# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S784
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK \

buildings, equipment, and grounds, and shall propose
the erection of necessary new buildings and shall
supervise their construction. .

H. The Board of Control shall be responsible for
the satisfactory housing and the general welfare of its
faculty members, for adequate housing and boarding
facilities, health service, and social and athletic activ-
ities of its students.

I. The Board of Control shall be responsible for
the efficient business administration of its respective
institution and shall in its accounting and bookkeeping
follow the system prescribed by Synod’s Board of
Directors, and shall be ready, at all times, to submit
its books for inspection to the proper officers of Synod.

J. The Board of Control shall carefully supervise
the collection and auditing of all funds raised by stu-
dents for student activities, as well as the funds de-
rived from the college bookstore and other agencies
and sources.

K. The Board of Control! shall be responsible di-
rectly to the Board of Directors of Synod and shall
report at regular intervals, or upon request, to Synod’s
Board of Directors on the general condition of the
institution. Such a report shall include all pertinent
information concerning the property, its physical con-
dition, and the financial matters of Synod’s institutions.
In educational matters reports shall be made to the
Board for Higher Education. At each triennial con- °
vention of Synod the Board of Control shall make a
complete report directly to Synod.

L. The Board of Control shall execute, or cause to
be executed, all directions and instructions prescribed
from time to time by direct action of Synod or by the
Board of Directors, as affecting the respective insti-
tution. It shall constitute in its legal capacity the
governing body of the respective institution for which
it has been selected. The Board of Control shall oper-
ate under such a name as the laws of the particular
State or Province where the institution is located may
provide, and shall, in addition, as herein provided,
have such status and exercise such powers, functions,
and obligations as are prescribed by law and the
Articles of Incorporation.

421, Meetings of Boards of Control

The Boards of Control shall meet at regular in-
tervals, At least four meetings shall be held
each year.

423. Organization and Committees of Boards
of Control

A. Each Board of Control shall elect from its own
midst a chairman and a secretary. It shall also elect
a treasurer, who need not be a member of the Board
of Control, but shall be accountable to it.

B. Each Board of Control may appoint standing or
special committees for the efficient conduct of its
business. In general, however, administrative func-
tions by committees shall be limited to a minimum.

S. H. 67 ff. (partly new) ‘