District Association; and they were all referred to the May 18. Committee on Boundaries. FOURTEENTH WISCONSIN CONFERENCE. WISCONSIN. C. D. Pillsbury presented two petitions for Lay Lay Delegation. Representation, signed by C. Adams, D. F. Holcomb, and forty-eight others, and they were referred accordingly. WYOMING CONFERENCE. R. Nelson presented the action of the Conference on American and Foreign Christian Union, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. On motion of W. Reddy, it was ordered that the call for petitions, memorials, and appeals be suspended after Thursday next. The roll of Conferences was called for the presentation of miscellaneous business, and it was introduced and disposed of as follows: BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. On motion of John Lanahan, the following preamble and resolutions were referred to the Committee on Chaplaincies in the Army and Navy: Whereas, A large majority of the Chaplains in the Army and Navy have been for many years appointed from one of the smallest religious denominations of the country; and Whereas, The Chaplaincies of the Military and Naval Academies have been held almost exclusively by ministers from the same denomination; and Whereas, Great injustice has been done to our own, in common with other leading Churches of the land; therefore, Resolved, 1. That the Committee on Chaplaincies be instructed to consider the propriety of preparing and presenting to Congress a suitable memorial requesting that body to enact such legislation as shall effectually put an end to the monopoly. Resolved, 2. That the same Committee be instructed to consider the propriety of the appointment by this General Conference of a special committee to correspond with other religious bodies on the subject above named. BLACK RIVER CONFERENCE. John W. Armstrong offered the following resolution, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: WYOMING. Call for peti tions, etc., to be suspended after Thursday BALTIMORE Chaplains in the Army and in the Navy. BLACK RIVER. May 18. A financial plan The subject of Missions to be brought before first Quarterly Conference. Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be requested to consider the propriety of inserting in the Discipline an addition to the following effect, namely: 1. "That the last Quarterly Conference of each year appoint a committee of five Church members, to be known as the Finance Committee. 2. That it shall be the duty of this Committee to meet as soon as practicable after the necessary Church expenses have been determined, and to assess the amount so determined upon the membership of the Church, in such proportion as in their judgment is just and right, carefully taking into consideration the moneys received or likely to be received, either in pew rents or subscriptions, from persons who are not members of the Church, and crediting on the assessment of each member of the Church the amount of his pew rent on payment thereof. 3. "That the Presiding Elder's claim be included in the Church expenses provided for in the second resolution. 4. "That the last Quarterly Conference of each year appoint also a Financial Agent, a Church member, who shall collect quarterly payments on these assessments, and pay them over to the Church Treasurer, receiving a stipulated price for each day's service." On motion of Benjamin S. Wright, the following resolution was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the Discipline, Part V, sec. 2, on page 229, where it reads, "It shall be the duty of each Presiding Elder to bring the subject of our missions before the Quarterly Conferences of each circuit and station within his district at the last Quarterly Conference in each year," by striking out the word last and inserting the word first, so that it should read as follows, namely: "It shall be the duty of each Presiding Elder to bring the subject of Missious before the Quarterly Conference of each circuit and station within his district at the first Quarterly Conference in each year." CINCINNATI. Literary Insti tutions to be reported to the Annual Con ferences. CINCINNATI CONFERENCE. On motion of William Young, the following resolution was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire into the propriety of including among the questions asked at all our Annual Conferences the following, namely: Ques. "What Literary Institutions are under our patronage and control, and what is their condition?" In answer to this question let the Committee on Education give: 1. "Name and place of Institution. 2. Name of President or Principal. 3. "Number of Instructors. 4. "Number of Students for the previous year. 5. "Value of property of all kinds, and such other items as may be easily tabulated." On motion of J. M. Walden, the following resolution May 18. was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern, namely: FOURTEENTH view. Resolved, That the Committee on the Book Concern be instructed Quarterly Beto inquire what changes, if any, are needed in the Quarterly Review to adapt it to a larger class of readers than it now has among the ministers and membership of our Church. DES MOINES CONFERENCE. On motion of B. Mitchell, the following resolution was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire into the propriety of adding to sec. 3, chap. ii, Part III, page 128 of the Discipline, a paragraph, making it, in trials and appeals, the duty of the presiding officer, and not that of the Committee or Conference, to pass upon all motions, the decision of which turns upon law points, and does not involve the facts in the case. DETROIT CONFERENCE. On motion of John M. Arnold, the following resolu tion was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: DES MOINES. The duty of presidents of trials and appeals. DETROIT. Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to report Reception a form for the public reception of members on trial. EAST BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. T. Mitchell offered the following resolution, but it was not adopted, sixty-seven voting for it and seventy-. six against it, namely: of members. EAST BALTI- Resolved, That so much of the "Rules of Order" as fixes the Hour of meethour of meeting at nine o'clock A. M. be reconsidered. On motion of J. H. C. Dosh, the following preamble and resolutions were referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Whereas, The Discipline (Part II, chap. ii, sec. 17, ans. 3, page 96) makes it the duty of those who have charge of circuits or stations to examine each of the Leaders; therefore, Resolved, 1. That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inire into the expediency of so altering Part I, chap. iii, sec. 3, page ,, ans. 1 as to read, "Let each of them be examined quarterly y the Preacher in charge concerning his method of meeting a lass." Resolved, 2. That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting baptized orphans to the Quarterly Conference instead of the Leaders' Meeting. (See Discipline, Part I, chap. ii, sec. 2, page 40.) ing. Examination of Leaders quarterly by the Preacher. Reporting baptized children to Quarterly Conference. May 18. ERIE. HOLSTON. Weekly paper ERIE CONFERENCE. On motion of G. W. Maltby, the following resolution was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be requested to inquire into the propriety of amending the Discipline, chap. ii, sec. 13, ques. 5, page 89, last line of the answer, by striking out the words "ordination excepted." HOLSTON CONFERENCE. On motion of Thomas H. Pearne, the following resolutions were referred to the Committee on the Book Concern and on Boundaries respectively: Resolved, 1. That the Book Agents at New York be and they are in Tennessee hereby instructed to establish and publish in Tennessee or Georgia or Georgia. a weekly religious and news journal, said paper to be established by the first of January, 1869, and at Knoxville, Atlanta, or Nashville, according as the Holston, Georgia and Alabama, or Tennessee Conferences may offer inducements; that is, the paper to be established within the bounds of the Conference which will render the largest subscription or advertising patronage. Conference boundaries. ILLINOIS. Journals members for Resolved, 2. That the Committee on Boundaries be instructed to define the existing Conferences and Conferences, to be formed by geographical boundaries. ILLINOIS CONFERENCE. On motion of James Leaton, the following resolution was adopted, namely: Resolved, That the Book Agents are hereby instructed to mail to of each member of this General Conference a copy of the Journal of said Conference as soon as published. the Confer ence. IOWA. Dr. Nast's address. IOWA CONFERENCE. On motion of E. H. Waring, the following resolution was adopted, namely: Resolved, That so much of the Address of Dr. Nast as refers to the union of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Association be referred to the Committee on the State of the Church. KANSAS. KANSAS CONFERENCE. On motion of D. P. Mitchell, the following resolution was referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Revisals be instructed to inquire into the importance and practicability of creating a committee styled the "Court of Appeals," consisting of one traveling Elder from each Mission District, over which one of the Bishops, as they may select from among themselves from time to time, shall preside, said court to meet in the city of Cincinnati on the fifteenth day of June, 1869, and on the same day of the same month each succeeding year till the meeting of the next General Conference; said Court to try all appeals taken from the several Annual Conferences, and to try a Bishop, from the decision of which he may appeal to the ensuing General Conference. Seven members of said Court shall constitute a quorum; said Court to be selected by the General Conference delegates from each Mission District. May 18. Court of Ap- MAINE CONFERENCE. H. P. Torsey presented an invitation from George R. Clarke, Esq., President of the Board of Education of this city, inviting the members of the General Conference, at their convenience, to visit the public schools of the city. The invitation was accepted, and the thanks of this body returned to the President of the Board of Education. MAINE. Invitation from Chicago Board of Education. MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE. On motion of J. P. Newman, the following resolution was referred to the Committee on Education, namely: Resolved, That the Committee on Education be instructed to report to this General Conference a plan for the financial aid of our Theological Schools in the South, and for the support of such other schools as may be needed in that section of our work. MISSISSIPPI Theological Schools in the MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS CONFERENCE. On motion of B. F. Crary, the following resolutions were referred to the Committee on Revisals, namely: Preachers from other Christian Churches. Resolved, 1. That the Committee on Revisals be requested to con- Reception of sider the propriety of inserting the words, "the Methodist Episcopal Church, South," and also the words "Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America," in sec. 12 on Reception of Preachers. Resolved, 2. That the Committee on Revisals be requested to consider the propriety of striking out of sec. 12, quest. 2, and its answer. (See pp. 83, 84.) Nathan Shumate presented a plan for Lay Delegation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. |