The document outlines regulations for Lodges in jurisdictions recognized by a new Sovereign Grand Lodge. Upon recognition, the Master of each Lodge must convene a special meeting within six months, providing at least twenty-one days' notice to members. If the Master is unavailable, the District Grand Master or Deputy will preside. Members present, as listed in the last return to the Grand Secretary, vote on whether to remain under the Grand Lodge of England or join the new Grand Lodge, requiring a two-thirds majority for the decision. The meeting is limited to these specific questions, and minutes, along with a list of attendees and voting results, must be submitted to the Grand Secretary, verified by the presiding Master and the Lodge Secretary. No further meetings on these matters can occur without the Grand Master's special permission.
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Whenever the Grand Lodge shall, with the assent of the Grand Master, recognise a Grand Lodge as a regular and independent Sovereign Body, having jurisdiction in any territory where a District Grand Lodge or Lodges not in a District exist, and the Grand Master shall signify that it is not his intention to grant for the future any warrant for a new Lodge in that jurisdiction, the following rules shall apply: (i) Within six months after recognition the Master of every Lodge in such jurisdiction shall convene a special meeting of the Lodge on not less than twenty-one days’ notice to every member; failing the Master, the District Grand Master, or, failing him, his Deputy shall convene such meeting, and preside thereat. (ii) The Brethren present at such meeting, whose names appear as subscribing members on the last return filed with the Grand Secretary, shall decide whether they desire that the Lodge shall continue under the Grand Lodge of England or join the new Grand Lodge. If the decision be to join the new Grand Lodge, the Brethren shall, at the same meeting, decide in whom the property and effects of the Lodge shall be vested, and the warrant shall be forthwith returned to the Grand Secretary to be delivered up to the Grand Master. A majority of two-thirds of the members present shall be required to carry such resolutions. (iii) No questions shall be discussed or put at such meeting other than those above prescribed. (iv) Immediately after such meeting a full copy of the minutes and a list from the signature book of all members attending, together with the numbers voting for or against, shall be sent to the Grand Secretary, verified under the hand of the presiding Master, and countersigned by the Secretary of the Lodge. (v) No second meeting shall be called to discuss the above-mentioned questions without the special leave of the Grand Master.