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POINTS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE OLD BOOK OF CONSTITUTIONS AND THE REVISED BOOK AS AMENDED HY THE GRAND L ODGE . ( Continued from page 490 ) .

Page 79 , § 9 . —1 he wardens and officers of a lodge cannot be removed , unless for a cause which appears to the lodge to hc sufficient ; but the master , if he be dissatisfied with the conduct of any of his

officers , may lay the cause of complaint before the lodge ; and if it shall appear to thc majority of the brethren present that the complaint be well founded , he shall have power to displace such ollicer , - and appoint another .

Page 80 , § 3 . —No brother shall presume to print or publish , or cause to be printed and published , the proceedings of any lodge , or any part thereof , or the names of the persons jiresent at such lodge , without the consent of the grand master , or provincial grand master , under bain of being

suspended or expelled from the order . 1 his law is not to extend to the writing , printing , or publishing of any notice or summons , issued to the members of a lodge , by the authority of the master , or the proceedings of any festival or public meeting at whicii persons not masons are permitted to be present .

Page Si , § 5 . —If any member shall be excluded from his lodge , or shall withdraw himself from it , without having complied with its by-laws , or with the general regulations ol the craft , hc shall not be eligible

to any other lodge , until that lodge shall have been madeacquaintcd with his former neglect , so that the brethren may be enabled to exercise their discretion as to his admission .

Page S 2 . —Great discredit and injury having been brought upon our antient and honourable fraternity from admitting members and receiving candidates , without due notice being given , or inquiry made into their characters and qualifications ; anil from passing and raising masons without

due instruction in the respective degrees , it is declared that a violation or neglect of any of the following laws shall subject the lodge offending to erasure , and no emergency can be allowed as a justification . A dispensation cannot be granted except in cases specially provided for .

Page S 3 , § 1 . —No brother shall be admitted a member of a lodge without a regular proposition in open lodge , nor until his name , occupation , and place of abode , as well as the name ind number of thc lodge of which he is or vas last a member , or in which he was initi ited , shall have been sent

fo all the membe ; in the summons for the next regular lodge meeting ; at which meeting the brother ' s grand lodge certificate , and also the certificate of his former lodge are to be produced , and the decision of the brethren ascertained by ballot . When a

lodge has ceased to meet , any former member thereof shall be eligible to be proposed End admitted a member of another lodge , on producing a certificate from the grand secretary , stating the fact , and specifying whether the brother has been registered and his quarterage duly paid .

Page S 3 , § 2 . —No person shall be made a mason without a regular proposition at one lodge , and a ballot at the next regular

lodge ; which shall not take place unless his name , addition or profession , and jilace of abode , shall have been sent to aU the members in the summons .

New regulation . Page S 6 , part of § 9 . —No person shall be made a mason for less than three

140 . —Should the master be dissatisfied with thc conduct of any of the officers , he may lay the cause of complaint before the lodge at a regular meeting , seven days ' notice thereof in wriiiug having been previously sent lo the brother complained of ; ami if it shall appear to the majority of the brethren present that the complaint be

well founded , the master shall have power to displace such officer , ancl to appoint another . If a vacancy shall occur in any otjiee oilier than that of treasurer or tylcr , the master shall appoint a brother to serve such office for the remainder of the year ; and if the vacancy be in the ofiice of the

treasurer or tylcr , the lodge shall , after due notice in the summons , elect a successor for the remainder of the year . 202 . —No brother shall print or publish , or cause to be printed or published , the proceedings of any lodge , or any part thereof , without the consent of the grand

master or provincial or , district grand master , or print or publish , or cause to be printed or published anything which by the laws and regulations of masonry is improper to be published . Nor shall any brother publish or circulate any document relating to any case of masonic complaint before the regularly constituted authorities , until after final ad indication thereon , and then only

if the same be proper lo be published according to thc laws of masonry . This law does not extend to furnishing printed copies of documents for the use of any board or committee investigating such case of masonic complaint , provided the

same are sent through thc grand secretary , provincial or district grand secretary , or the secretary of such board or committee respectively , nor to the writing , printing , or publishing of any notice or summons issued to the members of a lodge by the authority of the master , nor to the proceedings of any festival or public

meeting at which persons not masons are permitted to be present . 2 oij .- —If any member shall be excluded from his lodge , or shall withdraw himself from it , without having complied with its by-laws or with the general regulations of the craft , he shall not be eligible to join any other lodge until that lod *> e shall have -. . j « ,.. „ . . uwv . „ ....,. . . . . . . . . ... U ^ V . S ,., „ .. ... l . V .

