Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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Receipts.
Balance on hand per last report $ 4,564.25
Grand Lodge appropriation 33,000.00
Interest on Endowment fund 1,352.75
Collections 2,734.73
Donations 1,482.31
Sale of farm products 1,075.71
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$ 44,209.75
Disbursements.
We find vouchers properly drawn on Grand Treasurer out of
maintenance fund amounting to $ 40,699.94
Balance in hands of Grand Treasurer $ 3,509.81
Building Account.
Building fund $ 6,578.69
Building tax fund 28,808.55
Amount disbursed on account building in 1912..$ 9,565.64
Balance on hand November 1, 1912 $ 25,821.60
Donation Rebekah Assembly 1,984.84
Collection to May 1, 1913, account Building tax. 443.95
$ 35,387.24
$ 28,250.39
Disbursements.
We find vouchers properly drawn on Grand Treasurer out of
Building fund amounting to $ 30,957.89
Thus showing an overdraft on Building account of $ 2,707.50
On the day of our visit there were 175 children in the Home;
93 boys and 82 girls. 115 of these are half orphans and 60 full orphans.
From the above figures, every member of our Order can plainly see
to what size our Home has already grown. During the past year
$40,699.94 was expended in its support. The new building is now ready
to be occupied, and already the applications of 50 more children for
admission have been approved. All of them are half orphans. This
will swell the number of children under our care to 225; 165 of which
will be half orphans. This is in accordance with the expressed desire
of the Grand Lodge and portrays the warm heart of every true Odd
Fellow.
The coming year we will have under our care 225 children. The
past record of our Home proves that if only full orphans were admit-
ted, we would reach our linit at some number less than 100 children,