1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 S. 696 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Senate Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senators Scott, Alexander, Anderson, Bright, Bryant, Campbell, Campsen, Cleary, Coleman, 10 Courson, Cromer, Davis, Elliott, Ford, Grooms, Hayes, Hutto, Jackson, Knotts, Land, Leatherman, 11 Leventis, Lourie, Malloy, L. Martin, S. Martin, Massey, Matthews, McConnell, McGill, Nicholson, 12 O'Dell, Peeler, Pinckney, Rankin, Reese, Rose, Ryberg, Setzler, Sheheen, Shoopman, Verdin and 13 Williams 14 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24723cm11.docx 15 16 Introduced in the Senate on March 15, 2011 17 Adopted by the Senate on March 15, 2011 18 19 Summary: Council of Deliberation, United Supreme Council, 33rd, Southern Jurisdiction 20 21 22 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 23 24 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 25 3/15/2011 Senate Introduced and adopted ( Senate Journalpage 5) 26 27 28 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 29 30 3/15/2011 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A SENATE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE MEMBERS OF THE 12 SOUTH CAROLINA COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION, UNITED 13 SUPREME COUNCIL, 33˚, SOUTHERN JURISDICTION, 14 UPON THE OCCASION OF THEIR FIFTIETH 15 ANNIVERSARY. 16 17 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are pleased to 18 learn that the South Carolina Council of Deliberation of the United 19 Supreme Council, 33˚, Southern Jurisdiction, will mark its 20 halfcentury with an anniversary celebration in Columbia on March 21 26, 2011; and 22 23 Whereas, the first Scottish Rite organization among African 24 Americans was the African Grand Council of 1820 in Philadelphia, 25 and in 1881, the Northern Jurisdiction and the Southern 26 Jurisdiction formed from the merger of five smaller councils; and 27 28 Whereas, the national headquarters of the Supreme Council 33˚, 29 Southern Jurisdiction, has been in Washington, D.C., since 1915; 30 and 31 32 Whereas, the South Carolina Council of Deliberation of the 33 Southern Jurisdiction is part of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish 34 Rite of Freemasonry, whose motto is: “Human progress is our 35 cause, liberty of thought our supreme wish, freedom of conscious 36 our mission, and the guarantee of equal rights to all people 37 everywhere our ultimate goal”; and 38 39 Whereas, the South Carolina Senate is grateful for the noble work 40 of the South Carolina Council of Deliberation in the Palmetto State 41 and wish the members a joyful celebration of their momentous 42 fiftieth anniversary. Now, therefore,

[696] 2 1 2 Be it resolved by the Senate: 3 4 That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, 5 recognize and honor the members of the South Carolina Council of 6 Deliberation, United Supreme Council, 33˚, Southern Jurisdiction, 7 upon the occasion of their fiftieth anniversary. 8 9 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 10 Johnell E. Mack, deputy for South Carolina. 11 XX 12

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