2. Likewise, in all conveyances of ground for the building of dwelling houses for the use of the preachers, or upon which they may have been already built, let the following clause be inserted at the proper place: "In trust, that said premises shall be held, kept, and maintained and disposed of as a place of residence for the use and occupancy of the preachers of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America, who may from time to time be appointed in said place; subject to the usage and Discipline of said Church, as from time to time authorized and declared by the General Conference of said Church, and by the Annual Conference within whose bounds the said premises are situated."
II. DIVISION, TRANSFER, OR SALE OF CHURCH PROPERTY
1. When any circuit, station, or mission shall be divided into two or more charges, each separate charge may constitute a new Board or Boards of Trustees; and the Church property held by the Trustees of the original charge shall be conveyed to the new Boards thus created, and the former Board or Boards shall be freed from all pecuniary liabilities, such being transferred to the new Boards respectively.
2. The Trustees, with the consent of the preacher in charge and the Quarterly Conference, shall have power to sell any church or parsonage property, which has gone out of use or should be removed to another place, the proceeds of which shall be under the direction of the Quarterly Conference.
3. If the said Trustees, or any of them, or their successors, have advanced, or shall advance, any sum or sums of money, or shall be responsible for any sum or sums of money, on account of Church property, and they, the said Trustees, or their successors, be obliged to pay the said sum or sums of money, they, or a majority of them, shall be authorized to raise the said sum or sums of money by a mortgage on the said property, or by selling the said property, after notice given to the preacher in charge, or the Presiding Elder of the District, if the money due be not paid to the said Trustees, or their successors, within one year after such notice has been given; provided, that in no case shall any such trustees sell or mortgage any Church property unless they are authorized by the Quarterly Conference, the Presiding Elder being present in person. Any sale or mortgage made without the authority of the Quarterly Conference is hereby declared NULL and VOID; and if such sale takes place, the said Trustees, or their successors, after paying the debt and other expenses which are due from the money arising from such sale, shall pay over the remainder of the money produced by the said sale to the Steward, or Stewards, of the circuit, station, or mission; which surplus of the produce of said sale shall be forwarded by the said Steward, or Stewards, to the Quarterly Conference within whose bounds it is situated, at its next session; which said Quarterly Conference shall dispose of the said money, by a vote of the majority for the use of the said circuit, station or mission.
PART VIII.
BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS
FINANCIAL PLAN
CHAPTER XXXV.
FINANCIAL PLAN
Article I. (1) The General Funds of the Colored M. E. Church in America shall be one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars per annum; provided, the assessment in any Conference or charge shall not exceed 50c per capita.
2. Said amount shall be divided as follows: