Tentative Constitution for Hunan Bible Institute

Tentative Constitution for Hunan Bible Institute IV Grounds, Buildings, and Equipment

The Hunan Bible Institute, at the present time has a campus of some seven acres (?) just east of the Canton-Hankow railway on the motor road between the city of Changsha and Canton, at Changsha, Human. The Buildings erected on the campus are as follows: 1. Milton Stewart Hall 2. Dormitories No. 1 & 2 -- Lyman Stewart Dormitories 3. Dormitory No. 3 -- May Stewart Martin Dormitory 4. Dormitory No. 4 -- Mary W. Stewart Dormitory 5. Dining Room -- Mary W. Stewart Dining Hall 6. Residence (1-6) -- (Faculty and administration)

V Organization

a. Board of Founders b. Board of Managers c. Executive Committee d. Faculty

a. Board of Founders A Board of Founders in the U.S.A. shall be organized to co-operate with a Board of Managers in China, who shall be responsible for the full administration of the Institute’s activities in China. The Board of Founders shall consist of (9) members, the majority of which shall be members of the Board of the Bible Institute. The headquarters of the Board shall be at Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. The Lands, buildings and other equipment, and all funds shall be held in trust by the Board of Founders in the United States of America. And in case a Chinese Church or organization shall contribute to the equipment or endowment of the Institute, its equitable interest in the Institute shall be guarded by the Board under arrangements mutually satisfactory. Appointment and control of foreign missionaries to the Institute in China shall be provided for by a separate manual prepared by the Board of Founders and incorporated with this constitution. To create and confirm a Board of Managers in China who shall in accordance with the requirements of the Nationalist Government controlling religious Institutions be responsible to the Board of Founders for the complete administration of the Institute’s activities in China. The Board of Founders shall elect its own officers and publish an annual report. The Board of Founders shall secure a charter that will enable it to confer theological degrees similar to standing to that of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. [ Page 3 ]

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