1. In parliamentary procedure the body shall be governed by ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER (or Kerfoot's PARLIAMENTARY LAW). (Both of these are used by Baptist bodies; ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER  is more often used today.)

2. The annual meeting of the association shall be held on the dates and at the place recommended by the time, place and preacher committee and approved by the body. The Executive Committee is authorized to make adjustment in the time and place as may be necessary because of circumstances which develop after the close of the annual meeting.      

3. All officers and members of committees of the association must be members of churches within the association in good standing and recognized for their knowledge of and loyalty to Southern Baptist doctrines and programs.

4. Duties of the officers shall be as follows:  

The moderator shall call to order and preside over the meetings of the association and the Executive Committee, and direct the affairs of the association in orderly manner and Christian spirit. (He may for good reason ask other officers or members of the body to preside at times.)

The vice-moderator shall preside over the other meetings in the absence of or at the request of the moderator and shall assist the moderator in such ways as he may direct.

The clerk shall keep a full and accurate record of all business of the association and the Executive Committee. At each meeting he shall be prepared to read all minutes of the previous meeting. All records for at least one year shall be on hand at each meeting. They shall be kept in a fireproof safe between meetings.

The associational office shall receive all funds of and for the association. The Director of Missions shall supervise associational budget, or the specific instructions of the association and have the same approved by the Treasurer.

The office Secretary shall keep accurate records of all monies received with sources and designations of same. She shall furnish reports for the regular meetings of the Executive Committee and Annual Meeting of the association, and have the same approved.  

The Treasurer shall keep informed of all associational finances. The Treasurer, the Secretary and one other person so designated by the Executive Committee will be authorized to sign checks. Any two of these signatures will make the check or checks valid. The Associational Treasurer shall have the associational books audited at the close of the fiscal year and report the same to the Annual Meeting for approval.

5. Duties of the Associational Council and Committees:

The Associational Council shall be composed of the Director of Missions, who shall serve as chairman, the chief officer of each organization, the chairmen of the following committees: mission, evangelism, stewardship chairman, the chairmen of other committees as deemed wise, and the moderator. It shall be the duty of this council to coordinate all phases of the work of the departments, committees, and agencies of the association for greatest efficiency possible within bounds of the constitution, and to project immediate and long range programs of work. It shall formulate annually a calendar of activities which will include denominational dates and meetings to be submitted to the Executive Committee for its approval. This council shall meet periodically to review past achievements in each department, committee and agency for council and planning. The time of meeting should be left to the convenience of the council.

The Missions Committee shall be composed of five members consisting of both pastors and laymen and representative of all interests of the association, but no two from the same church.  The moderator and director of missions shall be ex‑officio members. This committee shall be to work closely with the director of missions in counseling, in planning and promoting a missions program that will reach the spiritual needs of all communities and churches within the bounds of the association, promote institutional services, establish missions stations in neglected areas and new churches where needed. It shall be responsible for associational surveys and should seek to enlist all churches in some church‑sponsored mission or extension work.  It shall continue to advance the program of our State, Home, Foreign Missions by promoting giving for world‑wide missions through the Cooperative Program. Regular monthly reports of the work done shall be given to the Executive Committee.

The Nominating Committee shall consist of three members, no two shall be members of the same church, and the chief officers of the organizations shall be ex‑officio members. This committee shall nominate general officers of the association and committees whose nominations are not otherwise provided.

The Program Committee shall consist of the moderator, clerk, and three others, no two from the same church.

6. All associational organizations and regular committees shall make reports to the regular meetings of the Executive Committee and or to the association. The Executive Committee shall exercise authority over these organizations and committees only to the extent of determining whether they are working within the bounds of the organizational programs as approved by the association.

7. A place shall be made on the order of business for miscellaneous business at each session of the association.

8. A sermon on doctrines and one on missions shall be provided for at each annual meeting. Addresses on assigned topics relating to phases of our Baptist work shall be provided for by the program committee.

9. Messengers to the association shall be accorded equal rights and privileges of the floor, provided each messenger who desires to speak shall rise, address the moderator, and be recognized before he begins to speak. No messenger shall be entitled to speak on any one subject more than twice until other messengers desiring to speak have been heard.

RULES OF ORDER

 1. In the absence of any officer at a regular session, a majority of the officers shall make appointments pro tem.

2. All sessions shall be opened and closed with prayer.

3. No persons shall be declared elected, nor proposition carried by less than a majority of all votes cast.

4. A speaker desiring to occupy the floor longer than five minutes must obtain permission of the Moderator, and if he desires to speak longer than ten minutes must have the permission of the Association.

5. No motion nor resolution failing to pass shall be printed in the minutes except by the direction of the Moderator.

6. Any two members being dissatisfied with the ruling of decision of the Moderator may appeal to the body; whereupon the clerk shall put the question (without debate): "Does the Association sustain the Moderator?"

7. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER shall be the authority in deciding questions of parliamentary practice.