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 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 ^CONSTITUTION, RULES, AND REGULATIONS OF THE SYNOD OP 
 THE DIOCESE OF MONTREAL. 
 
 DECLARATION. 
 
 Wc the Bishop, the Clergy, and the Laity of the United 
 Church of England and Ireland, within the Diocese of Montreal 
 assembled in Synod, and intending, under God's blessing and 
 guidance, to consider and determine upon such matters as shall 
 appear necessary for the welfare of the Church in this Diocese, 
 desire, in the first place, for the avoiding of all misunderstanding, 
 to make declaration of the principles upon which we propose to 
 proceed. 
 
 We desire that the Church in this Diocese shall continue as it 
 has been, an integral portion of the United Church of England 
 and Ireland ; and we declare our firm and unanimous resolution, 
 in dependence on Divine aid, to preserve those doctrines, and that 
 form of Church government, which are at present recognized by 
 the Church of England and Ireland. 
 
 It is our earnest wish and determination to confine our delibera- 
 tions and actions to matters of discipline, to the temporaliiicsof the 
 Church, and to such regulations of order as may tent' to her 
 efficiency and extension ; and we desire no control or awthority 
 over any but those who arc or shall be members of out own 
 Church, 
 
 CONSTITUTION. 
 
 1 . The Synod shall consist of the Bishop of the Diocese, of the 
 Clergy of the same, licensed to the cure of souls therein, or hold- 
 ing office in any church, college or school under the jurisdiction of 
 
the Bishop (such Clergy not being under ecclesiastical censure)^ 
 and of Lay representatives, to be elected as hereinafter provided. 
 
 2. The Lay representatives shall be male communicants of at 
 least one year's standing, of the full age of twenty-one years, 
 and shall be elected annually at the Easter meetings, or at any 
 Vestry meeting (specially called for such purpose by Incumbents, 
 after due notice on two Sundays), held by each Minister having a 
 separate cure of souls, and all Laymen within the cure, of twenty- 
 one years or upwards, entitled within such cure to vote at Vestry 
 meetings, or who hold pews or sittings in the Church, though not 
 entitled so to vote, who shall have declared themselves in writing to 
 be •' Members of the United Church of England and Ireland, and 
 to belong to no other religious denomination," shall have the right 
 of voting at the election. 
 
 3. The Minister himself, if present, shall preside at the election ; 
 and in his absence, the Curate or assistant Minister, or the 
 Senior Church- warden, or a Chairman elected by the majority 
 of those present, taking precedence in the order in which they are 
 here named. 
 
 4. Every separate cure served by a licensed Minister shall be 
 entitled to elect two Lay representatives ; but when there shall be 
 two or more congregations, having a corresponding number of 
 church edifices, within one cure, then each of such congregations 
 shall be entitled to elect two representatives. 
 
 5. The following certificate, signed by the Chairman of the 
 meeting, shall be transmitted to the Lay Secretary within 15 days 
 after such election, whose certified list of Delegates prepared from 
 such certificates, shall be considered sufficient proof of such elec- 
 tion, and such Lay delegate shall continue in office until his 
 successor is appointed : 
 
 " This is to certify that, at a meeting held this day for the purpose 
 of electing Delegates to represent this Congregation or Parish in 
 Synod, being the Parish or Mission of , , a communi- 
 cant of one year's standing, and of the full age of twenty-one years, 
 was elected by the Laymen of this congregation, who have a right 
 to vote at such election by virtue of their having, in accordance 
 with the 2nd clause of the Constitution of the Synod of this 
 
cal cenaure), 
 r provided, 
 nicants of at 
 iy-one years, 
 ^, or at any 
 IncumbcDt?, 
 iter having a 
 •e, of twenty- 
 ate at Vestry 
 , though not 
 in writing to 
 Ireland, and 
 lave the right 
 
 t the election ; 
 
 lister, or the 
 
 the majority 
 
 hich they are 
 
 ister shall be 
 there shall be 
 g number of 
 congregations 
 
 irman of the 
 ithin 15 days 
 prepared from 
 ' of such elec- 
 Bce until his 
 
 )r the purpose 
 or Parish in 
 -, a communi- 
 nty-one years, 
 t have a right 
 n accordance 
 jrnod of this 
 
 Diocese, declared themselves in writing, in a book kept for that 
 purpose, to be members of the United Church of England and 
 Ireland, and to belong to no other denomination, and being other- 
 wise qualified under the provisions of said clause." 
 
 6. If a vacancy should occur in the number of representatives, 
 by death, resignation, or any other cause, the Minister shall pro- 
 ceed to hold a new election with as little delay as possible, after 
 due notice. 
 
 7. Clergymen who have served in the Diocese and are resident 
 in the same, but are now superannuated, may attend the meetinga 
 of the Synod and vote at the same. 
 
 8. The Synod shall meet on thethird^Tuesday of June in every 
 year, in the City of Montreal, or at any other such time or place 
 as said Synod shall appoint at its last previous meeting ; provided 
 also, that the Bishop may call a special meeting when he shall con- 
 sider it necessary to do so ; or shall do so on the requisition often 
 Clerical and thirty Lay members ; and at such special meeting no 
 other business shall be transacted than that stated in ca'"ig the 
 meeting. 
 
 9. When the Bishop is not present, his Commissary shall preside 
 in his place; and when the See is vacant, the senior Dignitary of 
 the Church, next in rank to the Bishop, in the Diocese, shall, within 
 a fortnight of the occurrence of such vacancy, summon a Synod, 
 to be held in not less than thirty days, to elect a successor to the 
 See, at which he shall preside, and at such meeting no business 
 except such election shall be proceeded with. 
 
 10. A quorum of the Synod shall consist of no less than twenty- 
 five Lay and fifteen Clerical Delegates. 
 
 11. There shall be two Secretaries, one from the Clergy, the 
 other from the Laity, who shall keep regular minutes of all pro- 
 ceedings of the Synod, shall record them in a book provided for 
 that purpose, shall preserve all papers, memorials, and other 
 documents, shall certify the public acts of the Synod, and shall 
 deliver all records and documents to their successors ; and give 
 notice to each Minister and Vestry of the time and place 
 appointed for any stated or special meetings of the Synod ; this 
 notice to be given at least three weeks before such meeting. The 
 
rate of salary to be paid to the Secretary shall be settled and 
 determined by the Executive Committee, 
 
 The Secretary shall also perform the duties and receive the fees 
 connected with the office of Registrar of the Diocese, viz., keep a 
 record of all Church properties and moneys in the different parishes, 
 and of all the changes that from time to time take place, and 
 a certified copy of every deed and deeds of consecration, and 
 boundaries of parishes, and every acquisition of property shall be 
 sent to him by the Rural Deans. He shall be entitled to receive 
 a fee of $1 for the registration of each document, and 50 cents for 
 every copy of the same. The boundaries of every parish or 
 mission erected under authority of the Canon, as well as of every 
 vxisting parish or mission, shall be entered in a book, to be kept 
 by the Secretaries of Synod for that purpose, and a copy thereof 
 shall be furnished to any person applying for it on the payment of 
 a fee of one shilling. 
 
 12. There shall be a Treasurer of the Synod, who shall receive 
 and disburse all moneys collected and paid under its authority, and 
 keep account thereof; and two Auditors who shall annually inspect 
 and report on the condition of the accounts. 
 
 13. The vote of each order shall be taken separately, when so 
 required by any three members, each vote being determined by 
 the majority of the members present in each order. 
 
 14. No rule shall be binding on the members of the Church in 
 this Diocese at large, which has not received the concurrent assent 
 of the Bishop, the Clergy, and the Laity, and which has not been 
 passed in the Synod. 
 
 15. Any proposition for an alteration of the Constitution, 
 Regulations, Rules of Order, or Canons, shall be introduced in 
 writing, and considered at the meeting at which it is introduced ; 
 auu if approved by a majority of each order, shall lie over till the 
 next meeting of the Synod, but shall not be finally adopted unless 
 approved by majorities consisting of two-thirds of both Clergy and 
 Laity then pre»enl. 
 
 ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. 
 1. The first meeting of the Synod in each Session shall be 
 j)receded by public morning prayer, with a seimon and the Holy 
 
settled and 
 
 oeive the fees 
 
 viz., keep a 
 
 •ent parishes, 
 
 :e place, and 
 
 aeration, and 
 
 erty shall be 
 
 ed to receive 
 
 50 cents for 
 
 ry parish or 
 
 1 as of every 
 
 k, to be kept 
 
 copy thereof 
 
 e payment of 
 
 ) shall receive 
 luthority, and 
 aually inspect 
 
 itely, when so 
 letermined by 
 
 the Church in 
 current assent 
 I has not been 
 
 Constitution, 
 introduced in 
 s introduced ; 
 e over till the 
 idopted unless 
 )th Clergy and 
 
 ission shall bo 
 and the Holy 
 
 Communion ; and the collection at the offertory shall be devoted 
 to missionary or such other purposes as the Synod may direct. 
 
 2. The business of every day shall be preceded by special 
 prayer for the Divine guidance and blessing, according to a forin 
 authorized by the Bishop. 
 
 3. After this prayer the Clerical Secretary shall call over the 
 roll of the Clergy, to be furnished by the Bishop, and mark the 
 names of those in attendance ; and the Lay Secretary shall call over 
 the names of the several parishes, missions or cures, and the names 
 of the delegates representing each of the same. 
 
 4. The election of new Secretaries shall then be made by the 
 Clergy and Laity respectively, and a Treasurer and two Auditors 
 shall be appointed, all of which officers shall be elected by ballot if 
 demanded, and shall hold their respective offices until their 
 successors shall be chosen. 
 
 5. After this, on the first day, and on all other days, after 
 prayers, the order of business shall be as follows : — 
 
 I. Reading, correcting, and approving the minutes of the pre- 
 Tious meeting. 
 
 II. Appointing Committees. 
 
 III. Presenting, reading, and referring memorials and petitions. 
 
 IV. Presenting reports of Committees, and of the Treasurer 
 and the Auditors. 
 
 V. Giving notice of motion. 
 
 VI. Taking up unfinished business. 
 
 VII. Consideration of motion. 
 
 VIII. Orders of the Day. 
 
 An address from the Bishop shall be in order at any time. 
 
 FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ORDER. 
 
 1. The Synod shall meet the first day at two o'clock in the 
 afternoon, and afterwards at ten o'clock each forenoon during its 
 session, unless otherwise ordered by the Synod. And when it 
 adjourns, the members shall keep their seats until the Chairman 
 leaves the chair. 
 
 2. On the appearance of a quorum, fixed by the" Constitution of 
 the Synod at twenty-five Lay and fifteen Clerical delegates, the 
 
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 Chairman shall call the Synod to order ; and should there not bo a 
 quorum at the appointed hour, the Chairman is authorized to 
 adjourn the meeting during pleasure. 
 
 3. Immediately after the Chairman shall have taken the chair, the 
 meeting shall be opened by prayer according to a form authorized 
 by the Bishop ; and the minutes of the preceding meeting shall 
 then be read to the end, that any mistake therein may be cor- 
 rected by the Synod. 
 
 4. The Chairman shall preserve order and decorum, and shall 
 decide questions of order, subject to the Synod, to be decided 
 without debate. When called upon to explain a point of order, he 
 shall state the rule applicable to the case, without argument or 
 <!omment. 
 
 5. Members of the Synod shall sit uncovered, the clerical mem- 
 bers to be habited in bands and gowns, and every member before 
 speaking shall rise from his seat and address himself to the chair. 
 When two or more members rise at the same time, the Chairman 
 shall name the member who is first to speak. 
 
 6. When the Chairman is putting a question, no member shall 
 walk out of, or across the house ; nor, when a member is speaking, 
 shall any member hold discourse to interrupt him, except to order, 
 nor pass between him and the chair ; and every member present 
 when a question is put shall be required to vote on the same. In 
 voting, those who vote in the affirmative shall first rise, and then 
 those who vote in the negative. 
 
 7. No member, save the mover of a motion, who is entitled to 
 reply, shall speak more than once on the same question without 
 leave of the Synod, except in explanation of a material part of his 
 speech, which may have been misunderstood, and then he is not to 
 introduce new matter. 
 
 8. A member may, of right, require the motion in discussion to 
 be read for his information, at any time during the debate, but 
 not so as to interrupt a member speaking. 
 
 9. A member called to order shall sit down, unless permitted to 
 explain, and the Synod, if appealed to, shall decide the case, but 
 without debate ; if there be an appeal, the decision of the otair 
 shall be submitted to. 
 
 
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 10. No member shall speak disrespectfully of the Queen or any 
 of the Royal Family, nor use improper language against the pro- 
 ceedings of the Synod, or against particular members thereof, nor 
 epeak beside the question in debate. 
 
 11. The Chairman may at any time desire the Synod to be 
 cleared of strangers, and may suspend the debate then in progress 
 until the Synod be so cleared. 
 
 12. No motion shall be put or debated unless the same be in 
 writing and seconded ; nor shall any motion prefaced by a written 
 preamble be received by the chair. 
 
 13. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, but such 
 motions, as well as motions to lay on the table, shall be decided 
 without debate. 
 
 14. All questions shall be put to the Synod in the order in which 
 they are moved. 
 
 15. After a motion has been read from the chair it shall be 
 deemed to be in possession of the Synod, but it may be withdrawn 
 at any time before decision or amendment with the permission of 
 the Synod. 
 
 16. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be 
 received by the chair unless to amend it, or postpone it to a certain 
 day, or to lay it upon the table, or for adjournment ; and no more 
 than one amendment to the proposed amendment of amotion shall 
 be in order. 
 
 17. On a division the names oftho.se who vote for, and those 
 who vote against, the question, shall bo recorded in the minutes, 
 if required by three members. And a question once determined 
 shall not be brought up again the same session without the unani- 
 mous consent of the Synod. 
 
 18. Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed to the 
 Synod, shall be presented by a member in his place, who shall be 
 answerable to the Synod that they do not contain improper cr 
 impertinent matter. 
 
 19. In order to expedite the business of the Synod, it is required 
 for the future that the clerks of the several Vestries in this 
 Diocese, or where there is no Vestry Clerk, the Chairman of the 
 -meeting, shall send to the Clerical Secretary of the Synod within 
 
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 six days after their election, the names of the Lay delegates 
 elected at any meeting held for that purpose ; and the Secretary of 
 this Synod shall attend at the place where the Synod is to meet at 
 9 o'clock of the first day of meeting, [to record the names of 
 said Lay delegates. 
 
 20. All special committees shall be named by the chair, unless 
 otherwise ordered, and in such cases the election shall be by ballot. 
 They shall appoint their own Chairman, and a majority of the 
 number named or elected shall be a quorum competent to proceed 
 to business. 
 
 21. The reports of Committees shall be in writing, signed by 
 the Chairman, who, or some member deputed by him, shall explain 
 to the Synod the bearing of any portion of the report, if requested 
 by any member of the Synod. 
 
 22. Reports of Committees shall be received in course, unless 
 ordered to be reconsidered, but further action thereon shall be by 
 motion as in other business. 
 
 23. All notices of motion intended to be brought before the next 
 Synod shall be sent in to the Clerical Secretary at least six weeks 
 before the day of meeting ; and it shall be the duty of the Clerical 
 Secretary to keep a record of such^notices, and to issue a circular 
 statement of the business for|[the ensuing Synod, with reports of 
 Committees, and the order in which the same shall be brought up. 
 The circular to be forwarded to each Clergyman and parish, one 
 month before the meeting of the Synod. 
 
 24. That the expenses of the Synod, such as printing, &c., be 
 defrayed by assessment, at the rate and in the proportions and man- 
 ner detailed in the Report of the Committee on Finance, printed on 
 page 21 of the Journal of the 10th Synod; namely — 
 
 Parish. Assessments. 
 
 Cathedral, Montreal $42 00 
 
 St. George's " 27 00 
 
 Trinity " 30 00 
 
 St. Janaes Apostle, Montreal... 10 50 
 St. Stephen's, «' ... 6 00 
 
 St. John Evangelist, " ... 6 00 
 St. Thomas', " ... 12 00 
 
 St. Luke's, " ... 4 50 
 
 Hochelaga 3 00 
 
 Longueuil 1 50 
 
 South Stukely 3 75 
 
 Parish. Asseshssmbnts; 
 
 Sorel |9 00 
 
 Onslow 4 50 
 
 Ormstown 4 50 
 
 Aylwln 3 75 
 
 Aylmer 4 50 
 
 Stanbridge East 5 25 
 
 St. John's 7 50 
 
 Cowansville fi 00 
 
 Frelighsbnrgh 4 50 
 
 Hemmingford 4 50 
 
 Christieville 4 50 
 
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 PARISH 
 
 Assessments. Parish. 
 
 Assessments. 
 
 Ely & North Stukely 3 75 
 
 Ste. Victoire 1 50 
 
 Franklin 3 75 
 
 Iron Hill 3 75 
 
 Dunham 4 50 
 
 Mascouche 3 00 
 
 Portage du Fort 3 75 
 
 Hull 4 50 
 
 Mansonville 3 00 
 
 Granby 4 50 
 
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 Kildare $3 75 
 
 Philipsburgh 3 75 
 
 WestFarnham 3 75 
 
 Grenville 4 50 
 
 Vaudreuil 4 50 
 
 Abbottsford 3 75 
 
 Clarendon 4 50 
 
 North Gore 3 75 
 
 Rawdon 3 75 
 
 NewGlasgojvf 3 75 
 
 North Wakefield 3 00 
 
 Bedford 3 
 
 Eardly..., 3 
 
 Sutton 4 
 
 Buckingham 3 
 
 Edwardstown 4 
 
 Milton 3 
 
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 Chambly 3 00 
 
 WestShefford 4 ~~ 
 
 Gotean duLac 3 
 
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 Thome 3 
 
 Clarenceville 9 
 
 Lachine 2 
 
 Waterloo 7 
 
 Knowlton 5 
 
 Lacolle 4 
 
 St. Andrews 6 
 
 Sabrevois 4 
 
 Berthier 2 
 
 25. The Journal of Synod shall be printed under the direction 
 of the Secretaries, immediately after the annual Meeting. It 
 shall contain all the acts and proceedings of the Synod, all reports 
 of Committees, unless otherwise ordered, the list of Clergy and 
 Lay delegates entitled to sit in the Synod; f' ) Committees 
 appointed to sit during the recess, with the names of the respective 
 members ; the Constitution and Canons of the Diocese, with the 
 Rules of Order ; the Reports of the Rural Deans, and such other 
 matter as may be specially ordered by the Synod. A copy of each 
 Journal shall be transmitted by the Secretaries to the several 
 Bishops of the Dominion ; to the Secretaries of the Provincial 
 Synod, and of the other Diocesan Synods; to the Diocesan 
 Library, and to the Library of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, and 
 to every Clergyman and Lay delegate within the Diocese. 
 
 RULES AND BY-LAWS, RESPECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF 
 THE PROPERTY, MISSIONS AND TRUSTS OF THE SYNOD. 
 
 executive committee. 
 
 1. That the property of the Synod be managed and adminis- 
 tered by a Committee to be called " The Executive Committee,'* 
 and to be composed of the Lord Bishop or His Commissary, the 
 Secretaries, the Registrar, the Treasurer, and of 15 Clerical mem- 
 
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 bera, and 15 Lay members, to be elected annually, at the annual 
 stated meeting of the Synod, and such Committee shall haye the 
 general and full control over the collection, investment, and ezpen< 
 diture of all moneys belonging to, or in any way vested in or under 
 the control of, the Synod, and the leasing, purchase, sale and 
 general management and administration of all property, real and 
 personal, belonging to, or in any way vested in, or under the control 
 of the Synod, except when otherwise specially provided or ordered 
 by the Synod. 
 
 2. That no Layman may be a member of the Executive Com- 
 mittee who has not paid in as a subscription to Diocesan Missions 
 for the year preceding at least five dollars. 
 
 3. The said Committee shall meet quarterly in the City of 
 Montreal on the second Wednesday in the months of February, 
 May, August, and November, and shall be presided over by the Lord 
 Bishop, or in his absence by his Commissary, or, in case of the 
 absence of both, by a member elected from among themselves. 
 
 4. Special meetings of " The Executive Committee " may be 
 called from time to time by the Bishop, or, in his absence, by his 
 Commissary, or, when the See is vacant, by the Senior Digni- 
 tary of the Church next in rank to the Bishop, for the transaction 
 of such business as may be stated in the notices calling such meet- 
 ings to be transmitted by mail to each member of the Committee, 
 at least one week before the day of meeting. 
 
 5. A quorum of said Committee shall consist of seven members, 
 of whom three shall be laymen ; and the said Committee shall fur- 
 nish to the Synod, at each stated annual meeting of the Synod, a 
 report of its operations, and a clear statement of the receipts and 
 expenditures of the Committee during the preceding year, and of 
 the state and condition of the funds and property belonging to, 
 or vested in or under the control of, the Synod ; and shall receive 
 and consider all applications for aid towards opening any new 
 missions, filling up vacancies, or providing for any alteration in 
 the circumstances of any existing ones. 
 
 6. The Committee shall have power to purchase and circulate 
 in tke Diocese the Holy Scriptures, and such publications as have 
 the sanction of the Church, viz. : the Prayer Books, Homilies, 
 
 ; 
 
I, at the annual 
 
 shall have the 
 
 lent, and expen- 
 
 sted in or under 
 
 rchase, sale and 
 
 [operty, real and 
 
 Inder the control 
 
 fided or ordered 
 
 zeculiye Com- 
 iocesan Missions 
 
 in the City of 
 
 13 of February, 
 
 aver by the Lord 
 
 in case of the 
 
 themselves. 
 
 nittee " may be 
 
 absence, by his 
 
 e Senior Digni- 
 
 r the transaction 
 
 lUing such meet- 
 
 ' the Committee, 
 
 'seven members, 
 imittee shall fur- 
 of the Synod, a 
 the receipts and 
 ng year, and of 
 ;y belonging to, 
 and shall receive 
 pening any new 
 Qy alteration in 
 
 ac and circulate 
 ications as have 
 ooks, Homilies, 
 
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 <!!atechisms, Collects, with the addition of Books and Tracts circu- 
 lated by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in Lon- 
 don, and such other publications as may be approved of by the 
 Bishop. 
 
 BOARD OF MISSIONS. 
 
 1 . That a Board of Missions shall be appointed annually in 
 each Deanery, to be composed of four Clerical and four Lay mem- 
 bers, who shall annually report upon each Mission in the Deanery, 
 and their recommendation with regard to it, to the Executive Coni- 
 mittee ; the Bishop to appoint the members of the Board in each 
 Deanery. 
 
 2. That, excepting in any special case which may be directly 
 recommended by the Bishop, each fresh application for a Mission 
 grant shall emanate from the Ruri-decanal Meeting who shall for- 
 ward it for consideration to the Mission Board. 
 
 SERMONS. 
 
 Such Sermons as the Lord Bishop of the Diocese shall direct, 
 shall be preached in each year, in each parish, chapelry and mission- 
 ary station, in the Diocese, on such days as the Bishop shall 
 appoint, in favour of some one or more of the objects of the Synod, 
 and a collection made in aid thereof, which shall forthwith be trans- 
 mitted to the Treasurer of the Synod, and no grant or benefit from 
 the Synod shall be obtained for any object, within any parish, cha- 
 pelry or missionary station, within which such sermon or sermong 
 shall not have been preached, and such collection shall not have 
 been made. 
 
 widows' and orphans' fund. 
 
 By-laws to make provision for the administering and improving 
 
 the Widows' and Orphans' Fund, of the late Church Society 
 
 of the Diocese of Montreal. 
 
 1. That all rents, issues, or profits of lands or tenements, held 
 
 by the Synod for the Widows and Orphans of clergymen, and all 
 
 moneys given or gran ted for the same purpose, unless special provi- 
 
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 sion be made by the grantor or donor of the same, for the distri- 
 bution thereof otherwise, shall be put to the credit of a Fund to be 
 called " The Widows' and Orphans' Fund. " 
 
 2. That the Synod shall and will put to the credit of the Widows' 
 and Orphans' Fund yearly, and every year, a sum of money equal 
 to One Pound Five Shillings, for each duly recognized Clergyman 
 in the Diocese, from the Fund of General Purposes, provided that 
 Fund shall bear such a charge upon it ; and that, after the current 
 and customary expenses of the Synod are paid, the charges for the 
 Widows' and Orphans' Fund shall be the first paid from tho 
 General Purposes Fund, and that such sum shall be put to the 
 credit of the Widows' and Orphans' Fund, on the first day of 
 April, in each year, on the Lord Bishop forwarding to the Treasu- 
 rer a list of the Clergy duly recognized, signed by his hand. 
 
