# LCMS Commission on Constitutional Matters Minutes_St. Louis Missouri_November 4 5 1965_S3
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

125. Chapter I, Synodical Organization (Jersild):
1.11
now paragraph b (Proceedings, page 125)
1.21
new section, page 118
1.24
new section, page 118, with "synodical" deleted in line 2
1.25
new section, page 135
1.27 a, page 135, new paragraph, with lines 4 and 5 changed to read: "...by a member of the
Synod, an officer of the Synod, a board or commission of the Synod or a District, the
Council of Presidents, a faculty or..."
1.27 b, c, d, new paragraphs, page 135, with numerals written out
1.27 e, page 135, was meshed with another paragraph 1.27 adopted by the convention (page 129),
to make the paragraph read: "e. All reports, overtures, proposals, petitions, and other
matters submitted to the President of the Synod in accordance with the foregoing
paragraphs shall as a rule be referred by the President of the Synod to convention
committees appointed by him from among the accredited delegates and official
representatives in order to expedite the transaction of business. The President shall
notify such committee members of their committee appointment and of the time and
place of their first meeting no later than eight weeks before the convention of the
Synod. After due consideration of the matters referred to them, these committees shall
report their findings and recommendations to the convention. If the President deems it
advisable, he may convene any such committees prior to the opening of the convention.
Every member of the Synod shall have the right to object to any appointment made to
such committees. There shall be adequate lay representation on all committees."
1.27 f, new paragraph, page 135
1.33,
new section, page 126
1.34,
new section, page 180
1.71,
new section, page 129
1.73,
new section, page 129
1.75,
new section, page 129
1.77,
new section, with "travel" substituted for "traveling" in the heading and in the first line
126. Chapter II, Synodical Administration (Jersild):
2.01,
2.03,

strike "elective" in heading and change "four" to "five" in body
new paragraph, page 118, but strike "elective and appointive" in heading; change
"College of Presidents" to "Council;" change to "A Board for Support and Pensions"
and insert this line before "A Board df Social Welfare"
2.05,
new paragraph, page 118. Delete "Appointive" in title and insert "or elected" after
"appointed"
2:06,
new section, page 119; write out numerals
2.07,
new section, page 119; write out numerals
2.08,
new section, page 119; change "agency" twice in b to "board or commission"
2.09,
old section, reword to read: "Executives shall not be voting members of the board or
commission under which they serve."
2.11 b,
new section, page 119, change end of first sentence to read: ..the duties of such
executives."

2.11, d, reworded: "Every board and commission shall submit annually to the Hoard of Directors through
the Council of Administrators its work program with accompanying cost estimates. The same