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Eoyal Arch
I for every subscribing Companion , to be calculated-as due on the twenty-seventh of December , which shall be considered the termination of the Masonic year ;— - reckoning threepence per quarter for each quarter , or any portion of a quarter of a year , from the elate of exaltation , joining , or retirement , as the case may be , of any Compaaion . And for every Companion exalted , a registration fee of two shillings and sixpence , and for every joining Companion , a registration fee of one shilling in addition to the annual subscription . If any Chapter shall refuse or neglect to pny the amount of such contributions and fees , or to make the returns mentioned in
the last bydaw , for the space of twelve calendar months , the Companions of suca Chapter shall be excluded from the right of voting in the Prov . Grand Chapter until the same shall have been paid . And if such Chapter shall refuse or neglect to pay such contributions and fees , and make such returns as aforesaid , for the space of two years , then the Companions of such Chapter shall lose their right to be present in the Prov . Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire ; and if such Chapter shall refuse or neglect to pay their contributions and fees , and make their returns , for the space of three years , the Companions of such Chapter shall be excluded from all claim on , or benefit derivable from , the funds of the Prov . Grand Chapter , and shall be reported to the Grand Chapter of England for default .
11 th .- —The Prov . Grand Chapter Fund shall be for the purposes of granting relief to Companions of this province who may have fallen into distress or difficulty , or who may have become disabled by accident , old age , or infirmities ; and for granting relief to the indigent widows , or children of the Companions of this province , in addition to the grants made by the Prov . Grand Lodge ; and for other charitable purposes , exclusively of a Masonic character ; and for such other purposes as may be deemed necessary in order to maintain the honour and dignity of the Prov . Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire . All applications for relief shall be made
by petition , skating the name , place of abode , and present circumstances of the petitioner , with the name and number of the Chapter in which , and the date when , he was exalted ; and the applicant , if capable , shall sign the petition . Every petition must be accompanied with a certificate signed in open Chapter , by the three Principals , and a majority of the Companions present , of the Chapter to which the petitioner belongs , or did belong ; or of some other contributing Chapter in the neighbourhood , and must be supported in the Prov . Grand Chapter ,
by a representative from the Chapter recommending the petition . The petitioner must have been , for not less than two years , a contributing member of some regular Chapter of this province ; and his name registered in the books of the Prov . Grand Chapter . No Companion , once relieved , shall petition a second time within the space of one year . Relief may be awarded to a petitioning Companion , not exceeding the sum of five pounds ; and to the widow of indigent children oi a deceased Companion , not exceeding the sum of three pounds . TOl . 1 , Ti . U ~ ll "U .. : > 1 J . . ~ iU . T ^ ' ,. J- T ) • „ 1 ^ C / < K „ ,. J ^ ., 1 . 1 ... 12 thIt shall be incumbent the First Princi of in the
„ , . — on pal every Chapter province , to make the inquiries touching any Companion who shall apply to become a joining member of any Chapter , and any candidate who shall apply to be exalted in any Chapter in this province , out of the locality iu which such applicant usually resided , as are required by the by-laws of tho Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , concerning candidates applying to join a Lodge , or for admission into Craft Masonry ; and every Pirst Principal or acting officer , to whom such inquiry is directed , is hereby required to make a true and prompt answer , in writing , to such application as directed by the said by-laws .
