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Original Declaration of Principles

(AnOPTKD OCTOBKR, 18M.)

We, tho Bishop and Clerg}', and Representatives of the
Laity of tho United Church of England and Ireland, within
the Diocese of Nova Scotia, assembled together, and intending
under God's blessing and guidance, to consider and determine
upon such matters as shall appear necessary for the welfare
of the Church in this Diocese, desire, in the t^rst place, for
the avoiding of all misunderstanding and scindal, to make
a declaration of the principles upon which we propose to-
])roceed.

We desire tliat the Church in this colony may continue-,
as it has been, an integral portion of the United Church of
England and Ireland,

We recognize the true Canon of Holy Scriptures, as re-
ceived by that Church, to be the rule and standard of faith ;
we acknowledge the Book of Common Prayer and Sacra-
ments, together with the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion^
to be the true and faithful declaration of the doctrines con-
tained in Holy Scriptures ; we maintain the form of Church
Government by Bishops, Priests, and Deacons as Scriptural
and Apostolical ; and we declare our firm and unaniaious
resolution, in dependence on Divine aid, to preserve those
doctrines and that form of Church Government, and to-
transmit them to our posterity.

We uphold the ancient doctrine of our Church, that the
Queen is rightly possessed of the chief government or su-
premacy over all persons within her dominions, in all causes
whether ecclesiastical or civil ; and we desire that such
suprenuicy may continue unimpaired.

It is our earnest wish and determination to confine our
deliberations and actions to matters of discipline, to the
teinporalities of the Churcli, and to such regulations of order
as may tend to Her efficiency and extension.

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CONSTITUTION OF SYNOD.

1. Periodical meetings shall be held, composed of the
Bishop, Clergy and Laity of this Diocese ; and their assembly,
constituted as hereftfter provided, shall be called "The Dio-
cesan Synod of Nova Scotia."

2. Every Clergyman in the Dioce.se, duly licensed by the
Bishop, shall have a seat in the Synod, Presbyters alone
having the right of voting. The Laity shall appear by their
Representatives.

3. An election of Representatives shall take place at the
Easter meeting held in each Parish or Ecclesiastical ])istrict
next before each ordinary meeting of the Synod, and on the
same <lay in each District, which may be entitled to elect
Representatives under Clause 9. Within 30 days after
election the Chairman shall send the names of the Repre-
sentatives to the Lay Secretary. The Parishes shall have
the liberty of choosing their Representatives from any part
of the Diocese.

The following Resolution was adopted at the Eighth
Session: —

" That attention be directed to tlie difficulty which has arisen in some
cases in consequence of the election of the same person by two or more
Parishes, and that the Chairman of every meeting at which a non-resident
may be elected should take care to communicate the election immediately
to the person so elected, with a request that he will state without delay
•whether he can undertake to perform the duties of the office to which he
has been appointed."

4. In any Parish or Mission where in consequence of a
vacancy in the incumi^ency or the absence of the minister,
no Easter meeting has been held, it shall be lawful for the
Church Wardens, or three membei's of the Ve.stry, to sum-
mon a meeting, giving due notice of the same, for the [jur-
pose of electing Representatives for the next Session of the
Diocesan Synod.

5. At the regular election of Synodical Representatives
provisional Representatives may be elected.

G. The Representatives of the Laity must be at least
twenty-one years of age, having been communicants for the
twelve months preceding the election : and every adult male
parishioner may vote for the Parish or District of which he

'd of the
The J)io-

IH a incinher upon subscribing the following dt'olamtion (if
rtMjuiied by the Chairman or any parishioner present) : "I
do declare that I am a member of the Church of England
and belong to no other religious denomination."

7. Kach Representative shall receive from his Minister
a certificate that he is qualified as above, and frotn the
Chairman of the meeting at which he is elected, a certificate
of his (ilection.and shall continue in office until his successor
h'i appointed.

NoTK. — At the Second Session the Synod resolved that the words " Ids
Minister," in the above clause, shall mean the Minister from whom he re-
ceives the Holy Communion, or any Clergyman of the Church of England
who can certify that he is a communicant.

8. If a vacancy should occur in the number of Repre-
sentatives, the minister shall proceed to appoint a new
election with as little delay as possible after due notice ; an<i
in case there be no Minister, then the Church Wardens or
three members of the Vestry, or if there be no Wardens or
Vestry, then any five parishioners may summon a meeting
to HI! up the vacancy.

9. Each Parish or district within a Parish that may have
been placed under the charge of a Clergyman other than the
Rectoi may send tw(j Representatives.

10. Each Parish or district represented in this Synod shall
be assessed tor the purposes of this Synod. The Finance
Committee, one member of which shall be a representative
of a pai-ish or district in Prince Edwards Island shall, subject
t(j the supervision of the Executive committee, be the
assessment committee. The assessment shall be made early
in each year in which a regular meeting of the Synod
is to be held and communicated to the Rector or officiating
Minister of each parish or district not less than four weeks
before Easter. The amount assessed shall be due and shall
be remitted to the Treasurer of Synod imine<liately after
the Easter Meeting; and no Repre.sentative shall be allowed
to take his seat at the ensuing Session of the Synod until
the sum so assessed shall have been paid, together with any
arrears that may thereafter become <lue.

11. The Chairman at the meeting in each Parish for the
election of Repre.sentatives to the Synod shall, upon the
election of such representatives, forthwith transmit? to the

Lay Secretary the certificate of electiun and also the certi-
ficate of (]ualification.

The Treasurer and the Lay and Clerical Secretaries simll
be a Standing Counnitiee on Credentials, whose duty it shall
be to examine such certificates, and also ascertain what
Parishes, if any, have not paid the assessment for which
they have been respectively liable, and report thereon to the
Bishop on the day before the duy of the meeting of the
Synod. Said report to contain the names of those Representa-
tives only whose qualifications have been completed five days
before the meetintif ot the Syno<l. The Bishop shall, immedi-
ately upon the opening of the Synod, lay such report upon
the table.

If any objection be made to such report on behalf of any
pel son claiming seats in the Synod as lay representatives,
the same shall be referred to a Special Committee on Creden-
tials of seven members, of which the Standinsr Committee on
Credentials shall be c.t; o^ci.) members, togeth;.r with four
lay members, whose right to a seat in the Synod is un-
questioned.

No representative whose right to a seat in the Synod is
questioned, shall be a mend^er of or vote for members of the
Special Connnittee on Credentials.

In case the certificates of election and qualification have
•not been transmitted as hu.ein before provided, the Synod
may, for good and sufficient cause, permit an_^'^ representative
at any time to take his seat who produces sufficient proof of
election and qualification. When the precedence of pro-
visional Representatives is not regulated by the certificate of
tappointment it shall be regulated as follcjws :

If more than one person is named in any certificate, then
in the order in winch they are named.

If there is more than one certificate, then according to the
Alphabetical order of the initials of the surnames.

When a provisional Representative shall have been called
and taken his seat, he shall retain it during the se.ssion to tlie
exclusion of the regular Representative ; but if the Synod
adjourns for over a week, the Representatives shall be
entitled to take their seats after the adjournment as at the
commencenient of a new session.

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12. The quorum re(|nired to constitute a Session of the
Synod shall consist of not less than one-fourth of the whole
number of qualified Presbyters in the Diocese, and of the
Lay Representatives whose election shall have been certified
to the Lay Secretary ; but no vote of the Synod shall be
taken unless in the presence of at least three-fourths of those
forming the (juorum, with the Bishop or his commissary
presiding.

13. The vote of each order shall be taken separately,
such vote being determined by the majority of the members
present and voting in each order. And no act or resolution
of the Diocesan Synod shall be valid which shall not have
received the concurrent consent of the Bishop, the Clergj^
and the Laity.

NoTK. —At the Second Session the Synod resolved thiit all the membera
of the Synod present be rec^uired to vote on every ({uestioD.

14. The Clergy being under the obligation implied in
their subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, it is not com-
petent for the Diocesan Synod to make alteration.s in those
formularies, or in the method of interpretation laid down in
the Declaration prefixed to the Thirty-nine Articles, or in
the Book of Common Prayer of the United Church of
England and Ireland, or finally in the authorized version of
the Holy Scriptures. With these exceptions, the Diocesan
Synod may deliberate and decide, by a majority of votes
taken as specified in Art. 13, on all matters affecting the
interests of the Church in the Diocese,

15. There shall bo two Secretaries — one chosen by the
Clergy, the other by the Laity — who shall keep regular
minutes of all proceedings of the Synod.

16. The ordinary meetings of the Synod shall be biennial,
but the Bishop (or in his absence the Archdeacon) shall have
power to snr. ..on additiona' meetings at his discretion.
The ordinary place of meeting shall be in the City of Halifax
but if an invitation be given from any town in the Diocese
by re.sidents of such town willing to make themselves re-
sponsible for the due accommodation of the Synod, and if the
accepting of such invitation be recommended by the Execu-
tive Committee the Synod shall be at liberty to accept it.

17. Any proposition for an alteration of the Constitution
or Canons shall be introduced in writing and considered at

the meetinof at which it was proposed, and if approved by a
majoi'ity .shall lie over to the next meeting of the Synod,
and if tnen again approved by majorities consisting of not
less than two-thirds of both Clergy antl Lay Representatives
present and voting and by the Bishop, it shall be adopted ;
bnt no vote in confirmation of an alteration in the Constitu-
tions or Canons of the Synod shall be taken except at an
ordinary meeting of the Synod. An}^ proposition standing
over for confirmation which shall not have been brought
before the Synod for two consecutive regular sessions shall
lapse.

18. Members of the Church may be present at meetings
of the Synod, on the understanding that they must be sub-
ject to the directions of the Chairman ; and they must be
required by him to withdraw upon the application of any
three members of the. Synod.

19.

The Bishop is recommended by the Synod to adopt
the following Declaration, suggested by the Lambeth
Conference : —

Declaration to he made (in addition to any declaration
required by the rides of the Province or Diocese as to
doctrine and worship) by persons to be admitted to Holy
Orders, and by Clergymen to be adAiiitted to the ciire of
souls, or to any other ofice or trust in the Church :

" I, A. B., do declare that I consent to be bound by aU the
rules and regul.<,tions which have heretofore beer made, or
which may from time to time be aiade by the Synod of the
Diocese of and the Provincial Synod of

or eithev of them [and in consideration of being appointed
I hereby undertake immediately after final
judgment to resign the said appointment, together with all
the rights and emoluments appertaining thereto, if sentence
re(|uiring such resignation should at any time be passed
upon me, after duo examination held by the tribunal ap-
pointed by the Synods of the aforesaid Province and Diocese
for the trial of a clergyman ; saving all rights of appeal."]

[The part in brackets to be omitted when there is no
appointment to a cure of souls, or office, or trust.]

20. Every Parish or Mission in the Diocese is expected
to make at least an annual ofiTering both to its Home and

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Foreign Missions ; and not later than on the second day of
each Session of this Synod, at such hour as the Bishop or
Chairman shall see fit, the Secretary shall read out the
names of all parishes and Missions, with the amount (if any)
paid by them into the respective Treasurer's hands.

21. The following regulations shall be observed in the
election of Delegates to the Provincial Synod : —

If more than the required number of delegates has been
nominated, then the Clergy shall ballot for the Clerical Del-
egates and the Laity for the Lay Delegates. The required
number of candidates havini; the highest number of votes
shall then be put — the Clerical Delegates to the Laity and
vice versa ; and each Order must accept or reject the election
of the other as a whole.

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The Substitutes shall be elected in the .same way, after
the declar.vtion of the names of the Delegates elect.

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1. The business of every day shall be preceded by
special prayer for the Divine guidance and blessing accord-
ing to a form authorized by the Bi.shop.

2. On the first day of the Session, after this prayer,
the Bishop shall lay on the table the report of the Com.
mittee on Credentials.

3. The Clerical Secretary shall call over the roll of the
Clergy, to be furnished by the Bishop, and the Lay Secre-
tary shall call over the list of Parishes and Districts entitled
to send Representatives when the names of the Clergy
and Laity present shall be marked by their respec*:ive
Secretarie.s.

4. The election of new Secretaries .shall then be made by
the Clergy and Laity respectively, which ofiicers shall hold
their offices until their successors .shall be appointed.

The appointment of the Lay Secretary shall be a
permanent one and he need not be a member ot the Synod.

5. The order of business shall be as follows : —

Reeding, correcting and approving the minutes of the
previous meeting.

Appointing Committees.

Presenting, reading and referring memorials and petitions.

Presenting reports of Committees.

Giving notices of motions.

Taking up unfinished busine.ss.

Consideration of motions.

6. All notices of motion given by a Presbyter or a
Representative of the Laity for proceeding at a subsequent
meeting, shall be read over at such meeting, and may be
taken up by any member present at such meeting, in the same
manner as if he had himself given the notice.

7. Before the final adjournment of the Session the
minutes of the last day shall be read and approved.

RULES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF ORDER.

1. When the Bishop or other person presiding has taken
the chair, no member shall continue .standing.

2. When any member is about to speak for the infor-
mation of the Synod, he shall an.se and address himself to the
Chair.

3. No motion or amendment shall beconsidereil as before
the Synod (excepting such as may be proposed by the Bishop
or Committee ) unless seconded and reduced to writing.
Every member giving notice of a motion may at the same
time announce the name of the person by whom it shall be
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4. No member shall speak more than twice on the same
question without asking and receiving permission- from the
Chair.*

5. When a question is under consideration no other
motion shall be received unless to adjourn, to lay it on the
table, to postpone it to a certain time, to postpone it indefin-
itely, to commit it, to amend it, or to divide it ; and motions
for any of these purposes shall have precedence in the order
here named.

6. Motions to adjourn, or to lay on the i/able shall be
-<3ecided without debate.

7. When a motion has been read to the Synod by the
Secretary, it cannot be withdrawn by the mover without the
consent of the Synod.

8. Each member shall have the right to require at any
period of the debate that a question in discussion be read
for his information.

9. A member called to order whilst speaking shall sit
down unless permitted to explain.

10. All questions of order shall be decided by the
Chair.

11. All amendments to a motion shall be considered in
the order in which they are moved.

12. When a proposed amendment is under considera-
tion no amendment to such amendment shall be in order ;
yet a substitute tor the whole matter may be proposed and
received, provided it deals directly with the subject in hand.

13. All amendments to any question shall be decided
on before the question or motion On which they arise is pro-
posed for deci.sion.

14. A resolution proposed for confirnirttion cannot be
amended, but must be accep'ad cr rejected as a whole.

*The following resolution has been adopted at each of the late sessions :
— •• No member of the Synod shall occupy the time of the house for more
than ten minutes in any one address, except the mover and seconder of a
motion, who shall be allowed twenty minutes.

15. Whilst any (|ue.stion is being put from the chair
the members shall continue in their seats, and shall not hold
any private discourse ; and when a motion is so put, no
member shall retire until such motion is disposed of.

16. In voting, those who vote in the affirmative shall
first rise, and then those who vote in negative. ,

17. A question being once determined shall not again
be drawn into discussion in the same Session without the
special sanction of the Bishop.

18. No protest or dissent shall be entered on the
minutes of the proceedings ; but when recjuired by any one
member, the number of affirmative and negative votes shall
be recordeil.

19. When the Synod is about to rise, every member
shall keep his seat until the Bishop or other person presiding
has left the chair.

20. Unless called upon by any member of the Synod,
to do so, it shall not be the duty of the Chairman of the
House, to ascertain the number of Clergy or Lay Represen-
tatives present.

RULES REGARDING COMMITTEES.

1. The names of members of Committees shall be pro-
posed by any members of the Synod, and if no more than the
number" of members of such Committee be proposed, then
that shall be such Committee, but if a greater number, then
a ballot shall be tuken for such Committee.

2 The reports of Committees shall be in writing,
signed by the chairman, and shall be received in course.

3. The chairman of the Couiinittee. or some member
deputed by him, shall explain to the Synod the bearing of
any portion of the report, if recjuested by any member of
the Synod.

4. All reports of Committees reconmiending any action
or expre-ssion of opinion shall be accompanietl by a resolution
for the action of the Synod thereon.

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at any Session of the Synod to report at its next Session,
and not later, unless by consent of the Synod a longer time
to do so be granted.

6. All vacancies in Committees having charge of trust
funds shall be filled by the Synod and the Synod shall have

power to remove from such Committees any members for
■cause deemed sufficient by the Synod.

A list of nominations of members to fill such vacancies
shall be prepared by a Committee of seven appointed by ttie
Synod, and laid on the table at the first meeting or opening
•iay of the Synod.

All other committees shall be appointed at each meeting
of the Synod.

7. The Committee on Education .shall report at every
regular Meeting of the Synod on the general condition of the
•^educational establishment in connection with the Church in
this Diocese especially Kings College and the Collegiate
School at Windsor.

8. Any Committee appointed by the Synod shall be
^considere 1 a standing C'ommittee until discharged by the
usual vote.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Whereas, by the Act of the Provincial Legislature (26
Vic, Cap. 77), this Synod was incorporated with full power
to receive and hold real and personal estate, and to let, sell,
convey, or otherwise dispose of and manage the same or any
part thereof : —

I. The Powers thus granted shall be exercised by a
Committee consisting of the Bishop, nine Clerical and nine
Lay members of this Synod, to be called " The Executive
Committee."

II. At each ordinary meeting of the Synod the Clerical
and Lay member of the Committee whose names respectively

shall stand at the head of the list shall go out of office, also
the Clerical and Lay member whose attendance shall have
been least frequent at the meetings of the Committee ; but
all such members shall be eligible for re-election. If any
vacancy shall occur between the Sessions of the Synod it
shall be tilled up by the Clerical or Lay members, as the
case may be, such nomination to be subject to the approval
of the Synod.

III. The Executive Committee may, at their discretion
accept on behalf of the Synod, real and personal estate to
be,at the dii«posal of the Synod, or to be held in trust for
any religious or charitable object, and may affix the corpo-
rate seal of the Synod to any document which they may be
recjuired to execute with respect to such property.

IV. The Execuiive Committee shall be also the Business
Committee of the Synod. They shall have their report
printed and circulated among the Clergy and Lay Represen-
tatives in the Diocese at least two weeks before the time
appointed for meeting of Synod.

V. The Executive Con)mittee shall publish in any
Church paper that may be established in the Diocese, at
least three months before each meeting of the Synod, the
business to be proposed by them.

ACT OF INCORPORATION

(Passed April 29, 1863.)

Whereas, it is deemed just and expedient to incorporate
the Diocesan Synod of the United Church of England an<\
Ireland of this Province, for the purpose of enabling them
to hold, acijuire and manage real and personal estate for
religious purposes ;

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council and.
Assembly, as follows : —

I. The Synod, consisting of the Bishop, Clergy, and
Representatives of the Laity of the United Church of Eng-

• office, also
shalJ have
'"ittee ; but
'"• If any
' Synod it
ers.as the
' approval

tliscretion
I estate to
trust for
he corpo-
y may be

Business
|r report
^epresen-
fche time

m any

ce.se, at
nod, the

)orate
and

them
for

and

land and Ireland in this Province shall be a body politic and
corporate by the name of " The Diocesan Synod of Nova
Scotia," and by that name may take, receive and hold real
and personal estate ; und may Ut, sell, convey or otherwise
dispose of and manage the same or any part thereof.

II. Nothing in this Act contained shall extend to abridge
•r affect in any way the rights or privileges of any person
or persons not being members of the said Synod, nor of any
corporations, nor shall extend in any manner to confer any
spiritual jurisdiction or ecclesiastical rights whatsoever upon
the said Synod or their successors.

An Act declaratory of the Act to Incorporate the Diocesan
Synod of Nova Scotia.

(Passed the 7th day of May, A. D., 1874.)

Section I. — Nothing in Chapter 77 of Acts 1863 to
interfere with property of Churches in the Diocese of Nova
Scotia.

Be it declared and enacted by the Governor, Council and
Assembly as follows :

I. Nothing in Chapter 77 of the Act of 1863, entitled
" An Act to Incorporate the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia,"
shall be construed to interfere with, alter, or circumscribe
in any way the property, whether I'eal or personal, which
may now, or which may hereafter belong to the several
respective Parishes, Church Corporations or Church Congre-
gations in the Diocese of Nova Scotia, or other rights secured
to such Parishes, Corporations or Congregations, or any of
them, by any Act of the Legislature of this Province, or
otherwise howsoever.

An Act to amend the Act to Incorporate the Diocesan
Synod of Nova Scotia.

Be it declared and enacted by the Governor, Council and
Assembly as follows ; —

I. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act to

incorporate the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia, the Clergy
and Laity of the Church of England in the Province of
Prince Edward Island (who before the passing of such Act
■of Incorporation were represented in the Synod of Nova
Scotia) may, so long as they continue to be under the juris-
diction of the Bishop of Nova Scotia, be admitted as mem-
bers of such incorporated Synod, and may enjoy and
exercise the same rights and privileges therein as the Clert^y
and Laity of the Church of England in this Province.

11 So much of Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1863, entitled,
" An Act to Incorporate the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia,"
or of any other assisting enactment as is inconsistent with
this Act, is repealed.

A71 Act to constitute the Bishop of Nova Scotia a Ooi-por-

ation sole.

(Passed the 4th Day of April, A.D., 1876.)

Whereas, The Bishop of Nova Scotia has been consti-
tuteci a corporation sole by Royal Letters patent, and has
in that capacity received, held, and conveyed real estate :

Be it declared and enacted by the Governor, Council and
Assembly as follows: —

1. The present Bishop of Nova Scotia is, and he and his
successors in office duly elected or acknowledged by the
Sync^l ()f the Diocese of Nova Scotia, shall be a corporation
sole, with perpetual succession, retaining the name of the
Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia, heretofore used, and all real
estate conveyed to, or vested in the Bishop of Nova Scotia,
whether in trustor otherwise, .shall be ve.sted in the .said
corporation sole, subject to all existing trusts.

2. Nothing within this Act contained shall extend in
any manner to confer any spiritual jurisdiction or ecclesias-
tical rights whatsoever upon the said Episcopal corporation
hereby continued or created.

tia, the Clergy
' Province of
g of such Act
'no(i of Nova
'fJer the juris-
tfced as mern-
«njoy and
as the Clergy
covinee.

863, entitled,
'Ova Scotia,"
"sistent with

-* « Oorpor-

876.)

en consti-
t, and has
estate :

'uncil and

e and his
by the
Iporation
of the
all real
Scotia,
'he said

|fcend in
Jle.sias-
>ration

CHURCH ACT.

(Passed in 1876, and Amended 1879.)

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Assembly as
follows : —

1. No person shall officiate as a Minister of the Church
of England within the Province of Nova Scotia but such as
shall be duly licensed or instituted to the cure of souls by
the Bishop of the Diocese, having previously subscribed to
such declarations of assent and conformity to the doctrines
and discipline of the Church of England as may be enjoined
in Englaud at the time of making such subscriptions, except
so far as they, or any cf them, may be contrary to or incon-
sistent with the Canons or Regulations of the Provincial or
Diocesan Synods. And no license or institution shall be
refused without the reasons therefore being duly signified
in writing and delivered to the applicant within three
months from the date of application for such license or letters
of institution.

2. The Pari-shes already established shall remain as here-
tofore, and when any church shall be erected for Divine
Service, according to the rites of the Church of England, the
Bishop of the Diocese may allot a district which snail be the
parish of such church. The Bishop may also divide and
sub-divide any Parish now established or hereafter to be
established ; but no Parish shall be divided or sub-divided
unless on the application of the majority of the parishioners
present at any public meeting of the Parish called for the
consideration of such a measure.

