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to Rule 130 of the Book of Constitutions , as recommended by the Board : — " Rule 130 to read : ' Every lodge shall annually , on the day named in its by-laws for that jiurjiose , jiroceed to elect its Master by ballot from among those of its Members who have , or previously to the

Installation of such Master shall have , served for one year ( that is to say from one regular Installation Meeting until the next regular Installation Meeting ) the office of Master , or Senior or Junior Warden , in a Regular Lodge warranted under the English

Constitution , the service in case of a Warden to count from the date of investiture , & c , & c , & c . '" " Rule 130 A : ' If the investiture of a Warden shall not have taken place at the Installation Meeting , and thereby the Member ajijiointed has not served the

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office for one year as aforesaid , he cannot be installed Master of the Lodge except by special Dispensation from the Grand Master , which can only be granted on jietition setting forth the circumstances under which the investiture was delayed , the actual service of the Member in the

Warden ' s chair , and any special reasons for asking the Grand Alaster ' s intervention . The Installing Master shall not jiroceed to Installation of a Master unless satisfied that the requirements of Rule 130 have been comjilied with , or such Disjiensation

shall have been jiroduced to him . '" The resolution was seconded by Bro . R . Loveland Loveland , K . C ., President of the Board , and after considerable discussion was carried nem . con . Grand Lodge was then closed .

Clydesdale Lodge, No. 556 (S. C.)—Master And Past Masters.

Clydesdale Lodge , No . 556 ( S . C . )—Master and Past Masters .

THE above lodge was warranted in 1874 , and during the twenty-eight years of its existence has been in active ojieration and kejit well to the front among the lodges in the Province of Glasgow . The jiresent R . W . M ., Bro . William McNeil , who occujiies the central jilace in the front line in the picture , conceived the idea of the Past Alasters

being photographed in group as a souvenir of his reign . Each of the Past Masters took kindly to the suggestion , and it is matter for congratulation that each succeeding occujiant of the Masters chair , from 1874 to 1902 , was able to be jiresent when the jihoto was taken in Messrs . Rodger and

Baircl ' s studio , Glasgow . Bro . McNeil has been most active as Master of the lodge during the seven or eight months he has occujiied the position , and bids fair to be a worthy successor to those who are already " Past . " Bro . John Habick , on the K . W . M . ' s left , filled the office in 1900-or , having graduated through the various offices for eight or nine years jireviouslv . Bro .

William Falconer , on the immediate right of Bro . McNeil , was initiated in the lodge in 18 99 , filled the office of Senior Deacon and Senior Warden , and is a Past Provincial Junior Grand Warden , and is a member of Grand Committee . The brethren on the left and right alternately are Bro . Alex . Howison , Master in 18 9 6-97 ; Bro . Alex . Martin ,

18 94-95 ; Bro . Dr . D . MacGilvray , 1890-91 ; and Bro . Chas . E . Stewart , 18 92-93 . The brethren in the second line , taking them from the left , are Bro . Geo . C . H . AtcNaught , Past Grand Deacon ; Bro . David Bowman , Grand Steward ; Bro . William Phillips , Past Grand Deacon , member of Grand

Committee , and the first R . W . M . of Lodge 55 6 ; Bro .. John B . McNaught , Past Grand Director of Ceremonies ; and Bro . William Hart . The brother standing behind armed with a sword , Bro . W . Graham , though not a Past Master , has a place in the group in virtue of having served the lodge as Tyler since its institution , twenty-eight years ago .

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