Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

Annual Conferences, according to the ability of the Conferences.

156. The Annual Conferences shall be allowed to adopt their own plan for raising said amount, which shall be called the Bishops' Fund..

157. This fund shall be paid over to the Joint Board of Finance of the Annual Conference; and the Chairman of said Board shall pay the amount collected to the Bishop presiding at the Conference, and take his receipt, and forward the same, or a copy thereof, to the Book Agent, who shall be the Treasurer of the Bishops' Fund.

158. At the Annual Meeting of the Bishops, each Bishop shall report to the Book Agent the amount paid to him by the several Annual Conferences, to be divided between all the Bishops in proportion to the amount estimated for the support of each.

159. The Bishops who shall have been placed upon the retired list, or who are unable to do full work, shall share in the collections, in proportion to the amounts estimated, with those who are efficient, and who are actively engaged in the work.

160. In the interval of the Bishops' annual meeting, the funds collected and paid over to the Bishops shall be divided between the effective Bishops and those who are on the retired list, or who are not able to do full work, by such method as the College of Bishops may devise among themselves.

SECTION IV.

SUPPORT OF THOSE NOT OTHERWISE

PROVIDED FOR.

161. All officers appointed by the

General Conference, and not otherwise

provided for by law, shall have their salaries fixed by the Joint Board of Finance of the Conference of which they are members, or within the bounds of which the work assigned them by the General Conference lies; and be paid from the proceeds of their office, or by such other means as the Conference may devise.

SECTION V.

OF THE JOINT BOARD OF FINANCE.

162. Each Annual Conference shall have a Joint Board of Finance, appointed by the President of the Conference (unless otherwise ordered), at the close of its annual session, to hold their office until the close of the next ensuing Annual Conference session.

163. Said Board shall consist of one clerical member of the Conference

and one layman for each Presiding Elder's District. They shall elect their own chairman, treasurer, and secretary, and the Board shall fill all vacancies that may occur in the body: provided, that they do so by keeping up an equal number of clerical and lay members.

164. It shall be the duty of the Joint Board

(1) To receive all moneys collected as Conference collections or otherwise, and distribute the same to the superannuated preachers, and the widows and orphans of deceased members of the Conference, according to their best judgment of their several necessities.

(2) They shall estimate the amount that will probably be necessary to meet the claims of the superannuated preachers and the widows and orphan children of deceased members of the Con

ference, and apportion the same to the different Presiding Elders' Districts for collection the ensuing year.

(3) All matters relating to the financial interests of the Conference shall be referred to this Board, and be carefully considered and reported upon.

(4) They shall make a full report. of all proceedings to the Conference, which shall either approve, recommit, or amend their report.

(5) The members of this Board, and especially the Chairman thereof, shall carefully consider the financial interests during the year, and shall collect such authentic information in regard to the pecuniary circumstances of the usual claimants on the Conference funds as shall facilitate the business of the Board at its annual meeting.

(6) The Recording Steward of each circuit shall report to the Joint Board

« AnteriorContinuar »