Publications. Gratuitous circulation of the Macedonian in the North-west ern States,... Thirty-fifth Annual Report, 1,500 copies; Abstract of do., 750 copies,.. Occasional Publications, No. 2, Extra expense of Magazine for July, 1849,. 245 volumes of the Magazine for file and distribution,.... Pamphlets and Circulars at Cincinnati, during Mr. Stevens' agency, Circulars from the Rooms,. 60 00 157 24 49 99 229 83 122 50 125 00 767 41 Secretaries' Department. Salary of Rev. S. Peck, for the year ending March 31, Treasurer's Department. .... 700 00 385 00 1,785 00 Salary of the Treasurer for the year ending March 31, 1850, $1,400,-less $700 received from fund for this purpose, Engraving, printing, and paper for certificates of L. M., · 669 91 Fire-proof safe for books and papers, 125 00 Postage of letters, papers, and pamphlets, 358 90 Freight, cartage, insurance, wrapping paper, twine, &c.,.. 180 82 Expense attending annual meeting of the Union, and com mittee meetings in behalf of the Board, 248 80 Incidental expenses, 650 3,776 32 Amount of expenditures of the Union, Balance for which the Union was in debt, April 1, 1849,.. RECEIPTS OF THE UNION DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1850. 66 66 66 66 Donations as acknowledged in the Missionary Magazine,..$83,097 58 Balance for which the Union is in debt, April 1, 1850,.. Permanent Fund. This fund amounts, as last year, to 3,755 42 184 20 87,537 20 21,501 09 $109,038 29 $20,000 00 Fund for Officers. Balance on hand April 1, 1849, Received during the year for income of permanent fund,.. 1,320 00 Paid balance of salaries of Secretaries and Treasurer,. 880 80 2,280 80 2,100 00 $180 80 Karen Mission Fund. This fund amounts, as last year, to $5,000 00 RICHARD E. EDDY, Treasurer A. B. M. Union. Missionary Rooms, Boston, April 1, 1850. The Auditing Committee having examined the foregoing account with the vouchers, hereby certify that they find the same correct; and that a balance of twenty-one thousand five hundred one dollars, nine cents, was due from the American Baptist Missionary Union, on the first of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. They have also examined the evidences of stocks, &c., belonging to the Union, and find that they agree with the statements on the Treasurer's books. CHARLES D. GOULD, Auditing Committee. Missionary Rooms, Boston, May 3, 1850. APPENDIX. CONSTITUTION OF THE MISSIONARY UNION. Of the Union. 1. This association shall be styled THE AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSIONARY UNION. 2. The single object of this Union shall be to diffuse the knowledge of the religion of Jesus Christ, by means of missions, throughout the world. 3. This Union shall be composed of Life Members. All the members of the Baptist General Convention who may be present at the adoption of this Constitution, shall be members for life of the Union. Other persons may be constituted Life Members by the payment, at one time, of not less than one hundred dollars. 4. The Union shall meet annually on the third Thursday of May, or at such other time, and at such place, as it may appoint. At every such annual meeting the Union shall elect by ballot a President, two Vice Presidents, a Recording Secretary, and one third of a Board of Managers. At a meeting to be held immediately after the adoption of this Constitution, the Union shall elect an entire Board of Managers, consisting of seventy-five persons, at least one third of whom shall not be ministers of the gospel. Said Board shall be elected in three equal classes, the first to go out of office at the first annual meeting; and thus, in regular succession, one third of the Board shall go out of office at each annual meeting, and their places shall be supplied by a new election. In every case, the members whose term of service shall thus expire, shall be reeligible. 5. The President, or in his absence one of the Vice Presidents, shall preside in all meetings of the Union. 6. All the officers of the Union and its Board of Managers shall continue to discharge the duties assigned to them respectively, until superseded by a new election. 7. Special meetings of the Union shall be called by the President, or, in case of his death or absence from the country, by either of the Vice Presidents, upon application from the Board of Managers. Of the Board of Managers. 8. All members of the Union may attend the meetings of the Board of Managers, and deliberate on all questions, but members of the Board only shall vote. 9. Immediately after the annual meeting of the Union, the Board of Managers shall meet and elect by ballot a Chairman; a Recording Secretary; an Executive Committee of nine, not more than five of whom shall be ministers of the gospel; as many Corresponding Secretaries as they may judge to be necessary; a Treasurer; and an Auditing Committee of two, who shall not be ministers of the gospel. At this meeting the Board shall determine the salaries of the Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer, and give such instructions to the Executive Committee as may be necessary to regulate their plans of action for the ensuing year. The Board shall also have power, whenever they think it necessary, to appoint an Assistant Treasurer, and to specify his duties and fix his compensation. 10. The Board shall meet annually at such place as may have been appointed for the annual meeting of the Union, at least two days previous to such meeting, to hear the reports of the Executive Committee, the Treasurer, and the Auditing Committee, and to review with care the proceedings of the past year, the result of which shall be submitted to the Union. 11. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Executive Committee, whenever, in their judgment, occasion may require. A printed notice of the time, place, and object or objects of such meetings, shall be sent, at least six weeks in anticipation, to every member of the Board. 12. All officers appointed by the Board shall continue to discharge the duties asisgned to them respectively, until superseded by a new election. At all meetings of the Board fifteen shall be a quorum for business. Of the Executive Committee. 