Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-06
IMMENSE SUGGEST.
caPITULAR MASONRY.
proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch
Cha,ter OF Tennessee.

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Chapter OF Tennessee.
The Grand Chapter re-assembled at 10
O'Clock Yesterday morning. with the Grand
Officers in their appropriate stations, as on
the day before.
The following edict was adopted;
Sin the absence of the High Priest,
King and Scribe, the highest officer present
shall preside, unless, through courtesy or
for other reasons, be should decline in
favor of a Past High Priest. If none Of
the officers be present, the oldest Past
High Priest present shall take the East,
and il no Past High Priest be present,
then the members according to seniority
shall fill the same, and shall have all the
rights of regularly installed High Priest
to fill the other vacancies"
The Committee of Arrangements report
ed a programme for the reception and en-
tertainnent of the General Grand Chapter
of the United States, on the path inst,
which was adopted.
The Grand High Priest was instructed to
memorialize the General Grand Chapter to
cause such action to be taken as may be
necessary to make Past High Priests of
Subordinate Chapters members Of the
Grand Chapter, Of their respective jurisdic-
lions. so long as they may continue MEM
bers of some Subordinate Chapter the elm.
The bylaws were amended SO as to re-
oujre the presence of representatives of
ten subordinate Chapters to open the
Grand Chapter.
A charter was granted or new Chapter
at Celina, Clay County, TO be known is
Celina Chapter, No. III.
Resolutions were adopted recomm nding
the Masoaic .TeloeI, and also the chapter
Register published by Wheeler, Marshall
| & Bruce.
GRAND OFFICERS ELECT.
The following grand officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
N. E. Grand High Priest, Wilbur +.
Foster, or Nashville.
NJ. E. Deputy Grand High Priest, a. ..
| Curry, of Trenton.
MI. Grand King, H. NJ. Aiken, Of
Knoxville.
NE. Grand Scribe, Thomas o. Morris,
of Nashville.
E.Graud Treasurer, John McClelland, of
| Nashville.
E. Grand Secretary, John Frizzell, OF
Nashville. 80
Z. Grand Chaplain, Rev. Samuel Lam
bert, of Salisbury.
Grand Captain Of the Host, Richard Ken
| nedy, of McMinnyille.
| Grand Royal Arch Captain, Ewin Burney,
| of Cross Plains;
Grand Principal SojourHsr, s. P. Gaut' oil
Cleveland.
Grand Master of the Third Vail, A. b.
Jones, Of Jackson.
Grand Master of the Second Vail, G. W.
Menees, of Springfield.
Grand Master of the First Vail, y. +
Harrison, of Germantown.
Grand Sentinel, George Seiferie, o.
Nashville.
At night the Grand Officers elect, a.
above, were installed by p. G. IL. 7
joseph NJ. Anderson, p. q. h X. A. l OLD
we'll setipg as Grand Marshal.
The NJ. Z. Grand High Priest announced
the appointment Of the following
STANDING COMMITTEES:
Masonic JmisprHdence-A. V. War;
Rossville; A. r. Piper, Jonesboro; John 5
Pride, Troy Station; l.. b. Adams, Bolivar
BE. NJ. Randall, O6liiersyille.
. .ApDedls-W. r. Ross, Dresden; j. +
Slower, Athens; ] b. Murfree, Murfrees
boro; ]. :. Dashiell, Nashville; K. A
| Coldyell, Shelbyville.
DispsnsatioRs and By-Ldlcs-E. Ed
mundson, Pulaski; r. L. c. White, Ieb
anon: w. G. Smith, Nashville; Ale
Joseph, Edgefeld; r. f. Evans, Shelby
vile.
The Grand Royal Arch Chapter was the
closed in ample form, after prayer BY tn
Grand Chaplain.