# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1912_S0
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[Inside front cover]
Standing Rules of the Synodical Conference.

I. On the sending of delegates to the Synodical Conference.

1. Each synod belonging to the Synodical Conference [Synodalkonferenz] that counts 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, and 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 most recently held meeting of a synod or of a synodical district, but) by the number of the standing voting members, among whom the congregations as such are also to be counted, as they have the right to be represented by deputies at the synodical meeting. (Cf. Report XIII, p. 34.)

3. All delegates must submit a written certification of their election (signed by the president and secretary of their synod, or respectively of their district). (Cf. Report II, p. 4; V, p. 5.)

4. 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 the matter. (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 a church body into the union 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 is to see to it that papers are prepared for the doctrinal discussions. (Cf. Report I, p. 74; XIII, p. 47.)

(Continued on the third page of the cover.)