Show M. M 1 f. f AB ABOLISHES U nN R R lI KANSAS CITY May 9 AP AP- AP The year eighty-year maximum tenure rule for Methodist 1 Episcopal ops In areas in the United States States' was abolished by the quadrennial general conference of the church here today The conference voted to that tho the success and qualifications qualifications of a bishop should b ba o considered in assigning areas rather than limiting him to eight years in an area The vote was on a resolution presented presented presented pre pre- by the Rev Ralph B. B Urmy Pittsburg Pa Ia and was an instruction instruction instruction tion to the episcopacy committee which assigns the bishops The year eight-year tenure rule adopted adopt adopt- ed at the 1924 conference In Springfield Springfield Springfield Spring Spring- field Mass had been announced as one of the major problems of the pre present ent genea general conference I |