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B Y- L A ^A^ S 
 
 SITTING IN T[^E VALLEY OF ALBANY, 
 
 STATE OF NEW YORK. 
 
 Founded by III. • Henry Andrew Francken, 53°. 
 December BOTH, ijSi. 
 
 ALBANY : 
 
 THE ARGUS COMPANY, PRINTERS, 
 1876. 
 

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Albany, J<!.Y., April 25th, iSyd. 
 
 To THE M.-. E.-. S.-. p.-. G.-. M.-., G.-. H.-. P.-., Dep.-. 
 Gr.'. M.'., M.'. E.'. Wardens and Val.'. Princes 
 OF Grand Council of Jerusalem, Sitting in the 
 Valley of Albany. 
 
 ^alarans princes : 
 
 The committee appointed to revise the 
 (By-Laws of this Council, would respectfully 
 report the following code of (By=Laws for its 
 government. 
 
 WILLIAM E. FITCH, 
 HERMAN H. BUSS, 
 ROBERT D. WILLIAMS, 
 
 Co7iimiitee. 
 
PREAMBLE. 
 
 We, the Most Equitable Sovereign Frinee, Grand Master, 
 Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand Master, Most En- 
 lightened Senior and Junior Grand Wardens, Valorous 
 OfiBcers and Princes of Grand Council of Princes of Jeru- 
 salem, sitting in the Valley of Albany, N. Y., founded by 
 Illustrious Henry Andrew Francken, 33? , Deputy Inspec- 
 tor-General of all the Superior Degrees of Masons in 
 the West Indies and North America, on the twenty-ninlh 
 day of the Hebrew Month Kislev A. M. 5528, A. 
 L. . 5767, answering to the twentietli day of December, 
 one thousand seven hundred and sixty-seven, [1707,] 
 V.'. E/., and in accordance with Article 43 of the Con- 
 stitution and General Regulations of the Supreme Coun- 
 cil of Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General of the thirty- 
 third and last degree, of the Ancient Accepted Scottish 
 Rite, for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the 
 United States of America, do hereby enact the follow- 
 ing by-laws: 
 
BY-LAWS, 
 
 Article I. 
 
 Section 1. The OflBcers of this Grand Coun- 
 cil of Princes of Jerusalem shall consist of 
 and be styled as follows : 
 
 1. Most Equitable Sovereign Prince, Grand 
 
 Master. 
 
 2. Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 3. Most Enlightened Senior Grand Warden. 
 
 4. Most Enlightened Junior Grand Warden. 
 
 5. Valorous Grand Secretary, Keeper of the 
 Seals apd Archives. 
 
 6. Valorous Grand Treasurer. 
 
 7. Valorous Grand Master of Ceremonies. 
 
 8. Valorous Grand Master of Entrances. 
 
 9. Valorous Grand Tiler. 
 
 § 2. The election shall take place at a stated 
 meeting, on or next preceding the twentieth 
 
day of the Hebrew month Tebet ; and the 
 officers shall be installed as soon as practi- 
 cable. 
 
 ^RTICLE II. 
 
 Section 1. All Grand Elect Perfect and 
 Sublime Masons shall be eligible to Initiation 
 into the degrees conferred in this Council of 
 Princes of Jerusalem. 
 
 § 2. Application for the degrees must be 
 signed by the applicant, and in such form as 
 may be prescribed by the Council. The appli- 
 cation must be recommended by a Valorous 
 Prince of Jerusalem, and be accompanied 
 by live (5) dollars, petition fee. 
 
 § 3. The fee for conferring the degrees of 
 Knight of East and Sword and Prince of Jeru- 
 salem, in this Council, shall be ten (10) dollars, 
 and which shall be paid before receiving the 
 degree of Knight of the East or Sword. 
 
 § 4. The fee for affiliation shall be one 
 (1) dollar. 
 
