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The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
THE Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution , which will assemble on Monday next , will be asked to sanction the expenditure of £ 100 from the funds of the Institution , on a matter which we consider entirely
outside the scope of the Charity , and for which we think there is neither necessity nor excuse . The proposition , which stands on the agenda paper in the name of Bro . George James Row , a Life Governor , is to the following effect : —
" That a sum nofc exceeding £ 100 be contributed by the Institution towards the Guarantee Fund now being raised by a committee at Wood Green for tho purpose of promoting the Bill afc present before the Honsea of Parliament for the separation of Wood Green
as a Local Board District ; from the existing Tottenham Local Boardj which , if carried ont , will be the means of adding to the value of tho prospects belonging to this Institution , by tbe improvement of the roads , & c , in its vicinity , and also tend to a reduction of the rates in the district . "
We are not in a position to give any idea of the probable result which the proposed separation would have on the property possessed by the Institution at Wood Green , but we very much question if fair value
can be offered for the £ 100 it is proposed to ask for , and which probably would be as good as spent if the subscribers decide to guarantee it . Moreover , we think it unfair to ask the Institution to guarantee
so large a sum as £ 100 ; a sum out ol all character when we consider the value of the property possessed by the Institution as compared with the total value throughout the district affected . It might be unwise
for the Institution to stand out of any feasible organisation common among its neighbours , or which could be shown to particularly affect the value of the property of the Charity , but it would certainly be
injudicious for its Subscribers to take so prominent a part in any movement as that now proposed , and we shall be much surprised if those present on Monday next , when they are asked to decide the question , will
not show themselves strongly of our opinion = All such matters as this may safely be left to the House or General Committees of the Institution , who , on such a ororjosal . are exnected to keen the Subscribers
informed as to the merits of action it is deemed necessary for them to take , and in this regard they have hitherto acted to the satisfaction of the Craft . The mere fact , then , that this nronosal does not emanate
from one of the Committees is , to our mind , evidence that it is not approved by those who have been entrusted with the management of the internal affairs oi
the Institution , and on this ground especially it should be rejected . If , however , the proposer and his supporters can make out a case , then the proper Course would be to refer the snbip . fi , tn thp . TTnnsp
Committee , and ask their decision for the guidance of the general body of Subscribers , who can hardly be expected to make themselves conversant with all the
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details of such a scheme as that for which co operation is now asked . There are other matters to be brought before the Court , which are of equal , or almost equal , importance .
Indeed , they are regarded in some quarters as likely to have a far greater effect on the future of the Institution , inasmuch as they propose to alter existing laws
, ana Dy limiting tlie conditions under winch Special Courts may be called and managed , to put a stop to evils which recent events have shown to exist , or have proved capable of being called into
existence by any one desiring to create opposition or cause annoyance . As the matter now stands , the Laws of the Institution allow of a Special General Court being called at any hour of the day—or night
also , for the matter of that—which those requisitioning the meeting may choose to name . They may also say where the meeting shall be summoned , and if they were inclined to create trouble they might
call it at some out-of-the-way or inaccessible place where it would be impossible to get a fair attendance . When the Special Court has assembled , it may go on with the work for which it was especially summoned
or not , as may appear most in accord with the views of the majority present , so that a Special General Court might be convened—we only mention this extreme for the sake of argument—say at midnight ,
m any part ol the country , and adjourned and readjourned from time to time and place to place until all but the actual promoters of the meeting are disgusted at attending , with the result that matters of
vital interest to the Institution might finally be arranged by a small clique , consisting of only nine Subscribers , that number having the power of requisitioning a Special Court . The alterations to be
proposed on Monday provide some very wise modifications of this rule . They will be submitted by Bro . N . B . Headon P . M . 1426 , a Life Governor of the Institution , and are to the following effect :
In Law 31 , to leave out so mach of the clause as follows the words " or by a resolution of tbe General Committee , '' line 5—and to insert the following in lieu thereof : " Six days' notice of such Court being given by advertisement in three at least of the daily papers , notice also being sent to every
Provincial Grand Secretary . Tbe business to be transacted at snch Special Court shall be specified in such requisition or resolution , and confirmation of minutes of proceedings of any suoh Special Court shall nofc be required except in such cases as provided for in Law 34 .
" The decision of a Special General Court shall not be reconsidered at any subsequent Special Court or any Quarterly General Court until after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the Special General Court at which such decision was adopted .
