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JPon5on, (Put. ; I.AWSON & Jones, Pkimteks. 1893. ^:Pmi^m:m -M .:^.2£&. 1=1273 of the sa gan or C same lic( office, 01 niid of accordin at the tit from tim of the ^ concernt the life r and sue ])assing having ( aggregat said Hfe to any n before \ Synod a member lay mem ^ 2. have bee shall reii i '■ one yea week, b} number, the War n>ember subscrib BTTJ?-" HI"! 1* 1 — >«) EM d^ffl CONSTITUTION -OK THK- iworporaleil Syooii of me Diocese ol luroq. 1. The said Incorporated Synod shall consist of the Bishop of the said Diocese, who shall be head of the Synod, and any Suffra- gan or Coadjutor Bishoi) thereof, the Priests and Deacons of the same licensed by the Bishop or Suffragan or holding any diocesan ottice, or {)erforming any diocesan work with the Bishop's sanction, and of the lay delegates or representatives elected or to be elected according to the Constitution of Uie said Synod, as the same existed at the time of the passing of the Act of Incorporation, or as it may from lime to time be altered by the said Synod after the passing of the Act ; and so far as the financial affairs of the Synod are concerned, the following shall also be members thereof, that is to say, the life members of the Church Society of the Diocese of Huron, and such other members of the said Society who, prior to the j)assing of the Act, appeared on the books of the said Society as having contributed in annual subscriptions to the said Society the aggregate of fifty dollars ; provided always that each and every of said life or other members of the Church Society seeking admission to any meeting of the Synod under the authority of this section shall, before being admitted thereto, deposit with the Secretary of the Synod a certificate from the Incumbent of the parish where such member for the time being resides that he is eligible to be elected a lay member of the said Synod. i 2. Clergymen who have been members of the Synod, but who have become superannuated, or invalided, with the Bishop's consent, shall retain all their privileges as members of the Synod. ^1 3. The lay representatives shall be communicants of at least One year's standing; and thall be elected annually, during Easter week, l)y each duly organized congregation, from among their own number, at a meeting legally convened. And it shall be the duty of the Wardens of each congregation to provide a book in which each n>ember of the congregation of the full age of twenty one years shall subscribe his name as being a member of the Church of England, CONSTITUTIOW. said cc mediate 9- in June hy the 1 shall nd the well lO. TJishop, tion her order U cor.j,'rc<; 1 1, deputy : as belonging to no other religious d< nomination ; and such, and no others shall he entitled to vote at tlie election of the Lay Re|)- resentatives. I'>arh re[)reseniative shall continue in oftice until his successor is appointed. 4. The Incumbent or his assistant, shall preside at the election ; and in their absence a chairman, elected by a niajority of those present. 5. The number of rei)resentatives shall be as follows : For every congregation, o^ie ; when registered voters exceed fifty, two ; and when they exceed one hundred and fifty, three; and at each meeting it shall be the duty of the chairman to have the list read over and the names of all those who have died, or who have become distjualified, shall be erased previous to the election. 6. It shall be the duty of the Secretaries to forward to each Clergyman, before Kaster in each year, a copy of the form of certifi- cate printed below for each Parish or Mission under his charge ; and ^^^ '^^^ in case of a Parish or Mission being vacant, the Certificate shall be lively, e: forwarded to the address of the Churchwardens. '^^^^ '^'^^ spec live! FORM OF CERTIFICATE. DiocE.sE OF Huron, present, Town (or Township)of Ccmgregation of ordinary number of registered voters I hereby certify that at a meet- ag'^iin d( ing of this congregation, held on day j8 . . . . Mr. assembli (or Messrs.) was (or were) duly elected a representative -J^'^^ die. (or representatives) to the Synod for the current year. ^^ be chose Chairman. who sha Synod. 7. If a vacancy occur by the death, removal, or resignation o{y\■^^. j^y^, any repre.sentative, the Clergyman shall proceed to hold a new elecTQ^j^p,.^] . tion within one month, due notice being given by him during I^ivinegyriod to Service, on some Sunday preceding the meeting, provided that nog^if^ \^^ such election shall take place between the time that the See becomcsgynod w vacant and the election of a liisliop, saving and except when a^he bodv vacancy occurs by death, removal or resignation during the abovefor the e interval, or within one month previous to the vacancy of the See. I "^ 8. It shall be the duty of the chairman, within six days afteryyhQ^jg'^,^^ the election of representatives, to send to the secretaries of ihcnot \^ ^^ Synod the certificate above referred to, taking care, when more tha^[)^.l^,p„in| one is elected, to give the number of registered voters. A commiigcutive C tee of two shall be appointed by the liishop to act in conjunctionrjustodiar with the secretaries in the examination some day before the nieetin^^ij^g ^^ of the Synod, of the certificates as to election of lay representatives i!?^ '"'IIB*^ ^W- ^ll?!I@^nBI8 ^llji^djll ^^ ill • ^ ' K^^^^^^IBH fiUififit^^^^^^^^^^^^H CONSTITirriON. such, and Lay Kt'p- j LiiUil his : election ; y of those )ws ; For fifty, itvo ; J at eacli e Hst read ve become rd to each 1 of certifi- HUKON. said committee to report on first day of session of Synod, im- mediately after the election of secretaries. y. That the Synod shill meet annually on the third Tuesday in June, or at such other time or times as may he deemed expedient by the Bishop, who shall ap[)oitit the time and i)lace of meeting, and shall adjourn or i)rorogue the Synod as may appear to him most for the welfare of the Uiocese. 10. Each Clergyman within the Diocese shall send to the ]}ishop, through the Secretary-Treasurer, the name of any congrega- tion hereafter established under his charge; describing its locality, in tl at. CM n f,,.(j(_.p |_|^.^ j{ ,^^.^y |J^^ recorded in the book in which a list of the cor.grctiations is kept. 11. (ci) When the Bishop is not present he shall appoint a deputy as chairman to preside in his place. {[>) A ([uorum of the Synod shall consist of the chairman and larue • and "*^^ '^'^•'' ^^^^^ thirty of each order of the Clergy and Laity, resfjec- shall be lively, e.xcept when electing a Bishop, when there shall be present not less than seventy-five of each order ot the Clergy and Laity, re- spectively. * (c) Whenever it shall be made to appear that a (|uorum is not present, the chairman may declare the Synod adjourned to the next ordinary hour for assembling. If there be then no (juorum, he may t at a meet- again declare the Synod .idjourned to the next ordinary hour for i8. . . . Mr. assembling. Or he may in either case declare the Synod adjourned resentative^/'«^ a[)ers relative to the concerns of the eebecomcsgynod which may be in their [jossession ; to attest the public acts of jpt when a(;hi^ body, and in case of a vacancy in the See, to summon the Synod the abovefor the election of a Bishop. 13. A Secretary-Treasurer shall be appointed by vote of Synod, days after^hose duty it shall be to attend to all business of the Synod when ries of thcnot in session, including the receipt and taking charge of all moneys more thanj}el(;nging to the Synod, under the direction of the Bisho]\ the Ex- A commit ecutive Committee and the officers of the Synod ; and to be the ::onjunctionr>uj^todian and guardian of all papers and documents relating to the ic meetin^airs of the Synod. "esentatives CONSTITUTION. 14, The paid offircrs of the Synod sIkiII he the Secretary- Djv Treasurer and an assistant, if retjuired, also the auditors ; the Seere- tary-'l'reasurer shall furnish security to the satisfaction of the Bishoi) and the Executive Couiniittee. Provided that neither tiie Secretary-'I'reasurer nor his assistant shall he eligihle to sit or vote as a mem her of the Synod. at V pres lie r with 15. There shall he annually elected hy the Synod, immediately after the election of the secretaries, iwo auditors, whose duly shall Ik to examine all accounts of the Secretary-Treasurer, and to report on f^' 'i' them to the Executive ('ommittee. Com meel 16. There shall he an Executive Committee, presided over hy the Bishop, ten of whom shall form a ([uorum, consisting of thirty Clergymen and thirty laymen, who shall he elected annally hy hallot nion out of the niemhers of the Synod hy each order respe( lively. In llu Bish( ahsence of the Hishop he may ap[)oint in writing ;i memher of tin t'i<-' ^^ Executive C^ommitlee to act as his deputy in the chair, and failiuL: Bislu such appointment the (Jommittee shall elect a chairman for llu ^"y ' sitting from ihe memhers present. Lay re{)resenlatives of the Synf)d B''^h( duly elected as memhers of the Executive Committee and Trovincia secre Synod, shall remain memhers as aforesaid, until their successors or, Comi the said Executive Committee and Provincial Synod shall havi 'idmi heen elected hy the Synod, Immediately after the election of the 'TtJ •'' Executive Committee the Bishop shall appoint a time during th( session of Synod at which a meeting of the Committee shall hi ' held for the purpose of organizing and aj)pointing any necessar- •'^'"'"i' suh committees that may he required to take action heforc llv ^'""h' first regular (juarterly meeting in Septemher. Il shall he the dut ^^^^V of the Executive Committee to manage and administer all the funds "^""^ lands and projierty of the Synod, of what kind or nature soever ^^^^^ and generally to exercise all the powers and functions of the Syno( ^^'^[^ excepU those of a legislative character in accordance with the Cot ■^••'^"^ stitution and Canons thereof, without further or other authority froi ■''hall the Synod, than is herein contained as fully and effectually to all it ^^^^^ tents and purposes as the Synod can or may do. It shall he th <^^her duty of the Executive Committee to prepare in due form all su( j!^''-" matters a.s the Bishop may desire to have hrought hefore the Synoc ^^^^^^'^ and all such other matters as may be forwarded to them, throuk ^'^<^r the secretary hy any memher of the Synod, and to have sue ^otic( portions printed as may appear to them expedient ; and a circul: ^^^^ containing a statement of such business to he submitted to tl s"PP<^ Synod shall be forwarded to each Clergyman and rei)resentative tw weeks before the meeting of the Synod, which shall stand first in tl ^"'^'^ order of the day. -.?. the pro 17. (a) On the day appointed for the assembling of the Syno( orphan ■p» i ;;«;;;!:•;! CONSTnUTION. 7 10 Sec ret a ry- , ; the Secre- lon of lli<^' neillier the sit or vote as , immediately duty sliall l)L to report on ;idcd over h) .ing of tliirty ally by ballot ively. In tin Miiber of tin r, and failinjj irnian for the i of the Synod \nd IVovincia successors or. r)d shall havi lection ot tht ne during tht ittee shall bi any necessar' )n before thi i be the dut' r all the fund^ nature soever of the Syno( with the Cor authority fr(>i ually to all ii t shall be th form all su( are the Synoi them, throui. to have sue and a circul: bmitted to tl )rescntative tw ind first in tl Divine Service with Holy Conmuinion hall be held in the forenoon^ at which it shall be tiie duty of all the members of the Synod to be present, and every mcetmg of the Synod shall be [)recede(l by pub-' lie morning prayer. {/f) The proceedings of the Synod shall every day be ojjencd with prayer in a form prescribed by the IJishop. 18. If any vacancy occur from death, removal or resignation of any officer, notice of such vacancy shall be given to the Executive ('ommittee, and the l>ishop shall ap[)oinl a successor until the next meeting of the Synod. 19. The P^xecutive Committee shall meet in London in the months of March, September and December, on such day as the Hisho[) may a[)poinl, and in the month of June, on some day during the week in which the Synod meets ; provided, however, that the liishop shall have the |)ower of calling the Committee together at any time. And when the See becomes vacant by the death of the Mishop. or in case of the incapacity of the Bishoj), the honorary secretaries of the Synod shall summon a meeting of the T^xecutive Committee which shall elect a chairman of the committee who shall administer the Diocese so far as the financial business is concerned, and sign all chetpies until the consecration of a liishop. 20. In order to more fully i)romote the objects of the Synod annual subscrijitions and donations shall be collected from each congregation in su h manner as shall be deemed most effective, and every endeavor made to augment the resources of the Synod. All money raised shall be transmitted to the Secretary-Treasurer. An annual missionary meeting shall be held or sermon i)reached in each Church or other suitable place, and a collection made for the Maintenance and Mission Fund of the Diocese. Six collections shall be made annually, the proceeds of two of which shall be de- voted to the Widows' and Orphans Fund, and the proceeds of the other four to Missionary purposes, and at such other time and for such j)urposes as the Pjishoj) may direct. The collections shall be forwarded to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Synod within days after being made. It shall be the duty of every Clergyman to give notice of these collections, and to call the attention of his congrega- tion to the importance of the objects, and their claims for liberal support. Note : — Motion ndoptcdhy the Church Society, June, 1&70. I!csolve(i,—T\\.\\.\Ue. Bishop l-oiiued for the special collections for the Widow' and r Ol the SynOl orphans" and for the Mission Fund. CONSTITUTION. ^ 21. All moneys shall l)c paitl by clicfines signed by ihe Hishop (and in his absence, by the person administering' the Diocese, or during the vacancy of the See by , and (oiinlersigned by the Secretary-Treasurer and assistant. 22. No art or rcsoultion shall become law without the concur- rence of the Hishop, and a majority of the C'lergy ami Laity present ; provided lliat, ordinarily the votes of the whole Synod shall be taken collectively; but that at the desire of the iJishoj), or at the recjuest of not less than five members of the Synod, the votes of ea* h of the above named orders shall be taken se[)arately. 23. In case of a vacancy in the See, it shall be the duty of the secretaries of the Synod, within ten days from their knowledge of such vacancy, to give notice thereof to every Clergyman and Lay Representative ; and at the same time to summon a meeting of such Clergymen and Lay Representatives, to be held at London within six weeks, for the election of a Bishop, and to give at least one month's notice thereof. At such meeting for the elec-tion of a Bishop, the senior dignitary present shall take the chair, and be entitled to vote. The ('lergy and Lay Representatives i)resent shall vote se[)arately by ballot, and the majority of the votes of each order present shall determine the choice, provided always, that it shall be competent for such meeting to postpone the election to such further i)criod as to them shall seem expedient. 