| 126 We, your committee on "Book on Business and Parliamentary Usages and Rules," appointed at the April session of conference in 1875, do report that said book has been compiled and duly examined by us, and is now published and presented with our recommendation that said book be adopted as a manual of practice and rules of order and debate to govern the legislative assemblies of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We further think that credit is due to the compilers for the neat and compact manual they have furnished.
W. W. BLAIR
M. H. FORSCUTT
PLANO, Illinois, April 6, 1876. JOHN S. PATTERSON.
The recommendation of the committee was adopted by unanimous vote and the committee discharged.-The Saints' Herald, vol. 23, p. 257.
The Church Recorder presented a statistical report showing the approximate aggregate numerical strength of the church to be about nine thousand seven hundred seventy-five.
He reported branches recently organized as follows:
East Dover, Canada; Fair Haven, Connecticut; Rocky Mountain, Colorado; Alma, Caseyville, Peoria, and Tunnelhill, Illinois; Davis City, Des Moines Valley, Northfield, and Shenandoah, Iowa; Olive, Indiana; Union, Kansas; Plainville, Massachusetts; Bigelow, Carrolton, and Valley, Missouri; Winston, Mississippi; Hope of Zion and Oak Lake, Minnesota; Blue River, Cedar Creek, Moroni, and Platte River, Nebraska; Lebanon, Minersville, Monroe, and West Wheeling, Ohio; Mansfield, Pennsylvania; Simmonsville, Rhode Island.
Reports from the ministry were quite general, and very encouraging in character.
On the 7th the report of committee on location was read:
To the Saints in Conference Assembled, April 6, 1876; Greeting: We, your committee on location, appointed at the session for April, 1875, to "arrange for and effect the purchase of lands," etc., as per resolution found on pages 299 and 300 of Herald, beg leave to report:
That upon consultation, only one of the committee, Bro. J. H. Lake, being absent, it was agreed to send to various brethren for circulation and deliberative action among the brethren, the following circular;
"TO THE SAINTS.
"The committee on location, appointed at the April conference of 1875, have consulted partially the one with the other, and four of the five, the other being absent in the field of missionary labor, are agreed, that
"1. An eligible site for a location is had in view, upon which it will not be difficult to decide.
"2. The committee is not in a position to decide upon any point definitely, because they are not possessed of the means requisite to secure the land whereon to locate.
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