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In 1814 the day for meeting was the fourth Friday; this in May 1821 was
changed to the second Thursday, and in the October following to the second
Tuesday.
This arrangement lasted till 1925, when the day was again changed, this
* time to the third Monday in the month, which still holds for the March,
October and November meetings; but since the migration to the Grosvenor
Hotel in 1936 the February meeting, at which the Master is installed, is held
on the third Tuesday.
The first reference to the hour of meeting is on 12 November 1822, when
it was “Proposed seconded and carried that the Lodge be summoned to meet
at 5 precisely to proceed to business immediately”.
On 10 February 1824 it was agreed that “the Lodge afsemble on the next
meeting at 4 o’clock to take into consideration the new code of bye laws”.
On 9 March “the bye laws were read in part. The Lodge was adjourned from
Labor to refreshment. After the banquet the remainder of the Bye laws was
read & approved with amendments & the blanks filled up.” But this was a
special occasion.
No other change in the time of meeting has been noted by the writer till
12 November 1872, when it was “Resolved unanimously that when there
is no business to get through the hour of meeting be fixed for 6.30, should
there however be any business the hour to be left to the discretion of the
Secretary”. Such is still the rule.
By-laws for the regulation of the Lodge, first mentioned in the minutes
for 10 February 1824, clearly existed in some shape before that date, for
“Bror Edwards Harper the WM elect proposed that a draft of the bye laws
as revised by him be read.... The Secretary accordingly read the draft of the
Bye laws for the government of the Lodge.” As has been seen above, the
Lodge had a special meeting in March to consider the matter, and on 13
April “A fair transcript of the Bye laws was read by the Secretary”. This still
exists in the Signature Book described in Chapter Thirteen. These By-laws
are as follows:

* Does it need a 2012 footnote here?