I. SUPPORT OF PASTORS
1. Every minister, who by the rules and usages of the Church is a
claimant on its funds, shall, as far as practicable, have his claim
estimated by those who are to pay it, or by an agent authorized to act
for them.
2. The salary and traveling expenses of preachers on circuits and
stations shall be estimated by their respective Boards of Stewards.
3. The Stewards shall report to each Church meeting the whole amount to
be raised, and that part of it which each congregation is expected to
pay. The Church Conference shall adopt its own method of raising this
money.
II. SUPPORT OF PRESIDING ELDERS
1. The salary and traveling expenses of Presiding Elders shall be
estimated by the Joint Board of Finance.
2. The Joint Board of Finance shall apportion the amount allowed among
the different pastoral charges of the District, whose Boards of Stewards
shall add the sum, thus apportioned, to the amounts agreed on to be
raised for their preachers, and its collection shall be provided for in
the same way.
III. SUPPORT OF BISHOPS
The Bishops shall be supported according to the following plan:
1. The allowance of the Bishops for salary and traveling expenses shall
be estimated by the Committee on Finance of the General Conference and
the sum thus allowed shall be paid out of the General Fund by the Book
Agent.
2. The Book Agent shall pay each Bishop one fourth of the sum allowed
per annum, quarterly, according to the provision in the Financial Plan.
3. The Bishops who shall have been placed on the retired list, shall be
paid the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars per annum, to be paid
quarterly as other Bishops.
4. Those Bishops who are unable to do full work shall be paid the same
amount and in the same way as those who are efficient and actively
engaged in the work.
5. In case of the death of a retired Bishop, the remainder of his
allowance for that year shall be paid to his widow.
6. The Book Agent shall pay to the widows of deceased Bishops twenty
($20.00) dollars per month, to be paid quarterly as long as she remains
a widow in good standing in the C. M. E. Church. If she should die
before her children, they shall receive the same allowance until they
become fourteen years of age.
IV. SUPPORT OF THOSE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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.