# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1126
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

V. CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Report of the Comm;
mmittee on Constitutio .
(Memorial 501) nal Matters

b
y Synod. We found that these changes were so num

cially in the field of Hi ;
had to be reprinted, igher Education, that the whol

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1 To add to Section 2 05 a new par ‘agraph d ‘By the Py
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at St. Louis: esidents and the Faculty of Concordia Seminary

ws a Editorial Board for the Lutheran Witness
- _%. An Editorial Committee for Der Lutheraner »

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th .
€ words: “from among the pastors thereof” —

4. In Section 2 07 add
. th :

cally prewn otherwn € words: “unless the By-Laws specifi-

5. In Section 2.97 ‘th “
and ayn 2. e word recommendations” in ]j

; fee read reports.” (Cf. Proceedings 1950, page Sia or
dent” add en 2.121, in the Second line, after the word ‘ . i
fur, nee : om among the accredited delegates.” At the oni
sort graph add the Sentence: “For this sey en

Point tellers who need not be delegates.” Pumpowe they may
7. Section 2.113 should be Tecast as follows:

“al A Committee ‘on Cc ituti
b . . onstitutional Mat shall :
a vite dent in conjunction with the Vine Pree appointed
mami alt consist of four ee ents, i
the Secretary of Synod, ex officio. embers, one of Whom shall be

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 461
Any overtures made to Synod asking for changes of, or
Edments to, the Constitution of Synod or which in any manner
=the Constitution or By-Laws, shall be submitted to the
ee on Constitutional Matters in order that it may examine
contents and language as to their agreement with the Con-
on and By-Laws of Synod. |
, At conventions of Synod this Committee shall be repre-
at the meetings of the committee appointed to consider
tutional Matters. .

nmvention of Synod, this Com-

“qd. Immediately after each co
shall amend the synodical Handbook in harmony with the

lutions adopted by the convention.

ee, This Committee shall also interpret the Constitution and
#s<Laws in cases of controversy.”

(Note: The wording is changed only slightly, but the former Par-
raph a is divided into a, b, c, and d, b becoming e.)

Hae The Committee on Constitutional Matters is planning another
ting after the Reports AND MEmMoRIALS are out, to carry out
provisions of Section 2.113b (as revised above).

See THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
a M. F. Krerzmann, Secretary

ACTION
The following recommendation of Committee 6 on this report

was adopted:
Resolution 41

This Memorial 501 embodies clarifications of the Handbook

to which your Committee is agreed.
Your Committee therefore recommends that this Memorial 501
be adopted and that the clarifications as suggested be incorporated

in the Handbook.
With particular reference to By-law 2.07, Committee 6 recom-

mended, and. Synod resolved:
Resolution 1 °
; TERM OF OFFICE
The 1950 convention of Synod amended Article 10 B, No.2 of
the Constitution to read: “The time of service of all officers, boards,

and commissions shall be fixed by the by-laws of the Constitution
of Synod.” This amendment was ratified by the congregations

of Synod.
In order to bring the by-laws into conformity with this con-

stitutional provision, Committee No.6 recommends that it be
Resolved, That By-law 2.07, Term of Office, be amended by
adding the words: “unless the by-laws specifically provide other-