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 SECTION I.

CONSECRATION, DEDICATION, CONSTITUTION, AND INSTALLATION OF THE OFFICERS OF A NEW LODGE.

THOROUGH knowledge of these ceremonies is of the highest importance.

They should be well understood by every Master of a Lodge. They treat of the government of the society; the disposition of its rulers, and illustrate their proper functions and qualifications.

Any number of Master Masons, not less than seven, having determined to form a new Lodge, must apply by petition to the Grand Master, which petition should be in the following words:

To the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Ancient Freemasons of ........

The petition of the undersigned respectfully showeth, that they are regular Freemasons, and are at