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The Constitutions Of The Masons Of Strasburg. *
lations , by having complied with what has been sentenced upon him , he will have done sufficient , and be released from his vow , in regard to the article wherefore he has been punished . Z . Item . The master who has charge of tlie book shall , on the oath of the fraternity , have a care that the same be not copiedeither by himself nor by any
, other person , or given , or lent , so that the book remain intact , according to the resolution of the craftsmen . But if one of tho craftsmen , being of this fraternity , have need or cause to know one or two articles , that may any master give him in writing . Every master shall cause these statuted statutes to
be read every year to the fellows of the lodge . Item . If a complaint be made involving a greater punishment , as , for instance , expulsion from Masonry , the same shall not be tried or judged by one master , in his district , but the two nearest masters who are intrusted with the copies of the statutes , and who
have authority over the fraternity , shall be summoned by him , so that there may be three . The fellows who were at the place where the grievance arose shall be summoned also , as whatsoever shall be , with one accord , agreed upon by those three together with all the fellows , or by a majority thereof , in accordance
with their oath aud best judgement , shall be observed by the whole fraternity of craftsmen . Item . If two or more masters , who are of the fraternity , be at variance , or discord , about matters which do not concern Masonry , they shall not settle these matters anywhere but before Masonry , which shall judge and reconcile them as far as possible , but so that the agreement be made 'without prejudice to tlie lords or cities who are concerned in the matter .
1 . Now , m order that these regulations of tne Craft may be kept more honestly , with service to God and other necessary and becoming things , every master who has craftsmen at work in his lodge , and practises Masonry , and is of this fraternity , shall first pay one florin on entering this fraternity , and afterwards each year four Blappartsnamelyon each
, , ember-week one Blappart , or Bohemian , to be paid into the box of the fraternity , and each fellow four Blapparts , and so likewise an apprentice who has served his time . 2 . All masters and craftsmen who are of this fraternity , and who employ workmen in their lodges ,
shall each of them have a box , and each fellow shall pay into the box weekly one penny . Every master shall faithf ully treasure up such money , and what may be derived from other sources , and shall each year deliver it to the fraternity at the nearest place where a book is keptin order to provide for God's worship
, and to supply the necessaries of the fraternity , 3 . Every master who has a box , if there be no book in the same lodge , shall deliver tlie money each year to the master who has charge of the book , and where the book is there shall also be held divine worship . If a master or fellow dies in a lodge where
no book is kept , another master or fellow of the said lodge shall give notice thereof to the master who has a book , and when he has been 'informed thereof he shall cause a mass to be said for the repose of the soul of him who has departed , and all the masters and fellows of the lodge shall assist at the mass and contribute thereto . 4 . If a master or fellow be put to any exjiense or disbursement on account of the fraternity , and
notice be given of how the same occurred , such master or fellow shall he repaid his expenses , be the same small or great , out of the box of the fraternity ; if also any one gets into trouble with courts or in other matters relating to the fraternity , then shall every oue , be he master or fellow , afford him aid ancl relief , as he is bound to do by the oath of the fraternity .
5 . If a master or fellow fall sick , or a fellow who is of the fraternity , and has lived upright in Masonry , be afflicted with protracted illness and want for food and necessary money , then shall the master who has charge of the box lend him relief and assistance from the box , if he otherwise may , until he recover from
his sickness ; ancl he shall afterwards vow and promise to restitute the same into the box . But if he should die in such sickness , then so much shall be taken from what he leaves at his death , be it clothing or other articles as to repay that which had been loaned to him , if so much there be . These are tlie Statutes of tlie Bavlirers and Fellows No craftsman or master shall set at work a fellow
who commits adultery , or who openly lives m illicit intercourse with woman , or who does not yearly make a confession , and g ives not to the holy communion , according to Christian discipline , nor one who is so foolish as to lose his clothing at play . Item . If any fellow should wantonly take leave of a Grand Lodge or from another lodgehe shall riot
, ask employment in the same lodge for a year to come . Item . If a craftsman or master wishes to discharge a travelling fellow whom he had employed , he shall not do so unless on a Saturday , or a pay-evening , so that he may know how to travel on the morrow , unless he be guilty of an offence . The same shall also
be done by a fellow-craft . Item . A travelling fellow shall make application for employment to no one but the master of the work , or the parlirer , neither clandestinely nor openly , without the knowledge and will of the master .
BegvAations of the Apprentices . No craftsman nor master shall knowingly accept as an apprentice one who is not of lawful birth , and shall earnestly enquire thereof before he accepts him , and shall question such apprentice on his word , whether his father and mother were duly united in lawful wedlock .
