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COUNCILS OF DELIBERATION. 587
5. The Illustrious Grand Chancellor.
0. The Illustrious Grand Treasurer.
7. The Illustrious Grand Secretary.
8. The Illustrious Grand Engineer and Architect,
9. The Illustrious Grand Hospitaler.
10. The Illustrious Grand Master of Ceremonies.
11. The Illustrious Grand Standard-bearer.
12. The Illustrious Grand Captain of the Guard.
13. The Illustrious Grand Sentinel.
In cases of vacancy in any office, or failure to elect officers, the
Illustrious Deputy may make appointments to be in force until
the next election.
If the Deputy of the Supreme Council should fail to be
present at any meeting of a Council of Deliberation, the Illus-
trious First Lieutenant-Commander, or in his absence the Illus-
trious Second Lieutenant-Commander, shall preside.
JURISDICTION AND POWERS.
Art. 57.—1. The Council has, in its District, legislative and
judicial power not herein reserved to the Supreme Council and
not inconsistent with the Constitutions and Regulations, and sub-
ject to the rights of appeal herein provided.
•2. The Council may open o* the Fourteenth, Sixteenth,
Eighteenth, or Thirty-second Degree for the transaction of busi-
ness relating to the Bodies or Brethren of those degrees respect-
ively :
but business not relating specifically to the higher degrees
shall be transacted by the Council while open on the Fourteenth
D :gree, when all the members may be present.
8. It shall have power to levy such taxes upon the Bodies wi1 bin
its District as it may deem necessary for its proper support, but
to include i ex] -of, nor compensation to, any officer or
member of the Council, for attendance thereupon. Funds now
held by any Council shall continue to be held for the purposes
for which they were created, and all taxes heretofore levied by
any Council are hereby confirmed.
4. All applications for charters shall be presented to the Coun-
cil for its approval ; and no charter shall be granted by the
Supreme Council without the recommendation of the Council
of Deliberation, except by a two-third vote.