IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) f // {./ CP.r :a (/x 1.0 I.I isi Ilia iiiM Ml. II It s^o liltt IP * 2.0 1.8 1.25 = 1 1.4 1.6 •< ( &" — ► V] <^ n 'e. "m "w *^ ** ^. />! #^ <?; Photographic Sciences Corporation s. s <v ^^ :\ -c^^^ \ # ^s" V'^0^ » 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 11580 (716) 872-4503 V c^- Wr CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICIVIH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques 1980 Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Noties techniques et bibliographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il lui a 6t6 possible de se procurer. Les details rfe cet exemplaire qui sont peut-dtre uniques du point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une modification dans la methods normale de filmage sont indiqu6s ci-dessous. r~7| Coloured covers/ l'^ I Couverture de couleur □ Covers damaged/ Couverture endommagee I I Coloured pages/ Pages de couleur Pages damaged/ Pages endommagdes n Covers restored and/or laminated/ Ccuverture restaur^e et/ou pellicul6e □ Cover title missing/ Le titre de couverture manque □ Pages restored and/or laminated/ Pages restaurdes et/ou pellicul6es □ Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ Pages ddcolordes, tachet^es ou piqu^es D D Coloured maps/ Cartes gdographiques en couleur Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) □ Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur □Pages detached/ Pages diStach^es □ Showthrough/ Transparence □ Quality of print varies/ Qualit^ in6gale de I'imr ipression D Bound with other material/ Reli6 avec d'autres documents □ Includes supplementary material/ Comprend du materiel supplementaire D D Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion along interior margin/ La reliure serr^e peut causer de I'ombre ou de la distortion le long de la marge intdrieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear within the text. Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajoutdes lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont pas 6t6 filmdes. D D Only edition available/ Seule Edition disponible Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to ensure the best possible image/ Les pages totalement ou partiellement obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, etc., ont 6td film^es d nouveau de fapon d obtenir la meilleure image possible. D Additional comments:/ Commentaires suppl^mentaires: This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document est filmd au taux de reduction indiqu6 ci-dessous. 10X 14X 18X 22X 26X 30X VX^ 12X 16X 20X 24X 28X 32X tails du Ddifier une mage The copy filmed here has been reproduced thanks to the generosity of: Harold Campbell Vaughan Memorial Library Acadia University The images appearing here are the best quality possible considering the condition and legibility of the original copy and in keeping with the filming contract specifications. L'exemplaire film6 fut reproduit grdce d la g6n6rosit6 de: Harold Campbell Vaughan Memorial Library Acadia University Les images suivantes ont 6t6 reproduites avec le plus grand soin, compte tenu de la condition et de la nettet^ de l'exemplaire filmd, et en conformity avec les conditions du contrat de filmage. Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed beginning with the front cover and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All other original copies are filmed beginning on the first page with a printed or illustrated impres- sion, and ending on the last page with a printed or illustrated impression. The last recorded frame on each microfiche shall contain the symbol — • > ne«»r>ir<n "CON- TINUED"), or the symbol V ;•- ^. ng "END '). whichever applie*'. Les exemplaires originaux dont la couverture en papier est imprim6e sont filmds en commenpant par le premier plat et en terminant soit par la dernidre page qui comporte une emp.einte d'impression ou d'illustration, soit par le second plat, selon le cas. Tous les autres exemplaires originaux sont filmds en commenpant par la premidre page qui comporte une empreinte d"impression ou d"illustration et en terminant par la dernidre page qui comporte une telle empreinte. Un des symboles suivants apparaitra sur la dernidre image de cheque microfiche, selon le cas: le symbole -^ signifie ""A SUIVRE", le symbole V signifie "FIN"". Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratios. Those too large to be entirely included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diagrams illustrate the method: Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre film6s d des taux de reduction diffdrents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre reproduit en un seul cliche, il est film6 d partir de Tangle sup6rieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre d'images n^cessaire. Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. )rrata to pelure, in d n 32X 1 2 3 4 s « a 4 5 6 mmm^mmmmm^mmmrnmmmmMmmmmmmmmBmmm SONSTITUTION . • Canons, Rules and Regulations ur TllK a? ^rtn ^unirttt (IF ISrOVA. SOOTIA.. *^ + ^ ] l.O^lO it-, ;:J Revised in 1S92. ;^^i!^^t^fe^i:iag^M)^!i()ii^^iiifM;iM? Set. W. J, .^NciENi- GONSTITUTION, Canons, Rules ,and Regulations OF THB a? OF mro'v^^ socxriA.. Revised in 1892. HALIFAX, N. S. : HOLLOVVAY BROS., PRINTERS, 69 GRANVILLE ST., 1892. ^p^ IroGgsan %Doii of loTa Icotia. -"••♦►• — -^h- 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. SHU ^K c 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 6 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. the certi- tttJ-it's siiull ity it. shall tain what ■or whicli ^on to the %' of the 'Pi'esenta- I Hvedays . immedi- o»'t upon If of any ntatives, preden- littee on th four is un- ■s of the n have Synod itative roof of t' pro- late of , th en to the nlled the vnod J he the 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 8 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 oved by a he Synod, ng of not 'entatives adopted ; Constitu- spt at an standing- brought ons shall Tieetings '' be sub- must be of any 9 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. o adopt lambeth The Substitutes shall be elected in the .same way, after the declar.vtion of the names of the Delegates elect. iration e as to ■o Holy 'ure of ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. a!] the ide, or of the minted • final th all tence a.ssed ap- ocese eal."] s no cted and 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. 