Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

The following is the revision of the Constitution and General Regulations for the government of the Order of Royal Arch Masons of Canada , as finally agreed to at the Eighth Annual Convocation of the Canadian Grand Chapter , held on the 8 th of August , A . L . 5865 , A . D . 1865 , at Prescott , Canada West : —¦

THE GRAND CHAPTER . I . The style and title of the Grand Chapter shall be The Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada , and the members shall rank in the following order : —

The Grand Z . Past „ „ The ,, H . 1 ast „ „ The „ J . 1 ast

,, ,, Grand Superintendent , London District . „ Wilson „ „ Huron „ „ Hamilton „ ; , Toronto „ „ ¦ Ontario „

„ Prince Edward „ „ Central „ „ Montreal „ „ E . Townships „ „ Quebec „ Past Grand Superintendents of Districts in the same order of jn-ecedence . Grand Scribe E .

N . Past Grand Scribes E . and N . Grand Principal Sojourner . Past

Grand Treasurer . Past Grand Registrar . Past „ Grand First Assistant Sojourner . Past „

Grand Second „ Past * „ Grand Sword Bearer . Past „ Grand Standard Bearer . Past

„ Grand Director of Ceremonies . Past „ Grand Organist . Past „ Grand Pursuivant . Past

„ Grand Stewards . Past „ The three Principals of every subordinate Chapter .

Past Z ., H ., ancl J . of every subordinate Chapter , being subscribing members to some regular Chapter . Grand Janitor . N . B . —All First and Past First Grand Principals are styled Most Excellent ; all other elective

Grand and Past Grand Officers are styled Right Excellent , and all appointed and past appointed Grand Officers are' styled Very Excellent . The Grand Janitor is styled Companion . II . The Officers of Grand Chapter shall be respectively elected or appointed , as hereinafter

provided , and liold their offices for one year , or until their successors shall have been regularly , elected or appointed , and installed . The election and appointment of all officers shall take place at the Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter , when they shall be duly installed and invested in ancient form .

III . The following officers shall be nominated for election , and if more than one Companion be nominated , the election between them shall be decided hy ballot , viz .: — The Most Excellent Grand Z . „ Right Excellent „ H .

>> >> >> }> " ¦ „ „ „ ,. Scribes E . and N . „ „ , „ „ Principal Sojourner . „ „ „ „ Treasurer . „ „ „ „ Registrar . But where only one nomination takes place the ballot is unnecessary . By an open vote of the Grand Chapter , — The Grand Janitor .

By a majority of the Representatives of the Chapters of their respective Districts present at the Annual Convocation , subject to the confirmation of the Grand Z . - —¦ The Right Excellent the Grand Superintendents of Districts .

IV . The following officers shall be appointed by the Grand Z . The V . E . Grand First Assistant Sojourner . „ „ „ Second Assistant Sojourner . „ „ „ Sword Bearer . Standard Bearer

„ „ „ . „ „ „ Director of Ceremonies . „ Organist . „ „ „ Pursuivant . Four „ „ Stewards .

V . The elective officers , except the Janitor , shall require a majority of all the votes present . The elective officers must be First or Past First Principals , and the other Officers , except the Janitor , Principals , or Past Principals of a Chapter . VI . Should neither of the representative

officers , nor a past Z . of a Chapter , attend any Convocation of the Grand Chapter , such Chapter , by a vote properly certified by the First Principal and Scribe E ., under seal , may delegate any Companion entitled to a seat in the Grand Chapter to