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Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .
THE following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the 4 th September 1878 : — 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th June for confirmation .
2 . In consequence of tho Resolutions passed at the last Quarterly Communication for keeping Banking Account of the Grand Lodge , in future , at the Bank of England , certain alterations in the Book of Constitutions are rendered necessary . TheM . W . Grand Master will therefore
move—1 st . To repeal Articles 2 and 3 , page 35 , of the Book of Constitutions . 2 nd . To substitute for them the following : viz .: — " All monies belonging to the Grand Lodge shall be deposited in tho Bank of England in the names of the Grand or Pro Grand Master , the Deputy G .
Master , and the Grand Treasurer . The duties of the Grand Treasurer shall be to keep a genoral supervision of the accounts , to sign cheques , which must be countersigned by the Grand Secretary , for all monies duly voted by the Grand Lodge , and generally to assist and advise
tho Trustees and Executive Officers in the . due and faithful administration of tho funds of the Fraternity . Tho accounts shall bo annnally audited by tho professional auditor to bo appointed by the Grand Master pursuant to a Resolution passed in Grand Lodge on the 23 rd June 1859 . "
3 . The M . W . Pro Grand Master will make a communication to Grand Lodge with regard to the scratiuy for the election of members of the Board of General Purposes at tho Quarterly Communication on the 5 th of June last ; and a Resolution will bo proposed approving the action of the Pro Graud Master iu the matter .
4 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz .: — A Brother of the Lodge of Sympathy , No . 483 , Gravesend £ 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother , of the Hartington Lodge , No . 1021 , Barrow-in-Furness .... £ 50 0 0 A Brother of the Lion Lodge , No . 312 , Whitby - £ 50 0 0
5 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Anoient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report to Grand Lodge as follows : — At a Special meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , tho 2 nd July
1878 , by direction of the Pro Grand Master , to consider the matters relative to the election of Members of the Board by Grand Lodge on the 5 th June 1878 , the several papers ( five in number ) containing the summary of the votes were produced , and tho scrutineers ( who had been summoned to attend the Board ) were called upon to identify their respective papers ,
Upon investigation only one paper appeared to the Board to require positive explanation , in consequenoe of there being recorded upon the face of it 113 votes in favour of a brother whose correct grand total of votes , as ascertained by examination of the whole of the voting papers , by order of the Pro Grand Master , amounted to ooly 59 .
The entire number of brethren in Grand Lodge at the Quarterly Communication referred to was 40-1 , and the voting papers examined and retained in the hands of the Grand Secretary amount to 374 , so that no more than 30 could by any possibility be missing , even supposiDg that every brother present voted .
The Scrutineers paper containing the said discrepant record was identified by Bro . Joseph Smith , Past Grand Pursuivant , and by Bro . William Hilton P . M . of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 780 , as the paper recording the votes examined by them , and upon these brethren alone of the whole body of Scrutineers the Board thought it necessary to call for explanation .
It was stated by them that Bro . Joseph Smith performed the part of calling out the several votes on the balloting papers , and that Bro . William Hilton marked down npon tho Scrutineers' paper the votes so called out . Bro . Joseph Smith was called upon to explain tho palpable
discrepancy between the number of votes actually recorded for the Brother in question , and tho number called out by him to Bro . Hilton as having been so recorded , and the explanation offered by him was , in the opinion of the Board , most unsatisfactory , and could not by any possibility be reconciled with the facts as ascertained by tho Board , who reported accordingly to the Pro Grand Master .
At a Special Meeting of the Board of General Purposes , held on Tuesday , the 30 th day of July 1878 , by direction of the Pro Grand Master , the Board arrived unanimously at the following conclusions : — That Bro . Joseph Smith wilfully misrepresented the votes on the 'balloting papers examined by him .
