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An Account Of The Royal Cumberland Freemasons' School.
. rmttees for the year are chosen ;—the Officers elected;—and th « general state of the Charity is laid before the Governors . The General Committee meet on the last Friday in every month , to regulate the concerns of the Charity , receive the report of the House Committee , who are delegated by them to attend more immediately to the internal and domestic management of the School , and who lay before the General Committee
, every quarter , the bills and expences incurred in support of the same . These accounts pass-from them to an Audit Committee , where they , as well as the receipt of the Charity , undergo a second revision , previous to their being brought before the General Committee , by which latter they are again examined , before they are submitted to " the General Court for ultimate approbation .
QUALIFICATION OF GOVERNORS , & c . I . That every person subscribing One Guinea , annually , shall be deemed a Governor , or Governess , during the time they shall severally continue such subscription . II . That every subscriber of Ten Guineas , or upwards , shall be deemed a Governor or Governess for lifeand such Governor shall
; be a Member of the General Committee . III . That any subscriber of One Guinea , who shall pay a further sum of Nine Guineas , within twelve months after the first payment , shall be deemed a Governor for life . IV . That the Master for the time being of any Lodge subscribing One Guinea , annuall y , shall be deemed a Governor ^ durino- that time °
. V . That the Master for the time being of any Lodge subscribing Ten Guineas , shall be a Member of the Committee for fifteen years ; and on such Lodge paying the further sum of Ten Guineas , within the space of ten years , such Master for the time being shall be a Governor and Member of the Committee so long as such Lod ° -e exists . °
VI . That the Master for the time being of any Lodge subscribing Twenty Guineas , shall be deemed a perpetual Governor , so Jong as such Lodge exists . VII . ^ That the executor of any person paying a legacy of One Hundred Pounds for the use of this Charity shall be deemed a Governorfor life . —And in case a legacy of Two Hundred Pounds
^ or upwards be paid for the use of this Charity—then all the executors proving the will shall be deemed Governors for life . VIII . That the Governor shall have a ri ght to vote at all Quarterly and Special Courts . ~ IX . That every Nobleman , Member of Parliament , Lad }' , Master of a Country Lod and Governornot residing within the
ge , , Bills of Mortality , shall have a ri ght to vote b y proxy at all ballots and elections . " X . That any subscriber , who may happen to be in arrears , shall he precluded voting at any election until such arrears are paid .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Account Of The Royal Cumberland Freemasons' School.
. rmttees for the year are chosen ;—the Officers elected;—and th « general state of the Charity is laid before the Governors . The General Committee meet on the last Friday in every month , to regulate the concerns of the Charity , receive the report of the House Committee , who are delegated by them to attend more immediately to the internal and domestic management of the School , and who lay before the General Committee
, every quarter , the bills and expences incurred in support of the same . These accounts pass-from them to an Audit Committee , where they , as well as the receipt of the Charity , undergo a second revision , previous to their being brought before the General Committee , by which latter they are again examined , before they are submitted to " the General Court for ultimate approbation .
QUALIFICATION OF GOVERNORS , & c . I . That every person subscribing One Guinea , annually , shall be deemed a Governor , or Governess , during the time they shall severally continue such subscription . II . That every subscriber of Ten Guineas , or upwards , shall be deemed a Governor or Governess for lifeand such Governor shall
; be a Member of the General Committee . III . That any subscriber of One Guinea , who shall pay a further sum of Nine Guineas , within twelve months after the first payment , shall be deemed a Governor for life . IV . That the Master for the time being of any Lodge subscribing One Guinea , annuall y , shall be deemed a Governor ^ durino- that time °
. V . That the Master for the time being of any Lodge subscribing Ten Guineas , shall be a Member of the Committee for fifteen years ; and on such Lodge paying the further sum of Ten Guineas , within the space of ten years , such Master for the time being shall be a Governor and Member of the Committee so long as such Lod ° -e exists . °
VI . That the Master for the time being of any Lodge subscribing Twenty Guineas , shall be deemed a perpetual Governor , so Jong as such Lodge exists . VII . ^ That the executor of any person paying a legacy of One Hundred Pounds for the use of this Charity shall be deemed a Governorfor life . —And in case a legacy of Two Hundred Pounds
^ or upwards be paid for the use of this Charity—then all the executors proving the will shall be deemed Governors for life . VIII . That the Governor shall have a ri ght to vote at all Quarterly and Special Courts . ~ IX . That every Nobleman , Member of Parliament , Lad }' , Master of a Country Lod and Governornot residing within the
ge , , Bills of Mortality , shall have a ri ght to vote b y proxy at all ballots and elections . " X . That any subscriber , who may happen to be in arrears , shall he precluded voting at any election until such arrears are paid .