| Resolution Number: | 1976-B151 | |
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| Title: | Amend Canon II.6.2 [Standing Commission on Church Music] | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That the 65th General Convention convening in Minneapolis in 1976 to amend Canon II. 6, Sec. 2(b) and (c) to read as follows:
(b) The Commission shall consist of 12 members, of whom 2 shall be Bishops, 4 Presbyters or Deacons, and 6 Lay Persons, of whom at least 4 are professional Church musicians.
(c) The members shall be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses of the General Convention, the Bishops by the Presiding Bishop, and the Presbyters or Deacons and Lay Persons by the President of the House of Deputies, for a term of two Convention periods; except that in constituting the original Commission following the enactment of this Section, one (1) Bishop, two (2) Presbyters or Deacons, and three (3) Lay Persons shall be appointed for a term of one Convention period, and the remaining six (6) members for a term of two Convention periods...
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Minneapolis, 1976 (New York: General Convention, 1977), p. C-43. |
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