Plan of Government of the Theological Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, Columbia, S.C., as amended in 1896,

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Columbia Theoloaical
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Constitution oF the
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PLAN OF GOVERNMENT

-OF THE-

Theological Seminary

-OF THE

Spsds of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida

OF THE-

PresbYterian-Ghareh in the United States,

COLUMBIA, S. C.

As Amended in 189G.

S W Murray, Printer, Ncwnan, Ga

Plan of Government

OF THE

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

OF THE SYNODS OF

South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.

SECTION I.

OF THE ASSOCIATED SYNODS.

i. Article i. The Seminary shall be under the direction and
control of the Synods of South Carolina, , Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida, and others which may hereafter be associated with them,
through the incorporated body known as ' 'The Board of Directors
of the Theological Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, and Florida, of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States," which has always hitherto had charge of the property of the
institution, the Associated Synods retaining the power of instruction
and ultimate control.

2. Art. 2. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States shall have the right of general supervision over
the interest of this Seminary, and for this purpose the Directors shall
l&y before the Assembly, at its annual meeting, a report setting forth
the existing condition of the institution; and the Assembly can advise
aiid recommend measures for its welfare. Should the Assembly see
reason, at any time, to object to any of the acts of the Directors or
other authorities of the institution, it shall send down, in writing, to
the Synods, its opinions in the premises, but shall have no controlling
negative, nor the right to originate any measures for the management
of the Seminary.

3. Art. 3. Alterations or amendments of this Plan of Government
are in every case to be proposed to the Synods at one meeting, but not
adopted till the meeting of the subsequent year, except by a two-thirds
vote in at least two of the Synods and a majority in another.

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CTION II.

of THE BOARD of DIRECTORS.

4. Article i. The Board of Directors shall consist of fifteen
members; and no one shall be a member of the Board who is not
either a minister, a ruling elder, or deacon. These Directors shall re-
ceive their appointment from the respective Synods, as provided for in
the Article immediately following. Vacancies occurring ad interim
may be filled by the Board until the next meeting of the Synod not
fully represented.

5. Art. 2. Of the members of the Board, the Synod of South
Carolina shall elect six ; the Synod of Georgia four ; the Synod of
Alabama three, and the Synod of Florida two; the term of office of
five of whom, viz : two from the Synod of South Carolina and one
from each of the other Synods, shall expire each year. Of these fifteen
Directors, four ministers, one from each Synod, shall be designated
by their respective Synods as Examiners, whose special duty it shall
be to attend the examinations at die close of every term and report
thereon to the Board of Directors.

6. Art. 3 The Board shall elect its own President, Vice-
President, Secretary, and Treasurer ; and shall appoint its own organ
or organs of communication with the Synods. The Treasurer shall be
a member of the Presbyterian Church, but need not be a member of
the Board, and shall give a suitable bond.

7. Art. 4. The Board of Directors shall meet statedly once in
each year, at the close of the session, and may meet oftener on its
own adjournment. It shall also meet when it is called together by its
President, or by any three of its members, not more than two of
whom shall be from the same Synod, who are hereby empowered to
convene it. It shall appoint an Ex, Committee to act ad interim

between its stated sessions. Five members shall constitute a quorum
of the Board for the transaction of business ; provided they are not all
of one Synod.

8. Art. 5. All Professors of the Seminary shall be elected by the
Board of Directors, two-thirds of all the members of the Board being
necessary to a choice. But such elections shall be subject to the
approval of the Synods, to which they shall be reported at their next
stated meetings thereafter ; and if an election is approved by t a
majority of the Synods, it shall be regarded as complete.

8. Art. 6. The Board shall have authority by a two-thirds vote
to transfer a Professor from one chair to another, the act being subject

to like approval by the Synods. The Board shall also have authority
to fix the salary of each Professor.

10. Art. 7. The Board shall hold all the property belonging to,
or to be acquired by, the institution, in trust for the Associated
Synods ; and nothing in this Plan of Government shall be understood
as in any manner or degree infringing upon its legal and chartered
rights.

