The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-04-23
Church Adjusting Differences
and Dividing Fields. Will
Promote Church Work
in North Dakota.
REV. LYONS MADE OFFICER

The Lnterdenominationa County
Commission of North Dakota held it's
annual meeting in the First Congrega-
tional Church OF Fargo, Tuesday, April
14th. The following officers for the
year were elected: President, Rev. W.
H. Mathews,D d. pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Grand Forks;
Vice President, Rev. A. E. Peterson,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Fargo; Secretary and Treasurer, Rev.
Willard Crosby Lyon, pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Valley
City. This comfy agreement has been
entered into by four of the leading de-
nominations Of the state, Methodist,
Baptist, Presbyterian and Congrega-
tional The various field workers were
present at this meeting. Three Of the
denominations reported the fact that
in six separate instances local church
conditions were being amicably ad-
justed, Gle church giving way to the
other.
An important step in the Fargo meet
ing was the revising of the Constitu-
ton of this Comfy Commission. The
following is the text of the revised
Constitution.
Constitution of the Interdenomlna-
tional Comfy Commission Of North
Dakota, adopted at Fargo, April 18th,
1914.
Article I, Object.-The object of this
Commission shall be to promote coope-
GRAFTON in the general work Of evange-
lization and i'm the organization, main
tenance of churches in North Dakota.
Article II, Membership.-The men,
bership of this Commissio shall con-
sist of three delegates each from the
denominations accepting this constitu-
ton and consenting to work under its
provisions with sister denominations
in North Dakota. OF the three dele
gates from each denomination, one
may be field worker. The delegates
shall hold office for the term Of three
years and be so elected that the term
of one shall expire each year, the Of
fetal year of this Commission being
the calendar year.
Article III, Oficers.-The officers of
this Commission shall be president,
vice-president and Secretary who shall
also he treasurer These officers shall
hold office for the term of one year, of
until their successors shall be chosen,
and be elected by the Commission at
it's annual meeting each year.
Articles w. Executive Committee
There shall be ain Executive Com
mitee consisting of one n4mber of
each denomination, chosen by the
Commission from among their num-
Der, and the President and Secretary
of executive commission shall serve as
Pres and Secretary Of the E ecutive
Committee. No official agent Of any
denomination shall be a member of
this Executive Committee. In gener-
al it shall be the duty of the Execu-
tive Committee to consider questions
of Comfy which may be referred to
it. and to make recommendations in
behalf of the Commission.
Article V, Meetings of the Commits
sion.-There shall be an annual meet
ing of the Commission on ............
at .. or at such time and
nlace and of such a character as the
Executive Committee may determine.
Special meetings of the Commission
m v be called at any time by the Pres
ident on request of three members.
2-of the Executive Committee.
There shall be an annual meeting
Of the Executive Committee at such
time and place as the Executive may
designate. Special meetings Of the
Executive Committee may be called |,
at any time by the chairman, or on