Constitutions of the Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons; Under the United Grand Lodge of England. Containing the General Charges, Laws, and Regulations, Etc., Etc (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: unless the Grand Lodge think proper to leave any particular subject to the determination of the Grand Master. Except in elections by ballot or voting papers the votes of the members are to be signified by each holding up one hand, and the motion is then to be declared carried or lost; but if two members demand that the votes be counted, and such demand appear reasonable to the Grand Master, the counting shall be conducted under the direction of the Grand Director of the Ceremonies. Termina- 7$. No motion on a new subject shall be business made or any new matter entered upon after ten o'clock at night. Origin and conditions of existence of Provincial Grand Lodges. PROVINCIAL AND DISTRICT GRAND LODGES, 77. Provincial Grand Lodges emanate from the Provincial Grand Masters by virtue of the authority vested in them by tlieir patents of appointment from the Grand Master. It therefore follows that Provincial Grand Lodges possess no other powers than those specified in these laws and regulations, and cannot meet but by the sanction of the Provincial Grand Master or his Deputy, 78. In Colonies and foreign parts the terms District District Grand Master and District Grand Lodge Grand are used to distinguish such Officers and Lodges Lodses. from Provincial Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Lodges in England. 79. On the death, resignation, suspension, Condition or removal of the Provincial Grand Master, his m the Deputy shall perform all the functions of Pro- ptec vincial Grand Master, until a Brother is duly Grand appointed Provincial Grand Master, but such Master. Deputy shall not thereby acquire the right to anv additional rank. 80. In the event of the death, resignation, Condition removal, or suspension of a District Grand 9. de.ath of Master, the District Grand L...