Carolina and Mississippi Conferences, to form a new conference of such sections of country as may be included in those conferences.

"Provided, also, that the bishops shall have authority to appoint other annual conferences, if the number of circuits should so increase as, in their judgment, to require it."

1828. The boundaries remained the same as in 1824, with the following exceptions :—

"10. The Kentucky Conference shall include the state of Kentucky, except so much of said state as lies west of the Tennessee River.

"11. The Tennessee Conference shall include all that part of the state of Tennessee lying west of the Cumberland Mountains, and that part of the state of Kentucky lying west of the Tennessee River, and that part of the state of Alabama"-&c., as before.

"15. Virginia Conference," Port Royal is mentioned, with Fredericksburg, as not included.

The following proviso was substituted for those of

1824:

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Provided, that the bishops or bishop attending the following conferences, with the advice and consent of the said conferences respectively, be, and hereby are authorized to form new conferences, as follows, namely:

"From the South Carolina Conference, of any section of country included in said conference: from the Mississippi Conference, of any section of country included in said conference: or, on the joint recommendation of the South Carolina and Mississippi Conferences, to form one new conference, from any section of country within the bounds of the said conferences: also, at the joint request of the New-York and New-England Conferences, to form a new conference within the bounds of said conferences: and, with the advice and consent of the Genesee Conference, to form a new conference in any section of country now within the bounds of said conference."

1832. The boundaries were fixed as follows:"1. The New-York Conference shall include the New-York, New-Haven, Rhinebeck, and Hudson River districts, Hudson station, and Ghent and Lee circuits. "2. The New-England Conference shall include all the state of Massachusetts lying east of the Green Mountains not included in the New-Hampshire Conference, and that part of Connecticut lying east of Connecticut River, and all the state of Rhode Island. "3. Maine Conference"-as before.

"4. New-Hampshire Conference shall include all the state of New-Hampshire not included in the Maine Conference, that part of the state of Vermont east of the Green Mountains, and that part of the state of Massachusetts north-east of the Merrimack River.

"5. Troy Conference shall include the Saratoga, Middlebury, and Plattsburg districts, and that part of Troy district not included in the New-York Confer

ence.

"6. Oneida Conference shall include that part of the state of New-York east of Cayuga Lake not included in the New-York and Troy Conferences, and the Susquehannah district in the state of Pennsylvania.

"7. Genesee Conference shall include that part of the state of New-York west of Cayuga Lake not included in the Pittsburg, and the Tioga, Loyalsock and Wellsborough circuits, in the state of Pennsylvania.

"8. Pittsburg Conference"-as before, with the following exceptions, namely:

For "the Middle Island and Little Kenhawa circuits," read "Middleburn circuit." For "Monroe, Barnesville, and Duck Creek circuits," read "Woodfield, Summerfield, and Freeport circuits.” For “Tuscarawas," read "Leesburg.'

"9. Ohio Conference shall include the remainder of the state of Ohio, except Elizabethtown, that part of Virginia contained in the Kenhawa district, and the Territory of Michigan, except St. Joseph's and Kalamazoo missions.

"10. Indiana Conference shall include the state of Indiana, (except so much as is included in the Illinois Conference,) Elizabethtown, in the state of Ohio, and the St. Joseph's and Kalamazoo missions in Michigan Territory.

"11. Illinois Conference shall include the state of Illinois, the Paris and Eugene circuits, in the state of Indiana, and the North Western Territory.

"12. Missouri Conference shall include the state of Missouri, the Missouri and Arkansas Territories. "13. Kentucky Conference"-as before.

"14. Tennessee Conference shall include West Tennessee, and that part of Kentucky lying west of Tennessee River, and North Alabama.

"15. Holston Conference shall include East Tennessee, and that part of the state of Georgia lying north of the Blue Ridge, and also what is now embraced in the Tugulo and Pickens circuits, and those parts of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia included in the Ashville and Abingdon districts.

