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The Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Freemasons And Their Widows.
tho Asylum , that there is now in the bunds of llie Hankers , towards com pleliny the . building , the sum of £ 085 I Us . I Hi / ., and there will shortly be received , IVoni the Kxceutors of the late Brother Colville Brown , . 1 legacy of £ 500 , to be applied for a similar purpose . Tbe Committee have much pleasure in announcing that upon the recommendation of the M . AV . Grand Master , the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Lodge has most liberally granted the sum of £ 500 to be invested as a portion of tho
separate fund for tile repairs and snstenation ofthe building . For the effectual regulation and preservation of order in the establishment , it became indispensable to appoint a AA arden and Gate-keeper from amongst the resident Annuitants , and in consideration of their services to grant them a small pecuniary remuneration in addition to their annuities . That , upon the recommendation of tbe House Committee , the question was brought before the Committee of Managementof employing a man for the
, purpose of pumping up the water for domestic use , and also to mow the grass , and keep the walks of the ground in clean and proper condition , aL a weekly payment of five shillings—and which payment was proposed to bo made out of tbe fund for paying annuities . Upon this point much difference of opinion existed , it being felt by many that such payment , if made , ought to be taken from the Asylum fund ; but , after much discussion , a Resolution passed , by a small majority , for the payment being taken out
of the Annuity Fund ; and the Chairman being requested to sign a cheque for tbe amount , stated : " That he believed it to be illegal , but that he would sign the cheque upon an understanding that the question should be brought before the General Meeting . "
A Resolution having been passed by tbe Committee of the Asylum , prior to the amalgamation , that any lady who should , upon the consecration of tbe building , present a silver purse to the amount of five guineas , should be entitled to a number of votes equal to a subscriber of 101 . And tho Committee beg now to recommend to the General Meeting to confirm such Resolution , by declaring that those ladies who made such presents shall in future be entitled to four A-otes each , in consideration thereof . It is the duty of the Committee to statethat only five applications bai-e
, been made by qualified candidates for participating in tbe benefits of the Freemasons' AVidoivs' Fund ; and , as the amount disposable , for the payment of annuities , under that head , is more than sufficient to grant to each the sum in accordance with the 3 rd rule , the Committee therefore suggest , and do recommend , the General Meeting to declare the five approved candidates , viz . —Mary , ividow of George P . Motton , of No . 184 , Sbeerness ; Elizabeth , Avid . OAY of Anthony Peverany , of No . 172 , Deptford ; Elizabeth ,
widow of James Humphreys , of No . 272 , Ipswich ; Lydia , widow of" Austin AA oods , of No . 234 , London ; Elizabeth , ividow of William AA'hiting , of No . 071 , Monmouth ; elected without ballot . The AA . Brother Thomas L . Henley , P . M ., of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No . 0 S 0 , at Croydon , having kindly offered his professional services , gratuitously , to attend the inmates of the Asylum , the Committee beg to recommend that his liberal offer be accepted , and that he be now
appointed Honorary Surgeon to the Institution . ( Signed ) ROWLAND GABDINEE ALSTON , Chairman . Grand Secretary ' s Office , Freemasons' Hall , London , May 14 th , 1 U 51 . After the reading of this Report , it Avas moved and seconded ;—"That the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons
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The Royal Benevolent Institution For Aged Freemasons And Their Widows.
tho Asylum , that there is now in the bunds of llie Hankers , towards com pleliny the . building , the sum of £ 085 I Us . I Hi / ., and there will shortly be received , IVoni the Kxceutors of the late Brother Colville Brown , . 1 legacy of £ 500 , to be applied for a similar purpose . Tbe Committee have much pleasure in announcing that upon the recommendation of the M . AV . Grand Master , the Right Hon . the Earl of Zetland , the Grand Lodge has most liberally granted the sum of £ 500 to be invested as a portion of tho
separate fund for tile repairs and snstenation ofthe building . For the effectual regulation and preservation of order in the establishment , it became indispensable to appoint a AA arden and Gate-keeper from amongst the resident Annuitants , and in consideration of their services to grant them a small pecuniary remuneration in addition to their annuities . That , upon the recommendation of tbe House Committee , the question was brought before the Committee of Managementof employing a man for the
, purpose of pumping up the water for domestic use , and also to mow the grass , and keep the walks of the ground in clean and proper condition , aL a weekly payment of five shillings—and which payment was proposed to bo made out of tbe fund for paying annuities . Upon this point much difference of opinion existed , it being felt by many that such payment , if made , ought to be taken from the Asylum fund ; but , after much discussion , a Resolution passed , by a small majority , for the payment being taken out
of the Annuity Fund ; and the Chairman being requested to sign a cheque for tbe amount , stated : " That he believed it to be illegal , but that he would sign the cheque upon an understanding that the question should be brought before the General Meeting . "
A Resolution having been passed by tbe Committee of the Asylum , prior to the amalgamation , that any lady who should , upon the consecration of tbe building , present a silver purse to the amount of five guineas , should be entitled to a number of votes equal to a subscriber of 101 . And tho Committee beg now to recommend to the General Meeting to confirm such Resolution , by declaring that those ladies who made such presents shall in future be entitled to four A-otes each , in consideration thereof . It is the duty of the Committee to statethat only five applications bai-e
, been made by qualified candidates for participating in tbe benefits of the Freemasons' AVidoivs' Fund ; and , as the amount disposable , for the payment of annuities , under that head , is more than sufficient to grant to each the sum in accordance with the 3 rd rule , the Committee therefore suggest , and do recommend , the General Meeting to declare the five approved candidates , viz . —Mary , ividow of George P . Motton , of No . 184 , Sbeerness ; Elizabeth , Avid . OAY of Anthony Peverany , of No . 172 , Deptford ; Elizabeth ,
widow of James Humphreys , of No . 272 , Ipswich ; Lydia , widow of" Austin AA oods , of No . 234 , London ; Elizabeth , ividow of William AA'hiting , of No . 071 , Monmouth ; elected without ballot . The AA . Brother Thomas L . Henley , P . M ., of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord , No . 0 S 0 , at Croydon , having kindly offered his professional services , gratuitously , to attend the inmates of the Asylum , the Committee beg to recommend that his liberal offer be accepted , and that he be now
appointed Honorary Surgeon to the Institution . ( Signed ) ROWLAND GABDINEE ALSTON , Chairman . Grand Secretary ' s Office , Freemasons' Hall , London , May 14 th , 1 U 51 . After the reading of this Report , it Avas moved and seconded ;—"That the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons