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Synod of the Diocese of 
 
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 Rules and Regulations 
 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 Constitution of the Synod of the Diocese of Rupert’s Eand.... 5 
 Canons of the Diocese of Rupert’s Eand:— 
 
 On Subscriptions. 7 
 
 On the Appointment of an Administrator. 8 
 
 On Parochial Organization. 8 
 
 On Parochial Statistics. 16 
 
 On Missions and Diocesan Funds. 16 
 
 On Discipline. 20 
 
 On the Removal of Incumbents. 22 
 
 On Day Readers... 24 
 
 On Rural Deans. 25 
 
 On Ruridecanal Chapters. 25 
 
 On Ruridecanal Meetings. v . 26 
 
 Rules and Regulations . 27 
 
 Rules for the Election of a Rural Dean. 33 
 
 Instructions regarding Conveyances, etc. 34 
 
 Nominations and Elections. 37 
 
 Rules for the Administration of the C. W. and O. Fund. 38 
 
 Canon on Clergy Superannuation Fund. 42 
 
 
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 CONSTITUTION 
 
 SCHEDULE A. 
 
 The Constitution of the Synod of the Diocese of 
 
 Rupert’s Land. 
 
 1. The Synod shall consist of the Archbishop of the Diocese; 
 of the Clergy of the same licensed to the cure of souls, or 
 holding' office in any college or school under the jurisdiction of 
 the Bishop, and not under ecclesiastical censure ; and of Lay- 
 delegates as hereinafter provided ; and the treasurer of the 
 Synod and the chancellor of the Diocese. Clergymen who 
 have been members of the Synod, and who continue to hold 
 the Archbishop’s License, though they may cease to have the cure 
 of souls or to hold any other office, may continue to attend the 
 meetings of the Synod and to vote thereat. 
 
 2. The Lay-delegates shall be male communicants of at 
 least one year’s standing; and one delegate must always be a 
 member of the congregation represented. They must be of the 
 full age of twenty-one years. They shall be elected during 
 Easter week, or if necessary afterwards, at a public meeting 
 specially called for that purpose during Divine service on the 
 preceding Sunday. The voters shall consist of male communi¬ 
 cants of the parish of at least six months’ standing, and a 
 majority of those present shall determine the choice, but no 
 person shall vote for the delegate or delegates of more than 
 one congregation. The Incumbent, or his assistant, shall 
 preside at the meeting, and in their absence the meeting shall 
 elect a chairman from their own number. 
 
 The word “Communicant” shall mean “one who has 
 communicated at least three times a year where he has had 
 opportunity of so doing. 
 
 3. The Incumbent, or chairman, shall furnish each delegate 
 with a certificate as follows : 
 
 Parish or Mission of. 
 
 Congregation of .Church 
 
 No. of Registered Communicants. 
 
 I hereby certify that at a meeting' of the Communicants of 
 
 this Congregation, held this.day of.19. . . . 
 
 M.was duly elected as a delegate to the Synod 
 
 for the current year. 
 
 (Signed).Chairman. 
 
 One clergyman and one layman shall be appointed by the 
 Synod to examine the certificates and report on them. 
 
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 4. Each congregation recognized by the Archbishop, duly s' 
 
 organized by the election of Church Wardens and Vestrymen, 
 
 and having at least six registered communicants, shall be en¬ 
 titled to send one delegate; but two delegates shall be sent if 
 the number of registered communicants is over forty; and three 
 if it is over one hundred; but no congregation shall send more 
 than three delegates. 
 
 5. In case of the death or resignation of a lay-delegate, 
 or his ceasing to be a member of the congregation by removal 
 from the neighborhood, or from any other cause, the Incum¬ 
 bent shall within one month after such vacancy proceed to a 
 new election, at a meeting of which notice shall have been 
 given the previous Sunday during Divine service. 
 
 6. The Synod shall meet annually, unless otherwise ordered 
 by the Archbishop, and the time and place of meeting shall be 
 fixed by the Archbishop, who shall also adjourn the Synod as he 
 shall see fit. 
 
 7. A quorum of the Synod shall consist of at least one- 
 fourth of the clergy of the Diocese, and one-fourth of the 
 lay-delegates. 
 
 8. No resolution of the Synod shall pass into a law with¬ 
 out the concurrence of the Archbishop and a majority of the clergy 
 and laity present; the vote of the clergy and laity to be taken 
 collectively, unless a vote by Orders is demanded by any mem¬ 
 ber of the Synod before the question is put from the chair 
 when a majority of each order will be necessary to affirm the 
 resolution. 
 
 9. That a committee be appointed to be called the Execu¬ 
 tive Committee, to consist of the Archbishop or his commissary 
 as president, the Dean and Archdeacons as vice-presidents, the 
 chancellor, the secretary and treasurer of the Synod, and 
 eight clergymen and ten lay-delegates; and that seven to be a 
 quorum; that the Executive Committee shall take the manage¬ 
 ment of the various Diocesan funds under the direction of the 
 Synod, carry out the decisions of that body, prepare business 
 for the annual meeting of the Synod, and at such annual meet¬ 
 ing give in report of its proceedings. 
 
 10. No alteration in the constitution shall take place unless 
 the proposition has been approved at a meeting of the Synod by 
 the Archbishop and a majority of two-thirds of each Order 
 present voting separately, and afterwards confirmed by the Arch¬ 
 bishop and a like majority of each Order at the following meet¬ 
 ing of the Synod. That in the possible absence of the Bishop 
 of the Diocese, or any commissary he may appoint, the chair 
 at any meeting of the Synod shall be taken by the highest 
 dignitary in the church of this Diocese who may be present. 
 
CANONS OF THE DIOCESE OF 
 RUPERT’S LAND 
 
 ON SUBSCRIPTIONS, ETC. BY CLERGY. 
 
 1. Every person about to be ordained Priest or Deacon 
 shall, before ordination, in the presence of the Archbishop or 
 his Commissary by whom he is to be ordained, and every 
 person about to be licensed to any Curacy, or to be instituted 
 to any benefice shall, before obtaining - such license or being- so 
 instituted, make and subscribe the following- declarations and 
 take the following- oaths : 
 
 (a) The Declaration of Assent. 
 
 I, A.B., do solemnly make the following- declaration ; I 
 
 assent to the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion and to the Book 
 of Common Prayer and of the Ordering- of xArclibishops, Priests 
 and Deacons. I believe the doctrine of the Church of England 
 as therein set forth to be agreeable to the Word of God, and in 
 Public Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments ; 1 will use 
 the form in the said Book prescribed and none other, except so 
 far as shall be ordered by lawful authority. 
 
 (b) The Declaration of Submission to the Canons of the 
 General and Provincial and Diocesan Synods. 
 
 I, A.B., do willingly subscribe to and declare that I assent 
 to and abide by the Constitution and Canons which have been or 
 shall be from time to time passed by the General or Provincial 
 Synods or the Synod of the Diocese of Rupert’s Land ; pro¬ 
 vided that the Canons of the General Synod shall first have been 
 accepted by the Provincial Synod. 
 
 (c) The Oath of Allegiance. 
 
 I, A.B., do swear that I will be faithful and bear true 
 allegiance to His Majesty King George, his heirs and success¬ 
 ors, according to law. So help me God. 
 
 (d) The Oath of Canonical obedience. 
 
 I, A.B., do swear that I will pay true and Canonical 
 obedience to the Lord Bishop of Rupert’s Land in all things 
 lawful and honest. So help me God. 
 
 And also before institution to a benefice. 
 
 ( e ) The Declaration against Simony. 
 
 I, A.B., do solemnly declare that I have not made by 
 myself or by any other person on my behalf any payment, 
 
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 contract, or promise of any kind whatsoever, which to the 
 best of my knowledge and belief is simoniacal, touching the 
 obtaining of the preferment of nor will I at any 
 
 time hereafter perform or satisfy, in whole or in part, any such 
 kind of payment, contract or promise made by any other 
 without my knowledge or consent. 
 
 Provided, that the Archbishop may, if he see cause, allow 
 a citizen of the United States to take the oath of Allegiance 
 with the following addition : While holding any ecclesiastical 
 office or appointment in the Diocese of Rupert’s Land. 
 
 ON THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ADMINISTRATOR. 
 
 In case at any time of a vacancy of the Bishopric, or of the 
 Bishop being from any cause unable to attend to his diocesan 
 duties, and in the opinion of the Executive Committee of the 
 Synod called together on the requisition of three members, 
 incapacitated from naming a Commissary, then the Dean, or if 
 there be no Dean, the senior Archdeacon, within the Diocese, 
 or if there be no Archdeacon, the Clergyman of the Church of 
 England within the Province who has served longest in the 
 Diocese of Rupert's Land, and who is at that time an Incum¬ 
 bent within the Diocese, shall be the Administrator of the 
 Diocese until the See is filled, or the Archbishop is again cap¬ 
 able of performing - the duties of his office. 
 
 ON PAROCHIAL ORGANIZATION. 
 
 1. The Cathedral as the Church of the Diocese having the 
 seat of the Archbishop shall, for the purpose of this Canon, 
 except as regards its Parochial boundaries, be considered extra 
 parochial and be governed by its own statutes. 
 
 2. A new Parish or Mission may be organized as follows: 
 
 (r?) In any district where a Parish or Mission has not hitherto 
 
 existed, the Archbishop may by deed erect or form a Parish 
 or Mission, and, in such deed he shall define the limits of the 
 Proposed Parish or Mission, and the deed shall be in duplicate. 
 
 (b) A clergyman shall be placed in charge by the Arch¬ 
 bishop, and such clergyman may be collated or instituted and 
 inducted with such forms as may be enacted by the Synod, and 
 until such enactment, as the Archbishop may appoint, and when 
 so collated or instituted, shall be called the Rector or Incumbent 
 as the case may be. If not so collated or instituted he shall 
 hold the Archbishop’s license as Curate in charge. 
 
 (c) In such deed the Archbishop shall declare the name of 
 the proposed Parish or Mission. 
 
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 (d) Within three months after the issue of the said deed a 
 meeting- of the congregation of the said proposed new Parish 
 or Mission shall be held at some place within the limits thereof, 
 which meeting shall be called by the clergyman aforesaid, he 
 having in the meantime given sufficient notice thereof during 
 Divine Service at the usual place or places for holding service. 
 
 (e) The proceedings at such meeting shall be conducted, 
 and the officers of the proposed Parish or Mission shall be 
 elected, in the same manner as at the Easter Vestry meetings 
 of organized Parishes, and the directions and regulations set 
 forth in this Canon shall apply as near as may be to such 
 meeting. 
 
