# Synodical Conference Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1926_S50
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50 Standing Rules of the Synodical Conference.

Appendix.

Standing Rules of the Synodical Conference.

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

1. Every synod belonging to the Synodical Conference (*Synodalkonferenz*) that numbers 80 or
fewer than 80 voting members is entitled to elect 4 representatives. Each 40 voting members over 80 confer the
right to elect 2 further representatives, likewise every fraction of 40,
but always pastors and deputies in equal number. (Constitution, 6, a.) . . .

3. All delegates must submit a written certification of their election
(signed by the president and secretary of their synod, or of their
district). (Proceedings 2 [1873], 4. 5 [1876], 5.) . . .

5. 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 them. (Proceedings 3 [1874], 4.)

6. 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 [local pastor], in whose church the sessions of the Synodical Conference
are held. (Proceedings 3 [1874], 46. 5 [1876], 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, 4.)

III. On Doctrinal Discussions.

1. The President of the Synodical Conference has to take care
that proposals are made for the doctrinal discussions. (Proceedings 1
[1872], 74. 13 [1890], 47.)

2. Every member of the Synodical Conference that wishes to propose the discussion
of a subject shall send this wish, stating the
subject, to the President at least two months before the beginning of the sessions. (Proceedings 1 [1872], 74.)

3. The subject for the doctrinal discussions is to be published in the synodical
organs of the Synodical Conference at least four weeks before it convenes. The theses are to be sent, printed, equally long beforehand
to the individual delegates and their alternates,
so that these may familiarize themselves somewhat with them beforehand. (Proceedings 13
[1890], 47.)

IV. On the Examination of the Synodical Reports.

1. At every convention the President of the Synodical Conference
is to appoint already the committees that at the following
convention are to report on the various synodical reports (of all synods
or districts connected with the Conference), so that
they may be given time and opportunity for careful examination of them. (Proceedings 8 [1879], 45. 5 [1876], 54.)

2. These examining committees should never forget to name the doctrinal subjects
discussed in the synodical reports, and to