# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1874_S46
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— 46 —
Supplementary Provisions to the Constitution of the Synodical Conference.

§ 1.

Each session of the Synodical Conference [*Synodalconferenz*] shall be opened with divine service on the day and at the place appointed for it, at 10 o'clock in the morning, at which the *Präſes* [president] or a deputy is to preach an opening sermon.

§ 2.

The services to be held during the annual session shall be arranged by the *Pastor loci* [pastor of the host place], who shall give the necessary notice at least four weeks in advance to the preachers officiating there; for which reason the synods concerned are also called upon to send a list of the elected delegates to the *Pastor loci* in good time.

§ 3.

The organization of the body takes place at 2½ o'clock in the afternoon. To such organization belong:

a) the credentialing of the delegates,

b) the election of the officers in turn by ballot,

c) the registration of the advisory members,

d) the appointment of a chaplain to open the sessions with a suitable service,

e) the determination of the time for opening and adjourning the sessions,

f) the collection of the papers addressed to the Conference and their distribution to the appropriate committees by the president,

g) the fixing of the time for doctrinal discussions and for business proceedings, in which the unfinished ones all take precedence.

§ 4.

Only by general consent can a departure from the rules given above take place.

§ 5.

The president shall see to it that everything in the proceedings goes on honestly and in good order, but especially that the members of the Conference enjoy the right to speak unabridged. In mere business matters the generally customary rules shall be applied by him; in the doctrinal discussions, however, nothing shall be decided by a majority of votes, but everything discussed as thoroughly as possible, until all considerable difficulties are removed as far as possible.

§ 6.

In all cases in which the president is prevented from officiating himself, or if he commissions his deputy to do so, the latter is authorized to take his place.