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Art. Forms, Sec. 9
Form of transcript of record of trial

FORM OF TRANSCRIPT OF RECORD OF TRIAL

First should come a fair copy of the proceedings of the Lodge at the special meeting thereof held for the election of Trial-Commissioners, which should have been entered in the minutes of the Lodge in substantially the following form:

FORM OF RECORD AT A MEETING FOR ELECTION OF TRIAL-COMMISSIONERS

Hall of ................................................. Lodge No. ........................., F. & A. M. at ................................................., Philippines, ........................, 20...........

By order of the Master, of which due notification was given to the brethren, this Lodge was specially convened at the place and on the day above written, at ................................o’ clock..........M., and there were present the following. (Here give the names and titles of the officers, and the number of other members present, referring for the names of these last to the Tyler’s Register.)

A Lodge of Master Masons having been duly opened, the Master stated that this special meeting had been called for the purpose of electing Commissioners to hear and determine upon a certain charge of unmasonic conduct preferred by a Master Mason in good standing against a brother of this Lodge (or of some other Lodge, naming it, or if a non-affiliated Mason, saying so), and desired that the Lodge should indicate the number of Commissioners which it deemed advisable to elect.

On motion, duly seconded, it was voted that the number of Commissioners be ..............................

The Master appointed Bros. ........................... and ...................................., to act as tellers, and the Lodge proceeded to ballot for Commissioners.

At the conclusion of the .............................. ballot it was found that the following named brethren had each received a majority of the votes of all the members, present, viz: - (Here give the names in full of all the Commissioners elected.) And they were declared by the Master to be duly elected to serve as Commissioners.