corner of said Kaufman county; thence west with the south boundary of Kaufman county to the Trinity River: provided that any appointment of the Prairieville Circuit that may be in Kaufman county shall be embraced in the East Texas Conference: and provided farther, that all towns situated, or to be situated, on that part of the Texas and Pacific Railroad which forms a boundary between the North and East Texas Conferences, shall be embraced in the East Texas Conference, excepting Wills Point, which remains with the North Texas Conference; on the west by Trinity River and its west fork tributary to the source; thence due north from the source to Red River.

29. East Texas Conference shall be bounded on the north by the southern boundary of North Texas Conference above described; on the east by the Louisiana State line from its junction with the North Texas southern boundary aforesaid, in Soda Lake, to the Gulf of Mexico; on the south and west by the Gulf of Mexico to the East

Pass of Galveston Bay, and thence by said bay and the Trinity River to the south-west corner of Kaufman county.

30. Texas Conference shall be bounded on the east by Trinity River from the southeast corner of Leon county to the coast; on the south by the Gulf of Mexico to Trespalacios Bay; on the west by the Trespalacios River and the east line of Jackson, Lavacca, Gonzales, Caldwell, and Hays counties; and on the north by the Perdenales River, and a direct line from its mouth to the north-west corner of Travis county, and the south lines of Williamson, Milam, Robertson, and Leon counties, to Trinity River.

31. North-west Texas Conference shall be bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning on the Trinity River, at the south-east corner of Leon county, and running thence with the south line of Leon, Robertson, Milam, and Williamson counties, to the north-west corner of Travis county; thence south to the south-east corner of Burnett county; thence west with the line of said county to the

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south-west corner of Llano; thence north to the south-west corner of San Saba; thence with the western line of said county to the Colorado River; thence along the Colorado River to the line between Tom Green and Mitchell counties; thence along the south line of Mitchell, Howard, Martin, and Andrews counties to New Mexico; thence due north to the State line; thence east with the State line to Red River; thence down said river with its meanderings to a point due north of and opposite to the head of West Fork of Trinity River; thence south to the head of said fork of Trinity River; thence down said river with its meanderings to the place of beginning.

32. West Texas Conference shall include all that part of the State of Texas lying west of the Texas and North-west Texas Conferences.

33. German Mission Conference of Texas and Louisiana shall include so much of the work in the States of Texas and Louisiana as is under the supervision of the German ministers of our Church.

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34. Los Angeles Conference shall include all the territory in the State of California and adjoining regions, between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, lying south of the following line (and not included in other Conferences), viz.: Beginning at a point on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, on the line between San Luis Obispo and Monterey counties; continuing thence on the line between Kerne and Tulare counties; thence north to the parallel of 36° north latitude, and thence eastward on that line.

35. Pacific Conference shall embrace all the State of California not included in the Columbia and Los Angeles Conferences.

36. Columbia Conference shall embrace the State of Oregon, Washington Territory, and so much of the State of California as lies north of Scott's Mountains.

37. Illinois Conference shall embrace the State of Illinois, and all Indiana, except New Albany and Jeffersonville.

38. Montana Conference shall embrace the Territory of Montana.

PUBLISHING HOUSE.

I. NAME AND OBJECT.

1. There shall be an establishment in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, for the purpose of manufacturing and publishing books, to be called "The Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South," and to be under the control of the General Book Agent, to be called the Book Agent of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and a committee, to be called the Book Committee, all of whom shall be elected by the General Conference-the Book Committee upon the nomination of a committee of nine, to be appointed by the Chair.

2. The object of this institution shall be to advance the cause of Christianity, by disseminating religious knowledge and useful literary and scientific information in the form of books, tracts, and periodicals.

II. DUTIES OF THE GENERAL BOOK AGENT.

The General Book Agent shall have