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ST. ANDREW'S CHURCn, 
 
 KiisrasToisr, 
 
 ADOPTED BY THE CONGEEGATION, 
 
 lOth JULY, 1854 
 
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 KINGSTON, C. W : - 
 
 JAMES M. OREIGHTON, PRINTER. 
 
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CONSTITUTIOlSr 
 
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 ADOPTED BY THE CONGREGATION 
 
 1 9%% JULY, 1854. 
 
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 "Whereas, it having been deemed expedient to revise, 
 amend or alter the Rules and Reg:u]ations adopted by the 
 first Trustees of St. Andre w^s Church, Kingston, 
 Canada, for the management of the affairs of said Church; 
 and whereas, with this view the Tmstees of said Church, 
 at a meeting of the Consregation duly called and held 
 therein, on 29th day of March, in the year of our Lord 
 eighteen hundred and fifty-four, did request the Congrega- 
 tion to take this matter into consideration, and, if neces- 
 sary, to adopt such new Rules and Regulations, as embod- 
 ied into a Constitution, should appear best adapted for that 
 purpose ; and, whereas, the Congregation did then appoint 
 a, Committee to report thereon, at a subsequent meetmg to 
 be held in the Cnurch on second Wednesday of July in 
 the same year; and -v/hereas, in conformity therewith, 
 after being duly called and constituted, the congregation 
 have now met, on the day and year appointed, and having 
 received the Rleport of said Committee, afler due consider- 
 ation of the whole matter^ do hereby resolve 
 
CONSTITUTION OF ST. ANDREW*S CHURCH. 
 
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 First. — That the Rules and Regulations of the first 
 Trustees of this Chureh, as contained in thirteen articles, 
 and recorded as adopted on the lirst day of May, eighteen 
 hutidred and twenty-two, be, and they are hereby declarccj 
 to be annulled. Provided always, that notning shall 
 hereby prejudice, in any way, the existing rights of, or the 
 emoluments guaranteeci to the present Minister, and pro- 
 vided also, that the existing riglits of the owners of pews 
 that may have been purchased from said Trustees previous 
 to this time, and the conditions of tenure thereof, tis de- 
 scribed in the deeds granted to such owners, be duly re» 
 spected and maintained ; and provided further, that the 
 present Trustees shall dontinue as managers of the temporal 
 affairs of this Church, untd their successors shall have been 
 appointed, and have entered on the duties of their office, 
 as hereinafter may be provided for — it being understood 
 that the exercise of any right or function hereby reserved 
 or pro voided for, shall not be at variance with ^uch otker 
 provisions of this Cons-itution, as may hereinailer be 
 made. 
 
 Second. — That this Church shall be inalienably in 
 connection with, and used only as a place of worship in 
 accordance with the standards of the oynod of Canada, in 
 connection with the established Church of Scotland. 
 
 Third. — That all real estate that may hereafter be ac» 
 quired by the Congregation, shall be conveyed to the 
 Trustees for the time being, to be held by them in trust, 
 for the sole use and benefit of said Congregation, in accor^ 
 dance with the terms and provisions of this Cojistitution. 
 
 Fourth, — The persons who shall be eligible for the 
 office of the Ministry in this Congregation shall be, any 
 Ordained Minister, or duly licensed Probationer of the 
 Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with the 
 Church of Scotland. Any Minister or Probationer of the 
 Church of Scotland. Any Minister or Probationer of any 
 Presbyterian body holding the Westminster Confession of 
 Faith, and the larger and shorter Catechisms, who shall be 
 willing to take the ordination vows, and obey the Laws 
 and Rules of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in con- 
 nection with the Church of Scotland, and who shall have 
 
CONSTITUTION OF ST. ANDREW'S CHUROH. 
 
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 been received as a Preacher by the Presbytery of the 
 Bounda ; it Ix^ing ulvvays tindcrstood that such Preacher or 
 Minister shall have undergone such course of Education, 
 Literary, JScientificand Theological as is now, or may here- 
 after be required by the Synod, or other Supreme Court 
 of this Church. 
 
 Fifth. — The Minister of this Church shall be a mem- 
 ber of the Synod or other Supreme Court of the Presbyte- 
 rian Church of Canada in conne<^'tion with the Church of 
 Scotland, and shall acknowledge their Synod, or other 
 Supreme Court, as his Supreme Ecclesiastical Judicatory, 
 BO long as he shall continue to be a Minister of this Church. 
 
