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58 (U.M.L., vol.ix., book 1). [38] The Wardens, or officers, of a lodge cannot be removed, unless for a cause which appears to the lodge to be sufficient; but the Master, if he be dissatisfied with the conduct of any of his officers, may lay the cause of complaint before the lodge; and, if it shall appear to the majority of the Brethren present that the complaint be well founded, he shall have power to displace such officer, and to nominate another.
_English Constitutions, as above, p._ 80 (U.M.L., vol.ix., book 1). [39] It is not necessary that he should be a Past Master of the lodge. [40] No master shall assume the Master's chair, until he shall have been regularly installed, though he may in the interim rule the lodge.
_English Constitutions_ (U.M.L., vol.ix., book 1). [41] Every Warranted Lodge is a constituent part of the Grand Lodge, in which assembly all the power of the fraternity resides.
_English Constitutions, p_.
70 (U.M.L., vol.ix., book 1). [42] We shall not here discuss the question whether Past Masters are members of the Grand Lodge, by inherent right, as that subject will be more appropriately investigated when we come to speak of the Law of Grand Lodges, in a future chapter.
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