On motion, the rule of order for the election of the Standing Committee of the Diocese was suspended, and the Council proceeded to choose, by ballot, three clerical and three lay members of the Committee. The Rt. Rev. the Bishop announced as tellers of the Clerical vote, Mr. W. W. Hoyt, Lay Delegate from the Church of the Good Shepherd, St. Paul, and Mr. J. C. Braden, Lay Delegate from Trinity Church, Litchfield, and as tellers of the Lay vote, the Rev. J. A. Gilfillan, of St. Paul's Church, Duluth, and the Rev. C. H. Plummer, Missionary, residing at Minneapolis. Pending the declaration of the vote received: On motion, Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to make and report to the Council the assessments on the parishes and stations of the Diocese, for the ensuing year, for the salary of the Bishop, and for Council Fund. Which committee was announced by the Rt. Rev. the Bishop: H. T. Welles, of St. Mark's parish, Minneapolis; E. T. Wilder, of Christ Church parish, Red Wing, and Wm. S. Hall, of Christ Church parish, St. Paul. The tellers reported, and the Rt. Rev. the Bishop announced the election of three clerical and two lay members of the committee. Upon a second ballot, the remaining lay member of the committee was chosen. Whereupon the Rev. S. Y. McMasters, D. D., LL. D., the Rev. D. B. Knickerbacker, and the Rev. Geo. L. Chase, Mr. Harvey Officer, the Hon. I. Atwater, and Mr. H. T. Welles, were declared elected as members of the Standing Committee of the Diocese for the ensuing year. The report of the Diocesan Treasurer, including reports of the Infirm Clergy Fund, the Diocesan Mission Fund. and the Council Fund. was presented to the Council and referred to the Committee on Fi nance. TREASURER'S STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING 14TH JUNE, 1871. June 16, By cash from Good Shepherd, St. Paul........................... Cannon Falls Basswood Grove... ........... $1.00 6 00 .................... Calvary, Rochester. 8 00 250 16, Point Douglass. 250 Lake City. 8 00 St. Peter 6 00 St. Paul's, St. Paul.......... 30 00 St. Luke's, Hastings 9 00 St. Paul's, Winona... 22 50 St. Mark's, Minneapolis.. 22 50 Gethsemane, Minneapolis.. 22 50 Unknown source............. 3 00 " Stillwater.... Christ Church, St. Paul.. St. Cloud.... 19, 3 00 70.00 7 50 3.00 Sauk Rapids.. Duluth Litchfield.. Red Wing.... Rushford....... GENERAL CONVENTION FUND. 1871. Oct. 31, To cash for expenses assessed................. Aug. 16, By cash from Rev. D. B. Knickerbacker..... Dr. $135 34 $3.00 Sept. 4, 16, Rev. T. G. Crump..... Rev. Mr. Carley. Rev. Mr. Hills.... Rev. Mr. Williams.. 22, 3.00 Rev. E. R. Welles. 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Rev. Mr. Wood.................... Duluth.. Rev. T. Wilcoxson............................... 3 00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Rev. A. Spor...... Rev. W. C. Pope Rev. J. Woart.... ................. Oct. 31, 66 Rev. G. L. Chase... 66 Rev. Mr. Dunbar. 1872. 3.00 3.00 3.00 Rev. A. W. Seabrease....................... Rev. E. S. Thomas..... Rev. Mr. Gear..................................................... 3. 00 3.00 3.00 3. 00 3.00 3.00 3.00 for stationery, postage stamps, &c...................................... To balance (on hand)... $ 868 09 6,001 65 9.50 10.00 221 57 16, 16, Warsaw and Morrison. St. Peter...... Le Sueur...... Sauk Centre.... Caledonia..... Cr. $25.00 8 40 650 10.00 7 50 5.00 16, St. Anthony.. 8 00 12 50 Anoka 4.00 The Bishop..... 200 00 Rev. Mr. Knickerbacker....... 25 00 Rev. Mr. Livermore.... 25 00 Owatonna Rev. Mr. Riley. Mr. Hardenburgh Judge Wilder... Rev. Mr. Powell, for deficit.... Christ Church, St. Paul, for deficit Trinity College, Hartford............ Offerings at the Council....... Christ Church, St. Paul......... 5.00 10 00 25 00 35 00 31 13 25 00 49 00 25 00 90 00 100 00 62 50 50 00 30 00 June 29, By cash from Rev. J. A. Gilfillan, for deficit...... ឥឥឥឥឥ Rochester...... Rev. Mr. Spor, for deficit....... H. T. Welles, Esq., for deficit...... $10.00 10 00 10 00 200 00 25 00 3 00 25.00 25 00 Sept. 13, By cash from Gethsemane, Minneapolis.......... $135 75 10 00 15 00 18 70 17 00 50 00 25 00 10.00 25.00 5 00 50 00 50 00 5 00 ......... 95 4 30 St. Mark's, Minneapolis......... Messrs. Merriam & Wilder..... Check to Rev. Mr. Hare, returned Sauk Centre..................................................... Lyman Mills stock, per Bishop..... Hastings.. 25 00 750 37 50 |