This Grand Lodge has carefully examined into the origin of the Compact Grand Lodge of Masons in the State of Illinois that H. E. Burris, of Rock Island is the Grand Master, and the notorious R. E. Moore is the Grand Secretary of, and we find it was instituted with only two warranted Lodges and a Lodge under dispensation and from the records of the Grand Lodge of Ohio one of the warranted Lodges that took part in the convention was at that time not in good standing with the Grand Lodge of Ohio. See records of the Grand Lodge of Ohio of 1865 and 1866. Prince Hall of Massachusetts, a founder of a Spurious and Illegitimate Masonry, among the Colored Masons in the United States, died at Boston, Mass., in the year of 1807. COLORED GRAND LODGE OF ALABAMA. The Colored Masonic Grand Lodge of the State of Alabama which is named the German Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. Masons of the State of Alabama in the year of 1906 at the annual session held at Montgomery, Ala., Bro. J. H. McGehee, 33, Grand Master, and Bro. G. W. Hill, 32, Grand Secretary, the Grand Lodge made the following decisions: That the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was organized with only one Lodge which makes the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts unlawful clandestine and irregular Grand Lodge. It requires not less than three warranted Lodges to assemble in a Masonic convention and organize a regular Grand Lodge for a State. All Masons who are members of Compact Lodges are Bogus, Irregular and Clandestine, and must not be recognized as Masons anywhere. No compact Mason can be admitted in any subordinate Lodge in this State. COLORED MASONIC LODGES OF COLORADO. No Supreme Council of Ancient, Accepted Scottish Rite Masons possess any right or power or authority to confer the degrees of entered apprentice fellow-craft and Master Masons degree. If a commandery of Knights Templars should confer the entered apprentice fellow-craft and Master Mason's degree it is spurious and unlawful Masonic work. DECISIONS OF WHITE MASONIC GRAND LODGES. GRAND LODGE OF ARKANSAS. The White Masonic Grand Lodge of the State of Arkansas at the annual session held in 1838 and 1838 rendered the following decision: This Grand Lodge will not recognize a Grand Lodge unless it has been regularly organized by not less than three warranted Lodges. GRAND LODGE OF CONNECTICUT. The White Grand Lodge of Connecticut was organized July 8th, 1789, the following is some of the decisions that the Grand Lodge of Connecticut has rendered: One Grand Lodge cannot issue a charter to organize another Grand Lodge. The power and the authority to organize a Grand Lodge resides in the three warranted Lodges that meet in a Masonic convention for that purpose. A regular Grand Lodge of Masons of a state is vested with power and authority to go in another state and there organize subordinate Lodges if the Grand Lodge in that state which has been already organized was organized In an unlawful and irregular manner.