same on Saturday morning, respectfully represent that they have had the same under consideration, and propose the following Canon for the adoption of this House. "Resolved, The House of Bishops concurring, that the following Canon be passed as a substitute for Canon IX. of 1853, namely: 66 SUBSTITUTE FOR TITLE I., CANON XII., SECTION VII., OF THE DIGEST. "No Minister belonging to this Church shall officiate either by preaching, reading prayers, or otherwise, in the Parish, or within the parochial cure of another clergyman, unless he have received express permission for that purpose from the Minister of the parish or cure, or, in his absence, from the Church Wardens or Vestrymen, or Trustees of the Congregation, or a majority of them. "The ascertainment and defining of the boundaries of existing parishes or parochial cures, as well as the establishment of a new church or congregation, and forming a new parish, is left to the action of the several Diocesan Conventions, for the Dioceses respectively, until a Canon or other regulation of a Diocesan Convention shall have been adopted, the formation of new parishes, or establishment of new churches or congregations within the limits of the parishes, shall be vested in the Bishop of the Diocese, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee thereof; and in case of there being no Bishop, in the Ecclesiastical authority.. "Where parish boundaries are not defined by law, or otherwise, they shall, for the purposes of this action, be settled and defined by the civil divisions of the States, as follows: "4. Parochial boundaries shall be the limits, as now fixed by law, of any village, town, township, incorporated borough, city, or the limits of some division of a city or town which may have been recognized by the Bishop, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Standing Committee, as constituting the boundaries of a parish or parochial cure. "5. If there be but one church or congregation within the limits of such village, town, township, borough, city, or division of such a city or town, as herein provided, the same shall be deemed the parochial cure of the Minister having charge thereof. If there are two or more congregations or churches therein, it shall be deemed the cure of the Ministers thereof; and the assent of the majority of such Ministers shall be necessary. "6. When under Diocesan authority, a new parish is constituted, and its boundaries defined, this section shall be applicable to the same as so established. "If any Minister of the Church, from inability or any other cause, neglect to perform the regular services of his congregation, and refuse, without good cause, his consent to any other Minister of the Church to officiate within his cure, the Church Wardens, Vestrymen, or Trustees of such congregation shall, on proof of such neglect or refusal before the Bishop of the Diocese, or, if there be no Bishop, before the Standing Committee, or before such persons as may be, by the neglect of this Church in any Diocese vested with the power of hearing and deciding on complaints against Clergymen, have power with the written consent of the before-mentioned authority, to open the doors of their Church to any regular Minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church. A minority of the Committee on Canons submitted the following Report: "The undersigned, a minority of the Committee on Canons, beg leave to dissent from the report of the majority of said Committee, and for the following reasons: "Because it is legislation by General Convention upon a subject which we believe should be left solely to Diocesan action. "Because no legislative act on this subject can be so framed as to avoid the vexatious questions and issues which will necessarily arise as to the construction of said Canon. "Because the best way to regulate the building of churches, and organizing of parishes, and ministering the Word, is by the law of supply and demand. "Because it interferes with the rights of the laity in matters pertaining to their highest spiritual interests. 'Because, as in most cases, a cure of souls in these United States can not be bounded by geographical limits, so no Canon should be framed which shall limit that cure to a territorial district, which district may necessarily exclude many who do belong to the congregation of the parish so defined, and also necessarily include many who belong to the cure of another Rector. "Because it is a law which, if carried out, will produce more evils than it will remedy. 66 "Because it is a law which will impede the growth of the Church. 'The minority of the Committee therefore offer the following resolution: "Resolved, That, the House of Bishops concurring, the following Canon be adopted. "6 OF PARISH BOUNDARIES-CANON I., 1859. "Section 1. Parish boundaries in each diocese of this Church may be established by the Convention thereof. Section 2, Canon 9, of 1853, is hereby repealed. WM. BACON STEVENS, JAMES CRAIK, The Repeal, Amendment, and Enactment of New Canons. The following Canon was adopted. "In all cases of future enactment, the same, if by way of an amendment of an existing provision, shall be in the following form: (or section - -, of Canon or clause of section "Canon of Canon,) of Title is hereby amended so as to read as follows:' And if the enactment is of an additional clause, section, or Canon, it shall be designated as the next Canon, or next section, or next clause of a Canon, or section, in order of numbering of the Title to which the subject properly belongs; and if a Canon, or section, or clause, be stricken out, the existing numbering shall be retained until a new edition of the Canons be directed. The Committee on Canons of each House of the General Convention shall, at the close of each session of the General Convention, appoint two of their members to certify the changes, if any, made in the Canons, and to report the same, with the proper arrangement thereof, to the Secretary, who shall print the same in the Journal." The Time of the Digest of Canons taking effect. "These Canons shall take effect on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord 1860; from and after which day all other Canons of this Church are hereby and shall be deemed to be repealed; provided, that such repeal shall not affect any case of a violation of existing Canons committed before that date; but such case shall be governed by the same law as if no such repeal had taken place." Proposed Amendment of Article III. of the Constitution. The present Article is as follows: "ARTICLE III. The Bishops of this Church, when there shall be three or more, shall, whenever General Conventions are held, form a separate House, with a right to