RULES AND REGULATIONS
governing
Saint Peter's Congregation,
Stevens Point, Wis.
CHURCH REGULATIONS
1. Only those persons and families are members of St. Peter's
Congregation. who hold pews in the church, including the poor, who will
have their sitting free of charge upon making application to the Rector
each year.
2. Single persons over 20 years of age must have
their own sitting unless their parents secure it for them.
3. Persons who have no sitting in the church and wish
to belong to St. Peters Congregation must pay a pastoral fee of seven
dollars per annum in advance.
4. Whoever has no sitting in the church and shall
neglect to pay the pastoral fee, in case of death, his remains will not
be brought into the church nor be accompanied by the priest to the
cemetery. If the relatives of the deceased desire the remains be brought
into the church, and be accompanied by the priest to the cemetery, they
shall first pay to the treasury of St. Peter's
Congregation a sum equal to an average pew rent or pastoral fee for time
past, thus complying with the Christian duty of supporting the church.
5. Any pew holder finding his pew occupied by another
will notify one of the trustees or ushers who will see to it that it is vacated.
6. No person shall occupy more sittings than he has rented.
7. Strangers will be accompanied by speaking to one of the ushers or trustees.
8. Pew rent becomes due the first Sunday of every
quarter. 1st quarter begins with the first Sunday of January 2nd quarter
begins with the first Sunday of April 3rd quarter begins with the first
Sunday of July 4th quarter begins with the first Sunday of October.
9. Whoever fails to pay his pew rent during the
quarter, forfeits his right to his pew on the first Sunday of the next
quarter without further notice.
10. Only those male members of the Congregation are
allowed to vote or be eligible for office, who have at the time of
election paid up all their dues so the Congregation.
11. Extension of time in paying pew rent may be
obtained by applying in person to she Secretary or Rector.
12. For certain public occasions, viz: First Communion, Confirmation, special celebrations of societies, all rented
pews are at the disposition of the Rector.
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