aual Conference which may have admitted him on trial, recommending to the Annual Conference of which he was formerly a member the restoration of his credentials, the said Conference may restore them.

SECTION II.

CREDENTIALS OF LOCAL ELDERS OR DEACONS.

148. When any local elder or deacon is deprived of his credentials of ordination, by expulsion or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Presiding Elder to require them of him, and to file them with the papers of the Annual Conference within the limits of which the said local preacher resides.

149. Should he, at any future time, produce to the Annual Conference a certificate of his restoration

by the Quarterly Conference, signed by the President and Secretary thereof, his credentials may be restored to him.

CHAPTER X.

OF THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY.

SECTION I.

SUPPORT OF PREACHERS ON CIRCUITS AND STATIONS.

150. Every minister who, by the rules and usages of the Church, is a claimant on its funds, shall, as far as practicable, have his claim estimated by those who are to pay it, or by an agent authorized to act for them.

151. The salary and traveling expenses of preachers on circuits and stations shall be estimated by their respective Boards of Stewards, after consultation with the preacher in charge.

152. The stewards shall report to each Church-meeting the whole amount to be raised, and that part of it which

each congregation is expected to pay. The Church Conference may adopt its own method of raising the money. Unless otherwise ordered by the Church Conference, the stewards shall adopt the plan of assessment with consent, as provided in item next following.

153. Each member of the Church is expected to pay according to his or her several ability for the support of the ministry, and the stewards of each station or circuit shall determine whether payments are to be made weekly, monthly, or quarterly, during the year. They shall then ascertain how much each member is able and willing to pay in the installments fixed by the stewards; and whatever amount each member agrees to pay, he or she shall be under solemn obligation to pay, and can only be released from this obligation by the order of the stewards, or

by vote of the Church Conference for

good cause shown.

SECTION II.

SUPPORT OF PRESIDING ELDERS.

154. The salary and traveling expenses of Presiding Elders shall be estimated by the District Stewards.

SECTION III.

SUPPORT OF BISHOPS.

The Bishops shall be supported according to the following plan:

155. The allowance of the Bishops for salary and traveling expenses, and of the widows and orphan children of deceased Bishops, shall be estimated by the Committee on Episcopacy at the General Conference; and they shall divide the amount between the several