# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S114
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114 Proceedings of the 24th General, or

Resolved, that the following addition be made to the instruction
for the General Agent and for those under him (see p. 105 of the
Synodical Handbook, 4th edition): "It gives an evil appearance when,
in filling positions at the Concordia Publishing House, personal
friends or relatives are given consideration. The Synod therefore
resolves that the Board of Directors, or rather the General Agent,
exercise the greatest caution in all appointments, so that the evil
appearance is avoided and the interest of our publishing house is not
harmed."

Resolved, that the following further provision be added to the
regulation: "The auditing of the publishing business, of the books
and cash of the Agent, and of the books and accounts of the General
Treasurer, shall be undertaken annually by the Auditing Commission
appointed by the Synod" (see p. 108 of the Synodical Handbook, 4th
edition): "No one can be a member of this Auditing Commission who
stands in any business connection with other publishing houses."

Resolved, that the working capital of the Concordia Publishing
House be reduced to $300,000.00.

Resolved, that the General Treasurer be, ex officio, that is, by
virtue of his office, a full, that is, voting, member of the Board of
Directors.

Resolved, that the resolution passed earlier, that the Board of
Directors instruct the General Treasurer to call upon all those who
still hold shares or notes from earlier times to send them in for
redemption, be carried out.

Resolved, that the General Treasurer hand over to the local Board
of Control, for administration, the three bequests that have been
left to the institution at Springfield, together with any proceeds
from them.

Resolved, that the General Treasurer place in the hands of the
local Board of Control, for administration, a bequest in the amount
of $300.00 in his fund, which has been left to the institution at
Concordia, Mo.

Resolved, that all district treasurers be required to report to
the General Treasurer the full sum of the monies for Home Missions
flowing into their treasuries, even if not turning them over, so
that the General Treasurer's report may always show how much has
come into this highly important fund altogether and how much has
been used by the individual districts for their own mission fields.

Resolved, that the district treasurers be placed under obligation
to deliver all monies received by them in matters of the General
Synod only to the General Treasurer, and not also to the treasurers
of the individual commissions concerned.

Resolved, that the General Treasurer be instructed to continue to
remit the sum of $400.00 annually from the Synodical Treasury to the
college at Conover, N.C.