8. When any rectory shall be vacant a meeting of the
parishioners shall bo summoned either by the Church
Wardens or by any five parishioners, either by notice given
in the church, or churches if there be more than one, during
the time of Divine Service, or if there be no public service
in the Parish, then by notice aflixed to the door or doors of
the church or churches, such notice to be given in any case
not less than 15 nor more than thirty days before the day
of meeting, at which meeting a clergyman in full orders of
the Church of England, or of any branch of the Church of

England, may be elected Rector by a majority of the parish-
ioners then present. A copy of the resolution containing the
name of the person elected shall be forthwith forwarded to
the Bishop, attested by the signatures of the Chairman and
two other parishioners ; and the Clergyman so elected, when
he shall have obtained the Bishop's Letters of Institution,
shall be inducted by the Bishop into the said Parish. If no
election be made within twelve months after the occurrence
of a vacancy, the Bishop shall be at liberty to appoint a
Rector

4. The Rector, or Clergyman officiating as Rector, and
the parishioners of every Parish, shall meet annually on
Monday in Easter week, notice of the hour and place of
meeting having been first given by the Rector or officiating
Clergyman, at which meeting two Church Wardens and
twelve Vestrymen shall be chosen by the parishioners,
and any parish business may be transacted. The Rector,
With the Church Wardens and Vestry so elected, in all mat-
ters connected with the Church and persons usually attend-
ing its services and ordinances within their respective
Parishes, shall have the like powers as they have heretofore
exercised in this Province. In the absence of the Rector, or
Clergyman officiating as Rector, or as a duly licensed Curate,
the parishioners may at any meeting elect their own Chair-
man. Where there are two or more churches in one Parish,
the congregation of each Church other than the Parish
Church may meet together annually to appoint two Chapel
Wardens, who, subject to the control of the Rector, Wardens
and Vestry, shall have the charge of said Church or Chapel ;
and the exercise of this right shall not mterfere with the
right of the parishioners included in the said congregation
or congregations, to take part in the Easter meeting for the
election of Church Wardens and Vestrymen for the whole
Parish.

5. If in consequence of a vacancy, or for any other reason
no Easter meeting shall be held in any Parish, the Church
Wardens and Vestry of the previous year shall continue in
office, provided that any Warden or Vestryman may resign
his office, by notice in writing sent to the Bishop or to his
Commissary administering the Diocese, who, upon the receipt
of any such resignation shall communicate the same to the
Parochial authoritie.s. In case of the refusal to act of any
person elected to the office of Church Warden or Vertryman,

nty of the pansh-
'lon containing the
mth forwarded to
he Chairman and
n so elected, when
rs of Institution,
itl Parish. If no
er the occurrence
'^^ty to appoint a

? as Rector, and
eet annually on
ir and place of
tor or officiating
» Wardens and
'e parishioners,
• The Rector,'
'<;ed, in all niat-
usually attend-
leir respective
'ave heretofore
the Rector, or
censed Curate,
»• own Chair-
in one Parish,
^ the Parish
,t two Chapel
tor, Wardens
^1 or Chapel ;
•I'e with the
congregation
etingforthe

r' the whole

Ither reason

the Church

Continue in

lay resign

or to his

|he receipt

|nie to the

2t of any

[rtrynian.

or of any vacancy or of vacancies in either of the said offices
(l)y death or resignation) the vacancy or vacancies may be
filled at a meeting held at any time of the year, as hereafter
provided, after due notice.>s Either at the Easter meeting, /(
or if so ordered at the Easter Meeting, at a meeting of the
Vestry held not later than three weeks after the Parish
meeting or adjourned Parish meeting, the out-going Wardens
shall present their accounts, and shall transfer to the newly
elected Wardens the books and all documents, monies or
other property belonging to the Parish which shall be iu
their possession.

6. The Rector, Church Wardens and Vestry of each
Parish shall together be a body politic and corporate with
the style of " The Rector, Wardens and Vestry of the Parish.

of ," with power to sue and be sued, to receive grants

of real and personal estate for the use of the Church and all
Parish purposes, to improve the same and receive the rents
thereof for the like use, and with the approval of the Bishop
to sell and convey such real and personal property, and to
have a common seal and to make by-laws and regulations,
consistent with the laws of the Province, for the management
of the temporalities of the Church and the due and orderly
conducting of the affairs ; provided, nevertheless, that if at
any time the Parish be without a Rector the same rights and
privileges shall be vested in the Wardens and Vestry until
the appointment of a Rector, except so far as relates to the
permanent alienation of any property. All the real and per-
sonal property belonging to any Parochial corporation, shall
hereafter be and become vested in the Rector, Wardens and
Vestry of that Parish in their corporate capacity, subject
to any existing rights or trusts therein.

7. The outgoing Wardens of each Parish shall prepare
and submit to the annual meeting of parishioners, a return
of the property of the parochial corporation, whether real or
personal, and of all monies that may have been invested by
or on behalf of the corporation during such year, and a
schedule of the securities and the rate of interest upon which
such investments have been made, which return the incoming
Wardens shall within three weeks forward to the Registrar
of the Uiocese. And if at any time the Bishop has reason
to believe, in consequence of information received, that the
property of any Parish is not rightly administered, he may
institute legal proceedings against the corporation, or any

officers of the said Parish, throuj^h whose default or neglect
any loss may have been occasioned.

8. The following persons shall be entitled to vote at all
meetings of Parishioners of any Parish of the Church of
England : —

(1.) Men of full age who are, and who have been for not
less than six months, communicants in the said Parish.

(2.) Men of full age who are, members of the Church of
England, habitually attending the services thereof, within
the parish for which they claim to vote, except when tem-
porarily hindered by absence from their ordinary residence
or any other unavoidable impediment, such attendance hav-
ing commenced not less than three months previous to the
day of meeting, being pew-holders, or otherwise contributors
towards the funds for the maintenance of the ministrations
of the said Church of England, in any Church or Chapel,
subject to the control of the corporation of the said parish,
and who are not more than six months in arrears in respect
to such contributions.

Provided always that any person voting, may be required
by the chairman of the meeting or any parishioner present
to sign the following declaration ; — " I do declare that I am
a member of the Church of England, and belong to no other
religious denomination, and am qualified as required by
clause 2, section 8, of the Church Act." And also, when not
voting as a communicant, to produce a receipt or certificate
from the Church or Chapel Wardens, or one of them, or the
Vestry Clerk, showing that he is such pew-holder or contri-
butor, and that he is not more than six months in arrears
as aforesaid.

The parishioners may, from time to time, at any regular
annual parish meeting, define what contributions shall be
deemed necessary to qualify a person not a pew -holder to
vote at any subsequent meeting, and the mode and time of
payment of such definition of qualification shall not take
efiect at any meeting held within six months.

9. The Rector, or Clei'gyman officiating as such, and the
Church Wardens and Vestry, may meet for the transaction
•of business as often as occasion may require at the instance
of the Rector, or the Church Wardens, or on the requisition
of the majority of the Vestry, made to the Rector or Churcu

It or neglect

» vote at all
I Church of

been for not
Parish.

e Church of
reof, within

when tein-
y residence
uiance hav-
ious to the
ontributors
inistrations

or Chapel,
mid parish,
s in respect

^e required
ler present

that I am
to no other
quired by

when not

certificate
em, or the

or contri-
m arrears

ly regular

shall be

holder to

d time of

not take

1, and the
ansaction
instance
jquisitiojj
r Churcjj

Wardens, a majority of the whole number of members of
the Corporation being a (|uorum for the transaction of busi-
ness ; and; the Rector or Clergyman officiating as such,
Church Wardens, Vestry and Parishioners, may assemble for
business connected with the parish as often as it may be
considered necessary, either at the instance or upon the
application of the Rector, or Clergyman officiating as such,
or the Church Wardens, or the Parishioners, provided that
ten at least of the latter sign a recpiisition to that eti'ect,
notice of such meeting and of the business to be transacted
thereat having been given during Divine Service in the
Parish Church on some Sunday , at least thre e days pjeviousjy,
by the minister of the Parish, who shall give tbe req^red
notice whenever called upon as aforesaid, providefl that such
notice shall be placed in his hands in writing at least twenty-
four hours before the time of giving notice.

10. All engagements for the salary of a minister, or for
the temporary performance of Divine ministration shall be
made by the Church Wardens and Vestry, and any subscrip-
tion towards the payment of such salary, .)r other engage-
ment, may be sued for and collected by said Church Wardens.

11. No conveyance by lease or otherwise of any parson-
age held by a Minister of the Church of England shall be
valiil for a longer period than his own incumbency, and no
such conveyance of any property belonging to any Parish
or held by any Rect(n- in virtue of bis office shall be valid
for a longer period than as aforesaid, unless v/ith the con-
currence of the Church Wardens and Vestry expressed in
writing under their common seal, and in no case for a longer
period than twenty-one years ; but with the concurrence of
the Bishop, the Rector and the Church Wardens and Vestry
full and absolute sale and conveyance may be made of any
glebe land or other real estate belonging to the Parish, if the
same be thought for the interests thereof.

12. No person shall be elected a Church VVarden or
Vestryman who is not qualified to vote at a Church meeting
under Clause eight.

13. The Lord Bishop of Nova Scotia ma\' grant a license
to officiate as a Clergyman of the Church of England in this
Province to any person who shall have been admitted to the
order of Priest or Deacon by any Bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States of America, anything

in the Act of the Imperial Parliament of the 26th year of
his late Majesty King George III, Cap. 84, to the contrary
notwithstanding.

14. Cap, 25 of 4th Series of the Revised Statutes is
hereby repealed.

CANONS OF THE DIOCESE OF NOVA SCOTIA.

CANON I.

RBGULATIONS FOR THE DISCIPLINE OF THE CLERGY.

PREAMBLE.

VVheke,iS, It is expedient to define the mode in which the power of the
Bishop shall be exercised ;— We, the Bishop, Cbrgy and Representatives of
the Laity of the Diocese of Nova Scotia, have agreed upon the following
Rules to be observed in order to secure a fair and impartial tribunal for the
trial of any Clergyman who may hereafter be charged with any offence
rendering him liable to any Ecclesiastical sentence.

I. — In every case of any Clerk in Holy Orders who may
be charged with any offence against the laws ecclesiastical,
or concerning whom there may exist scandal or evil report,
the Bishop shall, upon the written application in duplicate
of flsven male communicants of the Pansh in which the
accused resided, one of whom shall be named as Secretary, or
inay, if he shall think tit, of his own mere motion, issue a
Commission under his hand and seal to five Presbyters of
not less than seven years' standing, and the Commi.ssi jaers
so appointed, or any three ol them, shall inquire into the
truth of the charges alleged against the party accused as set
forth in their Commission, notice of the time and place of
such inquiry having been given to the party accused and to
the persons, if any, upon whose application or complaint the
commission may have been issued (through their Secietary),
not less than thirty days before the time appointeJ for the
commencement of the inquiry.

And in the course of such inquiry the Commissioners
shall receive all such evidence as may be tendered to them
whether for or against the party accused, and said evidence
shall be taken do vn by them in writing.

le 26th year of
to the contiary

seel .Statutes

SCOTIA.

E CLKRGY.

the power of the
epresentativesof
»n the following
tribunal for this
'ith any offence

'rs who rnav
ccle.siastical,
e^'il report,
n duplicate
which the
eeretary, or
on. issue a
sbyters of
missij^iers
into the
used as set
^ place of
<'<' and to
'laint the
;cretaryX
' ^or the

1 SSI oners

to them

t^'vidence

And the said Commissioners, or any three of them, shall
report in writing within 30 dayr? from the day of the date
of the hearing, unless they, or any three of them, shall by a
memorandum in writing extend such time, whether in the
opinion of the majority of those present there be or be not
sufficient prima facie ground for instituting further pro-
ceedings ; which report shall be accompanied by a copy of
the evidence upon which it is founded.

II. — And in all cases when the Commissioners or any
three of them, shall have reported that there is prima facie
ground for further proceedings, the Bishop, with the written
consent of the party accused, may pronounce judgment
without further proceedings.

III. — If the Commissioners, or any three of them, shall
report that there is pHma facie ground for the further
proceeding, and the party accused shall not consent to have
judgment pronounced as aforesaid, then, but not otherwise,
three Clerks in Holy Orders, or three Clerks and three
Laymen, shall be nominated as hereafter provided to sit
with the Bishop or his Commissary, specially appointed for
this purpose to hear the cause.

IV. — In every case where privxa facie ground fpr further
proceedings has been found, and in which, from the nature
of the offence charged, the charge not being one of error in
Doctrine only, it shall appear to the Bishop that great
scandal is likely to arise from the Clergyman accused con-
tinuing to perform the services ot the Church while such
charge is under investigation, the Bishop shall cause a notice
to be served on the accused at the same time with the
service of the copy of the charge, or at any time pending the
proceedings, inhibiting him fi'om performing any service of
the Church during the investigation, or until the Bishop
shall withdraw the inhibition.