§ 5. Application for the degrees and for 
 affiliation slaall be made at a stated meeting, 
 and be referred to a committee of three (3) 
 Valorous Princes of Jerusalem ; which com- 
 mittee shall report at a subsequent meeting, 
 when a ballot can be taken. 
 
 Article III. 
 
 Section 1 . Stated and special meetings can 
 be called by the Most Equitable Sovereign 
 Prince, Grand Master, or in his absence by 
 the Grand High Priest, Deputy Grand Master, 
 when in their judgment the interests of the 
 Council require, by giving due notice to the 
 Valorous Princes, members of the Council. 
 
 I 2. This Council shall, on the twenty-third 
 day of Adar, hold its Grand Feast in mem- 
 ory of the frank offerings that day rendered 
 to God for the rebuilding of the Temple. It 
 shall also hold a feast on the twentieth day 
 of Tebet to celebrate the commemoration of the 
 triumphal entry into Jerusalem of the Em- 
 
bassadors on their return from Babylon. It 
 shall also hold stated meetings on the equi- 
 noctial days, in the months of March and 
 September. 
 
 Article IV 
 
 Section 1. The annual dues shall be fifty 
 cents, payable at the stated meeting for elec- 
 tion of officers. 
 
 § 2. Any Valorous Prince in arrears for 
 one year's dues shall be ineligible to vote 
 or hold any office. 
 
 § 3. Should any Valorous Prince neglect to 
 pay dues for two years, his name may be 
 stricken from the roll by a majority vote of 
 the Valorous Princes of the Council ; provi- 
 ded always, that such delinquent Valorous 
 Prince have thirty days' notice prior to such 
 action being taken. 
 
 Article V. 
 Section 1. Every Knight of the East or 
 
Sword receiving the sixteenth degree or Prince 
 of Jerusalem, must sign these by-laws and 
 the oath of fealty to the Supreme Council. 
 
 § 2. The Valorous Grand Secretary shall 
 furnish every Valorous Prince with a copy 
 of these by-laws. 
 
 ^RTICLE VI. 
 
 Section 1. No moneys shall be paid by 
 the Grand Valorous Treasurer, unless ordered 
 by a vote of the Council at a stated meeting. 
 
 y^RTICLE VII. 
 
 Section 1. These by-laws may be altered, 
 amended or repealed, by giving notice in 
 writing of such alteration, amendment or re- 
 peal at a stated meeting, when if two-thirds 
 of the Valorous Princes present agree to con- 
 sider the same, it shall lie over until the 
 next stated meeting thereafter, when if two- 
 thirds of the Valorous Princes present vote 
 
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 in favor thereof, such amendment or altera- 
 tion shall become part of these by-laws. 
 
 § 2. All by-laws or parts of by-laws here- 
 tofore in force are hereby repealed. 
 
 § 3. These by-laws to take effect imme- 
 diately. 
 
 Albany, N. Y. , April ^5th, 187fi. 
 
 I Hbhbby Certify, that at a stated meeting of 
 Grand Council of Princes of .Tevnsalein, sitting in tlie 
 Valley of Albany and State of New York, held on the 2oth 
 day of April, 1876, the foregoing by-laws were duly adopted. 
 
 [l. s] (Signed,) CHAS. G. COOK, 
 
 Grand Secretary mi iJ K.-. of S.-. d- A.-. 
 
 Approved at Syracuse, N. Y., May 0, 187(i. 
 
 (Signed,) ORRIN WELCH, 33? [l- s.] 
 
 Deputy for New Torl\ 
 
List of Officers. 
 
 X866. 1867". 
 
