General Conference Bulletin, vol. 4

PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS FOR THE SOUTHERN UNION CONFERENCE RECOMMENDED ON PAGE 67 OF THE BULLETIN

ARTICLE 1. NAME. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.8

This organization shall be known as the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.9

ARTICLE 2. OBJECT. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.10

The object of this Conference shall be to unify and extend the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.11

ARTICLE 3. TERRITORY. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.12

The territory of this Conference shall include the States of Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana, and any other States that may be recommended by the General Conference. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.13

ARTICLE 4. MEMBERSHIP. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.14

Section 1. This Conference shall be composed of such local Conferences of Seventh-day Adventists as are or may be properly organized in any part of the district, under the direction of the Executive Committee, such Conference having been accepted by vote at a session of the Union Conference. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.15

Sec. 2. The voters of this Conference shall be such duly accredited delegates from local Conferences, and such members of the General Conference and Southern Union Conference Executive Committees, as may be present at any duly convened regular or special Conference session. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.16

Sec. 3. In addition to its president, each local Conference shall be entitled to one delegate for every fifty church members in the Conference; such delegates shall be appointed by the local Conference or appointed by its Executive Committee. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.17

ARTICLE 5. OFFICERS. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.18

Section 1. The officers of this Conference shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of eleven, of which the President, Vice-President, and the Presidents of the State Conferences in the district shall be members. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.19

Sec. 2. All officers and members of the Executive Committee other than the presidents of the local Conferences shall be elected at the regular sessions of the Union Conference, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years, or until their successors are elected, and appear to enter upon their duties. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.20

ARTICLE 6. SESSIONS. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.21

Section 1. This Conference shall hold regular sessions at intervals of about two years, at such date and place as the Executive Committee should designate by a notice published in at least two of our denominational papers at least three weeks before the date of the meeting. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.22

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call extra sessions if occasion requires, by a like notice, and the transactions of such sessions shall be equally valid with those of the regular sessions. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.23

ARTICLE 7. TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, AND AGENTS. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.24

The delegates of this Conference shall, at each regular session, elect the boards of management of such institutions and enterprises as are and may be connected with, and operated by, this organization, according to the acts governing the same; and this Conference shall employ such committees, agents, ministers, missionaries, and employees as may be necessary, according to the by-laws in such cases made and provided. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.25

ARTICLE 8. BY-LAWS. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.26

The voters of this Conference shall make by-laws, amend and repeal them at any session thereof. The scope of such by-laws may include all subjects not inconsistent with this constitution. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.27

ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENTS. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.28

This constitution may be amended by a three-fourths vote of the legal voters present at any session, provided that if it be proposed to amend the constitution at a special session, notice of the proposed amendment shall be given in the call for such special session. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.29

By-Laws. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.30

SECTION 1. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.31

The duties of President and Vice-President shall be such as usually pertain to such offices. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.32

SECTION 2. SECRETARY. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.33

It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of the session of the Conference and of the meetings of the Executive Committee. and to conduct the general correspondence of the Conference. GCB April 8, 1901, page 132.34

SECTION 3. TREASURER. GCB April 8, 1901, page 133.1

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys belonging to the Conference, to keep an account of the same, and to disburse them by order of the Executive Committee, and to make a full report thereof at all sessions of the Conference, and at such other times as may be required by the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall also collect from the Conferences in the district such financial and statistical reports as are required by the Executive Committee, and forward copies of the same as may be directed. GCB April 8, 1901, page 133.2

SECTION 4. POWERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. GCB April 8, 1901, page 133.3

The Executive Committee shall have full administrative power during the intervals of the sessions of the Conference, and shall exercise a general watch - care over all matters pertaining to the work of the Conference in this district, and shall fill for the current term any vacancies that may occur in its membership, or in the boards or committees which are appointed or elected by the Union Conference. It shall direct the movements of the employees of the Conference, and settle their accounts for labor at regular intervals from the funds of the Southern Union Conference. GCB April 8, 1901, page 133.4