Schedule to be examined, and by the senior in structor. 6. When the applicant shall have filled the blanks in certificate made, one or other of the above forms, according to the stage of education in which he is pursuing his studies, he shall give the schedule to the principal officer or instructor of the Institution with which he is connected, who must subscribe the following declaration, on some part of the same, before it can be received by the Board of Directors. Note for each ap sent, to be certified. "I certify that I have examined the within [or above] accounts and that I believe the same to be correct; and also that the person herein named, sustains the character required of beneficiaries by the Constitution and Rules of the American Education Society." [Date.] A B 7. If the note given for his preceding grant, has not propriation if not been forwarded by the applicant to the Treasurer of the Parent Society, he shall give the schedule, before sending it, to such person as the Treasurer of the Parent Society may have authorized to receive notes for safe keeping, whose signature to the following declaration written upon the schedule, shall be given, before it can be received by the Directors. Beneficiaries to have a certificate "I certify that I have received for safe keeping the note of the within [or above] named person for his last grant; which note is subject to the order of the Directors of the American Education Society." [Date.] A B Agent for the Treasurer of the Am. Ed. Society. 8. Every young man, upon being received, shall be of their recep- furnished with a certificate of his admission, signed by the tion. Secretary of the Parent Society. * That instructors may be at no loss to understand the import of this declaration, the article of the Constitution which explains it, is here inserted." Art. 6. Qualified candidates may be aided, in each stage of preparatory education for the ministry; but, except in very singular cases, no applicant shall be assisted, even in the first stage, who shall not produce, from serious and respectable characters, unequivocal testimonials of hopeful piety, promising talents, and real indigence; nor shall any person be continued on this foundation, whose instructor or instructors, except in very special cases, shall not annually exhibit to the Directors satisfactory evidence, that in point of genius, diligence, literary progress, morals, and piety, he is a proper character to receive aid from these sacred funds; in addition to which, each beneficiary, after his admission into any college, shall annually exhibit to the Directors, a written declaration, that it continues to be his serious purpose to devote his life to the gospel ministry."-No young man of doubtful moral or religious character, or whose talents and scholarship fall decidedly below mediocrity, can be sustained consistently with this article. honorable Testi cate of dismis 9. Young men who shall have passed through the Entitled to an preparatory course of study required by the American monial or CertifiEducation Society, and in conformity to the Rules, shall sion. be entitled to an honorable Testimonial certifying the fact, and signed by the President and Secretary. If any young man shall, at any time, while under patronage, wish to close his connection with the Society, he shall make known his wishes to the Secretary of the Parent Society; and, provided he has maintained the character required, and conformed to the Rules, he shall receive an honorable dismission. pendent on char stage. 10. All, in every stage of their education, shall be re- Patronage degarded as standing upon their character; and shall be acter in every liable to have their patronage discontinued for improper conduct of any kind, at the discretion of the Directors of the Parent Society, or if they are under the immediate care of a Branch, at the discretion of the Board of such Branch, with the concurrence of the Board of the Parent Society. Instances of gross fraud or imposition, should they occur, may be exposed publicly, at the discretion of the Directors in like manner. the marriage 11. If any young man, under the patronage of this Those who enter Society, shall enter into the marriage state during his state. course of study, his appropriations shall cease. porting them 12. If any young man, under the patronage of the So- Persons not reciety, shall neglect to report himself in the manner re-selves. quired in the 5th section of this chapter, twice in succession, without giving any explanation of his omission, he shall be considered irregular, and on renewing his application for aid, shall be liable to re-examination and to a second admission on trial, at the discretion of the Directors either of the Parent Society, or if he resides within the limits of a Branch, at the discretion of its Board of Directors. other Societies 13. Beneficiaries of other Education Societies, apply- Beneficiaries of ing for patronage to this Society, must exhibit satisfactory who apply to evidence of previous good standing in the Societies with this. which they have been connected, and must furnish an Examining Committee of this Society with satisfactory evidence of their attainments and piety, and be recommended by them to its patronage, before they can be received either upon trial, or regularly admitted. Exercise and productive labor recommended. Growth in piety. 14. It is desired and expected of all under patronage, that a portion of every day will be employed, as there may be opportunity, in useful exercise and in productive labor, with a view of promoting vigorous health, and of enabling them to do something towards defraying the expenses of their education. 