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 PASTORS OF ST. JOHN'S LUTHERAN GHURGH. 
 
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 In 1734 Rev. John Martin Bolzius, the pastor of the exiled 
 Salzburgers, visited Charleston, S. C., and administered the 
 Holy Communion to a small band of Lutherans whom he 
 found domiciled there. 
 
 In 1742, the Lutherans of Charleston were visited and min¬ 
 istered unto for a few weeks by Rev. Henry Melchior 
 Muhlenberg, whose mission it was to visit and organize the 
 Lutherans in this country. 
 
 1755 to 
 1761 to 
 1763 to 
 1767 to 
 
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 1760 -Rev. John George Friederichs. 
 1763 “ H. G. B. Wordmann. 
 
 1767 “ John Nicholas Martin. 
 
 1770 “ John Severin Hahnbaum. 
 
 1770 to 1774 
 1774 to 1778 
 1778 to 1781 
 1781 to 1786 
 
 1786 to 1787 
 
 1787 to 1800 
 
 “ Frederick Daser. 
 
 John Nicholas Martin. 
 “ Christian Streit. 
 
 “ Frederick Daser. 
 
 “ John Nicholas Martin. 
 “ John Charles Faber. 
 
 1800 to 1805—No regular pastor. 
 
 1805 to 1811— Rev. Matthew Frederick Chas. Faber. 
 
 1811 to 1815 —No regular pastor. 
 
 1815 to 1874 —Rev. John Bachman.* 
 
 (On 8th January, 1869, the Rev. Wm. Watkins Hicks 
 was elected as Associate Pastor, and during that year he 
 was regularly installed as such. He served until 23d Au¬ 
 gust, 1870, when he resigned.) 
 
 1872 to 1876— Rev. Thomas W. Dosii.f 
 1876 to 1897 “ Edward T. Horn. 
 
 1897 “ John W. Horine. 
 
 * In 1839 the Rev. W. H. Smith was engaged as an Assistant, and 
 served during Dr. Bachman’s visit to Europe. In 1870 Rev. John H. 
 Honour was engaged as an assistant, and served for some time there¬ 
 after. 
 
 ■f Rev. Thos. W. Dosh served as Associate Pastor from 1872 to 1874. 
 
 
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THE CORPORATION. 
 
 1785.GEORGE HAHNBAUM. 
 
 1795 .DANIEL STROBEL. 
 
 1807...JACOB SASS. 
 
 1836.JACOB F. MINTZING. 
 
 1842....JOHN STROHECKER. 
 
 1849 .B. F. DUNKIN. 
 
 1850 .ELIAS HORLBECK, M. D. 
 
 1855.JACOB F. SCHIRMER. 
 
 1869 .HENRY COBIA. 
 
 1870 .JOHN H. STEINMEYER. 
 
 1878.ROBERT G- CHISOLM. 
 
AN ACT, 
 
 FOR INCORPORATING DIVERS RELIGIOUS SOCIE¬ 
 TIES THEREIN NAMED. 
 
 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
 
 At a General Assembly, begun and holden in Charleston, 
 on Monday, the 6th day of January, in the year of our Lord 
 one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and in the 
 seventh year of the independence of the United States of 
 America, and from thence continued, by divers adjournments, 
 to the 2fith day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thou¬ 
 sand seven hundred and eighty-four. 
 
 Whereas, by the Constitution of this State, passed the 10th 
 day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, 
 it was declared that all denominations of Christian Protest¬ 
 ants should enjoy equal religious and civil privileges; and 
 that whenever fifteen or more male persons, not under 
 twenty-one years of age, professing the Christian Protestant 
 Religion, and agreeing to unite themselves in a Society for the 
 purpose of Religious worship (on complying with the terms 
 therein mentioned) they should be constituted a Church, and 
 to be esteemed and regarded in law as of the Established Re¬ 
 ligion of the State; and, on a petition to the Legislature 
 
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 should be entitled to be incorporated, and to enjoy equal 
 privileges. 
 
