The Acts of Convention
| Resolution Number: | 1982-A033 |
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| Title: | Amend Canon I.1.1 [Notification of Amendments to the Constitution and the Prayer Book] |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That Title I, Canon 1, Section 1(e) be amended to read as follows:
(e). It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the House of Deputies, whenever any alteration of the Book of Common Prayer or of the Constitution is proposed, or any other subject submitted to the consideration of the several Diocesan Conventions, to give notice thereof to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Church in every Diocese, as well as to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, and written evidence that the foregoing requirement has been complied with shall be presented by him to the General Convention at its next session. All such notices shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipts being required with the Secretary's certificates to be returned. He shall notify each Secretary that it is his duty to make known such proposed alterations of the Book of Common Prayer, and of the Constitution, and such other subjects, to the Convention of his Diocese at its next meeting, and to certify to the Secretary of the House of Deputies that such action has been taken by him.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, New Orleans, 1982 (New York: General Convention, 1983), p. C-72. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | The Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Canons |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(A033)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That Title I, Canon 1, Section 1(e) be amended to read as follows:
(e). It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the House of Deputies, whenever any alteration of the Book of Common Prayer or of the Constitution is proposed, or any other subject submitted to the consideration of the several Diocesan Conventions, to give notice thereof to the Ecclesiastical Authority of the Church in every Diocese, as well as to the Secretary of the Convention of every Diocese, and written evidence that the foregoing requirement has been complied with shall be presented by him to the General Convention at its next session. All such notices shall be sent by certified or registered mail, return receipts being required with the Secretary's certificates to be returned. He shall notify each Secretary that it is his duty to make known such proposed alterations of the Book of Common Prayer, and of the Constitution, and such other subjects, to the Convention of his Diocese at its next meeting, and to certify to the Secretary of the House of Deputies that such action has been taken by him.
The Committee recommended that the resolution be adopted without amendment.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #54)
House of Bishops
On the fifth day, the Secretary read:
HD Message #54 --A-33, Delete Return Receipt.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #111)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 9.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons, Reports to the 67th General Convention, 1982, pp. 5-29. |
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| Abstract: | The 67th General Convention amends Canon Title I.1.1 to require the use of certified mail to notify dioceses of proposed alterations to the Prayer Book. |