 3. That each Clergyman, either Incumbent or Travelling Mis- 
 sionary, having cure of souls in this diocese, in order to entitle his 
 widow or widow and children to claim the annuity hereafter pro- 
 vided, from the passing of this By-law, or from the time of his 
 appointment in the Diocese, shall remit to the Treasurer of the 
 W. and 0. Fund the sura of five dollars per annum ; shall observe 
 the directions from time to time given by the Lord Bishop of the 
 Diocese, in respect of the collections to be made on behalf of the 
 Widows' and Orphans' Fund, unless such Clergyman shall have 
 been excused by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese in writing, under 
 his hand, from making such collection or collections, in any church, 
 chapel or station, served by him ; but it is essential to the stability 
 and prosperity of this Fund, so as to meet the demands that may 
 be hereafter made upon it, that every Clergyman in the Diocese 
 should contribute towards its maintenance; and it is therefore 
 hereby declared, that any Clergyman refusing to become a subscriber, 
 or neglecting to make the annual collections in his parish or mission, 
 (except as above stated) shall not be entitled to any benefits of the 
 Fund for his widow or orphans. Should, however, any Clergyman 
 fail to become a member, and afterwards desire to join it, he shall 
 make application to the Executive Committee, through the 
 '• Widows' and Orphans' Fund Committee," and if the Executive 
 Committee should favorably receive his application, it can only be 
 on payment of all back subscriptions. 
 
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 e, for the distri- 
 of a Fund to be 
 
 it of the Widows' 
 I of money equal 
 nized Clergyman 
 ses, provided that 
 after the current 
 e charges for the 
 paid from tho 
 1 be put to the 
 the first day of 
 g to the Treasu- 
 his band. 
 Travelling Mis- 
 der to entitle his 
 ty hereafter pro- 
 the time of his 
 Treasurer of the 
 m ; shall observe 
 ird Bishop of the 
 on behalf of the 
 yman shall have 
 in writing, under 
 IS, in any church, 
 il to the stability 
 mands that may 
 in in the Diocese 
 d it is therefore 
 ome a subscriber, 
 )arish or mission, 
 ly benefits of the 
 ', any Clergyman 
 ) join it, he shall 
 se, through the 
 if the Executive 
 1, it can only be 
 
 4. The Treasurer shall lay before the Executive Committee at 
 its meeting in Maj' in each year, a statement of all moneys invested, 
 or in his hands, belonging to the Widows' and Orphans' Fund, and 
 of all moneys received and paid on account of the said Fund since 
 the last annual statement. 
 
 5. That from and after the passing of this By- law, the Synod 
 shall pay an annuity to the widow of every Clergyman who, at the 
 time of his decease, shall have been duly licensed to the cure of souls 
 in this Diocese, and recognized by the Bishop, or have been placed 
 on any retired list with the consent of his Lordship ; and from the 
 passing of this By-law, or from the time of his appointment in the 
 Diocese, shall have been a subscriber, as set forth in rule 3, and 
 who shall have complied with the requirement of this By-law, such 
 annuity to be of fifty pounds currency, payable in two equal half- 
 yearly payments on the first day of January and July in each year. 
 One quarter's salary shall be granted to the family of a deceased 
 Clergyman from any funds controlled by the Synod, dating from 
 the expiration of the quarter in which the decease occurs ; and the 
 Widow's pension shall begin from the expiration of such quarterly 
 payment, and continue so long as she shall remain a widow. In the 
 event of marrying again, the question of continuation of annuity 
 to be re-considered. And in case such widow shall have one or more 
 children at the time of her husband's decease — the lawful issue 
 of her marriage with him — she shall, for each and every such child, 
 not exceeding four in number, be entitled to received Five Pounds 
 currency per annum, payable at such times and in such manner as 
 has been before provided for the payment of the annuities of 
 widows without children. 
 
 All annuities paid for children shall cease on the day at which 
 they attain the age of eighteen years : provided always that in 
 the case of the death of such widow, before the children have 
 attained the above age of eighteen years, the annuity of such chil- 
 dren shall be increased to Ten Founds per annum for each and 
 every such child until they attain the above mentioned age. And 
 in case of a Clergyman deceased, leaving no widow, but leaving 
 children, then su.ii children to enjoy the annuity as above provided. 
 .But as circumstances may occur to cause this Fund to fluctuate 
 
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 in its amount, the Executive Committee may, on receiving a 
 special report from the Widows' and Orphans' Fund Committee, 
 respecting the funds of the Synod, increase or diminish the annuity 
 to the widows and orphans, should it appear advisable or necessary 
 so to do. 
 
 6, As it is just and equitable that when any such Clergyman 
 shall in future marry a lady many years younger than himself, 
 and thereby in the common course of events leave a widow for 
 many years drawing her pension, and so become a heavy burthen 
 on the Fund, the following scales of fines shall be established as a 
 Rule of the Synod for all under such circumstances. 
 
 7. From25to30 £0 15s. Od. | 
 
 30 to 40 1 10 J „ 
 
 40 to 50 2 2 0) For every year more than 
 
 50 to 60 3 3 J ^^ve years that the wife is 
 
 60 to 70 .... 4 4 0) younger than the huaban i. 
 
 70 and upwards. 6 6 0] 
 
 8. Every widow, or the guardians of any of the orphans of a 
 Clergyman, desiring annuities from the Widows' and Orphans' 
 Fund, shall apply by memorial to the Synod for such annuity, 
 setting forth the time of decease of such clergyman, the name of 
 such widows, and the names and ages of each of the children, as 
 the case may be. 
 
 9. Every annuitant on the Widows' and Orphans' Fund shall, 
 whenever he or she may be paid his or her half-yearly annuity, 
 make one of the following declarations, in the presence of a clergy- 
 man or Magistrate, which declaration shall be attested by the 
 Clergyman or Magistrate before whom it is made : 
 
 DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY A WIDOW. 
 
 I , do hereby declare I am the widow of the late Reverend ^— 
 
 that I am entitled to an annuity from the Widows' and Orphans' Fund of 
 the Synod of the Diocese of Montreal, and that I am still a widow. 
 
 Signed before me. 
 
 Name. 
 
 Description. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 DECLARATION TO BE MADE BY THE GUARDIANS OF 
 
 CHILDREN. 
 
 I , do hereby declare that I am the duly appointed guardian of 
 
 the children of the late Reverend , whose names and ages are 
 
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 respectively written below: that they are entitled to an annuity from the 
 Widowa' and Orphins' Fund of the Synod of the Diocese of Montreal. 
 
 Namet of Children Ages next birth-day. 
 
 Signed before me 
 Name 
 
 Description. 
 
 10. Should any doubts hereafter arise as to the interpretation 
 of this By-law, or the construction which should be put upon it, 
 or upon any of its clauses, such doubts shall be referred to the 
 Executive Committee, who shall make a report thereupon to the 
 Synod, at its nearest stated Annual Meeting, and the decision 
 upon such doubt shall be final. 
 
 11. That upon the voluntary removal of a Clergyman from this 
 Diocese, he shall thereby forfeit all claims for a pension in favor of 
 his widow or children, and that all exceptional cases shall be 
 submitted and adjudicated on as they may occur. 
 
 12. — That superannuated Clergymen shall retain their interest 
 in the Widows' and Orphans' Fund, simply, and on the continued 
 payment of their annual subscriptions. 
 
 CANONS. 
 
 fARDIANS OF 
 
 ELECTION OF BISHOP. 
 
 1 . The House of Bishops shall present two or more persons tO' 
 the Synod of Montreal, one of whom may be elected as the Bishop 
 of Montreal ; and in case no election shall take place from the names 
 so nominated, the House of Bishops shall again exercise the same 
 right of nomination until a choice shall be made by the Synod ; and 
 no other persons shall be put in nomination for the office of Bishop 
 except such as shall be nominated by the House of Bishops ; pro- 
 vided a Resolution respecting the election ofBishopsof the Diocese, 
 passed at the meeting of the Synod on Wednesday, June 17th, 
 1863, be adopted by the Provincial Synod, respecting the election 
 of future Bishops of Montreal, such Bishops continuing to fill per- 
 manently the office of Metropolitan. 
 