 And whereas the several societies of Christians, who call 
 themselves by the name of the Lutheran Church of German 
 Protestants ; the Presbyterian Church of the City of Charles¬ 
 ton ; the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island ; the Presby¬ 
 terian Church at Wilton, in St. PauPs Parish ; the Baptist 
 Church on the High Hills of Santee; and the Presbyterian 
 Church on Bullock's Creek, in Camden District; have petitioned 
 the Legislature of this State, praying to be incorporated, and 
 asserting they have complied with the terms required by the 
 Constitution, as preparatory thereto, and the allegations in 
 the said petitions appearing to be true. 
 
 I. Be it therefore enacted, bv the Honorable the 
 
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 Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in 
 General Assembly, and by theauthority ofthesame, that the 
 several and respective Societies above mentioned, and the 
 several persons who now are, or shall hereafter be, members 
 thereof respectively, and the successors, officers and members 
 of each of them, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be 
 severally, one body corporate, in deed and in name, by the 
 name and style of “The Lutheran Church of German Protest¬ 
 ants“The Presbyterian Church of the City of Charleston;'’ 
 “The Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island ;” “The Presby¬ 
 terian Church at Wilton, in St. Paul's Parish;’' “The Baptist 
 Church on the High Hills of Santee ;" and “The Presby¬ 
 terian Church on Bullock's Creek, in Camden District ;" and 
 by the said several names shall each have perpetual succes¬ 
 sion of officers and members, and a common seal, with power 
 to change, alter, break and make new the same, as often as 
 they, the said corporations, shall severally judge expedient. 
 
 And each of the said corporations, and their several suc¬ 
 cessors, shall be able and capable in law to purchase, have, 
 hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain, to them severalty, 
 and their successors, in perpetuity, or for any term of years, 
 any estate or estates, lands, tenements or hereditaments, of 
 what kind or nature soever; and to sell, alien, exchange, de- 
 
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 mise or leave the same, or any part thereof, as they shall 
 think proper, and by each of their said names, sue and be 
 sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, 
 in any court of law or equity in this State, and to make such 
 rules and by-laws (not repugnant and contrary to the laws of 
 the land) for the benefit of the said corporations, severally, 
 and for the order, rule, good government and management of 
 each corporation, and for the election of ministers, and their 
 maintenance, out of any funds belonging to such respective 
 Societies, for erecting and reparation of Churches by each 
 corporation out of any such funds, and ascertaining the rents 
 which shall be paid by the pew-holders, in such a manner as 
 shall be from time to time agreed upon by a majority of the 
 members of each respective Society. 
 
 II. And be it further enacted by the authority 
 aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for each corpora¬ 
 tion hereby erected, severally, to take and to hold to them 
 and to their successors forever, any charitable donations or 
 devises of lands and personal estates, and to appropriate the 
 same for the benefit of each corporation, in such manner as 
 may be determined by a majority of the members thereof, 
 and to appoint and choose, displace, remove and supply min¬ 
 isters, officers, servants, and other persons to be employed in 
 the affairs of each corporation, and to give such salaries, per¬ 
 quisites or other rewards for their labor or service therein as 
 each corporation shall from time to time approve of and 
 think fit. 
 
 III. And be it further enacted by the authority 
 AFORESAID, That each corporation as aforesaid, shall be 
 and each of them is hereby declared able and capable 
 in law to have, hold and receive, enjoy, possess and 
 retain, all such other estates, real and personal, mone y, 
 goods, chattels and effects, which they now possess, or are 
 entitled unto, or which have been already given, devised or 
 bequeathed, to either of them, by whatever name such de¬ 
 vise or bequest may have been made. 
 
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 IV. And be it further enacted by the authority afore¬ 
 said, That this Act shall be deemed and taken as a Public 
 Act, and notice shall be taken thereof in all Courts of Justice, 
 and elsewhere in this State, and shall be given in evidence, 
 on the trial of any issue or cause, without special pleading. 
 
 In the Senate House, the 26th dav of March, A. 
 D. 1784, and in the 8th year of the Independ¬ 
 ence of the United States of America. 
 
