Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878,

BY JAMES MADISON PORTER, R.W.G.M.,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

THE following extracts from the minutes of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, contain a brief account of the revision and adoption of the Ahiman Rezon of A. L. 5877.

At an Annual Grand Communication, held December 28th, 1874, on motion of Past Grand Master Brother RICHARD VAux, the following resolution was adopted:

Resolved, That the Right Worshipful Grand Master be requested to appoint a Committee of seven, to whom shall be referred the Ahiman Rezon and the various amendments made thereto, to revise and digest the same, and report to this Right Worshipful Grand Lodge at its Quarterly Communication in December, 1875.

The Right Worshipful Grand Master, Brother ALFRED R. POTTER, was pleased to appoint the following named brethren as the Committee on Brother VAUX's resolution: