| 261 acceptance of said resignation, therefore we recommend that he receive an honorable release from his official standing in the Church.
Signed, A. H. SMITH, President, pro tem.
JAMES, CAFFALL, Clerk, pro tem.
This was adopted after striking out the word "honorable."
The committee on tune book asked for an extension of time, which was granted.
The Utah chapel building committee presented a financial report to the effect that they had collected eight hundred twenty-two dollars and forty-one cents, which was expended with the exception of forty-three dollars and four cents now in hand.
A letter accompanied this report which was referred to the Bishopric, who subsequently reported as follows:
The financial report of the Utah chapel building committee having been referred to the Bishopric, together with a statement from the chairman of said building committee, that probably fourteen hundred dollars will be needed to finish the building, of which amount he thinks that they in Utah can raise four hundred dollars, if the Saints in the East will supply one thousand dollars, we hereby report that we have considered the matter; and, while we believe it would be for the good of the work to have a house of worship in Salt Lake City, could the money required be readily spared from the funds of the church, or from the contributions of the Saints, over and above other demands upon them, yet we do not feel that we are authorized or at liberty to make such a call as the one contemplated in the letter requesting aid; neither do we believe that it is practicable at present to make a successful call of the kind, in addition to supplying the other needs of the church. Israel L. Rogers, H. A. Stebbins, David Dancer.
This report was adopted.
The following resolution was adopted by unanimous vote: "Resolved, That it is the opinion of this conference that when a member has been legally excommunicated from the church, he can be received back into the fold only through the door, baptism."
The following letter from the Chicago Historical Society was read:
CHICAGO, April 7, 1879.
JOSEPH SMITH, Esq.;
Dear Sir: I write you in behalf of and for the Chicago Historical Society, to thank you for The Saints' Herald, which is sent regularly to
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