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 3. It is provided and declared, that no person shall at any time receive applicants on probation, or otherwise, to become members of either church ; but the aforesaid Elder for the time being, or any Elder, Deacon, or Preacher he may specially request to do so. 4. It is provided and declared, that sick and poor members of the one church shall have no claim on the poor's fund of the other, and that each church give relief only to her own sick and poor members, according to the state of her poor's fund and former custom. 5. It is provided and declared, that there shall be but one quarterly Conference to transact the spiritual concerns of both churches, and all business to be done at the quarterly Conference according to the Discipline of the connexion, and that the official members of both churches consequently have a seat and voice in the said Conference; but that each church shall have separate Leaders' and Trustees' meetings, and attend to business agreeably to the rules of the aforesaid Discipline. 6. It is provided and declared that in all cases when houses are to be built, hired, or enjoyed gratis, for the purpose of Divine worship, wherein regular collections of money are to be made in any place within the limits of the Incorporation of each church, a fair representation of the same shall be made at the quarterly Conference, from time to time, by the party intending so to build, hire, or enjoy gratis for the aforesaid purpose, in order that there may be always a clear understanding between the two 6