Brought over, $1,064.60 Nov. 19, By cash, a further sum from St. John's Church, Essexborough, by the Rev. S. Beach, 5.37 By cash, a collection in St. Stephen's Church, East Haddam, 1837. Mar. 30, By cash, amount of Easter offerings, from the Parish of Christ June 9, By cash, dividends on two shares Phoenix Bank Stock, for June 10, By cash from the Parish of St. Paul's Church, Windham, By cash from the Parish of St. Paul's Church, Woodbury, 18.53 24.00 4.50 7.00 $1,136.40 An appropriation to the Rev. Mr. Purdy, due at Easter, of $50, remains unpaid; making the actual balance in the hands of the Treasurer, unappropriated, only $2.65. NOTICE. The Treasurer of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, informs the Clergy who may have occasion to draw upon him, that the appropriations to the several Parishes authorized by the Board of Direction, will be regularly paid at the stated periods of Easter and Michaelmas, on presenting an order from the Bishop, of which a blank form is here annexed. FORM OF THE ORDER ON THE TREASURER. To the Treasurer of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. APPENDIX, NO. III. CHURCH SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY. The Convention having resolved itself into the Church Scholarship Society, the Bishop, the President of the Society, in the Chair; The Report of the Board of Directors was read and accepted. The Report of the Treasurer was read and accepted. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year, viz.: Resolved, That those Parishes in which systematic collections are made, be requested to appropriate a portion of the proceeds to this Society. Resolved, That this object be particularly recommended to opulent and pious individuals in the Church. The Board of Education, to whose hands the concerns of the Church Scholarship Society are entrusted, respectfully present their Report; which, from the nature of their transactions, admits not of much detail. Seven young men, students of Washington College, and looking forward to the ministry of this Church, have, within the last year, received stipends from the funds of the Society; and eight are enrolled as beneficiaries, one having been recently admitted. Three of these are members of the present Senior Class, and will probably, at the close of this collegiate year, commence their theological studies. The increase which has already taken place in the number of the students, since the closing of a kindred institution in another State, and that which may be anticipated as still probable, induce the belief that the number of applications for the aid of this Society, will sustain at least a proportionate increase. No faithful member of the Church can wish that it should be otherwise. In anticipation of such a result, the attention of the Society is requested towards the accompanying report of the Treasurer. It will be seen, that since the last Convention, only three Parishes have contributed to the funds of this Association. The Board are sensible, that after the vote which was passed at the last annual meeting, some Parishes might have expected an application from some appointed agent; and might, therefore, have delayed their action. No agent has been appointed, because no person exactly fitted for such a sta tion, has come within the observation of the Board; and because it has been doubted, whether, as the funds of the Society would not allow such an appointment without the prospect of extensive results, that prospect was offered in the late and present state of the Church and the community. It is presumed that there will be but one voice with regard to the postponement of immediate application through an agency. The Board would, therefore, respectfully suggest to such Parishes as have adopted a system of weekly, monthly, or quarterly contributions, that some portion of the proceeds be regularly allotted to this Society; and on the Rectors of other Parishes they would with the same deference, urge the propriety of drawing the attention of their people to the existence, the condition, the past usefulness, and the future importance of this and similar efforts for the supply of the ministry. It is the confident trust of the Board, that no more than this will be necessary. They, therefore, close their report with thankfulness for the goodness which has hitherto blessed from above the labours of this Society; and with humble reliance that the same goodness will incline the Church of this Diocese to lend it in future, all needful support, Church Scholarship Society in account with J. M. Goodwin, Treasurer, To cash loaned sundry beneficiaries, from October to June, June 5, To interest paid J. M. Goodwin, on money borrowed of him, to this date, DR. $375.00 9.50 $384.50 June 5, To balance due Treasurer, $12.87 Per Contra, CR. 1836. Oct. 7, By balance cash on hand, $36.63 12, By cash from Ladies' Sewing Society, St. James' Church, 80.00 1837. Feb. 1, By cash from Parish Christ Church, Stratford, 150.00 Mr. Clark, 105.00 June 5, By balance to account, 12.87 $384.50 The above account shows a balance due the Treasurer of $12.87. There is also due him a balance of money borrowed in January, 1836, of $100.87. There is due to the Beneficiaries, the balance of their stipend for the present term, $105, the Treasurer having paid them all the money in the treasury, which was half what was due them. Leaving the Society indebted to the Treasurer and the Beneficiaries, $218.74. All which is respectfully submitted, by Yours, &c. Hartford, June 9, 1837. J. M. GOODWIN, Treasurer. APPENDIX, NO. IV. CONSTITUTION OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN THE DIOCESE OF CONNECTICUT, AS AMENDED IN CONVENTION, OCTOBER, 1836. ARTICLE 1. The Protestant Episcopal Church in Connecticut, as a constituent part of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, accedes to, recognizes, and adopts the General Constitution of that Church, and acknowledges its authority accordingly. ART. 2. There shall be a Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in this Diocese, on the second Tuesday of June in each year, at such place as shall have been determined upon by the Bishop; and in case of vacancy in the