of its session after it has been fixed by the Conference, the Pastor or Pastors in the place where the Conference was appointed to be held, and the District Superintendent, shall have power to make such change. But this authority shall not be exercised without first consulting the other District Superintendents of the Conference so far as practicable.

¶ 77. A Bishop shall preside in the Annual Conference. In case no Bishop is present, a member of the Conference, appointed by the Bishop, shall preside. But if no appointment be made, or if the person appointed shall not attend, the Conference shall elect by ballot, without debate, a President from among the Elders.

¶ 78. A record of the proceedings of each Annual Conference shall be kept by a Secretary chosen for the purpose, and shall be signed by the President and Secretary; and a copy of said record shall be sent to the General Conference for examination. Journals not properly attested cannot be approved by the General Conference.

II. Order of Business

¶ 79. The business of the Annual Conference is to inquire:

§ 1. Is this Annual Conference Incorporated according to the requirement of the Discipline?

§ 2. Who have been Received by Transfer, and from what Conferences?

§ 3. Who have been Readmitted?

NOTE-Enter date of Location and the Conference which granted it.

§ 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. ¶ 173, § 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 Membership?

(a) Elected and ordained Deacons this year. (b) Elected and ordained Deacons previously. § 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. 12. What others have been elected and ordained Deacons?

(a) As Local Preachers. ¶ 173, § 1.
(b) Under Missionary Rule. T 173, § 4.
(c) Under Seminary Rule. ¶ 173, § 2.

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

(a) As Local Deacons. ¶ 176, § 1.

(b) Under Missionary Rule. ¶ 176, § 4.
(c) Under Seminary Rule. ¶ 176, § 3.

§ 14. Was the character of each Preacher examined?

§ 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 Personal Notation should be made?

NOTE. Enter with adequate statement of facts, 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.

§ 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. Have the provisions of the Discipline concerning the Conference Board of Home Missions and Church Extension been carried out?

§ 27. Have the provisions of the Discipline concerning the Conference Board of Foreign Missions been carried out?

§ 28. What is the Statistical Report?

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

§ 31. What are the claims on the Conference Fund? § 32. What has been received on these claims, and how has it been applied?

§ 33. What is five per cent of the amount raised for the support of Conference Claimants, and paid by the Conference Treasurer to the Board of Conference Claimants for Connectional Relief?

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

§ 35. Where are the Preachers stationed?

§ 36. Where shall the next Conference be held?

III. Powers and Duties

¶ 80. 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 of them against whom charges may be preferred. ¶¶ 243-260.

81. The Election and, so far as it is practicable, the Ordination of Elders and Deacons should be done at the Annual Conference. TT 171-178.

82. Each Annual Conference shall appoint annually for each District a District Board of Church Location and Erection, whose powers and duties are defined in T 429.

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

84. Each Annual Conference shall appoint a Committee on Periodicals, Publications, and Collections, whose powers and duties are defined in ¶ 382, § 1.

¶ 85. 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 causes.

IV. Statistician and Treasurer

86. 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 in the General Minutes at the head of its Statistical Tables 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 his 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 correspond exactly with the money and vouchers thus delivered.

§ 4. At the opening of the second day's session the Bishop presiding shall call upon the Statistician and the Conference Treasurer respectively to read the