# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1884_S61
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Fourth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. 1884.   61

    e. He must render an account every three months, or as often as
the Board requires it. Every month he must submit his balance to the
Board. The vouchers for the accounts must be furnished as the Board
directs.

    f. He shall turn over the cash surplus each month to the General
Treasurer.

    g. He is responsible for the care of the stock on hand and for
its timely replenishment.

    5. The General Agent shall close the books on one and the same
day as those of the General Treasurer, and shall present them to the
Delegate Synod at its respective meeting.

    6. Such debtors as, after years of fruitless demands, refuse in a
conscienceless manner to discharge their obligations shall be reported
by the Agent to the respective district presidents, who shall then
deal with those wicked debtors in the same way as if they had made
themselves guilty of other scandalous sins.

    7. The General Agent is instructed to procure the best material
and the best workmanship for all our books.

    8. Every pastor and teacher who is a member of the Synod and
pays at least $2.00 annually into the synodical treasury shall receive
free of charge all synodical proceedings that appear, of the Delegate
Synod as well as of the district synods and of the Synodical
Conference. — This annual contribution shall count as such only when
it is sent directly to the Synod's agent by the pastors and teachers
concerned.

    The synodical presidents and secretaries, and the presidents of
the synods we recognize, shall receive all synodical proceedings free
of charge.

    Two copies each of the synodical proceedings shall be sent to
every district secretary for deposit in the synodical archives.

    All the Synod's educational institutions shall receive two copies
each of the proceedings for their libraries.

    All students in their final year at St. Louis, Springfield, and
Addison shall be given the proceedings gratis.

    The students at St. Louis, Springfield, and Addison, as well as
the pupils of the two uppermost classes of the college at Fort Wayne,
receive the Synod's periodicals free of charge.

    Two copies each of all the Synod's publications shall be given to
the libraries of the institutions at St. Louis, Springfield, Addison,
and Fort Wayne.

    The charitable institutions associated with the Synod shall
receive, free of charge, the hymnals and schoolbooks they need.

    9. The General Agent has the right to hire the necessary workers
in the various departments and to dismiss them again as