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The wood throughout is chestnut and oak. On approaching the chancel, the wood carving attracts the attention. At the right, or south, is a beautiful screen to the tower door, supporting a small gallery, giving exit to the bell tower. From the gallery hang the national and state flags, which are a memorial.
The woodwork is the work of Irving and Casson, of Boston. In its elaborate carving and delicate tracery it is reminiscent of the work of the master builders of Europe. While all is beautiful, fea- tures which attract special notice are the portrait heads in the choir and sanctuary. Over the choir stalls at the south, the heads are those of the builders, Messrs. H. Wales Lines, W. F. Peck, John DaRoss, and W. B. Woodward. Over the stalls on the opposite
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side are the heads of the architects, Messrs. E. K. Rossiter and John Mueller, of Mrs. Mueller, and of two members of the architects' staff. In the sanctuary, over the clergy sedilia, the heads are por- traits of Messrs. Seymour Cunningham, Alain White, F. Kings- bury Bull, and William Trumbull, the Building Committee of St. Michael's. Over the credence is the head of Mr. Brewster, the Rector, and over the piscena that of Dr. Seymour, the late Rector Emeritus. Over the Bishop's Chair are the heads of Bishop Brewster and Bishop Acheson, the Bishop and Bishop Coadjutor, respec- tively, of this Diocese at the time of the church's erection. Over the door leading to the sacristy is seen a carved portrait of Mr. Towne, the donor, flanked on each side by a beautiful carving of the angel choir. Over the door leading from the choir to the chapel is a carving of the nativity.
The crowning beauty of the sanctuary is naturally the altar and reredos, the gift of Mrs. W. H. K. Godfrey and Miss Ella S. Coe in July, 1923. Writing of the carving in the choir and sanctuary, the architect was reminded of a phrase used by Robert Louis Stevenson about a sonnet of Wordsworth: "I doubt if there is a finer sonnet than this in the English language. It is one glorious crescendo from beginning to end." So it is with the east end of St. Michael's.
The altar is of Siena marble, carved in Italy with conventional symbols and a delicately cut grapevine motif; the retable is carved with oak leaves. The reredos is a triptych set in carved oak. The painting is the work of H. Siddons Mowbray, late of Washington, Connecticut, one of the foremost mural painters at the time the church was built. The left panel shows Isaiah and Elijah, repre- senting Prophecy; the right panel St. Paul and St. Timothy, repre- senting the Preaching of the Gospel; the center panel is the Supper at Emmaus-Jesus making Himself known in the breaking of bread-and represents Fulfilment.
In the oak framing the triptych are twenty-nine figures. At the top in the center is St. Michael, patron of the church, and at his
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right and left are two angels. At the corners of the center picture are the four Evangelists, each with his symbol. Across the top, ex- tending beyond the center picture over the two panels, are figures of the ten Apostles (two of the Evangelists make up the twelve)- from left to right are Saints Peter, Andrew, James, Philip, Bar- tholomew, James the Less, Jude, Matthias, Simon the Zealot, and Thomas. Framing the left panel on its left are the first four bishops of Connecticut; beginning with the lowest they are Bishops Sea- bury, Jarvis, Brownell, and Williams. At the far right, corre- sponding to them, are, in the same order, Bishop White, signifying the English succession; Bishop Tuttle, the Presiding Bishop when the church was built; the Rev. Thomas Davies, grandson of the Founder; and the Rev. Ashbel Baldwin, the first man ordained by the Episcopal rite in the United States. The last two were rectors of St. Michael's. Like the portrait heads previously spoken of, the heads of the bishops and the two priests are from actual likenesses, carved with exquisite detail. Close to the center picture are four small figures representing four periods in English church history; reading from upper left to upper right, and from lower left to lower right they are St. Columba, King Alfred, John Wycliffe, and John Wesley, also beautifully executed.
