Excerpt from Minutes of the Forty-Third Session of the Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1894: Held at McLeansboro, Illinois Rules of Order. 1. Every member of the Conference is expected to be in his place and answer to his name at roll-call on the first and each subsequent day, and remain during the transaction of business, unless called away and excused; and he shall have his statistics ready for presentation on the first morning. 2. Any member who desires to speak on any subject shall arise in his place and address the Chair, and speak only with the permission of the Chair, and not longer than ten minutes, unless by consent of the Conference, and not the second time until all who wish have spoken. 3. It shall not be in order to interrupt any member while speaking, unless for the purpose of explanation, or on claim of misrepresentation, or to raise a point of order, and only then by leave of the Chair. 4. Motions shall take precedence in the following order, viz.: to lav on the table; to postpone indefinitely; to postpone to a given time; to re-commit; to amend; to substitute for, and to take the previous question; and motions to lay on the table, to postpone, and the previous question, shall not be debatable. 5. When a point of order is raised, he who makes it shall, if desired, reduce it to writing; and all motions, resolutions, and reports of committees, shall be written and presented in duplicate, unless the Secretary agrees to waive this rule. Order Of Examination. A. The committee to examine each class shall consist of four members, who shall be reappointed annually to examine the same Class until the Course of Study be completed. B. The day preceding the opening of each session of Conference shall be fixed for the examination of Undergraduates and the Candidates for admission, and the first Friday of each session for Local Preachers for Orders. C. At least six hours shall be devoted to examining each Class, and the examination shall be conducted in writing, each candidate receiving the same questions, the grade to be in exact proportion to the number of questions answered, and the papers containing the questions shall be distributed in the room where the class is assembled for examination. D. The answer shall be marked on a scale of figures from 0 to 10 - 6 indicating a passable examination - and the Examiners shall, in their reports, specify the grade in each study as well as the average; and any candidate failing to reach the grade of six in any study, or to read any book specified in the course, shall be continued for re-examination in that deficiency, and it shall be at the option of the Examiners to refuse to examine any one who fails to be present at the appointed time. E. Written sermons required in the course shall be sent to the chairman of the committee at least ten days before the day of examination. F. The chairman of each Committee of Examination shall furnish the Secretary with a written report to be entered in the Record of Examinations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.