" The time at which a Special General Court shall be convened ' shall be between the hours of twelve at noon and four in the afternoon , and the place at which snch Court shall be held shall be the place at which the Courts and Committees of the Institntion are ordinarily held . "
It will be seen that these proposals exert a limit on the time and place at which a Special General Court shall be summoned , and also take away the right of a Special Court to adjourn . In other respects the
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The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
THE ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
THE Quarterly General Court of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution , which will assemble on Monday next , will be asked to sanction the expenditure of £ 100 from the funds of the Institution , on a matter which we consider entirely
outside the scope of the Charity , and for which we think there is neither necessity nor excuse . The proposition , which stands on the agenda paper in the name of Bro . George James Row , a Life Governor , is to the following effect : —
" That a sum nofc exceeding £ 100 be contributed by the Institution towards the Guarantee Fund now being raised by a committee at Wood Green for tho purpose of promoting the Bill afc present before the Honsea of Parliament for the separation of Wood Green
as a Local Board District ; from the existing Tottenham Local Boardj which , if carried ont , will be the means of adding to the value of tho prospects belonging to this Institution , by tbe improvement of the roads , & c , in its vicinity , and also tend to a reduction of the rates in the district . "
We are not in a position to give any idea of the probable result which the proposed separation would have on the property possessed by the Institution at Wood Green , but we very much question if fair value
can be offered for the £ 100 it is proposed to ask for , and which probably would be as good as spent if the subscribers decide to guarantee it . Moreover , we think it unfair to ask the Institution to guarantee
so large a sum as £ 100 ; a sum out ol all character when we consider the value of the property possessed by the Institution as compared with the total value throughout the district affected . It might be unwise
for the Institution to stand out of any feasible organisation common among its neighbours , or which could be shown to particularly affect the value of the property of the Charity , but it would certainly be
injudicious for its Subscribers to take so prominent a part in any movement as that now proposed , and we shall be much surprised if those present on Monday next , when they are asked to decide the question , will
not show themselves strongly of our opinion = All such matters as this may safely be left to the House or General Committees of the Institution , who , on such a ororjosal . are exnected to keen the Subscribers
informed as to the merits of action it is deemed necessary for them to take , and in this regard they have hitherto acted to the satisfaction of the Craft . The mere fact , then , that this nronosal does not emanate
from one of the Committees is , to our mind , evidence that it is not approved by those who have been entrusted with the management of the internal affairs oi
the Institution , and on this ground especially it should be rejected . If , however , the proposer and his supporters can make out a case , then the proper Course would be to refer the snbip . fi , tn thp . TTnnsp
Committee , and ask their decision for the guidance of the general body of Subscribers , who can hardly be expected to make themselves conversant with all the
The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
details of such a scheme as that for which co operation is now asked . There are other matters to be brought before the Court , which are of equal , or almost equal , importance .
Indeed , they are regarded in some quarters as likely to have a far greater effect on the future of the Institution , inasmuch as they propose to alter existing laws
, ana Dy limiting tlie conditions under winch Special Courts may be called and managed , to put a stop to evils which recent events have shown to exist , or have proved capable of being called into
existence by any one desiring to create opposition or cause annoyance . As the matter now stands , the Laws of the Institution allow of a Special General Court being called at any hour of the day—or night
also , for the matter of that—which those requisitioning the meeting may choose to name . They may also say where the meeting shall be summoned , and if they were inclined to create trouble they might
call it at some out-of-the-way or inaccessible place where it would be impossible to get a fair attendance . When the Special Court has assembled , it may go on with the work for which it was especially summoned
or not , as may appear most in accord with the views of the majority present , so that a Special General Court might be convened—we only mention this extreme for the sake of argument—say at midnight ,
m any part ol the country , and adjourned and readjourned from time to time and place to place until all but the actual promoters of the meeting are disgusted at attending , with the result that matters of
vital interest to the Institution might finally be arranged by a small clique , consisting of only nine Subscribers , that number having the power of requisitioning a Special Court . The alterations to be
proposed on Monday provide some very wise modifications of this rule . They will be submitted by Bro . N . B . Headon P . M . 1426 , a Life Governor of the Institution , and are to the following effect :
In Law 31 , to leave out so mach of the clause as follows the words " or by a resolution of tbe General Committee , '' line 5—and to insert the following in lieu thereof : " Six days' notice of such Court being given by advertisement in three at least of the daily papers , notice also being sent to every
Provincial Grand Secretary . Tbe business to be transacted at snch Special Court shall be specified in such requisition or resolution , and confirmation of minutes of proceedings of any suoh Special Court shall nofc be required except in such cases as provided for in Law 34 .
" The decision of a Special General Court shall not be reconsidered at any subsequent Special Court or any Quarterly General Court until after the expiration of 12 months from the date of the Special General Court at which such decision was adopted .
" The time at which a Special General Court shall be convened ' shall be between the hours of twelve at noon and four in the afternoon , and the place at which snch Court shall be held shall be the place at which the Courts and Committees of the Institntion are ordinarily held . "
It will be seen that these proposals exert a limit on the time and place at which a Special General Court shall be summoned , and also take away the right of a Special Court to adjourn . In other respects the