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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF ENGLAND . CCircular . ) " A proposition , on the suggestion and recommendation of the Committee for General Purposes , will be made , to the following effect , viz ., That the sum of 1001 . per annum , in lieu of 251 ., to be paid to tlie Royal
Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , on condition that the first Principal of each Chapter shall be entitled to THREE votes at every election of an Annuitant , provided the Chapter shall have made its returns ( and payments , if any due thereon , ) to the Grand Chapter for the preceding year . By command of the M . E . Z ., W . H . WHITE , E . Freemasons' Hall , Oct . 28 V 1846
. ' . -. ¦ ¦ QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , NOVEMBER 4 , 1846 . Present—E . Comps . A . Dobie , James Savage , and C . Baumer , as Z . H . J . ; several Present and Past Grand Officers , and about a dozen Present and Past Grand Principals . The Grand Chapter having been opened in form , the Minutes of the last Convocation were read and confirmed . The Report of the Coriirnittee of General Purposes was rea ( l * it stated
that the funded property of the Grand . Chapter amounted to 1000 / ., with an efficient balance in the hands of the Grand , Treasurer ; and that the Cqirimittee had unanimously resolved to recommend to the Grand Chapter the proposition contained in the circular ; and that the increasing prosperity of the Royal Arch was , in their opinion , mainly attributable to the establishment of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fundi - It was ordered that the Report be received . ; , :
. Comp . DoBiE , as President of the Committee , entered at some length into the case , observing that it would be necessary to have the sanction of Grand Lodge , as was the case with the former vote for 251 ., and moved that the recommendation of the . Committee be adopted , . which was seconded by Comp . McMullen . . - . ., , .. . .
After a considerable pause , for there appeared to he no one desirous , of addressing the . Grand Chapter , ¦ . . - . - :-. _ ¦ ¦ . , ; :. Comp . CRUCEFIX rose , and stated that it was his intention tb mqyeras an amendment , that the proposition be altogether postponed for six months . He was induced to take this course from having , on a former occasion , found that the Masonic provinces had taken umbrage , at resolutions haying been passed without sufficient notice having been given ; and it could hardly be said that a notice dated 28 th October , purporting to come on for discussion on the 4 th November , was sufficient for London Chapters—nay , he knew full well that scarcely in three Chapters had the notice been oread , —witness the then scan ty attendance . . Deduct : the
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Masonic Intelligence.
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE .
SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS OF ENGLAND . CCircular . ) " A proposition , on the suggestion and recommendation of the Committee for General Purposes , will be made , to the following effect , viz ., That the sum of 1001 . per annum , in lieu of 251 ., to be paid to tlie Royal
Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fund , on condition that the first Principal of each Chapter shall be entitled to THREE votes at every election of an Annuitant , provided the Chapter shall have made its returns ( and payments , if any due thereon , ) to the Grand Chapter for the preceding year . By command of the M . E . Z ., W . H . WHITE , E . Freemasons' Hall , Oct . 28 V 1846
. ' . -. ¦ ¦ QUARTERLY CONVOCATION , NOVEMBER 4 , 1846 . Present—E . Comps . A . Dobie , James Savage , and C . Baumer , as Z . H . J . ; several Present and Past Grand Officers , and about a dozen Present and Past Grand Principals . The Grand Chapter having been opened in form , the Minutes of the last Convocation were read and confirmed . The Report of the Coriirnittee of General Purposes was rea ( l * it stated
that the funded property of the Grand . Chapter amounted to 1000 / ., with an efficient balance in the hands of the Grand , Treasurer ; and that the Cqirimittee had unanimously resolved to recommend to the Grand Chapter the proposition contained in the circular ; and that the increasing prosperity of the Royal Arch was , in their opinion , mainly attributable to the establishment of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Annuity Fundi - It was ordered that the Report be received . ; , :
. Comp . DoBiE , as President of the Committee , entered at some length into the case , observing that it would be necessary to have the sanction of Grand Lodge , as was the case with the former vote for 251 ., and moved that the recommendation of the . Committee be adopted , . which was seconded by Comp . McMullen . . - . ., , .. . .
After a considerable pause , for there appeared to he no one desirous , of addressing the . Grand Chapter , ¦ . . - . - :-. _ ¦ ¦ . , ; :. Comp . CRUCEFIX rose , and stated that it was his intention tb mqyeras an amendment , that the proposition be altogether postponed for six months . He was induced to take this course from having , on a former occasion , found that the Masonic provinces had taken umbrage , at resolutions haying been passed without sufficient notice having been given ; and it could hardly be said that a notice dated 28 th October , purporting to come on for discussion on the 4 th November , was sufficient for London Chapters—nay , he knew full well that scarcely in three Chapters had the notice been oread , —witness the then scan ty attendance . . Deduct : the