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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 3 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
CIHCULAK . —Freemasons' Hall , 12 th May , 1815 . —W . MASTEU , 1 am commanded by the ill . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acquaint you that at the last Quarterly Communication a motion was proposed in the folloiving words , and the questions being put thereon it passed in the affirmative , viz . —
" That the rule or regulation in the hook of Constitutions , page 111 , respecting the quarterly contributions of members , shall be altered so eis to increase the amount try Sixpence per quarter , or Two Shillings per annum , and shall stand ' thus : —Every Member of each Lodge within the London . District shall pay towards the Fund for Masonic Benevolence , One Shilling and Sixpence per quarter or Six Shillings per annum , and every Member of each Country and Military Lodge , One Shitting per quarter or Four Shillings per annum . "
By article 9 , page 27 , Book of Constitutions , the said proposition requires confirmation before it becomes a law ; the M . VV . Grand Master , therefore , deems it proper to make you acquainted with the circumstance , that yourself , your Past Masters and Wardens may be fully prepared to decide on the question of confirmation at the Quarterl y Communication on Wednesday the 4 th of June next . The M . W . Grancl Master commands' me further to acquaint you , that notice has been given , in the event of the above resolution being confirmed at the next Grancl Lodge , that the following propositions will be moved , viz . —
'' That , as an additional contribution of Two Shillings per annum from each Member will materially increase the General Fund of Masonic Benevolence , the sum of 200 / . per annum be paid out of the Fund of Masonic Benevolence to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , in addition to the 400 / . already voted by Grand Lodge . "
" That the widow of any pensioner upon the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , who shall have been married to such pensioner previous to his having become a candidate for election thereupon , shall receive a pension equal to half the amount received by her deceased husband , as long as she shall subsequently remain unmarried . "
"That the widow of any Brother who would have been eligible as a candidate for a pension out of the Royal Benevolent Annuity Fund , shall be eligible to election as a recipient of a proportionate stipend out of such Fund , provided she be upwards of sixty years of age at the time of his death , subject however to rules and regulations analogous to those pertaining to the male pensioners upon that Fund . "
1 he business of the Grand Lodge will commence at eight o ' clock in the evening precisely . By command of the M . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . If the reader ivill turn to page 253 , he will find a circular of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon ; ancl another from the Humber Lodge ,
No . 6 . 5 , both of which Masonic bodies announce that they had been casually informed of the motion having been carried in Grand Lodge , without anv notice thereof having been given to the provinces ; we do
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
CIHCULAK . —Freemasons' Hall , 12 th May , 1815 . —W . MASTEU , 1 am commanded by the ill . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , to acquaint you that at the last Quarterly Communication a motion was proposed in the folloiving words , and the questions being put thereon it passed in the affirmative , viz . —
" That the rule or regulation in the hook of Constitutions , page 111 , respecting the quarterly contributions of members , shall be altered so eis to increase the amount try Sixpence per quarter , or Two Shillings per annum , and shall stand ' thus : —Every Member of each Lodge within the London . District shall pay towards the Fund for Masonic Benevolence , One Shilling and Sixpence per quarter or Six Shillings per annum , and every Member of each Country and Military Lodge , One Shitting per quarter or Four Shillings per annum . "
By article 9 , page 27 , Book of Constitutions , the said proposition requires confirmation before it becomes a law ; the M . VV . Grand Master , therefore , deems it proper to make you acquainted with the circumstance , that yourself , your Past Masters and Wardens may be fully prepared to decide on the question of confirmation at the Quarterl y Communication on Wednesday the 4 th of June next . The M . W . Grancl Master commands' me further to acquaint you , that notice has been given , in the event of the above resolution being confirmed at the next Grancl Lodge , that the following propositions will be moved , viz . —
'' That , as an additional contribution of Two Shillings per annum from each Member will materially increase the General Fund of Masonic Benevolence , the sum of 200 / . per annum be paid out of the Fund of Masonic Benevolence to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , in addition to the 400 / . already voted by Grand Lodge . "
" That the widow of any pensioner upon the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , who shall have been married to such pensioner previous to his having become a candidate for election thereupon , shall receive a pension equal to half the amount received by her deceased husband , as long as she shall subsequently remain unmarried . "
"That the widow of any Brother who would have been eligible as a candidate for a pension out of the Royal Benevolent Annuity Fund , shall be eligible to election as a recipient of a proportionate stipend out of such Fund , provided she be upwards of sixty years of age at the time of his death , subject however to rules and regulations analogous to those pertaining to the male pensioners upon that Fund . "
1 he business of the Grand Lodge will commence at eight o ' clock in the evening precisely . By command of the M . W . Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , WILLIAM H . WHITE , G . S . If the reader ivill turn to page 253 , he will find a circular of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Devon ; ancl another from the Humber Lodge ,
No . 6 . 5 , both of which Masonic bodies announce that they had been casually informed of the motion having been carried in Grand Lodge , without anv notice thereof having been given to the provinces ; we do