# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S231
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS

COMMITTEE 6 — Constitutional Matters
Memorial 120, page 169, Reports and Memorials
RESOLUTION 1, COMMITTEE 6 (Provision for the Election of

the Fort Wayne Board of Control), was referred back to the
Committee and was later reported out as Resolution 34

Disposition of the Files of Closed Cases
by the Board of Appeals

RESOLUTION 2, COMMITTEE 6

Memorial 901, page 663, Reports and Memorials
Wuereas, The Board of Appeals and the Committee on Con-
stitutional Matters have consulted together as requested in Resolu-
tion 35 of the 1956 convention with reference to the disposition
of the files of closed cases; therefore be it
Resolved, That section 5.175 of the synodical Handbook be
amended to read as follows:
5.175 Decision of Board
a. The decision of the Board shall be written and shall state:
1. the facts of the case, as found by the Board from the
evidence; and
2. the conclusions of the Board and the reasons therefor.
It shall not be necessary to print the same in full in the
official report of the District or Synod unless the particu-
lar convention shall so direct.
b. All files of cases in which an opinion has been rendered by
the Synodical Board of Appeals shall be preserved in
a locked file in the Synodical Office Building. Any such
closed files shall be made available to others than the
Synodical Board of Appeals then in office only upon applica-
tion to said Board of Appeals and for good cause shown.
Action: This resolution was adopted as amended, the amend-
ment striking the words “administrative offices of the” from
paragraph b.

Regarding Official Visits to Congregations
RESOLUTION 3, COMMITTEE 6

Memorial 507, page 459, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Memorial 507, page 459, inquires whether Sections
3.43 and 3.65 of the Synodical Handbook concerning visits to con-
gregations by the District President or the Circuit Counselor violate
the principle of congregational autonomy; therefore be it