 (y) The Chairman of the said meeting shall, immediately 
 after the meeting, give the notification required in clause 10 of 
 this Canon. 
 
 (o-) He shall also notify the Registrar of the Diocese,, 
 and the Registrar shall forthwith register the same in his 
 Registry. 
 
 (h) The Registrar shall also procure from the Archbishop 
 the duplicate deed heretofore referred to, and shall register the 
 same duly in his Registry. 
 
 (z) Immediately upon the election of the officers of the new 
 Parish as hereinbefore provided, the said Parish shall be 
 deemed to be a completely organized Parish and a corporation 
 within the meaning of the Church Temporalities’ Act. 
 
 (j) The entry in the Diocesan Registry of the said deed 
 and of the said notification of election of officers shall be prima 
 facie evidence of these facts. 
 
 (k) In case it seems advisable to the Archbishop to create a 
 new Parish out of existing Parishes, or by taking part of an 
 unorganized district and adding the same to a whole or portion 
 of an existing Parish, the said new Parish shall be organized in 
 
 the same manner as is hereinbefore provided; but no part of an 
 existing Parish shall be included in such new Parish without 
 the consent of the Incumbent and the majority of the vestry of 
 such existing Parish : provided that if such consent be refused 
 the matter shall be referred to the Executive Committee, and 
 the Executive Committee shall, on full consideration of the case, 
 report to the Archbishop, who may then if he shall see fit, carry 
 out a division of the existing Parish if the Executive Committee 
 shall have decided at two separate consecutive meetings in its 
 favor and reported to that effect, but not otherwise. 
 
 (/) The Archbishop upon receiving the consent of all 
 Parishes interested, or in the event of a petition being presented 
 
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 by one Parish and oo objection being" made within fourteen 
 days after notice thereof given to the wardens of the other 
 Parishes interested, may change the boundaries according to 
 such consent or petition and in the event of objection being 
 made the matter shall be referred to the Executive Committee 
 and the same shall thereupon be dealt with in the same manner 
 as similar matters are dealt with as provided in sub-section (k). 
 
 3. Where a Parish or Mission shall have been organized 
 under the constitution before the passing of the amended 
 Canon on Parochial Organization, October 29th, 1884, by the 
 election of churchwardens and vestrymen, and shall have been 
 recognized by the Archbishop, but no deed shall have been 
 issued by the Archbishop, the Archbishop shall by deed, which 
 shall be in duplicate, declared, that such parish or mission is 
 duly organized, so as to be a completely organized parish and 
 a corporation within the meaning of the Church of England 
 Temporalities’ Act, and shall in such deed declare the name of 
 said parish and may further declare the boundaries of said 
 parish, and one copy of the said deed shall be given to the 
 Registrar of the Diocese. When and so soon as the said deed 
 is executed, the same shall be read and construed as if the said 
 deed had been executed and delivered at and before the date of 
 organization of said parish. 
 
 The Archbishop shall appoint a commission to which he 
 may, if he find it advisable, remit the determining of the bound¬ 
 aries of the existing parishes as defined by the late or the 
 present Archbishop of Rupert’s Land, or where there has been 
 no such definition; and the boundaries so determined, shall, if 
 approved by the Bishop, be the boundaries of such parish; but 
 if the Archbishop think it advisable he may remit any part of 
 the report to the Executive Committee, whose decision res¬ 
 pecting the boundaries shall be final; and the boundaries of 
 parishes so defined shall be recorded in a book to be kept in the 
 Diocesan Registry. 
 
 4. After the limits of a parish have been canonically 
 defined, no clergyman, though holding the license of the 
 Archbishop, shall have public prayer, or service, or administer 
 the sacraments within such limits, whether according to the 
 prescribed order of the Church or not, without the consent of 
 the Incumbent of such parish; provided that this shall not pre¬ 
 vent any clergyman from attending or taking part in any public 
 meeting though for a religious object. 
 
 Provided also, that any clergyman may visit ministerially, 
 with private administration of the sacraments, if necessary, 
 any person or family in the habit of attending his ministrations. 
 
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 Provided also, that a clergyman shall be at liberty to give 
 spiritual comfort and counsel to anyone seeking for it by per¬ 
 sonal visit, if he think it desirable. 
 
 Provided also, that this shall not prevent the Archbishop 
 licensing a clergyman to officiate as Chaplain in any hospital, 
 jail, penitentiary, or other public or private institution. 
 
 5. Whenever a Parish shall become entirely self-supporting 
 it shall be called a Rectory, and its Incumbent shall be styled 
 Rector. 
 
 6. At all meetings of parishioners for the election of 
 church wardens and vestrymen and for all other purposes, 
 except as regards the election of delegates to the Synod, every 
 male member of the church he attends, being of full age of 
 twenty-one years, who shall have subscribed the following 
 declaration of membership, and has been for the preceding 
 three months a seat or pew holder, or for three months in the 
 preceding year, a recognized attendant at the said church, shall 
 be entitled to act as parishioner and be eligible to be elected a 
 vestryman: and if a communicant, a church warden, provided 
 that the three months’ limitation shall not apply to meetings at 
 the organization of a new parish. 
 
 Declaration. 
 
 “ I do hereby declare that I am an attendant at 
 Church and member of the Church of England in Rupert’s 
 Land.” 
 
 7. In every parish there shall be two Church Wardens 
 selected from the communicants—one to be appointed by the 
 Incumbent and one to be elected by the parishioners, and not 
 less than four nor more than twelve vestrymen elected by the 
 Parishioners. 
 
 8. The Incumbent, Assistant or Assistants licensed to the 
 cure, and Church Wardens shall be ex-officio members of the 
 vestry. 
 
 9. The Churchwardens and Vestrymen shall be annually 
 chosen at a meeting of parishioners on Easter Monday, or as 
 soon afterwards as may be convenient. 
 
 10. Notification of all elections and appointments of 
 Church Wardens and Vestrymen shall be given by the chair¬ 
 man of the meeting to the Secretary of the Synod. 
 
 11 ChurchWardens and Vestrymen shall continue in office 
 until their successors are appointed. 
 
 12. If the office of the Church Warden chosen by the 
 parishioners, or of a Vestryman, shall become vacant by death, 
 
resignation or otherwise, or if he be absent from the discharge 
 of his duties for three months without written leave from the 
 Incumbent, a meeting of the parishioners shall be called, as 
 soon as may be convenient, to elect som£ other fit person to 
 the vacant office. 
 
 13. If the office of the Church Warden appointed by the 
 Incumbent shall at any time become vacant by death, resigna¬ 
 tion, absence for three months without written leave from the 
 Incumbent, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Incumbent 
 forthwith to appoint some other fit person to- the vacant office, 
 and as soon as may be, after such appointment, the Incumbent 
 shall make a return in writing to the Vestry, of the name of 
 the person chosen by him to fill the vacant office, and shall 
 cause a written notice of the said appointment to be forthwith 
 attached to the church door. 
 
 14. Every person elected to fill the office of Church Warden 
 or Vestryman shall, before acting in such office, sign the fol¬ 
 lowing declaration :— 
 
 “ I declare that I will faithfully and truly execute the office 
 of within my Parish, to the best of my 
 
 skill and knowledge.” 
 
 Duties of Church Wardens. 
 
 15. It shall be the duty of the Church Wardens, and they 
 are hereby empowered : 
 
 (a) To see that Divine Service is decently and regularly 
 performed, but the ordering of the services, including the 
 musical part thereof and the use of the organ, the ringing of the 
 bells to summon the congregation to the service, the fixing of 
 the hours of service and such like matters, shall be under the 
 control of the Incumbent. 
 
 In tbe case of any disagreement between the Church 
 Wardens and the Incumbent respecting the disposal of the 
 offertories, there shall be an appeal to the Archbishop as 
 Ordinary whose decision shall be final. 
 
 (b) To collect the offertories, pew rents, and all contri¬ 
 butions for general or special purposes and have them 
 entered in a book kept for the purpose ; to pay all salaries 
 and accounts; to keep the parochial accounts; to pay all 
 sums received for specified purposes ; and to submit in due 
 time to the auditors for the purpose of making their audit, 
 the parochial accounts for the year with the vouchers, and 
 lay the same before the Vestry. 
 
 (c) To attend on the visitation of the Archbishop or 
 his Commissary or the Archdeacon, whenever cited, and in 
 
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 case of the death of the Minister or his inability through 
 sickness to perform his duties, to report the same to the 
 Archbishop. 
 
 {d) To keep the fabric of the Church and its appurten¬ 
 ances in repair and insured, subject to the direction of the 
 Archbishop or Archdeacon. 
 
 (e) To maintain good order and quiet in and about the 
 church or place of worship, and in the adjoining roads and 
 public places, during Divine worship ; and, if necessary, 
 prosecute all offences against that good order and quiet. 
 
 (/') To take care, as far as possible, that all persons 
 attending church are accommodated. 
 
 (g) To give attention to the Parsonage and grounds 
 during any vacancy of the cure, communicating when 
 advisable with the trustee or trustees of the property. 
 
 Duties of Vestrymen. 
 
 16. It shall be the duty of Vestrymen, and they are 
 hereby empowered : — 
 
 (a) To assist the Church Wardens in the collection of 
 offertories and contributions, for general or special pur¬ 
 poses ; and to see as far as in them lies, that the Incumbent’s 
 stipend is regularly paid. 
 
 (1?) To see that the yearly accounts, duly audited, are 
 laid before the parochial meeting, and that a copy of the 
 audited accounts are transmitted to the Secretary of the 
 Synod. 
 
 (c) In Vestry meetings to prepare and lay before the 
 Annual Financial Meeting for its adoption, an estimate of the 
 sums required for carrying on the work of the Church during 
 the ensuing year and to determine all expenditure not fixed at 
 a Parishioners’ Meeting, but when any extraordinary outlay of 
 money is proposed or when means must be raised by borrowing 
 money upon the Church, Parsonage or any other buildings or 
 lands connected with the Church, the Parishioners shall be duly 
 called together to decide the same. 
 
 17. After the accounts have been audited, any balance 
 in hand must be handed over to the new church wardens, 
 together with the church goods, inventory and everything 
 belonging to the Parish. 
 
 18. The following books are to be kept by the Parish:— 
 
 (a) A book for entering the minutes and resolutions of 
 all Parish and Vestry Meetings. 
 
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 (b) A cash book and ledger for the Parish accounts, in 
 which shall be entered all the receipts and expenditures 
 and the assets and liabilities of the Parish. 
 
 (c) A book for entering the amount of alms and collec¬ 
 tions in church. 
 
