1. When any local Elder or Deacon is deprived of his credentials of ordination by expulsion or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Presiding Elder to require them of him, and to file them with the papers of the Annual Conference within the limits of which the said Local Preacher resides.
2. Should he, at any future time, produce to the Annual Conference a certificate of his restoration by the Quarterly Conference, signed by the President and Secretary thereof, his credentials may be restored to him.
PART VII.
SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY, BUILDING CHURCHES AND PARSONAGES—
SECURING AND TRANSFERRING CHURCH PROPERTY
CHAPTER XXXII.
I. SUPPORT OF PASTORS
1. Every minister, who by the rules and usages of the Church is a claimant on its funds, shall, as far as practicable, have his claim estimated by those who are to pay it, or by an agent authorized to act for them.
2. The salary and traveling expenses of preachers on circuits and stations shall be estimated by their respective Boards of Stewards.
3. The Stewards shall report to each Church meeting the whole amount to be raised, and that part of it which each congregation is expected to pay. The Church Conference shall adopt its own method of raising this money.