V. — At each regular meeting of the Synod a Board of
Discipline, consisting of 1 3 Presbyters pf not less than ten
years standing and of 13 Lay members of the Synod, shall
be appointed.

VI. — The Clerical Secretary of the Synod, or if he should
be absent from the Province or be the person accused, the
Lay Secretary of the Synod, shall be Registrar of the Court
hereinafter provided.

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VII.— -If the Bishop shall determine to institute proceed-
ings, his intention shall be made known by notice in writing
to the person accused within three calendar months frorn
the date of the Commissioners' report.

At a time and place to be fixed by the Registrar of the
Court, fifteen days notice of which shall be given in writing
to the complainants through their -secretary, and accused,
they shall attend personally or by agents before the
Registrar, and shall alternately, the accused commencing,
strike out one name frorn the 'list of the members of the
Board of Dicipline, to be provided by the Registrar for that
purpose, until the number be reduced, when the charge is
one of error in Doctrine, to three Presbyters, and in all
other cases to three Presbyters and three Laymen, who shall
be the assessors for the trial of the accused."

refuse or neglect to

In case either of the parties shall
attend at the time and place appointed, or to strike "otf the
names as above provided, or if the complainants cannot agrea
among themselves upon the name or names to be struck off
by them, the Registrar' shall act on behalf of the party so
refusing or neglecting or not agreeing, and strike off the
requisite number of names.

If the Commission has been issued by the Bishop on his
own motion, the Registrar shall alternately with the accused
or his agents strike off the names as above provided.

If both complainants and accused refuse or neo-lect to
attend at the time and place appointed for striking "off the
names, the Bishop shall select three Presbyters and three
Laymen, as may be reijuired, from the Board of Discipline,
as assessors for the trial of the accused.

In case the assessors are selected by the parties or by one
of the parties and the Registrar as above provided, the
Registrar shall at once forward their names to the Bishop,
and he shall also riotify him in case neither party shall
attend before him at the time and place appointed.

After the assessors have been selected or appointed, the
Bishop shall fix the time and place for the trial, and the
Registrar shall give the complainants (through their Secre-
tary) and accused twenty-one days' notice thereof in writing.

Ill

J institute proceerl-
y notice in writiuo-
I'lar mouths from

Registrar of the
^ given in writino-
ttJ-y, and accused"
rents before the'
sed commencincr

members of th^'J

%i.strar for that
'n the charge is
•yters, and in all
tynien, who shall

se or neglect to
strike otf the
^ts cannot agrea
to be struck off
>* the party so
stnkn off the

Bishop on his
th the accused
ovided.

or neglect to
>King off the
r« and three
0*^' J^iscipline,

VIII. — At the trial there shall be at least two of the
Clerical and one of the Lay Assessors, or in questions of
doctrine the three Clergy present with the Bishop or his
Commissary ; and the course of proceedings shall be in all re-
spects, as far as possible, in conformity with the ordinary
practice of Courts of Justice. And if, after full investigation
and examination, the truth of the charges shall be proved
to the satisfaction of the Bishop or his Commissary and a
majority of the assessors, (or in questions of doctrine of a
majority of the Clerical Assessors), sentence shall be pro-
nounced by the Bishop.

IX. — If the Bishop himself be promoter of the suit, then
the Court shall consist of Assessors appointed as before
directed, and of some Bishop of the Province whom the
Metropolitan shall be requested to appoint for that purpose.
Shou'd the Bishop of Nova Scotia be Metropolitan, then the
request shall be made to the Senior Bishop. In case of no
appointment by the Metropolitan or Senior Bishop, as the
case may be, the Senior Clerical member of the Board of
Discipline shall act as Bishop's Commissary in the suit.

X. — If the party accused shall not appear on the day
appointed for trial, after having received the notice thereof,
the cause may nevertheless be heard and determined as if
he r/ere present, unless there shall appear to be sufficient
cause for deferring proceedings to a future day.

XI. — Advocates shall be allowed on both sides, at the
pleasure of the parties, provided they are Clergymen of th e
Church of England or Laymen, who tleclare themselves to be
members of the said Church, and to belong to no other
communion.

«es or by one
'oyided, the
t'le Bishop,
party shall'
id.

>ointed, the
a), and the
heir Secre-
'» writing.

XII. — In case at any time when the services of the Board
of Discipline are required there should be vacancies therein
in consequence of death, absence or other cause, or 'f the
person accused shall be a member of the Board, the Execu-
tive Committee shall at once till up all such vacancies, so
that in all cases there may be 13 Presbyters and 13 Lay
members available for the purpose hereinafter knentioned.

XIII. — The following sentences may be pronounced and
punishments imposed upon oSending Clergymen : Admoni-
tion, suspension from the exercise oi his office deprivation

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or removal from his office in the Church, otherwise called
deposition, and degradation from the ministry.

XIV.— Admonitions shall be in private. When the
penalty of suspension is inflicted, the sentence shall specify
on what terms or at what time the suspension shall cea.se.
During his suspension the Clergyman shall not exercise the
function of his ministry in his own congregation or elsewhere,
on pain of deprivation and deposition ; and during such
suspension the Bishop may appoint another Clergyman to
supply the place of the suspended Clergyman, and may apply
a part or the whole of the e noluments or income of the
Parish Mission or Cure to the payment of such substitute.
When the sentence of suspension is pronounced, the Bishop
shall cause such notice of it to be given to the Clergy and
Laity of the Diocese as he shall think sufficient.

XV.— When the sentence of deprivation or removal from
his office is pronounced, the connection between the minister
so deprived or removed and his Parish or congregation shall
be ipso facto severed, and all offices, rents, issues, profits and
emoluments which he may hold by virtue of such office or
ministry from which he has been deprived or removed shall
v^'holly cease and determine.

XVI. Whenever a minister is so deposed or degraded
from the holy ministry, the Bishop who pronounces the
sentence shall, without delay, cause such sentence to be
publicly read to the several congregations of the Diocese by
the respective ministers thereof, and shall also give notice
to all the Bishops of the Province.

XVII. — All proceedings under the.se n.'i^ulations must be
commenced within one year from the dat^ of the alleged
offence ; but when proceedings are brought in respect to an
offence for which a judgment or conviction has been obtained
from a civil or a criminal tribunal, the .suit under this Canon
may be commenced at any time within six months after
such judgment or conviction.

XVIIL— An appeal from this Court shall be to the
" Court of Appeal of the Metropolitan," under Canon 5 of
the Provincial Synod.

XIX.— If the Bishop shall be of the opinion that the
■charge alleged in the memorial is frivolous and vexatiou.s,

therwise called
Y-

'• When the
e «hall specify
'fl shall cease.
3t exercise the
lor elsewhere
during such
^iergyman to
fid may apply
'come of the
jh substitute.
'' the Bishop
• Clergy and

Jnioval from
the minister
Ration shall
' profits and
ch office or
loved shall

degraded
>iinces the
nee to be
diocese by
ve notice

•or that the matters alleged show no cause or offence for
which the party is amenable under this Canon, he shall state
his decision in writing, with his reasons therefor, and endorse
the same upon or attach it to one copy of said memorial and
file the same on record with the Secretary of the Synod, and
shall also cause the other copy of the said memoriaf, with a
copy of his decision endorsed thereon, to be returned to the
complainant.

XX. — No Clergyman inhibited under the fourth clause
shall be deprived during continuance of such inhibitions of
any of the emoluments of his office.

XXI. — The complaining party shall deposit SI 00 with
the Registrar of the Court to meet expenses to abide the
result of the trial.

XXII. — The Synod shall meet the expenses if the Bishop
finds it necessary to institute proceedings.

XX III. — Every notice or citation under this Canon shall
be served upon the person or persons to whom it shall be
addressed, either personally or by leaving a copy thereof at
his usual or last known place of residence.

CANON II.

ELECTION OF A BLSHOP.

must be
alleged

ct to an

btained
Canon

IS after

to the
>n 5 of

the
tious,

When the See is vacant the Archdeacon of Nova Scotia,
or in case of his absence or incapacity the Senior Presbyter
of the Diocese, being a member of the Synod, shall, within
a fortnight after the occurrence of such vacancy, summon a
meeting of the Synod, to be held in not less than thirty
days, to elect a successor to the See, at which meeting the
said Archdeacon, or in his absence the Archdeacon of Prince
Edward Ishind, or in the absence of both, the senior Presby-
ter oresent shall preside*; and it shall be the duty of such
Archdeacon or Presbyter to forward as early as possible the
name of the Bishop elect to the proper authorities. And at
such meeting of the Synod no other business shall be trans-
acted.

^Seniority to be counted from Date of Priest's Orders.

In the election of a Bishop the Clergv and Laity shall
vote separately by ballot. A majority of votes in each order
shall determine the choice, provided that two-thirds of the
Clergy entitled to vote are pr&sent, and two-thirds of all the
Lay Representatives, otherwise two-thirds of the votes of
each order shall be necessary to determine the choice.

CANON IIL

OF DIVINITY STUDENTS.

1. No person shall be admitted as a Divinity Student
until he shall have presented to the Bishop a medical certiti
cate as to his health, also testimonials of good moral
character and of general fitness, signed by the Rector or
Clergyman of the Parish in which he residues, and by three
conununicants of said Parish, approved by the Rector or
Clergyman in charge.

2. No Candidate siiall be allowed to remain on the list of
Divinity Students or to continue to receive a Divinity
Scholarship unless the report to be made to the Bishop an-
nually by the President of the College and the Professor of
Divinity on his Progress in his studies, and his general
deportment be a favorable one ; but in the case of an un-
favorable report being made, in appeal shall be allowed to
the Visitor of the CoUeire.

3. Every Divinity Student shall be expected to pass a
Matriculation Examination, and to take a full Arts Course,
except in cases where an exemption is specially allowed'
by the Visitor. f j

CANON IV.

OF ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES INTO THE MINISTRY.

I. In addition to the testimonial hitherto required for
Holy Orders, Candidates for the Diaconate shall produce to
the Bishop testimonials of their acquirements and moral
character from the Head of the College where they received
their education, and also a declaration from a majority of
the Executive Committee of the Synod, that they are satis-
fied either from personal knowledge or afoer incjuiry made
as to their moral character.

it| Laity shair
\ii\ each order
■.<^hird.s of the
"■;'« of all the

the votes of

choice.

'jty Stu.lent
licai eertiri
food moral
■ Hector or
»f' by three
i^ector or

'^he list of
J^ivinity
}^^hop an-
^i'essov of
. greneral

'^vved to

^ pass a

Course,

allowed

|v.

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Jee to
iioral

ived
ty of
latis-

ade

2. If a majoritj of the Executive Committee do not
report favourably of any candidate, he shall have the right
to appear before the Executive Committee and state his own
case ; and if after such hearing a majority of the Committee
then present report favourably, the Candidate may forth-
with be recommended for admission to Holy Orders ; for the
purposes of such hearing seven shall be a quorum of the
Executive Committee.

3. The Si Quia shall be read on three successive Sundays
in the Church of the Parish where the Candidate resides,
and if the Bishop sees fit, in some other Church, and shall
be posted in a conspicuous place in such Church or Churches.

4. At each meeting of the Synod, the Bishop shall lay
upon the table the names of all persons ordained by him
since the last preceding session of the Synod ; and the names
of those persons who have signed the testimonials of each
candidate ordained Deacon shall also be stated.

CANON V.

OF DEACONESSES.

1. Women of devout character and approved titness
may be set apart by the Bishop of this Diocese according to
such form as he shall approve.

2. The duties proper to a Deaconess are declared to be
the care of the sick and poor, the education of the young,
the religious instruction (under the control of the incumbent
of the Parish or Mission) of the neglected, the rescue of the
fallen, and duties of a kindred nature.

3. No woman shall be set apart for the work of a
Deaconess under 30 years of age, unless for special reasons
to be approved by the Bishop, and in no 'case under 25.
Every candidate must produce testimonials (a) that she is a
communicant, (b) that she is qualified in the judgment of
the persons testifying for at least one of the branches of
duty named, to be signed by a Presbyter, and two male and
three female members of the Church. The Bishop shall
also satisfy himself that she has sufficient preparation for
the work.

