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than five new brothers at one and the same time , without an urgent necessity . " Art . 1 . " Of makings " Entick's constitutions . ) Neither the ages , residences , nor professions , occupations , & e . are mentioned in the minutes , but from the variety of the affixes and frequency of the

prefixes it is not difficult to imagine the comparative social position of the members . We should judge that in those days "Esquire" affixed to the name applied to considerably fewer candidates , than it is conventionally made to do nowadays . The Secretary kept the two first leaves for registering the Christian and surnames of the members with the dates of their

initiation , passing , and raising arranged in parallel columns , and filled the information , in as it was supplied by the work done at each lodge night . The next eight pages were kept for entering the bye laws with the subsequent alterations and additions and afterwards the regular minutes commenced .

The following are the bye laws , " agreed to unanimously by the lodge this 12 th day of June , 5751 . " "Inprimis . This lodge shall be held the second and last Tuesday in every month , viz ,, from Michaelmas to Lady Day from the hours of 5 to 10 , and from

Lady Day to Michaelmas from from 6 to 10 in the evening . " 2 dly . Every candidate shall be proposed one lodge night before he is made and then to be ballotted for . l ^ o person to be made the night he is jiroposed

unless upon an emergency . " 3 rdly . Every brother upon his admission shall pay one guinea for being made an Enter'd Apprentice , ten shillings and sixpence for being made a Fellow Craft , and ten shillings and sixpence upon being raised Master .

" -Ithly . That every member of the lodge shall pay quarterly the sum of seven shillings and sixpence towards the expenses of the lodge , into the hands of Treasurer , out of which stock the nightly expenses are to be defrayed , except supper which is to be paid for by each particular member that calls for it .

" othly . That the first quarter shall commence at the Feast of St . John the Baptist , and all the expenses of the lodge that shall happen before that festival shall be defrayed out of the public stock . " 6 thly . That every brother that is admitted a

member of this lodge is to pay his quarteridge from the preceding quarter day . " 7 thly . That every member of the lodge do meet annually on the Feast of St . John the Baptist at the hour of nine in the morning in order to proceed to

church in due form . That a dinner shall be provided at the house Avhere the lodge meet , the Treasurer is to pay the expenses of the day out of the public stock which is not to exceed five shillings for each member present .

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" Sthly . Every visiting brother attending the lodge , on the Feast of St . John the Baptist shall pay five shillings towards the expenses of the day . " Othly . Every visiting brother on a lodge night shall pay one shilling towards the expenses of that evening , and if he calls for supper it is at his own

particular expense . " lOthly . That the officers shall continue in their respective stations one year , and that new ones shall be chose annually on the Feast of St . John the Baptist , unless they shall think proper to continue the old ones .

" llthly . That there be no gaming of any kind introduced while the lodge is formed , any member proposing it forfeits one shilling , and any member that shall second him forfeits two shillings . " 12 thly . Every brother Avho shall be guilty of cursing or sAvearing during the time the lodge is

formed shall be reprimanded from the chair for the first offence . For the second offence of the same nature shall forfeit one shilling , and for the third shall be expelled for that night and not admitted the next till he has publicly acknowledged the fault .

If the offence shall be committed by the Worshipful Master or Warden they shall forfeit double . " 13 thly . That the Tyler shall be allowed one shilling per night for his attendance out of the stock , beside one shilling of every new made brother . "

These bye laws are in harmony with the constitutions in force at that time , although they are not likely to have had or z-equired the approval of the Grand Lodge . One guinea was the lowest sum permitted to be taken for making a Mason after November 23 rd , 1753 , but before that date we know

not of any sum being specified . The quarterage at that time , although 50 per cent , heavier than at the last alteration of the bye laws , is more than counterbalanced by the small fee for initiation compared with the minimum amount allowed by Grand Lodge at the present time . ( To be continued ) .

The Nemesis: A Tale Of The Days Of Trajan.

THE NEMESIS : A TALE OF THE DAYS OF TRAJAN .

By BRO . A . OXEAL HAVE , Author of " The History of the Knights Templars " Poet Laureate of the Ganongate , Kilwinning ; P . M . St . Stephens ; P . P , Z . of St . Andrews B . A . Ghap . ; fyc . ; § x . ( Continued from page 230 . ) CHAPTER IF

THE EGYPTIAN PRIEST . " There are move tilings iu Heaven and Earth , Horatio , Than are dreamt of in your philosophy . "—Shakespeare . Darkness had fallen upon the earth ; the last lingering ray of light glimmered upon and reddened the lofty pinnacle of the Great Pyramid ,