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The balance in favour of the Widows and Building [ Funds together amount to < £ 94 . 7 s .. 9 d ., from which has to be deducted a balance of £ 4 . 10 s . 5 d . against the Male Fund , leaving the net balance in the hands of the bankers £ 89 . 17 s . Ad . The report proceeded to say that the committee deeply regretted having to announce that there had been a falling off in the contributions from the Brethren and Lodges to an extent which precluded the possibility of electing on this
occasion , from the list of forty-six candidates , a single annuitant . Indeed ., the present income would not be sufficient to pay the present annuities , and meet the current expenses . Since the last election , two of the male annuitants had died , but such an event having been anticipated at the last election , did not leave any vacancy to fill up . The committee had to acknowledge the receipt of a legacy of £ 20 from the executors of the late Bro . Christopher Crawford , Waterman ' s Arms , Wapping Wall . Of the existing male annuitants thirty-five had been members of country Lodges , and received amongst them £ 713 per annum , and twelve members of
London Lodges receiving £ 250 per annum . The committee had further the satisfaction of reporting , that since the last meeting the debt on the Asylum building had been paid off , through the liberal donations of < £ 50 from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Boyal Arch Masons and several Brethren , The following is the state of the Funded Stock of the Institution : —
) £ . s . d . Male Annuity Fund 8 , 347 14 11 Widows' FuruV .. 1 , 205 9 7 Buildi n ^ Bustentation Fund 567 7 9
The reports ^ h ^ ving been adopted , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bro . Thos \ L . Henley , -the Honorary Surgeon to the Institution , for his valuable services to-the inmates of the Asylum at Croydon , who , we are informed , is most assiduousin the discharge of his duties . Some formal business having been transacted , Bro . W . H . White , G . Sec , brought forward a motion , of which he had given notice , that as N ~ o . 45 of the bye-laws— " The total number of votes announced at the last or two last preceding elections as polled on behalf of an unsuccessful candidate shall be carried forward to the credit of such candidate at the succeeding election "—operated unequally
and unfairly , inasmuch as the number of candidates to be elected varied on each occasion , the same be repealed , and declared inoperative after the next election of annuitants . Bro . Warren asked Bro . White to postpone the motion , inasmuch as he was preparing a requisition to the committee , asking for a special meeting of the subscribers , to consider a general revision of the bye-laws , some of which were now out of date or inoperative . After a short conversation , it was resolved to proceed with the motion , and Bro . White argued that the bringing forward the votes from the last two elections virtually shut out other candidates , the friends of whom had no
inducement to exert themselves . Bro . Le "Veau seconded the motion , which was supported by Bro . Barrett , and opposed by Bros . Patten , Aid rich , Davis , and others , the chief ground of the opposition being that the accumulative system was the only safeguard which Brethren of limited means and influence had that any candidate proposed and supported by them had a chance of election ; and every Brother , from the moment he was deemed worthy to be placed on the list of candidates , ought to have everv opportunity afforded him of becoming an annuitant .
Bro . White acknowledged that he did not think the law would act so harshly if all the votes were carried forward from the moment a Brother was admitted a candidate until he was elected , whereupon Bro . Warren said that he was opposed to the motion of Bro . White , and acting on the hint just given him , he would move as an amendment , "That in future the votes of tho Brethren should be allowed to accumulate from year to year . " At the suggestion of the M .. W . CJ . M ., Bro . Warren so framed his resolution as to allow all votes recorded for tho candidates from the date when the cumulative principle was first adopted , in 1852 , , to bo brought forward in their favour .. VOL . II . 3 u
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The balance in favour of the Widows and Building [ Funds together amount to < £ 94 . 7 s .. 9 d ., from which has to be deducted a balance of £ 4 . 10 s . 5 d . against the Male Fund , leaving the net balance in the hands of the bankers £ 89 . 17 s . Ad . The report proceeded to say that the committee deeply regretted having to announce that there had been a falling off in the contributions from the Brethren and Lodges to an extent which precluded the possibility of electing on this
occasion , from the list of forty-six candidates , a single annuitant . Indeed ., the present income would not be sufficient to pay the present annuities , and meet the current expenses . Since the last election , two of the male annuitants had died , but such an event having been anticipated at the last election , did not leave any vacancy to fill up . The committee had to acknowledge the receipt of a legacy of £ 20 from the executors of the late Bro . Christopher Crawford , Waterman ' s Arms , Wapping Wall . Of the existing male annuitants thirty-five had been members of country Lodges , and received amongst them £ 713 per annum , and twelve members of
London Lodges receiving £ 250 per annum . The committee had further the satisfaction of reporting , that since the last meeting the debt on the Asylum building had been paid off , through the liberal donations of < £ 50 from the Supreme Grand Chapter of Boyal Arch Masons and several Brethren , The following is the state of the Funded Stock of the Institution : —
) £ . s . d . Male Annuity Fund 8 , 347 14 11 Widows' FuruV .. 1 , 205 9 7 Buildi n ^ Bustentation Fund 567 7 9
The reports ^ h ^ ving been adopted , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to Bro . Thos \ L . Henley , -the Honorary Surgeon to the Institution , for his valuable services to-the inmates of the Asylum at Croydon , who , we are informed , is most assiduousin the discharge of his duties . Some formal business having been transacted , Bro . W . H . White , G . Sec , brought forward a motion , of which he had given notice , that as N ~ o . 45 of the bye-laws— " The total number of votes announced at the last or two last preceding elections as polled on behalf of an unsuccessful candidate shall be carried forward to the credit of such candidate at the succeeding election "—operated unequally
and unfairly , inasmuch as the number of candidates to be elected varied on each occasion , the same be repealed , and declared inoperative after the next election of annuitants . Bro . Warren asked Bro . White to postpone the motion , inasmuch as he was preparing a requisition to the committee , asking for a special meeting of the subscribers , to consider a general revision of the bye-laws , some of which were now out of date or inoperative . After a short conversation , it was resolved to proceed with the motion , and Bro . White argued that the bringing forward the votes from the last two elections virtually shut out other candidates , the friends of whom had no
inducement to exert themselves . Bro . Le "Veau seconded the motion , which was supported by Bro . Barrett , and opposed by Bros . Patten , Aid rich , Davis , and others , the chief ground of the opposition being that the accumulative system was the only safeguard which Brethren of limited means and influence had that any candidate proposed and supported by them had a chance of election ; and every Brother , from the moment he was deemed worthy to be placed on the list of candidates , ought to have everv opportunity afforded him of becoming an annuitant .
Bro . White acknowledged that he did not think the law would act so harshly if all the votes were carried forward from the moment a Brother was admitted a candidate until he was elected , whereupon Bro . Warren said that he was opposed to the motion of Bro . White , and acting on the hint just given him , he would move as an amendment , "That in future the votes of tho Brethren should be allowed to accumulate from year to year . " At the suggestion of the M .. W . CJ . M ., Bro . Warren so framed his resolution as to allow all votes recorded for tho candidates from the date when the cumulative principle was first adopted , in 1852 , , to bo brought forward in their favour .. VOL . II . 3 u