That in consequence the return made to Grand Lodge by Bro . Joseph Smith , as Chairman of the Scrutineers , was false , and that Bro . Joseph Smith , when making such return , must have known and did know that the same was false . That in addition to being guilty of a grave Masonic offence in jsiBrepregenting tbo uunjber pf votes gi 76 » Bro , JJoaeph . Smjft
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violated his solemn pledge as Scrutineer , under the provisions of Article 3 , page 108 , of the Book of Constitutions , and thereby iendered himself amenable to Masonic punishment under Artiole 8 , page 109 . And it was thereupon unanimously resolved : —
" 1 st . That Bro . Joseph Smith be suspeuded from all his Masonic functions and privileges for a period of two years . " " 2 nd . That it has not been proved to tho satisfaction of the
Board that Bro . William Hilton was in complicity with Bro . Joseph Smith , but that it has been established that Bro . William Hilton was negligent in the discharge of his duties as Scrutineer . "
" 3 rd . That Bro . William Hilton be admonished for the above mentioned neglect of his duties as Scrutineer . " The Board have further to report that they have appointed a
Committee to enquire and report whether any bettor mode can be devised than that specified in the Book of Constitutions , which may ensure greater accuracy in conducting the elections by Grand Lodge of Members for the several Boards and Committees .
( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON , FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , President . 20 th August 1878 . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge
Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th May , showing a balance in the hands of the Trnstees of the late Grand Treasurer of £ 3 , 542 18 s 9 d ; in the Loudon and Westminster Bank , £ 1 , 925 5 s 5 d ; and in tho hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 75 ; and for servants' wages , £ 9 G 15 s .
6 . Tho Report of a Special General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 10 th July 1878 , will be laid before Grand Lodge , and the following proposed alterations in the Rule 3 which were then agreed to will , in accordance with the laws of the Institution , be submitted for the approval of Grand Lodge : —
To alter law 19 , page 9 , and laws 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 and 26 , page 10 , of the Rules and Regulations , by substituting tho words " GuineaB " for " Pounds . "
List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : — No . 1755 . —Eldon Lodge , Portishead , Somersetshire .
1756 . —Kirkdale Lodge , Liverpool . 1757 . —King Henry the Eighth Lodge , Hemel Hempstead , Herts . 1758 . —Southern Cross Lodge , Palamcottah , Madras . 1759 . —Areas Lodge , Laura , South Australia .
1760 . —Leopold Lodge , Scarborough , Yorkshire . 1761 . —Empress of India Lodge , Woollahra , Sydney , N . S . W . 1762 . —Goulbnm Lodge of Australia , Goulburn , New South Wales . 1763 . —Saint Mary ' s Lodge , Thame , Oxfordshire .
1764 . —Eleanor Cross Lodge , Northampton . 1765 . —Trinity College Lodge , Weymouth Street , London . 1766 . —Saint Leonard Lodge , Shoreditch . 1767 . —Kensington Lodge , Kensington .
1768 . —Lodge of Progress , Freemasons' Hall . 1760 . —Clarendon Lodge , Gre 3 ham Street . 1770 . —Vale of White Horse Lodge , Farringdon , Berkshire . 1771 . —Jamaica Lodge , Kingston , Jamaica .
1772 . —Pimlico Lodge , Mnlbank , Westminster . 1773 . —Albert Victor Lodge , Pendleton , Lancashire . 1774 . —Mellor Lodge , Guide Bridge , Lancashire . 1775 . —Leopold Lodge , Church , near Accrington , Lauoashire .
1776 . —Landport Lodge , Portsmouth . 1777 . —Royal Hanover Lodge , Hounslow . 1778 . — Southern Cross Lodge , Harrismith , Orange Free State , South Africa . 1779 . —Ivanhoe Lodge , Sheffield , Yorkshire .
NOTE . — " The Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book " for 1879 will be published early in November next . Secretaries of Lodges willing to subscribe for copies of the Calendar aro requested to notify to the Grand Secretary the number thoy will respectively require .
Ihe Calendar Committee direct the atttention of Masters of Lodges and Principals of Chapters to the necessity of communicating to the Grand Secretary any change in the day or place of meeting of Lodges or Chapters so soon as the resolution for effecting such change shall be confirmed . —Vide Book of Constitutions , pp 64 , 92 , 93 .
Death.
DEATH .
SHAND . —On the 21 st August 1875 , ADA , aged seven years and ten months , eld « at child , and only daughter of Bro . J . K . Shand , 2 Albort . manMon 8 , Yictori »» street , 8 . W ., deeply r ? gr ? ttod ,. z ^ fnomSi
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Quarterly Communication Of Grand Lodge.
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION OF GRAND LODGE .
THE following is the business to be transacted in Grand Lodge on Wednesday next , the 4 th September 1878 : — 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 5 th June for confirmation .
