of the new form of receipt. Definite information with reference to this matter will be sent out from this office at the proper time.

Legislative Assessments.

The convention, just closed, enacted a law which requires all members within the jurisdiction of a Legislative Board to pay Legislative Board Assessments, and every member will be required to pay these assessments, just as all members who are in engine service and in the jurisdiction of a Joint Protective Board, are required to pay Joint Protective Board Assessments.

This law goes into effect on September 1, 1910, and the chairmen and secretary-treasurers of Legislative Boards will determine the amount of each assessment, notify the General Secretary and Treasurer, who in turn will notify each lodge within the jurisdiction of said board, or who has members in the jurisdiction of said board, that such assessment has been levied, and the financial secretary will be required to collect the amount thereof from all members within the jurisdiction of said Legislative Board.

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All money thus collected shall be turned over to the treasurer of the lodge, and by him forwarded to the General Secretary and Treasurer, so as to reach the Grand Lodge office not later than the 20th day of the month. The provisions with reference to Legislative Board assessments are practically the same are those pertaining to Joint Protective Board assessments, and I desire to caution every member to be sure that he pays Legislative Board assessments when advised by the financial sceretary that same are due, as failure to pay a Legislative Board assessment will mean his expulsion just as does the nonpayment of any other assessment. The financial secretary must not accept a portion of a member's assessments at any time; but, on the other hand, must collect all that is due from each member for assessments for all funds.

Leach Monument Fund.

The recent convention adopted the recommendation of the Special Committee, which provides for the erection of a monument to Sister Sarah Leach, better known as "Mother Leach." The report of this committee provides that the General Secretary and Treasurer send out a

circular letter to all lodges of the Brotherhood and request a contribution of one dollar from each lodge for the purpose of erecting said monument.

A circular letter will be sent out from the Grand Lodge office, and all lodges are requested to forward the one dollar provided for by the action of the convention. so as to reach the General Secretary and Treasurer not later than the 20th day of September.

When this money has been collected. the General Secretary and Treasurer will arrange for the erection of a monument to the memory of Mother Leach.

Murphy Monument Fund.

Reference to the Murphy Monument Fund has from time to time appeared in the General Secretary and Treasurer's Department in the Magazine. Up to the time of the meeting of the Board of Directors during the month of February last, many lodges had failed to contribute their pro rata share, viz., $1.50. The matter was placed before the board, and by their instructions another letter was sent to these lodges which had failed to forward the amount to the General Secretary and Treasurer. It was also brought up in the convention just closed, and was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, which committee recommended that all delegates from lodges which had failed to remit the amount specified, take the matter up with their respective lodges upon their return home, and urge upon them to forward the amount. They also provided that the General Secretary and Treasurer should again call the attention of delinquent lodges to the fact that they had not as yet contributed to this fund. A letter will be forwarded to all lodges that have failed to contribute their pro rata share, and I desire to urge upon each and every one of them to see to it that the amount is forwarded to the Grand Lodge office at the earliest possible moment.

Duties of Lodges with Reference to Murphy

and Leach Monument Funds.

It was almost unanimously the opinion of the delegates to the Twelfth Biennial Convention that when the Eleventh Biennial Convention provided that each lodge should contribute its pro rata share to the Murphy Monument Fund it became compulsory upon all lodges to do so.

The same provisions apply in the collecting of the funds for the Leach Monu

Brother Fox in Canada-Attends Union Meeting Held Under Auspices of Queen City Lodge No. 262.

July 10th will go down as a banner day in the history of Queen City Lodge 262, Toronto, Ont., for on that day a union meeting held under its auspices was addressed by Bro. Albert Fox, Secretary of the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen of Great Britain and a Grand Honorary member of our Brotherhood.

In addition to the large number of members of 262 who were present, Lodges 67, 596 and 756 were splendidly represented. Brother Fox delivered a very able and intensely interesting address, to every word of which his hearers gave the closest attention, frequently expressing with generous outbursts of applause their warm approbation of all that he said. Brother Fox spoke very entertainingly of conditions in the old country and urged the brothers to hold fast to the advantages which the Brotherhood had gained for them on this continent, and to continue in their efforts for fair treatment until their employment conditions were just and equitable in every particular.

Wear Our Brotherhood's Emblem.

Much to my regret and surprise have I noticed that the greater part of the membership of our middle western and western subordinate lodges do not acknowledge fully their affiliation with our beloved Order. What I mean by this is that these brothers do not at any time wear an emblem of the organization.

It is very embarrassing to traveling brothers who may be out of employment and forced to seek a position on some foreign road, and who may be anxious to secure information from the brothers of sister lodges. It often happens that in order to locate a member, a traveling brother is forced to lose several hours, whereas if all of our brothers wore the emblem of our Brotherhood there would be but very little difficulty in finding one who would help him out.

I say with all kindness to all of our

Addresses Wanted.

Persons requiring the address of or any information concerning another, will please communicate with the secretary of the lodge located nearest the residence of the person making such request. Upon receipt of a communication from the secretary of such lodge, requesting that a notice be published in the Magazine inquiring for such address or other information, same will be complied with. However, the Magazine cannot undertake the office of a collecting agency, and must decline to lend itself to such purpose. The following requests have reached this office since the last issue. Information should be sent to the person specified in the notice:

George U. Ruff.-About 36 years of age; 5 feet 7 or 8 inches tall; round shouldered; walks with a decided stoop. Is of a rather quiet and retiring disposi

WM. EARL PARKER

Parker of Floris, Iowa, is very anxious to locate him. Anyone knowing his whereabouts or in possession of any information regarding him will confer a favor on his brother by writing him at the above address, or J. S. Evans, member of Lodge 54, B. of L. F. and E., Moulton, Iowa.

Thomas F. Donovan.-When last heard from was firing out of Bureau Junction, Ill., and Rock Island, Ill., on the C. R. I. and P. R. R. Was at one time a member of Goodwill Lodge 52, Logansport, Ind. He has not been heard from since December 24, 1909. His relatives are very anxious to locate him, as his mother is in very poor health and very much worried about him. Any one knowing his whereabouts or in possession of any information regarding him will confer a great favor on his relatives by