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United Grand Lodge Of England.
a subsequent meeting any grant of money not exceeding fifty pounds , which sum , when it had received the sanction of the Grancl Master should be paid ; at present if a grant of fifty pounds , or any amount above twenty , was voted by the Board , it required to come before Grand Lodge in the way of a recommendation , ancl then a long discussion generally took place ; this caused a great delay . Whatever might be thought by the brethrenhe had but one object in viewand that was to disburse
, , the relief voted by the Board as quickly as possible ; his proposition had that effect , as four weeks after the grant it could be confirmed , then submitted to the Grand Master , ancl forthwith paid , while now three months would elapse between the award and the confirmation of it by Grand Lodge , which again required confirmation at a later meeting . To save this time he moved the resolution . Bro . SIRR briefly seconded the proposition .
Bro . JOHN SAVAGE would respectfully submit an amendment that would meet the case better than the proposal of the Grand Registrar , whose resolution did not meet the only difficulty he wished to remedy . The Grand Registrar had stated he had but one object in view , that was to save time ; but his motion would not have that effect , for it would in every case make at least four weeks between the vote of the Board of Benevolence in favour of a grant ancl its confirmationand then time
, must elapse before the consent of the Grand Master could be obtained . If the sanction of the Grand Master was not a mere matter of form some time must be granted for his investigating the case , which he could hardly be expected to do personally , a correspondence would ensue , and more time would be taken up than was now necessary . The station in society from which by law our Grand Masters were selected , compelled
us to choose from among those who were frequently out of town or abroad ; so circumstanced , the enquiry into the case of a petitioner must be left to others to report upon—this placed the Grand Master in an invidious position ; if after an increased loss of time he consented he gained nothing , while if he refused he came into collision with the Board , which was really the Craft , and that too after it hacl confirmed its vote . The R . W . Brother was also in error as to time , for the Board met the Wednesday hefore Grand Lodge ; only eight days therefore need intervene
before the money was paid , if his amendment were carried ; another meeting of the Board took place five weeks before Grand Lodge , so that eight times out of twelve the time would he less than by the arrangement contemplated by the R . W . Brother . His greatest objection however was to give a responsibility to the M . W . Grand Masters , present and future , which they would feel placed them in an unpleasant position , to refuse a grant to a distressed applicant , which had already received the
sanction of two Boards , and that refusal would be frequently enforced upon the representation of others . He had not the slightest wish to curtail the present privilege of the Grand Master as to grants of 20 / ., but he could not consent to place a power in his hands to exercise only to his own disadvantage . His amendment was , that the recommendation of grants of money for benevolent purposes , when passed by Grand Lodge , should be paid by an order of Grand Loclge immediately on being passed
, and not require confirmation . This met all the objections about time , and left the power where it was—for he did not think the time of Grancl Loclge had been improperly spent in debating the merits of a petitioner ' s case ; this imposed no ungracious task on the Grand Master . If the Grand Registrar had considered his proposition well , he would have seen the power he was giving to a Board called upon to confirm a previous
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
a subsequent meeting any grant of money not exceeding fifty pounds , which sum , when it had received the sanction of the Grancl Master should be paid ; at present if a grant of fifty pounds , or any amount above twenty , was voted by the Board , it required to come before Grand Lodge in the way of a recommendation , ancl then a long discussion generally took place ; this caused a great delay . Whatever might be thought by the brethrenhe had but one object in viewand that was to disburse
, , the relief voted by the Board as quickly as possible ; his proposition had that effect , as four weeks after the grant it could be confirmed , then submitted to the Grand Master , ancl forthwith paid , while now three months would elapse between the award and the confirmation of it by Grand Lodge , which again required confirmation at a later meeting . To save this time he moved the resolution . Bro . SIRR briefly seconded the proposition .
Bro . JOHN SAVAGE would respectfully submit an amendment that would meet the case better than the proposal of the Grand Registrar , whose resolution did not meet the only difficulty he wished to remedy . The Grand Registrar had stated he had but one object in view , that was to save time ; but his motion would not have that effect , for it would in every case make at least four weeks between the vote of the Board of Benevolence in favour of a grant ancl its confirmationand then time
, must elapse before the consent of the Grand Master could be obtained . If the sanction of the Grand Master was not a mere matter of form some time must be granted for his investigating the case , which he could hardly be expected to do personally , a correspondence would ensue , and more time would be taken up than was now necessary . The station in society from which by law our Grand Masters were selected , compelled
us to choose from among those who were frequently out of town or abroad ; so circumstanced , the enquiry into the case of a petitioner must be left to others to report upon—this placed the Grand Master in an invidious position ; if after an increased loss of time he consented he gained nothing , while if he refused he came into collision with the Board , which was really the Craft , and that too after it hacl confirmed its vote . The R . W . Brother was also in error as to time , for the Board met the Wednesday hefore Grand Lodge ; only eight days therefore need intervene
before the money was paid , if his amendment were carried ; another meeting of the Board took place five weeks before Grand Lodge , so that eight times out of twelve the time would he less than by the arrangement contemplated by the R . W . Brother . His greatest objection however was to give a responsibility to the M . W . Grand Masters , present and future , which they would feel placed them in an unpleasant position , to refuse a grant to a distressed applicant , which had already received the
sanction of two Boards , and that refusal would be frequently enforced upon the representation of others . He had not the slightest wish to curtail the present privilege of the Grand Master as to grants of 20 / ., but he could not consent to place a power in his hands to exercise only to his own disadvantage . His amendment was , that the recommendation of grants of money for benevolent purposes , when passed by Grand Lodge , should be paid by an order of Grand Loclge immediately on being passed
, and not require confirmation . This met all the objections about time , and left the power where it was—for he did not think the time of Grancl Loclge had been improperly spent in debating the merits of a petitioner ' s case ; this imposed no ungracious task on the Grand Master . If the Grand Registrar had considered his proposition well , he would have seen the power he was giving to a Board called upon to confirm a previous