procession, nor be entitled to receive Masonic relief or burial. Sec. 83. A Lodge shall have power to enact By-Laws re- quiring and regulating the payment of Lodge dues and pro- viding a penalty for non-payment thereof, which penalty shall be disfranchisement at an election of officers of the Lodge and unaffiliation, but such penalty of unaffiliation shall not be in- flicted except for the non-payment of at least one year's dues, nor until the brother shall have been duly summoned thirty days previous thereto to pay said arrears of dues. Any such un- affiliated brother may be restored to membership at any Stated Communication by a majority vote, taken by show of hands, provided the amount due at the time of such unaffiliation shall have been paid, except that such unaffiliated brother who shall have been unaffiliated for five years or more shall not again be- come a member of any Lodge except by unanimous vote by bal- lot; but, until so restored, the brother so unaffiliated shall not be allowed to visit any Lodge, nor join in a Masonic procession, nor be entitled to receive Masonic relief or burial. Sec. 84. Suspension, after due Masonic trial, shall not re- lieve the member of payment of Lodge dues, or the Lodge from Grand Lodge dues upon such member. Sec. 85. The jurisdiction of a Lodge over candidates for initiation extends over all persons residing nearer to it by an air line than to any other Lodge within the jurisdiction, except that if there be more than one Lodge in a city or village those Lodges shall have concurrent jurisdiction ; and except that Lodges in the . Boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, City of New York, shall have concurrent jurisdiction. Lodges within the Borough of Eichmond, City of New York, shall exercise exclu- sive concurrent jurisdiction over all persons residing in the said Borough; and each Lodge in the Borough of Queens, City of New York, shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all persons 40 CONSTITUTION. residing nearer to it by an air line than to any other Lodge, except that the Lodges within the territory formerly known as Long Island City shall have concurrent jurisdiction over persons residing in said territory. The jurisdiction of the Lodges in the City of Troy as at present constituted shall remain as prior to the annexation of the village of Lansingburgh. The jurisdiction of the Lodges in the City of Buffalo as at present constituted shall be limited to candidates residing in the said city. Sec. 86. A Lodge shall not initiate any candidate unless he has been a resident of the State of New York for twelve months next preceding the date of the petition for such initia- tion, and for four months in the jurisdiction of the Lodge to which he applies, without the consent of the Lodge within the jurisdiction of which he resides or last previously resided, and no Lodge shall initiate any candidate who is not a resident of the State of New York without the consent of the Lodge in the jurisdiction of which such candidate resides, unless he shall be engaged in the United States naval or military service, or regu- larly engaged in marine occupation, requiring him to be at sea most of the time. Sec. 87. A Lodge shall not initiate a person except upon his petition. A petition for initiation must be signed by the petitioner, with his full name, and by a member of the Lodge petitioned, and shall not be received unless the petitioner shall have answered therein, in his own handwriting, the following questions : 1. What is your full name? 2. What is your age? 3. Where were you born ? 4. Where do you reside? 5. State explicitly your business occupation for the past ten years, and where conducted. CONSTITUTION. 41 6. Have you resided in the State of New York the twelve months last past? 7. Where have you resided the ten years last past? If in more than one place, state the particular years in each place and specify your residence during the four months last past. 8. Have you ever presented a petition to any Masonic Lodge? If so, when and to what Lodge? 9. Have you ever been rejected by any Masonic Lodge? If so, when and by what Lodge? 10. Do you believe in the existence of one ever living and true God? 11. Are you in sound bodily health? 12. Do you know of any physical, legal, or moral reason which should prevent you from becoming a Free* mason? State particularly any physical deformity or defect. 13. Have you read all of the questions contained in the foregoing petition? Are all the answers thereto in your own handwriting? And do you, upon your honor, declare your foregoing statements to be true? Sec. 88. A member of a Lodge may present his petition to another Lodge for affiliation therein, and such last-mentioned Lodge may receive the petition, and if received it must be re- ferred to a Committee of Investigation, and upon the report of the Committee shall take a ballot, and if thereupon such peti- tion be accepted, the brother shall become a member of the Lodge so accepting him when it shall receive a certificate that such brother has been regularly discharged from membership in the first-mentioned Lodge, or a certificate from the Grand Secretary that such Lodge has been dissolved or does not exist and he shall have signed the By-Laws of the Lodge accepting him. Failing to sign the By-Laws of the accepting Lodge within three months from the date of the dimit, the dimit shall become null and void. 42 CONSTITUTION". The Secretary of the accepting Lodge shall at once notify the Lodge granting the dimit when the brother has consummated his membership, or return the dimit if the brother has not con- summated his membership within the prescribed time. If after a brother has been accepted for affiliation and before he has signed the By-Laws a new ballot be demanded it must be taken, and if such ballot result in a rejection it shall have the same effect as if it had occurred before such brother was accepted. Sec. 89. A petition for initiation or affiliation, or for waiver of jurisdiction over such a candidate, shall not be received by a Lodge except at a Stated Communication, and when received it shall be referred to an investigating committee of not less than three members, whose report thereon must be in writing, in terms "favorable" or "unfavorable," and no report of an investigating committee shall be received until at least two weeks after such petition shall have been referred. No petition shall be received if it discloses that a petition of the same person is pending before another Lodge. Sec. 90. A petition for initiation, after having been re- ceived and referred, cannot be withdrawn, but must be acted upon by report of committee and a ballot, and an adverse ballot cannot be reconsidered. After twelve months a rejected candi- date may present a new petition for initiation, which shall take the same course as the previous one. A petition for affiliation may be withdrawn before it has been balloted upon. A petition Wrongfully presented and referred must be re- turned as soon as the error is discovered. Sec. 91. The ballot on a petition for initiation, or for affiliation, can be taken only at a Stated Communication, and unless the ballot is unanimous in favor of the petitioner he shall be declared rejected. Sec. 93. Every member of a Lodge present at any ballot- ing therein for initiation, advancement, or affiliation must vote. CONSTITUTION. 43 Sec. 93. No discussion upon the merits of a petitioner for initiation, passing, or raising, shall be allowed in the Lodge. Sec. 94. The balloting on a petition cannot be postponed or adjourned, but when once commenced must be completed, and the result thereof declared. Sec. 95. A Lodge shall not initiate any person without due inquiry into his character, nor without being satisfied that he has not been previously rejected. If it shall be ascertained that a person being a petitioner for initiation has been rejected, no aflBrmative action shall be taken upon such petition until the expiration of twelve months after such rejection. Sec. 96. A ballot for each degree is an undeniable right if demanded, and if after a candidate has been accepted, and before he has been initiated, a new ballot be demanded, it must be taken, and if such ballot result in a rejection it shall have the same effect as if it had occurred when such candidate was accepted. If, after a brother has been initiated, any member shall demand a ballot upon his advancement, and such ballot result in a rejection, the brother may be proposed for advance- ment at any subsequent Stated Communication of the Lodge; the proposition must lie over at least to the -next Stated Com- munication, and a clear ballot must be had before the brother can be advanced. No written or verbal objection shall have the effect to reject the petition of a candidate or the advancement of a brother. An objection, however, must be respected, and will defer the initiation of a candidate or the advancement of a brother until a subsequent communication of the Lodge. The name of the brother objecting or making a demand for a new ballot, as herein provided, shall not be entered on the minutes. Sec. 97. Any brother who shall in any way make known the kind of ballot cast by himself or another on the application for the degrees of Masonry, or any of them, or for affiliation, or if, after any such balloting as aforesaid, at which such applica- tion has been rejected, any brother shall in any way declare 44 CONSTITUTION. that he or any other brother cast a certain kind of ballot at Buch balloting, or shall declare that any specified or indicated number of white balls or ballots, or black balls or ballots, was cast at any balloting aforesaid, it shall be deemed a Masonic offence, and such brother so offending may, on conviction thereof, be suspended for a period not exceeding one year. On the trial of a brother for any offence specified in this section, it shall not be permitted to prove the kind of ballot Cast by any brother, nor the number of white" balls or ballots, or black balls or bal- lots, cast at any such balloting. Sec. 98. If at any time it shall be charged that a Mason made any misrepresentation to the Lodge in which he shall have been initiated, or to a committee of investigation ap- pointed by such Lodge, or used any concealment or deceit in relation to his initiation, he may be tried therefor, and, if found guilty, may be punished by suspension or expulsion. If, how- ever, such concealment or deceit relates in any wise to any pre- vious application for initiation in this or any other Masonic jurisdiction, the punishment therefor shall be expulsion. Sec. 99. A Lodge shall have, with the Grand Lodge, con- current jurisdiction over any unaffiliated or non-affiliated Mason residing within its territorial jurisdiction, and original juris- diction over any Entered Apprentice made or Fellow Craft passed therein, and over any of its members except its Master, and members against whom charges are preferred by members of other Lodges. Sec. 100. All trials of charges preferred and appeals taken in pursuance of the provisions of this Constitution shall be con- ducted in accordance with the Code of Procedure of the Grand Lodge. Sec. 101. The penalties for a violation of Masonic Law shall be as prescribed in the Code of Procedure. Sec. 102. The rule that a penal statute or one in deroga- tion of the Common Law is strictly construed does not apply CONSTITUTION. 45 to this Constitution or to the Code of Procedure, or to any Kegu- lation of this Grand Lodge, or to any of the provisions of either thereof, but all such provisions must be construed according to the fair import of their terms to promote Justice and effect the objects. Sec. 103. The Eules of Order shall not be suspended or amended at any time, except- by a vote of two-thirds of the Grand Lodge. Sec. 104. No amendment to this Constitution, Eegulations, Definitions or Code of Procedure shall be made, or have any effect, until it shall have been proposed in Grand Lodge at its Annual Communication, and have been adopted by the Grand Lodge at the same Communication, and then again adopted in like manner by the Grand Lodge at the next succeeding Annual Communication — or, in addition to the adoption thereof at one such Annual Communication, it shall, during the next year succeeding, and before the next Annual Communication there- after, be adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Lodges within this jurisdiction, to take effect as soon as such consent is promulgated by the Grand Master. If any such amendment be adopted it shall be appended to the published Proceedings at the end, under the caption " Proposed Amend- ments to the Constitution," or " Eegulations," " Definitions," or " Code of Procedure," as the case may be, and sent with the printed Proceedings to all the Lodges in the jurisdiction. Pro- vided, that sub-division 10 of section 37 of this Constitution shall only be amended as therein specified. Sec. 105. All former Constitutions, Statutes, Eules of Order and Codes of Procedure and all Decisions inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed; except that as to all Masonic offences committed prior to the taking effect hereof, the pro- visions of the Constitution and Code of Procedure heretofore existing shall continue in force, and nothing contained in any provision of this Constitution or Eegulations or Code of Pro- cedure renders ineffectual or otherwise impairs any final judg- 46 CONSTITUTION. ment heretofore rendered or any proceeding heretofore taken pursuant to any former Constitution, Statute, Code of Procedure or Decision unless the contrary is expressly declared in the pro- vision in question. EEGULATIONS. Sec. 1. The use of any book, document, or paper written or printed, or written and printed, or in cipher purporting to be the secret ritual of Freemasonry, is prohibited. Sec. 2. The accounts of the Grand Treasurer, Grand Secre- tary, and the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund " shall be examined and the items compared with the vouchers quarterly by an Auditing Committee of three, who shall make report to the Grand Master, and to the Grand Lodge at each Annual Communication. The said Committee shall have the power to employ an accountant, and with the consent of the Grand Master draw upon the Grand Treasurer for the compen- sation for his services. Sec. 3. The Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary, Grand Lecturer, Grand Pursuivant, and Grand Tiler shall each receive Buch stated compensation for his services as the Grand Lodge shall direct, which compensation shall be fixed before said offi- cers or any of them are elected or appointed, and shall not be altered at any time so as to afEect the incumbent in office. In the computation of time relative to salaries of said officers, the year shall be considered as commencing on the first day of May, and such salaries shall be payable in equal monthly installments on the last day of each calendar month, except the month of April, when salaries shall be paid on the fifteenth. Sec. 4. The Eepresentative from each Lodge is entitled to receive five dollars for each day's attendance at the Grand Lodge, and also mileage at the rate of three cents per mile for travel- ing to and returning from Grand Lodge, to be computed on the number of miles from the place of meeting of the Lodge to the CONSTITUTION. 47 City of New York, as the distance may be determined by the Grand Lodge. No Eepresentative shall receive more than the amount of the dues paid by the Lodge he represents, provided, however, that a' Eepresentative shall be entitled to draw pay against two years' Grand Lodge dues paid by his Lodge, if the Lodge was not represented the preceding year, and he shall be entitled to draw against three years' Grand Lodge dues paid by his Lodge if the Lodge was not represented in the two preceding years. Sec. 5. Grand Officers, who do not receive salaries as such, and Past elected and installed Grand Officers enumerated in Sec. 4 of the Constitution, the Commissioners of Appeals, the Judge Advocate, the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, and members of Standing Committees and of Special Committees appointed by authority of the Grand Lodge, shall be entitled to like compensation, provided they shall not have received pay as a Eepresentative. Sec. 6. Absence of a member of the Grand Lodge before the close of the Annual Communication, for any cause except sickness of or calamity to himself or his family, shall forfeit all claim to payment or compensation under the two preceding sections. Sec. 7. No visitor shall be admitted into any Lodge with- out due inquiry and satisfaction as to his good Masonic stand- ing; nor shall he be admitted or be permitted to remain therein if his presence will disturb the harmony of the Lodge or em- barrass its work. The names of visitors to regular Lodges must be announced in open Lodge and either there vouched for by a member of the Lodge or before examination certificates of the visitor's standing in his Lodge and the regularity of such Lodge duly attested by the Grand Lodge Secretary of the jurisdiction in which the Lodge is located must be presented. Sec. 8. Any visitor from another jurisdiction, unless per- sonally known, applying for examination for admission to a 48 CONSTITUTION. Lodge in this jurisdiction shall be required to present a certifi- cate of his membership in the Lodge from which he hails. Such certificate shall be authenticated as follows: 1. By the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in which such Lodge is located, as to the regular standing of the Lodge; 2. By the Secretary of the Lodge as to the Masonic stand- ing of the brother; and 3. By the signature of the brother in whose name the cer- tificate is issued, for personal identification. Sec. 9. Lodges shall take precedence according to the order in which they stand upon the roll of the Grand Lodge. Sec. 10. A Lodge shall not remove its place of meeting from the town, village, or city named in its charter, nor from one place to another in such town, village, or city, with6ut the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present, at a Stated Communication, to attend which they shall have been required by a summons, served at least ten days previously, stating the subject to be acted upon at such Communication. The removal of a Lodge from the town, village, or city or portion of a city named in its charter must receive the sanction of the Grand Master previous thereto. Sec. 11. No circular or appeal to other Lodges or mem- bers thereof for donations or for any purpose whatever shall be issued unless the same shall have been officially approved by the Grand Master. Sec. 12. Intoxicating liquors shall not be allowed within the rooms of a Lodge. Sec. 13. No Lodge shall meet on Sunday for Masonic labor other than the obsequies of a Mason. Sec. 14. The jewels of the officers of Lodges shall be of silver or white metal ; the color of their aprons shall be white, CONSTITUTION. 49 or white and blue, and with or without silver ornamentations, except as otherwise especially ordered or allowed by the Grand Lodge. Sec. 15. The proceedings of a Lodge shall be submitted to the Grand Lodge whenever required. Sec. 16. N"o member shall be permitted to dimit from the Lodge of which he is a member until he shall present a certifi- cate from some Lodge that he has petitioned for membership and been elected therein. On presentation of such certificate, and upon the written request of the brother, the Lodge, at a Stated Communication, shall, if the member is not an elected ofiicer of or indebted to the Lodge, or under charges, issue a certificate of Dimit, which shall not be delivered to the brother, but shall be transmitted by the Secretary to the Lodge from which such certificate of petition came, which Dimit shall not become operative, or the brother's membership in the Lodge issuing the Dimit terminated, until 'notice has been received that the brother has consummated membership in the other Lodge by signing the By-Laws thereof. Provided, that when any member shall become a resident of another Grand Lodge jurisdiction a Dimit may be granted to him direct and without compliance with the foregoing provisions. Sec. 17. Any member of a Lodge against whom charges are not pending, and whose dues and indebtedness to the Lodge are paid, may withdraw from membership by presenting a writ- ten application therefor at a Stated Communication. The Lodge shall grant the request of the brother by dropping his name from the rolls, and his membership shall thereby be ter- minated, and he shall be subject to the disabilities of a non- affiliated Master Mason. A brother thus dropped from the roll of a Lodge shall be entitled to a certificate setting forth the fact. Sec. 18. A Lodge shall not make a Mason for a sum less than twenty dollars, nor upon credit. The Second and Third de- grees shall be conferred without fee. 50 CONSTITUTION. Sec. 19. A Lodge shall not confer more than one degree, nor shall said degree be conferred upon more than five candi- dates, in one day. Sec. 20. A Lodge shall not confer the Second degree or the Third degree on the same candidate at a less interval than two ■weeks from the time of conferring the preceding degree. Sec. 31. A brother shall not be passed to the degree of Fellow Craft, nor raised to the degree of Master Mason, without proof of suitable proficiency in the preceding degree, ascertained from an examination in open Lodge, or by a committee ap- pointed for that purpose. No other avouchment shall be suffi- cient. Sec. 22. An officer or other member of a Lodge shall not be permitted to procure the advancement of a brother in any other Lodge than that in which such brother was accepted and initiated, except by direction of the Lodge in writing, and over its seal, accompanied by a certificate of the Grand Secretary under the seal of the Grand Lodge to the effect that such Lodge is a duly chartered Lodge of this jurisdiction. Sec. 23. An Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft of any other Grand Lodge jurisdiction, shall not be passed or raised in any Lodge under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge un- less the consent of the Lodge in which he was initiated or passed shall have been obtained, provided said Lodge continue in existence. DEFINITIONS. Sec. 1. The Ancient Landmarks are those principles of Masonic belief, government, and polity which are the only part of Masonic Law or rule that may never be altered or dis- turbed, and such of them as are lawful to be written are usually, but not wholly, engrafted in a written Constitution. Sec. 2. ■ The Constitution is a written compact or law adopted by Freemasons for the government of a Grand Lodge, CONSTITUTION. 51 and its subordinate Lodges, and their members, including fun- damental provisions, constitutionally adopted, that are intended to be permanent in their character. Sec. 3. The Code of Proceduee prescribes the method of procedure in matters of controversy and discipline. Sec. 4. Usages, Customs, Eegulations, Rules, Edicts, Resolutions, and Code of Procedure are those Masonic rules of action adopted, by competent authority, for local or temporary purposes, and not embraced in the Ancient Landmarks or the Constitution. Sec. 5. To be in Good Masonic Standing within the meaning of the Constitution requires that- a brother shall have been initiated, passed, and raised in a just and duly constituted Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and is not unaffiliated, sus- pended, or expelled. Candidate Qualifications. Sec. 6.' 1. Belief in God. 2. Belief in Immortality. 3. Physical ability without artificial aid or substitution of members or parts thereof to conform to the ritual and to learn and practice the art as a brother should. This includes not only Masonic work within the Lodge room, but ability to earn his livelihood by manual labor if necessary outside the Lodge room." It does not include those whose dismemberment or defect is such as to require or permit the substitution of an artificial member or part thereof, even though with such substitution the same result could be obtained. Clandestine Lodge., Sec. 7. One professing to be a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons acting under authority from any source not recognized 52 CONSTITUTION. as regular by and not having Masonic intercourse with the Grand Lodge of New York. Clandestine Mason. Sec. 8. One claiming to be a Free and Accepted Mason not having received the degrees in a Lodge recognized as regular by the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. ' Besidence. Sec. 9. Permanent home, domicile. Primarily the place of birth is the domicile. It can be changed only by a consum- mated intention evidenced by acts and not by mere declarations. It does not include a temporary habitation for any purpose, no matter how long continued, unless the present intention to im- mediately make it a permanent home is manifested. The in- tention to make it a home in the future is not sufBcient. There can be but one domicile. Sec. 10. A Non-affiliated Mason is one who has voluntarily upon his own application withdrawn from a Lodge. An Unaffiliated Mason is one who has been dropped from membership in a Lodge for non-payment of dues. A Non-affiliated Mason is not deprived of the privileges of membership until he has remained such for one year. An Unaffiliated Mason is immediately deprived of all privi- leges until restored thereto by payment of the arrears of dues for non-payment of which he was dropped from the roll of his Lodge. CODE OF PKOCEDUEE. In Three Parts, viz. : I. Trials; II. Appeals; III. Eestoration. Prepared by John L. Lewis, P. G. M., and approved by the Grand Lodge, 1873. Revised, 1893. Revised, 1908. Part I. — Of Trials. Definitions and Purpose. Sec. 1. A Masonic trial is the judicial examination of the issues arising on complaints for offences, before the Grand Lodge or Commissioners, whether they be issues of law or fact. Masoaic trials are not intended for the determination of private disputes, religious, political, or secular, or differences growing out of business transactions, unless fraud or moral turpitude be charged. Sec. 3. When a duty is imposed, its neglect or violation without excuse shall be considered an offence against Masonic law. Sec. 3. Masonic offences which subject the individual of- fender to trial and punishment are of five kinds: 1. A wilful violation or disregard of the Constitution, or • the laws, or rules, or edicts of the Grand Lodge, or of any law, civil, criminal, or Masonic ; 2. Act, conduct, or neglect of duty tending to impair the purity of the Masonic Institution or its usefulness, or to cause scandal, or to degrade it in public esti- mation, or which is in any wise contrary to its prin- ciples, obligations, and teachings; 3. Disobedience of lawful Masonic authority or contemp- tuous action or language toward any lawful repre- sentative thereof; 54 CODE OF PROCEDURE. 4. Disobedience to process authorized by any law of Ma- sonry, including the Code of Procedure; 5. Such as may be specifically prohibited by the Grand Lodge. Sec. 4. The penalties which may be inflicted upon an in- dividual Mason for a Masonic offence are: 1. Eeprimand or fine, or both. 2. Suspension from all the rights of Masonry for a definite time. 3. Ex- pulsion. 4. In case the penalty of a fine be imposed, an alternative penalty of suspension from all the rights and privileges of Masonry, may also be im- posed until the fine is paid. Sec. 5. Masonic offences may also be committed by a Lodge in the particulars defined by Section 68 of the Constitution, and which are: 1. Contumacy to the authority of the Grand Master or Grand Lodge; S. Departure from the Ancient Landmarks; 3. Disobedience to the Constitution and laws of the juris- diction ; 4. Disobedience to process authorized by any law of Ma- sonry, including the Code of Procedure; and 5. Neglecting to meet as a Lodge for one year or more. Sec. 6. The penalties which may be visited upon a Lodge for a Masonic offence are Eeprimand, or Fine, or, with the ap- proval of the Grand Master, Suspension of Charter, or both, or Forfeiture of the Charter, in a case and after hearing as provided for by the Constitution. Manner of Prosecuting for Masonic Offence. Sec. 7. The manner of prosecuting and convicting for Masonic offences is regulated by the Code of Procedure adopted by the Grand Lodge. CODE OF PHOCEDUEE. 