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Met at Salisbury, May 6, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. H. C. Newell.
Ministers-Charles H. Dickinson, Louis Greene, D. Lee Hilliard, L. Myrven Isaacs, J. Hall Long, William G. Macfarlane, Francis J. Mal- zard, Henry C. Newell, Thomas M. Ross, R. Barclay Simmons, John M. Thomas, J. Christopher Williams, E. Vernon Young.
Licentiates-Ezra Brainerd, Edwin D. Collins, Guy C. Hendry.
Advisory Committee and Committee on Ministerial Standing- · Rev. W. F. Frazier, Dea. R. H. Holmes, Rev. H. C. Newell.
Committee on Benevolence-Dea. R. H. Holmes, Mr. D. L. Wells, Rev. H. C. Newell.
II. BENNINGTON ASSOCIATION
Organized December 10, 1872; name changed to Association, June 30, 1908.
Registrar, Rev. W. R. Hamlin, North Bennington.
Churches-East Arlington, Bennington First, Bennington Second, North Bennington, Dorset, East Dorset, Manchester, Peru, North Pownal, Rupert.
Met at North Bennington, June 3, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. C. E. Hitchcock.
Ministers-C. F. Hill Crathern, George H. Gilbert, William R. Ham- lin, Charles E. Hitchcock, J. Duke King, Clarence C. Lyon, George S. Mills, Sidney K. Perkins, Mabel T. Winch.
Advisory Committee and Committee on Benevolence-Rev. G. S. Mills, Mr. P. T. H. Pierson, Mr. H. A. Wilkinson, Rev. W. R. Hamlin, Rev. W. L. Haven.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. W. L. Haven, Rev. J. D. King, Mr. C. W. White, Rev. M. T. Winch, Rev. S. K. Perkins, Mr. H. A. Wilkinson, Rev. W. R. Hamlin.
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III. CALEDONIA ASSOCIATION
Organized October 23, 1834; name changed to Association, June 1, 1909.
Registrar, Rev. J. Newton Perrin, Jr., St. Johnsbury East.
Churches-McIndoe Falls, Barnet, East Burke, Burke Second, Dan- ville, Greensboro, East Hardwick, Hardwick, Kirby, Lyndon, Lyndon- ville, Peacham, St. Johnsbury Center, St. Johnsbury North, St. Johns- bury East, St. Johnsbury South, Lower Waterford, Waterford.
Met at McIndoe Falls, June 13, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. C. A. Adams. Next meeting at Danville.
Ministers-Chauncey A. Adams, Henry T. Barnard, Charles B. Bliss, Andrew S. Bole, Thomas A. Carlson, Robert Clark, Albert V. Fisher, Edward G. French, Edwin E. Grant, Edward C. Hayes, James J. Hutchinson, Charles H. Merrill, Paul D. Moody, Charles H. Morse, J. Newton Perrin, Jr., Francis A. Poole, Frederick B. Richards, Miles G. Tupper, Hiram Q. Ward.
Licentiate-Arthur P. Fitt.
Advisory Committee-Rev. C. H. Merrill, Rev. Robert Clark, Rev. E. E. Grant.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. F. B. Richards, Rev. C. A. Adams, Rev. M. G. Tupper.
Committee on Benevolence-Rev. C. B. Bliss, Mr. A. F. Stone, Rev. A. E. Gregg.
IV. CHITTENDEN ASSOCIATION
Organized as Consociation, July 4, 1828; as Conference, June 10, 1851; name changed to Association, June 2, 1909.
Registrar, Rev. William Millar, Essex Junction.
Churches-Burlington First, Burlington College St., Charlotte, Col- chester, Winooski, Essex, Essex Junction, Hinesburg, Jericho First, Jericho Second, Milton, Richmond, South Hero and Grand Isle, Under- hill, Westford, Williston.
Met with College St. church, Burlington, June 4, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. H. G. Banks. Next meeting at South Hero.
Ministers-Chauncey C. Adams, Stephen G. Barnes, Samuel H. Barnum, William Cashmore, Rollins B. Fay, Elliott O. Foster, Hervey Gulick, Charles E. Hayward, William Hazen, Frank W. Hemenway, Edward E. Herrick, Charles C. Merrill, Frederick N. Rutan, I. Chipman Smart, Clifford H. Smith, Stephen Smith, Wesley W. Smith, Evan Thomas, Charles Wattie, Wilbur L. Wood.