 (d) A book for entering all services that take place in 
 
 church with the name of the officiating clergyman, signed 
 by himself if possible. 
 
 (e) A register of the names of all persons who have 
 signed the declaration of church membership, distinguish¬ 
 ing those who are communicants. 
 
 19. An inventoryshall be kept of all lands and property 
 belonging to the Parish. 
 
 Parochial and Vestry Meetings. 
 
 20. The financial year of each Parish shall close on the 
 31st March in each year, and in every parish there shall be 
 a meeting of the Parishioners as soon after Easter and 
 after the 31st day of March as possible, to appoint and 
 elect Church Wardens and Vestrjmien, to receive and pass 
 the year’s accounts and to appoint two auditors. 
 
 (a) It shall be the duty of the Auditors to Audit and 
 certify to the correctness of the Parish accounts and to 
 attach their certificate to the Warden’s balance sheet before 
 it is presented at the Easter meeting. 
 
 (b) They shall also, if called upon by the Church War¬ 
 dens, or by resolution of the Vestry, audit the Parish Books. 
 
 21. The Incumbent shall be the convener of all Parish 
 or Vestry meetings; if there be no Incumbent the Church 
 Warden or Church Wardens shall convene such meeting. 
 
 22. The Incumbent may at any time call a meeting of 
 the Vestry or of the parishioners ; and shall do so on re¬ 
 ceiving a written requisition to that effect, signed by 
 members of the Vestry. 
 
 23. The presence of at least one-third of the members 
 of the Vestry, including one of the Church Wardens, shall 
 be necessary to constitute a meeting of the Vestry, for the 
 due exercise of its powers. 
 
 24. Notice of every meeting of parishioners must be 
 given in writing or printing, signed by the convener and 
 affixed to the Church door at least three days, including 
 one Sunday, before the day on which the meeting is to be 
 held. 
 
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 25. The notice must state the time and place at which, 
 and the purpose for which, the meeting' is to be held; and 
 
 shall be framed in the following- form : 
 
 \ 
 
 Form of Notice. 
 
 Notice is hereby g-iven that a meeting- of the Parishion¬ 
 ers of Parish will be held on the day of 
 
 A.D. 19 , at o’clock in the for the purpose of 
 
 at which time and place all male members who 
 have sig-ned the declaration of church membership, and 
 who have been pew or seat holders or recognized attendants 
 at the church for the three months preceding-, being- of the 
 age of 21 years, are entitled to attend and to vote. 
 
 Dated this day of A.D. 19 . 
 
 Convener. 
 
 26. This notice shall also be read by the officiating 
 clerg-yman, in the church, on a Sunday before the meeting-. 
 
 27. At a meeting- of parishioners duly convened, the 
 votes of those only who are duly registered shall be record¬ 
 ed, and their decision shall bind those who are absent. 
 
 28. The Incumbent in charg-e is ex-officio chairman of 
 all Parish or Vestry meeting's. If the cure be vacant, and 
 no Clerg-yman has been placed in charg-e, or if it be not 
 vacant, but if the Incumbent be absent, his Church Warden 
 shall be chairman, or if he also be absent the other Church 
 Warden, and in the absence of all of these a chairman shall 
 be appointed by the meeting-. 
 
 29. The chairman shall have the usual powers apper¬ 
 taining- to the chairman of any public meeting. It is his 
 duty to remain in the chair until the business is concluded, 
 or the meeting adjourned; to keep the meeting to the 
 specified purpose of its assembling, and to decide all ques¬ 
 tions of order. He shall have the same right of voting as 
 if not in the chair, and an equality of votes shall be con¬ 
 sidered as negativing a proposition. 
 
 30. The right of adjournment is in the meeting, and 
 must be decided by a majority of votes, without debate. 
 
 31. Minutes of proceedings and resolutions of every 
 Parish or Vestry Meeting shall be correctly entered in a 
 book, and unless the minutes were read and approved at 
 the close of the preceding meeting the first business of 
 every meeting shall be the reading, passing and signing 
 by the chairman of such minutes of the preceding meeting. 
 
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 32. Every Parish or Vestry meeting shall be opened 
 with prayer. 
 
 33. Incumbent in this Canon shall include Rector and 
 Curate in charge. 
 
 ON PAROCHIAE STATISTICS. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient that there should be obtained 
 from time to time a full and accurate statistical view of the 
 state of the Church in this Diocese, it is hereby ordered that 
 every Minister having the cure of souls, shall, immediately 
 after Easter in each year, prepare and cause to be delivered to 
 the Secretary of the Synod, a statistical Parochial Report, 
 stating the number of families and individuals belonging to 
 the Church, of Communicants, and of children attending 
 Sunday Schools, or under catechetical instruction in his Parish 
 or Mission for the time being ; also the number of persons who 
 have been baptized or confirmed, and of marriages and burials 
 that have taken place, together with the amount of contri¬ 
 butions for Church or other objects that have been made 
 during the year ending the Easter previous, and a statement 
 of the receipts and expenditures and the assets and liabilities 
 of his Parish, according to such form ; or any other partic¬ 
 ulars required by such form or forms as may from time to 
 time be adopted by the Synod ; and the Secretary of the Synod 
 shall keep a book in which he shall enter said statements ; and 
 it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Synod to condense 
 and combine in one report the aforesaid particulars in the 
 Parochial Reports and to print the same together with such 
 other information as the Archbishop or the Executive Com¬ 
 mittee of the Synod may from time to time furnish as an 
 appendix to the Synod Report. 
 
 ON MISSIONS AND DIOCESAN FUNDS. 
 
 1. The Executive Committee shall have the administra¬ 
 tion and management of all the trusts, properties and funds of 
 the Synod, and of all properties now held or hereafter acquired. 
 
 (a) The Executive Committee shall have the care, under 
 the direction and general supervision of the Archbishop, of the 
 Home Mission work of the Diocese. Ordinary meetings of 
 the Executive Committee shall be held at such times and 
 places as may be fixed by itself, and special meetings may be 
 called by the Archbishop or Secretary. The Secretary shall 
 call a special meeting within three weeks, whenever requested 
 
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 by five members, stating the business to be brought before 
 such meetings as set out in the requisition. For all meetings 
 a notice of one week shall be given. The Committee may 
 adopt such rules or by-laws as shall be considered needful, 
 provided they shall not be inconsistent with the Constitutions, 
 Canons, or regulations of the Synod, and shall report the same 
 to the next meeting of Synod. 
 
 2, The Synod may, from time to time, elect a Secretary, 
 who shall also be Secretary of the Executive Committee, His 
 salary and duties shall be from time to time fixed by the 
 Executive Committee, but his duties shall include the keeping 
 of the minutes of the bodies of which he is Secretary, all 
 correspondence arising out of their business, the sending out 
 of notices of collections, and the oversight of the due payment 
 of the same. He shall also, if the Synod or Executive so 
 arrange, attend to the collection of all other moneys belonging 
 to the Synod, and its Church work, and also the giving of such 
 aid in the organizing and raising of funds in missions or else¬ 
 where as may be practicable. In the case of a vacancy, the 
 Executive Committee shall make a temporary appointment, to 
 continue till the next Synod. 
 
 . 3. The Synod shall from time to time elect a Treasurer, 
 who shall keep the Synod funds in such bank or banks as the 
 Executive Committee may from time to time direct; receive 
 and acknowledge all payments, pay out all proper sums and 
 take vouchers for the same. He shall furnish the Archbishop, 
 the Secretary and the Executive Committee with such state¬ 
 ments of receipts and payments as they may from time to 
 time require. The Synod accounts shall be closed on the 31 st 
 of December in each year, and be audited by two auditors 
 appointed by the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall 
 have the custody of all deeds and securities in the control of 
 the Synod. In the case of a vacancy, the Executive Commit¬ 
 tee shall make a temporary appointment, to continue till the 
 next Synod. 
 
 4. A standing Committee, to be called the Mission Com¬ 
 mittee, shall be appointed, to consist of four members appoint¬ 
 ed by the Executive Committee, of whom the Secretary of the 
 Synod shall be one, the Dean and Chapter of St. John’s 
 Cathedral and the Immigrant Chaplain, to arrange for the 
 supplying of services in the vacant Missions in the Diocese. 
 
 The Dean or senior dignitary present shall preside at the 
 meetings which shall be called by the Secretary of the Synod. 
 
 5. Eocal Associations in aid of the Home Mission Fund 
 shall be established in every Parish or Mission under the 
 
direction of its Vestry, or such other management as it shall 
 approve of. 
 
 (a) The collection of the Harvest Thanksgiving Service 
 shall be given to the Home Mission Fund. If there be no 
 Harvest Thanksgiving Service the collection on Thanksgiving 
 Day or on the Sunday following shall be given to the fund. 
 
 (b) That between the ist September and the 31 st Decem¬ 
 ber of each year a Missionary Sermon shall be preached in 
 each Parish or Mission, and to each congregation of the Parish 
 or Mission, by the Incumbent or by some other Clergyman on 
 the invitation of the Incumbent, when subscriptions for the 
 Home Mission Fund shall be solicited on pledge cards or in 
 special envelopes provided by the Secretary of Synod for the 
 purpose. 
 
 ( c ) That in the month of December of each year collectors 
 shall be appointed in each congregation by the Rector or 
 Incumbent, to make a house-to-house canvass for contributions 
 towards the Home Mission Fund of the Diocese for the 
 purpose of reaching those who may not have had an oppor¬ 
 tunity of subscribing in response to the special appeal. Collect¬ 
 ing cards for the purpose to be provided by the Secretary of 
 the Synod. 
 
 (d) That in the Easter Report three lines shall be given 
 to the Home Mission Fund, showing what each congregation 
 has contributed, ( 1 ) in collection at the Harvest Thanksgiving 
 Service or on the day of General Thanksgiving; ( 2 ) in sub¬ 
 scriptions paid in response to Missionary Sermon; ( 3 ) in 
 supplementary pledges secured bp the Parochial collectors. 
 The amounts received from these three sources shall be con¬ 
 sidered as contributing to make up the amount allotted to the 
 Parish to raise. 
 
 When a meeting is desired in any Parish or Mission, the 
 Secretary of Synod shall endeavour to arrange for the same 
 with the Rural Dean of the district. 
 
 (e) In case of a difficulty in any Parish or Mission, the 
 matter may be brought before the Executive Committee, and 
 the Committee may ask the Archbishop to nominate a 
 deputation to visit such Mission. 
 
 6 . (a) When any district applies for aid towards the 
 support of a Missionary, the Secretary shall send a form of 
 application. This form shall contain such information as may 
 be required, and shall indicate the steps to be taken for 
 organizing and securing a pledge of aid towards the salary of 
 a Clergyman. 
 
