# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1878_S59
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— p. 59 —

Delegation.

Resolved, that Dr. Sihler and Professor Stellhorn be elected as
delegates to the venerable Norwegian Synod, to represent our Synod at
its upcoming 25th anniversary jubilee.

Bequests.

Resolved, that monetary bequests accruing to the Synod be invested
in real property, and thereby preserved for the purposes for which they
are intended.

Synodical Dues for Pastors and Teachers.

Since it would be in the Synod's interest for the synodical dues of
pastors and teachers — for which they receive all Synodal-Berichte
[convention proceedings] free of further charge — to be sent not, as
before, to the district treasurers, but directly to the General Agent:

Resolved, that the following addition be made to the resolution
"Every preacher and teacher etc. ... [shall] receive [it] free of charge"
(see the Supplements to the Synodal-Handbuch, p. 11):

"This contribution of at least two dollars annually shall be
regarded as such only when it is sent directly to the General Agent
by the pastor or teacher concerned."

Parochial Reports.

Since statisticians expect us to supply them yearly with material for
their work, and since the parochial reports are indispensable for such
material:

Resolved, that the pastors of our Synod shall be required to submit
their parochial reports also in the year in which, with all district
synodical conventions omitted, the Delegatensynode holds its sessions.
The submission of the parochial reports in that year shall take place in
such a way that they are sent to the Secretary of the Synod before the
time of the sessions, or handed to him on the occasion of the sessions.

The following petitions were laid on the table:

1. Pastor Döscher's — for missing the deadline set for such petitions,
since there is no longer time for the necessary examination of the
document.

2. Pastor Sommer's — for the same reason.