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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION , June 4, 1851. ← Page 3 of 5 →
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Quarterly Communication , June 4, 1851.
" The Board having fully considered the subject , and feeling under the circumstances that the Master ought to have concluded that the application Avas not acceded to , " Resolved , that the Lodge be severely reprimanded for the violation of the law . " Tho AV . M . and other Brethren were then addressed by the
President on the serious nature of the offence , and severely reprimanded , iu conformity with tho Resolution . " In connexion Avith this subject the Board has to state that Bro . Vesper , a P . M . of the Lodge , addressed a letter to the R . AV . the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , soliciting his Lordship's interference as a member of the Board , on behalf of the Lodge ; in
which letter he made some very improper observations in relation to Bro . Dr . Major , the Treasurer of the Lodge , and a member ofthe Board . " The D . G . M . being at the time absent from London , forwarded the letter to the Grand Secretary . " The Board having attentively considered the letterResolved
, , that Bro . Thomas Vesper be seriously admonished for his letter to the R . W . the D . G . M ., and especially for traducing the character of Bro . Major , a member of this Board . " The Resolution haA'ing been read to Bro . Vesper , the President admonished him accordingly .
" A complaint ivas preferred by Bro . AV . Jones , of the Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland , No . 12 , against the W . M . of the Lodge for having removed him , Bro . Jones , from the office of J . W . of the Lodge , Avithout the concurrence of the members , contrary to the laivs of the Craft in that behalf , and also for not having summoned him subsequently as a member of the Lodge , although he had paid bis dues for the current year . The AV . M . and Secretary
having attended with the Minute Book , ivhich the Board inspected , and after hearing the evidence produced by the respective parties , Resolved , that there is no proof that Bro . W . Jones was removed from the office of J . W . of the Lodge No . 12 , at their meeting in January last , othenvise than in conformity with the laAvs of the CraftArt . IX . p . 80 of tbe Book of Constitutionsand that it does
, , , not appear by the Minute Book of tho Lodge , that the resignation of Bro . AV . Jones was accepted at the meeting in January , and therefore he was a member after that meeting , and ought to have been summoned accordingly . " The Board have the satisfaction of reporting that since the last Quarterly Communicationthe sum of , £ 800 3 per cent . Consols ,
, has been purchased on account of the Fund of Benevolence , making the stock belonging to that Fund , £ 13 , 300 , and the sum of £ 500 has been invested out ofthe Fund of General Purposes , in the purchase of Jo 14 . 2 s . Od . Consols ., in the name of the Earl of Aboyne , the Lord Southampton , Col . the Hon . George Anson , B . B . Cabbell ,
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Quarterly Communication , June 4, 1851.
" The Board having fully considered the subject , and feeling under the circumstances that the Master ought to have concluded that the application Avas not acceded to , " Resolved , that the Lodge be severely reprimanded for the violation of the law . " Tho AV . M . and other Brethren were then addressed by the
President on the serious nature of the offence , and severely reprimanded , iu conformity with tho Resolution . " In connexion Avith this subject the Board has to state that Bro . Vesper , a P . M . of the Lodge , addressed a letter to the R . AV . the D . G . M ., the Earl of Yarborough , soliciting his Lordship's interference as a member of the Board , on behalf of the Lodge ; in
which letter he made some very improper observations in relation to Bro . Dr . Major , the Treasurer of the Lodge , and a member ofthe Board . " The D . G . M . being at the time absent from London , forwarded the letter to the Grand Secretary . " The Board having attentively considered the letterResolved
, , that Bro . Thomas Vesper be seriously admonished for his letter to the R . W . the D . G . M ., and especially for traducing the character of Bro . Major , a member of this Board . " The Resolution haA'ing been read to Bro . Vesper , the President admonished him accordingly .
" A complaint ivas preferred by Bro . AV . Jones , of the Lodge of Fortitude and Old Cumberland , No . 12 , against the W . M . of the Lodge for having removed him , Bro . Jones , from the office of J . W . of the Lodge , Avithout the concurrence of the members , contrary to the laivs of the Craft in that behalf , and also for not having summoned him subsequently as a member of the Lodge , although he had paid bis dues for the current year . The AV . M . and Secretary
having attended with the Minute Book , ivhich the Board inspected , and after hearing the evidence produced by the respective parties , Resolved , that there is no proof that Bro . W . Jones was removed from the office of J . W . of the Lodge No . 12 , at their meeting in January last , othenvise than in conformity with the laAvs of the CraftArt . IX . p . 80 of tbe Book of Constitutionsand that it does
, , , not appear by the Minute Book of tho Lodge , that the resignation of Bro . AV . Jones was accepted at the meeting in January , and therefore he was a member after that meeting , and ought to have been summoned accordingly . " The Board have the satisfaction of reporting that since the last Quarterly Communicationthe sum of , £ 800 3 per cent . Consols ,
, has been purchased on account of the Fund of Benevolence , making the stock belonging to that Fund , £ 13 , 300 , and the sum of £ 500 has been invested out ofthe Fund of General Purposes , in the purchase of Jo 14 . 2 s . Od . Consols ., in the name of the Earl of Aboyne , the Lord Southampton , Col . the Hon . George Anson , B . B . Cabbell ,