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longing thereto, or any part thereof, and proceed to business on any 

 part of the capital being subscribed and paid, at their discretion. 



Art. 8. The society shall meet annually at time and place of the 

 meeting of the South Carolina Conference, and shall, besides the 

 election of the Board of Managers, take into consideration the state 

 of the Church and country in regard to the supply of moral and 

 religious literature, and the condition and wants of Sunday-schools, 

 and shall report to the Conference, and cooperate with the same in 

 regard to these interests. Twenty-five members shall constitute a 

 quorum. 



Art. 9. All voting in the society shall be by shares, whenever 

 demanded by any member, each share entitling its holder to one 

 vote. 



Art. 10. This Constitution may be altered or amended by the 

 vote of the society at an annual meeting and the concurrent vote of 

 the South Carolina Conference, except the fifth article, which shall 

 require for its alteration the concurrent vote of each corporation 

 holding stock relative to its own shares. 



Your committee further recommend for adoption by the Confer- 

 ence the resolutions following, viz. : 



1. Resolved, That the presiding elders be, and they hereby are, 

 requested and authorized to present and explain the nature of the 

 Book and Tract Society in their respective districts, and procure 

 subscribers, receiving the cash and taking notes, as the Constitution 

 prescribes; and further, that they shall give to the money and notes 

 so received the direction which may be ordered by the Board of 

 Managers of the society. 



2. Resolved, That Ave do hereby adopt the Southern Christian Ad- 

 vocate as the organ of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 

 within the bounds of the South Carolina Conference. 



3. Resolved, That we do hereby constitute and appoint H. A. C. 

 AValker and Wm. Martin commissioners on behalf of this Confer- 

 ence, to carry out, in conjunction with the general book agent, the 

 provisions of the Discipline (pp. 299, 300) relative to the transfer 

 of the Advocate aforesaid. 



4. Resolved, That W. P. Mouzon and J. Stacy be, and hereby are, 

 appointed the Publishing Committee of said Advocate. 



5. Resolved, That we do hereby appoint and constitute H. A. C. 

 Walker to be present, as our agent, at the approaching session of 

 the Florida Conference, to ask that Conference to cooperate with us 

 in the fore£oin<r measures. And 