4. A Deaconess may at any time after three month's
notice resign her office into the hands of the Bishop from
whom she received it, and for good cause the Bishop may
withdraw her authority ; but no Deaconess having so re-
signed her commission shall be capable of being reappointed.

5. A Deaconess may be transferred from this Diocese to
another at the request of the Bishop to whose jurisdiction
she is transferred.

6. No Dertooness shall be sent to any Mission or Parish
without the written consent of the incumbent of the Parish
or Mission.

7. In case of two or more Deaconesses living together in
one community, the constitution, rules and government
thereof must be submitted to the Bishop for his approval,
and no manual of devotion shall be used without his
sanction.

CANON VI.

TO PROVIDE STATISTKJAL INB'ORMATION, AND TO SECURE AN
ACCURATE VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE CHURCH.

Whereas, a full and accurate view of the State of the
Church in the Diocese from time to time is not only highly
useful and expedient, but also absolutely necessary for the
well-being and growth of the Church, therefore be it
enacted :

1. That every clergyman in charge of a Parish or
Mission, or, if the Parish be vacant, the Wardens, shall
furnish Statistical Returns, according to Schedules prepared
by the Secretary and the Executive Committee and approved
by the Bishop.'

2. That every clergyman not regularly settled in a
Parish or Church, andlolding the Bishop's License, shall
also make similar returns by filling in clauses in foregoing
Schedules which may cover any occasional Services he may
have performed.

3. That every Licensed Lay-Reader shall also furnish
to the Incumbent or in the case of a vacant Parish or of a

il!-!i!

three month's
e Bishop from
e -Bishop may

having so re-
? reappointed.

his Bioce.se to
8 J"ns,iiction

'«n or Parish
)t the Parish

' together in
government
i« approval,
'Without his

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te of the
Khio-hly
tor the
he it

Irish or
shall
epared
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in a

shall
going-
! may

'nish
of a

District separated from a Parish to the Rural Dean, similar
returns for the Parish or District to which he is licensed,
filling in clauses in foregoing Schedules which may apply to
his office.

4. That every Rural Dean shall furnish statements
concerning his chapter according to Schedule prepared by
the Bishop.

5. That blank forms shall be issued by the Bishop
through the Clerical Secretary of the Synod to all persons
from whom the aforesaid reports are required.

6. That all such returns shall be duly filled up to the
thirty-first day of December, and be sent in each year on or
before the last day of February to the Rural Dean, who
.shall tabulate all such reports according to Schedules pre-
pared by the Secretary, and send them together with his
decanal report to the Bishop or his commissary, who shall
lay all such returns before the Executive Committee.

7. That the Secretary of the Executive Committee
shall tabulate all such reports, and submit the same duly
signed by the Bishop or his Commi,s.sary, on the first day
of every Session of the Synod, and that these Statistical
returns shall be printed and published with each B. H. M.
Report.

8. That no grant shall henceforth be payable to any
clergyman from Diocesan Funds in default of rendering said
returns so long as any such default shall continue.

9. The Reports required by this Canon to be received
as far as po.ssible in place of other returns at pre.sent made
by the Clergy.

At the Seventh Ses.sion it was resolved that the altera-
tion of the 36th Canon adopted by the Church of England
be accepted and adopted by this Synod, which Canon is sub-
stantially as follows: (See Gallon XIV. of Provincial Synod
of Canada of the oaths and subscription of the Clergy.)

Every person about to be ordained Priest or Deacon
shall, before ordination, in the presence of the Bishop by
whom he is to be ordained, and every person about to be
licensed to any Curacy, or to be instituted to any benefice^
shall, before obtaining such license or being so instituted^

I'i

mnke and subacribe the following declarations and take the
tollowing oaths :

1. The " Declaration of Assent" so called :

" I, ( A.B..) do solemnly make the following declaration :

I assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion and to
the Book of Common Prayer, and of the Ordering of
Bishops, Priests and Deacons ; I believe the doctrine of the
Church of England as therein set forth to be agreeable to
the Word of God, and in Public Prayers ami administration
of the Sacraments I will use the Form in the said Book
prescribed, and none other, except so far as shall be ordered
by lawful authority."

The Oath of Allegiance

"I, (A. B.,) do swear that I will be faithful and bear true
allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, her heirs and
successors, according to law. So help me God."

The Oath of Canonical Obedience.

" I, (A. B.,) do swear that I will pay true and Canonical
obedience to the Lord Bishop of and his suc-
cessors in all legal and honest commands. So help me
God "

Before institution to any Benefice, the persons to be
instituted shall also subscribe the following "Declaration
against Simony."

" I, (A. B.,) solemnly declare that I have not made by
myself or by any other person any payment, contract, or
promise of any kind whatsoever which, to the best of my
knowledge or belief, is simoniacal touching or concerning

the obtaining the preferment of (, ), nor will I at

any time hereafter perform or satisry in whole or in part
a!iy such kind of payment, contract or promise made by any
otiier without my knowledge or consent."

CANONS OF PROVINCIAL SYNOD.

The following Canons and Rule of Order of the Pro-
vincial Synod of Canada are published for the information
of Clergy and Laity

CANON. IL

ON SUBMISSION OF CLERGY TO THE CANONS OF THE PRO-
VINCIAL AND DIOCESAN SYNOD.

No Bishop within this Province shall hereafter grant hi.-?
license to any Clergyman to the cure of souls until such
Clergyman has first subscribed and declared his submission
to the Canons of the Provincial Synod and of the Synod of
the Diocese of such Bishop, in the following form :

I, A. B., do willingly subscribe to and declare that I
assent to and abide b}' the Canons which have been, or shall
be from time to time passed by the Provincial Synod or the:
Synod of the Diocese of

CANON III.

ON THE POWERS OF THE METROPOLITAN.

8. Upon a memorial signed by two-thirds of the Clerical'
and Lay members of any Diocesan Synod, certified to be
such by the Clerical and Lay Secretaries of such Diocesan
Synod, requesting the Metropolitan Bishop to exercise
visitatorial power in such Diocese, the said Metropolitan-
Bishop shall have full power and authority to visit such
Diocese and the Bishop thereof, and during such visitation,
to inhibit the exercise of all or of such part or parts of the
ordinary jurisdiction of such Bishop as to him, the Metro-
politan Bishop, shall seem expedient, and during the time
of such visitation to exercise by himself or his Commissaries
such powers, functions and jurisdiction in and over the said
Diocese as the Bishop thereof might have exercised if he had
not been inhibited from exercising the same.

CANON V.

COURT OF APPEAL OF THE METROPOLITAN — HOW f'ONSTITUTED.

The House of Bishops, presided over by the Metropolitan
or President of the Upper House, or Senior Bishop in their
absence, with two or more assessors to be from time to time
nominated by the said House of Bishops, shall be the Court
of Appeal from the judgment of any Diocesan Couit.

WHEN APPEAL SHALL LIE.

An Appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal in all cases
adjudged by any Diocesan Court on behalf of any party to
the case or proceeding in the Diocesan Court.

There shall be no appeal for any error or ilefect in form
in any proceeding in the Diocesan Court.

An Appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal from the
judgment or decision of the Bishop of any Diocese.

I-

1%'

CANON VI.

OF MINISTERING IN PARISHES.

1. NoClergyman shall absenthimself from hischarge for
more than four weeks at a time, without the written consent
of a Bishop, or in his absence, of his Commi.ssary.

2. No person shall be permitted to celebrate Divine
Service or perform any office of the Church, permanently
or occasionally, except he shall have been Episcopally and
Canonically ordained, and it shall be the duty of the Incum-
bent or, in his absence, of the Church Wardens, to demand
proof of such ordination and of the good standing of the
Clergyman before permitting him to officiate.

No person shall perform the office of Lay Reader except
he shall hold the Bishop's License.

This Canon shall not apply to the students of any Theo-
logical College so as to prevent thetn from reading the
Lessons in College Chapel, or to La3'men occasionally
officiating where there is a necessity for it.

3. No Clergyman shall officiate in any Mission or Parish
either as a substitute for the Incumbent or as his assistant
for more than one month without the written license of the
Bishop or the Bishop's Commissary.

4. No Bishop of one Diocese shall perform any Episcopal
Functions in another without the sanction of the Bishop
thereof, save in the case provided for V)y the Canon relating
to the powers of the Metropolitan, nor shall any Bishop
perform any such functions in any vacant Diocese except by
instruction from the Metropolitan, or in case of the voidance
of his Diocese, from the Senior Bishop of the Province.

CANON VII.

OF LETTERS TESTIMONIAL.

When a Priest or Deacon in good standing is desirous of
leaving a Diocese it shall be the duty of the Bi.shop to give
him, on his request, the usual " Letters Testimonial," but the
Clergyman receiving tha same shall continue subject to the
Episcopal Jurisdiction of the Bishop, till the Letters Testi-
monial shall have been presented according to their address
and accepted by the Bishop to whose Diocese the Clergyman
wishes to be transferred ; provided always that if they be
not presented within three months ifter date, they may be
considered as void by the authority whence they proceeded
and shall be void unless they be presented within six
months.

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|ntly
I and
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the

3ept

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CANON X.

OF OFFICIATING OF STRANGE CLERGYMEN IN » DIOCESE.

When a Bishop is aware that a Clergyman not of his
Diocese is officiating, or about to officiate in his Diocese, and
when the said Bishop shall have good reason to believe that
doubts exist regarding the Clergyman's orthodoxy, canonical
ordination, or good morals, then the Bishop may inhibit him
from officiating within his Diocese, by a writing addressed
to him and to the clergy ; and any clergyman, after the re-
ceipt of the Bishop's inhibition, permitting such inhibited
person to perform any clerical function in his Church, or
Mission Chapel, shall be proceeded against by the Bishop for
a breach of Canonical obedience.

RULE OF ORDER— >^o. 33.

No Canon shall be enacted unless the same has been
transmitted by the Secretaries of the Lower House to the
Members of the Provincial Synod, at least one month before
the meeting of Synod, or unless the same has been left over
as unfinished business, and printed in the Journal of the
previous Session.

Ill

RURAL DEANERIES.

Deanery of Lunenburg. — (Rev. W. E. Gelling, R.D.) —
St. Margaret's Bay, Hubbard's Cove, Chester, New Ross,
Blandford, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Bridgewater, New
Dublin, LaHave.

Deanery of Shelburne. — (Rev. T. VV. Johnston, R.D.) —
Port Medway, Liverpool, Shelburne, Barrington, Tusket,
UTarmouth, Lockeport.

Deanery of Annapolis. — (Rev. H. D. DeBlois.M. A., R.D.)
— Weymouth, Digby, Clements, Annapolis, Granville, Bridge-
town, Wilmot.

Deanery of Avon.— (Rev. F. J. H. Axford, R.D.) —
Kentville, Cornwallis, Windsor, Falmouth, Newport, Rawdon,
Aylesford.

Deanery of Amherst. — (Rev. V. E. Harris, M.A., R.D.,) —
Maitland, Truro, Stewiacke, Londonderry, Parrsboro,
Amherst,Pictou, River John,Pugwash, Wallace, Albion Mines.

Deanery of St. George. — (Rev. H. Hamilton, R. D.) —
Antigonish, Guysborough, Manchester, Melford, Country
Harbour, St. Mary's River, Arichat.

Deanery of Tangier. — (Rev. W. Ellis, R. D.) — Beaver
Harbour, Ship Harbour, Three Fathom Harbour, Dartmouth,
Sackville, Tangier, Falkland.

Deanery of Sydney. — (Rev. R. D. Bambrick, M.A., R.D.)
— Cape Breton (with the exception of Arichat.)

Deanery of Halifax. — (Rev. Canon Partridge, D.D., U.D.)
The city of Halifax.

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left over
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1. Rural Deans shall be elected for a perioa of five
years, the out going Rural Dean to be eligible for re-elec-
tion ; but in the absence of the Rurt I Dean for more than
six months, or upon his removal from the Deanery, the
office shall be considered vacant.

2. It shall be the office of the Rural Dean to hold
meetings of the Clergy of his Deanery, in each Parish or
Mission in turn, at least once in six months, for mutual
edification.

3. It shall be the duty of the Rural Dean to examine
from time to time, all buildings belonging to the Church,
and to Report to the Bishop in answer to questions furnished
by him, such questions being sent through the Executive
Committee, and to discharge such other duties as he may be
requested by the Missionary in charge of each Cure to per-
form.

4. The election of the Rural Deans shall ordinarily take
place at the regular meeting of the chapter preceding the
termination of the five years for which the Rural Dean has
been appointed ; but when a vacancy occurs either by the
removal from a Deaner} of a Rural Dean, by death or other-
wise, or from any other extraordinary cause, the senior
clergyman in such Deanery shall call the clergy together,
and at that meeting they shall elect one of their number to
be nominated to the Bishop for the office of Rural Dean.
If the chapter shall fail to elect within six months after a
vacancy shall have occurred the Bishop may make an
appointment. Seniority shall be counted from the date of
priest's orders.

5. The Bishop shall be authorized to transfer a Parish
from one Deanery to another at the request or with the
concurrence of the two chapters affected by such transfer,
and the Bishop may attach new districts to what existing
Deanery he may choose.

ADDENDA.

The Church Wardens of each Parish or District are re-
(|uested to make a return (according to a prepared form) to
«ach Session of this Synod.

The Clergyman of each Parish is required to keep a regis-
ter of the number of adherents of the Church of England in
their several Parishes, specifying their names and number of
(Church families,) Baptisms, Confirmations, Communicants,
&c., &c., in a book with printed headings, according to a form
to be prepared by the Executive Committee, said Book to be
kept au^ong t^e permanent records of the Parish.

The following recommendations from the Lambeth Con-
ference were adopted :

That, as a general rule, in conformity with Church order'
all Missionaries and Chaplains residing or engaged in the
exercise of ministerial duty within the Diocese or District
of a Colonial or Missionary Bishop, should be licensed b}'^
and be subject to the authority of the said Bishop.

That every Clergyman removing from one Colonial or
Missionary Diocese or District into another Diocese ought to
carry with him letters testimonial from the Colonial or
Missionary Bishop whose Diocese or District he is leaving.

That no person admitted to holy orders by the Bishop of
any Diocese in England or Ireland, who shall afterwards
have been serving under the jurisdiction of any Scottish,
Colonial or Foreign Bishop, should be received into any of
the Home Dioceses without producing letters dimissory or
commendatory from the Scottish. Colonial or Foreign Bishop
in whose Diocese he has been serving.

Also, the following form of letters Commendatory :

To the Right Rev. the Bishop, and Reverend the Clergy, and
to the faithful in Christ of the Diocese of A. :

We, B., by Divine permission Bishop of C, send greeting
in the Lord.

We commend to your brotherly kindness, by these our
letters, D. E. Priest [or Deacon] of our own Diocese, beseech-
ing yow to receive him in the Lord as a brother, sound in
the faith, of a well-ordered and religious life, and worthy of
all Christian fellowship, and to tender him any assistance '^f
which he may stand in need ; and so we bid you farewell in
Christ our Lord.

Witness our hand,

A., Bishop,
B., Secretary.

It was Resolved, " That no letters Dismissory should be refused without
the cause thereof being signified in writing, and delivered to the apnlioant.

REGULAR COMMITTEES OF SYNOD.

EXECUTIVE.

CREDExNTIALS.
FINANCE,

INVESTMENTS.

CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND.

BOARD HOME MISSIONS.

WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF CLERGY

ENDOWMENT OF PARISHES.

SUPERANNUATION OF CLERGY.

QUEBEC SCHEME.

FOREIGN MISSIONS.

TEMPERANCE.

BOARD OF DISCIPLINE.

EDUCATION.

SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

ORGANIZATIONS IN PARISHES.

S. P. C. K. DEPOSITORY.

PARISH PROPERTY.

VACANCIES IN COMMITTEES.

PRINTING REPORT

The following Committees are in charge of Trust Funds, viz.
CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND.
WIDOWS AND. ORPHANS OF CLERGY.
ENDOWMENT OF PARISHES.
SUPERANNUATION OF CLERGY.

REGULATIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF A BISHOP
PASSED AT THE SPECIAL SYNOD IN 1887.

1. The Synod having been duly organized the nomina-
tions and election of a Bishop shall be conducted as follows :

2. The nomination of candidates shall be an open
nomination without any expression of opinion.

3. When the nominations cease, the Synod shall adjourn
for not less than half an hour, and on again assembling new
nominations may be made until the nominations shall be
closed by the chairman. The nominations being closed, a
ballot shall be taken, each member of the Ijynod writing
upon his ballot the name of the Candidate for whom he
votes.

4. The ballots shall be collected by the Clerical and
Lay Secretaries, each assisted by a Clergyman, one Lay
Representative to be appointed by the chairman, who shall
examine separately the respective clerical and lay votes, and
shall report thereon thi'ough the Secretary by feading aloud
.the names, and numbers of votes clerical and lay for each.

5. Should no election result upon the first ballot, further
mc nations if offered shall be received, and upon the chair-
man declaring the nominations again flosed a new ballot
shall be taken upon all the nominations.

G. Should no election re.sult from this ballot, nomina-
tions if offered shall be again received, and upon the chair-
man declaring the nominations again closed a ballot shall
be taken upon any new nominations together with all names
•on the previous ballot which shall have received not less
than ten votes; it being understood that any name previously
or thereby to be omitted for want of the prescribed number
of votes shall be eligible for re-nomination,

7. Ballots .shall continue to be taken as above provided
until an election is made.

8. Whenever the ballot results in an election the chair-
man shall ask that such election be made unanimous by a
standing vote of the whole Synod.

open

BOARD OF

HOME MISSIONS, &0.

1892,

OP THE

BoAi\p ofHomeMissions.

1st. At all the meetings of the Board or its Coinniittees.
Itefore entering upon business, the " appointed prayers" shall
be said.

2ntl. The Bishop of the Diocese shall be chairman of
the Board, and the Very Rev. the Dean and the Archdeacon
of Nova Scotia shall be, cx-officio Vice-Chairman. There
sh.all be also a Secretaiy, an Assistant Secretary and a
Treasurer.

8rd. The Board shall corsist of the Chairman, Vice-
Chairman, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and Treasurer of
the Board, who shall till the same offices in the Committees ;
of all Clergymen licensed by the Bishop of the Diocese,
together with twenty laymen to be chosen by the Diocesan
Synod. At each ordinary meeting of the Synod one-half of
the whole number of lay members of the Board shall go out
of office, but they or any of them shall be eligible for
re-election ; the new members, having been proposed,
seconded and elected by ballot shall be placed at the bottom
of the list. No one shall be elected a member of the
Board who is not an annual contributor to its funds of at
least one dollar.

4th. The Board shall meet monthly during the year,
with the exception of August and September, seven being
a (juorum for the transaction of business ; and a general
meeting thereof shall be held annually in July, or at the
time of meeting of the Synoil, to which matters may be
referred from the ordinary meetings of the Board, anil such
appeals addressed as have hitherto been allowed to the
general meeting of members of the D. C. S. A special
meeting may be called at any time by the Chairman, or, in
his absence, by a Vice-Chairman.

5th. The niembei's of the Church in every part of tlie
Province are invited to co-operate with the Board, by form-
ing Local Committees under the direction of their respective
clergymen, either in each mission or Parish or in more than
one Mission or Parish united, as shall be deemed most
convenient, and in strict accordance with the designs and
Rules of the Board.

6th. The following objects shall more particularly
engage the attention of the Board as soon as its means may
enable it to afford such atoention :

I. — Provision for Clergymen.

2. — Missionary visits to neglected and destitute places, under th»
direction of the Bishop.

3. — Assistance to the Endowment of Parishes.

4. — Assistance to the erection and enlargement of Chui'ches and Chapels
belonging to the Churcli of England in peculiar or extreme cases.

5. — Supplies of Books and Tracts published by the Society for promoting
Christian Knowledge, and such other Books and Tracts in strict
conformity with the principles of the Church of England, as having
been first carefully examined and approved by a Committee of
Revision to be appointed by the Board, shall then have received
the approval of the Board ; and lastly, the written approbation of
the Bishop.

6. — Assistance to the erection of Parsonage Houses.

7. — Assistance to deserving young men desirous of being qualified for
the Ministry of the Church, but requiring aid in pursuing th ir
studies at the Collegiate Establishment at Windsor.

8. — Aid to Sunday and other Schools in which due attention is paid to
instruction in the principles of the Church of England.

9. — Encouragement to the instruction and training of respectable
Teachers for Sunday and Daily Schools.

10. — Upholding by all possible and proper means, the Collegiate
Establishment of Windsor.

11. — It shall also be one of the objects of the Board to provide for the
Widows and Orphans of deceased Clergymen and for Superannuated
and incapacitated Clergymen ; but no part of the funds shall be
appropriated to these objects, except such as shall be specifically
given and paid therefor.

To these objects, generally, the contributions will be
applied ; while those who desire it may have their individual
contribution scrupulously confined to any one or more of
these objects.

7th. The accounts of the Board shall he closed •n the
31st December in each year, and it shall be audited in one
month from the time by auditors to be appointed by the
Board.

8th. None of the above By-Laws shall be altered,
except at any Ordinary Meeting of the Synod ; and a full
year's notice of a proposal to change any of them must be
given previous to the meeting at which the proposed altera-
tion is to be effected.

Prayers

APPOINTED TO BE USED " AT ALL MEETINGS OF THE BOARD,
AND OF CGMMirrEES," BEFORE THEY COMMENCE BUSINESS.

Prevent us, O Lord in all our doings, with Thy most
gracious favour, and further us with Thy continual help ; that
in all our work, begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we
may glorify Thy Holy Name, and finally by Thy mercy
obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.

(Board of Home Missions only.)

0, God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels,
and all works of piety and charity do proceed, we beseech
. Thee to visit with Thy favor our Sovereign Lady, Queen
Victoria ; and so to rule her heart that she may in all things
seek Thy honour and glory. Prosper with Thy blessing our
missionary work. Comfort with Thy Grace those benefac-
tors who contribute to its support. Bless the Ministry of
Thy servants, the clergy ; and the endeavours of all who are
engaged in promoting the knowledge of true religion. And
may Thy Holy Spirit direct all our consultations to the
advancement of Thy Glory and the good of Thy Church,
though Jehus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(Board of Home Missions only.)

O, Lord Jesus Christ, Who at Thy first coming didst
send Thy messenger to prepare Thy way before Thee, grant
that the ministers and stewards of Thy mystei'ies may like-
wise so prepare and make ready Thy way, l)y turning the
hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at
Thy second coming to judge the world, we may be found an
acceptable people in Thy sight. Who livest and reignest with
the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world
without end. A'men.

{Board of Foreign Missions only.)

Almighty Gmi, Who, by Thy Son Jesus Christ, didst
give commandment to the Holy Apostles that they should go
into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature,
grant to us whom Thou hast called into Thy Church a I'eady
will to obey Thy Word, and fill us with a hearty desire to

make Thy way known upon earth, Thy saving health
among all nations. Look with compassion upon the Heathen
that have not known Thee, and on the multitudes that are
scattered abroad as sheep having no shepherd. O Heavenly
Father, Lord of the harvest, have respect we beseech Thee,
to our prayers, and send forth laborers into Thine liarvest.
Fit and prepare them by Thy Grace for the Work of their
ministry ; give them the spirit of power, and of love and of
a sound mind ; strengthen them to endure hardness ; and
grant that both by their life and doctrine they may set forth
Thy glory, and set forward the salvation of all men,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(Board of Foreign Missions only.)

O merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest noth-
that Thou hast made, nor vrouldst the death of a sinner
but rather that he should be converted and live, have mercy
upon all Jews, Turks, infidels and heretics, and take from
them all ignorance, hardness of heart and contempt of Thy
Word, and so fetch them home, blessed Lord, to Thy flock,
that they may be saved among the remnant of the true
Israelites, and be made one fold under one shepherd, Jesus
Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and
the Holy Spirit one God, wcn-ld without end. -4 men-
Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy
servants do give Thee most humble and hearty thanks for
all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men ;
more particularly for the providential support by which our
work has been thus far sustained ; but al)ove all for Thine
inestimable love in the redemption of the world by Thy
Blessed Son, for the means of grace, and for the hope of
gloiy, which Thou hast given us in the same our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ : to whom, with Thee and the Holy
Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

Our Father which art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy
Name : Thy kingdom come ; Thy will be done in earth as
it is in Heaven ; give us this day our daily bread ; and
forgive us oui' trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass
against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil ; for Thine is the kingdom, the power and the
ijloi'V, for ever and ever. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of
God, and the fellowship of the HoLY Ghost, be with us all,
evermore. A men.

