# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1911_S179
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13th Delegate Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, 1911. 179

3. Legacy: H. Starke legacy; sum: $1000.00. Proceeds for the student fund. Income: $185.77.

4. Legacy: Dierkson endowment; sum: $500.00. Proceeds for General Home Missions. Income: $86.12.

5. Legacy: Lena Poetsch legacy; sum: $1753.25. Proceeds for the General Support Fund. Income: $140.50.

6. Legacy: Landraes endowment; sum: $2000.00. Proceeds to be paid out to treasurer Kampe.

7. Proceeds of the Raithel estate: $3030.96.

Most recently, the Synod has come into a bequest from the estate of Mr. Georg Willner of Washington, D. C., in the amount of $3113.56, and another of $10,000.00 from a person in Los Angeles, Cal. It is expected that both legacies will soon be handed over to the General Treasurer.

The Legacy Commission proposed:

1. that all persons who administer legacies belonging to the Synod submit a report to the Legacy Commission every triennium, and that the Legacy Commission be required to demand this report from the persons concerned (1908 Report, p. 135: "The Reverend General President was instructed to press the worthy administrators of legacies designated for Synodical purposes to make their dutiful annual report to the Legacy Commission." Cf. also the 1905 Report, p. 156);

2. that the legacies administered by the Legacy Commission also be handed over for administration to the treasurer of the General Synod, in such a way that he keeps the books on them, collects and remits the proceeds, with the Legacy Commission then placed at his side as an "Advisory Board."

These proposals were adopted by the Synod.

The Krueger Bequest. Mr. Ernst Krueger of the North Illinois District bequeathed $2000.00 to the Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States, without any further specification. With good intentions, this money had been directed to the North Illinois District. It was explained that this money (less the legally required inheritance tax of $60.00, which is subsequently to be paid to the State of Illinois) is the property of the General Synod, and that the treasurer of the General Synod is required to demand this money, or the necessary note of debt.

The Wahler Bequest. Mrs. Karolina Wahler of Terre Haute, Ind., bequeathed $5000.00 each, by will, to Concordia College at Fort Wayne and Concordia Seminary at St. Louis. The proceeds are to support poor students at these institutions. The request of the congregation at Terre Haute, that any needy students from its midst be given consideration, was granted, although no such provision is found in the will.