 JOHN LLOYD, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 
 HUGH RUTLEDGE, 
 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
RULES 
 
 OF TIIE 
 
 LUTHERAN GHURGH OF GERMAN 
 
 PROTESTANTS. 
 
 PREAMBLE. 
 
 The earliest rules framed for the government of this Church 
 of which any record remains, were adopted in the year 1767. 
 The Church was afterwards incorporated under the name of 
 “The Lutheran Church of German Protestants,” by an Act 
 of the State Legislature, ratified on the 26th March, 1784, and 
 new rules were adopted in the year 1786. 
 
 At a meeting of the corporation, held on the 26th Septem¬ 
 ber, 1810, other rules were adopted. These rules were altered 
 and revised at meetings held on the 3rd March, 1818, on the 
 11th May, 18-16, on the 15th May, 1859. on the 26th April, 1869, 
 and on the 23rd May, 1897, respectively. The rules as herein- 
 below set forth were adopted at the meeting held on the last 
 named date, and they are now the standing and governing 
 rules of the said Church. 
 
 The original Church edifice which stood in the rear of the 
 present structure, and in which the congregation first wor¬ 
 shipped, was consecrated on the 24th June, 1764, under the 
 name of “ St. John’s German Church.” The present Church 
 edifice was consecrated on the 8th January, 1818, under the 
 name of “The German Lutheran St. John’s Church.” 
 
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 RULE I. 
 
 The corporate name of this Church as set forth in its Char¬ 
 ter is “The Lutheran Church of German Protestants.” 
 
 RULE II. 
 
 Th is Church is organized for the worship of Almighty God 
 according to the faith, doctrine, discipline and usages of The 
 Evangelical Lutheran Church. It accepts the canonical books 
 of the Old and New Testament as the Word of God, and the 
 only rule of faith and life, and the confessions of the Evangel¬ 
 ical Lutheran Church, especially the unaltered Augsburg 
 Confession and Luther’s Small Catechism, as a correct expo¬ 
 sition of that Word. With this rule-and these confessions all 
 books of worship and instruction in the congregation and its 
 schools shall conform. And the services of this Church shall 
 always be in accordance with the Common Service now in use, 
 or as it may hereafter be amended by competent authority. 
 
 RULE III. 
 
 1. All persons at present members of “ The Lutheran Church 
 of German Protestants,” may remain such so long as they con¬ 
 form to these rules and continue to pay such dues, assess¬ 
 ments or contributions as now are, or hereafter may be pre¬ 
 scribed by these rules or by competent authority. 
 
 2. The Vestry and Wardens are authorized to declare by a 
 special minute on theirjournal, widows and orphans of mem¬ 
 bers as well as unmarried females confirmed in the Church, 
 entitled to the privileges of the same without contribution; 
 but this privilege shall not exempt them from paying the as¬ 
 sessment on any pew they may hold. 
 
 3. All persons who have been, or shall hereafter be con¬ 
 firmed in this Church, or who have been or shall hereafter 
 be received by the Church council from other congregations, 
 shall be members of this congregation, subject to the provi¬ 
 sions of these rules. 
 
 4. As such they shall be entitled to participate in the pub¬ 
 lic services of the Church and to receive the Holy Commun- 
 
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 ion, to call for the Pastor’s services when needed, to apply for 
 relief in poverty, to receive a certificate of honorable dismissal 
 to another congregation of the same faith, and to have the 
 use of the Church for a marriage or a funeral service. 
 
 5. From and after the first day of December, A. D. 1807, 
 every member of the Church shall be assessed One Dollar per 
 annum as a membership fee, in addition to such dues, pew 
 rentals and benevolent contributions, which lie or she may 
 pay. This fee shall be collected by the Treasurer in the same 
 manner as the pew rents. 
 
 0. It is the duty of every member to avoid all conduct un¬ 
 becoming a Christian, and to lead a circumspect and godly 
 life. For a wilful violation of this rule, persisted in after ad¬ 
 monition. a member may be suspended by the Church coun¬ 
 cil. 
 