The window over the reredos is a memorial to Mr. Towne, the donor, given by his son, Mr. John H. Towne. A medallion win- dow, designed and made by Reynolds, Francis & Rohnstock, of Boston, it has the deep-toned, rich, jewel-like quality of the win- dows in Chartres Cathedral. The theme of the whole is the Resur- rection, announced by the Triumphant Risen Christ in the center lancet. Below and around this figure are medallions representing scenes connected with the Resurrection, and with events immedi- ately preceding and following it. The memorial tablet which ac- companies this window is on the west wall immediately over the beautiful tablet to Mrs. Towne's memory. The two tablets, under a stone canopy, are directly opposite the main altar.
Another beautiful and unusual feature of the building is the
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floor tiling. The floor of the aisles of the nave, the chapel, and the baptistry is laid with 9 by 9-inch terra-cotta quarries. In the chan- cel, tiles hand-fashioned by the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, are copied from some recently dis- covered at Castle Acre Priory, in Norfolk, England, which date back to the fifteenth century. The designs in many of the tiles are elaborate and highly symbolic.
In the chapel, north of the chancel, are gathered many me- morials which were in the former church. In every case where it was possible such memorials were preserved and used in the new building. Some large pieces, like the pulpit, were given to St. Paul's, Bantam, or to other churches which welcomed them. Most of the memorials in the chapel have been spoken of elsewhere in this history.
The beautiful Davies tablet in the north transept has been men- tioned. It was designed by Richard H. Dana, of New York. The south transept, under the gallery with the flags, has been made a children's chapel as a memorial to Mildred Wooster, by her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Wooster.
A number of memorial windows are found along the aisles of the nave. There is one memorial window in the choir. The two transept windows, the three windows on the north side of the choir, those in the clerestory, and the west window remain in tem- porary state.
The fourth St. Michael's is a building of great beauty and dis- tinction. It is a fitting house for the long and rich tradition which now surrounds our parish. That tradition is like a tapestry woven with the pattern of the lives and deeds of over a score of devoted rectors, and of many more dedicated men and women of whom this history tells, and with the sumptuous background woven with the lives and deeds and gifts of many, many more whose names are not found here, but are recorded in the BOOK OF LIFE.
APPENDIX I
OFFICERS OF ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH 1784-1954
(Before 1832 wardens and vestrymen were called the Standing Committee; the names of members of this committee are not listed here)
SENIOR WARDENS
ยท Jonathan Carrington, 1832-1837 Ozias Lewis, Jr., 1838-1851
Josiah G. Beckwith, M.D., 1852- 1870 Tomlinson Wells, 1871-1884 Emeritus, 1885
F. Ratchford Starr, 1885-1888 Edward W. Seymour, 1889-1892
John L. Plumb, 1893-1906
John T. Hubbard, 1907-1916 Charles W. Hinsdale, 1917-1919 Morris W. Seymour, 1920 Ralph P. Smith, 1921-1924 W. Jerome Bissell, 1925-1930 George P. Colvocoresses, U.S.N., 1931-1932
John T. Hubbard, 1933-1936 Origen S. Seymour, 1937-1939
F. Kingsbury Bull, 1940-
JUNIOR WARDENS
Charles Spencer, 1832-1835 Josiah G. Beckwith, M.D., 1836- 1851 Samuel Church, 1852-1854
Edwin Webster, 1855-1863
S. A. Braman, 1864-1867 Tomlinson Wells, 1868-1870
Frederick W. Plumb, 1871-1873
Holmes O. Morse, 1874-1884
Edward W. Seymour, 1885-1888 1937 F. Kingsbury Bull, 1937-1939
Asahel H. Morse, 1889-1891
John L. Plumb, 1892 John T. Hubbard, 1893-1906 Charles W. Hinsdale, 1907-1916 John T. Hubbard, 1917-1920 W. Jerome Bissell, 1921-1924 George P. Colvocoresses, U.S.N., 1925-1930 John T. Hubbard, 1931-1932 Seymour Cunningham, 1933-
Melville Wooster, 1940-
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CLERKS
Seth Landon, 1784-1801 Ozias Seymour, 1802-1816 Emanuele Russell, 1817-1818 Ozias Lewis, 1819-1820
David C. Sanford, 1821-1827 Origen S. Seymour, 1828-1848
Francis Bacon, 1849
Algernon S. Lewis, M.D., 1850- 1866
W. H. Braman, 1867-1871
Charles W. Hinsdale, 1872-1879 William Deming, M.D., 1879-1881 J. Wolcott Wheeler, 1881-1889 Thomas A. Smith, 1890-1891 Philip P. Hubbard, 1892-1937 J. Gerry Dobbins, 1937-1938 Walter Howe, 1939-1947 Donald K. Peck, 1948-1949
Elbert B. Hamlin, 1950-
TREASURERS
Heber Stone, 1784-1788
Samuel McNeil, 1789-1793
Heber Stone, 1794-1795
Samuel McNeil, 1796-1802
Lewis Kilborn, 1803 Samuel McNeil, 1804-18 12
Moses Seymour, 1813
Samuel McNeil, 1814
Moses Seymour, 1815-1818
Ozias Lewis, 1819-1820
David C. Sanford, 182 1-1824
Elihu Harrison, 1825-1832
Josiah G. Beckwith, M.D., 1833- 1835
William Porter, 1836
Josiah G. Beckwith, M.D., 1837- 1852 Charles L. Webb, 1853
Algernon S. Lewis, M.D., 1854- 1856
Edward W. Seymour, 1857
Algernon S. Lewis, M.D., 1858- 1867 William H. Braman, 1868-1870 Charles W. Hinsdale, 1871-1878 William Deming, M.D., 1879-1880 J. Wolcott Wheeler, 1881-1889 Thomas A. Smith, 1890-1891 Philip P. Hubbard, 1892-1894 Warren Bissell, 1895
Cornelius R. Duffie, 1896-1901 Henry W. Wessels, 1902 Ralph P. Smith, 1903-1916 William Trumbull, 1917-1921 Alain C. White, 1922-1942 Melville Wooster, 1943-1944
R. Mayo Crawford, 1945-
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ASSISTANT TREASURERS
William S. Jones, 1920 Charles Coit, 1925 Arthur D. Deacon, 1925
Mrs. Arthur D. Deacon, 1937- 1945
Clara Koser, 1946-1948 Mrs. Arthur D. Deacon, 1949- 1951 Robert W. McLeod, 1951- Mrs. Richard C. Lansing, 1952-
VESTRYMEN
(Arranged in alphabetical order)
Baldwin, Daniel, 1833
Baldwin, W. F., 1860-1865
Beach, Laban, 1787-1789
Beach, Samuel G., 1874-1885
Beach, Willis J., 1881-1888
