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THE 
 
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 OF 
 TEMPLE 
 SUPREME ANCIENT AND MYSTIC ORIENTAL MASONS 
 
 GRAND LODGE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 UNIVERSE 
 
 AND 
 
 Mystic Masonic Jurisdiction thereunto Belonging, Governing the First 
 
 Second and Third Temple. The Emblem and Seals of 
 
 the Order, A. D. 1907. Atlantis 501 11. 
 
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PUBLISHED BY THE MOST SUPREME GRAND LODGE OF 
 THE UNIVERSE, ANCIENT MYSTIC ORIENTAL MASONS 
 FOR THE USE OF THE FRATERNITY UNDER ITS 
 JURISDICTION. 
 
 DR. IRA L. KEPERLING, Grand Secretary, 
 GIVEN FROM THE GREAT EAST. 
 
FOREWORD 
 
 'All True Masonry and Brotherhood Are One" 
 
 "Freemasonry is a moral institution, established 
 by virtuous men, with the praiseworthy design of re- 
 calling to our remembrance the most Sublime Truths, 
 in the midst of innocent and social pleasures, — founded 
 on Liberty, Brotherly Love and Charity. 
 
 "It is a beautiful system of Morality, veiled in 
 allegory and illustrated by symbols. Truth is its 
 center — the point whence its radii diverge, direct its 
 disciples to a correct knowledge of the Great Architect 
 of the Universe, and the moral laws which he has 
 ordered for their government. ' ' — Daniel Sickles. 
 
 "Abstracted from the pure pleasures which arise 
 from friendship so wisely constituted as that which 
 subsists among Masons, and which it is scarcely 
 possible that any circumstance or occurrence can erase. 
 Masonry is a science confined to no particular country, 
 but extends over the whole terrestrial globe. Wher- 
 ever the Arts flourish, there it flourishes also. Add 
 to this, that by secret and inviolable signs, carefully 
 preserved among the fraternity, it becomes an Uni- 
 
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versal language. Hence many advantages are gained : 
 the distant Chinese, the wild Arab, and the American 
 savage, will embrace a brother Briton, and know that, 
 besides the common ties of Humanity, there is still 
 a stronger obligation to induce him to kind and 
 friendly offices. The spirit of the fulminating Priest 
 will be tamed, and a moral brother, though of a 
 different persuasion, engage his esteem: for mutual 
 toleration in religious opinions is one of the most dis- 
 tinguishing and valuable characteristics of the Craft. 
 All religions teach morality, if a brother be found to 
 act the part of a truly honest man, his private specu- 
 lative opinions are left to God and himself. Thus, 
 through the influence of Masonry, which is reconcilable 
 to the best policy, all those disputes which embitter 
 life and sour tempers of men, are avoided; while the 
 common good, the general object, is zealously pur- 
 sued." — Daniel Sickles. 
 
 "Such is the nature of our institution, that, in the 
 Lodge, which is confined to no particular spot, union 
 is cemented by sincere attachment, and pleasure re- 
 ciprocally communicated in the cheerful observance of 
 every obligation. Virtue, the grand object in view, 
 luminous as the meridian sun, shines refulgent on the 
 mind, enlivens the heart, and heightens cool appro- 
 bation into warm sympathy and cordial attention. ' ' — 
 Preston. 
 
 "Such is the established plan of the Masonic 
 System. By the judicious arrangement, true Friend- 
 ship is cultivated among different ranks of men, 
 Hospitality promoted, Industry rewarded, and In- 
 genuity encouraged. ' ' — Preston. 
 
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11 Every Freemason is required to bring his portion 
 of good ideas, and contribute to the perfecting of the 
 ceremonies Imd symbols, and to the edification of 
 Truth, the Universal and Eternal Temple, which will 
 one day inclose all Humanity within its Precincts. ' ' 
 
 "It is necessary that all who would be true Masons 
 should learn to abstain from all malice, slander and 
 evil speaking; from all provoking, reproachful and 
 ungodly language; keeping always a tongue of good 
 report. 
 
 "A Mason should know how to obey those who are 
 set over him — however inferior they may be in worldly 
 rank and condition. For although Masonry divests no 
 man of his honours and titles yet, in a Lodge, pre- 
 eminence of virtue, and knowledge in the arts, is con- 
 sidered as the true source of all nobility, rule and 
 government. 
 
 "The virtue indispensably requisite in Masons is — 
 Secrecy. This is the guard of their confidence, and 
 the security of their trust. So great a stress is to be 
 laid upon it, that it is enforced under the strongest 
 obligations; nor, in their esteem, is any man to be 
 accounted wise, who has not intellectual strength and 
 ability sufficient to cover and conceal such honest 
 secrets as are committed to him, as well as his own 
 more serious and private affairs. ' ' — Robert Macoy. 
 
 ' ' Free and Accepted Masons have ever been charged 
 to avoid all slander of true and faithful Brethren, and 
 all malice or unjust resentment or talking disrespect- 
 fully of a Brother's person or performance. Nor must 
 they suffer anyone to spread unjust reproaches or 
 calumnies against a Brother behind his back, nor to 
 
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injure him in his fortune, occupation or character; 
 but they shall defend such a Brother, and give him 
 notice of any danger or injury wherewith he may be 
 threatened, to enable him to escape the same, as far as 
 is consistent with honor, prudence, and the safety of 
 religion, morality, and the state ; but no further. ' ' — 
 Robert Macoy. 
 
 "By the exercise of Brotherly Love, we are taught 
 to regard the whole human species as one family ; the 
 high, the low; the rich, the poor; who, as created by 
 one Almighty Parent and inhabitant of the same 
 planet, are to aid, support and protect each other. On 
 this principle, Masonry unites men of every country, 
 sect and opinion, and conciliates true friendship 
 among those who might otherwise remain at a per- 
 petual distance. Thus, true Masonry and the Uni- 
 versal Brotherhood of Man are one. 
 
 UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD. 
 
 1 ' One God, One Law, One Element : 
 And One far-off event. 
 To which the whole creation moves." 
 
 — Tennyson "In Memor-iam." 
 
 "Let us build altars to the Blessed Unity which 
 holds Nature and Souls in perfect solution, and com- 
 pels every atom to serve an universal end. ' ' 
 
 — Emerson. 
 
 what is this blessed unity ? 
 
 There is but One. We may call it what we please, 
 the Universe or God, or by any other name. It is the 
 
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same. The Serpent has his tail in his mouth ; the chain 
 of causation and relation is nowhere broken, nor can 
 it be. 
 
 If the One created the Universe, He must have made 
 it from Himself, for there was nothing else to make it 
 from, and this Universe and all that it contains, must 
 be still Himself, just as the body is the man in his 
 outward aspect. Is this theory true? If so, then 
 everything is convertible and in the last analysis all 
 are one and the same. 
 
 The One must be Life, and everything must be alive. 
 The One Life pervades all religions of space and all 
 forms. It is everywhere, boundless, infinite, eternal. 
 It is the origin of everything visible and invisible. 
 Yes, of everything, of all that has been, now is and 
 ever shall be. 
 
 The One Life is divided into many "lives' ' which 
 lives are parts of itself. In other words, the One Great 
 Force or energy of Nature is subdivided into innumer- 
 able smaller forces, or centers of force, each being 
 separable from The One Life and identical in Essence 
 with it. 
 
 The Whole — all Nature — then is One, and this 
 grand Truth all things in nature repeat to us in ever- 
 varying lessons. Everything in nature seeks Unity, 
 equilibrium, the center, and though continually thrown 
 out, persistently returns from whence it came, just as 
 man goes back to Nirvana. Let us consider the waters. 
 Though lifted up in mists and clouds, they drop 
 swiftly back through all their shining levels to the sea. 
 And, if more slowly, the uplifted mountains are just 
 as certainly and stubbornly flowing down into the 
 
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valleys. When we seek for a clear partition and 
 definition between mineral and vegetable, vegetable 
 and animal, animal and man, man and God, we fail to 
 find it. Any of these viewed centrally is different 
 enough, but when we seek for boundary lines they 
 forever elude, and that because they do not exist. 
 They are but convenient fictions, lines on our maps 
 which the fields and forests they cross know not of. 
 Does not evolution reveal a perpetual touch and blend- 
 ing all along the lines of life? Do not the methods, 
 the ' c laws ' ' of nature apply universally ? Is not each 
 thing a type and figure of every other thing? Is not 
 man a microcosm of the macrocosm? Study compara- 
 tive anatomy, and see how every nerve and muscle and 
 bone hints of the human. Run sex down, if you can, 
 and find some element or aggregation which knows 
 nothing of the power of the dual principle. 
 
 Motion and rest are all of Life, and all our motions 
 are in pursuit of rest. 
 
 We all stand on the earth, and are united by our 
 touch of it, and by the air which ever pursues, by the 
 cheer which never leaves us, by electric and magnetic 
 currents, interpenetrating, by strange, invisible 
 nervous sympathies which clairvoyance, telepathy, and 
 similar marvels, occasionally reveal to us. We are 
 united by our common needs, weaknesses, passions, by 
 our common origin and destiny. 
 
 Look how reproduction unites us. The actual sub- 
 stance and life of the parent goes into the child, and 
 there is no break in the life. The life in the seed is the 
 life, and the finest life, of the parent, and develops 
 without cut-off into the offspring, an extension of the 
 
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parent. Humanity is like an undying tree, and dying 
 individual forms are like the dropping leaves. 
 
 And humanity is only a limb of the Great Tree, or 
 Body of Life equally inseparate. 
 
 Bear ye one another's hardens and so fulfill the Law 
 of Christ— ST. PAUL. 
 
 The study of the One Life and its constituent parts 
 or lives, makes it clear that Universal Brotherhood is 
 both a law and a fact in nature; for everything in 
 nature, in this physical world, exists by reason of the 
 mutual helpfulness that all parts render to one an- 
 other. 
 
 In the lower kingdoms, this co-operation is com- 
 pulsory, for the moulding force from a higher king- 
 dom impels the "lives" to render assistance. It is 
 this co-operation which holds together the forms for a 
 period, and then relaxes, allowing the "lives" to break 
 up their prisons and seek progress in new directions. 
 It governs also human beings, but with this difference : 
 that the individual is not compelled but must volun- 
 tarily determine to work in accord with this natural 
 law. 
 
 Brotherhood is both a law and a fact in nature, 
 taught by every object, and cannot be ignored without 
 dire consequences. All "Lives" belong to one great 
 brotherhood, as sparks of the One Life or as drops of 
 the mighty ocean of life. Their co-operation is ex- 
 emplified throughout nature's workshops, whether we 
 examine a mineral, plant or animal. This spirit of 
 helpfulness has personified in the God who is ever 
 loving his children, the beneficent providence assisting 
 all things to reach a higher state. 
 
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Instead of Brotherhood, the practice of selfishness 
 mainly rules, and we need not wonder, therefore, that 
 the penalty of suffering is so widely experienced in all 
 quarters of the globe. Famines, earthquakes, wars and 
 rumors of wars, murders, suicides, shipwrecks, and 
 general unrest and anxiety are but some of the 
 methods employed by nature to bring about a read- 
 justment of the breaches of the law of brotherhood. 
 
 Only by working for the good of all and not for our- 
 selves alone, can we secure the best results even for 
 ourselves ; for only thus do we work in harmony with 
 the One Life of which we are a part. 
 
 The crying need of the world is that all should 
 recognize that they are indissolubly linked together, 
 and that none can help or injure another without do- 
 ing as much for himself. There should be a de- 
 termined movement to act in accordance with Brother- 
 hood, and weld it into our institutions, social, national, 
 and political ; not merely as a theory, but applying it 
 as a practical remedy for suffering.* 
 
 *From "The Book of Constitutions of The Grand 
 Lodge of the Universe, Ancient Free and Accepted 
 Masons." 
 
 Copyrighted 1906. All rights reserved. 
 
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FIRST TEMPLE 
 
 Rules and Regulations Governing the First Temple of 
 Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry, Consisting of 
 
 ANCIENT 
 
 MODERN 
 
 Apprentice 
 
 (Entered Apprentice) 
 
 Companion 
 
 (Fellow Craft) 
 
 Master 
 
 (Master Mason) 
 
 JEWELS 
 
 FACE. 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry is : 
 RELIGIOUS. PEACE MILITANT. 
 
 A First Temple or Lodge shall ONLY be held in order to Prepare 
 the Candidate for the Higher Degrees and in its Clothing Shall be governed 
 by the Secret Rules. 
 
 The White Apron with the five pointed star in center. 
 
 All men initiated into the Apprentice, Companion and Master Degrees 
 shall be known as Mystic Masons. 
 
The Ancient Landmarks of Free Masonry 
 
 The landmarks are such of the distinctive points in 
 the esoteric mysteries of Freemasonry as are clearly 
 defined in its ritual, among which are the signs, tokens, 
 words and the legend of the third degree. 
 
 That every candidate for admission to the privileges 
 of Freemasonry must before initiation declare his 
 belief in one ever living 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, having no maim or defect in his 
 body or mind that may render him incapable of learn- 
 ing and practicing 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 Masonic regulations in the juris- 
 diction 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. 
 
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That the right of a Lodge to judge for itself who 
 shall be admitted to initiation or affiliation therein is 
 inherent and indefeasible, not subject to dispensation 
 or legislation of any kind or from any source what- 
 ever. 
 
 That the ballot for candidates is always strictly 
 secret and inviolable. 
 
 That the Master of a Lodge having decided any 
 question, there is no appeal from his decision to the 
 Lodge. 
 
 That the Lodge cannot try its Master. 
 
 That it is the prerogative of the Grand Master to 
 preside over every assembly of the craft in his juris- 
 diction, whether grand or subordinate, and to exercise 
 the executive functions of the Grand Lodge during its 
 recess. 
 
 THE OLD CHARGES OF A FREEMASON. 
 
 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 Religion of that Country or 
 Nation, whatever it was, yet 'tis now thought more 
 expedient only to oblige them to that Religion in which 
 all men agree, leaving their particular opinions to 
 themselves ; that is, to be good Men and true, or men of 
 Honour and Honesty, by whatever Denominations or 
 Persuasions they may be distinguished; whereby 
 
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Masonry becomes the centre of Union, and the means 
 of conciliating true Friendship among Persons that 
 must have remained at a perpetual distance. 
 
 Charge II. 
 
 Of the civil Magistrate Supreme and subordinate. 
 
