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numbered , indorsed , and registered . Any Lodge working under a warrant issued since 1849 by the body of Avhich J . Jenkinson is G . M ., shall surrender the same and a new Avarrant shall be granted Avithout charge . " Sec 4 . That all suits of law , of whatever nature and kind , arising cut of the aforesaid ' clifHcuities of 1849 / shall be Avithdrawn and discontinued , and the parties of record in said suits shall assent thereto .
" The expenses of both parties shall be paid from the fund known as the ' Permanent Fund / and the balance of the moneys of the said Permanent Fund , together Avith all interest accruing thereon , and all other moneys belonging to the Grand Lodge on the 5 th of June , 1849 , shall be paid into , and become , and are hereby constituted , a part of the fund known as the "Hall and Asylum fund / ' and the Trustees are hereby authorized to make the transfer . " The Hall and Asylum Fund , now held in trust for the Grand Lodge , . together with the moneys above named , shall remain intact , and be applied , Avith such additions and accumulations as may hereafter be made thereto , to the purposes for which said fund was created . "Sec . 5 . The Grand Lodge is composed of all the Grand Officers , and Past
Grand Officers , and of the Masters and Wardens , or the representatives , legally appointed , of all the Lodges under this jurisdiction ; and of all such Past Masters of Lodges under this jurisdiction as shall have been elected , installed , and served one year in the chair , as Masters , prior to Dec . 31 st A . D . 1849 . " Sec . 6 . The Constitution and general regulations as now in force in the Grand Lodge of which M . W . John L . Lewis , Jr ., is Grand Master , shall remain in force until amended in pursuance of its provisions . " Sec . 7 . The archives and properties of the parties hereto , shall be the property of the Grand Lodge , and he placed in the custody of the appropriate Grand Officers . " Sec . 8 . All allusions to } 3 ast differences should be avoided . " Sec . 9 . On the ratification of these provisions by the parties hereto , all their
several subordinates , on complying with the provisions of Sec . 3 , shall be considered of equally regular Masonic standing , and as such , are hereby declared united in Masonic fellowship , under one common jurisdiction , and entitled to all those rights and privileges pertaining to the Fraternity , as freely and fully as though no differences had heretofore occurred . " The Right Worshipful Finley M . King , S . G . Warden , then said : — " M . W . Grand Master , —I have the pleasure to announce to this Grand Lodge that the committee of conference have signed the articles agreed upon , and I have a duplicate copy to present to this Grand Lodge . The Grand Lodge of the other side have agreed to all the articles as proposed , and I have here the resolutions , signed by their officers , agreeing thereto . " The S . G . Warden then read the resolutions prefixed to the articles of union , after which the M . W . P . G . M . John D . Willard entered and said : —
" M . W . Grand Master ^ —Our Brothers from whom Ave have long been estranged , are now in attendance , and if it be the pleasure of this Grand Lodge , they will be now introduced . " Permission having been , given , the M . W . Brother Willard retired , and soon entered , supported by the M . W . P . G . M . Nathaniel F . Waring on the right , and on the left by the M . W . James Jenkinson , followed by 0 . C . DensloAA , S . G . W . W . A . Pelton , J . G . W . G . T . Rockwell , and several other officers and past officers . The M . W . P . G . M . John D . Willard then said : —
" M . W . Grand Master—I know of no act of niy life which has afforded me deeper and more heartfelt feelings of pleasure than that which I now perform in introducing to you and this Grand Lodge our M . W . Brother Nathaniel F . Waring , tlie M . W . Brother James Jenkinson , and our other M . W . and R . W . Brethren here present . The clouds which for a time obscured the lofty arch of our ' Masonic temple are now dispelled—our Masonic sky is again bright , and clear , and beautiful—and Ave have now a glorious promise for the future /' The Grand Master— " Brethren , I welcome you to our Grand Lodge . " The Brethren from the other body were then conducted to the east of the
Grand Lodge , and provided with seats near the Grand Master . The whole were hen received with grand honours . At this time the scene was most imposing ;
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numbered , indorsed , and registered . Any Lodge working under a warrant issued since 1849 by the body of Avhich J . Jenkinson is G . M ., shall surrender the same and a new Avarrant shall be granted Avithout charge . " Sec 4 . That all suits of law , of whatever nature and kind , arising cut of the aforesaid ' clifHcuities of 1849 / shall be Avithdrawn and discontinued , and the parties of record in said suits shall assent thereto .