 7. The male white members of the Congregation who 
 shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, and shall 
 have communed within two years preceding any meeting or 
 election of this Church, shall be qualified to vote at any such 
 meeting or election ; provided that they shall have then been 
 members for the period of one year next preceding the same, 
 and shall not be in arrears for their dues, pew rentals, or 
 assessments for a longer period than six months prior thereto. 
 
 8. A meeting of the members may be called at anv time by 
 order of the Vestry and Wardens, and shall be called by the 
 President whenever he may be thereunto requested in 
 writing by twelve or more members. 
 
 RULE IV. 
 
 1. On the Faster Monday next after the adoption of these 
 Rules, there shall be an election by ballot for a President, 
 Treasurer, Secretary, six Vestrymen (or Elders,) and three 
 Wardens (or Deacons ) And after the declaration of the elec¬ 
 tion, at the first meeting of the newly elected Vestry and 
 Wardens, that body shall be divided by lot into three classes, 
 each composed of two Vestrymen and one Warden ; and the 
 first class shall hold office three years; the second, two years; 
 and the third, one year. 
 
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 2. And annually there-after on Easter Monday, there shall 
 be an election by ballot for President, Secretary, Treasurer, 
 two Vestrymen (or Elders,) and one Warden (or Deacon.) 
 These Vestrymen and the Warden so elected shall hold 
 office for the period of three years, and until their successors 
 shall be elected. The President, Secretary and Treasurer 
 shall hold office for one year, and until their successors shall be 
 elected. All the officers of the Church shall be eligible to 
 re-election. 
 
 3. The President shall be ex-officio a Vestryman, and 
 shall preside at all meetings of the Vestry and of the Congre¬ 
 gation. He shall also be a member of the Church Council. 
 
 4. At three o’clock in the afternoon of the day of the elec¬ 
 tion, the members of the congregation shall meet to receive 
 the result of the election from the managers who shall declare 
 such result. Those having a plurality of votes shall be de¬ 
 clared duly elected ; and in the event of there not being a con¬ 
 stitutional number elected, another election shall be held 
 within a month thereafter, in order to complete the number 
 required. The result of the election shall also be published 
 by the Pastor to the congregation on the next Sunday there¬ 
 after. 
 
 5. Should any office become vacant by death, resignation, 
 forfeiture or removal from the vicinity of Charleston, an elec¬ 
 tion to fill the same shall be held within one month from the 
 date of such vacancy, and said election shall be conducted as 
 above provided. 
 
 6. No person shall be qualified to hold any of the above 
 mentioned offices, unless he shall have been a member for 
 the period of two years next preceding the day of the elec¬ 
 tion. 
 
 7. On the Sunday after the election the President, Ves¬ 
 try and Wardens elect shall be installed by the Pastor in the 
 presence of the congregation, according to the service in the 
 Book of Worship, the President and Vestrymen as Elders, 
 and the Wardens as Deacons. 
 
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 RULEV. 7, 
 
 1. The Vestry and Wardens shall hold a stated meeting on 
 the first Friday after the general election, also within the first 
 or second week of July and January in every year, to receive 
 the Treasurer’s report of moneys collected and paid out. and 
 to transact such other business as may come before them, or 
 be required of them in these Rules. They shall likewise hold 
 such extra meetings as, to a majority of their body, may ap¬ 
 pear necessary, or as may be called by the President. They 
 shall not proceed to business unless six be present, and all 
 questions before them shall be decided by a majority of the 
 votes of those present. They shall have the charge of, and 
 power to manage and regulate the finances of the Church, 
 shall insure the buildings and keep the same in proper 
 repair, and rent out such of them as are not designed 
 for the public use of the Church, or not required for the ac¬ 
 commodation of either of the officers. They shall provide 
 from time to time such articles as may be needed for the ser¬ 
 vice of the Church, or conducive to its interest, and shall fix 
 the rates of pew rents. They shall, at their first meeting 
 after the general election, elect the Organist and Sexton, 
 and provide for a choir, whose term of service shall be 
 until a similar meeting the ensuing year, and shall lay 
 down what duties are to be performed by them, and may 
 discharge either of them, at any time, for any misconduct 
 or neglect of duty. They shall lay before and submit to 
 the members of the Church, at their meeting on Faster Mon¬ 
 day, or at an extra meeting that may be called for special 
 purposes, their proceedings, as well as other matters of im¬ 
 portance in which the Church may be interested. 
 
