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Masonic Intelligence.
M . W . G . M . —In obedience to your commands , we have attentively considered the subject of the differences subsisting among tho Brethren of the State of New York . About the year 1782 , a Prov . G . L . was duly established at New York , under a charter , dated the 5 th September 1781 , granted by the G . L . of wdiich the then Duke of Athol was G . M . This charter
authorized the " Prov . G . M . and G . Wardens , together with their lawful associates , being the installed Masters , Wardens , and Past Masters of the regular Lodges within the jurisdiction , " to act . After the recognition of the independence of the United States this G . L . ceased to be provincial , and assumed , and has ever since maintained the character , and exercised the functions , of an
independent G . L ., and has since been so considered and recognised by the G . L . of England . Its Constitution , as revised in 1845 , declared ( in Article 3 ) the G-. L . to consist of the G . Officers and certain Past G . Officers , the Masters and Wardens , or the representatives legally appointed , of all the Lodges under its jurisdiction , " and the Past Masters , Masters
by election and service of one year in the chair , of all such Lodges . " It also provided that the Annual Meetings of the G . L . should be held in the city of New York , on the first Tuesday in June , that meetings , therein called quarterly , should be held on the first Tuesdays in September , December , and March in each year , that Special Meetings miglit be called by the G . M ., but that no regulation affecting the general interests of the Craft should be adopted or changed , except at the Annual Meeting in June . The 106 th Article is as follows : —
" First , no amendment to this constitution , shall be made , or have any effect , until the same shall have had the affirmative vote of the G . L ., at two successive June communications , unless in addition to the affirmative vote of the G . L . at one June Communication , it shall have received- the ccffU-mative vote of a Majority of the Lodges -within its jurisdiction . If such proposed amendment shall receive the affirmative vote of the G . L . at one June communication the same shall
then be appended to the published proceedings , at the end , under cajstion , ' Proposed Amendments to the Constitution , ' and sent to each Lodge within this jurisdiction , in order that the Lodges may , if they think proper , instruct their representatives thereon , and the action of the G . L ., in relation thereto , shall also appear in its appropriate place in the proceedings . Second , the G . L . may ,
byvote at any June meeting , adopt new general regulations not inconsistent with this constitution , to have effect for such time as may be named therein , not exceeding one year from the time of their adoption . But , except for the time aforesaid , no general regulation , or resolution to opperate as such , affecting the Fraternity , or the Lodges , or their action , shall be made , or have any effect , unless the same shall have received the affirmative vote of the G . L . at two successive communications . If such proposed new regulation shall
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Masonic Intelligence.
M . W . G . M . —In obedience to your commands , we have attentively considered the subject of the differences subsisting among tho Brethren of the State of New York . About the year 1782 , a Prov . G . L . was duly established at New York , under a charter , dated the 5 th September 1781 , granted by the G . L . of wdiich the then Duke of Athol was G . M . This charter
authorized the " Prov . G . M . and G . Wardens , together with their lawful associates , being the installed Masters , Wardens , and Past Masters of the regular Lodges within the jurisdiction , " to act . After the recognition of the independence of the United States this G . L . ceased to be provincial , and assumed , and has ever since maintained the character , and exercised the functions , of an
independent G . L ., and has since been so considered and recognised by the G . L . of England . Its Constitution , as revised in 1845 , declared ( in Article 3 ) the G-. L . to consist of the G . Officers and certain Past G . Officers , the Masters and Wardens , or the representatives legally appointed , of all the Lodges under its jurisdiction , " and the Past Masters , Masters
by election and service of one year in the chair , of all such Lodges . " It also provided that the Annual Meetings of the G . L . should be held in the city of New York , on the first Tuesday in June , that meetings , therein called quarterly , should be held on the first Tuesdays in September , December , and March in each year , that Special Meetings miglit be called by the G . M ., but that no regulation affecting the general interests of the Craft should be adopted or changed , except at the Annual Meeting in June . The 106 th Article is as follows : —
" First , no amendment to this constitution , shall be made , or have any effect , until the same shall have had the affirmative vote of the G . L ., at two successive June communications , unless in addition to the affirmative vote of the G . L . at one June Communication , it shall have received- the ccffU-mative vote of a Majority of the Lodges -within its jurisdiction . If such proposed amendment shall receive the affirmative vote of the G . L . at one June communication the same shall
then be appended to the published proceedings , at the end , under cajstion , ' Proposed Amendments to the Constitution , ' and sent to each Lodge within this jurisdiction , in order that the Lodges may , if they think proper , instruct their representatives thereon , and the action of the G . L ., in relation thereto , shall also appear in its appropriate place in the proceedings . Second , the G . L . may ,
byvote at any June meeting , adopt new general regulations not inconsistent with this constitution , to have effect for such time as may be named therein , not exceeding one year from the time of their adoption . But , except for the time aforesaid , no general regulation , or resolution to opperate as such , affecting the Fraternity , or the Lodges , or their action , shall be made , or have any effect , unless the same shall have received the affirmative vote of the G . L . at two successive communications . If such proposed new regulation shall