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The Constitutions Of 1762,
32 . So as to establish between all the Private Councils and amongst all the Illustrious Knights and Princes Masons a regular correspondence , they shall send every year to the Sovereign Grand Council
and to each private ( or particular ) Council regularly organized , a general statement of all the private Councils l'egulaz-ly authorised , as also the names of the Officers of the Sovereign Grand Council of the Sublime Princes , and shall give advice in the course of the year of all the interesting alterations which may have taken place in this last
statement . 33 . So as to maintain Order and Discipline , the Sovereign Grand Council of the Subline Princes of the Royal Secret shall not proceed
to any Masonic works but once a year , when no one shall be admitted to the Sublime and last degree of Masonry but the three most ancient Knights Adept , who shall be proclaimed in the Grand Lodge of the Grand Elect , Perfect , also in Council , Chapter , & c , & c , & c .
34 . The Feast Days of the Knights and Princes of Masonry and Valorous Princes of Jerusalem are obliged to celebrate particularly , — 1 st . The 20 th November , memoz'able when their ancestors made
their entry in Jerusalem . 2 nd . The 23 d February , to praise the Lord , on the occasion of the reconstruction of the Temple . 3 rd . The Knights of the East shall celebrate the Holy day of
Re-edification of the Temple of God , the 22 nd of March and 22 nd September , Equinoxial days or the l-enewal of the long and short days , in memory of the Temple having been built twice ; All the Princes Masons are obliged to go to the Council of the East , so as to celebrate those two days , and their works shall not be opened but
with the usual ceremonies . 4 th . The Grand Elect Perfect shall celebrate besides in particular the dedication of the First Temple the 5 th day of the 3 rd moon Ab , which answers to our month of July , when the Knights and Princes Masons shall be decorated with all their Vestments .
35 . A private ( or particular ) Council of Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret shall not exceed the number of Fifteen , the Officers included .
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The Constitutions Of 1762,
32 . So as to establish between all the Private Councils and amongst all the Illustrious Knights and Princes Masons a regular correspondence , they shall send every year to the Sovereign Grand Council
and to each private ( or particular ) Council regularly organized , a general statement of all the private Councils l'egulaz-ly authorised , as also the names of the Officers of the Sovereign Grand Council of the Sublime Princes , and shall give advice in the course of the year of all the interesting alterations which may have taken place in this last
statement . 33 . So as to maintain Order and Discipline , the Sovereign Grand Council of the Subline Princes of the Royal Secret shall not proceed
to any Masonic works but once a year , when no one shall be admitted to the Sublime and last degree of Masonry but the three most ancient Knights Adept , who shall be proclaimed in the Grand Lodge of the Grand Elect , Perfect , also in Council , Chapter , & c , & c , & c .
34 . The Feast Days of the Knights and Princes of Masonry and Valorous Princes of Jerusalem are obliged to celebrate particularly , — 1 st . The 20 th November , memoz'able when their ancestors made
their entry in Jerusalem . 2 nd . The 23 d February , to praise the Lord , on the occasion of the reconstruction of the Temple . 3 rd . The Knights of the East shall celebrate the Holy day of
Re-edification of the Temple of God , the 22 nd of March and 22 nd September , Equinoxial days or the l-enewal of the long and short days , in memory of the Temple having been built twice ; All the Princes Masons are obliged to go to the Council of the East , so as to celebrate those two days , and their works shall not be opened but
with the usual ceremonies . 4 th . The Grand Elect Perfect shall celebrate besides in particular the dedication of the First Temple the 5 th day of the 3 rd moon Ab , which answers to our month of July , when the Knights and Princes Masons shall be decorated with all their Vestments .
35 . A private ( or particular ) Council of Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret shall not exceed the number of Fifteen , the Officers included .