Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

Tufesday, 7 GRAND LODGE OF. ILLINOIS. I. O. O. F. 22^
Nov. 18. 191 3. i ' QQsJ
admission to a lodge at his place of residence in West Virginia by
withdrawal card in date.
Question.— Should he be admitted under the Transfer Law, or
should he be required to pay an admission fee?
Answer.—He should not be admitted under the Transfer Law, but
required to pay such fee as is provided by your local law. Busbee's
Digest, Sec. 448.
Dec. 25. Statement.—A brother is taken seriously ill and is removed
to the hospital lor an operation. He had a private room, and
the doctor ordered that a private nurse be procured, as it was a critical
case. The brother paid three dollars per day for his room, and in
addition to that had. to pay twenty-one dollars per week for the nurse,
also her board and laundry, for five consecutive weeks.
Question.—Shouldn't the Lodge pay what the by-laws provide for
watchers (which in this case is ten dollars and a half per week) towards
nurse hire?
Answer.—Yes.
Dec. 26. Statement.—On January 15 Eureka Lodge, No. 13, Deadwood,
South Dakota, in regular session voted to donate one hundred
dollars ($100.00) to the Deadwood Auditorium fund from the contingent
fund in the hands of the trustees. The trustees refused to pay
over the money on the ground that as an Odd Fellows' Lodge we have
no right to make any such donations, and an appeal was made by the
Lodge to the Grand Master, who ruled that said donation could be
made, as it would be a benefit to the property owned by the Lodge.
The trustees then gave notice that they would pay the money only
under protest ordered by a vote of the Lodge. The Lodge by vote
ordered the trustees to pay said donation of one hundred dollars under
their protest.
Question.—Where is the law permitting such donations by an
Odd Fellows' Lodge?
Answer.—There is no such law. The contingent fund can not be
used for donations or subscriptions for public uses. Journal 1912, page
749. Resolution 20, page 775, Report 40, adopted page 830.
Dec. 27. Question withdrawn and decision omitted from the
printed journal of proceedings. See Report 115, page 140, Daily Pro-
ceedings of 1913.
Dec. 28. Question.—Does the anti-smoking law prohibit smoking
in the ante-room or side rooms when the Lodge is in session?
Answer.—Our law prohibiting smoking in the Lodge room when in
session does not deprive brothers of the privilege of smoking in any
side room riot an ante room, or in the Lodge room when the Lodge is
not in session.