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DEPUTY GRAND"MASTER.
Master of East India, which was made in 1730, by the Duke of Norfolk. The modern Constitution! of England invest him with powers in his own province very similar to those of the Grand Master, tc whom, however, or to the Grand Lodge, an appeal always lies from his decisions. In this country the office of District Deputy Grand Master appears to h~ve taken the place, in many jurisdictions, of the English Provincial Grand Masters; but as the office has been created by a special enactment in every case, the Regulations which refer to it must be considered as strictly local in their character. Hence the duties and prerogatives of these officers widely differ in different jurisdictions; and a consideration of them can find no place in a treatise on the general principles of Masonic law. Individually, I confess that I am opposed to the creation of the office, as infringing on the simplicity of the Masonic system of government, although it cannot be denied that a Grand Lodge has the right to create such an office, so iong as the powers con.. ferred on the officer do not affect the inherent prero路 gatives of the 路Grand Master; with which, of course, J!O modern Constitutions can interfere. In England, the Deputy Grand Master has always been appointed by the Grand Master. The same rule has been. followed by a few Grand Lodges in this country; but the more general custom is foy the Grand Lodge to elect hi u . .