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−	<hr>	+	This is a partial index of edicts and rulings by subject.
−	[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Current_events Current Events Page]	+	==== A ====
		+	==== B ====
		+	==== C ====
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		+	* Charters, restoration of, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Restoration_of_Charters 1844 (Peabody)]
		+	==== D ====
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		+	* Debts of lodges, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Lodge_Debt 1832 (J. Jenkins)]
		+	* Degrees, conferral on the same day, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Conferral_of_Degrees 1843 (Peabody)]
		+	* Disability, as a physical disqualification, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Disability_.28Physical_Qualifications.29 1806 (Bigelow)]
		+
		+	==== E ====
		+
		+	* Expulsion, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Expulsion 1848 (Robinson)]
		+
		+	==== F ====
		+	==== G ====
		+
		+	* Grand Master, powers of, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Powers_of_Grand_Master 1849 (Raymond)]
		+
		+	==== H ====
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		+	* Honorary Members of Grand Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Honorary_Members_.28Grand_Lodge.29 1845 (Peabody)]
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		+	==== IJ ====
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		+	* Jurisdiction of Grand Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Jurisdiction 1794 (Cutler)]
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		+	==== K ====
		+	==== L ====
		+	==== M ====
		+
		+	* Meeting places of lodges, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Meeting_Places 1827 (Soley)]
		+
		+	==== N ====
		+	==== OP ====
		+
		+	* Oaths of Affirmation, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Oaths 1806 (Bigelow)]
		+	* Property of lodges, conveyance, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Lodge_Property 1847 (Robinson)]
		+
		+	==== QR ====
		+
		+	* Records of Lodge, Master's responsibility, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Records 1822 (Dixwell)]
		+	* Regalia, Care of Grand Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Regalia_.28Grand_Lodge.29 1809 (Thomas)]
		+	* Regalia, Illegal use of, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Regalia_.28Lodge.29 1803 (Thomas)]
		+
		+	==== S ====
		+
		+	* Summons, form of, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Summons_.28Form.29 1848 (Robinson)]
		+	* Summons, obligation to respond, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Summons_2 1826 (Abbot)]
		+	* Summons, right of, by a lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsEdictsBefore1850#Summons 1818 (Oliver)]
		+
		+	==== T ====
		+	==== UV ====
		+	==== W ====
		+	==== XYZ ====
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		+	<hr>

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Revision as of 19:46, 15 July 2012

EDICTS

The Grand Masters of Masons in Massachusetts have frequently offered opinions and made declarations from the Oriental Chair of Grand Lodge which have the force of Masonic law within the jurisdiction. These pages list those that appear in the pages of the Proceedings.

Living Past Grand Masters in Bold Italic.

Edicts and Rulings before 1850

• John Cutler: 1794
• Isaiah Thomas: 1803 1809
• Timothy Bigelow: 1806
• Francis Oliver: 1818
• John Dixwell: 1822
• John Abbot: 1826
• John Soley: 1827
• Joseph Jenkins: 1832
• Augustus Peabody: 1843 1844 1845
• Simon W. Robinson: 1847 1848
• Edward A. Raymond: 1849

Edicts and Rulings from 1850-1899

• Edward A. Raymond: 1851
• George M. Randall: 1854
• John T. Heard: 1858
• William Parkman: 1863 1864 1865
• Charles C. Dame: 1866
• William Sewall Gardner: 1869 1870 1871
• Sereno D. Nickerson: 1872 1873 1874
• Percival L. Everett: 1876 1877
• Charles A. Welch: 1878
• Abraham H. Howland, Jr.: 1885
• Edwin B. Holmes: 1895

Edicts and Rulings from 1900-1949

• Baalis Sanford: 1904
• Melvin M. Johnson: 1914 1915 1916
• Leon M. Abbott: 1917 1918 1919
• Arthur D. Prince: 1920 1921 1922
• Dudley M. Ferrell: 1923 1924 1925
• Frank L. Simpson: 1926 1927 1928
• Herbert W. Dean: 1929 1930 1931
• Curtis Chipman: 1932 1933 1934
• Claude L. Allen: 1935 1936 1937
• Joseph Earl Perry: 1939 1940
• Albert A. Schaefer: 1941 1942 1943
• Arthur W. Coolidge: 1944
• Samuel H. Wragg: 1945 1946 1947
• Roger Keith: 1948 1949

Edicts and Rulings from 1950-1974

• Roger Keith: 1950
• Thomas S. Roy: 1951 1952 1953
• Whitfield W. Johnson: 1954 1955 1956
• Andrew G. Jenkins: 1957
• Laurence E. Eaton: 1960 1961 1962
• A. Neill Osgood: 1963 1964 1965
• Thomas A. Booth: 1966 1967 1968
• Herbert H. Jaynes: 1969 1970 1971
• Donald W. Vose: 1972 1973 1974

Edicts and Rulings from 1975-1999

• Stanley F. Maxwell: 1975 1976 1977
• Arthur H. Melanson: 1978 1979 1980
• J. Philip Berquist: 1981 1982 1983
• David B. Richardson: 1984 1985 1986
• Albert T. Ames: 1987 1988 1989
• Edgar W. Darling: 1990 1991
• David W. Lovering: 1993 1994 1995
• Arthur E. Johnson: 1996

Edicts and Rulings from 2000 and after

• Fred K. Bauer: 2000 2001
• Donald G. Hicks, Jr.: 2002 2003 2004
• Jeffrey B. Hodgdon: 2005 2006 2007
• Roger W. Pageau: 2008 2009 2010
• Richard J. Stewart: 2011 2012

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EDICTS AND RULINGS BY SUBJECT

This is a partial index of edicts and rulings by subject.

A

B

C

• Charters, restoration of, 1844 (Peabody)

D

• Debts of lodges, 1832 (J. Jenkins)
• Degrees, conferral on the same day, 1843 (Peabody)
• Disability, as a physical disqualification, 1806 (Bigelow)

E

• Expulsion, 1848 (Robinson)

F

G

• Grand Master, powers of, 1849 (Raymond)

H

• Honorary Members of Grand Lodge, 1845 (Peabody)

IJ

• Jurisdiction of Grand Lodge, 1794 (Cutler)

K

L

M

• Meeting places of lodges, 1827 (Soley)

N

OP

• Oaths of Affirmation, 1806 (Bigelow)
• Property of lodges, conveyance, 1847 (Robinson)

QR

• Records of Lodge, Master's responsibility, 1822 (Dixwell)
• Regalia, Care of Grand Lodge, 1809 (Thomas)
• Regalia, Illegal use of, 1803 (Thomas)

S

• Summons, form of, 1848 (Robinson)
• Summons, obligation to respond, 1826 (Abbot)
• Summons, right of, by a lodge, 1818 (Oliver)

T

UV

W

XYZ

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