# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1133
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472 CONSTITUTIONAL, MATTERS

an eading the “Praesidium”
Wamnzas With the ah Unprinted Memorial 16)
EAS, Tro f
more of our bel
of its functions and activities require dhe tune aie
ime of aq.

2 * er ith
y t ‘Ss, etc. ? togeth wi
muinistrators executive Secretaries direc or. t 5

Wuereas, This d
evelopment. tends
to draw the adminis
tration

farther and fa
; rther
parishes of Synod, ey from the grass Toots, ie, from the

WHEREAS, Thi
functioning of hey nang Pment, while definitely expedit;
of a grow} iurch, at the same time cr . ng the
change the bureaucracy, » or even of a hierarch ® Serious threat
ciples based on “ec aracter of our Church contran
: € royal pries ; y
sovereignty of the local congregation in the beliey,
>

Wuergas, The establishing of fy]

ers and the

1-time administrators in many

candidates for the Praesidium:

That it be und
. erstood that i
in the administration ; in the event of su
full-tinse i ation it shall not apply to the pr ch a change
members of the Praesidium present, incumbent,

GREATER Cuicaco Pasrorat Conrerence
OF THE ENcLIsH Districr
Omran Errric, Chairman
ARL L. Rutz, Secretary

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

ACTION
mmittee 6 recommended, and Synod resolved:

i Resolution 8

HEREAS, The duties of the President of Synod are specifically
ed and limited in the Constitution and By-Laws of Synod;
Art, XI b in the Constitution; and
“WaerEas, The threats of a bureaucracy, or even a hierarchy,
ust as imminent in any other kind of administration as that

tioned in this memorial; and

Wuereas, The present type of administration of Synod doubt-

< ly has received much thought and consideration not only by
2" Committee on Constitutional Matters, but by the Committee
which thoroughly revised the By-Laws within recent years; and
Wuereas, These committees after much study have found the
present system. of administration still satisfactory; and
Wuereas, This memorial’s proposal of a different manner of ,
nominating the Praesidium removes it farther still from the grass

roots; therefore your Committee
Recommends, That this Memorial 505 and Unprinted Memo-

rial 16 be declined.

nt re Full-Time Vice-President

(Memorial 506)

We memorialize Synod to. alter the existing arrangement
whereby the First Vice-President automatically is full-time Vice-
President. We believe that better purposes would be served if
Synod would first elect its four Vice-Presidents without indicat-
ing the rank. After consultation with the Vice-Presidents, the Pres-
ident of Synod would recommend to the Synod which of the four
should serve full time for the ensuing triennium. Thereupon the
Synod would proceed by preferential ballot to determine the rank-
ing and thereby the line of succession.

THe Concorpia Circuit PasToraAL CONFERENCE
Rev. R. J. Deve, Secretary

Change Arrangeme

ACTION
Committee 6 recommended, and Synod resolved:

. Resolution 9
Wuereas, The present procedure in determining the rank of
the Vice-Presidents according to the rules established in the

By-Laws of Synod is fair to all; and