# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S727
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 148

peals, but no provision was made for any action by Synod’s
d. .Furthermore, the Presidium of Synod felt very definitely
a guide should be prepared for the District Board of Appeals
ch could be followed during the interim until Synod itself
uld adopt definite rules. The most important points of this
ide. are included in our memorial and should make it possible
all District Boards to follow the same method in essential
itters while leaving leeway in less important matters. These
ovisions do not intend to prescribe everything in detail; as
experience shows the wisdom of modifications and additions, they
ran’ be made by Synod.

Substitute for 357 to 387 in “Proposed Synodical Handbook”

bo 1. Creation of Boards and Members

A Board of Appeals shall be elected by Synod and by each
District. The Board of Appeals for Synod shall consist of four
clergymen and three laymen, and that for the Districts of no fewer
than three clergymen and two laymen. No administrative or
executive official of Synod or of any of its Districts shall be a
“ member of a Board of Appeals. A Visitor shall be considered to
_be such an official. A teacher may. be elected in place of a layman.
(8 367.)

2. Election and Term of Office
The election of members of the Board of Appeals for Synod
and the Board of Appeals for Districts shall be in accordance
. with the rules governing elections. The term of office of all mem-
‘bers shall be six years, but no member shall serve on a board
successively longer than two terms. Rotation in membership shall
he effected in such a way that one half of the clerical members and
one or two of the laymen shall be elected every three years. (§ 369.)

3. Vacancies
Vacancies, either permanent or temporary, shall be filled from
the reserve list of nominations, namely, from the nominees left
after the respective elections. If for any reason this list should
be-exhausted, the remaining rnembers of the Board may fill the

vacancy. '
. y 4, Organization

Each Board of Appeals shall elect a chairman, a vice-chairman,
_and a secretary. Meetings shall be called by the secretary upon
instructions from the chairman. (§ 371.) ,

. 5. Disqualification of Members
a. If any member of the Board of Appeals is directly or in-
directly involved in any appeal presented, the Board shall request
another clergyman or layman from the reserve list of candidates