| Resolution Number: | 1982-A026 | |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.1.1 [Of Testimonials for Deputies to General Convention] | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That Title I, Canon 1, Sec. 1(c) be amended to read as follows:
(c) In order to aid the Secretary in preparing the record specified in Clause (a), it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese to forward to him, as soon as may be practicable, a copy of the latest Journal of the Diocesan Convention, together with a certified copy of the testimonials of members aforesaid, and a duplicate copy of such testimonials. He shall also forward a duplicate copy of such testimonials to the Standing Committee of the Diocese in which the General Convention is next to meet. Where testimonials are received for persons from jurisdictions which have not previously been represented in General Convention, the Secretary shall ascertain that the applicable provisions of Article V, Section 1 of the Constitution have been complied with prior to such persons being permitted to take their seats in the House.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-71. |
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