Licentiate-Samuel F. Emerson.
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Advisory Committee-Dea. C. M. Ferrin, Rev. S. G. Barnes, Rev. C. K. Tracy.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. I. C. Smart, Rev. C. K. Tracy, Rev. F. N. Rutan.
Committee on Benevolence-Miss Mary Lemon, Rev. William Mil- lar, Mr. F. S. Pease.
V. [COOS AND] ESSEX ASSOCIATION
Organized February 19, 1833; name changed to Association, June 17, 1908.
Registrar, Rev. W. A. Bacon, Littleton, N. H.
Churches-Granby and Victory, Guildhall, Lunenburg; also nine New Hampshire churches.
Ministers-William A. Bacon, John G. Vance.
This Association meets in the fall. Its officers, as well as its churches, are mostly in New Hampshire.
VI. FRANKLIN AND GRAND ISLE ASSOCIATION
Organized as Consociation June 14, 1808; as Conference, June 7, 1865; name changed to Association, June 4, 1908.
Scribe, Rev. F. W. Day, Swanton.
Churches-Alburg Springs, Alburg, Bakersfield, East Berkshire, Berkshire Second, Enosburg, Fairfield, East Fairfield, Franklin, Geor- gia, Highgate, Montgomery, St. Albans, Sheldon, Swanton.
Met at East Fairfield, June 9 and 10, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. W. R. Price. The program included the ordination of Mr. Leland Grover Chase.
Ministers-S. Whitman Anthony, F. Wilson Day, W. Parkyn Jack- son, Evarts ' Kent, Wilmot M. Mayhew, William R. Price, Arthur B. Ross, Edgar S. Vradenburg.
Advisory Committee and Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. W. R. Price, Dr. G. O. Mitchell, Rev. W. W. Smith.
Committee on Benevolence-Rev. A. B. Ross, Mr. T. J. Pitt, Rev. W. W. Smith.
VII. GRAFTON-ORANGE ASSOCIATION
Organized October 26, 1909.
Secretary, Mr. W. R. Conant, Orford, N. H.
Churches-Bradford, Corinth, Corinth, Fairlee, Newbury, Wells River, West Newbury, Thetford, North Thetford, Vershire, West Fairlee; also thirteen New Hampshire churches.
Fall meeting omitted on account of influenza. Met at Newbury,
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June 6, 1919. General topic, The forward looking church. Next meet- ing at Lebanon, N. H.
Ministers-J. Lambert Alexander, Francis W. Bates, A. Reginald Crewe, Donald Fraser, Henry S. Ives, William J. McNeill, William Slade.
Licentiates-Clinton W. Carvell, Mrs. Edna Crewe, George S. Wor- cester.
Advisory Committee-Rev. W. W. Ranney, Mr. C. C. Ward, Dea. G. L. Winship, Rev. F. G. Chutter, Rev. A. T. Borland.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Prof. C. D. Adams, Rev. E. R. Gordon, Rev. Donald Fraser.
Committee on Benevolence-Mr. S. E. Clark, Rev. Donald Fraser, Dea. D. M. Bond.
VIII. LAMOILLE ASSOCIATION
Organized June, 1840; name changed to Association, June 2, 1910.
Registrar, Rev. F. W. Hazen, Johnson.
Churches-Cambridge, Jeffersonville, Eden, North Hyde Park, Hyde Park, Johnson, Morrisville, Stowe, Waterville, Wolcott.
Met at Hyde Park, June 11, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. G. E. Goodliffe. Next meeting at Jeffersonville.
Ministers-Miles E. Bacon, Walter E. Baker, Herbert W. Cum- mings, Lemuel Davis, George E. Goodliffe, Vitellus M. Hardy, Harry E. Harned, Charles A. Hatch, Frank W. Hazen, Henry C. Howard, Frank B. Hyde, Arthur Mercer.
Advisory Committee-Rev. G. E. Goodliffe, Rev. F. B. Hyde, Rev. F. W. Hazen, Dea. C. P. Jones, Mr. C. D. Howe.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. G. E. Goodliffe, Rev. F. W. Hazen, Rev. V. M. Hardy, Mr. J. M. Powell, Mr. A. R. Straw.
Committee on Benevolence-Rev. F. B. Hyde, Dea. H. M. Maxfield, Mrs. Charles Wilder.
IX. ORANGE ASSOCIATION
Organized October 5, 1830; name changed to Association, June 17, 1908.
Clerk, John M. Comstock, Chelsea. .
Churches-Braintree First, East Braintree and West Brookfield, Brookfield First, Brookfield Second, East Brookfield, Chelsea, Ran- dolph Center, Randolph, Strafford, Post Mills, Tunbridge, Williams- town.
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Met at Randolph Center, May 8 and 9, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Next meeting with Second church Brookfield.
Ministers-A. Lincoln Dunton, John Irons, John A. Lawrence, J. Frank Locke, Fraser Metzger, Arthur H. Sargent, William Taylor, Charles K. Tracy, Leland E. Tupper.
Advisory Committee-Mr. H. H. Cooley, Rev. J. F. Locke, Rev. Fraser Metzger.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. John Irons, Rev. L. E. Tupper, Rev. J. A. Lawrence.
Committee on Benevolence-Rev. L. G. Chase, Mrs. Fraser Metz- ger, Mrs. J. M. Comstock.
X. ORLEANS ASSOCIATION
Organized June 18, 1839; name changed to Association, June 2, 1909. Registrar, Rev. Robert Lawton, Island Pond.
Churches-Albany, Barton, Island Pond, Brownington and Orleans, West Charleston, East Charleston, Coventry, North Craftsbury, Derby, Glover, Holland, Irasburg, Lowell, Morgan, Newport, North Troy, Troy, Westfield, Westmore.
Met at North Craftsbury, June 12, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. W. G. Macfarlane. Next meeting at Island Pond.
Ministers-Solomon T. Achenbach, Fred M. Dickey; Leland A. Ed- wards, Rufus C. Flagg, Thomas Hall, Rollo A. Hamilton, Robert Law- ton, William Millar, Carl J. Peterson, Wilbur Rand, Edwin Rose, Robert Thomson, Wilmond A. Warner.
Licentiate-C. Eugene Southard.
Advisory Committee-Rev. L. A. Edwards, Rev. R. A. Hamilton, Dea. J. C. Carpenter, Mr. S. T. Vance.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. Robert Lawton, Dea. J. R. Akin, Rev. C. J. Peterson, Mr. O. W. Locke.
XI. RUTLAND ASSOCIATION
Organized as Consociation, June 6, 1797; as Conference, June 1860; name changed to Association, September 23, 1908.
Registrar, Rev. O. R. Houghton, Wallingford.
Churches-Benson, Brandon, Castleton, Clarendon, Danby, Fair Haven, Fair Haven Welsh, Hubbardton, Middletown Springs, Pawlet, West Pawlet, Pittsford, Florence, Proctor Swedish, Rutland, Center Rutland Swedish, Sudbury, Wallingford, South Wallingford, West Rut- land.
Met at Wallingford, November 11, 1918. General topic, The church
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a unifying influence in a divided world. Sermon by Rev. Walter Thorpe.
Ministers-George I. Adams, Robert H. Ball, Walter P. Bradford, Frank E. Davison, Stephen C. Fooks, Ola R. Houghton, John H. Kingsbury, William A. McIntire, Robert G. McLeod, John D. Owen, David H. Strong, Walter Thorpe, Edward P. Treat.
Advisory Committee and Committee on Benevolence-Rev. E. P. Treat, Mr. J. R. Hoadley, Dr. E. R. Clark, Mr. J. A. Leach, Mr, D. S. Carpenter.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. R. H. Ball, Mr. H. A. Collins, Rev. O. R. Houghton.
XII. UNION ASSOCIATION
Organized September 30, 1885; name changed to Association, Octo- ber 7, 1909.
Registrar, J. W. Sault, Ludlow.
Churches-Simonsville, Chester, Grafton, Londonderry, Ludlow, Tyson, Springfield, Weathersfield First, Weathersfield East, Ascutney- ville, Weston, Windham.
No meeting held in 1918 on account of influenza.
