# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S472
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472 CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS
tional procedures of Synod with respect to boards, departments,
and other agencies of Synod, for the purpose of recommending such
changes and improvements as may require synodical action to the

. 1959 convention of Synod; and be it further

Resolved, (5) That the Commission be empowered to procure
such part-time and full-time assistance and professional service
as it deems necessary to attain its purposes; and be it finally

Resolved, (6) That the Board of Directors be empowered and
directed to appropriate the necessary funds for the Commission,
subject to the approval of the Fiscal Conference, and that a full
report on the activities and expenditures of the Commission be

delivered to the 1959 convention of Synod.

Final Disposition of Appeals
(Unprinted Memorial 56)
ACTION

The following resolution, submitted by Committee 6, was

adopted:
Resolution 35

Wuereas, Unprinted Memorial 56 suggests the addition of
a new paragraph to Section V of the Handbook, appeals cases, to
authorize the destriction of the records of all closed cases; there-
fore be it

Resolved, To refer this memorial to Synod’s Board of Appeals
in consultation with the Committee on Constitutional Matters for
study and recommendation to the 1959 convention of Synod.

The Office of Secretary of Missions

a Consultative Office
(Memorial 418)

Wuereas, The office of Secretary of Missions is large in scope
and great in responsibility, as indicated in the 1932 synodical reso-
lution authorizing the office: ‘That the Board of Directors be
authorized to appoint a full-time Secretary of Missions, whose duty
it shall be to gather, and to furnish to the proper authorities,
information on all missions of Synod in order that our missions
may be conducted in a more uniform and efficient manner” (1932
Proceedings, p. 111); and

Wuereas, The mission program of Synod. at home and on
foreign soil is constantly expanding; and

Wnuereas, The co-ordination and unification of policies would
result in a greater effectiveness and better stewardship; and

Wuereas, A properly balanced effort among the various Boards