24. {a) Every proi)osition for an alteration of the Constitution, or of any Canon of the Synod, or to repeal any Canon, must be sent to the E.xecutive Committee, to the end that, due notice thereof may be given in the Convening Circular. {^) No motion proposing an alteration of a Canon, or to repeal a Canon, or to alter the (constitution of the Synod, shall |>ass unless it be agreed to by a majority of two-thirds of the Clergy and lay representatives respectively, present when the vote is taken. IJut this last proviso shall not apply to amendments to the order of pro- ceedings, or rules lor the preservation of order, or rules for commit- tees as hereinafter enacted. (c) When a motion is made to enact a new Canon, or to repeal or amend a Canon, or to alter or amend the Constitution of the Synod, the principle of the proposed measure shall first be discussed on a motion " that it be read a first time," to which amendments shall be in order. (d) If a motion to read a first time be carried in the affirmative the Synod shall forthwith resolve itself into the committee of the CONSTITUTION. led by the he Diocese, giu'd by the : ihe concur- ity |)rt'scMU ; all he taken the re(iiii'st en« h of the duty of the tiovvledge f)f in and Lay meeting of at London ive at least election of chair, and ivcs present )tes of each ,'ays, that it tion to such 'onstitution, luist be sent thereof may or to repeal jiass unless :rgy and lay aken. Hut der of pro- "or commit- or to repeal ution of the )e discussed mendments affirmative ittee of the whole for the disc as^ion of the clause or clauses and details of the pro[)ose(l measure (<•) On the w )rk of the committee being concluded, the Synod shall resutne its sittings, and the chairman shall report ihe Canon, or motion to the Synod with amendments or otherwise. (/) If any amendments have been made in committee of the whole, the form of motion shall be "that the amendments be agreed to by the Synod," to which motion amendments cognate thereto shall be in order. (,«,'■) When the form of the proposed Canon or motion has been fmally de'ermined, or when tiie proposed Canon or motion has been reported from committee of the whole, without amendment, the chairman shall put the motion " that the Canon, or molion, be read a second time," and if agreed to it shall pass, or it may be reterrei' back to the coumiittee of the whole for specific amendment. {h) If the work of the committee of the whole be interrupted by a motion to report progress t)eing carried, the chairman siiall re- port to the Synod accordingly, and the Synod may, upon motion, direct the committee to sit again at such time as it may appoint. (/) Should the hour of adjournment arrive while the Synod is m committee of the whole, the Synod shall resume its sittings and may direct the committee to sit again after routine business at the next sitting. (/) A vote in committee of the whole shall be taken of the members collectively, or by orders if required. {k) In committee oi the whole the (juorum shall be the same as the tpiorum of Synod. If it shall be made to ap[)ear at any lime there is not a (juorum present, the committee sliall rise, and the chairman having reported to the Synod accordingly, the committee may be directed, on motion, to sit again in the same manner as when progress is reported, (/) Any motion may, by resolution or by direction of the chairman, be referred to the committee of the wiiole, in which case it will be subject to the same course of [)rocedure as a new Canon, or a motion to repeal or to amend a (Janon. (fn) A corrected copy of the proceedings of the Synod, printed under the direction of the honorary secretaries, shall be accepted as the official record of such [)roceedings, subject to the api)roval of the next succeeding meeting of the Synod, and such copy, being 10 CONSTITUTION. approved by the Bishoj), and the seal of the Synod attached thereto, shall be signed by the Uishoi), ^"<^ preserved as the authentic minutes of ihc Synod. 25. Each Clergyman shall make an annual statistical report to the Bishop, according to the form to be supplied by the secretary, under the Bishop's direction ; which report shall be forwarded to the Bishop within one month after Easter. 36. The following objects for which the Church Society was incorporated, shall be included amongst the objects for which the Synod is incorporated : First. — For the encouragement and support of Missionaries and Clergymen of the Church of England within the Diocese of Huron, and for creating a fund toward the augmentation of the stipends of i)oor Clergymen, and towards making a pro- vision for those who may be incai^acitated by age or infirmity, and for the Widow:; and Orphans of the Clergy of the said Church in the said Diocese. Si'XONDLV. — For the encouragement of education, and for the sup[)ort of Day Schools and Sunday Schools in the said Diocese, in conformity with the principles of the said Church. Thirdly. — For granting assistance, where it may be necessary, to those who may be preparing for the Ministry of the Gospel in the said Church, within the said Diocese. Fourthly.— For circulating in the said Diocese the Holy Scrip tures, the book of Common Prayer of the said Church, and such other Books and Tracts as shall be approved by the Executive Committee Fifthly — For obtaining and granting aid towards the erection, en- dowment and maintenance of churches according to the es- tablishment of the said Church in said Diocese ; the erec- tion and maintenance of parsonage houses ; the setting apart of burial grounds and church yards ; the endowment and sup- port of parsonages and rectories, according to the same estab- lishment, and the management of all matters relating to such endowments. ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. (i) Divine Service with Holy Communion shall be held in the forenoon of the day ap|)ointed for the assembling of the Synod, and each meeting of the Synod shall be preceded by public morn- ing prayer. CONSTITUTIO>f. II ched thereto, lie authentic cal report to :retary, under irded to the Society was ar which the ionaries and J Diocese of mentation of aking a pro- or infirmity, of the said and for the in the said said Church. necessary, to r the Gospel Holy Scrip Church, and oved by the erection, en- l to the es- ; the erec- 5etting apart ent and sup- same estab- ing to such : held in the the Synod, •ubiic luorn- (2) The proct edings of the Synod shall every day be opened with prayer in a form prescril)ed by the I^isho[). (3) On the first day of meeting the Synod shall assemble for Invine Service at 10 a. ni., and for business at 2.30 [). m. The ordinary hours for assembling and adjournment after the first day shall be as follows: — Assembling, 10 a. m., 2.30 p. m. and 7.30 \). m. Adjournment, i p. m., 6 p. m. and 10 p. m. (4) On the assembling of the Synod for businec.i the clerical secretary shall call the roll of the Clergy, and the lay secretary the roll of the lay representatives, who shall respectively answer to their names, and, if a quorum be found to be ;)resent, the Synod shall proceed to business. The names of those members recorded as present when the roll is called at the opening of tlie Syriod for business, with the names of any other members subseiiuenlly recorded as present, shall be the roll of sucii Synod for all j)urposes. A member in attendance may at any lime claim to have his name i)laced on the roll, and notice to thai effect shall be given by the chair at the commencement of every day's proceedings. ORDER OK HUSLNESS. (5) The order of business at the opening shall be as follows : — (a) Election of secretaries and auditors, who shall hold office until their successors are appointed. (/') Receiving report of committee on certificates and Sjnod assessments, further reports of which committee may be made at any time. (c) The Bishop's charge. (d) Receiving report of the executive committee. (e) Receiving reports of other committees of Synod. (/) Receiving petitions or memorials. {,if) Receiving notices of motion. After disposing of the foregoing business the Synod shal^ adjourn. At the evening sitting on the first day of meeting the order of business shall be as follows : (a) Receiving reports of committees. (d) Receiving petitions or memorials. 12 CONSTITUTION. {c) Receiving notices of motion. (d) Consideration of the report of the executive committee, a motion for the adoption of which report shall be put by the chair. (e) Consideration of reports of other committees of Synod in the order in which they have been received, a motion for the adop- tion of which shall be made by the chairman or other member of each committee. (/) Business submitted by the Bishop (g) Business submitted by the executive committee. (//) Motions of which notice has been duly given in the order of notice. At all other sittings the other business shall be as follows : [a) Confirmation of minutes of previous days' proceedings. (fi) Receiving reports of committees. (c) Receiving petitions or memorials. (//) Receiving notices of motion. (e) Consideration of reports of committees. (/) Business submitted by the Bishop. (,i^) Business submitted by the executive committee. (//) Motions of which notice has been duly given in the order of notice. RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ORDER. (/) All questions of order shall be decided by the chairman. (2) All motions shall be made in writing. (j) All motions shall require one day's notice except motions to adjourn, motions to suspend the standing orders, and motions relating to privilege, or any point of order arising during the debate, all of which shall be in order at any time. {4) A member moving to suspend the standing orders shall state his object in so doing. (5) Motions to adjourn or suspend standing orders shall be put without debate. (<5) A motion or amendment to a motion, after being read from the chair, shall only be withdrawn by consent. (7) Every motion, unless moved by the chair, shall require a seconder. (c?) On a vote being called for, the ayes and noes shall respec- tively rise at the call of the chair, and remain standing while the col co\ ai or< T^': •Kiliifi-' CONSTITUTION. I3 committee, a y the chair. of Synod in for the adop- r member of se. in the order 5 follows : eedings. 1 the order I. lairman. jpt motions nd motions ^he debate, >rders shall rs shall be ; read from require a lall respec- : while the count is taken. Whenever a count is taken, the numbers />^ and con shall be entered on the minutes. (p) An amendment to an amendment to a motion may be pro- posed, but no further amendment shall be in order until the second amendment has been disposed of (ro) Amendments to a motion to adopt a report shall be in order if cognate to any of the subject matters thereof (//) No member except by unanimous consent shall speak more than once to the same motion or amendment, except the mover of such motion or amendment, who shall be entitled to reply. {i2) No member, except by consent, shall speak at one time more than twenty minutes. (ij) No member shall leave the Synod during a sitting except by permission of the chair. (/^) The foregoing rules of order shall relate so fiir as applicable to proceedings in committee of the whole, except that the rule limit- ing members to one speech on a motion or amendment, shall not be in force in committee of the whole and that, in commit- tee of the whole, speeches shall be limited to ten minutes. (/J") Report of committees and petitions or memorials shall be received without debate except on a question of order. (id) In any unprovided case resort shall be had to the rules of order of the House of Commons of Canada. RULES REGARDING COMMITTEES. (/) All committees unless named l)y the Synod shall be appointed by the chairman, who in that case shall announce the names to the Synod previous to entry upon the minutes. Unless otherwise directed the mover of the resolution for the ap[)ointment of a committee shall be convener. (2) The reports of committees (except reports of j)rogress merely) shall be in writing and signed by the chairman. (j) A quorum of a comuiiitee shall consist of a clear majority of its members, unless the Synod otherwise directs. {4) The executive committee shall have power to make such rules as may be necessary for the proper and orderly disposal of the duties assigned to it. 14 CONSTITUTION. RULES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 1. That all ajjplications for aid from the Synod must be with the sccretary-trea.surer at least three days before the meeting of the Executive Committee, otherwise they cannot be entertained until the following meeting. 2. That grants made from the general purpose fund, and not claimed l)efore the ex[)iration of two years be cancelled. 3. That it shall be the rule of the Executive Committee, that whenever an ap|)Iication for a grant from any of the funds of the Synod in behalf of any Parish or Mission is under consideration the parties in connection with such Parish or Mission making such application, if present, shall be respectfully requested to withdraw while such application is discussed. lM--.fWB!i"' - !" .:•?;! CANONS I., II., III., IV 15 nu.st be with eeting of the ined ur. til the nd, and not nmittee, that funds of the onsideration iiaking such to withdraw CANONS. I - On the Election of a Bishop. The Bishop of the Diocese shall be elected in the manner laid down in tlie Constitution of the Synod. II.— On Certificate of Election. The Bishop elect shall receive from the chairm;in and secre taries of Synod a certificate of his election by the Cierj^y and Lay Representatives, in accordance with the rule of the Diocese. S;ich Bishop elect shall, [)revious to his consecration resign all the pr^; ferment which he holds in the Church, except in the case of a coadj;;.or, who shall resign all such preferment previous to his taking full charge of the Diocese. III.— On the Election of a Coadjutor Bishop. When the Bishop of the Diocese shall feel himself unable to perform his duties, by reason of age or other i)ermanent cause of infirmity, or be incapacitated by mental infirmity from discharging his Episcopal duties, a Coadjutor Bisho[) may be elected by, and for the Diocese in the manner provided in Cnnon i. The Coadjutor Bishop shall in all cases succeed the Bishop in case of surviving him. TheCoadjutor Bishop shall perform such Ei)iscopal duties and exercise such Episcopal authority in the Diocese as the Bishop shall assign him ; and in case of the Bisho[)'s inability to assign such duties, the Coadjutor Bishop shall, during such inability, perform all the duties and exercise all the authority which a[)pertain to the ofifice of Bishop ; if any difference shall arise between the Bishop and his Coadjutor respectively regarding the same, the matter shall be de- cided by the House of Bishops of the Province. IV.— On the Appointment of Dig-nitapies and other Officers, and their Duties. There shall be in the Diocese the following Dignitaries and other ofificers, viz.: Ont Dean of the Cathedral, together with Canons to constitute the Chai)ter; one or more Archdeacons; and such num!)er of Rural Deans as may be required ; one Chancellor ; one Registrar, and, when necessary, one Commissary. 2. The appointment of these dignitaries and officers shall be vested i»i the Bishop, and the ofifices of Rural Dean, Chancellor i6 CANON V. Registrar and Commissary, shall be held during his pleasure, hut 3. In case of the resignation or removal, by reason of age o infirmity of any dignitary, he shall be entitled to retain his rank. 4. The duties of the several dignitaries and officers shall hi assigned by the Hishop, and printed for their instruction in the appendix of the Minutes of Synod. < 5. The Chancellor shall be a communicant of the Church, of the degree of Barrister-at-Law, of at least ten years' standing ; he- shall advise, assist and act with the Bishoj), or in his absence, with his Commissary, in all matters of disci{)line or cases of difficulty or doubt when reepiested by the Bishop or his Commissary ; and i)eforc entering upon his duties he shall swear that he will to the utmnst of his understanding deal uprightly and justly in his office, witlu^ it re- spect of favor or reward. '^ v.— On Candidates for Orders. 1. Candidates for the Holy Orders of Deacon or Priesi shall be recpu'red to take a degree in Arts in some university, and attend tile theological course in some college in connection with the Church, or with the approval of the Bishop, have attended the theo- logical course in some church college ; but these requisites may be dispensed with when the Bishop consideis the Candidate possesses special qualifications. 2. No person shall be admitted into the Holy Order of Deacon until he shall have been examined by one or more Presbyters appointed for that purpose by the Bishop. At his examinaiion he shall satisfy the examiners that he is sufficiently acquainted w'lth the Hebrew, Greek and Latin languages ; that he is fairly conversant with the Old and New Testament Scriptures, with the Greek Text of the Gospels and the Acts, v;ith Christian Evidences, with the History of the Canon ol Holy Scripture, and of the Church »especi- ally that of the Church of England), and with the Articles, Creeds and Formularies of the Church both in their history and in'.r^rpreta- tion, and that he can compose a sermon on any given text )f Holy Scripture. 3. Before a candidate's admission to examination, the Bishop must be satisfied of his good life and conversation, by lettc/s' testi- monial, in the usual form, and by an attestation that the forn» usually called " ..SY Qut's " has been publicly read in the congregr tion of which he is member ; and no one, unless in special cases ^vith the consent of the Bisho}), shall be admitted to Deacon's orders who is over forty years of age. shal toge| the VI. has nomi he accc the satis to arise moi adm they the CANON VI. n •leasure, but 4. No one shall bu {)roni()tctl to the Order of Priest until he shall have passed an examination in the (Ireek text of the Epistles, eason of age o' together with a full examination in some of the higher branches of n his rank. the subjects mentioned in clause 2. 