 2. The S^estrymen shall meet under the presidency of the 
 Pastor as a Church Council, to admit members, to grant let¬ 
 ters of dismissal, to consider and decide cases of discipline, 
 and to advise the Pastor in the spiritual concerns of the 
 Church. They shall not proceed to business unless four of 
 their number and the Pastor be present. 
 
 3. The Vestry and Wardens shall elect, or may authorise 
 the President to appoint, a Delegate to represent the congre- 
 
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 gation in the annual Conventions of the Synod, and his neces¬ 
 sary expenses shall be paid. 
 
 RULE VI. 
 
 1. The President shall cause the Vestry and Wardens to be 
 duly summoned, whenever a stated or extra meeting of their 
 Board is to be held. He shall also cause due notice to be 
 given to the congregation, whenever a general meeting of the 
 members is to be held. He shall preside at all such meetings, 
 and preserve order and decorum. He shall appoint all com¬ 
 mittees of the Board of Vestry and Wardens, draw orders on 
 the Treasurer for the payment of moneys which may be or¬ 
 dered paid by the said Board, and for the payment of the 
 salaries of the officers, whenever due ; and he shall exercise 
 such other powers, and perform such functions as are al¬ 
 lotted to him in any part of these Rules. 
 
 2. Should the President be absent from any meeting of the 
 Vestry or Congregation, the members present shall appoint 
 a President.pro tern. ; and should his office become vacant 
 before the expiration of his term of service, the Secretary 
 shall, without delay, summon the congregation, for the pur¬ 
 pose of electing another President, to fill the vacancy for the 
 unexpired term of service. The said election shall be con¬ 
 ducted in the same manner as the annual election. 
 
 RULE VII. 
 
 The Treasurer shall have charge of the title deeds, special¬ 
 ties, and investments of the corporation, and such sacred ves¬ 
 sels appropriated to the use of the Church, as are not left 
 with the Minister or Sexton. At the first meeting of the 
 Vestry and Wardens after each annual election, he shall lay 
 before them his annual account with the Church. The 
 Treasurer elect shall, within a week after his election, deliver 
 to the President a list of the several articles and species of 
 property placed in his possession, belonging to the Church, 
 which list the Secretary shall enter in the journals. He shall, 
 at every meeting of the Vestry and Wardens, lay before 
 
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 them a statement of moneys received and paid away on 
 account of the Church, since the meeting last held, together witlT 
 the balance then in his hands. He shall collect the pew rents, 
 contributions, rents, membership fees and other incomes, 
 also, the principal sums of bonds and notes, which the Vestry 
 and Wardens may order to be called in. He shall pay all de¬ 
 mands against the Church upon orders drawn upon him by the 
 President, and perform such other duties as are enjoined on 
 him in any part of these Rules, or as may appertain to his 
 office. In compensation for his services, he shall be entitled 
 to a commission of five per cent, on all moneys received, ex¬ 
 cept legacies or donations. Should the Treasurer resign or 
 die before the expiration of the term for which he was elected, 
 a new election, to be conducted as provided for above, shall 
 be held within one week thereafter, to fill the vacancy. The 
 Treasurer shall give bond, with sufficient security, to be 
 approved by the Vestry and Wardens, for the faithful per¬ 
 formance of his duties. 
 
 RULE VIII. 
 
