voters according to rank and seniority. If it is found by the m. w. grand master on counting, that there are more ballots than voters, he shall charge the members to be more attentive to their duty, and order a new election; and if any member is convicted of putting more ballots in the box than he is entitled to, he shall be forever suspended from a seat in the grand lodge. Art. 10. Every grand officer shall be chosen from among the working members of the several subordinate lodges; provided he is not thereby raised to a degree higher than what he may have attained in his said lodge, Art. 11. The officers to be elected by the grand lodge are the m. w. grand master, the two grand wardens, the grand chaplain, the grand orator, the grand treasurer, and the grand steward. The officers, however, having the authority of making the other appointments, may wave that privilege whenever they may think proper. Art. 12. The grand officers shall be titled and ranked in the following order :— 1. The most worshipful grand master. 2. The right worshipful deputy grand master. 7. The grand secretary. Art. 13. No elected officer of the grand lodge, or of any private lodge, shall act as such until he is duly installed. Art. 14. On the day appointed for the assembly of the grand lodge, the members shall collect with all possible punctuality, the lodge shall be opened in the most strict Masonic order, prayers said, and the proceedings of the last grand communication read; and immediately after the several returns are examined, the following committees shall be appointed, for the several special purposes, and they shall continue only during the session of the grand lodge. 1. A committee of three members who shall be deputies from three different subordinate lodges, to examine, the books and vouchers of the grand secretary, grand treasurer, and stewards of the grand charity fund; and they shall report a statement thereof. They shall also ascertain the expenses of the grand communication. 2. A committee of two members shall be appointed to examine attendant and visiting brethren, observing that none can be admitted under the degree of master mason. 3. A committee of three members shall be appointed to hear grievances, and examine into the same, and make due report thereof to the grand lodge. Art. 15. The most worshipful grand master is invested with the power of convening the grand lodge at any time when there shall appear to him an emergent occasion. Art. 16. In case of the death of any grand officer, or in case of any brother refusing to serve or install according to appointment to any grand office, the m. w. grand master is invested with power to nominate, appoint, and install such other brethren to fill all such vacancies of office, as shall meet his pleasure and discretion. Art. 17. The m. w. grand master has the command of every other officer, and may call on any and all of them, at any time, for advice and assistance on any business rela tive to the craft. Art. 18. The m. w. grand master is not authorised to make or second any motion. Art. 19. The m. w. grand master is invested with the privilege of granting dispensations at his discretion, during the recess of the grand lodge, and the right worshipful deputy grand master is invested with the same privileges in case of the absence of the m. w. grand master. Art. 20. In case of the death of the m. w. grand master during the time for which he is elected and installed to serve, or in case of his refusal to serve or install according to appointment, all the powers and privileges shall devolve and become the inherent right of the following brethren according to the grade here mentioned:-1st. The right worshipful deputy grand master. 2d. The worshipful senior grand warden. 3d. The worshipful junior grand warden. 4th. The past grand officers, according to rank and seniority. 5th. The presiding masters of subordinate lodges according to rank. 6th. The past masters according to rank and seniority. Art. 21. It is the duty of the m. w. grand master to install his deputy, but he may deputize whom he pleases. to install all the other officers, and also any officer of a private lodge. Art. 22. It is the duty of the m. w. grand master, in officio or pro tem. to subscribe in presence of the grand lodge, a fair and true transcript of their proceedings, provided the proceedings are first read by the grand secretary, and agreed to by a majority of the brethren assembled ; and the proceedings subscribed, he is to deliver to the grand secretary, with direction to have them truly registered and filed. Art. 23. Every subordinate lodge which shall not be represented for three successive grand communications, or who shall be in arrears to the Grand Lodge for two years, shall be suspended from all the privileges of the order, until they shall comply with both those requisitions-and upon an order from the Grand Lodge to that effect, at a time to be specified therein, shall be finally stricken off the list of lodges, and have their charter withdrawn; having due notice of such order, to be communicated to them by the grand secretary for the time being. Art. 24. Every member of the grand lodge, as also every member of every subordinate lodge, shall pay due submission and obedience to the respective officers. Art. 25. It is the duty of every free mason to live in peace, harmony and love, with all mankind; to despise hatred, malice and calumny; to practise universal charity and benevolence; to avoid as much as possible, all law suits, and to submit all differences that may arise between brethren, except such as may relate to real or personal property, to be reconciled by the several lodges to which they belong, or by the grand lodge. Art. 26. Every free mason is enjoined always to avoid addressing a brother or a cowan as a free mason, unless they are in private or in open lodge, under the penalty of a severe reprimand. Art. 27. Every set of masons that may hereafter obtain permission from the grand lodge, to receive a warrant to authorise them to congregate and work as a regular lodge of free masons, shall for the same, pay into the Grand Charity fund, thirty dollars, before the said warrant shall be issued, and shall also pay as a fee to the grand secretary for engrossing and affixing the seal of office, parchment and recording, six dollars. Art. 28. Every set of masons that may hereafter obtain from the proper officer permission to receive from the grand secretary a dispensation to congregate and work as a warranted lodge of free masons, not exceeding twelve months, shall pay into the Grand Charity fund for the same, five dollars, and three dollars to the g. secretary. Art. 29. Every subordinate lodge shall hereafter be accountable for, and are hereby directed to pay to the grand treasurer on account of the grand lodge, every twelve months, the following assessment: 1 1. For every mason they have initiated during the preceding twelve months, one dollar. 2. For every member of each respective lodge, fifty cents per annum. Art. 30. The Grand Charity funds shall only be subject to such applications as the grand lodge and the Grand Charity stewards shall direct. Art. 31. Five brothers, being members of the grand lodge, one of whom shall be the m. w. grand master, and the other four duly elected, to be nominated and entitled Stewards of the Grand Charity fund, any three of whom shall be a quorum of responsibility and entitled to act. Art. 32. It is the duty of the stewards of the Grand Charity fund, to superintend and apply all the said funds of the grand lodge with care and economy, and they are authorised to draw orders on the grand treasurer for any sum they may think proper. Art. 33. It is the duty of the stewards of the Grand Charity fund, to inform every assembly of the Grand Lodge, by written report, giving an account of all their proceedings during the last twelve months, and solicit the advice of the Grand Lodge in cases that may appear any way doubtful or intricate. Art. 34. It is the duty of the most reverend grand chaplain to say prayers to the congregation at the open F |