# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1956_S489
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 489

Increased Representation of Districts
at the Fiscal Conference
(Unprinted Memorial 31)
ACTION
Committee 6 recommended and Synod resolved:

Resolution 44

Wuereas, The College of Presidents has requested that the
official representation of each District to the Fiscal Conference of
Synod be increased “from two members to three, one of the three
to be a layman, and that the cost involved in sending the third
member also be assumed by Synod”; and

Wuereas, The addition of a layman from each District to the
membership of the Fiscal Conference should be of value to the
District and to Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That Section 9.03, Membership and Organization (of
the Fiscal Conference), be amended to read:

The Fiscal Conference shall be composed of the President, the
Vice-Presidents, the members of Synod’s Board of Directors, the
District Presidents, and two additional representatives from each
District, one of whom shall be a fiscal officer, and at least one of
whom shall be a layman. The Fiscal Conference shall triennially
elect a chairman and a secretary. The chairman shall be chosen
from among the Vice-Presidents of Synod.

Tenure of Office of Members of Boards
(Unprinted Memorial 32)
ACTION

Upon recommendation of Committee 6, Synod resolved:

Resolution 45

Wuereas, This memorial proposes that the tenure of office of
members of elected or appointed boards of Synod be limited except
for active officers and such members who under present regula-
tions hold membership by virtue of being synodical or District
officials; and :

Wuereas, This modification in the tenure of office of Board
members does not seem justified by the past experience of Synod;
therefore be it

Resolved, To decline this memorial.