This is a privilege secured to him by Article XII.

of the General Regulations.
It seems now to be settled, by ancient usage as well as the expressed opinion of the generality of Grand Lodges and of masonic writers, that there is no appeal from his decision.

In June, 1849, the Grand Master of New York, Bro.

Williard, declared an appeal to be out of order and refused to submit it to the Grand Lodge.

The proceedings on that eventful occasion have been freely discussed by the Grand Lodges of the United States, and none of them have condemned the act of the Grand Master, while several have sustained it in express terms.