CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE JOINT BOARD OF FINANCE
1. Each Annual Conference shall have a Joint Board of Finance, appointed by the President of the Conference, (unless otherwise ordered,) at the close of its annual session, to hold their office until the close of the next ensuing Annual Conference session.
2. Said Board shall consist of one clerical member of the Conference and one layman for each Presiding Elder's District. They shall elect their own Chairman and Secretary, and the Board shall fill all vacancies that may occur in the body; provided, they do so by keeping up an equal number of clerical and lay members.
3. It shall be the duty of the Joint Board of Finance—
(a) To receive all moneys collected as Annual Conference collections or otherwise, and to forward the amount collected for superannuated preachers, widows, and orphans to the Secretary of that fund.
(b) To estimate the amount necessary to meet the claims of the superannuated preachers, widows, and orphans of preachers, and send a list of these claimants to the Secretary of that department, together with the number of years each superannuate has served in the active itinerant ministry and the age of each child.
(c) To adjust and apportion the General and Contingent Funds in and to all the charges of the Annual Conference, according to the number of ministers and members reported at each session of the Conference.
(d) To fix the salary and traveling expenses of Presiding Elders and apportion the same in and to the several charges within the District.
(e) To decide all issues that may arise between stewards and Presiding Elders, or between stewards and preachers in charge, with regard to salary. The decision of the Joint Board shall be final, but in no case, shall any preacher hold a claim against any charge after his removal.
(f) To carefully consider and report to the conference upon all financial interests referred to it. All financial matters of the conference shall be referred to this Board.