10 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 .seconded. ■shall be a' I the Synod. ^es of the petitions. ter or a hsequent may be the same ion the )ER. taken infor- to the 'ufore shop tin^i/. same 11 be 11 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. i 12 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. 13 in the cliHir hnll not hold ' *^o put, no id of. native shall ' not ag'ain without the 3cJ on the J>y any one votes .shall y nieniher I presiding le Synod, 'in of the Ele pre.se n- L'( l)e pro- lan the then I', then ntiny, |se. Miiber ng' of )er of ction ition, o. It shall be imperative for all Committees appointed 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 14 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- X 15 • 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 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 la 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 17 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 i 18 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. 19 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 J. 20 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 21 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 22 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. 23 le 26th year of to the contiary seel .Statutes 18 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. 1 I i f .i ! I I'' 24 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, 25 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 m\ m In ! |i:' 26 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, m 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 27 •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. i' 28 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. ''<! for Jee to iioral ived ty of latis- ade 29 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. 30 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 ECVUE AN RCH. te of the Khio-hly tor the he it Irish or shall epared Jroved in a shall going- ! may 'nish of a 31 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 32 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." 2. 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." 33 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. 84 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- \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. 85 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. Ivme |ntly I and ium- iand the 3ept leo- Ithe Illy 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. 36 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. has been ie to the th before left over i\ of the , R.D.)— ew Ross, .er, New i,R.D.)— Tusket, A., R.D.> , Britlge- R. D.)— Rawdon, |R.D.,)- irrsboro, Mines. I D.)- yountrv hBeaver finouth, ., RD.) |., IJ.D.) 37 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. 38 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. 39 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. 40 i 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, 42 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. 43 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. 44 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. 45 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 46 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. 47 Widows* and Orphans* Fund, as 1(1 Iss IS 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. 48 ii. Itt l; : tt: 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. Age. Preni. Age. Prem. Age. Prem. 23 S7 20 86 $10 27 49 $15 38 24 7 38 37 10 57 50 16 17 25 7 62 38 10 92 51 16 90 26 7 82 39 11 25 5', 17 68 27 8 05 40 11 GO 58 18 48 28 8 27 41 11 95 54 19 87 29 8 50 42 12 80 55 20 30 30 8 72 43 12 67 56 21 80 31 8 93 44 13 08 57 22 40 32 9 17 45 13 48 58 28 55 33 9 42 46 18 92 59 24 72 34 9 68 47 14 42 00 25 85 35 9 80 48 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 49 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 50 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. 3rd. The Diocesan Synod undertakes to pay from the 51 ixed rymen )t' the jmeiit Lay- Ll, but 10 are shall lames In th« proceeds of this fund the pensions which may becDme due 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 : — 52 i i;fi It' If under 30 years of age $3 00 each half year. If over 30 and under 35 years 3 50 " "35 " 40 " 4 00 "40 " 45 " 4 50 "45 " 50 " 5 50 " "50 6 50 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. 53 Endowment Rules. far the 111 be land nvi- the be Ifter 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. 54. m 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. ■U : < 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." 55 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 56 'i 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 i 57 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. i A. 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. 58 Memo. — A condition of the grant is that Parsonage Houses are- Jii'pt insured for at least one half their value. B. 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. C. 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. D. 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.. ol d 59 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 60 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. Iff # 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. 61 f 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. i 62 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. ^ -i [1