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 May the ofiender be unhappy and unprosperous ! 

 If the brethern discover that they have taken bribes, they have then, knowing the law, 



transgressed it. 



An old adage says: „If the emperor transgresses the law, he is a criminal as well as 

 a man of the people." He who disobeys this shall, therefore, be punished with death. 



SECTION III. 



The ten prohibitoey laws on appointing meetings in the hall of obedience to hung. ( ] ) 



Art. 1. 



At every time that a day for holding a meeting draws near, the President must inform, 

 ten days before, all the brethern by circular, if they will be pleased to come and look 

 at the theatricals, and assist at the incense-table. If anybody holds meeting, without hav- 

 ing first sent a circular, he will be punished with 108 blows. 



Art. 2. 



If a brother desires to become Presiding-masler , and take his seat on the table-terrace, he 

 must first have been Vanguard, according to the laws and statutes left by the live foun- 

 ders. After a fixed time, he can get the warrant ( 2 ), the sword, and the seal, and be 



made Leader. ( 3 ) 



If the time has not yet expired, and some one sets himself up as Presiding-master be- 

 fore he has got the warrant and seal, and holds a meeting, he will be punished with 

 108 blows and the loss of one ear. 



Art. 3. 



If a brother wishes to introducé a new member into the lodge, he ought to inform him- 

 self well, and not bring wrongly a miscreant into that place. 



He who, coveting a bribe, introduces secretly miscreants into the lodge, and causes turmoil 

 by this, shall be punished with 108 blows. 



Art. 4. 



If a brother knows that a certain person, who has entered the lodge, has given formcrJy 

 the clue to the police, and has shown them the way, he will be seized and slain. But if 

 a brother will stand bail for such a one, he can remain and may be suffered to preserve 

 his life. 



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