Ministers-Earle H. Ballou, Henry L. Ballou, William J. Ballou, Raymond A. Beardslee, Thomas D. Davies, William W. Evans, Leslie H. Metcalf, Thomas D. Preston, Samuel L. Vincent.
Advisory Committee-Rev. W. J. Ballou, Mr. H. H. Blanchard, Dea. C. E. Bacon.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. H. L. Ballou, Rev. R. A. Beardslee, Rev. W. W. Evans.
XIII. WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION
Organized November 29, 1837; name changed to Association, June 2, 1909.
Registrar, Rev. J. B. Sargent, Northfield.
Churches-Barre, East Barre, Berlin, Cabot, East Calais, Calais, Duxbury, Marshfield, Montpelier, Northfield, Orange, Plainfield, Rox- bury, Waitsfield, Warren, Waterbury, South Woodbury, Worcester.
Met at Warren, June 5, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character.
Ministers-Fred G. Aylmore, John W. Barnett, Frank Blomfield, Stanley F. Blomfield, William L. Boicourt, Elisha S. Fiske, George A. Furness, Frank L. Goodspeed, Morton W. Hale, Amos J. Lord, Ira E. Pinney, James Ramage, William A. Remele, Charles N. St. John, James B. Sargent, Willis T. Sparhawk.
Licentiate-Carl V. Woodbury.
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Advisory Committee-Rev. F. L. Goodspeed, Rev. James Ramage, Dea. J. C. Griggs.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. Frank Blomfield, Rev. W. A. Remele, Dea. D. B. Dwinell.
XIV. WINDHAM ASSOCIATION
Organized September, 1841; name changed to Association, Septem- ber 9, 1909.
Registrar, Rev. W. R. Curtis, Westminster West.
Churches-West Brattleboro, Brattleboro Center, Brattleboro Swedish, West Dover, Dummerston, Guilford, Jamaica, Marlboro, New- fane, Putney, Saxton's River, Bellows Falls, Cambridgeport, Town- shend, West Townshend, Wardsboro, Westminster, Westminster West, Wilmington.
Met at West Brattleboro, November 12, 1918. General topic, The church a unifying force in a divided world. Sermon by Rev. R. H. Clapp.
Ministers-S. Apovian Apraham, Charles B. Atwood, Lyndon S. Beardslee, William F. Bissell, Richard H. Bosworth, George F. Chapin, Richard H. Clapp, William C. Clark, Alfred Cornell, Walter R. Curtis, Henry Lamb, Charles W. Mock, Theodore J. Poelman, John C. Prince, Henry H. Shaw, Edward W. Wild, Fred M. Wiswall, Arthur V. Wood- worth.
Licentiate-Mrs. Florence S. Hartwell.
Advisory Committee-Rev. J. C. Prince, Rev. R. H. Bosworth, Dea. R. H. Ranney.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. J. C. Prince, Rev. W. R. Curtis, Rev. H. H. Shaw, Dea. G. L. Dunham.
XV. WINDSOR ASSOCIATION
Organized September 17, 1840; name changed to Association, May 25, 1909.
Registrar, Rev. G. E. Ladd, West Woodstock.
Churches-Bethel, Bridgewater, Hartford, West Hartford, Quechee, Wilder, Hartland, Norwich, Pittsfield, Pomfret, Rochester, Royalton, South Royalton, Sharon, Sherburne, Gaysville, Windsor, Woodstock.
Met at Norwich, May 8 and 9, 1919. General topic, The church as a builder of character. Sermon by Rev. J. H. Moseley. Next meeting at Sharon.
Ministers-Frederick R. Champlin, Charles C. Claris, Charles F. Echterbecker, Ernest W. Eldridge, Josiah Kidder, George E. Ladd, Burton A. Lucas, Robert W. McClure, Charles F. Partridge, Levi Wild.
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Licentiate-Fred W. Alden.
Advisory Committee-Rev. R. W. Barstow, Mr. S. F. Leonard, Rev. G. E. Ladd.
Committee on Ministerial Standing-Rev. R. W. Barstow, Rev. G. E. Ladd, Mr. Joseph Loveland, Mr. A. P. Clifford, Rev. J. H. Moseley.
