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ANCIENT CEREMONIES—ANNUAL INSTALLATION.
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Proclamation is then made as follows by the first presiding officer:

I hereby proclaim, that Brother A. B. has been duly installed as Worshipful Master, Brother C. D. as Senior Warden, and Brother E. F. as Junior Warden of . . . . . . Lodge, No. . ., with the grand honors of Masonry by three times three.

The grand honors are then given, and the new Master proceeds to install in like manner the rest of the officers, rehearsing to each his appropriate charge, as follows:

THE TREASURER.

Brother G. H., you are appointed Treasurer of this Lodge, and are now invested with the badge of your office. It is your duty to receive all moneys from the hands of the Secretary, make due entries of the same, and pay them out by order of the Worshipful Master and the consent of the Lodge.

I trust your regard for the fraternity will prompt you to the faithful discharge of the duties of your office.

THE SECRETARY.

Brother J. K., you are appointed Secretary of this Lodge, and are now invested with the badge of your office. It is your duty to observe all the proceedings of the Lodge; make a fair record of all things proper to be written; receive all moneys due the Lodge, pay them over to the Treasurer, and take his receipt for the same.