Beckwith, Josiah G., M.D., 1830- 1835 Beckwith, Sutherland A., 1920- 1953
Beers, Seth P., 1807-1812, 1814- 1815, 1834-1836, 1838, 1850, 1852-1863 Beye, Cudworth, 1938-1940
Birge, James, 1791, 1794-1797, 1799
Birge, Joseph, 1800-1801, 1810- 1812, 1823
Bishop, Noah, 1784-1786
Bishop, Seth, 1788
Bissell, John, 1803
Bissell, Stephen, 1811-1812, 1816 Bissell, W. Jerome, 1887-1888, 1894-1920
Bradley, Aaron, 1803
Braman, Samuel G., 1841-1846, 1848, 1851-1853, 1856-1863, 1866-1871 Brau, James, 1804 Buel, William N., 1833
Bulkley, David C., 1851-1859, 1865, 1867-1877
Bull, F. Kingsbury, 1924-1936
Bull, Ludlow S., 1943-1950
Carrington, Jonathan, 1822-1825 Carter, Samuel, 1807-1809
Chambers, Henry W., 1941-1945, 1948-1949
Champlin, Edward E., 1876-1915 Chapin, Norman B., 1937-1943 Chase, Lot, 1795-1797 Colvocoresses, George P., U.S.N., 1921-1924 Cook, Harmon J., 1946-
Cook, Roger, 1826-1828
Crawford, R. Mayo, 1944-1950
Cross, Roderic M., 1944-1952 Cunningham, Seymour, 1916- 1933 Curry, E. Norman, 1927-1937
Curtis, Charles B., 1938-1945
Deacon, Arthur D., 1937-1950
Deming, William, M.D., 1837 Dewey, George, 1829-1834, 1838 Dobbins, J. Gerry, 1937-1940 Dooman, Eugene, 1949- Duffie, Cornelius R., 1893-1894
Fisher, Samuel H., 1931, 1937- 1938
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Gibbs, Frederick, 1835-1840, 1843-1845, 1850, 1860-1861 Gilbert, Calvin, 1800-1801
Goodwin, Thomas, 1824
Griswold, Benjamin, 1822, 1824 Guild, Alban, 1824-1826
Guild, Gad, 1829
Guion, George, 1925, 1937-1944, 1946-1948
Guion, H. Gibson, 1947-1950
Guion, Hobart, 1916-1919
Hand, Timothy, 1784-1785
Hanney, Thomas, 1865
Harrison, Elihu, 1833-1834
Hatheway, Curtis R., 1940-1944 Hinsdale, Charles W., 1892-1906 Hollister, G. H., 1854-1858, 1863-1864
Howe, Walter, 1937-1950
Hubbard, John T., 1885-1892, 1921-1930
Hutchinson, Isaac H., 1904-1913 Jones, Charles, 1835-1836, 1841- 1842
Jones, Eaton, 1823-1824
Keeler, Daniel, 1825, 1828, 1830
Kilborn, Benjamin, 1839-1840
Kilborn, David, 1784-1785
Kilborn, Jesse, 1784-1786, 1792- 1793,1799
Kilborn, Levi, 1800-1802, 1808- 1810
Kilborn, Lewis, 1790-1793, 1798- 1799, 1802 Kilborne, L. S., 1862-1866
Kilbourne, Putnam, 1822
Landon, Abner, 1823-1824
Landon, Ebenezer, 1794-1797 Landon, John, 1799
Landon, Nathan, 1787-1790, 1792, 1798-1799
Landon, Seth, Jr., 1806-1807, 1817, 1825-1826 Landon, Sherman, 1829
Lewis, Algernon S., M.D., 1867- 1869 Lewis, Ozias, Jr., 1805-1806, 1817-1818, 1821-1822, 1837 Lord, Phineas 1816-1817, 1822, 1825-1826
Losee, Leon, 1951- McNeil, Samuel, 1784-1786
Marsh, David, 1818
Marsh, Solomon, 1819-182 I
Mason, Frederick T., Jr., 1952-
Morse, Asahel, 1878-1882, 1884- 1888
Morse, B. H., 1848
Morse, Harley, 1860-1861
Morse, Holmes O., 1870-1873
Morse, William B., 1900-1912
Moss, John, 1829-1832, 1848
Osborn, Jacob, 1793-1794, 1798- 1799
Osborn, Lewis A., 1916-1937
Palmer, John, 1820-182 1
Parsons, Eliphaz, 1816-1817, 182 I
Parsons, Partrige, 1804 -
Peck, Donald K., 1940-1947, 1949-1953
