Terms of Membership

SEC. I. Terms of membership,

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II. State of probation,

"III. Children recognised as enjoying

probationary privileges,

ARTICLE III.

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Division into Districts, Circuits, and Stations.

SEC. I. Division into districts,

"II. Division of districts into circuits

and stations; . .

"III. Ministers, preachers, and mem-

bers entitled to membership in

any other district, circuit, or
station,

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ARTICLE IV.

On Receiving Churches, &c.
SEC. I. Manner of receiving churches,
"II. What constitutes an individual

church; and of dividing into

classes,

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"III. Powers of individual churches, 18
"IV. Churches must conform to the

constitution, and book of dis-
cipline,

ARTICLE V.

Leaders' Meeting.

SEC. I. Composition of the leaders' meet-

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ing,

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ARTICLE VI

Quarterly Conference.

SEC. I. Composition of the Quarterly con-

"II. Powers of the annual conferences,
"III. Power granted to the annual con-
ferences to raise and collect

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funds to meet the expenses of
the itinerant preachers,

SEC. IV. Additional duties,

1. To make special rules and
regulations,

2. To regulate the mode of sta-
tioning the preachers,
3. To make rules and regulations
for the admission and govern-
ment of coloured persons;
and terms of suffrage for
them,

ARTICLE VIII.

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Composition of the General Conference, 22
SEC. I. Time and place of holding the ge-
neral conference,

" IV. Manner of electing the president
and secretaries, &c.

"V. Representatives to vote separately,
at the call of three members,

VI. Yeas and nays,

"VII. The general conference shall
publish its journal,

"VIII. Preservation of books, papers,

&c.

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ARTICLE IX.

Powers of the General Conference,
SEC. I. The general conference to have
power to make rules and re-
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II. To fix compensations, duties, and
allowances; and devise ways
and means for raising funds,
III. To regulate the number of re-
presentatives, by ratio, for the
general conference,

IV. To define and regulate the boun-
daries of annual conference
districts,

ARTICLE X.

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Restrictions on the Legislative Assemblies, 25
SEC. I. No rule to be passed which shall
contravene any law of God,

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II. No rule to be passed infringing
the right of suffrage, eligibil-
ity, &c.

III. No rule to be passed infringing
the liberty of speech or of the

press,

IV. No rule to be passed authorizing
the expulsion of ministers or
members, except founded on
the holy scriptures,

V. No rule to be passed appropria-
ting the funds of the church,
except for the support of min
isters, &c.

SEC. VI. No higher order of ministers to
be authorized, than that of

elder,

"VII. No rule to be passed to abolish
an efficient itinerant ministry,
or to station preachers longer
than the time specified,

"VIII. No change to be made in the
relative proportions, or com-
ponent parts of the general
and annual conferences.

ARTICLE XI.

Officers of the Church.

Presidents of annual conferences, how
elected, time of service, and duties,

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Superintendents, how appointed, see
duties of the superintendents in the dis-
cipline,

Assistant ministers, how appointed; see
duties of assistants, in the discipline,

Ministers and preachers not under the
stationing authority of the annual confer-
ence, accountable to the quarterly confer-

Class leaders, how elected,

Conference stewards, how elected,
Station and circuit stewards, how elected,

ARTICLE XII.

Suffrage and Eligibility to Office,

SEC. I. Right of Suffrage,

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