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Article REGULATIONS AND CONSTITUTIONS. ← Page 10 of 10
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Regulations And Constitutions.
27 . Every Petition to the Sovereign Grand Council to obtain Letters of Constitutions , either to establish or to regulate a Conncil or Lodge whatsoever , shall be rendered to say : for the Province to the Inspector of the same jurisdictionwho shall nominate four Commissaries to that
, effect , so as to take every needful information . They shall therefore send to the Inspector or his Deputy in the said Jurisdiction an Exact List of the members who requires the creation of a Council or Lodge of Perfection , & c , & c , so that on the report of the said Commissaries and that of the Grand Inspector or his Deputy , it may be
determined by the Grand Council on the demand of the said members ; when it shall be for a Foreign Lodge the Grand Inspectors in their Jurisdiction may create , constitute , prohibit , revoke , and exclude according to their prudence of all which they shall draw up Process Verbal and give advice of everything they shall have done to the
Sovereign Grand Council by the most favourable opportunity ; the aforesaid Inspectors shall conform themselves to the Laws and Customs as well as to the Secret Constitutions of the Sovereign Grand Council ; they shall have the liberty to choose Deputies in their works so as to accelerate them and to authorise them by Patent Letters which shall have force and validity .
28 . The Sovereign Grand Councils shall not grant any Constitutions for the establishment of a Royal Lodge of Perfection , except to Brethren who shall have at least the Degree of Princes of Jerusalem , and the same for a Council of Knights of the East . But for the
establishment of a Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem , the Brothers must have equally and absolutely the degree of Sublime Knight Prince Adept , and proof by authentic titles to have been legally and regularly received , and that they have always enjoyed freely an honest income free from all reproaches as to his good
conduct and reputation , and that he has at all times been submissive to the Degrees of the Grand Council of the Princes of which he wishes to become the chief .
( To be continued . )
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Regulations And Constitutions.
27 . Every Petition to the Sovereign Grand Council to obtain Letters of Constitutions , either to establish or to regulate a Conncil or Lodge whatsoever , shall be rendered to say : for the Province to the Inspector of the same jurisdictionwho shall nominate four Commissaries to that
, effect , so as to take every needful information . They shall therefore send to the Inspector or his Deputy in the said Jurisdiction an Exact List of the members who requires the creation of a Council or Lodge of Perfection , & c , & c , so that on the report of the said Commissaries and that of the Grand Inspector or his Deputy , it may be
determined by the Grand Council on the demand of the said members ; when it shall be for a Foreign Lodge the Grand Inspectors in their Jurisdiction may create , constitute , prohibit , revoke , and exclude according to their prudence of all which they shall draw up Process Verbal and give advice of everything they shall have done to the
Sovereign Grand Council by the most favourable opportunity ; the aforesaid Inspectors shall conform themselves to the Laws and Customs as well as to the Secret Constitutions of the Sovereign Grand Council ; they shall have the liberty to choose Deputies in their works so as to accelerate them and to authorise them by Patent Letters which shall have force and validity .
28 . The Sovereign Grand Councils shall not grant any Constitutions for the establishment of a Royal Lodge of Perfection , except to Brethren who shall have at least the Degree of Princes of Jerusalem , and the same for a Council of Knights of the East . But for the
establishment of a Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem , the Brothers must have equally and absolutely the degree of Sublime Knight Prince Adept , and proof by authentic titles to have been legally and regularly received , and that they have always enjoyed freely an honest income free from all reproaches as to his good
conduct and reputation , and that he has at all times been submissive to the Degrees of the Grand Council of the Princes of which he wishes to become the chief .
( To be continued . )