55 The Complaint. Sec. 8. Every individual Mason, and every Lodge accused of a Masonic offence, can be proceeded against only upon writ- ten charges called a Complaint, and notice thereof; and each is entitled to a speedy and impartial trial. Sec. 9. Any Mason in good standing may prefer a com- plaint to the proper authority against any other individual Mason, or against a Lodge, and may be a witness on the trial.* Sec. 10. A complaint must be in writing, and contain an orderly statement of the facts constituting a Masonic offence, and should be brief but comprehensive, avoiding repetition, and clearly defining the nature of the offence charged, with an accu- rate specification of the time, place, and circumstances of its alleged commission, and must be signed at the foot by the brother making the same.f (Forms 1, 2, 3, 4.) Sec. 11. A complaint against an individual Mason must be presented in open Lodge at a stated communication, and no action shall be taken thereon until the next stated com- munication of said Lodge, to which all the members of said Lodge shall be regularly summoned. Said summons shall con- tain a notice to the effect that a complaint has been presented to the Lodge against a brother (but shall not state the name of the brother or the nature of the charges), and that action thereon will be taken at the communication to which the brethren * The Commissioners of Appeals are of the opinion that the only cases in which the Junior Warden as such should necessarily act as prosecutor are those when the charges are preferred by direction of the Lodge, or when the evidence of the offence is communicated to him by some person or per- sons not members of the Lodge. — Trans. G. L., 1877, page 47. f In every case an accused brother is entitled to know who his real accuser is, and if such accuser be a member of the Lodge he must sign his name to the charges, and be responsible for them, as well as responsible for the expenses incurred, should he fail to substantiate them. The accuser may employ the Junior Warden or any other brother to act as counsel for him by mutual agreement, and so may the accused. — Trans. G. L., 1877, page 47. 56 , CODE OP PEOCEDUKE. are thereby summoned. If after the presentation and reading of such complaint at such summoned communication a motion is made and adopted that the complaint be received. Trial Com- missioners shall be appointed before further proceedings can be had upon the complaint. Sec. 12. Charges preferred which, if proven, would not constitute a Masonic oilence, may be and should be dismissed by the Lodge or Grand Officer to whom the same may have been preferred. Sec. 13. The complaint need not be copied in the minutes, but its nature and the name of the accused shall be entered, with the fact of its reception and reference, and the names of the Trial Commissioners appointed by the Master. Sec. 14. When such a motion of reception and reference has been adopted, the Master shall forthwith appoint at least three, and not more than five, capable and disinterested members of the Lodge as Trial Commissioners. If a brother appointed as Trial Commissioner shall know of any cause which would dis- qualify him from acting, it is his duty to state it either in open Lodge, or privately to the Master, in order that another may be forthwith substituted. Sec. 15. It is the duty of the Secretary of the Lodge im- mediately to serve, or cause to be served, upon the accused per- sonally a copy of the complaint, with a notice annexed of its presentation and reception, and the names of the Trial Com- missioners. (Form 5.) Sec. 16. If from any cause the complaint cannot be per- sonally served, then a notice of its presentation, a brief descrip- tion of the charges it contains, and the names of the Trial Com- missioners, should be sent to the accused by mail or other safe conveyance, if his residence be known; if his residence be not known, and after due and diligent inquiry cannot be ascertained, the Secretary should send such notice to the accused by mail at CODE OP PROCEDURE. 67 his last known place of residence or place of business, with infor- mation that a copy of the complaint will be furnished when demanded by the accused of the Secretary of the Lodge. (Form 6.) Sec. 17. The Trial Commissioners shall with due diligence appoint a time and place when and where they will meet for trial, and notify the Secretary of the Lodge thereof, and the said Secretary shall thereupon give or cause to'be given in his name due notice to the accused of the time and place of trial in the manner prescribed for the seryice of the complaint. (Form 7.) Proof of the service of a copy of the complaint with the no- tice annexed as required by Section 15, or of the notice required by Section 16, and of the notice of trial shall, in all cases, be made and furnished by the Secretary to the Trial Commissioners on or before the day fixed for the trial. (Form 8.) Challenge of Trial Commissioners. Sec. 18. Challenges are of two kinds: 1. F(tr cause: Bias actual or implied, including consan- guinity or affinity, or association in business or other- wise, or any state of mind on the part of a Trial Com- missioner which satisfies the Master that such Trial Commissioner cannot try the issue impartially and without prejudice to the substantial rights of the party challenging. Such a challenge must be in writing, with a statement of the facts on which it is based, signed by the challenging party. A writ- ten counter-statement by the opposite party or by the challenged Trial Commissioner must likewise be furnished, unless the challenged Trial Commissioner declines to serve. It shall be deemed in all cases a disqualification for a Trial Commissioner to act, that he is a witness to or of any fact which proves or disproves, or tends to prove or disprove, the guilt or innocence of the accused. 58 CODE OF PEOCEDUEE. 2. Peremptory: Without statement of any reasons; but not exceeding a majority of the Trial Commission. Sec. 19. After service of the complaint, if the accuser or accused has an objection to the Trial Commissioners, or any of them, he may within five days make his challenges. The Master shall be the trier of all challenges, but it is recommended, if there be reasonable objection, or if probable cause for challenge be manifest, that the challenged Trial Commissioners remove all objection by resignation. The Secretary shall immediately serve or cause to be served upon the challenger written notice of the determination by the Master of all challenges. The Master will promptly appoint other Trial Commissioners in place of those resigned, or peremptorily challenged, or challenge of whom shall have been sustained after trial, or after appeal to the Grand Master; and if made at any other time than at a com- munication of the Lodge he shall supply the vacancy by ap- pointment in writing, to be filed with the Secretary, who shall present the same to the Lodge .when next convened*. Sec. 30. Either party may appeal to the Grand Master from the determination of any challenge for cause, pending which appeal all proceedings shall be stayed. But such appeals shall not exceed two in number. Answer. Sec. 21. The accused shall, within ten days after service upon him of a copy of the complaint and notice as prescribed by Section 15, and within twenty days after service of the notice as prescribed by Section 16, answer the complaint in writing, and serve a copy thereof upon the Secretary of the Lodge, who shall transmit it to the Trial Commissioners on or before the day fixed for the trial. Sec. 33. The answer shall consist of a concise and orderly statement of the facts constituting the defence. It may gener- ally deny all the allegations of the complaint; or it may admit CODE OF PROOEDUEE. 59 one speeificaf ion and deny another ; or the charges and specifica- tions may be admitted and a denial made that they constitute a Masonic offence. A general denial is sufficient to raise an issue concerning every material allegation in the complaint con- tained. (Form 9.) Trials iy Lodges. Sec. 23. The answer having been made, the issues are formed and the Trial Commissioners will proceed with the trial at the time and place appointed by them. They shall organize by appointing one of their number to preside as chairman. Should they fail so to do, the Trial Commissioner first named will pre- side. They shall also choose one of their number to act as clerk to keep the minutes of their proceedings and of the testimony. They should be furnished by the Secretary of the Lodge with a certificate of their appointment and the resolution under which it was made under the seal of the Lodge. Sec. 24. The Trial Commissioners shall first proceed to hear motions upon the pleadings, if any there be ; then they will proceed to receive and hear the evidence in the case. Sec. 25. Evidence is the means by which any alleged mat- ter of fact, the truth of which is submitted to investigation, is established or proved ; and the rules of evidence, including those which relate to the admissibility of the testimony and the com- petency of witnesses, to be observed by Trial Commissioners, are such as have been established and are recognized in courts of law in the ordinary administration of justice, and cannot be set forth in detail here. Sec. 26. There are certain great principles of evidence, however, which may be briefly stated, and which if properly re- garded will be sufficient guides in Masonic trials, and which are: 1. Each party to a trial is bound to produce the best and highest evidence in his power to establish or disprove any alleged matter of fact. If the best evi- 60 CODE OF PROCEDURE. dence be a record, or book, or paper, or document, which has been destroyed or lost or which cannot be found after reasonable search, or which is in the pos- session or under the control of a person or persons, or corporation or public departiiient, office or officer, beyond the jurisdiction or control of the Masonic Tribunal, and who will not, and cannot be compelled to, produce the same by Masonic process, secondary evidence of the contents of such record or book or paper may be given. 2. To establish or disprove any alleged matter of fact, the matter to which a witness testifies must be within his actual personal knowledge, and that the substance of the issue must be proved by the facts so testified, or such a series of facts (commonly called circumstantial evidence) as, combined, will lead to an irresistible conclusion, establishing or disproving an alleged matter of fact. 3. The burden of proof always rests with the party hold- ing the affirmative, and hence, in a Masonic trial, lies upon the complainant first; and in a like man- ner, when a defence is based upon substantive mat- ters of fact, the burden of proof lies upon the ac- cused; and, therefore, when the testimony in a case is balanced, the party holding the affirmative must fail. 4. Every material allegation in a complaint must be proved, and substantially as laid, but need not pre- cisely conform to the charge in matters of time and place, unless the time and place are themselves necessary to constitute an offence or to confer juris- diction. 5. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible, except to prove gen- eral reputation, which can only be known by the common speech of others, and in eliciting facts from a witness leading questions are not permitted. CODE OF PEOCEDUKE. 61 6. A confession by the accused, whether made in the course of a judicial proceeding, or to a private per- son, may be given in evidence against him, unless made under the influence of fear produced by threats, or unless made upon a stipulation that he shall not be -prosecuted therefor; and it is not sufficient to warrant his conviction without additional proof that the of- fence charged has been committed. This does not apply when a plea, of guilty is made to the complaint, for that admits the commission of the offence and its commission by the accused. 7. There are certain things of which Trial Commissioners may judicially take notice without proof, such as facts in history, or geography, or any science, and the operation of the laws of nature. 8. But one witness is necessary to establish a fact or series of facts within his knowledge^ except when the rules of criminal law require an additional witness. 9. No witness is to be excluded on the ground of reli- gious belief, or of interest, and the accused is a com- petent witness in his own behalf. But his neglect or refusal to testify does not create any presumption against him. 10. Each party is entitled to be confronted by the wit- nesses called by his adversary and afforded an op- portunity for cross-examination. Affidavits, there- fore, are not to be received as evidence concerning the issues involved upon the trial, unless upon agree- ment of both parties. Sec. 27. When a person accused of an offence, Masonically, has been convicted of the same offence upon trial in a court of law, or when the fact of the commission of the same offence by the accused has been judicially established in a civil action, it is unnecessary to repeat the evidence in a Masonic trial; but 62 CODE OF PEOCEDUEE. the record of the judgment of such court, properly exemplified or certified or proven by an examined copy thereof, with proof of identity of the accused, shall be presumptive evidence of the commission of such offence and sufficient to justify a convic- tion by a Masonic tribunal, unless it be proven that such judg- ment has been reversed or set aside or that an appeal has been taken therefrom and remains undetermined. Pending such appeal the Masonic trial shall be stayed without prejudice to proceedings theretofore had. Sec. 28. In Masonic trials and proceedings thereupon the Trial Commissioners may employ a stenographer, who shall be a Mason, and the reasonable expense thereof shall be a lawful charge therein and may be directed to be paid as the trial pro- ceeds in such manner as the Trial Commissioners direct. The following rules should be observed by the Trial Com- missioners : 1. (a) Statement of motions upon the pleadings, the grounds thereof, and the decision of the Com- nrissioners thereon. (6) Statement of objections to questions asked by the parties or their counsel, to answers to questions,- and objections to the admissibility of evidence, with the grounds of them, and the decision of the Trial Commissioners thereon. 2. The respective parties raay have counsel, but no at- torney or counsel not being a Mason shall be per- mitted to act in a Masonic trial. If the accused have no counsel, the Trial Commissioners must assign some competent brother to act as his counsel. 3. Witnesses who are Masons testify by virtue of their obligation as such; other witnesses shall be sworn before some officer duly authorized to administer an oath or their testimony shall be signed. The credi- bility of witnesses depends upon their general char- acter, which may be impeached. CODE OF PKOOEDTJEE. 63 4. No testimony shall be taken or received upon any trial, when the accused appears in person or by counsel at the trial, except in the presence of the accused or his counsel, and an opportunity be given to them for cross-examination. When the accused fails to ap- pear, or answer, or, having appeared, both he and his counsel shall fail to attend during any trial session of which he has had notice, testimony must be taken in the same manner as if he appeared and defended, and with even more technical accuracy, fullness and certainty ; and, in such cases, some competent brother should be designated by the Trial Commissioners and required to appear for the accused, and to see that he have a fair and impartial trial. The testimony of witnesses, must be taken down as nearly as possible in the words of the witness, and as if speaking in the first person. 6. Adjournments may not be made sine die, but must be to a time and place fixed by the Trial Commissioners at the session at which such adjournment is ordered. 6. Every motion and objection, and the decision thereon, and every proceeding upon trial, including the time and place of adjournment, should be carefully noted in the minutes. 7. N"o person shall be permitted to be present at a Ma- sonic trial but Master Masons, except a witness, and he only while testifying, and except an officer author- ized to administer an oath, who may be present dur- ing the time required therefor. 8. A Masonic trial should be conducted in all respects as near as may be like the trial of an action of a criminal nature in a court of record, and be governed by the same general rules, except as otherwise pro- vided by this Code. 9. When a trial is concluded, the Trial Commissioners shall deliberate by themselves until a conclusion is 64 CODE OF PROCEDURE. reached, without other persons being present. The decision should be made as speedily as possible, of which notice in writing shall be given to the respec- tive parties as hereinafter prescribed. 10. The death or absence or refusal to act of a Trial Com- missioner, after the trial has begun, shall not affect proceedings theretofore or thereafter taken, provided a majority of the Trial Commissioners appointed shall concur in a report or decision. 11. Upon a trial or appeal, should either party desire to use any paper, document or record in possession or under the control of the other, and the use of the same be refused, upon request made, an order may be made by the Grand Master, his Deputy, or a Dis- trict Deputy, requiring its production or the delivery of an authenticated copy thereof, as such ofiBcer may determine. Disobedience of such an order shall be deemed a Masonic offence. (Form 10.) Witnesses. Sec. 29. The attendance of witnesses on either side, when they are Masons, may be enforced by summons. A summons for this purpose may be issued by the Master of any Lodge upon the request of either party. But such summons shall not be issued in blank, but shall bear the name or names of the witnesses whose attendance is desired before receiving the signature of such Mas- ter. (Form 11.) The person serving such summons should note upon it when and how it was served, whether personally or other- wise. Disobedience of such a summons shall be deemed a Ma- sonic offence. Commissioners to Take Testimony. Sec. 30. If either party desires the testimony of a witness who resides at a distance from the place of trial they may agree to take the testimony of such witness by commission. (Form 12.) If, however, the parties do not agree to the issuance of such CODE OF PROCEDURE. 65 commission, then the party desiring the commission may ap- ply to the Trial Commissioners, upon at least two days' notice to the adverse party of his intention so to do, for a commission to take the testimony of such witness or witnesses. (Form 13.) Sec. 31. If the Trial Commissioners determine that the testimony of the witness or witnesses sought to be taken by com- mission is material to the applicant, and that the application is made in good faith, then they shall issue a commission to the Master or a Warden of the nearest or most convenient Lodge to the residence of the witness or witnesses to act as examiner. (Form 14.) Sec. 32. At the time of the hearing on the application for a commission, or at such other time as shall be agreed upon or appointed by the Trial Commissioners, the parties shall prepare and submit to the Trial Commissioners (or one of their number designated by them) their respective interrogatories and cross- interrogatories for settlement. The Trial Commissioners shall note in writing upon the interrogatories and cross-interrogatories their settlement thereof. (Forms 15-16.) Sec. 33. When the interrogatories and cross-interrogatories shall have been settled as prescribed in the preceding section, the commission, with a copy of the complaint, interrogatories and cross-interrogatories as settled annexed, shall be sent to the examiner. Sec. 34. Upon receipt of the commission, the examiner shall fix a time and place for the taking of the testimony of the wit- ness or witnesses named in the commission. He shall procure the attendance of such witness or witnesses at the time and place so fixed by him, if necessary, by summons in the manner pre- scribed by Section 29, and shall proceed with the taking of the testimony under the commission. Disobedience of such a sum- mons shall be deemed a Masonic offence. The examiner shall read to each witness the several interrogatories and cross-inter- rogatories addressed to him, and take down in writing the an- bb CODE OF PROCEDURE. swfers of the witness thereto in the language of such witness, and shall cause each witness to sign his name at the end of his deposition. (Form 17.) Sec. 35. When the examiner shall have finished the taking of the testimony of the witness or witnesses named in the com- mission he shall certify the same and return the commission and depositions with due diligence to the Trial Commissioners. (Form 18.) Judgment. Sec. 36. When the Trial Commissioners shall have reached a determination upon the issues involved in the case, they shall make their report of the facts found by them, and their deter- mination upon the matter. They shall give notice thereof to each of the parties. (Forms 19, 20, 31, 23, 33, 34.) The Trial Commissioners may in their report fix the expenses of the trial and determine by which of the parties they shall be borne. Payment of such expenses may be enforced by proper Masonic discipline. Sec. 37. A majority of the Trial Commissioners must con- cur in the judgment of the Trial Commission. If the report be not unanimous, the dissenting Trial Commissioner may express his dissent therefrom either at the end of the majority report or in a separate minority report. (Forms 21, 22.) The conclusions reached by the Trial Commissioners shall be : 1. As to the guilt or innocence of the accused. 2. If the accused be found guilty the penalty recommended by the Trial Commission in the form of resolutions for the definite action of the Lodge. (Form 21.) Sec. 38. When the report of the Trial Commissioners shall have been made to the Lodge, the Master shall cause the brethren to be summoned to a stated communication thereof. The sum- mons shall contain a notice to the effect that the report of the Trial Commissioners will be considered. Sec. 39. If the resolutions annexed to the report of the Trial Commissioners are adopted at such communication of the CODE OF PEOCEDUEE. 67 Lodge to which all the brethren thereof have been summoned as prescribed by the preceding section, then the resolutions annexed to the Trial Commissioners' report shall stand as the judgment in the case, until properly reversed. Sec. 40. A majority vote of the members of the Lodge pres- ent at such stated communication shall be sufficient to adopt or reject the decision of the Trial Commissioners as to the guilt of the accused. The Lodge may, by the same vote, reverse the deci- sion of the Trial Commissioners in every particular, or it may modify or change it by increasing or diminishing the penalty. Sec. 41. If the accused be absent from the Lodge at such stated communication when action upon the report of the Trial Commissioners is taken, it shall be the duty of the Secretary forthwith to transmit to him a copy of the resolutions adopted by the Lodges in his case, with a notice of such action. The Secretary of the Lodge shall cause a copy of the report of the Trial Commissioners and the action of the Lodge thereon to be at once filed with the Grand Secretary. (Form 25.) Sec. 42. The decision of the Lodge shall be final, unless an appeal be taken therefrom to the Grand Lodge and proceeded with in the manner prescribed by Section 54 of the Code of Procedure. Trials by Grand Lodge Commission. Seo. 43. When charges are preferred in any of the cases enumerated in Section 20 of the Constitution it shall be the duty of the Grand Master, or of the District Deputy Grand Master of the District in which the offence or controversy shall arise or in which the Lodge is located, to appoint by his warrant a Trial Commission, consisting of not more than five nor less than three disinterested brethren, who shall have attained the rank of Mas- ter, and shall hail from at least three different Lodges, to hear and determine the same. Sec. 44. Proceedings in cases provided for by Section 43 of the Code of Procedure will be conducted in like manner as 68 CODE OF PKOCEDUEE. in cases where the Trial Commissioners are appointed by the Master of a Lodge, except in the particulars mentioned in Sec- tions 45 to 49 following. In eases provided for by Section 43 of the Code of Procedure, ail papers and notices shall be served or caused to be served by the Grand Secretary. Sec. 45. Complaints in the case of an affiliated or un-afiili- ated or non-affiliated Mason, where the Grand Lodge has exclu- sive jurisdiction; against a Lodge; against a Master; against a member of the Grand Lodge; by a Lodge or Lodges against an- other Lodge or Lodges; by a Lodge against its Master; or by a member of one Lodge against a member of another Lodge, should be distinctly addressed to the Grand Master or to the District Deputy Grand Master having jurisdiction of the of- fence charged. Such complaints should be definite and specific in their na- ture, conforming to constitutional and legal provisions, and are to be acted upon by Trial Commissioners appointed by such Grand Officer. Charges against the Master of a Lodge, for official misconduct while holding the office of Master, shall be presented to the Grand Master or the Grand Lodge only during the term of said Master, or within one year after the expiration of the term in which such offense was committed. Sec. 46. The Trial Commissioners appointed in cases re- ferred to Section 43 will prescribe the penalty as in a case of Trial Commissioners appointed by the Master of a Lodge, and the decision of such Trial Commissioners is final, unless an ap- peal is taken therefrom within the time prescribed by Section 54 of the Code of Procedure. Sec. 47. The report of Trial Commissioners in cases mentioned in Section 43 must be made to the Grand Officer ap- pointing them, and notice thereof shall be given by the Trial Commissioners to the parties and to the Lodge of which the defendant (if affiliated) is a member. A copy of their report must be filed with the Grand Secretary. (Forms 36, 27.) CODE OF PKOCEDUEE. 69 Sec. 48. The report of Trial Commissioners in cases men- tioned in Section 43 shall contain findings of fact and their conclusions therefrom in an award of judgment in the nature of both a verdict and sentence. When the Trial Commission- ers shall, in their report, impose the payment of any costs or expenses upon any of the parties before them, and such costs or expenses shall not have been paid within a reasonable time, the Grand Master may, by warrant, order that the same, or any such part thereof as he may deem proper, be paid by the Lodge of which the party against whom the same were awarded is or was a member, or by the Grand Treasurer. Sec. 49. The decision of the Trial Commissioners shall be final unless an appeal be taken therefrom to the Grand Lodge, as provided by Sections 51, 54, 55 and 56 of the Code of Pro- cedure. Sec. 50. Notices of judgment in all cases must be served in the same manner as the complaint, the time to appeal com- mencing to run from the time of such service. Part II. — Op Appeals. Sec. 51. A Masonic appeal is a proceeding before the Grand Master to review the determination of a Master upon the trial of a challenge of a Trial Commissioner, or before the Grand Lodge to review the judgment of a Lodge or the decision of Trial Commissioners appointed by a Grand Officer, upon a trial, in order to review errors of law or fact alleged to have been made by a Master, a Lodge or Trial Commissioners, from whose determination, decision or judgment the appeal is taken, so that justice may be done to all parties concerned. Sec. 52. An appeal to the Grand Master from the deter- mination of a challenge must be taken by serving a written no- tice thereof upon the opposing party within five days after ser- vice of the notice of the Master's determination. (Form 28.) 