Chapter 10
V. OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CRAFT IN
WORKING.
All Masons shall work honestly on working Days, that they may live creditably on Holy Days ; and the time appointed by the Law of the Land, or confirmed by Custom, shall be observed.
The most expert of the Fellow-Craftsmen shall be chosen or appointed the Master or Overseer of the Lord's Work ; who is to be call'd Master by those that work under him. The Craftsmen are to avoid all ill Language, and to call each other by no disobliging Name, but Brother or Fellow ; and to behave them- selves courteously within and without the Lodge.
The Master, knowing himself to be able of Cunning, shall undertake the Lord's Work as reasonably as pos- sible, and truly dispend his Goods as if they were his own ; nor to give more Wages to any Brother or Ap- prentice than he really may deserve.
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Both the Master and the Masons, receiving their Wages justly, shall be faithful to the Lord, and hon- estly finish their Work, whether Task or Journey; nor put the Work to Task that hath been accustom'd to Journey.
None shall discover Envy at the Prosperity of a Brother, nor supplant him, or put him out of his Work, if he be capable to finish the same ; for no Man can finish another's Work so much to the Lord's Profit, unless he be thoroughly acquainted with the Designs and Draughts of him that began it.
When a Fellow-Craftsman is chosen Warden of the Work under the Master, he shall be true both to Mas- ter and Fellows, shall carefully oversee the Work in the Master's Absence to the Lord's Profit, and his Brethren shall obey him.
All Masons employ'd shall meekly receive their Wages without Murmuring or Mutiny, and not desert the Master till the Work is finish'd.
A younger Brother shall be instructed in working, to prevent spoiling the Materials for want of Judg- ment, and for increasing and continuing of Brotherly Love.
All the Tools used in working shall be approved by the Grrand Lodge.
No Laborer shall be employed in the proper work of Masonry ; nor shall Free Masons work with those that are not free, without an urgent Necessity ; nor shall they teach Laborers and unaccepted Masons, as they should teach a Brother or Fellow.
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