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Article SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER. ← Page 2 of 2 Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. Page 1 of 3 →
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Supreme Grand Chapter.
Notice of motion was given , that at the next Grand Chapter the laws now presented become the laws of the Order . A letter having been read from the grand-nephew of the late companion Lowndes , who for nearly forty years had acted as Grand Organist to the Grand Chapter , stating that he had died in great distress , a motion was made that the sum of 25 / . be granted to defray the expenses of his funeral , and medical attendance . This case being the first
brought before the Grand Chapter , on the subject of relief , its nature , as a matter of precedent , gave rise to a long debate , in which Comps . Henderson , Walton , Crucefix , Cabbell , Ramsbottom , and H . Fitzroy , took animated interest . The motion was adopted by a considerable majority . The report of the Committee for a Chapter to be held at Dewsbury was agreed to . The financial report was satisfactory .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
COMMITTEE OF MASTERS . —Feb . 23 . Present—Bros . S . C . Norris , Crucefix , Hayward , Rule , and about fifty Masters and Past Masters . The report of the annual audit for 1841 , signed by Bros , the Hon . H . Fitzroy , Rev . S . Isaacson , Houlding , & c , was read , by which it appeared that there remained in the Grand Treasurer ' s hands , on account of the Board of General Purposesthe sum of 1218 / . 7 . 9 . 10 d .
, , , but that the Lodge of Benevolence was indebted to him the sum of 210 / . 15 s . 3 d . The subsequent quarter ' s account however had improved , and a small balance was in hand on account of the Lodge of Benevolence , and the funded stock of the Board of General Purposes was increased to the sum of 2 , 300 / ., besides the balance of 500 / . due from the Girls'School ; there was also a good floating balance in hand .
The funded stock of the Benevolence Fund is 11 , 000 / . A message was delivered from the Grand Master , announcing that in consequence of his Royal Highness having taken a violent cold at the christening of the Prince of Wales , he had not been enabled to present to the Queen , the address of the Grand Lodge on the birth of an heirapparent to the throne , but that the Grand Master had intimated to her Majesty the dutiful conduct of the Grand Lodge .
The reports of the Board of General Purposes were then read . The first comprised the conference with the sub-committee of the Asylum . At the conclusion of this part , Bro . Crucefix stated that there appeared to . him some inaccuracies , which he merely alluded to , in case that having been present when these minutes were read , it might afterwards preclude his noticing them in Grand Lodge . He then delivered in the following notice of motion : — „
" Te move that the report of the Board of General Purposes be referred to that body for reconsideration , because the Board of Genera ] Purposes might have received the first proposition of the sub-committee of the Asylum for the "Worth y Aged and Decayed Freemason , and have recommended its acceptance by Grand Lodge , with much propriety ; and certainly ought to have so received and recommended the second proposition , without hesitation or reserve . "
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Supreme Grand Chapter.
Notice of motion was given , that at the next Grand Chapter the laws now presented become the laws of the Order . A letter having been read from the grand-nephew of the late companion Lowndes , who for nearly forty years had acted as Grand Organist to the Grand Chapter , stating that he had died in great distress , a motion was made that the sum of 25 / . be granted to defray the expenses of his funeral , and medical attendance . This case being the first
brought before the Grand Chapter , on the subject of relief , its nature , as a matter of precedent , gave rise to a long debate , in which Comps . Henderson , Walton , Crucefix , Cabbell , Ramsbottom , and H . Fitzroy , took animated interest . The motion was adopted by a considerable majority . The report of the Committee for a Chapter to be held at Dewsbury was agreed to . The financial report was satisfactory .
United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
COMMITTEE OF MASTERS . —Feb . 23 . Present—Bros . S . C . Norris , Crucefix , Hayward , Rule , and about fifty Masters and Past Masters . The report of the annual audit for 1841 , signed by Bros , the Hon . H . Fitzroy , Rev . S . Isaacson , Houlding , & c , was read , by which it appeared that there remained in the Grand Treasurer ' s hands , on account of the Board of General Purposesthe sum of 1218 / . 7 . 9 . 10 d .
, , , but that the Lodge of Benevolence was indebted to him the sum of 210 / . 15 s . 3 d . The subsequent quarter ' s account however had improved , and a small balance was in hand on account of the Lodge of Benevolence , and the funded stock of the Board of General Purposes was increased to the sum of 2 , 300 / ., besides the balance of 500 / . due from the Girls'School ; there was also a good floating balance in hand .
The funded stock of the Benevolence Fund is 11 , 000 / . A message was delivered from the Grand Master , announcing that in consequence of his Royal Highness having taken a violent cold at the christening of the Prince of Wales , he had not been enabled to present to the Queen , the address of the Grand Lodge on the birth of an heirapparent to the throne , but that the Grand Master had intimated to her Majesty the dutiful conduct of the Grand Lodge .
The reports of the Board of General Purposes were then read . The first comprised the conference with the sub-committee of the Asylum . At the conclusion of this part , Bro . Crucefix stated that there appeared to . him some inaccuracies , which he merely alluded to , in case that having been present when these minutes were read , it might afterwards preclude his noticing them in Grand Lodge . He then delivered in the following notice of motion : — „
" Te move that the report of the Board of General Purposes be referred to that body for reconsideration , because the Board of Genera ] Purposes might have received the first proposition of the sub-committee of the Asylum for the "Worth y Aged and Decayed Freemason , and have recommended its acceptance by Grand Lodge , with much propriety ; and certainly ought to have so received and recommended the second proposition , without hesitation or reserve . "