Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, MassachusettsEddy, Mary Baker
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Manual of the Mother Church: The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts
Eddy, Mary Baker
Christian Science
Provision for the Future. SECTION 6. In case of any possible future
deviation from duty, the Committee on Finance shall visit the Board
of Directors, and, in a Christian spirit and manner, demand that each
member thereof comply with the By-Laws of the Church. If any Director
fails to heed this admonition, he may be dismissed from office and
the vacancy supplied by the Board.
Debt and Duty. SECTION 7. The Mother Church shall not be made legally
responsible for the debts of individuals except such debts as are
specified in its By-Laws. Donations from this Church shall not be
made without the written consent of the Pastor Emeritus. Also
important movements of the manager of the Committee on Publication
shall be sanctioned by the Board of Directors and be subject to the
approval of Mary Baker Eddy. (See Article I, Sect. 6.)
Emergencies. SECTION 8. The Treasurer, personally, or through the
Clerk of the Church, may pay from the funds of the Church bills of
immediate necessity not exceeding $200 for any one transaction, and
he may keep on deposit the sum of $500 with the Clerk, as a petty
cash fund, to be used by him for the payment of such bills. Such
payments shall be reported, on the first of the following month,
to the Board of Directors and the Committee on Finance, for their
approval.
Committee on Business. SECTION 9. The Christian Science Board of
Directors shall elect annually a Committee on Business, which shall
consist of not less than three loyal members of The Mother Church,
who shall transact promptly and efficiently such business as Mrs.
Eddy, the Directors, or the Committee on Publication shall commit
to it. While the members of this Committee are engaged in the
transaction of the business assigned to them they shall be paid from
the Church funds. Before being eligible for office the names of the
persons nominated for said office shall be presented to Mrs. Eddy
for her written approval.
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY
Article XXV
Board of Trustees. SECTION 1. The Board of Trustees, constituted by a
Deed of Trust given by Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, the Pastor Emeritus of
this Church, on January twenty-fifth, 1898, shall hold and manage the
property therein conveyed, and conduct the business of "The Christian
Science Publishing Society" on a strictly Christian basis, for the
promotion of the interests of Christian Science.
Disposal of Funds. SECTION 2. The net profits of the business shall
be paid over semi-annually to the Treasurer of The Mother Church. He
shall hold this money subject to the order of the Christian Science
Board of Directors, which is authorized to order its disposition only
in accordance with the By-Laws contained in this Manual.
Vacancies in Trusteeship. SECTION 3. The Christian Science Board
of Directors shall have the power to declare vacancies in said
trusteeship, for such reasons as to the Board may seem expedient.
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