70 CODE OF PKOCEDUEE. Sec. 53. An appeal from the judgment of a Lodge or from the decision of Trial Commissioners appointed by a Grand Offi- cer may be taken to the Grand Lodge by any party alleging himself to be aggrieved thereby. Sec. 54. An appeal to the Grand Lodge must be taken by serving a written notice thereof upon the opposing party within sixty days after notice of the judgment or decision appealed from. Sec. 55. A copy of the notice of appeal must in all cases be served upon the Grand Secretary, upon the Secretary of the Lodge, and if the appeal is from a decision of Trial Commis- sioners appointed by a Grand Officer, upon the Chairman of such Trial Commission, within the same time as prescribed by Sections 53 and 54. Sec. 56. An appeal may be taken from the decision or judg- ment as a whole, or from any part thereof. When an appeal is brought, the notice thereof must contain in detail the grounds of appeal. (Form 29.) Sec. 57. The appellant, upon a service of notice on the re- spondent, may apply to the Grand Master, who may, in his dis- cretion, stay the execution of the judgment of a Lodge, or of any judgment, penalty, or sentence based upon the report or findings of Trial Commissioners appointed by a Grand Officer appealed from, until the hearing and final determination of the appeal. Sec. 58. On receiving notice of appeal, the Secretary of the Lodge, or its Master, or the Trial Commissioners appointed by a Grand Officer, as the case may be, shall at once transmit to the Grand Secretary the originals or a copy of all papers in the case (from the complaint to the notice of appeal, both inclusive), duly certified and attested by him or them. Sec. 59. When notice of appeal to the Grand Master or to the Grand Lodge shall have been served upon the Grand Secre- CODE OF PROCEDURE. 71 tary, that ofiBcer shall immediately, or as soon as received, send to the Grand Master or Chief Commissioner, as the ease may be, all papers and reports having reference to the case. Sec. 60. When a perfect transcript of all the papers and proceedings in the case has not been made by the Lodge or Trial Commissioners from whose judgment or decision the appeal is taken, an order may be made by the Grand Master, or any Dis- trict Depnty Grand Master, upon application of either party, directing that the same be forthwith done. (Form 30.) Sec. 61. Notice of argument of appeal shall, in all cases, be given, and may be given by either party. Such notice must be served upon the opposing party at least ten days before the day when the appeal is to be brought on for argument. (Form 31.) Sec. 62. At least ten days before the date noticed for the argument of an appeal the appellant shall serve upon the re- spondent, and at the same time file with the Grand Secretary three copies of his brief or argument, either typewritten or printed. Within five days thereafter the respondent shall serve upon the appellant, and file with the Grand Secretary, three copies of his brief, similarly prepared. Sec. 63. The Grand Master to whom an appeal is taken will, with all convenient dispatch, make a decision thereon, and such decision should be immediately filed by him with the Grand Secretary, together with all papers upon which the appeal was heard. Sec. 64. Appeals to the Grand Lodge shall be heard by the Commission of Appeals at the Masonic Hall in the City of New York. The Commission of Appeals shall appoint at least four sessions, during each Masonic year, when they will sit to hear appeals, and shall file with the Grand Secretary notice thereof. They shall report their decision thereon to the next Annual Com- munication of the Grand Lodge following such hearing. The 72 CODE OF PKOCEDUKE. decision of the Grand Lodge upon the report of said Commission shall be conclusive upon all parties. Sec. 65. The Commission of Appeals shall have power to review generally the proceedings, both on the law and facts, to the end that complete justice be done. Sec. 66. The determination of an appeal shall be Affirmance or Eeversal or a modification of sentence, and in case of reversal in a proper case a new trial may be ordered. Sec. 67. Although the procedure in Masonic trials is to be conducted as herein prescribed, a judgment of a Lodge, or deci- sion of Trial Commissioners appointed by a Grand Officer, shall not be reversed on appeal for technical irregularity or technical violation of the rules of evidence, except in case evident injustice has been done by such violation. Sec. 68. The Grand Secretary shall, upon receiving the decision of the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master, upon an ap- peal, notify the parties thereto of such decision with all con- venient dispatch. Sec. 69. A reversal of the judgment of a Lodge or of the decision of Trial Commissioners appointed by a Grand Officer restores a brother to the rights and privileges of Masonry, and also to membership in the Lodge. Sec. 70. The times within which proceedings on Masonic trials and appeals for answers, notices, etc., shall be taken are as follows: 1. For answer to complaint when served personally, ten days ; when served as prescribed by Section 16, twenty days ; 2. To challenge Trial Commissioners, five days; 3. For notice of trial before Trial Commissioners, ten days; CODE OF rKOCEDUHE. 73 4. For notice of application for commission to examine witnesses, two days; 5. For preparation of cross-interrogatories, two days; 6. For notice of settlement of interrogatories and cross- interrogatories, two days; 7. For notice of appeal as prescribed in Section 52, five days after notice of decision ; 8. For notice of appeal as prescribed in Section 54, sixty days after notice of decision or judgment. 9. For notice of argument of appeal, ten days. But when a notice is sent by mail five days shall be added to the time specified in each case above. The time in each of the cases specified may be enlarged on suffi- cient cause shown by order made by the Grand Mas- ter, or a District Deputy Grand Master, upon appli- cation made on notice to the opposing party, and before the time herein prescribed has elapsed. Of course the time in each case may be enlarged or diminished by consent of parties. Sec. 71. In computing the time within which an act must be done, the first day shall be excluded and the last included. If the last day is Sunday or a public holiday, it must be ex- cluded. When the act is required to be done within two days, and an intervening day is Sunday or a public holiday, it must also be excluded. Sec. 72. When service of a notice or other paper is re- quired to be made upon a Lodge, service of such notice or other paper upon the Master or Secretary thereof shall be deemed sufiBcient service. Sec. 73. A Lodge, or a Mason interested in or affected by a Masonic controversy, the subject of a Masonic trial, but not a party theteto, may apply to the Grand Master at any time be- fore or after judgment, on such notice to the parties to the con- 74 CODE OF PEOCEDUEE. troversy as the Grand Master shall prescribe, for permission to intervene therein and be made a party thereto. In case such application is granted, the Grand Master shall make and file with the Grand Secretary an order to that effect. The Grand Secretary shall forthwith transmit to the Secretary of the Lodge or to the Chairman of the Trial Commission ap- pointed by a Grand Ofl&cer, or to the Chief Commissioner of Appeals, a copy of the order, and thereupon and thereafter the intervener shall be deemed for all purposes a party to the proceedings. (Forms 32, 33, 34.) Paet III. — Of Eestoeation. Sec. 74. A brother having been tried and convicted, and the penalty inflicted, will, if he is attached to Freemasonry and its principles, desire to be restored to his former position; and the demands of justice having been satisfied, mercy should be remembered. Sec. 75. Restoration is the act by which an erring but re- pentant brother regains a title to and possession of all his for- mer rights and privileges. Sec. 76. Eestoration being a voluntary act on the part of a Lodge or Grand Lodge, cannot be claimed as a matter of right, and can, therefore, never be compelled or enforced. Sec. 77. Eestoration by the action of the Grand Lodge does not restore a brother to membership in the Lodge, which can only be done by action of the Lodge of which he was a member. Sec. 78. When the Grand Lodge has restored a brother he remains unaffiliate until restored to membership by a Lodge. Sec. 79. A Lodge having expelled a member, may, within one year, at any Stated Communication and by a majority vote, restore such expelled Mason to the rights of Masonry, notice of a motion to do so having been made at a preceding Stated Com- munication, and a Lodge may terminate a sentence of suspension CODE OP PROCEDUEE. 75 at any Stated Communication. Provided, however, that such restoration shall not be made when the Grand Lodge shall have afiBrjned the decision on appeal. Sec. 80. An expelled Mason may be restored by the Grand Lodge to the rights of Masonry after the expiration of one year from the date of the sentence. Provided, he shall have filed with the Grand Secretary, at least thirty days before the annual ses- sion of the Grand Lodge, a petition which shall contain a copy of the complaint upon which he was tried and a statement of the grounds upon which he seeks restoration. Sec. 81. Application for restoration having been presented to the Grand Lodge, will be referred to a Committee on Griev- ances, but no action on such application can or shall be taken unless the petition be accompanied by the favorable recommen- dation of the Lodge from which he was OKpelled, adopted at a Stated Communication to which the members thereof had been duly summoned, or unless proof be furnished that notice of such application in writing, of not less than thirty nor more than sixty days, has been duly served on the Lodge of such applicant, or, in case the Lodge is no longer in existence, on the surviving members of the Commission in the matter of such applicant. (Form 35.) Sec. 83. If the Committee report favorably, the adoption of its report by the Grand Lodge by a majority vote restores the applicant to the rights and privileges of a non-affiliate Mason without further action. Sec. 83. Any brother who has been expelled and afterwards restored to the rights of Masonry or has been unaffiliated for non- payment of dues, after full payment thereof to his Lodge may present his petition for affiliation to any Lodge, providing his own Lodge refuses to reinstate him. Sec. 84. The penalty of suspension inilicted by a Grand Lodge Trial Commission may be terminated at any time by the Grand Lodge or the Grand Master. 76 code of procedure. Limitation. Sec. 85. A prosecution for a Masonic offence must be com- menced within five years after the commission thereof. FORMS. FOKM No. 1. The Complaint. " To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Trilaminar Lodge, No. 900 : Charge. — Brother A. B. is hereby charged with immoral and un- masonic conduct. First Specification. — That the said A. B., on the first day of April, 1893, in the public street at Freetown, in the county of , and then being a member of said Lodge, was in a state of intoxication from im- moderate and improper use of intoxicating liquor, in violation of his duty as a Mason, and to the scandal and disgrace of the Fraternity. Second Specification. — That the said A. B., on the first day of April, 1893, at Freetown aforesaid, and at various other times and places in the year 1893,- was intoxicated with strong and spirituous liquors, al- though admonished therefor by the Master and Wardens of this Lodge, in violation of his duty as a Mason, and to the great scandal and dis- grace of the Masonic Fraternity : And it is hereby demanded that the said A. B. be dealt with therefor according to Masonic law and usage. Dated April 9, 1893. S.L." Form No. 2. The Complaint in another form, " To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900 : Charge. — Brother C. D. is hereby charged with immoral and «n- masonic conduct. First Specification. — That the said C. D., on the first day of ApriH 1893, at Freetown, in the county of , and then being a member of said Lodge, in the presence and hearing of Brother E. F. and others, spoke and declared of Brother G. H. of Anchor Lodge, No. 901, these words in substance : that the said G. H. was a dishonest man ; that he was a knave and a cheat; and that he was a liar: to the great injury of the said G. H. and to the common scandal and disgrace of the Masonic Fraternity. Second Specification. — That the said C. D., on the first day of April, 189.9, at Freetown aforesaid, in the presence and hearing of Mr. Y. Z. and others, publicly spoke and declared of the said G. H., who was not present, that he, the said G. H., was a dishonest man, a knave, a cheat, and a liar, in violation of the duties of the said C. D. as a Master Mason, to the great injury of the said G. H., and to the common scandal and disgrace of the said Anchor Lodge, No. 901, and of the Masonic Fraternity : And it is therefore hereby demanded that the said C. D. be put upon trial therefor. Dated April 9, 1893. g. l." CODE OF PEOCEDUEE. 77 FOKM No. 3. The Complaint — another form. "To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900: Chaege. — Brother E. P. is hereby charged with unmasonio conduct : Specification. — That heretofore said Triluminar Lodge adopted a Code of By-laws, and amongst other things provided by Section 21 of ^aid By-laws, which has ever since been and is in full force, in substance and effect that said Lodge might tax its members for Masonic purposes ; that at a stated communication of said Lodge, held on the 24th day of December, 1892, said Lodge adopted a resolution to impose a tax upon each of its members of three dollars to replenish the Charity Fund of said Lodge ; that on said last-mentioned day said E. F. was a member of said Lodge and subscribed to said By-laws, and is still a member of said Lodge, but that the said E. F., although of sufficient pecuniary means and ability, refused to pay said tax of three dollars, and still refuses to pay the same, contrary to the provisions of said Section 21 of said By-laws, to the injury of said Lodge, and in violation of his duties and obligations as a Master Mason : and it is therefore hereby demanded that the said B. F. be put upon his trial therefor. Dated April 9, 1893. S. L." Form No. 4. Complaint for Disobeying Summons. " To the Master and Wardens of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900 : Chaege. — Brother /. J. is hereby charged with unmasonic conduct : Specification. — That the said I. J., having taken the solemn obliga- tions Of a Master Mason, and being a member of said Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, in good standing, was, on the 16th day of April, 1893, personally served with a summons to attend as a witness before the Commissioners appointed for the trial of Brother A. B. on certain charges against the said A. B., on the 20th day of April, 1893, at seven o'clock, p.m., at the Lodge-room of said Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, in Freetown, there to testify the truth according to his knowledge, on belialf of said Triluminar Lodge, which summons was issued by K. C, Master of Star Lodge, No. 902 ; and that the said I. J., wholly disregarding said sum- mons and his solemn obligations as a Master Mason to obey the same, did not attend at the time and place specified in said summons, but wholly neglected and refused so to do, to the great injury of said Tri- luminar Lodge, and to the evil example of the whole Masonic Fraternity : Wherefore it is demanded that the said I. J. be brought to trial and punishment therefor. Dated April 21, 1893. S. L." This form, with the necessary alterations, may be adapted to any case of willful disregard of any lawful summons of a brother Master Mason, or of a lawful Lodge of Master Masons. Form No. 5. Notice of Complaint. " Bro. A. B. : — Take notice that the within [or the foregoing] is a copy of the complaint preferred against you at a stated communication of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, held on the 9th day of April, 1893, and that Bros. R. S., T. U., and V. W. were appointed Commissioners to hear and try the same. Dated April 10, 1893. P- Q-. Secretary." 78 CODE OP PROCEDURE. Poem No. 6. Notice to Absent Defendant. " Bro. A. B. : — Take notice that at a stated communication of Tri- laminar Lodge, No. 900, held in Freetown, on the 9th day of April, 1893, charges of unmasonic conduct were preferred against you, that Bros. R. S., T. TT., and V. W. were appointed Commissioners to hear and try the same ; that a copy of the complaint will be furnished you on demand, and you are hereby required to answer said complaint within twenty days after service of this notice npon you, and you are to serve a copy of your answer upon me within the same time. Dated April 16, 1893. P. Q., Secretary." (Add address.) Form No. 7. Notice of Trial. " To Bro. L. M. : — Take notice that Bros. R. S., T. U., and V. W., Commissioners duly appointed to hear and try the charges preferred against you by , will meet for that purpose on the 20th day of April, 1893, at seven o'clock, p.m., at Triluminar Lodge Room, in Free- town, at or before which time you are required to answer the complaint [heretofore] served upon you. Dated April 7, 1893. P. Q., Secretary." Form No. 8. Certificate of Service of Complaint. " I hereby certify that on the day of I per- sonally served *upon a copy of the annexed complaint, together with a copy of the annexed notice of its presentation and recep- tion and the names of the trial commissioners, together with the annexed notice of trial, by delivering to the said , at , true copies of the said complaint and notices and leaving the same with him. And I further certify that I personally knew the said to be the same person mentioned and described in the said complaint as the accused therein. Secretary." (or) " I hereby certify that on the day of , at , pursuant to instructions received from and by authority of , Secretary of Lodge, I personally served (&c., as before, from*). (Signature of person making service.) (or) " I hereby certify fhat on the day of I served the annexed upon , the accused described therein, by 1. Depositing true copies of the same in the United States Post Office at , securely enclosed in a postpaid wrapper addressed to the said at , the residence of the said , and paying full legal postage thereon ; or, 2. By depositing true copies of the same in the General Post Office at _ , securely enclosed in a postpaid wrapper addressed to the said , , , ^*. , ■ tliat being his last known place of residence (or of business), and paying the full legal postage thereon. Secretary." CODE OP PEOCEDUEE. 79 FOEM No. 9. The Answer. "0. D., in person, denies the complaint made against him, and every matter and thing contained in the charges and several specifications of the same as therein stated and set forth, and demands trial thereon. O. D." FOKM No. 10. Order for Production of Paper. " Office of the Grand Master of Masons, BiNGHAMTON, N. Y., Mav 15, 1893. Charges having been preferred against Bro. A. B., in Trilaminar Lodge, No. 900, and -it appearing to my satisfaction that upon the trial of said A. B., on said charges, it is necessary that he should produce and prove a certain letter, written by Bro. R. M., of said Lodge, to the Sec- retary of said Lodge, bearing date about the 3d day of April, 1893 (paper, being a ), it is hereby ordered that said Secretary produce said letter, paper, or an authenticated copy thereof, to be used on said trial, and for no other purpose whatever. Given under my hand and pri- 'i vate seal on the day and year first r 0. F. P., Grand Master. [SEAl.]" above written. J Form No. 11. The Summons for Witness. " To Bro. I. J. : — You are hereby summoned and required to attend as a witness before the Commissioners appointed for the trial of Bro. A. B;, on certain charges preferred against him, on the 20th day of April, 1893, at seven o'clock, p.m., at the Lodge Room of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, in Freetown ; and there to testify the truth according to your knowledge on behalf of [naming the party summoning him]. Dated April 16, 1893. K. L., Master of Star Lodge, No. 902." The summons may be made to answer for several witnesses by in- serting their several names, thus : " To Bros. I. J.j R. S., T. U.," and by inserting after the word " you " in the first line the words " and each of you." Form No. 12. Stipulation for Commission. "We do hereby stipulate and agree to the issuing of the annexed Commission, and to the examination of F. F., the witness therein named, by virtue thereof, in answer to the interrogatories and cross- interrogatories annexed, agreed to by us. S. L., Dated April 16, 1893. A. B." 80 CODE OF PROCEDURE. Form No. 13. Notice of Commission. "To S. L. : — Take notice that I shall apply to the Commissioners appointed for the trial of the charges against me at Trilaminar Lodge Itoom, in Freetown, on the 20th day of April. 1893, at seven o clock, P.M., for a Commission to W.'. Bro. H. J., Master of Hearty Lodge, No. 903, to examine X. Y., of , as a ^\itness on my behalf, on interrogatories. Dated April 16, 1893. A. B." Two days' notice of this application must be given. FoEM No. 14. Commission for Witness. " To W.". Bro. H. J., Master of Hearty Lodge, No. 903 : You are hereby appointed Examiner to take the testimony of Bro. F. F., of Noblesburg, in your county, as a witness in the matter of the charges preferred in Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, against A. B., of said Lodge, at such early time and convenient place as you may appoint, upon the interrogatories and cross-interrogatories hereto annexed, and reduce his answers thereto to writing, to be subscribed by him, and by you certified to us, and returned forthwith by mail to the Secretary of said Triluminar Lodge, acting in the premises with all convenient speed. Dated Freetown, April 20, 1893. R. S., ) [SEAi. OF TRiLUMiNAE LODGE.] T. U., S- Commissioners." Attest: P: Q., Secretary. V. W., I Form No. 15. Interrogatories. " Interrogatories to be proposed to F. F., a witness to be examined on Commission annexed : First Interrogatory. — What is your age, occupation, and residence? Second Interrogatory. — Are you acquainted with A. B. named in the annexed Commission? and if so, for how long a time? Third Interrogatory. — Were you at Freetown on the first day of April, 1893? and if so, did you see said A. B. there? Fourth Interrogatory. — What was the state of his health at that time? and if not good, state what was his disease, how it affected his actions. [And so on, numbering each separate interrogatory or question by itself.] Lastly. — Do you know any other matter or thing beneficial to the said A. B., in this matter? If so, state it fully. A. B." The interrogatory " Lastly " must always be inserted in the direct and cross-interrogatories, and always answered. If the witness has anything additional to state, it should be added ; if he has not, it should be so stated. CODE OF PEOCEDUEE. 81 Form No. 16. Gross-interrogatories. "Cross-interrogatories to be proposed to F. F., a witness to be ex- amined on Commission answered : First GrossAnterrogatory. — Do you know what caused the ill-health of A. B.? If so, state fully the fact and the cause. [Then proceed with others, numbering them in like manner, and con- cluding with ' Lastly,' and observing the same rules as in case of inter- rogatories. The Commissioners should append to both Interrogatories and Cross-interrogatories their certificate of the settlement thereof.] S. L." Form No. 17. Deposition. " Examination of F. F., a witness produced before me in the matter of the annexed charges against A. B., taken at Noblesburg on the 27th day of April, 1893, and who testified as a Master Mason [or who stated, see § 28, subd. 3, of Code] as follows : To the first interrogatory the said F. F. says : My age is 35. I am a farmer, and reside at Noblesburg. To the second interrogatory he says : I know A. B., and have been acquainted with him for over ten years. [And so on, giving the answers in. full to each interrogatory.] Lastly. — The said F. F. says in answer thereto : I do not. To the first cross-interrogatory, the said F. F. says : And proceed as on the interrogatories, adding a reply to ' Lastly.' F. F." FOEM No. 18. Certificate to Interrogatories. " 1 certify that the foregoing is a copy of all the testimony of F. F., a witness examined before me by virtue of the annexed Commission, at the time and place therein specified. Dated Noblesburg, April 27, 1893. H. J., Examiner:' FoEM No. 19. Minutes of Gommission. " The Commissioners appointed for the trial of Bro. A. B., on the complaint and answer hereto annexed (marked A), pursuant to the following resolution [copy resolution], assembled at the Lodge Room of Trilnminar Lodge, No. 900, in Freetown, on Wednesday evening, the 20th day of April, 1893. Present: R. S., T. U., and V. W., Commissioners. R. S. was chosen Chairman, T. U., Clerk, and V. W., Marshal." " A. B., the accused, appeared before us, and objected to as one of the commissioners, for bias, consanguinity or affinity, associa- tion in business, or general prejudice. He filed a written statement of the grounds of his challenge, to which reply was made in like manner, which statements are hereto annexed. The Master thereupon tried the 82 CODE OF PEOCEDUKE. challenge and decided to sustain, overrule, the challenge. He thereupon appointed in place of the said . who took his place on said commission." (This form may be adapted for a return to the Grand Master in case of appeal to him as provided by Section 20 of the Code of Procedure.) (or) " A. B., the accused, appeared before us, and objected to as a Trial Commissioner, on the ground that he will be a witness to a fact which bears upon his guilt or innocence. thereupon resigned as Trial Commissioner, and the Master appointed in his stead, who took his place on said Commission." (or) " A. B:, the accused, appeared before us, and peremptorily objected to as one of the Commissioners. The Master thereupon appointed in his stead, who took his place on said Com- mission." The complaint was then read, together with the answer of A. B. Bro. B. then requested that P. S., an attorney at law, who is not a Mason, should examine the witnesses on his behalf, and assist him in his defense. The Commissioners decided against the request, to which Bro. B. took an exception. The Commissioners further stated that Bro. B. might engage the services of any Brother Mason to assist in his de- fense, and he therefore employed Bro. N. O. to assist him as counsel. Bro. O. objected to the complaint as being vague and uncertain, but the Commissioners decided it to be sufficient ; to which Bro. O. took an exception. Bro. E. P. was then introduced as a witness by Bro. L., and testified as a Master Mason as follows : I am acquainted with Bro. A. B. ; I saw him on Main Street, in Freetown, on the first day of April last; I was on the opposite side of the street ; he appeared to be intoxicated [an ob- jection was here made to the testimony as to the appearance of the ac- cused, but it was overruled and an exception taken] ; he was there for about half an hour ; he reeled as he walked ; etc. On cross-examination, Bro. E. F. further testified : I know that Bro. B. had been sick ; etc. The Commissioners then adjourned to meet at the same place on Thursday evening, the 21st April, 1893, at seven o'clock p.m." Thursday Evening, April 21, 1893. The Commissioners met pursuant to adjournment : Present: All the Commissioners; and also Bro. L., and A. B. and his counsel, Bro. O. ; Bro. U. officiated as Chairman. Mr. H. C was then introduced as a witness by Bro. L., and stated as follows : I was in Freetown on the first day of April, instant ; A. B. was there ; etc. The proofs on the part of the complainant here rested. Bro. O., on behalf of Bro. A. B., then produced the sworn affidavit of Mr. J. R., and offered it in evidence, to which Bro. L. objected on the ground that Mr. R. should be produced for cross-examination. The Commissioners sustained the objection on that ground, and Bro. O. excepted. CODE OP PROCEDURE. 