into the grand lodge, shall be deposited in the hands of the treasurer or such other persons as the grand lodge shall appoint, who is not to disburse or expend the same, or any part thereof, on any account whatsoever, without an order from the said committee, which order shall be signed by the presiding officer, and countersigned by the

secretary.

III. That neither the grand officers, secretary, or any other person whatever, shall give or sign any order on the treasurer, for any sum or sums of money, until the same be first approved of by the majority of the committee or stewards, then present, and entered in their transaction-book, together with the name or names of the person or persons to whom the same is given.

IV. That no anonymous letter, petition or recommendation by or from any person, or on any account or pretence whatsoever, be introduced or read in this committee.

V. That registered masons only, who have contributed not less than twelve months, and a member of a warranted lodge during that time, shall be considered and relieved, &c. And sojourners, or travelling masons, shall be relieved if certified by private contribution, or out of the fund, as the majority shall think proper.

VI. That all petitions or recommendations shall be signed by the master and wardens of the petitioner's lodge, who shall (if in town) attend the steward's lodge or committee, and assert the truth of the petitioners. The petitioners shall also attend, if in or adjacent to London, except in cases of sickness, lameness, or imprisonment; and prove to the satisfaction of the stewards, that he or they have been formerly in reputable, or at least in tolerable circumstances.

VII. That any other brother may send in a petition or recommendation, but none shall be admitted to sit or hear the debates, but the grand officers, secretary and treasurer, with the ten masters summoned for that purpose.

VIII. That it shall be the inherent power of this committee, or steward's lodge, to dispose of the fund laid in for charity, to charitable uses, and no other, and that, only to such persons who shall appear by their petitions aforesaid, to be deserving and in real want of charitable and brotherly assistance, and that either by weekly support, or as they shall judge most prudent and necessary.

IX. That no extraneous brother that is not made in a regular lodge, but made in a clandestine manner, without the grand master's warrant, or only with a view to partake of this charity, nor any assisting at such irregular makings, shall be qualified to receive any assistance therefrom, according to the sixth regulation for charity.

X. That this committee shall have full power and authority to hear and adjust all matters, concerning free masons or free masonry, that shall be laid before them, except making new regulations, which power is wholly invested in the grand lodge, and their determinations shall be final, except when an appeal shall be made to the quarterly grand lodge.

XI. That for the speedy relief of distressed petitioners, any three of the masters, summoned for that purpose, with or without the grand officers, the secretary and books always present, shall be a quorum, and may proceed to business as prudence and brotherly love shall direct them.

XII. That all the transactions of this stew. ard's lodge or committee of charity, shall be read audibly, by the grand secretary, before all the members of the grand lodge, upon the first Wednesdays in March, June, September and December, yearly.

XIII. This committee being invested with full power to hear complaints of a masonical nature, as appears by regulation X. and to punish delinquents according to the laws of the craft; for that reason they shall most religiously adhere to the old Hebrew regulation, viz. If a complaint be made against a brother by another brother, and he be found guilty, he shall stand to the determination of this or the grand lodge: but if a complaint be made against a brother, wherein the accuser cannot support his complaint to conviction, such accuser shall forfeit such penalty as the person so accused might have forfeited had he been really convicted on such complaint.

A

COLLECTION

OF

MASONIC SONGS,

WITH SEVERAL INGENIOUS

PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

Solomon's Temple,

AN

ORATORIO,