originate and propose acts for the concurrence of the House of Deputies, composed of clergy and laity; and when any proposed act shall have passed the House of Deputies, the same shall be transmitted to the House of Bishops, who shall have a negative thereupon; and all acts of the Convention shall be authenticated by both Houses. And in all cases the House of Bishops shall signify to the Convention their approbation or disapprobation (the latter with their reasons in writing) within three days after the proposed act shall have been reported to them for concurrence; and in failure thereof, it shall have the operation of a law. But until there shall be three or more Bishops, as aforesaid, any Bishop attending a General Convention shall be a member er officio, and shall vote with the clerical deputies of the Diocese to which he belongs; and a Bishop shall then preside." The following proposed Amendment was not adopted: "Whenever General Conventions are held, the Bishops of this Church shall form a separate House, with the right to originate and propose acts for the concurrence of the House of Deputies, and all acts must pass both Houses.” Proposed Amendment of Article VI. of the Constitution. The Article as it now stands is as follows: "ART. VI. The mode of trying Bishops shall be provided by the General Convention. The Court appointed for that purpose shall be composed of Bishops only. In every Diocese, the mode of trying Presbyters and Deacons may be instituted by the Convention of the Diocese. None but a Bishop shall pronounce sentence of admonition, suspension, or degradation from the ministry, on any clergyman, whether Bishop, Presbyter or Deacon." The proposed Amendment, which was as follows, was not adopted: “ART. VI. The mode of trying Bishops shall be provided by the General Convention. The Court appointed for that purpose shall be composed of Bishops only. In every Diocese, the mode of trying Presbyters and Deacons may be instituted by the Convention of the Diocese, but the General Convention may establish a Court of Appeals for the revision of the decision of the Diocesan Courts. None but a Bishop shall pronounce sentence of admonition, suspension, or degradation from the Ministry on any clergyman, whether Bishop, Presbyter, or Deacon. Such Court of Appeals not to revise the determination of any question of fact." Typographical Errors in the authorized Revision of the Holy 66 Scriptures. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. The Committee to whom, at the last General Convention, was referred the subject of Typographical Errors in the authorized revision of the Holy Scriptures, with a view to the proposed standard for this Church, respectfully report: "That since the last meeting of a General Convention, much progress has been made towards the attainment of a standard Bible for the Church of this country; an object which the various acts of the great Council of the Church, through a long period of time, manifest to have been generally desired, and which at no period was more desirable than at present. Your Committee are of opinion that the present standard, declared such at the Convention of 1823, being that of Eyre and Strahan, printed by Woodfall, should, with the exception of the typographical errors, be the basis of the proposed standard; that in order to avoid whatever typographical errors may there exist, the edition of Oxford Press of 1832 should be followed in the text, as it appears from the testimony of the Superintendent of that Press, delivered before a Committee of the House of Commons, that a high premium offered for the detection of each error, has resulted in the detection of but three in the lapse of the last twenty years. Your Committee, therefore, recommend the passage of the following resolutions: "Resolved, That the House of Bishops concurring, a Joint Committee be appointed, to whom shall be submitted the proof sheets of the proposed standard as they consecutively appear from the Press of the New-York Bible and Common Prayer Book Society, after having undergone the examination of a typographical corrector, who shall be guided by the present standard of this Church, except the typographical errors to be corrected by the edition of 1852, printed at Oxford. "2d. That a typographical corrector be appointed to carry out the above resolution. "3d. That the Joint Committee have authority to issue the Bible so printed as the standard edition of this Church." The above resolutions were adopted. Jurisdiction of the Missionary Bishops of the North-West and South-West. The following resolutions were adopted: “Resolved, That all those portions of our country north of a line running along the northern boundary of the Cherokee country and New-Mexico until it reaches the Diocese of California, not yet organized into dioceses, or included within Missionary Districts, be within the jurisdiction of the Missionary Bishop of the North-West. "Resolved, That all those portions of our country south of a line running along the northern boundary of the Cherokee country and New-Mexico until it reaches the Diocese of California, not yet organized into dioceses, or included within Missionary Districts, together with Arkansas, be within the jurisdiction of the Missionary Bishop of the South-West." Hymnody and Psalmody of the Church. A Joint Special Committee of five were appointed, to consider and report at the next session of the General Convention, upon the whole subject of the Hymnody and Psalmody of the Church, and especially to inquire and report whether any improvement can be introduced into our present collection of Hymns and Metrical Psalms. General Theological Seminary. The following resolution was adopted: "That a Committee of Five be appointed to examine and report to the next session of the General Convention, whether it be advisable or practicable to effect a severance of the General Convention from its direct connection with the General Theological Seminary, and, if so, the best mode by which that severance can be effected." Lay Movement in Aid of the Church. The following resolutions were adopted: "Resolved, That the present state of the Church, and of the world around it, emphatically appeals not only to the clergy but to the laity, earnestly and actively to employ their time and means to the best of their ability in supporting and invigorating the Christian efforts of this Church in all its departments, "Resolved, That a Committee, consisting of one layman from each Diocese, of whom five shall constitute a quorum, be appointed, who shall during the recess of this General Convention, devise and carry out such means and measures as they may deem advisable, calculated to impress upon them specially the impe |