The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-26
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The United States Ora nd Lodge Of Odd Fel. |
lows reassembled yestt rday morning at the
usual hour, g. S. Graf ghead presiding. Tho
Grand Treasur or subm .tted his annual report of
the receipts On dish easements for the psst
year. The rec elpts wore $l7,373 70, and the
disbursements 'Sl7,9 So l9-showing an excess
Of $l0l l0 OF elSpe nses over receipts. The re-
port also showfyl IL balance in the treasury of
SlO,331 96, W hich sum, it is presumed. will
be nearly suff lcient to pay the mileage and per
diem expens IS of the representatives at tho
present sess' ion. During the first half of the
past year Il 10 G.. I. was compelled to borrow
81, 100 to meet liabilities, and it will again
doubtless be necessary to authorize the Grand
Sire TO IS Jue the notes of the Grand Lodge for
about tb same amount.
Inc Grand Secretary made supplementary
report showing the receipt Of $500 09 since
his lrst report was submitted, from Grand
Lod ges; Sl,607 25 from Grand Encampments,
and SS4 IA from other sources. The amount
OF supplies during tho past year WIS Ss,55s, of
which amount $7,5O1 30 was ptofit, and the
amount Of supplies on hand 1928. Tho re-
port also states that $l20 was received for the
Wildey annuity.
Several reports were ther. made by committees
of interest only to tho orking order
Rep. Viete, Of tb.s finance committee, re-
ported resolutions a feoting the Grand Secretary
to settle with the 'drand Encampment on the
payment Of 500 of its Indebtedness in cash,
and note or .Aotes Of the Grand Enoampment
tor the remainder, ($176g which was laid on
tne tapie. Also report with resolutions to
reduce tle price Of diplomas to soventy-fv
cents, End discount Of thirty three and
third 'ier cent. when purchased in numbers of
.V-fv arn mr. Al IasI kcI
Rep. Caldwell, of Ohio, submitted report,
With resolutions, that when subordinate lodge
| or encampment becomes extinct, any member
thereof shall, upon the payment Of his dues,
receive from the proper authority card Of
Withdrawal, 10 have the Same effect as If it had
teen grantedby an existing subordinate in good
standing. f...HrI
Rep. Veitch, Of tho fnance:.committee, sub
mitted the estimate receipts and expenditures
of the next year-the receipts $40, 500, and the
expenditures $4,000. Accompanying the es-
timatos was resolution to negotiate tempo
rary loan for such sum as the immediate wants
of the treasury may require, and appropriat-
ing ,020 for the expenses Of the current year.
The greater part of the day was spent in
the submission and discussion Of amendments
to the constitution Of the grand body, none of
which possess any special interest.
| THURSDAY.
| The United States Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows reassombled-- Sire Craighead and
ell tho Grand officers present. Rep, Farms
worth, Of Tenn, of tho legislative committee,
reported adversely on tho proposition of Rep.
Gassedy, Of New Jersey, to establish a peroGi-
cal to be devoted to tho interest Of the Order,
as the project had before been tried and aban-
doned, and as the ground is now occupied by
sw~lsr Al.
not be tresps.ssed upon. IA p F-h
Rep. Mason, of Kentucky, of the committee
on politics, reoorted fayorably in granting a
charter for Far Western Encampment, to be
located at Leavenworth, in Kansas. Also to
grant charter to Paradise Lodge, No. 1, To-
Gated at Santa Fe, N. NJ, and for an Encamp.
ment fAt the Same place. H..
:, Rep. Taylor, of Penn, of the committee on
tne state of tho Order, reported adversely to
the proposition to appoint Grand Lecturer
10 visit all the Grand Lodges and initiate them
IN the work, as that is special business Of the
Grand Representatives to their various grand
bodies. N,. ...
Rep. Dwinelle, of Northern Now York, pre-
sented report, with O resolution, that on and
after the first day of January next, the ranks
or degrees OF all members to whom withdrawal
or visiting cards may be granted by subordinate
lodges or encampments, shall bo expressed on
the face Of the card, whore the form of the
card permits 1t, or If 1t does permit it, shall
be indorsed on the card, certified under the
\ seal Of the respective lodge or encampment, by
the officers issuing the same. All new engrav-
ings of visiting and withdrawal cards, shall be
in such form as to permit of full expression
OF the rank or degree Of visiting brother upon
the face of the card.
number Of proposed amendments to the
constitution Of the United States Grand Lodge
were then taken up, and rejected or indefinitely
postponed.
The Resolution Of Rep GarwoOd, of Cali
tornia, declaring vacant the seat of any grand
representative who may not return to his juris-
dic.ion during the year, was taken up and
adopted. l....... ..r
The resolution Of Rep. Nixon, Of Louisiana,
upon the subject Of the amendment to the con-
stitution Of the Grand Lodge Of the United
States, securing tho right to the grand bodies
on the Pacific coast to admit suspended mem
bers from lodges or encampments on the At
lantic coast, upon such terms as they may pre-
scribe, was considered and adopted.
The report Of tho legislative committee
Touching tho granting of cards to dcfunct
ton, was taken nm and go amended as IN "a.
ouire satisfactory evidence that the snnIicant
at the time is worthy, and provided tbat the
charter, books. &c.. of said defunot lodpc mr.
encemnment shall bavo boen surrendered tn
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