# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1899_S139
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Ninth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1899. 139

part of the Synod — who receive the greatest number of votes in this
preliminary election shall be the candidates from whom the two
Vice-Presidents are to be elected. Here too, striking of names and a new
ballot shall occur if no absolute majority results.

Note: The western boundary of the State of Indiana shall form the
boundary between the eastern and western parts of the General Synod.

§ 10. After the election of the two Vice-Presidents, by which their
sphere of activity — eastern or western part — is simultaneously
determined, it shall be settled by a further ballot between the two
Vice-Presidents which of them shall be the first and which the second,
in such manner that the one of the two who has the higher number of
votes is the first, and the other is consequently the second
Vice-President.

§ 11. The elections — conducted through the Election Board, § 1 —
shall not be held on a fixed day, nor in a set order, but individual
elections may and shall be carried out at each session of the Synod in
whatever order the Election Board deems appropriate.

§ 12. At any time after the conclusion of a matter under
deliberation, a ten-minute recess may occur, during which it is briefly
announced which ballots are now to be distributed and how one is to
vote. The ballots are then immediately distributed, and the election is
carried out at once. After ten minutes the Synod proceeds to the
discussion of another matter.

§ 13. Control over all elections remains in the hands of the
Election Board, in such manner that it a. determines which election is
to be held at a given time; and b. calls the names of those who, without
refusal, are to distribute the ballots at once, collect them, determine
the result of the election in the sacristy, and deliver it to the
Election Board. The latter shall then announce such result during the
next ten-minute recess.

§ 14. As soon as the elections begin, all voting members of the
Synod are to gather in the middle part of the church, so that time may
be saved and other inconveniences avoided.

Election of the New and Farewell of the Old General
President.

The final election result for the presidential office showed an
absolute majority of 166 votes for Professor Pieper.

Resolved, that the election of Professor Pieper be made unanimous.