Proceedings of the Most Excellent Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Colorado (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...only to the provisions of its own by-laws. 5. That it is the undeniable right of a member in good standing in his Chapter, to demand a ballot on the advancement of a candidate. 6, The question of distance between Chapters is not to be decided by the facilities of travel, but by the actual measurement, or in other words, geographically. 7. That when a Chapter having wrongfully taken material belonging to another Chapter refuses to make the proper apology and pay over the fee, when demanded, the remedy is by charges regularly preferred and tried.' 8. That this Grand Chapter having adopted a Standard Ritual, and at considerable expense caused the same to be promulgated throughout its jurisdiction, cannot encourage the exemplification of other systems among its Chapters, lest confusion arise among the workmen; but there is nothing to prevent Companions seeking information from visiting other jurisdictions, and witnessing the work there practiced. 9. That a Companion clear of the books of his Chapter, and against whom no charges are pending, is entitled, on request, to a dimit. to. That suspension or expulsion by a Lodge for a Masonic offense deprives a Companion of his rights in the Chapter, without a trial de now in the Chapter. The Report of the Committee on Jurisprudence on the address was adopted as follows: --First. The decisions of the Grand High Priest, as reported by him in his annual address, are undoubtedly correct expositions of Masonic law, but we suggest some explanations that may tend to render the meaning ot some of them clearer, and thus prevent misconstruction hereafter. The fifth decision states a proposition adopted rather as a custom than in obedience to any positive enactment of this Grand Chapter. It is undoubtedly...