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Article QUARTERLY COMMUNICATION.— Sept. 7. ← Page 2 of 2 Article ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS. Page 1 of 2 →
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Quarterly Communication.— Sept. 7.
The Grand Master moved , " that five hundred pounds , in aid of the Girls' School , be appropriated as the nucleus of " a building fund "which resolution was carried . A petition for the relief of the widow of a Dep . Prov . Grand Master was brought forward , and the sum of 50 / . moved . After a long discussion respecting the allegations of the petition , the whole matter was referred to the Board of General Purposes .
Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
" That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Craft . "—Unanimous resolution of Grand Lodge , Dec . 6 , 1837 . A Quarterly General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held at Radley ' s Hotel , New Bridge Street , Blackfriars , on Wednesday the 13 th July , instant , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Present , Bro . R . T . Crucefix , M . D ., in the chair , and many
other subscribers . The Auditors having previously met , their report was received and approved . . Dr . Crucefix was unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Field , Secretary . The present General Committee of twenty-one were unanimously re-elected . The following motions , previously submitted for consideration b y circular , were then moved , seconded , and unanimously carried : —
" That the Grand Lodge having sanctioned a plan for granting Annuities to aged Brethren , no more Annuitants be elected upon the Funds of this Institution . " That the proposed amalgamation of this Charity with the one adopted by Grand Lodge , under the sanction of the Grand Master , having been rejected , the following ( printed ) laws , namely , Nos . 'I'l , 24 , and 31 , be repealed , and in rule 27 for " twenty" substitute "fifteen , " in ride 28 , for " three" charities substitute "four" and the whole amount alread
, y and to be hereafter collected , after the payment of the present annuitants , be dedicated to the original object of the Charity , namely , the Building and Endowment of an Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . " That the Annuitants heretofore elected upon the Funds of this Charity shall continue to be entitled to all the benefits to which they have been admitted , notwithstanding any other resolution relating to the disposal of the Funds of this Charity .
" That the Committee do meet on the second Wednesday in the months of March , June , September , and December , at Radley ' s Hotel , New Bridge Street , Blackfriars , at seven o ' clock in the evening ; five to be a quorum;—and the Annual General Meeting be held on the second Wednesday in July , at the same time and place , unless otherwise determined upon . The Annual Meeting to be summoned by advertisement ; Special General Meetings by circular as well as advertisement ; and the Committee Meetings by summonses as heretofore . "
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Quarterly Communication.— Sept. 7.
The Grand Master moved , " that five hundred pounds , in aid of the Girls' School , be appropriated as the nucleus of " a building fund "which resolution was carried . A petition for the relief of the widow of a Dep . Prov . Grand Master was brought forward , and the sum of 50 / . moved . After a long discussion respecting the allegations of the petition , the whole matter was referred to the Board of General Purposes .
Asylum For Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemasons.
ASYLUM FOR WORTHY AGED AND DECAYED FREEMASONS .
" That this Grand Lodge recommend the contemplated Asylum for the Aged and Decayed Freemason to the favourable consideration of the Craft . "—Unanimous resolution of Grand Lodge , Dec . 6 , 1837 . A Quarterly General Meeting of the Governors and Subscribers of this Institution was held at Radley ' s Hotel , New Bridge Street , Blackfriars , on Wednesday the 13 th July , instant , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Present , Bro . R . T . Crucefix , M . D ., in the chair , and many
other subscribers . The Auditors having previously met , their report was received and approved . . Dr . Crucefix was unanimously re-elected Treasurer , and Bro . Field , Secretary . The present General Committee of twenty-one were unanimously re-elected . The following motions , previously submitted for consideration b y circular , were then moved , seconded , and unanimously carried : —
" That the Grand Lodge having sanctioned a plan for granting Annuities to aged Brethren , no more Annuitants be elected upon the Funds of this Institution . " That the proposed amalgamation of this Charity with the one adopted by Grand Lodge , under the sanction of the Grand Master , having been rejected , the following ( printed ) laws , namely , Nos . 'I'l , 24 , and 31 , be repealed , and in rule 27 for " twenty" substitute "fifteen , " in ride 28 , for " three" charities substitute "four" and the whole amount alread
, y and to be hereafter collected , after the payment of the present annuitants , be dedicated to the original object of the Charity , namely , the Building and Endowment of an Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . " That the Annuitants heretofore elected upon the Funds of this Charity shall continue to be entitled to all the benefits to which they have been admitted , notwithstanding any other resolution relating to the disposal of the Funds of this Charity .
" That the Committee do meet on the second Wednesday in the months of March , June , September , and December , at Radley ' s Hotel , New Bridge Street , Blackfriars , at seven o ' clock in the evening ; five to be a quorum;—and the Annual General Meeting be held on the second Wednesday in July , at the same time and place , unless otherwise determined upon . The Annual Meeting to be summoned by advertisement ; Special General Meetings by circular as well as advertisement ; and the Committee Meetings by summonses as heretofore . "