Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-11-30

Hi"iio LouSe De, ana the same /
' hereby, assessed upon each membe
OF its Jurisdiction and each membe
, OF Subordinate Lodges under the i'm
mediate jurisdiction of the Suprem
Lodge, the sum of twenty-five cent
per year for period of four years
payable on the first day of Januar,
OF each year, the same to be TO,
the benefit of the Pythian Tempt,
Sanitarium Department"
Out of the collection Of that fund
the Pythian Temple Sanitarium anc
Bath House was remodeled and com
p!!eted with an issue of Pythian Tenn
pie Bonds in the sum of One Hun.
dred Thousand Dollars.
The next assessment of twenty.
We cents per capita was made with.
out time limit at the Session held al
New York, New York, in 1923, page
335 of the Official Proceedings. and
reads as follows:
"Be it enacted by the Knights of
Pythias of North America, South
America, Europe, Asia, Africa and
Australia, Supreme Lodge thereof,
IN regular convention assembled
That each Grand Lodge be, and it is
hereby, assessed upon each member
of its Jurisdiction and each member
of Subordinate Lodges under the
immediate Jurisdiction of the Su-
preme Lodge, the sum of twenty
five cents a year, payable on the first
day of January of each year, the
LAME to be for the benefit of the
Pythian Temple Sanitarium Depart
ment."
A site for the National Pythian
Temple in Chicago, Illinois, was pur-
chased By the late Supreme Chancel-
lor S. W. Starks in 1906, and the
Pythian Temple Commission met at
Hot Springs, Arkansas, in March,
1908, under the call of the late Su-
Jreme Chancellor Starks, and voted
to purchase the Crystal Bath House,
which was then in operation, and
which afterwards was purchased and
converted into a Pythian Bath House
and Sanitarium, August, 1908, by
the present Supreme Chancellor af-
ter the death of Supreme Chancellor ,
Starks in April, 1908.
Answering your allegations cate
gorically, in Proclamation No. 8,
dated October 10, 1929-Proclama-.
ton No. 2, Series a." dated Sep
TENDER 10, 1929, by the Supreme
Cnancellor-"was not a tax of One
Dollar per member as you well
Know, because you sat in the con-
terence OF Grand Chancellors at In
Indiana, August, 1929; !
when the proposition was submitted
t, the Grand Chancellors to purchase
TIE unsold Pythian Temple Bonds,
and if the said bonds were pur-
chased, there would be no, tax levied
against the members to meet the
debt against the National Pythian
Temple at that time, because the tax
of twenty-five cents per member
would automatically go into effect in
1929 after suspension of the afore-
said tax by the vote of the Supreme
Lodge at Louisville, Kentucky, in
1925.
The Grand Chancellocs present re-
fused to purchase the unsold Pyth-
ian Temple Bonds amounting to
$217,700.00.
The report of the Supreme Chan
cellor to the Supreme Lodge Session
held at Indianapolis, Indiana, Au-
gust, 1929, among his recommended
tons are as follows:
"(2) / recommend that no spe- !,
cial taxes be Levied against Grand |
Lodges at this time, as the period {
for the collection Of the Annual Py-
THAN Temple Tax viii begin under :
the law, November l, 1929.
"(3) | recommend that Grand't
Lodges and Grand Courts be rel
quested to purchase the remaining
outstanding Pythian Temple and
Sanitarium Beads.
"(U | recommend that Grand
Lodges and Grand Courts pay four
years Pythian Temple Tax in adj
vance, provided they have the funds
on hand, and viii not be required
to tax their members to secure the
advanced tax"
As the Grand Lodges and5Sthe
Grand Courts refused to subscribe
for the balance of the unsold Pyth-
ian Temple Bonds, the Supreme
Lodge adopted the following enact
merit at It's Session held at Indian
apolS, lnGidnd, August, 1879.
"Whereas, an emergency exists in
the premises, therefore,
"Be it resolved, by the Knights Of
Pythias of North America, South
America, Europe, Asia, Africa and
Australia, the Supreme Lodge in
Biennial Convention assembled, that
each Grand Lodge be, and it is here
by, assessed upoa each member of
it's jurisdiction, and each member of
Subordinate Lodges under the i'm
mediate jurisdiction of the Supreme
Lodge, the sum of One Dollar, the
same to be for the benefit of the
Pythian Temple and Sanitarium De-
partment
"Provided, however, that where
any Grand Jurisdiction shall pay to
the Pythian Temple and Sanitarium
Commission an equal amount of such
tax for the purchase of Pythian
Temple Sanitarium Bonds within
ninety COY days, it shall be relieved
from such tax,
"That where any Jurisdiction is
unable to pay such assessment, in
the judgment Of the Supreme Chan
cellor, according to the tenor of this
enactment, he shall extend the time
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