# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1914_S86
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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 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, yet 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 reckoned (not according to the number of all those who were present as voting members at the last convention of a synod or synodical district, but) according to the number of the standing voting members, to which the congregations as such are also to be counted, 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 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 synods concerned, 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 synods concerned are requested to send in good time a list of the elected delegates to the pastor loci [pastor of the place], 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 union of the Synodical Conference can be made only by a consenting resolution of all the synods united in the Synodical Conference. (Constitution, § IV.)

III. On Doctrinal Proceedings.

1. The President of the Synodical Conference has to take care that proposals are made for the doctrinal proceedings. (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 make this wish known, stating the