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The Principles of Masonic Law

CHAPTER VI
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_( See Grand Master_.) Master Mason, rights of " " becomes a member by signing the by-laws " " how this right is forfeited " " may apply to any lodge for membership " " to whom subject for discipline " " may speak and vote on all questions " " may hold any office to which elected " " but to serve as Master must have been a Warden " " may appeal to the Grand Lodge " " may visit any lodge, after examination Master of a lodge " " " must have previously served as Warden " " " must see Grand Lodge regulations enforced " " " must be installed by a Past Master " " " has the warrant in charge " " " may call special meetings of his lodge " " " may close his lodge at any time " " " presides over business as well as labor " " " is supreme in his lodge Master of a lodge, no appeal from his decision except to Grand Lodge moral qualifications of intellectual qualifications of who is to judge of them is a member of the Grand Lodge may exclude a member temporarily Membership, right of Members of Grand Lodge are Masters and Wardens with the Grand Officers Minutes, when to be read how to be amended not to be read at special communications formula for keeping Moral law, what it is a Mason must obey it Motions, when to be entertained N.
Name of a lodge to be selected by itself Non-residents, initiation of Number of a lodge regulates its precedency of candidates to be initiated at one communication O.
Office, can be vacated only by death, removal, or expulsion not vacated by suspension Officers of a Grand Lodge subordinate lodge warranted lodge must be installed how to be installed time of election determined by Grand Lodge elected annually vacancies in, how to be supplied cannot resign Order, rules of whence derived P.
Parliamentary law not applicable to Masonry Past Masters rights of not members of the Grand Lodge by inherent right may install their successors of two kinds--actual and virtual may preside in a lodge eligible to election to the chair entitled to a seat in the East eligible to be elected Deputy Grand Master, or Grand Warden virtual, cannot be present at installing a Master Penal jurisdiction of a lodge Perfect youth, meaning of the term Perfection, physical, why required of a candidate Petition of candidate must be read at a regular communication referred to a committee of three reported on at next regular communication report on, cannot be made at a special communication renewal of, in case of rejection how to be renewed, if rejected for advancement to a higher degree if rejected, how to be renewed Petitioners, not less than seven to form a lodge what they must set forth must be recommended by nearest lodge Political offenses not cognizable by a lodge Political qualifications of candidates Postponed business, when to be called up Precedency of lodges, regulated by their numbers Presiding in a lodge, who has the right of officer, has the prerogatives of the Master, for the time Previous question, unknown in Masonry Probation of candidates for initiation for advancement Proceedings of a regular communication cannot be amended at a special one Profanes, testimony of, how to be taken in trials Proficiency of candidates Proficiency of candidates, must be suitable Punishments, masonic Pursuivant, a title equivalent to Sword-Bearer Q.
Qualifications of a Master of a lodge of candidates, moral religious physical intellectual political, 184 Quarterly communications of Grand Lodge, ordered in 1717 Question, how to be taken on a motion R.
Reading, a qualification of candidates Recommendation of nearest lodge, necessary to form a new one of candidate, must be by two members Reconsideration of ballot motion for, is out of order, cannot be granted by dispensation Rejected candidate cannot apply to any other lodge renewed petition of, when to be made, Relief, right of claiming it unworthy Masons not entitled to it Religion of a Mason, what it is required to be Religious offenses not cognizable by a lodge Removal of a lodge, rule on the subject of Representatives of a lodge, who they are Reprimand, a masonic punishment Restoration from definite suspension indefinite supension expulsion must be at a stated communication may be by Grand Lodge requires a unanimous vote to membership discussed S.
Secretary, Grand.

(_See Grand Secretary._) of a lodge his duty is a recording, corresponding, and receiving officer is a check upon the treasurer often receives compensation in case of death, or expulsion, a successor may be elected but not in case of removal, or sickness Senior Grand Warden.

(_See Grand Wardens._) Senior Warden presides in absence of Master may invite a Past Master to preside presides over the craft during labor appoints the Junior Deacon Sentence in trials, how to be obtained -- -- is in abeyance pending an appeal Stewards, Grand.

(_See Grand Stewards._) of a lodge appointed by Junior Warden duties of not removable by Junior Warden Stranger, initiation of Suspension definite indefinite Sword Bearer, Grand.

(_See Grand Sword Bearer._) T.
Testimony, how to be taken on masonic trials Tiler, Grand.


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