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Bitter thotshts. are irashly stirred,
Brightest links In life are broken
Bya.slngle'angry word. ~.~- ~
AN ACT to Incorporte the Grand
Lodge Of Free and Accepted An
oiert York Masons of the State OF
South Carolina, and the Subordi.
nate Lodges Under its Jurisdiction
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
4Het aud sitting in General Assembly
and by the authority of the same,
That George E. Johnson, VIM. Fl,
Birney, T. B. Maxwell, VIM. 3. Nash,
B. A. Boseman, Jr:, III. Maxwell.
H. E. Hayne, VIM. 4pglis, Jr:, WIN.
C. Young, II. L. Bell. R. B. Elliott,
J. A. Bowley, R. II. Gleave, W, II,
Jones, Jr, apd their successors in
Office, be, and they are hereby, incor.
porated, by. the hamo Of "The Most
Wcrshipiul Grand Lodge of Free and
Accepted Ancient York Masons, OF
the State of South Carolina" and by
that name shall have capacity to sue
andsbe sued, plead and be impleaded
in any and all of the Courts of this
State; to contract and be contracted
with; to have q common seal, and to
altersthe same at pleasure. And the
said Grand Lodge. through its four
principal officers, shall have perpetual
succession, and may grant dispensa.
tions and charters to subordinate
Lodges, to be subject to and Under
its Masonic Jurisdiction, and make
ordain and establish its constitution,
bylaws, rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with the Constitution or
laws of this State, or of the United
States; and may acquire, hold and
enjoy SO much real estate as may be
necessary for~sthe erection Of proper
buildings and offices, not to exceed
ten acres, for carrying on and con-
Quoting its business; and in the erec-
tion of its Lodge room, may erect
storerooTqs or Offices in the lower
stories thereof, and rent out the same
Ind collect the rent, and hold or loan
thssame out, az the Grand Lodge
may pesire, subject to the regulations
hereinafter prescribed.
SEC. 2. That said Grand Lodge
shall have power 10 collect its revenue
and apply the same, according to the
ancient custom of the order, or may
loan out the same for the purpose of
aiding in benevolent enterprises or
for the purpose Of accumulation: Pro
videa, Rhat the funds, In money or
chooses i1 action, shall not exceed, in
available assets, the sum of fifty
thousand dollars at any one time,
and shall not be loaned upon usurious
interest, nor shall the funds or accre-
tions thereof be used otherwise than
for the payment Of the expenses OF
thesaid grand lodge, and for chart
table purposes; and being thus set
apart, the same shall not 'Ie liable to
taxation.
SEC. 3. That all contracts made, or
obligations assumed heretofore, which
ore not inconsistent with the laws OF
the land, by said Grand Lodge, be,
and the same are hereby, made valid
and binding upon said Grand Lodge
as organized under this charter |; and
the acceptance of this charter by q
resolution of said Grand Lodge shall
be all that is required to complete its
organization under the same. .sEfE
SEC. 4 That the three principal
officers of each subordinate lodge
under the jurisdiction of this Grand
Lodge, and their successors in office
be, and the same are hereby, created
. body polite and corporate, SO fal
to enable them, for each of their res
pective lodges, to receive, hold anc
enjoy, possess and retain property
both real and personal, not exceeding
in value the esum of twenty-five thous
and dollars, and to sell. alien, or lease
the same, in any manner deemed
advisable by said subordinate lodges
and which said subordinate lodges
shall be, and are hereby, incorporated
by the name specified in the charter
or dispensation granted by the sale
Grand Lodge to each of them. respec
lively, which said charters or dispen
sations, whether granted heretofore
or hereafter by said Grand Lodge
shall be evidence of the tact of in
corporation under this Act, in any
Court of this State, without furtheI
proof; and by such name said subor
kinate lodges may sue and be sued
plead aud be impleaded, and do al
things enjoined by the said Grant
Lodge, not inconsistent with the Con
stitution or laws of the land. ant
within tho scope and perview of th'
powers hereby conferred upon sale
Graz d Lodge; and the said subordi
nateiodges. respectively, shall retair
tbeir said corporate powers SO long
as the said Grand Lodge shall con
tinue their respective charters or dis
pensations, but shall cease to posses
any corporate existence when th'
charter or dispensation shall ha.'
been revoked or taken away by sait
Grand Lodge; and all the effects O
SUCH subordinate lodge as may for
felt it's charter or dispensation shal
belong to the said Grand Lodge; am
each subordipate lodge shall have th'
sams powers, with pespoet Ito. its as
. sets, as are conferred by the secont
Section Of this Act upon. the Grans
Lodge. .. - s-,..~.
SEC. 5. That the said Grind lodge
and such subordinate lodge undel
its jurisdioti, shall have, respectively