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Cerneau , a Frenchman , by birth , and a jeweller by trade , & c . & c , 8 cc . as aivIffP postor of the first magnitude , anclwliom , we have expelled from every Masonic Asylum within our Jurisdiction ; and further , that whatever Masonic works or proceedings he may have performed , or put his hands to , ever since his arrival in this country from the West Indies , are also , hereby declared as unlawful , void , and totally vitiated b y ' hisdast barefaced imposture , and highly anti-Masonic conduct .

That all those symbolic Brethren ^ and others who have been raised by him and his associates , in what he or they have been accustomed to call his or their Sovereign Chapter of R . ^ , Grand Consistory , and Grand Cozmeil of the 33 rd , are hereby declared irregular and unlawful , and that unless they shall each of them , individually , come forward , express their sorrow and abhorrence of such unlawful ^ nefarious conduct , and subixiit themselves , according to the exact tenor of the laws , they shall also be published over the two Hemispheres , and declared each of them , individually , as impostors , and accomplices in his unlawful deeds .

Be it known and remeitberei ) 1 lso > That being determined to stop , and crush at once , and for ever , all such impositions as have been practised and persisted in for so many years by Joseph Cerneau and others , from foreign countries , particularly the "West Indies ; I hereby , in my own official capacity , declare , to whomsoever it may concern , that the Sovereign Grand Consistory of the 30 th , 31 st , and 32 nd Degrees , originally established in this city , on the 6 th day of August , 5806 , by the thrice Illustrious Brethren , John Gabriel Tardy , John Baptist Desdoity ,

Moses Bevy Madiira Peixotto , and John James Joseph Gourgas , all of them H . * J « Eco ., K . II ., S . P . R . S ., Deputies Grand Inspectors General and Grand Masters under the old system , & c . & c . & c . and others , has'been rigoroiisly inspected , and their proceedings a . pproved of by me ; in consequence whereof , I hereby declare , acknowledge , and recognize them , as well in my own name , as in that of my aforesaid Grand and Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree , at Charleston , South Carolina , as being the only lawful body in New York , which can exist for the Northern District of the United States of America , & c . & c . & c .

In testimony WHEREOF , I , the aforesaid and undersigned Emanuel De la Mot ta , K . H ., S . P . H . S ., Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the 33 rd Degree , and Illustrious Treasurer General of the Holy Empire in the United States of America , & c . & c . & c , have delivered the present under my hand and Grand Seal of Ps . of the E . S . ; and also the Stamp of the 33 rd , at this Grand East of New York City , by the 40 th degree 23 minutes north latitude , the 26 th of the 6 th month , called Elul / Ao . Mi . 5573 , Ao . Ls . 5813 , and of the Christian oera , this 21 st day of September , 1813 .

Deus Meunupie Jus . ( Signed , sealed , and stamped , E . De La MoMa , K . H ., S . P . K . S ., on the original . ) Sovereign Grand Inspector of the 33 rd degree , and Illustrious Treasurer General of the Holy Empire in th e United States of America .

Deus MeumqiieJiiSs In the name and in behalf of the Supreme Grand Council , of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the 33 rd Degree , holding its sittings in Charleston , South Carolina : We do hereby approve of , and confirm , all and every of the forego ! re declaration and proceedings of our Illustrious Brother , E . D . La M ' otta , the Illustrious Treasurer General of the IT . E . against a certain Joseph Cerneau , who has

assumed to himself the profession of Principles and Degrees of which he is ignorant , and has arrogated to himself powers and privileges which never have been lawfully committed to him ; and we do , therefore , declare and publish , that the aforesaid Joseph Cerneau , and h / h abettors and followers , are unworthy of Masonic Communion with any regular Preemasons , whether of high or low degree , or wheresoever dispersed ; and that each , and every of them , are hereby expelled from oven every or any lawful degree or Masonic Society , in which they may have been