'fficers shall be VI.- Candidates for Orders who have been Ministers of other ruction in the Denominations. * I. When a |)erson who, not having had Episcopal ordination, he Church of '^^*^ bcLii acknowledged as a Minister or licentiate among any de- ' standing • he nomination of (Christians, shall desire to be ordained in the Diocese, absence with ^^ -'hall give notice thereof to the Bishop, which notice shall be f difficulty or acc('mj)anied with a written certificate from at least two I*resbyters of y ; and before ^^^ Church, stating that, from personal knt)wledge of the party, or the utmost of satisfactory evidenc-e laid l)ef(jre them, they believe that his desire ', withe* It re '^ leave the denomination to which he has belonged, has not ,!,., arisen from any circumstances unfavorable to his religious faith and moral (-haracter, or on account of which it may be inexpedient to admit him to the exercise of the Ministry in this Diocese, and they shall also add what they know, or believe on good authority, of the circumstances leading to said desire. r PriesL shall ^ and attend an with the Jed the theo- ites may be ite possesses f of Deacon Presbyters nn"naiion he ed w'lth the conversant eek Text of with the ch lespeci- es, Creeds ''■''-rirp reta- il ,)fHoly he Bishop te.s' testi- rn> usually ^g.' tion of ■s with the rs who is 2. If the Bishop shall think proper to j)roceed, the i)arty apply- ing to be received as a candidate shall produce the same testimonials of literary (|ualifications as are required of other candidates ; and also a testimonial from at least six members of the denomination from which he came, or six members of the Church, or six persons in part members of the denominations from which he came, and in part members of the Church, satisfactory to the Bishop, that the applicant has for the three years last past lived [)iously, soberly and honestly ; and also a testimonial from at least two Presbyters of the Church, that they believe him to be pious, sober' and honest, and sincerely attached to the doctrines, discipline and worship of the Church. 3. Candidates admitted as above may, at the expiration of a period of not less than one year, unless the Bishop shall see fit, for special reasons, to shorten the time, be ordained, on their passing the same examination as other candidates for Deacon's orders ; and in the examination special regard shall be had to those points in which the denomination fnjm whence the came differs from the Church, with a view of testing their information and soundness in the same ; and also to the ascertaining that they are adequately ac(juainted with the Diturgy and offices of this Church, provided that in their case, the testnnonials shall be reijuired to cover only the time since their admission as candidates for orders, and provided also, that the provisions of the Canon concerning candidates for orders, as far as the same relates to the a^e of the person to whom the dispen- • i8 CANONS vir., VIII., IX. sation may be granted, and the mode and restrictions, in and undc which the same may be granted, shall apply to the persons mentioHLi in this Canon. 4. When any person who has been acknowledged as a Minisli. among any other denomination of Christians, shall api)ly for ordi r in this Diocese, the Bishop shall recjuire of him, in addition to tli above (jualifications, satisfactory evidence that he has resided at leu> one year in this Dominion previous to his ap[)lication, VII.— On the Licence to Clergymen. That every Clergyman doing duty within the Diocese, except ii cases provided for by the Constitution, shall be licenced by tli Bishop to some particular charge within the same, according to tli^ form in the ai)pendix ; and no Clergyman shall be considers as duly licenced unless he holds such a licence from the Bishop and is residing and doing duty in the place. Parish or Mission t( which he is licenced. Provided that the Bishop may, for good an( sufficient cause, dispense with the condition of residence. VIII. —On Admission of Strangers to Officiate. 1. No Minister or other person shall be permitted to officiate permanently or occasionally, in any congregation of this Church except he shall have been Episcopally and Canonically ordained, am shall also conform to the doctrine and disicipline of the Church. 2. No Clergyman shall officiate in any congregation in thi Diocese for more than one month, without a written licence under th hand of the Bishop, and no Clergyman who has availed himself ( this implied, permission shall be allowed to officiate again in th same Church within a period of three months, unless he obtain thi licence of the Bishop ; providing that Clergymen holding thi Bishop's licence for temporary duty shall not be considered member of the I^iocesan Synod. 3. Every Clergyman who officiates in any congregation in thi Diocese shall be required to inscribe in a book, which shall be kep in the vestry for that purpose, his name, his present preferment, ant the day when he so officiated in the Church. IX —On Lay Readers. Lay Readers may be appointed by the Bishop on the recoiii mendation of any Clergymen who may require assistance in his Parisl or Mission, or who, from illness, may be unable to perform all hi duties ; and in case of a vacant or new Mission, on the recommenda tion of the Archdeacon or the Rural Dean. Hui dati Re.^ ister by whi poli Law thill of 1- oftl the ther by : Dio( the by 7^ oftl: and Dio< the Pari Chi witl tare gati if d regi con witl ofs toi ■'S 4 I CANONS X., xr. 19 IS, in and undc rsons nit'ntionc( d as a Ministc ipply for order addition to th resided at lea> ocese, except ii licenced by th. :cording to th. be consideret om the Bisho|i I or Mission t( , for good an( ice. iiate. tted to officiate f this Church y ordained, ani le Church. gation in thi cence under th; ailed himself c e again in th. he obtain thi holding thi dered member- regation in thi shall be ke|i referment, ant on the recoiii :e in his Parisl perform all hi ; recommenda X — On the Patronage of Crown Rectories. Respecting presentation to the Rectories in the Diocese of Huron. Il7u'rcas, Uy the provisions of the fourth .section of the Consoli- dated Statues of (Canada, Chapter seventy-four, entitled " An Act Re.s[)ecting Rectories," the right of [)resenting an Incumbent or Min- ister to any Parsonage or Rectory is vested in, and is to be exercised by tlie Church Society of the Church of I^igland Diocese within which the same is situated, or in such other person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, as such Church Society by any I3y-Law or By- Laws to be by them from time to time passed for that purpose, may think fit to direct or appoint in that behalf. Be it therefore Enacted, By the Church Society of the Diocese of Huron, constituted by the provisions of the Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Canada, entitled " An Act to Incorporate the Church Society of the Diocese of Huron, and for other purposes therewith connected," and by and under the provisions thereof, and by and with the consent and sanction of the Bishop of the said Diocese, and in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the first mentioned Act, that the patronage of the Rectories vested by Act of Parliament in this Society shall be exercised by the Bishop of the Diocese. And he it further Enacted, By the authority aforesaid, and by and with the like consent and sanction of the Bishop of the said Diocese, that this By-Law shall take effect upon and from and after the twenty-second day of September, A. I). 1858. XL— On Patronage. 1. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any Rectory or other Parish, by the death, removal or resignation of the Clergyman, the Church w^ardens of each several congregation within the Parish shall, within fifteen days of such vacancy, summon a meeting of the regis- tered voters (as defined in the Synod Constitution) of their congre- gation, for the purpose of electing one representative member, and, if desired, one additional representative for every twenty-five of such registered voters, and the representatives so elected by the several congregations shall form collectively a committee for conference with the Bishop. 2. The Churchwardens shall, within three days after the holding of said meetings, .send to the Bishop the names of the persons elected to form the said Committee. 20 CAN(^NS XM., XIM., XIV. 3. The Ilishoj) shall cnll together such Comiiiiltee at su( 1 time and j)lace as he shall see (It ; aiul, after e )iirerenee with then; proceed at once to a|)|)()int a Ck-rgyman to such vacant I'arisli Provided tliat should the congregation fail to elect such Coniniitti ; or should the Connnittee (of wliith the majority shall for all pin poses form a (juorum) neglect to ohey the lUshop's suuunons, \\< shall then himself appoint an Incumhcnt. 4. Before any appointment shall be made to a vacant chargt under this Canon, arrangements satisfactory to the lUshoi) shall l»i made in regard to any arrears of salary due to the late Incumbein 5. 'i'his Canon shall api)ly to all but '{'ravelling Missions. XII.— On Sy nodical Rectories Every Parish which contributes not less than $800 per annuii toward the sti[)end of its Clergyman and provides him with a suii able residence or its e()uivalent, shall be classed as a Rectory, ani its Clergyman entitled to be styled Rector. XIII. —On Notice to be Given on Leaving a Parisli or Mission. Whenever an Incumbent desires to discontinue the services o: his Curate or Assistant, he shall give three months notice to suci Curate or Assistant, and also to the Bishop. Whenever a Curate or Assistant desires to resign his position in relation to the Incumbent, he shall give the same notice to the In cumbent and to the Bishop. Whenever a Clergyman desires to resign his charge, he shall givx three months' notice to the Bishop and also to tlie Churchwardens provided always that the above rules shall not necessarily interfen with any arrangement approved by the Bishop, and which the above piirties may agree upon for a more speedy se[)aration. But U' Clergyman shall be allowed to refuse stated Sunday services to a congregation accustomed to them, without the consent of the Bishoi). XIV.— To Provide for the Rearrang-sment of the Parishes and Missions of the Diocese. 1. The Executive Committee is hereby empowered from tinn t3 time to rearrange the Parishes and Missions of this Diocese, sub- ject in all cases to the Bishop's approval of any rearrangement. 2. Such rearrangement shall be made aftei due encjuiry by a Commissioner or Commissioners to be a[)pointed by the I^ishop, into the case of any parishes or Missions that will be affected by any pro posed changes. Cc)i| Con and! and! agni of U| shal aril>| this[ of I Mis: pec I con' resK sion Ueai Whe of a Cler] wear Cler the ( in ci notil and Dea ther Dio^ of tl insi ben fror ing, sim in dilr oft but Si i^i'bS-: CANON XV. 2t inillcL' at Slid uncc with tlieiii vacant I'arish K'h CoimiiitU lall for all pm 's suiiimoiis, 111 vacant cliar^( )i.sli()[) shall In ate Incinnl)cn[ Missions. i.Soo per an nil 1 1 in with a siiii 1 Rectory, am 1 or Mission. the services (i: notice to sue! his position ii; ice to the In e, he shall giw urchwardens uirily interfeii lich the abov( tion. l)Ut uv services to a of the Bishop. iS *apislies and red from tiiiu Diocese, sul> ement. encjuiry by a liishop, into .1 by any pru- 3. llefore taking nction on the report of the Commissioner or CommissioniTS referred to in the preceding section, the E.xecutive Committee shall by the secntary-tri'asurer duly notify the Clergymen and ("hurchwardens of any ( 'ongregation that will be affected ihere-by, and shall a[)i>oint a lime to hear any objections that may be urged against the [jrofiosed rearrangement, after which hearing the decision of ihe I'^xecutive (.'ommittee, subject to the api)roval of the Hishop shall be final and conclusive. 4. In the event of the stipend of any (Clergyman being tempor- arily diminished l»y any rearrangement made under the authority of this (^anon, the iixecutive Committee may, on the recommendation of du' Hishop, make to such (Clergyman a grant or grants from the Mission fund sufficient in amount to secure such ('lergyman against pecuniary loss : but this section shall n(H apply to arrears due by congregations to Clergymen. XV. -On Repairs and Diiapidations. 1. It shall be the duty of every Parish or Mission to provide a residence for the Clergyman, and, before an Incumbent takes jxxs.ses- sion of a parsonage, the iiisho[) shall direct the Archdeacon or Rural Dean to ascertain and certify the state of repair of the parsonage. When the Rectory or {jarsonage and outhouses are put in i)ossession of a ('lergyman in a state of good repair, it shall be the duty of the Clergyman to keep the same in good repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear, accidents by i'lre or tem[)est excepted ; and if the Clergyman shall suffer said buildings to go out c)f repair, it shall be the duty of the Rural Dean to recjuest him to remedy the same ; and in case he shall decline or neglect to do so, the Rural Dean shall notify the Archdeacon of such neglect on the [)art of the Clergyman, and if, on rei)resentation made to him by the Aarchdeacon and Rural Dean, the (Clergyman shall still neglect to make the necessary re[)air.s, then the Archdeacon and Rural Dean shall report the same to the Diocesan Synod, together with an estimate by a competent mechanic of the cost of such necessary repairs. 2. It shall be the duty of the Churchwardens to insure and kee[) insured the hou.ses and buildings on the premises held by the Incum bent, and whenever any im|irovements or rei)airs l)ecome necessary, from the la)ise of timi', such as new roofing, external or internal i)aint- ing, new fencing to protect the premises, the expense of these and all similar repairs and inn^rovenients i^hall be borne by the Parish, and in no case shall the ('lerg)man be accountable for any damage or dila})idation that may occur through the negligence or unwillingness of the Vestry to carry out suci, necessary improvements or repairs; but it shall be the duty of the Clergyman, under such circumstances #!; u Canon xvt. to report at once to the Rural Dean the condition of the prcniisi and the unwillingness of the Vestry to iniprovi- and proti'ct the sani« agt- and if, on further itKjuiry, the Rural Dean finds that the Vestry ivCO"! fuse to take action in the matter, then he shall rej)ort the same to tlv Archdeacon ; and if, upon their representation the Vestry still refus or neglect to make the necessary rei)airs, then it shall he their duty the 1 report the same to the Synod, ()rovided that, when there is more th;ii one congregation in a Parish or Mission, it shall he the duty of ead to hear its proper share in the repairs of the parsonage and outhuih wha ings in such i)rop()rtion as shall be determined hy the Archdeacon oand Rural Dean. grar soni 3. The Rural Deans shall make an annual report to the Syno folh on the state of repair of all Churches, parsonages, etc., within the; respective deaneries. and 4. That in cases where the Rural Dean himself is an interestn party in any (Church or parsonage, then the Archdeacon shall act i' the fpremises ; and in ca.se of the Archdeacon being an interestt j^yji party, then the Rural Dean shall act. XVI.— On Restrainlngr undue Expenditure in Church Building?. In all Parishes or Missions where assistance is recjuired frt)m tli Synod to aid in building a Church or Parsonage, and in all Parisiu or Missions where assistance is given under the Canon for managiii the Mission I'^und, towards the Clergyman's stipend, all such assis ance, both in Church building and in assisting in the support of th Clergyman, shall be dependent upon the following rules being con plied with : That before any Church or Parsonage shall be commenced such Parish or Mission, a report shall be made by the Clergynm and the people interested in the erection of said Church or Parso; age, to the Executive Committee, containing the following particular a copy of which shall be sent to the Rural Dean : 1. When a Church is about to be built, the locality and d\ tancc from any other Church, and the number of Church familii within a circle of five miles of the proposed Church ; and when Parsonage is to be built, its position with reference to the Church Churches in the Mission. 