 A Mason is a peaceable Subject to the Civil Powers, 
 wherever he resides or works, and is never to be con- 
 cerned in Plots and Conspiracies against the Peace and 
 Welfare of the Nation, nor to behave himself unduti- 
 fully to inferior Magistrates; for as Masonry hath 
 been always injured by War, Bloodshed, and Con- 
 fusion, so ancient Kings and Princes have been much 
 disposed to encourage the Craftsmen, because of their 
 Peaceableness and Loyalty, whereby they practically 
 answered the cavils of their Adversaries, and pro- 
 moted the Honour of the Fraternity, w T hoever 
 flourished in Times of Peace. So that if a Brother 
 should be a Rebel against the state, he is not to be 
 countenanced in his Rebellion, however he may be 
 pitied as an unhappy man; and if convicted of no 
 other crime, though the loyal Brotherhood must and 
 ought to disown his Rebellion and give no Umbrage or 
 Ground for 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 So- 
 ciety of Masons, is called a Lodge, and every Brother 
 
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ought to belong to one, and to be subject to its By-Laws 
 and the General Regulations. It is either particular 
 or general, and will be best understood by attending 
 it, and by the Regulations of the General or Grand 
 Lodge hereunto annexed. In ancient Times no Master 
 or Fellow could be absent from it, 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 dis- 
 creet Age, no Bondmen, no Women, no immoral or 
 scandalous Men, but of good Report. 
 
 Charge IV. 
 
 Of Masters, WARDENS, Fellows, and Apprentices. 
 
 All preferment among Masons is grounded upon 
 real Worth and personal Merit only ; that so the Lords 
 may be well served, the Brethren not put to Shame, 
 nor the Eoyal Craft despised : Therefore, no Master or 
 Warden is chosen by seniority, but for his Merit. It is 
 impossible to describe these things in writing, and 
 every Brother must attend in his Place, and learn them 
 in a way peculiar to this Fraternity*. Only Candi- 
 dates may know, that no Master should take an Ap- 
 prentice, unless he has sufficient Imployment for him, 
 and unless he be a perfect Youth, having no Maim or 
 Defect in his Body, that may render him incapable of 
 learning the Art, of serving his Master's LOUD, 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 Country directs ; and that 
 
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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. 
 
 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 Craftsmen 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 MASTER and the Masons receiving their 
 Wages justly, shall be faithful to the Lord, and 
 honestly finish their Work, whether Task or Journey; 
 nor put Work to Task that hath been accustomed to 
 Journey. 
 
 None shall discover Envy at the. Prosperity of a 
 Brother, nor supplant him, or put him out of his 
 Work, if he be capable to finish the same ; for no Man 
 can finish another's Work so much to the Lord's 
 
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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 Mason's employed, shall meekly receive their 
 Wages without Murmuring or Mutiny, and not desert 
 the Master till the Work is finished. 
 
 A younger Brother shall be instructed in working, 
 to prevent spoiling the Materials for want of Judg- 
 ment, and for increasing and continuing of Brotherly 
 Love. 
 
 AH 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 FREEMASONS 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. 
 
 Of Behaviour, viz: In the LODGE while 
 
 CONSTITUTED. 
 
 1. You are not to hold private Committees, or 
 separate Conversation, without Leave from the 
 Master, nor to talk of anything impertinent or un- 
 seemly, nor interrupt the Master or Wardens, or any 
 Brother spe'aking to the Master: Nor behave yourself 
 ludicrously or jestingly while the Lodge is engaged in 
 
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what is serious and solemn; nor use any unbecoming 
 Language upon any pretence whatsoever; but to pay 
 due Reverence to your Master, Wardens and Fellows, 
 and put them to worship. 
 
 If any Complaint be brought, the Brother found 
 guilty shall stand to the award and Determination of 
 the Lodge, who are the proper and competent Judges 
 of all such controversies (unless you carry it by Ap- 
 peal to the Grand Lodge), and to whom they ought to 
 be referred, unless a Lord's Work be hindered the 
 mean while, in wilich case a particular Reference may 
 be made; but you must never go to Law about what 
 concerneth Masonry, without an absolute necessity 
 apparent to the Lodge. 
 
 BEHAVIOUR after the Lodge is over and the 
 BRETHREN not gone. 
 
 2. You may enjoy yourself with innocent Mirth, 
 treating one another according to Ability, but avoid- 
 ing all Excess, or forcing any Brother to eat or drink 
 beyond his Inclination, or hindering him from going 
 when his Occasions call him, or doing or saying any- 
 thing offensive, or that may forbid an easy and free 
 Conversation, for that would blast our Harmony, and 
 defeat our laudable Purposes. Therefore no private 
 Piques or Quarrels must be brought within the door of 
 the Lodge, far less any Quarrels about Religion, or 
 Nations, or State Policy, we being only, as Masons, of 
 the Catholic Religion above mentioned ; we are also of 
 
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 2a 
 
all Nations, Tongues, Kindreds, and Languages, and 
 are resolved against ALL POLITICS, as what never 
 yet conduced to the Welfare of the Lodge, nor ever 
 will. This Charge has been always strictly enjoined 
 and observed; but especially ever since the Reforma- 
 tion in Britain, or the Dissent and Secession of these 
 Nations from the Communion of Rome. 
 
 BEHAVIOUR when Brethren meet without Strangers, 
 but not in a LODGE FORMED. 
 
 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 over- 
 heard, and without encroaching upon each other, or 
 derogating from that Respect which is due to any 
 Brother, were he not a Mason : For though all Masons 
 are as Brethren upon the same Level, yet Masonry 
 takes no Honour from a Man that he had before ; nay 
 rather it adds to his Honour, especially if he has de- 
 served well of the Brotherhood, who must give Honour 
 to whom it is due, and avoid ill Manners. 
 
 BEHAVIOUR in Presence of Strangers not MASONS. 
 
 4. You shall be cautious in your Words and Car- 
 riage, that the most penetrating Stranger shall not be 
 able to discover or find out what is not proper to be 
 intimated ; and sometimes you shall divert a discourse, 
 and manage it prudently for the Honour of the Wor- 
 shipful Fraternity. 
 
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BEHAVIOUR at Home and in your Neighborhood. 
 
 5. You are to act as becomes a moral and Wise Man ; 
 particularly, 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 Reasons not to be mentioned 
 here. You must also consult your Health, by not con- 
 tinuing together too late, or too long from Home, after 
 Lodge hours are past ; and by avoiding of Gluttony or 
 Drunkenness, that your Families be not neglected, or 
 injured, nor you disabled from Working. 
 
 BEHAVIOUR 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 Contempt and Derision, and be- 
 ware 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 prefer a poor Brother, that is a good Man and 
 true, before any other poor People in the same circum- 
 stances. 
 
 Finally, All these CHARGES you are to observe, 
 and also those that shall be communicated to you in 
 another way; cultivating Brotherly Love, the Foun- 
 dation and Cap-stone, the Cement and Glory of this 
 
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Ancient Fraternity, avoiding all Wrangling and Quar- 
 reling, all Slander and Backbiting, nor permitting 
 others to slander an 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 Com- 
 munication, and from thence to the Annual Grand 
 Lodge, as has been the ancient laudable Conduct of our 
 Forefathers in every nation ; never taking a legal Course 
 patiently listening to the honest and friendly advice of 
 Master and Fellows, when they would prevent your 
 going to Law with Sti^angers, or would excite you to 
 put a speedy Period to all Lawsuits, that so you may 
 mind the Affairs of Masonry with the more Alacrity 
 and Success; but with respect to Brothers or Fellows 
 at Law, the Master and Brethren should kindly offer 
 their Meditation, which ought to be thankfully sub- 
 mitted to by the contending Brethren ; and if that sub- 
 mission is impracticable, they must, however, carry 
 on their Process, or Lawsuit, without Wrath or Eancor 
 (not in the common way) saying or doing nothing 
 which may hinder Brotherly Love, and good Offices to 
 be renewed and continued; that all may see the benign 
 Influence of Masonry, as all true Masons have done 
 from the Beginning of the World, and will do to the 
 end of Time. 
 
 AMEN, SO MOTE IT BE. 
 
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SUBORDINATE LODGES 
 
 The powers and privileges of a Subordinate or War- 
 ranted Lodge are such as are defined in its Warrant, 
 by the Constitutions of the Grand Lodge granting the 
 same, and the Ancient Landmarks and General Regu- 
 lations. They are divided into : 
 
 1. Executive: in the direction and performance of 
 its work, under the control of its Master, and in all 
 other matters in aid of the Master, who has the pri- 
 mary executive power of the Lodge. 
 
 2. Legislative : embracing all matters relating to its 
 internal concerns, not in derogation of the Ancient 
 Landmarks, the Constitutions and General Regula- 
 tions of the Grand Lodge, and its own particular By- 
 Laws ; and 
 
 3. Judicial: embracing the exercise of discipline, 
 and settlement of controversies between and over all 
 its members (except the Master), and of all non- 
 affiliated Masons within its jurisdiction, subject to an 
 appeal to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 The powers of a warranted Lodge are, therefore, 
 divided into two classes, INHERENT and CONSTI- 
 TUTIONAL : 
 
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The inherent powers of a Lodge, controlled only by 
 the Ancient Landmarks, are : 
 
 1. To decide who shall be admitted members of or 
 initiated therein ; that is, of persons properly qualified. 
 
 2. To make Masons (not more than five at one meet- 
 ing) of those it has decided to admit. 
 
 3. To place on trial a member against whom charges 
 may have been preferred, to pronounce sentence, and 
 enforce discipline. 
 
 4. To elect and install its officers. 
 
 5. To fix its time of meeting. 
 
 6. To require its members to contribute to its funds. 
 
 The constitutional powers of a Lodge, subject to 
 control by the Grand Lodge, are : 
 
 1. To make a code of By-Laws for its internal 
 government, not in derogation of its inalienable rights, 
 or of those of its members. 
 
 2. To do all the work pertaining to the three degrees 
 of the Ancient Craft Masonry. 
 
 3. To transact all business that can be legally trans- 
 acted by a duly constituted Lodge of Freemasons. 
 
 4. To appeal to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge 
 from the decision of the presiding officer. 
 
 5. To change its place of meeting. 
 
 6. To control its funds. 
 
 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, summoned as required by the 
 charter, and be installed on or before the next Stated 
 
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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 refuse to be installed w r ithin 
 the prescribed time, the Grand Master may grant a 
 Dispensation to such Lodge to elect or install such 
 officer or officers as the exigencies of the case may 
 require. 
 
 Previous to his installation the Master-elect of the 
 Lodge must be put in possession of the secrets of the 
 chair. 
 
 Officers re-elected must be installed after each elec- 
 tion. 
 
 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. 
 
 Membership in a Lodge is necessary to constitute 
 eligibility to office therein, except in case of a Tiler, 
 who must be a member of some Lodge, but need not be 
 a member of the Lodge for which he tiles. 
 
 Every member of a Lodge in good standing is entitled 
 to one vote ; provided, however, that a Lodge may en- 
 act 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. 
 
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 
 A Lodge has full power and authority to enact By- 
 Laws for its own government, in conformity to the 
 Constitution of this Grand Lodge and the principles 
 Constitution of this Grand Lodge, and any By-I^aws 
 inconsistant therewith is absolutely void. 
 
 Every member must sign the "Book of By-Laws" of 
 his Lodge with his full name at time of receiving the 
 third degree, and every affiliating member must like- 
 wise sign the By-Laws, to consummate his membership. 
 
 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, punishable upon convic- 
 tion thereof. 
 
 No visitor shall be admitted into any Lodge without 
 due inquiry and satisfaction as to his good Masonic 
 standing ; nor shall he be admitted if his admission will 
 disturb the harmony of the Lodge, or embarrass its 
 work. 
 
 Any visitor from another jurisdiction, unless per- 
 sonally known, applying for examination for admission 
 to a Lodge in this jurisdiction shall be required to 
 present a certificate of his membership in the Lodge 
 from which he hails. Such certificate shall be au- 
 thenticated as follows : 
 
 1. By the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge in 
 which such Lodge is located, as to the regular stand- 
 ing of the Lodge. 
 
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2. By the Secretary of the Lodge as to the Masonic 
 standing of the brother, and 
 
 3. By the signature of the brother in whose name 
 the certificate is issued, for personal identification. 
 
 An honorary member of a Lodge has not the right 
 to visit said Lodge when a member of it objects thereto. 
 
 Lodges shall take precedence to the order in which 
 they stand upon the Roll of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 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, without the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the 
 members present, at a Stated Communication, to at- 
 tend which they shall have been required by a sum- 
 mons, 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, city or 
 portion of a city named in its charter, must receive the 
 sanction of the Grand Lodge previous thereto. 
 
 Every Lodge shall have a seal, and shall keep the 
 following books, to wit : 
 
 1. A Copy of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 2. A book of By-Laws, with the signature of the 
 members. 
 
 3. A record Book of the proceedings of the Lodge. 
 
 4. A Register containing the name of each member, 
 consecutively numbered, his Grand Lodge number, his 
 age, occupation, nativity and residence, with the dates 
 of his initiation, passing and raising or affiliation, and 
 also the date of the termination or suspension of his 
 membership, with the cause thereof, as the same may 
 occur. 
 
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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 Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 It shall be the duty of a Lodge to preserve in its 
 archives a copy of the proceedings of the Grand Lodge, 
 as published from year to year. 
 
 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 subject it to forfeiture of its charter. A 
 Lodge failing to pay its annual dues shall not be en- 
 titled to be represented in the Grand Lodge. 
 
 All members of Lodges in good standing, their wives 
 and minor children, and the widows and orphans of 
 deceased members who died in good standing, have a 
 right to charitable relief from such Lodges upon pre- 
 senting satisfactory evidence of their Masonic char- 
 acter or relations, and that they are in necessitous 
 circumstances. 
 
 Lodges shall not issue or send out any circular or 
 appeal to other Lodges for donations of money for any 
 purpose whatever unless the same shall have been 
 submitted to, and officially approved by the Grand 
 Master. 
 
 No Lodge shall meet on Sunday for Masonic labor, 
 other than the obsequies of a Mason. 
 
 The jewels of the officers of Lodges are to be of 
 silver or white metal ; the color of their aprons is to be 
 white, with star in center. 
 
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OFFICERS OF LODGES— POWERS AND 
 DUTIES. 
 
 The Master of a Lodge has power, and it shall be 
 his duty : 
 
 1. To congregate the members of his Lodge upon 
 any emergency. 
 
 2. To issue summonses, which must be issued over 
 his written signature, or by his order, and attested by 
 the written signature of the Secretary under the seal 
 of the Lodge ; and such summons must be addressed to 
 the brother summoned, 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 faith- 
 fully 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 just cause. 
 In case of the death, absence or inability of the 
 
 Master, or a vacancy in his office, the Senior and 
 Junior Wardens 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. 
 From the decision of the Master or Warden presid- 
 ing in the absence of the Master, there shall be no 
 appeal except to the Grand Master or Grand Lodge. 
 It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of a Lodge : 
 1. To receive from the Secretary all moneys paid 
 into the Lodge, and give his receipt therefor. 
 
