9530. The name shall be "The Golden Cross Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South."

9531. The purpose of this Society shall be to promote the hospital work of the Church; and it shall be auxiliary to the General Hospital Board of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

¶532. Anyone desiring to aid needy and suffering humanity may be enrolled annually in the Society by the payment of $1. By the payment of twenty-five cents, persons under fourteen years of age may be enrolled as Junior members.

¶533. The Board is authorized to arrange an ascending scale of higher memberships for those who are able and willing to contribute more largely to the cause of hospitals.

4534. The Annual Enrollment shall take place during Hospital Week and be completed as soon thereafter as possible. Hospital Week shall include the second and third Sundays in May. Members may be enrolled, however, at any time and place.

¶535. A local chapter of the Golden Cross Society shall be organized in every congregation.

¶536. The pastor shall appoint a Church Director of the Golden Cross subject to confirmation by the first Quarterly Conference.

The pastor and the Director shall select a suitable committee and carefully organize it for the work of the enrollment.

4537. Every Sunday school, Epworth League, Missionary Society, and Board of Lay Activities shall be a recruiting station for the Golden Cross. The pastor, the Lay Leader, the Sunday School Superintendent, President of the Epworth League, and President of the Woman's Missionary Society shall be recruiting officers of the Golden Cross; and they shall render the Director and his committee all reasonable assistance in the work of the Enrollment.

¶538. All funds raised by the Annual Enrollment in this Society shall be used for the erection, endowment, or support of hospitals having connection with patronizing Annual Conferences and indorsed by the General Hospital Board.

$539. The Golden Cross button as already adopted and in use by the Board is hereby recognized as the official badge of the Society. The name, button, and general enrollment plans of the Society are hereby declared to be the property of the General Hospital Board. No institution inside or outside of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is authorized to use these except by agreement with that Board. The Board is authorized to create literature, devise plans, and accumulate other material for

the Golden Cross Enrollment and furnish them to the officer or the institution authorized by the Annual Conference to direct the Golden Cross Enrollment.

¶540. The enrollment shall be under the direction of the Annual Conference Hospital Board. A hospital under the control of the Conference may be authorized to promote for itself the enrollment. Such an institution shall apply to the General Hospital Board for Golden Cross material, which shall be furnished at reasonable cost. The hospital shall receive the entire proceeds of the enrollment.

The

9541. Where there is no hospital in an Annual Conference, the Conference through its Hospital Board shall promote the enrollment. Conference Director of the Golden Cross, or, if there be no such officer, the Secretary of the Annual Conference Hospital Board, shall apply to the General Hospital Board for Golden Cross material and it shall be supplied by that Board. The Conference shall see that the funds received from the enrollment are sent to the General Hospital Board, as provided for in ¶551, until such time as the Conference may see fit to enterprise a hospital in its own territory.

¶542. Where there is a hospital which elects not to promote for itself the enrollment, the Annual Conference Hospital Board shall direct the enrollment as in ¶541 for the benefit of the

hospital. In this case the funds arising from the enrollment shall be sent by the Conference Treasurer to the hospital; and the cost of Golden Cross material used in the enrollment shall be charged against the hospital benefiting and paid by it.

¶543. Any Annual Conference may appoint a Conference Director of the Golden Cross to work within its bounds and promote the enrollment. If this officer gives his entire time to the work, the Conference shall provide for his support.

¶544. Each Presiding Elder shall appoint a District Director of the Golden Cross subject to the confirmation by the District Conference.

SECTION III

ANNUAL CONFERENCE HOSPITAL BOARD

¶545. Each Annual Conference, at the session next succeeding the General Conference, shall constitute for the quadrennium a Conference Hospital Board composed of one lay member from each Presiding Elder's District and an equal number of traveling preachers to be selected without regard to district lines: provided, however, that no Conference shall have a Board of less than six members, composed of an equal number of laymen and preachers. Vacancies in

the Board shall be filled by the Conference. Two consecutive unexcused absences from the sessions may cancel membership in the Board. Under the provisions of this Chapter and in harmony with the policies of the General Hospital Board, the Conference Board shall have power to determine the scope of its operations.

¶546. The Board shall organize by the selection of a Chairman, Vice Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Executive Committee: provided, that a majority of members shall be present at the organization. Meetings of the Board shall be held annually during the sessions of the Conference, but a meeting may be called at any time by the Executive Committee: In the interim of its meeting the Executive Committee shall transact the business of the Board, but its actions shall be subject to the approval of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Executive Committee and shall be its Chairman. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

¶547. With the consent of the Conference, the Board is authorized to employ an Executive Secretary, who shall be the Conference Director of the Golden Cross Society. He shall have general supervision of the work committed to the Board, under such regulations as it may adopt. Funds to meet the expenses of the