2. What kind of Church or Parsonage is proposed to be bui! and what it is estimated to cost. the pai( cosi Chi but sue full the pro upo furt the th ne\[ The per 3. What amount is subscribed towards the said Church or Pa Rej sonage, and in what manner ; and what amount has been paid. of t CANON XVII. 83 of the nrcniisr 4- The assuranco that tin; buildiiij; of the said Church or Parson )r()teel the samragi; will not interfere with nor lessen tlu- amount suhscnhed by the at the Vestry n congrcj^ation or Mission towards the Clergyman's stipend. L I he same to thi v'estry still refus' 5- That the plans of such proposed Church or Parsonage shall 1 he their duty t he laid before the lixecutive Committee. lere is more thai Ik- duty of eaci 'I'hat it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to decide ige and outbuildwhat should be the amount s[)ent upon, and what should be the size e Archdeacon oand material of such Church or Parsonage, and what sum should be granted by the Synod towards the erection of such Church or Par- sonage ; such grant from the funds of the Synod to be made on the )ort to the Sy no. following conditions : jtc, within thei I. That the deed for the site of the Church or Parsonage, free and unincumbered, shall be vested in trust in the Synod. is an interesliM icon shall act i 2. That no larger or more expensive Church or Parsonage be ng an interestt byjit than shall be agreed upon by the Synod. 3. That no contract shall be given out until at least one half of rch Building?, the subscription list for said Church or Parsonage shall be actually paid and in hand ; nor shall such contract cover work which shall cost more than fifty per cent, beyond the money in hand. r 'e(|uired from tli lid in all Parislu on for managiii d, all such assi.v e support of th rules being con De commenced : )y the Clergy ma lurch or Parse )i owing particular : locality and d\ Church familii ch ; and when to the Church Dsed to be bui! 4. That the grant from the Synod shall not be paid until the Church or Parsonage is enclosed and roofed, and, so far, [)aid for, but not by the del)t being assumed by any i)erson or persons, unless such person or persons relieve the congregation or Mission from all future liability for the same ; and further, before such grant is paid, the Churchwardens and Vestry, or P>uilding Committee, shall promise in writing that they will not engage in any further work upon the Church or I'arsonage until the money necessary for such further work is actually in hand. 5. That before any grant shall be made by the Synod towards the building of any Church edifice in this Diocese, the eligibility of tL: site shall be certified by a Churchwarden from each of the two neighboring Parishes or Mis.sions, and also by the Incumbent thereof. The said certificates to be forwarded to the Rural Dean, and re- ported on by him to the next meeting of the Executive Committee. XVII.— On Parochial Registers. There shall be kept in every Parish and Misson a Parochial d Church or Pn Register and Preacher's book, as at present set forth by the authority been paid. of the Bishop, for use in the Diocese. 24 CANON XVIII., XIX. XVIII. -On Church Hymnals. sucli That no Hymnals shall be used in the pubHc worship of Goi within this Diocese except such as have received the sanction of tli- ? o 1 writi Synod. Note. — In June 1875, the following resolution was carried be n othe such Res(ylved^ That this Synod seemg the necessity for the adoptioi^Qj-^. of a Hymnal for the Diocese without delay, do recommend that tli q^u, books known as " Hickersteth's Hymnal Companion to the Hook was carried : jr the adoptioi in mend that tlii to the Hook o " Hymnal puh ^dge," be reco>; stries, and De- 5 of s^leh die Province 0: .) and with tht t enacted. of any Church aire of twenty urchase hereto )f such Church, such meml)er> .-ays that, aftn one year, anc ease or conve\ wed to vote n- ■ sitting in th who shall no; ng. h the seats an jmbers of tlu '-one years, a> J for the pur- :h of England, contribute not belong to any lurch has been wed to vote at on at least six And in any Church in which a portion of the sittings are free, such male members of the congregation, of the full age of twenty- one years, occupying said sittings as shall declare themselves in writing, in a book ])rovided for the purpose by the congregation to be members of tiie Church of England, and as not belonging to any other congregation, and shall have contributed to the sup{)ort of such Church not less than $2 per annum, shall have a right to vote at such Vestry meetings. IVovidetl always that after su(,:h Church has been opened for service one year, no person shall be allowed to vote at any Vestry meeting who has not signed such declaration at least six months before. Any person claiming to vote in virtue of the declaration re- ferred to in the last two sections may be required to make the tleclar- ation anew at any Vestry meeting at which he i)roposes to vote. GRGANlZATJONi OF VESTRIKS IN NEW CHURCHES. 2. In the case of a Church just opened, or just about to be opened for service, the \'estry shall be organized and constituted as follows : The Incumbent for the time being of such Church shall call a meeting of the congregation, by notice given during Divine Service on two preceding Sundays, naming the day, hour and object of such meeting ; and at such meeting the Incumbent shall preside, and shall first nomniate as his Churchwarden a member of such congregation, and, in case it is the o[)inion of the meeting, ex- pressed by a resolution there jiassed, that the pews and sittings in the said ('hurch should be rented to those requiring the same, and that such resolution is not contrary to any conditions under wiiich such C'hurch has been built, given, granted, devised or endowed, the said Churchwarden so named shall, forthwith, in accordance with the terms of such resolution, ])roceed to offer the j)ews and sittings to rent (or such letting may, if the meeting i>refer it, be postponed to an adjourned meeting, of which like notice as aforesaid shall be given), and whenever and so soon as, in the o[)inion of such meeting or adjourned meeting, sufficent of the pews and sittings have thus been disposed of, the members of the Vestry thus created shall [)roceed to elect one of their number as and for a Churchwarden. Hut in case the members of any such congn^gation, at such meeting as afore- said, decide that the [)ews and sittings in such Church shall be free, or in case the Church has been built, given, granted, devised or endowed, on such condition, then, and in such case, the Church- warden so named by the Incumbent, as aforesaid, shall proceed to obtain the signatures of those j)resent and willitig to sign such a declaration of membership as aforesaid, and such members of Vestry, thereby constituted, shall forthwith i)roceed to elect one of their members a Churchwarden. Provided always that such 26 CANON XIX. dection of Churchwarden, as aforesaid may be postponed to adjourned Vestry meeting, of which due notice shall be given. ANNUAL ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDENS. lei le lOV lee r u 3. A meeting of each Vestry shall be holden on Monday Tuesday in Easter week in each and every year after due notice thci of given at any time during divine service on Easter Sunday, for t! purpose of appointing Churchwardens for the ensuing year, and f the transaction of Other business; and at such meeting one Churt^j.j^ warden shall be nominated by the Incumbent of the RectoMj^^ Parish, or Mission to which the said Church belongs, and V^^^^ other shall be elected by a majority of those present and ij^tj^- titled to vote at such Vestry meeting, as aforesaid. In case of t:^^^^ Incumbent declining or neglecting at such Vestry meeting to noiij^^j nate a Churchwarden, then both of the Churchwardens for the cij^g^i rent year shall be elected by the members of the Vestry present ; ai.xe^^ in case the members of such Vestry shall neglect at such Vestuj^^g meeting to elect a Churchwarden, then both such ChurchwardLyj^o for the current year shall be nominated by the Incumbent j^^jj >eg QUALIFICATION OF CHURCHWARDENS. gij- ime 4. No person shall be eligible to the office of Churchward jon except a member of the Church of England, of the full age he i twenty-one years, who is also a member of the Vestry of tjfa Church. FILLING VACANCY IN OFFICE OF CHURCHWARDEN. Dew: IS n 5. If from any cause a Vestry meeting shall not have been lu^, on Monday or Tuesday of Easter week, the nomination and cli" tion of Churchwardens as aforesaid, may take place at any sub:^ ^ , quent meeting, to be called in manner hereinafter provided ; and case of the death, resignation in writing to the Incumbent, declini to accept office, or change of residence to ten or more miles fn the Church of which he was chosen Churchwarden, of either of ti said Churchwardens, a vestry meeting shall be thereupon callt for the nomination by the Incumbent, or for the election by the sr, Vestry, as the case may be, of a new Churchwarden, in the place the one deceased, or who may have resigned, or declined to act, r removed, as aforesaid. ' stru TERM OF OFFICE. chai the 6. The Churchwardens shall hold their office for one year fnthei the time of their appointment, or until the nomination or election cha: CANON XIX. 27 . postponea to .^^j^. successors, except in case of a nomination or election to fill U[) I e given. ^^ vacancy occasioned by death, resignation, declining to act, or re- loval, as aforesaid, and in such case the i)erson so nominated or ^^^' lected shall hold the said office until the next annual Vestry meeting, r until the appointment of his successor. sn on Monday er due notice thur .... O ,.A c .1 CHURCHWARDENS TO HE A CORPORATION. er bunday, for t! Liing year, and I ^ ^pj^^. Churchwardens ap|)ointed as aforesaid shall, during their eting one Churc^j.j^ ^^ Qf^ce, lie a corporation to rei)resent the interests of such 01 the ^ect()hj^yj.j,j^^ and of the members thereof, and shall and may sue and be belongs, and tyg^j^ answer and be answered unto, in all manner of suits and present ana ^^^ctions whatsoever, and may prosecute indictments, presentments In case 01 [\^^ other criminal proceedings for and in resj)ect of such Churches meeting to non^j^ Church-yards, and all matters and things ap))ertainingtherto, and gardens tor the cij^^jj j,-, conjunction with the Rector or Incumbent, make and estry present ; ''^'.xecute leases to pew holders, at their charge, when by them re- 3Ct at such Vest^yggf^^j . ^,^j guch Churchwardens shall grant certificates to those ch Churcliwardiyj^o shall have rented [)ews or sittings, and such Churchwardens and Limbent ^^^j^ successors may as a corporation hold such real estate as may • )e given, granted or devised to them for the use of their Church, as ^^- I site for a Church, a parsonage, or u school-house, and may from ime to time, with the approval ol their Vestry, signified by a resolu- 01 Churchward ion passed at a meeting of such Vestry, mortgage such real estate for )i the full age he purpose of raising money to be ex[)ended in the erection thereon he Vestry of t.,f a Church, a parsonage, or a school-house, as the case may be. WARDEN. •?*• ..^i CHURCHWARDENS TO LEASE PEWS. 3t hive been 1 8. It shall be the duty of the Churchwardens, except in free .-.-.i-v,!*-;^., „ A whurches, from time to time, to lease and rent news and sittings, mmation and elc ,' , Ly ^ ^ ■ ^ ^ : ^.T . ■ at anv s il v^P*^" ^'■^^^ terms as may be settled andapi)omted at Vestry meetmgs, r...^,!;^„ 1 1 O bt,' holden for that iiurpose, as hereinafter provided ; and such provided: and , ■■ 1 n i 1 • . . l 1 . .1 j iTw^K^ *■ A V ^ews and sittings shall l)e sul)iect to such annual rent or other dues Limbent, derlini: . ^- . ^- i . j 1 1 • . .1 r ' M , r IS may from time to time be rated and assessed in respect thereol 1, of either of ti'^ '"^'^ ^""'^'^ meetings. thereupon calli ection by the s. ^^'^'^'^'^ ^^''^^' ^^ ^^^'"•'^ confirmed. eclined to '' \ 9' ^" ^^^^ of the absolute purchase of a pew in any Church, as ' aforesaid, before the passing of these rules, the same shall be con- strued as a freehold of inheritance, not sul)ject to forfeiture by change of residence, or by discontinuing to frecjuent the same, and the same may be bargained, sold and assigned to any purchaser or one year frrthereof, being a member of the Church of England ; and such pur- on or election chaser, provided the same shall have duly assigned and conveyed to '»■* « 28 CANON XIX. him, shall hold the same with the same rights, and subject to , ' |' same duties and charges, as the original purchaser thereof. ' 1 1 )r tl PKW-HOLDKRS SECURKD IX QUIET POSSESSION. ,i L 10. Any i)e\v-holder, whether by virtue of an original P^i''^'li«;p;.| completed before the i)assing of these rules, or by lease, and , ^ person renting a pew or sitting, shall, during their rightful possess: i^ of su(^h a i)ew or sitting, have a right of action against any pers injuring the same, or disturbing him or his family in the possessi thereol. lectc CHURCHWARDENS AND THEIR ACCOUNTS. tiert(L 11. All Churchwardens appointed as aforesaid shall keep, jj^ cause to be kept, proper books of account, which, with all ('tifLjyi books kept by them as Churchwardens, shall be the ])ro[)erty of t |j Vestry, and shall be carefully preserved by the Churchwardens, ;i;^^j.j shall be open for ins[)ection by any member of the Vestry at fj^^j. reasonable times. In such books the Churchwardens shall di^^^j^-j enter all moneys received and paid by them on account of the Chui,^j^^j. of which they are Wardens. The Churchwardens shall, every )y^Q yA at the annual Vestry meeting, or at an adjourned meeting to be hi within a fortnight after the said annual meeting, render in writinu.^jj^^j just, true and perfect account, fairly entered in a book to be kept t that purpose, signed by the Churchwardens, of all sums of money t them received, and of all sums rated or assessed by the Vestry and r i maining unpaid, or otherwise due and not received, and also of .Dhurc goods, chattels, and other property of such Church or Parish in tiu he ( }X)ssession as such Churchwardens, and of all moneys paid by sui[ncui; Churchwardens so accounting and of all other things concern iinajoi their said office, which said account shall be verified by oath befott vhen Justice of the Peace, who is authorized by the Church Temporaliti^r he Act (3 Vict., cap 74, sec. 9) to administer the same; or the corret^e sc' ness of such account shall be certified to by two auditors, who ni:Vestr be api)ointed by the Vestry at any annual meeting, but not at a^ose, adjourned meeting. In case of the ai)pointment of a new Churr: warden or Churchwardens, the Churchwardens then retiring fro: office shall i)ay and deliver over unto such succeeding Churchwarde: all sums of money, goods, chattels, books and other things which sh>„uj(,| be in their possession. In case any retiring Churchwarden -j^g j Churchwardens shall make default in rendering a correct 'tccoii:.Ugi'[ as aforesaid, or in delivering over such money, goods, books, '-jj-gse other things as aforesaid, it shall be in the power of the succeed Ii'Jqjjj , Churchwardens to take proceedings at law or in equity for sui^^^^. default. Provided always that the same process may be ^'nfon i-,jygj. against any Churchwarden or Churchwardens removed or beconi ag, ^mw- sm CANON XIX. 29 nd subject to ;hereof. ESSION. jcapablc of acting, from any of the causes before nieniioneil in this !anon, or against the representatives (jf any deceased Church- arden. The Churchwardens, or in their absence their substitutes )r the time Ijeitig, shall immediatel)' after any service at which a ^Uection has been made, proceed to the Vestry room of such • y , Ihurch, and there, in the |)resence of the Incumbent or other ]• •' f Officiating Clergyman, carehiUy count the collection and enter the ; I ^c\ ' '^"^ mount of tiie same with tiie date and their initials in the 'Treacher's ightful possess^^j^ „ j;ainst any ner^ '• ^, ■' A SPECIAL VESTRY MEETINGS MAY 15E CALLED. in the possessi 12. It shall be in the [)ower of the Incumbent of any such lectory, Parish or Mission, £\s aforesaid, or of the Churchwardens [lereof, to call a Vestry meeting whenever he or'they shall think • , I 11 K , iroper so to do ; and it shall be his or their duty so to do u[)on , ' ', ^ i^'iPplication being made for that purpose in writing by at least six ^ ' ^ ''^ ^^ aembers of such Vestry as aforesaid, and in case upon such written .1 / . 