Plumb, Frederick W., 1849, 1854-
1855, 1857-1863, 1868-1870
Plumb, John L., 1889-1891
Poole, Harmon A., 1950-
Porter, W., 1871-1872
Potter, Minor, 1827-1828
Purves, Austin, Jr., 1940- Quay, Richard R., 1952-
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Robinson, J. A., 1879-1883 Russell, Stephen, 1823-1824, 1827 Sanford, David C., 1829
Sanford, George B., 1893-1894, 1897, 1907 Sanford, William H., 1886 Sedgwick, Albert, 1836-1837, 1839-1841 Sedgwick, Theodore S., 1872- 1880, 1885-1891 Seymour, Edward W., 1857, 1859-1884
Seymour, George, 1846
Seymour, Morris W., 1912-1919
Seymour, Moses, 1816, 1819, 1824 Seymour, Origen S., 1848-1849 Seymour, Origen S., 1927-1936 Seymour, Ozias, 1813, 1823-1825 Shelton, William M. P., 1875- 1878, 1881-1883
Smith, Hicks, 1823-1825
Smith, Nathaniel, 1799
Smith, Ralph P., 1895-1920
Smith, Thomas A., 1889-1900 Spencer, Ephraim, 1802-1803
Spencer, George H., 1949
Spencer, Samuel W., 1805-1806, 1814-1815 Starr, F. Ratchford, 1873-1875, 1884 Stoddard, Enos, 1822
Stoddard, Frederick A., 1901- 1912, 1937-1939
Stone, Alvah, 1826, 1829-1830
Stone, Heber, 1789-1791
Stone, Hiram, 1909
Stone, Levi, 1787
Stone, Thomas, 1804-1805
Tighe, Charles W., 1951-
Titherington, William K., 1953- Trumbull, William, 1916
Walton, F. A., 1848, 1852-1853 Webb, Charles L., 1854-1861 Webster, Edwin, 1849-1853
1841-1846,
Webster, Reuben, 1820-182I
Welch, Garrett P., 1827-1830
Welch, John, 1813
Wells, Tomlinson, 1827-1832, 1834, 1858-1867 Wessels, Henry W., 1892, 1898- 1909 Wheeler, J. Wolcott, 1889-1903 White, Alain C., 1918-1921 Wiggin, F. H., M.D., 1890
Wilmot, Eli, 1813-1815, 1818- 1819 Wilson, Charles E., 1897-1899 Wooster, Melville, 1937-1939 Wright, Martin G., 1921, 1937- 1940 Wright, Samuel, 1818-1820, 1830
APPENDIX II
RECTORS OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, BANTAM, AND TRINITY CHURCH, MILTON 1
St. Paul's Church, Bantam Truman Marsh, 1797-1811 Isaac Jones, 1812-1826 John S. Stone, 1826-1829 David G. Tomlinson, 1831-1835 Amos B. Beach, 1836-1837 Hilliard Bryant, 1837-1840 Emery M. Porter, 1842-1843 G. C. V. Eastman, 1843-1844 Samuel T. Carpenter, 1844-1845 J. D. Berry, D.D., 1846-1848 Frederick D. Harriman, 1848- 1850 George W. Nichols, 1850-1851 Asa Griswold, 1852 Daniel E. Brown, 1853-1857 John R. Williams, 1858-1860 Jonathan A. Wainwright, 1860- 1861
Joshua D. Berry, D.D., 1862-1863 Joshua D. Berry, D.D., 1864-1866 William L. Peck, 1866-1871 F. A. Henry, 1871-1873 Hiram Stone, 1873-1874
Gouverneur M. Wilkins, 1874- 1875
Trinity Church, Milton Truman Marsh, 1795-1811 Isaac Jones, 1812-1826
Ezra B. Kellogg, 1827-1828 Harry Finch, 1829-1831
David G. Tomlinson, 1831-1835 Amos B. Beach, 1836-1837 Hilliard Bryant, 1837-1840
Emery M. Porter, 1842-1843
Samuel T. Carpenter, 1844-1845
Isaac Jones, 1845-1847
Frederick D. Harriman, 1848- 1850 George W. Nichols, 1850-1851 Asa Griswold, 1852
Daniel E. Brown, 1853-1857
John R. Williams, 1858-1860 Jonathan A. Wainwright, 1860- 1861 Joshua D. Berry, D.D., 1864-1865
