Old Records Of The Lodge Of Peebles.

OLD RECORDS OF THE LODGE OF PEEBLES .

COMPILED BY BRO . ROBERT SANDERSON , P . G . SEC . PEEBLES AND SELKIRK ( S . G . ) ( Continued from page 43 . ) Peebles , 11 th January , 1799 . The ivhich day the treasurer produced to the lod his accompts for the

ge year ending St . John ' s Day last , And it from them appears that the money received b y him , including the Balence at last settling , amounts to Twentyei ght pounds nineteen shillings and tenpence halfpenny , and what he has expended conform to particular state and vouchers produced , to seventeen pounds sixteen shillings and threepence and the Balence thence arising and

, due ^ by the Treasurer to the Lodge amounts to Eleven pounds three shillings and sevenpence half penny sterling , which is attested b y ROBERT SCOTT , Mr . THOS . GRIEVE , Treasurer . *

Peebles , 23 rd August , 1799 . The which day the Lodge being conveened in consequence of a letter from the Grand Lod ge of Scotland inclosing a Copy of their Resolutions regarding an Act of Parliament passed in the last session of Parliament , Cap . 79 . entitled " An Act for the more effectual Suppression of Societies Established for Seditious and Treasonable Purposes , " ivhich Resolutions and Letter , after been read and dul

having y considered b y the Brethren present , they unanimousl y approved of the same , and appointed said Resolutions , with the accompanying Letter , to be ingrossed in their Seclurent Book . The Lodge also appoint their Ri ght Worshipful Master Scott and Secretary Bartram to go before a Justice of the Peace and Depone in terras of the said Act of Parliament ; and they also appoint their Secretary to ive in full list

g a of all the ordinary attending members to the Shereff Clerk of the County , in order that the same may be recorded in terms of the said Act ; and also appoint a List of the Arrears due to the Grand Lodge to be made out , and the same to be settled as soon as possible , and thereafter to apply for and obtain from the Grand Lod ge a Certificate that this Lod ge has complied with the ivhole requisites of the Act of ParliamentIt also moved and

. was unanimousl y agreed to that the thanks of this Lodge are justly due to the Grand Lod ge of Scotland for their uniform care and attention to the Interest of Masonry , not only on the above , but on ei-ery occasion where the welfare of the Craft is concerned .

[ The next extract presents a somewhat ludicrous contrast to the foregoing . —R . S . ] Brother Johnstone , the Tenant of the Lodge , Represented that the entry ( passage ) to his stables is ancl has been much impeded and obstructed by John Dicks laying Dung and other Nuisance in the closs ( passage ) , that several of his best Customers have threatened to leave him on account thereof . The Lodge , therefore , feeling it their dut y to protect their tenant in the full right and enjoyment of his property , appoint Brothers Robert Scott , Andrew