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WIN. WINDOW,
]. H. HAMILTON.

upon the ground Of illegality,
VIM. WINDOW,
]. H. HAMILTON.
The same committee made the fol-
lowing report in the case of the appeal
OF Bro. Toile Is. Darbyville Division,
No. 1853, which was adopted.
The Committee on Appeals having
examined the papers in the case Of the
appeal of Bro. William Tolle from the
decision of Darbyville Division, No.
1853, report:-That from the transcript
it appears that Bro. J. H. Beathard
come forward and confessed a viola
~ Cd Of - Constitution,
and thereupon, on motion Of Bro. r. II.
Upton, he was reinstated. Subse-
quently the question arose whether
Bro. Beathard was a beneficial mem.
Der, in one year from the time he was
initiated, or in one year from the time
he resigned the Constitution. The
w. P. decided that he would not be a
beneficial member until one year from
the time he resigned the Constitution.
An appeal was taken to the Division,
and the w. P. was sustained, when
an appeal was taken from the decision
of the Division by Bro. Tolle. Sec. 1st,
Art. 9Th, of the Bylaws Of Darby
vile Division provides, "Thdt any
Brother in good Standing tolso shaH haze
been taOelUe months member Of this
Division, shall in case of sickness for
at least one week, be entitled to receive
not less than two dollars per week !:
Provided he is not more than three
months in arrears" The N. d. at its
late Session decided that bylaw
declaring that "no brother shall be
entitled to benefits until he shall have
been a member one year." does not cut
him off from benefits after re-instate-
ment.
Your committee are of the opinion
that upon the law and the facts as
above stated, the appeal is well taken
and should be sustained, and would
recommend that the decision of the
Division be reversed upon the ground
of its illegality.
WIN. WINDOW,
t i II. STAFFORD,
j." J. HI. HAMILTON.
The Committee on Finance submit
ted report upon claim presented
by the G. O., for expenses incurred by
him in the discharge of the duties Of
his office, for So 25, recommending
that the claim be paid, which report
was adopted and the bill ordered to be
paid.
The same Committee submitted the
following report:
The Committee on Finance to whom
was referred so much of the Grand
Scribe's report as relates to the fnan-
ces of this G. D., beg leave to report
that they have examined and COM
pared the vouchers with the bills, &c +,
as presented to them by the G. S.,
and find the same correct. In con.
nexion with the examination, they
also compared and examined the
Treasurer's report, which they find
correct.
Your committee cannot withhold an
expression Of their satisfaction that
the expenses of this G. D. are material
ly reduced. On a comparison of the
report of our former G. S., made at
the annual session at Cincinnati, with
the report of our present G. S., we
find the expenses Of the last year do
not amount to the expenditures of the
half year ending October, 1851, by
the sum of $433, exclusive of the
amount paid on the note given to Bro.
Mitchell, or in other words the expen-
ditures of the half year ending Octo-
Der, 1851, we find to be S1013 81,
and for the whole year now ending,
$3.50 IL. The Indebtedness Of the
G. D. we find reduced, and with the
same economy practiced the last year,
our body can be relieved entirely from
debt within considerably shorter
period than would at first be supposed.
Your Committee on an examination
of the subject are of opinion, that un-
der all the circumstances the G. s.
could not carry out to the letter the
resolution passed at the last Annual
Session.
We find our indebtedness to the N
D. to be 1856 81. We have exam.
ined all the papers that can be reached
on the subject, and find that balances
have accumulated from time to time
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