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 (b) The Secretary shall communicate with the Rural Dean 
 within whose Deanery the district lies, and otherwise proceed 
 as directed in Clause 5 , towards supplying a deputation, if 
 needed. 
 
 (c) The boundaries and extent of any Mission District for 
 which a Missionary is licensed by the Archbishop, may from 
 time to time be changed by the Archbishop on the recommend¬ 
 ation of the Executive Committee. 
 
 7. The Executive Committee upon receiving satisfac¬ 
 tory assurances of financial support from a Mission or 
 Parish applying for the services of a Clergyman, may 
 assist the same by a grant of a sum not exceeding $350 per 
 annum. Such grant shall be payable quarterly and shall 
 be subject to annual revision. 
 
 When aid is given to a Mission, the following shall be 
 the conditions on which it is granted and paid : 
 
 (a) That the collections appointed by the Synod are 
 regularly taken up. 
 
 (b) That the Constitution, Canons and Regulations of 
 the Synod are observed. 
 
 ( c ) That a report of the services and work of the 
 Mission be sent quarterly to the Secretary on a form to be 
 supplied by him. 
 
 8 . The collections on Whitsun Day, or failing that, on 
 a Sunday as soon after as possible, shall be given to the 
 Clergy Widow and Orphans’ Fund of the Province of 
 Rupert’s Land. The Treasurer of the Synod shall be 
 Diocesan Treasurer of this fund, and shall attend to the 
 regulations laid down by the Provincial Synod, accounting 
 yearly, after July 1 st, to the Provincial Treasurer. 
 
 That on one Sunday in Lent the collections in all 
 Parishes or Missions in the Diocese shall be given to St 
 John’s College. 
 
 9 . All collections appointed by the Synod shall be paid 
 to the Treasurer within a month. 
 
 10. At every service held there shall be an offertory. 
 
 11 . In vacant Missions the travelling expenses of the 
 officiating Minister shall be borne by the Mission. 
 
 12. The offertory on Christmas Day shall be given to 
 the Incumbent. 
 
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 ON DISCIPLINE. 
 
 1. If any priest or deacon be charged in writing to the 
 Archbishop by at least three communicants, with any of 
 the offences mentioned in the Canon of Discipline of the 
 Province of Rupert’s Land, or if there exist scandal or evil 
 report of his having so offended, the Archbishop may com¬ 
 municate.in writing to the accused the offence with which 
 he is charged, and if he confesses the same, in writing, the 
 Archbishop may pronounce in such manner as he sees fit, 
 the sentence that seems to him fitting, or he may on the 
 application of such party complaining thereof, or if he 
 shall think fit, of his own mere motion, issue a commission 
 under his hand and seal, to three persons, of whom one 
 shall be his Chancellor, or an Archdeacon or Rural Dean 
 within the Diocese for the purpose of making inquiry as to 
 the ground of such charge or report, provided always that 
 notice under the hand of the Archbishop of the intention 
 to issue such commission, containing an intimation of the 
 nature of the offence, together with the name or names and 
 residence or residences of the party on whose application 
 or motion such commission shall be about to issue, shall be 
 sent by the Archbishop to the party- accused, fourteen days 
 at least, before such commission shall issue. 
 
 2. Notice of the place where and the time when every 
 meeting of the Commissioners shall be holden, shall be 
 given in writing under the hand of one of the said com¬ 
 missioners to the party accused seven days at least, before 
 the meeting, and it shall be lawful for the party accused 
 or his agent, to attend the proceedings of the commission, 
 and to examine or cross examine any of the witnesses, and 
 all such preliminary proceedings shall be public or not, as 
 the commissioners may determine. The commissioners . 
 shall examine all witnesses tendered to them for examina¬ 
 tion, as well by any party alleging the truth of the charge 
 or report, as by the party accused, or whom they may deem 
 it necessary to summon for the purpose of fully prosecuting 
 the enquiry and ascertaining whether there be sufficient 
 prima facie ground for instituting further proceedings. 
 
 3. The said commissioners, or any three of them, shall 
 transmit to the Archbishop under their hands the deposi¬ 
 tion of witnesses taken before them, and also a report of 
 the majority of the commissioners present at such enquiry, 
 whether or not there be sufficient prima facie ground for 
 instituting proceedings against the party accused. The 
 
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 report of the commissioners shall be in duplicate, and one 
 part shall be filed with the Secretary of Synod and the 
 other part in the Registry of the Diocese, with a certified 
 copy of the depositions taken before them in each case. 
 On the application of the party accused the Archbishop 
 shall cause to be delivered to such party a copy of such 
 report and of the depositions on payment of a reasonable 
 sum, not exceeding five cents for each folio of ninety words. 
 
 (a) A copy of the Registrar’s books, so far as they 
 relate to requirements under this Canon, shall be prepared 
 by the Registrar and handed over to the Secretary of 
 Synod on payment of such sum as may be agreed on by the • 
 Archbishop and Executive Committee, and the same shall 
 be written up and made complete by the Registrar immedi¬ 
 ately at the end of each month. 
 
 (i b ) Any member of Synod or of a committee of same 
 shall be allowed, at any reasonable time, to examine the 
 said copy of Registrar’s books. 
 
 4. With the consent of the clerk accused and of the 
 party complaining, if any, first obtained in writing, the 
 Archbishop may at any stage of the proceedings, pronounce 
 without any further proceedings such sentence as the said 
 Archbishop shall think fit. 
 
 5. If the Commissioners report that there is sufficient 
 pnma facie ground for instituting proceedings, then, if the 
 Archbishop or the party complaining think fit to proceed 
 against the party accused, articles shall be drawn up in 
 duplicate and one part shall be filed with the Secretary of 
 Synod and the other shall be filed in the Registry of the 
 Diocese, and the person accused or any other person on his 
 behalf shall be entitled to inspect the same without fee, 
 and to require and have on demand from the Registrar or 
 Secretary of Synod, each of whom, as the case may be, is 
 required to deliver copies of the same on payment of a 
 reasonable sum, not exceeding five cents for each folio of 
 ninety words. 
 
 6. A copy of the articles so filed shall be forthwith 
 served upon the party accused by personally delivering the 
 same to him, or by leaving the same at his usual or last 
 known place of residence, and it shall not be lawful to 
 proceed upon an} T such articles until after the expiration 
 of fourteen days after the day on which said copy shall 
 have been so served. 
 
 7. The Archbishop may, by writing under his hand, 
 require the party to appear, either in person or by his agent 
 
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 duly appointed, before him at anyplace within the Diocese 
 and at any time after the expiration of the said fourteen 
 days, and to make answer to the said articles within such 
 time as to the Arcbishop may seem reasonable; and if the 
 party shall appear and by his answer admit the truth of 
 the articles, the Archbishop shall forthwith proceed to 
 pronounce sentence according- to the Provincial Canon of 
 Discipline. 
 
 8. If the party accused shall refuse or neglect to 
 appear and make answer to the said articles other than an 
 admission of the truth thereof, the Archbishop shall pro¬ 
 ceed to hear the cause with the assistance of three 
 Assessors to be nominated by the Archbishop, one of whom 
 shall be a barrister of not less than three years’ standing-, 
 and another shall be the Dean of his cathedral church or 
 one of his Archdeacons, or his Chancellor, or one of the 
 Canons of his cathedral church ; and upon the hearing of 
 such cause the Archbishop shall determine the same and 
 pronounce sentence thereupon according to the Provincial 
 Canon of Discipline. 
 
 9. The Archbishop may, if he think great scandal is 
 likely to arise from the party accused continuing to perform 
 the services of the Church while such charge is under in¬ 
 vestigation, inhibit him from performing any services of 
 the Church within the Diocese, and require him to supply 
 a fit substitute whom the Archbishop shall license, or 
 failing his nominating a substitute to the satisfaction of 
 the Archbishop, then the Archbishop shall himself make 
 provision for the cure of the accused by licensing a Clergy¬ 
 man to supply it, assigning in payment a sum out of the 
 stipend of the accused not exceeding a moiety of its amount, 
 provided also that the Archbishop may at any time revoke 
 such inhibition and license respectively. 
 
 10. This Canon is subject to the provisions of the 
 Canon of Discipline of the Province of Rupert’s Land. 
 
 ON THE REMOVAL OF INCUMBENTS. 
 
 1. Whenever the Executive Committee of the Synod 
 has represented to the Archbishop that any parish is suffer¬ 
 ing from the inability of the Incumbent, through age, in¬ 
 firmity or any other cause, or from neglect by him to dis¬ 
 charge his duties, or that a controversy has arisen between 
 him and any members of his congregation which cannot be 
 settled by the parties themselves, and is such as to injure 
 
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 the peace and prosperity of the parish, the Archbishop may 
 at his discretion notify the said incumbent of such rep¬ 
 resentation, and that such representation will be referred 
 to a Board of Enquiry to be appointed and to act in the 
 manner hereinafter provided. 
 
 2. The said Board shall be appointed by the Arch¬ 
 bishop, and shall consist of two clergymen in priests’ 
 orders and one lay male communicant not belonging- to the 
 parish. 
 
 3. The Board shall meet at such time and place within 
 the Diocese as the Archbishop may decide, and due notice 
 of such meeting - and of the names of the members of the 
 Board shall be given by the Archbishop to the Executive 
 Committee, the Incumbent, the Church Wardens, and other 
 parties of the parish in question interested. 
 
 4. After the first meeting - of the Board all notices 
 shall be given by the Chairman, who shall be appointed by 
 the Board thereat, and the Board shall have power to sus¬ 
 pend its proceedings, and to adjourn from time to time, 
 and from place to place as it may deem necessary. 
 
 5. The Incumbent respecting whom the representation 
 is made may answer the same either orally or in writing, 
 and may appear in person or be represented and heard by 
 a male communicant of the Church of England, and shall 
 have the right to produce such pertinent evidence as he 
 may desire ; and the Executive Committee shall have like 
 privileges, and the Board may call for such evidence as 
 it may deem necessary. 
 
 6. If, after due notification the Incumbent fails to ap¬ 
 pear or to answer the representation, the Board shall pro¬ 
 ceed ex parte. 
 
 7. The Board shall take written notes of the evidence 
 produced; and at the close of the investigation, the Chair¬ 
 man shall transmit the same to the Archbishop, together 
 with the Board’s recommendation and a minute of the pro¬ 
 ceedings. 
 
