Journal of the ... Annual Meeting of the Convention

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Page 150 - House, he shall, with due respect, address himself to the President, confining himself strictly to the point in debate. 5. No member shall speak more than twice in the same debate, without leave of the House.
Page 24 - Article 5 of the Constitution and that the proposed alteration be made known to the several...
Page 150 - While the President is putting any question, the members shall continue in their seats, and shall not hold any private discourse.
Page 14 - ... two of whom shall be elected for one year, two for two years and two for three years from the date of the annual school meeting next succeeding such special meeting.
Page 35 - Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue...
Page 152 - ... whenever two or more persons are to be elected to the same office, the several persons, to the number required to be chosen, having the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected.
Page 26 - Committee to report a plan for Uniform Registration of Communicants" is herewith transmitted in pursuance of the following resolution adopted at the last General Convention : Resolved, That the Secretary of the House of Deputies have this Report printed as a circular within one year after the final adjournment of this Convention, and send it to the Secretary of each Diocese and Missionary District, with the request that it be communicated to the next annual Convention or Convocation thereof, as the...
Page 151 - ... amend it; and motions for any of these purposes shall have precedence in the order herein named. If a motion to lay on the table an amendment be carried, the matter before the Convention shall be proceeded with as if no such amendment had been offered.
Page 26 - We reiterate that all such should be enrolled and kept upon the Parish Register until death, transfer or discipline removes the name. Neglect of the privilege of receiving the Sacrament, long absence, or even departure without a letter is not sufficient reason for erasing a name, as the person may reappear or ask for transfer after many years. His rights as a potential Communicant should be scrupulously conserved.
Page 25 - Resolved, That the following change be made in the Constitution, and that the proposed addition be made known to the several Dioceses, in order that the same may be adopted in the next General Convention, in accordance with Article...

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