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2. To keep a just and regular account thereof ; and, 
 
 3. To pay them out by order of the Lodge when so 
 certified by the Master and Secretary. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Secretary of a Lodge : 
 
 1. To record the proceedings of the Lodge, under 
 the direction of the presiding officer. 
 
 2. To receive all moneys 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, corres- 
 ponding with the return for registry required by the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 4. To register alphabetically, in a suitable book, all 
 expulsions, 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 of all Entered Apprentices, Fellow Crafts, and 
 Master Masons made, wjith the Lodge number, age, 
 occupation, nativity, residence, and dates of receiving 
 such degrees ; also of all affiliates during the year, with 
 the Lodge number, age, occupation, nativity, residence, 
 date of affiliation, and name, number, and jurisdiction 
 of the Lodge from which dimitted, together with full 
 information as to all changes that occurred in the 
 membership of the Lodge during the year, which re- 
 turn shall be made upon blanks furnished by the 
 Grand Lodge, be certified to by the Secretary, ap- 
 proved by the Master and transmitted to the Grand 
 Secretary. 
 
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7. To transmit, immediately after every election, a 
 certificate of the names and residences of the officers 
 elected to the Grand Secretary. 
 
 8. To report immediately to the Grand Secretary 
 the expulsion or suspension of a member by the Lodge, 
 stating the cause of such expulsion or suspension. 
 
 9. To certify and affix the seal of the Lodge to all 
 returns and certificates of election made to the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 10. To attest the official signature of the Master to 
 all other Masonic documents, when necessary. 
 
 The officers shall be subject, in all things relating to 
 their official duties, to the direction of the Master or 
 presiding officer. 
 
 The minutes of every Communication, stated or 
 special, shall be read, corrected, if necessary, and ap- 
 proved by the Lodge before it is closed, and when so 
 approved they cannot 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 Com- 
 munication. 
 
 The proceedings of a Lodge shall be submitted to the 
 Grand Lodge whenever required. 
 
 KESIGNATIONS, VACANCIES IN OFFICE, HOW 
 
 AND WHEN SUPPLIED. 
 
 Neither Master nor Wardens can resign, and every 
 officer shall hold his office until his sucessor shall have 
 been installed, unless his office becomes vacant, as pro- 
 vided in the next section. 
 
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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. 
 
 4. By expulsion, or by suspension for a time extend- 
 ing beyond the next annual election, or by removal 
 from office. 
 
 A vacancy in an elective office, except that of Master 
 or Wardens, may be filled by ballot at any Stated 
 Communication, upon due notice to the members. A 
 vacancy in an appointed office may be filled at any 
 time. In case the offices of Master and Wardens be- 
 come vacant, the Secretary shall immediately notify 
 the Grand Master of that fact, who shall issue a dis- 
 pensation directing the assembling of the Lodge, the 
 holding of an election to fill the vacancies, and the 
 installation of the officers. 
 
 DISSOLUTION OF LODGES, AND SURRENDER 
 OF AND FORFEITURE OF CHARTERS. 
 
 A Lodge can be dissolved only by the surrender or 
 forfeiture of its charter. 
 
 The charter of a Lodge can be surrendered only 
 when there cannot be found among its members seven 
 brethren, duly qualified, desirous of retaining the 
 same. 
 
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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 Ancient Landmarks. 
 
 3. Disobedience to the Constitution or Laws. 
 
 4. Ceasing to meet for one year; and 
 
 5. Neglecting to make returns and pay dues. 
 
 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 oppor- 
 tunity afforded it of being heard in its defense. 
 
 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, and all the property of the Lodge shall be- 
 come 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. 
 
 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. 
 
 LODGES UNDER DISPENSATION. 
 
 A Dispensation to form a new Lodge shall not be 
 issued to a less number than seven Master Masons. 
 
 An elected officer of a Lodge shall not be a petitioner 
 for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge, and a member 
 
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of a Lodge under the jurisdiction of another Grand 
 Lodge shall not be a petitioner for a Dispensation to 
 form a new Lodge in this jurisdiction. 
 
 A Lodge under Dispensation cannot elect or install 
 its officers, or be represented in Grand Lodge, but it 
 possesses all other powers and privileges and must 
 perform all the other duties of a chartered Lodge, ex- 
 cept that it need not have a seal. 
 
 All Dispensations to form new Lodges shall expire 
 on the 15th day of April in each year. 
 
 If a member of a chartered Lodge join in a petition 
 for a Dispensation to form a new Lodge; and such 
 Dispensation be granted, his membership in such 
 chartered Lodge shall be in abeyance until the expira- 
 tion 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 expiration of the Dispensation, and the new Lodge 
 shall not be continued by a charter, his membership 
 in the first above-mentioned Lodge shall be resumed. 
 The Grand Secretary, immediately on such new Lodge 
 being constituted, shall notify all chartered Lodges to 
 which any of its members belonged when joining in 
 the original petition aforesaid, of the granting of 
 such charter, and of the constitution of the Lodge 
 thereunder, with the names of such original petitioners 
 as continued their membership in such newly consti- 
 tuted Lodge. 
 
 All members of a Lodge under Dispensation at the 
 time of the expiration of the Dispensation, shall be 
 
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deemed members of such Lodge when it shall be duly 
 chartered and constituted. 
 
 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, nor unless said Dispen- 
 sation and an attested transcript of all the proceedings 
 of such Lodge, including a copy of the By-Laws 
 thereof, shall have been delivered to the Grand Lodge; 
 nor unless they shall know that, as a Lodge under 
 Dispensation, they are clear of all indebtedness, and 
 that they have recured and prepared a suitable and 
 safe place for meeting as a Lodge. 
 
 LODGE MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Membership in a Lodge shall be acquired by a 
 brother in the following manner: 
 
 1. By having named one of the persons to whom was 
 granted the Charter under which the Lodge is consti- 
 tuted. 
 
 2. By having been accepted by the Lodge as a candi- 
 date, and afterward having received the third degree. 
 
 And every brother receiving that degree shall be 
 deemed a member of the Lodge by which he shall 
 have been accepted (if it shall then exist), and it shall 
 be his duty, immediately after receiving such degree, 
 to sign the By-Laws of such Lodge. 
 
 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 
 accepts his application, shall become a member of such 
 
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Lodge, and sign its By-Laws on receiving the third 
 degree ; and, 
 
 4. By regular affiliation ; but no Master Mason shall 
 become a member of a Lodge other than that in which, 
 or at the request or upon the consent of which, he re- 
 ceived the third degree, unless it shall appear that he 
 is not indebted to any Lodge for dues or assessments, 
 and that no charges of unmasonic conduct are pending 
 against him. 
 
 The petition of a non-affiliated Mason for member- 
 ship must be accompanied by a dimit or other satis- 
 factory evidence of honorable discharge from the 
 Lodge of which he was last a member. 
 
 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 Com- 
 munication, may confer honorary membership upon 
 any Master Mason, who, at that time, shall be a mem- 
 ber in good standing of some Lodge ; but an honorary 
 member of a Lodge shall not vote therein. 
 
 Honorary membership in a Lodge depends entirely 
 on active membership in some other Lodge. It carries 
 with it no rights and privileges in the Lodge wherein it 
 is conferred, and imposes no duties; an honorary 
 member who gives up active membership is subject to 
 the disabilities of an unaffiliate, the honorary member- 
 ship being held in abeyance until he is again affiliated. 
 
 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 re- 
 ceived it must be referred to a Committee of Investiga- 
 
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tion, and upon the report of the Committee may take 
 a ballot, and if thereupon such petition 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 mem- 
 bership in the first-mentioned Lodge, and he shall have 
 signed the By-Laws of the Lodge accepting him. Fail- 
 ing 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. The Secretary of the ac- 
 cepting Lodge shall at once notify the Lodge granting 
 the dimit when the brother has consummated his mem- 
 bership, or return the dimit if the brother has not 
 consummated his membership within the prescribed 
 time. 
 
 No member shall be permitted to Dimit from the 
 Lodge of which he is a member until he shall present a 
 certificate 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 officer 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 sign- 
 ing the By-Laws thereof, 
 
 Any member of a Lodge against Whom charges are 
 
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not pending, and whose dues and indebtedness to the 
 Lodge are paid, may withdraw from membership by 
 presenting a written 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 terminated, 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. 
 
 A Lodge shall have power to enact By-Laws requir- 
 ing and regulating the payment of Lodge dues, and 
 providing a penalty for non-payment thereof, which 
 penalty shall be unaffiliation ; but such penalty shall 
 not be inflicted except for the non-payment of at least 
 one year's dues, nor until the brother shall have been 
 duly summoned thirty days previous to pay said one 
 year's dues. Any such unaffiliated 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; but until so restored, the brother so 
 unaffiliated shall not be allowed to visit any Lodge, or 
 join in a Masonic procession, or be entitled to receive 
 Masonic relief or burial. 
 
 Suspension, after due Masonic trial, shall not relieve 
 the member from payment of Lodge dues, or the Lodge 
 from Grand Lodge dues upon such member. 
 
 CANDIDATES. 
 
 A petition for initiation, after having been received 
 and referred, cannot be withdrawn, but must be acted 
 
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upon by report of Committee and a ballot; and an 
 adverse ballot cannot be reconsidered under any cir- 
 cumstances in less than twelve months thereafter, and 
 then only on a new petition of the candidate. 
 
 A petition for affiliation may be withdrawn before 
 it has been balloted upon. 
 
 A petition wrongfully presented and referred must 
 be returned as soon as the error is discovered. 
 
 The ballot on a petition for initiation, or for affilia- 
 tion, can be taken only at a Stated Communication, 
 and unless the ballot is unanimous in favor of the pe- 
 titioner, he shall be declared rejected. 
 
 Every member of a Lodge present at any balloting 
 therein for initiation, advancement of affiliation must 
 vote. 
 
 No discussion upon the merits of a petitioner for 
 initiation, passing or raising shall be allowed in the 
 Lodge. 
 
 The balloting on a petition cannot be postponed or 
 adjourned, but when once commenced must be com- 
 pleted, and the result thereof declared. 
 
 A Lodge shall not initiate any person without due 
 inquiry into his character, nor without being satisfied, 
 in a Masonic manner, that he has not been previously 
 rejected. If it shall be ascertained that a person, be- 
 ing a petitioner for initiation, has been rejected, then 
 no Lodge shall initiate him until the expiration of 
 twelve months after such rejection. 
 
 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 de- 
 manded, it must be taken, and if such ballot result in a 
 
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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 ad- 
 vancement at any subsequent Stated Communication 
 of the Lodge ; the proposition must lie over at least to 
 the next Stated Communication, and a clear ballot 
 must be had before the brother can be advanced. No 
 written or verbal objection shall have the effect to re- 
 ject 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 ad- 
 vancement of a brother until a subsequent Communi- 
 cation of the Lodge. The name of the brother object- 
 ing or making a demand for a new ballot, as herein 
 provided, shall not be entered on the minutes. 
 
 Any brother who shall in any way make known the 
 kind of ballot cast by himself or another on an applica- 
 tion for the degrees of Masonry, or any of them, or for 
 affiliation, or of, after any such balloting as aforesaid, at 
 which such application has been rejected, any brother 
 shall in any way declare that he or any other brother 
 cast a certain kind of ballot at such 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 
 offense, and such brother so offending shall, on con- 
 viction thereof, be expelled. On the trial of a brother 
 for any offense 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 
 
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black balls or ballots, cast at any such balloting. 
 
 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 
 appointed by such Lodge, or used any concealment or 
 deceit in relation to his initiation, he may be tried 
 therefore, and, if found guilty, may be punished by 
 suspension or expulsion. If, however, such conceal- 
 ment or deceit relates in any wise to any previous ap- 
 plication for initiation in this or any other Masonic 
 jurisdiction, the punishment therefor shall be ex- 
 pulsion. 
 
 CONFERRING DEGREES. 
 
 A Lodge shall not initiate, pass or raise more than 
 five candidates in one day, except by a Dispensation 
 from the Grand Master. 
 
 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 pre- 
 ceding degree, except by a dispensation from the 
 Grand Master. 
 
 A brother shall not be passed to the degree of Fellow 
 Craft, or raised to the degree of Master Mason, with- 
 out proof of suitable proficiency in the preceding de- 
 gree, ascertaining from an examination in open Lodge, 
 or by a Committee appointed for that purpose. 
 
 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 initiated, except by direction of the Lodge, in 
 writing, and over its seal. 
 
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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, unless the consent of the Lodge in which 
 he was initiated or passed shall have been obtained , 
 provided said Lodge continue in existence. 
 
 DISCIPLINE. 
 
 The Grand Lodge shall have original jurisdiction to 
 enforce the provisions of its Constitution and Laws, 
 and to hear and determine charges which may be pre- 
 ferred against a Mason, and all matters of controversy 
 which may arise between Lodges, or between a Lodge 
 and its Master, or between a Lodge and a member or 
 the members of another Lodge, or members of different 
 Lodges ; and, when charges are preferred in any of the 
 foregoing cases it shall be the duty of the Grand 
 Master, or Deputy Grand Master, to appoint by his 
 warrant a Commission, consisting of not more than 
 five nor less than three disinterested brethren, who 
 shall have attained the rank of Master, and shall hail 
 from at least three different Lodges, to hear and de- 
 termine the same. 
 
 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 thereafter. 
 
 After service of the charges against a brother, the 
 Commissioners shall appoint a time and place for the 
 trial, convenient to the parties, and cause the parties 
 and their witnesses to be summoned; and any Master 
 
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of a Lodge may issue a summons for witnesses at the 
 request of either party. 
 
 When the trial is concluded the Commissioners shall, 
 as soon as possible, make their report of the facts 
 found by them, and their determination upon the 
 matter, and give notice thereof to each of the parties, 
 and a majority of the Commissioners must concur in 
 the judgment of the Commission, a copy of which re- 
 port must be filed with the Grand Secretary. 
 
 The decision of the Commissioners shall be final, 
 unless an appeal shall be taken therefrom to the Grand 
 Master or Grand Lodge within six months; in which 
 case it shall be the duty of the Commissioners, upon 
 receiving notice of such appeal, to transmit their re- 
 port, together with all the papers and proceedings in 
 the case, to the Grand Secretary, unless they have 
 already filed a copy. The appellant shall also, within 
 thirty days after notice of the decision, give notice of 
 intention to appeal to the opposing party. The de- 
 cision of the Grand Master, or the Grand Lodge shall 
 be final. 
 
