Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-09
FoREsTERs IN SESSION.
Reports From Various Committees
 Were Presented To-day,


 Were Presented To-day.
 Bridgeport, May 9.-The delegates to the FpIesters' convention met this morning at the assembly hall in Smiths theater and listened to reports of the committees on the site of the order, credentials and mileage and per diem committees. The remaining time before adjournment for dinner at half past twelve was occupied in business of a secret nature. The election of of ficers will take place late this after noon.
 Chief Ranger Delaney's report read at yesterdays session showed that the r. of A. has made rapid strides the past year. He said that i'll the last two years the number of courts has increased from 123 with 13,6S4 mem bers to 136 courts with f6.349 mem bers. Seven new courts were located in places where the order had not been previously represented. The courts in stituted were: Samuel Simpson,, at Wallingford; Liberty, at Voluntown; Oak Grove, at Danielson; Freedom, at Terryville: General Lawton, at Plain vile, Wauremaug. at New Milford; Mattabessett. at Berlin; Oregon, at Waterbury: Richard Wagner, at Wa terbury; Sadi Carnot, at Torringten; Massacoe, at Simsbury; Keney, at Hartford; Progress, at New Britain; Jacques Cartier, at Putnam and Sum ter, at Thompsonville. Court Andrew Jackson has been suspended and Court Bayview amalgamated with Court To- toket. Of the general fund the grand chief said that it had passed the the oretical stage and had proven itself founded on safe business principles. The endowment fund he said had be- come a burden to older members who had expected it to prove support and it has now become the duty of the younger members to redeem the prom ises of the order and assist the fund to fulfill it's promises. He made the following recommendations
 1. That the incoming executive council be authorized and empowered amended so that it will read as hay than the A. O. F. of A. 2. That this convention either en- act a bylaw governing the intercourse between our courts as courts, so that court can care for a visiting brother who is in need, and obtain remunera- ton from the court of which he is q member-or else draft and indorse the general laws, covering the same point to be presented to tile supreme conyen- tion.
 8. That no executive council be per mitted to grant charter to any new court which shall charge less than 75 cents per month dues.
 4. That this convention devote 20 minutes to the consideration of ways and means whereby the number of preclusions in our order may be re- duced.
 ,. That the grand chef ranger De allowed a salary of $10O for his term in addition to his mileage and per diem
 6. That this convention draft and indorse an amendment providing a penalty for the willful violation of said Section 2.
 '. That one-half. hour be devoted to the consideration of matters pertain ing to the endowment fund.
 The report of Grand Secretary w c. Kleinecke showed that for the first time in the history of the grand court there was a handsome balance i'll the treasury The total receipts of the grand court have been $30,072.60; ex- penses. $27, 7,4S6.S1; balance on hand, $4,75S.T9, divided among the funds as follows: Management, $1,929.40; fun eral fund, $2,196.15; endowment fund, $1536; sick fund, $617.SS.
 Grand Treasurer David Dickinson then read his report, an abstract of which is as follows: Balance on hand on May 1, 1899, .S2,173,, which with amounts since received make a total of $32. 2.245.60s paid out on 511 orders, $2T, ,4S6.S1; balance on hand in the Home bank at Meriden, 4,75S.79; di- vided as follows: $1, ,929.4O in manage. ment fund; $2.196.15 in funeral fund; S617.S8 in sick fund and $15.36 in en- dowment fund.