The Revised Constitutions.

Page 36 , § 4 . —The grand master may , by a written document , direct the grand registrar to take charge of any province for which there is not a grand master , and he shall thereby be empowered to appoint a deputy provincial grand master and other officers , with the same authority and

privileges and under the same regulations as if they had been appointed by a provincial grand master , and shall perform all other functions of a provincial grand master for that province . Page 38 , § 1 . —The grand deacons are to

be appointed by the grand master , on the day of his installation , and each must have regularly served the office of warden of a private lodge . Page 38 , § 2 . —If the grand deacons be absent , the grand master may appoint the master of any lodge to officiate pro

tempore . A grand deacon not attendinghisduty in grand lodge shall for each absence pay a fine of half-a-guinea . On his neglecting to pay the fines when incurred , his office may be declared vacant , and any rank or

distinction acquired in consequence of his appointment forfeited . GRAND SUPERINTENDENT of WORKS , GRAND DIRECTOR of CEREMONIES , ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR of

CEREMONIES , GRAND SWORD BEARER , GRAND ORGANIST , and GRAND PURSUIVANT . Page 39 , part of § 1 . —They must be master masons , and are to attend thc quarterly communications and other

meetings of the grand lodge . Page 40 , § 3 . —The grand director of ceremonies , in addition to his other duties , has the care of the regalia , clothing , insignia , and jewels belonging to the grand lodge .

Page 40 , § 4 . —A grand sword bearer not attending his duty in grand lodge shall , for each absence , pay a fine of half-a-guinea . On his neglecting to pay the fines when incurred , his office may be declared vacant , and any rank or distinction acquired in consequence of his appointment forfeited . Page 40 . —Grand standard bearers may be

appointed by the grand master as occasion shall require . They must be master masons , and are to carry the standards of the grand lodge , grand patron , and grand master on all grand ceremonies . They are not , however , by their appointment , members of the grand lodge , nor are

they to wear the clothing of a grand officer . Any grand officer entitled to have a standard , may , whenever it shall be necessary , appoint a standard bearer , who must be a master mason . Page 41 , § 3 . —If the grand tyler shall , without the licence of the grand master ,

attend at any masonic funeral or public procession , officiate or attend at any meeting or pretended lodge of masons , not being regularly constituted , and not acknowledging the authority of the grand master , nor conforming to the laws of the grand lodge , he shall thereby be rendered

incapable of ever after being * a tyler or attendant on any lodge , and be excluded the benefit of the general charity . Page 44 , § S . —Any grand steward not attending the meetings of the grand lodge when duly summoned , shall , . for each absence , pay to the general fund of charity

a fine of half-a-gumea . On his neglecting to pay such fine when incurred , he shall forfeit all privileges derived from his office . PROVINCIAL or DISTRICT GRAND MASTER . Page 45 , § 1 . —The appointment of this officer is a prerogative of the grand master , by whom a patent may be granted ,

during pleasure , to any brother of eminence and ability in the craft who may be thought worthy of the appointment . By this patent the brother is invested with a rank and power in his particular district , similar to those possessed by the grand master . He shall be installed at the first provincial grand lodge which he may hold after his appointment .

" *? e 45 , & 2 . —He is empowered to a PPoint for his province a deputy , two wardens , two deacons , and other grand ojucers ( except thc treasurer , who is to bc Reeled ) , and also provincial grand stewards not exceeding six in number .

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37- — "rand director of ceremonies shall have the arrangement and direction of all processions and ceremonies 0 ) the grand lodge , and the care of the regalia , clothing , insignia , and jewels belonging to the grand lodge .

Omitted .

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Si . —The appointment of provincial or district grand master is a prerogative of the grand master , by whom a patent may be granted , during p leasure , to any brother of eminence and ability in the craft whom he may think worthy of the appointment . By this patent the brother is invested with

a rank and power in his particular province or district , similar to those possessed by tlie grand master . He shall be installed at the first provincial or district grand lodge which he may hold after his appointment , and until such installation he shall not bc qualified to perform any of the functions of his office , except that of summoning the provincial or

district grand lodge to meet for thc purposes of his installation . S 3 . —The provincial or district grand master is empowered to appoint for his province or district the following provincial or district grand officers and no others ; nor can he confer on any brother the rank of a past provincial or district grand officer : —

A Deputy Provincial or District Grand Master . Two Provincial or District Grand Wardens . Two Provincial or'District Grand Chaplains , A Provincial or District Grand Registrar . A Provincial or District Grand Secretary . Two Provincial or District Grand Deacons .

A Provincial or District Grand Superintendent of Works . A Provincial or District Grand Director of Ceremonies . A Provincial or District Assistant Grand

Director of Ceremonies . A Provincial or District Grand Sword Bearer . Too Provincial or District Grand Standard Bearers . A Provincial or District Grand Organist .

The Revised Constitutions.

Page 47 , part of § 4 . — The provincial grand master may , when satisfied that any brother has been illegally excluded , from any of his masonic functions or privileges ,

by a lodge within his district , order him to be immediately restored , and may suspend , until the next quarterly communication , the lodge or brother , who shall refuse to comply with such order . Page 50 , § 1 . —The deputy provincial grand master must have previously served

the office of master in a regular lodge , and be resident within the province , and a subscribing member to a lodge therein , and regularly authorised by patent to hold office during pleasure . Page 50 , § 2 . —He is invested with the rank of a deputy grand master within the province , and may preside , unless the

provincial grand master be present , in any lodge he may visit within his district . He is not , by his office , a member of the grand lodge , nor does he possess any rank out of his district , though he is entitled to wear the clothing of a provincial grand officer or past provincial grand officer , in all masonic meetings .