 2. In such election by said Synod of Montreal, the Clergy and' 
 Laity shall vote separately by ballot — the Clergy by individuals 
 
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 and Laity by Parishes or Cures. A majority of votes in each order 
 shall determine the choice, provided that two thirds of the Clergy 
 entitled to vote are present, and two-thirds of all the Parishes or 
 Cures entitled to be represented ; otherwise two-thirds of the votes 
 of each order shall be necessary to determine the choice. 
 
 ARCHDEACON. 
 
 1. The Archdeacon, upon receiving the reports of the Rural 
 Deans, shall inquire into the cause of the non-payment of such sums 
 as may be due to the Clergy from their respective Parishes or 
 Cures. 
 
 2. The Archdeacon shall also see that all Church property in 
 the Diocese is kept in good repair. 
 
 RURAL DEAN. 
 
 1. The llural Deans are officers of the Bishop, receiving their 
 commissions from him, and are to report the proceedings of their 
 Deaneries to the Bishop, through the Archdeacon. 
 
 2. The Rural Deans shall hold a Ruri-decanal meeting, in their 
 aeveral Deaneries, once every year. Special meetings may be 
 called by them at the desire of the Bishop. They shall summon 
 to all Ruri-dccanal meetings, both Church-wardens and Delegates 
 to Synod in all parishes within their Deaneries, and none others. 
 
 3. Each Rural Dean, at the annual meeting of his Deanery, 
 shall submit a report of such statistics connected with the different 
 IMissions or Parishes, as he shall have been able to collect from the 
 Clergymen and Church-wardens in their several Cures ; such reports 
 shall be presented at the Ruri-decanal meeting, previous to their 
 being forwarded to the Archdeacon. 
 
 4. The Rural Deans shall collect such statistics as the Bishop 
 may direct ; and all matters relating to the boundaries of Parishes 
 or the erection of new ones shall be referred to a Ruri-decanal 
 meeting. 
 
 5. The Rural Deans shall have no power of interfei'cnce on their 
 own mere motion, in matters of discipline, in any Parish or Mission. 
 All such matters shall be referred to the Bishop, to bo dealt with 
 as he shall think proper. 
 
irch property in 
 
 », receiving their 
 ceedings of their 
 
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 STATUS OF PARISHES, ETC. 
 
 1. A Mission is an ecclesiastical division supplied by a Clergy- 
 man, who receives the whole or the greater part of his stipend 
 from foreign aid. 
 
 2. A Parish is an ecclesiastical division including within its 
 limits a Church and Parsonage, and providing within itself at least 
 one-half of the]stipend of the Clergyman who is its Incumbent. 
 
 3. A Rectory is an ecclesiastical division raising within its 
 limits the whole of the stipend of the Incumbent. Provided 
 always, that it be understood that nothing herein shall be r^arded 
 as affecting Parishes erected by Letters Patent from the Crown. 
 
 4. Whenever in any Parish or Mission, an Endowment Fund, 
 to the amount of $4,000, shall have been raised and invested 
 to the satisfaction of the Bishop, and the balance of the salary 
 pledged by the Vestry, such Parish or Mission shall in case of a 
 vacancy in the Ministry thereof, enjoy the same privilege in the 
 choice of a Clergyman, as if it were a Patent Rectory. 
 
 5. The salaries to Clergymen employed as missionaries, shall 
 not be less than the following, viz : 
 
 For Deacons ^500 per annum. 
 
 For Priests under 10 yeais standing 600 " 
 
 For Priests above 10 years standing 700 " 
 
 ORGANIZATION OF PARISHES. 
 
 1. That, in order to distinguish between Parishes and Missions, 
 it be enacted by the Synod that no Ecclesiastical Division be con- 
 sidered a Parish, unless it include within its limits a Church and 
 a Parsonage, and provide within itself at least one-half of the 
 stipend of the Clergyman who is its Incumbent ; and, further, that 
 no such Parish be considered a Rectory until sjthe whole of the 
 stipend of the Incumbent is raised within its limits. Provided 
 always that it be understood that this resolution is not to be 
 regarded as affecting Parishes erected by Letters Patent from the 
 Crown. 
 
 2. That in order to secure the better organization of Parishes 
 and Missions now existingi in the Diocese, it is desirable that the 
 Diocese should be divided into Rural Deaneries ; and that, for 
 this object, the Lord Bishop bo respectfully requested to take 
 steps for the formation of such Deaneries. 
 
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 3. That it be directed by the Synod that the Cleiwymen and 
 Church-wardens resident within each Rural Deanery do, within 
 A\x months of adjournment of the Diocesan Synod, or as soon aftor 
 as practicable, hold a conference or conferences for the purpose of 
 arranging and defining by mutual agreement the boundaries of 
 their respective Parishes or Cures, and report the same to the Lord 
 Bishop for his consideration ; and should his Lordship approve of 
 the same, then the boundaries so arranged, approved and declared, 
 shall be the boundaries of the Parishes and Cures aforesuid. And 
 that the Bishop cause a report of the same to be laid before the 
 Synod at the next ensuing meeting. 
 
 4. That in cases where the boundaries cannot be arranged by 
 such mutual agreement, then the Bishop be requested to issue a 
 commission to two Clergymen and two Laymen, none of whom shall 
 be locally connected with such Parishes or Cures, directing and 
 authorising them to investigate the merits of the case and decide 
 thereon, and to report their decision to the Lord Bishop for his 
 consideration ; and, should his Lordship approve of the same, then 
 the boundaries so arranged, approved and declared, shall be the 
 boundaries of the Parishes or Cures aforesaid. The expenses of such 
 commission to bebofne by the Parishes to be arranged. Provided that 
 no such clergyman, church warden or commissioner shall consider any 
 question of the metes and bounds of any existing Parishes or 
 Missions, till one month's notice shall have been given to the 
 several congregations interested in the question, and until it shall 
 have been brought before the Vestry of the said Parish or Mission. 
 
 5. When any of the parishioners residing in any Parish or in 
 any adjoining Parishes shall desire to have a new and distinct 
 Parish erected, the said parishioners shall present a memorial to 
 the Lord Bishop, stating fully the reasons moving them thereto 
 also the proposed boundaries of tlie contemplated new Parish, 
 and whether the Incumbent or Incumbents of the Parish or 
 Parishes aforesaid be a consenting party or parties ; and when the 
 Bishop of the Diocese shall be satisfied that the provisions of the 
 XlXth section of the Church Temporalities Act have been 
 complied with, and that the means for the worship of God have been 
 provided, and when further he shall have referred the said memoria, 
 
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 to the Clergy and Church-wardens of the Rural Deanery within 
 which the proposed new Parish is situated, for their opinion 
 respecting the same, his Lordship shall declare the said portion of 
 the Parish or Parishes to be a new Parish. 
 
 6. That the Bishop on receipt of such memorial, shall refer 
 the same to the Incumbent or Incumbents of the existing: Parish 
 or Parishes, and ^f he or they withold his or their consent from 
 such memorial, then he or they will be required to state his or 
 their reasons, in writing, to the Lord Bishop within one month, 
 who is to decide on their validity. 
 
 7. That in any and every case where it is proposed to establish 
 a new Mission, situate within any existing Rural Deanery, the 
 proposal for the erection of such new Mission shall be submitted 
 to the Clergy and Church-wardens of the said Rural Deanery for 
 their counsel and advice. 
 
 8. That the boundaries of every Parish or Mission erected 
 under authority of this Canon as well as of every existing Parish or 
 Mission, be entered in a book, to bo kept by the Secretaries of the 
 Synod for that purpose, and that a copy thereof be furnished to 
 any person applying for it, on the payment of a fee of one shilling. 
 
 9. That all repairs and dilapidations of Church property shall 
 be defrayed by each Parish individually. 
 
 DIVISION OF PARISHES, (Under Royal Letters Patent.) 
 
 1. Any Parish now constituted under Royal Letters Patent 
 may with the consent of the Rector during his life time, or after 
 his demise, be divided into two or more Parishes by the Bishop^ 
 of this Diocese by decree signed by him and registered by the 
 Secretary of the Synod in a register to be kept for that purpose ; 
 and in such decree the limits of each Parish so newly constituted 
 shall be designated. 
 