11. Art. 8. The Board shall appoint such committees of invest-
ments as it shall deem neccessary.

12. Art. 9. The Secretary of the Board shall conduct its corres-
pondence, preserve on file its papers, and keep a record of its proceed-
ings in a book which shall be annually submitted to the inspection of
the Synod of South Carolina, and a certified copy of the minutes of
each year shall be sent to the other Synods.

13. Art. 10. The Treasurer shall receive, manage, and (with
the joint advice and consent of the appropriate Committees of In-
vestment) invest the funds of the Seminary, under the direction of
the Board. He shall give bond for their faithful management, in such
sum as the Board shall direct, with sufficient sureties, to "the Board
of Directors of the Theological Seminary of the Synods of South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States." He shall give receipts for all monies re-
ceived; pay all monies appropriated by the Board; and make an an-
nual itemized report of the state of the funds, and of the expenditures
of the Seminary, to the Board of Directors. And the Board shall
appoint, at least once a year, a committee of two or more of its own
members, before whom all the bonds, notes, and assets of the
Seminary shall be exhibited by the Treasurer.

14. Art. 11. The investing Committees shall aid the Treasurer
in investing the funds of the Seminary such investments always to
be made in the corporate name of the institution ; and the investing
Committees are further required to make an annual itemized report to
the Board, through the Treasurer, of whatever funds may have been
invested with their advice and consent.

15. Art. 12. When the further continuance of a Professor in the
Seminary shall, in the judgment of two-thirds of all the members of
the 'loard of Directors, be deemed undesirable, the Board shall re-
quest him to resign, and if he declines to do so it shall, by a vote of
two- thirds of all the members, without a formal trial, dissolve his
relaticn to the institution; and this action shall be final.

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1 6. Art. 13. When a Professor shall be removed from his chair
by the Board, either with or without the instruction of the Synods,
that chair shall be vacant from the date of the removing act, and the
Board may proceed at once to fill the vacancy.

17. Art. 14. The Board shall annually submit a full written re-
of the state of the Seminary to the Synods.

18. Art. 15. The Board for its information may, at its stated
meetings, and at such other times as may be deemed advisable, hold
conference with the Faculty in regard to the interests of the
institution.

19. Art. 16. The Board shall make all rules and regulations, and
generally do whatever it deems best for the welfare of the Seminary,
provided the same shall not be repugnant to this Plan of Government,
the orders of the Synods, or the Constitution of the Presbyterian
Church.

20. Art. 17. The Board shall open and close all its sessions
with prayer.

31. Art. 18. Every Director, previously to taking his seat as a
member of the Board, shall solemnly subscribe the following formu-
la : "Approving the Plan of Government of 'The Theological
Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida of the Presbyterian Church in the United States,' I solemnly
declare and promise, in the presence of God and the Board, that I
will faithfully endeavor to carry into effect all the articles and pro-
visions of said Plan of Government, and to promote the great des
of the Seminary. ''

SECTION III.

PROFESSORS AND FACULTY.

22. Article 1. The Professorships in this Seminary shall be those
of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis of Scripture, New Tt
ment Literature and Exegesis of Scripture, Didactic and Polemic The-
ology, Church Government and History, Pastoral Theology and Sacred
Rhetoric, an al Science in connection with Revelat

Christian Ap< . such others as the Synods may, from time to

time, establish. There may be also a tutor of the Hebrew Language,
e appointed by the Faculty, and his salary to be fixed by the Board.

23. Art. 2. The Professors of Didactic and Polemic
of Church Government and History, and of Pastoral Theology

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Sacred Rhetoric, shall be ordained ministers of the gospel, and shall
have been engaged in the discharge 'of pastoral duties for at least five
years. The other chairs may be filled by ordained ministers without
such experience.

24.-- -Art. 3. The election of Professors shall be by ballot, it
having been previously made the order of the day, and a season of
special of prayer having been observed for the Divine direction in
the choice, immediately before the time of the nomination.

25. Art. 4. Each Professor shall lay before the Faculty and the
Board, as soon as practicable after his appointment, a detailed ex-
hibition of the system and method which he proposes to pursue, as
well as of the subjects he proposes to discuss in conducting the studies
of his classes, and he shall be entitled to their assistance and advice
in the conduct of his department.

