# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1962_S133 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 132 RESOLUTIONS — COMMITTEE 6 Advisory and Executive Functions of the President RESOLUTION 6-38 Request of Committee 3 for amendment of section 2.29 of the Bylaws. Wuersas, Floor Committee 3 of this convention has requested Floor Committee 6 to clarify section 2.29 of the Bylaws of the Synod with respect to the exercise of executive power of the President of the Synod where the exercise of such power is necessary in matters not specifically expressed; and Wuereas, Such matters may demand action between conventions of the Synod; therefore be it Resolved, That paragraph “a” of section 2.29 of the Bylaws of the Synod be amended to read as follows: a. The President shall upon request, or in the exercise of his office, give counsel and advice to such as are under his supervision. He shall exercise executive power when the affairs of the Synod demand it and when he has been expressly invested with such power for such specific pur- pose. In the event that the affairs of the Synod require the exercise of executive power for a purpose for which there is no specific directive of the Synod, the President may be advised by the College of Presidents to exercise such power. Any member of the Synod shall have the right to appeal from his action to the Synod. Action: This resolution was adopted. Terms of Office of Officers, Boards, Commissions, and Committees RESOLUTION 6-39 Report 602, Il, B, 7, and Memorials 629, 630, pp. 244 281, 282, Reports and Memorials Wuereas, The Survey Commission, at the direction of the 1959 convention of the Synod, has studied the matter of tenure of office of elected individuals and appointed personnel; and Wuereas, The Survey Commission has recommended favorable consideration for limiting the tenure of office; and Wuereas, The convention has indicated a preference for limiting the tenure of office; therefore be it Resolved, That all existing regulations in the synodi- cal Bylaws governing terms of office cease to be in effect at the 1965 convention and that the Bylaws be amended to read: 1) The term of office for all elected officers (Presi- dent, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer) and members of synodical boards, commissions, and stand- ing committees shall be four years; 2) The elected officers, with the exception of the President and the First Vice-President, may serve a total of three successive terms; the members of boards may serve a total of three successive terms; and the members of commissions and committees may serve a total of two successive terms; 3) The office of the President and the First Vice- President shall be without limitation as to reelection; 4) The election (or appointment) of the members of boards, commissions, and committees shall be so ar- ranged that their terms overlap, approximately half to be elected or appointed every two years; 5) Any officer or member of a board, commission, or committee, after being ineligible for reelection, may be elected or appointed to any other position. He may also be elected or appointed to his previous position after an interval of two or more years; and be it further Resolved, That the Committee on Convention Nom- inations shall determine in the 1965 convention the pro- cedure of election by which some members of boards, commissions, and committees shall serve a four-year term and some a two-year term; and be it further Resolved, That the Elections Committee shall de- clare those members elected to boards, commissions, and committees for a four-year term who receive the greater pluralities in the election; the others are to serve a two- year term; and be it further Resolved, That the Committee on Constitutional Matters place these regulations into the synodical Hand- book in the pertinent sections and make the necessary changes; and be it finally Resolved, That in the event of triennial conventions, the four-year term referred to above shall be six years. The Vice-Presidents, other than the First Vice-Presi- dent, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and members of boards shall then be eligible to suceed themselves once. Members of commissions and committees shall not suc- ceed themselves in the same office after serving one term of six years. Action: This resolution was adopted. Report of the Synodical Survey Commission RESOLUTION 6-40 Report 602, III, pp. 264—268, Reports and Memorials Wuereas, Part III of the report of the Synodical Sur- vey Commission (Reports and Memorials, pp. 264—268) consists of recommended synodical Handbook wording of resolutions adopted by the Synod in its 1959 conven- tion with respect to synodical structure; and Wuereas, Much of the proposed synodical Handbook terminology would more appropriately find its way into the “Manual of Synodical Operations”; therefore be it Resolved, That Part III of the report of the Synodical Survey Commission be referred to the Committee on Constitutional Matters for placement of the respective item into the Handbook or for recommendation for in- clusion in the “Manual of Synodical Operations.” Action: This resolution was adopted.