The Acts of Convention

Resolved, That the following proposed amendment having been made known to the several Dioceses and Missionary Dioceses and the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe in accordance with Article XI of the Constitution, the 67th General Convention adopt the following amendment to Article XI of the Constitution [Alterations or Amendments to the Consitution] and the renumbering of said Article, to wit:

1. That the present Article XI of the Constitution be renumbered Article XII; and

2. That said Article be amended to read as follows:

No alteration or amendment of this Constitution shall be made unless the same shall be first proposed at one regular meeting of the General Convention and by a Resolve thereof be sent to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, and of the Convention of every Missionary Diocese and of the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe to be made known to the Diocesan Convention or the Missionary Diocese Convocation or the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe at its next meeting, and be adopted by the General Convention at its next succeeding regular meeting by a majority of all Bishops, excluding retired Bishops not present, of the whole number of Bishops entitled to vote in the House of Bishops, and by a majority of the Clerical and Lay Deputies of all Dioceses and of all Missionary Dioceses and the Convocation of the American Churches in Europe entitled to representation in the House of Deputies, voting by orders, each having the vote provided for in Sec. 4 of Article I.