# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S245
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 245

profession, District affiliation, residence, and specific experience
and qualifications for the office in question.

b. The chairman of the Committee on Nominations shall sub-
mit the committee’s report in person to the convention at one of
the earliest sessions thereof, and immediately thereupon additional
nominations may be made on the floor of the convention. No
further nominations shall thereafter be accepted.

c. The chairman of the Committee on Nominations shall have
on hand at the convention a reserve list of nominees, approved
by his committee, for use if required, e. g., if a new board or com-
mittee is to be elected. Wherever possible, however, the Committee
on Nominations should be alerted in advance if any new board
or committee is likely to be elected at a synodical convention, so
that it may have a slate of candidates in readiness.

2.153 Order of Names on Ballot

The names and District affiliations of the candidates in all
elections — at least two for each position — shall be placed on the
election ballot in alphabetical order and without any distinctive
mark.

6.21 Election of Boards of Control

a. A Board of Control for each of the Synod’s educational insti-
tutions, elected in a manner hereinafter prescribed in these Bylaws,
shall provide effective local administrative organization, to facil- iy
itate the achievement of the purposes for which the respective
institution is maintained, and to safeguard the financial, academic,
and religious interests of the Synod in such institutions.

b. (Remains unchanged).

c. Elective members of the respective Boards of Control shall
be selected in the following manner:

1. They shall be nominated in the same manner as are mem-
bers of other elective boards, commissions, and committees and
in accordance with Section 2.147 and other pertinent sections of
these Bylaws.

2. From the official list of nominees submitted by the Com-
mittee on Nominations the required number of members for each :
Board of Control shall be elected at the convention of the Synod by |
a body known as the Electoral College, which shall consist of °
a pastor delegate and a lay delegate to be designated by each
District.

3. To conduct and conclude the election aforementioned, the
Electoral College shall hold an evening meeting during the con-