" The expenses of both parties shall be paid from the fund known as the ' Permanent Fund / and the balance of the moneys of the said Permanent Fund , together Avith all interest accruing thereon , and all other moneys belonging to the Grand Lodge on the 5 th of June , 1849 , shall be paid into , and become , and are hereby constituted , a part of the fund known as the "Hall and Asylum fund / ' and the Trustees are hereby authorized to make the transfer . " The Hall and Asylum Fund , now held in trust for the Grand Lodge , . together with the moneys above named , shall remain intact , and be applied , Avith such additions and accumulations as may hereafter be made thereto , to the purposes for which said fund was created . "Sec . 5 . The Grand Lodge is composed of all the Grand Officers , and Past
Grand Officers , and of the Masters and Wardens , or the representatives , legally appointed , of all the Lodges under this jurisdiction ; and of all such Past Masters of Lodges under this jurisdiction as shall have been elected , installed , and served one year in the chair , as Masters , prior to Dec . 31 st A . D . 1849 . " Sec . 6 . The Constitution and general regulations as now in force in the Grand Lodge of which M . W . John L . Lewis , Jr ., is Grand Master , shall remain in force until amended in pursuance of its provisions . " Sec . 7 . The archives and properties of the parties hereto , shall be the property of the Grand Lodge , and he placed in the custody of the appropriate Grand Officers . " Sec . 8 . All allusions to } 3 ast differences should be avoided . " Sec . 9 . On the ratification of these provisions by the parties hereto , all their
several subordinates , on complying with the provisions of Sec . 3 , shall be considered of equally regular Masonic standing , and as such , are hereby declared united in Masonic fellowship , under one common jurisdiction , and entitled to all those rights and privileges pertaining to the Fraternity , as freely and fully as though no differences had heretofore occurred . " The Right Worshipful Finley M . King , S . G . Warden , then said : — " M . W . Grand Master , —I have the pleasure to announce to this Grand Lodge that the committee of conference have signed the articles agreed upon , and I have a duplicate copy to present to this Grand Lodge . The Grand Lodge of the other side have agreed to all the articles as proposed , and I have here the resolutions , signed by their officers , agreeing thereto . " The S . G . Warden then read the resolutions prefixed to the articles of union , after which the M . W . P . G . M . John D . Willard entered and said : —
" M . W . Grand Master ^ —Our Brothers from whom Ave have long been estranged , are now in attendance , and if it be the pleasure of this Grand Lodge , they will be now introduced . " Permission having been , given , the M . W . Brother Willard retired , and soon entered , supported by the M . W . P . G . M . Nathaniel F . Waring on the right , and on the left by the M . W . James Jenkinson , followed by 0 . C . DensloAA , S . G . W . W . A . Pelton , J . G . W . G . T . Rockwell , and several other officers and past officers . The M . W . P . G . M . John D . Willard then said : —
" M . W . Grand Master—I know of no act of niy life which has afforded me deeper and more heartfelt feelings of pleasure than that which I now perform in introducing to you and this Grand Lodge our M . W . Brother Nathaniel F . Waring , tlie M . W . Brother James Jenkinson , and our other M . W . and R . W . Brethren here present . The clouds which for a time obscured the lofty arch of our ' Masonic temple are now dispelled—our Masonic sky is again bright , and clear , and beautiful—and Ave have now a glorious promise for the future /' The Grand Master— " Brethren , I welcome you to our Grand Lodge . " The Brethren from the other body were then conducted to the east of the
Grand Lodge , and provided with seats near the Grand Master . The whole were hen received with grand honours . At this time the scene was most imposing ;