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§ 4. Who have been Received on Credentials, and from what Churches?

§ 5. Who have been Received on Trial?

(a) In studies of First Year.

(b) In studies of Third Year (under Seminary Rule.) ¶ 176, § 2.

§ 6. Who have been Continued on Trial?

(a) In studies of First Year.

(b) In studies of Second Year.
(c) In studies of Third Year.
(d) In studies of Fourth Year.

§ 7. Who have been Discontinued?

§ 8. Who have been Admitted into Full Member

ship?

(a) Elected and ordained Deacons this year. (b) Elected and ordained Deacons previously. (c) Elected and ordained Deacons under Seminary Rule. ¶ 176, § 2.

§ 9. What Members are in studies of Third Year? (a) Admitted into Full Membership this

year.

(b) Admitted into Full Membership pre

viously.

§ 10. What Members are in studies of Fourth Year? § 11. What Members have completed the Conference Course of Study?

(a) Elected and ordained Elders this year.
(b) Elected and ordained Elders previously.
(c) Elected and ordained Elders under the
Seminary Rule. ¶ 179, § 3.

§ 12. What others have been elected and ordained Deacons?

(a) As Local Preachers. ¶ 176, § 1.

(b) Under Missionary Rule. ¶ 176, § 4.

§ 13. What others have been elected and ordained Elders?

(a) As Local Deacons. ¶ 179, § 1.

(b) Under Missionary Rule. ¶ 179, § 4.

§ 14. Was the character of each Preacher

amined?

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§ 15. Who have been Transferred, and to what Conferences?

§ 16. Who have Died?

§ 17. Who have been Located at their own request?

§ 18. Who have been Located?

§ 19. Who have Withdrawn?

§ 20. Who have been permitted to Withdraw under Charges or Complaints?

§ 21. Who have been Expelled?

§ 22. What other

made?

Personal Notation should be

NOTE.-Enter the names of (1) Those whose Orders have been recognized without admission to the Annual Conference. (2) Those whose Credentials have been restored. (3) Those formerly expelled, but now restored by the action of a Judicial Conference or of the General Conference. Indicate class by use of numeral (1), (2), or (3), as above.

§ 23. Who are the Supernumerary Ministers, and for what number of years consecutively has each held this relation?

§ 24. Who are the Retired Ministers?

§ 25. Who are the Triers of Appeals?

§ 26. What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Home Missions and Church Extension?

§ 27. What is the Annual Report of the Conference Board of Foreign Missions?

§ 28. What is the Statistical Report?

§ 29. What is the Conference Treasurer's Report? § 30. (a) What is the aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the General Conference, as reported by the Conference Treasurer?

(b) What is the aggregate of the Benevolent Collections ordered by the Annual Conference, as reported by the Conference Treasurer.

§ 31. What are the claims on the Conference Funds? For annuity distribution

years multiplied by

the Disciplinary rate of $..
...... per year, $.

For necessitous distribution,

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§ 32. What has been received on these claims, and how has it been applied?

From the Book Concern

From the Chartered Fund

From Board of Conference Claimants,

From Annual Conference investments,
From Pastoral Charges,

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§ 33. What amount has been apportioned to the Pastoral Charges within the Conference, to be raised for the Support of Conference Claimants? ¶336.

§ 34. What amount has been paid by the Conference Treasurer to the Board of Conference Claimants for Connectional Relief?

§ 35. Where are the Preachers stationed?

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§ 36. Where shall the next Conference be held?

III. Powers and Duties

81, §. 1. Each Annual Conference shall elect a Committee on Conference Relations. The Conference shall arrange, so far as practicable, to constitute the committee in classes to serve three years each.

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the committee to examine all applicants for reception on trial as to their age, health, education, relation in life, and it shall secure in its permanent record from each applicant

his written answers to the following questions; and in the form herein prescribed: (1) Are you in debt so as to embarrass you in the work of the Ministry? Answer: No. (2) Will you wholly abstain from the use of tobacco? Answer: Yes.

§ 3. All candidates for admission to Full Membership shall appear before this committee and be examined as in the case of reception on trial.

§ 4. No member of the Conference shall have his relation changed until he has had opportunity to have his case presented to this committee, in person or by a representative.

§ 5. Any case involving ordination or recognition of orders may be referred to this committee by the Annual Conference.

§ 6. This committee shall make a recommendation to the Conference in each case, unless the application be withdrawn.

§ 7. In Conferences so large as to make it necessary, a Committee on Ministerial Qualifications may be elected to which may be referred sections two and three.

82. An Annual Conference has power to hear complaints against its members, and may try, reprove, suspend, deprive of Ministerial Office and Credentials, expel or acquit any against whom charges may have been preferred. ¶¶ 252-269.

83. The Election and, so far as it is practicable, the Ordination of Elders and Deacons shall be at the Annual Conference. ¶¶ 174-181.

184. Each Annual Conference shall appoint annually for each District, a District Board of Church Location and Erection, whose powers and duties are defined in ¶ 448.

¶85. Each Annual Conference shall carefully meet the obligations laid upon it in connection with all our benevolent causes.

¶ 86. Each Annual Conference shall appoint a Committee on Periodicals, Publications, and Collections, whose powers and duties are defined in ¶ 392, § 1.

¶87. In each Annual Conference, the Bishop presiding shall inquire of each Pastor if he has carried out the Disciplinary plan for the support of the ministry and the benevolent causes; and of each District Superintendent, if he has required the pro rata distribution of the moneys received for Ministerial Support and has urged in the Quarterly Conferences the collection in full for all the benevolent causés.

IV. Statistician and Treasurer

¶88. That the Statistics may be accurately reported and the Benevolent Collections duly accounted for, let the following rules be observed:

§ 1. Each Annual Conference shall appoint a Statistician and a Conference Treasurer, whose names and addresses shall be printed at the head of its Statistical Tables in the General Minutes and also in the Methodist Year Book.

§ 2. On the first day of the Conference session each Pastor shall present his Statistical and Financial Reports, correctly and plainly written, all collections and other moneys being reported in dollars only, without fractions thereof.

§ 3. In connection with this report of the amount collected for each benevolent cause, the Pastor shall deliver to the Conference Treasurer either the money thus collected or a satisfactory voucher for the same; and the credit given to his Pastoral Charge shall

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