# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S246
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246 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6

vention period at a convenient time and place designated and
announced in advance by the President of the Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted as printed above after
Section 2.07 had been removed and referred to the permanent
Committee on Constitutional Matters.

Early Appointment of
Committee on Convention Arrangements
RESOLUTION 27, COMMITTEE 6
Memorial 524, page 474, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Memorial 524 requests that the Committee on Con-
vention Arrangements be appointed as soon as possible after the
convention site has been determined; therefore be it

Resolved, That section 1.73 in the synodical Handbook be
amended in its last sentence to read as follows:

“1.73 This committee shall be appointed as soon as possible
after the convention site has been established.”

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Section E, Clarifying Sections of “Handbook”
Relating to Appeals
RESOLUTION 28, COMMITTEE 6

Memorial 501, page 409, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, The standing Committee on Constitutional Matters
has called attention to the need for clarifying the sections of the
Handbook in cases involving appeals where a District President
is disqualified from acting; and

Wuereas, The committee has recommended revision of sec-
tions 5.25, 5.53, 5.81, and 5.87 with this end in view; therefore be it

Resolved, That sections 5.25, 5.53, 5.81, and 5.87 of the Hand-
book be amended to read as follows:

5.25 “If the member involved does not plead guilty and the
officials of the District who have acted in the case, including the
District President, have exhausted all administrative efforts and
are convinced that final action must be taken, the District Pres-
ident shall submit the case to the District Board of Appeals for
adjudication. In doing so, he shall file with the Board of Appeals,
in writing, the names of the parties involved, the charges against
the accused member, all documentary evidence, and a mem-
orandum of the administrative action which had been pursued.
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