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Club Rules* Of The Stonehewers' And Masons' Handicraft Here In Stuttgart, 1580.
or to amuse themselves there , and one of them not wish to refresh himself , but desire to leave , that is he entitled to do , but he shall pay a half-share to the company . Fourteenthly . And if in the room and society matters errors , or strife arise which cannot be settled by the master and the five * , but
for Avhich the whole meeting is necessary and must assemble , and one or other is required by the society and summoned thereto , and absents himself without honest cause or just impediment , and does not appear to the summons , he shall be fined to the box 5 sch . hel ., or 10 kr . 5 hel . Fifteenthly . And no one shall sit in the inn in order to seduce
journeymen , especially on days of work and labour , in order that the masters may not be hindered in their work and the journeymen themselves harmed thereby . Penalty , 10 kr . Sixteenthly . There are sometimes journeymen who lay themselves out for begging and boarding at the inn . These shall be utterly driven
out and got rid of by the house-father ( landlord ) within four or fiA-e days , in order that by no chance debts be incurred at the inn and the society obliged to pay . Penalty , 10 kr . f Seventeenthly . And all stonehewer masons vtdio have honestly served their time shall be promoted to be stewards ( laden gesellen , literally , chest-felloAVs ) and to the sittings .
Eighteenthly . Andjwhen in a sitting and vote anyone is speaking , none of the masters or fellows of the room shall interrupt him , nor chatter , but allow him to have his full say and keep quiet till it comes to his turn . Penalty , 10 kr . And Twentiethly . If now or in the future anyone wishes to
pledge his mark J he shall do so in the inn , in the company of the fellows and appointed master of the room , under a penalty of 1 fl . And if any desire a mark , he shall in the first place pay to the master and fellows of the room 15 kr ., and then stand one measure of wine for every stroke .
In order that all this may be rigorously carried out , the two conjoint masters appointed on St . George ' s Day by the stonehewer and mason handicrafts to superintend all this , are enjoined to watch all things well and truly , and to give a just account to the Craft of their
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Club Rules* Of The Stonehewers' And Masons' Handicraft Here In Stuttgart, 1580.
or to amuse themselves there , and one of them not wish to refresh himself , but desire to leave , that is he entitled to do , but he shall pay a half-share to the company . Fourteenthly . And if in the room and society matters errors , or strife arise which cannot be settled by the master and the five * , but
for Avhich the whole meeting is necessary and must assemble , and one or other is required by the society and summoned thereto , and absents himself without honest cause or just impediment , and does not appear to the summons , he shall be fined to the box 5 sch . hel ., or 10 kr . 5 hel . Fifteenthly . And no one shall sit in the inn in order to seduce
journeymen , especially on days of work and labour , in order that the masters may not be hindered in their work and the journeymen themselves harmed thereby . Penalty , 10 kr . Sixteenthly . There are sometimes journeymen who lay themselves out for begging and boarding at the inn . These shall be utterly driven
out and got rid of by the house-father ( landlord ) within four or fiA-e days , in order that by no chance debts be incurred at the inn and the society obliged to pay . Penalty , 10 kr . f Seventeenthly . And all stonehewer masons vtdio have honestly served their time shall be promoted to be stewards ( laden gesellen , literally , chest-felloAVs ) and to the sittings .
Eighteenthly . Andjwhen in a sitting and vote anyone is speaking , none of the masters or fellows of the room shall interrupt him , nor chatter , but allow him to have his full say and keep quiet till it comes to his turn . Penalty , 10 kr . And Twentiethly . If now or in the future anyone wishes to
pledge his mark J he shall do so in the inn , in the company of the fellows and appointed master of the room , under a penalty of 1 fl . And if any desire a mark , he shall in the first place pay to the master and fellows of the room 15 kr ., and then stand one measure of wine for every stroke .
In order that all this may be rigorously carried out , the two conjoint masters appointed on St . George ' s Day by the stonehewer and mason handicrafts to superintend all this , are enjoined to watch all things well and truly , and to give a just account to the Craft of their