Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-02-20
LAWS OF RHODE-IsLAND.
STATE OF FRHODE-ISL s. PROP
IDEyNCE PLANTATIONS.
In General Assembly, Jan. Session. A. d. 1884

In General Assembly, Jan. Session. A. ID. 1884
An ACT, to repeal certain acts Of Incor-
pOratIon and for other purposes therein
mentioned.
WHEREAS, on the Memorial of sundry
citizens Of this State, the several incor-
porateG Masonic Societies in this State
styling themselves Lodges, Chapters, En-
campments and Councils, have been reg
ularIy cited to appear before this Gene
raj Assembly, and show cause, if any
they have, why their several charters
should not be declared forfeited and void,
and said Societies having accordingly
appeared and been heard by their coun-
sci, and full investigation having taken
place into their principles, practices and
proceedings, from which investigation il
appears that their usages enjoin secrecy
on their members, and also require obli-
cations to be administered which could
never have been within the contempla-
ton of the Legislature which granted
their Charters Therefore;
SEC. lst Be it enacted by the Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authority there
of il is enacted, That the several acts ol
Incorporation hereinafter recited, viz
An act to incorporate the Providence
Council Of Royal and Select Masters,
passed January Session, 1924; An ac,
Incorporating the Providence Encamp-
ments of Knights TempIars, passed May
Session, 1924; An act to incorporate the
Pawtucket Chapter, No. a, of Royal
Arch Masons, passed May Session, 824;
An act to incorporate Union Lodge, No.
10, of Free and Accepted Masons, pas
sed May Session, 1924; An act to in
corporate the members of the Evening
Star Lodge, No. IL, of Free and Accept
ed Masons, passed June Session, 1927
An act to incorporate the Lafayette
Lodge, No. 10, of Free and Accepted
Masons, in the town of Cumberland, pas.
sed October Session, 1927; be and the
same are hereby repealed. Provided
nevertheless, that the several corpora
tions created by the several acts before
recited, may continue to exercise theil
corporate powers for the space OF ont
wear, from the rising of this Assembly
for the sole purpose ofpaying their debts
settling their pecuniary concerns, ant
dividing or otherwise disposing Of thei'
corporate property IN such manner al
they may thin proper, conlorn'abie how
ever, to the laws Of the land.
SEC. Cd. Aud be it lurther enacted
That each and every Society OF the Or
der of Free and Accepted Masons
Lodges, Chapters, Encampments, Coun
Gil, or by whatever name or style thu
same may be known, which is now IN
corporated by any act ofthe Legislature
of this State, shall, so long as they shal
remain so incorporated, make returns II
writing, yearly and every year to tn
Secretary of State, at the May Session
of the General Assembly, on or beior'
the second day of the Session, OF th'
number and names Of their members, an
officers, the number and names OF th'
persons who have been admitted to saI'
Masonic Society, within the year las
preceding the date OF said returns, wit
the mode, and manner OF their adms
sion, and the form Of the promise or o6
liration which such new members hav
taken on their admissions; the place an
times of the meetings of such Socief
holden within the last year together wit
a schedule or inventory Of all the fund
and property, real or personal, belong
ing to said corporation, at the date
said returns, and said return shall b
signed by the presiding officer of sal
Masonic corporation, and an oath or al
frmation to the truth thereof by hin
made before some Judge ofthe Suprem
E Court or Justice Of the Court OF Commo
Pleas Of the County where said corp'
rate Society il located; and certifica'
thereof by such Judge or Justice, endor'
ed or attached TO said returns.
SEC. Sd. And be il further enacted
That for every violation Of this Act, tn
presiding officer Of said Society neglec
ing to make such returns aforesaid, sha
forfeit and pay the sum of one hun'ie
dollars TO be sued for and recovered
action of deb, quitam, before any cou
of competent jurisdiction in the ce,n'
wherein such presiding officers shall r.
side. one half thereof to the person wi
shall prosecute and sue for the same, ar
the other half to and for the use oil Il
State. True CoPy-Wiiness;
Henry Bowen, Sec'ry.