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Article TO THE SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ENGLAND. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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To The Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.
"Every Subscribing Member of a Chapter in the London District , as fixed by the Grand Lodge , shall pay 4 s . per annum , and every Subscribing Member to a Country Chapter 2 s . per annum ; and each Chapter shall make a return yearly , or oftener if necessary , of the Names of all its Members , and at the same lime remit the amount of the contributions of its Members , ivhich amount shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the Annuity Fund in the name of the Chapter
, whereby the First Principal thereof will be entitled to Votes for Annuitants in proportion to the sum paid , vie . one Vote for every 5 s . " At the Quarterly Convocation , held on " the 6 th of November , 1814 , Comp . McMullen read his notice of motion , and observed that no other mode remained of compelling Chapters to make returns than that of subscription ; that scarcely one in a hundred made any return at all ; that he hacl calculated the call would realize about 200 /! , and that the
proceeds should be applied to the Benevolent Annuity Fund . Upon these grounds he moved the resolution , which he however withdrew , in consequence of a suggestion that his proposition would operate , to a certain extent , as a coercion to compel many to acquiesce in the appropriation of the call to an object they might not approve . It was afterwards understood that he would confer ivith Comp . Masson , who hacl strenuously argued on the propriety of confining the call to a very limited amount .
Thus it is shewn that in 1841 a Companion virtually abandons his first proposition , ancl in 1844 he also ivithdraws the second . It is true he tried to frame a new one on the instant , but was reminded of two important points , viz . that it was not quite honourable to proceed without apprising the Provincial Chapters , and also that having withdrawn his motion , there remained no business before the Grand Chapter . Now to the next move : —
Let us again quote from the printed circular . The following Notice of Motion has been received for the next Quarterly Convocation , vis . : — " That , for the purpose of establishing a Fund , to be applied for benevolent purposes , and of obtaining and keeping a correct Register of Royal Arch Masons , "Every Subscribing Member of a Chapter in the London ' District
shall pay 2 s . per annum , and everg Subscribing Member to a Countrg Chapter Is . per annum ; and each Chapter shall make a return yearly , or oftener if necessary , of the Names of all its Members , and at the same time remit the amount ofthe contributions of its Members . "
r ^ " Ecce iterum crispinus "— " thrice the brindled cat hath mewed . " This time we are to have a half-price call "for benevolent purposes , and obtaining and keeping a correct register of Royal Arch Masons . " AVhat arguments did the mover employ on this occasion ? Nonepositively none ; in fact he stated that none were required , unless to sxpress his convicdon that compelling Companions to pay a subscriptionwas the certain to compel them to isterAnd what
, way reg . was -he result of this illogical reasoning—why that in order to carry his notion he was obliged to leave out the words " benevolent purposes " rom the resolution , which thus emasculated of its charitable purport , Kissed b y a majority of THREE ; so that the mover first states his inten-: ion not to proceed with his taxation , next to leave the Benevolent
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To The Supreme Grand Chapter Of England.
"Every Subscribing Member of a Chapter in the London District , as fixed by the Grand Lodge , shall pay 4 s . per annum , and every Subscribing Member to a Country Chapter 2 s . per annum ; and each Chapter shall make a return yearly , or oftener if necessary , of the Names of all its Members , and at the same lime remit the amount of the contributions of its Members , ivhich amount shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the Annuity Fund in the name of the Chapter
, whereby the First Principal thereof will be entitled to Votes for Annuitants in proportion to the sum paid , vie . one Vote for every 5 s . " At the Quarterly Convocation , held on " the 6 th of November , 1814 , Comp . McMullen read his notice of motion , and observed that no other mode remained of compelling Chapters to make returns than that of subscription ; that scarcely one in a hundred made any return at all ; that he hacl calculated the call would realize about 200 /! , and that the
proceeds should be applied to the Benevolent Annuity Fund . Upon these grounds he moved the resolution , which he however withdrew , in consequence of a suggestion that his proposition would operate , to a certain extent , as a coercion to compel many to acquiesce in the appropriation of the call to an object they might not approve . It was afterwards understood that he would confer ivith Comp . Masson , who hacl strenuously argued on the propriety of confining the call to a very limited amount .
Thus it is shewn that in 1841 a Companion virtually abandons his first proposition , ancl in 1844 he also ivithdraws the second . It is true he tried to frame a new one on the instant , but was reminded of two important points , viz . that it was not quite honourable to proceed without apprising the Provincial Chapters , and also that having withdrawn his motion , there remained no business before the Grand Chapter . Now to the next move : —
Let us again quote from the printed circular . The following Notice of Motion has been received for the next Quarterly Convocation , vis . : — " That , for the purpose of establishing a Fund , to be applied for benevolent purposes , and of obtaining and keeping a correct Register of Royal Arch Masons , "Every Subscribing Member of a Chapter in the London ' District
shall pay 2 s . per annum , and everg Subscribing Member to a Countrg Chapter Is . per annum ; and each Chapter shall make a return yearly , or oftener if necessary , of the Names of all its Members , and at the same time remit the amount ofthe contributions of its Members . "
r ^ " Ecce iterum crispinus "— " thrice the brindled cat hath mewed . " This time we are to have a half-price call "for benevolent purposes , and obtaining and keeping a correct register of Royal Arch Masons . " AVhat arguments did the mover employ on this occasion ? Nonepositively none ; in fact he stated that none were required , unless to sxpress his convicdon that compelling Companions to pay a subscriptionwas the certain to compel them to isterAnd what
, way reg . was -he result of this illogical reasoning—why that in order to carry his notion he was obliged to leave out the words " benevolent purposes " rom the resolution , which thus emasculated of its charitable purport , Kissed b y a majority of THREE ; so that the mover first states his inten-: ion not to proceed with his taxation , next to leave the Benevolent