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Board Of General Purposes.
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .
The general business of this Board during the past year , has been of unusual interest , ancl has consequently claimed the attention , and generally speaking , the regular attendance of its members . Many difficult questions have arisen touching the subject of Masonic polity in reference to public regulation . Every case has received the most careful consideration , ancl the Board has left no remanet of business on the paper ; ancl it is to be hoped that their successors will be impressed b
y the same zeal , and the same uncompromising determination to carry out the objects for which they are elected ancl appointed , viz . —the welfare of the Craft . On the 22 d May , the thanks of the Board were unanimously voted to the President , Bro . Henderson , in the following terms , and it was resolved that a copy thereof should be presented to him . " To the very Worshipful Brother John Henderson , Esquire , Barristerat
-Law , Past Grand Registrar of the United Grancl Loclge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . " Very worshipful Sir ancl Brother , —We , the undersigned , the Vice-Presidents and Members of the Board of General Purposes , at the close of this your second year of office as President , beg to tender to you this testimonial of our hi gh approbation of the manner in which you have discharged your duties , during a period when many subjects of great have heen
importance brought under consideration , and which have required the most careful exercise of your discrimination and judgment . " AVe very thankfully acknowledge the courtesy which , as a collective body , ancl as individual Members of the Board , we have invariably received from you ; ancl we most cordially , as Brethren in the Craft , offer these our thanks for the Masonic friendship which your general kindness has tended to preserve ancl ensure . " Freemasons' Hall , May 22 d , 1838 . The thanks of the Board were also unanimousl y passed to the Vice-President , Brother Crucefix .
New Board Of General Purposes And Finance, 1838-9.
NEW BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES AND FINANCE , 1838-9 .
{ Extract from Circular ofthe United Grand Lodge . ) " By the resolution of the Grand Lod ge , on the 6 th September last , the names of the W . Masters and Past Masters intended to be put in nomination for the Boards of General Purposes and Finance must be delivered , in writing , to this Committee , * specifying the number of the Lodge to which each Brother belongs , and whether he be the present Master or a Past-Master thereof , ancl the Board for whieh he is
nominated . These several names will be printed in a Balloting List , to he used at the Quarterl y Communication . " The Master and a Past Master of the same Lodge are not eligible for election on the same Board . "
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Board Of General Purposes.
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES .
The general business of this Board during the past year , has been of unusual interest , ancl has consequently claimed the attention , and generally speaking , the regular attendance of its members . Many difficult questions have arisen touching the subject of Masonic polity in reference to public regulation . Every case has received the most careful consideration , ancl the Board has left no remanet of business on the paper ; ancl it is to be hoped that their successors will be impressed b
y the same zeal , and the same uncompromising determination to carry out the objects for which they are elected ancl appointed , viz . —the welfare of the Craft . On the 22 d May , the thanks of the Board were unanimously voted to the President , Bro . Henderson , in the following terms , and it was resolved that a copy thereof should be presented to him . " To the very Worshipful Brother John Henderson , Esquire , Barristerat
-Law , Past Grand Registrar of the United Grancl Loclge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . " Very worshipful Sir ancl Brother , —We , the undersigned , the Vice-Presidents and Members of the Board of General Purposes , at the close of this your second year of office as President , beg to tender to you this testimonial of our hi gh approbation of the manner in which you have discharged your duties , during a period when many subjects of great have heen
importance brought under consideration , and which have required the most careful exercise of your discrimination and judgment . " AVe very thankfully acknowledge the courtesy which , as a collective body , ancl as individual Members of the Board , we have invariably received from you ; ancl we most cordially , as Brethren in the Craft , offer these our thanks for the Masonic friendship which your general kindness has tended to preserve ancl ensure . " Freemasons' Hall , May 22 d , 1838 . The thanks of the Board were also unanimousl y passed to the Vice-President , Brother Crucefix .
New Board Of General Purposes And Finance, 1838-9.
NEW BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES AND FINANCE , 1838-9 .
{ Extract from Circular ofthe United Grand Lodge . ) " By the resolution of the Grand Lod ge , on the 6 th September last , the names of the W . Masters and Past Masters intended to be put in nomination for the Boards of General Purposes and Finance must be delivered , in writing , to this Committee , * specifying the number of the Lodge to which each Brother belongs , and whether he be the present Master or a Past-Master thereof , ancl the Board for whieh he is
nominated . These several names will be printed in a Balloting List , to he used at the Quarterl y Communication . " The Master and a Past Master of the same Lodge are not eligible for election on the same Board . "