of Bishops, whose decision in such case shall be final. No Episcopal decision shall be authoritative, except in the case pending, until it shall have been passed upon by the College of Bishops. The College of Bishops shall hold semiannual meetings of not less than three days' time and as much longer as the work may require; to survey and consider all of the work of the Church at large, to plan and suggest new and needed enterprises in any part of the field, to provide, as far as possible, a uniform policy of administration, in order to the exercise of the functions of true Church leadership. At the close of each meeting, they shall publish the results of their deliberations, as far as they may deem necessary for the interests of the Church, in the official organ of the Church and in the various organs of the Annual Conferences. Each Bishop shall at such meetings report in writing all his decisions of law, with a syllabus of each case, made during the year. The College of Bishops shall review these decisions, record its conclusions in a permanent form, and publish semiannually in the Christian Advocate, and in such other form as the College shall agree to adopt, its conclusions in each case, together with the syllabus; and these conclusions, when published, shall be authoritative constructions

ference, to hear and decide appeals from cision of the President of a Quarterly or Conference on questions of law; and the q contained in the appeal, together with the decision, shall be recorded on the journal Conference.

¶ 109. Ans. 8. To see that the Dist formed according to his judgment: provid no District shall contain more than forty ments.

¶ 110. Ans. 9. To divide a circuit, sta mission, into two or more, when he judges sary.

¶ 111. Ans. 10. To travel during the far as practicable, through the Presiding Districts which may be included in h copal District, in order to preach and see the spiritual and temporal affairs Church.

Ques. 4. Shall a Bishop have power to as a supply a preacher who has been reje continued, or located, at the previous s any Annual Conference?

112. Ans. He shall not employ any who has been rejected as an applicant, or been discontinued or located, except at hi

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SECTION III.

OF PRESIDING ELDERS.

Question 1. What are the duties of a Presiding Elder?

¶ 113. Ans. 1. To travel through his appointed District, in order to preach and to oversee the spiritual and temporal affairs of the Church.

114. Ans. 2. In the absence of the Bishop, to take charge of all the traveling and local preachers and exhorters in his District.

¶ 115. Ans. 3. To change, receive, and suspend preachers during the intervals of the Conferences, and in the absence of the Bishop, as the Discipline directs.

116. Ans. 4. To be present, as far as practicable, at all the quarterly meetings, and call together the members of the Quarterly Conference, over which he shall also preside.

117. Ans. 5. To decide all questions of law which may come up in the regular business of the Quarterly or District Conference, when submitted to him in writing, subject to an appeal to the President of the next Annual Conference; but in all cases the application of law shall be with the Quarterly or District Conference, which shall record in its journals all such questions and decisions.

118 Ane h To take care that every part of

mote, by all proper means, the cause of and Sunday schools, and the publication own press, of tracts and Sunday school b inquire carefully, at each Quarterly Con whether the rules respecting the instru children and the supplying of our books a odicals have been faithfully observed; whe preacher in charge administers the sac holds Church Conferences, enforces mor pline, and attends to the collections assess charge; and to report to the Annual Ca the names of all the delinquent traveling ers within his District.

119. Ans. 7. To attend the Bisho present in his District, and to give the absent, all necessary information, by lette state of his District.

¶ 120. Ans. 8. In connection with the ing Committees, to direct the Conferenc graduates in those studies prescribed for the Bishops; and, in connection with the in charge, to encourage local preachers didates for the ministry in their stud when such a plan seems practicable, to their pursuing literary and theological c study in preparation for the work of the 1 and to report the names and addresses of

ence, to be incorporated in its journal; and also to report the names and addresses of all who have been licensed to preach during the year, and of all candidates for the ministry, to the Department of Ministerial Supply and Training.

¶ 121. Ans. 9. To procure full statistics from every charge, to be reported at the Annual Conference, in case the preacher in charge fails to make his report, and to have the records of his District Conferences at the Annual Conference for examination. He shall also furnish to the Chairman of the Sunday School Board at each Annual Conference session a complete list of the superintendents in his District, with their post-office addresses.

¶ 122. Ans. 10. If any preacher absent himself from his circuit, the Presiding Elder shall, as far as possible, fill his place with another preacher.

Ques. 2. Shall the Presiding Elder have power to employ a preacher who has been rejected, discontinued, or located, at the previous session of any Annual Conference?

123. Ans. He shall not employ any preacher who has been rejected as an applicant, or who has been discontinued or located, except at his own request, unless the Conference shall, at the time of