 2. The Incumbent of any new Parish thus constituted shall not 
 be vested with the power conveyed in said Letters Patent, but shall 
 be subjected to the provisions of the Church Temporalities Act. 
 
 3. The decree to be made by the Bishop of the Diocese of Mon- 
 treal in the subdivision of any Parish constituted under Letters 
 Patent, shall take effect only, from the time of its sanction by the 
 
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 Synod by any rule, regulation or Canon to be adopted for that 
 purpose. 
 
 OCCUPANCY OF PARSOXAGES AFTER DECEASE OF 
 LVCUMBENTS. 
 
 1. At least three months from the time of decease shall be 
 allowed to the widow, or children, or other relatives, of the late 
 Incumbent, provided that they have been resident with him and 
 forminj? part of his family up to the time of his decease, before 
 they, or she, or any of them be called upon to leave the Parsonage. 
 
 2. If the Glebe or any other land be under cultivation, the crop 
 thereof belongs, of course, to the lawful representatives of the 
 deceased, unless his successors consent to refund the expense 
 incurred in such cultivation, when the crop belongs to the in-com- 
 ing Incumbent. 
 
 3. Ill the case of meadow land the grass belongs to the 
 successor ; but if made into liay the same is the property of the 
 representatives of the deceased. 
 
 4. The above rules apply to Clergymen on their being placed 
 on the superannuated list. 
 
 CHURCHWARDENS. 
 
 The Incumbent and Church-wardens of every church and chapel 
 being a body corporate and politic, the administration of the tem- 
 poralities of every church or chapel is by law vested in them ; but 
 for the more perfect and efficient administration, and with a view 
 to leaving the Incumbent more complete leisure for the discharge 
 of his sacred ofl5ce, it is expedient that certain duties should be 
 under the more immediate superintendence of the Church- 
 wardens. 
 
 Wherefore it shall be the special duties of the Church-wardens 
 of every church or chapel, »vithin fourteen days after appointment 
 or re-election in each year, to make a faithful inventory, in 
 duplicate, of all the movable property of the Corporation, and to 
 insure the same, and all the buildings thereof, at their full esti- 
 mated value, with some English or Provincial Fire Insurance 
 Company, duly incorporated. And at each appointment or re- 
 
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 !EASE OF 
 
 eir being placed 
 
 election of Church wardens, the out-going Church-warden or 
 Church-wardens, shall present a true and faithful balance sheet o^ 
 the accounts of the Corporation to be filed with the above-mentioned 
 inventories in the vestry of the Corporation, and also shall hand 
 over to his or their successors any balance of moneys remaining on 
 hand. 
 
 To provide for the due care and preservation of the said movable 
 property, together with the administration of the said real estate 
 thereof, during their tenure of office. 
 
 Carefully to superintend and to enforce the execution of all con- 
 tracts for the furnishing, repair, and preservation of the Church 
 Parsonage, Burial Ground and Glebe, and to take the necessary 
 steps to exact penalties in case of their non-fulfilment. 
 
 To secure the warmth, cleanliness, and ventilation of the Church, 
 and the supply of vestments, linen, books, and bread and wine for 
 the celebration of the Holy Communion. 
 
 To provide such books and documents as the Synod may from 
 time to time require to be kept. 
 
 To aflFord the Incumbent every assistance in their power in the 
 supervision of the sexton, the organist, the clerk and the choir, and 
 the inferior officers of the Corporation. 
 
 To provide strangers with seats during the celebration of Divine 
 Worship, in so far as the capacity of the building will allow. 
 
 To maintain good order and quiet in and about the church or 
 chapel, and in the adjoining roads and publ'e places during 
 Divine Worship, and prosecute all offences against that good order 
 and quiet. Vide Consolidated Statutes of L. C, o. XXII. 
 
 To collect, in accordance with the Statute, pew-rents, subscrip- 
 tions, alms, and offerings of the congregation, and to keep a faith- 
 ful account of the receipts and disbursements of the congregation. 
 
 To notify the Incumbent of any grievous sickness or destitution 
 among the members of the congregation, and generally, and as far 
 as in them lies, to promote the comfort and welfare of the Clergy- 
 man and congregation. 
 
 A copy of those instructions shall be sent to the Incumbent and 
 Church-wardens of every church and chapol, and shall be read 
 aloud by the Chairman of the Vestry, at each annual election of 
 the Church- wardens. 
 
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 COMMUNICANTS. 
 
 The Vestry of every charge and parish represented in this Synod 
 shall hereafter be required to furnish a suitable book or books in 
 which shall be enregistered the names of all persons who are mem- 
 bers of the Church in full communion, with the date of their first 
 communion, as nearly as can be ascertained ; and this register shall 
 be in all cases kept by the Clergyman holding such charge or 
 Parish ; and shall be the property of the Parish ; and copies or 
 extracts thereof, certified by the Incumbent, or, in his absence, by 
 the Church-wardens, shall be full evidence of the status of any 
 person in such congregation at the date of such en registration. 
 
 NOTICE OF ORDINATION. 
 
 The names of the candidates for Holy Orders on the Bishop's 
 list shall be transmitted, by the Bishop, to each officiating clergy- 
 man to be published by him during service at each place where he 
 officiates, at least one month before the day of Ordination. 
 
 SUSTENTATION OR ENDOWMENT FUND. 
 
 a. — An annual sermon shall be preached in each Parish or 
 Mission throughout the Diocese, on behalf of this fund, and the 
 whole of the proceeds of the same shall be paid into the hands of 
 the Treasurer of the Synod. 
 
 b. An Annual Meeting for this object, in connection with 
 the missionary purposes of the Synod, shall be held in every 
 Parish or Mission throughout the Diocese, and the amount of 
 collections made at the same shall be paid to the Treasurer of the 
 Synod. 
 
 c. Arrangements shall be made for bringing this plan, and the 
 necessity for vigorously working the same, before the people in 
 every Parish or Mission in the Diocese, — and with this object, a 
 scheme for holding the requisite meetings, or preaching the 
 requisite sermons, shall be drawn up, and the Bishop shall be 
 requested to name a deputation or deputations for attending the 
 same, — and, in addition, each Parish and Mission is earnestly re- 
 commended to create a local endov)mcnt fund. 
 
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 ted in thia Synod 
 book or books in 
 ins who are mem- 
 date of their first 
 this register shall 
 such charge or 
 h ; and copies or 
 in his absence, by 
 he status of any 
 en registration. 
 
 s on the Bishop's 
 officiating clergy- 
 ich place where he 
 )rdination. 
 
 F'UND. 
 
 n each Parish or 
 this fund, and the 
 , into the hands of 
 
 I connection with 
 
 be held in every 
 
 nd the amount of 
 
 e Treasurer of the 
 
 ; this plan, and the 
 Core the people in 
 with this object, a 
 
 or preaching the 
 10 Bishop shall be 
 
 for attending the 
 sion is earnestly re- 
 
 SUPERANNUATION FUND. 
 
 1. A sermon shall be preached annually in every congregation 
 throughout the Diocese, and collections made for a Superannuation 
 Fund. 
 
 2. The clerical subscription shall be five dollars. 
 
 3. The management of the fund shall be placed in the hands of 
 the Synod. 
 
 4. Each case for partiv^Ipatlon in the benefits of the said Fund 
 shall be determined upon its particular merits by the Executive 
 Committee. 
 
 REPRESENTATION TO PROVINCIAL SYNOD. 
 
 The number of Clerical and Lay delegates to represent each 
 Piocese in the Provincial Synod having been fixed by the Pro- 
 vincial Synod at twelve of each order, the Clerical and Lay 
 Secretary at the preceding Diocesan Synod shall always be 
 ex-ojia'o amongst the number of delegates to represent this 
 Diocese at any meeting of the Provincial Synod, with eleven others 
 of each order to be elected by ballot at each annual meeting of the 
 Synod. And in addition to those so to be elected, there shall also 
 be elected six other Clerical and Lay representatives, who shall be 
 substitute delegates to attend the Provincial Synod whenever from 
 sickness, or other cause, the delegates shall be unable to attend the 
 
 Provincial Synod. 
 
 SCHOOLS. 
 
 1. There shall be attached to every Mission and Parish, when 
 practicable, a Day School and Sunday School ; and also in every 
 Rural Deanery there shall be established a Superior Church Day 
 School. 
 
