The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-09-12
CHANGES MADE
BY FORESTERS
What Was Done By
Supreme Court In
Atlantic City
New Ritual Was Adopted, To.
gether With A Permanent
Password = Changes To
Become Effective On
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The Supreme Court, Forester5 of
America, has issued to the subordi-
nate courts a circular briefly outlining
the work of their thirteenth biennial
session which was held in Atlantic
City, N. J., and which closed on Au-
gust %. Many changes become effec-
tive on December 1 of this year and
are, briefly, as follows:
A. new ritual was adopted, the secret
work, as well the pass and test
words, was abolished and a permanent
password was agreed upon, while
United. States citizenship was added
to the qualifica tions for membership.
The office of supreme and grand court
lecturer was created, the number of
trustees was increased to five and the
supreme chief ranger was given the
power to forfeit the property of Il
subordinate body for failure to live up
to the laws of the order
The executive council, the supreme
chief ranger and the grand chief
ranger, were given power to suspend
a, member, or a court, pending trial.
The chairman of the board of trustees
was made a member of the supreme
executive committee. The matter of
bonding the supreme trustees was left
to the discretion of the supreme ex-
ecutive committee and committee on
resolutions was added to the list of
convention committees. The mileage
10 ne pa1Q at conventions was I-AeQ dI
no more. than cents a mile, in each
direction and the law as to honorary
members was changed SO as to require
them to take the obligation. It was
provided, also, that a member cannot
get benefits if, while on the funds, he
becomes intoxicated, or is guilty of
immoral conduct. The death benefit
was limited to 5000 and to SIS for a
members wife
The due receipt was made official
and, after December 1, will take the
place of the travelling card. The laws
were changed so as to preserve the
members of defunct courts and those
rolf dissolved courts or defunct courts,
who were innocent of any wrong; pro-
vision was also made for the manage
ment of forfeited funds and to admin
lister trusts.
The minimum number to establish
a, Junior. court was fixed at twenty. 1t
to use the official receipt, the travel
ing card having been abolished A new
app1ica ton blank for mem bership was
adopted The supreme executive COM
nittee was directed TO prepare and
publish a history of the order, book
of instructions to deputies and q, sys-
tenn of audit. All applications for
membership papers must, after the
candidate is initiated, be sent to the
grand or supreme secretary, as the
case may be. All courts are required
to procure a visitors book from the
supreme court. An application blank
for reinSta tement has been adopted.
All supplies furnished by the su
preme court must be obtained from
that source and goods will be sent f.
0. b. point of shipment and the price
reduced as an offset The supreme
and grand chief rangers were given
power to suspend an officer. pending
trial, and the supreme and grand
court officers may hold office in sub
ordinate courts. The amalgamation
of courts may be effected by a ma
jority vote. Grand court auditors may
be either elected, or appointed, and
il was voted to abolish the issuance
of endowment assessor ents. The next
convention will be held in San Fran
cisco in 1915; organization plan