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;>.ToAPPENDIXCONSTITUTIONS AND AGREEMENTSOF INTERDENOMINATIONAL BODIESCLConstitution of the China Continuation Committee(Adopted by the National Conference, J9J3, and Amended at SecondAnnual Meeting, J9H.)Name and functions.Article I.The name shall be the China (Ymtimiation Committee. Thefunctions of the committee shall be solely consultative and advisory,not legislative or mandatory.Article II. Objects.1. To help carry out the recommendations of the National andsectional Conferences held in China in February and March, 1913, onbehalf of the Continuation Committee of the World MissionaryConference, Edinburgh, 1910.2. To serve as a means of communication between the Christianforces of China and the Edinburgh Continuation Committee, itsSpecial Committees and the Mission Boards of the West.serve as a means by which the Christian forces of Chinamay express themselves unitedly when they so desire.4. To promote co-operation and co-ordination aiJiong theChristian forces of China.5. To act as a Board of Reference when invited to do so by theparties immediately concerned.Article III. Composition of the Committee.This Committee shall be composed of not less than forty and notmore than sixty-five members. In selecting members due regardshall be paid, (a) to representing the different nationalities, ecclesiastical families and departments of mission work; (b) to including menwho for other reasons are particularly desired on the Committee.1. Not less than one-third of th membership of the Committeeshall be Chinese.-. The Committee shall have power to co-opt members in orderto maintain its membership or increase it to the number of sixty-five.o. Members shall be elected for a period of three years but shallbe eligible for re-election.4. If a member leaves the country expecting to be absent for aperiod of at least a year, his place shall be regarded as vacant.5, Should it be necessary or advisable to fill any vacanciesoccurring in the China Continuation Committee between the Annual