Lippincott, Wm., Lippincott, Jesse, Alleghanytown, Pa. do Lloyd, John, Pittsburg, Pa. Smith, R. C. South Bap. Ch. N. Y Lathrop, Daniel, Madison County, N. Y. Sommers, Thomas S. Lane, Ebenezer, Oxford, Ohio Latimer, Stephen B., Kentucky do McLallen, John, Truemansburg, N. Y. Newton, John M., Albany, New-York do Peck, Daniel, Albany, New-York Platt, Nathan C., New-York city do. do Smith, Wm. W., New-York Turk, Peter, Macedon, Wayne co. N. Y. Peck, Montgomery, Clifton Park, N. Y. Wellslager, John, New-York city Parker, Richard, Greenwich, do White, John, Pittsburg, Pa. Wooden, Peter, Hannibal Whippel, Otis, Greenwich Williams, William, New-York city Woodruff, Halsey, Albany, do. Post, Nathaniel, Newport, New-York Warner, Calvin, Troy, do. Post, Charles K., do Winterton, Wm., New-York city Wyckoff, J. N. do. Pettit, George, Fabius, do Wilson, F. N., Catskill, N. Y. Park, John, Hartford Wilson, Wm. do. Pyke, Samuel, Kentucky Walker, Henry, Maysville Pope, Henry, Antioch, Georgia' West, John, N. Y. city Quarles, Roger, Kentucky Wilson, James, do. Quirey, Charles, do OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. ART. I. The name of this Society shall be THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. ART. II. It shall be the object of the Society to aid in the wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures IN ALL LANDS. ART. III. Each contributor of three dollars annually, shall be a member. ART. IV. Each contributor of thirty dollars at one time shall be a member for life. ART. V. Each contributor of one hundred and fifty dollars shall be a Life Director. ART. VI. All Life Directors shall have the privilege of participating in the deliberations of the Board, and such Life Directors as are members in good standing of Baptist churches, shall be members of the Board. ART. VII. All Bible Societies agreeing to place their surplus funds in the treasury of the Society, shall be auxiliaries, and the officers of such societies shall be ex-officio directors of this. ART. VIII. A Board of Managers shall be appointed to conduct the business of the Society, consisting of thirty-six brethren in good standing in Baptist churches, sixteen of whom shall reside in the city of New-York, or its vicinity; the whole Board to be elected annually by the Society, and to hold their office until superseded by a new election. The Board shall have power to fill such vacancies as may occur in their number. ART. IX. The President, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, and Treasurer, shall be ex-officio members of the Board. ART. X. The Managers shall meet monthly, or oftener if necessary, at such time and place as they shail adjourn to, five of whom shall be a quorum. ART. XI. The Managers shall have the power of appointing such persons as may have rendered essential services to the Society, either members for life, or directors for life. ART. XII. At the meetings of the Society, and of the Board of Managers, the President, or, in his absence, the Vice President first upon the list then present, and in the absence of all the Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, and in his absence, such member as shall be chosen for that purpose, shall preside. ART. XIII. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held at New-York, on the day before the last Wednesday in April in each year, or at any other time or place, at the option of the Society, when the accounts of the treasurer shall be presented, and a President, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurer, and such other officers as they may deem necessary, together with a Board of Managers, shall be chosen for the ensuing year. ART. XIV. The President shall, at the written request of six members of the Board, call special meetings of the Board of Managers, causing at least three days' notice of such meetings to be given. ART. XV. The whole of the minutes of every meeting shall be signed by the Chairman and Secretary. ART. XVI. No alteration shall be made in this Constitution, except by the vote of two-thirds of the members of the Society present at an annual meeting. President. SPENCER H. CONF, New-York City. JOSIAH W. SEAVER, Maine, Vice-Presidents. JOSIAH QUINCY, New-Hampshire, JAMES H. DUNCAN, Massachusetts, NICHOLAS BROWN, Providence, R. I. R. BABCOCK, JUN. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. STEPHEN CHAPIN, Washington City, JOHN B. O'NEALL, South Carolina, W. H. TURPIN, Augusta, Ga. R. B. C. HoWELL, Nashville, Tenn. JESSE L. HOLMAN, Indiana, PETER P. LAWRENCE, North Carolina, ELIAS COMSTOCK, Michigan. CHARLES G. SOMMERS, of New-York, Corresponding Secretary. JOHN R. LUDLOW, Recording Secretary. IRA M. ALLEN, General Agent and Assistant Treasurer. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The Society held its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 27th, 1841, in the Meeting-house of the Calvert-street Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md. Brother B. M. Sanders of Georgia, engaged in prayer. Brethren Thomas Stocks of Georgia, Jno. Peck of New-York, J. B. Taylor of Virginia, James E. Welch of New-Jersey, and G. F. Adams of Maryland, were appointed a Committee to nominate Officers and Managers for the ensuing year. Brother Stocks, in behalf of the Committee, subsequently presented a list, (see page 3 of this Report) which on motion duly made and seconded, was unanimously adopted. The request of the Board of Managers on the subject of typo graphical errors, &c. was referred to a Committee, consisting of brethren Win. B. Johnson of South Carolina, B, T. Welch of Albany, and Robert Turnbull of Boston. Prayer by brother Alfred Bennett, of New-York, Public exercises commenced at 10 o'clock, A. M. The President in the Chair. The 62d Chapter of Isaiah was read by brother Nathaniel Kendrick of Hamilton, New-York. Prayer by brother John Healey of Baltimore. The following abstract of the Treasurer's account was presented, and on motion of brother Stocks of Georgia, seconded by brother John Culpepper of South Carolina, was accepted, |