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REF BV 4070 .C79415 1873 

Columbia Theoloaical 
Seminary (Columbia* SO. 

Constitution oF the 
Theolosicai Seminary of the 



For Reference 

Not to be taken from this room 



85-01^38 



John Bulow Campbell Library 

Columbia Theological Seminary 

Decatur, Ga. 30031 



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 



Columbia Theological Seminary 
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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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BY=LAWS. 
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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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