# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S464
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

Board of Governors
(Unprinted Memorial 62)
ACTION
Synod adopted Resolution 27 of Committee 6:
Wuereas, Unprinted Memorial 62 proposes that a Board of
Governors be created consisting of one man from each District,
whose purpose should be to examine and review all appointments

and transactions of synodical boards and personnel and to bring
recommendations to Synod; and

Wuereas, The proposed plan for a Board of Governors is
impractical and unworkable; therefore be it

Resolved, That this memorial be declined.

Financial Accounting of All Operating Costs of Synod
(Unprinted Memorial 63)
ACTION
Synod adopted Resolution 28 of Committee 6:
Whereas, Unprinted Memorial 63 proposes a new and com-
plicated program for financial accounting of all operating costs of

Synod in the interest of stewardship, which would be expensive,
unworkable, and impractical; therefore be it

Resolved, That this memorial be declined.

Amended Charter of Synod
(Unprinted Memorial 76)
ACTION

Concerning this matter Committee 6 brought in the following
resolution, which was adopted:

Resolution 30

WuereEas, Synod at its 1950 convention directed the Board of
Directors in consultation with the Praesidium and the Committee
on Constitutional Matters to make such amendments as necessary
in the Charter of Synod in order that the Charter would be in
full conformity with the Constitution and Bylaws of Synod; and

WuerEAs, The Board of Directors in consultation with the
Praesidium and the Committee on Constitutional Matters appointed
a special committee consisting of Messrs. George Eigel, Counsel
for Synod, Henry W. Buck, of the Board of Directors, and Herbert
F. Kuenne, of the Committee on Constitutional Matters, to study
the problem and present recommendations to this Convention; and