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shall be rec mmended by two or more actual members ; and if any question arise thereupon the same shall be- determined by baUot of the members then present . , 3 . Applications for admission shall be made to the committee of management , andj > e by them communicated to the Society .
4 . Contributors to the funds of the Society , who have not subscribed the rules , cannot be considered as members * nor be enticed to vote , except in the choice of a Pastor , for which , a cpntribi * - tion to any amount shall qualify ; provided it have been regularly paid , quarterly for twelve months previous to the election , and the contributor have been
in the habit of constant attendance on the meetings of the Society . 5 . Any member whose contribution shall be , twelve months in arrear and * receiving notice from the Treasurer , does ? Hot within fourteen days discharge the same , shall be considered as having withdrawn from the Society although he have
* ot explicit ! ydeclaired his intention so to do . 6 . As it is the duty of every Christian Society to watch over tbe moral conduct of its members , and cases may occur in which admonition or exclusion may become necessary , it shall be lawful to ha ^ re recourse to either , of these expedientsprovided , that of whatever nature die complaint may be , it shall be distinctly
stated , in writing , signed with the name q £ the couiplaioant , and exhibited to the committee of management , who shall employ every proper means to remove the cause of offence . 1 / their endeavours prove ineffectual , the case may be brought in the like form , before the Sq ^ ciety at large , who if they see fit , may
appoint a special committee to examine the business , and make speedy report thcrton . Judgment shall be given by the Society , in the way of baLot , for acquittal , admonition or expulsion , as the case may of ri ^ ht and justice require— -if for expulsion , it shall be carried into effect by the erasure of { he offender ' s name from the list of members
and exclusion from the Lords Supper . A record of the whole proceed ing , shall be entered on the books of the Society , and the unanimous vote of a general meeting . shall be necessary to the readmission of such excluded member . 7 . A similar course * h + \\ be pursued when any member , feeling aggrieved , $ hall demand an enquiry iuto his o ? her
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conduct ; and in either case , the rote o * the person or persona immediately interested shall not be admitted . Ill * ElcGtian and dismissal of a frasttK —1 ; When any person desirous , of undertaking the office of Pastor , shall have given satisfactory proof of his qualifications-for the same , any three members
of the Society may nominate him for m - lection at the conclusion of a public meet * ing for Worship w The election shall take place at the like meeting next following the nomination , and if no contrariety of opinion appear he shall be Considered as duly elected—if otherwise , lie sha II be determined by way of ballot ; and the votes of three fourths of the whole
number of qualified electors present shall be necessary to a choice . 7 . * The pastor immediately upon hi ^ election shall sign the declaration and rules , if he have not done it before . 3 . He shall not be eligible as one of the committee of management ,, but may , give his vote as any other member of the Society .
4 . Tn case of his . decliBiag the office , he shall give as early notice of his intention so to do as circumstances will admit * 5 . If any cause of complaint arise as to the conduct or pub He services of the * Pastor , the same shall be distinctly stated * in writing * signed by at least three
members , and exhibited to the'committee of management , who shall take it into nia ~ ture consideration ; and if the complaint be ' persisted in , it shall be their duty tb > lay the same before the Society at the con- * elusion of any public meeting fibr wor'ship . A day for a special meeting shall ? then be fixed , at which the business shall be fully discussed :, and order be taken ; by >
way of ballot , by a majority of voters present , having the same qualifications as . for the choice of a . Pa&ori , ror discontinuance of the proceeding ;^ , for suspension of the Pastor ' s functions , or . for him final dismissal— -and . in the latter case the pecuniary emolument to which he fhav hay- been entitled for his services , shaft be continued , in proportion to the annual amount , for six months from the time of
decision , IV . General Meetings .- «~ A . General an * nu-al meeting of iho Society shall be held on the fourth Sunday in . the ? month of December , Immediately after morning service ; and special meetings may be at any tame held , such previous notice being given . for . tfiat purpose as the business to be transacted may agpctu- u > tequhc *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 989, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/53/
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