 When notice of appeal to the Grand Lodge shall 
 have been filed with the Grand Secretary, that officer 
 shall immediately, or as soon as received, send to the 
 Chief Commissioner all papers and reports having 
 reference to the case. 
 
 The appeal shall be heard before the Commission of 
 Appeals during the session of the Grand Lodge, and 
 the decision of the Grand Lodge upon the report of 
 said Commission shall be conclusive upon all parties. 
 
 The expenses which may be incurred by the Com- 
 missioners in conducting a Masonic trial shall be borne 
 
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by one or both of the parties to the controversy, as may 
 be determined by the Commissioners, and set forth in 
 their report, and payment of such expenses may be 
 enforced by proper Masonic discipline, subject to a 
 like right of appeal, to be taken by an aggrieved party 
 within the time. 
 
 Charges preferred, which, if proven, would not 
 constitute a Masonic offense, may be and should be 
 dismissed by the Lodge or officer to whom the same 
 may have been preferred. 
 
 The penalties for a violation of Masonic law shall 
 be: First, reprimand or censure; second, suspension 
 from all the rights of Masonry, which shall be for a 
 definite time ; and, third, expulsion. 
 
 A Lodge having expelled a member, may restore 
 such expelled Mason to the rights of Masonry at any 
 Stated Communication and by a majority vote, notice 
 of a motion to do so having been made at a preceding 
 Stated Communication, and a Lodge may terminate a 
 sentence of suspension at any Stated Communication. 
 Provided, however, that such restoration shall not be 
 made when the Grand Lodge shall have affirmed the 
 decision. 
 
 The Grand Lodge shall have power to restore an 
 expelled Mason 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 session of the 
 Grand Lodge, a petition which shall contain a copy of 
 the complaint upon which he was tried and a state- 
 ment of the grounds upon which he seeks restoration ; 
 and provided, further, that the petition be accom- 
 
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panied by the favorable recommendation of the Lodge 
 from which he was expelled, obtained at a Stated 
 Communication to which the members thereof had 
 been duly summoned. 
 
 Any brother who has been expelled, and afterward 
 restored to the rights of Masonry, may present his 
 petition for affiliation to any Lodge. 
 
 FRIENDSHIP, MORALITY and BROTHERLY 
 LOVE being the most valuable tenets of Freemasonry, 
 whosoever shall be convicted of having had projects or 
 acts tending to lower the character, or attack a 
 brother's honor, shall, by the very deed, be reported 
 to the Grand Lodge, and, upon conviction, be expelled, 
 and there shall be no restoration for him. 
 
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SECOND TEMPLE 
 
 Rules and Regulations Governing the Second Temple of 
 Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry, Consisting of 
 
 THIRD TO EIGHTH DEGREE 
 
 Grand Master of the Secret Manuscript. 
 Kings Pioneer. 
 
 Master of the Secret Cavern. 
 
 Prince of the House of Pharoah. 
 
 JEWELS 
 
 FACE. 
 
 REVERSE. 
 
 Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry is 
 RELIGIOUS PEACE MILITANT. 
 
 All True Masonry and the Universal Brotherhood 
 of Man are one. 
 
Laws Governing Subordinate Lodges or Temples 
 Under the Second Temple. 
 
 The Powers and Privileges of a Subordinate or 
 Warranted Lodge or Temple are such as are defined in 
 its Warrant, by the Constitutions of the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge granting the same, and the Supreme 
 Law of Mystic Masonry. 
 
 They are divided into : 
 
 1. Executive: in the direction and performance of 
 its work, under the control of its Priest, and in all 
 other matters in aid of the Priest, who has the primary 
 executive power of the Lodge or Temple. 
 
 2. Legislative : embracing all matters relating to its 
 internal concerns, not in derogation of the Supreme 
 Laws of Mystic Masonry, constitutions and General 
 Regulations of the Supreme Grand Lodge, and its own 
 particular By-Laws ; and 
 
 3. Judicial: embracing the exercise of discipline, 
 and settlement of controversies between and over all 
 its members (except the Priest) and all non-affiliated 
 Members within its jurisdiction, subject to appeal to 
 the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
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The powers of a Warranted Lodge or Temple, are, 
 therefore, divided into two classes, INHERENT and 
 CONSTITUTIONAL. 
 
 The inherent Powers of a Lodge or Temple, con- 
 trolled only by the Supreme Law, are : 
 
 1. To decide who shall be admitted members of or 
 initiated therein ; that is, of persons properly qualified. 
 
 Note. — In all cities where the Degrees in the first 
 Temple are conferred in order to prepare the candi- 
 date for the Second Temple, the application must be 
 made to the Second Temple, covering the seven degrees, 
 including that of ' ' Prince of the House of Pharaoh. ' ' 
 If the Degrees in the First Temple are not conferred, 
 then the application shall only be made for the Second 
 Temple Degrees. 
 
 In no case, whether the Second Temple Degrees are 
 to be conferred or not, can application be made ONLY 
 for the First Temple Degrees. These must always be 
 included in the Second Temple Application if they are 
 to be conferred at all. 
 
 2. To make Mystic Masons of those it has decided to 
 admit. In the First Temple only five applicants shall 
 be admitted at one time. In the Second Temple the 
 number is not limited, provided the work is done 
 properly. 
 
 3. To place on trial a member against whom charges 
 may have been preferred, to pronounce sentence, and 
 enforce discipline. 
 
 4. To elect and install its officers once every two 
 years. 
 
 5. To fix its time of meeting. 
 
 6. To require its members to contribute to its funds. 
 
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7. To be represented, through the Deputy, at all 
 communications of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 8. To instruct such Deputy as to their desires and 
 wants. 
 
 The constitutional powers of a Lodge or Temple, 
 subject to control by the Supreme Grand Lodge, are: 
 
 1. To make a code of By-Laws for its internal gov- 
 ernment, not in derogation of its inalienable rights, or 
 of those of its members. 
 
 2. To do all the work pertaining to the four degrees 
 of Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry. 
 
 3. To transact all business that can be legally trans- 
 acted by a duly constituted Lodge or Temple of Mystic 
 Masons. 
 
 4. To appeal to the Supreme Grand Master or 
 Grand Lodge from the decision of the Priest. 
 
 5. To change its place of meeting. 
 
 6. To control its funds. 
 
 The Priest, Singer, Horoscopus, King's Pioneer, 
 King's Guard, and Scribe must be chosen every two 
 years by ballot, and by a majority of votes, and such 
 as are elected must be installed by the actual Priest or 
 Past Priest of the Lodge or Temple. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple may provide, in secret session, 
 by additional officers, according to its degree work and 
 in strict accordance with the Ritual only. 
 
 If, at the time prescribed, a Lodge shall fail to elect, 
 or within the time prescribed, shall fail to install, the 
 Supreme Grand Master may grant a Dispensation to 
 such Lodge to elect or install such officers as the ex- 
 igencies of the case may require, but those guilty of 
 such neglect shall be tried and punished. 
 
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Officers re-elected must be installed after each 
 election. 
 
 A member of a Lodge or Temple 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 Priest. 
 
 Membership in a Lodge is necessary to constitute 
 eligibility to office therein, except in case of a King's 
 Pioneer, who must be a member of some Lodge, but 
 need not be a member of the Lodge or Temple for 
 which he is King's Pioneer. 
 
 Every member of a Lodge or Temple in good stand- 
 ing is entitled to one vote; provided, however, that a 
 Lodge or Temple 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 or Temple except 
 that of Priest. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple has full power and authority to 
 enact By-Laws for its own government, in conformity 
 to the Constitution of this Grand Lodge and the 
 principles of Mystic Masonry, and any By-Law in- 
 consistent therewith is absolutely void. 
 
 Every member must sign the "Book of By-Laws" of 
 his Lodge or Temple with his full name at time of re- 
 ceiving the seventh degree, and every affiliating 
 member must likewise sign the By-Laws, to consum- 
 mate his membership. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple may, at a Stated Communica- 
 tion, when previously summoned for the purpose, tax 
 
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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, punishable upon conviction 
 thereof. 
 
 No visitor shall be admitted into any Lodge or 
 Temple without due inquiry and satisfaction as to his 
 good Masonic standing ; nor shall he be admitted if his 
 admission will disturb the harmony of the Lodge or 
 Temple, or embarrass its work. 
 
 An honorary member of a Lodge or Temple has not 
 the right to visit said Lodge or Temple when a member 
 of it objects thereto. 
 
 Lodges or Temples shall take precedence according 
 to the order in which they stand upon the Roll of the 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple 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, without the affirmative vote of two- 
 thirds of the members present, at a Stated Communica- 
 tion, 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 or Temple from the town, 
 village, city or portion of a city named in its charter, 
 must receive the sanction of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge previous thereto. 
 
 Every Lodge or Temple shall have a seal, and shall 
 keep the following books, to wit : 
 
 1. A Copy of the Constitution of the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
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2. A book of By-Laws, with the signature of its 
 members. 
 
 3. A record Book of the proceedings of the Lodge. 
 
 4. A Register containing the name of each member, 
 consecutively numbered, his Supreme Grand Lodge 
 number; his age, occupation, nativity and residence, 
 with the dates of his initiation, passing and raising or 
 affiliation, and also the date of the termination or sus- 
 pension 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 King's Scribe. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Lodge or Temple to pre- 
 serve in its archives a copy of the proceedings of the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge, as published from year to year. 
 
 Every Lodge or Temple shall hold a communication 
 at least once in each year, and the neglect of a Lodge 
 or Temple to do so, or to make returns and pay dues 
 for two consecutive years, shall subject it to forfeiture 
 of its charter. 
 
 All members of Lodges or Temples in good standing, 
 their wives and minor children, and the widows and 
 orphans of deceased members who died in good stand- 
 ing, have a right to charitable relief from such Lodges 
 or Temples upon presenting satisfactory evidence of 
 their Masonic character or relations, and that they are 
 in necessitous circumstances. 
 
 Lodges or Temples shall not issue or send out any 
 circular or appeal to other Lodges or Temples for 
 donations of money for any purpose whatever unless 
 
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the same shall have been submitted to, and officially 
 approved by the Supreme Grand Master. 
 
 OFFICERS OFLODGESORTEMPLES— POWERS 
 AND DUTIES 
 
 The Priest of a Lodge or Temple has power, and it 
 shall be his duty : 
 
 1. To congregate the members of his Lodge or 
 Temple upon any emergency. 
 
 2. To issue summonses, which must be issued over 
 his written signature, or by his order, and attested by 
 the written signature of the King's Scribe under the 
 seal of the Lodge or Temple ; and such summons must 
 be addressed to the Brother summoned, and either be 
 handed to him or sent through post office to his last- 
 known address. 
 
 3. To see that the duties of the King's Scribe are 
 faithfully and punctually performed, and that all re- 
 ports and returns are promptly made. 
 
 4. To discharge all the executive functions of the 
 Lodge or Temple ; and, 
 
 5. To remove any appointed officer for just cause. 
 In case of the death of the Priest, an election must 
 
 immediately be held and another elected. Full report 
 of such action must be made to the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge. In case of the death or absence of any other 
 officer, the Priest may select one of the brethren who 
 is well versed in the work. 
 
 In case of the absence of the Priest, no meeting 
 can be held on such night and same must be postponed 
 until the next regular meeting night. 
 
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It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of a Lodge or 
 Temple : 
 
 1. To receive from the King's Scribe all money 
 paid into the Lodge or Temple, and give his receipt 
 for same. 
 
 2. To keep a just and regular account thereof ; and, 
 
 3. To pay them out by order of the Lodge or Temple 
 when so certified by the Priest and King's' Scribe. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the King's Scribe of a Lodge 
 or Temple : 
 
 1. To record the proceedings of the Lodge, under 
 the direction of the presiding officer. 
 
 2. To receive all moneys paid into the Lodge or 
 Temple, and pay the same to the Treasurer. 
 
 3 . To keep a register of the members of the Lodge or 
 Temple, with a permanent number affixed to each 
 name, corresponding with the return for registry re- 
 quired by the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 4. To register alphabetically, in a suitable book, all 
 expulsions, suspensions and rejections. 
 
 5. To report immediately to the Supreme Grand 
 Secretary the name, age, occupation, nativity and resi- 
 dence of every rejected candidate for initiation, with 
 the date of such rejection. 
 
 6. To make a full and correct return to the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge of all Masters of the Secret Manuscripts, 
 King's Pioneers, Masters of the Secret Cavern and 
 Princes of the House of Pharaoh made, with the Lodge 
 or Temple number, age, occupation, nativity, residence, 
 and dates of receiving such degrees, together with full 
 information as to all changes that occurred in the 
 membership of the Lodge during the year, which re- 
 
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turn shall be made upon blanks furnished by the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge, be certified to by the King's 
 Scribe, approved by the Priest and transmitted to the 
 Supreme Grand Secretary. 
 
 7. To transmit, immediately after every election, a 
 certificate of the names and residences of the officers 
 elected to the Supreme Grand Secretary and also to 
 the Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 8. To make a full and correct return annually to the 
 Supreme Grand Secretary of the condition of the 
 Lodge or Temple on or before the 25th day of No- 
 vember, in the form prescribed by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 9. To report immediately to the Grand Secretary the 
 expulsion or suspension of a member of the Lodge or 
 Temple, stating the cause of such expulsion or sus- 
 pension. 
 
 10. To certify and affix the seal of the Lodge or 
 Temple to all the returns and certificates of election 
 made to the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 11. To attest the official signature of the Priests of 
 all other documents, when necessary. 
 
 12. The officers shall be subject, in all things re- 
 lating to their official duties, to the direction of the 
 Priest or presiding officer. 
 
 The minutes of every Communication, stated or 
 otherwise, shall be read, corrected, if necessary, and 
 approved by the Lodge before it is closed, and when 
 so approved they cannot 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 the vote of the Lodge or 
 Temple at a subsequent Communication. 
 
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The proceedings of a Lodge or Temple must be sub- 
 mitted to the Supreme Grand Lodge when required. 
 
 KESIGNATIONS, VACANCIES IN OFFICE, HOW 
 AND WHEN SUPPLIED. 
 
 Neither Priest, Singer nor Horoseopus can resign, 
 and every officer shall hold his office "until his successor 
 shall have been installed, unless his office becomes 
 vacant, as provided for. 
 
 A vacancy in office in a Lodge or Temple can only 
 occur : 
 
 1. By death. 
 
 2. By resignation of another than Priest, Singer or 
 Horoseopus. 
 
 3. By election and installation of the holder to such 
 office to fill another office in the Lodge or Temple, but 
 this shall not apply to the Priest, Singer or Horo- 
 seopus. 
 