Committee on Benevolence-Mrs. G. M. Miller, Rev. Levi Wild, Rev. Herbert Dixon.
INCORPORATED CHURCHES
(For the present method of incorporation, see Sections 5701 and 5702, General Laws of Vermont)
Windsor
Sept. 13, 1830
Worcester
Aug. 30, 1899 1900
Northfield
March 22, 1889
Swanton
Feb. 2, 1901
Bellows Falls
March 22, 1889
St. Johnsbury East
March 5, 1902
St. Johnsbury South
April 8, 1889
Vergennes
Nov. 11, 1902 Nov. 21, 1902
Newport
July 1, 1889
West Newbury
Sept. 2, 1903
Alburg Springs
July 26, 1889
Westminster
Sept. 6, 1904
Derby
Sept. 2, 1889
Bethel
Feb. 24, 1905
Barnet
Sept. 2, 1889
Bradford
March 10, 1905
Underhill
Sept. 18, 1889
Pittsford
Nov. 20, 1905
Jeffersonville
Sept. 30, 1889
Guilford
Nov. 27, 1905
Plainfield
Oct. 14, 1889
Randolph
March 14, 1906
Ludlow
Dec. 24, 1889
Whiting
March 18, 1907
St. Johnsbury North
Dec. 30, 1889
Eden
Jan. 11, 1908
Stowe
Jan. 2, 1890
East Hardwick
Jan. 15, 1908
Chelsea
Jan. 29, 1890
Lyndonville
Jan. 31, 1908
Barre
Feb. 24, 1890
Enosburg March 22, 1909
Tunbridge
March 26, 1890
McIndoe Falls
Jan. 3, 1910
South Hero and Grand Isle
Dec. 29, 1890
Rupert
April 13, 1911
Charlotte
Feb. 4, 1891
Norwich
April 14, 1891
North Troy
Aug. 5, 1911
Colchester
April 24, 1891
Westford
Jan. 22, 1912
Wolcott
May 1, 1891
East Dorset
Jan. 11, 1913
Glover
July 9, 1892
Pawlet
Feb. 3, 1913
Island Pond
Oct. 17, 1892
East Braintree and West
Brookfield
March 11, 1913
Waterbury
April 16, 1913
Benson
April 26, 1913
Hyde Park
Feb. 3, 1893
Essex Junction
May 17, 1913
West Hartford
Jan. 8, 1894
Bakersfield
Dec. 6, 1913
Wells River
Feb. 14, 1894
West Pawlet, Welsh
June 25, 1914
Simonsville
March 29, 1894 April 28, 1894
Newfane
Dec. 30, 1914
East Barre
Sept. 19, 1894
Brattleboro
Jan. 12, 1915
Marshfield
Oct. 12, 1894
Springfield
Feb. 9, 1916
Williamstown
Nov. 20, 1894
East Berkshire Jan. 2, 1917
Richmond
Dec. 19, 1894
Saxton's River
Oct. 30, 1895
Lunenburg
Oct. 27, 1917
Franklin
April 28, 1896
Wardsboro Nov. 2, 1917
West Charleston
May 14, 1896
South Wallingford
Dec. 7, 1917
Westminster West
Sept. 9. 1896
Wallingford
Dec. 15, 1917
Brownington and Orleans Nov. 5, 1896 Berlin
Jan. 14, 1897
Corinth
Jan. 23, 1918
Bristol
June 21, 1897
East Corinth
Jan. 23, 1918
South Royalton
Jan. 28, 1899
Montpelier
Sept. 5, 1918
Bennington First
Sept. 10, 1901
Cornwall
June 5, 1889
Wilder
Aug. 2, 1889
West Townshend
Dec. 30, 1904
South Woodbury
April 11, 1911
Winooski
Alburg
June 8, 1911
Brattleboro First
Dec. 13, 1892
Randolph Center
Dec. 19, 1892
Peacham
Dec. 19, 1892
North Hyde Park
Danby
Feb. 17, 1915
Jamaica
Dec. 1878
Chester
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS
I. ADDISON ASSOCIATION
June 15, 1808. Rev. W. F. Frazier, Registrar. Meets third Tuesday of January, March, September, and November, and second Tuesday of May
II. BENNINGTON ASSOCIATION
February 1, 1812. S. K. Perkins, Registrar. Last Tuesday of January, May, and September.
