# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S178
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178 Proceedings of the 28th General or

k. whether the congregation can repay more than 10 percent of the
   borrowed money annually;

l. signature of the pastor and the trustees of the congregation;

m. recommendation of the district president.

7. Congregations that have borrowed money from the fund shall be required to repay 10 percent of it annually, for five years. In the sixth year the remaining sum shall be repaid in full. If the congregation cannot pay this remaining debt in the sixth year, it shall apply for an extension of the term and then again repay 10 percent annually.

8. Congregations that borrow money from the fund shall be required to issue for it a note and a mortgage. If a congregation cannot give a mortgage, the notes must be endorsed by two reputable, well-to-do members of the congregation.

9. Should a vacancy occur in the commission, the remaining members are authorized to fill it with the prior knowledge of the General President.

10. Should a division occur in a congregation, the property of that congregation, insofar as the Synod still has a claim on it, shall remain with the part that stays faithful to our Synod; in the opposite case, the commission shall be required to sue for any debt still outstanding.

Prompted by a request from the Reverend President H. Schulz, the commission was instructed by the Synod to give special consideration to the plight of needy congregations in western Canada, since the Minnesota and Dakota District cannot bear this burden alone.

Resolved, that all money collected in response to a circular letter distributed only within a certain district shall go to that district's own church-building fund and be lent from it to the congregation according to that district's provisions. (A second proposal, concerning money raised through appeal letters circulated throughout the whole Synod, was tabled by the Synod.)

Legacies.

The Legacy Commission had six legacies to administer.

1. Legacy: Savings of a pastor's wife; sum $1000.00. The Steinfath legacy, in the amount of $47.50, has been added to the first legacy. Its proceeds flow into the General Home Mission Fund. Income: $52.80.

2. Legacy: Heitmiller legacy; sum: $1000.00. Its proceeds are designated for poor students. Income: $200.00.