The 1765 bylaws of Joppa Lodge 1, Maryland, state, "Any Brother who shall misbehave himself in Lodge, either by unbecoming language, cursing, speaking obscenely or apparently intoxicated with liquor shall pay a fine of two shillings and sixpence for each such offense." Adjusting for inflation and currency changes, this amounts to about five of today's US dollars.
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