There being no further business, the Lodge was closed in due form and harmony.
Secretary.
[These minutes should be read at the close of the meeting, that the Brothers present may suggest any necessary alterations or correct omissions; and then at the beginning of the next regular Communication, that they may be confirmed. After which they should be transcribed from the rough Minute Book, in which they were first entered, into the permanent Record-Book of the Lodge.]
VI. FORM FOR BY-LAWS OF A LODGE.
[One of the greatest of the difficulties which are attendant on the organization of a new Lodge is the adoption of a suitable and efficient code of By-Laws for its government. This difficulty is often rendered still greater by the inexperience of its members, often young Masons, unacquainted with the usages of the craft and the prerogatives of a subordinate Lodge. The following model of a Code of By-Laws is therefore submitted, as in part tending to remove this difficulty. It is not to be expected that every section of this form will be always adopted. Local circumstances and special regulations of a Grand Lodge may render some of them unnecessary or inexpedient. Yet, the general form will not, it is believed, be found useless as a guide for the preparation of a proper code.]
ARTICLE I.
Name, Officers, &c.
Section. 1. The name and title of this Lodge shall be . . . . . . Lodge, No. . . .
Sec. 2. Its officers shall consist of a Worshipful Master, Senior and Junior Wardens, Treasurer, Secretary, Senior and Junior Deacons, two Stewards, and a Tiler.
Sec. 3. The first five officers shall be elected by ballot, and by a majority of the votes present, for twelve months, at the
