# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S755
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

C. The President of Synod shall determine which
committees shall be entitled to such pre-convention
housing and meeting facilities and shall so notify the
Committee on Arrangements.

Proc., 1938, 352

OFFICERS AND BOARDS OF SYNOD
(Const., Art. X)

149, Elective Officers and Boards of Synod

The elective officers of Synod shall be a President,
four Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer; and
the following boards: a) a Board of Directors,
b) a Board of Control for each of the educational
institutions, c) members at large of the Boards of
Electors, d) a Board of Support and Pensions,
e) a Church Extension Board, f) a Board of Directors
of Concordia Publishing House, g) a Board for Mis-
sions in North and South America, h) a Board for
Missions in Europe, i) a Board for Missions among
the Deaf and the Blind, j) a Board for Missions in
Foreign Countries, k) Board for Parish Education,
1) Board for Higher Education, m) a Board of Appeals.

S.H. 20f,

151. Appointive Officers and Boards of Synod
All other officers, boards, commissions, and com-
mittees of Synod shall be appointed by the Board of
Directors, unless Synod expressly provides otherwise.
S. H. 21. C and f.

153. Salaried Executives of Synod Without Vote
Salaried executives of Synod shall not be voting
members of the board, commission, or committee under
which they serve. |
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155. Term of Office of Elective Officers and Members
of Boards of Synod

A. The term of office for all elective officers shall

be three years, unless otherwise specifically provided
by Synod.
’. B. The term of office for all members of elective and
appointive boards, commissions, and committees shall
be six years, unless otherwise specifically provided by
Synod.

C. No one elected or appointed to such board,
commission, or committee shall succeed himself more
than once,

D. At the first election or appointment following
the adoption of this paragraph or the creation of a new
board, commission, or committee, one half, if even
numbered, and a majority, if odd numbered, ' of the
members of each board, commission, or committee shall
be elected or appointed for a full term of six years and
the remainder for a term of three years. Among those
elected, those having received tHe greater number of
votes shall serve for six years. and those having re-
ceived the fewer number of votes shall serve for three
years,

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