Report on Conducting the Review
By Obadiah Davis
To the Brethren assembled in General Conference at Battle Creek Mich., Nov. 16th. DEAR BRETHREN:—The Church of Fairhaven and Dartmouth having made choice of us, P. Collins, H. S. Gurney, and O. Davis, as a Committee to take into consideration the request made by the present Financial Committee, to send a statement of their views of the best plan to conduct the REVIEW, &c., we make the following report:— Firstly. For the conducting of the Financial affairs of the Church, we would recommend that a Committee of three be chosen. That they hold in trust for the benefit of, and subject to the direction of the Church, all property belonging to it, as a body. That the Committee report the state of the Financial affairs of the Church at such stated periods as the Conference shall direct, and cause the same to be published in the REVIEW. Secondly. For the conducting of the Editorial department we recommend the plan suggested by the present Financial Committee: viz., a Resident Editor, with four or six (we recommend six) Corresponding Editors, and resident in different portions of the field. And we further recommend that those of the Corresponding Editors whom it is not necessary to have reside near the Resident Editor, be located in such portions of the field as shall give them as equal a distribution as possible, Which was submitted to the Church. (Signed,) OBADIAH DAVIS.
In Behalf of the Committee. The above report was accepted by the Church, and I was directed to forward a copy of it to the care of Bro. Henry Lyon, for the Conference. And to add that it was the wish of the Church here that Bro. White should continue in connection with the paper as Resident Editor. And also that in connection with other Churches in this State, we send Bro. Joseph Bates as Delegate. In behalf of the Church, your brother in Christ.
OBADIAH DAVIS.
North Fairhaven, Mass., Nov. 5th, 1855.