, 1877-05-20

In answer to the question as to the proper nme
for the meeting OF the Supreme Lodge It maJ oe
said that there are various umes at which the ou-
preme Lodge may meet If it so' elects, and the
place and time designated by the Supreme REPRE-
sentati1es in session would appear By const1tn-
tlonal provision and the act Of iacoEpoEaon y be
the place and time at which It can legally con-
vcne. II the Constitution and the act o. lnco5pneo-
ton are OF ans force, aim TO give the body any
e it oba bnf 6e eas By
the Representatives in session wonid he OF no
force If res,stel This is fully treated upon in the
.pasf CJancenor" asks the question, ''can
Lodge elect past Chancellor from among those
who have served inli term as an elective Or ap-
he &. G.: - Sec Of Art. III. of the Subordinate
Lodge Constitution in the Grand jurisdiction Of u
llnois does contain provision giving Lodges tnae
537 it wtl be seen that this question was left On
tirey to local legisation but the later Legislation
OF 1874 seems, without precedent, to nave taken
questioned right. According to,it ,snbof.linate'
Lodges have not the power to elect Past Chnnee-
lor'-sec 3.s, First Digest Ths con;tict M of ls,s
being considered In 1873 by the COMMITTEE on Laws
and Supervision, and in 1874 by the COMMITTEE On
CRUSADER" desires to know how to reach
person ugainst wnom charges have been made ont
who, on the night following that on which the
bsr of o,hers, whose accounts shovel them 10 be
more than twelve months ~ arrears. ~ AR
Will, Sec. 2, OF the Constitution OF the Supreme
Lodge, va member who Is one year IN arrears
snaiI be declared suspended" " but the section
fnrtbcr says, '*provtded said member is not under
aes s M as IS 81 aa y gasss ss
l. ill., /. 157 it will be that 1t was MT COM
petent for the Lodge 10 suspend the member for
eir act on In thai dircct1on il null and void. See
"a k9lS ~ AIS ~. the, the meaning :, tn % ., what '
Of their existence by the journals Of
sister jursdic ons; for instance, Pennsyl,ania and
Maryland They do not obtain here, IS they ere
Unconstitutional As to what they are, Sec. 1872
Of the First Digest says that ''charter Books, ~
60 called, are opcned SO that Lodge may receive
members Or appl,Sa,ioans fos less sn tban that
'.Chnrtcr Books are unconstitutional, and that
.diepensation for that purpose cannot oe Issued.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Only eleven OF the Tennessee Knights died last
year.
Myrtle Lodge, No. i, OF Woonsockct, r. l., re-
Gently celebrated It's tenth anniversary.
There were lodges in Tennessee one
| eighty-two lodges and 3, QUO members.
A novel and successful expedient has been adopt
cd by the Maryland I'm ghts to Eeca1ea library In
| connection with their new quarters for the Grand
Lodge at No. =. West Fayettc street, Baltimore,
[ whom is required to contribute ore or more vol
| nnaes. Some OF the lodges have already sent in
their contributions, md some lnl1F1ddai members
! have contributed dozen or more books When
the returns completed there is cry reason to
belieye that the library will be OF the finest and
most extensive in the city. 1t ia thought by some
| that it will have Is. 600 volumes.
| Grand Chancellor $. J. Willctt, accompanied By
| Supreme Representative Dlvid J. Lyon, and the
| Council Of Ten from Capital Lodge, Springdeld,
visited Glenlowcr Lodge at Lincoln, and conferred
upon knight Gillespie the nmp1ided Third Degree.
After the confcrr.n .nR OF the rank, Supreme Rep
resentatve Lyon addressed the Lodge rn an elo-
qucutiy impressive speech. He was followed by
the Grand Chancellor, and by Past Chancellor J
| D. Roper, Of the Sfdfe Journal, Subsequent to
| adjournment of the Lodge the visitors were In
| vited to banquet rendered them By the members
| OF lie Glcndower Lodge. The occasion was full Of
! profit and cnjoym ment to the hosts Of visitors.