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contingent reserve of any agency shall be determined by the agency, subject
to the approval of this Convention.
XI. Audit Reports
The Boards, Institutions, and other chartered agencies of the Convention
shall close their books and accounts, and have them audited by a Certified Public
Accountant as of the close of business on December 31, year by year. The
audit shall be made according to the form or forms recommended by the Executive
Committee. Each and every- agency of the Convention shall forward a
copy of its audit to the Executive Committee as soon as possible, certainly one
month before the meeting of the Convention, and each and every agency shall
appoint a committee to study the report of its auditor.
XII. Financial Reports to the Convention
The financial report of each agency to the Convention shall contain the following,
taken from its latest annual audit report:
1. Balance Sheet.
2. Receipts and Disbursements.
3. Income and Expense.
4. Receipts by States of Contributions. These should show:
(1) Co-operative Receipts.
(2) Designated Receipts.
(3) Receipts for Special Purposes.
5. A list of Classified Investments.
XIII. Appropriations by the Sunday School Board
The Sunday School Board shall not make any appropriation out of its earnings
to any cause or for any purpose other than for the promotion of its own
work except by the approval or upon the instruction of this Convention or of
the Executive Committee of the Convention.
XIV. New Enterprises
No new enterprise, involving expenditure of money, shall be authorized by
the Convention except upon favorable action by the Convention in two succeeding
annual meetings; provided, however, that this restriction shall not apply to
a recommendation of an agency of the Convention concerning its own work.
XV. Auditor
That the Convention authorize the Executive Committee at its discretion to
employ an auditor to study the audited reports in the light of Convention
instructions with the auditors of the various boards and institutions and report
its findings to the Convention.
XVI. Publication
The plans and methods herein set forth shall be published, year by year, in
the Convention Annual, following the By-Laws of the Convention.
XVII. Amendments
These resolutions shall take the place of all other resolutions and actions
pertaining to matters herein provided for.
CONVENTION PROCEDURE
Address of President: The President may, in his discretion, address the
Convention immediately before organization.
Address of Welcome: There may be one address of welcome limited to ten
minutes and one response thereto limited to ten minutes.
Annual Meetings: The Convention shall begin its annual meetings on
Wednesday after the second Sunday in May, the hour to be determined by the
Committee on Order of Business.
Auditorium Meetings: No other meetings than the Convention services shall
be held in the Convention Hall during the sessions of the Convention. Every
service held in the Convention Auditorium shall be under the direction of the
Committee on Order of Business.
Bulletin: The Press Representative of the Convention shall have printed
each day a brief report, or bulletin, of the business transacted during that day,
including the names of the committees appointed, reports of the committees,
and such business as may be transacted and carried over to the following day.