 4. By expulsion, or by suspension for a time extend- 
 ing beyond the next election, or by removal from office. 
 
 DISSOLUTION OF LODGES, AND SURRENDER 
 OF AND FORFEITURE OF CHARTERS. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple can be dissolved only by the 
 surrender or forfeiture of its charter. 
 
 The charter of a Lodge or Temple can be sur- 
 rendered only when there cannot be found among its 
 members seven brethren, duly qualified, desirous of 
 retaining the same. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple may forfeit its charter by : 
 
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1. Contumacy to the authority of the Supreme 
 Grand Master or Grand Lodge. 
 
 2. Disobedience to the Constitution or Laws. 
 
 3. Ceasing to meet for one year ; and 
 
 4. Neglecting to make returns and pay dues. 
 
 The charter of a Lodge or Temple shall not be de- 
 clared forfeited except upon charges regularly made 
 in Supreme Grand Lodge, at its Annual Communica- 
 tion, of which charges due notice shall be given to the 
 Lodge or Temple, and an opportunity afforded it of 
 being heard in its defense. 
 
 The surrender of a charter, when approved, or the 
 forfeiture of a charter, when declared by the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge, shall be conclusive upon the Lodge or 
 Temple and its members, and all the property of the 
 Lodge or Temple shall become the property of the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge, and must, on demand, be sur- 
 rendered to the Supreme Grand Lodge, or its author- 
 ized agent, by the person or persons having its custody. 
 
 The charter of a Lodge or Temple may be sus- 
 pended by the Supreme Grand Lodge or Supreme 
 Grand Master at any time, upon proper cause shown ; 
 which suspension, when made by the Supreme Grand 
 Master, shall not extend beyond the next Annual Com- 
 munication of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 CHARTERS. 
 
 No Dispensations shall be granted for Lodges or 
 Temples under the Second Temple. No Charter shall 
 be granted for a New Lodge or Temple unless pe- 
 titioned for by at least ten Princes of the House of 
 
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Pharaoh who are in good standing in the Lodge or 
 Temple to which they belong. 
 
 When such Charter is granted, the brethren may im- 
 mediately start to work and take in new members ac- 
 cording to the Constitution and in no other wise. 
 
 LODGE OR TEMPLE MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 Membership in a Lodge or Temple 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 
 or Temple is constituted. 
 
 2. By having been accepted by the Lodge or Temple 
 as a candidate, and afterwards having received the 
 Seven degrees. 
 
 Every brother having received the seventh degree 
 shall be deemed a member of the Lodge or Temple by 
 which he shall have been accepted (if it shall then 
 exist), and it shall be his duty, immediately after re- 
 ceiving such degree, to sign the By-Laws of such 
 Lodge or Temple. 
 
 Honorary membership in a Lodge or Temple de- 
 pends entirely on active membership in some other 
 Lodge or Temple. It carries with it no rights and 
 privileges in the Lodge or Temple wherein it is con- 
 ferred, and imposes no duties; an honorary member 
 who gives up active membership is subject to the dis- 
 abilities of an unaffiliate, the honorary membership 
 being held in abeyance until he is again affiliated. 
 
 A member of a Lodge or Temple may present his 
 petition to another Lodge for affiliation therein; and 
 such last mentioned Lodge or Temple may receive the 
 
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petition, and if received it must be referred to a Com- 
 mittee of Investigation, and upon the report of the 
 Committee may take a ballot, and if thereupon such 
 petition be accepted, and the brother shall become a 
 member of the Lodge or Temple so accepting him when 
 it shall receive a certificate that such brother has been 
 regularly discharged from membership in the first 
 mentioned Lodge or Temple, and he shall have signed 
 the By-Laws of the Lodge or Temple accepting him. 
 Failing to sign the By-Laws of the accepting Lodge 
 or Temple within three months from the date of the 
 dimit, the dimit shall become null and void. The 
 King's Scribe of the accepting Lodge or Temple shall 
 at once notify the Lodge or Temple granting the 
 dimit when the brother has consummated his mem- 
 bership, or return the dimit if the brother has not 
 consummated his membership within the prescribed 
 time. 
 
 No member shall be permitted to Dimit from the 
 Lodge or Temple of which he is a member until he 
 shall present a certificate from some Lodge or Temple 
 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 or Temple, at a Stated Communication, shall, if 
 the member is not an elective officer of or indebted to 
 the Lodge or Temple, or under charges, issue a cer- 
 tificate of Dimit, which shall not be delivered to the 
 brother, but shall be transmitted by the King's Scribe, 
 to the Lodge or Temple from which such certificate of 
 petition came ; which Dimit shall not become operative, 
 or the brother's membership in the Lodge or Temple 
 
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issueing the Dimit terminated, until notice has been 
 received that the brother has consummated member- 
 ship in the other Lodge by signing the By-Laws 
 thereof. 
 
 Any member of a Lodge or Temple against whom 
 charges are not pending, and whose dues and indebted- 
 ness to the Lodge are paid, may withdraw from mem- 
 bership by presenting a written application therefor 
 at a Stated Communication. The Lodge or Temple 
 shall grant the request of the brother dropping his 
 name from the rolls, and his membership shall thereby 
 be terminated, and he shall be subject to the dis- 
 abilities of a non-affiliated Prince of the House of 
 Pharaoh. A brother thus dropped from the roll of a 
 Lodge or Temple shall be entitled to a certificate set- 
 ting forth the fact. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple shall have power to enact By- 
 Laws requiring and regulating the payment of Lodge 
 dues, and providing a penalty for non-payment there- 
 of, which penalty shall be unaffiliated ; but such 
 penalty shall not be inflicted except for non-payment 
 of at least one year's dues, nor until the brother shall 
 have been duly summoned thirty days previous to pay 
 said one year's dues. Any such unaffiliated brother 
 may be restored to membership at any Stated Com- 
 munication, by a majority vote, taken by show of 
 hands, provided the amount due at the time of such 
 unaffiliation shall have been paid; but until so re- 
 stored, the brother so unaffiliated shall not be allowed 
 to visit any Lodge or Temple, nor be entitled to receive 
 Masonic relief or burial. 
 
 Suspension, after due trial, shall not relieve the 
 
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member from payment of Lodge or Temple dues, or 
 the Lodge or Temple from Supreme Grand Lodge 
 Dues upon such member. 
 
 CANDIDATES. 
 
 A petition for initiation, after having been received 
 and referred, cannot be withdrawn, but must be acted 
 upon by report of Committee and a ballot; and an 
 adverse ballot cannot be reconsidered under any cir- 
 cumstances in less than twelve months thereafter, and 
 then only on a new petition of the candidate. 
 
 A petition for affiliation may be withdrawn before 
 it has been balloted upon. 
 
 A petition wrongfully presented and referred must 
 be returned as soon as the error is discovered. 
 
 The ballot on a petition for initiation, or for affilia- 
 tion, can be taken only at a Stated Communication, 
 and unless the ballot is unanimous in favor of the 
 petitioner he shall be declared rejected. 
 
 Every member of a Lodge or Temple present at any 
 balloting therein for initiation, advancement or affilia- 
 tion must vote. 
 
 No discussion upon the merits of a petitioner for 
 initiation, passing or raising shall be allowed in the 
 Lodge or Temple. 
 
 The balloting on a petition cannot be postponed or 
 adjourned, but when once commenced must be com- 
 pleted, and the result thereof declared. 
 
 A Lodge or Temple shall not initiate any person 
 without due inquiry into his character, nor without 
 being satisfied, in a Masonic manner, that he has been 
 previously rejected. If it shall be ascertained that a 
 
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person, being a petitioner for initiation, has been re- 
 jected, then no Lodge or Temple shall initiate him 
 until the expiration of twelve months after such re- 
 jection. 
 
 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 de- 
 manded, it must be taken, and if such ballot result in 
 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 ad- 
 vancement at any subsequent Stated Communication 
 of the Lodge or Temple ; the proposition must lie over 
 at least to the next Stated Communication, 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 re- 
 spected, and will defer the initiation of a candidate 
 or the advancement of a brother until a subsequent 
 Communication of the Lodge or Temple. The name 
 of the brother objecting or making a demand for a 
 new ballot, as herein provided, shall not be entered on 
 the minutes. 
 
 Any brother who shall in any way make known the 
 kind of ballot cast by himself or another on an applica- 
 tion for the degrees of Mystic Masonry, or any of 
 them, or for affiliation, or if, after any such balloting 
 as aforesaid, at which such application has been re- 
 jected, any brother shall in any way declare that he 
 
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or any other brother cast a certain kind of ballot at 
 such 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 offense, and such brother so 
 offending shall, on conviction thereof, be expelled. On 
 the trial of a brother for any offense specified in this 
 section, it shall not be permitted to prove the kind of 
 ballot cast by any brother, not the number of white 
 balls or ballots, or black balls or ballots, cast at any 
 such balloting. 
 
 If at any time it shall be charged that a Mystic 
 Mason made any misrepresentation to the Lodge or 
 Temple in which he shall have been initiated, or to a 
 Committee of Investigation appointed by such Lodge 
 or Temple, or used any concealment or deceit in re- 
 lation to his initiation, he may be tried therefore, and, 
 if found guilty, may be punished by suspension or ex- 
 pulsion. If, however, such concealment or deceipt re- 
 lates in any wise to any previous application for in- 
 itiation in this or any other Masonic jurisdiction, the 
 punishment therefor shall be expulsion. 
 
 DISCIPLINE. 
 
 All discipline in the Second Temple shall be con- 
 ducted exactly as in the First Temple and from the 
 decision of the Supreme Grand Master there shall be 
 no appeal under any circumstances. 
 
 All those who become members of the First, Second 
 or Third Temple take upon themselves the obligation 
 that they shall NOT carry any case to the Courts of 
 Law and it is only with this understanding that they 
 
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may be admitted to even the first degree of the first 
 Temple. 
 
 LET ALL TAKE DUE NOTICE HEREOF AND 
 GOVERN THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY. 
 
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THIRD TEMPLE 
 
 RULES and REGULATIONS 
 
 GOVERNING THE MEMBERS OF THE 
 
 Ancient and Mystic Oriental Rite 
 
 Adopted in Secret Council in the East 
 In the year of Our Lord, 1906 
 
 RULES ARE ABSOLUTELY BINDING ON ALL LODGES AND ITS 
 MEMBERS UNDER THE SUPREME GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION 
 
 These Rules help to govern the Lodges or Temples under the First and 
 Second Temples or Lodges as well as those under the Third. Only part 
 of the Rules governing the Third Temple are herein given as the others are 
 Secret and only given to the officers. 
 
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RULES 
 
 1. The whole world is but one Republic, of which 
 each Nation is a family, and every individual a child. 
 Masonry, and especially Mystic Masonry, not in any- 
 wise derogating from the differing duties which the 
 diversity of States requires, tends to create a new 
 people, a new association, a Universal Brotherhood, 
 which, composed of men of many nations and tongues, 
 shall all be bound together by the bonds of Science, 
 Morality, Virtue and Brotherly Love. 
 
 2. The real object of Mystic Masonry can be summed 
 up in these words: To efface from among men the 
 prejudice of caste, the conventional distinctions of 
 color, origin, opinion, nationality; to annihilate fan- 
 aticism and superstition, extirpate national discord 
 and with it extinguish the firebrand of war ; in a word 
 — to arrive, by free and pacific progress, at one for- 
 mula or model of eternal and universal right, accord- 
 ing to which each individual human being shall be 
 free to develop every faculty with which he may be 
 endowed, and to concur heartily and with all the 
 fullness of his strength, in the bestowment of happi- 
 ness upon all, and thus to make of the whole human 
 race one family of brothers, united by affection, 
 wisdom and labor and to bind them together in such a 
 
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way that it shall be impossible for one brother to hurt 
 another in any possible way. 
 
 3. Masonic Charity and devotion being the duty of 
 brothers, whosoever shall be convicted of having had 
 projects or acts tending to lower the Order, or attack 
 a brother's honor, shall, by the very deed, be brought 
 before the Committee appointed in such cases and if 
 found guilty, shall not only be expelled, but shall be 
 made to suffer the full penalty of such act as is pre- 
 scribed by the Secret Code. There can be no excep- 
 tions to these rules and laws, for to do so were to 
 weaken the very foundation of Mystic and Oriental 
 Masonry. 
 
 4. When the calamities of a brother call for our aid, 
 we should not withdraw the hand that might sustain 
 him from sinking but we must render him those 
 services, which, not incumbering or injuring our 
 families or fortunes, charity and religion may dictate 
 for the saving of our fellow being, nor may we draw 
 the line too closely in our favor. Mystic Masonry, 
 if for anything, is to bind its members together in one 
 bond which cannot be severed by any force whatever. 
 
 5. From this purpose, indolence dare not persuade 
 the foot to halt or wrath turn our steps out of the 
 way; but forgetting injuries and selfish feelings, and 
 remembering that man was born for the aid of his 
 generation and not for his own enjoyment only, but 
 to do that which is good, we must be swift to have 
 mercy, to save, to strengthen and execute benevolence. 
 
 6. As the good things of this life are partially dis- 
 pensed, and some are opulent, while others are in dis- 
 tress, such principles also enjoin Mystic Masons, even 
 
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if ever so poor, to testify their good will towards each 
 other. Riches alone do not allow the means of doing 
 good; virtue and benevolence are not confined to the 
 walks of opulence; the rich man, from his many 
 talents, is required to make extensive works under the 
 principles of virtue, and yet poverty is no excuse for 
 ,an omission of that exercise; for as the cry of inno- 
 cence ascendeth up to heaven, as the voice of babes 
 and sucklings reach the throne of God, and as the 
 breathings of a contrite heart are heard in the regions 
 of dominion, so a Mystic 's prayers, devoted to the wel- 
 fare of his brother, are required of him. 
 
 7. Another principle is never to injure the confi- 
 dence of your brother by revealing his secrets; for 
 perhaps, that were to rob him of the guard which 
 protects his property or life. The tongue of a Mystic 
 Mason must be void of offense and without guile to- 
 wards a brother, speaking truth with discretion and 
 keeping itself within the rule of judgment, maintain- 
 ing a heart void of uncharitableness, locking up see- 
 rets and communing in charity and love. 
 
 8. So much is required of the Mystic Mason in his 
 gifts as discretion shall limit ; charity begins at home, 
 but like a fruitful olive tree planted by the side of a 
 fountain whose boughs overshoot the wall, so is char- 
 ity ; it spreads its arms abroad from the strength and 
 opulence of its station and bendeth its shade for the 
 repose and relief of those who are gathered under its 
 branches. Charity, when given with imprudence, is 
 no longer a virtue ; but when flowing from abundance, 
 it is glorious as the beams of morning, in whose beauty 
 thousands rejoice. When, donations, extorted by pity, 
 
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are detrimental to a man's family, they become sacri- 
 fices to superstition, and like incense to idols are dis- 
 approved by heaven. 
 
