The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-01-13

The annual meeting of the Masonic Relief
was held last evening, President j. r.
Hawkes. in the chair. The reports were read
and ordered on recoId. From these we select
the following abstracts:
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The auditing or finance committee report tllat
they have examined all the accounts against tne
society that have been paid The clerk 8 accounts
are correct. The accounts OF the assoclallon a are
kept by the clerk, as follows: A membership leu
ger, showing the account between the association
and its members; cash book and ledger, N
by its number, charging it with the total amount
due on the assessment, and crediting it with the
cash collected from day to day, from the members
in payment of the assessment, amount due from
members dropped for non-payment and such 9TH
er amounts proper to be credited AS members
lose their membership, unless the assessment is
paid within three months from its date. these ac-
counts must be closed in the same time. This is
done, and the cash received carried to the cash
eo eoR At are the ccsed sRd OF The ffs year aaDs s
any, of the assessment accounts, are carried for
ward to new accounts for completion, The men,
bership ledger and outstanding receipts are then
verified with each other and with the balances of
the ledger assessment accounts. The three
months limit having expired on ali death assess
have been finally closed excepting Nos 106 and
10Y The membership ledger, outstanding re-
ceipts and ledger assessment accounts show that
there are eighty-three NO. 1o6 and eightysix No.
1O7, assessments still unpaid There are also due
upon annual assessment No 101, $66; No. 102,
SO; No. 103 $5; and No. 104, $29; making 1915
due the society from its members. The treaSur-
er's bonds and securities are all right, the COM
mittee having seen them all, and the bonds are
continuing bonds with sureties still good. The
finance committee are G, f. Could A. Keith, and
j. B, Dunbar
CLERKS REPORT
From the report of the Clerk, A. E. Chase,
we obtain the following:
The association has completed the twelfth year
of its existence. Dec. 81, 1884, there were 1000
members. The past year there have been admit
ted IA, died ID, dropped "a, leaving in member
ship Dec. 81, 1885, 975. There have been admit
ted to membership during the IL years 1868 men,
bers; of these there have died Ill, dropped 173,
withdrawn 4. The number of deaths this year
has been Is, the amount paid benefciaries has
been $4,000, and the average age OF the mem
lSsrs who have died has been "a years, 5 months,
1S daVs. The total amount of money paid during
the twelve years mas been $97,87S. The average
amount of benefit has -been $500, and average
for the past year has been STA. The asSoclallon
is open to all Masons in the State under the age OF
Sc.
TREAsURER's REPORT
The treasurer reports that the receipts of his
office from the clerk and interest, have been
$26,618; and the cash on hand is S2,653.99, and
that all bills have been paid
OFFICERS ELECTED.
The following were elected as officers;
Clerk-A. E. Chase.
Treasurer-M. A. Blanchard.
Directors for Three Years-Geo. E. Raymond,
Samuel f. Bearce, Geo. f. Gould.
For two years to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of A. Fl. Atwood-C. j. Harrington.
The directors elected j. F. Hawkes. as pres
ident, and Albion Keith as vice president