Proceedings Conventions of Royal Select Masters

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Excerpt from Proceedings Conventions of Royal Select Masters: Held in the City of Detroit, August 23d, 24th and 25th, 18802. In Councils appurtenant to Chapters, but otherwise independent of them.In this class is Texas, whose Grand Council was dissolved in 1864, since that time, the degrees have been conferred in Councils of a quasi voluntary character, claiming to be held under the authority of a Chapter warrant, but entirely separate from the Chapter itself, without control by any Grand Body.3. In Councils appurtenant to Chapters, and under the control and authority of Grand Chapters.In this class are Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, South Carolina and Wisconsin. These Grand Councils have formally dissolved, but, previous to their dissolution, they surrendered the degrees (so far as they had the power) to their several Grand Chapters, which accepted the trust and are now undertaking to confer and control the degrees.The Grand Council of Illinois, in like manner, voted to surrender the degrees to the Grand Chapter, but still claims to be in existence.Measures, looking ultimately to the same end, but not fully consummated, have been taken by the Grand Councils of California, Missouri and North Carolina.I understand that the Grand Chapter of Nevada (where there has never been a Grand Council) contemplates authorizing its Chapters to confer these degrees in "appurtenant Councils, " and the same thing is favored in Oregon: by whose "surrender" they propose to obtain this authority, I am not advised.Several of these Grand Chapters are awaiting the action of the General Grand Chapter, and I have no doubt that an effort will be made at its next Convocation to adopt the amendments to the Constitution offered by our Mississippi Companions, and now pending, and thus, by endorsing what is known as the "Mississippi Plan, " assume control of the Cryptic degrees.4. In Councils, under the jurisdiction of Grand Councils.In this class are Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Vermont, in the United States, and England, Ontario and New Brunswick, abroad.This unparalleled confusion in the entire polity of the Rite, and necessary conflict even in the rituals of the different jurisdictions, peremptorily, call for action to secure uniformity, or for the entire abandonment of the degrees, by the existing Grand Councils.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.