minster, Caledonia and Kootenay have by Memorials petitioned the General Synod to erect an Ecclesiastical Province co-terminous with the Civil Province of British Columbia, and

Whereas a draft constitution embodied in the Memorial is the basis upon which these four Dioceses have agreed to enter into a Provincial Organization,

Be it therefore enacted:

I.

The dioceses within the Civil Province of British Columbia, viz.: Columbia, New Westminister, Caledonia and Kootenay, and all other Dioceses at any time erected within the said Province shall constitute a new Ecclesiastical Province, co-terminous with the Civil Province, to be known as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia.

2. Should any question arise between the Provincial Synod of British Columbia and the Provincial Synod of Rupert's Land as to territory, the matter shall be decided by the Synods of the Provinces concerned.

3. There shall be a Provincial Synod to be known as the Provincial Synod of British Columbia and shall consist of all the Bishops of the Church of England in Canada having Sees within the said Ecclesiastical Province, or executing by due authority the Episcopate as Coadjutor, Suffragan, Assistant or Missionary Bishop therein, and of delegates chosen from the Clergy and Laity thereof.

4. The draft Constitution embodied in the several memorials and agreed upon as a basis by the four Dioceses, shall form a part of the Constitution of the Provincial Synod of British Columbia until at any time amended by the said Provincial Synod.

5. In pursuance of the said draft constitution, contained in the schedule thereto, each of the four Dioceses and Synods shall elect at a regular session four clerical and four lay representatives to the Provincial Synod in accordance with the basis of representation mutually agreed upon by themselves.

6. Within six months after receiving a certified list of delegates elected by each of the four Dioceses, the senior Bishop by consecration in the Province shall call the other Bishops and these duly elected delegates together at some convenient place within the Province for the purpose of completing the organization of the Provincial Synod and proceeding to transact such business as may be deemed proper and he shall also act as chairman of the body thus called together until it be organized and under its own

*Amended, page 71, Journal Seventh Session, 1915.

Constitution.

"Provided always that the said Constitution shall contain the acceptance by such Provincial Synod of the Solemn Declaration prefixed to the Constitution of the General Synod of Canada and as set forth and contained in the Journal of said General Synod."

(Enacted Session VII, see Journal pages 130, 131)

(Re-enacted with amendment Session VIII.. See Journal p. 191 Confirmed as amended Session IX. See Journal p. 175

The Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in Canada in General Synod assembled enact as follows:

I.

The authorized Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England in Canada shall be the book hereto annexed, which was revised, adapted and considered by this General Synod, at the VIIth Session of the General Synod held in the City of Toronto in the year 1915, and amended and approved as amended at the VIIIth Session of the General Synod held in the City of Toronto in the year of our Lord 1918, and so amended was passed a second time and confirmed at the IXth Session held in the City of Hamilton in the year of our Lord, 1921, and the same is hereby adopted as the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England in Canada.

2. Six official copies of the book shall be kept; one with the Registrar of the General Synod; one at the Department of Archives at Ottawa, and one with the Metropolitan of each Ecclesiastical Province, namely, one with the Metropolitan of the Province of Rupert's Land, one with the Metropolitan of the Province of Ontario, one with the Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, and one with the Metropolitan of the Province of British Columbia.

3. Each official copy shall be signed by the Primate on behalf of the General Synod.

4. This Canon is passed under and subject to Section Number 4 of the Basis of Constitution, and Section No. 31 of the Constitution, and under all other powers of the Synod, and it shall come into force on a day to be proclaimed by the Primate.

I.

CANON XIII.

(Enacted Session VII, see Journal, page 175)

JOURNALS OF SYNOD

The Journal of the General Synod shall be printed under the supervision of the Clerical Secretary of the General Synod as soon as conveniently may be after each session of the General Synod. Two copies of the printed Journal after being carefully compared shall be certified by the Secretaries of the General Synod and shall be deposited with the Registrar, who shall certify the same and seal them with the seal of the Synod. Such copies so certified and sealed shall be deemed to be the authentic and original record of the said Journal,and one copy shall be preserved in the records of the General Synod by the Registrar and the other copy shall be preserved in such place and manner as the Primate of all Canada shall from time to time direct.

2. It shall be the duty of the Registrar without fee to furnish certified copies of each Synod Journal and send the same to the proper officer of each Ecclesiastical Province of Canada for preservation among the records of such Province.

