The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-04
THE SYNOD PASSES
TWO RESOLUTIONS
Co. g - Peee.l

I The trustees or the Angica Church
IN Hawaii TO apply for the approval by
( he civil authority of the Territory OF
/ Hawaii OF such amendments in the
| harter OF incorporation. under which
| the property Of the Anglican Church
| n Hawaii is held. TO enable the cor
poration TO hold all this property for
/ the purpose and use OF the said church
I as a missionary district until il be
! comes a self-supporting diocese of the
( Protestant Episcopal Church in the
United States of America"
/ The resolution as amended was
! passed. The resolution in full, as it
/ was amended. reads as follows:
Whereas, the Hawaiian Islands have
/ been annexed to the United States of
4 America, and the Diocesan Synod did
/ at its last session in November, 1893.
/ put on record its readiness TO take
/ such steps as might be necessary for
! bringing the Church of Hawaii into
union with the Protestant Episcopal
| Church in the United States OF Ameri-
ca as the branch of the Anglican com
| munion established in the United
States, and
Whereas, this Synod, by the previ-
| Gus resolution accepted the rule of
/ worship doctrine, and discipline OF
| the said church;
Resolved. That the Synod hereby
/ expresses its desire that the Church
in Hawaii should be received as a
missionary district of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, in accordance with
the resolutions adopted by the House
OF Bishops, assembled in general con-
vention al San Francisco after receiv-
ing a communication from the Bishop
of Honolulu, and concurred in by the
House of Deputies; and. further.
promises allegiance to the constitu
tion and canons of the said church;
Resolved, That the Synod instruct
the Trustees of the Anglican Church
in Hawaii to apply for the approval b.
the civil authority of the Territory of
such amendments in the charter OF
/ incorporation. under which the prop
/ erty of the Anglican Church in Hawaii
| is held. as shall enable the corpora
! ton u hold all this property for the
purpose aad use of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States
/ OF America as a missionary district,
or a self-supporting diocese of said
! church.
Tho Amended Charter.
! Upon motion of F. J. Tesla the Sy-
nod then resolved Itself into a com
/ mittee CT the whole 10 take up the
amended charter and bylaws. Bishop
Willis appointed Captain Pond. chair
man. and resigned his seat in the
captains favor. The matter of the
charter was then taken up and. after
considerable debate and a little argu
ment, with a few amendments. the
first six paragraphs of the amended
charter were adopted. as follows
Charter of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the Hawaiian Islands
Amended Charter of Incorpora-
ton.
Whereas, A Charter OF Incorporation
was granted on the 9th day Of Novem-
Der. a. D. 1862, TO the Right Reverend
Thomas Nettleship Staley. d. d.. Bish-
op of Honolulu, and his associates. IN
der the name of the Synod OF the
Hawaiian Reformed Catholic Church; ;"
and
Whereas, The said Synod did on the
2lst dav OF April. A. ID. 1873. petition
that the name of the Corporation
might be changed, and that the said
Corporation might henceforth be
known as The Trustees of the An
glican Church in Hawaii" and there
after. to-wit, on the It'll day of No
vember, A. D. 1873. an amended Char
ter of Incorporation was granted in
accordance with the said petition unto
the Right Reverend Alfred Willis, ID.
D.. Bishop of Honolulu successor to
the aforesaid Right Reverend Thomas
Nettleship Staley, D. d. and his as
sociates; and
Whereas. By the Incorporation of
the Hawaiian Islands as Territory of
the United States of America, where
by the jurisdiction OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church, the brapch of the
Anglican Communion established in
the United Sta-es of America, extends
in right to all members of that branch
/ residing in the Hawaiian Islands. q
I further change in the form of the
said Charter OF Incorporation is rem
/ dered necessary; and
Whereas, The said the Right Rev
/ erend Alfred Willis, d. D.. Bishop of
Honolulu as aforesaid and his associ-
I ates. trustees OF the Anglican Church
I in Hawaii. In their corporate capacity
I did. on the ~ day OF ..-....A-
/ u. -, petition that the name OF the
said corporation might again be
changed and that the said corporation
might heaceforth be known as The
! Protestant Episcopal Church in the
I Hawaiian Islands and that its char
/ ter CT incorporation might be so
amended that il may hereafter have
and hold under and by the name of
The Protestant Episcopal Church in
4 the Hawaiian Islands" all of the
lands, tenements and Entertainments
aud all other real and personal estate
i ct the said corporation to be faithfully
applied TO the purpose and use OF es-
I tabiiShing and maintaining in the
+! Hawaiian Islands q branch of the
church now known as +The Protestant
/ Episcopal Church in the United States
Of America" and subject 10 the con
j sfitution. eanons. rules. regulations
and discipline OF the said Protestant
F., Episcopal cb--ch IN the United
States of America; and
Whereas. IL appears BY the said