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72 SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
(e) To act in an advisory capacity on all questions of cooperation between
the different agencies of the Convention, and between the agencies of the Convention
and those of other conventions, whether state or national.
(f) To present to the Convention, each year, a consolidated and comprehensive
financial statement of all agencies of the Convention, which statement
shall show the assets and liabilities of all agencies and institutions; and all the
cash receipts of the year.
(g) To recommend to the Convention a comprehensive budget for the Convention,
and for all its agencies and institutions, for the following year, which
budget shall include the budgets of all the Boards, Agencies and Institutions
of the Convention as approved by the December meeting of the Executive
Committee, together with the percentage of Southwide funds which may be allocated
to each cause.
(h) To conduct the general work of promotion and the general work of
publicity for the Convention, in cooperation with the other agencies and institutions
of the Convention.
(i) The Executive Committee shall not have authority to control or direct
the several boards, agencies and institutions of the Convention. But it is
instructed and commissioned to study the affairs of these boards, agencies and
institutions of the Convention and to make recommendations to them concerning
needed adjustments and also to make whatever recommendations concerning
them to the Convention it deems advisable.
(j) In carrying out these instructions the Executive Committee is authorized
to make its own by-laws in keeping with the Constitution and By-Laws of
the Convention; to hold meetings whenever deemed necessary; to make reports
of all meetings to the Convention; to notify all the boards, agencies and institutions
of the actions of the Convention, and to advise with them as to the
best way of promoting all the interests of the Convention.
(k) In accordance with the action of the Convention in .Atlanta in 1944,
the expenses of the Executive Committee shall be derived from the Operating
Budget of the Convention specifically established for this purpose and formally
approved by the Convention.
10. Committee on Committees: A Committee on Committees, composed of
one member from each state and the District of Columbia shall be appointed
by the President, of whom one shall be designated as Chairman. This Committee
shall nominate all special committees authorized during the sessions of the
Convention not otherwise provided for, including place, time, and preacher for
next meeting.
11. Committee on Resolutions: The President, on the first day of the Co
vention, shall appoint a Committee on Resolutions to consist of five members.
To this Committee all resolutions not connected with the reports of the Boards,
Commissions or Committees shall be automatically referred, after being read
before the Convention, unless the Convention shall suspend the rules for immediate
consideration. This Committee is directed to report on all resolutions
referred to it, either with or without recommendations and amendments.
12. Committee on Order of Business: The Committee on Order of Business
shall consist of seven members and shall suggest an order of business for the
next meeting of the Convention. In so providing, this Committee shall have
due regard to the customary practices and precedents of the Convention and
also special matters in arranging for the orderly and efficient conduct of its
business and discussion of its work. (See Sec. 20).
13. New Enterprises: No new Convention enterprise or agency involving
expenditure of money, or requiring radical changes of policies of the Convention
shall be authorized unless published in the denominational state papers
eight (8) weeks before the annual meeting, and until the Convention has given
it a place in its order of business at least one (1) day before it is presented for
adoption. This does not apply to Boards and Agencies in carrying on their
work within their authorized budget.
14. Method of Procedure: To facilitate consideration and discussion of
interests of the Convention the following method of procedure is hereby adopted •
(a) Printed reports of the Boards and Institutions of the Convention shall be
consolidated into' one pamphlet for distribution to messengers on their enrolment,
(b) Reports of all special Commissions and Standing Committees con-