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Article REGULATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONS. ← Page 9 of 10 →
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Regulations And Constitutions.
which he shall communicate to the Sovereign Grand Council as soon as possible , directing the same to Grand Secretary General ( Inspector or Grand Deputy ) . He shall preside in the aforesaid Grand Councils or Lodges of Perfection or others whenever he shall deem it necessary , without any opposition whatsoever from any of the Brethren , under
pain of disobedience and Interdiction , for such is our good will and p leasure . 23 . When the Grand Council shall be regularly convoked , seven ,
members will be sufficient to open the works at the appointed hour , and the regulations which shall be made and sealed by the plurality of votes amongst them shall have force of law , as if the other members had been present ; except in cases of necessity when the Grand Inspector or his Deputy can proceed to work with three members .
24 . If in the Assembly of the Grand Council any members should present themselves in an indecent manner , tipsy or were guilty of any faults tending to destroy the harmony which ought to reign in such
Respectable Assemblies , they shall be reprimanded for the first time , fined the second , which fine shall be paid immediately , and the third time they shall be deprived of their dignities ; if the majority of the Grand Council is for the expulsion they shall be turned out .
25 . If in the Sovereign Grand Council any members were culpable of any offence mentioned in the preceding article they shall , for the first time , be fined immediately , for the second time , they shall be turned
out of the General Assembly for the space of a year , during which time they shall be deprived of their functions in the Council as in the Lodge of which he or they might be members , and for the third time , he or they shall be expelled for ever . If he or they should be President of any Council or private Lodge , he or they shall forfeit it and a new President shall be nominated to his Council or Lodge of any degree whatsoever .
26 . The Sovereign Council shall acknowledge as regular Councils of Lodges of Perfection only those which shall have been regularly constituted by himself or by the Grand Inspectors General or their
Deputies . It shall be the same as to the Knights Masons Princes or Grand Elect Perfect who might have been received by any Councils or Lodges which were not duly authorized to it .
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Regulations And Constitutions.
which he shall communicate to the Sovereign Grand Council as soon as possible , directing the same to Grand Secretary General ( Inspector or Grand Deputy ) . He shall preside in the aforesaid Grand Councils or Lodges of Perfection or others whenever he shall deem it necessary , without any opposition whatsoever from any of the Brethren , under
pain of disobedience and Interdiction , for such is our good will and p leasure . 23 . When the Grand Council shall be regularly convoked , seven ,
members will be sufficient to open the works at the appointed hour , and the regulations which shall be made and sealed by the plurality of votes amongst them shall have force of law , as if the other members had been present ; except in cases of necessity when the Grand Inspector or his Deputy can proceed to work with three members .
24 . If in the Assembly of the Grand Council any members should present themselves in an indecent manner , tipsy or were guilty of any faults tending to destroy the harmony which ought to reign in such
Respectable Assemblies , they shall be reprimanded for the first time , fined the second , which fine shall be paid immediately , and the third time they shall be deprived of their dignities ; if the majority of the Grand Council is for the expulsion they shall be turned out .
25 . If in the Sovereign Grand Council any members were culpable of any offence mentioned in the preceding article they shall , for the first time , be fined immediately , for the second time , they shall be turned
out of the General Assembly for the space of a year , during which time they shall be deprived of their functions in the Council as in the Lodge of which he or they might be members , and for the third time , he or they shall be expelled for ever . If he or they should be President of any Council or private Lodge , he or they shall forfeit it and a new President shall be nominated to his Council or Lodge of any degree whatsoever .
26 . The Sovereign Council shall acknowledge as regular Councils of Lodges of Perfection only those which shall have been regularly constituted by himself or by the Grand Inspectors General or their
Deputies . It shall be the same as to the Knights Masons Princes or Grand Elect Perfect who might have been received by any Councils or Lodges which were not duly authorized to it .