Page 51 . —Provincial grand stewards , while in office , may wear jewels suspended by crimson collars , and aprons with crimson edgings , of the same width as the collars and edgings of the aprons of the provincial

grand officers , and are members of their own provincial grand lodge ; but when out of office they are no longer members , or entitled to wear crimson aprons and collars , or jewels , nor are provincial grand stewards entitled to wear crimson aprons or collars

out of their own province . Page 52 , § 2 . —The actual and past provincial grand officers , whilst they remain subscribing members to a lodge in the province , with the actual provincial grand stewards , and the masters , past masters , and wardens , of all lodges within the

province , aremembersof theprovincial grand lodge , and the masters and wardens shall attend the same when duly summoned . Page 73 , § 3 . —The master , wardens , and past masters , subscribing to any Country lodge in the district are members of the provincial grand lodge , and the

master and wardens shall attend its meetings when duly summoned . Page 53 , § 4 . Great advantage having been experienced from the establishment of a local fund for charitable and other

masonic purposes , each provincial grand lodge may direct payments to be made by the provincial grand officers and the lodges in the province for this desirable purpose ( exclusiveof the contributions payable fo the grand lodge ) . The payments by lodges shall not exceed the following sums , viz ., sixpence per quarter for every contributing member of a lod five

ge , shillings for every person who has been initiated , and one shilling for every member who has joined any lodge since the last payment .

Pag * e 54 , . 7- The provincial grand lodge emanates from the authority vested in the provincial grand master , and posesses no other powers than those specified .

It therefore follows that no provincial grand lodge can meet but b y the sanction of the provincial grand master or hisdeputy ; and that it ceases to exist on the death , resignation , suspension , or removal of the provincial grand master , until a brother is duly appointed or empowered to perform the functions of provincial grand master , by whose authority the provincial grand lodge may be again established .

A Provincial , or District Assistant Grand Secretary . A Provincial or District Grand Pursuivant . A Provincial or District Assistant Grand Pursuivant . A Provincial or District Grand Tyler . Also Provincial or District Grand Stewards not exceeding six in number .

In addition to the above , a district grand master is empowered to appoint a president of the district board of general purposes , who shall , rank next to the district grand registrar . These provincial or district grand officers are to bc annuall y appointed , except the deputy provincial or district grand master , and , together with the provincial or district treasurer

grand , are to be invested in the provincial or district grand lodge . 54 . —In provinces and districts numbering thirty lodges and upwards , thc provincial and district grand masters arc empowered to appoint annuall y four provincial or district grand deacons instead of two , and also a provincial or district deputy grand director of ceremonies .

Omitted . 92 . —The deputy provincial or district grand master must have previously served thc office of master in a regular lodge . 145 . —Unless the provincial or district grand master be present , his deputy may preside in any lod ge he may visit within his province or district the master of the

, lodge being placed on his riirlit hand . Theprovincial or districtgrandwardens , if present , are to act as wardens of the lodge during the time he presides . The deputy provincial or district grand master when visiting lodges in his province or district shallin the absence of

, the provincial or district grand master , rank for the time being as provincial or district grand master , and take precedence accordingly , 96— Provincial or district grand stewards while in olhcc are members of their own provincial or district grand lod ges . They do not take

any rank out of theirprovinces or districts , and when out of office they are no longer members of the provincial or district grand lodge , unless otherwise qualified . 1 hey are , however , entitled to wear their clothing as present or past pro-¦ vincia / or district graud stewards iu all Masonic meetings .

So . —A provincial or district grand lodge consists of the provincial or district grand master , the present and past provincial or district grand officers , the provincial or district grand stewards of the year , and the masters , past masters , and wardens , of all lodges within the province or district . Provincial

' anadistrict grand , lodges shall enact by their by-laws that , in addition to the above , past masters of lodges out of the province or district who have joined lodges m the province or district shall be members of the provincial or district grand lodge . All members of a provincial 01 uistncc

grand lod ge must be subscribing members of a lodge in the province or district . 102 . Great advantage having been experienced from the establishment of a local fund for charitable and other masonic purposes , each provincial grand lodge may direct to

payments be made by the provincial grand officers and the lodges in the province for this desirable purpose ( exclusive of the contributions payable to the grand lodge ) . The payments by lodges shall not exceed the following sums , viz sixpence per quarter or part of a quarter for every contributing member of a ln , W

five shillings for every person who has been initiated , or who has joined from a lodge not holding wider thc Grand Lodge , and one shilling for every other member who has joined any lodge since the last payment . A Provincial Grand Lodge may also

airccc tne payment of the following fees — For registering a new lodge ' . £ 220 For registering by-laws .... 050 For perusing and registering amendments ofbv-laws ... 050 7 S . Provincial grand lodges emanate from the provincial n-rand masfp ™ hu

virtue of the authority vested in them by their patents of appointment from the grand master . It therefore follows that provincial grand lod ges possess no other powers than those specified in these laws and regulations , and-cannot meet huf- hv

the sanction of the provincial grand master or his deputy . Ou the death , resignation , suspension , or removal of the provincial grand master , his deputy shall perform all the functions of provincial grand master , until a brother is duly appointed provincial grand master , or empowered ta