General Conference Bulletin, vol. 1
CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE AUSTRALASIAN UNION CONFERENCE
L. T. NICOLA
ARTICLE I. — NAME
THIS organization shall be known as the Australasian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and its territory shall be designated as Dist. No. 7. GCB January 1, 1896, page 656.21
ARTICLE II. — OBJECT
The object of this Conference shall be to unify and extend the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church throughout Australasia under the direction of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. GCB January 1, 1896, page 656.22
ARTICLE III. — MEMBERSHIP
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 Australasia, under the direction of the Executive Committee, such conference having been accepted by a vote at a session of the Union Conference. GCB January 1, 1896, page 656.23
SEC. 2. — The legal voters of this Conference shall be such duly accredited delegates from local conferences, such members of the General Conference Executive Committee, and such presidents of local conferences in the district, as are present at any duly-convened, regular, or special conference session. GCB January 1, 1896, page 656.24
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 delegate shall be elected by the local conference or appointed by its Executive Committee. GCB January 1, 1896, page 656.25
ARTICLE IV. — OFFICERS
SECTION 1. — The officers of this Conference shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and an executive committee of nine, of which the president, vice-president, and the presidents of the local conferences in the district, shall be members. GCB January 1, 1896, page 656.26
SEC. 2. — The district superintendent, appointed by the General Conference Executive Committee to take the oversight of the work in Australasia, shall be the president of this Conference. All officers and members of the Executive Committee other than the president and the presidents of the local conferences, shall be elected at the regular session 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 January 1, 1896, page 657.1
ARTICLE V. — SESSIONS
SECTION 1. — This Conference shall hold regular sessions at intervals of about two years, at such date and place as the Executive Committee shall designate by a notice published in the Bible Echo, at least three weeks before the date of the meeting. GCB January 1, 1896, page 657.2
SEC. 2. — The Executive Committee may call extra sessions, if occasion require, by a like notice; and the transactions of such sessions shall be equally valid with those of the regular sessions. GCB January 1, 1896, page 657.3
ARTICLE VI. — TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES AND AGENTS
The legal voters 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 this organization, according to the acts governing the same; and this Conference shall employ such committees and agents as it may deem necessary, according to the by-laws in such cases made and provided. GCB January 1, 1896, page 657.4
ARTICLE VII. — BY-LAWS
The legal voters of this Conference may make by-laws, amend, and repeal them at any session thereof. The scope of such by-laws may embrace all subjects not inconsistent with this Constitution. GCB January 1, 1896, page 657.5
ARTICLE VIII. — AMENDMENTS
This Constitution may be amended by a three-fourths vote of the legal voters present at any session, provided that if it is 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 January 1, 1896, page 657.6