Episcopate, by the Standing Committee. ART. 3. Every Convention shall be opened with prayer, and the celebration of the Lord's Supper. And it shall be the duty of the Bishop, either to deliver a charge, or sermon, or to appoint one of his Clergy to preach at the opening of each Convention;-and in case of a vacancy in the Episcopate, the Standing Committee shall appoint. ART. 4. The Bishop shall preside in Convention; but in case of absence or of vacancy in the Episcopate, the Convention shall elect a President pro tem. ART. 5. The Bishop shall have power to call a special Convention when he may judge it conducive to the good of the Church; or when applied to for that purpose_by_the Standing Committee, or five Presbyters. And in case of vacancy in the Episcopate, the Standing Committee shall have power to call a special Convention. ART. 6. The Convention shall be composed of both Clergymen and Laymen. Every officiating minister of this Church, regularly appointed to the charge of a congregation, in union with this Convention; ministers employed as missionaries, under the appointment of the ecclesiastical authority; clerical instructors of youth in any seminary of learning in this State, constituted by civil or ecclesiastical authority; and ministers whose age and infirmities prevent from exercising the clerical functions; shall be members of this Convention. Each Parish in this State which shall have been received into union with the Convention, shall be entitled to a representation in Convention, by one delegate and if it shall consist of more than fifty families, by two; to be chosen by the Parish. And if any Parish be composed of two or more congregations, having a corresponding number of Church edifices, such Parish shall be entitled to a representation from each of such congregations, as from so many distinct Parishes. But before any delegate shall take his seat, he shall produce a certificate of his appointment, signed by the Wardens, or Parish Clerk. And one third of the members of the Clerical order, and twenty members of the Lay order, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; but a smaller number may adjourn. ART. 7. The Clergy and Laity in the Convention shall deliberate in one body; and on every question a majority of votes of those present shall decide: but if upon any question it be required by five members, the two orders shall vote thereon separately, and a concurrence of a majority of each order shall be necessary to give validity to any measure. ART. 8. A Secretary shall be chosen by ballot, immediately upon the opening of the Annual Convention, from the Clerical members thereof. It shall be his duty to take minutes of their proceedings, to preserve their journals and records, to attest the public acts of the body, and faithfully deliver into the hands of his successor, all books and proceedings relative to the concerns of the Church, which may be in his possession. And it also shall be his duty to notify, through the channel of such public prints as may be designated by the ecclesiastical authority, the time and place appointed for the meeting of the succeeding, or special Convention. ART. 9. The Standing Committee shall be elected at the Annual Convention; and shall be composed of five Clerical members, who shall be rectors of Parishes, or instructors in some seminary instituted by the ecclesiastical or civil authority of this State. At their first meeting, which shall always be on the day of their election, they shall appoint from their own body a President and a Secretary, who shall keep a journal of the proceedings, subject to the inspection of the Convention. Any three of the Committee, (the whole having been summoned by the President,) shall be a quorum, except for such purposes, as agreeably to their own rules, or the canons of the General Convention, may require a larger number. ART. 10. The Secretary and Standing Committee of this Convention shall continue in office until their successors shall have been appointed. ART. 11. A Treasurer shall be appointed by the Convention, to continue in office during their pleasure; and it shall be his duty to receive and manage all funds which may at any time belong to the Convention; and to lay before the Convention an annual statement of all such funds. ART. 12. When the Episcopate of this Diocese shall become vacant by death or otherwise, the Standing Committee shall call a special Convention, within three months from the time when such vacancy shall happen, at Hartford or New Haven. And the time and place shall be notified in three or more respectable newspapers in this State, at least four weeks previous to said meeting; when the Convention may proceed to an election, or adjourn to such time and place as may be deemed expedient. ART. 13. The election of a Bishop of this Diocese shall be in the following manner: The two orders shall separate, and the order of the Clergy shall choose by ballot, some fit and qualified Presbyter for that office; and thereupon such choice shall be communicated to the order of Lay Delegates; and if, on ballot, the person so chosen is approved by the Lay order, he shall be declared to be duly elected. In the above mentioned election, a majority of each order shall determine a choice; provided, that two thirds of all the Clergy entitled to vote be present; otherwise, two thirds of the votes of each order present shall be necessary to determine a choice. ART. 14. Each order in Convention shall appoint delegates to the General Convention by ballot; and the delegates thus appointed, and confirmed by the concurrent vote of both orders in Convention, shall continue in office three years, or the time that may intervene between the stated meetings of the General Convention. And in case any delegate so appointed shall decline such appointment, it shall be his duty to inform the Bishop, or in case of vacancy in the Episcopate, the President of the Standing Committee, at least two months before the meeting of the General Convention; and the Bishop, or the Standing Committee, if the Episcopate be vacant, may appoint a substitute for any delegate so declining. ART. 15. No Clergyman shall be suspended, or receive any public censure |