CONSTITUTION OF THE EASTERN UNION CONFERENCE

ARTICLE 1.—NAME

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This organization shall be known as the Eastern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.GCB April 25, 1901, page 476.23

ARTICLE 2.—OBJECT

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The object of this Conference shall be to unify and extend the work of the gospel throughout this Conference and the mission fields of the world.GCB April 25, 1901, page 476.24

ARTICLE 3.—TERRITORY

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The territory of the Eastern Union Conference shall comprise the following Conferences and mission fields: namely, Maine, Vermont, New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Atlantic, Chesapeake, Virginia, West Virginia, Quebec, Maritime Provinces, and New-foundland, and such other territory as may hereafter come under its supervision.GCB April 25, 1901, page 476.25

ARTICLE 4.—MEMBERSHIP

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This Conference shall be composed of such local Conferences as are or may be organized in any part of its territory, under the direction of the Executive Committee, said Conferences having been accepted by vote of the Union Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.1

ARTICLE 5.—REPRESENTATION

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Section 1. The voters of said Conference shall be duly accredited delegates from the local Conferences and mission fields, and members of the Eastern Union Conference Executive Committee, and such members of the General Conference Executive Committee as may be present at any meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.2

Sec. 2. Each local Conference shall be entitled to one delegate, aside from the president, in the sessions of this Conference without regard to numbers, and one additional delegate for every two hundred and fifty church-members in the Conference. Such delegates shall be elected by the local Conference, or appointed by its Executive Committee.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.3

Sec. 3. Delegates from mission fields may be appointed by the Executive Committee of the Eastern Union Conference in counsel with the advisory boards of said mission fields, or elected by the body in session.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.4

ARTICLE 6.—OFFICERS

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Section 1. The officers of this Conference shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Auditor, and an Executive Committee, consisting of the president of the Union Conference, the president of each local conference in the union, and a representative from each of the following lines of work; namely, educational, publishing, and medical missionary.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.5

Sec. 2. All officers except presidents of local Conferences shall be elected at the regular sessions of the Conference unless otherwise provided for, and shall hold their offices for the term of two years, or until their successors are elected, and appear to enter upon their duties.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.6

ARTICLE 7.—SESSIONS

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Section 1. This Conference shall hold regular biennial sessions at such time and place as the Executive Committee shall designate by a notice published in the Review and Herald at least three days before the date of the meeting.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.7

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may call extra sessions as occasion may require, by a like notice, and the transaction of such sessions shall be equally valid with those of the regular sessions.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.8

ARTICLE 8.—TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, AND AGENTS

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This Conference shall at each regular session elect the board of management of such institutions and enterprises as are and may be operated by this organization in accordance with the acts governing the same; and this Conference shall employ such committees, agents, ministers, missionaries, and other persons, and make such distribution of the laborers as may be necessary to effectually carry on its work. It shall also give credentials to, or license, such ministers as may be employed by this Union Conference.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.9

ARTICLE 9.—BY-LAWS

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The voters of this Conference may make by-laws, and amend and repeal them at any session thereof. The scope of such by-laws may embrace all subjects not inconsistent with this Constitution.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.10

ARTICLE 10.—AMENDMENTS

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This Constitution may be amended by a three-fourths’ vote of the delegates present at any session, provided that if it be proposed to amend the Constitution at a special session, notice of the proposed amendment shall be given in the call for such special sessions.GCB April 25, 1901, page 477.11