| 529 previously given and after discussion was lost by a delegate vote of 1144/5 for and 2851/5 against.
Resolved That the report and resolutions of the Quorum of the Twelve, as printed on pages 285 and 286 of the Herald for 1884, General Conference proceedings, and acted upon as shown on page 299, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Upon recommendation of the Quorum of Seventy the following were confirmed for ordination to the office of Seventy: Myron H. Bond, George H. Hilliard, Henry Kemp, Joseph F. Burton, Hiram L. Holt, Willard J. Smith, John Smith, I. N. White, Evan A. Davies, Alonzo H. Parsons, Peter Anderson, Arthur Leverton, Thomas Daly, L. R. Devore, R. S. Salyards, John Arthur Davies, A. J. Moore, William M. Rumel, John S. Roth, F. M. Sheehy, and R. C. Evans. Provision was made for their ordination.
In the business session of April 11 the Bishop presented the following:
The work referred to the Bishopric at the last conference of organizing and setting in order the lesser quorums of the church, has been duly considered by us; and after an examination of the law, we are led to conclude that this is a duty enjoined upon the Quorum of the Twelve.
We therefore refer the matter back to the conference, together with all applications for membership to the quorums, lest we should transcend our duties and interfere with that of our brethren, and await your further action in the premises.
By action of the conference this matter was referred to the Quorum of Twelve as suggested.
The following missionary appointments were made at this conference: William H. Kelley, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Eastern Mission, New Jersey, and New England States, in charge. E. C. Briggs, associated with W. H. Kelley. J. R. Lambert, Iowa and Missouri. James Caffall, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. Thomas W. Smith, Australasian Mission, in charge. J. H. Lake, Dominion of Canada, in charge. A. H. Smith, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dakota, and Manitoba. E. C. Brand, Gallands Grove District. Heman C. Smith, Pacific Slope Mission, in charge. G. T. Griffiths, Pittsburg [Pittsburgh] and Kirtland District. A. H. Parsons, Kansas. William T. Bozarth, Missouri and Iowa. W. J. Smith, Canada. M. H. Bond,
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