WOMAN'S MISSIONARY BOARD
Art. 1. This Society shall be known as the Woman's Home Missionary
Society of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America.
Art. II. The object of this Society shall be to enlist the members of
our Church in the work of giving aid to mission points and mission
preachers in all our conferences; to help to build parsonages and
suitable houses of worship; to foster the cause of religious instruction
among the neglected poor, and to otherwise aid the cause of the blessed
Master.
Art. III. This Society shall be controlled by the Annual Conference in
whose bounds it may operate, which shall elect its own officers and
regulate its own affairs, provided it does not interfere with any of the
work that may be planned by the Mission Board.
Art. IV. The officers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society shall be
elected annually, and shall consist of a President, Vice-President,
Secretary-Treasurer, and five managers, who shall be an Executive Board
for the Annual Conference, controlling all the missions that may be
under the supervision of the Annual Conference.
Art. V. The funds of the Society shall be derived from membership fees,
mite boxes, contributions, card devices, donations, and such other means
as may be adopted by the Annual Conference.
Art. VI. Each Annual Conference shall have full control of all money
that may be raised by the Woman's Home Missionary Society, and shall
retain the same to be used as the Conference may see fit.
Art. VII. The Annual Conference Boards shall arrange constitutions and
by-laws governing the Woman's Home Missionary Society within their
bounds, and shall also arrange for Juvenile Societies to be formed among
the children, and they shall send a report of their work each year to
the Secretary of Missions for publication.
Art. VIII. There shall be held in each District a Missionary Convention
of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, which shall be under the
supervision of the Presiding Elder, and composed of the preachers in
charge of circuits, stations and missions, and one representative from
each society formed in the District. The time for holding this
Convention shall be fixed by the Presiding Elder, and the place by the
Convention.