 9. In the intercourse with the world, we must care- 
 fully guard ourselves against depreciating any brother 
 of the Order, no matter what his faults may be. We 
 must not let any words of ill-will fall from our lips 
 relating to the members of our Fraternity. If, from 
 motives of jealousy at our success and progress, they 
 choose to be antagonistic to us, let all the aggressive 
 acts be on the other side; for if Mystic Masons dis- 
 agree among themselves, and make their dissensions 
 matters of public notoriety, what opinion of us can we 
 expect from the outer world, and how can it believe 
 in our profession of Brotherly Love, Friendship and 
 the Universal Brotherhood of Man ? 
 
 10. As the Ancient Mystic Oriental Masons of the 
 Universe consider the Blue Lodge or Ancient Craft 
 Masonry the foundation and fundamental basis of our 
 Institution, to which the Masonic allegiance of all its 
 members is due, and from which there can be no devia- 
 tion; therefore, no Mason can be allowed to join the 
 Ancient Mystic Oriental Rite of the Universe unless 
 he is a member of some Ancient Free and Accepted 
 Masonic Body. 
 
 11. Initiates of Mystic and Oriental Masonry are 
 ordered to fraternize with the members of all other 
 Rites. "Tolerance" is not only written at the head of 
 all its Sacred Laws, but is an absolute and unbreak- 
 able rule. There is but one exception to this rule. 
 No Mystic Mason can, under any circumstances, recog- 
 nize the member of any Masonic Body in which the 
 
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"G" does not hold a prominent place. In such cases 
 Masonic rule is broken and in this respect Albert G. 
 Mackey, the Highest Masonic authority on the Conti- 
 nent of America, in his Masonic Jurisprudence, says : 
 1 ' Within the past few years an attempt has been made 
 by some Grand Lodges to add to these simple, moral, 
 and religious qualifications, another, which requires a 
 belief in the Divine authenticity of the Scriptures. It 
 is much to be regretted that Masons will sometimes 
 forget the fundamental law of their Institution, and 
 endeavor to add to or detract from the perfect integ- 
 rity of the building, as it was left to them by their pre- 
 decessors. Whenever this is done, the beauty of our 
 temple must suffer. The Landmarks of Masonry are 
 so perfect that they neither need nor will permit of 
 the slightest amendment. ' ' 
 
 12. The "G" in the Masonic Institution is the 
 oldest Landmark the institution has and to take this 
 away is to break Masonic Rule. It is un-Masonic and 
 any Grand Lodge doing this is not only un-Masonic 
 but becomes, by that very act, Spurious or Clandestine 
 Masonry. This is Masonic Law. It cannot be broken.* 
 
 13. It is an absolute rule that the Ritual must be 
 used in all Initiation work. This is nothing new even 
 among Craft Masonry. Says a member of the Bel- 
 gium Lodge: "Our Lodge, called 'La Charite,' at 
 Orient Charlevoi, is under obedience of the great 
 Orient at Brussels, and has the Scottish Rite. No 
 
 *"G M This letter is deservedly regarded as one of 
 the most sacred of the Masonic emblems. Where it is 
 used, however, as a symbol of Deity, it must be re- 
 
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Mason is supposed to know anything of the ritual by- 
 heart. Questions and answers are read out, especially 
 at initiation. The work of the Mason is supposed to 
 be interior work in himself, before it can become ex- 
 terior labor. So in order to obtain his degree he has 
 to do some work of his own, and no one is supposed ta 
 learn anything by heart, except words, signs and pass- 
 words. Now I have to tell you that every Mason is 
 supposed to do some literary work on general subjects 
 concerning the welfare of man, human institutions, 
 sociology, history, philosophy, philanthropy, etc., and 
 it is such work that a young Mason is supposed to do. 
 Then, after reading these papers, they are discussed 
 by all the members of the Lodge present, perhaps for 
 three or four meetings, until the subject seems to be 
 exhausted. This develops, in the young Mason, his 
 intelligence and his moral feeling. ' ' According to this 
 
 membered that it is the Saxon representative of the 
 Hebrew Yod and the Greek Taxi — the initial letters of 
 the name of the Eternal in those Languages. This 
 symbol proves that Freemasonry always prosecuted its 
 labors with reference to the grand ideas of Infinity and 
 Eternity. By the letter "G" — which conveys to the 
 minds of the brethren, at the same time, the idea of 
 God and that of Geometry — it bound heaven to earth, 
 the Divine to the human, and the infinite to the finite. 
 Masons are taught to regard the Universe as the 
 grandest of all symbols, revealing to men, in all ages, 
 the ideas which are eternally revolving in the mind of 
 the Divinity, and which it is their duty to reproduce 
 in their own lives and in the world of art and industry. 
 Thus God and Geometry, the material worlds and the 
 Spiritual spheres, were constantly united in the spec- 
 
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it is not forbidden in Craft Masonry to use the Rituals 
 during labor and the Supreme lodge of Ancient 
 and Oriental Mystic Masonry now makes it an abso- 
 lute rule that All Lodges must use the Ritual during 
 labor. There can be no exception to this rule. To dis- 
 obey means the revocation of the Charter of such 
 Lodge. 
 
 14. Whosoever wishes to be admitted to the secrets, 
 and afterwards to be initiated, must be a man of honor 
 and of true spiritual power; he must already be of 
 some learning in the Mysteries concerning initiation; 
 for only those will be accepted who will be of service 
 to the great work. It will be necessary that he shall 
 
 ulations of the ancient Masons. They, consequently, 
 labored earnestly and unweariedly, not only to con- 
 struct cities, and embellish them with magnificent 
 edifices, but also to build up a temple of great and 
 Divine thoughts and of ever-growing virtues for the 
 Soul to dwell in* The symbolical letter "G" — 
 
 ' ' That hieroglyphic bright, 
 
 Which none but craftsmen ever saw," 
 and before which every true Mason reverently un- 
 covers, and bows his head — is a perpetual condemna- 
 tion of profanity, impiety and vice. No brother who 
 has bowed before that emblem can be profane. He 
 will never speak the name of the Grand Master of the 
 Universe but with reverence, respect and — Love, He 
 will learn, by studying the Mystic meaning of the 
 letter "G," to model his life after the Divine plan; 
 and, thus instructed, he will strive to be like God in 
 the activity and earnestness of his benevolence, and the 
 
 *The true meaning of the Temple of Sol-om-on, 
 called Solomon's Temple. 
 
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be a member of the M C E. . . , 
 
 have taken the Obligation as a Brother and have his 
 name enrolled among that Order. After this is done 
 he can make application for Initiation into the Lodge. 
 
 15. The Supreme Grand Master, or his Deputy, has 
 Authority and Right, not only to be present in any 
 true Lodge, but also to preside wherever he is, with 
 the Master of the Lodge on his left hand, and to order 
 the other Officers to do such duty as he may wish. 
 
 16. The Master of a particular Lodge has the Right 
 and Authority of congregating the Members of his 
 Lodge into a Chapter at pleasure, upon any Emer- 
 gency or Occurrence, as well as to appoint the time 
 and place of their usual meeting. In case of the 
 
 broadness and efficiency of his charity. "The letter 
 'G' occupies a prominent position in several of the 
 degrees in the American system ; is found in many of 
 the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite ; 
 in Adonhiramite Masonry; and, in fact, in every one 
 of the many systems in which the people of the six- 
 teenth and seventeenth century were so prolific in 
 manufacturing. Wherever we find this recondite 
 symbol in any of the Masonic rites, it has the same 
 significance — a substitute for the Hebraic jod, the 
 initial letter of the Divine name, and a monogram that 
 expressed the Uncreated Being, Principal of ALL 
 things; and inclosed in a Triangle, the unity of Ood. 
 We recognize the same letter "G" in the Syriac Gad, 
 the Swedish Gud, the German Gutt, and the English 
 God — all names of the Deity and all derived from the 
 Persian Goda, itself derived from the absolute pronoun 
 signifying himself."* 
 
 # Macoy and Oliver "History and Cyclopedia of 
 Freemasonry. ' ' 
 
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sickness of the Master no Lodge can be opened. In 
 the case of the death of the Master of any of the other 
 Officers, the Deputy Grand Master will appoint a suc- 
 cessor. 
 
 17. The Master of each particular Lodge shall keep 
 a Book containing their By-Laws, the Names of their 
 Members, with a list of other Lodges in such state 
 or country. A copy of the Secret Laws shall also be 
 kept in such Lodge and each member must possess a 
 copy of such Secret Laws. 
 
 18. No man can be made or admitted a member of 
 a particular Lodge, without previous notice one 
 Month before given to the said Lodge, in order to 
 make due inquiry into the reputation and capacity 
 of the Candidate ; unless by Special Dispensation. No 
 man can be admitted or made unless he first becomes 
 a member of the 
 
 19. "The candidate shall solemnly promise to sub- 
 mit to the Constitutions, the Charges, Regulations, 
 and such other Usages as shall be intimated to him 
 in time and place convenient. 
 
 20. No set or number of Brethren shall withdraw 
 or separate themselves from the Lodge in which they 
 were made Brethren, or were afterwards admitted 
 Members, unless the Lodge becomes too numerous; 
 nor even then, without a Dispensation from the Su- 
 preme Grand Master; and when they are thus sepa- 
 rated, they must either immediately join themselves 
 to such other Lodge as they shall be ordered, or else 
 they must obtain the Supreme Grand Master's war- 
 rant to join in forming a new Lodge. 
 
 21. If any number of Brethren shall take upon 
 
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themselves to form a Lodge without the Supreme 
 Grand Master's Warrant, the regular Lodges are not 
 to countenance them, nor own them as fair Brethren 
 and duly formed, but treat them as Rebels. It will 
 be impossible that this should happen for the reason 
 that the Brethren can only reach the Supreme Grand 
 Master through the Deputy and since not even the 
 Masters of the Lodges can come into direct contact 
 with the unknown Supreme Grand Master, and since 
 no one but the candidate for the Highest Degrees can 
 know the Supreme Grand Master, it will be impossible 
 to form such clandestine Lodges, since their very 
 support and source of Light would be totally cut off 
 from them. Besides this, The Secret Code absolutely 
 forbids this and under the Obligation that each 
 Brother takes before he can be admitted to even the 
 first degree of Mystic Masonry, he can never betray 
 either a Brother or the Lodge to which he belongs, 
 much less the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 22. If any Brother so far misbehaves himself as to 
 render his Lodge uneasy, he shall be admonished by 
 the Master in the formed Lodge; and if he will not 
 refrain his Imprudence, and obediently submit to the 
 advice of the Brethren, and reform what gives them 
 Offense, he shall be dealt with according to the Sec- 
 ret Rules, for the Lodge of Mystic Masonry combines 
 both the Church and the Academy and the Brethren 
 meet for instruction and worship, therefore, no in- 
 harmony can be allowed to prevail. 
 
 23. All Lodges are to observe the same Usages as 
 much as possible, in order to do this, and for culti- 
 vating a good understanding among Mystic Masons, 
 
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some members out of every Lodge shall be deputed to 
 visit other Lodges as often as shall be thought con- 
 venient and each Lodge, or several may combine, may 
 form a College for secret instruction of its members. 
 
 24. The Supreme Grand Lodge consists of the un- 
 known Supreme Grand Master, the Supreme Grand 
 Master, the Supreme Grand Deputy, the Grand Secre- 
 tary, the Grand Deputies of the States and the Secret 
 Teacher or Hierophants of the Higher Degrees. The 
 Brethren who come into touch with the Hierophants 
 are absolutely forbidden, as per their Obligation, to 
 ever reveal the abiding place of any Hierophant. 
 
 25. The Supreme Grand Master holds such posi- 
 tion for life and selects his own Deputy, Secretary, 
 Deputies and other Officers. He may resign and ap- 
 point his successor and each new Supreme Grand 
 Master has the authority to formulate his own Rules 
 and Regulations with the exception of the Secret 
 Rules. He can choose his own Seal and even change 
 the name of the Order. He must, however, retain all 
 Deputies who have proven proficient under former 
 Supreme Grand Masters and he cannot, under any cir- 
 cumstances, change the Grand Hierophants. He can- 
 not change any of the degrees nor any of the Lodges. 
 Each Supreme Grand Master must select his successor 
 immediately after he takes charge of his office and 
 such a one as he selects must be under his instructions 
 for no less than ten years, unless, as it sometimes hap- 
 pens, that the Supreme Grand Master meets with an 
 untimely death. The one who then succeeds him in 
 office cannot, under his Obligation, cause any inhar- 
 mony in the Order. 
 
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26. The Supreme Grand Master issues all Dispen- 
 sations and Warrants for Lodges throughout the 
 known world. He shall keep a book, or appoint a Sec- 
 retary to keep such book, wherein be recorded all the 
 Lodges, with their usual times and places of meeting, 
 and the names of all the members of each Lodge ; and 
 all the affairs of the Supreme Grand Lodge that are 
 proper to be written. Such books must be kept in the 
 Secret Archives of the Order, together with all such 
 other Secret Manuscripts and documents as may come 
 into the possession of the Supreme Grand Body. 
 
 27. The Supreme Grand Master CANNOT abuse 
 his power, even with his almost unlimited authority, 
 for the reason that the Grand Hierophants and the 
 Great White Brotherhood are above him in authority 
 and he is always held accountable to them for anything 
 that he may do. 
 
 28. A member leaving any of the Temples or guilty 
 of breaking any of the Laws, or guilty of Contumacy, 
 shall absolutely be forbidden to either become a mem- 
 ber of any of the other Temples or to advance further 
 in the work, nor shall he be permitted to enter any 
 Temple or Lodge. This is ABSOLUTE Law and must 
 not be broken under any circumstances. 
 
 29. In countries, cities or states, in which there is 
 no Master Mason Lodge, the First Temples may work 
 as is done in any other Lodge. In such cities where 
 there is a Temple of Princes of the House of Pharaoh 
 and where there is a Master Mason Lodge under an- 
 other Jurisdiction, then work shall be done in the 
 Prince of the House of Pharaoh Degree. This Fra- 
 ternity being RELIGIOUS and PEACE-MILITANT, 
 shall avoid quarrels as much as possible and work in 
 peace. 
 
