# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S296
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By-Laws of Synod. (Section 2.105.)

380 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

,  V. CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS: ~
Report of the Committee on Constitutional Matters
for the Triennium, 1947 to 1950 «*

Pursuant to the By-Laws of Synod, Section 2.105, the first
of-your Committee was to embody the resolutions of the last con.
vention in the Handbook in proper form. The results of our efforts
are before you in the new loose-leaf edition of the Handbook, which
was sent out to every member congregation, to every pastor in
active service, and to each advisory pastor.

In our last meeting before the writing of this report official
answers were given to a number of questions regarding the inter.
pretation of certain sections.

It was agreed that for the sake of uniformity Sections 7.101,
7.105 (cf. 7.105, b and c) and Section 12.01 (cf. 12.03, 12.05, and
12.09) should be changed to read “Board of ”” instead of “De.
partment of ——.” This change will have to be ratified by Synod,
which we respectfully recommend.

Your Committee recommends that in future editions of the
Handbook the page numbers be omitted, since this is not practical
in the loose-leaf book and references should rather be made to
the respective section than to the page, the numbering of which
will have to be changed from time to time.

Your Committee is of the opinion that if a District of Synod
wishes to change its name, this action should at least be reported
and ratified by Synod so as to be made a matter of record.

Since the question was raised as to what is meant by the
word “arrange” in Section 3.43, the committee agreed in the opinion
that this means that the District officials cannot enter the congre-
gation without its consent, but must first, through the proper
channels, make arrangements for such a meeting.

Since the drawing up of the constitution and especially articles
of incorporation is a matter of considerable importance and the
laws of the respective State must always be considered, Mr. H.
Kuenne, who is an attorney, was, asked to furnish guidelines as
to what articles of incorporation are to contain and, if possible,
have this article published in the Lutheran Witness as an insert.

Your Committee examined the plan to reorganize the work of
Synod and found nothing that would be in conflict with the
Constitution of Synod. As to other reports and overtures asking
for changes of, or amendments to, the Constitution and By-Laws
of Synod, the Committee stands ready to examine their contents
and language as to their agreement with the Constitution and