papers; and where such papers exist to discontinue the same, when it can be done consistently with existing obligations.

IV. Special Publishing Committees

¶ 362. The California Christian Advocate shall be published at San Francisco, California, by a Commission appointed by the Book Committee.

¶ 363. There shall be a Publishing Committee for The Pittsburg Christian Advocate, consisting of three members from the Pittsburg Conference, two from the Erie Conference, two from the East Ohio Conference, and two from the West Virginia Conference, all to be chosen by the General Conference. The Committee shall fix the salary of the Editor, keep an account of the receipts and expenditures for the paper, and shall report annually its financial condition to the patronizing Conferences. A copy of said report shall also be sent to the Agents at New York, and any balance remaining after defraying current expenses shall be subject to the order of said Agents.

V. Depositories

¶ 364. There shall be Depositories of our books at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; at Boston, Massachusetts; and at Detroit, Michigan. They shall be furnished by the Agents at New York with full supplies of the books of our General Catalogue, Sunday School Booksand tracts, to be sold for the Concern at the same terms as at New York; provided, that there shall not be more than fifteen thousand dollars' worth at Pitts

burg, nor more than ten thousand dollars' worth at Boston. There shall also be a Depository at Chicago, Illinois; at Kansas City, Missouri; and at San Francisco, California, to be supplied by the Agents at Cincinnati.

¶ 365. The expenses incident to the transportation, management, and sale of our books at these Depositories having been met out of the sales, the net proceeds shall be forwarded to the Agents.

¶ 366. Full statements shall be made to the Agents, at dates fixed by them, of the amount of sales and expenses; distinguishing cash sales from those on credit. Annual statements shall also be made of the amount of stock.

¶ 367. No books shall hereafter be sold on commission, either from New York, Cincinnati, or any Depository or establishment under direction of the Book Concern.

VL. Circulation of Religious Tracts

¶ 368. It is recommended to our people everywhere to form Tract Societies for the distribution of tracts and religious literature.

¶ 369. It shall be the duty of each District Superintendent to bring the subject of tract distribution before the fourth Quarterly Conference in each Charge within his District; and said Conference shall appoint a Committee, of which the Pastor shall be Chairman, whose duty it shall be to devise and execute plans for local tract distribution.

CHAPTER II

BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS

I. Incorporation

¶ 370. There shall be a Board of Foreign Missions, duly incorporated according to law, and having its office in New York City, said Board of Foreign Missions being subject to such rules and regulations as the General Conference from time to time may prescribe.

NOTE.-For Charter, By-Laws, etc., see Annual Report of Board of Foreign Missions.

II. Constitution

1371. ARTICLE I. Name and Object. The name of this organization shall be the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Its objects are religious and philanthropic, designed to diffuse more generally the blessings of Christianity, by the promotion and support of Christian Missions and educational institutions in foreign countries, and also in other places subject to the sovereignty of the United States which are not on the continent of North America or the islands adjacent thereto, as may be committed to the care of said organization by the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, under such rules and regulations as said General Conference may from time to time prescribe.

¶ 372. ARTICLE II. Life Members, Honorary Members, and Patrons. All members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, contributing to the funds of the Board of Foreign Missions, shall be nominally members of said Board. Any person contributing $20 at one time shall be a Life Member. Any person giving $200 at one time shall be an Honorary Life Member. Any person giving $500 at one time shall be an Honorary Manager for life, and any person giving $1,000 at one time shall be a Patron for life; and such Manager or Patron shall be entitled to a seat and the right of speaking, but not of voting, in the meetings of the Board of Managers.

ARTICLE III.

¶ 373, § 1. General Committee of Foreign Missions. There shall be a General Committee of Foreign Missions, composed of the General Superintendents, the Missionary Bishops, the Corresponding Secretary, the First Assistant Corresponding Secretary, the Recording Secretary, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, two representatives, one lay and one ministerial, from each General Conference District, and as many representatives from the Board of Managers as there are General Conference Districts.

§ 2. The representatives of the Board of Managers shall be elected by the Board from its own members, and shall include as nearly as may be an equal num ber of Ministers and Laymen.

§ 3. The representatives of the General Conference Districts shall be elected by the General Conference, on the nominations of the delegates within said Districts, respectively, for a term of four years.

4. The Board of Bishops shall fill any vacancy that may occur among members appointed by the

General Conference, so that each General Conference District may be fully represented at each annual meeting.

¶ 374, § 1. The General Committee of Foreign Missions shall meet annually at such place in the United States as the General Committee, from year to year, may determine, and at such time in the month of November as shall be determined by the Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurers, of which due notice shall be given to each member; and the Bishops shall preside over the deliberations of the General Committee. But the annual meeting of the said Committee shall not be held in the same General Conference District more frequently than once in four years.

§ 2. Said General Committee of Foreign Missions shall determine what fields shall be occupied as Foreign Missions and the amount necessary for the support of each, and shall make appropriations for the same, including an Emergency Fund of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); provided, the General Committee of Foreign Missions shall not appropriate for a given year, including the emergency appropriation of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), more than the total income for the year immediately preceding. In the intervals between the meetings of the General Committee of Foreign Missions, the Board of Managers may provide, from the Emergency Fund, for any unforeseen emergency that may arise in any of our Foreign Missions.

§ 3. The General Committee of Foreign Missions shall be amenable to the General Conference, to which it shall make a full report of its doings. Any expense incurred in the discharge of its duties shall be