Excerpt from Register of the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania: From April 15, 1865, to July 1, 1882 The eldest male lineal descendants, according to the rules of primogeniture, of deceased Companions of the First (lst) Class, upon attaining the age of twenty-one years; and if there' are no descendants, male or female, then the male heirs of such deceased Companions in the collateral branches of their families in the order of genealogical succession according to the rules of primogeniture: Provided however, That in cases of representation through females the eldest branches shall be preferred to the younger, and intervening female lives through whom the inheritances would be deprived shall be disregarded that any person eligible for membership by inheritance, if he have no descendants, male or female living, may, by writing filed, waive and renounce his right in favor of the next entitled person and that in case one already a Companion of the Order is next in the line of inheritance from a deceased Companion, the eligibility of membership in right of such deceased Companion shall devolve upon the person next entitled other than such living Companion or his descendants. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.