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Rh Junior Warden elect, and the rest of the brethren who have petitioned the Most Worshipful Grand Master for a Warrant of Constitution, to empower them to assemble as a regular Lodge, under the authority and Masonic jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Freemasons of. . . . . . . . . . . .; the said petition having been granted and confirmed by the said Grand Lodge, at a. . . . communication held at. . . . . . . ., on the

Know ye, that reposing special trust and confidence in the Masonic talents, prudence, and integrity of our Worshipful Brother, we have thought proper, ourselves being unable to attend, to constitute and appoint, and we do hereby constitute and appoint, our said Worshipful Brother our proxy, to constitute "" the petitioners aforesaid into a Lodge, to be known and distinguished in our Register as. . . . Lodge No. . ., and to install their officers elect agreeably to ancient form and the custom of the craft; and for so doing, this shall be his sufficient warrant.

If the Grand and Deputy Grand Masters shall be absent, or rendered by sickness or casualty incapable of acting, the Grand Wardens may issue a like power under their hands and the Grand Seal, countersigned by the Grand Secretary; provided the Grand Master, or presiding officer, has previously signed a Warrant for holding such Lodge. But the Grand Warden,