Provided, however, that the Annual Conference or Conferences shall have the right to create other conferences in the interval of the General Conferences. The Conference or Conferences desiring to create a new Conference shall appoint a Commission for the purpose of arranging the boundary line of such Conference and giving it a suitable name. The Commission shall submit its report to the ensuing Conference or Conferences for ratification or rejection. In all cases the report of the Commission to become effective must be adopted by the Conference or Conferences which appointed the Commission.
Ques. 3. Who shall appoint the times of holding the Annual Conferences?
Ans. The Bishops; but they shall allow every Annual Conference to sit a week at least.
Ques. 4. Who shall appoint the places of holding the Annual Conferences?
Ans. Each Annual Conference shall appoint the place of its own sitting; but should it become necessary from any unforeseen cause to change the place after it has been fixed by the Conference, a majority of the Presiding Elders, with the consent of the Bishop who is to preside, shall have power to make such change.
Ques. 5. Who shall preside in the Annual Conferences?
Ans. The Bishops. In the absence of a Bishop, the Conference shall elect the president by ballot, without debate, from among the traveling elders. The president thus elected shall discharge all the duties of a Bishop except ordination.
Ques. 6. What is the method of proceeding in an Annual Conference?
Ans. The following questions shall be asked:
1. Are all the preachers blameless in their life and official administration?