# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S129
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 129

"The objection raised against this provision of the synodical
constitution, and the refusal to comply with it, is thus in every
respect unwarranted, and in all cases probably to be regarded as
resting on mistaken views."

Resolved, that the foregoing statement be adopted as the Synod's
final declaration regarding this matter — the so-called $2.00
assessment.

The Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Saxony and Other German
States.

"To the Reverend Delegate Synod of the German Evangelical Lutheran
Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, the undersigned Synodical
Council" (President O. H. Th. Willkomm, etc.) "addresses, on the
strength of a resolution of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
Free Church in Saxony and Other German States, the respectful
request that it would . . . authorize the Board of Directors of the
printing house in St. Louis to grant the publications society
[Schriften-Verein] of the separated Evangelical Lutheran congregations
in Saxony a consignment depot. This publications society is not a
private undertaking, but represents the interests of our Synod. Its
separate existence has its sole basis in the fact that the Synod,
being a church body, could not be incorporated under the law in
force there; a separate society pursuing purely business purposes
therefore had to be founded. It is incorporated, specifically as a
cooperative with unlimited liability — that is, the members of the
society are liable, and can be held liable at law, for all the
society's debts. . . . Moreover, as stated, the Synod stands behind
the society and, in the event of its bankruptcy, would consider
itself obligated to pay its debts.

"As to the scope of the society's business, may the Reverend Synod
note that in the years 1893–1898 it sent goods and cash to the
Concordia Publishing House totaling $5253.22, and at a steadily
increasing rate. But far more important than these figures is the
fact that Missouri Synod literature must be obtainable in Germany
through the publications society as easily and cheaply as possible,
and must be distributed as widely as at all possible — for which a
consignment depot is urgently needed." (Excerpt from the request of
the publications society.)

Resolved, that the foregoing request be granted, and that the Board
of Directors at St. Louis be authorized to grant the publications
society of the Free Church in Saxony a consignment depot, under the
following stipulations drafted by the society itself and accepted by
us:

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