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Quarterly Communication.
It was moved ancl seconded that the Constitutions be reprinted , under the direction of the Board of General Purposes , whereon DR . CRUCEFIX rose and called the attention of the Grand Lodge to the necessity of obtaining some hostage that they were not to be abused as they had been in 1841 ; for that on the last reprint , wherever there existed a power to be exercised by the body politic , it had been carefully excludedwhile the of the Grand Master and authorities hacl been
, power as carefully extended . He would for one require it to be distinctly understood that in this case the Board of General Purposes should be strictl y ministerial and not legislative , and that their power should be limited to the omitting of what Grand Lodge had omitted , ancl of inserting whatever regulations had been passed since 18-1 . 1 . In all other respects the reprint was to be identical with the last edition . Bro , WHITE having stated that such was the contemplated object of
the Board , the motion was carried . Bro . BIGG moved that the suggestions of the Board to economize the time of the Grand Lodge be adopted , ancl entered at considerable length into every proposed arrangement , by which he shewed that an hour might be saved . He had at first intended to have named the hour of seven instead of eight as the time for commencing business , but yielded to the opinion expressed bothers that it would be as well to try the
y proposed plan , which , if it answered , so far well , and if it did not , at a future time the Grand Loclge might enact that business should begin at seven . He felt certain that no member of Grand Lodge but must feel keenly the necessity of some plan , by which the public time might be saved , that more of public business might be despatched and in better order .
Bro . CRUGEPIX in seconding the motion , observed that he should have felt still greater pleasure in following Bro . Bigg ' s original plan ; however , the motion had his best wishes . Bro . HAVERS did not see how the omission of usual forms could effect the object stated , for there were many members who would occupy the time by matter quite as little interesting . Bro . DOBIE expressed very similar sentiments , and doubted if it were
possible to define what should be read or omitted , inasmuch as it was competent in any member to demand the production of any or all documents , that the same might be read . Bro . BIGG briefly replied , and the motion was carried . The minutes of the Loclge of Benevolence ( with the exception of a recommendation for a grant of 50 / . ) , were read and approved . Dr . CRUCEFIX rose ancl stated that having moved at the Board of
Benevolence that the sum of 50 / . should be granted to Mrs . Eccles , the widow of the late Bro . AVilliam Eccles , it hecame his duty to bring the case before the attention of the Grand Lodge , which , he felt certain , would not be indifferent to the important fact that at a very numerous attendance of the Masters of Lodges , an unanimous recommendation was made for the amount stated . His own experience enabled him to observe that the recommendation was in compliance with sound and just Masonic lawin order to afford a public opportunity for negativing such
, recommendation if good and sufficient cause be shewn , and that it was scarcely needed to enter into an elaborate detail of the case , inasmuch as all petitions went through the ordeal of legal attestation—that the Masters were called on to speak to facts—and that , further , the members of the Lodge of Benevolence discussed the merits ancl awarded the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Quarterly Communication.
It was moved ancl seconded that the Constitutions be reprinted , under the direction of the Board of General Purposes , whereon DR . CRUCEFIX rose and called the attention of the Grand Lodge to the necessity of obtaining some hostage that they were not to be abused as they had been in 1841 ; for that on the last reprint , wherever there existed a power to be exercised by the body politic , it had been carefully excludedwhile the of the Grand Master and authorities hacl been
, power as carefully extended . He would for one require it to be distinctly understood that in this case the Board of General Purposes should be strictl y ministerial and not legislative , and that their power should be limited to the omitting of what Grand Lodge had omitted , ancl of inserting whatever regulations had been passed since 18-1 . 1 . In all other respects the reprint was to be identical with the last edition . Bro , WHITE having stated that such was the contemplated object of
the Board , the motion was carried . Bro . BIGG moved that the suggestions of the Board to economize the time of the Grand Lodge be adopted , ancl entered at considerable length into every proposed arrangement , by which he shewed that an hour might be saved . He had at first intended to have named the hour of seven instead of eight as the time for commencing business , but yielded to the opinion expressed bothers that it would be as well to try the
y proposed plan , which , if it answered , so far well , and if it did not , at a future time the Grand Loclge might enact that business should begin at seven . He felt certain that no member of Grand Lodge but must feel keenly the necessity of some plan , by which the public time might be saved , that more of public business might be despatched and in better order .
Bro . CRUGEPIX in seconding the motion , observed that he should have felt still greater pleasure in following Bro . Bigg ' s original plan ; however , the motion had his best wishes . Bro . HAVERS did not see how the omission of usual forms could effect the object stated , for there were many members who would occupy the time by matter quite as little interesting . Bro . DOBIE expressed very similar sentiments , and doubted if it were
possible to define what should be read or omitted , inasmuch as it was competent in any member to demand the production of any or all documents , that the same might be read . Bro . BIGG briefly replied , and the motion was carried . The minutes of the Loclge of Benevolence ( with the exception of a recommendation for a grant of 50 / . ) , were read and approved . Dr . CRUCEFIX rose ancl stated that having moved at the Board of
Benevolence that the sum of 50 / . should be granted to Mrs . Eccles , the widow of the late Bro . AVilliam Eccles , it hecame his duty to bring the case before the attention of the Grand Lodge , which , he felt certain , would not be indifferent to the important fact that at a very numerous attendance of the Masters of Lodges , an unanimous recommendation was made for the amount stated . His own experience enabled him to observe that the recommendation was in compliance with sound and just Masonic lawin order to afford a public opportunity for negativing such
, recommendation if good and sufficient cause be shewn , and that it was scarcely needed to enter into an elaborate detail of the case , inasmuch as all petitions went through the ordeal of legal attestation—that the Masters were called on to speak to facts—and that , further , the members of the Lodge of Benevolence discussed the merits ancl awarded the