Lv South Carolina. 533 



Art. 3. Any person may become a member of this society by the 

 payment of §1 per annum, or a member for life by the payment of 

 $10 at any one time. Life-members shall be entitled to receive 

 tracts at any one time to the amount of one-half the sum paid by 

 them. 



Art. 4. The business of the society shall be conducted by a 

 President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer, and twelve Directors 

 — ministers and laymen — who shall constitute a Board of Managers, 

 any five of whom shall be a quorum. 



Art. 5. The board shall meet on a day not later than the second 

 of the session of the Conference to fix the time and place, and to 

 make other arrangements for the annual meeting. 



Art. 6. At the annual meeting of the society the annual report 

 of the Board of Directors shall be submitted ; also that of the treas- 

 urer or agent, duly certified. Annual subscriptions shall be renewed, 

 and officers elected for the ensuing year. 



Art. 7. This Constitution shall not be altered but by a majority 

 of the society present and voting on the proposed alteration. 



Report of the Board of Managers. 



The Board of Managers of the Tract Society greet you, brethren, 

 on the occasion of your second anniversary. It is true we cannot 

 invite you to rejoice over the triumphant achievements of the past 

 year, nor present a glowing detail of its wonderful success. The 

 cause of truth and righteousness is always slow in its advances, and 

 its beginning is generally attended with much discouragement and 

 trial of faith. But the history of the past assures us of its ultimate 

 success. We are in the incipiency of a great and noble enterprise. 

 This is the seed-time, and we may not yet expect to reap the rich 

 and glorious harvest. We must wait until people have become ac- 

 quainted with the nature and designs of our association before we 

 can look for their cordial concurrence and support. During the 

 past year there have been various circumstances to retard our oper- 

 ations. The last winter, as we all well remember, was one of un- 

 usual severity, rendering it almost impossible for our agent to 

 accomplish any thing for several months. In many sections of the 

 country the shortness of the crops and the high price of provisions 

 operated, in addition to the stringency in monetary matters felt 

 everywhere, very much against large contributions or heavy sales 

 of tracts and books ; and when it is stated that our agent in the first 

 year very naturally visited the more prominent and wealthy points 