1 ^ ^ Application l)eing made as aforesaid, such Incumbent or Church- j ^ xV'^^.*^'^"^' '^vardens shall refuse or neglect to call such meeting, then one week 1 '^i '"^, , fter such demand is made it shall be in the i)ower of any six of such irdens shall di;. NT.S, int of theChu shall y nembers of the Vestry to call the same by notice to be affixrd on the )Uter Church door (or Church doors where more than one) at least , evcTy Vjjjg week previous to such intended meeting. ' ig o oe hi When a special Vestrv is called the special obje(^t for which it is icier in writin-.^jj^,^l ^,^.^1) ,,^ ^^^^^^^ i,^ ^^^j^ ,^^^1^,^, )k to be kept I ims of money 1 chairman and secretary of vestrv meeting. he Vestry and r 13, At all Vestry meetings the Rector or Incumbent of the and also of Ohurch shall preside as Chairman when jjresent, and in his absence r lanshinththe Curate or A.ssistant Minister, or in tlie absence of both the s paid by sui[ncumbent and the Curate or Assistant Minister such jierson a^ the ngs concern i I xiajority present at such meeting shall name ; and the Vestry clerk, )y oath liefon vhen there is one, and present, or in case there be no Vestry clerk, 1 lemporalitiijr he be absent, then such })erson as the Chairman shall name shall or the corre(3e secretary of such Vestry meeting, and the proceedings of such itors, who ni:Vestry meeting shall be entered in a book to be kejot for that pur- but not at njose, and preserved in the custody of the Churchwardens, a new Chun; f,-(,. vestry to regulate rent charge and few rents. . urciwarck: ^^ -j^l^^ ^^^^^ charge to be paid ui)on pews holden in freehold, gs w ucn •sn^yj^j^.]^ ^\\Vi\\ have been rec^uired before the i)assing of these rules, and urciwarden .j^g ^^^^^ ^^ y^^ p^^-^^ j-^^j. p^.^^.^ j^,-,^^ sittings in pews leased or rented, oorrect 'T^ccou.Jjj^jj ^^^^ regulated from time to time by the majority of members o s, :)ooks, present at any such lawful Vestry meeting as aforesaid, and no altera- .-juLeeeun.jQjj ^j^^^ j^^^ made therein except at the usual annual Easter Vestry ui y tor sui^ggj.jj.^^ (of which intended alteration notice shall have been publicly ly be c^nfonxyj^ygj^ when calling such Vestry meeting); or such alteration may M 3° CANON XX. be made at a special Vestry meeting called for such purpose, of \v-j two Sundays' notice shall be given, and so expressed in the m on£ calling the same ; and further, the charges to be made for leases /"esl in like manner be regulated at such Vestry meeting as aforesaid, tegll lisc| APPOINTMENT. OF SU150RDINATES HY INCUMltENT AND CHURClnenl WARDENS AND ORDERING OK SERVICES 1!Y INCUMBENT. ipoil /hetf 15. The appointment or dismissal of the clerk of the Churcted the organist, the Vestry clerk, the sexton and other subordiiiaecoj servants of the Church, shall rest wholly with the Incumbent ;hat Churchwardens for the time being, and their .salary and wages s:>r tl be brought into the general account, to be rendered as aforesaid >lerd such Churchwardens, but the amount of salary or wages to be iiccor to any such officials shall be fixed from time to time by the Vesi)f th but the ordering of all the services of the Church shall be enlimini under the direction of the Incumbent. ract ;omi CEMETERIES AND CHURCHYARDS. eprc lold 16. The charges payable for burial plots, and on breaking :^j.j^rj ground in cemeteries and church-yards, for the purpose of bu: \ .gj>Qj the dead, and all matters of like nature therewith connected, shall regulated by the Vestry of each Church. ;he c VESTRY MAY MAKE NECESSARY I3Y-LAWS. 17, It shall be in the power of the members of such Vestry, . such Vestry meetings as aforesaid, to make by-laws for the regulati' of their proceedings, and for the management of the temporalities the Church, Parish or Mission to which they belong, provided i-'^ ^" same are not repugnant to these rules, the Act incorporating ti^"^^ Synod, or to the Canons of the Church of England, or of this Syiu^^^^ SYNOD ASSESSMENT. anni an a 18. The Churchwardens of any such Church as aforesaid sh^j^^j^ from time to time, out of the funds of the Church, pay to the se< g^^^.^: tary-treasurer of the Synod, for the time being, the amount of a^Q ^] annual or other assessment charged, or which may hereafter at a pj.g^ time be charged or assessed by this Synod against such Church Parish. XX.— On Differenees Between Clergymen and their Congregatioii ann shal this In case of difficulties existing between a Clergyman and 1 timi congregation, or any causes arising, owing to which the continuan ] of the connection between Pastor and people may become injuriui $»o ^ CANON XXI. 3' :h purpose, of \yj the Church : Upon the request of the Clergyman or of the -jssed in the ndongregation, ex[)re.s.sed by a resokition to that effect {)assed at a nade for leases >7'estry meeting called for that purpose, or in the event of either party ig as aforesaid, leglecting to act upon this ('anon, then in the exercise of his own liscretion, the Bishop shall appoint a commission, consisting of five rT AND CHURciinembers of the Committee of 1 )iscii)line, to investigate and rejiort INCUMBENT. ipon the said matters of difficulty ; and the Hish()[) shall decide whether, in his judgment, the report of the commissioners shall be erk of the Churcted upon and carried out. In ca.se the saidcommisioners may not uther sul)ordiiia'ecommend a severance of the relation of Pastor and i)eople, but he Incumbent ;hat some other course should Ik; pursued i)y either the Clergyman ry and wages sjr the congregation, then, on the Hishop a],>i)roving of the same, if such "d as aforesaid Clergyman or congregation neglect or refuse to comply with such wages to be [ecommendation, the Bishop may proceed, according to the Canons ne by the Vcs[)f the Diocese, to suspend the Clergyman from the exercist; of any shall be entiministerial duties within the Diocese, as for contumacy, unless he re- ract such refusal ; and in the case of a congregation refusing to lomply with such recommendation, it shall be prohibited from being epresented in the Synod of the Diocese; and the Bishop shall with- 1 u . K- lold from such congregation all Ei)iscopal visits and the right of con- reaking ii-matjon, until they retract such refusal and submit to the terms of onneSed ,^hall '^''°"''''^"^''^^°"- The Committee of Discipline herein referred to shall consist of ;he clerical members of the Executive Committee. XXL— On Superannuation. In order to provide for the administration of the Superannua- AWS. .ion Fund ; be it enacted as follows, viz : )f such Vestry, for the regulat; e temporalities i- Every Clergyman of at least ten years and over active service ng, provided i^'^ *^^ Diocese of Huron, and not being under ecclesiastical censure, ncorporating ti^^*^'^ ^^ entitled to share in the benefits of the Superannuation Fund, or of this Syn(^c*^o^<^^'^8 ^^ ^^^ provisions of this Canon. 2. Every clergyman who shall be placed on the list of super- annuated clergymen shall receive an annual allowance of $300, and an additional sum of $15 for each and every year above ten years of s aforesaid ■'"'^active service in the Diocese, but in no ca.sc siiail the said allowance )ay to the sccgj^j^gg^j ^^ ^^^ aggregate the sum of $600, including the amount paid '?".^^^'^ '^^*^ ^^^ original commuted Clergy : service in the Diocese of Toronto ^^u'^^^l" ^^ '^previous to the establishment of the Diocese of Huron to count, c Church Proviso : — That no Clergyman at present on the list of super- annuated Clergymen shall have his annual allowance reduced, nor Coiiffpeffatioii ^^^^^ ^^^^ change affect or apply to any Clergyman doing duty in this Diocese, and who had served the full term of ten years at the rgyman and 1 time of the amendment of the Canon at last Synod (Dec. 6th, 1888). . . UiUii Note — The said Clergyman shall he entitled to the former allowance, $400 per annum and COmQ injuriu'i $»o for each year of active service over ten, the aggregate not to exceed $600. 32 CANON XXI. 3. Any Clergyman of less than ten years service, unable fr sickness or accident to continue duty, may have his case dealt w by the Executive Committee at their discreiioo. ,, 1 4. Every Clergyman who desires to be superannuated m-^S forward to the secretary-treasurer of the Syn(jd an a|)[)licati()n writing, setting forth the full particulars of his case. He must ;. procure a physician's certificate (said i)hysician to be named by t Executive Committee), stating the causes which render him unfit . , duty, and the ICxecuiive Committee shall after due investigati Jt iiave i)ower to place such Clergyman upon the superannuation . power to })i of the Diocese. •ng 5. Whenever it shall appear to the Bishop or the Execut! Committee that the interests of the Church recjuire that any Clet -"^ man of the Diocese should from any cause be superannuatti! committee to be appointed as hereinafter provided, shall have 1, power to enquire into such case, and if it shall ap[)ear to them tl'P^'^ such Clergyman ought to be su[)erannuated, they shall report i'*^'^ case to the Executive Committee ; provided that no case shall ^"^- entertained by the Executive Committee unless it shall have \^&^ ^ first brought before them in writing, signed by the Bisho[), or by ^"J*^ least four members of the Executive Committee. ^^ ^* Hoi 6. I'he Committee of Enquiry shall consist of five Clergymof E of the Diocese of not less than ten years' standing in Priests' Ordcor pi two of whom may be named by the Clergyman in question withsuch one month after written notice, and three shall be balloted for Chu the Executive Committee, unless the Clergyman shall refuse in tl name the two, when the five shall be ballotted for. Such en(}uicon( shall be held [)rivately, but a record of the proceedings shall ;novi made in writing for the use, if required, of the Executive Commitlcatin, and on a[)plication in writing by the said Clergyman, a copy of lithe proceedings shall be furnished to him. lay livir 7. Any superannuated Clergyman being under sixty-five years niur age shall, if able, be subject to perform occasional clerical duties posi the call of the Bishop, on payment of ordinary travelling expenses, una he may be placed in charge of such Parish as, in the opinion of it^ny Bishop, he may be able to serve. for 8. Whenever it shall appear to the Bishop and the Executii Committee that a Clergyman who has been superannuated ought t^he return to active duty, he shall cease to be on the sui)erannuati(und list, save and except in the case of those referred to in clause 7, pnof \ vided always that such Clergyman may demand a medical examiiiber tion by a physician to be named by the Executive Committee, mol CANON XXII. 33 irvice, unable fr , ^,, . . i i i .i i lis cas • (1 "ilf ^^' ^^^^ ^^^ Cler^ynian who has been placed on, or withdrawn "rom, the superannuation list is dissatisfied with the action of the Executive ('onimittee in his case, he shall have the right of a[)j)eal iperannuated m-^gainst such action to the Synod, an api)lication se. He must a XXII. -On the Discipline of the Clergy. be named by : „ „, . , , , i .u • • v . c ■nder him imft ' Kvery Clergyman holding any charge under the jurisdiction ot "due inv.. or for any scandalous or disorderly conduct, or for pub- ey shall report -jishing or circulating, or causing to be published or circulated, any no case shall document or documents, whether anonymous or otherwise, calculated t shall have Ik*-^ defame or injure the Church in this Diocese or elsewhere, or which 2 Bishorj or by ^injustly reflect upon the character of its duly constituted authorities, Dr for teaching or maintaining doctrines contrary to the teaching of Holy Scripture, as set forth in the Liturgy and Articles of the Church )f five Clergyinof England, such teaching or maintaining being by way of writing, in Priests' Ordeor printing, or preaching, or teaching, or circulating books containing h question withsuch unsound doctrine ; for holding service in any other Clergyman's 3e balloted for Church or Parish without his consent ; for irregularity or indecorum shall refuse in the performance of Divine offices ; for contumacy or disrespectful Such en(|uiconduct towards the Bishop ; for the introduction of innovations and ceedings shall ;noveliies in the performance of Divine worship ; for schism or separ- utive Committt.ating himself from the communion of the Church ; for discontinuing n, a copy of lithe exercise of the Ministry without lawful cause ; for exercising any lay profession or occupation inconsistent with his sacred calling ; for living in the habitual disuse of public worship, or of the Holy Com- sixty-five years munion ; or who may otherwise act in a way inconsistent with his clerical duties position as a Clergyman ; or who becomes from any cause unfit or ling expenses, unable to discharge the duties of his office; or whose usefulness in e opinion of il^ny Parish to which he has been' appointed ai)pears to be gone ; or for the violation of the Constitution or Canons of this Diocese. )r d the Execulii 4. When the Bishop shall be informed by three members of muated ought tj-jjg Church or by three Presbyters that a Clergyman is liable to trial .i sui)erannuati( under clause 3, or whenever the Synod, or the Executive Committee in clause 7, piigf Synod, shall by resolution passed by two-thirds vote of the mem- ledical examiiibgyg present, declare that in their opinion a Clergyman named in the .ommittee, raption is liable to trial under said clause 3 ; or whenever the Bishop ■Ml 34 CANON XXII. shall think that the interests of the ('hiirch rccjuire it, he shall ^i'|- acl a coinniisiion uiuler his hand and seal, directed to three nic hers of the Comniittee of Discipline and naming one of them ("hij^j^ man, for the i)uri)ose of making encjuiry as to the grounds of siip^ charge or report. I'or all or any of the [)urposes of the said i"vi\.jjj| gation, the committee shall have the right upon at least six daj^jl previous notice in writing to such Clergyman, or left at his residein to enter the Parish or Mission of such Clergyman, and there or cl where in their discretion, i)rosecute such en(|uiry, and upon at k\, six days previous notice in writing to him, or leli at his residem ^' signed by the chairman of the committee, specifying such charge '• J rept)rt, summon such Clergyman to api)ear before the committee '•^^i the time and place mentioned in the notice to answer such charge }^L re[)ori ; and if he neglect or refuse to attend before the conmiilt^-'\^ U[)on such summons ; or if he attend and will not answer ;iiP^' (juestion [)ut to him by any member of the committee touching sm"'^''"^ charge or report, (without assigning any cause or without reasonab^^'^' cause) they shall forthwith rei)ort him for contumacy to the Bislv "[*'^' who may thereupon pass sentence of suspension upon him for co-^"'' tumacy, but such sentence may be subsequently reversed by tl Bishop in his discretion. In all res[)ects other than in this Can( provided, the mode of conducting the preliminary investigation sh;ibc be entirely in the discretion of the committee. After investi;jn tl tion held, the committee or a majority of them, shall forthwi >f ' report to the Bishop the result of such investigation, together wr>ary, the evidence taken therein, and they shall state whether in tlu-her opinion the accused should or should not be brought to trial incnt such charge or report. 5. When it is decided that a trial shall be held, the presentmcinan shall be in writing, framed by the chancellor, addressed to ti-he Bishop upon the rejjort of the commissioners appointed for the pn^e ^ liuiinary investigation, hereinbefore provided for, sjjecifying th'iQ*^ offences of which the accused is alleged to be guilty, with reasor able certainty as to time, place and circumstances. But, except fi crime or immorality, no proceeding shall be mstituted or complainot entertained under this Canon after one year from the time of tlnev( alleged commission of the offence. hey 6, The Bishop shall nominate Cwc members of the Conimittc of l)isci})line as a Board of Triers, and shall cause a copy of tl. r r charges and the name.: of the said Tiiers to be served on tli 1 accused, who shall, within seven days after such service have th 1 privilege to object to any one or more, not exceeding three, of sur.^ ] members. In case of such objection, the Bishop shall forth wit'^.y^'^ nominate the requisite number to complete the Board of Trien^^ CANON XXII, 35 ^.\ , ^ Tlio said live C:icrgymcn shall form a board for the trial of the L't to three »i"^ceusid, and shall meet at such time and |)lace as the Hishop one ot them ch.i^^j^ll ^jj,.