# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1959_S262
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RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6

Presidents and its place in the government and administration of
Synod. ;
3. The offices and duties of the President; the First, Second,
Third, and Fourth Vice-Presidents; the Treasurer; and the Sec-
retary. - ;

4. The relations of the Synod to its member congregations for
the purpose of examining the procedures by which synodical agen-
cies serve and assist the congregations and of considering measures
by which the rights and needs of the congregations and their com-
mon interests in the Synod may be adequately preserved and
balanced.

5. The auxiliary organizations within the Synod and their rela-
tionships to the Synod.

6. The composition, method of selection, and functions of the
various boards, commissions, and committees of the Synod. ”

7. The tenure of office of elected officers and members of
boards, commissions, and committees.

8. The tenure, review, and replacement of appointed personnel.

9. Retirement policies for elected and appointed officers and
other salaried administrative personnel.

10. A uniform nomenclature for synodical agencies.

11. Departmentation within divisions.

12. The location of synodical agencies.

13. The desirability of establishing a Department of Con-
ventions.

14. The values and functions of the Fiscal Conference.

15. The desirability of attaching the institutional chaplains to
an agency other than the Board for Social Welfare.

16. That all recommendations which the Commission expects
to propose for adoption at a general synodical convention be pub-
lished at least six months prior to the opening date of any such
synodical convention.

Action. The resolutions in Group III were adopted.
Action: The entire report as amended was adopted.

Loans to Congregations from Synod’s Pension Fund
RESOLUTION 32, COMMITTEE 6

Memorial 505, page 444, Reports and Memorials

Wuereas, Memorials have from time to time been presented to
synodical conventions proposing that a portion of the Synodical
Pension Fund be made available for church-extension purposes
or for loans to congregations; and

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