OLD REGULATIONS. shall be lodged with them on charity, towards the relief only of any true brother fallen into poverty and decay, but none else. NEW REGULATIONS. See Regulations for Charity, 6. But each particular lodge may dispose of their own cha- page 92. rity for poor brothers, according to their own bye-laws, until it be agreed by all the lodges, in a new regulation,* to carry in the charity collected by them, to the grand lodge at their quarterly or annual communication, in order to make a common stock for the more hand some relief of poor brethren. 7. They shall appoint a treasurer, a brother of worldly substance, who shall be a member of the grand lodge by virtue of his office, and shall be always present, and have power to move to the grand lodge any thing that concerns his office. 8. To him shall be committed all money raised for the general charity, or for any other use of the grand lodge, which he shall write down in a book, with the respective ends and uses for which the several sums are intended, and shall expend or disburse the same by such a certain order signed, as the grand lodge shall hereafter agree to in a new regulation. But by virtue of his office, as treasurer, without any other qualification, he shall not vote in choosing a new grand-master and grand wardens, though in every other transaction. * See this explained in the regulation for charity. OLD REGULATIONS. 9. In like manner the secretary shall be a member of the grand lodge, by virtue of his office, and shall vote in every thing, except in choosing grand officers. 10. The treasurer and secretary may have each a clerk or assistant, if they think fit, who must be a brother and a master mason, but must never be a member of the grand lodge, nor speak without being allowed or commanded. 11. The grand-master or deputy, have authority always to command the treasurer and secretary to attend him, with their clerks and books, in order to see how matters go on, and to know what is expedient to be done upon an emergency. 12. Another brother and master-mason should be appointed the tyler, to look after the door; but he must be no member of the grand lodge. NEW REGULATIONS. Another brother and mastermason is appointed pursuivant, and stationed at the inward door of the grand lodge; his business is to report the names 15. But these offices may be and titles of all that want adfurther explained by a new re-mittance, and to go upon mesgulation, when the necessity or sages, &c. but he is not a expediency of them may more member of the grand lodge, appear than at present to the nor allowed to speak without fraternity. orders. XIV. If at any grand lodge, stated or occasional, monthly or annual, the grand-master and deputy should both be absent, then the present master of a lodge that has been longest a free-mason, shall take the chair, and preside as grand-master, pro tempore, and shall be vested with all the honour and power for the time being, provided there is no brother present that has been grand-master or deputy XIV. In the first edition the right of grand wardens was omitted in this regulation, and it has been since found that the old lodges never put into the chair the master of a particular lodge, but when there was no grand warden in company, present nor former; and that in such a case, a grand officer always took place of any master of a lodge that has not been a grand officer. OLD REGULATIONS. NEW REGULATIONS. formerly; for the last former Therefore, in case of the abgrand-master or deputy in com- sence of all grand-masters and pany, takes place of right in deputies, the present senior the absence of the grand-mas-grand warden fills the chair; ter or deputy. and in his absence, the junior grand warden; and his absence the oldest former grand warden in company; and if no former grand officer be found, then the oldest free-mason who is now the master of a lodge.* But to avoid disputes, the grand-master usually gives a particular commission, under his hand and seal of office, counter. signed by the grand secretary, to the senior grand warden, or in his absence to the junior, to act as a deputy grand-master, when the deputy is not in town. XV. In the grand lodge none XV. Soon after the first edican acts as wardens but the tion of the book of constitutions, present grand wardens, if in the grand lodge finding it was company; and if absent, the always the ancient usage that grand-master shall order private the oldest former grand wardens wardens to act as grand war-supplied the places of those of dens pro tempore, whose places the year when absent, the are to be supplied by two fel-grand-masters ever since has low-crafts, or master-masons of ordered them to take place imthe same lodge, called forth to mediately, and act as grand act, or sent thither by the mas- wardens, pro tempore, which ter thereof; or if by him omit- they always do in the absence ted, the grand-master, or he of the grand wardens for the that presides, shall call them year, except when they have forth to act; so that the grand waved their privilege for that lodge may be always complete. time, to honour some brother, whom they thought more fit for the present service. But if no former grand wardens are in company, the grandmaster, or he that presides, calls forth whom he pleases, to The pre-eminence is generally given to the master of the senior lodge, without regard to the age of the masters. OLD REGULATIONS. XVI. 1. The grand wardens, or any others, are first to advise with the deputy about the affairs of the lodges of private single brothers, and are not only to apply to the grand-master without the knowledge of the deputy, unless he refuse his concurrence. 2. In which case, or in case of any difference of sentiment between the deputy and grand wardens, or other brothers, both parties are to go to the grandmaster by consent; who, by virtue of his great authority and power can easily decide the controversy, and make up the difference. S. The grand-master should not receive any private intimations of business concerning masons and masonry, but from his deputy first, except in such cases as his worship can easily judge of: and if the application to the grand-master be irregular, his worship can order the grand wardens, or any so applying, to wait upon the deputy, who is speedily to prepare the business, and lay it orderly before his worship. XVII. No grand-master, grand warden, treasurer, or secretary, or whoever acts for them, or in their stead, pro tempore, can at the same time , act as the master or warden of a particular lodge; but as soon as any of them has discharged NEW REGULATIONS. act grand wardens, pro tempore. XVI. 1. This was intended for the ease of the grand-master, and for the honour of the deputy. 2. No such case has happened in our time, and all grandmasters govern more by love than power. S. No irregular applications have made been made in our time, to the grand-master. XVII. Old grand officers, are now some of them officers of particular lodges, but are not deprived of their privilege in the grand lodge, to sit and vote there as old grand officers; only he deputes a past officer of his particular lodge to act, pro tem * Preference is given to the master or past master of the oldest lodge present. OLD REGULATIONS. NEW REGULATIONS. his public office, he returns to pore, as the officer of that lodge, that post or station in his par-at the grand lodge, ticular lodge, from which he was called to officiate. XVIII. 1. The senior grand XVIII. 1.If the deputy be sick, or necessarily absent, the grand-warden now, ever supplies the master can chuse any brother he pleases to act as his deputy, pro tempore. deputy's place;* the junior acts 2. But he that is chosen deputy at the installation, and al-time. See new regulation I. so the grand wardens, cannot be discharged, unless the cause fairly appear to the grand lodge. 3. For the grand-master, if he 3. Should this case ever hapis uneasy, may call a grand pen, the grand-master appoints lodge, on purpose to lay the his deputy, and the grand lodge cause before them, for their ad- the other grand officers. But if the grand lodge want vice and concurrence. And if the members of the to get rid of the deputy, they grand lodge cannot reconcile must choose a new grand-masthe grand-master with his depu-ter, by which means the deputy or wardens, they are to al-ty's chair becomes vacant. low the grand-master to dis charge his deputy, or wardens, and to choose another deputy immediately, and the same grand lodge, in that case, shall forthwith choose other grand wardens, so that harmony and peace may he preserved. XIX. If the grand-master XIX. The free-masons firmly should abuse his great power, hope, that there will never be and render himself unworthy of occasion for such a new regula the obedience and submission of tion. the lodge, he shall be treated in a way and manner to be agreed upon in a new regulation: because hitherto the ancient fraternity have had no occasion for it. XX. The grand-master, with XX. Or else he shall send his his deputy, grand wardens, and grand officers to visit the lodges: This is done by courtesy, the grand-master only having power to appoint and discharge his deputy at pleasure. |