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 .
ARTICLE XXXV .
A particular Council of the Princes of the Royal Secret can consist of no more than fifteen members , the officers included .
Every year , on the day of St . John the Evangelist , every Grand Particular Council must elect nine officers , not including the President , who is always to serve three years .
1 st . The Lieutenant-Commander , who presides in the absence of the Sovereign Grand Commander . 2 d . The Grand Warden , who presides in the absence of the two former . 3 d . The Grand Keeper of the Seals , or Grand Secretary . 4 th . The Grand Treasurer . 5 th . The Grand Captain of the Guards . 6 th . The Grand Orator , or Minister of State . 7 th . The Grand Usher . 8 th . The Grand Master Architect , or Engineer . 9 th . The Grand Hospitaller .
All the other members , united under the orders of the Sovereign of the Sovereign Princes , or of his Lieutenant Commander , remain without change ; and no member can be admitted , if thereby the number will exceed fifteen in all .
This Grand Council is subject to the Grand Inspector or his Deputy , as its Chief , to be recognized as such on all occasions ; and it is subordinate to the Council in whatever concerns the Royal Art , both in the high and the inferior degrees .
We , Sovereign of the Sovereign Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret , of the Royal and Military Order of the Most Worshipful Fraternity of Free and Accepted
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