and paid over to the Bishops shall be divided between the effective Bishops and those who are on the retired list, or who are not able to do full work, by such method as the College of Bishops may devise among themselves.

SECTION IV.

SUPPORT OF THOSE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR.

All officers appointed by the General Conference, and not otherwise provided for by law, shall have their salaries fixed by the Joint Board of Finance of the Conference of which they are members, or within the bounds of which the work assigned them by the General Conference lies; and be paid from the proceeds of their office, or by such other

means as the Conference may de

vise.

SECTION V.

OF THE JOINT BOARD OF FINANCE.

1. Each Annual Conference shall have a Joint Board of Finance, appointed by the President of the Conference (unless otherwise ordered), at the close of its annual session, to hold their office until the close of the next ensuing Annual Conference session.

2. Said Board shall consist of one clerical member of the Conference and one layman for each Presiding Elder's District. They shall elect their own chairman, treasurer, and secretary, and the Board shall fill all vacancies that may occur in the body: provided they do so by keep

ing up an equal number of clerical and lay members.

3. It shall be the duty of the Joint Board

(1) To receive all moneys collected as Conference collections or otherwise, and distribute the same to the superannuated preachers, and the widows and orphans of deceased members of the Conference, according to their best judgment of their several necessities.

(2) They shall estimate the amount that will probably be necessary to meet the claims of the superannuated preachers and the widows and orphan children of deceased members of the Conference, and apportion the same to the different Presiding Elders' Districts for collection the ensuing year.

(3) All matters relating to the

financial interests of the Conference shall be referred to this Board, and be carefully considered and reported upon.

(4) They shall make a full report. of all proceedings to the Conference, which shall either approve, recommit, or amend their report.

(5) The members of this Board, and especially the Chairman thereof, shall carefully consider the financial interests during the year, and shall collect such authentic information in regard to the pecuniary circumstances of the usual claimants on the Conference funds as shall facilitate the business of the Board at its annual meeting.

(6) The Recording Steward of each circuit shall report to the Joint Board of Finance a full account of the acts of the Board of Stewards H*

the preceding year. The Joint Board shall decide all issues that may exist between the stewards and the Presiding Elder, or any of the preachers, in relation to salaries, and their decision shall be final; but in no case shall they allow any preacher to have a claim on the Church he has served, as of debt, after his pastoral connection has ceased.

(7) Each Annual Conference shall adopt its own method of raising money to pay those who, by the rules and usages of the Church, have claims upon it: provided it does not interfere with the rights guaranteed to the Church Conferences, to adopt their own methods of raising money to pay their liabilities.