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MOST SUPREME 
 
 Grand Lodge of the Universe 
 
 ANCIENT AND MYSTIC ORIENTAL MASONS 
 
 (Title Reg. U. S. Pat. Office) 
 Containing Rules and Regulations governing the Supreme Body 
 
 DESIGN PATENT, No, 369,036. 
 
 These Rules and Constitutions are absolutely binding on all Subordinate 
 Lodges or Temples as well as upon the individual members. There can be 
 no appeal therefrom in any manner. 
 
 The Supreme Grand Master has it in his power to issue any necessary 
 Edict and as such, it is absolute law. 
 
GRAND LODGE 
 
 This Grand Lodge is to be known henceforth as 
 "THE MOST SUPREME GRAND LODGE OP THE 
 UNIVERSE, ANCIENT AND MYSTIC ORIENTAL 
 MASONS." 
 
 The Grand Lodge of the Universe claims concurrent 
 jurisdiction over all matters of Ancient Mystic Ori- 
 ental Masonry throughout the known world. 
 
 The Grand Lodge consists of the Unknown Supreme 
 Grand Master, the Supreme Grand Master, the Su- 
 preme Grand Deputy, the Grand Secretary, the Grand 
 Deputies of all Countries and the Secret Teachers or 
 Hierophants of the Higher Degrees. 
 
 The Grand Lodge thus organized should meet at 
 least once a year, and this meeting is to be considered 
 and denominated the Grand Annual Communication. 
 This Annual Communication can only be called by the 
 Supreme Grand Master and all questions to be con- 
 sidered must first be placed into his hands for his con- 
 sideration. 
 
 No new Rules or Regulations may be enacted unless 
 the Supreme Grand Master gives his consent thereto 
 and even then such Rules and Regulations must not 
 be contrary to the Ancient Rules of the Order. 
 
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No brother whatever can be admitted into this 
 Grand Communication unless he is a member in good 
 standing of some Lodge or Temple of ' ' Prince of the 
 House of Pharoah," and not then unless by special 
 permission of the Supreme Grand Master. 
 
 A brother of the Third Temple having business, or 
 whose attendance may be necessary in point of evi- 
 dence or intelligence, or a brother of eminence, upon 
 motion, or leave asked and obtained, may be admitted 
 into the Grand Lodge; but such brother, being ad- 
 mitted, shall not be allowed to vote, nor have a right to 
 speak to any question or matter in debate, without 
 leave, or unless desired to give his opinion, and then he 
 must confine himself to the one matter only. 
 
 No member of the Grand Lodge, no matter who he 
 may be, shall attend the Grand Convocation unless 
 clothed in the proper uniform and he shall also bring 
 his Special gown with him in case he is ordered to 
 wear it. There can be no exception to this. 
 
 If the Supreme Grand Master is absent from the 
 meeting, no meeting can be held, for the Grand Master 
 must be in the chair. If any other Officer is not 
 present the meeting can go on as though such member 
 were present. 
 
 In case of the death of the Supreme Grand Master, 
 the one who he had appointed shall take his place 
 without any ceremony or Special Meeting. There can 
 be no appeal from this and the Fraternity in general 
 must recognize such Supreme Leader. 
 
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PARTICULAR BUSINESS. 
 
 The business of the Grand Lodge at their stated 
 Convocation is to seriously consider and transact all 
 business and settle all matters that concern the Pros- 
 perity and welfare of the whole Fraternity, including 
 the First, Second, Third Temple and Chapter under 
 this Jurisdiction, although the Supreme Grand Master 
 might personally see to this and can do so if he so de- 
 sires. 
 
 It is more especially the duty of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge in Grand Convocation to consider the welfare of 
 private Lodges and single brothers in particular. 
 Here, therefore, are all differences to be seriously 
 considered and decided, that cannot be made up and 
 accommodated privately and decided to the general 
 benefit of the Whole Fraternity, such ruling, however, 
 to be in strict accord with the Rulings of Third 
 Temple. 
 
 If any brother thinks himself aggrieved by the de- 
 cision of any private Lodge or Temple, he may, by 
 lodging an appeal in writing with the Grand Secretary 
 (who must summon all the parties and their witnesses 
 to appear at the next ensuing Grand Communication), 
 have the matter rehearsed and finally determined up- 
 on, and the Grand Lodge may adjourn from day to 
 day, until the business is finished. And the Supreme 
 Grand Master, when the Lodge is regularly opened, 
 shall communicate to the other Grand Officers the 
 nature of whatever business is to come before them, 
 and for the sake of admitting witnesses it is esteemed 
 to try all matters of controversy in a committee of the 
 
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Lodge; and in order thereto, the Supreme Grand 
 Master shall direct a committee of the whole Lodge to 
 meet in Lodge room on the succeeding day for the 
 aforesaid purposes, who shall examine and determine 
 upon all and every kind of business that may be re- 
 referred to them, and make a report of their proceed- 
 ings to the Grand Lodge on the same day of their 
 ratifications. 
 
 In hearing all complaints and punishing delin- 
 quents, according to the laws of the old Fraternity, 
 they are instructed to adhere most strictly to the old 
 Hebrew regulations, viz.: "If a complaint be made 
 against a brother, and he be found guilty, he shall 
 stand to the determination of the Lodge; but if the 
 accuser or complainant cannot support his charges, 
 and it should appear to the Lodge to be groundless, 
 being the result of hatred, malice or some unwarrant- 
 able passion, he shall incur such penalty as the accused 
 would have done had he been duly convicted." In 
 either case, there can be no appeal from the verdict of 
 the Supreme Grand Lodge and such matter cannot and 
 shall not be taken into any Law Court and the mem- 
 bers of the Fraternity must strictly obey their Temple 
 Obligation or be convicted of perjury. This is abso- 
 lute law. 
 
 All matters of controversy before the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge shall be determined fey a majority of 
 votes ; that is to say, the Supreme Grand Master having 
 one vote (unless in case of an equal division, and then 
 two) ; the Supreme Deputy one vote; the Other Depu- 
 ties one vote; the Grand Secretary one vote; and the 
 Grand Hierophants, if present, one vote each. 
 
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PAETICULAR REGULATIONS. 
 
 The Grand Master holds such position for life. See 
 Rules and Regulations of the Third Temple. 
 
 He selects his own Supreme Grand Reputy, the 
 Grand Deputies of each Country, the Deputies of 
 States, the Grand Secretary and the Grand Hiero- 
 phants, which must be confirmed by the Grand Order 
 of the Eleventh Degree. 
 
 Whenever an application is made to the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge for a Charter by a sufficient number of 
 brethren, the Grand Master only shall grant such 
 Charter. This covers the First, Second and Third 
 Temples and the Chapter. No one can have authority 
 to grant such Charter except the Supreme Grand 
 Master. It is his duty to know whether the brothers 
 who petition for such Charter are men w r orthy and to 
 be trusted. 
 
 The Charter of the First Temple shall only be 
 granted to such brethren in order that they may pre- 
 pare men for the Second Temple and such Brethren 
 shall not work in such First Temple except to prepare 
 men for the Second and Third Temples. All business 
 is to be done in the Second Temple or Degree of 
 "Princes of the House of Pharaoh." In Cities where 
 there are a sufficient number of Master Masons, the 
 Grand Lodge shall not grant Charter for the First 
 Temple. Provided, that a sufficient number of such 
 Master Masons can be obtained to form such Second 
 Temple. 
 
 When a Lodge or Temple becomes too numerous for 
 working together, and application is made by some of 
 the members for leave to separate, and form a new 
 
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Lodge or Temple, the cause of their separation should 
 be certified by the Lodge from whence they wish to 
 separate, to the Supreme Grand Master, at the same 
 time recommending the most proper and fitting 
 brethren as officers of the new Lodge or Temple, be- 
 fore a Charter shall issue. 
 
 Every Charter issued from the Grand Lodge, 
 whether for the First, Second or Third Temple, or 
 Chapter, it shall be signed by the Grand Master, sealed 
 with the seal of the Supreme Grand Lodge and di- 
 rected to three reputable brethren, authorizing them to 
 call in other brethren to assistance and give these 
 three worthy brethren full power to do all work in 
 their respective temple or lodge and to. appoint such 
 other brethren as officers as may be required, agree- 
 ably to ancient customs and usages, the fee shall be 
 regulated for such Charter by the Grand Master, and 
 such fee shall be used for the purposes that such fees 
 are usually used for. 
 
 Each person admitted to any degree in the Grand 
 Lodge shall pay a stated fee and the Grand Lodge re- 
 serves the right to have him made a member of any 
 Lodge or Temple thereafter. 
 
 Each Lodge or Temple on record shall annually, on 
 the 25th day of November, pay to the Grand Treasurer 
 for the time being, as a proper support to the Grand 
 Lodge, the sum of $1.00 for each and every member 
 belonging to such Lodge or Temple and the same rules 
 govern the Chapters. 
 
 Each Lodge or Temple, no matter in what degree, 
 shall also pay to the Grand Treasurer for the time 
 being, as a support to the Grand Lodge, 20 per eent. 
 
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of the initiation fee for every Application accepted. 
 This rule includes the First, Second and Third 
 Temple and the Chapter. Failure to do this shall re- 
 sult in forfeiture of Charter and all Charter rights. 
 Keturns shall be made every three months to the 
 Grand Secretary or Grand Master. 
 
 The several Lodges or Temples, as well as the 
 Chapters, shall transmit to the Grand Lodge annually, 
 on or before the 25th of November, a list of all the 
 officers and members composing each such Lodge or 
 Temple and Chapter, distinguishing their rank and 
 degree, together with such other matters relating to 
 the Fraternity in general, as may be deemed proper to 
 communicate, and that the said list be recorded by the 
 Grand Secretary in a book to be set apart for that 
 purpose, to the end that the Grand Lodge may at all 
 times know the number of laborers engaged in the 
 Sublime work. 
 
 Every brother of the rank of Prince of the House of 
 Pharaoh receives a certificate of such membership 
 without any fee whatever, but he may, if he deems his 
 Lodge or Temple W^rth^, give such an amount as he 
 deems proper so that his Lodge or Temple may have 
 the wherewith to do the work properly. 
 
 THE GRAND MASTER. 
 
 The Supreme Grand Master holds such position for 
 life and selects his own Deputy, his Own Deputies for 
 the several countries and states, the Secretary and 
 Treasurer. 
 
 He may resign and appoint his successor and each 
 new Supreme Grand Master has the authority to 
 
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formulate his own Rules and Regulations, provided 
 that such Rules and Regulations shall never be con- 
 trary to those in usage at the present time. He shall 
 never, under any circumstances change the Secret 
 Rules. 
 
 He can choose his own Seal and even change the 
 name of the Order if he deems it necessary. 
 
 He must retain all the Deputies who have proven 
 proficient and faithful under the former Supreme 
 Grand Master and he cannot, under any circum- 
 stances, change the Grand Hierophants. 
 
 He cannot change any of the degrees nor any of the 
 Lodges or Temples. Each Supreme Grand Master 
 must select his successor immediately after he takes 
 charge of his office and such a one as he selects must 
 be under his instructions for no less than ten years, 
 unless, as it sometimes happens, that the Supreme 
 Grand Master meets with an untimely death, in which 
 case the one selected by him shall take his position, but 
 shall be very careful not to cause any inharmony. 
 
 The Supreme Grand Master has power: 
 
 1. To convene any Lodge or Temple within his juris- 
 diction, preside therein, inspect its proceedings, and 
 require its conformity to Ancient Usages and accord- 
 ing to the Rules and Regulations herein contained. 
 
 2. He has the inherent power to convene such 
 brethren as he chooses into a Lodge of Emergency, 
 open it in regular order, and perform such duties, in- 
 cluding Initiations, as he may see fit. ^ ; 
 
 3. To require the attendance of, and any informa- 
 tion from, any Officer or Grand Officer. 
 ji%li,? us P end an y 0fficer of a Lod S e > Temple, or 
 
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Chapter from the functions of his office for just cause, 
 and such officer may not visit such Lodge or Temple 
 for the time being. 
 
 5. To suspend the Charter of any Lodge or Temple 
 or any Chapter for just cause, and such Suspension 
 shall stand until such cause is removed. 
 
 6. In case of vacancies in the offices of any Lodge or 
 Temple or Chapter, to grant Dispensation for the 
 election of new Officers. 
 
 7. To grant Charter for a new Lodge or Temple and 
 for new Chapters, according to these Constitutions. 
 
 8. To do all such other things as are inherent in and 
 pertain to his office and the Mystic Oriental Rite and 
 which do not conflict with these Constitutions. 
 
 9. The Supreme Grand Master has the inherent 
 power to issue Edkts to the subordinate Lodges or 
 Temples and to the Chapters by his own authority, 
 and such Edicts have the force of Mystic Oriental 
 Masonic Law. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Supreme Grand Master: 
 
 1. To preside in the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 2. To exercise all the executive functions of the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge when it is not in session. 
 
 3. To appoint a Brother of the Highest Degree and 
 prepare him as the future Grand Master. 
 
 THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
 The Deputy Grand Master chosen by the Supreme 
 Grand Master, shall have power to discharge such 
 Executive functions of the Grand Lodge as may be 
 delegated to him by the Grand Master, and such 
 
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duties as may be imposed by this Constitution and no 
 other. 
 
 THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS OF FOREIGN 
 COUNTRIES. 
 
 The duties of the Deputy Grand Masters of all 
 foreign countries shall have the same powers and 
 duties as the Supreme Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 It shall also be their duty, in addition, to see that all 
 required papers be filled with their powers and they 
 are held responsible for this. 
 
 It shall be their duty to see that nothing is done that 
 is contrary to the Laws of their Country. 
 
 It shall be their duty to look after the Lodges or 
 Temples in their Country and to act in regard to such 
 Lodges as does the Supreme Grand Master in the 
 country in which he resides. 
 
 Such Deputies shall look after the welfare of the 
 Fraternity and shall make full Quarterly reports 
 directly to the Supreme Grand Master. 
 
 Such Deputies shall not have authority to issue either 
 Dispensations or Charters, but must petition the Su- 
 preme Grand Lodge whenever such Dispensation or 
 Charter is desired. 
 
 All Deputies of all Foreign Countries shall be mem- 
 bers of the M. E. C. and hold certificates to show that 
 they do belong to such order. 
 
 They shall be required to do such additional acts 
 and duties as are required from them by the Secret 
 Code. 
 
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THE SUPREME GRAND SECRETARY. 
 
 The office of Supreme Grand Secretary is one of 
 great importance in the Grand Lodge, from the multi- 
 plicity of matters committed to his care, and from the 
 abilities and learning requisite in the management of 
 them. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Supreme Grand Secre- 
 tary: 
 
 1. To record the transactions of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge in all matters of the First, Second and Third 
 Temples and the Chapters. 
 