^.,., ,,^^j ^,^.^„ ^.j^.^,^ j,^,.i^ ^^^^,^ chairman, and shall have giouncls ot ^iipo^,_.r to adjourn from lime to time (not extending over more than ^ , ^^'" .'"^'"-"six months in all) and from place to place (but always within the 1 at least six daDjyj^^.^^.x .^^ ^^ ^Ij^^H t|jj,^i^ necessary, jftat his resideiK and there or el^ and upon at lea 7- A written notice of the time and place of the first meeting ft at his resideiK ^f^ ^h*-' board shall be served by the (Chancellor, under the direction ig such charge '' ^'^"-" I'i^hop, at least fourteen days before such meeting, on the the committer i^t-'used, on one of the i)rose'utors (if any) and on each member of wer such charge ■'^'^" ^^''^^"' ^'^ ^ '"''-''''• All notices and papers contemplated in this )re the committ^^'^^*" "^''Y ''*-' ^t,''ved by a summoner or sunmioners, to be ap not answer a:P^''^'^'-'^' '"'" ^'^*-' i>iir[)ose by the bishop, ami whose certificate of such tee touching sin'"^'''^'''^' -"^li^i" !>'-' evidence thereof. In case of such service by any vithout reasonal ^^'^'-''' pt-Tson, the facts shall be i)roved by such person. A written acy to the Bisli' "^^^'^"'-' '''" P'^P'^'' delivered to a parly, or left at his place of residence, upon him for co''^''" '^^' oard 1, shall forthwr'f 'I'ricrs to do so, taking legal advice if they should deem it neces- :>n, together wijary, and the trial on such amended complaint or presentment shall whether in tlu-hencetbrlh proceed as il it had been the original com[)laint or pre- ought to trial (ncntment. 9. If, before the appointment of a board of Triers, the Clergy- the presentmci'nan presented shall conlt:ss the truth of the allegations contained in iddressed to ti-he presentment, the Bishop shall proceed to pass sentence ; but if ted for the pnie shall not confess them as before mentioned, he shall be con- s])ecifying th'idered as denying them. ty, with reasci but, except fi 10. If a Clergyman presented, after having had due notice, shall ed or complainot api)ear before the board appointed for his trial, the board may, n the time of tlneverihelcss, proceed as if he were jjresent, unless for good cause, hey shall see fit to adjourn till another day. the Committi ir .. .1 .• ■ . ^ r \ r . r r .1 T^ J , , , r.i w If, at the time ai)i)ointed for ihe first meeting of the board se a copy of tl; r r,, ,, , , ' ' , _ , ,, ,,,11 H ti i ri'-'rs, the whole number of five shall not attend, then t.,ose servi ^ h il '^^*' ^''^ attend, being not less than three, shall proceed to the trial, "^.1 ^ r ind a majority of those attending shall decide all questions. They %h 11 f t) ' t'^^" ap])oint a secretary, who may be one of their own number, ^ 1 f T ' . ^'^^■''^ ^'"^'^y 't shall be to keep a record of all proceedings had before ^^^he board. Any vacancy or vacancies occurring in the Board of n 36 CANON XXII. 'IVicrs, thr(>M^ll death, resignation or otherwise, penduig the in(iiiiP* shall be filled up hy the Bishop from the remaining members ol |te ('omnnltee of Discipline, and no proeeedinu; i)ending imder tT' (!anon shall abate by reason of any member or members of ,^' board (easing to be a member or members of the C'ommitlee of I cipline, but the proceedings and finding of the board shall be as vn and binding upon all concerned as though the board had contini,'^ ' throughout all members of Committee of Discipline. as I hel 12. When the Board proceeds, to the trial, they shall hear su evidence as shall be produced, which evidence shall be reduced ' writing and signed by the witnesses respectively. If, on ^^^ during the trial, the accused shall confess the truth of the charge: ^;<' statecl in the presentment, the Board may dispense with heai n' further evidence, and may jiroceed at once to state their opinion the Bishop as to the .sentence that ought to be i)ronounced. . 13. Upon the application, of either |)arty to the IJoard of Trie ot and it being made satisfactorily to a|)pear to them that the attci ance of any material witness cannot be procured upon the trial, tl may api)oint a commissioner to take the testimony of any such \^^'*-'^ ness ; and both j)arties may attend and examine the witness. T^'^ examination, being reduced to writing, shall be as nearly as possih^j 1 in the words of the witness, and signed by said witness. '^'^ not The testimony thus taken shall be transmitted to the board 1 del tified by the commissioner, under his seal, and shall be received ten them as evidence. 14. Advocates or i)roctors who may be either Clergymen laymen shall be allowed on either side ; and if any differenc t opinion shall arise as to the ])r(jpriety of any (juestion put, or point of order, the Board of Triers shall decide all such mattr taking legal opinion if they deem it desirable. ^^^ by 15. In every case in which, from the natiu'e of the offence, i shall appear to the Kishoj), after due enciuiry, that great scandal .^ likely to arise from the Clergyman accused continuing to perto' r the services of the Church while such charge is under investigatii the Bishop shall cause a notice to be served on the accused at t • same time with the service of the copy of the charge or at any tii i„^ pending the ])roceedings, inhibiting the accused from perfornii r any services in the Church until the matter shall have been finally i-m- cided, and the Bishop may make provision for the service of t . ' Church during the period of sus{)ension, which sus[)ension shall r exceed three months. K 16. The triers to whom the examination or trial of any accus. not the cas cal CAN'OV XXII. 37 L-'iidiiij,' the in(|iii int; nu'iiihcrs on )cn(lin^^ luujer t, )r mcinhcrs of s; Committee of l ird shall be as v;i oard liad coiitiiu tic. hey shall hear sii lall be reduced Lively. If, on Lh of the charge )ense with heaii e their opinion u noun ted. he Hoard of Trie em that the attci upon the trial, tl, y of any such w the witness. 'I > nearly as [)ossili ilness. to the board < ill be received ler Clergymen any difference ucstion })ut, or e all such matt< of the offencr, It great scandal inuing to perfo ider investigatii le accused at t e or at any Ui from pcrforiiii ve been finally ( he service of i s[)ension shall i lal of any accu^ person shall be committed, shall l)C bound not to divulge the sen- tence recommended until such time as it has been approved and con- firmed by the bishop ; and furllu r, that they will at no time whatso- ever disclose the vote of any [)arlicular member of the board. 17. pA'cry witness, before' examination, shall be asked to make a declaration in the following form of words, or in such other words as he or she shall consider or declare to be most binding upon his or her conscience : *' I, jA. H.\ a witness at the trial o( [('. J). ] do most solemnly declare, in the i)re.sence of Almighty (lod, and as I shall answer to (iod at the great day of judgment, that the evidence I am about to give shall be the truth, llie whole truth, and nothing but the truth." iS. The proceedings upon a trial shall be open to the members of the (!hurch, unless in the opinion of the Board, the circumstances of the case re([uire that the trial should be private. 19. The Hoard, having deliberately considered the evidence, shall declare in writing signed by them, or a majority of them, th.^ir decision on the charges contained in the i)resentment, rendering their verdict of guilty, not guilty, or ikjI [)roven, on the several c:ounts presented ; also slating the sentence' which, in their opinion, shall be pro- nounced, antl their decision, together with the evidence, shall be delivered to the Hishop, who shall pronounce such Canonical sen- tence as shall ai)[)ear to him to be proper, provided the same shall not exceed in severity the sentence recommended by the board, and the accused shall, during the continuance of such sentence, except in cases of removal or admonition, be decMiied to be under Ecclesiasti- cal censure. 20. Every Clergyman, whose case may have been dispo.sed of and decided adversely to him, and who shall think himself aggrii'ved by such decision, or who shall make it appear that new evidence, having an imi)()rtant bearing on the case, has been discovered since the trial, of the existence of which he was not aware at the time of the trial, may within six months [)etition the liishop for a new trial, or a rehearing of the case, either ui)()n objections to be taken to the de- cision upon the facts, or because the judgment is not sustained by the laws and C\anons of this Ecclesiastical I'rovince, or of the 1 )iocese, or for other cause or causes ; or he may ai^ply by [)etition to the Bisho[) for an arrest of sentence or judgment, upon causes to be shown ; and in either case the Bishop shall, upon receiving such petition, refer the same and the whole subject, together with the evi- dence and the report made by the Board of 'I'riers, to the Committee of l)isci[)line, and their decision on the above questions, being pi->^Si ^pi 38 CANON XXII. approved by the Bishop, shall be final in so far as this Diocese is C(i'4,— cerned. In the event that a new hearing or trial be granted, the ci>5-- shall be transmitted to a Hoard of 'IViers, appointed as provided 1 Section 6, who shall proceed to hold a new trial, according to tlig. rules hereinbefore set forth, within one month of the notice of sue new trial being given to them by the Bishop. 7-- 21. Before pronouncing sentence, the Bishop shall summon ih accused, and any three or more of the Clergy, to meet him at siu time as may in his opinion l)e most convenient, in some Church ( the Diocese, which shall for that purpose be open at the time to a persons who may choose to attend, and the sentence shall then an there be publicly pronounced by the Bishop, or by some persi commissioned by him. 22. The following sentences may be pronounced, and puni^^i ments imposed upon offending Clergymen, viz.: Admonition ; su pension from the exercise of his office ; withdrawal of licence, 1 moval from his charge in the Church; deposition or degradatid from his sacred office. 23. For the offences set forth in the first column hereinaft. written, the sentences set forth opposite to the same in the secon column, and none others, shall be passed by the Bishop or pers( 9-- commissioned by him, upon any person found guilty thereof. FIRST COLUMN. UPON TRIAL AND CONVICTION. I, — For crime or immorality. 2.— Scandalous or disorderly conduct, or for publishing or circulating, or causing to lie pul)lished or circulat- ed, any document or documents, whether ar ^nymous or otherwise, calculated to defame or injure the Church in this Diocese, or else- where, or which unjustly reflect upon the character of its duly con- stituted authorities. 3. — For irregularities in the perform- ance of Divine offices, or for the introduction of innovations or nf)V- elties in the performance of Divine Worship ; for holding service in any other Clergyman's Church or Parish, without his consent ; for permitting unauthorized persons to officiate in the Church. SECOND COLUMN. I. — Suspension ; withdrawal of liccin removal ; deposition. Schci 2. — Admonition; suspension a/> o/Ji. abHit for not more tiian one year, n PJgjn less than three months ; withdraw ^ of licence ; removal ; deposition. ^^^8 the I trans, anotl and Miss; 3. —Same as No. 2, except depositii powe desir: remo the i CANON XXII, 39 is Diocese is C()!4. ranted, the cu 5- as provided i Lccording to thg L' notice of sue lall summon th eet him at sm some Church i t the time to u :e shall then an by some pers( ed, and puni^i idmonition ; sii il of licence, r, or degradatii! ' >lumn hereinaft. lie in the secoii ishop or pers('9- thereof. ::OLUMN. -Fur schism, or separating himself from the Communion of the Church. -For contumacy ; for disrespectful and disobedient conduct towards the Hishop. -For discontinuing^ the exercise of the Ministry withinit suflicent cause or leave of the Bishop. -For exercising any lay profession or occupation inconsistent w ith the duties of his sacred calling, except- ing in cases which are provided for by the Canons of the Diocese with regard to disabled Clergymen ; or for otherwise acting in a way in- consistent with his position as a Clergyman, or becoming from any cause unfit or unable to discharge the duties ( f his office, or where his usefulness in any Parish to which he may have been appointed apjiears to be gone. -For living in the habitual disuse of pid)lic worship, or of the Holy Communion ; for violation of the Constitution or Ca'->ons of the Church in Canada .r of this Diocese. -Habitually and advisedly maintain- ing or allirmmg doctrine contrary or repugnant to the Word of (jo(l,as set forth in the l'"ornudaries and Articles of religion in the Book of Common Prayer. I 4- 5- 6. -Suspension for one year ; with- drawal of licence ; removal ; depo- sition. -Admonition ; suspension a/> ojjicio for not more than one year. -Admonition ; suspension ; with- drawal of licence; removal. 7. — Same as No. 6. S. — Admonition ; suspension a/i ojjin'a for nv)t more than one year ; with- drawal of licence ; deprivati(jn ; de- position. 9. — Admonition ; inhi!)ition fnmi the ])erformance of clerical functions ; withdrawal of licence; removal; de[)osition. hdrawal of liccnr -"+• ^^'^'^'-''^ sentence is [)ronounced in accordance with the above ition. Schedule, it shall also be specified U[)on what terms, if any, the dis- spension a/> ^///'ability shall cease. When tlu' [lenalty of suspension is intlicted, the lan^one year, "Clergyman shall not exercise the functions of his Ministry in his own congregation or elsewhere, on pain of deprivation or deposition by the Bishop, he being .satislied that the suspended Clergyman has so transgressed ; and during such suspension the Piishop may aj)point another ( "lergyman to sui)[)ly the [)lace of the suspended Clergyman, and may ai)ply a part of the income or emoluments of the I'arish, Mission or Cure to the i)ayment of such substitute. iionths ; withdraw n'al ; deposition except deposit il 25. When a verdict of not proven is rendered, it shall be in the power of the Board of 'IViers to .say whether, in their judgment, it is desirable for the interests of the Church that the accused should be removed to somt; other charge ; and it shall be in the discretion of the Bish()[) to carry out this recommendation. 26. When the sentence of removal or deposition is pronounced^ 40 CANON XXIII., XXIV. m the connection between the Minister so removed or deposed and 1 Parish or congregation shall be ipso facto severed, and all offices, rcir issues, profits and emoluments which he may have held by virtue such office or Ministry from which he has been removed shall who cease and determine. 27. Whenever a Clergyman is deposed or degraded from t Holy Ministry, the Bishop who pronounced the sentence shall, wii out delay, give notice of such sentence to the Ministers and Chun wardens of the several congregations of the Diocese, and also to the Bishops of the Anglican Communion. 28. It shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Board of Trie to see that all the proceedings of the Triers, as well as the senten in each case and the Bishop's action thereon are duly recorded by i Secretary to the Board in a book to be provided for that purpose; whi book shall be kept in the custody of the Secretary-Treasurer of i Synod. 29. All the expenses necessarily incurred by the Commission. or Board of Triers, in any investigation or trial under the Canon, a in the event of a verdict of not guilty or not proven being returtu the legitimate costs of the accused shall be paid by the Synod out the Synod Expense Account. XXIII.— On Collections. 1. No person shall be permitted to collect money for any Cliur purpose beyond the bounds of his own Parish, within this Dioiv or proceed to any other Diocese for the same purpose without t sanction of the Bishop in writing. 2. Any person before collecting in any parish, shall obtain t sanction of the Clergyman of said Parish. 3. Such person on returning from his collecting tour shall for with submit to the Bishop the subscription list and account for moiii received. Hm seci a jo moi effo sue Inc( Vici the Kut ciet 10 ti the shal the bef Dio sion seal B. of I 185; said mac Hui Rig B. I the 4. When the collection is for the benefit of any Parish or ci gregation in this Diocese, the said Parish or congregation shall l; ^^^ a guarantee that all expenses connected with the said collection si P^" be paid by them, so that all the funds obtained by appeal to otht shall be applied to the object for which they were collected. XXIV.