102 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST YEAR Book.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to keep an accurate ac-
count of the receipts and disbursements of the Conference funds, to pay
out the same as may be provided by the Conference, to report to the
Conference Secretary each quarter the amount of money received and’
paid during the quarter, and the amoun* on hand at the close of the quar-
ter, and to make an annual report thereof at the meetings of the Confer-
ence.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to appoint
through one of our weekly papers the time and place to hold the annual
Conferences, and to call special Conferences whenever, in their judg-
ment, it may be needful to do so; to take the general supervision of all
labor performed within and for this Conference ; to take charge of and
care for all the property belonging to the Conference ; and to exercise a
general watch-care over all matters pertaining to the interests of the
cause within the bounds of this Conference.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Conference to elect or appoint a
committee of six, who shall not have been in the employ of the Confer-
ence during any part of the preceding year, who with the Executive
Committee “shall constitute an Auditing Committee, to examine and sei-
tle all accounts which are presented to the Conference, at which they are
elected or appointed.
ARTICLE IIIL.—FUNDS.
SecrioN 1. Itshall be the duty of the churches belonging to this Con-/
ference to adopt the tithing system of the Bible. and the funds so raised
shall be paid quarterly to the Treasurer of the Conference, to be used for
the work for which the Conference is formed.
Sec. 2. In addition to the tithes, the Executive Committee is author-
ized to call for donations as the wants of the cause may, in their judg-
meut, demand.
Sec. 3. All money shall be paid out by the Treasurer as may be pro-
vided by the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE IV.—CHURCH REPORTS.
Section 1. It shall be the duty of each church to make a written
report every quarter to the Conference Secretary, of its standing, its
additions and losses, the amount of its tithes, and the number of mem-
bers of its Sabbath-school and its missionary society ; and to make a like
report for the year to the regular annual meetings of the Conference.
Sec. 2. When any church, or scattered brethren, wish ministerial
labor in their vicinity, their call shall be made to the Executive Com-
mittee.
ARTICLE V.—LICENSES.
Secrron 1. It shall be the duty of the Conference to determine who
ure the approved ministers within the bounds thereof ; to grant suitable
credentials to the same ; and to grant licenses to those whom it shall
consider suitable to labor in the cause. And inthe interval between the
regular meetings, the Executive Committee are authorized to perform
such duties.
Sec. 2.. Those who may feel it their duty to exercise their gift as
preachers or colporters, shall lay their exercises of mind before the Con-
ference Committee, and the Committee may license them if they con-
sider them qualified.