5. The Superintendent of the Sunday-school shall be nominated by the preacher in charge, subject to the confirmation or rejection of the Quarterly Conference.
PART VI.
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER XXIII.
TRIAL CODE OF A BISHOP
Ques. 1. To whom is a Bishop amenable for his conduct?
Ans. 1. To the General Conference which has power to try him for improper conduct and to acquit, suspend, reprimand, retire with or without salary or expel him.
Ques. 2. What provision is made for the trial of a Bishop if he be accused of immorality in the interval of the General Conference?
Ans 2. When a bishop shall be under a report or be accused of immorality, three traveling elders shall, after notice to him, carefully inquire into the case and if they believe an investigation necessary, they shall report the matter to another bishop—and it shall be his duty to call together at some convenient place not fewer than twelve (12) traveling elders— and also the witnesses by whom the accusation is expected to be established, and the said elders shall be a committee for the investigation of the charge against the Bishop.
If the majority of them believe a trial necessary, they shall suspend him until the next General Conference.
The presiding Bishop shall cause an exact record of the investigation, signed by the president and secretary, to be transmitted to the General Conference. By this record and such other testimony as may be obtained, the case shall be considered and determined by the General Conference without the intervention of another committee. But in no case shall the inquiring elders be recognized as the accusers, but the three elders afore-mentioned must act wholly upon rumors and not personal knowledge, and shall not take any further part in the case.