I . W. GRAND LOlMiK ^licitnt, /ice, Mb ^cttptei SElasons, A i/ro \

ART. 1. On December 27, 1729, ordered, That every
new Lodge, for the future, shall pay tuo guineas for their
constitution, to the general Fund of Charity.
AIIT. 2. December 27, 1727, the precedency of Ledges
is grounded on the seniority of their constitution.—(A*. R.
Art 3.)
AHT. 3. November 25, 1723, no new Lodge is owned,
nor their off<strong>ice</strong>rs admitted into the Grand Lodge, unless it be
reguLrly constituted and registered.—(A*. R. Art. 12.)
ART. 4. If any set or number of Masons shall take upon
themselves to form a Lodge, without the Grand Master's war­
rant, the regular Lodges are not to countenance them, nor
own them as fair Brethren, duly formed, nor apj rove of their
acts nnd deeds; but must treat them as rebc/s, until they
humble themselves, as the Grand Master shall in hi3 pru­
dence direct, and until he approve of them by his warrant,
signified to the other Lodges; as the custom is, when a new
Lodge is to be registered in the Grand Lodge Book—( O.R.
Art. 8. See pages 265, 266. See Makings, Art. 3. Duty
of Members, Art. 5, 6.)
OF MAKINGS.
ART. 1. No Lodge shall make more than Jive new
Brothers at one and the same time, without an urgent neces­
sity ; nor any man under the age of twenty-five years, who
must be also his own master, unless by a dispensation from-
the Grand Master.—( 0. R. Art. 4.)
At a Quarterly Communication, November 23, 1753,
Carysfort, Grand Master, it was unanimously ordered,
ART. 2. That no Lodge shall ever make a Mason with*
out due enquiry into his character; neither shall any Lodge
be permitted to make and raise theaame Brother, at one and
the same meeting, without a dispensation from the Grand
Master, which, on very particular oeaMoni only, may be
requested.