15. Every beneficiary of this Society should regard it as an object of primary importance to grow continually in a spirit of enlightened devotion, and of fervent piety, deeply impressed with the sentiment, that without this, all his other acquisitions will be comparatively of little worth, either to himself, or to the Church of Christ. It is, therefore, affectionately and earnestly recommended to every beneficiary, that he daily spend a portion of time in devout meditation, reading the Scriptures with a view to a personal and practical application, and in humble and fervent prayer; that the Sabbath be faithfully employed in religious duties, social and secret, and that associations for prayer and religious improvement be attended as circumstances shall permit. CHAPTER VI. Amount appropriated. Sum per quarter. Appropriations in the form of loans. OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1. The amount appropriated to young men under patronage shall be the least with which they can be carried forward, consistently with health and a thorough education, after making suitable efforts to assist themselves, and receiving the aid of other public funds and of friends. 2. The annual amount of appropriations to the young men in the first stage of education, shall be forty-eight dollars-twelve dollars for each quarter: to those in the second and third stages, seventy-five dollars; of which eighteen dollars shall be appropriated for each quarter ending in July and October; nineteen dollars for the quarter ending in January; and twenty dollars for the quarter ending in April. Where the board and tuition are furnished gratuitously, the quarterly appropriation shall be ten dollars. 3. Appropriations in money shall be made in the form of loans, for which young men, whether of age or not, shall give their notes, at the time of receiving them, in the following form-if under the direct superintendence of the Parent Society: "For value received I promise to pay the American Form of the Education Society, or order, dollars, in one, two, and three years, after my preparatory studies for the ministry shall have been closed; viz. one third part each year, with interest upon each part after the same respectively shall have become due." [Residence and Date.] A B For appropriations made to beneficiaries by Branch Societies, the following shall be the form used: notes. "For value received I promise to pay the American Education Society, or order, (for the use of the Branch of the American Education Society,) dol newed at certain periods. lars, in one, two, and three years after my preparatory studies for the ministry shall have been closed; viz. one third part each year, with interest upon each part after the same shall have respectively become due; each of which yearly instalments immediately on its being paid, is to be subject to the order of the Treasurer of said Branch Society." A B4. Upon receiving a new appropriation, young men Notes to be reshall be required, at the discretion of the Treasurer, to take up their former notes and give a new note, of the same form, for the amount. When a beneficiary has completed his whole course of study, or wishes to close his connection with the Society, he shall take up all the notes which he has formerly given, and put the amount into a new note; or, if he has entered upon his profession, the amount shall be divided into three equal parts, and a note given for each part, according to the conditions. expressed in his former notes. 5. In case the future condition of those who are patron- Notes cancelled ized by the Society, in consequence of any calamity, or in certain cases. of the service of the church to which they may be providentially called, or the peculiar situation in which they may be placed, shall, in the judgment of the Board, be found to be such, as to render it unsuitable for them to be called upon to pay the debt contracted for their education, it shall be understood to be the right and duty of the Board, to cancel such debt in whole, or in part, when No appropriations to be made ever they shall judge proper. The notes of young men patronized by a Branch Society, shall be cancelled by the concurrent vote of the Board of the Parent Society and of such Branch. 6. No appropriations shall be made to young men either but at particular by the Board of the Parent Society, or of a Branch So times and when been observed. the rules have ciety, except at the regular meetings; and then no appropriations shall be made unless young men have conformed to the Rules in making out their returns. If an applicant has failed to make such returns in season for the meeting at which they should have been presented, they must be laid over till the next regular meeting; nor may an appropriation for the preceding period be allowed, if the failure of the applicant to forward his returns be owing to any fault of his, either in not making himself acquainted with the Rules, or in not taking the necessary pains to inform himself, and to observe them. First appropria tion, at the time trial. 7. A young man admitted on trial, shall receive his of admission on first appropriation at the same meeting in which he is admitted. But the sum granted, at one time, shall not exceed the appropriation allowed for one quarter, unless, on account of the distance of the applicant, he has been authorized by the Board of the Parent Society to make his returns and to receive his appropriations less frequently than once in a quarter. Notice of appropriations to be retary of the 8. Notice of appropriations shall be given to young given by the Sec- men as early after being made as shall be convenient, by Parent Society. the Secretary of the Parent Society, and he shall direct how and where the funds are to be obtained. Persons authorized by the Treasurer of the Parent Society to receive the notes of young men, for safe keeping, shall in all cases, where it can be done, be the persons authorized to draw or to receive the funds thus appropriated, and shall take each young man's note for his appropriation at the time of paying it. Appropriations have concurred. 9. Where appropriations have been made by the Board to be of Directors of a Branch, the order of the Directors of Board of the Pa- such Branch for payment shall be suspended, until the rent Society Board of the Parent Society have held their corresponding meeting, and have concurred in the appropriations; and the Secretary of such Branch, upon receiving official notice from the Secretary of the Parent Society that the |