THE PRINCIPLES OF MASONIC LAW

by Albert G. Mackey, M.D.

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

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; quæ 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.

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.

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PREFACE & INTRODUCTION

BOOK FIRST

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

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

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

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