CHAPTER XVII.

TRUSTEES OF CHURCH PROPERTY

Ques. 1. How are Trustees to be appointed?

Ans. Except where the laws of the State or Territory provide differently, the Preacher in Charge, or, in his absence, the Presiding Elder, shall have the right of nomination, subject to the confirmation or rejection of the Quarterly Conference.

Ques. 2. What are the regulations concerning the Trustees?

Ans. 1. No person shall be eligible as a Trustee of any of our parsonages or churches who is not a member of our Church, and at least twenty-one years of age.

2. All vacancies in the Board of Trustees, occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled without delay.

3. Let nine Trustees be appointed for holding Church property, when proper persons can be procured, otherwise, seven, five, or three, who shall elect their own chairman, secretary, and treasurer.

4. The Board or Boards of Trustees of every circuit, station, or mission, shall be members of, and responsible to, the Quarterly Conference of the same, which shall have power to dismiss any of them from office; and shall be required to present a report of their acts, at least once a year, to the Quarterly Conference.

5. No person who is a Trustee shall be ejected while he is in joint security for money, unless such relief be given him as is demanded, or the creditor will accept.

=PART V.= CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, ORDER OF WORSHIP, MEANS OF GRACE, CHILDREN, AND SUNDAY-SCHOOL