May 5. FOURTH DAY.

Action of the India Conference.

King and ten others, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation.

W. L. Harris presented the action of the India Conference against the appointment of resident Bishop for India for at least four years to come, and also requesting a visit from one of the Bishops of the Church as early as the time of the next session of the India Conference, and it was referred to the Committee on EpisConstitution of copacy. He also presented a Revised Constitution of Missionary Sothe Missionary Society, and it was referred to the Committee on Missions; also a memorial from the Chine Mission China Mission, asking to be organized into an Annual Conference, and the Address of the Mission Conference of Germany and Switzerland, and they were referred to the Committee on Missions.

ciety.

Conference.

CINCINNATI CONFERENCE.

Asbury Lowry submitted the following memorials on Lay Representation, to wit: one from the First Charge, Urbana, signed by J. Eichleberger and eight others in favor, and by Joseph W. Hitt and two others against it; one from Urbana, signed by J. Armstrong and forty-six others in favor, and by Mr. Arrowsmith and forty-one others against it; one from Springfield, Ohio, signed by E. C. Middleton and fortysix others in favor of Lay Delegation, and one from Mrs. E. C. Middleton and thirty-nine other women and minors, and one from the Quarterly Conference of the Second Charge, Urbana, in favor of Lay Delega tion, and they were referred to the Committee on that subject.

DES MOINES.

Boundaries.

Appeal of N. L.
Phillips.

Lay Representation.

DES MOINES CONFERENCE.

D. Lamont presented the action of the Conference on Boundaries, and also a petition from Monroe, signed by F. M. Slusser and fifteen others, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

W. Brush presented the appeal of N. L. Phillips, and it was referred to the Committee on Appeals.

B. Mitchell presented a memorial in favor of Lay Representation from Osceola Station, signed by A.

Knotts and thirteen others, and it was referred to the
Committee on that subject.

May 5. FOURTH DAY.

EAST BALTIMORE CONFERENCE.

EAST BALTI

MORE.

cisions.

J. H. C. Dosh presented the action of the Confer- Episcopal Deence relating to an Episcopal Decision of Bishop Thomson, and one of Bishop Clark, and it was referred to the Committee on Episcopacy. He also presented a Boundaries. resolution asking that the line between the Philadelphia and East Baltimore Conferences be more clearly defined, and it was referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

EAST GENESEE CONFERENCE.

EAST GENESEE.

tation.

J. W. Lindsay presented memorials in favor of Lay Lay RepresenRepresentation: one from Lyons, signed by R. Harrington and seventeen others; one from Castleton and Orleans, signed by J. B. Esty and twenty-seven others; one from Canandaigua, signed by Henry Aldrich and thirty others; and one from Phelps, signed by J. M. Nelson and fourteen others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Delegation.

K. P. Jervis presented the action of the Conference Boundaries. in relation to Boundaries, and in relation to Sunday

School Instruction, and the matters were appropriately referred.

EAST MAINE CONFERENCE.

EAST MAINE,

tation.

S. H. Beale presented memorials on Lay Represen- Lay Representation: one from Bangor Chapel, signed by John S. Ayer and fourteen others; one from Camden, signed by C. Hubbard and twelve others; one from Southport, signed by F. Grover and six others; one from Hampden, signed by Dr. R. Stevenson and thirty others; one from Corinth, signed by J. C. Worth and ten others; one from Lebec, signed by C. M'Pherson and three others; and one from Second Church, Bangor, signed by P. F. Goldthwaite and eight others; and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation.

ERIE CONFERENCE.

