Amend Article XVIII., Section 122, to read as follows: SEC. 122. A Lodge shall not confer the second degree or the third degree on the same candidate at a less interval than two weeks from the time of conferring the preceding degree, nor shall more than one degree be conferred at any Communication. Amend Article XVIII., Section 124, to read as follows: SEC. 124. An officer or other member of a Lodge shall not be permitted to procure the advancement of a brother in any other Lodge than that in which such brother was initiated, except by direction of the Lodge, in writing, and over its seal, which must be approved in writing by the District Deputy Grand Master of the district in which the Lodge making such direction is situated. Amend Article XIX., Section 126, to read as follows: SEC. 126. The Grand Lodge shall have original jurisdiction. to enforce the provisions of its Constitution and Laws, and to hear and determine charges which may be preferred against an unaffiliated or non-affiliated Mason, and all matters of controversy which may arise between Lodges or between a Lodge and its Master, or between a Lodge and member or the members of another Lodge, or members of different Lodges; and when charges are preferred in any of the foregoing cases it shall be the duty of the Grand Master, or District Deputy Grand Master of the District in which the offence or controversy shall arise, to appoint by his warrant a Trial Commission, consisting of not more than five nor less than three disinterested brethren, who shall have attained the rank of Master, and shall hail from at least three different Lodges, to hear and determine the same. Amend Article XIX., Section 128, to read as follows: SEC. 128. After service of the charges against a brother the Trial Commissioners shall appoint a time and place for the trial, convenient to the parties, and cause the parties and their witnesses to be summoned; and any Master of a Lodge may issue a summons for witnesses at the request of either party. Amend Article XIX., Section 129, to read as follows: Report of Trial Commissioners. SEC. 129. When the trial is concluded the Trial Commissioners shall, as soon as possible, make their report of the facts found by them, and their determination upon the matter, and give notice thereof to each of the parties, and a majority of the Trial Commissioners must concur in the judgment of the Trial Commissioners, a copy of which report must be filed with the Grand Secretary. Amend Article XIX., Section 130, to read as follows: SEC. 130. The decision of the Trial Commissioners shall be final, unless an appeal shall be taken therefrom to the Grand Lodge within six months; in which case it shall be the duty of the Trial Commissioners, upon receiving notice of such appeal, to transmit their report, together with all the papers and proceedings in the case, to the Grand Secretary, unless they have already filed a copy. The appellant shall also, within thirty days after notice of the decision, give notice of intention to appeal to the opposing party. APPOINTMENTS BY THE GRAND MASTER, 1906-1907. New York. Grand Chaplains New York. New York. [New York. [ Rochester. R.. W.. HENRY C. POTTER.......... R... W... JOSEPH FITCH.. R... W... ALBERT BEHNING.. R... W... ALBERT M. ROEHRIG... Glen Cove. New York. Grand Chaplains.. New York. Buffalo. Seneca Falls. R.. W.. JOHN J. OSTRANDER... R.. W.. JACOB C. KLINCK.... Oneonta. Buffalo. Hempstead. New York. New York. Grand Stewards... R.. W.. ALBERT WINTERNITZ..... New York. 2. Lodges in Borough of Brook- Brooklyn. 3. Lodges in Borough of Brook lyn, New York City, as here tofore numerically arranged..R.. W... GEORGE Freifeld.............. Brooklyn. 4. Lodges in Boroughs of Manhat tan and Bronx, New York City, No. 1 to No. 156, inclusive...R.. W... JOHN LLOYD THOMAS....New York. 5. Lodges in Boroughs of Manhat tan and Bronx, New York City, No. 178 to No. 271, inclusive.. R.. W.. HENRY D. HAMILTON..... New York. 6. Lodges in Boroughs of Manhat tan and Bronx, New York City, No. 272 to No. 454, inclusive.. R.. W... GEORGE F. LAWRIE..... New York. 7. Lodges in Boroughs of Manhat tan and Bronx, New York City, No. 457 to No. 641, inclusive..R.. W.. DANIEL S. DOUGHERTY.. New York. 8. Lodges in Boroughs of Manhat tan and Bronx, New York City, No. 642 to No. 853, inclusive.. R.. W... THEODORE C. LEFÈVRE.. New York. 9. Lodges working in German in the City of New York........R.'. W... FREDERICK GRENZ ..Brooklyn. 10. Lodges working in French, Spanish, or Italian in the City of New York......... 11. Lodges in Borough of Rich .R... W... DIODATO VILLAMENA.... New York. mond, New York City.......R.. W... HUBBARD R. YETMAN.... Tottenville. 13. Westchester Counties...... and Putnam .R.. W... WILLIAM C. PRIME....... Yonkers. 13. Rockland and Orange Counties. R... W... EDWARD M. MURTFELDT. Newburgh. 14. Dutchess and Columbia Counties. R.. W... WILLIAM WALLACE CHACE. Hudson. 15. Ulster and Greene Counties.....R.. W... IRA B. KERR.... Catskill. 16. Sullivan and Delaware Counties. R.. W... GEORGE L. HUBBELL........Hobart. 17. Albany, Rensselaer, and Sche nectady Counties........ .R.. W.. ENSIGN S. HOMER.... Troy. 18. Schoharie and Otsego Counties. R.. W... CHARLES E. NICHOLS. Jefferson. 19. Herkimer, Montgomery, and Fulton Counties................ .................R... W... JUDSON Bridenbecker..Herkimer. 20. Washington County........ .R.·. W... FRANK RICHARDSON 21. Saratoga and Warren Counties..R.. W... JAMES AUSTIN HOLDEN. Glens Falls. 22. Essex and Clinton Counties....R.. W.. THOMAS A. WASSON.. Elizabethtown, 23. St. Lawrence County........ .R.. W... CARLOS S. BLOOD.......De Peyster. 24. Jefferson and Lewis Counties..R.. W.. LLOYD O. WOODRUFF.. Cape Vincent. ..R.. W.. H. LOUIS WALLACE....Sandy Creek. 25. Oswego County...... 26. Oneida County... 27. Onondaga, Madison, and Cortland Counties.... .R... W... TOM W. JOHNSON. Utica. .R.. W... JAY B. KLINE................. Syracuse. 28. Chenango and Broome Counties. R.. W.. CHAS. DUBOIS BROUGHTON.. Orford. 29. Tioga, Chemung, and Schuyler Counties....... .R.. W... MOTT B. HUGHEY 30. Tompkins and Cayuga Counties. R.. W.. LAVERN A. PIERCE... Watkins. ....Auburn. .............R. ́. W.. JUDSON C. HULBERT...... Waterloo. .R.·. W.'. CHARLES C. FIELD..........Sodus. 31. Seneca, Yates, and Ontario Counties... 32. Wayne County...... 33. Monroe and Livingston Counties R... W... ARTHUR WARREN........Rochester. 38. Erie County...... 37. Orleans and Niagara Counties..R...W.. ALAN H. G. HARDWICKE. Niag. Falls. 39. Cattaraugus County...... 40. Chautauqua County... 41. Franklin County... .Dunkirk. |