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AN GAODHAL
at No. 58 Court Street Brooklyn, and respectfully
submit the following report :
This Association was incorporated in September
1881, under the provisions of an Act entitled “An
Act concerning Charitable Benevolent and Benefi¬
ciary Associations, Societies and Corporations."
passed May 12 1881. It is a secret fraternal organ¬
ization, transacting the business of life insurance,
on the co-operative or assessment plan. It insures
its members, between the ages of 18 and 55 in sums
of five hundred to five thousand dollars, the latter
been the largest risk taken on one life. The total
number of members in good standing is about 10,¬
000, and one assessment thereon would amount to
$13,878.69. It pays all claims in full, and has
contested only one loss in the one hundred and
ninety-one that have occurred since its organiza¬
tion.
Including the contested claim of $3,000, its to¬
tal liability for unpaid death losses is eight (8.000)
thousand dollars.
On December 10th 1886, the balance in the
Brooklyn Trust Company to the credit of the Ben¬
efit Fund was $10,050.98, against which checks
had been drawn in payment of death claims to the
amount of $10,000.00 leaving a balance, on that
day of $50.98. In the General Fund, the balance
on hand is $1,101.02 against which there is no lia¬
bility.
The total amount received from members for
death assessments from the commencement of bus¬
iness in 1881 to this date is $508,409.86, and the
total amount paid during the same period for death
losses was $509,355.88.
The payment of running expenses is provided for
by a per capita tax, a charge for instituting subor¬
dinate councils and the sale of supplies. The to¬
tal amount received from these sources is $22,817.¬
02 and the expenses paid amount to $21,716.¬
00.
The books and vouchers are kept in a careful
and systematic manner, and proper checks and
safeguards are provided against dishonesty or care¬
lessness in the handling of the funds of the so¬
ciety.
We find that all funds received by the Supreme
Council have been honestly accounted for and the
expense connected therewith has been comparative¬
ly very small.
Annexed hereto is a blank certficate marked Ex¬
hibit A, and a copy of the By-Laws marked Exhib¬
it B.
Very respectfully submitted,
Michael Shannon
Chief Examiner.
John A. Horan
* (The report of the examiners shows that
the receipts from assessments are not only sub¬
stantially but absolutely applied to the payment of
death claims. According to the constitution and
laws of the Catholic Benevolent Legion, the re¬
ceipts must be used for that purpose, and are not
subject to any diminution or decrease whatever, —
We congratulate the Legion on this highly comp¬
limentary Report, — Ed.)
ONLY I WAS BOLD
Yourself and our mutual friend, Mr. M. P
Ward, have asked me to try and furnish the follow¬
ing old song. I copied it from the singing of my
aunt, Mrs. Joyce. Conlac Glas an Fhomair, I'll
try and copy from her also. If your association
has an entertainment at any time you would be
well repaid to hear her sing for you.
Yours,
M. J. LOVERN.
air — Petrie's A.I.M.
No. 1569 +
No. 1088
ACHT DO BHRÍGH GO RAIBH MÉ DÁNA
Acht do bhrígh go raibh mé dána,
Gheabhfainn árus ua mo mhuintir féin,
Ba 'gus caoirigh bána
Agus fásach le na g-cur in fheur;
Codladh fada samhraigh,
'S greann d'a dheunadh dhíom,
Cead éulógh 'measg na n-gleanntadh,
Piocadh seámsógídh le stór mo chroidhe.
Fágfaidh mise an baile seo,
Agus rachfaidh mé go'n oileán úr,
Béidh mo hautboy liom go córach,
Air theudaibh fheidiil cheoil;
Seinnfead port le pléisiúr,
Ann eudan gach báile cuain,
'S a Dhia nach lághach an féirín
An cheud bhean áluin a luaidhe liom.
Mallacht Rígh na ngrása
Go'n mhín-cnoc seo, a g-cómhnuidhim ann,
Is faide liom lá gan oidhche ann
'Ná bliadhain eile 'sa m-bail' úid tháll;
'S ann nach n-deunfuidhe iongnadh,
Gan fíon a bheith d'á thíomadh ann,
'S go m-beidheadh an copper buidhe ann,
D'a líonadh de'n bheoir is feárr.
Mallacht Rígh na h-Aoine
Go 'n té dhíbir mo cheud ghrádh uaim,
Nach d-tug eolas in a thígh damhsa,
Lá saoire no go moch Dia-luain;
Dá m-beidheadh sé sileadh dílin,
Agus an oidhche bheith cur sneacht h-áird
[tuaigh,
Le mo mhian dá bh-fághainn-se cead suidhe
Bheidhinn cho h-aoibhinn le ala 'r chuan.
A landlady na páirte,
Tá 'n bás air mo beul le tart,
Éirigh tusa i ghrád geal
Agus tabhair an cárt shúd líonta leát:
Seo ginigh in do láimh duit,
Agus a ghrádh bain an reicnáil as.
Súd faoi bheirim sláinte,
A chúilín áluin, a chailín deas.
Is fada mé ó Lá 'l Pádruic
Air an t-sráid seo gan braon de'n lionn,
Sgeul cinte dá bh-fághainn bás ann
Go sínfidhe mé 'sa g-cill súd tháll;
Dá d-tógfadh Rígh na ngrás díom,
An ceo seo tá ós mo chionn,
Is cinte d'ólfainn sláinte
Cúilín áluin, mo chailín donn.
See Vol. VII. page 876.
