The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-07-15


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3 CONSTITUTIONS OF. THE PORTAGE COUNTY S. s
+ ASSOCIATION, ADOPTED JUNE 80, 1868.
! l. This Association shall be known as Tn
| PoBTAaE COUNTY SUNDAY ScHooL Assoc1A
T1oN. Its object shall be to unite all Evan
gelical Christians in the county in efforts tt
promote the cause of Sunday Schools, estab
fishing new schools where they are needed
and awakening an increased interest and eff
Pciency in such as are already in, operation.
2. The Officers of this Association shall
be- President, Vice Presidents from on the sew.
eral townships, as provided in. the third arti.
Gle; Corresponding and Recording secre.
tary, Treasurer, and Central Committee, to
consist of the President Corresponding Sec
retary, and i've other members. - The term Of
service of all which officers shall be one yea,
and until their successors shall be chosen
8, The President of Township or Village
Sunday School Associations, where such as,
soclatlons exist, shall be the Vice President OF
the Association, for the township or townships
embraced in such association, and where no
such associations exist, one Vice President
shall be chosen from each, township so far as
practicable, in accordance with recommends
tons from the township where he is located
These Vice Presidents shall be the active and
responsible agents of this Association; and
have the general supervision. of. the Sunday
School interest in their respective districts
shall distribute statistical blanks, and gather
reports from the various schools. and forward
the same to the Corresponding Secretary pre-
.Eious to the Annual Meeting, and shall CO.
operate with him in whatever pertains to the
general interests of the cause in the county.
tls4. The Corresponding Secretary shall be
the general and responsible Superintendent of
the operations of this Association in the
County, and with the aid of the Central Com
mittee and of the Vice Presidents in their re-
spectlve districts, shall call and provide for
sustaining Union Sunday School meetings in
the differehs townships, procure and distribute
statistical blanks, receive reports from the va
rious Schools or Associations. and compile
from them an Annual Report Of the progress
of the enterprise, with the statistics of the
various Schools to March 31st, and present the
same at the Annual Meeting of the Associa-
ton. He shall also transmit, as early as Nav
18th, in each year, to the Chairman of the
State Executive Committee, a schedule of
statistics for the County, in conformity with
the plan furnished for the purpose by such
Committee, to be presented to the State Sum
day School Convention, in which Convention
he shall be the representative of this Asso-
5. The Central Committee shall appoint
the time and place for the annual and other
meetings of the Association, prepare business
for the same, aid the Corresponding Secretary
IN getting up and sustaining public meetings
IN the different townships and villages, and
advise and cooperate with him in whatever
relates to the interests of the cause in the
County. 1t shall also be the duty of this
Committee to fill any office in the Association
which may become vacant during the year. Z
ri g.. The Recording Secretary shall keep a
record of the doings of the Association at its
several meetings. The Treasurer shall COL
lect funds under the advice of the Central
Committee, as may be needed for the purposes
of the Association, and pay out the same on
the order of the Corresponding Secretary, ali
of whose disbursements shall be first approy-
ed by the Central Committee. -re.5 s.-
u. The Annual Meetings of this Assoeia-
ton shall be held in the month of April or
early In May in each year, at which time the
officers shall be elected, the Annual Report of
the Corresponding Secretary presented, dele
gates to the State Convention appointed, one
OF more addresses delivered, and any other
business transacted which may serve to pro-
mote the objects of the Association and
meetings may be held more frequently when
deemed desirable by the Central COMMITTEES.
g. All clergymen of the various Evangel-
ical Churches, and all officers and teachers of
Sunday Schools in the County, are invited to
cooperate with this Association, and doing so.
shall be considered as members. i. = .-ii.Il- "
o. This Constitution may be altered or
amended at any Annual Meeting of this Asso-
citation by vote of majority of the mem
bers present. 81 fsaG2'' -fia a
ResoEued, That as an Association, we re-
commend that the S. S. Schools in. each
Township, meet together as. often as once a
month in s. s. Concert. .q 'e,I ra rs
The following persons were appointed to
nominate Officers for the Association, viz !:
Messrs. G. ]. Bliss, G. B. Conant and
Geo. W. Tucker, who reported the
following persons, who. were appointed,
viz: President, P. B. Conant; Cor. secreta-
ry, A. B. Griffin; Rec Secretary, Alfred Bald
win; Treasurer, J. c.. Delano.
-,.r e.s +, CENTRAL. ooMMIFTEE. --or ss..7i
Rev. Caleb Brown, Rev. James Shaw, Rev.
Geo. Fairbanks, Dr.J. A. Knowlton and Rev.
E. B. Mason. -, ~. ri xii ss... -..s- -..a.
Association appointed the following Vice
Presidents for the Townships of the County
Ravenna, II. J. White Rootstown, Rev. E. E.
Lamb ), Atwater, s. S. .Hinman; Deerfeld,
j. n. Fry Palmyra, David Merwin; Charles
town, J. L. Coe; Paris, A. Belts Windham,
g. B. Conant; Nelson, A. Mowbray; Free
dom, P. P. Clark; Shalersville, j. Preston;
Hiram, Dea. Strong; Mantua, Dea. Converse;
Aurora, Rev. j. c. Graves; Streetsboro, Rev.
j. M. Chapman; Franklin, L. Reed Brim-
field, L. Twitchel /; Safield, A. H. Highway;
Randolph, W. j. Dickinson Edinburgh G.
B. Stillson.
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