Art. IV. The officers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society shall be elected annually, and shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and five managers, who shall be an Executive Board for the Annual Conference, controlling all the missions that may be under the supervision of the Annual Conference.
Art. V. The funds of the Society shall be derived from membership fees, mite boxes, contributions, card devices, donations, and such other means as may be adopted by the Annual Conference.
Art. VI. Each Annual Conference shall have full control of all money that may be raised by the Woman's Home Missionary Society, and shall retain the same to be used as the Conference may see fit.
Art. VII. The Annual Conference Boards shall arrange constitutions and by-laws governing the Woman's Home Missionary Society within their bounds, and shall also arrange for Juvenile Societies to be formed among the children, and they shall send a report of their work each year to the Secretary of Missions for publication.
Art. VIII. There shall be held in each District a Missionary Convention of the Woman's Home Missionary Society, which shall be under the supervision of the Presiding Elder, and composed of the preachers in charge of circuits, stations and missions, and one representative from each society formed in the District. The time for holding this Convention shall be fixed by the Presiding Elder, and the place by the Convention.
CHAPTER XL.
THE CHURCH EXTENSION DEPARTMENT
Art. I. There shall be a Board of Church Extension of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America, which shall be conducted as a body corporate under such laws and regulations as the General Conference may, from time to time, adopt.
Art. II (1) The Board shall consist of a Bishop, who shall be President, a Vice-President, the General Secretary, a Treasurer, and nine managers, who shall be elected by the General Conference. All Bishops, except the President, shall be ex-officio members of the Board.
2. The Board shall meet annually. Seven members shall constitute a quorum.
3. The location or headquarters of the Board shall be fixed by the General Conference at Louisville, Ky.