III. CALEDONIA UNION
January 10, 1811. Robert Clark, Scribe. Third Tuesday of January, March, May, September, and November.
IV. LAMOILLE ASSOCIATION
June 1, 1858. (This Association is dormant, having held no meeting since 1913.)
V. MONTPELIER UNION January 9, 1827. (No meetings have been held since 1915.)
VI. NORTHWESTERN ASSOCIATION
June 15, 1808. F. W. Day, Scribe. Third Tuesday of January, second Tuesday of May, and fourth Tuesday of September.
VII. ORANGE AND WHITE MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION
October 17, 1801 (Orange); June 8, 1881 (White Mountain); united, November 5, 1901. Donald Fraser, Scribe. First Tuesday of February, May, September, and November.
VIII ORLEANS UNION
June 17, 1823.
Scribe. Third Tuesday of January, May, and September.
IX. RUTLAND ASSOCIATION
1788. W. A. McIntire, Registrar. Second Tuesday of February, May, September, and December.
X. WHITE RIVER UNION
October 14, 1845. C. F. Echterbecker, Scribe. Second Tuesday of January, March, September, and November.
XI. WINDHAM-UNION ASSOCIATION
October 17, 1775. R. A. Beardslee, Scribe. Frst Monday of October, December, April, and June.
XII. WINOOSKI ASSOCIATION
June 9, 1847. S. G. Barnes, Scribe. First Monday of February, April, June, October, and December.
Vermont Domestic Missionary
Society
ANNUAL MEETING 1919
Officers of Vermont Domestic Missionary Society
President-DEA. N. G. WILLIAMS Vice-President-REV. L. A. EDWARDS Secretary-REV. CHARLES H. MERRILL Associate Secretary -- REV. CHARLES C. MERRILL Treasurer-DEA. JOHN T. RITCHIE Assistant Treasurer-C. H. NEWELL Auditor-JOHN C. CLARK
Office, St. Johnsbury, Vt. Directors
Directors at Large-Rev. C. C. Adams, Burlington; Rev. E. P. Treat, Pittsford ; Mr. Jonas H. Brooks, St. Johnsbury.
Term expires 1921-Mr. P. T. H. Pierson, Bennington ; Mr. John E. Tinker, Danville; Mr. H. D. Howe, Burlington; Mr. March M. Wilson, Randolph; Rev. F. W. Day, Swanton Rev. R. A. Hamilton, Orleans; Rev. Geo. E. Ladd, West Wood- stock.
Term expires in 1920-Mr. C. D. Howe, Morrisville; Mr. J. R. Hoadley, Rutland; Mr. H. G. Woodruff, Montpelier; Mr. Malcom E. Stearns; Springfield; Rev. A. V. Woodworth, West Brattleboro; Rev. Donald Fraser, Wells River; Rev. L. M. Isaacs, Orwell.
Ex-Officiis-Dea. N. G. Williams, Bellows Falls; Mr. Geo. L. Dunham, Brattleboro; Mrs. W. J. Van Patten, Burlington ; Mrs. M. W. Buckham, Burlington.
Executive Committee
Rev. C. C. Adams, Mr. H. Gordon Woodruff, Mr. Jonas H. Brooks, Mr. J. R. Hoadley, Mrs. W. J. Van Patten.
Finance Committee
Dea. John T. Ritchie, Mr. J. R. Hoadley, Rev. C. H. Mer- rill, Mr. Jonas H. Brooks.
Members of C. H. M. S.
For one year-Hon. John E. Weeks, Middlebury ; Rev. Her- bert P. Woodin, Brattleboro.
For two years -- Rev. C. H. Merrill, St. Johnsbury ; Mr. N. G. Williams, Bellows Falls; Rev. Edward G. French, Danville.
For three years-Rev. C. H. Smith, Burlington; Prof. C. B. Wright, Middlebury.
