The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-08-10
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Proceedings Of o Meeting os tho Trustees Of the
Shiloh NJ. Church,

Constitution, Bylaws and regulations of the
Trustees of the Shiloh Methodist T.. Church
South; Abbcvillc District, South Caroiun.
ART. 1st. The na,nc of this Church shall be
"Tho Shiloh Methodist Episcopal Church, South, +"
by and under which namc, it was incorporatedby
an Act Of the General Assembly Of this State,
passed Dec, 1853.
"a. The present Board of Trustees of said
Church, being those mentioned in snid Act of
incorporation, shall continue to act as such MS
long rs they shall scvcrally remain mcmbcrs
OF this Church, and in the event Of the death
resignation or removal Of any of them, the va
cnncJ, or vacancies shall be filled by m cleo.
tion held by tho Quarterly Meeting Conference
of this Circuit.
81. The title and ownership of all property,
both real and personal, hitherto, now and here
after, to bc owned by the membership of This
shall vest and be in the name of Board of Trus.
tees. now, or from time to time, hcreaftc consti-
'utc Board i'll trust. Nevertheless, TO hrli tic
same Tor the use and benefit of the membership
OF said Church, always hereafter. both for the
purposes of the Public Worship of God, by the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and for n
public Grave Yard or B"rial Ground, on the land
now, or hereafter owned by said Church.
4'l The Board of Trustees shall from their
members select Chairman and Sccrctcry to
continue i'll office for the term of two years, and
they shall keep and have charge of all titles to
property, owned by this Church, and record all
proceedings of the said Board, as shall from
time to time be so ordered hy the Trustees.
M Thn 'h,i, on,
appoint ut least three of the mcmhcrs Of this
Church, whose duty it shall be to preserve or
der and decorum during any religious mcotinc
or Church business held during each year, and
three or more SO appointed, shall be called the
Committee OIL Order, and be required to serve
one year.
9th. 1t shall be incumbent upon the said
Committee or Order, to have the oversight and
care of the Church building and Ground-to
have the Church properly nnd neatly kept, and
lighted when necessary, and to call upon the
membership to keep the Grave Yard in good re.
pair The said Committee shall have power to
adopt and enforce all patrol and police regula-
tlons necessary, on every occasion of public
worship to patrol themselves, and punish on the
negroes
caught in the act Of drinking or selling spritu-
Gus liquors, gambling, or any other disorderly
conduct calculated to disturb the religious ex-
ercises at the Church-to proceed in the name
OF the Trustees in prosecuting in the Court of
Common Pleas and General Sessions, all white
persons for the breach Of good order of wha,ev.
er character, which may disturb the decent and
orderly observance of any religious or Church
meeting.
9TH. II shall be proper for the Board of Trus-
tees to alter. enlarge, or amend these By-luws
md regulations from time to time rs NAV be
found cxpc,licnt.
Ratified at n meeting Of the Board Of Trustees
Of the Shiloh NJ. L. Church, South, held this
10th day of July A. D. 1850.
JOHN BROWNLEE,
II. s. CASON,
JAMES YOUNG,
II. NJ. PRINCE, Sn.,
G. B. CLINKSCALES,
PLEASANT FERG USSON,
J. r. BLACK,
W. T.. PRINCE,
G. ". HUCKABEE,
j. ". BROOKS.
The. Board then selected John Brownlcc,
Chairman, and II. S. Cason, Secretary of the
Board Trustees for the term of two years from
the date hereof.
The Chairman appointed W. Prince, J. r.
Black and J. W. Brooks, the Committee on Or
der for one year.
On motionSof James Young it was ordered
that the land belonging to this. Church ho sur
veyed, and TINT the Plat and Deed Of The same
be recorded in the Office Of Register of Mesne
Conveyance for Abbeville District.
On motion Of G. r. ClinkscaIes ESQ.,, it was
ordered that these proceedings he published in
the Abbeyille Banner and Independent Press.
JOHN BROwNLEE, Ch'rn.
H. s. CAsoS, sec'y.