THE PRINCIPLES OF MASONIC LAW

A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages And Landmarks of Freemasonry

by Albert G. Mackey, M.D.,

Author of "The Lexicon of Freemasonry," "The Mystic Tie," "Legends and Traditions of Freemasonry," Etc., Etc., Grand Lecturer and Grand Secretary of The Grand Lodge of South Carolina; Secretary General of the Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, Etc., Etc., Etc.


"Est enim unum jus, quo devincta est hominum societas, quod lex constituit una; quae lex est recta ratio imperandi atque prohibendi, quam qui ignorat is est injustus."
Cicero de Legibus. c. XV.

New York:
Jno. W. Leonard & Co., Masonic Publishers,
383 Broadway.

1856

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by Jno. W. Leonard & Co.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.




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To Brother J.J.J. Gourgas, Sovereign Grand Inspector General in the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States, I Dedicate This Work,

As a Slight Testimonial of My Friendship and Esteem for Him
As a Man,
And of My Profound Veneration for His Character
As a Mason;
Whose Long and Useful Life Has Been Well Spent in the Laborious Prosecution of the Science, And the Unremitting Conservation of the Principles of Our Sublime Institution.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

BOOK FIRST - The Law of Grand Lodges

CHAPTER I Historical Sketch

CHAPTER II Of the Mode of Organizing Grand Lodges

CHAPTER III Of the Members of a Grand Lodge

CHAPTER IV Of the Officers of a Grand Lodge

CHAPTER V Of the Powers and Prerogatives of a Grand Lodge

BOOK SECOND - Laws of Subordinate Lodges

CHAPTER I Of the Nature and Organization of Subordinate Lodges

CHAPTER II Of Lodges under Dispensation

CHAPTER III Of Lodges Working under a Warrant of Constitution

CHAPTER IV Of the Officers of a Subordinate Lodge

CHAPTER V Of Rules of Order

BOOK THIRD - The Law of Individuals

CHAPTER I. Of the Qualifications of Candidates

CHAPTER II Of the Rights of Entered Apprentices

CHAPTER III Of the Rights of Fellow Crafts

CHAPTER IV Of the Rights of Master Masons

CHAPTER V Of the Rights of Past Masters

CHAPTER VI Of Affiliation

CHAPTER VII Of Demitting

CHAPTER VIII Of Unaffiliated Masons

BOOK FOURTH - Of Masonic Crimes and Punishments

CHAPTER I Of What Are Masonic Crimes

CHAPTER II Of Masonic Punishments

CHAPTER III Of Masonic Trials

CHAPTER IV Of the Penal Jurisdiction of a Lodge

CHAPTER V Of Appeals

CHAPTER VI Of Restoration