I. No Fbeemason can be buried with the formalities

of the Fraternity, unless it be at his own request, or that of some of his family, communicated to the Master ol the Lodge of which he died a member; foreigners or sojourners excepted; nor unless he has received the Master Mason's degree, and from this restriction there can be no exception.
n. Fellow-Crafts or Entered Apprentices are not en- titled to these obsequies; nor can they be allowed to unite, as Masons, in the funeral of a brother.
rn. No Lodge, or body of Masons, can unite in the obsequies of a person not a Mason, without permission of the Grand Master, or consent of the Grand Lodge.