83 Mr. R- was then introduced, and Bro. L. then consented that his affi- davit might be read, and which was then read accordingly, and is hereto annexed (marked Bj. Bro. L. then cross-examined Mr. R., who stated as follows : etc. The testimony of F. F., a witness examined by Commission on the part of the accused, was then read in evidence, and is hereto annexed (marked 0). The proofs being closed, after hearing both parties, the Commis- sioners decided to meet again on the 23d day of April, instant, to de- termine on their report. Saturday, April 23, 1893. The Commission again met by themselves, and, after consultation, decided upon their report, a copy of which is hereto annexed (marked D), and notified the parties thereof. (Signed by the Commissioners.) " Form No. 20. Notice of Decision. " To Bro. S. L. and Bro. A. B. : You will each take notice that we have agreed upon and signed our report in the matter of charges against Bro. A. B., referred to us, by which we have found the charges sustained, and Bro. A. B. guilty thereof, and that the expenses of the proceedings be paid by him ; and that we shall present the report to Triluminar Lodge at its Stated Communica- tion on the 30th April, instant. Dated April 23, 1893. (Signed by the Commissioners.) " Form No. 21. Report of Commissioners. " To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900 : The Commissioners appointed for the trial of Bro. A. B. on charges of intoxication, heretofore preferred in this Lodge, respectfully report : That they met at the Lodge Room of this Lodge on Wednesday even- ing, the 20th of April, last past, and Bro. A. B. having answered the complaint against him by general denial, and the Commissioners having duly organized, they proceeded to hear and try the matters referred to them. That objections were made to Bro. U., one of their number [here insert the history of any challenges, their disposition by the Master, and changes in the commission, if any, substantially as indicated in Form 19], and also refused to permit Bro. B. to appeav by counsel who was not a Mason, and therefore Bro. N. O. appeared for him. That objection was made to the sufficiency of ther complaint and overruled. That they proceeded to take testimony (in the course of which they decided not to admit a sworn affidavit, unless the deponent was present to be cross-examined), and Bro. B. F. and Mr. H. C. and Mr. J. P. 84 CODE OF PROCEDURE. were examined as witnesses; and the testimony of Bro. P. F., taken by Commission, was produced and read. Tliat they held three meetings, the last of which was for the purpose of agreeing upon and preparing this report. That from the testimony before them they find the following facts: 1. That Bro. A. B. was intoxicated with strong and spirituotis liquors, in a public place in Freetown, on the first day of April, 1893. 2. That Bro. A. B. has been at least twice intoxicated in a public place in Freetown aforesaid, within two weeks previous to the said first day of April, 1893. They therefore recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: Resolved, That the charges of intoxication against Bro. A. B., made and presented to this Lodge on the 9th day of April, 1893, on com- plaint of Bro. S. L., are sustained, and that he is guilty of the said charges. Resolved, That Bro. A. B. be and he is hereby suspended from this Lodge, and from the rights and privileges of Masonry, for the space of three months from this date. Resolved, That the charges and expenses of the Commissioners, amounting to the sum of three dollars, are adjudged to be paid by said Bro. A. B. And that they have notified Bro. S. L. and Bro. A. B. of their deci- sion, as expressed in the foregoing resolutions. All of which is respectfully submitted, R. S., 1 Dated April 23, 1893. T. U., y Commissioners." V. W., J FoHM No. 22. Dissent from Commissioners' Report. " I dissent from the report of the other Commissioners in this case of Bro. A. B., both in their findings of fact and their conclusions there- from, as expressed in the resolutions contained in their report. Dated April 23, 1893. V. W., Commissioner." Or, " I dissent from so much of this report as finds that Bro. A. B. has been at least twice intoxicated, in a public place in Freetown aforesaid, within two weeks previous to the first day of April, 1893 ; and from so much of the second resolution annexed thereto as fixes the term of his suspension at three months. Dated April 23, 1893. V. W., Commissioner." Form No. 23. Notice of Judgment. " To Bro. A. B. : Take notice, that the foregoing is a copy of resolutions adopted by Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, at their Communication held in their Lodge Room, m Freetown, on the 30th day of April, instant. Dated April 30, 1893. p. Q., Secretary." CODE OF PROCEDURE, 85 FOKM No. 24. Form of Report, when accused fails to appear. "To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900: The Commissioners appointed for the trial of Bro. A. B., on charges of intoxication heretofore preferred in this Lodge, and which are hereto annexed, respectfully report : That they met at the Lodge Room of this Lodge on Wednesday even- ing, the 20tli April, 1S93, and all of their number were present. That Bro. A. B. did not appear. That Bro. P. Q., the Secretary of this Lodge, was then examined orally by them, and testified as a Master Mason, that he served a copy of the complaint on said charges on Bro. A. B. personally, in Freetown, on the 6th day of April, 1893. That A. B. not appearing, after the lapse of more than one hour, and fearing . there might be a misapprehension, they adjourned one week, to meet at said Lodge Room on the 27th day of April, 1893, at seven o'clock P.M., and requested the Secretary of the Lodge to notify Bro. A. B. of the adjournment. That they met at said Lodge Room on the day and hour of adjourn- ment. That Bro. A. B. did not appear. That they then examined Bro. P. Q., who testified as a Master Mason, that he informed Bro. A. B. on the morning of the 21st April, instant, of the adjournment, and par- ticularly notified him of the place, day. and hour. That after waiting more than one hour, they proceeded to hear proofs, and Bro. D. C. having been appointed to appear for Bro. A. B.. he appeared accordingly, and heard the proofs and cross-examined the witnesses. That Bros. E. F., L. M., and O. N. were examined as wit- nesses, and testified as Master Masons, and their testimony was taken in full, and appears in these minutes. And that having closed the testi- mony, they heard the argument of Bro. D. C. in behalf of the accused, and of Bro. S. L. on the part of the Lodge. That without adjournment they proceeded to consider the matter, and after consultation made a conclusion thereon. That from the testimony before them they find the following facts : " [Findings same as in Form No. 21, and first two resolutions the same.] "That there were no costs or expenses attending the trial, and they make none for their attendance. And that they have notified Bro. S. L. and Bro. A. B. of the conclusions embraced in this report. All of which is respectfully submitted. R. S., 1 Dated April 27, 1893. T. U., r Commissioners:' V. -W., J Notice of judgment to be given herein the same as in Form 20. FoEM No. 25. "Notice to Orand Secretary of Judgment of Lodge. " To , Grand Secretary : Take notice, that annexed hereto is a copy of the report of the trial commissioners heretofore appointed in the matter of charges preferred against , a Brother of Lodge, and that at a regular communication of the said Lodge, duly summoned to take action thereon, and held on the day of . the resolutions an- nexed to said report were (adopted, rejected, modified, as follows). Secretary." 86 CODE OF PROCEDURE. Form No. 26. Report of Commissioners not Appointed hy a Master. "To M.". W.'. J. S., Grand Master: (or R.'. W.". V.'. E."., D. D. G. M., as the case may be). The undersigned Commissioners appointed by you in the case of Bro. A. B., of Trihiminar Lodge No. 900, in the matter of charges of in- toxication preferred against him by Bro. C. O., of Anchor Lodge No. 901, on the 9th day of April, 1893, having heard the same upon the said charges, and the answer thereto, and the proofs and allegations of the parties, do respectfully report. Findings of Fact. 1. On the day of Bro. A. B., of Triluminar Lodge No. 900, was intoxicated at in a public place therein, with strong and spirituous liquors. 2. That said Bro. A. B. conducted himself to the scandal and dis- grace of the Fraternity. 3. That Bro. A. B. violated his duty as a Mason thereby. They Have Adjudged and Determined as Follows ^ 1. That said charges are sustained and that Bro. A. B. is guilty of such charges. 2. That said Bro. A. B. be and he hereby is suspended from said Triluminar Lodge and from the rights and privileges of Masonry for the space of three months. 3. That the said Bro. A. B. do pay the costs and expenses of the proceedings on this trial, amounting to the sum of $ And they further report that a duplicate hereof has been filed with the Grand Secretary. .A.11 of which is respectfully submitted. Dated April 23. 1893. (Signed by the Commissioners.) " The notice of judgment given by said Commissioners may be in the following form : Form No. 27. Notice of Judgment by Commissioners. " To Bro. C. D. and Bro. A. B. : Take notice, that we have this dav made and signed our report to the M.". W.\ Grand Master [or R.". W.". , D. D. G. M.], by which we have adjudged and determined that Bro. A. B. is guilty of the charges preferred against him by Bro. C. D., and that he be sus- pended from Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, and from the rights and priv- ileges of Masonry, for the space of three months ; and that he do pay the costs and expenses of the proceedings on his trial before us, amount- ing to the sum of three dollars. Dated April 23, 1893. (Signed by the Commissioners).'' CODE OP PEOOEDUEE. , 87 Form No. 28. Notice of Appeal to Grand Master. "The undersigned hereby appeals to , Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York, from the decision of Wor. , Master of Lodge, upon the trial of the challenge by the under- signed of Trial Commissioner appointed to try charges pre- ferred against the undersigned, a Brother of Triluminar Lodge,- No. 900. Dated May 4, 1893. A. B. To , Grand Master, &c. P. Q., Secretary of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900." S. L. Form No. 29. Notice of Appeal to Grand Lodge. "The undersigned hereby appeals to the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York from the judgment of Tri- laminar Lodge, No. 900, made April 30, 1893, in adopting the resolutions reported by the Trial Commissioners (from the decision of the Trial Com- missioners appointed by the Grand Master or District Deputy Grand Master, as the case may be, dated ), declaring him guilty on complaint of intoxication, suspending him for three months, and adjudging him to pay the expenses of the trial, and lie specifies the fol- lowing as the grounds of his appeal : 1. That the Commissioners erred in deciding that P. P., Esq., should not be allowed to assist him in his defense. 2. That the second paragraph of the complaint is vague and un- certain. 3. That the Commissioners erred in receiving testimony as to ap- pearances of intoxication. 4. That they erred in rejecting the sworn affidavit of J. R. 5. That the proofs in the case were not sufficient to warrant their findings of fact. 6. That the Lodge erred in passing the aforesaid resolutions by a majority vote. All of which appears by the papers, proceedings and vote in the case. Dated May 11, 1893. A. B." To the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. To P. Q., Secretary of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900. (A copy should be served on the Grand Secretary and also on the Secretary of the Lodge, and also on any other party to the proceeding.) Form No. 30. Order for Papers on Appeal. " Office of the Grand Master of Masons, New York, May 28, 1893. "To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900: Bro. A. B., having duly appealed from the judgment of your Lodge, made on the 30th April, 1893, suspending him for three months, you are hereby required to transmit, by the hand of your Secretary under seal of your Lodge, a transcript of all the proceedings of your Lodge in the case of the said A. B., from the time of the presentation of the complaint against him until the final action of your Lodge thereon, with the several dates thereof, together with all papers and documents relating thereto not heretofore returned, within days from the receipt hereof by you. Given under my hand and private seal J. W. S. [seal], on the day and year first above written. Grand Master.' 88 CODE OF PROCEDURE. Form No. 31. Notice of Argument. "To S. L. Take notice, that the appeal in the matter of charges of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, against A. B. and from the judgment of said Lodge, to the Grand Lodge will be moved for argument before the Commission of Appeals of the Grand Lodge at Masonic Hall, in the City of New York, on the day of 1893, at 10 o'clock, a.m. Dated Freetown, October 6, 1893. A. B." Form No. 32. Petition for Leave to Intervene. " To M.'. W.". Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. The petition of A. B. respectfully shows : That he is a member in good standing of Triluminar Lodge, No. 900, located at That heretofore charges were preferred by against , a brother of Lodge, located at , for immoral and uu-Masonic conduct, which were thereafter referred to a Trial Commission and (here state the condition of the proceeding, as to whether the trial has been commenced, concluded or judgment entered). That petitioner is interested in said proceeding and in the outcome thereof, and desires to intervene therein pursuant to the provisions of Section 73 of the Code of Procedure. Wherefore, petitioner prays that an order be made herein permitting him to intervene in said proceeding and be made a party thereto. Dated Freetown, October 1, 1893. A. B." Form No. 33. (Title of proceeding.) Notice of Motion to Intervene. "To Take notice, that upon the annexed petition of , dated , and upon all the proceedings herein, I will apply to M.'. W.'. , Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York, at , on the day of , at 10 o'clock, A.M., for permission to intervene in the above proceeding and be made a party thereto, pursuant to the provisions of Section 73 of the Code of Procedure. Dated, A. B." To Lodge. To C. D. J. K. Form No. 34. Order Allowing Intervention. (Title of proceeding.) " On reading the petition of A. B., dated , the notice of motion thereto annexed dated , and proof of due service thereof upon the parties hereto, and upon all the proceedings herein, and after hearing for the application and opposed, I do Order that said petition b,e, and the same hereby is, granted." J. W. S. [SEAI,], Grand Master." CODE OF PliOCEDURE. 89 Form No. 35.' Application to Orand Lodge (or Restoration. " A. B., late a member of Trlluminar Lodge, No. 900, at Freetown, respectfully represents: That he was tried by Commissioners, duly ap- pointed in said Lodge, upon charges of habitual intoxication, and, having been found guilty, was expelled from said Lodge, and from all the rights and privileges of Masonry, on the 30th day of April, 1893, and that (more than one year has elapsed since) said judgment of expulsion (which) still remains in full force; that, having forsaken his intemperate habits and become reformed therefrom, and having a strong attachment to Masonry, he earnestly desires to be restored to his former good stand- ing. He, therefore, respectfully prays, that he may be accordingly re- stored to all the rights and privileges of Masonry. Annexed hereto is the recommendation of said Lodge (proof of service upon said Lodge of notice of this application, more than thirty days since). Dated Freetown, May 7, 1893. A. B." When an appeal has been taken from a judgment of expulsion to the Grand Lodge, and the decision of the Lodge afiSrmed on appeal, then the foregoing form of application for restoration may be varied by strik- ing out the words next after " 1893 '' and to and including the word " expulsion " in the same sentence, and insert in place of them : " and that upon appeal to the Grand Lodge the said judgment was affirmed," and then add the remaining part of the form as before. RULES OF ORDER. I. — At the thivd stroke of the Grand Master's gavel, there shall be a general silence, and he who breaks silence without leave from the Chair, shall be subject to a public reprimand. II. — ^Under the same penalty, every Brother shall keep his seat, and observe strict silence whenever the Grand Master or presiding ofiBcer shall call to order. III. — N"o Brother is to speak more than once to the same question, unless by permission. In nominating, or seconding the nomination of, an officer of the Grand Lodge, a Brother shall not be permitted to speak more than three minutes. IV. — If, in the Grand Lodge, any member is twice called to order, at one Communication, for transgressing these rules, and is guilty of the third offense of the same nature, the Chair may peremptorily order him to leave the Lodge-room for that day. V. — ^Whoever shall be so rude as to ridicule any Brother, or what another says, or has said, may be forthwith solemnly ex- cluded the Communication, and declared incapable of ever being a member of any Grand Lodge for the future, unless he publicly own his fault, and he be excused. VI. — All motions are to be decided by a majority of votes, each member having one vote, each Lodge having three votes, and such additional votes as the law prescribes, and the Grand Master two votes, in case that an equal number shall require his decision. VII- — The opinions or votes of the members may be signified by holding up of the left hand, unless some member shall call EULES OF ORDER. 91 for a vote by Lodges, whicli shall be sustained by at least ten members. VIII. — All members shall keep their places, except the Grand Marshal and Grand Deacons, who are allowed to move from place to place, in the discharge of their duties. IX. — Every one who speaks shall rise, and remain standing, addressing himself to the presiding officer; and no member shall interrupt him unless to call him to order; but after he has been set rigjit, he may proceed, if he observe due order and decorum. X. — In case of the absence of the Grand Wardens, when they, or either of them shall be entitled to take the Chair by succes- sion, the Past Grand Officer present, who is highest in rank (if his office shall have been elective), shall take it; and in case of the absence of both Present and Past Grand Officers, entitled to take the Chair, the Master of the Senior Subordinate Lodge present shall take it. XI. — Every proposition offered for consideration shaU be in writing. XII. — At the opening of each Annual Communication, un- less the same shall have been done at or after the close of the last previous Annual Communication, the following Standing Committees shall be appointed, to consist of three members each, except as herein stated : 1. A Committee on Credentials of Members and Eetums of Lodges. 2. A Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence to consist of the Past Grand Masters. To this Committee shall be referred all domestic correspondence, requiring action, and questions relative to Masonic law, and to the usages, privileges, and customs of the Fra- ternity. 3. A Committee on Foreign Correspondence. 4. A Committee on Charters, to consist of nine members. To this Committee shall be referred all applications 92 RULES OF ORDER. for charters, and all cases of forfeited charters. They shall not act upon any application for a char- ter, unless it shall have been recommended by the nearest Lodge; nor shall any charter be revived which has been forfeited previous to June, 1839; nor any other charter forfeited since that time, un- less it be first surrendered. 5. A Committee on Grievances. That all petitions and papers in connection with any and all griev- ances be filed with the Grand Secretary at least thirty days before the Annual Communication. Proceedings, 1900, page 393. 6. A Committee on Finance, who shall examine into and report upon all matters touching finances of the Grand Lodge, and to whom shall be referred all subjects involving an appropriation of its funds; and without such reference, no such appropriation shall be made. 7. A Committee on Accounts of Eepresentatives and Pay of Members. 8. A Committee on the Constitution. To this Committee shall be referred all propositions to amend the Con- stitution and Eules of Order of the Grand Lodge. 9. A Committee on Charity. 10. A Committee on Unfinished Business of the previous Annual Communication. 11. A Committee on Printing, and no resolution to print at the expense of the Grand Lodge shall be adopted, without the sanction of such Committee, stating the number of copies to be printed. 12. A Committee of five to be known as the Custodians of the Work, the first members of said Committee to be appointed to serve for the following terms: One to serve one year, two to serve two years, and two to serve three years. That at the expiration of said terms respectively their successors in office shall be appointed for the term of three years, and RULES OF OUDEE. 93 at the expiration of every three years thereafter. Should any vacancy in said committee occur, the Grand Master shall fill such vacancy for the balance of the term. The Grand Lecturer shall annually exemplify the work and lectures before this Com- mittee before entering upon the holding of his con- ventions, and no change shall be made in the work as established by the Grand Lodge except upon the report of such Committee, and the favorable action of the Grand Lodge thereon. 13. A Committee to be known as the Standing Committee on Hall and Asylum, to consist of nine Master Ma- sons, the said Committee to be appointed within thirty days after the close of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual Communication and each suc- ceeding Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, to hold office for one year, charged with the duty of meeting quarterly, and as often as directed by the Grand Master, to inspect the Home at Utica, the Temple property in New York City, and to per- form such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Grand Master, and to report to the Grand Master upon the work of the Trustees quarterly, with their recommendations, and to report upon the- work of the year to the Grand Lodge at the suc- ceeding Annual Communication. To this Com- mittee shall be referred all matters relating to the Hall and Asylum. 14. A Committee on Deceased Brethren. 15. A Committee on Antiquities, to consist of seven mem- bers, one of whom shall be the Grand Librarian. 16. A Committee on Audit, whose duty it shall be to ex- amine the books and accounts of the Grand Treas- urer, the Grand Secretary and Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund quarterly, in accordance with Section 46 of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge. 94 RULES OF OEDEE. 17. An Advisory Committee of five, to assist the Grand Master in matters of ceremonials and functions and to advise with him and the Custodians of the Work upon the written work of the Monitor. XIII. — The Committees on Masonic Jurisprudence, Consti- tution, Foreign Correspondence^ Grievances, Finance, Unfinished Business, and Printing, or the Chairman thereof, may be ap- pointed by the Grand Master, at such time in advance of the Annual Communication as he shall deem expedient. And it shall be the duty of the Commission of Appeals, or the Chief Commissioner, and the Chairman of said Committees, except those on Foreign Correspondence, Unfinished Business, and Printing, to meet at the Temple, in the city of New York, on Thursday preceding the Annual Communication, and con- sider all propositions, questions, subjects, or matters presented by the Grand Master for their consideration, or on file with the Grand Secretary for that purpose. The Grand Secretary, in giving notice of the Annual Com- munication to members and Lodges, shall request them to send in any proposition or business they wish to bring before the Grand Body, within ten days after the reception of such notice. J^o question, subject or proposition ordinarily referred to one of said Committees shall be acted on or considered by the Grand Body, unless presented as above to one of said Committee, except where otherwise ordered by a vote of the Grand Lodge. No Standing Committee shall sit while the Grand Lodge is in actual session, unless on leave expressly obtained. All Standing Committees shall report before the close of the Annual Communication, at or for which they were appointed, and be discharged unless otherwise ordered. XIV. — After the Grand blaster has called the Grand Lodge to order at the opening thereof, on the first day of the Annual Communication, the following order of proceedings and business shall be observed: 1. Prayer by the Grand Chaplain. RULES OP ORDER. 95 2. Calling the Eoll of Lodges by the Grand Secretary. 3. The usual solemn ceremonies of opening the Grand Lodge in ample form. 4. Eeading and approving the minutes of any previous communication not before read and approved. 5. Address of the M.'. W.'. Grand Master, and action thereon. 6. Eeport of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer, and action thereon. 7. Miscellaneous Business. XV. After the first session of the Annual Communication, the Grand Lodge shall assemble daily, at nine o'clock in the morning, and take a recess from one o'clock, p.m., until two o'clock, P.M., and again from six o'clock until the following morning at nine o'clock. XVI. — The order of business at each session, after the first day, shall be as follows, except the third, which shall not -be observed after the second day, provided, however, that the elec- tion of Grand OflScers shall be the special order of business at ten o'clock, a.m., of the second day of the Annual Communica- tion, and that the installation of the Grand Officers shall take place immediately preceding the close of the Annual Communi- cation : 1. Eeading and approving minutes of the preceding ses- sion. ■ 2. Eeport upon Credentials of Members. 3. Appointment of Standing Committees. 4. Eeports on Unfinished Business of the previous Com- munication. 5. Presentation and reference, or other disposition of memorials, petitions and communications. 6. Motions and Eesolutions, and reference or other dis- position of the same. 96 EULES OF OEDEB. 7. Eeports of Standing Committees, and action thereon; the Committees on Foreign Correspondence and the Condition of Masonry having the preference. 8. Eeports of Special Committees, and action thereon. 9. Special Order (if any). 10. Consideration of proposed Amendments to the Con- stitution and Eules of Order (if any). 11. Unfinished Business of previous session (if any). 12. Miscellaneous Business, not included in the above. XVII. — Should the Order of Business not be concluded at the session at which it is first called, it shall be commenced at the succeeding session, where it was left off, and so on, through- out the Communication, taking up the Order of Business as in Eule XVI. again, when once finished, and going through with it in the same manner: — Provided, nevertheless, that the read- ing and approving of the minutes shall be the first business in order at each session. ■ XVIII. — The seats in the body of the Grand Lodge-room shall be numbered by Districts. The numbering shall be so ar- ranged that all the members representing the Lodges in a District shall be seated contiguously, and the District Deputy Grand Master of the District shall be assigned a seat with his District. At the close of each Annual Communication, the District Deputy Grand Masters of the several Districts shall meet with the Grand Master and Grand Secretary, and under the direction of the former draw for the choice of localities of their several Districts, and having duly chosen, shall accordingly be assigned seats in the locality so selected, under the direction of the Grand Master. After said drawing, and before each Annual Commu- nication, the Grand Secretary shall cause the seats to be num- bered by Districts, in conformity to said drawing and selection. Eepresentatives of Lodges and District Deputies are required to vote at their seats, and not otherwise. The location of Districts to be numbered conspicuously, so as, also, to be seen from the Chair. RULES OF ORDER. 