Ok so Im going through my law book (digital of coarse) and I came across this section how do you guys interpret this?
From the Laws of the Grand Lodge of Texas
1. OF BEHAVIOR IN THE LODGE WHILE CONSTITUTED.
You are not to hold private committees, or separate
conversations, without leave from the Master, nor to talk of
anything impertinent or unseemly, nor interrupt the Master
or Wardens, or any Brother speaking to the Master; nor behave
yourself ludicrously or jestingly while the Lodge is engaged in what
is serious and solemn; not use any unbecoming language upon any
pretense whatsoever; but to pay due reverence to your Master,
Wardens and Fellows, and put them to worship.
If any complaint be brought, the Brother found guilty shall
stand to the award and determination of the Lodge, who are the
proper and competent judges of all such controversies (unless you
carry it by appeal to the Grand Lodge), and to whom they ought
to be referred, unless a lord’s work be hindered the meanwhile, in
which case a particular reference may be made; but you must never
go to law about what concerneth Masonry, without an absolute
necessity apparent to the Lodge.
From the Laws of the Grand Lodge of Texas
1. OF BEHAVIOR IN THE LODGE WHILE CONSTITUTED.
You are not to hold private committees, or separate
conversations, without leave from the Master, nor to talk of
anything impertinent or unseemly, nor interrupt the Master
or Wardens, or any Brother speaking to the Master; nor behave
yourself ludicrously or jestingly while the Lodge is engaged in what
is serious and solemn; not use any unbecoming language upon any
pretense whatsoever; but to pay due reverence to your Master,
Wardens and Fellows, and put them to worship.
If any complaint be brought, the Brother found guilty shall
stand to the award and determination of the Lodge, who are the
proper and competent judges of all such controversies (unless you
carry it by appeal to the Grand Lodge), and to whom they ought
to be referred, unless a lord’s work be hindered the meanwhile, in
which case a particular reference may be made; but you must never
go to law about what concerneth Masonry, without an absolute
necessity apparent to the Lodge.
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