# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1947_S435
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 435

shall serve in an advisory capacity on the respective committee
and board(s).— With the exception of the Vice-Presidents, all of
ese are to be regular members of — not additional members to ~
. the respective boards,

‘The three pastors and five laymen who are to be elected to
serve on the Board of Directors shall be.elected in this manner:
_ . Four pastors and two laymen shall be placed on the ballot
with the designation — Missions —after their names. The two
pastors and one layman elected shall then serve on the Mission
Committee. The same procedure shall be followed for pastors
and laymen who are to serve on the other three committees of the
Board of Directors.

C. That each board shall transact its business according to
regulations now existing. Should changes be necessary, these
boards can work them out with the Board of Directors and present
them at the next Delegate Synod;

' D. That the execution of all policies adopted shall be in the
hands of boards as now existing;

E. That the boards shall be the only direct contact ‘for the
District, the missionary in foreign fields, the educational institution;

F. That policies shall originate in the boards and be submitted
through the respective committees of the Board of Directors to the
Board of Directors itself for final approval. Wherever there is
overlapping in the plans of departments, this shall be adjusted by
the Board of Directors;

G. That all boards report to the Board of Directors through
the respective committees and be responsible to the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors is made responsible for the
over-all work of Synod in all departments, regulating that work in
the interest of Synod. All reports on the specific work of any board
will go to the Delegate Synod triennially from that board. Policies
and plans submitted by the boards to Synod should have the ap-
proval of the Board of Directors; however, any board shall have
the right to take its recommendations directly to Synod for final
decision even if these recommendations lack the approval of the
Board of Directors; .

Note: We believe ... and experience has borne that out in
ee many Districts .. . that the major portion of the work done by the
various boards will be carried out by the boards as in the past
within the budget approvad by the Board of Directors and fixed
by the Fiscal Conference. The Board for Higher Education, for
instance, will operate within an over-all budget, including repairs.
The Committee for Higher Education, a part of the Board for

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