2 . In consequence of tho Resolutions passed at the last Quarterly Communication for keeping Banking Account of the Grand Lodge , in future , at the Bank of England , certain alterations in the Book of Constitutions are rendered necessary . TheM . W . Grand Master will therefore
move—1 st . To repeal Articles 2 and 3 , page 35 , of the Book of Constitutions . 2 nd . To substitute for them the following : viz .: — " All monies belonging to the Grand Lodge shall be deposited in tho Bank of England in the names of the Grand or Pro Grand Master , the Deputy G .
Master , and the Grand Treasurer . The duties of the Grand Treasurer shall be to keep a genoral supervision of the accounts , to sign cheques , which must be countersigned by the Grand Secretary , for all monies duly voted by the Grand Lodge , and generally to assist and advise
tho Trustees and Executive Officers in the . due and faithful administration of tho funds of the Fraternity . Tho accounts shall bo annnally audited by tho professional auditor to bo appointed by the Grand Master pursuant to a Resolution passed in Grand Lodge on the 23 rd June 1859 . "
3 . The M . W . Pro Grand Master will make a communication to Grand Lodge with regard to the scratiuy for the election of members of the Board of General Purposes at tho Quarterly Communication on the 5 th of June last ; and a Resolution will bo proposed approving the action of the Pro Graud Master iu the matter .
4 . Report of the Lodge of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following Grants , viz .: — A Brother of the Lodge of Sympathy , No . 483 , Gravesend £ 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother , of the Hartington Lodge , No . 1021 , Barrow-in-Furness .... £ 50 0 0 A Brother of the Lion Lodge , No . 312 , Whitby - £ 50 0 0
5 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Anoient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board of General Purposes beg to report to Grand Lodge as follows : — At a Special meeting of the Board held on Tuesday , tho 2 nd July
1878 , by direction of the Pro Grand Master , to consider the matters relative to the election of Members of the Board by Grand Lodge on the 5 th June 1878 , the several papers ( five in number ) containing the summary of the votes were produced , and tho scrutineers ( who had been summoned to attend the Board ) were called upon to identify their respective papers ,
Upon investigation only one paper appeared to the Board to require positive explanation , in consequenoe of there being recorded upon the face of it 113 votes in favour of a brother whose correct grand total of votes , as ascertained by examination of the whole of the voting papers , by order of the Pro Grand Master , amounted to ooly 59 .
The entire number of brethren in Grand Lodge at the Quarterly Communication referred to was 40-1 , and the voting papers examined and retained in the hands of the Grand Secretary amount to 374 , so that no more than 30 could by any possibility be missing , even supposiDg that every brother present voted .
The Scrutineers paper containing the said discrepant record was identified by Bro . Joseph Smith , Past Grand Pursuivant , and by Bro . William Hilton P . M . of the Royal Alfred Lodge , No . 780 , as the paper recording the votes examined by them , and upon these brethren alone of the whole body of Scrutineers the Board thought it necessary to call for explanation .
It was stated by them that Bro . Joseph Smith performed the part of calling out the several votes on the balloting papers , and that Bro . William Hilton marked down npon tho Scrutineers' paper the votes so called out . Bro . Joseph Smith was called upon to explain tho palpable
discrepancy between the number of votes actually recorded for the Brother in question , and tho number called out by him to Bro . Hilton as having been so recorded , and the explanation offered by him was , in the opinion of the Board , most unsatisfactory , and could not by any possibility be reconciled with the facts as ascertained by tho Board , who reported accordingly to the Pro Grand Master .
At a Special Meeting of the Board of General Purposes , held on Tuesday , the 30 th day of July 1878 , by direction of the Pro Grand Master , the Board arrived unanimously at the following conclusions : — That Bro . Joseph Smith wilfully misrepresented the votes on the 'balloting papers examined by him .
