Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19
tons. submitted the following re-

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On motion of " S Edwards, the
report was adopted and the Treas
urer of the Conference Board of
Education was directed TO trans
NIT the amount paid in to Treas
urer of Board of Trustees of Dick
inson College.
The reports of the Committee on
Freedman's Aid Society and the
Committee on Sabbath observ-
ance were adopted.
w M Ferguson stated that quite
a number of pastors had failed TO
report their salaries in the statis-
tics handed in. and on motion of
G Ii Richardson he was directed
to call upon them for said reports.
The report ofthe Committee on
Sunday Schools and Tracts was
adopted, and the committee di-
rected to- prepare a response to a
communication which had been
addressed TO the Conference by the
Maryland State Sunday School
UuiOn.
The Committee to whom was
referred the resolution relating TO
the deficiency in the salary of
Prof. Bounds, reported: 1St. That
the Conference at its session of
1879, passed resolution appoint
ing a committee to confer with the
Trustees of Centenary Biblical In
stitute in regard to securing ap-
propriate residence for its princi-
pal, and pledging its hearty CO.
operation. %. That the Trustees
of the Institute Interpreted this
action as meaning purpose on
the part of the Conference to as
sumo financial responsibility, and
on this Interpretation they pro-
ceeded to rent and furnish a house
for the Principal. Sd. That the
expense thus incurred forms part
of the deficiency named, amount
ing at fair estimate to $475.; that
is to say the rent of house for
8 months, at $25 per month. 4th.
That the committee appointed
under the resolution of 1879 at Their
several meetings with the Board
of Trustees, distinctly declined TO
assume personal or Conference fl
nancial responsibility, but simply
pledged the co-operatiod of the
Conference as set f0rln in the
above resolution. stu. That we
now ask the Conference 10 deter
mine the extent Of financial RE-
spOnsibility assumed by the reso-
luton of 1879
JOSEPH FRANCE, Chairm'n.
j. b. VANMETRE, Sec'y.
Ga motion this report was
adopted. aud tn Conference by
vote of 81 10 IL affirmed that The
action taken two years ago cbn
templated nothing more than the
voluntary co operation of the
members and did not pleJge tne
body to the contribution of any
definite amount.
On motion of A e Gibson, A w
Rudsill was requested to prepare
memoir Of the late Thomas s
Harding, for publication in the
minutes.
Rev. j O A Clark, ID. d., OF the
Georgia Conference of the Nj Il.
Church South, was introduced and
addressed the Conference, repre-
senting the Wesley Memorial
Volume, of which he is editor.
Joseph II Wheeler presented the
report OF the Board of Stewards,
and said report was adopted as the
basis of distribution to Conference
claimants.
The following preamble and
resolution presented by the Board
of Stewards We're unanimously
adopted:
WHEREAS. During The past
year The choir Of All. Vernon
Church Of Baltimore, gave a con-
cert Tor tse benefit Of he Confer
en,e Stewards Fluid, realizing
Their. by III sum Of eighty dollars.
ResOired, That the thanks of the
Conference are hereby rendered to
Mt. Vernon Place Church. aud
their example il commended as
worthy of imitation by other sim
liar bodies. ? a
On motion of j Il Amos, the
bar of the Conference was remov-
Ell .ard tue public invited nearer
the pulpit during the memorial
services and the preaching of the
missionary sermon. &f
On motion of G III Richardson.
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