Resolution Number: | 1982-A033 | |
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Title: | Amend Canon I.1.1 [Notification of Amendments to the Constitution and the Prayer Book] | |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred | |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That Title I, Canon 1, Section 1(e) be amended to read as follows:
(e). It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the House of Deputies, whenever any alteration of the Book of Common Prayer or of the Constitution is proposed, or any other subject submitted to the consideration of the several Diocesan Conventions, to give notice thereof to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Church in every Diocese, as well as to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, and written evidence that the foregoing requirement has been complied with shall be presented by him to the General Convention at its next session. All such notices shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipts being required with the Secretary's certificates to be returned. He shall notify each Secretary that it is his duty to make known such proposed alterations of the Book of Common Prayer, and of the Constitution, and such other subjects, to the Convention of his Diocese at its next meeting, and to certify to the Secretary of the House of Deputies that such action has been taken by him.
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-72. |
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