The morning call., 1890-06-05
SUPREME LODGE *. OF II.
Officers Elected and New Laws Enacte
at Late Session.


Officers Elected and New Laws Enacted
at Late Session.
The Supreme Lodge OF the Knights of
Honor has levied three assessments for this
month to provide for losses. including those
resulting from the late epidemic Of g la
grippe"
A. R. Savage, Supreme Dictator of the
Knights of Honor, has issued Official Cirru-
lar No. /, dated Auburn, Ne, May 23d. from
which the following excerpts are taken:
The following are the newly elected officers
of the Supreme Lodge: Albert X. Savage,
Auburn, Me-, Supreme Dictator Samuel
kotZ Newark, n. D., Supreme Nice-Dic-
tator; Marsden Beliamy, WiImin gton, y. c.,
Supreme Assistant Dictator; B. +. Nels on,
ST. Louis, Mo-, Supreme Reporter; Joseph
w. Branch, ST. Louis, Mo, Supreme Treas
urer; j. ID. Carpenter, Pawtucket, r. l.,
Supreme ChaplalR John Ii. Hancock, Lou
i>ville, Ky, Supreme Guide; John L. Shan-
non, Elberton, Ca, Supreme Guardian; c.
II. NJ. Curry, San francisco, Cal, Supreme
Sentinel; f. a. Pennington, Philadelphia,
Pa, Okey Johnson, Parkersburg, w. Va.
aud Edmund Bacon, Spartanburg, ). c.,
Supreme Trustees. The following stand
ing committees were appointed by the SUI
pTeme Dictator: On Fluance-JOhn Multi
gan, Y9nkers, \. y; William p. Cole,
Dallas. Tex; 5. p. Lawrence, Fitchburg,
Mass. On Laws-J. W. Goheen, PhilaGel-
phis, Pa. j. ". Wartman, Evansville, Ind;
W. A. Hayden, kosciuskO, Miss. On Ap-
peals and Grievances-J. p Fitzgerald,
Farmville, Va; a. J. Corning, Baltimore,
Md; L. J. Davenport, Minneapolis, Minn.
Chairman Committee OF Physicians, l.. d.
Witherill, MD, Union, \. \. New Or
leans, La, was selected as the place of next
meeting Of the Supreme Lodge. The fol-
lowing are among the more important
changes made in the constitution and laws
Of ba IN IN inf TuIU
Article l, Section 4, Subsection 3, Supreme
Lodge Constitution, was so amended as 10
provide that any blood relatives" of
member may hereafter be made his bene
ficiaries. Article III, Section l, was amend
ed so as To provide for the election by the
Supreme Lodge of Supreme Chaplain. Su-
preme Guide, Supreme Guardian and Su-
preme Sentinel. Article ", Section 2,
Subordinate Lodge Constitution, was
amended so as TO provide that Trustee
may hold any office other than that of Die
tator, Financial Reporter or Treasurer.
Article VI, Section o. was amended so that
those members who have been known here
tofore as honorary members" will be
known hereafter as social members" and
the same section was further so amended
that social members" are disqualified from
voting or holding any office In any Grand
Lodge. Article VII, Section 3, was amend
ed SO as to require member vino has been
suspended for more than sixty days upon
applying for reinstatement to accompany
his application with the amount OF dueSand
fines in arrears at the time Of suspension,
the assessment or assessments on which lie
was suspended, the pending assessment or
assessments and Il certificate of good health.
Article VIII, Section 4, was amended so rs
to provide that when the holder of a with
drawal card is admitted to membership in
new lodge all his assessments levied and
unpaid at the time shall be paid
to the Financial Reporter of the
lodge to which lie is admitted.
Law XXXVI was ameLd ded so az to pre-
scribe more particularly the duties of insti-
tuting deputies ana the officers of new
lodges.
The following general laws were adopted:
Law XXXNII, Section Whenever
member shall remove from the county
wherein his subordinate lodge is located, it
shall be the duty Of the Reporter of such
lodge to al once notify the Grand Reporter
OF the Jurisdiction within which such men,
Der shall locate that thereupon the Grand
Reporter shall notify the subordinate
lodge, if one exists in the place wherein
said member shall so locate, of the facts of
his residence and membership in the order.
Law XXXVIII-The Supreme Reporter
shall, on the first day of each and every
month, place to the credit Of each of the sew
eral grand lodges the sum of 81 for each and
every beneficiary member initiated into the
order, within the jurisdiction of said grand
tOuHtS, uuIluR Tue UlUHLU utAI DTeCeulDR
said credit; and on or before the 10Th day
of the months of January and July, in each
and every year, he shall draw warrant
upon the Supreme Treasurer, to the order
of the respective Grand Treasurers of said
grand lodges, for the amount of the credit
respectively due them; provided, that be-
fore any warrant is drawn or money paid
under this law, certificate signed by the
Grand Dictator, under the seal of the Grand
Lodge, claiming any such credit, be flied
with the Supreme Re orter, showing that
sum equal to the credit claimed has been
actually expended within his jurisdiction in
endeayoring to increase the membership of
the order within his respective jurisdiction.
Provided, further, that the Supreme Die
tator shall, before ordering the payment as
above, satisfy himself that the Grand Lodge
has actually appropriated and used of its
own funds the amount asked, for tile pur-
pose as provided in this law; and that the
money appropriated by the Supreme
Lodge be used for the same pur-
pose The following resolutions were
adopted: That the constitution and gen.
eral laws be translated into and printed in
the German language. That where an error
has occurred in the age of q member as re-
ported in his application, and consequent
error has been made in the rate of ASSESS
ment paid by the member, that upon the
discovery and proof Of such error the age
ana rate shall be corrected upon the record
of the Supreme Reporter, and from and
after the date of discovery and report of
such error to the Supreme Reporter the
member Shall pay at the true age aud rate
for which lie was liable at the time of
becoming member. All prior payments
shall staud as made; no payments shall be
demanded of members who shall have thus,
by mistake, underpaid on account Of
assessments, and no money shall be re-
turned to those who shall have overpaid
thereon. That the Supreme Dictator be
authorized to expend what funds he may
deem necessary, or in his opinion Can be
spared for that purpose from the General
Fund, to encourage and assist in building
up the uniformed rank. That lodges and
degree teams, Hereafter procuring uniforms
for use in conferrng the degree, shall use
only those Of the following description,
viz: For the Dictator-Robe and turban,
scarlet, trimmed with braid representing
gilt. For Vice ce-Dictator-Robe and turban,
al rrtn ,r,it +;.