Rules of Order.

I. At the opening of any session of the Convention, the President shall take the Chair, and shall continue to preside during the sitting. He shall possess the usual poweres of presiding officers in deliberative assemblies, to preserve order and decorum, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House. He shall have the right to name any clerical member to perform the duties of the Chair; but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, unless directed by the House. The person so named shall possess all the powers of the President, but shall not lose the right of voting while so presiding.

II. If the Secretary of the preceding Convention be in attendance, he shall officiate as such until another be chosen. If he be not present, a temporary Secretary may be appointed, on motion, by a viva voce vote.

III. After the Chair being taken by the President, the Secretary shall call over the names of the Clergy entitled to seats in the Convention, and shall enter in the journals those who are present. Notice shall then be given to the lay deputies to place their eertificates on the table. They shall be examined by the Secretary, and a committee of two members, to be appointed by the President. Any irregular or defective certificate shall be suspended until a quorum shall have appeared. The names of the lay deputies, duly appointed shall then be called, and those who are present shall be entered on the journal. The irregular and defective certificates shall then be reported to the Convention, who shall decide on the admis. sion of the deputies named in them.

IV. A constitutional quorum being found to be present, the Presi dent shall declare the Convention duly organized.

V. A Secretary shall then be chosen for the Convention. He may appoint an assistant, who shall perform all the duties of the office in the absence of the Secretary.

shall make his desire known to the Bishop, who on being satisfied with his or her qualifications, and with the locality of the proposed school, shall license him or her, and shall appoint three discreet Episcopalians as visitors of the establishment. It shall be the duty of such visitors to visit the school at least once a quarter, and examine the pupils and government thereof. They shall report to the Board of Education at each annual Convention, and to the Bishop oftener, if necessary, the true condition of the school, and endeavor generally to promote its true interests and efficiency.

The Rectors of the several Parishes in this Diocese are to take up collections in their several churches on Christmas day of each year, in aid of superannuated clergymen, their wives and children, and report the annual amount of the same to each annual Convention thereafter.

Each minister in this Diocese having a church in charge, is to procure annual contributions to the Episcopal fund, either by making a collection or otherwise, as he may deem best. The Wardens in each Parish are to open a book for the subscription of money in hand or in annual instalments, at the option of the subscribers, and also for obtaining donations in hand or in any other species of property; and such books, together with a report of any other collections for said fund, shall be laid before the Convention at their annual meetings by the respective clergymen of each Parish.

Every clergyman in charge of a Parish in the Diocese, shall hereafter furnish at each annual Convention, to the Education Committee a statement in writing of what is being done in his Parish, in the work of Education under the auspices of the church.

A sermon on missions shall be preached at the annual meetings of the Convention, with particular reference to the support of missions in the Diocese. The preacher to be appointed by the Bishop.

Every clergyman in charge of a Parish in this Diocese, shall here after take up a collection in his church annually on or near Epiphany, for the aid of Diocesan missions, and report the same to the next Convention thereafter.

Rules of Order.

I. At the opening of any session of the Convention, the President shall take the Chair, and shall continue to preside during the sitting. He shall possess the usual poweres of presiding officers in deliberative assemblies, to preserve order and decorum, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House. He shall have the right to name any clerical member to perform the duties of the Chair; but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, unless directed by the House. The person so named shall possess all the powers of the President, but shall not lose the right of voting while so presiding.

II. If the Secretary of the preceding Convention be in attendance, he shall officiate as such until another be chosen. If he be not present, a temporary Secretary may be appointed, on motion, by a viva voce vote.

III. After the Chair being taken by the President, the Secretary shall call over the names of the Clergy entitled to seats in the Convention, and shall enter in the journals those who are present. Notice shall then be given to the lay deputies to place their eertificates on the table. They shall be examined by the Secretary, and a committee of two members, to be appointed by the President. Any irregular or defective certificate shall be suspended until a quorum shall have appeared. The names of the lay deputies, duly appointed shall then be called, and those who are present shall be entered on the journal. The irregular and defective certificates shall then be reported to the Convention, who shall decide on the admission of the deputies named in them.

IV. A constitutional quorum being found to be present, the President shall declare the Convention duly organized.

V. Á Secretary shall then be chosen for the Convention. He may appoint an assistant, who shall perform all the duties of the office in the absence of the Secretary,

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VI. After the daily morning prayer, the order of buisness shall be as follows:

1. The reading, correcting, and approving of the Minutes of the preceding day. 2. Calling the names of absent members, and entering on the journal those who appear.

3. Reports from the various Committees.

4. Motions. Resolutions and Miscellaneous Buisness.

VII. The Bishop's Address shall be in order at any time.

VIII. Every member who shall be present when a question is stated from the Chair, shall vote thereon, unless excused by the House.

IX. No motion shall be put or debated, unless it is seconded; and when seconded, it shall be stated by the President before debate; and every motion shall be reduced to writing, when required by the President, or any member.

X. If the question in debate contain several distinct propositions, any member may have the same divided.

XI. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, unless to pospone it indefinitely; to postpone it to a certain time; to lay it on the table; to commit it, or amend it; and motions for either of these purposes shall have precedence in the order herein named. But a motion to adjourn shall always be in order, when no member is speaking, and shall be decided without debate; and if it be negatived, it shall not be renewed until some new buisness has intervened.

XII. A motion to lay on the table shall be decided without debate. XIII. On a question being put by the President, it shall be determined by the sound of the voices, for or against it; but any member may require a count of the votes, and tellers for that purpose shall be appointed by the Chair; or any three votes may, previous to a decision by counts, require the ayes and noes to be taken, which shall be done by calling clerical members and the churches represented, and the vote shall be entered on the journal.

XIV. Any five votes may require the ayes and noes, to be taken by orders, and when so taken they shall be entered on the minutes. XV. No member may speak more than twice on the same question, without leave of the House.

XVI. A question being decided, shall not be reconsidered during the same session, without the consent of two-thirds of the votes of the Convention, nor without the motion for that purpose being made by one of the majority on a prior decision: nor shall any question be reconsidered more than once.

XVII. All special Committees shall be appointed by the Chair, unless otherwise specially directed by the House, in which case they shall be appointed by ballot.

XVIII. No standing rule or order shall be suspended, changed, or rescinded, without one day's previous notice of a motion to that effect, unless by the votes of two-thirds of the persons present entitled to vote.

XIX. Before the final adjournment of any sesssion of the Convention, the minutes of the last day's proceedings shall be read, corrected and approved.