I. That no Brothers be admitted into the Grand Lodge, but the immediate Members thereof, viz. the four present and all former Grand Officers, the Treasurer and Secretary, the Masters and Wardens of all regular Loges, except a Brother who is a Petitioner, or a Witness in some Case, or one called in by Motion.
II. That at the third Stroke of the Grand-Master’s Hammer (always to be repeated by the senior Grand-Warden) there shall be a general Silence; and that he who breaks Silence, without Leave from the Chair, shall be publickly reprimanded.
III. That under the same Penalty every Brother shall keep his Seat, and keep strict Silence whenever the Grand-Master or Deputy shall think fit to rise from the Chair, and call To Order.
IV. That in the Grand Lodge every Member shall keep his Seat (according to the Ne of his Lodge) and not move about from Place to Place during the Communication, except the Grand-Wardens, as having more immediately the Care of the Grand Lodge.
V. That no Brother is to speak but once to the same Affair, unless to explain himself, or when called upon by the Chair to speak.
VI. Every one that speaks shall rise, and keep standing, addressing (in proper Manner) to the Chair; nor shall any presume to interrupt him, under [86] the aforesaid Penalty; unless the Grand-Master find him wandering from the Point in Hand, shall think 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.
VII. 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.
VIII. 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 an Grand Lodge for the future, till another Time he publickly owns his Fault, and his Grace be granted.
IX. 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, the Thing may be moved publickly, and then it shall be audibly read by the Secretary; and if it 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.
X. 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 unequal as to render the counting them useless.
Nor should any other Kind of Division ever be admitted among Free-Masons.
The End of the new Regulations