 8. The proceedings and recommendation of the Board 
 shall be subject to the Archbishop’s approval ; and in case 
 of his confirming the same, the Archbishop shall without 
 delay, notify the Executive Committee, the Incumbent in¬ 
 terested, and the Church Wardens of his Parish, by furn¬ 
 ishing them with certified copies of the said recommend¬ 
 ation and confirmation. 
 
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 9. Whenever such recommendation so confirmed by the 
 Archbishop requires the retirement of the said Incumbent, 
 he shall, unless he resigns within six weeks from the date 
 of receiving the last mentioned notice, be deprived of his 
 charge, which shall thereupon be and be held to be vacant; 
 and he shall no longer be competent to perform the duties, 
 nor be entitled to any of the rights, privileges or emolu¬ 
 ments thereof. 
 
 10. Provided always that in all cases of inefficiency 
 through age or infirmity, the right of the Incumbent to 
 any pension or retiring allowance to which he may be en¬ 
 titled shall not be affected by anything herein contained. 
 
 11. The word “Incumbent” in this Canon includes 
 Rector, Vicar or Missionary, and the word “ Parish ” in¬ 
 cludes Mission. 
 
 12. This Canon shall not apply to any case arising out 
 of or involving a question of doctrine, practice or ritual, 
 and shall not be construed so as to conflict with any rights 
 and privileges of the Clergy under the canon on Discipline. 
 
 13. This Canon shall be retroactive. 
 
 ON LAY READERS. 
 
 1. Lay Readers shall be recommended to the Archbishop 
 by at least two licensed Clergymen of the Diocese, or, being 
 students of St. John’s College, by the College Board; and have 
 either a general license for the Diocese or a special license for 
 a particular Parish or Mission. They shall not be employed in 
 any Parish or Mission, but at the request or with the consent of 
 the Incumbent or Clergyman in charge of said Parish or 
 Mission, and they shall be entirely under his control and 
 direction, and shall be removed at his request; they may be set 
 apart for the service at such place and with such service as the 
 Archbishop may appoint. They shall only hold their license 
 during the pleasure of the Archbishop. 
 
 2. Office of Lay Reader : 
 
 The office of Lay Reader shall be to read the Word of God 
 before the congregation, and in the absence or illness of the 
 Clergyman, or on urgent occasions, at the request of the 
 Clergyman, to read any appointed portions of the Morning 
 and Evening Prayer, not including the absolution or any part 
 of the Communion Service, and such sermons as he shall be 
 duly authorized to use ; or to preach or expound, if he be 
 
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 specially licensed thereto by the Archbishop ; and generally to 
 aid in Parochial and Mission work and perform such functions 
 as it is competent for a Lay Member of the Church to perform, 
 and he shall be directed to discharge, under the authority of the 
 Archbishop. When officiating he may wear the surplice 
 
 ON RURAL DEANS. 
 
 1. It shall be the duty of the Rural Dean 
 
 ( a ) To arrange for meetings of the Ruridecanal Chapter, 
 quarterly or oftener, and also the Ruridecanal meetings at such 
 time as to himself and the Ruridecanal Chapter may seem 
 advisable, and to preside at the same. In the unavoidable 
 absence from any meeting, of the Rural Dean, the Clergy 
 present shall elect one of their number to preside at that 
 meeting. 
 
 ( b ) To visit every Parish or Mission in his Deanery once 
 in a year, and oftener if there be occasion, or if desired to do so 
 by the Archbishop or Executive Committee, to confer with the 
 Clergy, Churchwardens and other officers of the Church ; to 
 inspect Churches, Churchyards, Parsonages, and other build¬ 
 ings, books, ornaments, all additions, decays, and dilapidations 
 and ascertain how far buildings are insured and what amount 
 of debt, if any, is upon them and what steps are being taken 
 for its liquidation ; to inquire into the value and condition of 
 any endowments or other property ; and, if required, to report 
 to the Archdeacon for the information of the Archbishop or 
 Executive Committee from time to time upon the same. 
 
 (c) To give the Archbishop or Archdeacon advice when so 
 requested. 
 
 (d) To inform the Archbishop and Archdeacon, if necess¬ 
 ary, of any reports, conduct or proceedings affecting any of 
 the Clergy in his Deanery. 
 
 ON RURIDECANAL CHAPTERS. 
 
 1. On determining the bounds of the Rural Deanery by the 
 Archbishop, Clergy within it holding the license of the Arch¬ 
 bishop shall form the Ruridecanal Chapter. 
 
 2. St. John’s Cathedral shall form a separate Deanery 
 under its Dean, and may have attached to it as a Deanery such 
 Parishes or Missions as are worked by the Cathedral or 
 Cathedral Mission Staff as the Archbishop may think proper. 
 
 3. First meeting of any Ruridecanal Chapter shall be 
 called by the Rural Dean. 
 
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 4. It shall be the duty of the Chapter 
 
 (a) To elect one of their number as Secretary, who shall 
 also be Secretary of Ruridecanal meeting's, whose duties shall 
 include those usually performed by such official. 
 
 (b) To make all necessary arrangements for its meetings, 
 and for the holding of Ruridecanal meetings from time to time. 
 
 (c) To consider questions submitted to it by the Arch¬ 
 bishop, Archdeacon, or Executive Committee. 
 
 (d) To consult generally for the spiritual benefit of the 
 Rural Deanery and for the interests of the Church within it. 
 
 (< e) To have all new settlements within its limits visited, 
 and information obtained respecting Church Members, and, as 
 far as possible, to provide for the holding of services therein. 
 
 {/) To arrange for the formation, where practicable, of 
 Sunday-school Associations. 
 
 ( t o-) To consider what might be advantageously brought 
 before a Ruridecanal meeting. 
 
 (h) To form a Ruridecanal Library for books of reference 
 for the Clergy. 
 
 ON RURIDECANAL MEETINGS. 
 
 1. In any Rural Deanery the following persons shall be 
 members of the Ruridecanal meeting : 
 
 All Clergy in the Deanery holding the license of the Arch¬ 
 bishop, Churchwardens and Lay Representatives of any Parish 
 or Mission within the Deanery, all Lay Readers holding the 
 license of the Archbishop and residing or officiating regularly 
 in any Parish or Mission in the Deanery, and any other Clergy 
 or Laity especially invited before such meeting by a vote of the 
 Ruridecanal Chapter. 
 
 2. The Ruridecanal meeting shall be presided over by the 
 Rural Dean, or in his absence, by one of the Clergy in the 
 Rural Deanery elected by fhe meeting. 
 
 3. The duty of the Ruridecanal meeting shall be to consider 
 any questions submitted to them by the Archbishop, Arch¬ 
 deacons, Executive Committee, or Ruridecanal Chapter, or any 
 questions proposed by any of themselves and generally to 
 consult for the spiritual welfare of the district and the interests 
 of the Church. 
 
 4. Combined meetings of the Ruridecanal meetings in an 
 Archdeaconry may be held at the request of the Archbishop or 
 Archdeacon. 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
 
 T. That the Secretary of Synod send to each clerical 
 and lay delegate at least fourteen days prior to each meet¬ 
 ing of Synod copies of all the reports of all standing com¬ 
 mittees of the Synod and of that of the Treasurer. 
 
 2. The Secretary of Synod, on receiving the names of 
 Lay Delegates elected each year, shall mail to each of them 
 a copy of the Report of the previous Synod. 
 
 3. The minimum of notice of any meeting to be held in 
 Winnipeg, that is hereafter issued by the Convenor or Sec¬ 
 retary of any Committee appointed by the Synod, or in con¬ 
 nection with any Diocesan work directed by the Synod shall 
 be ten clear days to all members of such Committees, 
 whether in town or country, excepting in case of an emer 
 gency, when the Archbishop may order a special meeting, 
 with as long or short noticeas the exceptional circum¬ 
 stances will permit. 
 
 4. The Executive Committee of the Synod shall urge 
 the churchwardens of the different congregations constitut¬ 
 ing the different missions of the Diocese, to form themselves 
 into a financial board for the purpose of collecting and pay¬ 
 ing as promptly as possible, that portion of the clergyman’s 
 stipend which comes from the people. 
 
 5. That it shall be the duty of each clergyman who 
 receives a grant from the Home Mission Fund to report to 
 the Secretary of Synod at the end of each quarter, on a form 
 to be supplied, the amount of stipend paid by the financial 
 board for that quarter, and the amount, if any, still due, 
 and the secretary shall thereupon take such steps as may be 
 deemed necessary for the payment of arrears. 
 
 6. If a mission continues to be in default at the end of 
 the second quarter, the financial secretary shall report the 
 matter fully to the Executive Committee. 
 
 7. When a clergyman has been transferred to another 
 mission on account of the non-paj^ment of arrears of stipend, 
 a successor shall not be appointed until all arrears have 
 been paid up. 
 
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 8. There shall be two forms of Guarantee, —the first 
 between the people and the Wardens ; the second between 
 the Parish or Mission and the Synod, after the amount of 
 the said Guarantee has been fixed by resolution at the 
 annual or a special meeting- of parishioners duly called. 
 Such guarantee shall remain in force until a new guarantee 
 has been made. 
 
 9. That in cases of parishes or missions where annual 
 grants are given from the Home Mission Fund of the Diocese, 
 the Treasurer be instructed to withhold the clergy¬ 
 man’s quarterly stipend until such times as returns are re¬ 
 ceived of the Synod collections ordered to be taken up during 
 the quarter, and the necessary quarterly reports are sent in, 
 or until satisfactory explanations are given why the rules 
 are not carried out; also that the same course be taken with 
 respect to the returns. 
 
 10. That the Hon. Treasurer be requested to notify 
 any Parish or Mission which has neglected to send in any 
 offertory- ordered by the Synod. 
 
 11. That in all Synod collections, the whole offertory 
 (without deduction, save the envelopes) be remitted to the 
 Treasurer of Synod. 
 
 12. That the grants from the Mission Fund shall be 
 withheld from any Parish or Mission failing to answer 
 satisfactorily the questions asked for the purpose of obtain¬ 
 ing the required statistics of this Diocese. 
 
 13. That the Clergy and Churchwardens of every 
 Parish without exception be desired to append answers to 
 the questions asked for the purpose of procuring the neces¬ 
 sary statistics of the Diocese, and to send the documents to 
 the Secretary of Synod on or before the 15th day of May in 
 each year. 
 
 11. That the Executive Committee be requested to 
 arrange that a series of missionary meetings be held in each 
 Rural Deanery; that the best day for holding such meetings 
 be selected; that each Rural Dean be asked to arrange the 
 meetings in his Deanery ; that if the Rural Deans deem it 
 advisable, they be aided by deputations from the centre or 
 elsewhere; and that every effort be made to secure, as one of 
 the results of such meetings, permanent annual subsrcip- 
 tions from each church member in every parish or mission 
 in the Deanery, so as to secure the largest possible annual 
 subscriptions to the Home Mission Fund. 
 