That in consequence the return made to Grand Lodge by Bro . Joseph Smith , as Chairman of the Scrutineers , was false , and that Bro . Joseph Smith , when making such return , must have known and did know that the same was false . That in addition to being guilty of a grave Masonic offence in jsiBrepregenting tbo uunjber pf votes gi 76 » Bro , JJoaeph . Smjft
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violated his solemn pledge as Scrutineer , under the provisions of Article 3 , page 108 , of the Book of Constitutions , and thereby iendered himself amenable to Masonic punishment under Artiole 8 , page 109 . And it was thereupon unanimously resolved : —
" 1 st . That Bro . Joseph Smith be suspeuded from all his Masonic functions and privileges for a period of two years . " " 2 nd . That it has not been proved to tho satisfaction of the
Board that Bro . William Hilton was in complicity with Bro . Joseph Smith , but that it has been established that Bro . William Hilton was negligent in the discharge of his duties as Scrutineer . "
" 3 rd . That Bro . William Hilton be admonished for the above mentioned neglect of his duties as Scrutineer . " The Board have further to report that they have appointed a
Committee to enquire and report whether any bettor mode can be devised than that specified in the Book of Constitutions , which may ensure greater accuracy in conducting the elections by Grand Lodge of Members for the several Boards and Committees .
( Signed ) JOHN B . MONCKTON , FREEMASONS' HALL , LONDON , President . 20 th August 1878 . To the Report is subjoined a statement of the Grand Lodge
Accounts at the last meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 17 th May , showing a balance in the hands of the Trnstees of the late Grand Treasurer of £ 3 , 542 18 s 9 d ; in the Loudon and Westminster Bank , £ 1 , 925 5 s 5 d ; and in tho hands of the Grand Secretary , for petty cash , £ 75 ; and for servants' wages , £ 9 G 15 s .
6 . Tho Report of a Special General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonio Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , held at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , the 10 th July 1878 , will be laid before Grand Lodge , and the following proposed alterations in the Rule 3 which were then agreed to will , in accordance with the laws of the Institution , be submitted for the approval of Grand Lodge : —
To alter law 19 , page 9 , and laws 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 and 26 , page 10 , of the Rules and Regulations , by substituting tho words " GuineaB " for " Pounds . "
List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge : — No . 1755 . —Eldon Lodge , Portishead , Somersetshire .
1756 . —Kirkdale Lodge , Liverpool . 1757 . —King Henry the Eighth Lodge , Hemel Hempstead , Herts . 1758 . —Southern Cross Lodge , Palamcottah , Madras . 1759 . —Areas Lodge , Laura , South Australia .
1760 . —Leopold Lodge , Scarborough , Yorkshire . 1761 . —Empress of India Lodge , Woollahra , Sydney , N . S . W . 1762 . —Goulbnm Lodge of Australia , Goulburn , New South Wales . 1763 . —Saint Mary ' s Lodge , Thame , Oxfordshire .
1764 . —Eleanor Cross Lodge , Northampton . 1765 . —Trinity College Lodge , Weymouth Street , London . 1766 . —Saint Leonard Lodge , Shoreditch . 1767 . —Kensington Lodge , Kensington .
1768 . —Lodge of Progress , Freemasons' Hall . 1760 . —Clarendon Lodge , Gre 3 ham Street . 1770 . —Vale of White Horse Lodge , Farringdon , Berkshire . 1771 . —Jamaica Lodge , Kingston , Jamaica .
1772 . —Pimlico Lodge , Mnlbank , Westminster . 1773 . —Albert Victor Lodge , Pendleton , Lancashire . 1774 . —Mellor Lodge , Guide Bridge , Lancashire . 1775 . —Leopold Lodge , Church , near Accrington , Lauoashire .
1776 . —Landport Lodge , Portsmouth . 1777 . —Royal Hanover Lodge , Hounslow . 1778 . — Southern Cross Lodge , Harrismith , Orange Free State , South Africa . 1779 . —Ivanhoe Lodge , Sheffield , Yorkshire .
NOTE . — " The Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book " for 1879 will be published early in November next . Secretaries of Lodges willing to subscribe for copies of the Calendar aro requested to notify to the Grand Secretary the number thoy will respectively require .
Ihe Calendar Committee direct the atttention of Masters of Lodges and Principals of Chapters to the necessity of communicating to the Grand Secretary any change in the day or place of meeting of Lodges or Chapters so soon as the resolution for effecting such change shall be confirmed . —Vide Book of Constitutions , pp 64 , 92 , 93 .
Death.
DEATH .
SHAND . —On the 21 st August 1875 , ADA , aged seven years and ten months , eld « at child , and only daughter of Bro . J . K . Shand , 2 Albort . manMon 8 , Yictori »» street , 8 . W ., deeply r ? gr ? ttod ,. z ^ fnomSi