97 XIX. — The Grand Secretary shall cause suitable blanks to be printed to provide for the taking of a vote by Lodges, and containing a general heading in which to insert the number of the district, and separate columns, with suitable printed head- ings, with the number and name of each Lodge, and the District, and the number of votes to which each Lodge is entitled, and like columns for entering the yeas and nays, according to the votes of such Lodges, and the vote, also, of the District Deputy. XX. — When a vote by call of Lodges shall be ordered, it shall be taken, as to Lodges, upon any question pending for con- sideration before the Grand Body, by the Deputy for each of said Districts, who shall immediately call the roll of said Lodges, record the responses, enter his own vote and the total result thereof, and sign and deliver the same to the Grand Secretary, with certificate of its being a correct and true return. XXI. — For the purpose of taking such vote, time shall be allowed at the pleasure of the Grand Master, whereupon the Grand Secretary shall read the results reported by the District Deputies, and the Grand Master shall thereupon declare the result. XXII. — At any time before the final declaration of the result by the Grand Master, it shall be in order for any one entitled to vote to do so, or to correct his vote. XXIII. — ^In voting at the election of Grand Officers, in the event of more than one nomination, the Grand Master will ap- point four sets of tellers of three each. The chairman of each set of tellers will be furnished with cards of each district, al- lotted to his polling place, embracing a list of the Lodges and number of votes each Lodge is entitled to, and on which he will check off the votes by Lodges as deposited. The District Deputy Grand Master of each District will vote with his DistTict, and will also be furnished with a duplicate card for the information of the representatives. At each polling place will be suspended 4 card indicating the number of the District then voting. The voting will be by Districts, governed by the location of the Lodges 98 RULES OF ORDER.. as seated in the hall, commencing from the east, and as a District completes its vote, the district card at the polling place will be changed and the district immediately in rear of the one which has just voted will commence voting. Four Districts will he voting at the same time at the different polling places. The vote of the Grand Officers, Past Grand Officers, the Commissioners of Appeals, the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund, and Past Masters, previous to 1849, will be taken by the Grand Secretary at the Grand East. At the conclusion of the District call, any representative who did not vote with his District can do so before the balloting is declared closed, and when any one of the series of districts has completed its vote, the tellers will, by order of the Grand Master, proceed with the count. After the votes have been canvassed by the tellers, the result wiU be handed to the Grand Secretary, and the aggregate announced by him. XXIV. — The Committee on pay of Members and Eepresen- tatives shall ascertain from the Grand Secretary the names of all such as have been absent at roll-call unexcused, and deduct from their pay severally one day's pay for each absence un- excused. XXV. — The Eules of Order shall not be suspended at any time, except by unanimous consent. XXVI. — These rules may be amended at any time, by a vote of two-thirds of the Grand Lodge. XXVII. — All former Eules of Order of the Grand Lodge inconsistent herewith are hereby abrogated. APPENDIX. THE LANDMARKS. As Defined by M.". W.'. Joseph D. Evans, Past Grand Master. The landmarks are such of the distinctive points in the eso- teric mysteries of Freemasonry as are clearly defined in its ritual, among which are its signs, tokens, words, and the legend of the third degree. That every candidate for admission to the privileges of Free- masonry must hefore initiation declare his belief in one ever Uving and true God, the Creator and Euler of the Universe, and in the immortality of the soul. That every candidate for the honors of Freemasonry must be a man, free born, of mature and discreet age, no eunuch, no woman, no immoral or scandalous man, but of good report, hav- ing no maim or defect in his body or mind that may render him incapable of learning and practising the art. That every Mason is bound by his covenants to have respect for and obedience to the civil law of the country, and the Ma- sonic regulations of the jurisdiction in which he may reside. That no candidate or brother can be questioned as to his peculiar mode of religious faith or political opinion, nor can any discussion upon such subjects be permitted in any assembly of the craft. That the right of a Lodge to judge for itself who shall be admitted to initiation or affiliation therein is inherent and in- defeasible, not subject to dispensation or legislation of any kind or from any source whatever. That the ballot for candidates is always strictly secret and inviolable. 100 OLD CHARGES. That the Master of a Lodge having decided any question, there is no appeal from his decision to the Lodge. That a Lodge cannot try its Master. That it is the prerogative of the Grand Master to preside over every assembly of the craft in his jurisdiction, whether grand or subordinate, and to exercise the executive functions of the Grand Lodge during its recess. THE CHAKGES OF A FEEE MASON, EXTRACTED FROM THE ANCIENT jRctorbS OF LODGES BEYOND SEA, AND OP THOSE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND, FOR THE USE OP THE LODGES IN LONDON, TO BE HEAD At the making of NEW BRETHREN, or when the MASTER shaU order it. CHARGE 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 Ee- ligion of that Country or Nation, whatever it was, yet 'tis now thought more expedient only to oblige them to that Eeligion in which all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to them- selves ; that is, to be good Men and true, or men of Honour and Honesty, by whatever Denominations or Persuasions they jnay bo distinguished ; whereby Masonry becomes the centre of Union, and the means of conciliating true Friendship among Persons that must have remained at a perpetual distance. OLD CHAEGES. 101 CHARGE II. Of the CIVIL Magistrate Supreme and suiordinate. A Mason is a peaceable Subject to the Civil Powers, wher- ever he resides or works, and is never to be concerned in Plots and Conspiracies against the Peace and Welfare of the Nation, nor to behave himself undutifully to inferior Magistrates; for as Masonry hath been always injured by War, Bloodshed, and Confusion, so ancient Kings and Princes have been much dis- posed to encourage the Craftsmen, because of their Peaceable- ness and Loyalty^ whereby they practically answered the cavils of their Adversaries, and promoted the Honour of the Fraternity, whoever flourished in Times of Peace. So that if a Brother should be a Eebel against the state, he is not to be countenanced in his Eebellion, 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 Eebellion, and give no Umbrage or Ground of political Jealousy to the Government for the time being; they cannot expel him from the Lodge, and his Relation to it remains indefeasible. CHARGE 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 sub- ject to its By-Laws and the General Eegulations. It is either particular or general, and will be best understood by attending it, and by the Eegulations of the General or Grand Lodge here- unto annexed. In ancient Times, no Master or Fellow could be absent from it, especially when warned to appear at it, without incurring a severe censure, until it appeared to the Master and Wardens, that pure Necessity hindered him. The Persons admitted members of a Lodge, must be good and true Men, free born, and of mature and discreet Age, no Bondmen, no Women, no immoral or scandalous Men, but of good Eeport. 102 OLD CHARGES. CHARGE IV. Of Masters, WHatbenS, 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 ]iis 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 sufiBcient Imployment for him, and unless he he a perfect Youth, having no Maim or Defect in his Body, that may render him uncapable of learning the Art, of serving his Master's JLotti, and of being made a Brother, and then a Fellow Craft in due time, even after he has served such a Term of Years as the Custom of the Coun- try directs; and that he should be descended of honest Parents; that so, when otherwise qualified, he may arrive to the Honour 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 of a Fellow Craft; nor a Master until he has acted as a Warden, nor Graxd Warden until he has been Master of a Lodge, nor <@rantl 4Has!ter unless he has been a Fellow Craft before his Election, who is also to be nobly born, or a Gentleman of the best Fashion, or some eminent Scholar, or some curious Archi- tect, or other Artist, descended of honest Parents, and who is of singular great Merit in the Opinion of the Lodges. And for the better, and easier and more honourable Discharge of his Of- fice, the Grand Master has a Power to ehuse his own Deputy Grand Master, who must be then, or must have been formerly, the Master of a particular Lodge, and has the Privilege of acting whatever the Grand Master, his Principal, should act, unless the said Principal be present, or interpose his Authority by a Letter. These Eulers and Governors, supreme and subordinate of the OLD CHARGES. 103 ancient Lodge, are to be obeyed in their respective Stations by all the Brethren, according to the old Charges and Regulations, with all Humility, Eeverence, Love and Alacrity. CHARGE 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 Crafts- men are to avoid all ill Language, and to call each other by no disobliging Name, but Brother or Fellow; and to behave them- selves courteously within and without the Lodge. The Master, knowing himself to be able of Cunning, shall undertake the Lord's Work as reasonably as possible, and truly dispend his Goods as if they were his own; nor to give more Wages to any brother or Apprentice than he really may deserve. Both the 0Ulittt a&d the Masons receiving their Wages justly, shall be faithful to the Lord, and honestly finish their Work, whether Tosh or Journey; nor put the Work to Tash that hath been accustomed to Journey. None shall discover Envy at the Prosperity of a Brother, nor supplant him, or put him out of his Work, if he be capable to finish the same ; for no Man can finish another's Work so much to the Lord's Profit, unless he be thoroughly acquainted with the Designs and Draughts of him that began it. When a Fellow Craftsman is chosen Warden of the Work under the Master, he shall be true both to Master and Fellows, shall carefully oversee the work in the Master's Absence to the Lord's Profit : and his Brethren shall obey him. All Masons employed, shall meekly receive their Wages with- out Murmuring or Mutiny, and not desert the Master till the Work is finished. A younger Brother shall be instructed in working, to prevent 104 OLD CHARGES. spoiling the Materials for want of Judgment, and for increasing and continuing of Brotherly Love. All the Tools used in Working shall be approved by the Grand Lodge. No Labourer shall be employed in the proper Work of Masonry; nor shall Jfree 0laioni work with those that are not free, without an urgent Necessity; nor shall they teach Labourers and unaccepted Masons, as they should teach a Brother or Fellow. CHARGE VI. Or Beiiaviouk, viz. : In the Hobgt while Contttituteb. 1. You are not to hold private Committees, or separate Con- versation, without Leave from the Master, nor to talk of anything impertinent or unseemly, nor interrupt the Master or Wardens, or any Brother speaking to the Master: Nor behave yourself ludicrously or 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 Eeverence to your Mas- ter, 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 (un- less 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 mean while, in which case a particular Keference may be made; but you must never go to Law about what concerneth Masonry, without an absolute necessity apparent to the Lodge. iieiiabiaur after the Lodge is over and the Pretijrtn not gone. 2. You may enjoy yourselves with innocent Mirth, treating one another according to Ability, but avoiding all Excess, or forcing any Brother to eat or drink beyond his Inclination, or hindering him from going when his Occasions call him, or doing or saying anything offensive, or that may forbid an easy and free Conversation, for that would blast our Harmony, and defeat our laudable Purposes. Therefore no private Piques or Quarrels OLD CHARGES. 105 must be brought within the door of the Lodge, far less any Quarrels about Religion, or Nations, or State Policy, we being only, as Masons, of the Catholic Religion above mentioned, we are also of all Nations, Tongues, Kindreds and Languages, and are resolved against all |^oltticks>, as what never yet conduced to the Welfare of the Lodge, nor ever will. This Charge has been always strictly enjoined and observed; but especially ever since the Reformation in Britain, or the Dissent and Secession of these Nations from the Communion of Eome. IBefiabiour when Brethren meet without Strangers, hut not in a Hobge {ormeti. 3. You are to salute one another in a courteous manner, as you will be instructed, calling each other Brother, freely giving mutual Instruction as shall be thought expedient, without being overseen or overheard, and without encroaching upon each other, or derogating from that Eespect which is due to any Brother, were he not a Mason: For though all Masons are as Brethren upon the same Level, yet Masonry takes no Honour from a Man that he had before; nay rather it adds to his Honour, especially if he has deserved well of the Brotherhood, who must give Honour to whom it is due, and avoid ill Manners. JBefiabiour in Presence of Strangers not ina£(an£. 4. You shall be cautious in your Words and Carriage, that the most penetrating Stranger shall not be able to discover or find out what is not proper to be intimated ; and sometimes you shall divert a discourse, and manage it prudently for the Honour of the Worshipful Fraternity. JBe^abiour at Home and in your Neighborhood. 5. You are to act as becomes a moral and Wise Man; par- ticularly, not to let your Family, Friends, and Neighbours know the Concerns of the Lodge, &c., but wisely to consult your own Honour, and that of the ancient Brotherhood, for Eeasons not to be mentioned here. You must also consult your Health, by 106 OLD CHARGES. not eontimiing together too late, or too long from Home, after Lodge hours are past ; and by avoiding of Gluttony or Drunken- ness, that your Families be not neglected, or injured, nor you disabled from Working. JBegabuur towards a Strange Brother. 6. 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 Con- tempt and Derision, and beware of giving him any hints of Knowledge. But if you discover him to be a true and genuine Brother, you are to respect him accordingly; and if he is in want, you must relieve 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 perfer a poor Brother, that is a good Man and true, before any other poor People in the same circumstances. Finally, All these Ci)argesi you are to observe, and also those that shall be communicated to you in another way; culti- vating Brotherly Love, the Foundation and Cap-stone, the Cement and Olory of this Ancient Fraternity, avoiding all Wrangling and Quarrelling, all Slander and Backbiting, nor per- mitting others to slander any honest Brother, but defending his Character, and doing him all good Offices, as far as is consistent with your Honour 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 Fore- fathers in every nation; never taking a legal Course but when the case cannot be otherwise decided, and patiently listening to the honest and friendly advice of Master and Fellows, when they would prevent your going to Law with Strangers, or would excite you to put a speedy Period to all Lawsuits, that so you may mind the Affair of Masonry with the more Alacrity and Success, but with respect to Brothers or Fellows at Law, the Master and OLD CHARGES. 107 Brethren should kindly offer their Mediation, which ought to be thankfully submitted to by the contending Brethren ; and if that Bubmission is impracticable, they must however carry on their Process, or Lawsuit, without Wrath and Rancor (not in the com- mon way) saying or doing nothing which may hinder Brotherly Love, and good Offices to be renewed and continued; that all may see the benign Influence of Masonry, as all true Masons have done from the Beginning of the World, and will do to the end of Time. ^tnen, so mote it tie. THE ATHOLL CHAETEE. The following is an exact copy of the Oeiginal Chaetee of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York : No. 319. Atholl, Grand Master. (Seal) Wm. Dickey, D. G. M. James Jones, S. G. W. Jas. Eead, J. G. W. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCEEN. We the Geand Lodge, of the Most Ancient and Honourable Feateenitt of Feee and Accepted Masons, {according to the old Constitutions granted by his Eoyal Highness Prince Edwin, at York, Anno Domini, Nine Hundred Twenty and Six, and in the year of Masonry, Four Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty and six,) in ample Form assembled, viz: The Eight Worshipful and Most Noble Prince John the Third, Duke, Marquis and Earl of Atholl, Marquis and Earl of Tullibardine, Earl of Strathtay and Strathardle, Viscount of Balquider, Glenalmond and Glenlyon, Lord Murray Belveney and Gask, Heretable Cap- tain and Constable of the Castle and Constabulary of Kincleaven, Hereditary Keeper of the Palace of Falkland, one of Sixteen Peers of Scotland, and in that part of Great Britain called Eng- land and Masonical Jurisdiction thereunto belonging, Geand Mastee of Masons; the Eight Worshipful William Dickey, Esquire, Deputy Grand Master; the Eight Worshipful James Jones, Esquire, Senior Grand Warden; the Eight Worshipful James Eead, Esquire, Junior Grand Warden; with the appro- bation and Consent of the Warranted Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London and Westminster, do, by these Presents, authorize and empower our Trusty and Well-beloved Brethren, Free and Accepted Ancient Masons, who at the time of this present Writing, are or hereafter shall become Inhabitants of the Province of New-York, in North America, to congregate. THE ATHOLL OHAETEE. 109 form and hold a Provincial Grand Lodge in the City of New York and Province of New York, aforesaid, independent of any former Dispensation, Warrant or Constitution, ordered, given or granted by US, or any of our Predecessors, Grand Masters of England, to any Mason or Masons residing within the Ma- sonical Jurisdiction, aforesaid; such Provincial Grand Lodge, when duly constituted, to be held Annually, Half-yearly, Quar- terly, Monthly, or at any seasonable Time or Times as occasion shall require. And We do hereby nominate, constitute and ap- point Our Eight Trusty and Well-beloved Brother the Eeverend William Walter, Master of Arts, to be our Provincial Grand Master; our Eight Trusty and Well-beloved Brother John Stedholme Browning, Esquire, to be our Provincial Senior Grand Warden; and our Eight Trusty and Well-beloved Brother the Eeverend John Beardsley, Master of Arts, to be our Provincial Junior Grand Warden, with the Masonical Jurisdiction aforesaid; who together with the aforesaid Provin- cial Grand Master and his Deputy, when appointed and installed, and Provincial Grand Wardens, shall be addressed by the Stile and Title of the Eight Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, Grand Wardens, &c. And We do hereby further authorize and impower our said Eight Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, William Walter, his Deputy, and Grand Wardens, John Sted- holme Browning, Esq., and John Beardsley, with the Approba- tion and Advice of their Grand Lodge, to grant Dispensations, Warrants and Constitutions, for the congregating and making Free and Accepted Masons, forming and holding of Lodges within the Jurisdiction aforesaid, according to the most Ancient and Honorable Custom of the Eoyal Craft, in all Ages and Na- tions throughout the known World. And We do, by these Pres- ents, further authorize and impower our said Trusty and Eight Worshipful Brethren, the Provincial Grand Master, Grand War- dens and their legal Successors, when in regular Grand Lodge formed, to hear, adjust, and impartially determine all and singu- lar Matters of Complaint, Dispute, Debate or Controversy, rela- tive to the Craft within the Jurisdiction aforesaid; strictly re- quiring all and every of our Worthy and Loving Brethren within 110 THE ATHOLL CHARTER. the Jurisdiction aforesaid to be conformable to all and every of the Good Eules, Orders, Issues and Decrees, which shall from Time to Time be ordered, issued or decreed by the said Eight Worshipful Provincial Grand Lodge; — herein reserving to our- selves our ancient Prerogative of Hearing Appeals, and Admin- istration of such Things as shall {bona fide) appear absolutely necessary for the Honor and Benefit of the Craft in General. And lastly, We do hereby authorize and impower our said Trusty and Eight Worshipful Grand Master and Grand Wardens, to- gether with their lawful Associates, being the installed Masters, Wardens, and Past Masters of the Eegular Lodges within the Jurisdiction aforesaid, in Grand Lodge assembled, to nominate, chuse and install, their Successors to whom they shall deliver this Warrant, and invest them with their particular Jewels and Masonical Powers and Dignities as Prbvincial Grand Officers, &c., &c., &c. And such Successors shall in like Manner nomi- nate, chuse and install, &c., their Successors, &c., &c., such In- stallation to be upon or near every Saint John's Day the Twenty-fourth of June, during the Continuance of the Provin- cial Grand Lodge for ever. Providing the said Eight Worshipful William Walter, John Stedholme Browning, Esqr., John Beards- ley, and all the Successors, Grand Officers of the said Provincial Grand Lodge, do continually pay due Eespect to the Eight Wor- shipful Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fra- ternity of Free and Accepted Masons, by whom this Warrant is granted, otherwise this Warrant and Constitution to be of no Force nor Virtue. Given under our Hands and Seal of the Grand Lodge in London, the Fifth day of September, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand Seven Hundred Eighty and One, in the year of Masonry, Five Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty and One, and in the Seventh Year of the Grand Master- ship of His Grace the Duke Atholl, &c., &c., &c. CHAE'S BEAEBLOCK, (Seal) Grand Secretary. Note : — This Warrant is Eegistered in the Grand Lodge, Vol. 8, Letter H. ACTS OF INCOEPOKATION. Act to Incorporate the Trustees of the Masonio Hall and Asylum Fund. CHAPTER 2T2. An Act to Incorporate the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund." PASSED APRIL 21, 1864. The People of the State of New York represented in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The voluntary association now existing and known as the " Trustees of the Masonir Hall and Asylum Fund," and composed of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden, and Grand Secretary of the association known as the " Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York," and their successors holding said oflSces, is hereby created a body politic and corporate, with all the general powers of cor- porations under the Revised 'Statutes of the State of New York, by and under the name of the " Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund." § 2. The corporation hereby created shall consist of the Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden, and Grand Secretary, for the time being, of the said Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, and their successors in office, as they shall from time to time be elected at the General Assembly or Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, in accordance with the rules and customs thereof. § 3. The corporation hereby created is hereby authorized and empow- ered to take and hold real and personal estate, by gift, purchase, legacy, or devise, to an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, for the purposes of its corporation, subject to the limitations now prescribed by law. § 4. It shall be the object of the corporation hereby created to build and maintain a Masonic Hall in the city of New York, for the meetings of the Grand Lodge or General Assembly of Masons, and for the accom- modation of other Masonic bodies or associations ; and out ot the tunds derived from the rent or income thereof, or other sources, to build, estab- lish,, and maintain an asylum or asylums, school or schools, for the free education of the children of Masons, and for the relief of worthy and indigent Masons, their widows and orphans. § 5. The corporation hereby created is empowered to adopt regulations and by-laws, and appoint officers for the better accomplishment of the objects herein mentioned. 112 ACTS OF INCORPORATION. § 6. The said corporation shall annually report to the Grand Lodge or General Assembly of Masons, the amount, condition, and investment of the fund in its hands, and all other matters and things relating to the concerns of the corporation. § 7. The said corporation shall be subject to the restrictions and lia- bilities prescribed in the third title of the eighteenth chapter, of the first part of the Revised Statutes-. § 8. This act shall take effect immediately. State of New York, ) Office of the Secretary of State. J I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this ofBce, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript there- from and of the whole of said original law. Given under my hand and seal of ofiice, at the city of Albany, this 22d day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. CHAUNCET M. DEPEW, [l. s.] Secretary of State. AN ACT to amend an act entitled " An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," passed April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Passed May 14, 1873. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and As- semhly, do enact as follows: Section 1. The third section of chapter two hundred and seventy- two, of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, being an act entitled " An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," passed April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 3. The corporation hereby created is hereby authorized and empow- ered to take and hold real and personal estate, by gift, purchase, legacy, devise or otherwise, to an amount not exceeding in value two millions of dollars, for the purposes of its corporation, subject to the limitations now prescribed by law. § 2. The said corporation, for the purpose of completing the Masonic Hall in the city of New York, and of erecting and completing such other building or buildings as a majority of such trustees may deem necessary and proper, for the use of the said corporation, and to carry into effect its objects, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds of de- nominations of one thousand dollars and five hundred dollars each, payable on the fifteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, with interest at and after the rate of seven per cent, per annum, payable semi- annually, under the seal of the said corporation, and signed by its presi- dent and secretary, not exceeding in gross amount the sum of one-half of the fair market value of the real estate of the said corporation, located on the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, in the city of New York, and known as the Masonic Hall, to be determined by three apprais- ers, to be designated by the superintendent of the banking department. The amount for which said bonds are to be issued to be determined by resolution of the board of trustees, duly entered upon the minutes of the proceedings of said board. The said bonds may be made payable to bearer or to order ; and shall have interest coupons attached thereto ; and to se- cure the full and prompt payment at maturity of the principal sum for which said bonds shall be issued, and the semi-annual interest thereon, as the same from time to time accrue, the said corporation is hereby author- ized and empowered to deliver to one or more trustees in trust for the ACTS OP INCORPORATION. 