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The Masonic Charities.
"That each member shall pay to the said fund os . per annum . " That upon members taking office , the following fines shall be subscribed to the same fund—One shilling Inner Guard ; two shillings Junior Deacon ; four shillings Senior Deacon , six shillings Junior Warden ; eight shillings Senior Warden ; ten shillings Worshipful Master ; or such other sums as each Lodge miht think most convenientbut out of this sum each Lod
g ; ge shall subscribe to the public Masonic charities such a sum as shall entitle them to vote at all elections . " This scheme , however , wo look upon as requiring considerable modification ; thus , instead of charging the initiates with any sum for the charity fund it should be taken out of the initiation fee , and the
subscription to the Lodge should be made to include that to the fund , thus , as far as possible , avoiding confusion in accounts and too numerous demands on the members . The fees of honour on taking office , we hig hly approve of , but their amount must be left to the decision of tho different Lodges , for where 10 s . would in one case be found a somewhat onerous payment , £ 10 would in another , be regarded as the lightest of bagatelles ,
Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
. IT may be useful during the present discussion to give some information on buildings devoted to Craft purposes ; we have accordingly compiled the following list , which though imperfect , shows the desire of members of the Craft to adhere to their own names and institutions . The following are called Freemasons' Halls : — Freemasons' Hall , Groat Queen-street , London ; built 1775 . This
is by no means one of the oldest halls . Freemasons' Hall , Barnstaple . No . 312 meets hero . Freemasons' Hall , Corpus Chrisfci-placc , Boston . No . 339 meets here . Freemasons' Hall , Bristol . Nos . 81 , 120 , 221 , 408 , 886 , 980 , and several Boyal Arch Chapters meet here . We believe it is an old hall . Freemasons' Hall , Salem-street , Bradford , York . No . 874 meets here .
Freemasons' Hall , of the Londcsborougli Lodge , No . 1 , 036 ; built in 1858 ( see Freemasons' Magazine ) . This is a Craft building . Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta . Several Lodges meet here . This is a Craft building . Freemasons' Hall , Brixhaut . No . 309 meets here . Freemasons' HallChurch-streetCardiff . No . 43 meets here .
, , Freemasons' Hall , Dublin . Freemasons' Hall , Cheltenham . Nos . 97 and 307 meet here . freemasons' Hall , Dorchester . No . 605 meets here , " " . " 12 ¦ ¦
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The Masonic Charities.
"That each member shall pay to the said fund os . per annum . " That upon members taking office , the following fines shall be subscribed to the same fund—One shilling Inner Guard ; two shillings Junior Deacon ; four shillings Senior Deacon , six shillings Junior Warden ; eight shillings Senior Warden ; ten shillings Worshipful Master ; or such other sums as each Lodge miht think most convenientbut out of this sum each Lod
g ; ge shall subscribe to the public Masonic charities such a sum as shall entitle them to vote at all elections . " This scheme , however , wo look upon as requiring considerable modification ; thus , instead of charging the initiates with any sum for the charity fund it should be taken out of the initiation fee , and the
subscription to the Lodge should be made to include that to the fund , thus , as far as possible , avoiding confusion in accounts and too numerous demands on the members . The fees of honour on taking office , we hig hly approve of , but their amount must be left to the decision of tho different Lodges , for where 10 s . would in one case be found a somewhat onerous payment , £ 10 would in another , be regarded as the lightest of bagatelles ,
Our Architectural Chapter.
OUR ARCHITECTURAL CHAPTER .
. IT may be useful during the present discussion to give some information on buildings devoted to Craft purposes ; we have accordingly compiled the following list , which though imperfect , shows the desire of members of the Craft to adhere to their own names and institutions . The following are called Freemasons' Halls : — Freemasons' Hall , Groat Queen-street , London ; built 1775 . This
is by no means one of the oldest halls . Freemasons' Hall , Barnstaple . No . 312 meets hero . Freemasons' Hall , Corpus Chrisfci-placc , Boston . No . 339 meets here . Freemasons' Hall , Bristol . Nos . 81 , 120 , 221 , 408 , 886 , 980 , and several Boyal Arch Chapters meet here . We believe it is an old hall . Freemasons' Hall , Salem-street , Bradford , York . No . 874 meets here .
Freemasons' Hall , of the Londcsborougli Lodge , No . 1 , 036 ; built in 1858 ( see Freemasons' Magazine ) . This is a Craft building . Freemasons' Hall , Calcutta . Several Lodges meet here . This is a Craft building . Freemasons' Hall , Brixhaut . No . 309 meets here . Freemasons' HallChurch-streetCardiff . No . 43 meets here .
, , Freemasons' Hall , Dublin . Freemasons' Hall , Cheltenham . Nos . 97 and 307 meet here . freemasons' Hall , Dorchester . No . 605 meets here , " " . " 12 ¦ ¦