Duties of Directors and Librarians.
THE following is taken from the Constitution of the Tract Societies with some changes of language, and some explanatory clauses added to make the matter clear to every one:— Section 3. It shall be the duty of each director, (1) To see that a librarian is appointed in each church; and he shall commit to such librarian a suitable quantity of publications for that church; (2) The librarian should also act as agent unless some good reason to the contrary exists, collect dues on periodicals which may have been stopped, and to take moneys by renewing subscriptions or by new subscribers. And when names of subscribers that have been dropped at the Office are placed in his hands, he should at once visit the individuals and obtain a renewal of their subscription. And he shall keep a record of the worthy poor, and report in full what he has done, and the standing of his church, to the director near the close of the quarter, for the district secretary to report at the district quarterly meeting. And the director shall furnish him with a list of subscribers for that church and vicinity only; (3) He shall make himself acquainted with the entire business of the society, and with each member in his district, and shall, from time to time, visit each church in his district to see that each comes up on Systematic Benevolence and on every enterprise connected with present truth; (4) He shall see that the librarian of each church is furnished with sufficient blanks for a report from each member at each quarterly meeting; and these reports should be furnished about the time that the members are expected to report, and the director should see that this work is done; (5) He shall appoint a secretary for his district, but the director shall act as a collector and treasurer; and all pledges should be paid to him, and he will be responsible that such money reaches its proper destination; (6) He shall hold a district quarterly meeting at least two weeks before each general quarterly meeting, unless it be in the district where the general quarterly meeting may be held; in that case, it may be held in connection with the general quarterly meeting; (7) He shall preside over all the district quarterly meetings in absence of the president; (8) He shall see that there is forwarded to the general treasurer, quarterly, whatever funds may have been received in his district, and report the same to the secretary; (9) He shall order all his books through the president of the Tract Society. Section 5. It shall be the duty of the librarian to see that each member of his church has a small memorandum book in which he shall keep a record of his or her labor, to report for each quarterly meeting. It shall also be his duty to furnish each member with suitable tracts for distribution, and to keep an account of the same. He shall also furnish to each member a blank report to be filled, and see that it is returned to him in season for him to send it to the district secretary before each district quarterly meeting. He shall also receive money for memberships, sales of publications, and donations, and forward the same to the director of said district. He shall keep an account of the number of pages of tracts and pamphlets given out by him to each member, that if called upon, he may report the same to the director or district secretary before each quarterly meeting. From the foregoing, it will be seen that no director can discharge his duty without first becoming acquainted with each member in his district, so that he understands the interest they are taking in the work, and thus he be prepared to give counsel and instruction as the case may be. Also that the district secretary and librarian are individuals to assist him in his duties.