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Bro. Wilcox offered the following: 



Whereas, Bro. S. J. Frew will be in attendance at the 

 meeting of the Nebraska State Grange, on December 19, 

 1876. 



Resolved, That this Grange authorize him to bear our 

 fraternal greetings to our fellow patrons of that State. 



Resolution adopted. 



Bro. Smith offered the following: 



Whereas, justice and right are yet perverted in the 

 practice of the courts of lav, 7 in this State, by the separa- 

 tion of statute law from equity. Therefore, 



Resolved, That the State Grange urge the Legislature to 

 prompt and earnest action in so constructing the law of 

 our courts, that they shall be courts in equity and law. 



Referred to Committee on Resolutions. 



Regular order resumed. 



Committee on Appeals and Grievances reported as 

 follows : 

 In the case of Union Grange No. 1559 vs. Bro. C. A. 



Saltzman, your Committee report, that there is no evidence 

 before the Committee that a quorum was present at the 

 meeting which expelled him, or that a majority of the 

 members w r ere in favor of his expulsion. Your Commit- 

 tee recommend, that the matter be referred back to Union 

 Grange No. 1559, and that they grant Bro. C. A. Saltzman 

 a new trial. Adopted. 



Committee on Good of the Order reported, asking to have 

 a resolution on school books, in their hands, referred to 

 Committee on Education. So referred. 



Also the following: 



Your Committee on Good of the Order, to whom was 

 referred the resolution in regard to Hog cholera, recom- 

 mend, that a certified copy of the following be sent to the 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives at Springfield, 

 as soon as the first day of the coming session : ^\ 



RESOLUTION \\ 



To the House of Representatives and the Senate of the State of 



Illinois : 



The State Grange of the State of Illinois, convened at 

 Decatur, do most respectfully and earnestly request your 



