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Article THE ROYAL ANNUITY FUND. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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The Royal Annuity Fund.
and unjustly , were the members of the Grand Lodge led to commit the folly of merging their privileges into those of the subscribers . In the printed rules and regulations it is thus distinctly stated : —
" 2 . That the Institution shall be under a Committee of Management , to consist of the G . M . the Pro . G . M ., and the D . G . M ., together with thirty Brethren , each of whom must be a Master or a Past Master of a Lodge ; ten to be nominated by the Grand Master , ten elected by the Grand Lodge , by ballot , and ten by the subscribers , also by ballot . "
Nothing could be fairer than this rule , if fairly applied . It was clearly understood in every discussion on the subject , and , we contend , is as clearly deducible from the rule itself , taken in connexion with the whole tenor of the regulations , that the Grand Master should be fully represented in his
nominations , and the Grand Lodge by its own elections , in virtue of the vote of four hundred pounds per annum out of the funds of Grand Lodge , and that the subscribers should be represented in virtue of their subscriptions , but that in all cases each member of the Committee " must be a
Master or Past Master of a Lodge . " The Masonic qualification extends over the whole , and is so stated as to be put beyond any question . The subscription qualification applies only to a part , and to that the law was premised to be limited . If not , why was not the
law made equally declaratory ? Why did it not stand thus , " Each of whom mustbe aMaster or Past Master of a Lodge , " and . a Life Governor , or a Subscriber to the amount of Ttoo Pounds annually ? To say nothing of the glaring dishonesty of such a
perversion of language—such a playing at " hide and seek " with the truth—we ask how the new version of the LAW , by the Grand Lodge thus practically illustrated , would work , if there were not ten members of the Grand Lodge remaining as subscribers after the Grand Master's list , and that of the subscribers as a body , had been filled ? Such a case
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The Royal Annuity Fund.
and unjustly , were the members of the Grand Lodge led to commit the folly of merging their privileges into those of the subscribers . In the printed rules and regulations it is thus distinctly stated : —
" 2 . That the Institution shall be under a Committee of Management , to consist of the G . M . the Pro . G . M ., and the D . G . M ., together with thirty Brethren , each of whom must be a Master or a Past Master of a Lodge ; ten to be nominated by the Grand Master , ten elected by the Grand Lodge , by ballot , and ten by the subscribers , also by ballot . "
Nothing could be fairer than this rule , if fairly applied . It was clearly understood in every discussion on the subject , and , we contend , is as clearly deducible from the rule itself , taken in connexion with the whole tenor of the regulations , that the Grand Master should be fully represented in his
nominations , and the Grand Lodge by its own elections , in virtue of the vote of four hundred pounds per annum out of the funds of Grand Lodge , and that the subscribers should be represented in virtue of their subscriptions , but that in all cases each member of the Committee " must be a
Master or Past Master of a Lodge . " The Masonic qualification extends over the whole , and is so stated as to be put beyond any question . The subscription qualification applies only to a part , and to that the law was premised to be limited . If not , why was not the
law made equally declaratory ? Why did it not stand thus , " Each of whom mustbe aMaster or Past Master of a Lodge , " and . a Life Governor , or a Subscriber to the amount of Ttoo Pounds annually ? To say nothing of the glaring dishonesty of such a
perversion of language—such a playing at " hide and seek " with the truth—we ask how the new version of the LAW , by the Grand Lodge thus practically illustrated , would work , if there were not ten members of the Grand Lodge remaining as subscribers after the Grand Master's list , and that of the subscribers as a body , had been filled ? Such a case