Eldridge, Daniel, Utica Grenell, Z., Paterson, New-Jersey Green, H. K., Burlington, New-Jersey Gillett, P. D., Schenectady, N. Y. Green, I. H. Parishville, N. Y. Haven, Clemens, Governeur, N. Y. do. Huggens, S., Philadelphia Howard, I. M., Ogdensburgh, N. Y. Keyes, Charles B., Ballston, N. Y Kingsley, A. C., Manchester, N. Y. Linsley, James H., Stratford, Ct. Maull, Wm., Hatborough, Pa. do. Peck, John, Cazenovia, New-York Shadrack, William, Alleghany town, Pa. do. Stone, William, Columbia, Ohio Swick, B. R., Seneca, New-York Smith, A., Unadilla Shailer, N. E., Connecticut Spencer, O., do. Twiss, John S., Michigan Tucker, Charles, Milesburg, Pa. Winter, Thomas, Northeast, New-York Webb, G. S. New-Brunswick, N. J. Watrous, A. D., do. do. Yates, William, Missionary, Calcutta OTHER MEMBERS FOR LIFE, BY A CONTRIBUTION OF THIRTY DOLLARS AND UPWARDS. Ayer, Samuel, Albany, New-York Allen, John, Kentucky Bancker, John, New-York city do. Cooper, Thomas, Eatonton, Geo. Congdon, Stephen, Con. Champlin, J., Con. Davis, Thomas, New-York city Denison, Edward C., Albany, New-York Derby, Freeman, South Bap. Ch. N. Y. Dwinell, William, New-York Bevan, John, Cincinnati Fox, Albert R., do. do. Gregory, Charles H., do. Baldwin, Robert, jr. Louisville, Ky. Baldwin, Edward, Utica Battle, Andrews, La Grange, Geo. Clark, George T., Albany, New-York Clark, Wm. I., do. Colby, Isaac, Cincinnati city Carr, Walter, Kentucky Gregory, Stephen, Sand Lake Garnsey, Dutchess county, New-York Garnett, Richard, Kentucky Gibbs, Daniel, Lawrence county, Illinois. Hopper, A., Paterson, New-Jersey Houghton, C. W., New-York City Halsted, Benjamin, do do Hill, Hiland, Catskill, New-York Houghton, G. W., Lippincott, Wm., Lippincott, Jesse, Alleghanytown, Pa. do Lloyd, John, Pittsburg, Pa. Smith, R. C. South Bap. Ch. N. Y. Lathrop, Daniel, Madison County, N. Y. Sommers, Thomas S.. Lane, Ebenezer, Oxford, Ohio do McLallen, John, Truemansburg, N. Y. do Peck, Daniel, Albany, New-York do. do Smith, Wm. W., New-York Turk, Peter, Macedon, Wayne co. N. Y. Peck, Montgomery, Clifton Park, N. Y. Wellslager, John, New-York city Parker, Richard, Greenwich, Pohlman, Charles, Albany, White, John, Pittsburg, Pa. Wooden, Peter, Hannibal Payne, Samuel, Hamilton, Whippel, Otis, Greenwich Williams, William, New-York city Woodruff, Halsey, Albany, do. Post, Nathaniel, Newport, New-York Warner, Calvin, Troy, do. Post, Charles K., do Winterton, Wm., New-York city Wyckoff, J. N. do. Pettit, George, Fabius, do Wilson, F. N., Catskill, N. Y. Park, John, Hartford Wilson, Wm. do. Pyke, Samuel, Kentucky Walker, Henry, Maysville West, John, N. Y. city Wilson, James, do. Wilson, I. D., do. SECOND. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, SUBSEQUENT TO ITS RECOGNITION BY THE PHILADELPHIA BIBLE CONVENTION, April 28, 1837; ソ WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING ADDRESSES, EXTRACTS OF CORRESPONDENCE, &c. TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF AUXILIARY SOCIETIES, LIFE DIRECTORS, AND MEMBERS. NEW-YORK: PRINTED BY JOHN GRAY, 220 WATER-STREET. CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. ART. I. The name of this Society shall be THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. ART. II. It shall be the object of the Society to aid in the wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures IN ALL LANDS. ART. III. Each contributor of three dollars annually shall be a member. ART. IV. Each contributor of thirty dollars at one time shall be a member for life. ART. V. Each contributor of one hundred and fifty dollars shall be a life director. ART. VI. All Life Directors shall have the privilege of participating in the deliberations of the Board, and such Life Directors as are members in good standing of Baptist Churches, shall be members of the Board. ART. VII. All Bible Societies agreeing to place their surplus funds in the treasury of the Society, shall be auxiliaries, and the officers of such societies shall be ex officio directors of this. ART. VIII. A Board of Managers shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society, consisting of thirty-six brethren in good standing in Baptist churches, sixteen of whom shall reside in the city of New-York, or its vicinity; the whole Board to be elected annually by the Society, and to hold their office until superseded by a new election. The Board shall have power to fill such vacancies as may occur in their number. ART. IX. The President, Vice Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurer, shall be ex officio members of the Board. ART. X. The managers shall meet monthly, or oftener if necessary, at such time and place as they shall adjourn to, five of whom shall be a quorum. ART. XI. The managers shall have the power of appointing such persons as may have rendered essential services to the Society, either members for life, or directors for life, ART. XII. At the meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers, the President, or, in his absence, the Vice President first upon the list then present, and in the absence of all the Vice Presidents, the treasurer, and in his absence, such member as shall be chosen for that purpose, shall preside. ART. XIII. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held at New-York, on the day before the last Wednesday in April in each year, or at any other time or place, at the option of the Society, when the accounts of the treasurer shall be presented, and a President, Vice Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurer, and such other officers as they may deem necessary, together with a Board of Managers, shall be chosen for the ensuing year. ART. XIV. The President shall, at the written request of six members of the Board, call special meetings of the Board of Managers, causing at least three days' notice of such meetings to be given. ART. XV. The whole of the minutes of every meeting shall be signed by the Chairman and Secretary. ART. XVI. No alteration shall be made in this Constitution, except by the vote of two thirds of the members of the Society present at an annual meeting. |