Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-11
Odd Fellows.


 The Mutual Aid Associatfon-Annual ! Business.
 The fourteenth annual meeting of the Ode Fellows Mutual Aid association WAS held ir Odd Fellows Hall, in this city, yesterday af 1 ternoon, J. K. Bundy, the president in the 1 chair. The report of George N Moses, the secretary, presents complete and detailed l statement of the history of the association for the year just ended.
 1 The past year the mortality had been un- 1 usually heavy, and the institutions resources had been tested as never before, but it had stood the strain finely. The membership de creased little The membership in class 1, l 1881, was 2,632; present do., 2,621. Forty I eight died during the year, and 76 were l dropped for non-payment of assessments, 5 ! were transferred to second class and 6 were I rejected. Number in second class January 1, 1881, 1,165; present do., HAY; died, 9 ;; dropped for non-payment, 29 transferred { 3 first class, ?; dropped, 20; rejected, ?. To s7tal membership in association 3,76S. There were received from fees for new members $1 30685 from assessments, SIT ,769 interest, $442. 35 other sources, $79.5O, which with $11, ,229.29 balance from previous year made total of receipts of $90, 1926. 99. The disbursements for expenses during the year amounted to $2 1904. .92. The statement of deaths and the benefits paid thereon is as follows:
 Paid benefits, 45 deaths, in first
 Paid benefits, 21 deaths, in
 Paid for expenses. 2, BOA 82
 Total disbursements . $so, BOA 82
 Casn on nano 1u,oZZ 1O-S9u,oIo 9S
 CONTINGENT FUND.
 Amount reported Jan l, 1881 .S8642 21 Admission fees, new members,
 Interest onbonds and from say
 ings banks .-...-..---..-. 372 75- 1,679 60
 $1O,321 81 Paid one benefit, first class. .. .$1 300 co
 Paid two benefits, second class 1000 O. 2,50O % Balance in the fund January, 1s82...... s7,821 S1
 The secretary states that the drafts upon the fund are regretted by many members, who hoped to see it steadily increase. The matter of it's maintenance and increase is attracting serious attention. Of the cash on hand, $7, ,821.S is in the contingent fund, and $513.97 in the benefit fund of the second class.
 The average membership in the first class was 2, ,62O and the death rate one in each 5S4 members. The average membership in the second class was 1,156, and the death rate 1 in 55. This showing made 8 death rate of nearly per cent, which may be re- garded as extraordinarily large. Since the association was organized the death rate has been l in each 1424.
 Referring to the expenses for the year, Secretary Moses states that the volume of business aggregated $159, ,9o2.52, so that the expense was little less than one and two ffths per cent.
 The following amendments to the bylaws were reported, discussed and adopted: Amended section 20 by adding the following: sand provided further, that the power that shall rest with the board of directors to reinstate suspended Der upon satisfactory evidence being shown that the caused such suspension had failed to reach him. and that he was ignorant of such assessment" Amended section by changing admission fees as follows "First classFrom 21 years Of age to 30 $3 from SC years of age 35 $5 Second class-From 2l years of to 30 $1 from 30 of age to 35 S2
 Amended section by inserting after the word 'tas sessment in the third line the following: sexcept per cent which shall be placed to the credit Of the contingent fund" And in that portion of the section relating to the contingent fund, after the word | Snenbers in the fourth line, insert sand per cent Of all received for assessments account Of deaths In the last line of the section add after the word ''one" the words ''and one-quarter."
 Officers were elected for the ensuing year l as follows: President J. K. Bundy, New 1 Haven vice president, T I. Driggs, Water bury secretary, George N. Moses, New Ha- l ven treasurer, Thomas c. Hollis, New Ha- | ven