 Sixth. — In regard to the appointment of a Minister, 
 after the preliminary meetings of the Congregation have been 
 held, wherein the amount of stij)end has been determined, 
 and other necessary ariangements effected: the meeting 
 of the Congregation for the final determination and choice 
 of a Minister shall be held, after having been called by 
 authority of the Presbytery, notice to be given from the 
 pulpit after divine service, at least ten days previous ; and 
 the person who shall receive the votes of two-thirds, or 
 more, of the males present at such meeting, who are com- 
 municants of at least six months standing, and free from. 
 Church censure, shall be held as elected, and the subse- 
 quent proceedings to complete his induction shall be taken 
 in accordance with the laws and usages of the Presbyterian 
 Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of Scot- 
 land, and with such regulations as the Presbytery may 
 adopt agreeably thereto. 
 
 Sfventh. — The nomination of members to fill vacan- 
 cies in the Kirk Session, shall be by the Minister and Ses- 
 sion, and their election determined by the majority of the 
 male communicants present at a meeting of the Congrega- 
 tion for that purpose, called at least ten days previously, 
 by intimation from the Pulpit after Divine Service. 
 
 EiGH'^H. — The temporal affairs of the Church shall be 
 managed by a Committee of five fit and proper persons, 
 being Communicants, who shall be styled "Managers of 
 the Temporal Affairs of the Congregation," and who shall 
 have been elected at the General Annual Meeting of the 
 
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 CONSTITUTION OP ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH. 
 
 Congregation, by the majority of the qualified voters pre- 
 sent. At each successive Annual Meeting, the two Man- 
 agers whose names stand liighest on tiie list shall retire, 
 and the meeting shall choose two in their room, whose 
 nomcs shall be placed at the foot of the list. Retiring 
 Managers shall be eligible for re-election, and shall hola 
 oiiice until their successors shall have been appointed. 
 
 Any Manager who shall leave the bounds of the Con- 
 gregation, or cease to be a member thereof, shall be dis- 
 qualified from holding OfRce. 
 
 Casual vacancies during the year may be filled up by 
 the remaining Managers, subject to the Confirmation oi the 
 Congregation at the next Aimual Meeting. 
 
 Ninth. — The duties of the Managers shall be — the 
 CJire of the Church, and ("ther Property of the Congregation 
 in regard to needful repairs, Insurance, &c., and the pro- 
 viding of all things requisite for the decent and orderly 
 performance of Divine \Vorship, and the comfort of the 
 Congregation; to pay half-yearly in advance the Minister's 
 stipend, which shall be j. first charge on the revenues ; to 
 pay the Precentor and Church Ofiicers, whose appointment* 
 the Session shall have power to make, and determine the 
 durition thereof; the said Managers ahall pay all other 
 necessary and current expenses otj or connected with the 
 affairs of the Church, and in general provide ways and 
 means for raising the amount required, with the sanction, 
 and under the direction of the Congregation. 
 
 For these purposes they shall have power to fix the 
 pew or seat rents, and to let the same, or other property 
 belonging to the Congregation, to collect, receive and ap- 
 ply all monies arising from or due thereon ; to receive the 
 ordinary Sabbath-day collections, and such special collec- 
 tions as may at any time be made for deficiencies of rev-, 
 enue: Provided always, that the special collections made 
 for the poor of the Church, or Charitable or Religious pur- 
 pos3s, shall hi made by appointmeniy and be at the disposal 
 of the Session ; and Provided also, that it shall not be law- 
 ful for said Managers to subject any personal property of 
 the Congregation to any pecuniary obligations, or enter in- 
 to any arrangement involving the outlay of more than the 
 
0ON8TITUTION OF ST. ANDHJCW'id OfiURCH. 
 
 ordinary current expenditure, without the sanction of the 
 Congregation be obtained at a previous meetir g. 
 
 Tentu. — The Committee of Managers shall meet aa 
 often as may be necessary for the discharge of their duties 
 OS such : they shall elect their own Chairman, Secretary, 
 and Treasurer. The Treasurer shall bo under their guid- 
 ance and control in all matters pertaining to his oflice, and 
 his duty sliall be to receive and i)ay all monies, with such 
 a salary attached to the olUco as by the Committee may be 
 deemed proper. 
 
 They shall have power also to adopt such regulationfl 
 as may ue necessary for properly conducthig their own 
 proceedings, which shall not bo at variance with this Con- 
 stitution ; and they snail present a general report of the 
 temporal affairs of the Church at each Annual Meeting, and 
 at any other meeting of the Congregation when required. 
 
 Eleventh. — The Annual Meeting of the Congrega- 
 tion shall be held in the Church on the evening of Ist 
 Wednesday in August. It shall be notified by publio in- 
 timation on the preceding Sabbnth, after divme service, 
 and Qualified voters shall consist of all male persons who 
 shall be supporters of the ordinances of religion in this 
 Church, and members or seatliolders therein of at least 
 six months' standing. 
 