William L. Peck, 1866-1871 F. A. Henry, 1871-1873 Hiram Stone, 1873-1874
Gouverneur M. Wilkins 1874- 1875
1 Incomplete records may have resulted in inaccuracies in these lists.
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St. Paul's Church, Bantam
Hiram Stone, 1875-1903 John H. Jackson, 1903-1905 John O. Ferris, 1905-1907 Clarence H. Beers, 1908-1911 Robert VanK. Harris, 1912-1914 Thaddeus W. Harris, PH.D., 1915- 1918 Arthur B. Crichton, 1919-1920 James W. Diggles, 1923-1937 H. Waldo Manley, 1938-1954
Trinity Church, Milton Hiram Stone, 1875-1903 John H. Jackson, 1903-1905 John O. Ferris, 1905-1907 Clarence H. Beers, 1908-1911
Robert VanK. Harris, 1912-1914 Thaddeus W. Harris, PH.D., 1915- 1918
Arthur B. Crichton, 1919-1920 James W. Diggles, 1923-1937 H. Waldo Manley, 1938-1954
APPENDIX III
AN ACT FOR SECURING THE RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE IN MATTERS OF RELIGION TO CHRISTIANS OF EVERY DENOMINATION IN THIS STATE
From Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut in America, 1784. AS the happiness of a People, and the good Order of Civil Society, es- sentially depend upon Piety, Religion and Morality, it is the Duty of the Civil Authority to provide for the Support and Encouragement thereof; so as that Christians of every Denomination, demeaning them- selves peaceably, and as good Subjects of the State, may be equally under the Protection of the Laws: And as the People of this State have in general been of one Profession in Matters of Faith, religious Worship, and the Mode of settling and supporting the Ministers of the Gospel, they have by Law been formed into Ecclesiastical So- cieties, for the more convenient Support of their Worship and Min- istry: And to the End that other Denominations of Christians who dissent from the Worship and Ministry so established and supported, may enjoy free Liberty of Conscience in the Matters aforesaid:
Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That no Persons in this State, professing the Christian Religion, who soberly and conscientiously dissent from the Worship and Ministry by Law established in the Society wherein they dwell, and attend public Worship by themselves, shall incur any Penalty for not attending the Worship and Ministry so established, on the Lord's-Day, or on Ac- count of their Meeting together by themselves on said Day, for public Worship in a Way agreeable to their Consciences.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all
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Denominations of Christians differing in their religious Sentiments from the People of the established Societies in this State, whether of the Episcopal Church, or those Congregationalists called Separates, or of the People called Baptists, or Quakers, or any other Denomina- tion who shall have formed themselves into distinct Churches or Congregations, and attend public Worship, and support the gospel Ministry in a Way agreeable to their Consciences and respective Pro- fessions; and all Persons who adhere to any of them, and dwell so near to any Place of their Worship that they can and do ordinarily attend the same on the Sabbath, and contribute their due Proportion to the Support of the Worship and Ministry where they so attend, whether such Place of Worship be within this, or any adjoining State, and produce a Certificate thereof from such Church or Congregation, signed by their Order, by the Minister or other Officer thereof, and lodge the same with the Clerk of the Society wherein such Person or Persons dwell, every such Person shall be exempted from being taxed for the Support of the Worship and Ministry of said Society, so long as he or they shall continue so to attend and support public Worship with a different Church or Congregation as aforesaid.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all such Protestant Churches and Congregations as dissent from the Worship and Ministry established as aforesaid, and who maintain and attend public Worship by themselves, shall have Liberty and Authority to use and exercise the same Powers and Privileges for maintaining and supporting their respective Ministers, and building and repairing their Meeting-Houses for the public Worship of God, as the Ecclesiastical Societies, constituted by Act of the General Assembly of this State by Law have and do exercise and enjoy; and in the same Manner may commence and hold their Meetings, and transact their Affairs, as Oc- casion may require for the Purpose aforesaid.
And all Persons shall be taxed for the Support of the Ministry and other Charges of the Society wherein they dwell, who do not attend and help Support any other public Worship; any Thing in this Act notwithstanding.
And every Person claiming the Benefit of this Act, shall be dis- qualified to vote in any Society Meeting, save only for granting Taxes for the Support of Schools, and for the Establishment of Rules and Regulations for Schools, and the Education of Children in them.
APPENDIX IV
EXCERPT FROM PUBLIC ACTS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, MAY SESSION, 1842
CHAPTER XLV AN ACT in addition to an Act, entitled "An Act relating to religious Societies and Congregations."
WHEREAS, doubts have arisen in the minds of some, whether the Episcopal societies in this State have been legally organized:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENT- ATIVES IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONVENED,
That the acts which have been done by ecclesiastical societies of this State, organized under the Episcopal order, according to the rules and customs of said societies, shall be good and effectual in law: And that the Wardens and Vestrymen of said societies shall hereafter be a society's committee, and shall have all the powers in managing the affairs of said societies, as are granted to the committees of all re- ligious societies in this State by the statute in such case made and pro- vided.
Approved June 1, 1842.
Chauncey F. Cleveland
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