The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-23


Z That brother IN good standing can not be
Kept out of bis grand or subordinate iodge while
the minutes of the preceding meeting are beine
read, II ne desires to enter and can work his way
into theiOdge,
8. That the Grand Encannpment Of Ohio hss nc
right assign as "A representative OF district 8
patriarch who is not q member Of an encamp-
. ent in the district he Is assigned to represent
~ That the law authorizing the N. q. OF q
lodge TO communicate the semi-annual pass
Of the N G. of the lodge to which he may be-
long, under the seal OF the lodge, applies to the
N Gs In the same jurisdiction, and not in differ
10. That when a member OF an encampme Mt
has been dropped for the non-payment Of dues,
it is not imperative upon the encamPment to re-
instate him, although he may oder Jn pay up all
his dues; but II they refuse TO rtfnstate him
they should grant him dismisS<t csStihcase.
IL That when person has be on elected To re-
ceive all the encampment degrees, and spen-
sation has been granted TO confer them all a.
the same meeting, IL Is lawful for another en-
earn pment in the same Jurisdiction to confer
said degrees at the request Of the encampmenI
in which he was elected.
nate lodges TO send their members to decree
lodge TO receive degrees, al hough the degree
lodge may be in the same city or town.
49, That while subordlnate encampmentS are
in session. transactng their ordinary business,
the members should not wear their street uni
IA. That a member OF an encampment, clothed
in street uniform presenting himSs II for 9dmlS-
sion while the encampment Is trahsact1ng It's or
.Iinary business, may be admitted; but should
be corn PEELED to OF he himself in proper regalia
while he remair in the eencampment.
Is That what is meant by a ballot, Is when
the N. 6. declares the ballot csed, and an
nOunces the result
GERS csn in a body, visit another lodge o. en-
campment outside OF its jurisdiction without
II. That the Washington Monument is not
such an object or pu pose AZ is contemplated by
our laws to which the funds of mate lodge
can or should be appropriated
Is That the law of the last session, prescribing
q street uniform, is supreme and virtually abrO-
gates any law of state jurisdiction in conflict
10. That G. ofthe P. degree can and may
wear jewel OF yellow metal. (see Digest OF
1851
20. That n record of a trial in the courts upon a
charge of the violation Of The laws OF the land
is pTima facie proofs OF the facts appeaIiCg
therein and VIII re charges are pre-, erred against
a brother for a v'ol alton the Jaws OF the order
the same he has been tried for In the courts, the
record i'm the courts is competent proof In the
evidence be introduced besides that In the rec
ord; and on such trial, either party may intro
duce such evidence as Is not embraced IN the rec
ord.
!. p. 6. Schnauber appealed from the rul-
ing OF the ". e. OF Dakota Lodge, No. l, Dakota
also from the action of said lodge, and
the ruling Of the ID. ID. Grand Sire. question
was before the lodge, the vote was ordered and
a division called for. The n. c. decided the divi-
ing till counted. The lodge sustained the N. o.,
and the ID. ID. Grand Sire sustained the lodge.
Brother Schnauber appeals upon the ground
I hat the vote is by the usual sign, and not by q
rising vote. L have sustained the appeal.
2 p. q. Owens appeals from the action
of Vermilion Lodge, Dakota Territory. The N.
G. of said lodge was taken sick about the 18th of
October last, having served nine nights in the
term out Of sixteen. The chair was filed the
The N G. remained sick and unable TO attend
the lodge until December 18th, the V. g. nlling
his chair most of the time after he. was taken
sick. December 18th the lodge declared the
Office of n. q. vacant, the W q. was elected and
installed n. G.. and another member was eicted
and installed V. q. Sustained the appeal and
reversed the action Of the lodge. (see Journal.
3. Mizpah lodge. No. 3, Montreal, complains
action of said lodge. the bylaws of
son in nomination for an elective onice. such
person shall be declared elected by acclamation.
They had thus elected member for the office OF
b. ID Grand Sire, to install him. Bro. Varey re-
fused upon the ground that he was not legally
elected, that the election should have have
cefed eeee p Upon a @ who 50oS Installer ned
the secretary. decided that the election by
acclamation was legal under their constitution,
but they acted illegally in permitting the p. 6
to install the secretary. deei9ed the installs
ton illegal and directed ID. ID. Grand Sire Narey
to install him into his Office as secretary.
4. The Grand Secretary of Pennsylvania hav-
Ing addressed to the Grand CORRESPONDING and
r Rfscording Seer etary communication as to the
o"ioo - supplies and the latter having referred
he mattei' to me, decided the Grand Corre-
sponding and Recording Secretary must be gov
erened by the price for supplies as sat out IN the
oint report found on pages 6.3ld and 9.9ks 9l
proceedings of 1874, that oeiDg the last action of
the Grand Lodge, and being in conflict with the
Grand Officers Of the Grand Lodge OF Pennsvl-
vania, by their Grand Secretary, filed lengthy
and able petition to me to reverse my decision
regard and file the .,etiiion as an appeal. 1 sd
here to my opl>iiCn and file said petition as
their appeal,
FIFTY-sIXTH ANNIvERsARY.
l am glad to say, in accordance with my
this day was generally observed
throughout our entire borders and in foreign
lands. The beautiful ceremony adopted at the
added much 10 the exercises on these occasions.
These demonstrations everywhere show how
affections Of the members, and how fervently
[ aey hail the return of this natal day. May IL
thus ever be cherished and celebrated!
LEBANON LODGE, NO. As, INDIANA.
At the last session of this Grand Lodge the
action of the Grand Lodge OF Indiana was
reversed upon the appeal of P. q. Thomas, and
Lebanon Lodge was directed to pay Bro. Miller
certain Dement'S. have been appealed to by
Bro Miller to have thejudgment OF this Gr" ,a
Lodge executed against Lebanon Lodge. - ,Su9 ~
have also receiver a long and earnes. pafipion.
signed BY the Officers Of LeSaron lodge, asking
M, me Z 70 suspend me Fac acton OF snis Grand Lodge
az fully Investigated. 1 Declined 10 inter
.vrv IN the matter sn any way, be-
cause l had mo zutecfity so to do, [ could.
certainly, not s.is pend the action of the Grand
Lodge, for lis action is final and conclusIve. 1
did not tnink I had the right to enforce the
judgment OF this body FOR that should be done
through the Grand Lodge, or Grand Master, of
Indiana. L doubt my authority to interfere
with the affairs of q subordinate lodge under a
state Jurisdiction. except through its Grand
Lodge Grand Master, and desire be
fuI in exercising doubtful powers.
ALPHA ENCAMPMENT, No. l, WASHINGTON
TERRITORY.
This encampment was instituted at Olympia