cinnati to New-York to be sent on the same terms, the agency sending the books to be charged with the expense of transportation.

(4.) It shall be the duty of the Agents to send an exhibit of the state of the Book Concern at Cincinnati to each session of all the Annual Conferences, and report quadrennially to the General Conference. They shall also inform the Conferences of any within their respective bounds who neglect to make payment, that measures may be taken to collect or secure such debts; and they shall not allow any claim to run beyond one year from the time it was due without reporting it to the Conference.

(5.) The Book Committee of this depart ment of the Book Concern shall consist of seven travelling ministers, to be chosen by the General Conference, whose powers and duties in reference to this establishment shall be the same as those of the Book Committee at New-York in relation to the Concern there.

(6.) The Agents of this establishment shall remit to the Agents at New-York during the current year as largely and frequently as their funds will allow, and to the full amount of stock furnished, if practicable. They shall also remit any surplus funds that may be in their hands after defraying the expense of conducting their business, which shall be added to the profits of the Concern at NewYork, and appropriated to the same pur

poses.

(7.) There shall be an Editor of the Ladies'

Repository, general books and tracts, except those in the German language, and an Editor of the Western Christian Advocate, who, if chosen from among the travelling preachers, shall be members of such Conferences as they may, with the approbation of the Bishops, select.

(8.) There shall be an Editor in the German department, who shall have charge of the Christian Apologist, and perform all the editorial duties necessary in the printing of such books and tracts as may be recommended to the agents as above, for publication in the German language.

8. Every Annual Conference shall appoint a committee, who, in the absence of the Agent, shall attend to the collection of the accounts sent out from the Book Concern, and return an accurate report of the same. They shall also report to the Conference any claims which may have been one year due, that they may be collected or secured. Every Presiding Elder, minister, and preacher, shall do everything in his power to recover all debts due to the Concern, for books or periodicals, within the bounds of his charge. If any person, preacher, or member, be indebted to the Book Concern, and refuse or neglect to make payment, or to come to a just settlement, let him be dealt with in the same manner as is directed in other cases of debt and disputed accounts. (See part i, chap. ix, sec. 4.)

9. Whenever a member of an Annual Conference applies for a location, it shall be

asked in all cases, Is he indebted to the Book Concern? and if it be ascertained that he is, the Conference shall require him to secure said debt, if they judge it at all necessary or proper, before they grant him a location. Whenever any claimant on the funds of a Conference shall be in debt to the Book Concern, the Conference of which he is a member shall have power to appropriate the amount of such claim, or any part thereof, to the payment of said debt.

10. In addition to the Christian Advocate and Journal, and the Western Christian Advocate, there shall be similar papers established in Pittsburgh, Pa.; Auburn, NewYork; Chicago, Ill.; St. Louis, Mo., (when the agents at Cincinnati deem it advisable;) and San Francisco, California. The Pittsburgh Conference shall appoint from their own members a Publishing Committee, consisting of three, whose duties shall be similar to those of the Book Committees of New-York and Cincinnati, so far as they may be applicable to the Pittsburgh Christian Advocate. In the case of the Northern Christian Advocate, the Publishing Committee shall be appointed by the Oneida, Genesee, East Genesee, Black River, and Wyoming Conferences, and shall consist of one member from each of these Conferences, to be chosen annually. There shall be a Publishing Committee for the North-Western Christian Advocate, consisting of one member from each of the following Conferences,

to be selected by the Conferences respectively; namely, Rock River, Michigan, NorthWestern Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin; whose duty shall be similar to that of the Book Committee at New-York and Cincinnati, so far as it may be applicable to the establishment. A committee of one from the Illinois, one from the Southern Illinois, one from the Iowa, one from the Arkansas, and one from the Missouri Conferences, to be selected by the Conferences respectively, shall superintend the publication of the paper authorized to be published at St. Louis, Mo.; and on the nomination of said committee and recommendation of the Missouri Conference, the Presiding Bishop shall be requested to appoint an editor for said paper, when the Book Agents at Cincinnati shall have determined on its publication; and the duties of said committee shall be similar to those of the Publishing Committee at Chicago. There shall be a Publishing Committee, consisting of four members, to be selected by the California, and one by the Oregon Annual Conference, whose duties shall be similar to the Book Committees at New-York and Cincinnati, so far as they may be applicable to the California Christian Advocate.

11. The editors of the papers at Pittsburgh, Auburn, Chicago, and San Francisco, shall be elected by the General Conference. And in case of vacancy by death, resignation, or otherwise, in either of these establishments, the Annual Conference where it is located

shall have authority to fill such vacancy as above provided.

12. The Publishing Committee in each of these establishments shall keep an account of the receipts and expenditures for the paper, correspond with the agents at NewYork, hold all moneys, after defraying cur rent expenses, subject to their order, and shall report annually on the state of the establishment to their Conference, and to the agents at New-York. And whenever it shall be found that such papers do not fully support themselves, it shall be the duty of the Annual Conferences within whose bounds they are established, to discontinue them, and report to the agents at New-York the state of the accounts on the final settlement of the business; and if there be any loss, the said agents shall take the earliest opportunity to discharge the debt.

13. The Annual Conferences are affectionately and earnestly requested not to establish any more Conference papers; and where such papers exist, they may be discontinued when it can be done consistently with existing obligations.

14. There shall be a depository of our books at Pittsburgh, Pa.; at Boston, Mass.; and at San Francisco, Cal., furnished by the agents at New-York with full supplies of the books of our General Catalogue, Sunday. school books and tracts, to be sold for the Concern on the same terms as at New-York. Provided, that there shall not be more than fifteen thousand dollars' worth at Pittsburgh,