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Election of a Committee
of Manage- ment includ- ing Secretary and Trea-
surer.
Appoint-
ment of Ministers.
Direction of religious services.
Meetings of the Seat- holders be- ing Sub- scribers.
Votes.
Management
8. A Committee of Management, including a Secretary and Treasurer, shall be elected annually at a Meeting of the Scatholders-being Subscribers--of the said Union Church, to be held as herein provided and those clerted at the said meeting shall appoint one of their number to be Chair- man, and shall have power to add to their number.
9. The Seatholders-being Subscribers-may appoint, as occasion may require, one or more Minister, or Ministers to perform and carry on Divine worship and the services usual in a Protestant Evangelical Christian Church.
10. All matters connected with the religious services of the Church shall be under the immediate direction of the Minister for the time being subject, nevertheless, to the control of the Committee of Management.
11. All meetings shall be convened by the Minister or Pastor or senior Minister or Pastor for the time being or by the Committee of Management for the time being of the said Church or by the direction of the said Corporation or by one-fifth in number of the Seutholders---being Sub- scribers--of the said Church ontitled to vote at such meeting by notice amouncing the place, day and hour of the meet- ing and the business or matter to be transacted or cou- sidered and such notice shall be given at each service held on the premises on the two Lord's days immediately pre- eeding such meeting at the usual time for giving notices during divine service.
The mecting shall be held not earlier than the Weines- day next following the second of such two Lord's days.
The only persons who shall be entitled to attend and vote at such meeting shall be those who, whether male or female, have attained the age of 21 years and have been Seatholders---being Subscribers--of the said Church daring at least the six calendar months preceding the meeting and have held one or more sittings in the said Church and sub- scribed and paid for or in respect of the same to the main- tenance of divine worship in the said Church.
Each such Seatholder shall be entitled to one vote and the vote of two-thirds in number of the said Seatholders so attending and voting shall be deemed to be the vote of, and shall bind all the Seatholders--being Subscribers-of the said Church.
The Chairman of such meeting shall be the person ap- pointed by a majority of the persons present at such ment- ing and entitled to vote,
No votes shall be given by proxy but votes may be given by ballot or otherwise at any such meeting as such meeting shall direct.
In case of equality of vores the Chairman shall have the casting vote but shall not otherwise vote on any question before the meeting.
12. The temporal affairs of the Church shail be managed, of temporal directed and governed by the Committee of Management affairs.
provided however that the members of such · Committee shall not be deemed personally liable for any payments of money in excess of that provided or available for the pur- poses of the Church.
Powers of Committee of Manage. ment.
13. The Committee of Maungement may make regulations relating to all or any of the following matters namely :-
(1.) The qualification, election and tenure of office of the members of the Committee of Manage- ment of the said Church.
(2.) The holding of meetings of the Committee of Management and the conduct of the business thereat.
(3.) The temporary appointment of a Minister or Assistant Minister during the absence from any cause of the incumbent of the post.
(4.) The election
and tenure of office of an auditor and the filling up of casual vacancies among the Committee of Management.
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