26 Art. 5. Every Professor, when inaugurated, shall publicy
subscribe the Confession of Faith and the other standards, agreebly to
the following formula: "In the presence of God and these witnesses,
I do solemnly subscribe the Confession of Faith, Catechisms and
other standards of government, discipline, and worship of the
Presbyterian Church in the United States, as a just summary of the
doctrines contained in the Bible, and promise and engage not to teach,
directly or indirectly, any doctrine contrary to the Scriptures as inter-
preted in those standards while I continue a Professor in this
Seminary."

27. Art. 6. The method of instruction in this Seminary shall be
that of private recitation, and of private and public lectures ; and
every exercise shall be opened with prayer.

28. Art. 7. In case of a vacancy in any Professorship the duties
of such chair shall be divided amongst the Faculty, as far as may be
practicable, until the next meeting of the Board.

29. Art. 8. The Professors, when it shall be deemed desirable,
shall, under the direction of the Board, supply the students with the
preaching of the gospel and the administration of its ordinances.

30. Art. 9. Any Professor proposing to resign his office, unless
relieved from giving such notice by the Board, shall give six months'
notice of his intention to the Board

31. Art. 10. The Professors shall constitute a Faculty, who

si .all meet at least monthly, on a given day; and at all meetings of

the Faculty, the senior Professor shall preside ; but, in every other

set, the Professors shall be on equality, and all questions before

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32. Art. ii. The Faculty shall appoint a clerk, and keep a fair
record of its proceedings, which shall be annually submitted to the
inspection of the Board. It shall also, in accordance with this Plan
of Government, receive and act upon all applications for admission
to the Seminary and for charitable assistance ; give certificates to
students applying to Presbyteries for license, and to those leaving the
Seminary after completing their regular course of studies. It shall fix
the time for social worship, morning and evening (and for public
worship, if such is instituted), the hours for private recitations, and
the days for public lectures. It shall decide all questions of order and
cases of discipline ; suspend or dismiss any student who, in its opinion
is unworthy the privileges of the Seminary, whether by reason of
indolence, neglect of duty, or other causes, or whose connection with
the institution would be injurious to its interests. In all cases where
discipline involves such separation from the Seminary, the student
shall have the right of appeal to the Board of Directors. It shall do
generally whatever is deemed necessary for the successful regulation
of the internal concerns of the Seminary ; and shall report in writing
the state of the Seminary to the Board. And it may suggest or re-
commend subjects for the consideration of the Board.

33. Art. 12. Whenever a Professor shall hereafter become
seventy years of age, he shall be retired at the close of that scholastic
year, unless retained in office by an annual election in which he shall
receive the votes of a majority of the Board. And when a Professor
is thus retired, the Board is authorized to appropriate to him such
stipend as it may deem proper.

SECTION IV.

ADMISSION AND DUTIES OF STUDENTS.

34. Article 1. Students, to be admitted, must furnish the Faculty
with satisfactory testimonials of being in full communion with som<J
Christian Church ; of having been regularly educated at some college
or university, or in the absence of such testimonials, must satisfy the
Faculty, by examination, that they have made attainments necessary
for the foundation of a course of Theology.

35. Art. 2. These testimonials being satisfactory, they shall be ad-
mitted to full standing in the Seminary by subscribing the folio *
declaration, viz : "Deeply impressed with a sense of the import
of improving in knowledge, prudence, and piety, preparatory to the
gospel ministry, I solemnly promise, in reliance on Divine grace, that

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I will faithfully and diligently attend all the instructions of this
Seminary, and that I will conscientiously and vigilantly observe all
the rules and regulations specified in the Plan of Government, and
also obey all the lawful requisitions, and readily yield to all the
wholesome admonitions of the Professors of the Seminary while I
continue a member of it."

36. Art. 3. The students thus admitted to the Seminary shall be
divided into three classes, to be called Senior, Middle, and Junior.
The Junior shall embrace those of the first year; the Middle those of
the second ; and the Senior those of the third.

