31 Mar 1869
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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1869
Page
1
The county Masons urge members to contribute constructive items and communications to enhance the column. They request collaboration from friends to keep content engaging and informative for the craft.
A catalog of various Masonic publications with prices and publishers. Includes titles such as Keystone, Philadelphia, Monthly, and Masonic Token, noting publishers in New York, Portland, Springford, Kentucky, and Boston with yearly or quarterly rates.
The document lists Masonry procedures: entered apprentices must reapply after one year, oldest chartered lodge may charge affiliating outsiders, and U D accessions only by degrees. Objections to candidate advancement halt progression until resolved, ballots occur at regular meetings, and dispensations risk vacating. It condemns pretended lodges outside Illinois and warns members to avoid unauthorized Masons and lodges abroad.
The document notes that individuals warned they are not entitled to vote must refrain. Any person voting after such notice risks an international violation of by laws, while the regularity issue is deemed censurable yet not enough to justify charges in a rowel context.
The document defines terms used by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts including ample arm due form and in form, suspension and expulsion penalties, summons and notification, and lodge terminology such as Ark of the Covenant flooring carpet and trestle-board. It outlines when penalties apply and how notices function within lodge governance.
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