R. H. Hurlburt presented a memorial on Boundaries from Clarion District, signed by R. H. Hurlburt and six hundred and fifty-three others; and it was referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

R. A. Caruthers presented the action of the Erie Conference on Boundaries, and it was referred to the Committee on Boundaries. He also presented the action of the following Quarterly Conferences in favor of Lay Representation, to wit: Waterloo, Lowell and Edinburgh, Delaware Grove, and Poland; and of the following against Lay Representation, to wit: New Wilmington, Chardon, and Wilmington; and they were referred to the Committee on that subject. He also presented the proceedings of the following Quarterly Conferences on Boundaries, namely, Waterloo, Lowell, Delaware Grove, Mount Jackson, Poland, Jefferson, and Sharon; and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

E. J. L. Baker presented memorials from the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Erie City, from Simpson, Edinboro', Millville, Fairview, Northeast, Albion and Lockport, Girard, M'Kean, and Springfield, in relation to Boundaries, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

George W. Clarke presented the papers in the case of I. O. Fisher, and they were referred to the Court of Appeals.

GENESEE CONFERENCE.

Thomas Carlton presented a memorial from St. Paul's Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey, signed by J. O. Hoyt and seven other official members in favor of Lay Delegation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

ILLINOIS CONFERENCE.

James Leaton presented memorials in favor of Lay Representation: one from Monticello, signed by D. Stickle and twenty-one others; one from Virden, signed by M. A. Hewes and twenty-four others; one from

May 5.

FOURTH DAY.

Mattoon, signed by W. Stevenson and twelve others; one from each of the following Quarterly Conferences, namely, Champaigne, Jacksonville, (West Charge,) Springfield, and Astoria, and also the action of the Illinois Conference on that subject; and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. He also submitted the action of the Conference on Bound- Boundaries. aries, and the action of the Mattoon District Con

ference on the same subject; and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries. He also submitted the action of the Illinois Conference on certain book Book debts. debts; and it was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern. He also submitted the action of the Quarterly Conference of the West Charge, Jacksonville, in relation to the enlargement of Enlargement of Districts; and it was referred to the Committee on Itinerancy.

Districts.

W. J. Rutledge presented memorials on the subject Boundaries. of Boundaries, one from Pulaski Circuit, signed by Rev. L. Janes and eight others; one from Pennington Point Circuit, signed by C. T. Kerr and eighteen others; one from Vermont-street, Quincy, signed by W. A. Williamson and nine others, with a vote of a general class of thirty-five members, and another from the same Charge, signed by George Adams and thirty-five others; and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

Committees.

At the request of the delegation, James Leaton was Change transferred from the Committee on Revisals to the Committee on Itinerancy, and Emmor Elliot was transferred from the Committee on Itinerancy to the Committee on Revisals.

on

INDIANA CONFERENCE.

INDIANA

tation.

Daniel M'Intyre presented a memorial from Loo- Lay Represengootee in favor of Lay Representation, signed by James B. Maston and twenty-eight others; and one against Lay Representation from Livonia Circuit, signed by J. C. Boyden and twenty-five others; and they were referred to the Committee on that subject.

May 5.

FOURTH DAY.

IOWA.

Lay Represen

tation.

MAINE.

Book Concern.

Lay Representation.

MICHIGAN.

Supernameraries.

IOWA CONFERENCE.

J. H. Power presented a petition from Columbus City Circuit in favor of Lay Representation, signed by H. B. Kirkpatrick and nine others, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

MAINE CONFERENCE.

H. P. Torsey presented the action of the Conference on the Book Concern; and it was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern.

C. Munger presented the action of the Conference on Lay Representation; and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

MICHIGAN CONFERENCE.

R. C. Crawford presented the action of the Conference relating to Supernumeraries living without the bounds of their respective Conferences; and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals.

MINNESOTA.

Book Concern.

Lay Representation.

MINNESOTA CONFERENCE.

J. F. Chaffee presented the action of the Conference relating to the Book Concern; and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. He also presented two petitions from Minneapolis in favor of Lay Representation, one signed by H. G. Harrison and seven others, and one signed by W. O. Hiskey and eleven others; and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation.

Cyrus Brooks presented a resolution of the Minnesota Conference on Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

MISSOURI AND
ARKANSAS.

Church Property.

MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS CONFERENCE.

Benjamin St. James Fry presented a memorial from St. Joseph and other charges relating to Church Property, signed by Rev. J. W. Flowers and seven others, and it was referred to the Committee on Church Extension.