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upon it . With this explanation , he begged leave to move that the report be received and entered on the minutes . Bro . Tomkins , P . G , I > , seconded the motion . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon inquired if the title-deeds of the newly purchased property were perfectly valid ? Bro . Roxburgh replied that the solicitor to Grand Lodge had laid them before counsel ^ who had approved of them . ; Bro . Beadon , in moving the amendment on the paper in his name—viz .,
. " That the name of Bro . "William Farnneld be specially omitted from amongst those employed in the Grand Secretary ^ office , to whom the board has recommended that no increase of salary be given ; and , further , that it is expedient that the salary of Bro . William Farnfield be increased by a vote of an additional gratuity of £ 100 per annum , in consequence of the very long and faithful services which he has rendered to the Craft for upwards of thirty-two years , and that such gratuity shall commence from the 3 rd day of March , l 858 . ,,
wished to observe that it did not appear on the paper in the form in which he had sent it in , He had expressly worded it as an amendment to the report , whereas as it now stood it read as an original motion . The M . W . 6 . M . observed that the name of Bro . Farnfield did not occur in the report . Bro . Beadon was aware of that , and intended that his amendment should remove Bro , Farnfield from the general category of the clerks in the Grand Secretary's office .
Bro . Savage rose to order . It was not , he thought , competent for Bro . Beadon to move an amendment unless the report stated some positive circumstance but here there was only an expression of opinion . The M . W . ( r , M , decided that Bro . Beadon could not put his amendment upon the motion for the reception of the report . On motion for the adoption of the paragraph , he might do so . Bro . Beadon wished to know how ( should Grand Lodge receive the report and commit themselves to the strong opinion it contained ) he could , in the face of that fact , move his amendment .
mt . ivntTM " \ T ^/ . mi . : ... __ j . » „ _/» ii . j « n » __ « t » j . _ j . The M . W . GJ . M , —*^ The reception of the report will not militate against your motion . " Bro . Whitmore wished to know if the paragraph in question had been adopted unanimously . The M . W . G . M . replied that the board acted as a body , and therefore the question could nob be answered . Bro . Havers observed that the individual members took a solemn obligation not to disclose what occurred in their deliberations .
Bro . Whitmore next inquired if the proceedings of the board were recorded in a minute-book . Bro . Havers— " There is no such book which can be produced . " Bro . Whitmore said that the report came before them with a strong expression of opinions which were in opposition to fact , and he thought that one individual ought to be excepted from the category . The subject then dropped , and the report was received and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
Bro , Roxburgh then moved the adoption of the paragraphs relating to the charity jewel ; the restoration of Bro . Packw ^ ood ; and the reprinting of the Book of Constitutions ; which were unanimously agreed to . The report of the Colonial Committee was about to be read , when Bro . Beadon again rose and proceeded to move his amendment , but wa «
interrupted I > y Bro . Boxlrargh , who stated that it was not competent for him to do so , as tVere was no motion before the chair on which it could be an amendment . Grand Lodge had merely received the paragraph , but had not proposed to take any steps upon it , and until it was so proposed the amendment was out of place . Bro » Beadon replied that his lordship had stated that the reception of the report
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The Masonic Mie10e
upon it . With this explanation , he begged leave to move that the report be received and entered on the minutes . Bro . Tomkins , P . G , I > , seconded the motion . Bro . the Earl of Carnarvon inquired if the title-deeds of the newly purchased property were perfectly valid ? Bro . Roxburgh replied that the solicitor to Grand Lodge had laid them before counsel ^ who had approved of them . ; Bro . Beadon , in moving the amendment on the paper in his name—viz .,
. " That the name of Bro . "William Farnneld be specially omitted from amongst those employed in the Grand Secretary ^ office , to whom the board has recommended that no increase of salary be given ; and , further , that it is expedient that the salary of Bro . William Farnfield be increased by a vote of an additional gratuity of £ 100 per annum , in consequence of the very long and faithful services which he has rendered to the Craft for upwards of thirty-two years , and that such gratuity shall commence from the 3 rd day of March , l 858 . ,,
wished to observe that it did not appear on the paper in the form in which he had sent it in , He had expressly worded it as an amendment to the report , whereas as it now stood it read as an original motion . The M . W . 6 . M . observed that the name of Bro . Farnfield did not occur in the report . Bro . Beadon was aware of that , and intended that his amendment should remove Bro , Farnfield from the general category of the clerks in the Grand Secretary's office .
Bro . Savage rose to order . It was not , he thought , competent for Bro . Beadon to move an amendment unless the report stated some positive circumstance but here there was only an expression of opinion . The M . W . ( r , M , decided that Bro . Beadon could not put his amendment upon the motion for the reception of the report . On motion for the adoption of the paragraph , he might do so . Bro . Beadon wished to know how ( should Grand Lodge receive the report and commit themselves to the strong opinion it contained ) he could , in the face of that fact , move his amendment .
mt . ivntTM " \ T ^/ . mi . : ... __ j . » „ _/» ii . j « n » __ « t » j . _ j . The M . W . GJ . M , —*^ The reception of the report will not militate against your motion . " Bro . Whitmore wished to know if the paragraph in question had been adopted unanimously . The M . W . G . M . replied that the board acted as a body , and therefore the question could nob be answered . Bro . Havers observed that the individual members took a solemn obligation not to disclose what occurred in their deliberations .
Bro . Whitmore next inquired if the proceedings of the board were recorded in a minute-book . Bro . Havers— " There is no such book which can be produced . " Bro . Whitmore said that the report came before them with a strong expression of opinions which were in opposition to fact , and he thought that one individual ought to be excepted from the category . The subject then dropped , and the report was received and ordered to be entered on the minutes .
Bro , Roxburgh then moved the adoption of the paragraphs relating to the charity jewel ; the restoration of Bro . Packw ^ ood ; and the reprinting of the Book of Constitutions ; which were unanimously agreed to . The report of the Colonial Committee was about to be read , when Bro . Beadon again rose and proceeded to move his amendment , but wa «
interrupted I > y Bro . Boxlrargh , who stated that it was not competent for him to do so , as tVere was no motion before the chair on which it could be an amendment . Grand Lodge had merely received the paragraph , but had not proposed to take any steps upon it , and until it was so proposed the amendment was out of place . Bro » Beadon replied that his lordship had stated that the reception of the report