# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1905_S175
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11th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1905. 175

be handed out to the Synod's voting members — one copy each — at the afternoon session. Voters are permitted to take the ballot given them back to their lodgings and there, at leisure, make their choice by striking out half of the names of those persons they do not wish to have as synodical officers.

§ 13. At the following morning session, the ballots shall be collected by the electoral board and counted in the sacristy of the church, or in a room set apart from the Synod's meeting place, and the result of the election shall be brought to the Synod's attention at the following afternoon session by the chairman of the electoral board.

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

Synodical Officers.

I. Elected officers of the General (Delegate) Synod, subject to a regularly recurring election for a term of three years.

1. General Officers:

D. F. Pieper, President.
P. P. Brand, first Vice-President.
P. C. C. Schmidt, second Vice-President.
P. H. Succop, third Vice-President.
P. R. D. Biedermann, Secretary.
Mr. J. F. Schuricht, Treasurer,
        316 N. Third St., St. Louis, Mo.

2. Boards of Control:

a. For the Seminary at St. Louis:

The President of the Western District (Pastor J. Bernthal); Pastor C. C. Schmidt; Messrs. A. G. Brauer, J. P. Hahn, and H. F. Bente.

b. For the Seminary at Springfield:

The President of the Illinois District (Pastor H. Engelbrecht Sr.); Pastor W. Heyne; Messrs. G. Bettinghaus, F. Vonhörn, and J. Hoffmann.

c. For the Seminary at Addison:

The President of the Illinois District (Pastor H. Engelbrecht Sr.); Pastor Th. Kohn; Messrs. H. W. Meyer, J. Harmening, and A. Weber.