 The Secretary shall keep fair and regular minutes of the 
 proceedings of the Vestry and Wardens, and of those of the 
 Congregation at their stated and extra meetings. He shall 
 transcribe the same in the journals of the Church, and per¬ 
 form any other writing that the Vestry and Wardens may 
 direct. He shall keep a regular book of accounts of pew 
 rents, membership fees, and contributions, and furnish 
 the 'Treasurer, by the first of March, June, September 
 and December in every year, with a list of pew holders, 
 and members, and of the sum then due by each, respec¬ 
 tively. He shall have charge of the book containing the 
 Rules, which together with the journal, he shall produce at 
 every meeting of the Vestry and Wardens, or of the Congre¬ 
 gation. He shall likewise produce at the Church, on the 
 first Sunday of every month, after divine service, the Rule 
 book. Opposite to the name he shall note the date 
 when persons became members; when a member resigned, 
 died, or was declared by the Vestry and Wardens to 
 
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 have forfeited his or her right as such. He shall also have in 
 charge, for safe keeping, all written communications addressed 
 to the Vestry and Wardens, and perform any other duty that 
 may be enjoined on him by these Rules. 
 
 RULE IX. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Wardens to maintain order and 
 tranquility during service. They, together with one member, 
 
 (to be appointed for that purpose by the President,) shall hold 
 the election on Kaster Monday, which is provided for in Rule 
 IV hereof; they shall open the poll in the Church or Lecture 
 Room at one o’clock, P. M., on that day, and keep the same 
 open two hours, when they shall declare the result of the • 
 election and forthwith report the same to the congregation 
 and to the Pastor. They shall attend to all collections made 
 at the Church and perform such other duties as may be re¬ 
 quired of them by these Rules, by the Vestry or by the Con¬ 
 gregation. 
 
 RULE X. 
 
 1. Every holder of a pew, or part of a new, shall pay, in the 
 months of March, June, September and December, such rent 
 for the same as may then be due. Every person hereafter 
 becoming a pew holder or a member shall pay a proportionate 
 share of the pew rent or of the membership fee according 
 to the time he or she has been such. 
 
 2. No pew shall be rented to more than two persons, and in 
 every case where a person shall rent but the half of a pew, 
 should an application be made for the whole pew, the holder 
 of the half shall have the prior right to rent the whole, and 
 if he or she shall decline doing so, the half pew shall be 
 vacated, and the whole pew shall be rented to the person thus 
 applying. This regulation, however, shall not affect any per¬ 
 sons holding half pews on the adoption of this Rule. And it 
 shall be the duty of the Secretary hereafter, in renting half 
 pews, to inform the parties so renting of this Rule. 
 
 3. Pew-holders neglecting to pay their assessments for six 
 
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 months after the same shall have become due, shall forfeit 
 their right to the pews. 
 
 4. In case of the death of a pew-holder, his widow or 
 children shall have a right to retain the pew, or the 
 half of the pew, subject to the provisions of this rule, as 
 long as she or they continue to pa}' the assessment thereon; 
 and should a part of a pew become vacant, the other occupant 
 or occupants (if members) shall have a right to such vacant 
 part on continuing to pay the rent. 
 
 5. No pew-holder shall transfer his pew, or any part thereof 
 to any other person than a member, without the consent of the 
 Vestry and Wardens. A pew-holder making a transfer shall, 
 without delay, notify the Secretary of the same. 
 
 6. Applications for pews must be made to the Secretary. 
 Every applicant shall be accommodated in the order of the 
 date of his application ; but members, or the widows and 
 children of members, shall always have a prior right to an 
 applicant not a member. 
 
 RULE XI. 
 
 1. The Minister shall perform divine service in the English 
 language, on every Sunday, and, if capable, he shall perform 
 the same in the German, whenever required by the Vestry 
 and Wardens. He shall also officiate in the morning of every 
 fast and thanksgiving day that may be recommended by the 
 President of the United States, the Governor of this State, or 
 the City Council of Charleston. He shall administer the 
 Lord’s Supper on Easter and Whitsunday, Christinas Day or 
 the Sunday preceding, on the first Sunday of February, the 
 first Sunday of August, the first Sunday of October, and at 
 such other times as he may deem necessary. He shall instruct 
 in Luther’s Small Catechism, such as may be put under his 
 charge, for public confirmation, and for admittance to the 
 participation of the Lord’s Supper. He shall regularly and 
 carefully keep the Church register, containing the baptisms, 
 confirmations, marriages and funerals of members, their fami¬ 
 lies, and others that may be baptised, confirmed, married or 
 buried by him. He shall furnish the Vestry and Wardens, at 
 