 2. The Master of such Day School shall be a member of the 
 Church and receive a license from the Bishop. 
 
 3. The religious instructions shall be exclusively under the 
 directions of the Clergyman, and the general management shall be 
 vested in the Ministry and Church-wardens. 
 
 4. The schools shall be maintained by school fees, and public 
 grants, and by subscriptions and endowments. And all the /ee8 
 shall be collected by the schoolmaster, who .hall account to the 
 Church- wardens for the same. 
 
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 5. The Sunday School shall be entirely under the direction of the 
 Clergyman of each Parish or Mission, whose duty it shall be to 
 nominate the teachers, to select suitable books of instruction for 
 the several classes, to train and instruct, as far as prac- 
 ticable, the teachers themselves, " to catechise from time to 
 time the children," and to see that nothing is taught inconsistent 
 with the doctrine and discipline of the Church. 
 
 6. A Standing Committee of Synod shall be appointed to select 
 suitable books for Sunday and Day schools. 
 
 CANON OF DISCIPLINE. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Every Priest and Deacon, duly licensed by the Bishop, is 
 amenable for offences committed by him, in the manner and under 
 the provisions set forth in the Canon of Discipline hereinafter 
 enacted. 
 
 §1. 
 
 1. For any crime, or immorality, for drunkenness, profane swear- 
 ing, disorderly conduct, frequenting places most liable to be abused 
 to licentiousness ; for a violation of the Constitution or the Canons 
 of this Synod or of the Provincial Synod; for discontinuing the 
 exercise of the ministerial oflBce, without lawful cause ; for exercising 
 any lay profession, or occupation inconsistent with his sacred 
 calling; for the habitual disuse, after notice from the Bishop, of 
 public worship, or of the Holy Eucharist, according to the offices 
 of the Church; for the habitual infringment, after notice from the 
 Bishop, of the rubric ; for schism, or the separating himself from 
 the communion of the Church; 
 
 2. And also for' heresy, or teaching, or maintaining heretical 
 doctrines ; or for teaching or inculcating doctrines contrary to those 
 of the Church ; such teaching or maintaining being by way of 
 writing, or printing, or preaching, or public teaching, or circulat- 
 ing books containing unsound doctrines. 
 
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 §2. 
 
 1. If any Clergyman has committed, or, on reasonable grounds' 
 is believed to have been guilty of any of the foregoing ecclesiastical 
 offences, committed within this Diocese, the Bishop, on the written 
 application of any party complaining thereof, or of his own mere 
 motion, may summon the party to appear before him, in private, 
 and, upon confession of the offence alleged, may pronounce such 
 sentence as may be proper. 
 
 2. If the Bishop should consider the matter to be of such a 
 character or magnitude as to require it to be placed on record, in such 
 case the accusation shall be reduced to a definite form : there shall 
 be added the confession signed by the party, and the same, with 
 the sentence pronounced, shall be recorded in like manner as other 
 sentences are hereinafter directed to bo recorded. 
 
 3. If the accused party shiiU not admit or coafess the offjnoe 
 alleged, and the Bishop be of opinion that there are grounds for 
 further inquiry, the Bishop may issue a commission under his hand 
 and seal to Jive Priests, of whom one shall be an Archdeacon, within 
 the Diocese, who shall make inquiry into the truth of the accusations, 
 and report the facts, as well as the evidence taken, and whether, in 
 their opinion, there be sufficient j:>n'ma facie evidence to justify 
 further proceedings. 
 
 4. In such case, the accusation shall be reduced to form in 
 writing, and a deposit placed in the hands of the Bishop, to his 
 satisfaction, for the costs of the proceedings, if the accusers be 
 laymen ; such deposit to be applied in payment of the expenses of 
 the party accused if acquitted, and the balance, if any, to be repaid 
 to the depositor; and notice of the time when, and place where, 
 every such meeting of the commission shall be holdon, shall be 
 given in writing to the party accused, by means of personal service, 
 at least twenty days before the first meeting ; and it shall be 
 lawful for the party accused, or his agent, to attend the proceedings 
 of the commission, and to examine or cross-examine any witnesses ; 
 and such preliminary proceedings shall be in private, unless the 
 party accused shall desire otherwise. 
 
 5. Should the party accused neglect or refuse to appear before 
 the said commission, his default, after good and sufficient service. 
 
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 sball be placed on record, aad the c jminissiouors shall proceed 
 with theur inquiry ex-parte. 
 
 6. Upon the receipt of the report of the commissioners, the 
 Bishop shall take such further proceedings therein, as the case may, 
 in his judgment, require. 
 
 ARTICLE 2. 
 
 1. A charge may be preferred against any clergyman for any of 
 the ecclesiastical offences above enumerated, in the manner and 
 under the provisions following : 
 
 It may be made by the Bishop of the Diocese, ex ojit-lo, by any 
 five clergymen officiating in the Diocese, or by any ten vestry men 
 of any Parish or Mission wherein the offence is alleged to have 
 been committed. 
 
 2. The charge when mude by any other than the Bishop ex- 
 officio, shall be in writing, signed by the parties making it, and 
 shall specify the offence or offences with reasonable certainty, as 
 to time, place, and circumstances. 
 
 3. There shall bo annexed to it the names and residences of the 
 material witnesses, and a copy of any documentary evidence relied 
 on. 
 
 4. It may be in tlie following form : — 
 
 *' The subscribers, (titles and additions,) allege and charge, that 
 " the Rev. A. B., a minister of this Church, of the order of 
 , and , of the church or parish of 
 
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 " , has been guilty of certain ecclesiastical offences, 
 
 " for which he is subject to trial and censure ; viz., of 
 
 " To establish which allegations and charge, we refer to the 
 " accompanying affidavits, certificates, documents, and to the 
 " witnesses whose names and places of residence are hereunto 
 " annexed. 
 
 " Which charge (or charges) we know to be true in substance, 
 " (or) which charges on information satisfactory to us, we believe 
 to be true." 
 
 5. Whenever a charge or cliurges against any Priest or Deacon 
 
 shall have been reduced to writing and delivered to the Bishop, it 
 shall then be the duty of the Bishop to cause to bo served per- 
 
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 sonally on tlie accused a cortified copy thereof, together wlfh 
 notices of the time and place of trial, both of which the Bishop 
 shall prescribe or fix. 
 
 6. The charges and notice shall be so served at least thirty d*ys 
 before the time appointed for the trial. In case of the innocence 
 or acquittal of the accused, every reasonable effort shall be made to 
 clear the character aspersed, in public estimation, at the expeose 
 of the accusers. 
 
 7. In the event of a public rumour prevailing against a Clergy- 
 man as having committed any of the Ecclesiastical offences above 
 enumerated, the Clergyman may, upon applica*! ' in vrriting to 
 the Bishop or his Commissary complaining of such ru nour, and 
 asserting its falsity, obtain an inquiry by commission as herein- 
 before provided into the particulars of such rumour, and an oppor- 
 tunity be afforded to such Clergyman of exculpating himself. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 1. There shall be a Court to be cMled " The Diocesan Court 
 of Montreal," to try such charges as may be preferred against any 
 Priest or Deacon of tho said Diocese. 
 
 2. It shall be composed of fifteen Priests, v^ho shall be annually 
 elected by ballot, by a majority of the Diocesan Synod, at its annual 
 meeting, and who shall continue in office until others shall have 
 been chosen in their places. 
 
 3. The Bishop shall have power to fill all vacancies which may 
 occur by removal from the Diocese, by death or by election to the 
 episcopate, or in case any one of them be the party accused, until 
 the next meeting of Synod. 
 
 4. The Court shall name from among their body a Clerk, whose 
 duty it shall be to keep a record of all the proceedings had before 
 the Court. 
 
 5. The Church Advocate (as hereinafter appointed), shall give 
 notice in writing at least fifteen days before the day fixed for the 
 trial, to the party accused, to attend before the Clerical Secretary 
 of the Synod, time and place being mentioned in the notice, when 
 and where the party accused shall strike from the list of the 
 njcmbers of the Court, elected as aforesaid, one of the names, and 
 
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 the Church Advocate shall strike oflF another, and so alternately 
 until the number shall be reduced iofioe, which five, or a majority 
 of them, shall form the Court for the trial. 
 
