The Washington times., 1902-01-12
new GRAND LAWS.

airline W. Johnston. grand secretary to
the Grand Lodge ard Grand Chapter. has
issued circular letters to the members of
the symbolic and capit,ilar grand bodies,
giving the proceedings of their recent
sessions This shows that the Grand
Lodge adopted an amendment to the con-
stituticn providing that each past grand
master should have an individual vote in
the Grand Lodge and other past grand
officers, and as such members of the
Grand Lodge, collectively, of each grade,
one vote" The Grand Lodge also pro-
vded that every representative to the
Grand Lodge should have an individual
vote. Other amendments were adopted
IS follows:
To Section ., Article ix:-Strike out
the words five hundred dollars per year.
payable quarterly" in lines and 8, and
insert the words twelve hundred dollars
per year, payable monthly" so that the
clause shall read: The r. w. Grand
Secretary shall receive from the Grand
Lodge for his services the sum of twelve
hundred dollars per year, payable
monthly
To Section .. Article xx:-Strike out
the words In such cases the fee may be
refunded at the discretion of the Lodge"
in lines II and u, and insert in lieu
thereof In such cases the fee shall be
refunded by the Lodge
To Section IS, Article xx:-Insert be-
tween the words December and and"
in line the words, unless said COM
munication falls on the date of the An
nual Communication of the Grand Lodge,
in which case the election Of officers shall
be held on the second communication in
the same month, so that the section
shall read. "All elections of officers shall
be held on the first stated communica-
tion in December. unless said communica-
tion fall on the date of the Annual Com
munication of the Grand Lodge. in which
case the election of officers shall be held
on the second communication in the same
month, and the officers thus elected shall
be installed etc.
The following are the new committees
of the grand lodge:
Standing: By-laws-James S. Raeburn.
Stuart NJ. Leitzeli, Andrew X. Lind
Grievances-Harry Standiford. Charles C.
Coombs Joseph N. Eggleston. Corre- |
spondence-George W. Baird, W A De
Caindry, Edwin B. Hesse. Library-Noble |
d. Larner, Herman H Gerdes Orlando |
ID. Sunny. Accounts-E. st. Clair Thomp- |
son, William T. Galliher Frank H. |
Thomas. Jurisprudence-L. Cabell Will |
hanson, Matthew Trimble, William G. |
Henderson. Work and Lectures-William |
J. Naylor. Thomas NJ f. Bowling, Charles |
E. Baldwin.
Special: Revision of Constitution
William G. Henderson George w Baird /
Alex. Mckenzie. Samuel r. Bond William |
Barnum, J. Holdsworth Gordon, Alex |
Grant. On Card Registration of Member |
ship Certificates-George E. Corson. Will |
lam A. Craig, OrviIle Drown. On Jewels
for Grand otficers-John H. Small. jr.,
Charles C. Coombs. James T. Gibbs.
the Grand ChaDte:, r. 4. NJ, adopted !
the following resolutions:
Whereas the constitution of the Grand
Chapter has been amended so that The
annual election of the officers OF the
Grand Chapter shall hereafter .aSe place
On the second Wednesday in February,
and the capitular year shall end on De-
ocn.ber 81;
.'Resolved. That the officers OF the
Grand Chapter to be elected for the en-
suing year shall continue in Office until
the second Wednesday in February, 1903.
Resolved, That the constituent chap
tiers be, and hereby are, authorized and
directed to make any amendments to their
bylaws which may be necessary to extend
the terms of their officers for the ensuing |
year in conformity to the aforesaid
to the grand constitution,
and TO otherwise conform in every respect
with such amendments
Resolved. That the legislation enacted
by the Grand Chapter in 1898, whereby
the secretaries of constituent chapters
are required to record the number OF
in attendance at each con-
vocation, be. and the same is, hereby re-
pealed.'
The following are the new standing
of the Grand Chapter: Exam
nation William X. Mendenhal, Howard
NJ. Gilman and James A Wetmore; griev-
ances, Thomas +. Gibbs, Alex. Mckenzie,
and Matthew Trimble; correspondence,
Aryine W. Johnston, Angus Lamond, and
Goodwin Y. AT Lee; accounts, Albert F.
Fox, AIva s. Taber, and William s. Parks;
work George E. Corson, Theo. G. De
MoIl, and George II. Walker; jurisprud-
ence Noble d. Larner, Frank L. Camp
bell, and Samuel X. Bond.