^ been made acquainted with his former neglect , so that the brethren may be ena- ¦ bled to exercise their discretion as to his admission , and any lodge failing to make due inquiry shall be liable to pay thc arrears ( if any ) owing by such brother to thc lodge from which he has been excluded . 1 S 0 . —Great discredit and injury liaving being brought upon our antient and hon-* - '"* , * - " . *¦ ,,. „ ,. " .. „„ . u , „ ., b ,,. . . . . . j ,, yj ,. ~

ourable fraternity from admitting members and receiving candidates , withoutduc notice being given , or inquiry made into their characters , and qualifications ; and from passing and raising masons without due instruction in the respective degrees , it is declared to be specially incumbent on all members of lodges to see that particular attention be paid to these several points .

iSG . —Nobrothershall be admitted ajoining member of a lodge without being proposed and seconded in open lodge at a regular meeting , after which his name , profession or occupation , and place of abode , as well as the name and number of

the lodge of which he is or was last a member or in which he was initiated , shall be sent to all the members in the summons for the next regular lodge meeting ; at which meeting the brother ' s grand lodge certificate , and also thc clearance certificate from his present or former lodge ( mentioned in Rule 210 ) must be produced ,

and the decision of the brethren ascertained by ballot . Every such joining member , if a past master , shall have thc rank and posit inn of a past master of the lodge , ranking next after the then junior -past master nnd the worshipfnl master of such lodge , providing he has not ceased snbscrihim' fn ti lodste for twelve -months .

When a lodge has ceased to meet , any former member thereof shall be eligible to be proposed and admitted a member of another lodge , on producing a certificate from the grand secretary , stating the fact , and specifying whethertbe brother has been registered and his quarterage duly paid . 1 S 1 . — -No person shall be made a mason without having been proposed and seconded

at one regular lodge , and balloted for at the next regular lodge ; which ballot shall not take place unless his name , age , profession or occupation , and place of abode , with the names of his proposer and seconder have been sent in the summons

to all the members of the lodge . 1 S 7 ( part ) . —By-laws may also enact that a prescribed period shall elapse before any rejected candidate can be again proposed in that lodge . iyo ( part of ) . — No person shall be made a mason for less than five guineas ,

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guineas , exclusive of the registering fee , nor shall a lodge on any pretence remit or defer the payment of any part of this sum . The member who proposes a candidate must be responsible to the lodge for all thc fees payable on account of the initiation . This * is not to extend to thc making of serving brethren , who may be

initiated by the lodge which they are to serve , provided that no fee or reward he taken , and that a dispensation from the grand master or provincial grand master be first obtained , which shall be specified in the return made to the grand secretary : but a brother so initiated cannot he a member of Hie lodge in which he was initialed .

Page SS , part of § 1 . —Notice of the times and places of meeting of lodges of instruction , within the London district , shall be given to the grand secretary .

VISITORS . Page 89 , § 1 . —No visitor shall be admitted into a lodge unless he be personally known , recommended , or well vouched for , after due examination by one of the present brethren ; and during his continuance in the lodge he must be subject to the bylaws of the lodge . The master of the lodge is bound to enforce these regulations .

Page Sg , § 2 . —It is within the power of the master , wardens , and brethren ot every private lodge to refuse admission to any visitor of known bad character .

Page $ 9 , § 3 . —A brother , who is not a subscribing member to a lodge , shall not be permitted to visit any lodge in the town or place where he resides more than once during his secession from the craft . Page ijo , part of § 1 . —Each lodge , thereforewhen it makes return of the

, a masons whom it has initiated , or admitted to join from lodges under other constitutions , shall , in addition to the register fees , make a remittance for the certificates , which may either be taken out of the initiation or joining fee , or charged separately to thc brothers for whom the certificates arc obtainedat the discretion of the lod

, ge . Page 91 , § 7 . —No lodge shall grant a private lodge certificate to a brother , except for the purpose of enabling him to obtain a grand lodge certificate ( in whicii case it shall be specially addressed to the grand secretary ); and except all such certificates as may be required by the laws of the grand lodge ( see art . 5 , p . Si , and art 1 3 called for b of its