3. The certified copies of the Journal of previous Sessions of the General Synod now on record with the Registrar and printed copies of the Journal of previous Sessions where there are no certified copies shall be certified and sealed by the Registrar and such copies so certified and sealed shall be deemed to be the authentic and original copies of the said Journal.

CANON XIV.

COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE

(Reenacted Eighth Session, see Journal, pages 230 and 246)

I. The Social Service work of the Church shall be organized under the General Synod into a special department, which shall be known as the Social Service Council, hereinafter called "The Council."

2. The duty of the Council shall be to study social problems with a view to the solution of them in harmony with the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ; to adopt such measures as may seem advisable to promote the care and training of immigrants in Canadian citizenship, the maintenance of just conditions of

living, the conservation of morals, health and life; and generally to promote the formation of a Christian public opinion upon social problems, and to take such action as may be necessary to make effective all directions in these matters which may be given by the General Synod.

3. The Council shall consist of the Bishops of the Upper House and of two clergymen and two laymen elected by each Diocesan Synod at each regular meeting thereof, and twelve women, members of the Church appointed by the several Provincial Synods each according to the number of Clergy in the Province: (e.g.-at present, British Columbia having 114 clergy would elect one, Rupert's Land having 416 would elect three, Ontario having 667 clergy would appoint five, and Canada having 415 clergy would appoint three), together with any Executive officers, who may be appointed by the Council. In any Diocese where there is no Diocesan Synod, the Diocesan representatives shall be appointed by the Bishop.

4. The Council, of which the Primate shall be ex-officio Chairman, shall meet at least once a year, at such time and place as it may determine, and have power to fix its own quorum, to frame regulations for the discharge of its duties, to appoint such officers as may be deemed expedient and to regulate the powers, duties and emoluments, if any, of such officers.

5. The Council shall appoint an Executive Committee, which shall consist of four Bishops, four Clergymen, four Laymen, and two women, together with the Chairman of the Council and the General Secretary and the General Treasurer thereof to promote the work and interest of the department in every way open to them under the power and instructions given to them by the Council, to conduct the business of the Council in the intervals of its meetings, provided that this Executive Committee shall not officially approach any Legislature seeking restrictive legislation without having the authority of a resolution of the Committee which must be carried by a two-thirds majority at a meeting thereof and approved by the Primate. The Committee shall meet at such time and places as it may determine, and shall have power to fix its own quorum and shall report to the Council at each meeting thereof. The Council may appoint a sufficient number of its members who shall represent the Church in the Social Service Council of Canada.

6. The Council shall from time to time determine what money will be required for its work, including its share of the cost of the Social Service Council of Canada, and arrange for the

raising of the same, either by agreement with the several Dioceses, or otherwise, as may be determined by this Council.

7. The first business on the Sixth day of the General Synod shall be the consideration of the Report of the Council and of problems connected therewith, when all questions of general policy shall be determined.

8. The Council shall submit a report to each Diocesan Synod to each Provincial Synod, and to the General Synod at their regular meetings.

9. Until a Provincial Synod shall have appointed its women representatives, the Metropolitan of each Province shall appoint the women to represent such Provincial Synod.

10. Subject always to Provincial, Diocesan and parochial authorities, the Council shall have power to organize such Provincial, Diocesan, and parochial branches as may with the consent of the authorities concerned be deemed expedient.

CANON XV.

NAMES OF SOVEREIGN AND MEMBERS OF ROYAL FAMILY IN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

[Enacted Ninth Session, see Journal, p.183]

Be it enacted by the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Church of England in Canada in General Synod assembled,

I.

That in all those prayers, litanies and collects in the Book of Common Prayer, which do in any way relate to the King, Queen or Royal Family, the names be altered, changed, added to or omitted from time to time and fitted to the present occasion according to directions to be given by the Primate or (if there be a vacancy in the Primacy) by the Senior Archbishop.

2. That all such directions shall be in conformity with the directions which shall have been given in England by Royal Proclamation pursuant to the Act of Uniformity (14 Car. 2, II Cap. 4, Section 25).

CANON XVI.

NAME OF THE CHURCH

[Enacted Ninth Session, see Journal, p.p. 167 and 176] Be it enacted by the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of the Church