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| − | Following the surrender of the Act of Incorporation in 1833, the Grand Lodge continued to use the 1819 version of the By-Laws. By 1843, there was sufficient need to revise them that they were replaced with a "new Code, so much of what may properly be termed the ''common'', as well as ''statute'' law of the Fraternity." (from the report of the committee, October 11, 1843.) | + | Following the surrender of the Act of Incorporation in 1833, the Grand Lodge continued to use the 1819 version of the By-Laws. By 1843, there was sufficient need to revise them that they were replaced with a "new Code, so much of what may properly be termed the ''common'', as well as ''statute'' law of the Fraternity." (from the report of the committee, October 11, 1843.) The text of the 1843 Grand Constitutions begins on page IV-618. |
In this version of the Grand Constitutions, sections have a link to the 1819 By-Laws that covers the same subject, where appropriate. | In this version of the Grand Constitutions, sections have a link to the 1819 By-Laws that covers the same subject, where appropriate. | ||
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1843 1843 Grand Constitutions] | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsGC1843 1843 Grand Constitutions] | ||
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Contents
CONSTITUTIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF MASONS IN MASSACHUSETTS
The original Constitutions for the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts were compiled by a committee appointed by Most Wor. John Cutler, Grand Master, in April 1792. They are reproduced in the front of Volume II of the Proceedings, covering the years 1792-1815. A revised form of the Grand Constitutions appeared in June 1811, and is reproduced in the same volume of the Proceedings starting on Page II-515. This edition of the Grand Constitutions was prepared by a committee headed by John Dixwell, a future Grand Master, and was the foundation of all future revisions to the Grand Constitutions (made by amendments voted upon by the Grand Lodge and reported in the Proceedings.) At certain intervals the entirety of the Grand Constitutions was reprinted in the Proceedings. Each new full revision is reproduced below, with annotations for intervening amendment and revision.
THE CORPORATE GRAND LODGE
ACTS OF INCORPORATION
CORPORATION BY-LAWS
Subsequent to the Act of Incorporation, the Grand Constitutions were reworked as a set of by-laws for the regulation of the Grand Lodge. Most of the text of the 1819 By-Laws comes from the 1811 Grand Constitutions, but there are some significant differences in procedure and some notable additions not considered in the earlier document. This set of by-laws was considered and revised during 1818 and was published in the Proceedings with the September, 1819 Quarterly communication.
CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE RELINQUISHMENT OF THE ACT OF INCORPORATION
Following the surrender of the Act of Incorporation in 1833, the Grand Lodge continued to use the 1819 version of the By-Laws. By 1843, there was sufficient need to revise them that they were replaced with a "new Code, so much of what may properly be termed the common, as well as statute law of the Fraternity." (from the report of the committee, October 11, 1843.) The text of the 1843 Grand Constitutions begins on page IV-618.
In this version of the Grand Constitutions, sections have a link to the 1819 By-Laws that covers the same subject, where appropriate.
