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ence of the work of the church.
A bishop may be assigned tot adj
minister in any part of the Church,
provided that when he is assigned to
administer within the Jurisdiction 9TH
er than that by which he was elected
it shall be with the consent of the ma
Jority of the bishops of the Jurisdic-
ton involved.
Article 7.-Presidency of the
General Conference
The bishop shall select by ma
jority vote of the bishops. of each jur-
isdiction one or more of their num-
Der from each Jurisdiction to preside
at the session of the General Confer
ence.
Article 8.-Jurisdictional Conferences
Each Jurisdiction shall have Juris-
dictional Conference possessing the
full powers of the General Conferences
of the Church now constituting said
| Jurisdiction, except such powers as are
herein vested in the General Confer
ence, or which may hereafter from
time to time be legally delegated to
the General Conference by the Juris
dictional Conferences.
Each .Jurisdictional Conference shall
meet quadrennially where the General
| Conference is to assemble and immed
| lately prior to its assembling, and
when desirable may meet during the
session of the General Conference, and
at such other times and places as it
may determine.
Article o-The Judicial Council
l. The General Conference shall, at
its first session, provide for Judicial
Council, to be composed of an equal
number of members, elected by each
Jurisdictional Conference, and the
Judicial Council shall provide its own
methods of procedure.
2. The Judicial Council shall be
authorized to review, upon appeal of
one-f;fth of the members of the Cen
eral Conference or of either Jurisdlc-
tional Conference, or on the appeal OF
majority of the bishops, on constl-
tutional grounds, the acts of the Cen
eral conference and of the Jurisdlc-
tiona1 Conferences; to hear and to de-
termine all other appeals and matters
coming to it in the course OF legal
procedure.
8. The Judicial Council shall have
the right on its own motion, subject
to such rules and regulations as shall
be determined by the General Con-
ference, to review the legislative acts
of the General Conference or of either
of Jurisdictional Conference and to
pass on the constitutionality OF said
acts.
4. The Judicial Council shall also
have power to arrest an action OF a
correctional board or other connec-
tional body when such action is
brought before it by appeal by one
fifth Of the members of said body, pres
ent and voting, or by majority OF the
bishops.
5. All decisions of the Judicial
Council shall be made by majority
of the total membership of the Coun-
Gil.
Article 1O-Amendments
The General Conference shall at its
first session provide in harmony with
the existing procedure ofthe two chur
chcs a method of amending the con-
stitution, and until such method shall
have been adopted amendments shall
be affected through the process now
prevailing in the churches, respective
| ly.
Article 11.-Schedule
In all matters not specifically set
forth in these Articles, and until the
General Conference by legal process
shall otherwise ordain, the rules of gov
eminent in the Discipline OF the re-
spective Churches shall be of full force
and effect and binding upon the Jur-
| isdictions, respectively.
Recommendation
We recommend that financial sup
port of the Colored Methodist Epis-
copa1 Church be continued by the Jur-
isdiction with which it is historically
related and to such an extent as that
Jurisdiction may deem wise.