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16. Mississippi Conference shall include the state of Louisiana, and that part of Mississippi lying west of the dividing ridge between Pearl and Leaf Rivers, and thence with the said ridge between Mississippi and Tombeckbee to the Tennessee line.

"17. Alabama Conference shall include South Alabama, that part of Mississippi not included in Mississippi Conference, and West Florida.

18. Georgia Conference shall include the state of Georgia, (except what is embraced in the Holston Conference,) East and Middle Florida.

"19. South Carolina Conference shall include the state of South Carolina, (except so much as is included in the Tugulo, Greenville, and Pickens circuits,) and that part of North Carolina not included in the Virginia and Holston Conferences.

"20. Virginia Conference"-as before.

"21. Baltimore Conference"-as before, except that after the words "Western Shore of Maryland," is added,

except a small portion included in the Pittsburgh Conference."

"22. Philadelphia Conference"-as before, except for "Genesee," read "Oneida," and for "Bergen," read "Haverstraw."

The usual proviso is omitted from this time forward 1836. The boundaries were fixed as follows."1. The New-York Conference shall embrace all that territory now included in the New-York, WhitePlains, New-Haven, Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, Delaware, and Newburgh districts."

"2, 3, 4, New-England, Maine, and New-Hampshire Conferences"-as before.

"5. Troy_Conference shall include the Albany, Middlebury, Plattsburgh, and Troy districts.

"6. Black River Conference shall include that part of the state of New-York west of the Troy Conference, not included in the Genesee Conference as far south as the Erie Canal, and all the societies on the immediate banks of said canal except Utica.

"7. Oneida Conference"-as before, except the insertion of "Black River" after "Troy."

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"8. Genesee Conference"-as before, except that Pittsburgh" is changed to "Erie." "Tioga" is struck out, and "Sugar Creek" and "Smethport" inserted.

"9. Erie Conference shall be bounded on the north by Lake Erie, on the east by a line commencing at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek, thence to the Alleghany River at the mouth of Tunanquant Creek, thence up said creek eastward to the ridge dividing between the waters of Clarion and Sinnamahoning Creeks, thence east to the head of Mahoning Creek, thence down said creek to the Alleghany River, thence across said river in a north-westerly direction to the western reserve line, including the north part of Butler and New-Castle circuits, thence west to the Ohio Canal, thence along said canal to Lake Erie, including Ohio city.

"10. Pittsburgh Conference shall be bounded on the north by the Erie Conference, on the east by the

Alleghany Mountains, on the south by a line stretching from the head of Tygert's Valley to the Ohio River at the mouth of the Little Muskingum, embracing Middleburn circuit and Hughes' River mission, thence to the Muskingum River, embracing Woodfield and M'Connelsville circuits, thence on the west to the mouth of White Woman Creek, embracing Summerfield and Freeport circuits, thence north-east to the Ohio Canal, embracing Dover circuit, and thence to the line of Erie Conference.

"11. Michigan Conference shall embrace all that part of the state of Ohio not included in the Pittsburg, Erie, Ohio, and Indiana Conferences, and all the Territory of Michigan, except so much as is included in the Laporte district, Indiana Conference.

12. Ohio Conference shall commence at the mouth of the Great Miami River, thence running north with the state line, as far as the north line of Darke county, excluding Elizabethtown, thence eastwardly, so as to include Lebanon, Urbana, Columbus, and Zanesville districts; thence down the Muskingum River so as to include Marietta circuit, and Kenhawa district in Virginia, thence down the Ohio River to the place of beginning.

"13. Indiana Conference shall include the state of Indiana, except so much as is included in the Illinois. Conference, Elizabethtown in the state of Ohio, and that part of Michigan Territory now included in the Laporte district.

14. Illinois Conference shall include the state of Illinois, and that part of Indiana included in the Danville and Eugene circuits, the Wisconsin Territory north of the state west of Lake Michigan, and also that part of said territory west of Mississippi, commonly called the Black Hawk Purchase.

"15. Missouri Conference shall include the state of Missouri, and that part of Missouri Territory which lies north of the Cherokee line.

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16. Arkansas Conference shall include the Arkan