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 15. That missionary meetings do have a place in the 
 proceedings of each Synod, and that the Archdeacon do 
 make the necessary arrangements thereof; and that in addit¬ 
 ion to the proposed missionary meetings, a devotional meet¬ 
 ing for the members of the Synod be arranged for by the 
 Rectors of the city churches, 
 
 16. That the Treasurer be authorized to pay the 
 railway fare of the clerical members of the Executive Com¬ 
 mittee whenever they attend the meetings of the Executive 
 Committee. 
 
 17. That in every case where an outfit grant of $100 
 is given, the receiver be notified that the acceptance of the 
 grant is intended to cover five years work in the Diocese 
 and that $20 be refunded for every year less than the five 
 years’ work in the Diocese. 
 
 18. That the corporation, “the Synod of the Diocese of 
 Rupert’s Land,” being empowered by clause 10 of its Act of 
 Incorporation to exercise all its powers by and through the 
 Executive Committee as established by the Constitution, or 
 such other boards or committees as the said corporation may 
 from time to time appoint by resolution, for the manage¬ 
 ment of all or any of the affairs or property of the said cor¬ 
 poration, hereby appoints the said Executive Committee for 
 the purposes aforesaid ; and also to administer the trusts, 
 properties and funds now about to be transferred to the 
 Synod, and all other property now held or hereafter to be 
 acquired. 
 
 19. Whereas it may from time to time be desirable to 
 make changes in the Statutes of St. John’s College and St. 
 John’s Cathedral, the Executive Committee be empowered, 
 on the petition of the Council of St. John’s College or the 
 Dean and Chapter of St. John’s Cathedral, to authorize 
 such changes in the Statutes of St. John’s College or St. 
 John’s Cathedral respectively, or such additional Statutes, as 
 it may approve of provided that the Bishop of Rupert’s 
 Land give his assent to such changes or additions; and such 
 changes or additions shall be printed yearly in an appendix 
 to the Report of the Synod, but an accidental omission of 
 such printing in any case shall not invalidate what has 
 been done. 
 
 20. That a standing committee on credentials be ap¬ 
 pointed to examine the certificates of lay delegates and 
 prepare a report of the same, including a list of all such 
 
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 delegates, with the names of the parishes they represent, 
 for the next meeting of Synod and generally to deal with 
 and report to the Synod upon questions relating to lay rep¬ 
 resentation under the constitution and that the clergy be 
 respectfully requested to make a return of the \a.y dele¬ 
 gates elected year by year in their respective parishes and 
 congregations to the secretary of the Synod, as soon after 
 their election as possible, for the information of the com¬ 
 mittee. 
 
 21. That in future meetings of the Synod, the Bishop’s 
 charge be the first subject for consideration; and that it be 
 at once referred to a committee to suggest from it subjects 
 to be dealt with during the sittings of the Synod. 
 
 22. That the Rural Deans of the Diocese be requested 
 to present at the annual meeting of the Synod reports of 
 the work of the Church in their several Deaneries. 
 
 23. That such of the clergy as minister to Indians be 
 requested to give in writing or verbally an annual report of 
 their work to the Synod ; also that the Secretary of the 
 C.M.S. finance committee be and is hereby requested to be 
 so good as to furnish at each Synod a short summary of the 
 Society’s work. 
 
 DUTIES OF THE GENERAL MISSIONARY. 
 
 24 a. He shall be an Executive Officer for the carrying 
 out, under the direction of the Bishop, of the 
 regulations and resolutions of the Synod and 
 Executive Committee; and he shall have an Ad¬ 
 vising Committee, to be appointed from time to 
 time by His Grace the Archbishop. 
 
 b. He shall be the Organizing Financial Officer of the 
 
 Synod, and shall as such solicit subscriptions from 
 individuals and arrange for the formation of asso¬ 
 ciations in support of the mission funds of the Dio¬ 
 cese in the several parishes and missions. He shall 
 also in such capacity from time to time, as he may 
 be directed by the Executive Committee, with the 
 sanction of the Archbishop, visit any place outside 
 the Diocese in the furtherance of any Diocesan 
 object. 
 
 c. He shall systematically visit the parishes and Mis¬ 
 
 sions of the Diocese which receive aid from the 
 Home Mission Fund for the following purposes:— 
 
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 (a) For inquiring- into their financial organization 
 and condition, and for this purpose holding-, as he 
 may see necessary or advantageous, and as he may 
 arrange with the incumbent or clergyman in 
 charge, meetings'with the Church people, (b) For 
 the securing of satisfactory guarantees towards 
 the clergyman’s stipend, and seeing that such 
 guarantees are punctually paid ; and, in case of 
 default, reporting all the circumstances to the Ex¬ 
 ecutive Committee, (c) For the encouragement of 
 self support to the several missions by increased 
 contributions from the people, and urging the 
 carrying out of Canon 12 on Parochial Endow¬ 
 ments. 
 
 d. He shall especially visit districts yet unprovided 
 
 with a resident missionary, or existing missions, 
 which may seem to require subdivision, and take 
 the necessary steps for the formation of a new 
 district if this seems practicable. 
 
 e. He shall also endeavor by counsel and practical 
 
 assistance to help any of the clergy asking for it to 
 the working of their parishes and missions ; and 
 generally he shall do all in his power to stimulate 
 and encourage church work in the diocese. 
 
 25. The Seal now in use shall be the Seal of this cor¬ 
 poration; and the Archbishop of Rupert’s Land, and in his 
 absence his Commissary shall be the custodian of the Seal. 
 
 26. That the various corporations existing, and those 
 hereafter to be formed under the Temporalities’ Act, be 
 required to take their conveyance of land in proper form in 
 their corporate name, as the Bishop shall direct. 
 
 27. That the Executive Committee be instructed to 
 take measures for obtaining a reduction in railway fare for 
 the lay delegates to the Diocesan Synod, and for providing 
 hospitality for the delegates during their attendance at 
 Synod. 
 
 28. That the Secretary of the Synod at once get in 
 from each Parish in the Diocese, the title deeds of the 
 Parish lands, and that the deeds be recorded in a book to 
 be known as the Parish Register, at full length, That in 
 the Register be also recorded the incumbrance now upon 
 the lands and that from time to time hereafter all other 
 conveyances be so recorded and all incumbrances be entered. 
 
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 29. All the Parishes in the Diocese shall forward to the 
 Secretary of the Synod all insurance policies upon Church 
 property, and that the Secretary of the synod shall in 
 future keep a register in which all such policies shall be 
 recorded. 
 
 30. That such of the printing expenses incurred by the 
 Synod Committees as shall be approved by the Tieasurer 
 shall be paid by him. 
 
 31. That whereas a considerable amount has neces¬ 
 sarily to be expended in printing each year, and whereas it 
 is desirable that the work be done at the lowest price poss¬ 
 ible, it be an instruction to the Executive Committee to an¬ 
 nually invite tenders for as much of the work as practic¬ 
 able, and unless valid reasons to the contrary exist to 
 award the contract to the lowest tenderer. 
 
 32. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of Synod to 
 send the names of candidates for Holy Orders to the Rec¬ 
 tors and Incumbents of all churches in the Diocese at least 
 one Sunday before the day of ordination; and such names 
 shall be read out in the cong'regation at one of the services, 
 and the prayer for Ember Days used. 
 
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 RULES FOR THE ELECTION OF A 
 
 RURAL DEAN. 
 
 1. Upon a vacancy occurring* in the office of Rural 
 Dean, or any Rural Deanery, or upon the creation of a new 
 Rural Deanery, the Senior Clergyman in the Rural Deanery 
 shall call a meeting of the Clergymen in said Deanery at 
 a convenient place and time in the said Rural Deanery, but 
 not earlier than fourteen days after the mailing of the 
 notices. 
 
 2. The notice shall set forth that the meeting is called 
 for the election of a Rural Dean. If any Clergyman is 
 unable to be present at such meeting, he may, prior to the 
 said meeting, forward in a sealed envelope, addressed to 
 the said Senior Clergyman, his ballot in favor of any 
 Clergyman he may desire to see appointed as Rural Dean. 
 The envelope shall have written on the face of it, “Ballot 
 Paper,” and shall not be opened by the Senior Clergyman 
 until the said meeting. 
 
 3. When the meeting is convened, the Senior Clergy¬ 
 man shall take the chair and call the meeting to order, 
 whereupon those present at the meeting shall elect a Chair¬ 
 man and Secretary for the meeting. Thereafter a Scruti¬ 
 neer shall be appointed. 
 
 4. There shall be no formal nomination of candidates, 
 but each Clergyman present shall receive a ballot from the 
 Secretary on which he shall write the name of the Clergy¬ 
 man nominated by him as Rural Dean. The Scrutineer 
 shall then count the ballots, taking into account those filed 
 with the Senior Clergyman by any Clergymen who are 
 absent. The Scrutineer shall report to the chairman the 
 result of the ballot, whereupon thfe candidate having the 
 largest number of votes will be nominated to the Arch¬ 
 bishop for his approval and appointment as Rural Dean. 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING CONVEYANCES 
 
 of Lands To and From the Church of 
 England Parishes and Missions in 
 the Province of Manitoba. 
 
 The “Church of England Temporalities Act” passed by 
 the Legislature of Manitoba, in the 39 th. year of Her Ma¬ 
 jesty’s Reign and Chaptered 27 , enacts that “The Incumbent 
 or Curate in charge, licensed by the Bishop, and Church 
 Wardens of any congregation in Manitoba, organized accord¬ 
 ing to the Constitution of the Synod of Rupert’s Land, shall 
 be a body politic and corporate, and they and their successors, 
 under the name of the Church of England Parish or Mission 
 of 
 
 shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and by 
 such name may from time to time and at all times hereafter, 
 purchase, acquire by gift, devise or bequest, if made at least 
 six months before the death of the person making the same, 
 hold, possess, and enjoy, and may have, take and receive for 
 them and their successors for ecclesiastical, educational or 
 eleemosynary uses, any lands, tenements, hereditary property, 
 rents, annuities, and all other property whatever, moveable or 
 immoveable, and the same may sell, exchange, alienate, 
 mortgage, let, lease and dispose of, any others in their stead, 
 purchase, acquire, and hold for the uses and purposes afore¬ 
 said, provided always that the amount of such real" estate 
 shall not exceed what Trustees of Protestant Churches are 
 allowed to hold by 36 Victoria, Chap. 16 , and provided 
 also that in the administration of the said property they be 
 subject to such regulations and restrictions as regards selling, 
 exchanging, alienating, mortgaging or leasing real estate, or 
 making investments in stock, funds, debentures, or other 
 property, as the Synod of Rupert’s Land, either directly or 
 through any board, may from time to time lay down, and the 
 said Corporation shall have all the rights of Corporations 
 under 34 Vic., Chap. 1 .” 
 