37. Art. 4. The students of the several classes shall, unless
permission otherwise is granted by the Faculty, reside at the Seminary
during the whole of each term, and be under the particular charge of
their respective Professors. Nor shall any student leave town, or be
absent from any regular exercise of the Seminary, without permission.
And for each absence he shall render a satisfactory excuse to the
Professor of his class, or, in case of his absence, to the Senior
Professor present.

38. Art. 5. The students shall sustain good, moral and religious
characters ; manifest a due regard for the Directors, Professors, and
each other ; pursue the course of studies marked out by the Faculty ;
observe its regulations respecting the hours of study, private recitations,
public lectures, and social devotions ; and obey the requisitions of
their several instructors.

39. Art. 6. The students of the Junior and Middle classes shall
wrtte compositions on such subjects, and at such times, as their
Professors may direct, and shall submit the same to them for criticism.
The students of the Senior class shall write during the year at least
two sermons, which shall be submitted to the appropriate Professor
for private criticism and approval, and they shall alter and transcribe
them until approved by his signature. And the students of all the
classes shall, if practicable, deliver a piece of their own composition
before the students and Professors once in each month.

40. Art. 7. Any student who neglects his regular studies, is
guilty of an indiscretion, exhibits an indifference to practical religion,
or otherwise violates this Plan of Government, shall be faithfully ad-
monished in private, or before his class, as the Professor may deem
expedient ; if the student perseveres in the same course he shall be
publicly admonished, suspended, or dismissed from the Seminary by
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4i. Art. 8. Every student having completed a regular course of
three years' studies in this Seminary, and returned and replaced all
the books taken from the library, shall receive a certificate from the
Faculty, specifying the time he has been connected with the Seminary,
the diligence he has manifested in his studies, and the moral and
religious character he has sustained.

42. Art. 9. The Faculty may, at its discretion, admit to the
exercises of the institution such persons besides students as may
desire to profit by its instructions.

43. Art. 10. Students who desire to take only a part of the
course taught in the Seminary shall not be matriculated but admitted
as special students, subject, however, to the discipline of the
institution.

SECTION V.

COURSE OF STUDIES.

44. Article i. The course of studies pursued in this Seminary
shall embrace a period of three years. It shall cover, in general, the
ground of Biblical Literature, Systematic Theology, Church History
and Polity, Pastoral Duties, Sacred Rhetoric, and the Evidences
and Apologetics ; and none who do not complete this course shall be
entitled to a regular certificate of the Faculty.

45. Art. 2. The course of studies shall be varied or extended,
as the improvements of the age may require ; provided, it never
deviates from the Word of God and the standards of the Presbyterian
Church.

SECTION VI.

.RESIDENT LICENTIATES.

46. Article i. Licentiates, or students who have honorably
completed a course of Theological studies, may reside at this
institution, and enjoy the privilege of the library, and also the public
lectures and private recitations of the Professors.

47. Art. 2. Persons thus residing at the Seminary shall be under
the inspection of the Faculty, and be required to attend the devotional
exercises of thejinstitution

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SECTION VII.

DEVOTIONAL AND PERSONAL PIETY.

48. Article i. Religious services shall be held in the chapel
every morning and evening, during each term, as the Faculty may
direct, and in the following order, viz : The service shall commence
with a short prayer, imploring the Divine aid and blessing ; a portion
of the Scriptures shall then be read, and accompanied by such
remarks or written exposition as the presiding officer may think
proper ; after which a psalm or hymn shall be sung, and the whole
concluded with an appropriate prayer. These services shall be under
the direction of one of the Professors, though a senior student may
officiate.

49. Art. 2. There shall be at least one weekly Conference, ap-
pointed by the Faculty, with a design to promote the personal piety
of the students, and qualify them for practical duties of the ministry.
And, if deemed expedient, the Faculty may occasionally set apart a
day for fasting, humiliation and prayer, which shall be strictly ob-
served by all members of the institution.

50. Art. 3. Every member of the Seminary shall regularly, con-
scientiously and devoutly, attend all these religious services, and such
others as the Faculty may appoint.

SECTION VIII.

EXAMINATIONS.

