# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1902_S127
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Tenth Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1902. 127

IV. Fund for Accidents/Emergencies.

Income:.................................. $5278.94
Expenditure:.................................. 4151.91

                                 Remainder............... $1127.03

(Treasurer's Report — in extract — of the General Relief Commission.)

1. Resolved, that the Synod issue an earnest call to all district relief
commissions to send in, every year — and no later than January 15 — the
report desired by the General Relief Commission and required by the
Synod, to the aforementioned General Commission.

With this resolution the General Relief Commission is also charged
with the task of writing to all delinquent district relief commissions
which have not sent in their report by the set date (January 15), calling on
them to fulfill their duty at once. (The Secretary.)

2. Resolved, that from now on the pension payable to the widow of
the late missionary Landsmann, in the amount of $240.00 annually, be
drawn from the Synodical treasury — but that otherwise the resolution
passed by the last Delegate Synod stand, namely, that the earlier support
given to the widow Landsmann, which was provided to her in the
meantime from the Jewish Mission treasury, be borne by the General
Relief treasury, that is, repaid from that treasury to the Jewish Mission
treasury.

3. Resolved, that a General Church-Building Aid Fund be
established, out of which interest-free advances can and shall be given to
such poor congregations of our Synod as are not able to undertake a
necessary church building out of their own means.

4. Resolved, that with regard to this Church-Building Aid Fund to be
established, the following further provisions shall apply:

"1. For the administration of this fund a commission of three shall be
elected, if possible for longer than three years. The members of this
commission should also reside in one place.

"2. The money of this fund shall be administered by the General
Treasurer of the Synod.

"3. This fund receives its money through collections, gifts,
bequests, and interest-free loans.

"4. From this fund, those poor congregations receive interest-free
loans for whom their own district cannot provide.

"5. If a congregation desires help, a petition form shall be sent to it,
which it must fill out and have endorsed by the district president.