Landmark First: The Modes of Recognition Landmark Second: The division of symbolic Masonry into three degrees Landmark Third: The legend of the third degree Landmark Fourth: The government of the fraternity, by a presiding officer called the Grand Master, who is elected from the body of the craft Landmark Fifth: The prerogative of the Grand Master to preside over every assembly of the craft Landmark Sixth: The prerogative of the Grand Master to grant dispensations for the conferring of the degrees at irregular times Landmark Seventh: The prerogative of the Grand Master to give dispensations for opening and holding lodges Landmark Eighth: The prerogative of the Grand Master to make Masons at site Landmark Ninth: The necessity of Masons to congregate in Lodges Landmark Tenth: The government of the craft, when congregated in lodges by a Master and two Wardens Landmark Eleventh: The necessity that every lodge, when congregated, should be duly tiled Landmark Twelfth: The right of every Mason to be represented in all general meetings of the craft, and to instruct his representatives Landmark Thirteenth: The right of every Mason to appeal from the decision of his brethren in lodge convened, to the Grand Lodge or General Assembly of Masons Landmark Fourteenth: The right of every Mason to visit and sit in every regular lodge Landmark Fifteenth: No visitor unknown to the Brethren present, or to some one of them as a Mason, can enter a lodge without first passing an examination according to ancient usage Landmark Sixteenth: No lodge can interfere in the business of another lodge, nor give degrees to brethren who are members of other lodges Landmark Seventeenth: Every Freemason is amenable to the laws and regulations of the Masonic jurisdiction in which he resides, and this although he may not be a member of any lodge Landmark Eighteenth: Certain qualifications for candidates are derived from a Landmark of the order Landmark Nineteenth: A belief in the existence of God as the Grand Architect of the Universe Landmark Twentieth: A belief in the resurrection to a future life Landmark Twenty-first: The book of the law shall constitute an indispensable part of the furniture of every lodge Landmark Twenty-second: The equality of all Masons Landmark Twenty-third: The secrecy of the institution Landmark Twenty-fourth: The foundation of a speculative science upon an operative art, and the symbolic use and explanation of the terms of that art, for purposes of religious or moral teaching Landmark Twenty-fifth: That these Landmarks can never be changed |