. , p . S ) , or y any boards or committees . No lodge shall , under any pretence , make a charge for a certificate . Page 92 . —Any lodge may be removed from one house to another , within the same town or place , at the discretion of its members ; but , in order to prevent disputes , and to ascertain how this power is to be exercised , the following regulations must

be strictly complied with . § 1 . No lodge shall be removed without the master ' s knowledge , nor shall any motion for reremoval be made in his absence ; but if the motionberegularly madeandseconded , the master shall order summonses to be sent to every member , specifying the business and appointing a day for hearing and

deciding the question j such day to be at least one week after the issuing of the summonses . The majority present shall determine the question , provided the master be one of that majority ; but if he be against removing , the lodge shall nut be removed , unless the majority consists of two-thirds of the members present . It

the master should refuse to issue the . sum monses , either of the wardens may do so , and if the master neglect to attend , the senior or junior warden may preside in determining the question . Page 93 , % 2 . —If the meeting of a lodge at its usual place should , by any circumstance , be rendered impracticable or

improper , the master may appoint any other place for a meeting , to consult his brethren on the occasion , and whether a permanent removal may be expedient .

Page 94 , § 2 . —If any brother shall attend as a mason , clothed in any of the jewels or badges of the craft , at any funeral or public procession , without the permission of

the grand master , or provincial grand master , he shall be rendered incapable of ever being an officer of a lodge , and excluded thc benefit of the general charity . And if a lodge shall so offend , it shall stand suspended until the grand lodge shall determine thereon .

inclusive of the registration and certificate fees , and no lodge shall remit or defer the payment of any part of this sum . This is not to extend to the making of serving brethren , who may be initiated by the lodge which they are to serve , or for thc service of the grand lodge , provided that

no fee be taken , and that a dispensation from the grand master or provincial or district grand master be first obtained , whicii shall be specified in the return made to the grand secretary , when the serving brother shall be registered free of expense , but must pay for his grand lodge

certificate . A brother so initiated cannot be a member of the lodge in which he was initiated , unless he be afterwards duly proposed and elected as in the case of a joining member , upon which event he shall pay the same fees as an initiate , and on so doing he will be entitled to

all the privileges and benefits of the era ft . 157 . —Notice of the times and places of meeting of lodges of instruction , within the London district , shall be submitted for approval to the grand secretary , and in provinces aud . districts to th , ? provincial and district fraud secretaries reshectivelv .

158 . —Contains a similar new provision . 14 S . —No visitor shall be admitted into a lodge unless he be personally known to , or well vouched for after due examination hy one of the brethren present , or until he has produced the certificate of the grand lodge to which he claims to belong , and

has given satisfactory proof that lie is the brother named in the certificate , or other proper vouchers of his having been initiated in a regular lodge . Kvery visitor during his presence in the lodge is subject to its by-laws . 149 . —It is within the power of the master

of every private lodge to refuse admission to any visitor whose presence hc has reason to believe will disturb thc harmony of the lodge , or to any visitor of known bad character . 150 . —No brother who has ceased to be a subscribing member of a lodge shall be permitted to visit anyone lodge more than once until he again become a subscribing

member of some lodge . 171 , —Every lodge when it makes the return of its contributing members , and of the brethren whom it has initiated or admitted , shall make a remittance for the registration fees , joining fees , fees for certificates , and quarterly contributions fiom each of its contributing members to the Fund of Benevolence [ 307 , 30 S ] .

200 . —No lodge shall grant a private lodge certificate to a brother , except the certificate mentioned in Rule 210 , or a certificate of all dues having been paid to enable him to join * another lodge , for neither of which certificates shall any charge be made .

1 C 4 . —Unless otherwise specified in the warrant , any lodge may be removed from one house to another provided the following regulations he strictl y complied with . If at any regular meeting a notice ol motion for the removal of the lodge be given and signed by not fewer than seven subscribing members the master shall summon a special meeting of the lodge for

considering and finally deciding the question ; such meeting to be at least one week after the issuing of thc summons . The proposition shall not be carried unless twothirds of thc members voting shall agree to the removal . If the master should fail or refuse to issue the summons that duty shall devolve on the senior warden , or failing him the junior warden .

1 C 5 . —If the meeting 01 a lodge at its regular place should , by any circumstance , be rendered impracticable or improper , the master shall forthwith apply to III' grand master or provincial or district grand master for a dispensation to hob ' a temporary meeting , or meetings , at a specified place , and there , if so authorised the terms of the to lerms io

by dispensation , sea oy vnc oj me aispensui- ^ , — carry on the general business of the lod $ e or to determine in the manner of voting above prescribed , whether the lodge shall be permanently removed . 203 . —Covers all that is in this rule , except the penalty ; this is also the case wilh regard to rules 3 on slip , and 2 , paf , " * 04 , in the old book , as to tylers .