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 their meetings in July and January, with a list of funerals 
 that may have taken place in the Church during those periods, 
 and in order to have said list prepared, it shall be the duty of 
 the Secretary to give him one week’s notice of the day of such 
 meeting. He shall exercise such other functions as appertain 
 or are incident to the duties of a clergyman. He shall hold 
 his office during good behavior, and be considered a member 
 of the Church without contributing to the same, but without 
 being eligible as a Vestryman or Warden. He may be present 
 and give his opinion, but shall not have a vote at any meeting 
 of the congregation or of the Vestry and Wardens. Any com¬ 
 munication which he may make in writing to the Vestry and 
 Wardens, or to the congregation shall receive due attention. 
 He shall always have free access to the Rule and Minute 
 books. He shall receive from the funds and income of the 
 Church such salary as he may from time to time agree upon 
 with the Vestry and Wardens. 
 
 2. Should the office of Pastor become vacant, the Vestry and 
 Wardens shall, as soon as possible, nominate to the Congre¬ 
 gation a suitable person for that office. The election shall be 
 by the qualified voters of the Congregation, by ballot for or 
 against the person placed in nomination, and two-thirds of 
 the \otes cast shall be necessary to elect him. No person 
 shall be chosen or installed Pastor of the Congregation, unless 
 he is a member in good standing of an Evangelical Lutheran 
 Synod, and receives and adheres to the doctrinal basis of the 
 Congregation which is set forth in Rule second hereof. 
 
 3. Should, however, the person so nominated for the office of 
 Pastor fail to be elected, the Vestry and Wardens shall as 
 soon as possible again nominate some suitable person for 
 the office, and so continue until a Pastor shall have been 
 chosen. 
 
 RULE XII. 
 
 The Organist shall attend in the morning and afternoon of 
 every Sunday, and on such holidays, fast or thanksgiving 
 days when service is to be performed in the Church. The 
 Organist shall attend every funeral if required to officiate, 
 
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 and perform such other duties appertaining to the oflice as 
 may be required by the Vestry and Wardens, and shall not 
 be eligible to any other office. The salary of the Organist 
 shall be such as may be agreed upon by the Vestry and 
 Wardens. 
 
 RULE XIII. 
 
 The Sexton, shall, at all times, keep the Church and 
 Church-yard clean and in proper order. He shall cause the 
 bell to be lung, and the Church gates to be opened, before the 
 commencement of every service. He shall attend whenever 
 service is to be performed, for the purpose of assisting the 
 Wardens in preserving order and tranquility. He shall 
 take care of such articles belonging to the Church as may be 
 placed in his charge. He shall attend all funerals, and, 
 if required, invite to them the members of the Church, 
 together with such families and persons as may be directed 
 by the friends of the deceased. He shall apprize the 
 Minister and Organist of the time and place, when¬ 
 ever their services are required at any funeral. He shall 
 cause the graves to be dug, and of a legal depth ; enter in a 
 book, to be kept by him, a list of all funerals, with 
 the name, age and sex of the deceased ; and he shall produce 
 the said book at every meeting of the Vestry and Wardens. 
 He shall receive the funeral emoluments, and pay the same 
 over to the Treasurer, at or before the next meeting 
 thereafter of the Vestry and Wardens. He shall have the 
 Church opened in due time, when a meeting of the 
 Vestry and Wardens, or of the Congregation, is to take 
 place, and have the same properly shut after all meetings. 
 He shall cause the bell to be rung at every alarm, and perform 
 any other duty that may be required of him by virtue of ihese 
 Rules, and that may appertain to his cflice, or that may 
 be specified by the Vestry and Wardens. He shall receive 
 such salary as may be agreed upon by the Vestry and Ward¬ 
 ens, and shall not be eligible to the office of Vestryman or 
 Warden. 
 
