De Grasse-Tilly and the Early Supreme Council : 1786 – 1802
3 . The Constitutions of 1762 , 1786 Ahmend Francken Manuscript .
4 . The Constitutions of 1762 , 1797 Pierre Dupont Delorme Register .
Art . < 22 . d > 20 th
Deputies of the Gr . d Councils , shall visit particular Councils , and those again , shall visit Lodges of Perfection ; and examine their works , Constitutions , Registers , the Catalogues & Lists of those Councils and Lodges of Perfection – Those Inspr . s shall draw up a written Process of said Proceedings , sign ’ d by the Officers in dignity , in said Councils or Lodges , and the Protra < c > tor shall attain them , as soon as possible to the Sov . n Gr . d Council , directed to the Gr . d Sec . y Gen . l – Those aforesaid Inspr . s or Viewers , shall always Preside in those Councils and Lodges , they visit ; and make them visits , as often , as they please , without any opposition , from any of the Officers or Members of said Councils or Lodges whatsoever , under the Penalty of Disobedience & Interdiction – For such is our Pleasure –
Art . < 23 . d > 21 st
In the meeting of the Sov . n Gr . d Council of Quarterly Communication regularly called together , and if only 7 members , they shall open the work at the usual hour ; and those Regulations , shall be Made and Passed , by a Plurality of votes among them , as if the other members had been present –
Art . < 24 . th > 22 d
In a meeting of a Sov . n Gr d Council , if any member shall appear in an undecent manner , either being heated with Liquor , or otherwise commit any fault , tending to destroy that Harmony that ought to subsist in those Respectable Meetings ; he shall be admonished for the first time – for the 2 . d time be Fined , ( which he shall immediately pay ) and for the 3 . d offence , he shall be deprived of his dignity – and if a Plurality of Votes , is for his Expulsion he shall be Expelled –
ARTICLE XXII .
The Grand Council will visit the particular Councils and Lodges of Perfection through the Deputies Inspectors , or , in their place , through persons specially appointed therefor ; who shall report in writing to the Secretary General all that occurs on their visitation , that the Sovereign Grand Council may be informed thereof . The Grand Inspector or Deputy shall inspect the work , the registers , charters and lists of members of such Councils and Lodges of Perfection , and shall draw up a statement thereof , which shall be signed by the Officers- Dignitaries of said Councils or Lodges of Perfection , or other bodies , and which he shall forward to the Sovereign Grand Council as soon as possible , addressed to the Grand Secretary General .
He shall preside in said Grand Councils , Lodges of Perfection , and other bodies , whenever he sees fit , without objection on the part of any brother whatever , under the penalties due to disobedience , and that of interdiction : for such is our good pleasure .
ARTICLE XXIII .
When the Grand Council shall be regularly convoked , seven members shall suffice to open the works at the time fixed ; and the regulations then made and passed by a plurality of votes , shall have the force of law , as if the other members had been present ; except in cases of emergency , when the Grand Inspector or his Deputy , with three members , may proceed with the work .
ARTICLE XXIV .
If in a meeting of a Grand Council any member should present himself in an indecent manner , intoxicated , or committing any other acts that may tend to interrupt the harmony that ought to reign in a body so respectable , he shall , for the first offence , be reprimanded ; for the second a fine shall be imposed , fixed by the voice of the majority , to be paid forthwith ; and for the third , he shall be deprived of his dignities , and if a majority of the Grand Council so decide , he shall be expelled .
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