Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

3^6 JOURNAL OF' PROCEEDINGS (.
1 Nov. 18. 1013.
UNFINISHED MATTERS.
Goethe Lodge No. 329, situated in the city of Chicago, where there
are more than fifty Subordinate Lodges, had been reported to me as
taking in members for less than the constitutional fee. I appointed
Brother F. W. Chas. Eberhard to investigate this matter and I find
from the investigation made, that by some reason unexplainable, the
Constitution and By-Laws of Goethe Lodge No. 329 were approved by
the Judiciary and Appeals Committee, permitting this Lodge to charge
for each degree the sum of $3.00. See Section 2, Article II, page 2 of
the By-Laws of said Lodge.
The Constitution and By-Laws submitted to the Judiciary and
Appeals Committee, page 2 of the By-Laws, Section 2 of Article III,
provides the fee for each degree shall be $3.00, making no reference
whatever to Section 3, Article X, of the Constitution, which provides
that in cities where there are more than fifty Lodges the fee for each
degree shall not be less than $5.00
Goethe Lodge No. 329 has not charged $5.00 for each degree as the
Constitution provides.
Since the compilation of my original report, I have received a copy
of the Constitution and By-Laws of Goethe Lodge No. 329 in which
is pasted a correction dated Nov. 1, 1913, Sec. 2, Art. II, of the By-Laws,
raising the fee to comply with the Constitution.
Goethe Lodge No. 329 requests to be relieved from any violation
of the law on account of this descrepancy in their Constitution and
By-Laws and I submit the matter to this Grand Lodge for consideration.
There are two matters pending that are not in condition to be
reported to this Grand Lodge. The documents connected therewith
I will deliver to my successor in office, as they simply involve a decision
of his, namely:
The matter of Robert Blum Lodge No. 58, and Mrs. Schaefer.
This case involves the matter of funeral benefits where the brother
died in the Old Folks' Home.
In the other case, complaint has been made to me as Grand Master,
that several brothers, members of Edgewood Lodge No. 959 are guilty
of conduct unbecoming Odd Fellows. I referred the matter to W. W.
Yeek, Director of Work, at Flora, Illinois, as my Special Deputy; and
have received only a partial report from him in regard thereto. These
documents I will also deliver to my successor in office.
REINSTATEMENT.
Since the compilation of my original report, Brother W. B. Jones,
a' former expelled brother, has been reinstated in Odin Lodge No. 866,
I. O. O. F., Odin, Illinois.
JOHN E. JENNINGS.
Grand Master.