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Excerpt from Minutes of the Forty-Third Annual Meeting of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina: Held in Warrenton, N. C., Nov; 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, 1873 1. The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina shall be composed of three representatives from each white association in the State, of annual representative for every $10 contributed to its funds, and of such life members as have been, or shall be made so by the payment of $30 at any one time to the Treasurer. 2. The primary objects of the Convention shall be to educate young men called of God to the ministry and approved by the churches to which they belong, to support the gospel in destitute sections of the State, to assist Baptist Churches in the erection of suitable houses of worship, to encourage the study of the Bible in Sunday Schools, and to co-operate with the Southern Baptist Convention in all its departments of labor. 3. The President shall preside when present, and enforce order in accordance with Dr. Mell's Parliamentary Practice. 4. There shall be three Vice-Presidents, one of whom shall preside in the absence of the President. 5. The Recording Secretary and his Assistant shall record the proceedings, publish the minutes, and collect and preserve correct statistics of the denomination. 6. The Treasurer shall receive all funds represented in the Convention, make public acknowledgements of the same every week, forward all contributions to their proper destination, and at every meeting of the Convention, make a full report of his receipts and disbursements. 7. The Corresponding Secretary shall solicit contributions to the objects of the Convention, assist the Boards in the employment and payment of Missionaries, and labor to promote the cultivation and development of Christian benevolence. 8. The Boards of the Convention shall be appointed annually. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.