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Article COHKESPONBENCE. ← Page 6 of 13 →
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Cohkesponbence.
belongs to one ^ of the Lodges forming this Convention , shall be entitled to a seat in the Convention , but to no vote , unless a delegate from his Lodge . Art . 12 . —That each Lodge , immediately upon receiving their dispensation , shall forward to the Secretary of the Convention , a correct list of the members belonging to their several Lodges , with every expulsion or suspension : and shall
quarterly transmit to said Secretary , a list of the names of those who have been initiated , passed , or raised since their last returns , agreeably to the annexed forms . And the said Secretary shall record their names in a book ruled agreeably to the returns , and kept expressly for that purpose . The form laid down in the " Masons' Manual" adopted .
Art . 13 . —That one-third of all moneys received by the subordinate Lodges , shall be paid into the Treasury of the Convention , onedialf of which is to be applied to the purpose of remunerating the Grand Visitor , and transmitted halfyearly . Art . 14 . —That the President and Vice-Presidents , or either of them , have full power to grant dispensations , for a term of time not exceeding twelve months ,
upon the petition of seven regular Masons . Signed by—Ziba M . Phillips , President . Peter Davy , Lodge No . 13 . Samuel Shaw , ) -y . t > . * i / - James Bigelow , No . 16 . John Balfour , ( * Allanson , B . Couch , ) William Cothier , Moderator . Jeptha Bradshaw , > No . 17 . Hobert Walker , Treasurer . Simeon Ashley , ) John W . Perguson , Secretary . Joseph Pringle , 3 STo . 25 . Benjamin M'Alister . Ziba M . Phillips , No . 26 . Ziba M . Phillips , Lodge No . 3 . Do . Ridean Lodge . John Dean , ) - ^ -, ~ Bela John ston , Prince Edward Lodge William Cothier , V ' ' Joseph G . S . Lodee , No . 19 .
To his Koyal Highness Prince Augustus Prederick , Duke of Sussex , Earl of Inverness in Scotland , Baron of Ark low in Ireland , Knight of the Garter , flight Worshipful Grand Master of Masons and Masonical Jurisdiction in that part of Great Britain called England , & c . & c . The petition of the undersigned representatives of a number of respectable Lodges in the Province of Upper Canada—Humbly sheweth , That your Royal Highness ' s petitioning Brethren beg leave to approach your revered person with sentiments of the highest esteem , as the head of so ancient and honourable an Order .
That your Royal Highness ' s petitioning Brethren beg leave to mention , for the information of your Boyal Highness , that on the 27 th day of August , 1817 , a Convention was held at Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada , to take into consideration the distressed situation of the Craft , in consequence of the death of Win . Jervis , Esq ., late Prov . Grand Master . That your petitioning Brethren did address your Royal Highness on the 28 th day of August , 1817 , stating our situation , of which a copy is hereunto annexed , recommending Roderick McKay , Esq .,
for our Prov . Grand Master : from some cause unknown to your petitioners , no answer has been received to this communication ; and , unfortunately , our Grand Master Elect has been snatched from us by an untimely death . That in consequence thereof , we beg leave to approach your Royal Highness , again praying that you will be pleased to grant a patent , for the establishment of a Prov . Grand Lodge in this Province of Upper Canada , upon tho same footing that it lias been granted to our Sister Province of Lower Canada , provided it meets your Royal Highness ' s approbation .
That your Royal Highness ' s petitioners were urged from the present state of Masonry in this remote part of the world , to establish an association in this Province , for the purpose of keeping in due order the Hevcral Lodges throughout the same , of which a copy is herewith transmitted , and this association is to continue
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Cohkesponbence.
belongs to one ^ of the Lodges forming this Convention , shall be entitled to a seat in the Convention , but to no vote , unless a delegate from his Lodge . Art . 12 . —That each Lodge , immediately upon receiving their dispensation , shall forward to the Secretary of the Convention , a correct list of the members belonging to their several Lodges , with every expulsion or suspension : and shall
quarterly transmit to said Secretary , a list of the names of those who have been initiated , passed , or raised since their last returns , agreeably to the annexed forms . And the said Secretary shall record their names in a book ruled agreeably to the returns , and kept expressly for that purpose . The form laid down in the " Masons' Manual" adopted .
Art . 13 . —That one-third of all moneys received by the subordinate Lodges , shall be paid into the Treasury of the Convention , onedialf of which is to be applied to the purpose of remunerating the Grand Visitor , and transmitted halfyearly . Art . 14 . —That the President and Vice-Presidents , or either of them , have full power to grant dispensations , for a term of time not exceeding twelve months ,
upon the petition of seven regular Masons . Signed by—Ziba M . Phillips , President . Peter Davy , Lodge No . 13 . Samuel Shaw , ) -y . t > . * i / - James Bigelow , No . 16 . John Balfour , ( * Allanson , B . Couch , ) William Cothier , Moderator . Jeptha Bradshaw , > No . 17 . Hobert Walker , Treasurer . Simeon Ashley , ) John W . Perguson , Secretary . Joseph Pringle , 3 STo . 25 . Benjamin M'Alister . Ziba M . Phillips , No . 26 . Ziba M . Phillips , Lodge No . 3 . Do . Ridean Lodge . John Dean , ) - ^ -, ~ Bela John ston , Prince Edward Lodge William Cothier , V ' ' Joseph G . S . Lodee , No . 19 .
To his Koyal Highness Prince Augustus Prederick , Duke of Sussex , Earl of Inverness in Scotland , Baron of Ark low in Ireland , Knight of the Garter , flight Worshipful Grand Master of Masons and Masonical Jurisdiction in that part of Great Britain called England , & c . & c . The petition of the undersigned representatives of a number of respectable Lodges in the Province of Upper Canada—Humbly sheweth , That your Royal Highness ' s petitioning Brethren beg leave to approach your revered person with sentiments of the highest esteem , as the head of so ancient and honourable an Order .
That your Royal Highness ' s petitioning Brethren beg leave to mention , for the information of your Boyal Highness , that on the 27 th day of August , 1817 , a Convention was held at Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada , to take into consideration the distressed situation of the Craft , in consequence of the death of Win . Jervis , Esq ., late Prov . Grand Master . That your petitioning Brethren did address your Royal Highness on the 28 th day of August , 1817 , stating our situation , of which a copy is hereunto annexed , recommending Roderick McKay , Esq .,
for our Prov . Grand Master : from some cause unknown to your petitioners , no answer has been received to this communication ; and , unfortunately , our Grand Master Elect has been snatched from us by an untimely death . That in consequence thereof , we beg leave to approach your Royal Highness , again praying that you will be pleased to grant a patent , for the establishment of a Prov . Grand Lodge in this Province of Upper Canada , upon tho same footing that it lias been granted to our Sister Province of Lower Canada , provided it meets your Royal Highness ' s approbation .
That your Royal Highness ' s petitioners were urged from the present state of Masonry in this remote part of the world , to establish an association in this Province , for the purpose of keeping in due order the Hevcral Lodges throughout the same , of which a copy is herewith transmitted , and this association is to continue