# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S247
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CONSTITUTIONAL MATTERS 247

to act, the First Vice-President, or the next qualified District
officer, shall submit the case to the District Board of Appeals in
the same manner.”

9.53 “Whoever desires to appeal must first go to the Circuit
Counselor, who shall endeavor to settle the case. If still dissatis-
fied, the appellant must go to the President of his District, who
shall exhaust all administrative efforts to settle the case. If these
efforts fail, the case shall be submitted to the District Board of
Appeals, and the President shall so advise all parties. In any
case where the District President is disqualified or unable to act,
the case shall be handled by the First Vice-President or the next
qualified District Officer.”

5.81 Change the last sentence to read as follows: “In case the
President of the Synod is charged with any action that would dis-
qualify him for office, or in case he shall be disqualified or unable
to act in a particular case, the Vice-President of the Synod, accord-
ing to rank, shall undertake to settle the matter or, if administra-
tive efforts have failed, refer the case to the Board of Appeals of
the Synod.”

5.87 “If the member involved does not plead guilty and the
President (or in case of his disqualification or inability, a Vice-
President) has exhaused all administrative efforts and is con-
vinced that final action must be taken, he shall present the case
to the Board of Appeals of the Synod. In doing so, he shall file with

the Board of Appeals of the Synod, in writing, the names of the
parties involved, the charges against the accused member, all doc-

umentary evidence, and a memorandum of the administrative ac-
tion which has been pursued.”

Action: This resolution was adopted.

Section F, Boards of Electors
of South American Educational Institutions
RESOLUTION 29, COMMITTEE 6

Memorial 501, page 410, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, In the case of South American educational institu-
tions the chairman of the Board for Missions in North and South
America, or his representative, has by resolution of the Synod
been serving as one of the electors instead of the chairman of the
Board for Higher Education; and

Wuereas, The applicable section of the Handbook should be
brought into conformity with this resolution; therefore be it

Resolved, That section 6.101 Electors—be amended to read