# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S240
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240 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6

in which no regular session of Synod is held, but permits Synod
to make exceptions to this rule; therefore be it

Resolved, That after the triennial convention in the year 1962
conventions of Synod be held biennially; and be it further

Resolved, That Article VII, Section A, paragraph 1 of Synod’s
Constitution be amended to read:

“Synod convenes every two years for its regular meeting”; and
be it further

Resolved, That any District which feels it necessary to hold
conventions more frequently than one in every two years apply
to the 1962 or any subsequent convention of Synod for permission
to do so in accordance with Article XII, B, 13 of the Constitution
of Synod.

Action

This resolution was declared adopted on Friday, June 19.
However, before the session closed, the question was raised
whether this resolution had received the two-thirds majority vote
required for adoption because a change in Synod’s Constitution
was involved.

It was later ascertained (Saturday, June 20) that no count
had been taken to determine whether the two-thirds vote required
for adoption had been obtained. Consequently a standing vote
was taken, which resulted in the adoption of the resolution by
the necessary two-thirds majority vote. The rising vote showed
that 350 voted for the resolution and 171 against it. A total of
348 votes was needed to carry the resolution.

Subsequently it was agreed that a ballot vote should be taken.
This vote resulted in 385 votes for the resolution and 266 votes
opposed to the resolution. Since the required two thirds was 434,
the resolution was lost.

(On the first day, Friday, June 19, a total of 521 voting del-
egates voted, requiring a two-thirds majority of 348; on the second
day, Saturday, June 20, a total of 651 delegates cast their ballots.
This accounts for the difference in the number of votes needed
to make up the two-thirds majority on the respective days.)

Restatement of Duties of Literature Board and
“Censorship” Responsibilities of Saint Louis Faculty
RESOLUTION 23, COMMITTEE 6

Memorial 512, page 463
Wuereas, This Memorial is a request by the faculty of Con-

cordia Seminary of St.Louis for a Restatement of Duties of the

Literature Board of the Synod and the censorship responsibilities of
the St. Louis Faculty; and