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missionary, offered the following re-.
port:
10 THE OwrICERs AND MEMBERS
OF THE HAYS COUNTY SABBATH
School CONVENTION =
Your committee appointed to report
upon ths propriety Of placing o mis-
sionary or an evangelist in the field,
respectfully report, that we believe it
entirely practicable to place such an
agent ut work, and hereby report a
plan by resolution:
Resolved, 1st, That the Hays ooun.
ty 5 School convention shall have an
executive committee of three, whose
term of Office shall correspond with
the other officers OF the convention, to
be appointed by the chair. whose duty
it shall be to receive the money here
matter provided, to be raised from the
hands of the Treasurer of this con.
vention, and upon receipt of a sat6ci-
ent amount to employ missionary for
three months, it shall be the duty of
said executive committee to appoint a
for the time for which they
have means on hand; said committee
to determine the amount Of salary of
Resoloed, 2nd, That tho missionary
so employed by said committee shall
canvass Hays county in
the interest of Sabbath Schools, and
in all neighborhoods, where 40 schools
are now in existence, it shall be his.
duty to organize, if possible a Sab.
bath School. And all schools organ
lied by said missionary. shall be al
lowed by n vote or otherwise to de-
termine, whether they will attach
themselves to any church, or form
themselves into Union School; but
in no case shall said missionary in
huence said schools so. organized by
him, to attach themselves to any por-
ticular church, or to ba q Union
School. 1t shall be the duty Of said
to visit all organized schools
in Hays county and labor to induce
schools not now represented in this
convention to send delegates to the
next session ct same.
Resoluctl, 3rd, That the superin-
tendents of the various schools repre-
sented i: this convention be requested
to raise collections in their respective
schools, as they shall deem proper, to
defray the expenses OF the missionary
hereby provided for.
Resol0cd, 4th, That a collection be
taken up at each session Of this con
vention to deiray the expenses eff this
convention, and one halt of such col.
lections be applied to defray expenses
of its missionary.
Resolved, 9Th, That there be- elected
by the delegates Of this convention, u
Treasurer, whose term of Office shall
correspond with the other officers of
this convention, and whose duties shall
be to receive, receipt tor, and safely
keep, subject to the order of this con-
and of the executive commit.
tee, all funds raised by virtue OF these
resolutions or in any other manner.
Resolued, 9th. That the executive
committee, hereby provided for, and
the Treasurer be and they are hereby
required to make report to this con.
vention at each of its regular sessions
of all their official actions, and of all
received and disbursed by
them. s FISHER, Ch'mn.
The repors was received, read. de-
bated upon and adopted.
Maj s B Mcbride offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
ResolUed, That the constitution be
80 amended, that the convention be
allowed to elect officers at any time
Turing the session.
Resolution as an amendment to the
constitution adopted.
The chair appointed the following
of three for nomination of
,fficers, and place and time of next
with instructions to report
Turing the night session Maj 5 b
Mcbride, d A Young and J l. Pyle.
After singing by the choir and prayer
BY Rev W l. Kennedy, the convention
proceeded to the discussion of ques-
ions appointed during the last session.
lst question-"How shall teachers
prepare themselves to teach ?'-open-
ID by DIR J II Combs, and continued
by } j. Pyle, Rev w i Kennedy and
Elder } J Williamson.
2nd question-"Should prizes be Of
Iered as inducement for attendance
ind perfect lessons for intermediate
question was discussed
IN the Affirmative BIZ Joe \ Brown.