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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
DECEMBER 31 , 1841 .
THE PROPOSED ANNUITY PLAN . THE Board of General Purposes , in a special report made to the Grand Lodge on the 1 st of December , produced a series of forty-seven resolutions , as the basis of the rules and
regulations for the future appropriation of part of the Fund of Benevolence , and the application of subscriptions , to the permanent support of Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . These resolutions , at the very proper suggestion of the Board of General Purposes , have been printed and distributed , with a view to their mature consideration at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge in March next .
On this all-important subject we have received several communications , accompanied by proposed amendments ; and that these , as well as the original propositions , may be duly weighed , we shall print them consecutively , distinguishing the amendments by having them set in italics .
1 . That the Institution be called " The Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , and Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . " 2 . That the Institution shall he 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 Past Master of a Grand Masterten elected bthe
Lodge : ten to be nominated by the , y Grand Lodge , by ballot , and ten by the Subscribers , also by ballot . 3 . That three members of each class shall go out of office annually ; but shall be eligible to be re-appointed or re-elected . 4 . That all the Meetings on the business of this Institution be held at tbe Freemasons' Hall , iu Great Queen Street . 5 . That for the present a sum of One Hundred Pounds be granted Quarterly by the Grand Lodge , from the Fund of Benevolence , and von . vin . 3 n
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
DECEMBER 31 , 1841 .
THE PROPOSED ANNUITY PLAN . THE Board of General Purposes , in a special report made to the Grand Lodge on the 1 st of December , produced a series of forty-seven resolutions , as the basis of the rules and
regulations for the future appropriation of part of the Fund of Benevolence , and the application of subscriptions , to the permanent support of Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . These resolutions , at the very proper suggestion of the Board of General Purposes , have been printed and distributed , with a view to their mature consideration at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge in March next .
On this all-important subject we have received several communications , accompanied by proposed amendments ; and that these , as well as the original propositions , may be duly weighed , we shall print them consecutively , distinguishing the amendments by having them set in italics .
1 . That the Institution be called " The Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , and Asylum for Worthy Aged and Decayed Freemasons . " 2 . That the Institution shall he 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 Past Master of a Grand Masterten elected bthe
Lodge : ten to be nominated by the , y Grand Lodge , by ballot , and ten by the Subscribers , also by ballot . 3 . That three members of each class shall go out of office annually ; but shall be eligible to be re-appointed or re-elected . 4 . That all the Meetings on the business of this Institution be held at tbe Freemasons' Hall , iu Great Queen Street . 5 . That for the present a sum of One Hundred Pounds be granted Quarterly by the Grand Lodge , from the Fund of Benevolence , and von . vin . 3 n