— On the Submission to Arbitration and the Conflrmation the Award between the Dioceses of Toronto and Huron. the at 1( An( of 1 the A. ON THE SUBMISSION TO ARBITRATION. Whereas the joint Committee of the Dioceses of Toronto a san •'^^'raHi CANON XXIV. 41 ■ deposed and IHuron has failed to agree to any ap],)ortionment of the funds and id all offices, renisecuriti(3s of the late Diocese of 'I'oronto, in which this Diocese has held hy virtue a joint interest, and as it is most desirable to (Misure peace and har- loved shall vvhomony between the Church Societies of these Dioceses, that a further effort should be made for an ecjuitable and final apportionment of J , - such proi)erty and funds, egraded from t i i j itence shall, wii Be it the^refore enacted by nnd under the autliority of the Act of sters and Chun Incorporation of the Church Societ) of the Diocese of Huron (22 e, and also to Vict. cap. 65, 1858), and by and with the sanction of the P.ishop of the Diocese, le Board of Trit .,., . ., ,. . . ^u /n u a ■ . c n iv c I . 1 ^ ^ I hat the apportionment to the Church Society of the Diocese of IvVer 1^11 ■ ^-^^'"O'^ ^^f P^^''^ '^^ ^'"'*-' l-'i'itls, property and funds of the Church So- ';. , . ciety of the Diocese of Toronto be and the same is hereby submittetl lat purpose: win ^J^- - ,.1 u- 1 c t . 1 u . .1 • 1 r,y ^ ' c tO the decision or the thslioi)S ot 1 oronto and Huron together with f- j^ reasurer 01 1 • . the Honorable Sir James Buchanan Macauley, who, at his ojition, shall either act with the said Bisho[)s. in which case the decision of 10 Commissioiii the majority shall be final, or as um[)ire when his decision alone shall ler the Canon, a be final, and that u{)on the concurrence of th^ ('hurch Society of the n being returiii. Diocese of 'I'oronto in this reference, the necessary bonds of submis- the Synod out sion to the [)roposed arbitration l)e ])rei)ared and executed under the seal of this Society. leyforany Chur hin this Dioix pose without t B. ON THE CONFIRMATION OF THE AWARD. Be it therefore enacted by tlu; ('hurch Society of the Diocese of Huron, under the audiority of their Act of Incorjjoration (22 Vict 1858, cap, 65), and by and with the sanction of the Bishoj) of the said Diocese, That the following be the ByT>aw to confirm the award shall obtain t made between the (Church Societies of the Dioceses of Toronto and Huron by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Toronto and the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Huron and the Iv'inoiable Sir J. B. Macauley. g tour shall for ccount for moiii ly Parish or o igation shall ;' d collection si appeal to otiu )llected. Conflpmation and Huron. Whereas, The Right Reverend John, Lord IJishop of Toronto, the Right Reverend Benjamin, Lord Bishop of Huron, and the Hon. Sir J. B. Macauley, Knight, have made their award in certain matters pending between the Church Society of the Diocese of I'oronto and the Church Society of the Diocese of Huron, in the terms set forth at length in the award signed and sealed by the above named ])artie.s. And, whereas, it is advisable and necessary that the ("hurch Society of the 1 )iocese of Huron shall confirm the said award and authorize the provisions thereof to be effectually carried out, N Be it therefore enacted that the said recited award be and the of Toronto a same is hereby accepted and confirmed. ■;«,*' innsmnFrM..Lji..iPii^iiii "in'iuiNmii WKmmw^nmKmmm 42 CANON XXV,, XXVI., XXVII. ■'1 Be it also enacted that the President of the Society shall niai do and execute all such acts, releases, deeds and conveyances as 111 I)'.) recjuired to coni[)lete and carry out the i)rovisions of the >;i avvan.l XXV.— On the Episcopal and Apchdeaeons' Fund. The E[)isco[)al P'and, and securities received from the Dioc of Toronto, in relation thereto, shall form one fund, from the incoi of which $400 shall be paid to an Archdeacon, and the balan after paying the necessary expenses, shall be paid to the Bishop. XXVI.— On the Appropriation of the Commutation Fund. I. All accrued interest over and al)ove that required for t paym Mit of the original ('ommuted Clergymen, and for the paynu of ex[)enses connected with the fund, or of any rate for which the hv may Ijc assessed, shall be appropriated in the following manner a: order : — lan um ler ( ■ith hall 3r t 1 ai hall lort ecju Z\er am( !^xe( 2. "I'o U)vm a SuiK-rannuation Fund which shall be administer in accordance with tlie [)r()visions of Canon XXI. ,f §1 ny 3. After the above claims have been fully and first satisfied the order as set forth in this Canon, the balance, if any, shall fo' part of die Clergy Maintenance and Mission Fund. vritt 'ear: 4. This Canon shall take effect from and after April i, 1876, a j|^j^, all [)r(jvisions, By-Laws and (Janons respecting the (^ommutatiji q i'^und and the surjilus interest thereof, shall be and are hereby j^ni scinded from and after the said date, and all grants made in pmSo y ance of any sucli By-Laws or Canons shall, frcMii said date, absoluU.Q , cease and determine. XXVII,— On the Widows and Orphans' Fund, Be it enacted, — )ver ran( he Z\er uch 1. That all rents, issues and profits of lands or tenements Ikiuit; by the Synod for the relief of the Widows and Orphans of Clrt>nen men, aiul al' moneys given or granted for the same purpose by invho viduals, or ai)[)roi)riated to the fund by the Synod, shall be put >f tl credit of the Widows and Ori)lians' Fund. 'Uch 2. That the Synod shall and will put to the credit of the Wido and Oiphans' I'^und yearly and every year on the 31st day of Mnriagt a sum of niv)ney eciual to five dollars for every (Clergyman in I'd tl I)ioc(.'se, which sum shall I)e considered as a part of the income vise the said fund. ->io( ■M CANON xvri. 43 iocicty shall mai: 3. To maintain the Widows and Ori)l-ians' Fund, every Clc:rgy- :onvoyanccs as 111 lan must, from his ordination or entrance into the Diocese, i)ay the visions of the s::um of v$5.oo aimually to the said i'"und, or have hocome a hfe meni- ler of the former Church Society of the I )iocese, and hiscomphance )ns' Fund. '^h this, subject to all other [)rovisions in this Canon contained, hall entitle his Widow and Orphans, if any, to the benefits [)rovided from the Diocc^r them by this Canon, d, from the incoi and the balaiv Provided always, that in case of {k'fault made by any ('lerii;yman to the Bishop. 1 any of the payments reijiiired hereunder, tlv.-n such an annuity hall be paid to his widow nnd orphans ;v:, shnl! bi: in the same |)ro- Utation Fund. ,ortion to the full annuit)' as the total sum i)ni(l bshim to the amount 1 r equired under the (]anon. .t required for t ^ id for the payiiK ^ record shall be kept by the Synod of the names of every i tor which the fii^]Qj.gypi^^,-, (.Qi^^plyiiig vith tl-n^; recjuirements of this Canon, and the owing manner a.r^jj^g <:->h:v\\ be reported to the June and l)eceml)er meeting of the 'Executive Committee of Synod. all be administer y\nd thi; Secretary-Treasurer shall be directed to issue a notice )f such default, but failure to send such notice shall not exempt from ny of the [provisions of this clause, id first satisfied if any, shall fo' 4. That every Clergyman entering the Diocese and receiving vritten license, and every person ordained in the Diocese und'.'r thirty 'ears of age, shall receive all the benefit^ of the Widows and Or- - ApnW, (876, a^i^jj^,-,,^' i.\in(]^ on complying with the conditions of this Canon, but the Commutation others shall [)ay in addition to the re(iuirements of Se(\ 3 of this ind are herel)y Janon, an entrance fee according to the following scale : — Wlien over ts made in piir^^o years and under 35 years, a fee of $20 ; when over 35 years and under aid date, absoluUp^ r^ f^^^. of $30 ; when over 40 years and under 45, a fee of $40 ; when )ver 45 years a fee of $50 ; to be [laid within six months of such en- rance into the Diocese, in out; payment, or, under the sanction of he Bishop, by annual instalments of hve dollars ; and in case such I^lergyman shall decease before such instalments be paid, that tlien ■uch instalments as they become due shall be deducted from the an- or tenements luiuity payable to his widow and orphans. The same scale of pay- orphans of Cler-nents according to the ages si)ecified to apply to every Clergyman I purpose by iinvho remarries and is desirious of availing himself of the provisions d, shall be put )f this Canon ; said payment to be made within six months after luch remarriage. •edit of the Wido "But the widow and orphans (excepting those by a former mar- ist day of Mm iage) of any ( lergyman who shall hereafter marry after he hasattain- Clergyman in I'd the age of 60 years, shall not be entitled under this ( anon or olher- of the income vise to any benefit from the Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Jiocese." (Passed June iS, i8gi.) s' Fund, 44 CANON XXVII. 5. If a Clerj^yman is ordained within three months previous the close of a fiiiaiicial year, he shall he exeni[)t from any annuaNi-J scrii)tioii for that financial year, hut this shall not he held to aii j his liahility to pay an entrance fee. |_^^ 6. Every leave of ahsence of a Clergyman must be in writ signed by the Dishop, and must be forwarded by the recipient to , Secretary-'I'reasurer of the Synod for registration within one hk ' from its date. f er^ 7. The absence of a Clergyman from the Diocese for over ,^*^^ years shall be deemed a forfeiture of all claims upon the Fund. 8. In case of decease of any Clergyman, all payments of amistj subscriptions then in arrear by him shall be considered due to uk end of the financial year previous to said decease. on iml 9. That the Secretary-Treasurer shall lay before the Synod, na^ its meeting in June, in each year, a statement of all the lands belo inu to this funtl, and of all the moneys invested or in his hands at : close of the financial year l)elonging to the Widows and Orpharecd the' 3Uf Fund, and of all moneys received and paid on account. 10. That from and after the passing of this Canon, the Syiimiti will pay to the widow of every Clergyman of this Diocese who, fn the passing of this Canon, or from the time of his appoinment in t Diocese, shall have been a subscriber of five dollars per annum totniei funds of ihe Synod, or shall have become a life member of the iapp mer Church Society, and who shall have complied with the reciuitim ments of this Canon, such an annuity not exceeding Two Hundrnar Dollars, as the income of the Fund will permit, payable in four c(i; annual payments on the first days of January, April, July and ()( ber in each year, the first of such (quarterly payments to be made anr the day above mentioned next following the death of her husbaicla except in the case of the widows and orphans of those Clergymdec who are on the Commutation Fund, or who are paid by any oil wh Society, whose annuity shall commence from the time that their 11; ment from the Commutation Fund or said Society ceases, such p,; ments to be continued during her natural life, or so long as she sh remain a widow ; and when more than two children, a further annii not exceeding Forty Dollars, as the income of the Fund will adn of for each child over the number of two children of said widow, un(;4.Q eighteen years of age, provided that no more than one hundred d r lars a year be paid for orphans in one family, except when orpha alone are left, and then a [)ension of sixty dollars for each child sli. ^^ be paid up to two hundred dollars in one family. In case of t: ^ death or the remarriage of any widow, the annuity of sixty dolli Nj CANON XXVII. 45 months previoiij^ )e held to iocese for over it^cessary to be made. pon the Fund. 1 1. Any Clergyman marrying while he is on the sui)erannuation payments of am ist of the Diocese shall forfeit all claim whatever upon the Widows isidered due to md Orjjhans' Fund, saving and excepting the rights of childp.-n by a '. ormer marriage. Nevertheless the S\ii()d may make a grant for a imited number of years to the widow of any superannuated Clergy- L'fore the Synod, nan. ^11 the lands belo r in his hands at ; 12. That all money to the credit of this Fund that may not be dows and Orpli;irequired to meet the annuities jiayable to the widows and orphans of ^O'J'it- :he Clergy, shall be from time to time invested in some good and sufficient security, upon the recommendation of the E.xecutive Com- Canon, the Syimjttee. Diocese who, fn appoinment in t i^. Every widow or guardian of any of the orphans of Clergy- rs per annum to imen desiring annuities from the AVidows and Orphans' Fund, shall emlx^r of the i apply l)y memorial to the Synod for such annuity, setting forth the with the rcfiuitime of decease of such Clergyman, the name of his widow and the ing 1 wo Hundrnames and ages of each of the children, as the case may be. yable in four e(ii |il, July and ()( 14, Every annuitant on the Widows and Orphans' iMmd shall Its to be made annually, on the first day of January, make one of the following de- 01 her husbardarations in the presence of a Clergyman or Magistrate, which those Clergyiv; declaration shall be attested by the Clergyman or Magistrate before aid by any ot! whom it is made, me that their ]i; ceases, such j long as she si , a further annii I do hereby declare that I am the widow Fund will adii of the l.te Rev and that I am entitled aid widow, uiKjQ ^j^ annuity from the Widows and Oriohans' Fund (jf the Diocese )ne hundred d . . |)t when or i ^^ Huron ; and that I am still a widow, and further, that my children, each child sli. ^^ named below, are under the age of eighteen : In case of t DECLARATION TO HE MADE DV A WIDOW. ,- . , Names and ages of Children 01 sixty dolki jjj^^g ^jf clergyman or Magistrate. Description Residence . ^^^ 4<'> CANON xxviir. DliCI.AK.MION lO i;i: MADK i;V THE IIUARDIAN OF CHILDREN. iir T do Iicrchy declare that 1 us the duly a[)pointed guardian of the children of tlie late Rev whose names and ages are respectively written low, and that they are entitled to an annuity from the Widows and'*:" phans' Fund of the Synod of the Diocese of Huron : im Names of Children and their ages Name and descrij'.tion of Clergyman Signed before me .... Magislr, "^ 15. That should any doubt hereafter arise as to the interpn"-"'"* tion of the Canon, or the construction which should be put u|)()! or any of its clauses, such doubts shall be referred to the Execu! Connnittee, who shall make a report thereupon to the Synod, .[^^^d their decision upon such a doubt, when sanctioned and confirmed -^ the Lord Dishoi) of the Diocese, shall be final. le m( SI ve ior le 16. When any Clergyman shall have been sentenced, under -i Canon on the Disci])line of the Clergy, to suspension or renii r from the jjcrformance of clerical functions, he shall, ipso facto, for ve all claim upon the Widows and ()ri)hans' Fund. IVovided, ahva ^ that if such suspension or removal be for less than five years, the ^ tenced Clergyman may, on his restoration, revive his claim on 1, o Widows and Orphans' Fund by paymg to the Secretary-Treasurer ^j.j^ the Synod all arrears of entrance money and annual subscriptions '^ j.^ by him at the time of or subsecjuent to the passing of sentence. ^^^ Should a Clergyman, sentenced to suspension or removal fo: stated period not exceeding \\\c years, die while under sentence. ' i\ widow and family shall be entitled to enjoy the benefits of ayr Widows and Orphans' Fund on payment of all arrears, as re(|uirei;ie 1 the foregoing clause. But this clause nhall noi ap|)ly to any casejshi which sentence has been passed without such express limitation, lall XXVIII. -On the Expenditure of the Clergy Maintenance and Mission Fund. eS ea Preamble. — Whereas it is evpedient, in the administration ses; Diocesan Funds for the maintenance of the Clergy, to recogi e S seniority of [)arochial service in the Diocese, be it therefore enaich as follows, \\z : — - , ' id 1 itte I. There shall be a fund known as the Clergy Maintenance ext ( Mission F'und, which shall consist of the jirocx-eds of such inve-: funds and general offerings of the Dioceiic as arc available for : purposes of this Canon. CANON XXVIII. 47 OF Liiii.DKEN. 2. That tln.' (lulv of maiiitaining the Clcrj;ynia!i aiul providing lim with a residence shall rest primarily u\)<>\\ the parish receiviiijj; declare that I lis services. le late Rev , ,, , ... , ,,, ., . )ectivelv written 3" ' '^'^^ "" ^-lergyiiian shall he a reeii)k;iu Iroiii the (.lerj^y Main- the Widows and '*^"^"^'''' '"^'^^^ '^''^^'"'^ i'"uiul whose parish is deemed ahle to su[)p(;rt . lim according to the sc:ale hereinafter proNitied. 4. 'I'hat every (."lergyman shall he entitled to njceive from the l^Tgy Maintenance and Mission l-"und such a sum as, with the -, ■ '.