The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-03-14

; ould not be buried with Masonic honor,
) without the dimit, and erideace that his
dues had been paid as a non-afiIiate. Wa
the Masters ruling correct? Section % d
the Bylaws for the government Of Subor.
dInate Lodges, decides the question in the
Affirmative.
90. QUESTIONS have been propounded, and
the advice Of your Committee asked,
based on cases where Lodges refuse to pun.
ish offenders where the guilt has been con-
fessed or established by proof The ofSenses
| mentioned in Sec 81, Rules and Regulations,
! Your Committee has been asked TO define
Profanity, gambling and drunkenness would
seem to need no definition, and if We have
men among US who do not understand the
/ meaning of these terms, and who practice
any OF them through ignorance or stupidity,
| it would be we'll for Lodges to get rid of
them as soon as possible. We are told that
| they cannot be convicted The advice of
your Committee has been to arraign and
try them. If any Lodge refuses to convict
md punish, let the case be brought up to
Grand Lodge by appeal, and we think the
offenses will be defined to the entire salts
faction of all parties concerned. 1t would
be infinitely better to Withdraw charters
and disband Lodges, even if it deprived a
few brethren from enjoying the rights and
benefits of Masonry, than to allow them to
exist when they are based on immortality,
and our excellent code of laws set at defiance
before the world, By whom we are judged
according to our practices and not our pro-
LESSONS. If this evil confines TO grow, and
a reformation does not take place soon, our
days are numbered as an elevated moral in
stitution. Your Committee does not know
to what extent it exists. 1t is to be hoped |
that is is not general. The lac is simply
and firmly against it, and we so declare. |
Let the Deputy Grand Masters, and Mas
tiers and Wardens of Lodges exert their |
powers to correct these open violations of
our laws.
54 Lodge A. surrendered its charter, |
and dimits were issued by order of the |
Grand Lodge to its members. A portion of /
the former members organized Lodge B. |
Subsequently Lodge B., by resolution, ad-
mitted the former officers of Lodge A, who |
had not joined the new Lodge, to member
ship. The question submitted is, was such
action lawful and valid? Our reply is, that
it was not. Sec. So of the Rules and Regu-
lations prescribes that applications for mem
bership must be in writing Sec. 81 re-
quires this application to be referred to a
committee, to report at the next stated
meeting, until which time the petition must
lay over for consideration and under Sec
AZ, ballot must be had. The members of
Lodge A, at the time it surrendered its
charter became by that act, non-affiIiates,
and because a new Lodge is organized in
the same place, it is absurd to suppose that
our Regulations do not apply to them.
80. Henceforth no Subordinate Lodge or
Mason in this Grand Jurisdiction shall
apply. as Nasons to the fraternity in other
Jurisdictions for contributions for any pur-
pose whatever, except in cases of actual dis
tress real charity, without first obtaining
authority from Grand Lodge or Grand Mas
ter An edict to this effect was promul-
gated by the Grand Master in June, 1876
having reached him that appli-
cations were being made by the fraternity
in this State to Lodges in other Grand Jul
risdictions for contributions to build halls,
etc
OFFICIAL: J. L. POWER,
Grand Secretary.