# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1908_S72
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Standing Orders of the Synodical Conference.

I. On the Sending of Delegates to the Synodical Conference.

1. Every synod belonging to the Synodical Conference that numbers 80 or fewer than 80 voting members is entitled to elect 4 representatives. Every 40 voting members above 80 confer the right to elect 2 further representatives, likewise every fraction of 40, but always pastors and deputies in equal number. (Cf. Constitution, § VI, a.)

2. The number of delegates to be sent to the Synodical Conference is to be calculated (not by the number of all those who were present as voting members at the last convention held of a synod or of a synodical district, but) by the number of the standing voting members, among whom are also to be counted the congregations as such, as they have the right to be represented by deputies at the synodical convention. (Cf. Report XIII, p. 34.)

3. All delegates must submit a written credential of their election (signed by the President and Secretary of their synod, resp. of their district). (Cf. Report II, p. 4; V, p. 5.)

4. The delegates who have not appeared are to be called to account by their respective synods, since the Synodical Conference holds that it has no jurisdiction over this. (Cf. Report III, p. 4.)

5. For the sake of the services to be held, the respective synods are requested to send in good time a list of the elected delegates to the pastor loci, in whose church the sessions of the Synodical Conference take place. (Cf. Report III, p. 46; V, p. 5.)

II. On the Admission of Other Synods.

The admission of an ecclesiastical body into the federation of the Synodical Conference can take place only by the consenting resolution of all the synods united in the Synodical Conference. (Constitution, § IV.)

III. On Doctrinal Discussions.

1. The President of the Synodical Conference has to take care that proposals are made for the doctrinal discussions. (Cf. Report I, p. 74; XIII, p. 47.)

2. Every member of the Synodical Conference who wishes to propose the discussion of a subject shall submit this wish with the statement of the
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