STATE GRAT^GE OF ILLINOIS. 53 



Your committee appointed for the purpose of investigating 

 the Game and Fish Law, now in force in this State, beg leave to 

 submit the following resolution: 



Resolved^ That we respectfully request the senators and members of the 

 Legislature not to make any change or alteration in the game or fish law 

 now in force. 



Signed by 



John" Prickett, ) 



W. VooRHEES, y Committee. 



J. W. WiNSOR, J 



The motion of Bro. Courtney, of Vermilion, was carried, that 

 the proceedings of this meeting be printed in pamphlet form, 

 and a copy furnished each Grange. 



The following resolution, introduced by C. A. Starr, was 



adopted : 



Resolved, That the report of the Committee on Life Insurance be taken 

 from the table and referred to a special committee to be continued through 

 the year, with instructions to give the subject a thorough investigation, 

 and mature a plan to present to the next annual meeting of this Grange. 



Master appointed as said committee, C. A. Starr, J. W. 

 Winsor, J. M. Chambers. 



Bro. Henry Mundy, of Wabash, Chairman Committee on 

 Appeals and Grievances, made the following report, which was 

 received and adopted: 



To the State Grange of P. of H. of Illinois: 



Your Committee on Appeals and Grievances take great pleas- 

 ure in reporting the harmonious state of affairs generally 

 throughout the State, and that the Committee has not been 

 called upon to take action in only two cases. 



We recommend that Bro. Martin, of Grange No. 442, be 

 allowed mileage and per diem for attending the meeting of the 

 State Grange, held in Bloomington, in 1873. 



It appears that Bro. Martin was not admitted to the meeting 

 of the State Grange, and not allowed mileage and per diem, on 

 the ground that the dues of his Grange were not paid. 



The correspondence of Secretary Fanning, herewith enclosed, 

 make it clear to your Committee that the Grange dues had been 

 forwarded and by an oversight the same were not credited on 

 the books of the Secretary, 



The papers in the case of Thomas Megill, of Rankin, who 

 makes appeal from the action of Grange No. 978, are informal, 

 not signed by the officers of the Grange, nor impressed with 

 seal. The necessity of having proper official papers represent- 