2 . Section vi, of Chapter 46 , of 45 Victoria, ( 1882 ), 
 enacts that “Any deed in which any Parish or Mission incor¬ 
 porated under and by virtue of the said Church of England 
 Temporalities Act is named as a party shall (if sufficient in 
 all other respects) hereafter be sufficient and effectual to 
 completely pass all the title of such Parish or Mission, so 
 named as a party, in and to any lands, tenements or heredita¬ 
 ments thereby conveyed, granted or demised for, and to the 
 extent of such interest as may thereby be created, if such 
 deed have affixed to it the corporate seal of the Parish or 
 mission so named therein as a party, verified by the signature 
 of the Incumbent or Curate in charge, and duly licensed by 
 the Bishop for the time being of such Parish or Mission so 
 named as a party, and of one or more of the Church Wardens 
 of such Parish or Mission, and of such Chairman and Secre¬ 
 tary” (meaning the Chairman and Secretary of the Executive 
 Committee of the Diocesan Synod of Rupert’s Land) “respect¬ 
 ively and any such deed so executed shall be deemed to be 
 well and sufficiently executed; but every deed not so executed 
 or not drawn conformable to the mode in this section in¬ 
 dicated, shall be insufficient, invalid and inoperative for the 
 purposes in this section mentioned.” 
 
 3 . It will be seen therefore that all deeds of land by 
 
 which it is intended to convey any property to the congrega¬ 
 tion of any Church in Manitoba, should be taken in the name 
 of The Church of England Parish or Mission (as the case 
 may be) of , and 
 
 not to the Church Wardens or to Trustees, as is usually done, 
 for if not taken conformable to the Statutes quoted above, the 
 deed will be void and inoperative, and no title whatever will 
 pass under it.. 
 
 4 . Before any deed, conveyance or lease of land from 
 any Church of England Parish or Mission can be given, the 
 consent of the Executive Committee of the Diocesan Synod 
 of Rupert’s Land thereto must be obtained and expressed by 
 resolution in writing, and the deed, mortgage or lease should 
 recite such consent. 
 
 5 . The Incumbent or Curate in charge of each Parish 
 or Mission, and Church Wardens, should adopt a Corporate 
 seal, and any deed, mortgage, lease or other instruments made 
 by any Parish or Mission, must first have affixed to it the 
 
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 corporate seal of such Parish or Mission, and must be signed 
 by the Incumbent or Curate in Charge, and by at least one of 
 the Church Wardens, and lastly, must be signed by His 
 Lordship the Bishop of Rupert’s Land as Chairman of the 
 Executive Committee of the Diocesan Synod of Rupert’s Land, 
 and the Secretary of such Committee. The execution of 
 such instruments should be witnessed, but no affidavit of 
 execution is required. 
 
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SYNOD 
 ON THE SYSTEM OF NOMINATIONS 
 AND ELECTIONS. 
 
 (Adopted by the Executive Committee.) 
 
 Your Committee beg to recommend the following pro¬ 
 cedure in regard to nominations and elections of Delegates 
 and Representatives to the following, viz. :— 
 
 (а) To the General Synod. 
 
 ( б ) To the Provincial Synod. 
 
 (c) On the Executive Committee. 
 
 (d) On the Council of St. John’s College. 
 
 (e) On the Sunday School Commission. 
 
 1. Immediately after the election of the Secretaries and 
 Treasurer of the Synod, the Archbishop shall appoint one 
 Clerical and one Lay Delegate, to act as scrutineers for each 
 of the above elections, and shall appoint one of such scrutin¬ 
 eers as Secretary for nominations. 
 
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 2 . Nominations of delegates to each of the above elec¬ 
 tions shall be made between the hours of 12 o’clock noon and 
 i p.m.. on the first day of the Synod, upon the forms supplied 
 by the Secretary of Nominations, and shall be signed by the 
 Proposer, and delivered by him to the Secretary of Nomina¬ 
 tions between the hours aforesaid. No delegate shall nom¬ 
 inate more than the required number for each election. 
 
 3 . The names of all persons so nominated shall be 
 printed in alphabetical order on ballot papers of different 
 colors. 
 
 4. Ballotting on these nominations shall take place on 
 the second day of the Synod, beginning at 1 o’clock p.m., and 
 closing at 2 p.m. 
 
 5. Immediately before adjournment on the afternoon of 
 the second day the Secretary for Nominations shall present 
 to the Synod reports of the scrutineers. 
 
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 RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE 
 CLERGY WIDOW AND ORPHANS’ FUND 
 
 of the Pkovince of Rupert’s Land. 
 
 1. The Fund shall be held in trust for the Church of 
 England in Rupert’s Land by the Corporation—The Arch¬ 
 bishop of Rupert’s Land. 
 
 2 . There shall be a Provincial Treasurer appointed by 
 the Provincial Synod who shall transmit to each Diocesan 
 Treasurer of the Fund an annual Statement of the Fund, and 
 there shall also be a Treasurer appointed in every Diocese 
 whose duty shall be to collect all sums accruing to the Fund 
 in that Diocese, to transmit the same to the Provincial Treas¬ 
 urer and to communicate with the Provincial Treasurer on 
 the part of the Diocese. Such Diocesan Treasurer shall be 
 appointed by the Synod of the Diocese, or failing any ap¬ 
 pointment by the Synod, by the Bishop of the Diocese. 
 
 3 . The Bishops and all Clergymen in the Province 
 licensed in any Diocese to the care of souls, or holding office 
 in any college or school under the jurisdiction of any of the 
 Bishops, or holding any other official position in the Diocese, 
 shall be entitled to have the benefit of the Fund on comply¬ 
 ing with the rules laid down by the Provincial Synod. 
 
 4 . After July 1 st, 1880 , any Clergyman becoming for 
 the first time a subscriber to the Fund must, if over the age 
 of 25 , pay an entrance fee for the first year in addition to the 
 annual subscription according to his age, namely : Two dol¬ 
 lars for every year over 25 up to 35 inclusive, three dollars 
 for every year over 35 up to 40 inclusive, four dollars for every 
 year over 40 and up to 45 inclusive, and five dollars for every 
 year over 45 , provided, however, that no Clergyman over 50 
 years of age shall be admitted as a subscriber, and that no 
 Clergyman who has been eligible for admission for the five 
 years next preceding his application shall be admitted as a 
 subscriber unless on production of a medical certificate as to 
 soundness of health satisfactory to a standing committee of 
 six members who shall be appointed by the Metropolitan of 
 
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 whom three shall be a quorum, and who shall finally deter¬ 
 mine on what terms, if any, such clergyman shall be received 
 as a subscriber. Any Clergyman entering upon the Fund 
 may pay such entrance fees as are required, by quarterly in¬ 
 stalments of not less than $ 5 , and interest at six per cent, per 
 annum on the unpaid balance, and in the event of the death 
 of a Clergyman before all the instalments have been paid, 
 the unpaid balance shall be a first claim upon the amount to 
 be paid to the widow and orphans. 
 
 5 . To entitle a subscriber to the benefit of the Fund, he 
 must pay a yearly subscription to the Fund of five dollars on 
 or before July 1 st, in every year. In the case of the subscrip¬ 
 tion not being paid till after July 1 st, interest shall then have 
 to be paid at the rate of six per cent, per annum for such 
 period as the subscription shall be overdue, and if the sub¬ 
 scription shall be two years in arrears, then such defaulter 
 shall cease to be'entitled to any benefit from the Fund, but 
 any such defaulter, if not excluded by the limitation as to age, 
 may again be admitted as a subscriber on payment of such 
 entrance fee in accordance with his age as he would have had 
 to pay if subscribing for the first time. 
 
 6 . If a Clergyman, after being 15 years a contributing 
 member of the Fund, removes from the Province to some 
 other field of work where there is no Widow and Orphans’ 
 Fund of which he can have the benefit, he shall have the 
 option of remaining on the Fund by paying Si 2.50 yearly, 
 instead of $5 ; provided, however, that if he leave in bad 
 health and it is certified by a duly qualified medical prac¬ 
 titioner that he is unable to undertake duty, he may remain 
 a member of the Fund, while thus disqualified, by continuing 
 to pay the regular annual subscription of $ 5 - Provided also 
 that a Clergyman after any period of service, removing from 
 this Province, shall have the option of receiving fifty per 
 cent, of the money he has paid into the Fund, on receipt of 
 which sum his membership in the Fund ceases. 
 
 7. Every Clergyman in charge of a Parish or Mission 
 must, to secure for his widow and orphans the benefit of the 
 P'und, make, at least, one collection yearly on its behalf, un¬ 
 less the Bishop of his Diocese certifies to the Provincial 
 Treasurer, through the Diocesan Treasurer, that the Mission 
 is not yet in such a state as to allow of any collection. 
 Nevertheless anv Clergyman having failed to comply with 
 th is rule may still be entitled to the benefit of the Fund on 
 
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 payment to the Provincial Treasurer of what would be the 
 average collection for each and every year he has neglected.. 
 
 8 . The Provincial Treasurer will pay to the widow of 
 every Clergyman who is entitled to the benefit of the Fund, 
 such annuity, not exceeding two hundred dollars, as the in¬ 
 come of the Fund will admit, in two equal half-yearly pay¬ 
 ments, on the first day of January and July each year— the 
 first of such half-yearly payments or such portion thereof as 
 may have accrued from the death of her husband, to be made 
 on the day above mentioned next following the death of her 
 husband, such payment to be continued during her natural 
 life, so long as she remain a widow. And in case such 
 widow shall at her death or marriage have four children by 
 her late husband under the age of eighteen years, such annu¬ 
 ity shall be paid to the guardians of such children, and 
 should there be fewer than four children, a sum not exceed¬ 
 ing sixty dollars as the income of the Fund will permit, shall 
 be paid as aforesaid for each, provided that all annuities shall 
 cease from the half-year next preceding the marriage of any 
 person, whether male or female, entitled by these rules to any 
 such annuity, and that alt annuities paid for children shall 
 cease on the day at which they attain the age of eighteen 
 years. And in case of any Clergyman deceased leaving no 
 widow but having children, then such children shall enjoy 
 the annuity as above provided on the death or marriage of a 
 widow. 
 
