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118 INTER-SEMINARY MISSIONARY ALLIANCE.CONSTl'fUTION AND BY-LAWS. 119CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS-OF-as members of that Seminary, in the report of the last annual Conventionof this Alliance. This sum may be raised in such a manner aseach Seminary shall see fit.SEC. 2. This Tax shall be paid to the Executive Committee hereinafterprovided for, before the first day of April preceding the Conventionfor the expenses of which it is intended to provide.The American Inter-Seminary Missionary Alliance.CONSTITUTION.ARTICLE I.-NAME.This organization shall be caned the" American Inter-SeminaryMissionary Alliance."ARTICLE H .-An!.The aim of this Alliance shan be the furtherance of practical interestin, and consecra.tion to, the cause of Foreign and Home Missionson the part of theological students, both as prospective missionariesand prospective pastors.ARTICLE III.- l\fEMBERSllIP.All evangelical Theological Seminaries which, through their delegatespresent at an! Conventio~ of the Alliance, or in any other way,shall express a desIre and readmess to co-operate in the promotion ofthe aims .of .this Allian~e, as set forth in Article II, and a willingness tom:et theIr .JU S~ proportlOn of the ?xpenses incident to membership inthIS orgamzatIon} shall} on apphcation to the Correspondence andPublication Oommittee, hereinafter provided fol'} be recognized asmembers of this Alliance.ARTICLE IV.-l1ETHODS.SECTION.1. For t~e advancement of the ends proposed in ArticleII} a ConventIon of thIS Alliance shall be held annually, at some timebetween October 1st and November 20th.SEC. 2. The ex~rcjses of this Convention shall be of such a characte~as shall from tlm~ to time be thought best calculated to increasethe mterest . of theologIcal students in Missions ' and to d eepen th elf .consecratIOn to that cause.SEC. 3. At this Convention other means for advancing th d ft h . IS All· lance may b e d· lscuased and adopted.e en soARTICLE V.-REVENUE.SECTION 1. There shall be levied annua.lly upon ea h S .. . . "c em mary10 thIS Alhance, a tax} proportionate to the number of students reported
120 INTER-SEMISARY MISSiONARY ALLIANCE.proved, as hereinafter provided for. (Same note applies here as inArticle VI, Section 1, Clause 1.)Glaus. 3. It shall be the duty of this Committee to collect fromTheological Seminaries, to publish and to circulate among these Seminaries,all information of interest to the Alliance; to encourage the formationof Missionary Societies in Seminaries, and to stimulate thosealready existing to increased efficiency, and to take such other measuresas are calculated to further the ends of this Alliance. It shall also bethe duty of this Committee to prepnre, for presentation at the annualConvention of this Alliance, a report of their work during the year. Inaddition to this report, itIshall be their duty to prepare a financial report,and to present the same, before the 15th of December followingthe election of their successors, to the Executive Committee of the succeedingyear, that it may be audited by them and published in theannual report of the Convention of the Alliance. It shall also be theduty of this Committee to compile and publish the annual report of theConvention of this Alliance.OlaU-8t: 4. This Committee shall have power to appoint each subcommitteeas they shall deem necessary to aid them in their work.ARTICLE VII.This Constitution may be altered or supplemented by a two-thirdsvote of the Seminaries represented in any regular Convention of thisAlliance, provided that every Seminary of this Alliance shall have beennotified, through the Correspondence and Publication Committee, ofthe proposed change, at least two months before the meeting of thatConvention. In case such provisions shall not have been compliedwith, it sha.ll require a. unanimous vote of the Seminaries representedat any Convention of this Alliance, to alter or supplement this Constitution.BY-LAWS.ARTICLE I.-OFFICER .The officers of the Convention shall consist of a President andthree Secretaries.SECTION 1. Pre8ident.Olau8e 1. There shall be elected 8. President, on the coming togetherof the Convention, at each session. This election shall beby acclamation, on nomination of the Executive Committee.Glauoo 2. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at the&ealton of the Convention over which he is elected President.SEC. 2. Secretarie8.CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.121Glause 1. Three Secretaries shall be chosen at th~ first busioessmeeting of the Convention, who shall hold ofllce throughout the timeof the Convention. .Glause 2. The flecretaries shall be elected by acclamation, on thenomination of the Executive Committee.GlauBe 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretaries to keep a reportof all the sessions of the Convention, and to provide for the Co~res~ondenceand Public.tion Committee a copy of the same for publicatIOn.ARTlCLE Il.- SUFFRAGE.SECTION 1. Each Seminary shall be entitled to one v~t~.SEC. 2. In all matters of importance involving a ?eCl~IOD of t~eAlliance as an orga.nization, the voting shall be by SemlOa.rleSj a.nd 10any case the voting shall be by Seminaries when demanded by twoSeminaries.S 3All membArs of Seminaries which are members of theEC. . .ddlteAlliance, sball, if present at any Convention, be recog~lze a8 e e~a sto the same, and therefore members of the C~nventiOD. O~her mdividualsmay, on vote of the Convention, be admitted as.AssoCiate l)[embers,being granted the privileges of the floor, but haV1ng no vote.ARTfCLE lII.-COMMITTEES.Sl
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