# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1887_S56
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56 Proceedings of the 20th General or

Resolved, that the requested discussion of the statistical yearbook
(or its completion), as well as the various pieces of advice for the
District treasurers, be declined as not serving the purpose.

Resolved, that the Concordia Orphans' Home in the State of
Pennsylvania shall enjoy the same privileges from our publishing house
as all the other charitable institutions within our Synod, and that,
consequently, a small book account that the said orphans' home has
with our publishing house be considered settled.

Resolved, that a like privilege, already granted by resolution of the
General Synod in 1884, is also to be extended to the Wittenberg
Orphans' Home in the State of Wisconsin.

Resolved, that the petition of the New York Pastoral Conference
concerning a price reduction for certain books of our publishing house
be referred to the Directorate.

Resolved, that receipts no longer be accepted for publication in the
"Lutheraner" that contain a series of names with monetary
contributions from one and the same congregation. — This resolution is
to be published in the "Lutheraner."

Resolved, that the columns of the "Lutheraner" shall again stand
open to the private charitable institutions within our Synod for the
purpose of acknowledging receipts.

Resolved, that the audit of the publishing business, of the General
Agent's books and cash, and of the General Treasurer's books and
funds, shall henceforth not be undertaken, as has been done up to now,
once every three years, but annually, by the Audit Committee appointed
by the Synod.

Resolved, that the chairman of the Audit Committee be instructed to
demand annually, before the audit of the General Treasury, a statement
from each of the District treasurers concerning the funds sent by them
to the General Treasurer in the course of the year.

Resolved, that the General Treasurer be permitted to publish his
annual treasury reports in the "Lutheraner" in the month of April,
instead of, as before, in January, since his, the Treasurer's, report to
the General Synod likewise has to be closed as of April 1.

Resolved, that the subsidy (about $725.00) toward the pension
granted to Pastor Brunn in Steeden be taken from the synodical
treasury.

Note: The annual pension which the Synod has granted Pastor
Brunn amounts to $250.00; thus, since 1884, the last Delegate Synod,
$750.00, of which about $25.00 has been paid in through voluntary
contributions.