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6. Resolved, That we respectfully request the Rev. E. H. Myers to 

 present the same subjects to the Georgia Conference, soliciting co- 

 operation on the part of that body. 



7. Resolved, That in case of cooperation, the sixth article of the 

 foregoing Constitution shall hereby be, without further action by the 

 society, so altered as to provide that four members of the Board of 

 Managers shall be chosen by the Book and Tract Society of the 

 South Carolina Conference, four by the society of the Georgia Con- 

 ference, and four by the society of the Florida Conference, each 

 society electing two members of the board from among the members 

 of the Conference originating said society, and two members from 

 among the lay members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 

 South. 



8. Resolved, That should the Southern Christian Advocate be adopted 

 by the Georgia and Florida Conferences, the South Carolina Con- 

 ference shall choose two members of its Publishing Committee, the 

 Georgia Conference two members, and the Florida Conference two 

 members. 



Your committee report further that it appears from the Exhibit 

 of the Publishing House, referred to them, that after deducting 

 liabilities there is a balance, in real estate, bonds, accounts, mer- 

 chandise, fixtures, etc., in favor of the concern, amounting to 

 upward of §300,000, and that the report of the Publishing Com- 

 mittee of the Southern Christian Advocate, also referred, shows a 

 very satisfactory condition of its affairs. Your committee recom- 

 mend for adoption by the Conference the following resolution, 

 viz. : 



■ Resolved, That we are highly gratified by the condition and pros- 

 pects of the Publishing House and of the Southern Christian Ad- 

 vocate as shown in the exhibit of these respective concerns, and do 

 herebv pledge ourselves to renewed and increasing efforts to advance 

 the interests of both by an enlarged circulation of our books, and 

 by procuring new subscribers to the Advocate and collecting debts 

 due to it. 



Respectfully submitted. 



The Eeport of the Board of Managers in 1859 

 showed the affairs of the society to be prosperous — 

 seventeen hundred dollars having been realized dur- 

 ing the year by the Depository clear of all expenses. 



The Historical Society of the South Carolina Con- 