 Val.-. P.-. Cornelius Glen,M.-. E.-. S.-. P.". G.-.M.' 
 Val.-. P.-. TOWNSEND PONDEY, G.". H.'. P.-. S.-. D.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Robert H.Wateeman,M.-'.E.-.S.-.G.-.W.' 
 Val.-. P.-. Peter Wendell, M.-. E.-. J.- G.-. W.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Samuel Goodman, G.-. S.-. & K-.- of S.- 
 
 & A.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Henry Lansing, Gr.-. Treasurer.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Thomas D. Newcomb, Gr.-. M.-. of C.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Eli C. Clark, Jr., Gr.-. M.-. of E.- 
 Val.-. P.-. Amza Fuller, G.-. T.-. 
 
 1868, 1869, 18VO, 1871. 
 
 Val.-. P.-. Jesse M. White, M.-.E.-.Sov.-. P. -.G.-.M. • 
 Val.-. P.-. Andrew 1). Lansing, G.-. H.-. P.-. Dap.- 
 
 G.-. M.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. William H. Gordon, M.-. E.-. S.-. G.-.W.' 
 Val.-. P.-. Edward Douglas, M.-. E.-. J.-. G.-. W.- 
 Val.-. P.-. William H. Haskell, G.-. S.-. & K.: S.- 
 
 & A.: 
 Val.-. P.-. Henry Lansing, Gr.-. Treas.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Henry L. King, Gr.-. M.: of C.-. 
 
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 Val.-. P.-. Heney B. Whitman, Gr.-. M.-. of E.: 
 Val.-. P.-. Amz/i Fuller, Gr.-. Sentinel.-. 
 
 187S, 1873. 
 
 Val.-. P.-. Jesse M. White, M.-. E.-. S.-. P.-. G.-. M.' 
 Val.-. P.-. Jesse B. Anthony, G.-. H.-. P.". Dep.' 
 
 G.-. M.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Andrew B. Uline, M.-. E.-. S.-. 6.-. W.' 
 Val.-. P.-. William E. Fitch, M.-. E.-. J.-. G.-. W.- 
 Val.-. P.-. Samuel Goobman, G.-. S.-. & K.-. of S.- 
 
 & A.: 
 Val.-. P.-. William H. Taylor, Gv.-. Treas.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Scott D'M Goodwin, Gv.-. M.-. of 0.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Charles S. McEnteb, Gr.-. M.-. of E.'. 
 Val.-. P.-. Amza Fuller, Gr.-. Tilor. 
 
 18'74, 187.5. 
 
 Val.-. P.-. James W.MoKANGB,M, -.E.-.S.-.P.-.G.-.M. ■ 
 Val.-. P.-. William E. Fitch, G. H.-. P.-. Dep.- 
 
 Gr.-. M.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. John C. Midpord, M. E.- S.-. G.-. W.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Edward C. Koonz, M.-. E.-. J.-. G.-. W.- 
 Val.-. P.-. Addison A. Keyes, G.-. S.-. & K.: of S.' 
 
 & A.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Cornelius Glen, Gr.-. T.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. liENRY M. Heller, G.-. M.-. of C.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Isaac Baitin, G.-. M.-. of E.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. William Fisher, Gr.-. Tiler.-. 
 
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 i87es. 
 Val.-. P.-. jAMKsW.iMoKANGE,M.-.E.-.S.-.P.-.G.-.M.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. William E. Fitch, G.: H.-. P.-. Dep.-. 
 
 G.-. M.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. JiMiN C. IMiDFORD, M.-. E.-. S.-. G.-. W.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Edwaimi C. Koonz, M.-. E.-. J.-. G.-. W.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Charles G. Cook, Gr.-. Sec.-. & K.-. of 
 
 S.-- & A.-. 
 Ya.].-. P.-. Abase Cook, Gi-.-. Treas.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Henry U. Heller, Gr.-. M.-. of C.-. 
 Val.-. P.-. Isaac Battin, G.-. M.-. of E.-. 
 Viil.-. P.-. William Fisher, Gr.-. Tiler.-. 
 
 PAST GRAND MASTERS 
 
 DeWitt Clinton Council of P.-. of Jr.-. 
 
 Val.-. P.-. William H. Taylor. 
 Val.-. P.-. William H. Van Allen. 
 