113 benefit of the holders of said bonds, a mortgage on the whole of the real estate aforesaid now owned "by such corporation; which mortgage shall contain all necessary provisions to facilitate the collection of the several amounts for which said bonds shall be given and the interest to accrue thereon, by foreclosure, by advertisement, or otherwise, and shall be duly acknowledged and duly recorded in the county wherein the lands therein described are situated. And as a farther and additional security for the payment, at maturity, of said principal sum for which said bonds shall be issued, and of said bonds, the said corporation shall insure and keep in- sured, in responsible insurance companies, all buildings situated upon the property aforesaid, to an amount equal to at least one-half the fair value of such buildings, which said policies shall be transferred to and owned by the trustee or trustees aforesaid, to and for the benefit of the owners of any bonds issued under the provisions of this act. And when such mortgage shall have been executed by affixing thereto the seal of said cor- poration, and signing thereto the names of the president and secretary of such board of trustees, and shall have been acknowledged and recorded as aforesaid, and said property shall have been insured as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for any savings bank, or institution incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, to purchase the bonds authorized by this act, and to invest the funds in the same, anything in the act incor- porating such savings bank or institution to the contrary thereof notwith- standing, but not to exceed ten per cent, of the assets of said corporation shall be invested in said bonds. § 3. The said board of trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to rent such part or parts of said Masonic Hall, now being erected by them, on the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street, in the city of New York, and such part or parts of any other building or buildings erected or to be erected and owned by such corporation, as in their judg- ment shall not be required for actual use and occupancy for Masonic ob- jects and purposes, to such individuals or corporations, as they may select, for mercantile and other uses and purposes, and to sue for, recover and collect the rents from time to time accruing, thereon, and to use and ap- propriate the funds to be derived from such renting, for the benevolent, educational, and charitable purposes mentioned and provided in said act hereby amended. § 4. All acts or parts of acts, and all laws of the State of New York inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. § 5. This act shall take effect immediately. State of New Yokk, I gg Office of the Seceetabt of State. | I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript there- from and of the whole of said original law. G. HILTON SCRIBNER, Secretary of State. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled 'An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, passed Apul twenty-first eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Passed May, 1S77. The People of the State of New Yorh, represented in Senate and As- semtly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section two of chapter two hi^/J.^-J apL^®!^? 7n kicor- the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled An act to incor 114 ACTS OF INCOEPOEATIOKT. porate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," passed April twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 2. The corporation hereby created shall consist of three persons, who shall be members of lodges under the authority and jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, and who shall be residents of this State, to be elected at the first Annual Communication of the said Grand Lodge after the passage of this act; provided, however, that no ofiBcer of the Grand Lodge shall be eligible to the office of trustee, and that any trustee accepting office in the. Grand Lodge shall thereby vacate his office as trustee. At the first Annual Com- munication of the Grand Lodge after the passage of this act, the three trustees so elected shall designate, by lot, in the presence of the Grand Master, their respective terms of office, to wit : one of said trustees shall be designated to serve for the period of one year, one to serve for the period of two years, and one to serve for the period of three years ; and annually thereafter at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge one trustee shall be elected whose term of office shall be for the period of three years from the date of his election ; and should a va- cancy occur in the office of the trustee at an Annual Communication of the said Grand Lodge from any cause other than the expiration of the term of office of said trustee, said vacancy shall be filled, by elec- tion, for the unexpired term at said Annual Communication. If any such trustee shall cease to be a resident of the State of New York or shall cease to be a member of a lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge as aforesaid, his place, as such trustee, shall be declared vacant by the Grand Master. In case any vacancy in the office of trustee shall occur during the time intervening between the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master shall fill such vacancy by appointment of a person qualified as aforesaid, and the person so appointed shall serve as trustee until the next succeeding Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, when such vacancy shall be filled, by election, for the unexpired term. The said Board of Trustees shall select one of its number as Presi- dent, one as Treasurer; and one as Secretary, and shall make a full and detailed report of all its doings at each Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. § 3. All acts or parts of acts, and all laws of the State of New York inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 55. AN ACT to amend chapter three hundred and fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled "An act to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty- four, entitled ' An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund.' " Passed March 13, 1885. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and As- sembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one of chapter three hundred and fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled " An act to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty- four, entitled ' An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund,' " passed April twenty-one, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, passed May thirty-one, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : ACTS OF INCORPORATION. 115 § 1. Section two of chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," passed April twenty- one, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 2. The corporation hereby created shall consist of three persons who shall be members of lodges under the authority and jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, and who shall be residents of this State, to be elected at the first Annual Communication of said Grand Lodge after the passage of this act; pro- vided, however, that no officer of the Grand Lodge shall be eligible to the oflBce of trustee, and that any trustee accepting office in the Grand Lodge shall thereby vacate his office as trustee. At the first Annual Communi- cation of the Grand Lodge after the passage of this act, the three trustees so elected shall designate by lot in the presence of the Grand Master their respective terms of office, namely : One of said trustees shall be designated to serve for the period of one year, one to serve for the period of two years, and one to serve for the period of three years ; and annually there- after at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, one trustee shall be elected whose term of office shall be for the period of three years from the date of his election ; and should a vacancy occur in the office of trustee at an Annual Communication of the said Grand Lodge from any cause other than the expiration of the term of office of said trustee, said vacancy should be filled by election for the unexpired term at said Annual Com- munication. If any such trustee shall cease to be a resident of the State of New York, or shall cease to be a member of a lodge under the juris- diction of the Grand Lodge as aforesaid, his place as such trustee shall be declared vacant by the Grand Master. In case any vacancy in the office of trustee shall occur during the time intervening between the Annual Communications of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master shall fill such vacancy by appointment of a person qualified as aforesaid, and the person so appointed shall serve as trustee until the next succeeding An- nual Communication of the Grand Lodge, where such vacancy shall be filled by election for the unexpired term. The said Board of Trustees shall select one of its number as President, one as Treasurer, and one as Secretary, and shall make a full and detailed report of all its doings at each Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. Whenever the Grand Lodge is not in session, the said trustees shall, upon the request of the Grand Master, render to him a full and detailed report in writing of and concerning any and all of their acts and trans- actions, and the books, papers, and records of said trustees shall at all times be open to examination by the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master or any committee of members of the Grand Lodge which he or it may ap- point. Whenever the Grand Lodge is not in session, the Grand Master may, by a written order, suspend any trustee from office, and appoint a person qualified, as required by this act, to perform his duties, and such person shall possess all the powers and discharge all the duties. of said trustee. No such suspension shall be made except for cause, nor until after an opportunity shall have been given the trustee affected thereby to be heard with regard thereto. Such suspension shall continue m force until acted upon by the Grand Lodge at its next succeeding Annual Com- munication, and no longer. The Grand Lodge may at any Annual Com- munication, and for such cause as it shall consider sufficient, remove from office any trustee elected pursuant to this act, and upon so doing shall fill the vacancy thus created by election for the unexpired term. § 3. All acts or parts of acts, and all laws of the State of New York, inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. 116 ACTS OF INCOEPOEATION. AN ACT to amend chapter fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An act to amend chapter three hundred and fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled ' An act to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund." ' " Appkoved by the Governor April 11, 1890. Passed, three-fifths being present. ThB people of the State of New York, represented in the Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section one of chapter fifty-five of the laws of eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled " An act to amend chapter three hundred and fifty of the laws of eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, entitled ' An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund,' " is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 1. Section two of chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to incorporate the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 2. The corporation hereby created shall consist of seven persons, who shall be members of lodges under the authority and jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, and who shall be residents of this State, to be elected at the first Annual Communication of said Grand Lodge after the passage of this act ; pro- vided, however, that no oflicer of the Grand Lodge shall be eligible to the office of trustee, and that any trustee accepting office in the Grand Lodge shall thereby vacate his oflice as trustee. At the first Annual Communi- cation of the Grand Lodge after the passage of this act, the seven trustees so elected shall designate by lot in the presence of the Grand Master their respective terms of ofiice, namely : Two of said trustees shall be designated to serve for the period of one year, two to serve for the period of two years, and three to serve for the period of three years ; and annually thereafter at the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, two trustees shall be elected, except in every third year, when three trustees shall be elected, whose terms of office shall be for the period of three years from the date of their election ; and should a vacancy occur in the office of trustees at an Annual Communication of the said Grand Lodge from any cause other than the expiration of the term of said trustee, said vacancy shall be filled by election for the unexpired term of said Annual Communi- cation. If any such trustee shall cease to be resident of the State of New York, or shall cease to be a member of a lodge under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge as aforesaid, his place as such trustee shall be declared vacant by the Grand Master. In case any vacancy in the office of trustee shall occur during the time intervening between the Annual Communica- tions of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master shall fill such vacancy by appointment of a person qualified as aforesaid, and the person so appointed shall serve as trustee until the next succeeding Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge, when such vacancy shall be filled by election for the unexpired term. The said Board of Trustees shall select one of its num- ber as president, one as treasurer, and one as secretary, and shall make a full and detailed report of all its doings at each Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge. Whenever the Grand Lodge is not in session, the said trustees shall, upon the request of the Grand Master, render to him a full and detailed report in writing of and concerning any and all of their acts and transactions, and the books, papers, and records of said trustees shall at all times be open to examination by the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master, or any committee of members of the Grand Lodge which he or it may appoint. Whenever the Grand Lodge is not in session, the Grand Master may, by a written order, suspend any trustee from ACTS OF INCOEPOEATION. 117 office and appoint a person qualified, as required by this act, to perform his duties, and such person shall possess all the powers and discharge all the duties of said trustee. No such suspension shall be made except for cause, nor until after an opportunity shall have been given the trustee affected thereby to be heard with regard thereto. Such suspension shall continue in force until acted upon by the Grand Lodge at its next suc- ceeding Annual Communication, and no longer. The Grand Lodge may, at any Annual Communication, and for such cause as it shall consider sufficient, remove from office any trustee elected pursuant to this act, and upon so doing shall fill the vacancy thus created, by election for the un- expired term. § 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. State op New York, I . Office of the Secretary of State, j I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript there- from and of the whole of said original law. FRANK RICE, Secretary of State. CHAPTER 666. AN ACT to amend chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to incorporate the trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," and the act amend- atory thereof. Became a law April 30, 1898, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and As- semhly, do enact as follows: Section 1. Section two of chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to incor- porate the trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," as amended by chapter one hundred and five of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety, is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 2. The corporation hereby created shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven persons, who shall be elected, designated, or chosen in such other manner, and for such term, as the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York shall determine at its Annual Communication in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight ; and whose successors shall be elected, designated, or chosen in such other manner, and in such number not exceeding seven nor less than three, and for such term, and subject to such power of removal, as the said Grand Lodge may from time to time by its constitution prescribe. i 2. Section three of chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to incorporate the trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 3. The corporation hereby created is hereby authorized and empow- ered to take and hold real and personal estate by gift, purchase, legacy. 118 ACTS OF INCOEPOEATION. or devise, to an amount not exceeding Sve millions of dollars, for the purposes of its corporation, subject to the limitations now prescribed by law. § 3. Section four of chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled " An act to incorporate the trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund," is hereby amended so as to read as follows : § 4. It shall be the object of the corporation hereby created to build and maintain a Masonic hall in the City of New York for the meetings of the Grand Lodge, or General Assembly of Masons, and for the accom- modation of other Masonic bodies or associations, and out of the funds derived from the rent or income thereof, or other sources, to build, es- tablish, and maintain an asylum or asylums, a home or homes, a school or schools, for the free education of the children of Masons, and for the relief, support, and care of worthy and indigent Masons, their wives, widows and orphans. § 4. All acts, or parts of acts,' inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed. § 5. This act shall take effect on the first Tuesday in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. State of New York, I . Office op the Secretary of State.! I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this oflBce, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript there- from and the whole of said original law. Given under my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of State, at the City of Albany, this 31st day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. JOHN PALMER, [SEAI.] Secretary of State. BLANK FOEMS. FORM OP PETITION FOR A NEW LODGE. To the M.'. II'.' , Orand Master of Masons in the State of New York: The undersigned petitioners, being Free and Accepted Master Masons, having the prosperity of the Fraternity at heart, and willing to exert their best endeavors to promote and diffuse the genuine principles of Free Masonry, respectfully represent — That they are desirous of forming a new Lodge in the of to be named Lodge. They therefore pray for letters of dispensation, to empower them to assemble as a regular Lodge, to discharge the duties of Masonry, in a regular and constitutional manner, according to the original forms of the Fraternity, and the regulations of the Grand. Lodge. They have nominated and do recommend Brother A. B. to be the first Master; Bro. 0. D. to be the first Senior Warden, and Brother E. F. to be the first Junior Warden, of said Lodge. If the prayer of this petition shall be granted, they promise a strict conformity to the edicts of the Grand Master, and the Constitution, Laws and Regulations of the Grand Lodge. NAMES. I LODGE. I RESIDENCE. FORM OP CERTIFICATE. RECOMMENDING A DISPENSATION TO ESTABLISH A NEW LODGE. "At a Stated communication of Lodge, No , held at , in , on the day of , 19 , the following resolutions were adopted : " ' Resolved, That this Lodge do recommend the petition of Brothers A. B., C. D., E. P., etc., [naming all the petitioners'], praying for a dis- pensation to establish a new Lodge at , by the name of Lodge, and do vouch for said petitioners as being Master Masons in good standing ; and being the nearest Lodge thereto, do recommend that the prayer of the petition be granted.' " ' Resolved, That, in the judgment of this Lodge, Bros. A. B., C. D., and E. F., named in said petition as Master and Wardens of said new Lodge, are competent to confer the three degrees and impart the lectures, they having exhibited their work in said degrees before this Lodge. " In witness whereof, we have caused our Lodge seal to be [SEAL.] afiixed, and our Secretary to subscribe his name hereto. " , Secretary. If the Lodge applied to be other than the "nearest Lodge," the cer- tificate will embrace only the first resolution, thus modified :_btrilre out the words, " the nearest Lodge thereto," and insert the words, one ot vie Lodges whose territorial jurisdiction is affected therely. The resolution thus certified, should go upon the reford. Such Lodges may also omit the voucher of the petitioners as Master Masons. 120 BLANK FORMS. FORM OP PROXY, TO REPRESENT A LODGE. Tnrs IS to certify, that at a Communication of Lodge, No held on the day of A. L., 59 , Brother Past Master, and a member of this Lodge, was duly elected proxy, to represent this Lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, at the next Annual Communication thereof. Given under my hand and the seal of the Lodge, this [SEAL.] day of A. L., 59 Attest: , Master. , Secretary. FORM OF CERTIFICATE APPLYING FOR DIMIT. Lodge, No F. & A. M. To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of. .. .Lodge, No , F. & A. M.: This is to certii'y that. Brother of Lodge, No F. & A. M., has been duly elected a member of this Lodge by affiliation. Given under my hand and the seal of the Lodge, at [SEAL.] this day of , A. L., 59. . . . Attest: , Master, , Secretary. FORM OP PETITION FOR DIMIT. To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of. . . .Lodge, No ,F.dA. M.: The undersigned having been elected a member of Lodge, No F. & A. M., by affiliation, respectfully requests a certificate of Dimit to enable him to consummate his membership in said Lodge. Date Name. FORM OF DIMIT. Lodge, No , P. & A. M. To the Master, Wardens, and Brethren of Lodge, No This is to ceetift that Brother , a member in good standing in this Lodge, has made application for a dimit, and notice having been received from your Lodge that said brother has petitioned for membership, and been elected therein, his dimit is granted upon con- dition that he signs the by-laws of your Lodge within three months from date, of which act prompt notice should be given this Lodge. If said brother fails to sign the by-laws of your Lodge within the time prescribed, his dimit shall become null and void, and must be re- turned to this Lodge. Given under my hand and the seal of the Lodge, at [seal.] this day of A. L., 59 Attest: Master of Lodge, No. , Secretary. BLANK FORMS. 121 FORM OF A DIMIT FOR A BROTHER REMOVED OUT OF THE JURISDICTION. TO ALL FKEE AND ACCEPTED MASONS WHOM IT MAT CONCERN, GREETING : Lodge, No , acknowledging the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. This is to certify, that Brother whose name appears in the margin of this Dimit is a Master Mason, and was a mem- ber of this Lodge in good standing and clear of the books, and as such we cordially commend him to the fraternal regard of all true Free and Accepted Masons, wherever dispersed around the globe. In testimony whereof we have caused this Dimit to be signed [SEAL.] by the W.'. Master, and the seal of the Lodge to be attached this day of , A. L., 59. . . . Master. , Secretary. FORM OF DIMIT FOR A BROTHER "STRICKEN FROM THE ROLL" PRIOR TO 1873, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY PAID HIS DUES. TO WHOM it MAY CONCERN, GREETING : Lodge, No , acknowledging the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. This is to certify, that Brother whose name appears in the margin of this Dimit, is a Master Mason, and was a member of this Lodge in good standing, and, having paid all his indebtedness thereto, has ceased to be a member of this Lodge. In testimony whereof, we have caused this Dimit to be signed by the Master and Secretary, and the seal of the Lodge to be attached this .... day of , A. L. 59 Master. [SEAL.] Secretary. FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR A BROTHER DROPPED FROM THE ROLL AT HIS OWN REQUEST. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, GREETING: Lodge, No , acknowledging the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. This is to certify, that Brother , a member of this Lodge in good standing, having paid all his indebtedness, was dropped from the roll of the Lodge on the day of , A. L., 59 , at his own request. Given under my hand and the seal of the Lodge, at [seal.] this day of , A. L., 59. . . . Attest: ^<''*«''- , Secretary. 122 BLANK FORMS. FORM OF SUMMONS FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES. Fbeetown, N. Y., September 29, 1896. Bro. John Smith : You are hereby summoned to show cause within thirty days of the date hereof, why you should not be unaffiliated for the non-payment of (Signed), George Brown, Master, or. By order of the Master. (Signed), Henry Jones, Secretary. [SEAL.] FORM OF SUMMONS TO ELECTION OP OFFICERS. Bko. Thomas Brown: You are hereby summoned to attend the stated communication of Patriot Lodge, No. 989, to be held in its Lodge-room at Freetown on the 21st day of December, 1896, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year (Signed), George Smith, Master. or. By order of the Master. (Signed), John Jones, Secretary. [seal.] FORM OP SUMMONS TO ACT ON REMOVAL OF A LODGE. Freetown, N. Y., August 11, 1896. Bbo. Thomas Smith : You are hereby summoned to attend a stated communication of Patriot Lodge, No. 989, to be held in its Lodge-room at Freetown on the 21st day of August, 1896, at 8 p.m., to take action upon the question of the proposed removal of this Lodge to the village of Hopkins. (Signed), George Jones, Master. or. By order of the Master. (Signed), John Brown, Secretary. [seal.] FORM OF SUMMONS TO ACT ON CHANGE OP BY-LAWS. Bro. John Smith : You are hereby summoned to attend a stated communication of Patriot Lodge, No. 989, to be held in its Lodge-room at Freetown on the 16th day of May, 1896, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of acting on the following proposition to amend the by-laws : Art. 1, Sec. 2. " The stated communication of this Lodge shall be held on the second and fourth Mondays." (Signed), George Brown, Master, or. By order of the Master. (Signed), Henry Jones, Secretary. [seal.] BLANK FOKMS. 