 Twelfth. — At the Annual Meeting, the qualified 
 voters shall appoint a Chairman and Secretary for the oc- 
 casion, and the proceedings shall be recorded in the min- 
 utes of the Managers ; the proceedings of the Managers 
 for the past year shall be submitted for inspection, and 
 approved of or disallowed, as shall seem proper. The ac- 
 counts of Eevenue and Expenditure by the Managers shall 
 be laid before the meeting. Two new Managers shall be 
 elected, and in general all business requisite for the wel- 
 fare of the Congregation shall then be submitted, provided 
 that nothing be done repugnant to this Constitution, or to 
 the laws of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connec- 
 tion with the Church' of Scotland. 
 
 Thirteenth. — Special or extraordinary meetings of 
 tiie Congregation, for consideration of temporal affairs, or j| 
 preliminary to the appointment of a Minidter or Elders, 
 
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 may bo callod at tlio reqiu'at of tho TriiHtcca and Managers, 
 or on ft ri'(iuisiti()n of tit Irust tliirty quulilictl voterH, and 
 held uiliT duo public notic<' given to tiio Congregatiou at 
 leuat \k\\\ days prt^viouH. 
 
 All nuittorH for conaidorfttion at meetings of the Con- 
 gregation hIuUI be detiMniined by a nuijority of males pre- 
 sent, who are momberH or Heatholdrrn of [it leaat six 
 months' HtandingH ; providi'd always that in the election 
 of a Minister, two-thirds at least of the Communicants pre- 
 sent shall be requisite to constitute a majority, and in the 
 election of elders, that Communicants only shall be quali- 
 fied to vote, and provided also, that a majority of two- 
 thirds of the Coirununioants present at a meeting specially 
 called for that })urpose, shall be requisite to make any 
 alteration in this Cor.stitution. 
 
 FouHTEENTii. — The whole administration of the af- 
 fairs of the Congregatiou shall be subject to the inspection 
 of the Presbytery of the bounds, and any disputes that 
 may arise in said administration shall be referred to them 
 to decide on, in accordaLie with the spirit of the provisions 
 of this Constitution. 
 
 In regard to all things not specified herein, the laws, 
 customs and usages of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, 
 in connection with the Chui'ch of Scotland, shall be fol- 
 lowed. 
 
 Fifteenth. — The foregoing fourteen articles, after 
 due consideration had thereon, having been adopted by 
 this general meeting of the Congregation of St. Andrew s 
 Church, Kingston, Canada West, they arc hereby made 
 and declared to be, standing Rules and Regulations for the 
 administration of the all'airs thereof, and to form the Con- 
 stitution of said Church, and in testimony of the approval 
 and obligation of this Congregation to observe the provi- 
 sions of said articles, the Chairman ond Secretary of this 
 meeting are hereby emnowered to subscribe the same in 
 n.' lie and in behalf of tnis Congregation. 
 
 ^ • V ^ JAMES WILLIAMSON, QhoArmm, 
 
 W. McIVEB, Secretary, 
 
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 COMMITTEE RULES. 
 
 
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 The Chairman, or two members of tlio Committee, 
 may authorize the Secretary to call a meeting of the Com- 
 mittee fur the transaction of business. Three members to 
 form a quorum. In the absence of the Chairman the 
 members present sliall appoint one of their number Chair- 
 man of tlie meeting. In case of an cquahty of votes, the 
 ehairmau ahall give the casting vote over and above his 
 prc^r vote as a member. The minutes of preceding 
 meeting shall be read, and all matters laid over from for- 
 mer meetings dia})08ed of in their order, before transacting 
 any other bushiess. 
 
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 All rents of pews (whether owned or leased by the 
 holder,) and of sittings in pews, shall be paid in advance 
 to the Treasurer, on one oi the evenings appointed in the 
 following regulation for the letting of pews and sittings. 
 
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 The Treasurer shall attend at the Church in the even- 
 ling of the two last "Wednesdays in the month of -Au^st 
 ||Sn each year, for the purpose of letting pews and sittmgs 
 5 for the ensuing year, (from Ist Septeniber,) and of receiv- 
 ing rents of pews and sittings in advance. Notice to be 
 ivea from tne pulpit on the preceding Sabbath. 
 
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 Any owner of a pew or pews who shall allow the rent 
 thereof to remain unpaid for twelve months shall forfeit 
 all his i ight, title and interest in and to such pew or pews, 
 and the rame shall revert to, and become the property of 
 the Church, and shall be disposed of to the first applicant, 
 either by sale or lease. 
 
 No alteration or addition affecting the present arrange- 
 ment of the pews will be permitted without the sanction of 
 the Committee, and in all cases where such alteration or 
 addition is allowed, it shall be with the proviso, that when 
 required, the part}^ making application shall replace the 
 said pew or pews in tlie state it or they were in prior to 
 such alteration or addition. 
 
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