Rules and orders, to be maintained by the Masons' Society : now held at the house of Mrs. Marshall, sign of the Ball, Campo Lane, Sheffield. Instituted the 21st day of April, 1767.

  • Masons' Society (Sheffield, England)
Date:
1812
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rules and orders, to be maintained by the Masons' Society : now held at the house of Mrs. Marshall, sign of the Ball, Campo Lane, Sheffield. Instituted the 21st day of April, 1767. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    after be is attested : also any member that shall inlist into the militia, as a substitute, shall be excluded ; but if any member be properly ballotted to serve in the militia, he shall neither pav to nor receive any benefit from the society’s stock during the time of his being m actual service. XXIX. Any member of this society, who may enrol himself as a volunteer, shall not receive pav for any in¬ jury he may receive whilst on actual service, provid d also if they be cal led out to be embodied, shall be liable to pav contribution the same as the other members, but shall not be entitled to pay whilst on actual service. -N- B But if he dies whilst on actual service, shall be entitled to his funeral money agreeable to the meaning of the seventh article. XXX. If any member shall remove from his place of abode, he shall give notice to the beadle in three meet¬ ing nights after such removal, or forfeit threepence to the beadle, to be paid in three meeting nights after, or be excluded. XXXI. That a co mmittee shall be elected out of the whole society, to consist of twelve members, and the persons so elected, shall continue upon the committee for the space of six years, and any member refusing to serve to the full end and term of s x ve rs, alter being duly elected, shall forfeit two shillings and sixpence so the stock ; four members shall go out from the com¬ mittee every two years, and shall be replaced bv four others; the committee at any time to be under the control of the society.-N. B. Old presidents, and old delegates, are exempted from serving as dele¬ gates, unless with their own consent. XXXII. The committee of this society shall send one representative to make part of the committee of de¬ legates of the Corn Mill; any member elected to the office refusing to serve for one year, shall forfeit two- shillings ami sixpence to the society’s stock : the said del gate to bring a statement twice a year, which shall be made public the general meeting night following or f^r such neglect shall forfeit sixpence to the society’s .-stock, and if the committee ofthis society shall see cause
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