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5-40 BOOK OF THE A. AND A. RITE.
loyal thereto, as the SUPREME Authority OF the Rite so long
as I may continue to reside within its Jurisdiction ; will hold
illegal and spurious every other Body that may be established
within its Jurisdiction, claiming to be a Supreme Council ; and
every other Body of said Kite within the same Jurisdiction that
does not hold its powers mediately or immediately from said
Supreme Council, and will hold no communication whatever in
Scottish Kite Masonry with any member of the same nor allow
them to visit any Body of the Kite of which I may be a member;
and 1 will dispi nse justice to my brethren, according the laws of
equity and honor.
And should I violate this, my solemn Vow and Pledge. I con-
sent to be expelled from Masonry, and all rights therein, and in
any Body of the Rite, and to be denounced to every Body of the
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in the world as a traitor and for-
sworn.
And may God aid me to keep and perforin the same. Amen.
Or.\ Com:. In the name and under the auspices of the Supreme
Council of Sov.\ Giv. Ins.". Gen'l.\ of the thirty-third
degree, for , and by virtue of the authority with which
I am invested by the Supreme Council, I do proclaim the Con-
sistory of Sublime Princes and Commanders of the Royal Secret,
thirty-second degree of the rite aforesaid, in and for , to
be duly inaugurated and a legitimate body of said rite for ,
and its works to be in full force and vigor. With me, my brethren 1
Or. Com. Receive, 111.*. Brother, the letters patent of constitu-
tion of this Consistory and the Book of Gold, in which these let-
ters patent are to be copied, attested, and signed by all the Princes
of the Consistoiy, and in which Book of Gold, also, the minutes
of this inauguration and installation are to be entered, and the
future deliberations and proceedings of the Consistory to be recorded.
And do you deliver them to the Gr \ Secretary, when
he shall have been installed.
Or:. Com. 111.-. Gr. -
. Sec'y.'- Gen'l.\, you will now proceed to
elect the officers of this Consistory, commencing with the 111. -
.
Commander-in-Chief; you will receive their ballots, and let the
First and Second Lieut. Commanders (for the time being) count
and report the votes.