Synod ) of Nova Scotia that there was any favourable reaction on the part of the delegates towards admitting Island representatives as members of that corporate body. A Report tabled by the Executive Committee during the session in July of 1872 stated that it was the opinion of the Committee that representatives from Prince Edward Island should be admitted "into the Synod of Nova Scotia ". After discussion of the Report the Synod voted passage of the following Resolution : That the Executive Committee having reported upon the admission of Prince Edward Island into the Synod , be respectfully requested to re-consider their report with the view to the introduction of such alteration in the first section of the constitution, and in the act of incorporation as will render clergymen and representatives from Prince Edward Island eligible to seats in this Assembly .9 It is important to recognize that the resolution which evolved out of the Report of the Executive Committee called for a consideration of alterations which could be made to the constitution and the Act of Incorporation of the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia in order to make Island clergy and lay representatives eligible to sit as members of Synod . In no way did Synod perceive itself to possess the power or authority to amend the limits of Diocesan jurisdiction or boundaries as set out in the Letters Patent and Commissions of either the former or the current Bishop of Nova Scotia . The discussion and resolution had been prompted by a debate of the eligibility and right to attend of the Reverend G.W. Hodgson , Bishop's Chaplain and Priest-in-charge of St. Peter 's Cathedral in Charlottetown . Bishop Binney spoke in his defense saying that while Synod had the right to discuss the question: he thought Mr. Hodgson had a perfect right to his seat, inasmuch as he had been ordained Deacon and Priest in this , had been duly licensed here and had never held a license elsewhere, had been appointed to take temporary charge as Bishop's Chaplain, of the Bishop's Chapel in P.E. Island , (which chapel is extra Parochial) and that under these circumstances he had been summoned to and had attended the last Episcopal supervision.10 Not satisfied by this explanation, the Reverend J.J. Ritchie moved a motion which stipulated: That no clergyman or layman can be a member of this Synod under the constitution and Act of Incorporation of the same, residing outside of the 27. Report of the Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia ., 1872. Tenth session, July 2nd, 1872. 28. Ibid. 22