ACT OF INCORPORATION
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont :
Section 1. James W. Hickok, Joshua Leavitt, William H. Lord, Thaddeus Fairbanks, J. G. Stimson, and Charles S. Smith, with their associates, being members of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, a Society heretofore existing and organized for the purpose of aiding Congregational Churches and commu- nities in the State, in need of assistance in sustaining the preach- ing of the Gospel, are hereby created as a body politic and cor- porate, by the name of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, with all the usual appropriate corporate rights and privileges, and with full power to acquire, hold and convey per- sonal and real property, and to use the same in promoting and securing the aforesaid objects and purposes of their corporation.
Section 2. All doings of said Society, while heretofore exist- ing, all gifts, grants, bequests, and donations made to it, and all grants, appropriations, and conveyances made by the said So- ciety are hereby confirmed and made valid.
Section 3. Any two of the corporators aforesaid may call the first meeting of said corporation by giving notice thereof in some weekly paper published in said State, three weeks before the day of said meeting.
Section 4. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Passed, October 25, 1872.
LEGACIES TO THE V. D. M. SOCIETY
Form of a Bequest
I bequeath to my executors the sum of- -dollars in trust, to pay over the same to the Treasurer of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society, incorporated in October, 1872, to be applied to the charitable uses and purposes of said Society.
CONSTITUTION
NAME
Article I. This Society shall be known by the name of the Vermont Domestic Missionary Society.
MEMBERSHIP
Article II. Any person may at his request, become a Mem- ber for Life of the Society, who shall at one time pay twenty dollars or more into the treasury. The membership of the Society shall consist of Life Members made previous to 1905, and the members of the Congregational Conference of Vermont annually meeting with the Society. All such members shall be entitled to vote.
OBJECTS
Article III. The object of this Society shall be to supply the destitute towns of the State with the preached Gospel, by the labors of missionaries, and to aid the Congregational Home Missionary Society.
OFFICERS
Article IV. The officers of this Society shall be a Presi- dent, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Auditor and Board of Directors. (1) The President, Vice-President and Auditor shall be elected annually by the Society. (2) The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected annually by the Directors. (3) The Board of Directors shall consist of not more than 21 mem- bers, including ex-officiis members. In the choice of Directors the Rules governing the election of Directors of the Vermont Congregational Conference shall be followed. (4) There shall be a Nominating Committee of three members, and this commit-
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tee shall present as its first nominees for the Board of Directors ot the Society the persons elected to the Board of Directors of the State Conference. (5) An Associate Secretary, an Assistant Treasurer, and an additional Auditor may be appointed by the Board of Directors. (6) Vacancies in any office, Board, or Committee may be filled by the Board of Directors for any unex- pired term.
DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT
Article V. It shall be the duty of the President, or, in his absence, of the Vice-President, to preside at all meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Directors.
DUTIES OF DIRECTORS
Article VI. It shall be the duty of the Directors, nine of whom shall constitute a quorum, to act upon applications coming from Churches asking for aid ; make appropriations of money ; fill temporarily any vacancies occasioned by the death or resignation of the Secretary, Treasurer, or Auditor; appoint a Finance Committee, and to have a general superintendence of all the Society's affairs and make, through the Secretary, a re- port of their doings at each annual meeting.
There shall be an Executive Committee of five chosen by the Board of Directors and this Executive Committee shall have full power to act for the Directors on all matters that may come before them, when the Directors are not in session.
DUTIES OF SECRETARY
Article VII. The Secretary or Secretaries shall take charge of the books and correspondence of the Society and of the Directors; keep a true record of their doings, and call meet- ings of the Society, Directors, and Executive Committee.
They shall secure, as far as possible, collections and dona- tions from Churches and individuals; visit destitute communi- ties to ascertain their needs; direct itinerant missionaries to
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their fields; draw orders upon the Treasurer for all moneys ap- propriated by the Directors or Executive Committee, and make an annual report to the Society of the doings of the Directors, and the condition of the missionary work.
DUTIES OF TREASURER
Article VIII. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to re- ceive and hold the property of the Society ; take care of and in- vest the permanent funds, under the advice of a Finance Com- mittee appointed by the Directors ; lease or convey by deed, real estate belonging to the Society, when so ordred by the Directors or Executive Committee; and exhibit at the annual meeting an audited account of the condition of the treasury, make a state- ment of the amount of permanent funds, and how they are in- vested. He shall hold his books open for inspection when requested by any member of the Society, and shall give bonds when required by the Executive Committee.
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