Item . No craftsman or master shall promote one of his apprentices as a parlirer , whom he has taken as an apprentice from his rough state , or who is still in his years of apprenticeship . Neither shall any craftsmen or master promote any of his apprentices as a parlirer , whom , he has taken
from his rough state , notwithstanding he may have served the years of his apprenticeship , if he has not travelled for the space of one year . If any one who has served with a mason ( murer ) , comes to a craftsman , and wishes to learn of him , the said craftsman shall not accept him as an apprentice
, unless he serve as such for three years . No craftsman or master shall take an apprentice from his rough state for less than five years . If , however , it happens that an apprentice should leave his master during the years of his apprenticeship , without sufficient reasonsand does not serve out his
, time , then no master shall employ such apprentice . No fellow shall work with him , nor in any wise keep fellowship with him , until he has served his lawful time with the master whom he'left , and has given him
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The Constitutions Of The Masons Of Strasburg. *
lations , by having complied with what has been sentenced upon him , he will have done sufficient , and be released from his vow , in regard to the article wherefore he has been punished . Z . Item . The master who has charge of tlie book shall , on the oath of the fraternity , have a care that the same be not copiedeither by himself nor by any
, other person , or given , or lent , so that the book remain intact , according to the resolution of the craftsmen . But if one of tho craftsmen , being of this fraternity , have need or cause to know one or two articles , that may any master give him in writing . Every master shall cause these statuted statutes to
be read every year to the fellows of the lodge . Item . If a complaint be made involving a greater punishment , as , for instance , expulsion from Masonry , the same shall not be tried or judged by one master , in his district , but the two nearest masters who are intrusted with the copies of the statutes , and who
have authority over the fraternity , shall be summoned by him , so that there may be three . The fellows who were at the place where the grievance arose shall be summoned also , as whatsoever shall be , with one accord , agreed upon by those three together with all the fellows , or by a majority thereof , in accordance
with their oath aud best judgement , shall be observed by the whole fraternity of craftsmen . Item . If two or more masters , who are of the fraternity , be at variance , or discord , about matters which do not concern Masonry , they shall not settle these matters anywhere but before Masonry , which shall judge and reconcile them as far as possible , but so that the agreement be made 'without prejudice to tlie lords or cities who are concerned in the matter .
1 . Now , m order that these regulations of tne Craft may be kept more honestly , with service to God and other necessary and becoming things , every master who has craftsmen at work in his lodge , and practises Masonry , and is of this fraternity , shall first pay one florin on entering this fraternity , and afterwards each year four Blappartsnamelyon each
, , ember-week one Blappart , or Bohemian , to be paid into the box of the fraternity , and each fellow four Blapparts , and so likewise an apprentice who has served his time . 2 . All masters and craftsmen who are of this fraternity , and who employ workmen in their lodges ,
shall each of them have a box , and each fellow shall pay into the box weekly one penny . Every master shall faithf ully treasure up such money , and what may be derived from other sources , and shall each year deliver it to the fraternity at the nearest place where a book is keptin order to provide for God's worship
, and to supply the necessaries of the fraternity , 3 . Every master who has a box , if there be no book in the same lodge , shall deliver tlie money each year to the master who has charge of the book , and where the book is there shall also be held divine worship . If a master or fellow dies in a lodge where
no book is kept , another master or fellow of the said lodge shall give notice thereof to the master who has a book , and when he has been 'informed thereof he shall cause a mass to be said for the repose of the soul of him who has departed , and all the masters and fellows of the lodge shall assist at the mass and contribute thereto . 4 . If a master or fellow be put to any exjiense or disbursement on account of the fraternity , and
notice be given of how the same occurred , such master or fellow shall he repaid his expenses , be the same small or great , out of the box of the fraternity ; if also any one gets into trouble with courts or in other matters relating to the fraternity , then shall every oue , be he master or fellow , afford him aid ancl relief , as he is bound to do by the oath of the fraternity .
5 . If a master or fellow fall sick , or a fellow who is of the fraternity , and has lived upright in Masonry , be afflicted with protracted illness and want for food and necessary money , then shall the master who has charge of the box lend him relief and assistance from the box , if he otherwise may , until he recover from
his sickness ; ancl he shall afterwards vow and promise to restitute the same into the box . But if he should die in such sickness , then so much shall be taken from what he leaves at his death , be it clothing or other articles as to repay that which had been loaned to him , if so much there be . These are tlie Statutes of tlie Bavlirers and Fellows No craftsman or master shall set at work a fellow
who commits adultery , or who openly lives m illicit intercourse with woman , or who does not yearly make a confession , and g ives not to the holy communion , according to Christian discipline , nor one who is so foolish as to lose his clothing at play . Item . If any fellow should wantonly take leave of a Grand Lodge or from another lodgehe shall riot
, ask employment in the same lodge for a year to come . Item . If a craftsman or master wishes to discharge a travelling fellow whom he had employed , he shall not do so unless on a Saturday , or a pay-evening , so that he may know how to travel on the morrow , unless he be guilty of an offence . The same shall also
be done by a fellow-craft . Item . A travelling fellow shall make application for employment to no one but the master of the work , or the parlirer , neither clandestinely nor openly , without the knowledge and will of the master .
BegvAations of the Apprentices . No craftsman nor master shall knowingly accept as an apprentice one who is not of lawful birth , and shall earnestly enquire thereof before he accepts him , and shall question such apprentice on his word , whether his father and mother were duly united in lawful wedlock .
Item . No craftsman or master shall promote one of his apprentices as a parlirer , whom he has taken as an apprentice from his rough state , or who is still in his years of apprenticeship . Neither shall any craftsmen or master promote any of his apprentices as a parlirer , whom , he has taken
from his rough state , notwithstanding he may have served the years of his apprenticeship , if he has not travelled for the space of one year . If any one who has served with a mason ( murer ) , comes to a craftsman , and wishes to learn of him , the said craftsman shall not accept him as an apprentice
, unless he serve as such for three years . No craftsman or master shall take an apprentice from his rough state for less than five years . If , however , it happens that an apprentice should leave his master during the years of his apprenticeship , without sufficient reasonsand does not serve out his
, time , then no master shall employ such apprentice . No fellow shall work with him , nor in any wise keep fellowship with him , until he has served his lawful time with the master whom he'left , and has given him