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 RULE XIV. 
 
 A collection shall be taken up every Sunday during the 
 morning service for the benefit of the treasury of this Church. 
 The proceeds of the collections taken up on those Sundays on 
 which the Lord’s Supper shall be administered shall be re¬ 
 ceived by the Committee on the Alms Fund, and such 
 amounts, unless otherwise ordered by the Vestry and Ward¬ 
 ens, shall be apportioned among the indigent members and 
 their families, dependent on the bounty of the Church. 
 
 RULE XV. 
 
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 At the first meeting of the Board of Vestry and Wardens 
 after their election the following Committees shall be ap¬ 
 pointed by the President : 
 
 1. A Committee on Finance, to consist of three members, 
 whose duty it shall be to examine and report upon all ac¬ 
 counts and matters of finance which may be referred to them 
 by the Board. 
 
 2. A Committee on Repairs, to consist of three members, 
 whose duty it shall be to arrange for all repairs to the Church 
 property, which the Board may from time to time direct to 
 be made, as well as such as might require immediate atten¬ 
 tion prior to any action of the Board. 
 
 3. A Committee on the Alms Fund, to consist of three 
 members, whose duty if shall be to take charge of all collec¬ 
 tions made for indigent members, and to apportion the same 
 among the beneficiaries. 
 
 4. A Committee on Benevolence, to consist of three mem¬ 
 bers, whose duty it shall be to see that proper arrangements 
 are made for collecting and dispensing the benevolent con¬ 
 tributions of the congregation, as well as the annual synodical 
 assessments. 
 
 The Board may appoint such additional Committees as may 
 be deemed proper. 
 
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 RULE XVI. 
 
 1. In cases of funerals no charge shall be made for members 
 or their families, but for strangers, if permission has been ob¬ 
 tained from the President for interment in the Church-yard, 
 the Sexton shall demand in advance the sum of fifty dollars. 
 
 2. By the words “ families of members n are to be considered, 
 first, all minors residing with and dependent upon a member 
 for support; second, all unmarried females, or widows who 
 have no exclusive property of their own, and are dependent 
 upon said member for a support. 
 
 3. No funeral shall take place unless the Minister of the 
 Church be invited to attend, and no permission shall be given 
 for the interment of persons of color in the Church-yard. 
 
 RULE XVII. 
 
 The foregoing Rules may be altered, or any new one adopt¬ 
 ed, provided that each alteration or addition be considered at 
 one meeting of the members of the Church, and then submit¬ 
 ted to a committee of nine, who shall report on the propriety 
 of such alteration or addition, at a general meeting of the 
 members called to take action on said report ; notice of said 
 general meeting to be published from the pulpit for two 
 Sundays previous thereto. On the question to concur in anv 
 alteration, or in the establishment of any new Rule, at 
 least twenty-five members shall be present, and not less 
 than two-thirds of those present must give their assent 
 to such alteration or addition. And at all other meetings, 
 fifteen members shall be present to form a quorum to transact 
 business. But no alteration or additional Rule shall ever be 
 made, by virtue whereof the Church might become any other 
 than a Lutheran. 
 
 RULE XVIII. 
 
 For the just and true performance of all and every part of 
 this Constitution and of all the articles, regulations and agree¬ 
 ments formed in pursuance thereof, the members composing 
 
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 this congregation bind themselves, and each and every of 
 them respectively by these presents, to observe, support and 
 comply with the same. All rules and regulations inconsistent 
 with these rules are hereby abrogated, and the former origi¬ 
 nal and by-rules are hereby declared to be altered and 
 amended, as herein set forth ; but nothing herein contained 
 shall extend or be construed to extend, to impair the right of 
 the Church to any claim or demand that may be due thereto, 
 underand by virtue of the former rules and regulations ; all 
 which claims and demands shall be as valid as though the said 
 rules and regulations were still in force. And the members also 
 agree that any rules hereafter to be made conformably to this 
 Constitution, shall be taken and regarded by them, and every 
 one of them, to be of equal force and as binding to all intents 
 and purposes, as these rules.