# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1973_S146
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146 RESOLUTIONS

PRESENT WORDING

The official proceedings of each convention shall
be sent by Concordia Publishing House to every
pastor in the Synod for the information and use of
the pastor and his congregation. Each lay delegate
and lay members of synodical boards and commis-
sions shall be sent a copy. The cost shall be paid
by the Synod.

SUGGESTED CHANGE

The official proceedings of each convention shall
be sent by Concordia Publishing House to every
congregation in the Synod for the information and
use of the pastor and his congregation. All dele-
gates (voting and advisory) and all members of
synodical boards and commissions shall be sent
a copy. The cost shall be paid by the Synod.

Action: Adopted (3).

To Decline to Eliminate Review
of Conference Proceedings

RESOLUTION 4-08
Overture 4-53 (CW, p. 199)

Whereas, There is value in informing District con-
ventions of the proceedings at its pastoral and teachers
conferences; and

Wuereas, There is value in having a representative
committee to review these proceedings and to inform
District conventions regarding them; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 4-53 be declined.
Action: Adopted (3).

To Decline to Eliminate Excuse Committee
for District Conventions

RESOLUTION 4-09
Overture 4-54 (CW, p. 199)

Wuereas, Committee 4, Synodical Administration,
feels that paragraph 3.19 requiring an Excuse Committee
for District conventions remains a valid practice; there-
fore be it

Resolved, That the Synod retain its present practice.

Action: Adopted (3).

To Decline Overture 4-43
to Restore Seminary Property to Synod

RESOLUTION 4-10
Overture 4-43 (CW, p. 197)

Whereas, The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod in
its 44th regular convention adopted Resolution 45, Com-
mittee 1, Title to Property at Concordia Seminary, Saint
Louis, Mo., as follows:

Wuereas, The Synodical Handbook, par.2.79h, stip-
ulates that “property shall be taken in the name of Synod
under its corporate title except in cases where the prop-
erty to be acquired is to be purchased for the use and
benefit of a seminary or college which has been sep-
arately incorporated under the synodical resolution of
1935 and to which corporation the present real-estate

holdings have been conveyed with the necessary rever-
sionary clause”; and

Wuereas, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, is one of the
colleges and seminaries incorporated under the laws of
the particular state where it is located (Proceedings,
1935, page 191); and

Whereas, At the present time all Concordia Seminary
property is vested under the corporate title of The Lu-
theran Church — Missouri Synod; and

WuereaS, From time to time the Board of Control of
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, must engage in transac-
tions which involve its property, buildings, utilities, or
other improvements and where questions arise concern-
ing taxes, contracts, and easements; and

Whereas, The fact that the Synod holds title to all the
subject property causes considerable confusion and de-
lays prompt action; and

Wuereas, In order to have a uniform practice among
the Synod’s respective institutions so concerned in the
matter of title to properties and to simplify future trans-
actions involving property; therefore be it

Resolved, That all properties presently owned or ac-
quired in the future for use by Concordia Seminary be
conveyed to Concordia College of St.Louis, Mo. (the
corporate name of Concordia Seminary) with reversion-
ary clause to The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod.

Action: This resolution was adopted;
and

Wuereas, Handbook, The Lutheran Church — Mis-
souri Synod, 1971, Section 6.21:

6.21 Purpose of Boards of Control

The Synod administers each educational insti-
tution of the Synod through a Board of Control,
which is to provide effective local administrative
organization, to facilitate achievement of the pur-
poses for which the Synod operates and maintains
the respective institution, and to foster and safe-
guard its religious, academic, and financial interests
in it.

and 6.37, paragraph a:

a. Each Board of Control shall operate and man-
age its institution as the agent of the Synod, in
which ownership is primarily vested and which
exercises its control through the Board of Directors
as custodians of the Synod’s property, the Board
for Higher Education, and the respective Board of
Control. All matters which according to synodical
regulations require the attention of any board,
agency, or officer of the Synod shall be submitted
to the Board for Higher Education for referral to
the appropriate board, agency, or officer.

and paragraph f:

f. The Board of Control shall have no power to
close its institution or to sell all or any part of the
property which constitutes the main campus of
such institution, such power being reserved to the
Synod itself in convention.

govern the ownership of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
and the property used by it, as well as that of each
other college and seminary of the Synod; and

Wuereas, The Board of Directors of the Synod, as
part of its continuing responsibility for the property of
the Synod, acts to protect the best interest of the Synod
with respect to the property used by all colleges and
seminaries of the Synod; therefore be it

Resolved, That Overture 4-43 be declined.
Action: Adopted (7).