NEVADA CONFERENCE.

May 5. FOURTH DAY.

NEVADA.

Boundaries.

Committee.

A. N. Fisher presented the action of the Conference on Boundaries, and also the action of the Conference relating to the election of Publishing Committee of Publishing the California Christian Advocate; and the former was referred to the Committee on Boundaries, and the latter to the Committee on the Book Concern.

NEWARK CONFERENCE.

NEWARK.

J. S. Porter presented a memorial on Temperance Temperance. from the Quarterly Conference of New Providence,

and also a remonstrance against Lay Delegation from Lay Delegation. Rockton, Rock River Conference, signed by George

W. Springer and seven others, and they were appropri ately referred.

NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE.

NEW ENGLAND.

L. R. Thayer submitted the action of the Conference Chaplaincies. relating to Chaplaincies in the army and navy of the United States, and it was referred to the Committee on the State of the Church.

NEW HAMPSHIRE CONFERENCE.

NEW

HAMP

SHIRE.

tation.

James Pike presented the action of the Conference Lay Represenon Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

NEW YORK CONFERENCE.

NEW YORK.

tation.

John M'Clintock presented a petition from Trinity Lay RepresenChurch, New York, signed by H. M. Forrester and thirty-seven others in favor of Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Repre sentation.

P. R. Brown presented the action of the New York Conference, relating to the American and Foreign Christian Union, and it was referred to the Special Committee on that subject.

American and

Foreign Chris

tian Union.

Society.

A. H. Ferguson presented the action of the Confer- Seamen's Friend ence relating to the Seamen's Friend Society, and it was referred to the Special Committee on that subject.

May 5.

FOURTH DAY.

NEW YORK
EAST.

Lay Represen-
tation.

NEW YORK EAST CONFERENCE.

George W. Woodruff presented a petition for Lay Representation from Durham, signed by W. H. Walkley and thirty-two others, and it was referred to the Seamen's Friend Committee on Lay Representation. He also presented a memorial from the American Seamen's Friend Society, and it was referred to the Special Committee on that subject.

Society.

NORTH INDI

ANA.

Appeal of 8.
Layton.

Новти Оно.

Lay Representation.

NORTHWESTERN
GERMAN.

Lay Representation.

NORTH INDIANA CONFERENCE.

M. Mahin presented the appeal of S. Layton, and it was referred to the Court of Appeals.

NORTH OHIO CONFERENCE.

A. Wheeler presented two petitions in favor of Lay Representation, one from the Quarterly Conference of Richfield Circuit, and the other from Elyria, signed by E. C. Griswold and thirty-two others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation.

NORTHWESTERN GERMAN CONFERENCE.

F. Schuler presented a petition from Clybourne Avenue in favor of Lay Representation, signed by F. Dreiske and thirty-four others, and it was referred to Presiding El- the Committee on that subject. He also presented the action of the Conference concerning the appointment of Presiding Elders, and it was referred to the Committee on Itinerancy.

dership.

NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN.

Boundaries.

NORTHWEST WISCONSIN CONFERENCE.

T. M. Fullerton presented four memorials on Boundaries: one from Augusta Circuit, signed by L. H. Campbell and twenty-seven others; one from Hixton and Fair Valley Circuit, signed by Rev. J. Curran and twenty-six others; one from Black River Falls, signed by Rev. R. R. Wood and ten others; and also a transcript of the Conference record on the same subject, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries. He also presented a transcript of the record of

May 5. FOURTH DAY.

Lay Represen

the Conference on Lay Representation, and also a memorial on the same subject from Hixton and Fair Valley Circuit, signed by Rev. J. Curran and nine others, tation. and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation. He also presented a transcript of the Freedmen. record of the Conference on Suffrage, which was referred to the Committee on Freedmen; and the action of the Conference against Rebaptism as maladministra- Baptism. tion, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals.

OHIO CONFERENCE.

S. M. Merrill presented the action of the Conference in reference to members holding certificates, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals.

Онто.

