Centenary Jewels and Bi-Centenary Bars

(a) Application for permission to wear a Centenary Jewel is to be made by petition or memorial to the Grand Master, in which memorial or petition the necessary particulars as to the origin and regular working of the Lodge are to be given, as well as proof of its uninterrupted existence for one hundred years. (b) Application for permission to attach a Bi-centenary Bar to the ribbon of the Centenary Jewel must be similarly made and proof of two hundred years of uninterrupted existence established. (c) Application for permission to suspend the Centenary Jewel with Bi-centenary Bar from a Tercentenary Bar must be similarly made and proof of three hundred years of uninterrupted existence established. (d) When permission has been granted to a Lodge to wear a Centenary Jewel (or Bi-Centenary or Tercentenary Bar), the privilege of wearing the Jewel (or Bi-Centenary or Tercentenary Bar), is restricted to subscribing members being Master Masons and any Honorary Member who within the year before his election as such was a subscribing member. (e) The designs for a Centenary Jewel, a Bi-centenary Bar and a Tercentenary Bar have been approved by the Grand Master (Plate No. 59). Rule 253: (a) For serving the office of Steward to any two of the following Institutions, viz.: The Royal Masonic Institution for Girls, The Royal Masonic Institution for Boys, The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution, a Brother has the privilege of wearing the charity jewel (Plate No. 60), provided he shall, at each time of so serving, have personally subscribed ten guineas (£10.50) at the least. (b) The jewel shall be suspended from a ribbon of one and a half inches in width, the colours of which shall be white and blue, white and red, blue and red, or white, blue and red respectively, according to the Institutions for which the Brother has served the stewardships as above, viz.: White, for the Institution for Girls, Blue, for the Institution for Boys, Red, for the Benevolent Institution. (c) A Brother being, according to the foregoing regulation, entitled to wear the charity jewel, and who may have served the office of Steward to any of the Institutions a second time, may wear a bar attached to the ribbon, and an additional bar for each occasion of having served the office of Steward to any of the Institutions; but in no case shall he be entitled to wear such bar or bars, unless he shall, on each of those occasions, at the time of serving such stewardship, have personally subscribed a like amount as above named. (d) A Vice-President of any one or more of the Masonic Institutions, being otherwise entitled to the charity jewel, may wear attached to the ribbon, immediately above the jewel, a rosette of the colour or colours before mentioned, or in combination, according to the Institution or Institutions of which he is a Vice-President. (e) A Vice-Patron of any one or more of the Masonic Institutions, being otherwise entitled to the charity jewel, may wear the same suspended from a ribbon around his neck, of the like width and colour or colours respectively, or in combination, according to the Institution or Institutions of which he is a Vice-Patron. (f) A Patron of any one or more of the Masonic Institutions may have embroidered on the right and left sides of the ribbon referred to in the preceding paragraph, a sprig of acacia one and a half inches long, meeting in the centre, over the colour appertaining to the Institution of which he is a Patron, and the Jewel ensigned with a representation of the Coronet of the Most Worshipful Grand Master for the time being; the sprig of acacia and the Coronet to be of Silver for a Patron of any one of the Institutions, of Gold for a Patron of two, and enamelled in their proper colours for a Patron of the three Institutions. (g) None of the foregoing insignia shall be obtained except on production of the appropriate certificates furnished by the Secretaries of the respective Institutions. Here is the final section of the rules, formatted as requested.