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Article SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF ENGLAND. ← Page 2 of 2 Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Page 1 of 12 →
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Supreme Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch Masons Of England.
The petition for a Chapter to be attached fto the Union Lodge , No . 287 , York , was not recommended by the Committee , in consequence of Companion Leveau , named in the petition as First Principal , being at the present time presiding officer in another Chapter in the North of England , it being the unanimous opinion of the Committee that the law of the Craft which forbids one brother presiding over two lodges at the same time , applies also to the First Principak ' of a Chapter . This
petition , which was recommended by the M . E . Grand Z ., the Earl of Zetland , they were therefore obliged to bring before the Grand Chapter , for the reason stated ; as , in the event of the Grand Chapter confirming the opinion of the Committee , the petition could not be entertained in its present form . The Grand Chapter having unanimously confirmed the opinion of the Committee , and passed a declaratory law to that effect , the petition was withdrawn * All business being ended , the Chapter was then closed .
Worthy , worthy Bro . Baumer ! why will you do those things which you ought not to do , and leave undone what you ought to do ? If you persist , we must positively make you and your assistants , the three Grand Principals , responsible for your vagaries .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . September 6 . —Present , the R . AY . Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., as G . M . ; the R . W . Bros . H . R . Lewis , P . G . M . ( Sumatra ) , as D . G . M . ; R . Alston , P . G . M . ( Essex ); Hammond , P . G . M . ( Jersey ); Shute , P . G . M . ( Bristol ); Dobie , P . G . M . ( Surrey ); Cabbell and Burmester , as Grand Wardens ; R . G . Alston , Havers , King , Percival , Crucefix , Norris , Philipe , Masson , Bossy , P . Thomson , L . Thompson , Patten , Jennings , & c . & c ; two Grand Stewards , the Master , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Grand Stewards' Lodge ,
and the same of many other lodges . The Grand Lodge having beenTopenecl in"due form , the ^ minutes of the preceding Grand Lodge were put for confirmation . Bro . LEE STEVENS moved that such portion of the minutes as referred to the election of the new Board of General Purposes should not be confirmed , as , by the minutes themselves , it was declared , what was no doubt the fact , that the Grand Lodge had been closed before the report of the scrutineers appointed to ascertain the number of votes had made
their return ; although it was expressly stated in the Book of Constitutions that the return should be made in Grand Lodge . Which motion was duly seconded by Bro . COLLINS . The GRAND REGISTRAR ( President , also of the Board of General
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Supreme Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch Masons Of England.
The petition for a Chapter to be attached fto the Union Lodge , No . 287 , York , was not recommended by the Committee , in consequence of Companion Leveau , named in the petition as First Principal , being at the present time presiding officer in another Chapter in the North of England , it being the unanimous opinion of the Committee that the law of the Craft which forbids one brother presiding over two lodges at the same time , applies also to the First Principak ' of a Chapter . This
petition , which was recommended by the M . E . Grand Z ., the Earl of Zetland , they were therefore obliged to bring before the Grand Chapter , for the reason stated ; as , in the event of the Grand Chapter confirming the opinion of the Committee , the petition could not be entertained in its present form . The Grand Chapter having unanimously confirmed the opinion of the Committee , and passed a declaratory law to that effect , the petition was withdrawn * All business being ended , the Chapter was then closed .
Worthy , worthy Bro . Baumer ! why will you do those things which you ought not to do , and leave undone what you ought to do ? If you persist , we must positively make you and your assistants , the three Grand Principals , responsible for your vagaries .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION . September 6 . —Present , the R . AY . Right Hon . the Earl of Yarborough , D . G . M ., as G . M . ; the R . W . Bros . H . R . Lewis , P . G . M . ( Sumatra ) , as D . G . M . ; R . Alston , P . G . M . ( Essex ); Hammond , P . G . M . ( Jersey ); Shute , P . G . M . ( Bristol ); Dobie , P . G . M . ( Surrey ); Cabbell and Burmester , as Grand Wardens ; R . G . Alston , Havers , King , Percival , Crucefix , Norris , Philipe , Masson , Bossy , P . Thomson , L . Thompson , Patten , Jennings , & c . & c ; two Grand Stewards , the Master , Past Masters , and Wardens of the Grand Stewards' Lodge ,
and the same of many other lodges . The Grand Lodge having beenTopenecl in"due form , the ^ minutes of the preceding Grand Lodge were put for confirmation . Bro . LEE STEVENS moved that such portion of the minutes as referred to the election of the new Board of General Purposes should not be confirmed , as , by the minutes themselves , it was declared , what was no doubt the fact , that the Grand Lodge had been closed before the report of the scrutineers appointed to ascertain the number of votes had made
their return ; although it was expressly stated in the Book of Constitutions that the return should be made in Grand Lodge . Which motion was duly seconded by Bro . COLLINS . The GRAND REGISTRAR ( President , also of the Board of General