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Provincial Grand Lodges
within his district , to attend him ^ and to produce the warrant , books , papers , and accounts of the Lodge , or the certificate of the Brother . If the summons be not complied with , nor a sufficient reason , given for noncompliance , a peremptory summons shall be issued ; and , in case of contumacy , the Lodge or Brother may be suspended , and the proceeding notified to the Grand Lodge or Grand Master . "
The giving powers such as those assumed by the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire for their Board of General Purposes , would indeed he introducing a system'of circumlocution more extensive than any yet heard of in the most roundabout of government offices . A complaint is to be made to the Provincial Board of General Purposes ; that Board is to report in turn to the ProvincM
Grand Lodge , which is to express its opinion to the Provincial Grand Master , who is to make such inquiry as to convince him he should tUike action , when he may fine , admonish , or suspend until the next meeting of Grand Lodge , to whom an appeal lies , and the members of which "would of course transmit it to the Board of General Purposes of the whole body , which has iC authority to hear and determine all subjects of Masonic complaint or irregularity respecting Lodges or individual Masons , when regularly brought before it
to take cognizance of alt matters relating to the Craft . It may proceed to admonition , fine , or suspension , according to the laws ; and its decision shall be final , unless an appeal be made to the Grand Lodge . But should any case be of so flagrant a nature as to require the erasure of a Lodge or the expulsion of a Brother , the Board shall make a special report thereon to the Grand Lodge . '' Furthermore , the Board , in order to arrive at a correct conclusion
on the matter , will have the power " to summon any Lodge or Brother to attend them , and to produce the warrant , books , papers ,
and accounts of the Lodge , or the certificate of the Brother ; " in fact , to go over the whole ground previously traversed by the Provincial Board , and then a report will have to be made to Grand Lodge before any sentence or decision can become binding . The Board of West Yorkshire maybe usefully employed in looking after the funds of Provincial Grand Lodge , or making certain local arrangements ; but if they go further , they will introduce a , confusion into the action of the Craft which may , if not checked in time , lead
to the most . incalculable mischief ; and were we to multiply local boards all over the kingdom , to try offences or assumed offences , with powers of appeal to the Provincial Grand Lodge or Grand Master—thence to the Board of General Purposes in London , and then again to the Supreme Grand Lodge—we should be introducing the elements for eneouraoano : litigation in the Order , the result of which , could only be to materially cripple if not entirely destroy it .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial Grand Lodges
within his district , to attend him ^ and to produce the warrant , books , papers , and accounts of the Lodge , or the certificate of the Brother . If the summons be not complied with , nor a sufficient reason , given for noncompliance , a peremptory summons shall be issued ; and , in case of contumacy , the Lodge or Brother may be suspended , and the proceeding notified to the Grand Lodge or Grand Master . "
The giving powers such as those assumed by the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire for their Board of General Purposes , would indeed he introducing a system'of circumlocution more extensive than any yet heard of in the most roundabout of government offices . A complaint is to be made to the Provincial Board of General Purposes ; that Board is to report in turn to the ProvincM
Grand Lodge , which is to express its opinion to the Provincial Grand Master , who is to make such inquiry as to convince him he should tUike action , when he may fine , admonish , or suspend until the next meeting of Grand Lodge , to whom an appeal lies , and the members of which "would of course transmit it to the Board of General Purposes of the whole body , which has iC authority to hear and determine all subjects of Masonic complaint or irregularity respecting Lodges or individual Masons , when regularly brought before it
to take cognizance of alt matters relating to the Craft . It may proceed to admonition , fine , or suspension , according to the laws ; and its decision shall be final , unless an appeal be made to the Grand Lodge . But should any case be of so flagrant a nature as to require the erasure of a Lodge or the expulsion of a Brother , the Board shall make a special report thereon to the Grand Lodge . '' Furthermore , the Board , in order to arrive at a correct conclusion
on the matter , will have the power " to summon any Lodge or Brother to attend them , and to produce the warrant , books , papers ,
and accounts of the Lodge , or the certificate of the Brother ; " in fact , to go over the whole ground previously traversed by the Provincial Board , and then a report will have to be made to Grand Lodge before any sentence or decision can become binding . The Board of West Yorkshire maybe usefully employed in looking after the funds of Provincial Grand Lodge , or making certain local arrangements ; but if they go further , they will introduce a , confusion into the action of the Craft which may , if not checked in time , lead
to the most . incalculable mischief ; and were we to multiply local boards all over the kingdom , to try offences or assumed offences , with powers of appeal to the Provincial Grand Lodge or Grand Master—thence to the Board of General Purposes in London , and then again to the Supreme Grand Lodge—we should be introducing the elements for eneouraoano : litigation in the Order , the result of which , could only be to materially cripple if not entirely destroy it .