The Committees on hospitality, reduction of railroad fares, and other matters of detail pertaining to the meeting, will be duly published in the religious papers.
The Executive Committee proposes the following amendments to the Constitution of the American Missionary Association to be submitted to the Annual Meeting for action thereon, viz.:
Art. III. Any person who contributes to the funds of the Association may become a member thereof for the current year by requesting to be enrolled as such at the time such contribution is paid into the treasury of the Association, and any contributor to the amount of thirty dollars, at one time, may, on request to that effect, be enrolled as a Life Member.
Art. V. The Annual Meeting shall consist of the Officers, Life Members who have been such prior to the first day of October preceding the time of such meeting, such persons as have been enrolled as members within one year prior to that date, and of delegates from churches that have within the year contributed to the funds of the Society, and from State Associations and Conferences, each of such churches, associations and conferences to be entitled to one delegate.
Art. VI. The officers of the Association shall be a President, Vice-Presidents, Corresponding Secretaries, (who shall also keep the records of the Association,) Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive Committee of not less than twelve members.
Art. VII. After “dismissing,” omit the parenthesis. Omit Art. VIII., and number Arts. IX. and X. respectively VIII. and IX.
DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.
Transcriber’s Notes:
Obvious printer’s punctuation errors and omissions corrected. Inconsistent hyphenation retained due to various authors.