# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1905_S143
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11th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1905. 143

...their children cannot or will not fulfill their duties toward their parents.

2. Resolved, that the Synod elect a commission of three members to regulate the support of poor, sick, and infirm officers salaried by the Synod, and of their widows and orphans, according to the principle set forth in the first resolution.

Note: The members of the commission later elected by the Synod for the support of disabled synodical officers, etc., are: Pastor J. H. Wefel, Teacher Gockel, and Mr. J. Greive, all residing at Cleveland, O.

3. Resolved, that the present pension system remain in force until January 1, 1906, so that the support commission established by the Synod for officers of the Synod may gain time to draw up a regulation concerning the office entrusted to it, and to gather information about the circumstances of the persons so far pensioned, in order then, from January 1, 1906, to have the support — measured according to need, in accordance with the Synod's instructions — paid out to those concerned from the Synodical fund.

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Support of Disabled Pastors, etc., in Needy Districts.

"I. Relief Fund.

"Income.

From the last Delegate Synod to the close of
    the year 1902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2750.63
In the year 1903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3150.14
In the year 1904 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3134.15
In the year 1905 (to June 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2326.22
                                                              ————— $11361.14

Expenditure.

From the last Delegate Synod to the close of
    the year 1902 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1560.00
In the year 1903 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1840.00
In the year 1904 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3799.00
In the year 1905 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1138.43
                                                              ————— $ 8337.43

Cash balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3023.71

The districts supported are the following: Minnesota and Dakota ($2100.00), Eastern ($725.00), Illinois ($1100.00 — resp. $600.00), Wisconsin ($850.00), Canada ($300.00), Iowa ($850.00), Kansas ($150.00).