51. Article i. There shall be at the close of every term, an ex-
amination upon all the studies of the year.

52. Art. 2. All examinations shall be conducted at such times
a.nd in such manner as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

53. Art. 3. No member of the Seminary shall be absent from
the examination of his class; and in case of the absence of any
student, he shall be examined by the Faculty at the commencement
of the next term ; and if his examination be not satisfactory he shall
be required to make up the deficiency ; otherwise he may not proceed
with the class.

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SECTION IX.

VACATIONS.

54. Article i. There shall be one or more vacations in each year,
at such times and of such length as the Board may direct.

55. Art. 2. During each vacation the students shall be respon-
sible to the Faculty of the Seminary for their conduct; and for any
unworthy course that may injure the institution they shall be admon-
ished, suspended, or dismissed, as the case may require.

56. Art. 3. At the close of every vacation the students shall
immediately return to the Seminary ; and no excuse for absence, after
the term commences, shall be deemed satisfactory, except sickness or
unavoidable necessity.

SECTION X.

LIBRARY.

57. Article i. The Library shall be deposited in suitable rooms
provided for the purpose, and committed to the care of a Librarian
appointed by the Board.

58. Art. 2. The Librarian shall give bond, when required by the
Board, for the faithful management of the Library, in such sum and
with such sureties as the Board may direct j and he shall, at the dis-
cretion of the Board, be allowed a suitable sum for his services. He
may also appoint an assistant Librarian.

59. Art. 3. The books of the Library shall be regularly num-
bered and arranged by a Committee of the Board and the Librarian,
who shall also furnish an alphabetical catalogue for the use of the
Librarian. And a fair record of all the books given, and of the names
of the donors, shall be kept by the Librarian for the inspection of
all men.

60. Art. 4. Any book or books which the Committee of the
Board and the Librarian may deem too valuable to be lent from the
Library, shall be marked and kept there for occasional reference ; and
they shall never be loaned by the Librarian without a special order
from the Board.

61, Art. 5. The Directors, Professors, and Instructors, Resident
Licentiates, Students of the Seminary, and others to whom the Board
by a special order shall grant the privilege, may take books from the
Library.

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62. Art. 6. No person shall ever borrow or return a book with-
out the knowledge of the Librarian or his assistant, who shall examine
the state of the book and keep a record of its title, also of the person
borrowing or returning, and of the time when borrowed or returned.
This record shall be signed by the person borrowing or returning the
book, unless he be a Director, Professor, or Instructor, who may
obtain books by a written order. They may also have access to the
Library on all occasions, whether to return or receive books, or to
consult them in the Library.

63. Art. 7 The Library shall be opened for lending and returning
books, during term time, one hour a day four days in a week. And
no books shall be lent or returned at any other time, except as spec-
ified in the preceding Article, or by the special order of a Professor.
And no student or resident licentiate shall ever have more than five
books at the same time, in addition to the classics received upon the
written order of an Instructor ; nor shall he retain any book from the
Library more than four weeks ; nor shall he carry any such, book out
of town. The Library shall be opened for consultation every day
except Sabbaths and other special days, at such hours as the Faculty
may appoint.

64. Art. 8. Any person injuring or defacing a book taken from
the Library shall make due satisfaction to the Librarian ; any person
detaining a book beyond the specified time shall have no other till
that be returned ; any person losing or destroying a book shall replace
it, or pay its value; and if it belong to a set he shall take the remain-
ing volumes and furnish a new set, or pay for the whole. The Libra-
arian may require that any book shall be covered by the person
borrowing it.

65. Art. 9. The Library shall be aired every week, and oftener
if necessary, swept and dusted every month ; and at the close of each
term, before the examination, the books shall be removed from the
shelves and each shelf brushed ; and at the end of every year all the
books shall be returned to the Library and the whole prepared for the
inspection of the Board, to whom the Librarian shall make a full and
written report of the state of the Library at each annual meeting.

'66. Ait. 10. The monies received by the Faculty for the benefit
of die Library shall constitute a fund, to be known as the Library
Fund, unless given for the immediate purchase or repair of books.
These funds shall be invested by the Treasurer, with the advice and
consent of the Investing Committee ; and the interest of the same
shall be controlled by the Faculty, and appropriated by them to the
increase and preservation of the Library.