 2. To register all initiates and affiliates of Lodges or 
 Temples under the Mystic Masonic Jurisdiction re- 
 turned 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 not held by the Supreme Grand 
 Master. 
 
 4. To receive and keep a proper account of all 
 moneys of the Supreme Grand Lodge, with date of 
 their receipts, and pay over the same promptly to the 
 Grand Treasurer, taking his receipt therefor. 
 
 5. To report annually to the Supreme Grand Lodge 
 the amount of moneys received by him, by items and 
 dates, and the specific sources from which it was re- 
 ceived ; also the Lodges or Temples and Chapters that 
 have neglected to render proper reports and returns, 
 and such general information as to the State of the 
 Lodges as may be proper for the information or action 
 of the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
 
 6. To conduct the correspondence of the Supreme 
 
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Grand Lodge, under the direction of the Supreme 
 Grand Master. 
 
 7. To attend, with any books, papers, writings, etc., 
 under his control, or in his custody, all meetings of the 
 Grand Lodge, and also to attend upon the Grand 
 Master, on all business connected with the Fraternity. 
 
 8. To furnish each Deputy Grand Master with a 
 list of all Lodges or Temples, and Chapters in his 
 District. 
 
 9. To keep an alphabetical register of all rejections 
 officially reported to him from Lodges or Temples and 
 Chapters, specifying the date of such rejections, the 
 age, occupation, nativity and residence of the person 
 rejected, together with the names and number of the 
 Lodge or Temple, or Chapter from which received, and 
 at all proper times to furnish all free inspection of the 
 said register to all members of the Second Temple in 
 good standing. 
 
 He must keep an extra book to record all the above 
 for each foreign country and by foreign countries is 
 meant all such countries except that in which he re- 
 sides. 
 
 THE GBAND SECRETARIES OF FOREIGN 
 COUNTRIES. 
 
 The Duties of all Grand Secretaries of all foreign 
 countries in which there are Lodges or Temples and 
 Chapters under this Jurisdiction are the same as that 
 of the Supreme Grand Secretary with the addition 
 that they must keep two such records and send in to 
 the Supreme Grand Master, every three months, a 
 copy of such record and such record must be complete 
 
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in all its details. Failure to promptly attend to such 
 duties will be ample cause for the revocation of such 
 Secretary's commission and the appointment of an- 
 other. 
 
 The Grand Secretaries of all foreign countries must 
 be members of the M. C. E. and hold certificates of 
 membership. 
 
 THE SUPREME GRAND TREASURER. 
 
 The Grand Treasurer, or his Assistant, shall always 
 be present in the Grand Lodge, and ready to attend 
 the Grand Master and other Grand Officers with his 
 books for inspection when required, but such inspec- 
 tion shall only be had by the orders of the Supreme 
 Grand Master. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Supreme Grand 
 Treasurer : 
 
 1. To take charge of all the funds, securities and 
 vouchers of the Grand Lodge, depositing the funds 
 and securities in the name of the Supreme Grand 
 Lodge, payable on his order as Grand Treasurer, in 
 some depository approved by the Grand Master or in 
 the Secret Archives. 
 
 2. To pay all orders duly drawn under the laws or 
 special direction of the Grand Lodge, and certified to 
 by the Grand Secretary. 
 
 3. To attend upon the Grand Lodge or its Grand 
 Master, when required, with the books and all docu- 
 ments relating to his office ; and, when required, upon 
 the meeting of any committee whose duty it may be to 
 act in relation to the fiscal concerns of the Supreme 
 Grand Lodge. 
 
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4. To report annually to the Grand Lodge the 
 amount of his receipts and expenditures by items, and 
 from whom and where received, and to whom and 
 where paid. 
 
 5. To execute and file with the Grand Master an 
 official bond, with securities, in an amount to be ap- 
 proved by the Grand Master, at the commencement of 
 each year, conditioned that he will pay to the Grand 
 Lodge, or to its successor in office, all funds and 
 property of the Grand Lodge that shall come to his 
 hands as Grand Treasurer and remain un-expended. 
 
 ADDITIONAL DUTIES. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the several Officers of the 
 Grand Lodge, in addition to the duties herein speci- 
 ally mentioned, to perform such other duties as shall 
 be prescribed by the Grand Master, under the pro- 
 visions of this Constitution. 
 
 When such duty is imposed, its neglect or violation, 
 without excuse, shall be considered an offense against 
 the Fraternity. 
 
 REGALIA 
 
 All regalia, cus tomes, jewels, etc., used by the 
 Supreme Grand Lodge in either the First, Second or 
 Third Temple, or in the Chapter shall be in the cus- 
 tody of the Supreme Grand Master and none other 
 and shall be placed and guarded by him as he thinks 
 proper. 
 
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DOCUMENTS 
 
., Sen. War. 
 ., Jun. War- 
 
 WARRANT-FIRST TEMPLE 
 
 Most Supreme Grand Lodge of the Universe, Ancient and Mystic Oriental Masons. 
 (FIRST TEMPLE) 
 
 To all to Whom These Presents May Come, Greeting: 
 
 Supreme Grand Master 
 
 _ Supreme Grand Deputy 
 
 Supreme Grand Secretary 
 
 The Most Supreme Grand Lodge of the Universe, Supreme over the First 
 Second and Third Temple and over the Chapter, assembled in the Grand 
 Convocation in the Great East, Send Love. 
 
 KNOW YE, That we the Supreme Grand Lodge of the Universe, do 
 hereby authorize and empower our tried and worthy Brothers. 
 DEGREES- 
 
 Apprentice. , M 
 
 (Entered Apprentice) 
 
 Companion. 
 (Fellow Craft) 
 
 Master. 
 (Master Mason) 
 To open and hold a Lodge or Temple of Masters (Master Masons) , at 
 
 , in , to 
 
 be known and distinguished by the name or style of 
 
 and No and therein Enter, Pass and Raise Freemasons, 
 
 according- to the Ancient landmarks, Constitution and usages of our 
 August Fraternity, and NOT in any other wise. 
 And we further authorize and empower our said Tried and Worthy 
 
 Brothers, _ ._ _ 
 
 to open and hold under the Jurisdiction of the said Most Supreme Grand 
 Lodge of the Universe, A. and M. O. M. Temples or Lodges, and confer the 
 degrees of Master, Companion and Apprentice, according to the Ancient 
 Landmarks, present Regulations and Secret Rules and NOT otherwise. 
 
 And further, the said Master and Warden, and their successors in office, 
 are hereby respectively authorized and directed, by and with the consent 
 and assistance of a majority of the members of the said Lodge or Temple 
 duly to be summoned and present upon such occasions, to elect and install 
 the officers of the said Lodge as vacancies happen, in manner and form as 
 is, or may be, prescribed by the Constitutions of THIS Supreme Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 And further, the said Lodge or Temple is hereby invested with full power 
 and authority to assemble upon proper and lawful occasions, to make 
 Mystic Masons, and to admit members, as also to do and perform all and 
 every act and thing pertaining to the Fraternity as have been and ought to 
 be done, for the honor and advantage thereof, conforming in all their pro- 
 ceedings to the Constitutions of the Most Supreme Grand Lodge, other- 
 wise this Warrant, and the powers hereby granted, do cease and be of no 
 further effect. 
 
 Given under the seal of the Most Supreme Grand 
 Lodge in the Great East, and signed by the 
 
 Supreme Grand Master, this day of 
 
 __ , in the year of our Lord, 190 , and of 
 
 Atlantis 5011. 
 
 Supreme Grand Master 
 Registered in the Book of the Grand Lodge, Page 10. 
 
 copyrighted 
 
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WARRANT— SECOND TEMPLE 
 
 Most Supreme Grand Lodge Of the Universe, Ancient and Mystic Oriental Masons 
 (SECOND TEMPLE) 
 To all to whom these Presents May Come, GREETING: 
 
 The Most Supreme Grand I/)dge of the Universe, Supreme over the First, 
 Second and Third Temple and over the Chapter, Assembled in Grand Con- 
 vocation in the Great East. Send I^ove. 
 
 KNOW YE, That we, the Supreme Grand I,odge of the Universe, do 
 hereby authorize and empower our friend and beloved Princes: 
 
 DEGREES f -, Solomn, King of Isrea! 
 
 4th Grand Master J _ Hiram, King of Tyre 
 
 of the 
 Secret Manuscript [ , Zadok, High Priest 
 
 5th King's Pioneer 
 
 ^t. ™ 4... * +u~ Ameni, Excellent Priest 
 
 6th Master of the 
 
 Secret Cavern < Singer 
 
 7 th Prince of the 
 
 House of Pharoah [ _ __ , HorosGopus 
 
 To open and hold a I*odge or Temple of Princes of the House of Pharoah, 
 at , in __ 
 
 to be known and designated on our Secret Record as Temple or I^odge 
 
 , No. , and thereon to cause 
 
 candidates to accept the mission of a grand Master of the Secret Manu- 
 script, Travel in company of the Kings Pioneer, be invested with the 
 Mysteries of a Grand Master of the Secret Cavern, and at last be honored by 
 being admitted and received as a Prince of the House of Pharoah, according 
 to the Ancient Landmarks and usages of our August Fraternity, and NOT 
 in any otherwise. 
 And we further authorize and empower our said Tried and Beloved 
 
 Princes _._, ___ _ , and 
 
 to open and hold under the Jurisdiction 
 
 of the Said Most Supreme Grand I^odge of the Universe, A. and M. O. M. 
 Temples or lodges, and confer the degrees of Grand Master of the Secret 
 Manuscript, the Kings Pioneer, Master of the Secret Cavern, and Prince of 
 the House of Pharoah, according to the Ancient landmarks, present Regu- 
 lations and Secret Rules and NOT otherwise. 
 
 And further, the said Temple or I,odge is hereby invested with full power 
 and authority to assemble upon proper and lawful occasions, to make 
 Mystic Oriental Masons, and to admit members, as also to do and perform 
 all and every such acts and things appertaining to the Fraternity as have 
 been and ought to be done, for the honor and advantage thereof, conform- 
 ing in all their proceedings to the Constitution of the Most Supreme Grand 
 Iyodge; otherwise this WARRANT, and the powers hereby granted, to 
 cease and be of no further effect. 
 
 Given in Grand Convocation, under the hands of the 
 Supreme Grand Master, and the Seal of our 
 
 Grand Iyodge at the Great East, this day 
 
 of _.- in the year of Atlantis ._ 
 
 __andof our I^ord 19 
 
 Supreme Grand Master 
 Count _M. de _ST._VINCENT ___ 
 
 Past Supreme Grand Master 
 Copyrighted 
 
APPLICATION FOR INITIATION AND MEMBERSHIP 
 
 To the Excellent Priest, Singer and Horoscopus of 
 
 .. — Iyodge of Temple, No 
 
 The Grand Lodge of the Universe, Aneient and Mystic Oriental Masons 
 
 Title Reg. in every civilized country 
 
 The undersigned respectfully prays that he may be initiated into the 
 mysteries of 
 
 MYSTIC MASONRY 
 
 and become a member of your Lodge or Temple. He swears that he is free 
 by birth, unbiased by the improper solicitation of friends, and uninfluenced 
 by monetary or other improper motives; that he is prompted solely by a 
 favorable opinion of the Fraternity, and a desire for True Knowledge con- 
 cerning - God and man, and freely and voluntary offers himself as a candi- 
 date, He declares his belief in the existence of God the Father and the 
 Universal Brotherhood of Man; and he has not heretofore been rejected by 
 any Masonic Order, and if his application be approved, he will cheerfully 
 conform to the ancient usages, present Regulations and the Constitutions 
 of the Fraternity, and further, that he will not mention to any being that 
 he has applied in the above Fraternity for initiation and membership and 
 that should he do so he forfeits his right to become initiated and a member 
 and further forfeits all money he may have paid. 
 
 Witness my hand this... day of A. D., 190.. 
 
 Recommended by 
 
 Age 
 
 Residence _. 
 Occupation . 
 
 REPORT 
 
 To the Excellent Priest, Singer and Horoscopus of — Lodge 
 
 or Temple, No A. and M. O. M. 
 
 The Committee appointed on the within application to make the neces 
 
 sary inquiries relative to , an 
 
 application for initiation and membership, have performed that duty, and 
 
 beg leave to report ^ the prayer 
 
 of the petition being granted. 
 
 Committee- 
 
 _A. D., 190... Atlantis 5011.... Balloted for 
 
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TEMPLE OBLIGATION 
 
 I , of my own free 
 
 will and accord, in the presence of Almighty God and 
 my brethren, most solemnly and sincerely promise and 
 swear, that I will not communicate any of the secrets 
 belonging to this Temple to anyone, except it be a 
 true and lawful brother, and not to him, until by 
 strict trial and due examination or legal information, 
 I shall have found him as lawfully entitled to the same 
 as I myself. 
 
 I further promise and swear that I will stand to and 
 abide by all the laws, rules and regulations of the 
 Grand Temple, so far as they shall come to my 
 knowledge. 
 
 I further promise and swear, that I will answer and 
 obey all signs and summons sent to me from the 
 Order or handed to me by a Brother of the Temple, 
 and carry out such orders to the best of my ability. 
 
 I further promise and swear, that I will not under 
 any conditions, reveal either a mark or sign, or reveal 
 any of the secrets which may be taught me or come 
 into my possession. I shall sooner court death than 
 reveal any secret instructions that my be intrusted to 
 my care. 
 
 I further promise and swear, that I will not reveal 
 any of the things that take place in the Temple or 
 
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a Temple meeting; that I will not reveal who is or 
 is not connected therewith, and that I will not bear 
 witness against any of the Temple Brothers no more 
 than he can bear witness against me. I promise and 
 swear, that I will treat all Brothers of this Temple 
 with absolute honesty in all respects; that I will never 
 reveal a secret intrusted by him to me unless it con- 
 cerns the Temple or the Temple work and that should 
 I treat a Brother dishonestly; should I reveal any of 
 the work or the things that take place in the Temple 
 or Temple meetings, I may be expelled without trial 
 and never again become a member of said Temple. 
 
 Should I, at any time, leave the Temple, or be ex- 
 pelled therefrom, I swear, by my Soul and all that is 
 terrible, that I will then, as now, hold all such teach- 
 ings as secret, and will never by mouth or writing, 
 betray them or any Brother. 
 
 All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and 
 swear, with a firm and steadfast resolution to perform 
 the same, without any hesitation, mental reservation, 
 or secret evasion of mind whatever; binding myself 
 under no less a penalty than that of the times, which 
 is death. 
 
 So help me God and keep me steadfast in the due 
 performance of the same. Amen. 
 
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