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by the Executive Committee, or Business Agents, should be held 

 and kept strictly confidential by each member of the Order, and 

 not be revealed to any outside party. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



W. P. Paeker, j 



W. F. Hardy, ^ Committee. 



J. W. Close, ) 



Bro. J. B. Longley, Chairman Committee on Mileage and Per 

 Diem, made the following report, which was received, and on 

 motion, adopted: 



To the Honorable Body of the State Grange of Illinois: 



Your Committee on Mileage and Per Diem respectfully beg 

 leave to report that they would recommend the allowance of the 

 sum of three dollars per diem to the members of this honorable 

 body not otherwise provided for, for each day in actual attend- 

 ance at the State Grange. 



The sum of five cents per mile each way, to be computed from 

 the residence of each delegate, on the nearest practicable route. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



J. B. LOKGLEY, ) 



John" San'd, y Committee. 



M. H. Mitchell, ) 



The following resolution, introduced b}" Bro. L. D. Edwards, 

 was received and adopted: 



Whereas, Our Steward, Assistant Steward and Gate Keeper have per- 

 formed a laborious task, and have been exposed to cold in performance of 

 their duties, therefore. 



Resolved, That it is the sense of the members of this Illinois State 

 Grange that we will pay them a bonus of ten dollars each out of the treas- 

 ury of said Grange. 



W. P. Parker^ Chairman Committee on the Establishment of 

 a Newspaper as a Medium of the State Grange, made the follow- 

 ing report, which was received and adopted: 



We, the undersigned Committee, to whom was referred the 

 matter of official organ for our Order, have had the same under 

 consideration, and beg leave to report that, in their opinion, it is 

 inexpedient and unwise to undertake such an enterprise at the 

 present time. 



W. P. Parker, and Committee. 



