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Excerpt from Jubilee Year A. L. 5907: Shekinah Lodge No; 241, 1857 1907, A. F. And A. Masons; Instituted October 7, 1857, Carbondale, Illinois
Shekinah lodge no. 241; And do further, at the said petition, and because of the great trust and confidence reposed in the above named Brethren, hereby appoint Isaac Mulkey, Master; Robert H Marron, Senior Warden; and William S. Mason, Junior Warden, for opening the said Lodge, and for such time only as may be thought proper by the Brethren thereof; it being our will that our appointment shall in no wise affect anyfuture election of officers of that Lodge; but that the same shall be according to regulations of the Lodge, and con sistent with the general laws of the society contained in the Book of Constitutions. And we do hereby require you, the said isaac Mulkey, to take special care that all and every, these said Brethren, are or have been regularly made Masons, and that they do perform, and observe, and keep, all the rules and orders contained in the Book of Constitu tions, and also such as may from time to time be trans mitted to you from us. And further, that you do, from time to time, cause to be entered, in a book to be kept for that purpose, an account of your proceedings in the Lodge, to gether with such regulations as shall be made for the good government thereof, a copy of which you are in nowise to omit laying before the Grand Lodge, once in each year, to gether with a list of the members of the Lodge. That you annually pay into the Grand Treasury such sums as may be required of you towards the Grand Charity fund. And, moreover, we hereby will and require of you, the said Isaac Mulkey, as soon as conveniently may be, to send an ac count in writing of what shall be done by virtue of these presents.
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