# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1912_S66
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4. The Secretary is instructed to put in order the matter of any debts for the printing of the synodical reports, resp. to induce the presidents of the individual synods to instruct their treasurers to send their respective share of the debt to the treasurer of the Synodical Conference. (Cf. Report VIII, p. 49.)

5. The debts of the Synodical Conference are to be paid off pro rata, distributed among the synods belonging to the Synodical Conference in proportion to the number of their members, according to which they are entitled to send delegates to the Conference. The Secretary is to calculate how much falls to each synod and to notify the respective presidents. (Cf. Report IX, p. 103; VIII, p. 49; II, p. 30, 31.)

6. At least six weeks before the convention of the Conference the Secretary is to announce it in the respective church papers. (Cf. Report III, p. 47.)

VI. Concerning the Treasury of the Negro Mission.

The President is always to appoint a committee which, before every convention of the Synodical Conference, is to audit on the spot the account books of the Negro Mission. (Cf. Report X, p. 89.)

VII. Concerning Statistics.

To every official report on the proceedings of the Synodical Conference a statistical appendix is to be added on the synods belonging to the Synodical Conference, their congregations, schools, institutions, pastors and the like. (Cf. Report XIII, p. 34.)

Rev. C. Kretzmann has been appointed Statistician.

VIII. Concerning Standing Rules.

The standing rules of the Synodical Conference are each time to be printed on the inside of the cover leaf of the reports of the Synodical Conference. (Cf. Report XV, p. 79.)