# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1143
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492 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Regulations for Executive Secretaries

Committee 6 submi

adore tted the following resolution, which

w Resolution 37
HEREAS, Executive secretaries i
and as i
boards have been and are now serving; and nants serving Various
Wuereas, In some ins finin
. tances regulations i i
, have not as yet been drawn up; therefore a 8 their Guties

auth volved, That the Committee on Constitutional
orized to draw up such regulations whenever non

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Matters be
e exist,
Authority to Establish Full-Time Offices in S
C ; (Unprinted Memorial 37) Ynod
ommittee 6 recommended, and Synod resolved:

in Resolution 39
answer to the i in i
be i question proposed in Unprinted Memoria} 37

Resolved, That Synod conti i
to establish full-time offices in Synod, °° Sif the authority
Changes in “Handbook” in Section 8.27

Upon recommendation of Committee 6 Synod resolved:

Wues G Resolution 40

EAS, Gr i :

our churches; therefore oe should be Iai
Resolved, That

and be it further
Resolved, That a ne

read as follows: “The B

d on evangelism in

paragraph a of 8.27 remain as it now reads:

Resolved, That the
c, d, and e.

Boundary Line Between the Atlantic
and Eastern Districts

(Unprinted Memorials 63 and 55)
d the recommendation of Committee 6:

paragraphs b, c, and d become paragraphs

Synod adopte

Resolution 12

Wuereas, This matter w;
, as carefull i i i
dents of the two Districts concerned; and with the Presi

CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

MEREAS, These officials suggested that the matter would be
tween the two Districts; therefore be it

solved, That this matter be turned over to the District
s involved and be submitted by them to the 1956 convention {
for ratification. Cp. Handbook 3.02. 7

Constitutional Matters in the Report of the
Board of Directors
Upon ‘recommendation of Committee 6 Synod resolved:

a Resolution 23
2 Covering this part of the report of the Board of Directors,
wish to inform the Convention that Ng. 22 has been referred to
nittee 13. Cf. page 545, Reports and Memorials, Memorial 1009.
5:23 has also been referred to Committee 13. Cf. page 514,
‘Reports and Memorials, Memorial 821. No. 25 has been referred to
Committee 10. Cf. page 500. No. 26 has been referred to Com-
iittee 10 also. Cf. page 496, Reports and Memorials. :

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| ., Covering No. 21, page 457, your Committee offers the following
resolution:

' Wuereas, Regulations’ governing Retirement Plan for Lay
Employees, formerly in the Handbook under Section 10.61—10.93,
were removed. from the Handbook, since these regulations are
-of interest to a small group only and: must often be changed; and

 ‘Wuereas, The administration of this plan is under the complete
direction of the Board of Directors of Synod according to the
resolution of the 1947 convention of Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That this action be ratified.

. Concerning No. 24, page 457 — Handbook Section 2.79h, your
Committee recommends adoption, and that Synod’s Committee on
Constitutional Matters be authorized and directed to put this
provision into its proper place in the Handbook.

Covering No. 27, page 458, your Committee. offers the following
resolution:

Wuereas, The duties outlined in Section 9.27b of the Hand-
‘book are the responsibility of the Treasurer of. Synod; be it
therefore

Resolved, That Section 9.27 b of the Handbook be repealed.

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