Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

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DOCUMENT NO. 19.
To the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois, I. 0. O. F.:
Gentlemen: In the Journal of the Grand Lodge of Illinois for
the year of 1912, on page 332, Document No. 25, it was resolved that
a special building committee be appointed for the purpose of locating
and establishing suitable and permanent quarters for the Grand Secretary's
office, and on page 408 of said Journal, upon motion of John
J. Crowder, action upon this resolution was postponed for one year,
so that offers might be received from any and all cities within said
jurisdiction, which said motion carried. Therefore, the Odd Fellows'
Building Association of Decatur, Macon County, 111., having been
duly incorporated by the Local Lodges No. 65 and No. 186, of the said
City of Decatur, 111., will, within the next year from this date, erect
a fire-proof building in said city devoted to the purposes and uses of
Odd Fellowship. The said Odd Fellows' Building Association therefore
present to the said Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois the two following
propositions, thereby binding the said Building Association
and the two local lodges above mentioned to the full and faithful performance
of either one of the two agreements which may be acccepted
by this Grand Lodge:
First. The said Building Association hereby agrees to erect said
building above mentioned in which shall be provided ample, suitable
and strictly fire-proof quarters for the use of the said Grand Secre-
tary's office, and further agree to furnish the use of said quarters to
the said Secretary free of all rental charges for a period of twenty
years after date of occupancy.
Second. Should the said Grand Lodge prefer, the said Odd Fellows'
Building Association will build and equip said building and
apartments as above described for the use of the said Secretary's office
as above described and furnish the use of the same to the said Secretary
for a period of twenty-five years after date of occupancy, upon
the condition that the said Grand Lodge shall pay to the said Odd
Fellows' Building Association the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)
Dollars when possession of said quarters are taken by the Secretary.
It is further agreed by the said Odd Fellows' Building Associa-
tion that in event the said Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois should
decide to accept either one of the above propositions, then at the
expiration of the period thus selected, a committee shall be appointed
consisting of three members, one selected by the said Odd Fellows'
Building Association, one by the Grand Lodge of the State of Illinois,
and the two thus selected shall select the third. Said committee shall
then proceed to determine a fair and equitable rental to be paid each