13 th . —N " o Chapter oi Emergency , or Masonic . Festival , shall bo held by any Chapter , on the clay on which the Prov . Grand Chapter is appointed to be held . 14 th . —No proposition for any new bydaw , nor for the alteration , repeal , or abrogation of any of the existing by-laws of this Prov . Grand Chapter , shall be received or allowed , unless due notice of ' such proposition , in writing , shall bo sent to the Prov . G Grand Scribe . E E .. twentv-one davs before anv Prov . Grand sent to tiro Prov . rand Scribe . . twenty-one days before any Prov . Grand
, Chapter . Notice of audi proposition shall be given in the Prov . Grand Chapter summonses , mid tlio same shall be determined by the majority of the Companions assembled in Prov . Grand Chapter . 15 th .--If any Chapter or Companion shall commit a breach of tho foregoing rules and regulations to which no specific penalty is attached , or « huill commit any
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Eoyal Arch
I for every subscribing Companion , to be calculated-as due on the twenty-seventh of December , which shall be considered the termination of the Masonic year ;— - reckoning threepence per quarter for each quarter , or any portion of a quarter of a year , from the elate of exaltation , joining , or retirement , as the case may be , of any Compaaion . And for every Companion exalted , a registration fee of two shillings and sixpence , and for every joining Companion , a registration fee of one shilling in addition to the annual subscription . If any Chapter shall refuse or neglect to pny the amount of such contributions and fees , or to make the returns mentioned in
the last bydaw , for the space of twelve calendar months , the Companions of suca Chapter shall be excluded from the right of voting in the Prov . Grand Chapter until the same shall have been paid . And if such Chapter shall refuse or neglect to pay such contributions and fees , and make such returns as aforesaid , for the space of two years , then the Companions of such Chapter shall lose their right to be present in the Prov . Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire ; and if such Chapter shall refuse or neglect to pay their contributions and fees , and make their returns , for the space of three years , the Companions of such Chapter shall be excluded from all claim on , or benefit derivable from , the funds of the Prov . Grand Chapter , and shall be reported to the Grand Chapter of England for default .
11 th .- —The Prov . Grand Chapter Fund shall be for the purposes of granting relief to Companions of this province who may have fallen into distress or difficulty , or who may have become disabled by accident , old age , or infirmities ; and for granting relief to the indigent widows , or children of the Companions of this province , in addition to the grants made by the Prov . Grand Lodge ; and for other charitable purposes , exclusively of a Masonic character ; and for such other purposes as may be deemed necessary in order to maintain the honour and dignity of the Prov . Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire . All applications for relief shall be made
by petition , skating the name , place of abode , and present circumstances of the petitioner , with the name and number of the Chapter in which , and the date when , he was exalted ; and the applicant , if capable , shall sign the petition . Every petition must be accompanied with a certificate signed in open Chapter , by the three Principals , and a majority of the Companions present , of the Chapter to which the petitioner belongs , or did belong ; or of some other contributing Chapter in the neighbourhood , and must be supported in the Prov . Grand Chapter ,
by a representative from the Chapter recommending the petition . The petitioner must have been , for not less than two years , a contributing member of some regular Chapter of this province ; and his name registered in the books of the Prov . Grand Chapter . No Companion , once relieved , shall petition a second time within the space of one year . Relief may be awarded to a petitioning Companion , not exceeding the sum of five pounds ; and to the widow of indigent children oi a deceased Companion , not exceeding the sum of three pounds . TOl . 1 , Ti . U ~ ll "U .. : > 1 J . . ~ iU . T ^ ' ,. J- T ) • „ 1 ^ C / < K „ ,. J ^ ., 1 . 1 ... 12 thIt shall be incumbent the First Princi of in the
„ , . — on pal every Chapter province , to make the inquiries touching any Companion who shall apply to become a joining member of any Chapter , and any candidate who shall apply to be exalted in any Chapter in this province , out of the locality iu which such applicant usually resided , as are required by the by-laws of tho Prov . Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , concerning candidates applying to join a Lodge , or for admission into Craft Masonry ; and every Pirst Principal or acting officer , to whom such inquiry is directed , is hereby required to make a true and prompt answer , in writing , to such application as directed by the said by-laws .
13 th . —N " o Chapter oi Emergency , or Masonic . Festival , shall bo held by any Chapter , on the clay on which the Prov . Grand Chapter is appointed to be held . 14 th . —No proposition for any new bydaw , nor for the alteration , repeal , or abrogation of any of the existing by-laws of this Prov . Grand Chapter , shall be received or allowed , unless due notice of ' such proposition , in writing , shall bo sent to the Prov . G Grand Scribe . E E .. twentv-one davs before anv Prov . Grand sent to tiro Prov . rand Scribe . . twenty-one days before any Prov . Grand
, Chapter . Notice of audi proposition shall be given in the Prov . Grand Chapter summonses , mid tlio same shall be determined by the majority of the Companions assembled in Prov . Grand Chapter . 15 th .--If any Chapter or Companion shall commit a breach of tho foregoing rules and regulations to which no specific penalty is attached , or « huill commit any