Article 3 hays the jurisdiction No. 3
shall comprise all the churches, an
nual conferences, mission coufer
or/Cfs ar.d missions now constituting
the Methodist Episcopal church, and
any other such conferences and mis
sions as may hereafter be organized j
by its jurisdictional conference with I
the approval of the general confer
ence.
The general conference and the j
jurisdictional conferences shall be '
composed of the same delegates,
elected by and from the annual con
ferences. provided said general and i
jurisdictional conferences shall have
not more than one ministerial dele
gate for every 45 members of each
annual conference and not less than.
one ministerial delegate for every ■
120 members of each annual confer- j
ence and an equal number of lay
delegates, chosen according to the
regulations of each jurisdiction.
O O O
Vole By Jurisdiction.
Every vote in the general confer
ence shall be by jurisdiction and
shall require the accepted majority J
vote of each jurisdiction to be ef
fective.
Subject to the limitations and re- j
strictiqns of the constitution, the i
general conference shall have full ;
legislative power over all matters j
distinctly connectional.
Bishops of the two churches as at
present constituted shall be bishops
of the united church without further
action.
Each jurisdiction shall have a ju
risdictional conference, possessing |
the full powers of the general con- j
ference of the church now consti
tuting said jurisdiction except such
powers as are herein vested in the j
general conference or which may
hereafter from time to time be le
gally delegated to the general con
ference by the Jurisdictional confer
ence.
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Meet iiiiadrennlally.
