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Art. 8. The Board of Managers shall have charge of the in- 

 terests of the society, and the Curators during the intervals of the 

 meeting of said board; the remaining officers shall perform the 

 duties usually appertaining to such offices. 



Art. 9. This Constitution may be altered or amended at any an- 

 nual meeting of the society by a vote of two-thirds of the members 

 present, provided such alteration has been previously approved by 

 the Board of Managers. 



In 1858 the " South Carolina Sunday-school Soci- 

 ety" was formed. The Constitution of this society 

 and the Report of the Board of Managers for 1860 are 

 as follows: 



Article 1. This Society shall be called " The South Carolina 

 Conference Sunday-school Society, auxiliary to the Sunday-school 

 Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South." 



Art. 2. The officers of this Society shall be a President, two 

 Vice-presidents, a Secretary, and Treasurer, and also a Board of 

 Managers, consisting of the presiding elder and a layman from each 

 presiding elder's district within the bounds of the Conference, seven 

 of whom shall form a quorum. 



At r. 3. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all 

 meetings of the society, and in his absence one of the Vice-presi- 

 dents; and in the absence of the President and both Vice-presidents, 

 the society shall elect a President pro tern. 



Art. 4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record 

 of all the proceedings of the society. 



Art. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and dis- 

 burse the funds of the society as directed by the Board of Man- 

 agers, and report the same at each annual meeting. 



Art. 6. The Board of Managers shall meet annually, at the seat 

 of the Annual Conference, on the Monday immediately preceding 

 the session, at nine o'clock A.M. It shall be the duty of the board 

 to superintend the general interest, deliberate upon and carry out 

 the objects of the Sunday-school cause by encouraging the estab- 

 lishment of Sunday-schools, raising funds, procuring libraries, and 

 devising the best methods of instruction ; and also to make by-laws 

 for its own government. 



Art. 7. The officers of this society shall be elected annually. 



Art. 8. Any person may become a member of this society by 



