Phoenix Lodge No. 8's By-Laws c. 1824

  

  

BYE LAWS

  

of

  

 PHOENIX LODGE,

  

No. 8,

  

FAYETTEVILLE:

  

ADOPTED MARCH, 5824

  

FAYETTEVILLE;

  

Printed at the Observer Office,

  

By L. Bingham.

  

1824

  

  

  

  

  

BYE LAWS.

  

ARTICLE I.

  

   Meetings of the Lodge. - The regular meetings of this Lodge shall be held at the Lodge-Room in Fayetteville, on the First Friday in each and every month, which meetings shall be competent to transact all business of the Lodge, except conferring the several degrees.

  

ARTICLE II.

  

   The called meetings of thei Lodge shall be held by appointment of the master, which meetings shall be competent only to confer the several degrees whithin the charter.

  

ARTICLE III.

  

   The Anniversaries of St. John the Evangelist, and of St. John the Baptist, SHALL be held as FESTIVALS.

  

ARTICLE IV.

  

   Election of Officers. - The Officers of this Lodge shall be chose at the regular meeting of December, in each and every year, by ballot, a majority of those present electing, and shall be installed on teh anniversary of St. John the Evangelist.

   

ARTICLE V.

  

   A quarterly committee of three members shall be appointed by the master, at the Regular Meetings of January, April, July, and October, whose duty is shall be to collect dues to the Lodge and report within their term of office.

   

ARTICLE VI.

  

   The master and wardens of this Lodge shall be ex-officio a committee of charity for the relief of distressed brethren, who shall have power to make appropriations from the funds of the Lodge for this purpose, and whose duty it shall be to report their proceedings at every regular meeting.

   

ARTICLE VII.

  

   Of Petitions. - Applicants for the degree of Entered Apprentice shall petition at a regular meeting in writing; which petition shall be read and filed for the consideration of the Lodge at the next regular meeting; shall then be decided by ballot, and require [an] unanimous vote to admit.

   

ARTICLE VIII.

  

   Applicants for the degree of Fellow Craft or Master, shall petition at a regular meeting, verbally through the master or wardens, which petition shall be decided by ballot and require an unanimous vote to admit.

   

ARTICLE IX.

 

   Applications for the degree of Fellow Craft or Master shall not be considered, unless one regular meeting shall have intervened between the conferring of the foregoing degree and the application, and unless the applicant shall have been examined as to his proficiency in Masonry, by the master or wardens.

 

ARTICLE X.

 

   A brother wishing to become a member, shall petition at a regular meeting in writing, which petition shall be read and filed for the consideration of the Lodge at the next regular meeting, shall then be decided by ballot and require an unanimous vote to admit.

  

ARTICLE XI.

 

   Applications for receiving a degree or for membership, shall be accompanied by the requisite fee.

  

ARTICLE XII.

 

   Application to receive the degree shall be made by the candidate within two months after notice of his petition being acted on, and on failure thereof, the proceeding on the petition shall be void.

  

ARTICLE XIII.

 

   Indecorous or improper conduct. - It shall be a duty incumbent on the Master, to reprove, publicly, and member guilty of indecorum during the session of the Lodge, and to prefer the Lodge accusations against any member guilty of improper and unmasonic conduct, without the Lodge, on which accusation, the member accused shall be heard in his defence, and shall be punished by fine or suspension with the consent of a majority, or by expulsion, with the consent of three-fourths of the members present.

 

 ARTICLE XIV.

 

   The Treasurer shall, at the regular meeting of December in each and every year, submit to the Lodge a report of his receipts and disbursements for the year preceding, and of such other matters as may appertain to his office.

 

ARTICLE XV.

 

   Every member on his admission into the Lodge shall subscribe his name to the Bye Laws, thereby acknowledging himself bound to conform thereto.

 

ARTICLE XVI.

 

   Visitors.- Visiting brethren shall not vote on any question or petition, or exert any influence over the proceedings of the Lodge.

 

ARTICLE XVII.

 

   Visiting brethren shall be entitled to a seat in the Lodge, at the first visit without charge, at every subsequent one, on payment of the sum of 60 cents, to the secretary, except they shall have been invited by the Master or Wardens.

 

ARTICLE XVIII.

 

   Tyler.- The Tyler shall not vote on any question except on an application to receive a degree, or for membership.

 

ARTICLE XIX.

 

   Re-consideration.- There shall not be more than one re-consideration of any one vote, at one and the same meeting.

 

ARTICLE XX.

 

   The Bye Laws and amendments thereto, shall be read at the opening of every regular meeting.

 

ARTICLE XXI.

 

   No addition, diminution, or alteration, of these Bye Laws, shall be made, unless the same shall be read for the consideration of the Lodge at three successive regular meetings, and shall then and there receive the concurrence of three-fourths of the members present.

 

ARTICLE XXII.

 

RULES OF ORDER

 

   All written communications shall be handed first to the Worshipful Master for inspection.

 

ARTICLE XXIII.

 

   A member shall not speak until he first rise and respectully address the Worshipful Master.

 

ARTICLE XXIV

 

   A member shall not speak more than twice on the same subject, except it be to explain, or by permission of the Master.

 

ARTICLE XXV.

 

   Two members rising at the same time, the master shall decide which shall first be heard.

 

ARTICLE XXVI.

 

   Questions of Order shall be decided by the Master, on the call of a member seconded.

 

ARTICLE XXVII.

 

   A member shall not absent himself during the session of the Lodge, but by permission of the Master.

 

ARTICLE XXVIII.

 

   No other than an official notice shall be given to an applicant, of the proceedings on his petition.

 

ARTICLE XXIX.

 

   A degree shall not be conferred on more than three candidates, at one and the same meeting, nor shall different degrees be conferred on different persons at one and the same meeting.

 

PHOENIX LODGE, No. 8,

FAYETTEVILLE:

REGULAR MEETING, MARCH, A.L. 5824

Then was this Code unanimously adopted.

ESEK ARNOLD, W.M.

D. STEPHENSON, Secretary

 

 

OFFICERS AND MEMBERS

OF PHOENIX LODGE No. 8.

 

ESEK ARNOLD, Worshipful Master

JOHN ARMSTRONG, Senior Warden

JOSEPH AIREY, Junior Warden.

MARTIN MacPHERSON, Treasurer

DAVID STEPHENSON, Secretary

DUNCAN SMITH, Senior Deacon

ANSON BAILEY, Junior Deacon

DILLON JORDAN, Senior Steward

JOHN LUMSDEN, Tyler

COLIN MacIVER, Chaplain

 

George M'Neill

Edward M'Kay

John Carney

Alexander M'Kay

John W. Wright

Hugh M'Laurin

Arch'd M'Lean

Fountain Lane

Evander M'Iver

Charles N. Jordan

J. A. Cameron

William H. Maffit

James Moffitt

John Peabody

Daniel Baker

John Selph

Robert Strange

C. J. Tooker

James Townes

Wm. Widdifield