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70 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
with the law of the state of its incorporation. In case any action of any agency
of the Convention is found to be a violation of the law of the state of its
incorporation, said action shall be reported by that agency to the Convention
for appropriate action.
Article XIII. Definition of a State: The District of Columbia shall be regarded
as a state for the purpose of this Constitution, the By-Laws, and all
actions of this Convention.
Article XIV. Amendments: Any alterations may be made in these Articles
by a vote of two-thirds of the members present when the vote is taken without
regard to total enrolment at any annual meeting of the Convention, provided
no amendment may be considered after the second day of the Convention.
BY-LAWS
In order to carry out the provisions of the Constitution, the following
Laws are adopted for the government of the Convention:
1. Enrollment of Messengers: The Secretaries of the Convention shall be at.
the place of meeting one day before each annual session convenes to enroll
messengers who present proper credentials from the churches. These messengers
with others who may be enrolled upon presentation of approved credentials
during the session shall constitute the Convention.
Any contention about seating messengers shall be referred to the Convention
for its decision.
2. Notification of Committees: Within thirty days after the Convention
adjourns the Secretaries shall notify the members of all committees of their
appointment, and ail Chairmen of their chairmanship and furnish each one a
list of his committee. They shall also notify all board members and trustees
of institutions, of their appointment.
. , 3 - ParIiamentar y Authority: The parliamentary authority of the Convention
shall be Kerfoot's Parliamentary Law.
4. Election of Officers: The President, the First, and the Second Vice-
Presidents, and the Secretaries shall be elected not later than the second day
ol the Convention, their terms of office to begin at the final adjournment.
Election of officers shall be by ballot, provided however that if there is
only one nomination and no other person desires to nominate, the Secretarv
or anyone designated for the purpose, may cast the ballot of the Convention.
5. Nominating Speeches: Nominating speeches for officers of the Convention
shall be limited to one address of not more than five minutes for each nominee.
»« fniw«" C / e ? u ~ h A C ^ Ve ^ tion: T fc A *? encies of the'Convention shall be
as follows: (a) Boards: The Foreign Mission Board. Richmond Virginia' The
Home Mission Board, Atlanta, Georgia; The Sundav SchoS° Board Nashville
Tennessee; The Relief and Annuity Board, Dallas, Texas, (b) iSStutioS? The
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KentuckyThe^Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary. Seminary Hill, Texas; The Bap'tiJ?Bible I^rtS
New Orleans, Louisiana; The Southern Baptist Foundation; The Southerni Baptist
Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana; Institutions not owned bu-fostered bv
the Convention: The American Baptist Theological Seminary, Nashville^Tennessee,
(c) Commissions: The Education Commission- TWI r«J •
The American Baptist Theological Seminary, SillTelnesS ? ?°i,H
Service Commission; The Baptist Historical' s J ^ T ^ S ^ ^ ^ ^ ]
7. How Boards and Trustees are Elected: The Commirf^ n~„„A n
missions and Standing Committees shall be chosen byXblowing°"cedur-
1. At the close of the afternoon session of the first day of the Convention
the messengers from the states and the District of Columbia^wiD as?emble
by states and name three persons from their state, whose namM Sail it-
reported to the Secretary of the Convention. '
names sha11 be
2. These names shall be referred to the current Committee on Boards and
Commissions. "'^ auu
3. This Committee shall select one name from each state from th* «,».«
names referred to them, and present all names so selected to th* r
vention for election.
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