A Familiar Treatise On the Principles And Practice of Masonic Jurisprudence
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" Thus was established a central authority or gov- ernment for the Fraternity, to which was committed the superintendence of the Craft, and entrusted the responsibility of making laws for its observance and for the maintainance of its ancient landmarks ; it be- ing also specially agreed " that no law, rule, or reg- ulation, to be thereafter made or passed in the Grand Lodge, should encroach on any landmark which was * PRESTON'S Illustrations of Masonry OLIVEK'S edition p. 150. 11 242 PRINCIPLES... AND PRACTICE OF at that time established as the standard of Masonic government. "* The Grand Lodge thus inaugurated underwent, within a brief period, various modifications. Many new Lodges being formed, it was soon found that a general attendance of the brethren would make the body too unwieldy, and the present system of repre- sentation by the Masters and Wardens was estab- lished. The right to confer the three degrees was ceded to the Lodges, and the Grand Lodge then be- came what it is now the supreme tribunal and leg- islature of the Craft within its jurisdiction.
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