■' mount for which, as hereinafter provided, his ])arish is assessed, shall ' '^ ■ uffice to bring his stipend to ihe amount re(|uired. as in the scale ^ f K . ;.■,f,.r,^r itii't'inafter |)rovided ; hut no C.'lergvman shall receive from this lund s to the mierpri ,• i, uld be put upoi: sum exceedmg $400 per annum. d to the Lxeciit ^ 'I'hat at the September meeting of the E.\ecuti\e Comiinttee to the Synod, here shall be ai){)ointed annually from the members of said ICxecu- ;d and confirmed ye Committee, a Committee to be calle 1 the Mainl.-nance and .Mis- ions Conimittte, whose duty it shall be to assess all the [)arishes in le Diocese for such sums as the Committee (L-eni them able to con Mi'^enced, under .J5^t■^. towards the maintenance of their Clergymen. The assessment pension or renn j- gj^^,}-, parish, when made, shall continue unchanged for a i)eriod of [i\], //'SO /(if/o, j< 'I've years, tlie first of such periods to date from June ,30th, uSoo ; Provided, ^^hs; j.^.^^^^.^ ^^^.^^^ jj- ^^^^-^^ ^^^, .^ ^-i^^nge ui incumbency, or that after one n five years, the^^^^j, ^j-^^i-j^ assessment it shall be shown to th: satisfai'tion of tlie Main- e his claim on .^jap^.^. and Missions Committee, that th.e unancial aijilitv of any cretary- 1 reasurei ^j.-gj^ ^^^^ Ijeen, since such asses.,menr, seriously im!)aired, it shall be lal subscriptions, ^.j^^ power of said Committee to reo|K n the matter of assessment, ig or sentence. ^^ ^^ reassess the [)arish for the unexj)ired [)ortion (;f such period. )n or removal fn 6. 'J'hat the Maintenance and Missions Committee shall consist under sentence. " the IJishoj), who shall be chairman, and five Clergymen and Wvc the benefits of aymen, of whom three of each order shall be eleele 1 by ballot by •rears, as reciuinvie Executive Committee, and the remainder be nominated by the iply to any castishop. Five mi'inbers of the Maintenaiice and Mission Committee ress limitation, lall be a (juorum. Maintenance and 7- That within one month after the assessment has been made, e Secretary-Treasurer shall notify the Incumbent and Churchwardens each Parish assessed of such assessment. All ai)i)eals against e administratiari easi ece )er £ erst :xi] he t (Signed) ;hai Incuiiihj th 9. That the scale of grants shall Ije as follows :- ers e n{ In each case such an amount as shall, with the parish ;is~ ment, make up the stipend per animm as follows : — - a. For Deacons, . . . . . flleri I). For Priests of less than 5 years in active service in the Diocese, .ay c. " 5 and less than 10 years do. xor d. " 10 " 15 " do. yno( e. " 15 years and over, do. i3eci ecti Proviso I. That the above mcomes for Priests shall be su!.jj^g to the proviso in clause 4, and that in the assessment of parishes ^j,j^ provisicjn of a house be regarded as equivalent to $100, exccpr ^^ the case of Deacons. Proviso II. That if the available income of the Clergy Mali (« ance and Mission Fund be at any time insufficient to provide inci pers according to the foregoing scale, then a* fro rata reduction, to 1:^ ^\^ 1 CANON XXIX. 4t> ving a grant ti 1 of the Excciit such i)arish, ; J and satisfad will be duly | kc a reiK)rt to than loth Jul) EE IREARS, IF ANY, ND UNI'AII), JU 30th, 18. . Siich deficiency, may be made by the Maintenance and Mission Com- nrjittee, of all incomes excejjt those of Deacons, and Prii-sts entitled to receive less than $800 per annum. Proviso III. That the seniority of the Clergy shall be calculated by the number of years of actual parochial service in the Diocese actually completed on the 30th June in each year. 10. That only such Clergymen as are ordained by the Bishop of '.he Dioce.se, or, having come from another Diocese, have been or- dained not more than three vears, are not more than thirtv vears of ige, and have not received an outfit therein, and are appointed to a jarish necessitating the keeping of horse, shall receive the sum of ^100 as an outfit, and this sum shall be given upon condition that at I east three years' service l)e given in the Diocese by the Clergyman eceiving the grant. II. That no Deacon receiving $600 j)er aiuuuu, or Priest $800 )er annum, at the time of the passing of this Canon shall be ad- 'ersely affected by the provisions of sub-sections a, />, i\ of clause 9. [XIX.— On the Election of DelegatesS to the PpovineiHl Synod and of any Committees of the Synod Elected by Ballot. I. The eleciion shall take place first in the order of business on he third day of the annual session of the Synod. ^ =--- 2_ Four Clergymen and four laymen shall be named by the 'hair to act as scrutineers of the vote of each ballot for Delegates Incunibj the Provincial Synod, and four of either order out of which mem- . ers are to be elected, as scrutineers for each (Committee that it may e necessary to elect, the parish un^ , 3. Printed lists shall be prepared, alphabetically arranged, of the |!lerical and Lay members of the Synod, including the names of all in the Diocese, .ay Delegates whose election has been certified to the Secretaries in (Jo. xordance with the Constitution, for delegates to the Provincial ^Q ynod and each Committee on which m.embers are to be elected, (jy iDecifying in each case the number to be elected. In case of the , ection of Committee on Discipline, the list shall only contain the sts shall be ^^"ames of those Clergymen who are eligible for election. The list for nent of parishes ^^^ g^^yeral Committee being distinguished by being printed on paper to $100, excel-- different color. (*) vs the Clergy Mair (•) Note. — Sessions of 1878 and 1S84. /i'^.v^/z'^(/. — That in fuUire the ballot It to provide incipers for the Executive Committee shall denote the members for the past year ' reduction to 1^^ ^'*'^ ^^^ number of quarterly meetings at which each was present, and the reuu . 1 unties arranged alphabetically, showing the residence of each delegate. 5° CANON XXIX. 4. Provided always, that in the event of anyone being eK(t( to act in any capaiit)' under tliis ('anon, who, by action of the S\n during the- session may he declared not a legal number of the sai^ his election shall be void, and the person who obtained the 11 highest number of votes shall be elected instead. i( 5. The lists shall be furnished to the members of the Synod the Secretaries on the first day of session, and they shall bring completed the third morning, each member, who desires to having i)Ut a cross opposite the names of the [)ersons he votes for the variou.-> lists. 6. The order of proceedings shall be varied on the third dav session, by the report of the ('ommittee on Lay Delegates being | sented and dealt with immediately after No. 6, of order of proco ings, {d) and the calling of the roll postponed until after this rep has been disposed of. 7. As each name is called, the person called shall deposit voting papers in the ballot l)oxes to be provided for the purpose, 1 for each Order for each set of ivai)ers. 8. On the balloting being declared closed by the Chairmar scrutineers may, with the i)ermission of the Chair, forthwith reti the i)urpose of counting the ballots, and as soon as the count is (> eluded shall report the result to the Chairman, who shall announce the Synod the names of the members elected. For the purpose 01 quorum, the scrutineers, while engaged in their duties, shall be count as present. NUMUER OF DELEGATES TO PROVINCIAL SYNOD. 9. That in the ballot for delegates, each Clergyman and Layni shall vote for not more than sixteen of their respective Orders, a that the scrutineers be directed to report the names of the sixtr Clergymen and laymen respectively who shall have received the hi: est number of votes ; the first twelve of each order to be consider as the Representatives of this Synod to the Provincial Synod, and t other names to be considered as substitutes ; in case of sickness other good cause why the Representative appointed may not be v to attend the meeting of the Provincial Synod, and in case of tli being required, they shall be taken in the order in which their nan appear on the Scrutineers' report, and the Secretary of the Proviiii Synod shall be notified of the change, at least one week before meeting of the said Synod. ID. That all ballot papers containing more votes than requir for the Committee being voted upon, shall not be counted ; and : Scrutineers shall report every such case to the Synod when anno: cing the result of the ballot. itil s .0 )rc \ei ht C:AN()N XXX. AND XXXI. 51 lyonc l)cing cknCXX.— Clergrymen Entering- the Diocese over Fifty Years of Age. action of the Syn. lumber of the .sair No Cl'-rgyiiuin hcrcattcr cntiring the Diocese, ei'iher by orcUna- ) obtained the n '^'^ or by transfer from another Diocese, i)eing at the time more than ifty years of age, shall share in the benefits (jf eith<.'r the Sujjerannu- ition or the Widows and Orphans' Fund before he has served ten ers of the Synod rears in this Diocese. ey shall bring ho desires to ».XXI. Canon declaring- the true construction of the Constitution, ons he votes lor Rules of Order, and Canons of the Synod, in the When any proposed Canon or proposed amendment to a Canon nee with the thereto is in matter of Amending Canons. on the third dav , ^ 1 r i- )eleLMtes beinu ir^ regularly before the Synod for discussion, in accordai r^f ,.r,w., constitution and Rules of the Synod, anv amendment 1 f order of proc , . , . , . , • , , , • .11, itil after this reni""*^^^ without further notice ; and this has l)een, and is, and shall lereafter be the true construction of the Constitution and Rules of he Synod, in that behalf id shall deposit for the purpose. >/ ' the Chairmar , forthwith reti s the count is c ) shall announce )r the purpose 01 ies, shall be count . SYNOD. gyman and Layn; ective Orders, a mes of the sixtc e received the hii, er to be consider cial Synod, and : ase of sickness d may not be a d in case of tb which their nan y of the Proviiit week before otes than requi: counted ; and : lod when anno. '■¥'' r^' 52 HILL. BILL [189 An Aet to enable the Synod of Huron to consolidate ai manage its Trust Funds. Whereas the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron, their meeting in the month of June, A.D., 1890, adopted a resoluti for the consolidation of the trust funds of the said Synod, and : ferred the matter to the Executive Committee of the said Synod, take such steps, including legislation by Parliament, as might necessary to carry the same into effect ; and whereas pursuant the to, the said Executive Committee, at their meeting in December la adopted the following : — 1. That the several trust funds and securities now, or whi shall at any time hereafter be held by the Synod, be consolidated in one fun-^, so as to form but one investment account, and that t: profits a -rived therefrom, after payment of expenses, be distribut: to those entitled, />ro rata, according to the respective capital of ea trust. 2. That for the purpose aforesaid, all securities for money ht by the Synod upon any trust, and all income-producing real esta; vested in and managed by the Synod, on the 30th day of April, i8r, fc shall be valued as of that date (less any interests and rents past d y( at the time, and accrued interest and rents) ; and the amount of su as value, together with any cash held by the Synod at that date, belor cl ing to the capital of and of the trust funds of the Synod, shall for tr the capital of said consolidated fund, and the amount in value oft securities of any trust ascertained as aforesaid, together with a; cash capital held by the Synod at that date for such trust, and t at amoun; of the value of the real estate, if any, then belonging to tl trust shall be deemed to be, and be treated as, the amout of the th: total capital of such trust. Provided, always, that in valuing su in real estate, the value thereof shall be taken to be such an amouht fo if invested at six per cent, per annum, would produce about, but i cr more than, the amount of the net income then being derived fn pe such real estate. But in case of sale of such real estate by t Synod at any time thereafter, then the amount of the net procee of such sale shall be substituted in the capital of such trust, and th the capital of said consolidated fund, foi the amount of the va- lo of such real estate ascertained as aforesaid. 3. Th.it the amount of all interest and rents past due, and of interest and rents accrued at said 30th day of April, 1891, upon in' or any of the trust funds of the Synod shall immediately thereat; tir be ascertained, and the amount thereof, less expenses, be credited ve BILT,. 53 [189 ) consolidate at Dcese of Huron, adopted a resoliui aid Synod, and ; the said Synod, ment, as might eas pursuant the g in December la ties now, or whi be consolidated in ount, and that t ises, be distribute ctive capital of eat ies for money he educing real estai 1 day of April, 1 8f, and rents past d the amount of su- It that date, belor ; Synod, shall for ount in value oft together with a: uch trust, and t ;n belonging to tl i amout of the th; at in valuing su such an amouhi uce about, but r; )eing derived fr real estate by i of thenetprocec such trust, and lount of the va, the trusts to which they pertain respectively, and !)e paid to those en- titled thereto in two ecjual payments, on the first days of August and November thereafter. Provided, nevertheless, that in case a loss should occur upon any of such securities, whereby any ])art of such past due interest or accrued interest or rents arc lost, after the amount of same shall have i^een disbursed as aforesaid, then, and in such case, such loss shall be a charge upon the future income of the trust to which belonged the security upon which such loss occurred. 4. '['hat inimediateh' after the 30th day of A[)ril in each year, the net pnjfits of said consolidated fund for the jireviocs year, u[) to said 30th day of April, shall be ascertained and be carried to the credit of the income of the various trust funds forming said consoli- dated fund, //v-" rata, according to the amount of the capital fund of each, asc-ertaiPL'd as aforesaid. And the amount of the net profits of saiil consolidated fund for the coming year shall then be apjjroxi- mated, and each a'stui que trusty entitled to receive the income of any of such trust funds, shall be ])aid quarterly, on the first day of August, November, February and May, {pro rata, according to his interest in the premises), a sum ecjual to such ])n)[)ortionate i)art of the amount of said a])pro.\iniated profits as the executive committee of the vSvikkJ shall, from time to time, sanction. And on the first day of August following his//Y^ rata share of the balance, if any, of the then past year's income, according to the profils of the said \'ear, ascertained as hereinbefore ])rovided. XwA such payment shall be a full dis- charge of the trust by the Synod as regards said year's income of such trust. 5. That the Legislature of Ontario be applied to for an Act en- abling the Synod to carry the foregoing into effect. And whereas the said Synod have petitioned for an Act accord- ingly, and have shown that an Act will greatly facilitate the objects for which the several trusts to which the said funds belong were created ; and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition ; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as fol- lows : I. It shall be lawful for the Lrcorporated Synod of the Diocese past due, and of Huron to consolidate into one fund the trust funds and securities, •il, 1 891, upon including income-producing real estate, now or which shall at any lediately thereat! time hereafter be held by the said Synod, so as to form but one in- ses be credited vestment account, and to distrilmte the income and profits derived 54 BILL. therefrom, after payment of expenses, to and among those entitled, pro rata, according to the respective capital of each trust, and to do all things necessary for fully effectuating that object. 2. It shall be lawful for the said Synod, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the preceding section of this Act, and in the carrying out of the said scheme of consolidation, to adopt and follow the details and provisions set out in the said report of the Executive Committee, which is hereby confirmed and declared to be valid with power, to vary the same from time to time in such manner as the said Synod may deem expedient, and the circumstances of the case may require. 3. It shall be lawful for the said Synod to pass canons or by- laws from time to time, as they shall see fit, for more fully effectuating the objects of this Act. W.'.f^ s