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But if that nomination is not unanimuosly approved, the
new Grand Master shall be chosen immediately by ballot;
every Master and Warden writing his man's name, and the
last Grand Master writing his man's name, too; and the man
whose name the last Grand Master shall first take out, casu­
ally or by chance, shall be Grand Master of Masons for the
year ensuing; and, if present, he shall be proclaimed,
saluted, and congratulated, as above hinted, and forthwith
installed by the last Grand Master, according to usage.—
(0. R. Art. 34.)
ART. 2. The last Grand Master thus continued, or the
new Grand Master thus installed, shall next nominate and
appoint his Deputy Grand Master, either the last or a new
one, who shall be also proclaimed, saluted and congratulated
in due form.—(See Grand Feast, Art. 10.)
The new Grand Master shall also nominate his new Grand
Wardens; and if unanimously approved by the Grand Lodge
they shall be forthwith proclaimed, saluted, and congratulated
in due form.
But if not, they shall be chosen by ballot, in the same way
as the Grand Master was chosen, and as Wardens of private
Lodges are chosen when the members do not approve of their
Master's nomination.—( 0. R. Art. 35.)
" By the 36th New Regulation, a Deputy is said to have
been always needful when the Grand Master was nobly
born: and that in our time, the Grand Master elect has not
publicly signified beforehand the names of his intended
Deputy and Wardens, nor till he is first installed in Solo­
mon's Chair.
" For then first he calls them forth by name, and appoints
them to officiate instantly, as soon as they are installed.
" But if the Brother whom the present Grand Master shall
nominate for his successor, or whom the Grand Lodge shall
choose by ballot, as above, is by sickness, or other necessary