Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-03-03
MASONIC JUKIsPRUDEzCE.

OHIO-GRAND LODGE.-rhe decisions
Of the Grand Master, Bro. Sparrow, were
all approved, and have been published
in our columns. The following were
reported by Bro. Rex, for Com. on Juris-
prupence, and approved:
l. A brother who is a petitioner for a
new Lodge, and in the dispensation is
appointed WOrshipful Master of such
Lodge, and who is also a member of a
Lodge recommending the establishment
Of such new Lodge, is not eligible to
office in such recommending Lodge.
2. The rule of the Grand Lodge requir-
ing an applicant for the degrees to reside
one year within tbs Jurisdiction of the
Lodge to which he makes application,
cannot be evaded by procuring the con-
sent Of the Lodge in whose Jurisdiction
such applicant last resided.
g.. A Lodge cannot examine q candi-
date for advancement, except at a stated
meeting.
4. A candidate cannot be examined at
q special meeting nor a ballot taken at
such special meeting. The examination
and ballot must be had at the same
stated meeting.
5. The dimit of a Master Mason will
not entitle the person presenting it to
enter a Lodge without examination.
Every visitor must be examined strictly
before admission, either as a member or
a visitor, unless he is vOuehed for by a
Mason who has sat with him in a Lodge.
6. a FellOw-Craft bringing a permit to
q Lodge to confer the degree Of Master
Mason upon him, must also be examined,
unless vOUched for. He must petition
for the degree Of Master Mason, and such
petition must take the regular csrse.
Z. A person who is engaged any
business occupation which is forbidden,
and against the exercise Of which penal
ties are denounced by any law Of this
State, or of the United States, cannot be
made a Mason.
s. Under See. III. Of the Code, if the
Worshipful Master elect declines to be
installed, the Wardens in succession be-
ing installed, tske his place, and the
right of the late Worshipful Master to
hold the Office ceases. In such case, the
Most WOrshipful Grand Master may, if
the Judge desires it, issue his dispensa-
ton authorizing the election and install
lation Of a Worshipful Master for such q
Lodge.
8. An entered Apprentice who is re-
jected on his application for the degree
of FellOw-Craft, must present his petition
for such degree at a stated meeting,
which petition must take the course pre-
seribed in Sec. XVI. of the Code, for
petitions for limitations or membership 4;
and the same proceeding is necessary in
the case of a FellOw-Craft who is re-
jected IN his application for the degree
Of Master Mason.
10. The degree of Past Master cannot
be conferred by one Past Master alone.
There must be three Past Masters pres
ent. Such meeting of Past Masters is
called a "COnvocation - and the Past
Masters holding such convOeatiOn must
be brethren who have been elected, in
stalled, and presided over Lodges Of
Master Masons.
ILLINOIs.-Grand Lodge, at its last
session, decided
l. That a subordinate Constituent
Lodge has no right to elect a brother as
Master, who has not previously served as
Warden, except by dispensation of the
Grand Master.
,. That a Lodge cannot assess a tax OF
its members for Lodge purposes, and
make it cellectable the same as dues.
8. That an application for utilization
may be renewed in the same Lodge, or
presented to another, at any time, and
as often as it may please the brother to
do so.