SECTION 1.13 It shall be the duty of the Vestry of each of the Parishes, the Mission Council of each of the Missions and of the Advisory Committee of each of the College or University Centers entitled to Lay representation in the Convention to provide for the election of the number of Lay Delegates and Alternates to which each is respectively entitled under the Constitutions and Canons, each of whom shall be a qualified voter in said congregation. 14Said election shall take place at the annual meeting of the parish or mission.
SECTION 2. The evidence of election or appointment of a Lay Delegate or an Alternate shall be a certificate. In the case of a Parish the certificate shall be signed by the Rector or by the Secretary of the Vestry or by one of the Wardens. In the case of a Mission the certificate shall be signed by the Missionary or by the Secretary of the Mission or by the Warden or by the Bishop, if in the last instance the Bishop is the appointing authority. In the case of a College or University Center, the certificate shall be signed by the Chaplain or by the Secretary or by the Warden. In each case the certificate shall set forth the names of all Lay Delegates and Alternates and the fact of the qualification of each to serve. It shall be the duty of the person who signs the said certificate to send the same to the Secretary of the Diocese to reach him or her not later than thirty (30) days prior to the assembling of the Convention, and such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of such election or appointment and of the qualification of the persons named therein.
SECTION 3. The Lay Delegates duly elected or appointed to serve at any annual meeting of the Convention, shall be the Delegates to any other meeting of the Convention prior to the succeeding annual meeting. Vacancies occasioned by death, removal, resignation, disqualification or incapacity to serve, shall be filled in the same manner as the original election or appointment.
SECTION 4. In case any Parish, Mission or College or University Center shall fail to elect or appoint one or more Lay Delegates to which it is entitled, or in case any of the delegates or alternates from any Parish, Mission, or College or University Center shall fail to attend the Convention, the Rector, or Missionary, or Chaplain, as the case may be, may appoint a qualified lay person to each such vacancy.