Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-02-08
IaAsoNIc INTELLIaENcE.
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MAsoNIC IrRIsPRUDENcE.
OHIO.

Ol1AOs
The Lars of-Tespecting LlitiGtfoas;---
l6 No oreiigi0ustest shall ever berequIrea
Of any applicant for the benefits OF Ma
s0nry, other than 3 steadfast eelleI ID
the existence and perfection OF Deity )
and no Lodge under this jurisdiction
shall receive any candidate without the
acknowledgment of such belief.
H. No Lodge shall confer the hrst tnree
degrees in Masonry for less sum tnss
twenty dollars. A unanimous vote must
be had ia favor OF the applicant for each
degree. The fee for initiation or mem
bership shall ia al cases accompany the
petition.
Is. No Lodge shall initiate into the
mysteries Of the craft any person whom
sOever, without being fret satisfied oy
test or otherwise, that the candidate mas
not mads application to some otner
Lodge and been rejected; and If 1t snail
appear that be has been rejected, tnen
the Lodge shall not initiate sueh person
without the unanimous consent OF the
rejecting Ledge. >,
l9 Previous to advancement all eandi-
dates shall be examined III open Lodge
in the degree which they have taken,
and be found to possess at least knowi-
edge of that degree.
20 The degrees OF Fellow Craft and
Master Mason shall be conferred only by
the Lodge initiating, unless by consent
Of such Lodge.
q. No Lodge under the jurisdiction Of
this Grand Lodge shall confer tbeaf1rs
section Of the Z. A. degree, or the hrs
section Of the +. c. degree or the hra
and second sections Of the NJ. M, degree
up0n more than one candidate at tn
same time. NJ
OF MEMBERSHIP.
% No Lodge shall receive into mem
Fersbia Mason from any other bOdgr Z,
until lie shall produce satisfactory ev
dence that he bss paid all dues to the
I,otge Of which he was last membe
d. No one can become member of a
subordinate Lodge, or be entitled to any
vote therein, until he has received the
third degree in Masonry.
"a a brother receiving the degree Of
Master Mason, becomes memser Of the
Lodge coGiegring Il.
g5. Membership in L9dge,frOm first
to l4st, is voluntary on the part of the
member. He may for reasons satisfac
fcrv To himself, by consent OF the Lodge,
ard without thereby subjeeting himself
10 Masonic discipline, Withdraw his
E4llfN~ AA-h AA4IAk AU 1tAAAA bC1f A1D
Voluntarily renOunces all claim to Ma
sonic consideration.
25. Lodges may deny TO Unafflliated
Nasons the privilege of visiting and Ma
sonic charity, the privilege Of Joining in
public PROFESSIONS and Masonic burisi.
p. Joining IN application for a new
Lodge does not sever the membership Of
the petitioners, who are mem bers Of the
causanlirE aud recommending Lodges,
from the Lodge or Lodges of which they
were members. i is incumbent on such
lodges to collect dues from such petition
ing mem 5ers TO the time when the new
Lodge IS fully constituted under its char
Ter, at which time mem bership ceases II
tae elder aud commences in the new
lodge.
IS. Nasons not mem bers Of the con-
senti1g or recommending Lodges who
fcin in a petition for q new Lodge, must
hold regular demits, which must accom-
psny the petition.
%. The W. NJ Of Lodge under dis
ueusatiou shall not be smensbie to dis
ripIine by the chartered Lodge Of which
he is a mem Ger, but shall be to the Grand
Lodge or Grand Master.
80. Master Mssons, members of the
Lodge only, shall be permitted to vote
upon the admission Of candidates and
members.
nULWER's GDE TO FgEEHAS0NRT.
Masonic EIit0g Courisr:
Can you inform me where I esn find
the lines
q" A Sing can make a sartered knight,
And breathe away another;
Bat be, with all his skill and might,
Can never make Brother,
and who was the author?