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Article GRAND CONCLAVE OF MASONIC KNIGHTS TEMPLAR, ← Page 5 of 6 →
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Grand Conclave Of Masonic Knights Templar,
uniformity in the ceremony of installation of an Eminent Commander in the chair , your Committee further recommend —• " That it be referred to a Committee , consisting of the Prov . Grand Commanders , Sir Kni ghts Auldjo , Goldsworthy , Spiers , Shuttleworth , and the Grand Chancellor , to settle tbe ritual for the installation of an Eminent Commander—three to be a quorum .
" And your Committee beg leave further to state , that after a careful consideration of the several matters recommended in this report , they are of opinion that the adoption of these recommendations will conduce to the dignity and importance of the Order . "HENEX EJILX , " Grand Chancellor . "
Sir Knt . Spiers , Past 2 nd G . Capt ., moved that the Report of the Coinmittee be received , and entered on the minutes ; ancl the same having been duly seconded , was agreed to accordingly . The M . E . and S . G . M . then moved , " That the several recommendations made by the Committee in their Report be adopted ; " and that motion was duly seconded ; and after very considerable discussion on some of the recommendationsthe motion of the M . E . and S . G . M .
, was unanimously agreed to . It was then moved and seconded , and resolved , " That it be referred to the Committee for General Purposes for the ensuing year to provide Jewels for the Officers of the Grand Conclave , and to adopt such measures for that purpose as the Committee shall think proper . "
The M . E . and S . G . M . then presented the draft of the Statutes referred to in the Report of the Committee ; ancl recommended the Grand Conclave at once to adopt them . After very considerable discussion on the propriety of printing ancl circulating the proposed new Statutes amongst the Order prior to tlieir being adopted , and deferring the decision upon them until the next Grand Conclaveit was moved by Sir Knt . HuyscheVery
, , Eminent Prov . G . C . for Devon , " That the Statutes , as revised by the Committee for General Purposes , and now presented by the M . E . and S . G . M ., be at once adopted and promulgated amongst the Order ;" and Sir Knt . Tucker , Very Eminent Prov . G . C . for Dorset , having seconded that motion , it was agreed to unanimously . The M . E . and S . G . M . then proposed " That the ' G . Chancellor and
( G . Vice-Chancellor shall be paid a salary of 251 . per annum each ;" which was seconded b y the Very High and Eminent D . G . M . ; whereupon , before the motion was put , the G . Chancellor , and G . A ice-Chancellor both expressed their thanks to the Grand Master for his kind intentions , but declined respectfully to accept any salary for their services .
Sir Knt . Luxmore , Past 2 nd G . Capt . proposed , " That the thanks of the Grand Conclave be given to the G . Chancellor and G . A ice-Chancellor , for the very excellent ancl courteous manner in which they have performed the arduous duties of their respective offices ,
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Grand Conclave Of Masonic Knights Templar,
uniformity in the ceremony of installation of an Eminent Commander in the chair , your Committee further recommend —• " That it be referred to a Committee , consisting of the Prov . Grand Commanders , Sir Kni ghts Auldjo , Goldsworthy , Spiers , Shuttleworth , and the Grand Chancellor , to settle tbe ritual for the installation of an Eminent Commander—three to be a quorum .
" And your Committee beg leave further to state , that after a careful consideration of the several matters recommended in this report , they are of opinion that the adoption of these recommendations will conduce to the dignity and importance of the Order . "HENEX EJILX , " Grand Chancellor . "
Sir Knt . Spiers , Past 2 nd G . Capt ., moved that the Report of the Coinmittee be received , and entered on the minutes ; ancl the same having been duly seconded , was agreed to accordingly . The M . E . and S . G . M . then moved , " That the several recommendations made by the Committee in their Report be adopted ; " and that motion was duly seconded ; and after very considerable discussion on some of the recommendationsthe motion of the M . E . and S . G . M .
, was unanimously agreed to . It was then moved and seconded , and resolved , " That it be referred to the Committee for General Purposes for the ensuing year to provide Jewels for the Officers of the Grand Conclave , and to adopt such measures for that purpose as the Committee shall think proper . "
The M . E . and S . G . M . then presented the draft of the Statutes referred to in the Report of the Committee ; ancl recommended the Grand Conclave at once to adopt them . After very considerable discussion on the propriety of printing ancl circulating the proposed new Statutes amongst the Order prior to tlieir being adopted , and deferring the decision upon them until the next Grand Conclaveit was moved by Sir Knt . HuyscheVery
, , Eminent Prov . G . C . for Devon , " That the Statutes , as revised by the Committee for General Purposes , and now presented by the M . E . and S . G . M ., be at once adopted and promulgated amongst the Order ;" and Sir Knt . Tucker , Very Eminent Prov . G . C . for Dorset , having seconded that motion , it was agreed to unanimously . The M . E . and S . G . M . then proposed " That the ' G . Chancellor and
( G . Vice-Chancellor shall be paid a salary of 251 . per annum each ;" which was seconded b y the Very High and Eminent D . G . M . ; whereupon , before the motion was put , the G . Chancellor , and G . A ice-Chancellor both expressed their thanks to the Grand Master for his kind intentions , but declined respectfully to accept any salary for their services .
Sir Knt . Luxmore , Past 2 nd G . Capt . proposed , " That the thanks of the Grand Conclave be given to the G . Chancellor and G . A ice-Chancellor , for the very excellent ancl courteous manner in which they have performed the arduous duties of their respective offices ,