ference) of the District, within the bounds of which such Candidate may be travelling or resident, are authorized to act as a Committee on behalf of the Annnal Conference, to admit him into our Church; and he may be employed until the ensuing Annual Conference; and if he be recommended by an Annual District Meeting he may be received as a Probationer for the Ministry. CHAPTER I. ADMINISTRATION OF DISCIPLINE. SECTION I. General Principles. 337. (1) The officer under whose supervision a trial is to be conducted shall furnish to the accused, at least one week before the trial, a copy of the charges, along with notice of the time and place of trial. 338. (2) In every case of an equal division of votes in a Committee of Investigation, the presiding officer shall have a casting vote. 339. (3) A majority of the Committee appointed to conduct a trial shall constitute a quorum. 340. (4) A defendent may challenge for cause in the proportion of two in five of those nominated to form a Committee of Investigation, that is to say, may challenge, not peremptorily, but for reasons that are deemed sufficient by the presiding officer. 341. (5) A majority of the Committee are competent to render a verdict. 342. (6) The presiding officer shall see that a correct |