Widows* and Orphans* Fund,

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RULES AND REGULATIONS.

" It shall also be one of the objects of the Board of Home
Missions to provide for the Widows and Orphans of deceased
clergymen, but no part of the funds shall be appropriate<l
to this object except such as shall be specifically given and
paid into the Synod therefor."

1st. In accordance with the above, the Board of Homo
Missions will open a special account for this object, to be
called the Widows' and Orphans' Fund. This fund shall
be formed and consist of all subscriptions, donations, legacies
and other contributions given and paid to the Synod for
this special object, and of all premiums received under these
Rules, and of all benefits arising therefrom ; and this fun(.l
shall be held and applied to and for this particular object,
and none other.

2nd. A Standing Committee of seven men»bers shall be
appointed, in whom, together with the Secretary of the
Board of Home Missions (who shall be paid as Secretary
of this Committee,) shall be vested the whole management
of this matter, subject to an appeal to the general Society

3rd. The Diocesan Synod undertakes to pay out of this
Widows' and Orphans' Fund the pensions which become due
under the following Rules.

4th. Every Clergyman of the Church of England within
the Diocese wishing to avail himself of the benefits of this
Fund, shall within one year from taking Orders, or frc^m
his admission into the Diocese, apply to the Secretary for
a Certificate of Pension, •■*nd shall pay the annual sum or
premium therefor as hereafter mentioned.

nth. Any applicant after such period or time shall only
be permitted to receive such Certificate at the option of the
Committee, and upon such terms as they shall direct.

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6th. The following shall be the rate of the yearly sum
or preiuiuin payable by every Clergyman applying for a
certificate, according to his age at the date of his first
application.

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Age.

Prem.

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$10 27

$15 38

7 38

10 57

16 17

7 62

10 92

16 90

7 82

11 25

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17 68

8 05

11 GO

18 48

8 27

11 95

19 87

8 50

12 80

20 30

8 72

12 67

21 80

8 93

13 08

22 40

9 17

13 48

28 55

9 42

18 92

24 72

9 68

14 42

25 85

9 80

14 92

7th. Every Clergyman upon the Fund is required to
make at least one collection annually in its behalf.

8th. If any clergyman marry the second ti' v he shall
pay the annual sum or premium for the age may be

when he mames the second time.

9th. Upon payment of the first sum or premium
the applicant shall receive a Certificate, as hereafter
mentioned, and the same sum shall be paid by him, up to the
time of his deaMi, on the first day of January in each year.

10th. If any person fail to pay the amount of his
premium within 40 days after the payment becomes due, all
claim to the pension under his Certificate shall Ije forfeited,
and the same shall thereupon become null and void : Itut if
he desires to have his claim to the pension renewed it shall
be in the power of this Committee to re-admit him on such
terms as they see fit.

11th. Removal of the clergyman from this Diocese,
except in the ca.se of any clergyman who shall become a
missionary of the Board of Foreign Missions of this Diocese,
or who undertakes work in Algoma wiiile a mi.ssionary
Diocese, forfeits all claim to the pension. Seventy-five per

ct'Tit. of the uinount of premiuins paid by the hoMtT of the
Certificate himself sliail be returne<l to liiiu upon the
surrender of his Certificate.

12th. If any clergyman shall go beyond the Hunts of
Europe, or of North America 35' North latitude, without the
leave of the Connnittee, he shall forfeit all claim to the
pension.

13th. The widow of every clergyman who shall have
paid the annual .sum or prennum (subject the above
exceptions) shall receive a pension of SlOO per annum during
widowhood.

14th. If at any time it is the opinion of the Connnittee
that the .state of the funds will safely warrant their so doing,
that they have power to increase the amount of the pensions.

15th. If the widow <lie or marry again, the child or
children of her deceased husband shall receive the pension.
But no part of the pension shall be received by those childi*en
who have arrived at the age of sixteen years, if males, or
eighteen years, if females : while those who are still under
those respective ages will receive the full amount of the
pension.

Kith. If the wife lie before the husband, his child or
children .shall at his dc. ^h receive the pension under the
above limitation as to ages.

17th. The pension shall l)e payable half-yearly, on the
1st day of January and the 1st day of July m each year,
and shall commence on the first of these days which shall
happen after the decease of such person holding a Certificate,
and terminate on the first of those days which shall happen
after the death of the widow or child, or the happening of
any other event by which, under these Rules, such pension
is to cease.

18th. The Clergy of Prince Edward Island shall be
entitled to participate in the benefit of this fund on equal
terms with the Clergy of this Province.

19th The Certificate to be granted shall be in the
following form, under the seal of the Synod and the signature

of the Secretary ; and on the back tlicreof or annexed
thereto shall be printed the above rules.

20th. None of the above Rules or Regulations shall be
altered except at a regular meeting of the Synod, after a full
year's notice of the proposed change.

The Widows' and Orphans' f^ minittee do not
consider the Fund responsible for the payment of a larger
pension than the $100 named in the Certificate.

Superannuation Fund.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

" It shall be one of the objects of the Board of Honio
Missions to provide for superannuated or incapacitated
Clergymen ; but no part of the funds shall be appropriated
to this object except such as shall be specifically given and
paid into the Synod therefor."

1st. In accordance with the above, the Board of Home
Missions, will openaspecialaccountforthis object, to be called
" The Superannuation Fund." This fund shall be formed
and consist of all subscriptions, legacies, premiums and othei-
contributions given and paid to the Synod for this special
object, and of all benefits arising therefrom ; and this Fund
shall be held and applied to and for this object, and none
other.

2nd. A Committee of four Laymen and two Clergymen
shall be appointed in whom, together with the Bishop of the
Diocese as Chairman, shall be vested the whole managment
of this Fund, and of whom one Clergyman and two Lay-
men Shall retire at each regular session of the Synod, but
they shall be eligible foj^* re-election, the members who are
to retire for the first time being those whose attendance shall
have been least regular, and subsequently those whose names
shall be first on the list.

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under the following Rules :

4th. Every clergyman to pai'ticipate in the benefits of
this Fund, and being incapacitated by age or otherwise,
shall make application to the Committee, who, on finding
the claim to be in accortlance with the rules governing this
Fund, shall grant him a sum in proportion to the time he
has served in the Diocese, and which shall be regulated by
the following scale : —

If he have served less than 7 consecutive years, $1C0 00 per annum.

" " more " 7 and less than 10 years 150 00

" " " " 10 " 15 " 200 00 "

II II <i .( j5 « 20 " 250 00 "

II II II 11 20 «• 25 " 300 00 "

I. II .< I. 25 «« 30 " 350 00 •'

II II II 1. 30 " 400 00 "

Provided that no pension shall be granted to any
incumbent untill after the payment of his first half yearly
premium.

Not;% — Every application except in case of old age must be accom-
panied by a certificate of a regular medical practitioner as to the incapacity
of the applicant.

5th. Every clergyman entitled to participate in the
benefits of this Fund on attaining the age of 70 years, may
retire from active duty, and on so doing shall receive the
amount of pension to which he is entitled in accordance
with the foregoing scale ; provided that he shall have served
for a period of not less tlian 15 consecutive years in the
Diocese.

6th. Every clergyman of tlie Church of England in full
orders within this Diocese shall within one year after taking
such orders, or from his admission into the Diocese, apply
to the Secretary for a Certificate of Pension, and shall pay
the annual sum or premium as herein provided. Any
applicant after such period of time shall only be permitted
to receive such certificate on paying up all back premiums.
Any clergyman who may be expelled from the Ministry, shall
thereby be excluded from all participation in this Fund.

7th. Every clergyman onbeingordained or admitted into
this Diocese, shall pay to the Treasurer of this Fund semi-
annually as premium, a sum according to his age at the time
of such ordination or admission, as follows : —

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If under 30 years of age $3 00 each half year.

If over 30 and under 35 years 3 50 "

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"40 " 45 " 4 50

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8th. Every clergyman entitled to participate in the
benefits of this Fund shall take an annual collection in its
behalf.

9th, Any clergyman leavingthis Diocese shall surrender
his certificate and receive one half of the amount of the
premiums paid by him.

10th. The pension shall be for life unless circumstances
should arise, either from the falling ofif of the Fund or
otherwise, which may make a revision necessary.

11th. If the pensioner resides out of this Diocese,
sufficient proof of his identity shall accompany each draft
for his pension.

12th. The pension and premium shall be paid half
yearly in advance, viz. : — on the 1st of January and Ist of
July in each year, and the pension shall commence on the
first of those days that shall happen after it is granted, and
terminate on the first of those days after the death of the
pensioner, or by the happening of any other event by which
such pension is to cease.

13th. If any incapacitated c'^rgyman should be so far
relieved from his disability as to be able to resume the
discharge of his full clerical duty, the pension shall be
suspended during his relief from disability.

14th. The above rules shall not be so construed as to
prohibit any beneficiary from doing such light clerical duty
as may be sanctioned by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese.

15th. The Clergy of Prince Edward Island now and
hereafter in active service shall be accorded the same privi-
leges as the Clergy of Nova Scotia in relation to the
Supei'annuation Fund.

16th. None of the above rules or regulations shall be
altere<l except at an ord.nary meeeting of the Synod, after
a full year's notice of the proposed change.

Endowment Rules.

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The following Rules for the guidance of the Endowments
Committee were adopted May 17, 1850 : —

1st. The investment of Endowments may be made in
lands, houses, stock in banks or other companies, money
invested in mortgages or other securities, to be approved of
by the Endowment Committee, and to be con"eyed and held
for the benefit of the Incumbent or resident Missionary
for the time being of any Parish or Mission for which they
are designed, the said Incumbent or resident Missiop»"*y to
receive the yearly proceeds only of the interest or rents
arising from such Endowment.

2nd. The conveyance of trust of such Endowment may
be made either to the Soci'^ty for the propagation of the
Gospel or to the Church Corporation of the Parish or to the
Diocesan Synod.

3rd. When real property is purchased and conveyed for
Endowment it shall be free from any debt or incumbrance.

4th. The annual proceeds arising from such Endowment
shall be withheld from any Incumbent or resident Missionary
of any Parish or Mission who may be suspended by the
Bishop of the Diocese from performing public services in the
churches in his Parish or Mission during the continuance of
such suspension.

5th. The Endowment Committee shall hold any sum
contributed toward the endowment of any Parish or Mission
in trust for such Parish or Mi.ssion, and obtain such a rate
of interest for the money as may be practicable, consistent
with safety, until an opportunity shall arise for or investing
it for the permanent endowment of such Parish or Mission ;
and if, in the judgment of the Endowment Committee, such
opportunity or proposition for endowment shall come within
the true intent and scope of the foregoing regulations, they
shall authorize the said sums to be paid to the Parish or
Mission so applying for it.

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6th. If any difficulty shall arise as to whether any
opportunity or proposition for endowment be agreeable to
the foregoing I'ules, or if any other point relative thereto
should be disputed or doubted, the question should be
referred to the General Committee of the Board, at their
meeting then ensuing.

7th. All applications from any Parish or Mission to the
Endowment Committee for aid shall be signed by the Rector
and Church Wardens of such Parish, or by the resident
Missionary, accompanied by a resolution of the Local Com-
mittee of the Board of Home Missions in its favour in such
Missions ; and shall state the nature, situation, value and
annual profits of the investment desired to be made, the
names of those in whose behalf it is to be ma^'e, the
office where it should be registered, the sums t-hat are
contributed for its purchase, and all other particulars which
may enable the Endowment Committee to form a correct
judgment ; all such applications to be made to the Secretary
of Board of Home Missions, who is ex ojfficio, Secretary of
the Endowment Committee.

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The Endowment Committee, in a Report May 11th,
1863, made the following recommendation which was
adopted : —

" That while no restriction is made as to the sum which
a Parish may withdraw from its ' Reserved Fourths' and
invest as heretofore, yet that $1000 be the minimum to
which they should amount before they can be placed in
trust with the Board, and the interest be payable to the
Incumbent."

