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The Masonic Mie10e
Bro / Tomk ^ Bro . MJason . suggested that the Grand Chaplain should be a member of the deputation / Bro . Williams thought the Grand Chaplain , being an Episcopalian , would scarcely feel himself at home in Scotland . The motion as originally put was .-then agreed to .
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . The report of the Board of Benevolence was then read . It stated that in March nineteen petitioners had been , relieved to the extent of £ 179 , 1 . 0 $ . ' , ; that in April £ 125 had been given in relief to eleven petitioners ; that in May thirteen petitioners received in relief £ 128 . 12 s , Bro . Thomas Boardman , of Lodge No . 266 , Todmorden , and Bro . Thomas Slade , of Lodge No . 152 , Southampton ,
were recommended severally for £ 40 and for £ 50 . On the motion of Br 6 . Savage the first recommendation was approved of . The same worthy Brother then moved as an amgn ^ j ^ enj that the -sum proposed to beVgiven to Bro , Slade be increased to £ 100 . This was seconded ^ by Bro . Sir Lucius Curtis , in a speech highly laudatory of Bro , Slade , and unanimously agreed to .
BOARD OF GENEEAL PURPOSES . The report of the Board of General Purposes , as published in the Freemasons Magazine of May the 2 Cth , was then read , Bro . Boxburgh , G . Beg ,, in moving that the report of the Board of General Purposes be received and entered on the minutes , said that under ordinary circumstances he should have contented himself with moving a formal motion , but as notice had been served on the part of more than one Brother of their intention to
bring a matter alluded to in the report specifically before Grand Lodge , he wished to offer some observations upon one of the paragraphs—namely , that having reference to the opinions of the board , and the grounds of those opinions as regarded the duties and services of the officers in the Grand Secretary's office , a subject which had been for some months under their consideration , indeed long before the subject referred to in the notices of motion had been thought of . The paragraph to which he wished to draw attention was nothing more than an
expression of an opinion of what ought to be done in the interests of the Craft , according to the 21 st article , page 104 , of the Book of Constitutions :- ~ "The board may recommend to the Grand Lodge whatever it shall deem necessary or advantageous to the Craft , and may originate plans for the better regulation of the Grand Lodge and the arrangement of its general transactions . " He alluded to these principles for this reason , that it might not be supposed that the hoard
had in the matter travelled out of their way . Long before any notice of motion had appeared in reference to the increase of salaries , their attention had been drawn to the inadequate remuneration of one of the clerks , and it had been his pleasing duty , on a former occasion , to move that an addition should be made to the salary of a most efficent officer , Brother Moss ; but when it had been suggested to the board , although they thought it necessary that some increase ought to be made to the salary of that Brother , they also felt it to be their duty to take
into consideration the general state of the Grand Secretary's office , and the nature and character of the duty performed by each officer in it . The paragraph in the report contained their opinion upon the matter , and that opinion he should , if called upon , be ready to support in detail , and he was greatly mistaken in the sound sense and business habits of Grand Lodge if they would not approve of the reasons which he would in that case have to bring forward . As he had before
observed , the paragraph expressed no more than the opinion of the board , who undertook a very arduous and important duty for the good of the Craft , and it was for Grand Lodge to say whether they would receive it or not , and here he wished to observe that their reception of it would bind them to nothing . Should they determine to act in opposition to it , they would be only in the position of a gentleman who consulted his lawyer and received his advice , but declined to act
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The Masonic Mie10e
Bro / Tomk ^ Bro . MJason . suggested that the Grand Chaplain should be a member of the deputation / Bro . Williams thought the Grand Chaplain , being an Episcopalian , would scarcely feel himself at home in Scotland . The motion as originally put was .-then agreed to .
BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE . The report of the Board of Benevolence was then read . It stated that in March nineteen petitioners had been , relieved to the extent of £ 179 , 1 . 0 $ . ' , ; that in April £ 125 had been given in relief to eleven petitioners ; that in May thirteen petitioners received in relief £ 128 . 12 s , Bro . Thomas Boardman , of Lodge No . 266 , Todmorden , and Bro . Thomas Slade , of Lodge No . 152 , Southampton ,
were recommended severally for £ 40 and for £ 50 . On the motion of Br 6 . Savage the first recommendation was approved of . The same worthy Brother then moved as an amgn ^ j ^ enj that the -sum proposed to beVgiven to Bro , Slade be increased to £ 100 . This was seconded ^ by Bro . Sir Lucius Curtis , in a speech highly laudatory of Bro , Slade , and unanimously agreed to .
BOARD OF GENEEAL PURPOSES . The report of the Board of General Purposes , as published in the Freemasons Magazine of May the 2 Cth , was then read , Bro . Boxburgh , G . Beg ,, in moving that the report of the Board of General Purposes be received and entered on the minutes , said that under ordinary circumstances he should have contented himself with moving a formal motion , but as notice had been served on the part of more than one Brother of their intention to
bring a matter alluded to in the report specifically before Grand Lodge , he wished to offer some observations upon one of the paragraphs—namely , that having reference to the opinions of the board , and the grounds of those opinions as regarded the duties and services of the officers in the Grand Secretary's office , a subject which had been for some months under their consideration , indeed long before the subject referred to in the notices of motion had been thought of . The paragraph to which he wished to draw attention was nothing more than an
expression of an opinion of what ought to be done in the interests of the Craft , according to the 21 st article , page 104 , of the Book of Constitutions :- ~ "The board may recommend to the Grand Lodge whatever it shall deem necessary or advantageous to the Craft , and may originate plans for the better regulation of the Grand Lodge and the arrangement of its general transactions . " He alluded to these principles for this reason , that it might not be supposed that the hoard
had in the matter travelled out of their way . Long before any notice of motion had appeared in reference to the increase of salaries , their attention had been drawn to the inadequate remuneration of one of the clerks , and it had been his pleasing duty , on a former occasion , to move that an addition should be made to the salary of a most efficent officer , Brother Moss ; but when it had been suggested to the board , although they thought it necessary that some increase ought to be made to the salary of that Brother , they also felt it to be their duty to take
into consideration the general state of the Grand Secretary's office , and the nature and character of the duty performed by each officer in it . The paragraph in the report contained their opinion upon the matter , and that opinion he should , if called upon , be ready to support in detail , and he was greatly mistaken in the sound sense and business habits of Grand Lodge if they would not approve of the reasons which he would in that case have to bring forward . As he had before
observed , the paragraph expressed no more than the opinion of the board , who undertook a very arduous and important duty for the good of the Craft , and it was for Grand Lodge to say whether they would receive it or not , and here he wished to observe that their reception of it would bind them to nothing . Should they determine to act in opposition to it , they would be only in the position of a gentleman who consulted his lawyer and received his advice , but declined to act