Conference by filing notice of Appeal with the Secretary of the Annual Conference within sixty days after notice of the decision has been given. The notice of Appeal must state the grounds upon which the ruling is objected to. The Secretary of the Annual Conference shall thereupon transmit to the Secretary of the preceding General Conference a certified copy of the ruling, the notice of the Appeal, together with the record of the proceedings in the Court of Appeal, including the charges, evidence, and findings, to be filed for review at the next General Conference. ¶ 290, § 1. The Court shall keep a faithful record of all the proceedings, and shall, at the close of the trial, turn over all the records made and the papers submitted in the case, including the evidence, to the District Superintendent who shall be the custodian of the same, subject to the following provisions: § 2. If an Appeal is taken on rulings of law, he shall transmit the records, papers, and evidence to the Secretary of the Annual Conference within ten days after he has received notice of the Appeal. If no Appeal is taken, the District Superintendent shall deposit the records, papers, and evidence in the case with the Recording Steward of the Charge where the case arises. § 3. If an Appeal is taken to the General Conference the Secretary of the General Conference shall transmit a certified copy of the decision of the General Conference, together with all records, papers, and the evidence received by him, to the Secretary of the Annual Conference, who shall announce to his Conference the decision reached, which shall be entered on the Journal of the Conference; and the records, papers, and evidence shall be transmitted by said Secretary to the District Superintendent and shall be disposed of by him in the manner above provided. If no Appeal to the General Conference is taken, the Secretary of the Annual Conference shall, after a decision has been rendered by the President of the Annual Conference, transmit the records, papers, and evidence to the District Superintendent, who shall dispose of the same as above provided. CHAPTER I SUPPORT OF MINISTERS I. Stewards 291. There shall be not less than three nor more than twenty-one Stewards in each Circuit or Station. After each annual election one of the Stewards shall be appointed by the Quarterly Conference a Recording Steward, and one a District Steward. But when two or more Charges shall be united the Stewards shall hold office until the Quarterly Conference shall elect a new Board. ¶ 292. Let the Stewards be persons of solid piety who are members of the Church in the Charge, who both know and love Methodist Doctrine and Discipline, and are of good natural and acquired abilities to transact the temporal business of the Church. ¶ 293. The Pastor shall have the right to nominate the Stewards, but the Quarterly Conference shall confirm or reject such nomination. The Stewards elected at the Fourth Quarterly Conference shall enter upon the discharge of their duties on the adjournment of the next Annual Conference, and shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are elected. 294. The duties of Stewards are: To take an exact account of all the money or other resources received for the support of the Ministers in the Charge, |