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The Charities.
Meetings of the Governors and Subscribers with respect to Annuities , in conformity with the following Resolutions which were passed on tbe 22 nd December , 1838 ; to be observed at the first General Election of Annuitants , to take place on Wednesday , 31 st July , 1839 , from three to five P . M ., at Freemasons ' Tavern .
' That , with a view to the perfect consolidation of an Asylum for the Worth y Aged and Decayed JFreemason , and at the same time to prove the immediate utility of that Institution , it be determined : — " To lay apart the Subscriptions already received , and such as may accrue , until the sum of 2 , 000 / . has accumulated , which , with the interest thereon , and the additions hereafter mentioned , shall be held sacred as a fund for the erection and endowment ofthe Asylum . " That an amount equal at least to the interest on the sum invested
shall be applied out of the current collections of the year , by way of annuities among destitute and deserving Brethren in London and the Provinces . " That the remainder of such collections shall be added to the Asylum Fund . " That when the Asylum shall be erected , the existing Annuitants shall be held to be qualified Candidates for admission , having the option , however , to retain their annuities , or enter the Asylum .
" QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES . " That no Brother shall be eligible to become a Candidate for this Institution unless he shall have attained the age of sixty years ; except in case of total blindness , when he maybe admitted a Candidate at the age of fifty . " That no Brother shall be eligible to become a Candidate who shall have an income of upwards of 20 / per annum .
" That no Brother shall be eligible to be admitted a Candidate unless he shall have been an installed Master for at least seven years , and a regular contributing Member to some Lodge or Lodges during the ivhole of that period ; or have been for twenty years a registered Master Mason , during at least ten years of which he must have been a regular subscribing Member to some Lodge or Lodges . " That in case a Brother shall have served the office of Steward to
two of the three Masonic Charities , and at the same time shall have paid Ten Guineas to each of such two Charities , and have been a registered Mason and a regular subscribing Member to some Lodge or Lodges for seven years , he shall be deemed eligible . " That a Brother who shall have served the office of Steward to this Charity , and made himself a Life Governor of the same b y a donation of Twenty Guineas , he having been for seven years a registered Mason , and a regular subscribing Member to some Lodge or JLodges for that period , shall be deemed qualified .
" That the documents necessary to be presented by Candidates to this Institution be—A Petition , of which the following is a form : — " To the Governors and Subscribers of the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . " The humble Petition of residing at aged years and upwards , Sheweth , That your Petitioner was made a Mason in the No . held ai
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The Charities.
Meetings of the Governors and Subscribers with respect to Annuities , in conformity with the following Resolutions which were passed on tbe 22 nd December , 1838 ; to be observed at the first General Election of Annuitants , to take place on Wednesday , 31 st July , 1839 , from three to five P . M ., at Freemasons ' Tavern .
' That , with a view to the perfect consolidation of an Asylum for the Worth y Aged and Decayed JFreemason , and at the same time to prove the immediate utility of that Institution , it be determined : — " To lay apart the Subscriptions already received , and such as may accrue , until the sum of 2 , 000 / . has accumulated , which , with the interest thereon , and the additions hereafter mentioned , shall be held sacred as a fund for the erection and endowment ofthe Asylum . " That an amount equal at least to the interest on the sum invested
shall be applied out of the current collections of the year , by way of annuities among destitute and deserving Brethren in London and the Provinces . " That the remainder of such collections shall be added to the Asylum Fund . " That when the Asylum shall be erected , the existing Annuitants shall be held to be qualified Candidates for admission , having the option , however , to retain their annuities , or enter the Asylum .
" QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES . " That no Brother shall be eligible to become a Candidate for this Institution unless he shall have attained the age of sixty years ; except in case of total blindness , when he maybe admitted a Candidate at the age of fifty . " That no Brother shall be eligible to become a Candidate who shall have an income of upwards of 20 / per annum .
" That no Brother shall be eligible to be admitted a Candidate unless he shall have been an installed Master for at least seven years , and a regular contributing Member to some Lodge or Lodges during the ivhole of that period ; or have been for twenty years a registered Master Mason , during at least ten years of which he must have been a regular subscribing Member to some Lodge or Lodges . " That in case a Brother shall have served the office of Steward to
two of the three Masonic Charities , and at the same time shall have paid Ten Guineas to each of such two Charities , and have been a registered Mason and a regular subscribing Member to some Lodge or Lodges for seven years , he shall be deemed eligible . " That a Brother who shall have served the office of Steward to this Charity , and made himself a Life Governor of the same b y a donation of Twenty Guineas , he having been for seven years a registered Mason , and a regular subscribing Member to some Lodge or JLodges for that period , shall be deemed qualified .
" That the documents necessary to be presented by Candidates to this Institution be—A Petition , of which the following is a form : — " To the Governors and Subscribers of the Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . " The humble Petition of residing at aged years and upwards , Sheweth , That your Petitioner was made a Mason in the No . held ai