# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S460
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460 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
Resolved, (a) That the entire State of Georgia be included

in the geographical boundaries of the Florida-Georgia District; and
be it further

Resolved, (b) That the Presidents of the four Districts now
represented in the State of Georgia be requested to confer for the
purpose of adjusting the status of the congregations of their respec-
tive Districts now included in the state, making such transfers as
may be advisable or necessary and report to the 1959 convention
on the action taken.

At the convention in Houston, Synod adopted the recommen-
dation of Committee 6 on Unprinted Memorials 63 and 55 con-
cerning

Boundary Line Between the Atlantic and the Eastern District

Resolution 12

Wuereas, This matter was carefully reviewed with the Presi-
dents of the two Districts concerned; and

Wuereas, These officials suggested that the matter would be
solved. between the two Districts; therefore be it

Resolved, That this matter be turned over to the District offi-
cials involved and be submitted by them to the 1956 convention
of Synod for ratification. Cp. Handbook, Section 3.02.

In behalf of the Atlantic and Eastern Districts the undersigned
herewith report to the convention of The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod, assembled at St. Paul, Minn., June 20—30, 1956,
that the entire State of New Jersey is to be considered a part of
the Atlantic District. In accordance with Synod’s Handbook,
Section 3.02, and the resolution of the Houston Convention we
herewith request ratification by Synod of the above report.

Eric C. Matre, President of the Eastern District
H. J. Ripe, President of the Atlantic District

ACTION
Wuereas, Synod in convention at Houston in 1953 studied the
matter of the boundary between the Atlantic District and the
Eastern District and placed the settlement of the boundary into
the hands of the respective District Presidents; and

Wuereas, The Presidents of the Eastern District and the
Atlantic District at a meeting in 1955 agreed that the entire State
of New Jersey should be considered a part of the Atlantic District,
and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Trenton, New Jersey, requested

to be transferred from the Eastern District to the Atlantic District;
therefore be it