 6. If the accused shall neglect to attend in person, or by an 
 agent, the Clerical Secretary of the Synod shall strike the list with 
 the Church Advocate, in place of the accused so absent. 
 
 7. The accused and Church Advocate may, by a written con- 
 sent, fyled with the Clerical Secretary of the Synod, agree upon 
 any five of the members of the Court, so elected as aforesaid, 
 which five, or a majority of them, shall form the Court. 
 
 8. The Bishop shall issue a precept, addressed to the members 
 of the Court, so struck or agreed upon, requiring them to proceed 
 to the trial of the accused at the appointed time and place ; which 
 precept, together with a certified copy of the charges, shall be 
 transmitted by the Bishop to the President of the Court (to be 
 named by him), whose duty it shall be, on receipt thereof, to ciuse 
 all the members of the Court, so struck or agreed upon, and the 
 accused, to be summoned to meet at the prescribed time and 
 place. 
 
 9. The Bishop shall, at the annual meeting of Synod, nominate 
 a Church Advocate to conduct all prosecutions ; he shall be a 
 Priest belonging to the diocese, or a layman who is a practising 
 advocate of the Province of Quebec, and has been a communicant 
 of some church within the Diocese, at least two years before such 
 nomination, and is such at the time of his appointment, and shall 
 continue to be such during the time of his holding said office. 
 
 10. If on the day fixed for the trial, the accused shall appear, 
 he shall, before proceeding to trial, be called upon by the Court 
 to say whether he is guilty or not of the offence or offences charged 
 against him ; and on his neglect or refusal, the plea of not guilty 
 shall be entered for him, and his trial shall proceed. 
 
 11. Exceptions to the form or substance, or any part thereof, 
 or legal sufficiency of the charge or presentment, or any part there- 
 of, or of the allegations or specifications therein, or to the jurisdiction 
 of the Court or any m?mber thereof may be taken by the accused, 
 and shall be determined by the Court. But the Court may, with 
 reference to exceptions as to form not affecting the substantial 
 
 
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 merits of the proceeding?!, order tiieir Clerk to make such amend- 
 mcDts as may be deemed necessary. 
 
 12. Such exceptions shall be made in writing, at the time of 
 pleading. 
 
 13. If no such exceptions are taken, or, having been taken, are 
 overruled, the accused shall be called upon to plead guilty or not 
 guilty, as aforesaid, and the trial shall proceed. 
 
 14. If the accused neglect or refuse to appear, according to his 
 summons, due notice having been served upon him as aforesaid, 
 except for some sufficient or reasonable cause, the Court shall 
 certify such default to the Bishop, whereupon the Bishop shall 
 pronounce him to be in contumacy: and sentence of suspension 
 from the ministry shall be forthwith pronounced against him for 
 such contumacy by the Bishop ; but this sentence may be revoked 
 if within three calendar months, he shall tender himself ready, and 
 accordingly appear and take his trial on the presentment. 
 
 15. No proceeding shall be instituted against any Priest or 
 Deacon, unless the same be commenced within two years after the 
 commission of the offence in question. And any such proceeding 
 shall be prosecuted to final judgment within six months from the 
 date of its institution, 
 
 16. When proceedings are brought in respect of an offence for 
 which a conviction has been obtained in a civil or criminal tribunal) 
 the suit in the Diocesan Court may be commenced against the 
 clergyman so convicted, within two years from the date of such 
 conviction. 
 
 17. The accused party may have the privilege of appearing by 
 counsel if he shall see fit. 
 
 18. All evidence shall be taken in writing, and each witness 
 shall be sworn in open Court. 
 
 19. All notices, services, and citations, shall be made on the 
 accused personally within the delays before mentioned. 
 
 20. If on or during any trial the accused shall confess the truth 
 of the charges contained in the presentment, the Court mav dispense 
 with hearing further evidence, and proceed at once to report the 
 same to the Biskop, whose duty it shall then be to proceed to 
 pass sentence. 
 
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 21. The procjeedings upon a trial shall be private, unless the 
 accused party shall request the same to be public, in which latter 
 case the Court may direct it to be private should public dcconcy 
 be likely to be outraged by such publicity. 
 
 22. No charge shall be considered as substuntiated or proven by 
 the testimony of less than two witnesses. 
 
 23. If any member of the Church shall be summoned to 
 attend as a witness before the Court or Commissioners, con- 
 stituted under any provision of this Canon, or being present before 
 either of the same, shall refuse to testify, or to be sworn or affirm, 
 such persons may be declared guilty of contumacy, and punished 
 accordingly. 
 
 24. A certificate or record of such contumacy shall be signed 
 by the President of the Court, or Commissioners, as the case may 
 be, and transmitted to the Bishop or his Commissary. 
 
 25. Whereupon the Bishop shall cause reasonable notice to be 
 given to the party of the proceedings intended against him, and 
 after due citation, and the hearing of the party in defence or 
 extenuation, or in default of his appearing to answer, the Bi.shop 
 may proceed, if the party be a layman, to admonish or suspend 
 him from coirtmunion with the Church, and if a Priest or Deacon, 
 to admonish or suspend him from his office until such contumacy 
 be purged. 
 
 26. The Court may, in its discretion, adjourn from time to 
 time. 
 
 27. The Court having deliberately considered the evidence, 
 shall declare in writing signed by the members thereof, or a 
 majority of them, their decision on the charges contained in the 
 presentment, whether in their opinion the accused is guilty or not 
 guilty on each particular charge. And, in the event of the Court 
 biung equally divided, the charge or charges shall be considered 
 not proved. 
 
 28. If the accused, after trial, shall be found guilty, the finding 
 of the Court together with all their proceedings, including tha 
 evidence taken in the case, shall be transmitted to the Bishop 
 before it is transmitted to the accused or in any way 
 made public, and he may proceed to pass such sentence, 
 
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 as in his judgment may bo proper, not repugnant to the provisions 
 of the Statutes under which the Synod is constituted. 
 
 29. A copy of the sentence shall be sent to the accused, and 
 after the expiration of one month, provided no notice of appeal be 
 given, another to the vestry, or vestries of the parish, or parishes, 
 or congregation, or congregation?, with which the accused may be 
 canonically connected ; and such other publicity may be given to it 
 as the Bishop shall think expedient. 
 
 30. When the penalty of suspension shall be inflicted, such 
 sentence shall specify the terms thereof and the period of its 
 duration. 
 
 31. During his suspension the suspeadt^d minister, shall not 
 exercise the functions of the ministry either in his own congrega- 
 tion or elsewhere within this Diocese. 
 
 32. Upon sentence being pronounced, the conner*'on between 
 the minister and his parish, or congregation, shall be ipso facto 
 severed, and all other oflSces, rents, issues, profits, and emoluments, 
 which he may have held by virtue of such oflSce or ministry, from 
 which he has been removed, shall wholly cease and determine. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 1 from time to 
 
 1 . The Rubric, prefixed to the order of the Holy Communion 
 in the book of Common Prayer, prescribes the manner of proceed- 
 ing by the minister of any parish toward any layman guilty of any 
 of the offences therein mentioned, and provides for the reporting 
 the same '.o the Bishop. 
 
 2. If t'le party thus repelled shall think proper to make a com- 
 plaint (ir writing) to the Bishop, against the conduct of his 
 minister, in such case it shall be the duty of the Bishop, (unle s 
 he think proper to restore him, from the insufficiency of the cause 
 assigned by the minister) to institute an inquiry into the meittsof 
 the case. 
 
 3. If the Bishop should not think proper of his own authority 
 to restore the layman complaining, as above, he or his Commissary 
 shall appoint two disinterested clergymen, and two disinterested 
 laymen, who are communicants, to inquire into and try the case. 
 
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 4, If they report to the Bishop that the repelled person ought 
 to be restored, the Bishop shall so di-ect, and no minister of the 
 Diocese shall deny him the Holy Communion. 
 
 5, If they report otherwise, or make no report within three 
 months from their appointment, the repulsion shall continue in 
 force. If this Board of Inquiry be equally divided, they may elect 
 an umpire, clerical or lay, and a majority may report whether the 
 party has been rightfully repelled or not, according to the Rubric. 
 
 6. If the judgment direct a continuance of the repulsion, it 
 shall still be subject to the conditions and provisions of the Rubric. 
 
 7. The judgment of the Board of Inquiry shall be final, unless 
 the Bishop t'hali grant a re-hearing.