That the General Conference be composed of Ordained Elders,
Licentiates and Messengers from the District Meetings.
That the General Conference shall have a Moderator, Clerk, and
Treasurer, with such assistants as may be necessary, each to be
appointed annually. The duties of the Moderator shall be to preside at
the Conference, preserve order, &c.; the Clerk to keep a correct
record of all business, rules, &c., for the Conference; and the
Treasurer to receive and pay all monies belonging to the General
Conference and render a strict account annually.
That seven Ordained Elders and six Lay Messengers from District
Meetings, shall constitute a quorum for business in the General
Conference.
That all Ordained Elders are required to attend every General
Conference. Any Elder failing to do so, subjects himself to the
censure of Conference, and if repeated shall be disciplined by the
Conference, unless detained by circumstances beyond his control.
That all Clerks of District Meetings attending General Conference
shall be considered members of Conference.
That every Church is bound to recognize the doings of General
Conference and act on the same.
That the General Conference shall define the boundaries of the
District Meetings.
That the District Meetings shall be composed of not less than two
ordained Elders, Licentiates, and the Messengers of the churches
embraced in said District.
That each Church shall send one and not more than two Messengers to
the District Meeting, said Messenger or Messengers to be appointed by
the unanimous voice of the male members of the Church present.
That each District Meeting shall have a Moderator and Clerk, whose
duties shall be the same as those of the General Conference.
That two ordained Elders, and six lay Messengers from Churches shall
constitute a quorum for business in the District Meetings.
That each District shall hold one meeting annually for business; shall
control its own local affairs; attend to all trials on its own
circuit; *and shall have power to recommend only* to the General
Conference for action any rule which shall affect any Church beyond
its own limits.
That any trial of magnitude coming before a District Meeting *can be*
referred to General Conference for decision.
That in case of any trial, or any important business in *any* Church,
said Church shall be allowed to apply for aid if it be needed, to the
first District Meeting in Session after said application becomes
necessary, and the District Meeting so applied to shall be bound to
attend to such application, and render the necessary aid.
That each District Meeting has power to receive newly organized
Churches into union with it.
That the Moderator of the General Conference shall appoint at *least*
three Preachers to attend each District Meeting, and the Preachers so
appointed be bound to attend *if the Lord will*.
That each District Meeting shall send to General Conference two
Messengers of Lay Brethren; said Messengers to be members of
Conference, and to furnish Conference with the records of the District
Meetings which they represent.
That no alteration of any rule of Conference shall be made, but by the
unanimous voice of the Conference.