alty; unless the grand-master find him wandering from the point in hand, shall think fit to reduce him to order; for then the said speaker shall sit down: but after he has been set right, he may again proceed, if he pleases.

7. If in the grand lodge any member is twice called to order at any one assembly, for transgressing these rules, and is guilty of a third offence of the same nature, the chair shall peremptorily order him to quit the lodge-room for that night.

8. That whoever shall be so rude as to hiss at any brother, or at what another says or has said, he shall be forthwith solemnly excluded the communication, and declared incapable of ever being a member of any grand lodge for the future, till another time he publickly owns his fault, and his grace be granted.

9. No motion for a new regulation, or for the continuance or alteration of an old one, shall be made till it be first handed up in writing to the chair; and, after it has been perused by the grand-master, at least about ten minutes, the thing may be moved publickly and then it shall be audibly read by the secretary; and if he be seconded and thirded, it must immediately be committed to the consideration of the whole assembly, that their sense may be fully heard about it; after which the question shall be put, pro and con.

10. The opinion, or votes of the members, are to be signified by holding up of hands; that is, one hand each member; which uplifted hands the grand wardens are to count, unless the number of hands be so equal as to render the counting them useless.

Nor should any other kind of division ever be admitted among free-masons.

In order to preserve harmony, it was thought necessary to use counters and a ballotting box when occasion requires.

END OF THE NEW REGULATIONS.

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments; and remove not the ancient land mark which thy fathers have set.-SOLOMON,

The Regulations for Charity.

I. This committee shall be and consist of all present and former grand officers, secretary, and treasurer, with the masters of ten regular lodges, who shall be summoned, and

obliged to attend in their turns: that is to say, five from the oldest lodges, and five from the youngest, shall be summoned to meet upon the third Wednesday in every Calendar month, to hear all petitions, &c. and to order such relief to be given to distressed petitioners, as their necessity may appear, and prudence may direct.

II. That all collections, contributions, and other charitable sum, or sums of money, of what nature or kind soever, that shall at any time be brought into the grand lodge, shall be deposited in the hands of the treasurer, or such other persons as the grand lodge shall appoint, who is not to disburse or expend the same, or any part thereof, on any account whatsoever, without an order from the said committee, which order shall be signed by the presiding officer, and countersigned by the secretary.

III. That neither the grand officer, secretary, or any other person whatever, shall give or sign any order on the treasurer, for any sum or sums of money, until the same be first approved of by the majority of the committee or stewards, then present, and entered in their transaction book, together with the name or names of the person or persons to whom the same is given.

IV. That no anonymous letter, petition or recommendation by or from any person, or on any account or pretence whatsoever, be introduced or read in this committee.

V. That registered masons only, who have contributed not less than twelve months, and a member of a warranted lodge during that time, shall be considered and relieved. Sojourners, or travelling masons, shall be relieved, if certified, by private contribution, or out of the fund, as the majority shall think proper.

VI. That all petitions or recommendations shall be signed by the master and wardens of the petitioner's lodge, who shall (if in town) attend the steward's lodge, or committee, and assert the truth of the petitioners. The petitioners shall also attend, if in or adjacent to the lodge, except in cases of sickness, lameness, or imprisonment; and prove to the satisfaction of the stewards, that he or they have been formerly in reputable, or at least in tolerable circumstances.

VII. That any other brother may send in a petition or recommendation, but none shall be admitted to sit or hear the debates, but the grand officers, secretary and treasurer, with the ten masters summoned for that purpose.

VIII. That it shall be the inherent power of this committee, or steward's lodge, to dispose of the fund laid in for charity, to charitable uses, and no other, and that, only to such persons who shall appear by their petitions aforesaid, to be deserving and in real want of charitable and brotherly assistance, and that either by weekly support, or as they shall judge most prudent and necessary.

IX. That no extraneous brother that is not made in a regular lodge, but made in a clandestine manner, without the grand-master's warrant, or only with a view to partake of this charity, nor any assisting at such irregular makings, shall be qualified to receive any assistance therefrom, according to the sixth regulation for charity.

X. That this committee shall have full power and authority to hear and adjust all matters, concerning free-masons or free-masonry, that shall be laid before them, except making new regulations, which power is wholly invested in the grand lodge, and their determinations shall be final, except when an appeal shall be made to the quarterly grand lodge.

XI. That for the speedy relief of distressed petitioners, any three of the masters, summoned for that purpose, with or without the grand officers, the secretary and books always present, shall be a quorum, and may proceed to business, as prudence and brotherly love shall direct them.

XII. That all the transactions of this steward's lodge, or committee of charity, shall be read audibly, by the grand secretary, before all the members of the grand lodge, upon the first Wednesdays in March, June, September and December, yearly.

XIII. This committee being invested with full power to hear complaints of a masonic nature, as appears by regulation X. and to punish delinquents according to the laws of the craft; for that reason they shall most religiously adhere to the old Hebrew regulation, viz. "If a complaint be made against a brother by another brother, and he be found guilty, he shall stand to the determination of this or the grandlodge: but if a complaint be made against a brother, wherein the accuser cannot support his complaint to conviction, such accuser shall forfeit such penalty as the person so accused might have forfeited, had he been really convicted on such complaint."

The foregoing regulations of the grand lodge of England, as well with regard to order, as the dissemination of charity (with a few unimportant alterations suited to local circumstances) prevail in the respective grand lodges in America.

At the last semi-annual session of the grand lodge of Maryland, it was resolved that the steward's lodge shall, in future, consist of the installed grand officers, together with the masters of the respective lodges and one past master, or present or past warden, from each ofthe city lodges, any five of whom are declared to be a quorum for the transaction of business.

Of those who would be Free and Accepted Masons. BEFORE we enter upon the duties of the operative Mason, in the various offices to which he may be called in the lodge, it is proper to give some account of what is absolutely requisite in all who aspire to partake of the sublime honours of those who are duly initiated into the mysteries, and instructed in the art of ancient masonry.

SECTION I.

Of God and Religion.

Whoever, from love of knowledge, interest, or curiosity, desires to be a mason, is to know that, as his foundation and great corner stone, he is firmly to believe in the eternal God, and to pay that worship which is due to him, as the great architect and governor of the universe.

A mason must observe the moral law. And if he rightly understand the royal art, he will never be an atheist, or an irreligious libertine; and will never act against the great inward light of his own conscience.

He will likewise shun the errors of bigotry and superstition; making a due use of his own reason, according to that liberty wherewith a mason is made free: for though in ancient times, masons were charged to comply with the religious opinions and usages of the country or nation where they sojourned or worked, yet it is now thought most expedient that the brethren in general should only be charged to adhere to the essentials of religion, in which all men agree; leaving each brother to his own judgment as to particular forms. Whence being good men and true, of unsullied