 9 . The income from all sources, that is, from the yearly 
 payments of Clergymen, collections, benefactions and dona¬ 
 tions, as well as from the interest of invested funds, shall be 
 available towards securing the minimum annuity of one hun¬ 
 dred and twenty dollars per annum to each widow or to 
 children, as provided in clause 8 , but for any payment of an 
 annuity above the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars- 
 per annum, only the interest from the invested capital shall be 
 available, and other moneys from the yearly payment of 
 Clergymen, collections, benefactions and donations shall be 
 added to capital. After the annuity reaches the maximum' 
 of two hundred dollars, the income from all sources shall be 
 added to capital. All money to be added to the capital shall 
 be paid to the Corporation, the Archbishop of Rupert’s Land- 
 in trust, and be invested as capital by the Corporation. 
 
 10 . Every widow and guardian of any of the orphans 
 of a Clergyman, desiring annuities from the Widow and Or- 
 
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 phans’ Fund, shall apply by memorial to the Provincial 
 Treasurer through the Treasurer of the Diocese to which the 
 Clergyman belonged, for such annuities, stating the time of 
 the decease of such Clergyman, the name of the widow, and 
 the names and ages of each of the children, as the case may 
 be. 
 
 11 . Every annuitant on the Widow and Orphans’ Fund 
 shall, whenever he or she may be paid his or her half-yearly 
 annuity, make the following declaration, which shall be at¬ 
 tested by the Clergyman before whom it is made : 
 
 Declaration by a Widow. 
 
 I hereby declare that I am the widow of the late Rev. 
 
 .and that I am entitled to an 
 
 annuity from the Clergy Widow and Orphans’ Fund of the 
 Province of Rupert’s Land, and that I am still a widow. 
 
 .Name 
 
 .Residence 
 
 Signed before me.. 
 
 Declaration by the Guardians of Children. 
 
 I hereby declare that I am the duly appointed guardian 
 
 of the children of the late Rev. 
 
 whose names and ages are respectively written below, and 
 that they are entitled to an annuity from the Clergy Widow 
 and Orphans’ P'und of the Province of Rupert’s Land, 
 
 .... .Name 
 
 .Residence 
 
 Names and ages of the Children. 
 
 Signed before me. 
 
 12 . Clergy or Clergymen in these Rules include Bishops. 
 
 13 . No alteration shall take place in these Rules until 
 such alteration has been approved at two successive meetings 
 of the Provincial Synod. 
 
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 CANON ON CLERGY SUPERANNUATION FUND 
 
 as Amended August, 1907 . 
 
 There shall be a Clergy Superannuation Fund for the 
 Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert’s Land, for which funds 
 shall be acquired, and which shall be administered according 
 to the methods and regulations detailed below. 
 
 SOURCES OF REVENUE. 
 
 The fund shall be derived from the following souroes * 
 
 (a) Annual Subscriptions of the Clergy. 
 
 (b) Church Collections. 
 
 (c) Benefactions and Legacies, 
 
 annual subscriptions by the clergy. 
 
 I. Scale of payments for Clergymen joining the Fund : 
 
 Under 30 years of age.per annum $5 00 
 
 Over 30 and under 40 years of age “ 6 00 
 
 Over 40 and under 50 years of age “ 8 00 
 
 Over 50 and under 60 years of age “ 10 00 
 
 The rate at age of entrance to be continued until the 
 Clergyman is unfit for active service. Payments to be made 
 annually on or before January 1 st. 
 
 2. Arrears. Where Clergymen are in arrears for three 
 months, then : 
 
 (a) In self-supporting parishes, the church wardens 
 shall deduct such arrears from the Clergyman's stipend, and 
 remit the same to the Treasurer of this fund. 
 
 (b) In parishes receiving grants from Diocesan Mission 
 Funds, such arrears shall be deducted from the next quarter¬ 
 ly grant payable to him, and paid over at once to the Treas¬ 
 urer of this Fund. 
 
 3. Membership. 
 
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 (a) This Canon shall not be compulsory in any Diocese 
 until the Synod of that Diocese, or, in the case of a Diocese 
 having no Synod, until the Bishop of that Diocese has ac¬ 
 cepted this Canon. 
 
 (b) Every Clergyman under the age of 50, who has the 
 cure of souls, or is wholly engaged in work for a Diocese, 
 shali immediately, upon the acceptance of such Diocese, as 
 above set forth, of this Canon, become a member of and sub¬ 
 scriber to the Fund. 
 
 (c) Every Clergyman under the age of 50, who is 
 licensed to a cure of souls in a Diocese which has accepted 
 this Canon, shall, on being so licensed, become a member of 
 and subscriber to the Fund. 
 
 (D) Any Clergyman under the age of 50, who is 
 licensed to the cure of souls in or is wholly engaged in work 
 for a Diocese which has not accepted this Canon by its Synod 
 or Bishop, may become a member of this Fund by payment 
 of the annual dues and having the collection and complying 
 with the conditions required by this Canon, 
 
 4. Annual Collections. 
 
 There shall be a coll-ection for this Fund in every con 
 gregation in all parishes or missions in each Diocese which 
 has accepted this Canon, on some Sunday to be appointed 
 by the Diocesan Synod, or by the Incumbent, in case there 
 is no Diocesan Synod, but there shall be no compulsory col¬ 
 lections in those Indian Missions in the Interior, in which 
 money is not in circulation. 
 
 5. Qualifications for annuities, 
 
 (A) The annual subscription of the Clergyman, and the 
 annual collections in the parishes and missions under his 
 charge (if any) must have been paid. 
 
 (b) In case of neglect to pay subscriptions lot two con¬ 
 secutive years, all claims shali be forfeited. 
 
 (c) Defaulting subscribers shall only be re-instated at 
 the pleasure of the Committee, who shall impose a fine, and 
 see that all arrears are paid. 
 
 6. Scale of payments. 
 
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 If unfit for service, Clergymen may receive the following 
 annuities : 
 
 After less than 15 years’ service, per annum $100 00 
 
 “ 15 years’ service. •* 200 00 
 
 “ 20 “ “ 300 00 
 
 “ 25 “ “ 350 00 
 
 “ 30 “ “ . “ 400 00 
 
 or proportionate amount if funds are insufficient. Payments 
 shall be made half-yearly on the first day of January and 
 July. 
 
 A beneficiary of this Fund shall be a Clergyman who is 
 recommended for the benefits of the P'und on account of in¬ 
 firmity of a permanent character, the fact of that infirmity 
 being determined by a resolution of the Standing Committee 
 appointed to manage this Fund, acting upon the certificate 
 of a duly registered medical practitioner appointed by the 
 said Committee, declaring him to be physically or mentally 
 unfit for active service, provided that such resolution of the 
 Committee be sustained by the approval of the Bishop of his 
 Diocese. 
 
 Any beneficiary of the Fund under 70 years of age shall, 
 at the pleasure of the Standing Committee, be subject to an 
 annual medical re-examination, and’the annuity shall cease 
 from the date of such examination, if he be declared fit for 
 active service. 
 
 7. Removal. 
 
 In case of removal from the Province, the Clergyman 
 may receive one-half the amount paid by him in annual 
 subscriptions, subject to the approval of the Standing Com¬ 
 mittee. An annuitant may reside outside the Province with 
 the approval of the Standing Committee. 
 
 8. Every annuitant shall furnish, before each payment, 
 a medical certificate, satisfactory to the Standing Commit¬ 
 tee, and the following declaration, attested by a Clergyman 
 or Justice of the Peace. 
 
 DECLARATION OF ANNUITANT. 
 
 I hereby declare that I am the Rev. 
 
 formerly of the Diocese of...in the Province 
 
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 of Rupert’s Land, and that I am entitled to an annuity from 
 the Clergy Superannuation Fund of that Province. 
 
 Signed before me this.. .day of. 
 
 If the annuitant is mentally incapable, then the pay¬ 
 ments shall be made to his legal representative, who shall 
 furnish the medical certificate above referred to, and the 
 following declaration attested as above : 
 
 DECLARATION OF REPRESENTATIVE. 
 
 I hereby declare that I am the legsl representative of 
 
 the Rev..., formerly of the 
 
 Diocese of., in the Province of 
 
 Rupert’s Land, who is mentally incapable, and am entitled 
 to receive, on his behalf, his annuity from the Clergy Sup¬ 
 erannuation Fund of that Province, 
 
 Signed before me this.day of. 
 
 A revenue, available for granting annuities, shall be de¬ 
 rived as soon as possible from clerical subscriptions, and one- 
 half the annual church collections, provided that no annuities 
 shall be granted until such revenue reaches the sum of $600 
 per annum; the other half of the amount derived from the 
 annual collections, and the whole amount derived from bene¬ 
 factions and legacies, which are not desired by the donors 
 thereof to be added to the revenue above mentioned, shall 
 form a capital fund, the income from which shall be added 
 to said fund until the same reaches ten thousand dollars, after 
 which the income of said fund, in addition to the revenue 
 above mentioned, shall be available for granting annuities. 
 
 With the consent of the Standing Committee, Clergy¬ 
 men on the Fund shall not be debarred from occasional light 
 duty, for which the total stipend received shall not exceed 
 $400 per annum. 
 
 No commutation or sale of annuity certificates shall be 
 allowed. 
 
 9. Management of Fund. 
 
 The Fund shall be managed by a Standing Committee 
 appointed by the Provincial Synod, who shall appoint a 
 Treasurer and other necessary agents, and may, when they 
 
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 think it desirable, declare a trust, and appoint a permanent 
 body of trustees to manage the Fund. 
 
 “(A) The Standing Committee shall appoint an Exec¬ 
 utive Committee of seven members to include the Metropol¬ 
 itan and the Treasurer, Secretary and Chief Medical Officer 
 appointed by the Standing Committee 
 
 ‘‘(b) It shall be the duty and wUhin the power of the 
 Executive Committee to examine and decide upon applica¬ 
 tions for annuities, and the cessation or renewal of the same, 
 whenever a meeting of the Standing Committee cannot be 
 arranged within a reasonable time. Any decisions of the 
 Executive shall, however, only be provisional until the next 
 meeting of the Standing Committee, when their decisions 
 shall be confirmed or otherwise ; provided that when monies 
 have by order of the Executive been paid to provisional 
 annuitants by the Treasurer, such payments shall be allowed 
 to stand. At any meeting of the Executive four shall be a 
 quorum, provided that the Metropolitan be either present or 
 confirm in writing the decisions of the meeting.” 
 
 
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