List of Val/. Princes. 
 
 Acker, Conrad 
 Allen, Campbell 
 Banks, A. Bleecker 
 Banks, Robert Lenox 
 Battiu, Isaac 
 Bell, James C. 
 Benjamin, George H. 
 Blackburn, Thomas R. 
 Boyle, Henry J. 
 Champlin, Charles 8. 
 Clark, Eli C, Jr. 
 Cook, Adam 
 Cook, Charles G. 
 Cook, Henry 
 Cooper, George L. 
 Corning, Clarence H. 
 Cox, James W. 
 Craver, Moses, Jr. 
 Craver, Sebastian M. 
 Delavan, John Savage 
 Dexter, William E. 
 Dickerman, John S. 
 
 Dickson, Walter 
 Douglas, Edward 
 DuBois, John C. 
 Easton, William 
 Esseltyn, Cornelius 
 Fero, D. M. S. 
 Field, William D. 
 Fisher, William 
 Fitch, William E. 
 Fondey, Townsend 
 Fuller, Amza 
 Gaul, Edward L. 
 Glen, Cornelius 
 Goewey, Philip D. F. 
 Goodman, Samuel 
 Goodwin, Scott D'M 
 Gordon, William H. 
 Gross, James H. 
 Haight, William J. 
 Haskell, Henry C. 
 Haskell, William H. 
 Heller, Henry M. 
 
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 Herrick, Avery 
 Hill, William W. 
 Hilton, Charles 
 Hmitingtoii, Samuel 
 Humphrey, Correl 
 Iluroomb, Waller F. 
 Jenkins, George 
 Jones, Erasmus 1). 
 Judson, Albert C. 
 Judson, Edmund L. 
 Keyes, Addison A. 
 Kidney, Richard 
 King, Henry L. 
 Koonz, Edward C. 
 Lansing, Andrew Douw 
 Lansing, Henry 
 Lauder, Peter C 
 Littlefield, Henry C. 
 Leland, Charles E. 
 Lloyd, William G. 
 Marsh, John B. 
 McEntee, Charles S. 
 ^NIcAlpine, William J. 
 Midford, John C. 
 Miggael, Edward 
 Morange, James W. 
 
 Morris, Henry 
 Murphy, Peter M. 
 Newcomb, David 
 Ombony, John 
 Peterman, Jefferson 
 Pladwell, John 
 Pruyn, Robert H. 
 Rathbone, Charles D. 
 Rathbone, Clarence 
 Robertson, Charles A. 
 Russ, Herman H. 
 Sanders, Charles P. 
 Sangmaster, Augustus 
 Spicer, Addison A'. 
 Sprague, William B. 
 Stacpole, Horatio P. 
 Stickuey, ^Milton W. 
 Ten Eyck, James 
 Thacher, John Boyd 
 Thatcher, George A. 
 Towner, Samuel B. 
 Townsend, John DeP. 
 Tread well, (George H. 
 Tucker, Frederick G. 
 Uline, Andrew B. 
 Van Allen, William H. 
 
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 Vandenburgh, Richard L. 
 Vandevpoel, Samuel O. 
 Van Epps, Alexander 
 Walker, James E. 
 Warren, Clement H. 
 Waterman, Robert H. 
 Wemple, Benjamin V. Z. 
 White, Andrew G. 
 
 Whitman, Henry B. 
 Williams, Robert D. 
 Williams, William H. 
 Woodhall, David M. 
 Woodward, John M. 
 Wooster, Benjamin 
 Worcester, Edwin D. 
 
 DECEASED 
 
 Chase, Jackson H. 
 Newcomb, Thomas D. 
 Rogers, Nathaniel 
 Rogers, John P. 
 
 Sumner, Jackson A. 
 Taylor, William H. 
 Ten Broeck, Cornelius 
 Wendell, Peter 
 
 White, Jesse M. 
 
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