John Dillon presented a remonstrance against Lay Lay Delegation Delegation from Beaver Circuit Quarterly Conference

by John H. Kirkpatrick, a local Elder, and fifteen. others, representing a membership of two hundred and seventy-five, and it was referred to the Committee on Lay Representation.

ONEIDA CONFERENCE.

ΟΝΕΙΡΑ.

tation.

W. H. Olin presented a petition for Lay Representa- Lay Represention from Sauquoit, signed by Theodore Sanford and four others, and one from the same Charge against Lay Representation, signed by Henry Griffin and five others, and they were referred to the Committee on Lay Representation.

A. S. Graves presented the action of the Conference on Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. He also presented the Freedmen. action of the Conference on Freedmen, and it was referred to the Committee on Freedmen.

PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE.

PHILADELPHIA.

sion.

Joseph Castle presented the report of the managers Church Extenof the Church Extension Society, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject and ordered to be printed.

William L. Gray presented memorials on the sub- Boundaries. ject of Boundaries, one from Middletown Charge,

May 5. FOURTH DAY.

signed by Rev. Allen John and one other, one from Wiconisco and Lykens, signed by John Durbin and twenty-four others, one from Talbot Charge, signed by A. W. Leake and twenty-two others, and one from Wilmington, Delaware, signed by Rev. James Riddle, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

PITTSBURGH.

Boundaries.

Freedmen.

Lay Representation.

PROVIDENCE.

Boundaries.

Sunday Schools and Tracts.

Lay Delegation.

Stewards.

tricts.

PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE.

D. L. Dempsey presented the action of the Pittsburgh Conference on the subject of Boundaries, and it was referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

O. N. Hartshorn presented the action of the Conference on Freedmen, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

S. H. Nesbit presented the action of the Conference on Lay Representation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

PROVIDENCE CONFERENCE.

S. C. Brown presented the action of the Conference on Boundaries, and it was referred to the Committee on Boundaries.

Daniel Wise presented the report and memorial of the Editor of the Sunday-School and Tract publications, respecting the duties of his department, and it was referred to the Committee on Sunday-Schools and Tracts.

M. J. Talbot presented the action of the Conference on Lay Delegation, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject. He also presented the action of the Conference on the election of Stewards, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals. Also, the Episcopal Dis- action of the Conference on Episcopal Districts, and it was referred to the Committee on Itinerancy. Also, American and the action of the Conference on the American and Foreign Christian Union, and it was referred to the special committee on that subject; also, the action of the Conference on a circular from the Minnesota Conference, and it was referred to the Committee on the Book Concern.

Foreign Christian Union.

ROCK RIVER CONFERENCE.

May 5. FOURTH DAY. ROCK RIVER.

R. A. Blanchard presented the action of the Confer- Divorce. ence on Divorce, and it was referred to the Committee

on Revisals.

On motion of L. Hitchcock, so much of the report Scandinavian Paper. of the Agents of the Western Book Concern as relates to the publishing a Paper in the Scandinavian Language was referred to the special committee on the Scandinavian Work.

James Baume presented a memorial on Lay Delega- Lay Delegation. tion from Evanston, signed by L. Gage and thirtyseven others, and it was referred to the Committee on

that subject.

E. Q. Fuller presented the action of the Conference Book Concern. on the Book Concern, and also its action on Lay Delegation, and they were appropriately referred.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS CONFERENCE.

SOUTHERN LI

NOIS.

tation

J. B. Corrington presented a resolution on Lay Rep- Lay Represenresentation from the Greenville Quarterly Conference, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

SOUTHWESTERN GERMAN CONFERENCE.

SOUTHWESTERN
GERMAN.

H. Fiegenbaum presented a memorial on Lay Delega- Lay Delegation. tion from Quincy, signed by W. Metz and seventeen others, and it was referred to the Committee on that subject.

TROY CONFERENCE.

W. R. Brown presented the action of the Conference against a change in the trial of members, and it was referred to the Committee on Revisals.

TROY.

C. F. Burdick presented the action of the Official Boundaries. Boards of Pittsfield and other charges in relation to Boundaries, and also the action of North Adams Quarterly Conference on the same subject, and they were referred to the Committee on Boundaries.