OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BISHOPS, CLERGY, AND LAITY OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN A GENERAL CONVENTION, HELD IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, FROM OCTOBER 6th TO OCTOBER 19th, INCLUSIVE, A.D. 1841. TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND CANONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. NEW-YORK: SWORDS, STANFORD & CO., No. 152 BROADWAY. ORDER Of the Secretary of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies. SECT. 1. A Secretary shall be chosen at every Convention by ballot, by a majority of votes, after viva voce nominations. Members of the House shall not be eligible. If but one person is nominated, the balloting shall be dispensed with. The Secretary shall continue in office until the meeting of the next Convention, and until his successor is chosen. He shall attend at the time and place appointed for the meeting of the General Convention; shall receive the testimonials of those who shall there attend as Members of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies; shall record the names of those who present testimonials; and when such list is made, shall take the votes of those named in it for a President. The insertion by the Secretary, in the list so made by him, of the name of any person who has presented a testimonial of his appointment as a Deputy, shall be prima facie evidence of the right of such person to a seat; but as soon as the House is duly organized, a Committee on Elections shall be appointed, to whom the testimonials of all those claiming to be Members shall be referred. The Secretary shall keep full minutes of the proceedings of the House; transcribe them with all Reports into a book provided for that purpose; preserve the Journal and Records of the House; deliver them to his successor, and perform such other duties as may be directed or assigned to him by the House. He may, with the approbation of the House, appoint an Assistant Secretary. If, during the recess of the General Convention, a vacancy should occur in the office of Secretary, the duties thereof shall devolve upon the Assistant Secretary, if there be one; if not, or if the Assistant Secretary shall die or resign, a Secretary shall be appointed by the Standing Committee of the Diocese in which the next General Convention is to meet. SECT. 2. In order to aid the Secretary in preparing the List specified in the preceding Section, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, to forward to him, as soon as may be practicable, a copy of the Journal of the Diocesan Convention, together with a certified copy of the testimonials of Members aforesaid. Wm. C. Martin, Printer, 113 Fulton St. 2. Of a Clergyman absenting himself from his Diocese.......28, 58, 59, 94, 102 Bishop, 4. Of the Trial of Bishops, Canons passed as substitutes for-- 5. Canon XIV. of 1832, 6. Canon XXIII. of 1832, 7. Canon IV. of 1835, 8. Canon VII. of 1835. 9. Canon IV. of 1838, Church, Report on state of,. Foreign Bishops, Resolution touching the Election of Committees, on the Election of,.. General Theological Seminary,- Report of Trustees,... Report of Standing Committee... Resolutions touching, Nomination of Trustees, German Prayer Book,... 34 99 79 123, 129 57 ..82, 134 Appendix A. Report of the Trustees of the General Theological Seminary, 137 B. Transcript from Minutes of the Trustees,. C. Treasurer's Report and Accoount, D. Tabular Views,...... E. Report of Board of Missions, with Documents,. F. Standing Committees during the recess, Proposed Alteration in the Prayer Book,. Proposed addition to the Constitution,. FF. List of Documents reported to the Convention, and laid upon the table, List of Clergy,.. Constitution and Canons. 142 144 147 151 173 173 173 174 175 LIST OF THE ATTENDING MEMBERS. HOUSE OF BISHOPS. The Right Rev. Alexander Viets Griswold, D.D., of the Eastern Diocese, Presiding Bishop. The Right Rev. Richard Channing Moore, D.D., of Virginia. The Right Rev. Philander Chase, D.D., of Illinois. The Right Rev. Thomas Church Brownell, D.D., LL. D., of Connecticut. The Right Rev. Henry Ustick Onderdonk, D.D., of Pennsylvania. The Right Rev. William Meade, D.D., of Virginia. The Right Rev. Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, D.D. of New-York. The Right Rev. John Henry Hopkins, D.D., of Vermont. The Right Rev. Benjamin Bosworth Smith, D.D., of Kentucky. The Right Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., of New-Jersey. The Right Rev. Jackson Kemper, D.D, of Missouri and Indiana. The Right Rev. Samuel Allen M'Coskry, D.D., of Michigan. The Right Rev. Leonidas Polk, D.D., of Louisiana. The Right Rev. William Heathcote De Lancey, D.D., of Western New-York. The Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Jr., D.D., of Georgia. The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, D.D., of Delaware. HOUSE OF CLERICAL AND LAY DEPUTIES. NOTE. The Church in each Diocese is entitled (Constitution, Art. 2,) to a representation of one or more Deputies, not exceeding four in each order. The following list contains the names of such members as attended during the whole session, and also of those who, upon leave of absence or resignation of their seats, had their places from time to time supplied by other appointments. CLERICAL DEPUTIES. Maine.-The Rev. Frederick Freeman. New-Hampshire. —The Rev. Charles Burroughs; the Rev. Petrus S. Ten Broeck; the Rev. William Horton; the Rev. Thomas R. Lambert. |