Quebec Scheme.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

I. In order to encourage the established Parishes and Missions
to become gradually self-supporting, all grants made by or through
the Board of Home Missions in aid of Parishes and Missions (not
including stipends secured through the elder Clergy on the Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel grant during life) shall from
henceforth be made conditional on the contribution by the Parish
or Mission itself of a stated sum towards the General Purposes of
the Board.

II. All grants made by the Board of Home Missions shall be-
made yearly subject to these rules, and be distributed under
direction of the Board.

III. On the approval by the Board of Home Missions of the
•grants recommended by the Quebec Scheme Committee for the
year, the same shall forthAvith pass into operation subject to the-
following regulations :

(1.) Th. Board of Home Missions (acting in conjunction with
the Lord Bishop) shall forthwith, after such approval, communi-
cate with the Wardens or other Lay Members of the Church in
each Parish or Mission, requiring them to enter into engagement
(A) with the Society, to contribute the sum required of the
Parish or Mission for the year.

(2.) Should such engagement not be entered into to the satis
faction of the Board within three months from such notice then
next, they sliall communicate with the Missionary, requiring him
to give to each of his congregations notice (B) of withdrawal of
all payments to him as a Missionary receiving stipend through this
Board at the end of current quarter, unless the engagement be
meantime completed.

(3.) Should such engagement not be entered into to the satis-
faction of tlie Board before the time specified, all payments to
the Missionary's salary through the Board shall be withdrawn,
and no stipend shajl thereafter be payable in respect thereof.
Provided that should the Missionary see fit to r«sigi. his cure, he
shall, if stationed for the remainder of the year by the Lord
Bishop in any vacant Mission which may be willing to comply
with the terms required of the defaulting Mission, be entitled

in respect of the services to be rendered in such new Mission, to
such stipend as may be agreed upon between such Missionary and
the Board. Provided, also, that any such Missionary, if not so
appointed to any new Mission, may nevertheless be permitted by
the Board, on special application, to draw on 1st April for a sum
in their discretion ; but not exceeding his previous quarter's stipend
from the Board.

(4). Where such engagement is entered into, the Board shall
forthwith notify the Missionary, who shall thereupon (unless the
terms of engagement shall not be fulfilled as hereinafter provided)
be entitled to draw upon the Treasurer for the full amount of his
quarterly salary, including therein the sum required for the quarter
from the Parish or Mission itself.

(5). The amount required from the Mission shall be paid by
equal quarterly instalments at least one month before the last
day of each quarter, the same to be remitted direct to the Treasurer.
Provided that if necessary, on application to the Board the Parish
or Mission may have one month's grace to complete the payment.
One third ot the amount payable from the people may at the
option of the Clergyman be paid in kir«(J or produce.

(6). Should the money not be .dceived by the Treasurer by
the last day of the second mouth of the quarter before it be
payable to the Missionary, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer at
once to send to the Missionary and to each of the persons who
shall have signed the engagement, the notice (C), and should such
money not have been received by the last day of the quarter, the
grant of the Board shall thenceforth cease, and it shall be tlie
Treasurer's duty at once and in like manner to send the notice (D).
If, however, the arrears be subsequently paid the grant shall be
thereupon ipso facto rene-ved, unless the Board order to the
contrary, in which case the Board shall notify the Parish or Mission
and state the reason for such order.

(7). In case of the Parishes or Missions where the Missionary's
stipend is secured for life on the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel grant, the Board shall call on the Wardens to enter into
the precribed engagement only in case of the demise of the present
Missionary ; and those Missionaries shall continue to draw their
stipends as heretofore accustomed, unless any shall voluntarily
come within the general system adopted for other Parishes or
Missions.

(8). It shall be optional to the Board to permit any Parish or
Mission to make a quarterly, half-yearly or yearly payment at any
period in advance, and these regulations, mutatis mutandis, shall
thereupon apply generally to any such Pariah or Mission.

(9). The Board of Home Missions, in conjunction with the
Lord Bishop, shall appoint deputations of Clergymen and Laymen

for each Deanery, which each deputation shall visit, for the pur-
pose of holding Missionary meetings in the several Parishes or
Missions, and taking up collections thereat, not interfering,
however, with the usual collections and annual canvass of the
Parish or Mission on behalf of the Board ; and further, of making
inquiries as to the power of the Parish or Mission to contribute
towards the Clergyman's support ; such deputations reporting to
the Koard.

(10). The Board oi Home Missions, in conjunction with the
Lord Bishop, may further appoint special deputations to enquire
into the causes of any deficiency of contribution or other pecun-
iary difficulties in any Parish or Mission ; and shall have power
to call for any returns they may think proper from any of the
Parishes receiving aid from or through the Board.

(11). These regulations shall come into force only as each
parish becomes vacant, or at the request of a pariah.

Memorandum of Agreement between the Board of Home
Missions of the diocese of Nova Scotia and the members of the
Church in the Parish (or Mission) of

The undeisigned, on behalf the Congregation of the above
Parish (or Mission), do hereby undertake to have a sum, at the

rate of $ per annum, collected and paid quarterly to

the Treasurer of the said Society, from the 1st day of , 189 ,

so long as the ministrations at present offered to the said congrega-
tion siiall be continued.

We also certify that the amount given by the Parish (or
Mission) is a bona fide contribution, and that no part of the sum
is derived from rent of glebes or interest of investments, the
property of the Mission.

The present agreement to continue till revised by the Board.

Dated at the )

day of 18.. f

N. B.-^The pecuniary and moral obligation in connection with
the above agreement is to be understood as resting upon the Parish
(or Missirm) as a whole, and not upon the signataries personally.

Memo. — A condition of the grant is that Parsonage Houses are-
Jii'pt insured for at least one half their value.

Notice is hereby given that this congregation, having failed to
enter into the engagement required by the Board of Home

Missions to contribute the sum of $ quarterly, towards

the General Purposes Fund, the stipend cannot be drawn after the

next ; and unless the engagement be

meantime completed, payment of the Missionary's stipend will
cease.

N.S 189....

Dear Sib, — I have to inform you that the amount required

fr<»m the Mission of for the present quarter has not been

received ; and to remind you that unless the same be remitted, or
proper receipts for produce sent in, on or before the last day of
the quarter, the grant made the Board of Home Mission will'
cease from date.

You will please communicate this notice to the Mission.

I am, yours respectfully,

Trexisurer.

N. 8 189....

Dear Sir, — T have to inform you that the amount required"

from the Mission of for the past quarter has not been

received ; and that, consequently, the grant made by the Board
ceases with the payment due this date.

No renewal of the grant can be made until all arrears are paid.

You will please communicate this notice to the Mission.

I am, yours respectfully.

Treasurer..

FORM OF DRAFT.

189.

Sir:

Pay to or order, the sum

of being the amount of salary due to me as^

Missionary at for the quarter ending the

day of 189. ., in accordance with the schedule adopted

by the Board of Home Missions.

To the Treasurer of the Board of Home Missions
of Nova Scotia.

Churches.

Every application for aid in the erection of a church
must contain the following information : —

I. — The precise situation, especially with reference to
the nearest Church and to the amount of population within
five miles of the Church.

2. — The title of the ground on which the building is to
be erected.

3. — The size of the building, the numbers it can accom-
modate, and probable amount of the congregation that will
usually attend it.

4. — The proposed cost of the building, the progress it
has made towards completion, and the amount of contribu-
tions on the spot in money or labor.

5. — The frequency and regularity of the proposed services
in the Church,

6. — That all the sittings are to be free and unappropriated.

It is the wish of the Board of Home Missions that no

Clergymen should when building a Church, rely upon aid
from the Board, without first ascertaining whether it is in
the power of the Board to grant any assistance.

All grants to Churches are made on the following terms,
namely : That the first moiety be called for within one year,
and the second within two yea.rs, from the date of the grant.
The first moiety may be obtained when the exterior is
finished, and the second when the interior is finished. Grants
to Parsonages are made on similar conditions.

The Endowment Committee receive and hold any money
given in trust for Church purposes, and pay over the annual
interest arising from the same when invested towards the
furtherance of the special object for which it was given.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

All donations of ten Pounds and upwards are funded
and the interest only applied to the general purposes of the
Board.

The Board will not make its usual grant toward the
payment of any Assistant Missionary appointed to a separate
cure unless the people there consent to pay toward the
Endowr.ient Fiend of their Parish or Mission all the
proceeds of whatever glebe lands may be in that Parish.

All subscription lists received before the 31st December
in each year will appear in the next foi'thcoming Report,
while those received after that date shall be omitted.

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If the reservation and special donations are not mentioned
at the time when the contributions are sent in from the
Local Committees the whole amount will be considered as
■devoted to the general interests of the Board.

H^The attention of the Local Committee is particularly
requested to the above regulations.

All applications for aid from this Board are proposed at
•one meeting of the Board and considered at the next.

No person shall be qualified to vote at any general
meeting of the Board, nor be elected a member, who nas not
been a subscriber for throe months preceding the day of
meeting.

At the General meeting in 1869, the following resolution
was adopted :

The Church property in any Parish which is actually
occupied by the Incumbent of the said Parish shall be
valued by competent valuers upon his taking charge, and be
considered at the same value for salary during his Incum-
bency ; and the valuers shall be appointed as follows, viz :
one by the Parish, one by the Board of Home Missions, and
another by those two.

AN ACT to vest in the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia the Funds

held by the D. C. S.

Whereas, At a meeting of the D. C. S. held in the month
of July, 1876, it was resolved, &c., &c.

And ivhereas, At the General Se.°«ion of Diocesan Synod
of Nova Scotia, held in the same month, the said resolution
was adopted by the Synod :

And whereas, It is considered expedient, in order to
carry such resolution into effect, that an Act be passed to
vest in the said Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia all and other
property held in trust by or for the said D. C. S.

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council and
Assembly as follows :

1. All property, real and personal, held by or in trust
for the D. C. S. or other funds respectively connected there-
with, are hereby declared to have become vested in the
Diocesan Synod of N. S. in trust, to be held and managed
for the several purposes for which they have heretofore been
held and managed by the D. C. S. as fully and effectually as
the same were previously vested in or held in trust for said
D. C. S.

2. The said Synod shall be bound to fulfil all engage-
iiients made by the said Society previous to such transter,
and to observe all the conditions under which the several
funds may have been held in trust by the said Society.

3. In all cases where moneys of D. C. S. have been
loaned on mortgage in this Province for the benefit of any
trust funds in connection with said Society and in all like
<jases it shall and may be lawful, in case of the payments of
the amounts due on such mortgages, for the said Synod to
discharge such mortgages, by writing under their seal, and
thereby the mortgagees, their heirs, executors, administrators,
or assigns, shall be fnlly discharged from all further liability
on account of such mortgages.

4. The receipt of the Treasurer of the Synod shall be a
suflicient discharge to the Treasurer of the said Society for
all monies and securities transferred by him.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page.

Declaration of principles 3

Constitution of Synod 4

Order of proceedings 9

Rule* of Order lo

Rules regarding CoinmitteeB 12

Executive Committee 13

Acts of the Legislature 14

Church Act 17

Canons of Diocese N. S. :

1 . On Discipline of Clergy 22

2. Election of a Bishop 27

3. of Divinity Students 28

4. of Candidates for The Ministry 28

5. of Deaconesses 29

6. On Statistics 30

Oaths and Subscription of Clergy 37

Certain Canons of Pkovincial Synod : .

2. On submission of Clergy 33

3. On Powers of Metropolitan 33

5. On Court of appeal " 34

(). On Ministering in parishes 34

7. On Letter Testimonial 35

10. On Officiating of Strange Clergymen 35

Rural Deaneries 36

Addenda 37

Regulations on Election of a Bishop 40

By laws of B. H. M 42

Appointed Prayers of B. H. M . 45

W. & 0. Fund Rules 47

Superannuation Fund Rules 50

Endowment of Parishes Rules 53

Quebec Scheme 55

Aid to Churches 59

General Regulations 60

Act to vest funds of D. C. S. in the Synod 61

This pamphlet may be obtained from
the Secretary of the Diocese,

Hi:v. Canon Partridge,

^34 Barrington St., Halifax.

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