there shall be a committee appointed consisting of one delegate from each Annual Conference, who, in the presence of a Bishop and one or more of the Secretaries of the General Conference, shall have full power to try the case; and their decision shall be final. And the said committee shall make a faithful report to the General Conference, in writing, and deliver up to the Secretary the whole record of the case, with the decision rendered.

3. No member shall be appointed to serve on any appeal when he has been a member of the committee that first tried the case.

4. The appellant shall either state personally, or by his representative (who shall be a member of the Conference), the grounds of his appeal, be anneals, and he

without interruption. After which t representatives of the Annual Confe ence from whose decision the appe is made, shall be permitted to respon in presence of the appellant, who sha have privilege of replying, which shal close the pleadings on both sides This done, the appellant shall with draw, and the committee shall decide.

5. No minister, after such form of trial and expulsion, shall be restored to the communion of the Church without giving satisfactory evidence of repentance, unless the Annual Conference shall become convinced that he was innocent of the crime for which he was expelled; in which case the Conference may restore him to his previous standing.

APPEAL OF A LOCAL PREACHER.

1. When an appeal of a local preacher is made and allowed by the Annual Conference, the President shall appoint a committee of not less than nine, nor more than thirteen, who shall have full power to try the case; and their decision shall be final.

2. No member of the Quarterly Conference that first tried the case shall be appointed on this committee.

3. The minutes of the trial in the Quarterly Conference shall be laid before this committee, which documents only shall be in evidence; and the said committee shall make a faithful the Annual Conference, in

APPEAL OF A MEMBER.

1. If there be a murmur or complaint from any excluded person, that justice has not been done in the trial before the Church or committee, he shall be allowed an appeal to the next Quarterly Conference.

2. The appeal being made and allowed, the preacher in charge shall present the minutes of the trial to the Quarterly Conference, from which minutes the case shall finally be determined.

3. No member of the committee for trial shall vote on the appeal.

4. The appellant shall either state personally, or by his representative (who shall be a member of the Church), the grounds of his appeal, showing and he shall be