VI. As soon as the Grand Masters, Grand Officers, and Members,

of the two present Grand Lodges, shall, on the day of their Re-union, have made the solemn declaration in the presence of the deputation of grand or enlightened Masons from Scotland and Ireland, to abide and act by the universally recognized obligation of Master Mason, the Members shall forthwith proceed to the election of a Grand Master for the year ensuing ; and, to prevent delay, the Brother so elected shall forthwith be obligated, pro tempore, that the Grand Lodge may be formed. The said Grand Master shall then nominate and appoint his Deputy Grand Master, together with a Senior and Junior Grand Warden, Grand Secretary, or Secretaries, Grand Trea- surer, Grand Chaplain, Grand Sword-Bearer, Grand Pursuivant, and Grand Tyler, who shall all be duly obligated and placed ; and the Grand Incorporated Lodge shall then be opened, in ample form, under the style and title of " The UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE- MASONS OF ENGLAND.
The Grand Officers who held the several offices before (unless such of them as may be re-appointed) shall take their places, as Past Grand Officers, in the respective degrees which they held before ; and in case either or both of the present Grand Secretaries, Pursuivants, and Tylers, should not be re-appointed to their former situations, then annuities shall be paid to them during their respective lives out of the Grand Fund.