13. The Executive Committee shall hold its meetings at such times and places as they may appoint. A majority of the whole number shall be a quorum for business. The Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer shall not be members of the Committee, but they shall attend its meetings, and communicate any information in their possession pertaining to their respective departments, and aid the Committee in its deliberations. The Committee shall have power to appoint its own Chairman and Recording Secretary, and to fill any vacancy that may occur in their own number. 14. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to carry into effect all the orders of the Board of Managers; to designate, by advice of the Board, the places where missions shall be attempted, and to establish and superintend the same; to appoint, instruct, and direct all the missionaries of the Board, and to fix their compensation; to direct the Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer in the discharge of their duties; to make all appropriations to be paid out of the Treasury; to appoint agents for the collection of funds, and to prescribe their duties and arrange their compensation; and in general to perform all duties necessary to promote the object of the Union, provided the same be not contrary to this Constitution or the instructions of the Board of Managers. 15. The Executive Committee shall present to the Board of Managers, at its annual meeting, a report containing a full account of their doings during the preceding year; of the condition and prospects of every missionary station; of their plans for the enlargement or contraction of their sphere of operations; and in general giving all such information as will enable the Board to decide correctly respecting the varicus subjects on which it is their duty, as the agents of the Union, to form or express an opinion. 16. The Executive Committee shall have power, by a vote of two-thirds of the whole number, to remove, for sufficient cause, any Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Auditing Committee, or Missionary, and to appoint others in their places, being always responsible for such exercise of their power to the Board of Managers. 17. In case of the death or resignation of a Corresponding Se retary, Treasurer, or member of the Auditing Committee, the Executive Committee shall have power to supply the vacancy until the next meeting of the Board of Managers. Of the Corresponding Secretaries. 18. The Corresponding Secretaries shall conduct the correspondence of the Board and of the Executive Committee, excepting such as shall relate to the Treasurer's department, and perform such other duties as the Board or the Executive Committee may from time to time require. They shall preserve copies of all their official correspondence, which shall at all times be accessible to any member of the Board or of the Executive Committee. Of the Treasurer. 19. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer, to take charge of all moneys and other property contributed to the Treasury of the Union, and to give receipts therefor; to keep safely all the moneys and funds of the Union, and all their evidences of property; to keep fair and accurate accounts of all moneys received and expended; to invest and deposit moneys, and make payments and remittances according to the directions of the Executive Committee; to exhibit his books, accounts, vouchers, and evidences of property, whenever required, to the Board or to the Executive and Auditing Committees; to make out an annual statement of receipts and payments, and of the condition of the permanent funds and other property, for the information of the Board of Managers; and to perform such other acts as may be necessary to the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. Of the Auditing Committee. 20. The Auditing Committee shall not be members of the Executive Committee, but shall at any time, when requested, attend its meetings to give information respecting the state of the Treasury. It shall be their duty once a month to examine the books of the Treasurer, particularly and thoroughly, with all the vouchers and evidences of property thereto belonging. A certificate of the result of this examination shall be entered upon the books of the Treasurer, and a copy furnished to the Executive Committee to be entered upon their records. They shall also examine the annual statement of the Treasurer, and give a written certificate of the result to be entered upon the records of the Board of Managers. Miscellaneous. 21. The President, Vice Presidents, and Recording Secretary of the Union, the members of the Board of Managers, the Executive Committee, the Corresponding Secretaries, the Treasurer, the Auditing Committee, and all missionaries, employed by the Executive Committee, shall be members in good standing of regular Baptist churches. 22. All moneys contributed to the Treasury of the Union shall be expended at the discretion of the Executive Committee, except such as may be appropriated by the Board of Managers for the salaries of the Corresponding Secretaries and Treasurer; but moneys or other property given for specified objects shall be appropriated according to the will of the donors, provided such an application shall not be contrary to the provisions of this Constitution or to the instructions of the Board of Managers, in which case they shall be returned to the donors or their lawful agents. 23. The Union, the Board of Managers, and the Executive Committee, shall each have power to adopt such By-Laws or Rules of Order as may be necessary for the government of their own proceedings, provided always that no such regulations shall contravene any part or principle of this Constitution. 24. Alterations may be made in this Constitution only upon recommendation by the Board of Managers, and at an annual meeting of the Union, by a vote of twothirds of the members present. |