, 1880-08-20

harsh'y tn isolntcd cases Of rare occurrence,
but II was believed to he the true rule .anl
no sufficient reasons appeared to exist to
justify the pr0pnsed cliAnKts.
VI. SEC. A. rho section specifies tho uniform
Of knl4ht Te,nplnr. Il wis prnl'osrtt ~ nnentt
It By ndlng nftcr tho tl1lrIl rln!se, i" tcsuHn!S-
eqy x 'eq f5a q s,np s"pts at y a! I'M fee' Gs
III 1871 nnh ls7a. md authorizing tin remplnrs Of
i.oulsGt,t to wcar the sntlo: md: fnrsner. 70
nuthorlze any Grand ConltnGndcry 10 tnnkG nt'
Iitlo.s or alterations of the uniform Mt pleas'
AMENDMENTS TO THE gp1CT OF 1862.
to c,cnrly dono | ;r,iat Il Tic ~ feupare Uniform. H.
II. settle the subject nf sho.'t,!crstraps w. roi.
!owa: "Thc shonlter-straps of phst ,st ur.'na
uraiid Ga,'n.nisr. erscla tint t shal ee ap9'!
Ra T,Sn WITTY taS in,s, + q e n y a
Iast Con,t,,nnler shali Ie tho sauae ~ toso Of
an netting Cu.nnanler, except 7 stnll i s'e up1,,,
;:" nr s9ns r:n IL II ,s ;s aIs, + + & T. ,,,, s
tho .uhlcct Of Tcrnplar ul,itortn. tho matter wns
ths dsfS @ fa.t r; = ar the
tu,at<sT. nslRit rcd pix yolyot two by FUR IN.
ches III. tlInlenslpns hot,lsrcl viii! ono rpw uf
Sns yss Of e F0a I'LL VIII 'ns .o @ aa e y es c
English charnetcrs,. III silver ~, thn losor o,ld
Mander nd a,sd M rast comtnanacr o2 s,is'IiMte
Can'nGn at r o,mGrad '.,, gras s!ax xsiwot a @ n,n
aca By; % a sess ess we & eS.roeg VI CHE ef' u Re e
ter;lnel wilc; ti,o Passion cross. with halo,
embroidered Of Silver In tho contre.
Tint both By referred to The Select Conn
mitteo on Untlurm.
AMENDMENTS 70 THE DIGEST.
rcads "rotons ennaet c 'S aote paSssG "a IN ss s
than four seks from their pres,sntstson; %li,,
l!iar,.ler. cven !r tic Coinmanicry holds statul
{.otlclnvea weekly It WIS proposed to nnlchl
IL Sygn striking out "' af'0r tho ~'ro 'pFese'''''-
Tint it bc not ndopted.
All reference tn tho 'Const!tution," "Cotlc,"
ctc., to "Suour1limte Communicates. shuli bo
edte fesef s'f to ho araaa Eeaup %
mont
This was general in Its tense. md far
rcaching III It's rilects. rhe Committee could
without u careful examination OF all the pro
visions Of tic Constitution, Cude, md Digust,
relating III my lllt,t,er to SubortliiiAtu Con-.
lnn!ldGries, tue COnstitut!on,an goveri,ncnt,
lnake In tho limited tlule at their disposal.
They therefore recommended TINT thu IirOpo-
stitch DO rccuMinitted to the Committee on
Temp1nr Jurisprudence, with Instructions tc
report thereon Mt tic next 'frirnl1lnl Coli
chIye. =,
Nc, action was taken on the report, as thu
election OF officers was going OIL when 1t wy
presented. 1t will, however, cume up TIL:
morning.
KNIGHTS OF MALTA.
Sir r, F. Bower. for tho Committee on 1lt
uni of the Knights Ut Malta, nude arepurt III
which they snid, while they did not lcslro tt
present d rltunl which would 0versllnloN
they submitted would supply It want long IL
slrct They recommended Its adoption with tft
provts0 tlAt 1t WIS not ,latle obligatory upUl
any C0r,,lnnlidury to work It iii full, unless in
cry, but tiloy must communicate tlie nttti
blltcs. The Committee were Of tho 0pinio1
that there SHOULD be raylyIon of tho Temp
lAr ritual SO ns 10 sceure uniformity Ut wOrl
throughout tho Jurisdiction; hut that It VIZ
inexpG,ltcnt 10 present 4 revised ritual now
The l,nttcr WIS inHctinitay postponed.
Tho Grand Encalnpinent then alj0urnet
until 10 o'clock this evening.