submitted to the Eastern Section of the Book Committee, at its annual meeting, to be held at the place of, and on the day previous to, the meeting of the Book Committee.

§ 3. The Western Section of the Book Committee shall perform the same duties for the Publishing House at Cincinnati, and be under the same regulations, as are herein specified for the government of

the Eastern Section.

§ 4. The annual meeting of the Book Committee shall be held on the second Wednesday of February; and each section shall have meetings at such time as it may elect.

1320. There shall be elected by the General Conference, to serve for four years, the following Editors:-The Editor of the "Quarterly Review," who shall also be the Editor of the Books of the General Catalogue; the Editor of Sundayschool Books, Papers, and Tracts, at New York; the Editor of the "Christian Advocate," at New York; the Editor of the "Pittsburgh Christian Advocate," at Pittsburgh, Pa.; the Editor of the "Northern Christian Advocate," at Syracuse, New York; the Editor of the

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"California Christian Advocate," at San Francisco, Cal.; the Editor of the "Pacific Christian Advocate," at Portland, Oregon; and an Editor of the "Southwestern Christian Advocate," at New Orleans; also, an Editor of the "Western Christian Advocate," an Editor of the "Ladies' Repository" and "Golden Hours," who shall be Editor of the Books of the General Catalogue and Tracts; an Editor of the "Christian Apoloogist," and German Books of the General Catalogue; an Editor of the German "Monthly Family Magazine," SundaySchool Bell," "Family Library," Tracts, and other German Sunday-school publications, all of which shall be published at Cincinnati; an Editor of the "Northwestern Christian Advocate," at Chicago; an Editor of the "Central Christian Advocate," at St. Louis, Mo.; an Editor of the "Methodist Advocate," at Atlanta, Ga.; who, if chosen from among the Traveling Preachers, shall be members of such Annual Conferences as they, with the approbation of the Bishops, may select. The officers mentioned in this chapter shall be either ministers or members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

T321. The Editor of Sunday-school Books, Papers, and Tracts shall also have charge of all our Tract Publications, and shall be Corresponding Secretary of the Tract Society. He shall also, in consultation with the Book Agents, have charge of the department of Sunday-school Requisites, including books of instruction for Sunday-schools and Normal Classes. He shall also be Corresponding Secretary of the Sundayschool Union and Superintendent of the Department of Sunday-school Instruction. The Tract Society and the Sunday-school Union shall each pay such proportion of his salary as the Book Committee, in consultation with the Executive Committee of each Society, shall consider just, in view of the time spent by the Secretary in the service of each Society.

T322. Every Annual Conference shall appoint a Committee, which, in the absence of the Agent, shall attend to the collection of the accounts sent out from the Book Concern, and return an accurate report of the same.

323. Every Presiding Elder, Minister, and Preacher shall do every thing in

his power to recover all debts due to the Concern for books or periodicals, within the bounds of his Charge. If any person, Preacher, or Member, be indebted to the Book Concern, and refuse or neglect to make payment, or to come to a just settlement, let him be dealt with in the same manner as is directed in other cases of debt and disputed accounts.

¶ 324. There shall be a Publishing Committee at San Francisco, to consist of three Ministers and two Laymen, ap pointed by the General Conference, whose powers with respect to the Depository and the paper at San Francisco shall be the same as those of the General Book Committee. Said Committee may nominate an Agent for the Depository, subject to the approval of the Book Agents at New York.

T325. There shall also be a Pubushing Committee for the "Pittsburgh Christian Advocate" at Pittsburgh, Pa., and a Publishing Committee for the

Pacific Christian Advocate" at Portland, Oregon, whose respective dutics with regard to these papers shall be similar to the duties of the Book Agents and Book Committee, in relation to the

publications under their care, so far as they may be applicable to the establishments under their supervision.

¶ 326. The Publishing Committee of the "Pittsburgh Christian Advocate shall consist of three members from the Pittsburgh Conference, two from the Erie Conference, two from the East Ohio Conference, and two from the West Virginia Conference, to be chosen by the General Conference.

¶ 327. The Oregon Annual Conference shall annually choose a Publishing Committee of five persons for the "Pacific Christian Advocate," which Committee shall also exercise general supervision of the affairs of the Depository at Portland.

1328. The Publishing Committee in each of these establishments shall keep an account of the receipts and expenditures for the paper; correspond with the Agents at New York; hold all moneys, after defraying current expenses, subject to their order; and shall report annually on the state of the establishment to their Conference or Conferences, and to the Agents at New York. And whenever it shall be found that such papers