123 FORM OF SUMMONS TO ACT ON RECEPTION OF CHARGES. Bbo. George Smith : You are hereby summoned to attend a stated communication of Patriot Lodge, No. 989, to be held in its Lodge-room at Freetown on the 28th day of February, 1896, at 8 P.M., to take action upon the recep- tion of charges preferred against a member of this Lodge. (Signed), John Brown, Master. or, By order of the Master. (Signed), Henry Jones, Secretary. [SEAL.] FORM OF SUMMONS TO ACT ON REPORT OF TRIAL COMMISSIONERS. Bro. Henry Jones : You are hereby summoned to attend a stated communication of Patriot Lodge, No. 989, to be held in its Lodge-room at Freetown on the 16th day of May, 1896, at 8 p.m., to take action upon the report of Trial Commissioners in the matter of Thomas Brown. (Signed), John Smith, Master. or, By order of the Master. (Signed), George Smith, Secretary. [seal.] BENEVOLENT OEDEES LAW. Chapter 3 of the Consolidated Laws so far as applicable to a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. Section 2. Organization. — A Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons duly chartered by and installed according to the general rules and regu- lations of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York . . . may elect at any regular communication . . . held in accordance with the constitution and general rules and regula- tions of such Grand Lodge . . . and in conformity to its own By- Laws, .. . . three Trustees for such Lodge . . . who shall be members thereof in full membership and in good and regular standing therein ; and may file in the office of the Secretary of State, a certificate of such election, signed and acknowledged by the first three elective officers of such Lodge . . . stating the time and place of such election and that the same was regular, the names of such Trustees, and the term, severally, for which they are elected to serve, and the name of the Lodge . . . . for which they are elected. § 3. Powers. — Such Trustees may take, hold and convey by and under the direction of such Lodge, ... all the temporalities and- property belonging thereto, whether real or personal, and whether given, granted or devised directly to it or to any person or persons for it, or in trust for its use and benefit, and may sue for and recover, hold and enjoy all the debts, demands, rights and privileges, and all buildings and places of assemblage, with the appurtenances, and all other estate and property belonging to it in whatsoever manner the same may have been acquired, or in whose name soever the same may be held, as fully as if the right and title thereto had been originally vested in them ; and may purchase and hold for the purpose of the Lodge . . . other real and personal property, and demise, lease and improve the same. They may also issue their bonds or other evidences of indebtedness in such amounts and for such time and in such form as they shall determine for the exclusive pur- pose of raising money to pay for any real estate purchased and held by them, and for the improvement of the same, as hereinabove provided, and may mortgage such real estate for the purpose of securing the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness so issued by them. The proceeds of such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall be applied exclusively to pay for such real estate and the improvement thereof. Every such Lodge, . . . may make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or with the constitution or general rules or laws of the Grand Lodge or other governing body to which it is subordinate, for managing the temporal affairs thereof, and for the disposition of its prop- erty and other temporal concerns and revenue belonging to it, and the secretary and treasurer thereof, duly elected and installed according to its constitution and general regulations and law, shall, for the time being, be, ex-officio, its secretary and treasurer. No board of trustees for any BENEVOLENT ORDERS LAW. 125 Lodge, . . . filing the certificate aforesaid, shall be deemed to be dis- solved for any neglect or omission to elect a trustee annually, or fill any vacancy or vacancies that may occur or exist at any time in said board, but it shall and may be lawful for said Lodge ... to fill such vacancy or vacancies at any regular communication thereafter to be held, and till a vacancy arising from the expiration of the term of office of a trustee is filled, as aforesaid he shall continue to hold the said office and perform the duties thereof. §4. Terms of Trustees. — The persons first elected trustees of such ,Lodge, . . . Shall be divided by lot by the officer making the certificate of election, so that the term of one shall expire on the day of the festival of Saint John the Evangelist, next thereafter, and another in one year, and the third in two years thereafter. . . One trustee shall annually thereafter be elected by such Lodge, ... by ballot, in the same man- ner and at the same time as the first three officers thereof severally are or shall be elected according to its constitution, by-laws and regulations ; and a certificate of such election under the hands of such officers and the seal of the Lodge, - . . . if it has any, shall be made, and shall be evidence of such election and entitle the person so elected to act as trus- tee. If any trustee dies, resigns, demits, is suspended or expelled, removes from the State, or becomes incapacitated for performing the duties of his office, his office shall be deemed vacant. Such Lodge ... may, at any regular communication, ... fill any vacancy in the office of trustee, by ballot, which election shall be certified in like manner and with like effect as an annual election, and the person so elected shall hold his office during the unexpired term of the trustee, whose place he was elected to fill. § 5. Powers of Trustees. — Such trustees shall have the care, manage- ment and control of all the temporalities and property of the Lodge, . . . and they shall not sell, convey, mortgage or dispose of any prop- erty except by and under its direction, duly had or given at a regular or stated communication, . . . according to its constitution and general regulations. They shall at all times obey and abide by the directions, orders and resolutions of such Lodge, . . . duly passed at any regular or stated communication . . . thereof not in conflict with the con- stitution and laws of this State or of the grand body to which it shall be subordinate, or of such Lodge. ... If a Lodge of Free and Ac- cepted Masons, . . . surrender its warrant to the grand body to which it is subordinate or is expelled or becomes extinct, according to the general rules or regulations of such body, the trustees then in office shall, out of the property belonging to such Lodge, . . . satisfy all just debts due from it and transfer the residue of its property to the "Trustees of the Masonic hall and asylum fund," a corporation created by Chapter two hundred and seventy-two of the laws of eighteen nundred and sixty-four, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Trustees ot the Ma- sonic hall and asylum fund," and unless reclaimed by such Lodge . . . within three years from such transfer, in accordance with the constitu- tion and general regulations of such grand body, the same, with the avails or increase thereof, shall be applied by the " Trustees of the Masonic hall and asylum fund," to the benevolent purposes for which such irus- tees were created in and by such act. H. Reorganigation.— Any such Lodge ... l^eret°f ore incorpo- rated by the laws of this State, or thereby heretofore enabled to take and hold real or personal property, or both, may surrender 'ts^ct of incor- poration, charter or privilege so conferred upon it, and may become en abled to take and hold real or personal property, or both "nder ^e Pro Visions of this chapter, on making and filing a certificate in the manner 126 BENEVOLENT OKDEES LAW. specified in tliis chapter, and stating therein, in addition to what is re- quired in such a certificate, the surrender of such act of incorporation, charter or privilege, specifying the same. The property theretofore held and possessed by it shall be fully vested in its trustees, who shall have all the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the provisions of this chapter. § 7. Joint Corporations. — Any number of Masonic bodies within the State, chartered by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, . . . may unite in forming a corporation for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, maintaining and managing a hall, temple, or other building, or a home for the aged and indigent mem- bers of such order and their dependent widows and orphans, and of creat- ing, collecting and maintaining a library for the use of the bodies unit- ing to form such corporation. Each body hereafter uniting to form such corporation shall annually at a regular meeting thereof, held in accord- ance with its constitution and general rules and regulations or by-laws, elect a member thereof to represent it in such corporation. If the bodies uniting to form such corporation do not exceed thirty in number, then each representative so elected shall be a trustee of said corporation, and shall make and file in the office of the clerk of the county where such building is, or is to be located, a certificate of such election signed and acknowledged by the highest two officers of the body electing him, stating the time and place of the election, its regularity, the name of the trustee, and the name of the body from which he was elected. If the bodies uniting to form such corporation shall exceed thirty in number then the representatives elected as hereinbefore provided, shall assemble annually at a time and place fixed by the constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations of the corporation and shall elect from amongst themselves a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, each of whom shall be ex-officio trustee of the corporation, and not less than nine or more than twenty-four other trustees. In case only tAvo bodies unite to form such corporation, the number of trustees to be elected from each body shall not be less than one or more than three, who shall be elected in the manner above prescribed and whose certificate of election shall be made and filed in the manner and form above prescribed. The trustees so elected shall make, acknowledge and file with the secretary of state a certificate stating the name of the corporation to be formed, its purposes and objects, the names and places of residence of the trustees, the names of the bodies which they respectively represent, the names of the bodies uniting to form the corporation, and their loca- tion, and the name of the town, village or city and the county where such building is, or is to be located ; and thereupon the several bodies so uniting shall be a corporation for the purposes specified in such certificate. § 8. Trustees. — The persons executing such certificate and named therein shall be the board of trustees of such corporation. If but two bodies unite to form such corporation, its by-laws may prescribe the terms of office of the trustees. If more than two bodies so unite, the trustees shall divide themselves by lot into three classes, not including, however, the president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, if such officers shall have been elected as provided in section seven thereof, who shall be one- year trustees, so that the term of office of the first class shall expire in one year; the term of office of the second class, in two years; and the term of office of the third class, in three years, provided, however, that no trustee shall continue as such after he has ceased to be a representative. On a vacancy occurring in the office of a trustee of such corporation, the body which he represented shall fill such vacancy, provided the bodies uniting to form such corporation do not exceed thirty in number, and BENEVOLENT OEDEKS LAW. 127 the person so chosen shall hold office for three years, if chosen on the expiration of the term of his predecessor, and otherwise, until the expira- tion of the original term. But if the bodies uniting to form such corporation exceed thirty in number, then any vacancy occurring by reason of the expiration of a term or by failure of any trustee to be re-elected as a representative, shall be filled for three years or for the balance of the unexpired term as the case may be, by the representatives in annual session ; and any vacancy occur- ring otherwise than as above specified shall be filled until the next annual meeting of the representatives by the body that has lost representation by reason of the vacancy, when it shall be filled by said representatives for the remainder of the unexpired term. If the bodies uniting to form such corporation exceed thirty in number, then the representatives, but if less than thirty in number then the board of trustees, may admit or prescribe rules and regulations for the admission as members of such corporation of other bodies chartered or instituted by the same general governing body as any of the bodies named in such certificate, or by any superior or higher jurisdiction or governing body of the order to which any of such bodies belong, and may prescribe rules and regulations for the with- drawal, expulsion or suspension of any body or bodies having member- ship in such corporation when the representatives of such corporation ex- ceed thirty in number. Where the bodies uniting to form such corporation do not exceed thirty in number, the board of trustees shall fix the term of office of such trustees elected to represent new members of such corporation at one, two or three years, and shall so apportion such new trustees that as nearly as possible the terms of office of one-third of the trustees of such corporation shall expire annually. ******** Every corporation formed under this chapter must file annually, im- mediately after its annual meeting, in the clerk's office of the county where such building is or is to be located, a certificate giving the names and addresses of the principal officers of the corporation and the names and addresses of the members of the board of trustees, and the names and location of all bodies admitted to or withdrawn or expelled trom membership since the filing of the last preceding certificate. §9 Powers of Joint Corporations. — Such corporations may acquire real property in the town, village or city in which such hall, home, temple or building is or is to be located, and erect such buildmg or buildings thereupon for the uses and purposes of the corporation, as the trustees may deem necessary or repair, rebuild or reconstruct any building or buildings that may be thereupon and furnish and complete such rooms therein as may appear necessary for the use of such bodies or for any other purpose for which the corporation is formed ; and may rent to other persons any room in such buildmg or any .portion of snch real property. Until such real property shall be acquired or such build ng erected or made ready for use, the corporation may rent a°<3 '•«l«a^«,^.fXie rooms or apartments in such town village or city as may be suitable or convenient for the use of the bodies mentioned in such certificate or of such other bodies as may desire to use t*le"^ ^""1 *« J'°^^J^ °l*rtme^te may determine the terms and conditions on ^hvch rooms and apartmente in such building or buildings, when erected, or. ^^^'ch may be leased, shall be used and occupied. Before such corporation composed of not more than thirty bodies shall purchase or sell any ^eal Property ^ "ect or repair any building or buildings thereupon, and before it shall purchase any building or part of a building for the use of a con,orat o°^ submit to the bodies constituing the corporation the proposition to naaKe such sale or purchase, or to erect or repair any such building or ouua 128 BENEVOLENT OEDEES LAW. ings, or to rent any building or part thereof, for the use of , the corpora- tion ; and unless such proposition receives the approval of two-thirds of the bodies constituting the corporation, such proposition shall not be car- ried into effect. The evidence of the approval of such proposition by any such body shall be a certificate to that effect signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the body, or the officers discharging duties corresponding to those of the presiding officer and secretary, under the seal of such body. But where land is purchased for the purpose of erecting a hall, home or temple thereon, the buildings upon such land at the time of such purchase may be sold by the trustees without such consent. The powers of the board of trustees of every corporation created hereunder and composed of more than thirty bodies, respecting sales, purchases and repairs, shall be fixed by the by-laws adopted by the representatives of the various bodies composing such corporation, or shall be determined by such repre- sentatives when assembled in annual session. Every corporation created hereunder shall have power to enforce, at law or in equity, any legal con- tract which it may make with any of the bodies composing it respecting the care and maintenance of members or other dependents of such body, the same as if such body or bodies were not members of the corporation. Any corporation created hereunder shall have power to take and hold real and personal estate by purchase, gift, devise or bequest subject to the provisions of law relating to devises and bequests by last will and testament or otherwise. § 10. Mortgaging Property. — If the funds of the corporation shall not be sufficient to pay for any real property purchased by the board of trus- tees in pursuance of law, or for the construction, repair or rebuilding of a suitable building or buildings, and the finishing or furnishing of apart- ments therefor, the corporation may issue its bonds bearing interest, semi- annually, for such additional sum as may be required therefor, and may execute to any such trustee or trustees, as the board may select, a mort- gage upon its real property as security for the payment of such bonds. The proceeds of such bonds shall be applied to the payment of debts of the corporation incurred by the purchase of such real property, or the construction and repair of a building or buildings thereupon or the finish- ing or furnishing of apartments therein. Any of the bodies specified in section seven may invest its funds in the bonds authorized by this section to be issued. § 11. Reincorporation of Joint Corporations. — A corporation hereto- fore organized, the members whereof represent Lodges or bodies in any of the benevolent or fraternal orders mentioned or described in section seven hereof, may by a two-thirds vote of all its members present and voting at a regular or regularly called meeting thereof, proceed to reincorporate under this chapter with the same name and for the same purposes for which it was originally organized. In thus proceeding to reincorporate, the board of trustees or directors may be increased or diminished within the limits prescribed by section seven hereof, but any decrease in such membership shall not take effect so as to affect the term of office of any trustee or director of the old corporation. Such trustees or directors and the other officers of the old corporation shall continue to serve as such under the reorganized corporation for the term for which they were orig- inally elected or appointed. Such reorganization shall not effect a dis- solution of the corporation, but shall be deemed a continuation of its corporate existence without affecting its property rights, or its liabilities, or the liabilities of Its members or officers as such ; but thereafter it shall have only such other rights, powers and privileges and be subject only to such other duties and liabilities as a corporation created for the same purpose under this chapter. BENEVOLENT OHDERS LAW. 129 FORM OP CERTIFICATE OP INCORPORATION POR LODGES UNDER THE BENEVOLENT ORDERS LAW (1909). State of New York, j County op ) We, the undersigned, the first three elective officers of Lodge, No of Pree and Accepted Masons, duly chartered by and installed according to the General Rules and Regulations of the Grand Lodge of Pree and Accepted Masons of the State of New York, do hereby certify : At a regular communication of said Lodge, held at its Lodge-room in the , on the day of , in the year 19..., in accordance with the Constitution and General Regulations of the Grand Lodge aforesaid, and in conformity to its own By-Laws, the said Lodge being desiro.us of having the benefits and privileges conferred by Chapter 3 of the Consolidated Laws, known as Benevolent Orders Law," did, then and there, regularly elect three Trustees for such Lodge, for the purposes aforesaid, and for the terms hereinafter specified. The names of said Trustees, and the term, severally, for which they were elected and allotted to serve are as follows : 1 , whose term will expire on the day of the festival of St. John the Evangelist next after said election. 2 , whose term will expire in one year thereafter ; and 3 , whose term will expire in two years thereafter. The said persons are the first elected Trustees of said Lodge under said Law, and are and then were, members of said Lodge in full member- ship and in good and regular standing therein, and have been divided by lot by the officer making the certificate of election so that their respective terms shall expire as above specified. In Testimony Whebeof, the undersigned, the first three elective ofBcers aforesaid, and being the Master and Wardens of said Lodge, have hereto set our hands, this day of , in the year 19. . . Master. ; Senior Warden. Junior Warden. State op New Toek. County of f I, the undersigned, an officer duly authorized by law to take the acknowledgment of deeds, do hereby certify, that on the day of , in the year 19 , in the of ., in the said county, before me personally appeared j'w whom I am personally acquainted, and know to be the Master and War- dens, and the first three elective officers of the Lodge specified m the tore- going certificate, and who have subscribed the same, and who, then ana there, severally acknowledged to me the execution thereof, INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS, REGULATIONS, DEFINITIONS AND CODE OF PROCEDURE. Note.— Eefeiencee are to Sections, and, where not otherwise indicated, refer to the Constitution. Absence : Grand Lodge : from, forfeits pay Reg. 6 Grand Master : in, who to act 23 Master : in, who to act 57 Accused : complaint served on Code 15 complaint served : how Code 15, 16 counsel : entitled to Code 28 counsel commissioners assign Code 28 name entered in minutes Code 13 notice of action of Lodge; when entitled to Code 41 judgment to Code 36 report Grand Lodge Commission Code 47 trial : service of Code 17 notice to : what to contain Code 15 Act: Masonic offence: what is Code 3 Action : contemptuous : Masonic offence Code 3 Freemasons : of, regulated and controlled 21 Advancement : ballot on : may be demanded 96 candidates : from another jurisdiction Reg. 23 in another Lodge Reg. 22 Affiliation : ballot : new ballot 88 membership acquired by '^^ non-affiliate, by <^o^« ^^ petition : must be ° may be withdrawn "*^ referred to committee 89 unaffiliate, by ^°^^ ^^ Amendments : Constitution, &c. : how made ^^^ 132 INDEX TO TOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Ancient Landmarks : action of Freemasons controlled by 21 Grand Wardens to preserve 25 Lodges : departure from 68 powers of, defined by 40 what are T)et. 1 Annual Communications : Grand Lodge : of, when held 12 Answer : consist of what Code 22 issues formed by Code 23 served when ; how Code 21 Appeal: Master : none from 58 Appeals : affirmance : determination may be Code 66 argument of : notice of Code 61 briefs on : exchanged Code 62 filed with Grand Secretary Code 62 prepared how Code 62 challenges : from determination of Code 20 commission of appeals: determination of, form of Code 66 power of on Code 65 report next Annual Communication. Code 64 Grand Lodge : conducted how 100 copy notice served on whom Code 55 decision final unless Code 42, 46, 49 decision of, on report of Commission of Appeals conclusive 64 from what_ taken Code 56 notice of, to contain what Code 56 powers as to 20 taken how, when Code 54 time to, runs from Code 50 where heard Code 64 who may Code 53 Grand Master : decide promptly Code 63 file decision Code 63 taken how, when Code 52 to Code 20 who may Code 20 Grand Secretary : notify of decision Code 68 send papers to whom Code 59 modification of sentence: determination may be Code 66 notice of: what contain Code 56 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 133 reversal of judgment : determination may be Code 66 reversal: not on technicality Code 67 review : what commission may. Code 65 stay pending : may be granted Code 57 transcript of papers may be ordered Code 60 what is Code 51 Appointed : Grand Lodge committees 3 officers: what, how 5 Lodge officers may be 41 Aprons : color of : ornaments, regulated Reg. 14 Argument : notice of : time of Code 61 Assessment : Lodges may impose : how 50 Assistant Grand Lecturer: may be appointed 34 Asylum : built : maintained, how 9 Sub. 8 revenue appropriated for 37 Authority : contumacy to : Masonic offence Code 5 disobedience of : Masonic offence Code 3 Ballot: adverse : cannot be reconsidered 90 affiliation : by 88 new ballot, when 88 all must vote 92 degree ; for each : may be demanded 96 new ballot, when 96 disclosure of : forbidden 97 initiation : for "0 must be completed and declared 94 officers : Grand Lodge, elected by 4 Lodge, elected by 41 unanimous: must be, for initiation or affiliation 91 Bond: Grand Secretary : of ^Y Sub. 14 Grand Treasurer: of 26 Sub. 7 Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund: Treasurer of 9 Sub. 8 134 INDEX TO UOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Books : cipher : forbidden Reg. 1 Lodge : of, what to be kept 51 Briefs : appeal, on: how prepared, exchanged, filed Code 02 By-Laws : Lodge ; may enact 48 membership consummated by signing 49 Candidates : advancement of: from another jurisdiction Reg. 23 in another Lodge Reg. 22 character of : must be inquired into 95 jurisdiction over : territorial 85 merits of : not to be discussed in Lodge 93 misrepresentation by : punished 98 petition, must: what to contain 87 received at Stated Communication 89 referred, must be 89 qualifications of Def. 6 rejected : may petition again, when 90 residence requirements 86 unanimous ballot : must be 91 waiver of jurisdiction over 86 Cessation : Lodge of: candidates of, may become members of another Lodge. 79 membership in a Lodge : effect of 3 Chaixenges : appeal from determination of Code 20 Commissioners, of : kinds, how made Code 18 notice of determination of : served Code 19 trial of : by master Code 19 when made Code 19 Character: candidates, of : must be inquired into 95 Charges : charter : forfeiture of, on 69 Grand Lodge ; powers as to 20 limitation of prosecution Code 84 Lodge : jurisdiction 99 Master, against : limitation Code 45 member under : may not dimit Reg. 16 not under : may withdraw Reg. 17 misrepresentation : subjects to 98 not constituting Masonic offence: dismissed Code 12 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 135 noti'^e of Code 8 notice of : what contain Qo^e 11 tried : how j^qq Charter : forfeiture of : charges for 69 declared, how 69 dissolves Lodge 60 effect of 70 in what cases 68 granted new Lodges : when 73 surrendered : when 67 suspended : how, duration 71 Cipher Book : use of : forbidden Reg. 1 Clandestine : Lodge : what is Def . 7 Mason : what is Def. 8 Code of Procedure : action controlled by 21 amended : how 103 penalties prescribed by 101 what is , Def. 4 Commission : testimony to take: how issued Code 30 Commissioners : appeal from determination of challenge of Code 20 appointed : by whom, number Code 14 when Code 11 challenges : grounds, number Code 18 manner of making Code 18 trial of Code 19 commission to take testimony: Issue of: to whom Code 31 counsel : to appoint, when Code 28 deliberate at close of trial Code 28 disqualification : what is Code 18 fix time and place of trial Code 17 Grand Lodge: appointed by whom — number Code 43 decision final unless appealed from Code 40 Masonic trial before Code 43 prescribe penalty Code 46 report — copy filed with Grand Secretary Code 47 report — expenses, how paid Code 48 report — form of, what contain Code 48 report — notices to parties Code 47 report to officer appointing them Code 47 136 INDEX TO BOOK OP COXSTITUTIONS. judicial notice : may take Code 26 majority must concur Code 28, 37 Masonic trial before Code 1 minutes : names entered in Code 13 organize : how Code 23 penalty, recommend Code 37 proceed : how Code 24 proof of ser-ice of complaint, etc., furnished to Code 17 qualifications of Code 14 report of : dissenting Code 37 fix expense Code 30 form of Code 36, 37 judgment, if adopted Code 39 Lodge may modify, etc Code 40 notice to parties Code 36 rules for Code 28 stenographer : may employ Code 28 testimony : to take Code 30 transmit papers to Grand Secretary Code 58 vacancies : how filled Code 19 Commission of Appeals : confirmed by Grand Lodge 7 decision of Grand Lodge on report of Code 64 determination of appeal : form of Code 66 duties of 7 members of Grand Lodge 3 nominated by Grand Master 7 papers forwarded to Code 59 power to review what Code 65 report to next Annual Communication Code 64 sessions of : to fix and file Code 64 term of office of 7 title of 6 vacancy in : how filled 7 where sit Code 64 Committees : auditing Eeg. 2 examining Reg. 21 investigating 88, 89 investigating, report of : form 89 special : members of Grand Lodge 3 standing ; members of Grand Lodge 3 waiver of jurisdiction : referred to 89 Communications : Grand Lodge, of : annual, when, where held 12 special, how called 12 ten Lodges necessary 13 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 137 Grand Lodge of: who present at 16 Lodges, of : once a year, at least 53 opened and closed — how 54 Compensation : forfeited : when Reg. 6 Grand OflBcers of : attendance Reg. 5 services Reg. 3 Representatives : attendance Reg. 4 Complaint : Grand Lodge : addressed to whom. . . : Code 45 minutes: not copied in Code 13 motion to receive Code 11, 14 served : how. Code 15, IG signed : must be Code 10 sole method of prosecution Code 8 what contain Code 10 when presented Code 11 who may prefer Code 9 written Code 10 Composition : Grand Lodge : of 3 Concealment : suspension for 98 Conduct : Masonic offence : what is Code 3 CONPESSION : evidence Code 26 Confirmed : Commissioners of Appeals to be " Constitution : action regulated by 21 amended : how 1"** disregard of : Masonic offence Code 3 violation of : Masonic offence — what is Code 3 what is »«f- 2 Construction : rule of 102 Consummation : MX membership of : how Contumacy : Lodge by: Masonic offence '^°^^ J penalty for 138 ■ INDEX TO liOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Conventions : annual : for exemplification work 35 Conviction : effect of : how proven Code 27 Counsel : accused entitled to Code 28 commissioners to appoint : when Code 28 Mason: must be a Code 28 Customs : action regulated by 21 what are Def. 4 Deceit : suspension or expulsion for 98 Deqbees : conferring of : regulated Keg. 19 conferring: on candidates fi'om another Lodge -. Reg. 22 on candidates from another jurisdiction Reg. 23 interval between Reg. 20 proficiency before advancement Reg. 21 Deputy Gkand Master: act as Grand Master : when 23 elected : when ; how 4 member of Grand Lodge 3 powers of : duties of 24 term of office of 4 title of 6 what part of State elected from 11 Dimit : Lodge granting — to be notified when 88 void after three months 88 vote on: by show of hands when granted — to whom Reg. 16 when necessary 79 Disfranchisement : how imposed 83 Lodge may impose 46 Discipline : Code of Procedure prescribes method Def. 3 Grand Lodge : powers as to 20 Lodge : jurisdiction to 99 powers of, as to 40 INDEX TO BOOK 0]? CONSTITUTIONS. 