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SECTION XI.

FUNDS AND CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE.

67. Article i. The funds of this Seminary shall ever be kept
distinct and entirely separate from all others, and they shall be de-
posited in the hands of the Treasurer to be managed as required by
this Constitution.

68. Art. 2. All funds invested for the benefit of the institution
shall be invested in the name of ''The Board of Directors of the
Theological Seminary of the Synods of South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Florida of the Presbyterian Church in the United
States," or as it may otherwise direct; and no part of the funds or
their income shall ever be appropriated, except by an order of the
Board, subject at all times to direction and control of the Synods.
And monies thus appropriated by the Board shall be paid by the
Treasurer only at the order of the President, or in case of his absence,
death or inability to act, the Vice-President, countersigned by the
Secretary.

69. Art. 3. A sacred regard shall ever be paid to the wishes and
directions of all Testators or Donors who may bequeath or give any-
thing to the funds of the institution. Any individual or individuals,
or bodies, who shall, by will or otherwise, found or endow a Pro-
fessorship with $25,000, or a scholarship with $2,000 or more, or a
fund of sufficient amount for any specific purpose connected with the
Seminary, may designate the name by which it shall ever be called.

70. Art. 4. All funds or their incomes, specially designated for
charitable assistance, shall be sacredly appropriated to defray or
dimmish the expenses of worthy students in need of pecuniary aid, or
to lessen generally the expenses of a resident at the Seminary.

71. Art. 5. The scholarship funds shall all be dispensed by the
Faculty, and they shall make an annual report of the same to the
Board, with the names of the beneficiaries and the amount received.

72. Art. 6. The regular account of all the funds and expenditures
of the institution, and also of the number of the students receiving
charitable assistance, shall annually be laid before the Board by the
Treasurer.

73. Art. 7. To insure full meetings of the Board a sum may be
annually appropriated to defray the actual traveling expenses of the
members, not to exceed ten cents a mile.

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i. The officers of the Board, consisting of President, Vice-Presi-
dent, Secretary aud Treasurer shall be elected by ballot at its annual
meeting at the close of the session, and they shall hold office for one
year from the time of their election, and until their successors shall
hue been appointed.

2. The Committee of Investment and the Librarian shall be
chosen by ballot, annually, at the same meeting which elects the offi-
cers above named, and they shall annually report to the Board.

3. No discussion shall take place without a regular motion.

4. At every annual meeting of the Board, as soon as practicable
after the organization of the Board, the following Committees shall be
appointed, viz. :

An Executive Committee, as provided by the Constitution.

A Committee of Ways and Means : To take a general view of the state
of the Seminary, and to devise and recommend measures necessary to
its success.

A Building Committee : To examine the buildings belonging to the
Seminary and recommend any repairs, alterations, or additions that

may be necessary.

A Committee on the Library : To consider whatever relates to that
subject and recommend measures accordingly.

A Committee of Laws and Regulations : To investigate the whole in-
ternal managment of the institution, and suggest necessary alterations.

A Committee of Audits : To audit all accounts submitted to the Board.

A Committee of three members of the Board, as provided in the Con-
stitution, before whom all the bonds, notes, and assets of the Semi-
nary shall be exhibited by the Treasurer. This examination of bonds,
notes, and assets of the Seminary shall be made by this Committee
semi-annually, to wit, in May and November.

5. In the absence of the President the Vice-President shall preside,
fnd in the absence of both the Board shall choose a temporary Pres-
ident. In the absence of the Secretary the Board shall choose a tem-
pdLry Secretary. The Board shall also appoint at each meeting an
assistant Secretary.

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6. The Board shall annually appoint at least two persons from its
own number, or from the Faculty, whose duty it shall be to preserve
from damage and keep in good order the material property of the
Seminary ; who shall be authorized to expend for these purposes a
sum not exceeding $500 a year, and who shall annually report to the
Board.

7. The necessary expenses of the Board for traveling, for stationery,
etc., shall be paid by the Treasurer upon the order of the President,
countersigned by the Secretary.

8. The President of this Board shall be the organ of communi-
cation between it and the Synods.

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