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Treaty Of Union, Alliance, And Masonic Confederation.
. 7 J •¦ ¦' ARTICLE V . The confederated powers , faithful to the fundamental doctrines of the Order , and wishing to unite the Masonic tolerance with the absolute independence of the rite , acknowledge and receive as true and legitimate measures , in their respectives rites and degrees , all those who can prove their quality by authentic and regular titles and patentsdelivered by a
, power legally established and duly acknowledged as possessing the right to give such certificates or patents for degrees . They therefore declare , that upon no occasion or pretext whatever , will they acknowledge as legitimate Masons of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite , any but those who have been regularly received , and to whom degrees have been given , either by one of the contracting powers , or ba lodge under their respective authorityor by any other power of
y , the same rite legally established and duly acknowledged by the confederation . Every Scottish Mason , who , after having been regularly received in a regular Lodge of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite , who shall have violated his oath , deserted his standard , or who shall have been guilty of any other serious irregularity , shall be deprived of the benefit of this disposition , and erased as irregular .
ARTICLE VI . With the intention to render the inspection more permanent , active , and efficacious , which they engage to keep up , the confederated powers and the lodges under their control , will only acknowledge as regular Masonic titles , those proceeding from Corporations , or Masonic Lodges under their control , excepting such as have been duly examined and stamped by the grand secretary of the power from which they emanate ,
as also by the different representatives legally authorised and residing in the district . However , ALL authentic titles proceeding from a regular association of the rite established far from the seat of the jurisdiction upon which it depends , shall be received if valid and regular , if they have been examined and signed by the delegates or deputies of the said power , established by it in the said distant places , and who have continued faithful to their mandate , agreeable to Article 16 of the General Regulations of 1762 .
ARTICLE VII In order to maintain and strengthen the discipline of the rite , and to fulfil the intent of Article 5 of the same general regulations , it is expressly agreed upon between the confederated powers , that the measures which may be taken , or any condemnations taMng place as a last resource , by any one of them against a Mason or Lodge , or any Masonic association whatever under their control , shall be considered as the act
of the whole confederation , and shall be immediatel y despatched to each of the other powers , and fully and entirely be confirmed throughout their respective jurisdictions . A Scottish Mason , who may unfortunately fall under a sentence of discipline , cannot elude the consequences , even by presenting himself as a Mason of another rite , even though lie may have regularly practised the said rite before the sentence which punishes him has been pronounced . He shall be struck out of the list of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite for ever , if he has been initiated into another rite with the intention
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Treaty Of Union, Alliance, And Masonic Confederation.
. 7 J •¦ ¦' ARTICLE V . The confederated powers , faithful to the fundamental doctrines of the Order , and wishing to unite the Masonic tolerance with the absolute independence of the rite , acknowledge and receive as true and legitimate measures , in their respectives rites and degrees , all those who can prove their quality by authentic and regular titles and patentsdelivered by a
, power legally established and duly acknowledged as possessing the right to give such certificates or patents for degrees . They therefore declare , that upon no occasion or pretext whatever , will they acknowledge as legitimate Masons of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite , any but those who have been regularly received , and to whom degrees have been given , either by one of the contracting powers , or ba lodge under their respective authorityor by any other power of
y , the same rite legally established and duly acknowledged by the confederation . Every Scottish Mason , who , after having been regularly received in a regular Lodge of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite , who shall have violated his oath , deserted his standard , or who shall have been guilty of any other serious irregularity , shall be deprived of the benefit of this disposition , and erased as irregular .
ARTICLE VI . With the intention to render the inspection more permanent , active , and efficacious , which they engage to keep up , the confederated powers and the lodges under their control , will only acknowledge as regular Masonic titles , those proceeding from Corporations , or Masonic Lodges under their control , excepting such as have been duly examined and stamped by the grand secretary of the power from which they emanate ,
as also by the different representatives legally authorised and residing in the district . However , ALL authentic titles proceeding from a regular association of the rite established far from the seat of the jurisdiction upon which it depends , shall be received if valid and regular , if they have been examined and signed by the delegates or deputies of the said power , established by it in the said distant places , and who have continued faithful to their mandate , agreeable to Article 16 of the General Regulations of 1762 .
ARTICLE VII In order to maintain and strengthen the discipline of the rite , and to fulfil the intent of Article 5 of the same general regulations , it is expressly agreed upon between the confederated powers , that the measures which may be taken , or any condemnations taMng place as a last resource , by any one of them against a Mason or Lodge , or any Masonic association whatever under their control , shall be considered as the act
of the whole confederation , and shall be immediatel y despatched to each of the other powers , and fully and entirely be confirmed throughout their respective jurisdictions . A Scottish Mason , who may unfortunately fall under a sentence of discipline , cannot elude the consequences , even by presenting himself as a Mason of another rite , even though lie may have regularly practised the said rite before the sentence which punishes him has been pronounced . He shall be struck out of the list of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite for ever , if he has been initiated into another rite with the intention