139 Dismemberment : bars candidate : when Def. 6 Disobedience : Lodge, by : penalty for. 68 Masonic offence, a: what is — individual Code 3 what is — Lodge Code 5 Dispensation : elect or install officers, to 41 new Lodges, to form : when ; how 72 when expire 75 petition for : who may not 73 vacancy : to fill i 65 District Deputy Grand Master : appointed : by whom ; when 5 certify skill of Lodges U. D., to 78 Commissioners, Grand Lodge : appoint Code 43 dispensation to : to elect Lodge officers 65 member of Grand Lodge 3 number 5 powers and duties of 33 qualifications of 32 term of office of 5 title of 6 transcript of papers : may order Code 60 Domicile : residence equivalent Def. 9 Donations : appeals for : forbidden, when Reg. 11 Dues: Grand Lodge : Lodge to pay — what 37, 38 failure to pay 68 Lodge : failure to pay 53, 83 unaffiliation for 83 Dutt: Masonic : breach of — what is 50 neglect of : violation of Code 2 Masonic offence Code 3 Edict : 91 action regulated by violation of : Masonic offence C!o'3e 3 what is I'^*- 4 140 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Election : Deputy Grand Master: of — from what part of State ; 11 Grand Master: from what part of State 11 Grand Officers 4 Grand Secretary : from Met. District 11 Grand Treasurer: from Met. District 11 Grand Wardens: not from Met. District 11 Master : dispensation for 41 failure to elect 41 how : when 41 officers of Lodge : who eligible to. 46 summoned for 41 Trustees of Hall and Asylum Fund 9 Sub. 1 Errors : committed on trial : reviewed how Code 51 Evidence : conviction : effect of — how proved Code 27 principles of : enumerated Code 26 rules of Code 25 what is Code 25 Expense : stenographer : of — how paid Code 28 trial : fixed and enforced — how Code 36, 48 Expulsion : concealment or deceit : for 98 member, of: to be reported 60 Sub. 9 misrepresentation : for 98 Findings : fact, of: report of Grand Lodge Commission to contain Code 48 report of Trial Commission to contain Code 36 Fine: individual, of : may be imposed Code 4 Lodge, of : may be imposed Code 6 Forfeiture : charter, of : effect of 66 charter : how 69 in what cases G8 per diem : Grand Lodge — when Reg. 6 Fraud : Masonic trial for Code 1 Funds : Grand Lodge, of: custodians of ' 9 Sub. 4 deposited where 9 Sub. 9 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 141 Grand Lodge: sinking 9 gub. 5 source 37 special 9 gub. 7 liOdges, of : assessments 50 distribution of, forbidden 55 GOVEBNMENT : Freemasons : of I7 powers reposed in Grand Lodge I9 Grand Chaplains : appointed : when 5 duties of 28 members of Grand Lodge 3 number 5 term of office of 5 title of 6 Grand Dikector op Ceremonies : appointed : when 5 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 number 5 term of office of 5 title of 6 Grand Historian: appointed : when 5 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of 5 title of t> Grand Lecturer : appointed : when 5 certify skill' of Lodge IT. D. : to 78 compensation of Reg. 3 duties of ^^ member of Grand Lodge 3 qualifications and powers ^^ term of office of ^ title of ^ Grand Librarian: 5 appointed : when duties of g member of Grand Lodge term of office of „ title of 142 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Gband Lodge : action in : how regulated 21 Annual Communication of : when 12 appeal to : when — how conducted Code 51-66 where heard Code 64 commission : trial by, proceedings in Code 44 composition of 3 confirm Commissioners of Appeal 7 decision of, on report of Commission of Appeals, conclusive.. Code 64 elect Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund 9 Sub. 1 election : who present at 16 expenses of trial : may be ordered paid by Code 48 government of Masons reposed in 17 judicial powers of 20 jurisdiction 2 known : how 1 Lodges : ten necessary to open or transact business, except cere- monial occasions 13 Masonic trial before Code 1 officers : elected. 4 opening of : who present at 16 powers of 18 powers reposed in 19 remove Trustees of Hall and Asylum Fund 9 Sub. 2 restoration by: when, how, effect of Code 75-84 returns to : by Lodges 60 revenue of : how derived 37 special communications of: how called: legislation by 12 suspension, sentence of: may terminate Code 84 trial before •. . .Code 1 conducted how Code 44 votes in : how many 14 Grand Marshal: appointed : when 5 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of 5 title of 6 Grand Master: appeal to : from determination of challenge Code 20 how taken 52 appoint Grand Officers 5 approve depository of funds 9 Sub. 9 Commissioners, Grand Lodge : appoint Code 43 death or disability of : who to act 23 decide appeal : file with Grand Secretary Code 63 elected : when ; how 4 from what part of State H INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 143 expenses : may order payment of trial Code 48 intervention : may allow Code 73 member of Grand Lodge 3 nominate Commissioners of Appeal : to 7 Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund : to 9 Sub. 1 powers of. 22 prescribe duties of Grand Officers : to 80 requisition funds for charity : may 9 Sub. 4 special communications of Grand Lodge : may call 12 stay judgment : may, pending appeal Code 57 trial : may, pending appeal Code 20 suspend Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund: may 9 Sub. 2 suspension, sentence of : may terminate Code 84 term of office of 4 title of ; 6 transcript of papers : may order Code 60 vacancies in Commission of Appeals : may fill 7 Grand Office: may fill 10 Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund: may fill 9 Sub. 1 Grand Officebs : appointed: who; when 5 compose Grand Lodge .' 3 duties of 30 elected : who, when, how 4 term of office of 4, 5, 8 title of 6 vote of 14 Gband Puesuivant : appointed : when 5 compensation of B,eg. 3 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge ■ 3 term of office of ^ title of 4 • • • • ^ Gband Secbetaby: bond of 27 Sub. 14 Commission of Appeals: sessions of, filed with Code 64 compensation of ■ ^^^' decision by Grand Master of appeal: filed with Code 63 duties of ' elected: when; how '* from Metropolitan District 11 intervention : transmit order for Code 73 member of Grand Lodge notify Lodges of constitution of new Lodge ■■■_■ TO parties of decision of appeal Code bS 144 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. residence qualification 11 send papers on appeal Code 59 serve papers and notices in Grand Lodge trials Code 44 term of office of 4 title of 6 Grand Standabd Beakeb: appointed : when 5 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of 5 title of « Grand Stewards : appointed : when 5 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 number 5 term of office of 5 title of 6 Grand Sword Bearers : appointed : when 5 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 number 5 term of office of . . .' 5 title of C Grand Tiler : appointed : when 5 compensation of Reg. 3 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 te'rm of office of 5 title of (j vote of : none 14 Grand Treasurer : bond of 26 Sub. 7 compensation of Reg. 3 duties of 20 elected : when ; how -I from Metropolitan District 11 member of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of 4 title of , , . , 6 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 145 Hall : Masonic: built and maintained — how 9 Sub. 3 New York, city of : in 9 Sub. 3 revenue appropriated for 37 Home : Masonic: built and maintained — how 9 Sub. 3 residence : equivalent Det. 9 revenue appropriated for 37 HoNOEART Membership : active membership necessary to 81 granted : how 80 rights and privileges of 81 Immortality : belief in: candidate must profess Def. C Initiation : inquiry into character 05 misrepresentation 98 petition for : what to contain 87 when cannot be withdrawn 90 received at Stated Communication only 89 residence qualifications 80 waiver of jurisdiction to 86-89 Installation : dispensation for 41 Grand Lodge officers : when 4 Lodge officers : wlien '. 41 Master: must have secrets of chair before 42 officers re-elected : must be 43 proxy : by 41 Interrogatories : proposed and settled : how Code 32, 33 Intervention : controversy, in: how; when; who may; effect of Code 73 Intoxicating Liquors : forbidden in Lodge rooms ^eg. 1- Investigating Committee : affiliation : for ^^ initiation : for ' _ inquire into character: to "° report of ; form of waiver of jurisdiction : for °" 146 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Investments : funds of Grand Lodge: of 9 Sub. 4 lss*UES : Masonic trial: examination of Code 1 Jewels : regulated Reg. 14 Judge Advocate: appointed : .when " duties of ° member of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of ° title of 6 Judgment : execution of, may be stayed pending appeal Code 57 Grand Lodge Commission of : form of Code 48 notice of : how served Code 50 reversal of : for technical irregularity Code 67 restores to membership Code 69 Trial Commissioners, of: form of Code 36, 37 resolutions on Code 39 JUDICIAI, : powers of Grand Lodge 20 Lodges 40 Junior Gkand Deacon : appointed : when 5 duties of ' 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of 5 title of 6 . Junior Grand Warden : act as Grand Master : when 23 ancient landmarks : to preserve 25 duties of 25 elected : when ; how 4 not from Metropolitan District 11 member of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of 4 title of 6 Jurisdiction : Grand Lodge : of 2, 99 (see Judicial Powers, 20) Lodges: of 85, 86, 99 candidates: territorial over 85 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 147 discipline to 99 waiver of 86 Labor: manual: ability to, requisite in candidate Def. 6 Masonic : Lodges not to meet on Sunday £or Reg. 13 Landmarks : action controlled by 21 departure from : penalty for 68 Grand Wardens to preserve 23 Law: conclusions of: report Trial Commissioners to contain Code 36, 48 issues of : trial of Code 1 Masonic : offence against — what is Code 2 violation of : Masonic offence Code 3 Lectures : ' _ standard : Grand Lecturer to impart 35 Lodges to practice 36 Legislation : power of Lodges 40 Special Communication of Grand Lodge, at 12 Limitation : Master : charges against Code 45 . prosecution : generally Code 85 Lodge : absence of Master and Wardens 57 advancement of candidates from another jurisdiction Reg. 23 candidates in another Lodge Reg. 22 affiliation with : how 88 assess members : may oO books to be kept by : what 51 candidates : jurisdiction over 85 qualifications ^^^- ^ residence requirements °" ceasing to exist: degrees conferred by other Lodges, membership.. 79 change, may: penalty recommended by Commissioners Code 40 charges against : how preferred Code 8 charter : forfeiture of — how ^^ forfeiture of — when ^8 issued — when '^ surrender of — effect of '" surrender of — when ^^ suspension of — duration ••■•• '^ cipher book: use of prohibited Reg. 148 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. clandestine : what is Def. 7 communications of : once a year 53 opened and closed — how 54 complaint against ■ Code 8 consists of : what 39 decision of: final unless appealed from Code 42 Master of : appeal from 58 degrees, conferring of: regulated Reg. 18-20 dimit : when granted , Reg. 16 dissolved : how 66 donations: appeal for regulated Reg. 11 dual membership forbidden 80 dues : may unaffiliate for non-payment of 83 to Grand Lodge 87 paid on suspended members 84 paid on what members 38 election : what officers ; when ; how 41 failure to meet once a year : effect of 68 pay dues to Grand Lodge : effect of 68 funds of : not to be distributed 55 honorary membership in 81 initiation into : petition — what to contain 87 inquire into character: must 95 installation of officers : when 41 jewels and aprons regulated Reg. 14 judgment after trial : what is the Code 39 judicial powers of 40 jurisdiction over candidates 85 to discipline 99 legislative powers of 40 liquors forbidden in rooms of Reg. 12 Mason : fee for making regulated Reg. 18 Master of : powers of 56 meeting place : removal of Reg. 10 safe 78 membership in : how acquired 79 affected by dispensation 76 in Lodge V. D 77 minutes of : error in — how corrected 62 to be read and approved 62 misrepresentation to 98 modify, may : report of Commissioners Code 40 new Lodge : how formed 72 who cannot petition for 73 non-affiliate: disability after one year 82 offences by : Masonic — what are Code 5 office in : eligibility to 46 officers elected : what ; how ; when 41 subject to Master .61 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 149 penalties for Masonic offence Code 6 petition : must be, for membership 87 what to contain 87 powers and duties of 40 48 precedence of jjeg. 9 proceedings of Grand Lodge : to be Ijept 52 submitted to Grand Lodge Reg. 15 proficiency of candidates before advancement Reg. 21 property of : on surrender of charter 70 proxy to Grand Lodge : may elect 15 relief: may appropriate for 55 removal of meeting place Reg. 10 representation in Grand Lodge: not entitled to, when 53 report of Commissioners : action on Code 38, 89, 40 restoration by : when ; how Code 79 returns: failure to make: penalty 53 reverse, may : report of Commissioners Code 40 seal-: to have ; 51 standard work : to practice 36 summons: for election 41 how issued 56 to receive complaint...., Code 11 to receive report of Commissioners 38 to unaffiliate 83 Sunday : work forbidden on Reg. 13 surrender of charter : when — effect of 67, 70 suspension : charter : duration 71 dues : liability for 84 term of office in 63 unaffiliate : may, for non-payment of dues 83 vacancy in office : how filled 65 visitors : when and how admitted Reg. 7 waiver of jurisdiction by 86, 89 Manual Labob: ability to : requisite in candidates Def. 6 Mason : clandestine : what is Def. 8 fee for making Reg. 18 tried only on written complaint and notice Code 8 Masonic Appeal: See Appeal. Masonic Districts : remain as now organized (see Proceedings 1899) 31 Masonic Duty: assessment : failure to pay — breach of 50 breach of : what is 50 150 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Masonic Hall : Annual Communication held at 12 appeals heard at Code 64 sessions of Commissions of Appeals at Code 64 Trustees to build and maintain 9 Sub. 3 Masonic Home: Trustees to build and maintain 9 Sub. 3 Masonic Law : offence against: what is Code 2 Masonic OrrBNCE : disclosure of ballot : a 97 individual : by — what is Code 3 limitation of prosecution for Code 84 Lodge: by — what is Code 5 prosecuted : how Code 7 summons: disobedience of, a Code 29, 34 Masonic Standing: good: what is Def. 5 Masonic Trial : See Trial. Master : absence of : who to act 57 appoint Trial Commissioners Code 14, 19 challenges : try Code 19 charges against : limitation Code 45 chosen : how ; when 41 Commissioners : appoint Code 14 vacancies fill Code 19 death of : who to act 57 decision of : appeal from 58 eligibility to 45, 47 failure to elect or install : how cured 41 installed 41, 43 installed by proxy : may not be 44 office in Grand Lodge : may be appointed to 10 officers subject to 61 past: may be appointed to office in Grand Lodge 10 papers : transmit to Grand Secretary Code 58 power of : primary executive 40 powers of 50 resign : cannot 63 summons : how issue 56 witness Code 29 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 151 term of office of 03 try challenges !.Code 19 vacancy : how filled 65 Membeb : dimit : when ; how jj^g, le dues : may be unaffiliated for non-payment of 83 Grand Lodge, of : alone present at opening or election of 16 permanent : who are 3 votes of 14 who are 3 Lodge, of : votes of 46 vote : all present must 92 withdraw, may : when — effect of Reg. 17 Membebship : abeyance, in — when 76 acquired : in Lodge — how 79 continued in new Lodge under charter ,. 77 consummated : how 49 dual : forbidden 80 Grand Lodge : in — how vacated 3 qualifications of 3 honorary : how granted 80 status of 81 Lodges U. D.: in 76 Metropoutan District : composed : how 11 Grand Secretary : elected from 11 Grand Treasurer : elected from 11 Minutes : complaint: how entered in Code 13 Lodges : of — read, approved, corrected 62 objection not entered on^ 96 Misrepresentation : in application for initiation 98 Neglect : duty : of, by individual. Masonic offence Code 3 meet: to, by Lodge, Masonic offence Code 5 New Trial: may be ordered: when Code 66 NON- AFFILIATE : affiliate, may: when • '^°^^ ^ discipline, to : jurisdiction 152 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. jurisdiction over 99 members Lodges U. D. : not continued 76 pending signature of By-laws 79 petition for membership : may 79 , status of 82; Def. 10 withdrawn : one who has Reg. 17 Notice : action of Lodge on report : of Code 41 argument of appeal : of Code 61 challenge : determination of, served Code 19 complaint, of Code 8 contents of Code 15 decision of appeal : by Grand Secretary Code 68 judgment, of Code 36 report of Grand Lodge Commission Code 47 served : how Code 15, 16, 50 service ; proof of, furnished Commissioners Code 17 what sufficient Code 72 trial, of Code 17 Objection : candidates, to : respected 96 Offence : See Masonic Offence. Officeks : Grand Lodge, of: appointed — what 5 duties of 8, 24-30, 38, 35 elected — what ; when ; how 4 installed — when 4 members of Grand Lodge 3 term of office of 4, 5, 8 title of 6 vacancy in : how filled T 10 Lodge, of : appointed — may be 41 elected 41 installed — when ; failure to 41 re-elected must be 43 jewels of — regulated Reg. 14 re-elected must be installed 43 subject to Master, are 61 vacancy — how filled 65 how occur 64 Past Deptjtt Gkand Master: permanent member of Grand Lodge 3 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 153 Past Grand Master: permanent member of Grand Lodge 3 Past Grand Secretary : permanent member of Grand Lodge 3 Past Grand Treasurer: permanent member of Grand Lodge 3 Past Grand Wardens : permanent member of Grand Lodge 3 Past Master: office in Grand Lodge : may be appointed to 10 proxy : may be 15 Past Masters of Lodges Prior to 1849 : permanent members of Grand Lodge 3 Penalty : Commissioners recommend Code 37 Grand Lodge prescribe Code 46 Lodges : contumacy 68 disobedience 68 landmarks — departure from — neglect to make return 68 neglect to meet, &c 53 offence — Masonic Code 6 members : ballot, disclosing 07 misrepresentation 98 non-affiliation, of 82 ofiEence — Masonic Code 4 suspension, of : terminated when Code 84 unaffiliation 83 violation of Masonic Law 101 Permanent Fttnd : composed of what " "'^t'- ■* custodians of ^ ^^^- ■* Investments of ^ S"''- * use of 9 Sub. 4 Permanent Home ; domicile : residence ^ ^ permanent members of Grand Lodge Petition : affiliation : for ' candidates must contain what ' ' ' __ investigation on : must be 154 INDEX TO BOOK OP CONSTITtTTIONS. received : when °" when not to be 89 referred to committee 89 rejected candidate may, after twelve months 90 withdrawn : cannot be ; when may be 90 wrongfully presented 90 Physical : ability to work with hands Def. 6 Powers : Deputy Grand Master : of 24 District Deputy Grand Masters : of 33 Grand Lecturer : of 34 Grand Lodge : of 18, 19, 20 Grand Master : of 22 Lodges: of 40, 48 Masters of Lodges : of 56 Trustees of Hall and Asylum Fund : of 9 Precedence : Lodges : of Reg. 9 Proceedings : Lodges: of — to submit to Grand Lodge Reg. 15 Proceedings of Grand Lodge : .Lodges to keep 52 Proficiency : candidates : of — required Reg. 21 Property : Lodge : of — on forfeiture of charter 70 Prosecuting : Masonic offence: manner of Code 7 Proxy : certificate of election to be filed 15 elected : how 15 member of Grand Lodge 3 officer, except Master, may be installed by 44 superseded : when 15 Qualifications : candidates of: what are Def. 6 Regulations : action regulated by 21 what are Def. 4 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 155 Relief : Grand Lodge: by 9 Sub. 4 Lodge : by 55 Removal : Lodges: place of meeting of; how Reg. 10 oflBcers of Lodges : power of Master 56 Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund : of '. 9 Sub, 2 Rents : surplus: sinking fund 9 Sub. 5 use of 9 Sub. 3 Restobation : definition of Code 75 favor : a 76 Grand Lodge : by ; effect of 77 non-affiliate 78-82 referred ; notice of 81 when; how 80 Lbdge : by ; when ; how 79 Repealer 104 Reports : Lodges: by; to Grand Lodge 60 Trial Commissioners : of ; form of Code, 36, 37, 48 Secretary to serve and file Code 41 serve and file Code 47 summons to act on Code 88 Returns : Lodges : by ; to Grand Lodge 60 failure to make 68 Representative : Grand Lodge : in ; from each Lodge 3 omission to pay dues deprives of 53 pay of ^^S. 4 Residence : candidate : qualifications • •^^' ^^ home : domicile Resolutions : action regulated by ' ' ' ' ' . what are Revenues : 37 Grand Lodge: of; derived 9 Sub 5 real property: from; how used 156 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITDTIONS. Reversal : determination of appeal may be Code 66 judgment, &c. ; restores Code 69 not on technicality Code 67 Rules : action regulated by 21 construction : of 102 violation of : Masonic offence Code 3 what are Def. 4 Scandal : act, &c., causing : Masonic offence Code 3 Seal: Lodge to have 51 Secbetakt : Grand : duties of 27 Lodge : duties of 60 elected 41 file report, &c., with Grand Secretary Code 41 furnish Commissioners certificate Code 23 notify accused action of Lodge Code 41 notify Grand Master of vacancy 65 serve complaint and notice of trial Code 15, 16, 17 serve notice of determination of challenges Code 19 transmit papers to Grand Secretary Code 58 Secrets of Chaik: Master to have : before installation 42 Senior Grand Deacon : appointed : when 5 duties of 29 member of Grand Lodge 3 term of ofiice of 5 title of 6 Senior Grand Warden : act as Grand Master : when 23 duties of 25 elected : when ; how 4 landmarks, ancient : to preserve 25 member of Grand Lodge 3 not from Metropolitan District 11 term of ofiice of 4 title of 6 Sinking Fund : created : how 9 Sub. 5 purpose of 9 Sub. 5 INDEX TO BOOK OP CONSTITUTIONS. 157 Special Committees : members of Grand Lodge 3 Special Funds 9 gu[,. 7 Standard Woek : adopted by Grand Lodge 36 annual conventions to exemplify 35 Grand Lecturer to impart 35 Lodges to practice 30 Standing : good : necessary to eligibility to office 45 Masonic: what is good Def. 5 Standing Committees : what : members of Grand Lodge 3 Stat: proceedings: of; when; by whom Code 20 trial : of ; pending appeal Code 57 Stenographer : Commissioners may employ Code 28 Summons : annual meeting, for 41 disobedience of : Masonic offence Code 29, 34 issued aiid served : how 56 receive complaint : to Code 11 remove meeting place : to Reg. 10 report Trial Commissioners : to act on Code 38 tax members : to 50 witness, to Code 29, 34 unaffiliate : to 83 Sunday : Lodges not to meet for work on Reg. 13 Suspension : charter: of; how; duration '^1 concealment or deceit : for "° disclosing ballot : for " ' member: of; to be reported — 60 Sub. 9 officer of Lodge by Grand Master 22 rights and privileges : from ; not affect dues 84 Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund : of 9 Sub. 2 Tax: Lodge may tax members ^ neglect to pay _. - oO summons for 158 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Technicality : reversal not ordered for iOode 67 Testimony : commission to take ; issued ; how Code 30 talien down : how Code 28 Tiler : eligibility to office of 45 vote of Grand Tiler 14 Time: appeal : to ; runs from when Code 50 computing ; method of Code 71 proceedings : of taking ; various Code 70 Titles : Grand officers: of 6 Treasurer : Lodge : of ; duties of 59 elected 41 Trial : adjournments : how taken and noted Code 28 burden of proof Code 26 conducted: how 100; Code 24, 28 counsel : parties entitled to .' Code 28 Grand Lodge : power of 20 Commission ; by Code 43 proceedings : how conducted Code 44 intended for what ; what not Code 1 Lodge : jurisdiction 99 Masonic : what is Code 1 minutes of : what contain Code 28 new : may be ordered, when Code 66 notice of Code 17 proceedings : how recorded Code 28 rules for Code 28 stay of Code 20, 57 time and place of : how fixed Code 17 who present at Code 28 Trial Commissioners : See Commissioners. Trustees op Hall and Asylum Fund: absence, &c., of: how supplied 9 Sub. 6 accounts of : audited Eeg. 2 appropriations of 9 Sub. 7 custodians of Permanent Fund 9 Sub. 4 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. 159 duty in respect of Permanent Fund 9 Sub. 4 elected how 9 Sub. 1 eligible : who is 9 Sub. 1 investment of Permanent Fund 9 Sub. 4 members of Grand Lodge 3 moneys : to be deposited 9 Sub. 9 how withdrawn 9 Sub. 9 nominated by Grand Master 9 Sub. 1 office : how vacated 9 Sub. 1 organization and officers of 9 Sub. 2 Permanent Fund: custodians of 9 Sub. 4 powers of 9 Sub. 3, 6 qualifications of 9 Sub. 1 relief by : in time of calamity 9 Sub. 4 how supplied 9 Sub. 6 removal of 9 Sub. 2 report to Grand Lodge 9 Sub. 2 separate accounts, keep 9 Sub. 7 special funds: trustees of 9 Sub. 7 suspended : may be 9 Sub. 2 term of office of 9 Sub. 1 title of 6 Treasurer to execute bond 9 Sub. 8 vacancy : how filled 9 Sub. 1 vested with title to property 9 Sub, 3 Usages : action regulated by • 21 what are ^^^- ^ UN AFFILIATE : affiliate, may : when Code 83 jurisdiction to discipline ^^ status of 83: Def. 10 UWATFrLIATION : effected: how; summons for °3 penalty for '^'^ It restoration after ^°a« »*^ Vacancy : Commission of Appeals: in; how filled Grand Lodge office : in ; how filled ^^ Grand Master : who to act ^^ Master of Lodge: who to act ^^ office in Lodge: how filled ^ how occur QQ i, 1 Trustees Hall and Asylum Fund : how filled a S-UD. 160 INDEX TO BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS. Visitors : admitted : when ; how Reg. 7 certificate ; authenticated how Reg. 8 Votb: Grand Lodge : in 14 Lodge : in 4(5 petition : on ; all present must 92 Waiver or Jurisdiction : candidates : over 86 committee : must be referred to 89 vote on : by show of hands Wardens : appeal from : when presiding 58 elected : how ; when 41 Grand : duties of 23, 25 installed 41 Lodge consists of : with others 39 Master must have served as 47 preside in absence of Master 57 resign : cannot 63 term of office 63 vacancy : how filled 65 Withdraw : member of Lodge may : when Reg. 17 Withdrawn : non-aflBliate : one who has Def. 10 petition for affiliation may be 90 initiation cannot be 90 Witness : attendance of : how compelled Code 29 confront party with Code 26 examined by Commission Code 30, 31 attendance of on Code 34 deposition certified Code 35 Masons testify how Code 28 non-Masons sworn Code 28 one : sufficient ; exceptions Code 26 Trial Commissioner who is: disqualified Code 19 who may be Code 9 Cornell University Library HS 44S.N56A2 1909a Constitution, regulatons, definitions, c 3 1924 016 161 907