Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-27

place thereof the follo wing amendmen
bs made:
Take section from page 80 and add
at the end Of section 2, page 80, and RI
number sections in said article afte
section Z.
Discussion favorable to the recon
mendation was participated in by @. s
Tilden, J. P. Dockery, w. F. Chipmar
L. w. Juilliard and J. A. Hall, an
against the recommendation by j. N
Davis, George E. De Cola, d. Cum
ming, R. M. Fitzgerald, Lewis Freer an
4. +. Katz.
The report was rejected and tn
amendment adopted.
The following amendment to the con
stitution for subordinate parlors wa
| proposed by y. X. Stewart Of San Dieg
parlor, No. 108:
A member removing without the ju
risdiction of the parlor of which he is
member, with intent to remain withou
such jurisdiction, shall within thre
months after such removal apply to th'
parlor nearest to his residence for mem
bership therein, and if accepted he shal
Immediately withdraw from the parlo
from whose Jurisdiction he has re
moved and become a member of thu
parlor accepting him. Any member
failing to comply with this provision
shall, upon the complaint of the parlol
in whose jurisdiction he has settled, be
summoned before the parlor of which
he is member, to show cause why he
has not complied Herewith; and, un
less good cause be shown therefor, he
shall, if found guilty, be liable to sus-
pension or expulsion. This section shall
not apply to any member who keeps bis
dues paid up in his parlor and who is in
good standing.
Report adopted.
Amendment to section 2, article 5, G.
P. @. 2; after 1891, last line of section 2,
"and no member ehall be chosen grand
trustee from any district, unless he be a
member of a parlor in such district"
Amended by motion of M. A. Dorm,
by adding "This amendment shall
take effect Immediately" Amendment
accepted and the committees report
adopted.
Amendment to section l, article s,
page 13, after election G. o. S. tenth
grand trustee, first district; eleventh
grand trustee, second district; twelfth
grand trustee, third district; thirteenth
grand trustee, fourth district fourteenth
grand trustee, fifth district; fifteenth
grand trustee, sixth district; sixteenth
grand trustee, seventh district.
Committee recommends its adoption.
Amended by adding: "This amend
ment shall take effect Immediately upon
its adoption"
G. d. Clark moved to amend by add
ing: "Ballot for seven trustees" At
the same time Geo. E. De Cola pre-
sented the following: "The delegates
from each district shall by a majority
vote of their number, submit their
choice as grand trustee from such dis
trict, and the grand parlor shalt ratify
or reject such selection"
ton 3, article 3, that mo business shall
than that for which it may have been
called, except by unanimous consent"
Committee recommend it's recommends
ton adopted.
Amendment of w. F. Chapman to
section 2, article 2, introducing the
words ''each subordinate parlor may
fix the minimum limit of age beyond 1S
years, but not to exceed 2l." Recon-.
utuuaClOu auOpIcu.
Amendment of James B. Barber to
section 1, article z. Section to read,
''The initiation fees and dues shall be
fixed in the bylaws, and payable in ad-
vance, provided that the initiation fee
shall not be less than IS nor more than
$25." Committee recommends it's re:
lection. Report apopted.
Amendment of II. Lunstedt to section
5, article s, new section, "a suspended
may withdraw or resign upon
the favorable report of the investigat-
ing committee, by paying all demands
against him to the date of suspension"
Report adopted. Respectfully SUBJ
mitted, CHAs. L. TILDEN,
JAS. A. HALL,
E. E. KATE,
I. G. Hooking,
w. 0. RUSSELL,
Committee on Laws and Supervision.
Stephen NJ. White announced that
The time of the banquet had been
changed from Friday night to Thurs
day night.
w. j. MCGEE moved that the kind
invitation of the Los Angeles parlors be
j. D. Sproul amended by
including the thanks of the grand par
lor to the natives and citizens of Los An
geles. Carried.
Upon motion of Past Grand President
Dorm the question of the moving of par
lors was referred to the committee upon
state of the order, with instructions to
investigate and report back to the grand
parlor.
: The following report of Geo. D. CLARK
Of the committee on state of the order
was received and placed on file and the
adopted.
TO the Officers and Members of the Grand
Parlor:
Your committee on state of the order,
10 whom was referred the reports of the
various grand officers and committees,
ior distribution, have examined said re-
ports and beg leave to'make this prelim-
nary report:
We distribute the reports as follows:
Grand presidents report, pages Z to 16
inclusive, referred to committee on ap-
oeals and grievances. Grand secre-
,ary's reports, pages II TO 20 inclusive,
referred to committee on state of the
,rder; pages 21 to 62, referred to COM
mittee on finance; pages 63 to SO, re-
erred to committee on returns; pages
80 to II, referred to committee on
finance; page ", referred to finance
pages 72 to "a, referred to
committee on state of the order; pages
"a to S8, referred to finance committee.
That part of the grand secretary's re-
port relating to members of the visiting
board not doing their duty, and recon-
mending legislation on the subject, re-
Ierred to the committee on legislation.
That part of the grand orators report