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Iowa, and of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee. Thus, as stated in The Ahiman
Rezon or Book of the Constitution of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free
and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, dating 1916,
Sec. 7. No Brother shall use his Masonic connection or Lodge
Certificate, or expose any Masonic emblem as a sign, in his business
transactions. 1624
Painting or placing emblems on sign-boards, business cards, or
circulars, or the use of Masonic devices to obtain customers, by those
who have more faith in Freemasonry than in their wares, is prohibited.
Proceedings of 1870
[...]
All schemes in business affairs to attract patronage or support by the use
of Masonic emblems are contrary to the teachings of Freemasonry.
Proceedings of 1892
[...] 1625
As to the protection of Masonic emblems, the Constitution of the Grand
Lodge F. & A. M. of the Jurisdiction of California states in its 1923 edition,
Section 167c., that "[t]he use of Masonic emblems and devices on business or
political cards or signs, or by way of advertisement, except for legitimate
Masonic purposes, is strictly forbidden. (1920.)" 1626 And with regard to the
protection of the Masonic name, the same Grand Lodge maintains in Section
167d. that "[n]o Mason shall give the Masonic name to any business, concern,
association, or calling, organized or prosecuted for profit or for a livelihood.
[1920.]" 1627 The Californian laws prohibit in detail:
167e. No Mason shall use or be a party to the using of the word
Masonic as a part of the style and title or designation of any business
firm, concern, company, association, or enterprise whatever, unless such
business shall be the printing or publication of Masonic books, papers or
periodicals, or the manufacture and sale of Masonic supplies, or unless
it shall be a cemetery or burial association, temple association, hospital,
employment bureau, or relief association, or Masonic club, conducted
wholly by Masons and only for the use and benefit of Masons or
Masonry. 1628
1624
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, The Ahiman Rezon or Book of the Constitution, p. 63.
1625
Ibid, p. 196.
1626
Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of the Jurisdiction of California, Constitution, p. 147.
1627 Ibid.
1628 Ibid.